? about LECOM

[CriminalPsych]

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I have applied to both Bradenton and Erie campuses and my secondaries are under review at the moment. Seeing that I'm a FL resident and have a preference for PBL, would the Erie campus hold off on an interview invite until Bradenton has decided what they will do? Or do they operate completely separate from each other for admissions?

 

[LUCPM]

When I received my interview invite from Erie, my file at Bradenton was being held for re-review. But I heard some people received invites from both places. When I received my acceptance at Erie, I received an email saying my file had been withdrawn automatically for being accepted at Erie.

 

[seraphkz]

I received invites from both places at about the same time.

 

[Loudster]

Same, I got invites at the same time from both schools (within maybe a week of each other).

 

[Prncssbuttercup]

They operate admissions separatly

 

[Druggernaut]

They operate admissions separatly

They may tell you this, but it's not true. If you get into one, you're out of the running at the other.

You may get interviews at both. Just hope you get accepted to the one you'd rather go to first.

 

[CriminalPsych]

Well thank you guys for the input. Now I'll just sit back and hope for Bradenton.

I am life long Floridian = freezing at <60 degrees = miserable winter in Erie

 

[ksmajmudar]

I am life long Floridian = freezing at <60 degrees = miserable winter in Erie

Hahaha...I really hope you get into Bradenton then, because if <60 is cold...you're in for a rough ride here in the northeast. Example: it's October, and it's supposed to snow ~4" here in NJ tomorrow. Last year, we had a week in January where it was in the negatives, peaking at around -8 degrees

 

[painmd87]

It really depends on the timing. I would have liked to check out the Bradenton campus, but I interviewed at Erie in July and got in before Bradenton started interviewing last year. I contacted Bradenton and asked them to keep me in the running, but they said they don't like to poach (my words, not theirs) from people who have deposits at Erie/SH. Of course, after seeing how ISP works and how PBL works, I could never go away from ISP.

If you get an interview at one, the other will likely consider you until you have put down a deposit at the other one. I'm sure that's not set in stone, but that seems to be the way things go.

 

[gatorfann14]

They may tell you this, but it's not true. If you get into one, you're out of the running at the other.

You may get interviews at both. Just hope you get accepted to the one you'd rather go to first.

It is true. I was accepted at both and held my spot at erie until I decided to accept my spot at bradenton and drop the spot in erie.

 

[Druggernaut]

It is true. I was accepted at both and held my spot at erie until I decided to accept my spot at bradenton and drop the spot in erie.

I suppose I overstated it. An acceptance at one isn't necessarily a kiss of death at the other, but other posters, personal acquaintances, and myself have all had experiences that indicate that they're not as seperate as people are typically led to believe.

 

[LUCPM]

It is true. I was accepted at both and held my spot at erie until I decided to accept my spot at bradenton and drop the spot in erie.

As soon as I received an acceptance at Erie, I received an email from Bradenton saying my applicatin has been withdrawn for being accepted at Erie. They may have changed the rule this year.

 

[24IdaFire]

They may tell you this, but it's not true. If you get into one, you're out of the running at the other.

You may get interviews at both. Just hope you get accepted to the one you'd rather go to first.

No.

They are completely separate.

When I was applying for medical school I got my Erie interview the same day as my Florida rejection. I called Bradenton to see how I could improve, like I did all the places that rejected me. The admissions person I talked to told me, "After going over your application we see that you do not have the academic fortitude to handle the LECOM PBL curriculum."

I find it funny because I was accepted into PBL in Erie a couple of weeks later.

 

[Druggernaut]

No.

They are completely separate.

When I was applying for medical school I got my Erie interview the same day as my Florida rejection. I called Bradenton to see how I could improve, like I did all the places that rejected me.

I don't think this goes against what I said. One might accept you after the other rejects you, but if Bradenton had waitlisted you instead of rejecting you, you probably would've been out of the running there after putting a deposit down in Erie.

LUCPM and painmd's experiences seem pretty clear that they're not totally seperate, and I know people with personal contacts in admissions who've said the same, as well as having gone through a situation that matches up very well with what they've said.

It's not some big scandal to be defensive about, they can run their admissions however they want. It's just a little strange that they aren't completely open about it. In retrospect, I might've decided to apply differently if they were, though I'm doing just fine in the frozen north.