ARCOM vs LMU-DCOM

[believeland]

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Personally, I really enjoyed both of my visits to the schools. I love ARCOM and everything about it but the unknowns are somewhat scary. I know LMU doesn't have the best reputation on SDN but I felt good when I went and visited the school. The mandatory class and the dress code does not bother me. I would love to hear your opinion on it.

Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine
PROs

• Facilities
• Student environment
• Set up for success - IMO
• Early exposure to patients
• Research Requirement

CONs

• New School

LMU - DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine - Harrogate
PROs

• Residency Placement - (not stellar but decent list and makes it more comfortable to just see the list)
• DO/MBA

CONs

• Location
• Harder to do research

 

[PapaGuava]

@believeland
You have more pros listed for ARCOM, so would you say you felt more comfortable there? Also, I don't think LMU-DCOM has a mandatory dress code or attendance policy as far as I know, unless you were speaking about ARCOM.

-Also, congratulations on your acceptances!

 

[believeland]

@believeland
You have more pros listed for ARCOM, so would you say you felt more comfortable there? Also, I don't think LMU-DCOM has a mandatory dress code or attendance policy as far as I know, unless you were speaking about ARCOM.

-Also, congratulations on your acceptances!

Thank you so much! I’m very grateful to be in this position! I felt the best at ARCOM but worried about the unknowns. I was referring to the mandatory attendance for ARCOM not LMU.

 

[PapaGuava]

I know a lot of the students at LMU have gotten clinical exposure from RAM clinics and other events if that is something you'd consider as early clinical exposure with patients besides trained actors. Oh yeah, it is a wonderful position to be able to choose and you have plenty of time to make your decision.

 

[esob]

Fort Smith is awesome and I really liked the ARCOM facilities. Their facilities seemed as nice as many of the established MD schools I attended. Can't say I know much about LMU but I wouldn't hesitate to attend ARCOM because of unknowns, as they really seemed to have their program together.

 

[ggkitty]

I wish more people would contribute to this. Ugh :-/