D.O schools starting in July

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I see a few schools starting in July. Can anyone list a few schools that start around this time. I'm asking because when I apply I won't finish my bachelors until the summer before matriculation, but some schools start in the late summer which kinda sucks so I have to rule out applying to certain schools, and they say there is no exception - you have to finish all pre-reqs before matriculation which is reasonable, but their start dates suck.

I tried looking for schools when they start, I know LECOM is one of them.
 
MWU-CCOM begins at the beginning of August, though orientation appears to be at the end of July.
 
torshi said:
I see a few schools starting in July. Can anyone list a few schools that start around this time. I'm asking because when I apply I won't finish my bachelors until the summer before matriculation, but some schools start in the late summer which kinda sucks so I have to rule out applying to certain schools, and they say there is no exception - you have to finish all pre-reqs before matriculation which is reasonable, but their start dates suck.

I tried looking for schools when they start, I know LECOM is one of them.
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LECOM starts late july
 
kcumb orientation is like august 5 or 6. classes start the week after..I think..
 
OU starts july 9 ends around may 27 for first year students
 
Holy FranZ said:
thats absurd.


I wonder if its to prevent people from jumping ship who get off the waitlist elsewhere.
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From what I understand they make their medical school students take anatomy at this time, so they get that out of the way before they start the other blocks.
 
serenade said:
From what I understand they make their medical school students take anatomy at this time, so they get that out of the way before they start the other blocks.
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hmmm maybe its because they share an anat lab with their MD counterpart and they just get the short end of the stick.
 
torshi said:
I see a few schools starting in July. Can anyone list a few schools that start around this time. I'm asking because when I apply I won't finish my bachelors until the summer before matriculation, but some schools start in the late summer which kinda sucks so I have to rule out applying to certain schools, and they say there is no exception - you have to finish all pre-reqs before matriculation which is reasonable, but their start dates suck.

I tried looking for schools when they start, I know LECOM is one of them.
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LMU-DCOM orientation begins July 24th and classes start the 27th.
 
Holy FranZ said:
hmmm maybe its because they share an anat lab with their MD counterpart and they just get the short end of the stick.
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Bingo. The CHM and COM at MSU take mostly the same classes and use the same facilities.

To be fair, I like the idea. The following semester (spring semester) is only Medical Biochem, Medical genetics, Histology, Patient-relationship communication, something about epidemiological studies and OMM.

Anatomy overlapping all the way through that seems it would make things rougher.
 
HotandCold said:
Bingo. The CHM and COM at MSU take mostly the same classes and use the same facilities.

To be fair, I like the idea. The following semester (spring semester) is only Medical Biochem, Medical genetics, Histology, Patient-relationship communication, something about epidemiological studies and OMM.

Anatomy overlapping all the way through that seems it would make things rougher.
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First, I don't think its necessarily accurate to say that COM and CHM students take most of the same classes. Definitely not most, 2nd year curriculums are completely different - CHM goes off into PBL and COM goes into systems. Even in the first year, COM and CHM students only take 2-3 classes per semester with each other max. All clinical stuff is done separately (doctor patient relationship for COM, and the equivalent type of class for CHM, etc.). And for this coming class of 2016, COM and CHM students will not be taking any class together anymore - everything will be completely separate.

In regards to the course load at COM, yeah anatomy in the summer made the first semester MUCH easier and sort of a breeze. Its not like that anymore. They restructured the curriculum completely. The semester after the summer and after have much more of a course load. COM students will be pretty much completing all the classes needed during summer/fall semester needed to start systems in January of first year. The current curriculum that they have been using don't start systems until 2nd year. This year MSUCOM is going to be a killer 1st year.... much more fast paced -- but the advantage is that we finish our classes earlier before boards and have more time to study for COMLEX.

The classes taken are all the same, it's just about the pace. This curriculum change was made because originally when this current curriculum was set like 15+ years ago board scores weren't as important as they were now -- so with this change comes an extra month or so to study for boards. So now it's about 6-7 weeks, whereas before they literally finished their last semester sometime in late May giving them 2-3 weeks to study.
 
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Touro-NV orientation starts on August 1st this year.

The Jewish calendar changes each year, so the Touro schools can sometimes start in July.
 
DrMediterranean said:
First, I don't think its necessarily accurate to say that COM and CHM students take most of the same classes. Definitely not most, 2nd year curriculums are completely different - CHM goes off into PBL and COM goes into systems. Even in the first year, COM and CHM students only take 2-3 classes per semester with each other max. All clinical stuff is done separately (doctor patient relationship for COM, and the equivalent type of class for CHM, etc.). And for this coming class of 2016, COM and CHM students will not be taking any class together anymore - everything will be completely separate.

In regards to the course load at COM, yeah anatomy in the summer made the first semester MUCH easier and sort of a breeze. Its not like that anymore. They restructured the curriculum completely. The semester after the summer and after have much more of a course load. COM students will be pretty much completing all the classes needed during summer/fall semester needed to start systems in January of first year. The current curriculum that they have been using don't start systems until 2nd year. This year MSUCOM is going to be a killer 1st year.... much more fast paced -- but the advantage is that we finish our classes earlier before boards and have more time to study for COMLEX.

The classes taken are all the same, it's just about the pace. This curriculum change was made because originally when this current curriculum was set like 15+ years ago board scores weren't as important as they were now -- so with this change comes an extra month or so to study for boards. So now it's about 6-7 weeks, whereas before they literally finished their last semester sometime in late May giving them 2-3 weeks to study.
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Well, guess I ain't got a choice. A little disappointed, but thanks for the information. So were the courses I listed still valid? Or is it just the time overlap that changed?
 
A handful of us at LMU-DCOM start July 2nd for a three week intensive anatomy boot camp.
 
HotandCold said:
Well, guess I ain't got a choice. A little disappointed, but thanks for the information. So were the courses I listed still valid? Or is it just the time overlap that changed?
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Don't be disappointed. Students from previous classes helped shape this new curriculum and in the end you will benefit from it with a better board score.
Not sure what you mean when you ask are the courses you listed still valid. Like I said, you are taking the same classes, they don't change -- just the order you take them. So yeah I guess they are valid in the sense that they are still part of the curriculum, but I was talking about how many classes were shared between COM and CHM students, which is definitely not MOST of their classes as you stated in your post.
 
CopToEM said:
A handful of us at LMU-DCOM start July 2nd for a three week intensive anatomy boot camp.
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Still jealous about this.

You'd be safe with PCOM: Aug 13th= orientation and classes start on the 20th.
 
vandyam said:
Still jealous about this.

You'd be safe with PCOM: Aug 13th= orientation and classes start on the 20th.
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nice!

Yea i mean either i can take my calc class at a CC they divide summer up in two parts and the first part ends early July, or i can take it at my university which summer ends on Aug 10th.

So PCOM sounds good. I had plans on applying here as well. 👍
 
what are the orientation/matriculation dates for DMU, NOVA, TCOM anyone?
 
Orientation for 1st years at TCOM is July 16-20, classes start July 23.
 
ATSU-SOMA has orientation starting July 9. Classes then begin July 16th.
 
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