2024-2025 Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine (RVUCOM-Colorado)

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lsymonds said:
Can you elaborate as to why to stay away from ‘holistic’?
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Yeah the staff and students just mentioned to explain why DO without using that word, aka explain what that word means to you in more depth to show your understanding!
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meoopsshiba said:
Yeah the staff and students just mentioned to explain why DO without using that word, aka explain what that word means to you in more depth to show your understanding!
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Thanks for sharing! I will definitely try to not use that Word and try to be more descriptive
 
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doctor104 said:
Does anyone who interviewed at Colorado have any tips?
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I wouldn’t practice a scripted answer but I would have key points that you can elaborate on when asked a question. Be yourself and have a genuine conversation where they get to know you and you get to know the school. The other advice that was already posted was spot on. Something I would prep for is what professionalism means to you and instances where you might have not been professional as well as how you resolved that instance and learned from it. It’s a very relaxed conversation and they want you to succeed. In hindsight I can confirm there is no reason to be nervous. Good luck!
 
Has anyone received any acceptances from Rocky Vista in last 3 weeks...looks like some people got interviews but no news of anyone being accepted? Has the committee not met this month to discuss potential candidates that had interviewed earlier this month
 
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tempesttwo said:
Colorado
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Good work---I wonder if Utah is calling today to let candidates know who had been interviewed earlier this month....not sure if it is one committee for both campuses or if they are separate
 
Paddi said:
Good work---I wonder if Utah is calling today to let candidates know who had been interviewed earlier this month....not sure if it is one committee for both campuses or if they are separate
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They are separate
 
Hello, any current students/ adminstrators at the Colorado campus have any insights into the main differences, pros, cons, etc. between the colorado and Montanna campuses. I have been accepted at the Montanna campus and I have an interview for the Colorado campus that I am debating cancelling or keeping. Thank you to anyone that is willing to submit any insights!
 
.docloading said:
Hello, any current students/ adminstrators at the Colorado campus have any insights into the main differences, pros, cons, etc. between the colorado and Montanna campuses. I have been accepted at the Montanna campus and I have an interview for the Colorado campus that I am debating cancelling or keeping. Thank you to anyone that is willing to submit any insights!
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I would definitely keep the interview at Colorado. Between the three locations/campuses, Colorado is the most competitive and coveted. Also, RVU's Montana location is considered a separate college (although it is affiliated to RVU Colorado and Utah) and is not well established as its inaugural class is only in their second year. Since RVU-MCOM has not had a graduating class, they don't have any established statistics about boards and residency match rates. RVU-MCOM is probably a great school, but it does not have an established history like its other two locations. Good luck and congratulations on the acceptance!
 
OOA A, interview about a week prior. Will be declining due to A at other school after I had my interview.
 
Fthemcat said:
Too late to apply?
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In theory, their application deadline is in April 2025. Better to apply early of course, but I know a guy who interviewed in March last year and got Accepted Pending Space in early May, then an Acceptance in late May. I'm not sure when he submitted, but it seems reasonably likely you'd get consideration if you apply soon now.
 
Karsa said:
OOS A off the wait list!
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Congratulations!! Could you let us know when you interviewed?

Also, odd question, if they called you, did you see if they had a Caller ID? I've been picking up every spam call for the last week just in case 🙃
 
Chris P Cream said:
Congratulations!! Could you let us know when you interviewed?

Also, odd question, if they called you, did you see if they had a Caller ID? I've been picking up every spam call for the last week just in case 🙃
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I interviewed 9/17! When they called it just said it was incoming from a Denver area code.
 
Hello everyone, Canadian here. Got the interview invite today and had a couple of questions.


1) since i have to commit to a campus through my interview, is there a campus that would be easier to get in than others? My most important priority is getting in somewhere right now, so I want to increase my chances as much as possible. So in my eyes, there's no point in going for the utah campus for example, if that campus is almost full, while the montana one is empty. Appreciate any insight into this matter.


2) I know the interview is 30 minutes, but what's the format? Traditional or MMI? Open or closed file? Faculty or student led?

3) is there a known ratio between people interviewed and accepted? Is it just a red flag check where 90% of people interviewed get in? Or do you actually have to go above and beyond tonget accepted.
 
I don't think there's a way of knowing which campus's roster is filling up quicker, although generally the Colorado campus is more competitive than the Utah campus. When you apply through AACOMAS, there is one application for Colorado/Utah (where you select a preferred campus, and then select if you're willing to interview at your secondary campus if you don't get in at the preferred one), and a separate application for the Montana Campus. So I think if you're trying to maximize your odds, you'd want submit both applications, and then on the Colorado/Utah application you'd want to put Utah as your primary. Although, I don't know if being an international applicant changes that picture.

For my interview at the CO campus, it was a 30 minute conversation with 2 faculty members (they sent the Zoom link and names of faculty a few weeks before the interview), mostly unstructured. They asked me a few questions at the beginning, then there was free time for conversation and my questions. The interview was closed-file, they only have your essays and letters of recommendation.

As for the post-interview acceptance rate, yeah I think that's pretty unusual, but I wouldn't worry about it. I work as a medical assistant at a neurology clinic in Colorado, and all the docs I talked to said that RVUCOM is a great program, and I know a few classmates from grad school and former MA's at the clinic who've gone there have loved it.
 
Chris P Cream said:
I don't think there's a way of knowing which campus's roster is filling up quicker, although generally the Colorado campus is more competitive than the Utah campus. When you apply through AACOMAS, there is one application for Colorado/Utah (where you select a preferred campus, and then select if you're willing to interview at your secondary campus if you don't get in at the preferred one), and a separate application for the Montana Campus. So I think if you're trying to maximize your odds, you'd want submit both applications, and then on the Colorado/Utah application you'd want to put Utah as your primary. Although, I don't know if being an international applicant changes that picture.

For my interview at the CO campus, it was a 30 minute conversation with 2 faculty members (they sent the Zoom link and names of faculty a few weeks before the interview), mostly unstructured. They asked me a few questions at the beginning, then there was free time for conversation and my questions. The interview was closed-file, they only have your essays and letters of recommendation.

As for the post-interview acceptance rate, yeah I think that's pretty unusual, but I wouldn't worry about it. I work as a medical assistant at a neurology clinic in Colorado, and all the docs I talked to said that RVUCOM is a great program, and I know a few classmates from grad school and former MA's at the clinic who've gone there have loved it.
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Thanks for the response. What do you mean the post interview acceptance rate is unusual? I wasn't quoting a stat, I was just asking if anyone knew what the stat was.

Do you mind clarifying what you meant by unusual, or was it a misunderstanding
 
insomnomnomia said:
Do they add more interview dates as the month goes on? All I see are January dates for interviews but I was hoping to do my interview in Feb.
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I believe they add new interview dates in blocks of two-weeks or one-month. I think I recall there being a deadline to schedule your interview after the invite? If so you might want to email admissions to ask for a later one, in case the February dates aren't posted by your deadline.
 
simbaboom8 said:
Thanks for the response. What do you mean the post interview acceptance rate is unusual? I wasn't quoting a stat, I was just asking if anyone knew what the stat was.

Do you mind clarifying what you meant by unusual, or was it a misunderstanding
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My impression is that it is unusually high. There are posts from previous years' threads saying it is >80%, which I think is a large overestimate, but they are the safety or second-choice school for a lot of Colorado applicants, so I think a large fraction of their acceptance offers are declined.

They also issue acceptances for the next year's class, with the promise that they'll put you into this year's class if space opens up ("Accepted Pending Space"), which further increases the number of acceptances relative to interviews.
 
I think I just got an email for a pre-II waitlist? Did anyone else get one? Just hoping to understand how a waitlist works with this school.

In my application I noted that I didn't have a preference for location like either Colorado or Utah.
 
Calypsoo said:
I think I just got an email for a pre-II waitlist? Did anyone else get one? Just hoping to understand how a waitlist works with this school.

In my application I noted that I didn't have a preference for location like either Colorado or Utah.
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Could you post the specific language in the email? I didn't get anything like that that I can recall
 
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