Campbell University (CUSOM) Discussion Thread 2015 - 2016

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Just submitted my secondary today. Good luck to everyone applying! Does anybody know how long it usually takes for interview invites or rejections?
 
LloydChristmas90 said:
Just submitted my secondary today. Good luck to everyone applying! Does anybody know how long it usually takes for interview invites or rejections?
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I think I got an II about a month post secondary. Then you will know accept/reject by the end of the week you interview.
 
Don't hold me to the month time line. I'd have to go check old emails, and it's late and I don't feel like it right now
 
Hey @Luvshok, it's all good. If you end up going back to look it up, I'd appreciate it if you post what you find. Thanks for your help. If it really is that quick of a turn around, then I think I'll wait to finish submitting most of my other secondaries. Secondary apps are so dang expensive and CUSOM is my top choice anyway. It was just too risky to apply through the EDP even though I really wanted to.
 
LloydChristmas90 said:
Hey @Luvshok, it's all good. If you end up going back to look it up, I'd appreciate it if you post what you find. Thanks for your help. If it really is that quick of a turn around, then I think I'll wait to finish submitting most of my other secondaries. Secondary apps are so dang expensive and CUSOM is my top choice anyway. It was just too risky to apply through the EDP even though I really wanted to.
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I wouldn't wait to submit secondaries. I understand it expensive, I've been through it 😛, but earlier is always better.
 
Yeah, you're probably right. Thanks for the advice.
 
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In the secondary they asked to list experiences NOT included in AACOMAS application. Is it okay to leave this section blank if I already put all my experiences in AACOMAS? Will it look bad?
 
quick question. the mission statement states that they want to "prepare community-based osteopathic physicians in a Christian environment." will i be selected against if I am not Christian/religious?
 
Queen_B said:
quick question. the mission statement states that they want to "prepare community-based osteopathic physicians in a Christian environment." will i be selected against if I am not Christian/religious?
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No...we have quite a lot of non-christian students. But they are hoping you will practice in north carolina, which means you will be dealing with a lot of christians so you will need to be as ok with others being christian as you want them to be ok with you not being christian. You will hear christian views when we do the large ceremonies as the university is baptist and the presidents are baptist preachers, but it doesn't happen in day to day life
 
Just submitted my secondary, anybody know when the first round of interviews here is?
 
doctor_wannabe said:
In the secondary they asked to list experiences NOT included in AACOMAS application. Is it okay to leave this section blank if I already put all my experiences in AACOMAS? Will it look bad?
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I put something like "Not Applicable - All experiences listed on AACOMAS", and I start MS-1 at CUSOM in three weeks. If that tells you anything. 😉
 
Should I talk about my religious beliefs and its similarity to CUSOM's religious belief and mission?
is it necessary to mention religion or should i treat this secondary like any other school.
 
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eyesfeeltired said:
Should I talk about my religious beliefs and its similarity to CUSOM's religious belief and mission?
is it necessary to mention religion or should i treat this secondary like any other school.
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It depends on if their religious association is important to you in terms of your decision
 
Is there a secondary fee? If so where do you go to pay it? Just submitted secondary and it didn't hold out an "insert cash here" sign....odd.
 
MarshMedic said:
Is there a secondary fee? If so where do you go to pay it? Just submitted secondary and it didn't hold out an "insert cash here" sign....odd.
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Disregard. The link to cashnet is on the secondary email!
 
how does the fee assistance waiver work? do i submit my payment?
 
Got the "under close review" email today. Not sure what that means.
 
med candidate said:
my e-mail says "file is now complete and ready for final review"...Did we get different messages?
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You did get different messages. Yours is saying that the school has recieved your primary, secondary LORs, MCAT score and everything they need and they can now begin reviewing it to decided if they want to send you an II.
 
@mk2015 @med candidate : I got an email saying: "Please be advised that your secondary application and application fee have been received by Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine. You can expect an updated status in the near future once your complete application has been verified." Is this the same thing you got?
 
asdf123g said:
@mk2015 @med candidate : I got an email saying: "Please be advised that your secondary application and application fee have been received by Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine. You can expect an updated status in the near future once your complete application has been verified." Is this the same thing you got?
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Yours should mean that the have your secondary, and you money. And are just waiting on LORs or MCAT score or something else to clear and be verified before they send you the email that your application is complete
 
Luvshok said:
Yours should mean that the have your secondary, and you money. And are just waiting on LORs or MCAT score or something else to clear and be verified before they send you the email that your application is complete
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my LORs are all on AACOMAS. Do I have to contact AACOMAS and have them sent or does AACOMAS just do it for me??
 
asdf123g said:
@mk2015 @med candidate : I got an email saying: "Please be advised that your secondary application and application fee have been received by Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine. You can expect an updated status in the near future once your complete application has been verified." Is this the same thing you got?
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No, this is not the same message I got. Mine said:

"Thank you for submitting your primary application to Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine. Your application has been reviewed and at this moment we would like to bring your application to the Pre-Screen Committee for an in depth review. We are very interested in your candidacy and will be discussing your application within the next few weeks.
Once we review your application with the committee we will contact you with a status update.
Please feel free to contact us by email at [email protected] with any questions you may have."

(I have not received a secondary invite if that's unclear)
 
asdf123g said:
my LORs are all on AACOMAS. Do I have to contact AACOMAS and have them sent or does AACOMAS just do it for me??
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I'm not sure, best to contact the school and see what isn't verified yet.

My LORs went through interfolio. AACOMAS didn't do LORs until this cycle
 
mk2015 said:
No, this is not the same message I got. Mine said:

"Thank you for submitting your primary application to Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine. Your application has been reviewed and at this moment we would like to bring your application to the Pre-Screen Committee for an in depth review. We are very interested in your candidacy and will be discussing your application within the next few weeks.
Once we review your application with the committee we will contact you with a status update.
Please feel free to contact us by email at [email protected] with any questions you may have."

(I have not received a secondary invite if that's unclear)
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They received my primary, but the message I got was...

"Thank you for submitting an initial application through AACOMAS to Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine. Your application has been received and we look forward to reviewing your credentials. The committee will begin reviewing applications during the next two weeks and will be certain to follow-up with you by e-mail regarding the status of your application at that time."
 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
They received my primary, but the message I got was...

"Thank you for submitting an initial application through AACOMAS to Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine. Your application has been received and we look forward to reviewing your credentials. The committee will begin reviewing applications during the next two weeks and will be certain to follow-up with you by e-mail regarding the status of your application at that time."
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I got that one a few weeks ago. This was the second email I got.
 
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:
They received my primary, but the message I got was...

"Thank you for submitting an initial application through AACOMAS to Campbell University Jerry M. Wallace School of Osteopathic Medicine. Your application has been received and we look forward to reviewing your credentials. The committee will begin reviewing applications during the next two weeks and will be certain to follow-up with you by e-mail regarding the status of your application at that time."
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I got this email yesterday and then received an invite to complete the secondary application today.
 
Anyone still not get a secondary or get one recently? I'm starting to consider this a loss.
 
mk2015 said:
Anyone still not get a secondary or get one recently? I'm starting to consider this a loss.
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Hang in there, I literally got mine a few days ago, and was initially put under the "close" review after submitting my primary.
 
lyana said:
Hang in there, I literally got mine a few days ago, and was initially put under the "close" review after submitting my primary.
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Thanks. I've gotten 2 updates so far and it's only been about 2 weeks since the last one. It's difficult to interpret their status updates...

Ah well, not like I don't have plenty of other secondaries to complete in the meantime...
 
They sent me the "Primary received" message four days ago. Got the secondary invitation via email yesterday.
 
Also I have no idea when the physician that wrote me a LOR graduated, can I still submit it without entering the year?
 
lyana said:
Also I have no idea when the physician that wrote me a LOR graduated, can I still submit it without entering the year?
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Do a google search, that's how I found out about my recommender. The practice might have a website with a info page, or the information might be available on a different website.
 
Two days ago, I got the "We would like to inform you that your file is now complete and ready for final review with the Admissions Committee. After the committee has reviewed your secondary application and supplemental materials we will follow up with you regarding your status." Has anybody heard anything else?
 
I got the same email two days ago. Just more waiting, the update emails are killing me though.
 
Hey guys! I have another question for @Luvshok and @sb247 I still have a few classes to take, do you guys know how the admissions committee views community college classes? There is a state university here too but it has such a high crime rate that I really don't feel comfortable going there... 🙁 any advice would be helpful!
 
Helu said:
Hey guys! I have another question for @Luvshok and @sb247 I still have a few classes to take, do you guys know how the admissions committee views community college classes? There is a state university here too but it has such a high crime rate that I really don't feel comfortable going there... 🙁 any advice would be helpful!
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As long as the classes will be completed by the time of matriculation you'll be fine. Lots of students don't complete all coursework by the time they interview.
 
Luvshok said:
As long as the classes will be completed by the time of matriculation you'll be fine. Lots of students don't complete all coursework by the time they interview.
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Thank you @Luvshok ! 🙂 but I was also wondering if community college classes are as well accepted as university classes by Campbell admissions? I've read on sdn that some schools don't really take them seriously..
 
Have you submitted an application to another medical school within the last two years?
Do I need to mention the schools if this is my first time applying? Just a little confused.
 
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