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Ok perhaps somebody here can give me some insight. My overall gpa is about 3.4, science gpa also 3.4. Took the mcats for the first time in August and scored 28. Applied only to osteopathic schools, I have no desire to go to allopathic medical schools. I applied to nycom,unecom,nj,pcom and nova. Nycom is by far my first choice as I would like to stay home and I live 10 mins from the school, further more their affiliations and residencies with hospitals on long island and in manhattan are excellent. I have an interview with nycom next week. Growing up having a father as a chiropractor, the importance of musculoskeletal health and how it relates to overall health has become a part of life for me. In fact the only reason I do not attend chiropractic school, is because of the limited license and it is true that ostepathic medical schools give students more tools through which to help patients. Ultimately I would like to graduate from osteopathic school and do a residency in OMM, followed by chiropractic school (only 1 1/2 years additional if you already are a medical doctor)... as their philosophy teachings and manipulation courses far far outweight any taught in any osteopathic schools. This is not my opinion guys, its fact.... it may come as shock to most people but chiropractic schools spend more time on anatomy and especially radiology then any medical schools in the country, (unless of course you become a radiologist) in addition they spend more time teaching manipulation then all of the osteopathic schools in the country combined. In fact 99% of all manipulation in the united states is performed by chiropractors. Almost all research currently being done regarding adjustments (the chiropractic term) or manipulations(osteopathic term) are done by chiropractors and chiropractic researchers and then the data is extrapolated to also include osteopaths because they also manipulate. I want to be an osteopath because of what osteopathy once stood for, a true and real alternative to the medical mainstream approach to healthcare....today most students graduate with almost zero confidence in there manipulative skills or a solid foundation from which to councel patients about the true nature of health and how it does not simply mean the absence of symptoms. Anywayz, my question really centers around whether or not anyone who is an "out of stater" has heard from any of these other schools as far as interview invitations are concerned. Thanks for all of your help
"The master maker of the human body did not create you and then run off and leave you masterless. He stayed on the job as innate, as the fellow within, as nerve transmission controlling every funtion of life, as spirit from above-down, inside-out, expressing, creating, exploring, directing you in every field and phase of experience so that your home is truly the world and the world is your home"
B.J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C.
"The master maker of the human body did not create you and then run off and leave you masterless. He stayed on the job as innate, as the fellow within, as nerve transmission controlling every funtion of life, as spirit from above-down, inside-out, expressing, creating, exploring, directing you in every field and phase of experience so that your home is truly the world and the world is your home"
B.J. Palmer, D.C., Ph.C.