2025-2026 Belmont (Frist)

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Is it a bad idea to email regarding the status of my application? I was marked complete on 7/30 but never received an under review notification like they stated they would send in my application complete email.
 
wao2221 said:
Is it a bad idea to email regarding the status of my application? I was marked complete on 7/30 but never received an under review notification like they stated they would send in my application complete email.
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Same. Complete 7/16 and the email said 3 weeks lol and still nothing.
 
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Speaking of this email, does anyone know what the merit scholarships they mentioned look like? Do they do any full or half tuition scholarships?
 
next_md said:
Speaking of this email, does anyone know what the merit scholarships they mentioned look like? Do they do any full or half tuition scholarships?
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My friend who applied last cycle received 1/2 off tuition only for the first year. I think they give some large & small amounts.
 
is anyone able to speak on what going to school here is like? I know there's some parts that apparently aren't so desirable like HCA affiliation and issues with staff retention the like. It's still an MD school ultimately so if I managed to get off the WL I'd imagine it may still be worth to still go here.
 
johnhelldiver501 said:
is anyone able to speak on what going to school here is like? I know there's some parts that apparently aren't so desirable like HCA affiliation and issues with staff retention the like. It's still an MD school ultimately so if I managed to get off the WL I'd imagine it may still be worth to still go here.
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seconded
 
its a good experience thus far. faculty and staff are extremely invested in your success. i feel heard and the administration takes student complaints/suggestions seriously and makes an earnest attempt to change policies. HCA affiliation has been actually somewhat beneficial for research/shadowing/connections, if you don't like HCA then don't apply to their residencies. staff retention is being addressed and the school has hired a bunch of new professors to cover gaps. to be fair i think most of the students are using third party resources anyway so I dont think this is a major issue.
 
Fisherman Frank said:
its a good experience thus far. faculty and staff are extremely invested in your success. i feel heard and the administration takes student complaints/suggestions seriously and makes an earnest attempt to change policies. HCA affiliation has been actually somewhat beneficial for research/shadowing/connections, if you don't like HCA then don't apply to their residencies. staff retention is being addressed and the school has hired a bunch of new professors to cover gaps. to be fair i think most of the students are using third party resources anyway so I dont think this is a major issue.
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would you say going here (new MD) would be better than going to an established DO program? I know there's so much caveats to all of this, just curious to see what you think.
 
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Fisherman Frank said:
its a good experience thus far. faculty and staff are extremely invested in your success. i feel heard and the administration takes student complaints/suggestions seriously and makes an earnest attempt to change policies. HCA affiliation has been actually somewhat beneficial for research/shadowing/connections, if you don't like HCA then don't apply to their residencies. staff retention is being addressed and the school has hired a bunch of new professors to cover gaps. to be fair i think most of the students are using third party resources anyway so I dont think this is a major issue.
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Could you speak a little bit about the curriculum/class schedule? Are you in class/lecture most of the time, is attendance required,.. etc.
 
bluecypress80 said:
Could you speak a little bit about the curriculum/class schedule? Are you in class/lecture most of the time, is attendance required,.. etc.
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M1s: Biweekly summative quizzes (faculty written), when you dont have graded quizzes you have formative (ungraded) quizzes that are assigned step-oriented practice questions. NBME final. Anatomy final practical.
M2s: Midterm (in house written), NBME final. Formative quizzes every week to help with weekly content. Anatomy final practical.

You have 3 "courses" per semester - your organ system (graded), W3M (Social Sciences, P/F), ICP (Your OSCE + physical exam class, P/F). ICP, W3M = required attendance, organ system = not required attendance

Classes run 8-12. Afternoons are free unless you have:
1 afternoon (1-5pm) /week you have a longitudinal clinic in Peds/FM or IM.
OSCE (simulation) 1/week for 2 hours in the afternoon.

johnhelldiver501 said:
would you say going here (new MD) would be better than going to an established DO program? I know there's so much caveats to all of this, just curious to see what you think.
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Depends on what you mean by better. If you are the type of student that needs a lot of structure and support behind you, then no. If you can handle uncertainty and can handle ambiguity then yes (i wonder why they ask the ambiguity question on the secondaries!). Personally I turned down established DO acceptances to go here. Historically looking at other new programs that have graduated classes I think we will largely match fine, but I think this is due to the notion that matching well is more on you then it is on the school.


Hope that helps.
 
Fisherman Frank said:
M1s: Biweekly summative quizzes (faculty written), when you dont have graded quizzes you have formative (ungraded) quizzes that are assigned step-oriented practice questions. NBME final. Anatomy final practical.
M2s: Midterm (in house written), NBME final. Formative quizzes every week to help with weekly content. Anatomy final practical.

You have 3 "courses" per semester - your organ system (graded), W3M (Social Sciences, P/F), ICP (Your OSCE + physical exam class, P/F). ICP, W3M = required attendance, organ system = not required attendance

Classes run 8-12. Afternoons are free unless you have:
1 afternoon (1-5pm) /week you have a longitudinal clinic in Peds/FM or IM.
OSCE (simulation) 1/week for 2 hours in the afternoon.


Depends on what you mean by better. If you are the type of student that needs a lot of structure and support behind you, then no. If you can handle uncertainty and can handle ambiguity then yes (i wonder why they ask the ambiguity question on the secondaries!). Personally I turned down established DO acceptances to go here. Historically looking at other new programs that have graduated classes I think we will largely match fine, but I think this is due to the notion that matching well is more on you then it is on the school.


Hope that helps.
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thank you so much🙂
 
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