Applying to MU-COM but not religious

[cwillman044]

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Good idea or bad idea? I like the look of the school stats wise and it seems like a good fit other than the whole religion thing. Anyone have any experience with this?

 

[Wjldenver]

Good idea or bad idea? I like the look of the school stats wise and it seems like a good fit other than the whole religion thing. Anyone have any experience with this?

Don't let the stated religious affiliation of any school (except LUCOM) deter you from applying. At the most, you may have a prayer at the white coat ceremony and at graduation but that will be the extent of it. During the rest of your medical education, you will not hear any religious indoctrination of any kind.

 

[Goro]

It's perfectly OK. Loyola, Tulane, BU, Gtown, and Creighton, like MUCOM, do NOT wear their religion on their sleeve like LUCOM does.

At Einstein and the Touros, religion affect the school calendar, and the cafeterias, and that's it.

Good idea or bad idea? I like the look of the school stats wise and it seems like a good fit other than the whole religion thing. Anyone have any experience with this?

 

[acapnial]

I think you're not allowed to have alcohol at Loma Linda

 

[DrMikeP]

Most of the top universities in the world began as religious institutions. Other than LU most med schools are themselves pretty secular and from what I've heard from some students even LU's med school itself isn't as conservative Christian as the university in general.

 

[Henry101]

I think you're not allowed to have alcohol at Loma Linda

LOL That's not even half of it.
I was wait listed at LLU and I wear it as a badge of honor.
No cohabilitation with opposite gender students, no caffeine on campus, required seminars on Sundays (because Adventists believe Saturdays is the real Sabath day), you can be placed on probation if you drink alcohol in public, etc. etc.

MUCOM is fine. I've visited the campus and it is beautiful. The students were very open. Just make sure you are open to their mission; they are very serious about producing primary care physicians.

 

[Halcyon45]

MUCOM did not say a single thing about their religious stuff during the entire interview day, you'll be fine!

 

[Ioannes Paulus]

On a side not, I think MUCOM has one of the nicest campuses of any DO school in the country. Just saying.

 

[costales]

Catholic schools are highly secularized in management and academic matters. They pretty much keep religion in their chapels and outside the classrooms. In fact, the percentage of Catholic faculty at Notre Dame fell below 50% several years ago and they quit publishing the data. (Catholic hospitals are a bit different: They don't allow elective abortions - although most offer emergency contraception - and some still broadcast a generic prayer in the morning over the PA - evidently not many people complain.)