Campbell University (CUSOM) Discussion Thread 2014 - 2015

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cdistel said:
can those who were interviewed offer up their thoughts on the school? Pro/Cons, etc
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PROS: Resources, sim lab, anatomy lab and only 3 on a cadaver at a time, medical mission opportunities, area, right next to a golf course 🙂, curriculum.
CONS: 2nd year students have no idea how the rotation set up will be, or how they will decide who goes where. But, they will have that figured out by the time I start, so it doesn't seem like a big concern.
Others may have different opinions..
 
ckander said:
PROS: Resources, sim lab, anatomy lab and only 3 on a cadaver at a time, medical mission opportunities, area, right next to a golf course 🙂, curriculum.
CONS: 2nd year students have no idea how the rotation set up will be, or how they will decide who goes where. But, they will have that figured out by the time I start, so it doesn't seem like a big concern.
Others may have different opinions..
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To clarify there are 6 students per cadaver. 3 in the early afternoon, and then 3 in late afternoon. You have less people to bump elbows with but you won't be in the room for every single cut.

If you like nature and small town living it's amazing
 
Seems like it. Joy mentioned that this early in the process they only accept or reject and don't waitlist usually until the class is filled, around January. So get to the earliest interviews you can!
 
Looks like I'll be the first to post this:
I interviewed this week and got rejected. 3.8 gpa 25 mcat
Not sure as to exactly why? I thought my #s were pretty ok and my EC's are a little bit above average.
However, in my interviews, I did get pretty nervous and rambled a lot - it's just my dumb nature :/.
I also noticed that the interviewers focused a lot on my 'low' MCAT score. I tried my best in explaining myself but I guess they just didn't like me enough :/

Yes I was a little bummed at first, but I still have 7 other interviews to look forward to!

BTW congrats to all those accepted! It sure was nice meeting all of you on my interview date
 
ckander said:
Seems like it. Joy mentioned that this early in the process they only accept or reject and don't waitlist usually until the class is filled, around January. So get to the earliest interviews you can!
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They said the same thing when I interviewed on the second interview day last year, still got waitlisted (and accepted in December) lol. So take that with a grain of salt.
 
Has someone made a Facebook for everyone accepted yet?!
 
n1ck said:
Looks like I'll be the first to post this:
I interviewed this week and got rejected. 3.8 gpa 25 mcat
Not sure as to exactly why? I thought my #s were pretty ok and my EC's are a little bit above average.
However, in my interviews, I did get pretty nervous and rambled a lot - it's just my dumb nature :/.
I also noticed that the interviewers focused a lot on my 'low' MCAT score. I tried my best in explaining myself but I guess they just didn't like me enough :/

Yes I was a little bummed at first, but I still have 7 other interviews to look forward to!

BTW congrats to all those accepted! It sure was nice meeting all of you on my interview date
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Interesting, bc at my interview based on where a few people said they interviewed/were interviewing, it seemed liked plenty of people had low mcats. Campbell had an average of 26 for c/o 2017, I could only imagine it went up to 27..so 25 isn't far off.
You have 7 other interviews so don't think about it too much.
 
n1ck said:
Looks like I'll be the first to post this:
I interviewed this week and got rejected. 3.8 gpa 25 mcat
Not sure as to exactly why? I thought my #s were pretty ok and my EC's are a little bit above average.
However, in my interviews, I did get pretty nervous and rambled a lot - it's just my dumb nature :/.
I also noticed that the interviewers focused a lot on my 'low' MCAT score. I tried my best in explaining myself but I guess they just didn't like me enough :/

Yes I was a little bummed at first, but I still have 7 other interviews to look forward to!

BTW congrats to all those accepted! It sure was nice meeting all of you on my interview date
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if they thought your mcat was too low why send you for an II?
 
I got an email stating that "You are cordially invited to attend Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine’s (CUSOM) fall Open House session onFriday, October 31, 2014." I haven't received an II...is this a good sign or does this go to everyone?
 
docaddictedtotravel1992 said:
I got an email stating that "You are cordially invited to attend Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine’s (CUSOM) fall Open House session onFriday, October 31, 2014." I haven't received an II...is this a good sign or does this go to everyone?
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Mind if I ask when you received it? I've got an interview in two weeks and I didn't receive that e-mail.
 
jjtheairplane said:
Interesting, bc at my interview based on where a few people said they interviewed/were interviewing, it seemed liked plenty of people had low mcats. Campbell had an average of 26 for c/o 2017, I could only imagine it went up to 27..so 25 isn't far off.
You have 7 other interviews so don't think about it too much.
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ModyzMalak said:
if they thought your mcat was too low why send you for an II?
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jjtheairplane and ModyzMalak, yeah I thought so as well. I don't know. Perhaps it was just more than my MCAT, but that's all I'm remembering at the moment. Truth be told, this was my second interview and I wasn't well prepared. My first interview went great because they weren't the straight up questions like "why do you want to be a doctor", they were literally easy-going conversations. So when I went to CUSOM, I guess I just winged it as well. Winging it is a gamble. It can go great (like my first) or bad (like my second interview). I am now preparing much more on my answers, hopefully this will help me on my next interviews.

For those with similar MCATs as me, don't freak out! In retrospect, I actually don't think this was the sole reason I was rejected, it was probably just my overall lack of preparation now that I think of it. I wasn't really prepared, I got nervous, and I probably came out as a weirdo, lol.
Good luck to all!
 
Does Anybody know how important it is for the open house invite on the campus? I havent received the inteview invite but an invite for open house? How does that affect the interview invite? Thanks.
 
Osteopath999 said:
Does Anybody know how important it is for the open house invite on the campus? I havent received the inteview invite but an invite for open house? How does that affect the interview invite? Thanks.
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Would guess not important at all.

Also, I've been told directly- If you get an invite then you are "qualified" for the school and your stats/credentials are sufficient. The interviews are all about assessing "fit," and it goes both ways.
 
n1ck said:
jjtheairplane and ModyzMalak, yeah I thought so as well. I don't know. Perhaps it was just more than my MCAT, but that's all I'm remembering at the moment. Truth be told, this was my second interview and I wasn't well prepared. My first interview went great because they weren't the straight up questions like "why do you want to be a doctor", they were literally easy-going conversations. So when I went to CUSOM, I guess I just winged it as well. Winging it is a gamble. It can go great (like my first) or bad (like my second interview). I am now preparing much more on my answers, hopefully this will help me on my next interviews.

For those with similar MCATs as me, don't freak out! In retrospect, I actually don't think this was the sole reason I was rejected, it was probably just my overall lack of preparation now that I think of it. I wasn't really prepared, I got nervous, and I probably came out as a weirdo, lol.
Good luck to all!
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ah i see. yeah noone likes a weirdo o_o
at least you got your bad moment out of the way, good luck on the rest of your IIs!
 
Has anyone else started the matriculation documentation and have class of 2018 on all of the online documents even after clicking on the link for the 2019 class?
 
ckander said:
Has anyone else started the matriculation documentation and have class of 2018 on all of the online documents even after clicking on the link for the 2019 class?
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I had the same problem a couple of days ago. It should be fixed now.
 
For those accepted, do we have to do anything right now to accept the offer or we have time till Nov 15?!
 
shayant said:
For those accepted, do we have to do anything right now to accept the offer or we have time till Nov 15?!
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We have until Nov. 15 to send in the deposit along with signed offer letter, technical standards, completed drug screen/background check.
 
For those interviewing, I did not write thank you notes btw. I think they're more of a nice gesture rather than an admissions move.
 
jjtheairplane said:
For those interviewing, I did not write thank you notes btw. I think they're more of a nice gesture rather than an admissions move.
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They meet so fast that your notes are likely not read prior.

Most decisions are announced withing the week if not faster
 
sb247 said:
They meet so fast that your notes are likely not read prior.


Most decisions are announced withing the week if not faster
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I wrote thank-you emails to all of my interviewers. Two of them actually replied back.
 
I had written thank you notes the day after and one replied, got accepted the next day.. He told me I should be hearing good news haha
 
So lucky that i have kept in contact with the admission staff and recently found out that they were still waiting for my committee letter even though it was electronically submitted a week ago. Very quickly they looked for it again and fount it and then updated my application to make it complete. Awesome admission staff !
 
Just got an email saying CUSOM will send me something in a week or two. Ok
 
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