AZCOM Discussion thread 2008-2009

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For my taste I dislike AZ, too hot. The school however has its ups and downs. Don't be fooled by the presentation by any school. It's like they're selling a time share, you coming means cash and they know it. The education aspect is fine and we are competitive with other D.O. schools. We are 5th, lost to number 4 by a less than 1% and probably lost to the number 1 school by less than 3%. The dean gave us the data but not as a website and we do well with the COMLEX. Our USMLE scores are not near what they could be though. This stems from the fact that they if they orient themselves to a board style question it is a COMLEX type question. They don't teach all the required items for the USMLE. They can't since we have OMM to deal with. There are also some great teachers and some that are horrendous. I guess it's like that at all schools. Right now this school isn't the greatest but by the time you get here it will be a lot better. The construction should be over there will be plenty of parking and more rotations will be in AZ. I think the best D.O. school in terms of scores is Kirksville. It's the first and I don't know why but they have great scores. I'm not sure of thier USMLE scores though. You just have to decide on the school based on life style, location, and the intangibles becuase all the school offer good educations. Sorry for the rant but I've gotten some private messages and thought it appropriate to share with all. Good luck with you choices.
 
Board scores...I wonder if that's yet another thing you probably shouldn't bring up at the interview.

I don't know why but for some people, when they ask "Why here?", they think board scores are probably the best answer, especially if the school is proud of them. It makes sense; AZCOM is definitely proud of theirs (I'm currently in their post-bac) but when I interviewed them, I stayed away from that. Instead, I just mentioned about their history with CCOM and their standards for their students which matches my style. That's about all I mentioned about AZCOM's cirriculum; the rest was about the student body, AZ, etc. I may not know what they want exactly, but I always felt that they're tired of hearing about it.

Wouldn't you want to go to a school you felt good about overall? This is assuming you have choices, but banking on a school for the sole purpose of board schools while dispising everything else seems too unilateral. You want to pick the best place possible for you and if it isn't here, then do yourself a favor and look elsewhere.
 
Right so apparently the committee met yesterday. Does anyone know when the dean plans to sign off on the acceptances or when they will be changing our status online?
 
TeamZissou said:
Right so apparently the committee met yesterday. Does anyone know when the dean plans to sign off on the acceptances or when they will be changing our status online?
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Yes, the committee did meet yesterday. I think I'm going to call either later today or Monday if my status page doesn't change. Let us know if anyone's status page changes though!

I'm so excited 😀
 
Just call the admissions office...
 
I just called and found out I got accepted.🙂

Sorry to hear about the waitlist though...Like CB said..super annoying.
 
Sawweeettt!!!! I got accepted too! Congrats everyone!!!!

To those who got waitlisted keep your head up and best of luck with your other schools and with the waitlist at this one! Keep in mind they increased their class size recently so you never know!

I found out by calling the admissions office, my status page hasn't changed yet....
 
TeamZissou said:
Sawweeettt!!!! I got accepted too! Congrats everyone!!!!

To those who got waitlisted keep your head up and best of luck with your other schools and with the waitlist at this one! Keep in mind they increased their class size recently so you never know!

I found out by calling the admissions office, my status page hasn't changed yet....
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I AM IN!!!!!!!!!!😀😀😀😀

Congrads Zissou and everyone else. I hope those of you waitlisted get in!
 
Congrats to everyone. I am in as well!!! 1st Acceptance 👍
 
For anyone that has called and been accepted has your Matriculation/Payment page been updated - or any change at all to your online.midwestern.edu page?

Thanks, congratulations to all.
 
docSAZ182 said:
For anyone that has called and been accepted has your Matriculation/Payment page been updated - or any change at all to your online.midwestern.edu page?

Thanks, congratulations to all.
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Actually mine hasn't changed yet. I was lucky enough to be accepted to CCOM earlier in the week and that is all mine displays. I'm not sure if that is due to how the page is displayed when your accepted to both programs or if AZCOM's just hasn't been processed yet. I would imagine it just hasn't been processed quite yet... Anyone else confirm?
 
TeamZissou said:
Actually mine hasn't changed yet. I was lucky enough to be accepted to CCOM earlier in the week and that is all mine displays. I'm not sure if that is due to how the page is displayed when your accepted to both programs or if AZCOM's just hasn't been processed yet. I would imagine it just hasn't been processed quite yet... Anyone else confirm?
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I was accepted and my page hasn't changed........to AZCOM only.
 
Mine has not changed either. Anyone absolutely certain about attending AZCOM?

I know I am going to AZCOM or CCOM, but just not sure which one yet.
 
mrajya3 said:
Mine has not changed either. Anyone absolutely certain about attending AZCOM?

I know I am going to AZCOM or CCOM, but just not sure which one yet.
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I have a major lean towards AZCOM but still have an interview at KCOM......its tough so far but AZCOM is my top choice at this point.

I also applied late to CCOM just in case azcom rejected me.....
 
Wow, congrats to everyone who got in! Hmm, I guess they made up their mind about me too. Did any of them tell you what official confirmation they would give? Email/snail mail? I'd hate to think that it's just an update to the status page only.

I guess I'll give them a call sometime.
 
Flushot said:
Wow, congrats to everyone who got in! Hmm, I guess they made up their mind about me too. Did any of them tell you what official confirmation they would give? Email/snail mail? I'd hate to think that it's just an update to the status page only.

I guess I'll give them a call sometime.
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They said a letter would be received in the mail shortly.
 
Chocolate Bear said:
They said a letter would be received in the mail shortly.
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Can't wait to see mine. The acceptances always look better on paper! 😀
I'd imagine the first batch the adcoms decided on will get mail sometime next week.
 
Does anyone know what the "alternate" list is? Is it the same as waitlist? Has anyone else been put on it?
 
I just got an interview today! I interviewed last year in May and I was on the waitilist but I never got in. Im still waiting for CCOM. For those of you who applied to both did you get an interview invite around the same time for both CCOM and AZCOM? Im from the midwest so I would rather go to CCOM if that was an option although AZCOM is an amazing school
 
PupsterDO said:
Bump. I would like to know too.
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the alternate list is their term for the waitlist for those applicants who have already interviewed.
 
I haven't had an update on my page yet either. I don't know what the story there is? I'll be happy when I have that letter in my mits.

Anyone make a FB group for AZCOM Class of 2013 yet?
 
docSAZ182 said:
I haven't had an update on my page yet either. I don't know what the story there is? I'll be happy when I have that letter in my mits.

Anyone make a FB group for AZCOM Class of 2013 yet?
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Shoot I don't even have it. I do have Osteobook 😳
 
I interviewed on September 24.

Under my status page, under Matriculation/Payment there is an agreement about being accepted and making payments. When I spoke with the Admissions office yesterday, she said letters would be going out at the end of this week. If anyone wants to call, the number is: 888-247-9277. Good luck!
 
whoknows2008 said:
I interviewed on September 24.

Under my status page, under Matriculation/Payment there is an agreement about being accepted and making payments. When I spoke with the Admissions office yesterday, she said letters would be going out at the end of this week. If anyone wants to call, the number is: 888-247-9277. Good luck!
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Hmm my status page hasn't changed.....I was in the first interview group and was accepted last Friday! Kinda weird that mine is the same as before.
 
Interviews Sept 19! and also accepted 🙂

My status page hasn't changed though...
 
bivvie! I remember interviewing with you last year....did u end up gettin in?
 
I didn't even realize that I had an interview invite to AZ COM. Something just felt funny, so I checked the CCOM status page, clicked on schedule an interview and there the invite was. So now I have a plane flight at 6am tomorrow for the interview on the 10th!! It worked out well because those are my days off, but sucks I had to cancel plans.

Who else is interviewing on the 10th?

Wish me luck!!! 😛
 
Vooodooo said:
I didn't even realize that I had an interview invite to AZ COM. Something just felt funny, so I checked the CCOM status page, clicked on schedule an interview and there the invite was. So now I have a plane flight at 6am tomorrow for the interview on the 10th!! It worked out well because those are my days off, but sucks I had to cancel plans.

Who else is interviewing on the 10th?

Wish me luck!!! 😛
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They did not send me an email either, and I booked a flight just a couple days before the interview to get in the first batch. BTW, I allready had an interview and got accepted. Good luck, you will do fine!
 
Status page updated!!!!

Now I can cancel my trip to LECOM in Florida. After the cancellation fees, I get back $22 from the $280 I spent for the trip.😡
 
mrajya3 said:
Status page updated!!!!

Now I can cancel my trip to LECOM in Florida. After the cancellation fees, I get back $22 from the $280 I spent for the trip.😡
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The amount of potentially "wasted" money in this process is astronomical. Take that $22 and buy part of a celebration dinner. 👍
 
My status is finally updated too. No letter in hand but its finally official. Anyone for sure going to AZCOM?
 
good luck to all applicants
hope to see you next year
 
docSAZ182 said:
My status is finally updated too. No letter in hand but its finally official. Anyone for sure going to AZCOM?
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Are you?

I've got one more interview left. They have a lot to own up to though. I'm really liking AZ thus far.
 
mrajya3 said:
Status page updated!!!!

Now I can cancel my trip to LECOM in Florida. After the cancellation fees, I get back $22 from the $280 I spent for the trip.😡
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If I saw that, I probably would've just gone. I've learned a lot about visiting other schools. LECOM also surprised me a bit, even though I knew what to expect going in
 
Anybody else going to interview at AZCOM on this Monday Oc. 13th?

The AZCOM admin staff said there would be up to 18 people interviewing on monday and currently there were 16 on the list.

Anybody have any advice?

Anybody know someone that lives in Glendale that I could sleep on their couch for Sunday and Monday night for the interview? I would really like to meet current Midwestern students while I am there.
 
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Sugah09 said:
bivvie! I remember interviewing with you last year....did u end up gettin in?
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hey...no unfortunately i was waitlisted but im currently in the 1 year masters program at midwestern so im at least on the campus haha. im applying again this year and as of now azcom is def where i wanna go for a lot of reasons...obviously its the most convenient since i already go to the school and am taking courses with some of the azcom faculty
 
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