2024-2025 Midwestern University (Chicago, Illinois) CCOM

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I haven't heard back since 8/14. Does anyone know how CCOM's process works and if I should stop holding on to hope...
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So I interviewed a couple weeks ago and I checked my portal and it says a decision has been made but no where to view the decision and haven’t received an email yet. Has this occurred with anyone else?
 
pinkbarbie said:
So I interviewed a couple weeks ago and I checked my portal and it says a decision has been made but no where to view the decision and haven’t received an email yet. Has this occurred with anyone else?
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There may be a link to a letter on the portal. Try to see if there's a link on the page.
 
pinkbarbie said:
So I interviewed a couple weeks ago and I checked my portal and it says a decision has been made but no where to view the decision and haven’t received an email yet. Has this occurred with anyone else?
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I just checked because I also interviewed a few weeks ago and now my portal looks different. It says a decision has been made and to click view status update, but there is no button for that. I do see sign-ups for an accepted students visit day though, so good sign I guess? LOL
 
chemicalrush21 said:
I just checked because I also interviewed a few weeks ago and now my portal looks different. It says a decision has been made and to click view status update, but there is no button for that. I do see sign-ups for an accepted students visit day though, so good sign I guess? LOL
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Update: The button to view the decision is there now, so just check again in a bit if it still isn't there for you!
 
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Is the deposit refundable? I thought I remembered them saying it was during my interview day but now I cant find anywhere on the website that says if it is refundable or not.
 
Hi, does anyone have info about how CCOM helps students prepare for the COMLEX/USMLE board exams? (i.e. do school exams include board-style questions? Etc.)

I can only find that the school had a resources list of prep books for both kinds of exams.
 
ribonucleoprotein said:
have an interview here tomorrow, what’s the general vibe? any tips or things to be aware of?
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Prepare the basic interview questions you'd expect and have a good answer for why CCOM. Some things they pride themselves on that stuck out during my interview day is that they have exceptional clinical rotation sites and that the students and faculty there are very collaborative and helpful. Overall though, the vibe was not too stressful. If you're from Chicago or nearby CCOM, make sure you emphasize that by tying in your experiences nearby and your desire to continue serving these communities. I think that helped a lot for my A. Can't share details about interview questions, but feel free to PM if you have any other questions!
 
efficientnet_b0 said:
Felt pretty typical to me, nothing stressful. The questions on the SDN Midwestern feedback page were pretty accurate.
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chemicalrush21 said:
Prepare the basic interview questions you'd expect and have a good answer for why CCOM. Some things they pride themselves on that stuck out during my interview day is that they have exceptional clinical rotation sites and that the students and faculty there are very collaborative and helpful. Overall though, the vibe was not too stressful. If you're from Chicago or nearby CCOM, make sure you emphasize that by tying in your experiences nearby and your desire to continue serving these communities. I think that helped a lot for my A. Can't share details about interview questions, but feel free to PM if you have any other questions!
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Thank you both!!
 
Does anyone know how long it typically takes after the portal updates for it to let you see the decision letter?
 
pikafika said:
Hi, does anyone have info about how CCOM helps students prepare for the COMLEX/USMLE board exams? (i.e. do school exams include board-style questions? Etc.)

I can only find that the school had a resources list of prep books for both kinds of exams.
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Exams are all in house, not NBME. First year a lot of the questions on exams are first/second order, not really "board style". Second year exams are almost entirely board style. School gives you a 1 year subscription to UWorld and COMBANK (a COMLEX question bank) start of second year. If you need more resources, school does give discounts on AMBOSS and other stuff too. There's also a board-prep class you take all of second year to help prepare for step/comlex. Also school covers cost of comlex (but not step).
 
picklerickk said:
Exams are all in house, not NBME. First year a lot of the questions on exams are first/second order, not really "board style". Second year exams are almost entirely board style. School gives you a 1 year subscription to UWorld and COMBANK (a COMLEX question bank) start of second year. If you need more resources, school does give discounts on AMBOSS and other stuff too. There's also a board-prep class you take all of second year to help prepare for step/comlex. Also school covers cost of comlex (but not step).
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Wow I didn't know all of that. thanks for sharing. Do you feel like that helped you feel prepared for Step/comlex?

What other things are covered from the school?
 
anyone know if its too late to apply to midwestern? its a DO school so im assuming it runs later in the cycle?
 
idkjustchooseone said:
Wow I didn't know all of that. thanks for sharing. Do you feel like that helped you feel prepared for Step/comlex?

What other things are covered from the school?
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To clarify, they only cover comlex level 1 cost. Not level 2 for whatever reason. I am a 4th year and you are pretty prepared for level 1/step 1, although I think their "boards review" class is kind of useless. The biggest thing is to just ask your upperclassmen when to start doing your uworld blocks and how to study because the school tries to smother you with their in house exams so you can get distracted from boards prep which is what actually matters.

To my knowledge what was listed previously is pretty much all that is covered by the school, but I am also technically 2 years out of the school really having a big impact on my life since rotations are set up through them, but they are fairly hands off outside side of the basics.
 
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marscheesecastle said:
From what I can tell using other resources / previous years threads, much of their movement is later in the cycle, so let's hope so!
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4th year student here and we interview through the spring. I don't do anything related to admissions, but we often get emails asking us to sign up to be interviewers. I have no knowledge of exact dates.
 
OOS A, first one of the cycle (interviewed ~3 weeks ago). Declined though due to other offers, hopefully someone gets my spot!
 
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