Des Moines University (DMU-COM) Discussion Thread 2012 - 2013

[Iliketoytles]

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Getting nervous. You guys think the class is already full? Kind of feeling like Im interviewing for the wait list...

Relax man. It's only the beginning of October; there are still plenty of spots available. Enjoy your interview day!

 

[QualityProcess]

Had the interview here today. The interview went smoothly, the student guides were awesome (hi ravensgal, it was good to meet you), and the general attitude of the school was positive.

 

[FrkyBgStok]

This is a little brag post about DMU and why it is awesome. I am not sure what other schools do, but for our first and second biochem test, Dr. Wilson said he would sit in front of his computer the night before and answer any question that came in before 11pm. We just had a biochem test today and Dr. Philp went through the entire campus asking people if they had questions until about 10pm last night. Is it a main reason to go to DMU? No. But it does kind of show the atmosphere of DMU. just a little FYI.

 

[MaxillofacialMN]

This is a little brag post about DMU and why it is awesome. I am not sure what other schools do, but for our first and second biochem test, Dr. Wilson said he would sit in front of his computer the night before and answer any question that came in before 11pm. We just had a biochem test today and Dr. Philp went through the entire campus asking people if they had questions until about 10pm last night. Is it a main reason to go to DMU? No. But it does kind of show the atmosphere of DMU. just a little FYI.

I saw one of them eating lunch with a group of students during my interview there! Seems like an excellent professor!

 

[JaBoomDay]

I just got an acceptance email!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interviewed 9/27!!!!!

 

[BabyDoc86]

I just got an acceptance email!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interviewed 9/27!!!!!

Congrats!!!!!

 

[michow87]

I just got an acceptance email!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interviewed 9/27!!!!!

Congrats!!!

 

[cmagic84]

I just got an acceptance email, too!!!!!!! 😀

Best news ever alert!

Interviewed 9/24.

 

[ModernAlchemist]

ACCEPTANCE + 1000th Post = AWESOME COMBO!!!!


WOOOHOOOOO!!!!

I just got an acceptance email!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interviewed 9/27!!!!!

I just got an acceptance email, too!!!!!!! 😀

Best news ever alert!

Interviewed 9/24.

Congratulations, you two!!!

 

[JaBoomDay]

ACCEPTANCE + 1000th Post = AWESOME COMBO!!!!


WOOOHOOOOO!!!!






Congratulations, you too!!!

HAHA that's funny! Congratulations!

 

[aarond]

Interviewed last Friday, 9/28....

Acceptance at 10am today.

 

[BabyDoc86]

ACCEPTANCE + 1000th Post = AWESOME COMBO!!!!


WOOOHOOOOO!!!!






Congratulations, you two!!!

Congrats Alchemist!!! And all the other acceptances!!

 

[deleted236787]

Congrats to all the newly accepted! Join our Facebook group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/453778618006972/

 

[Kyrao]

Interviewed last Friday, 9/28....

Acceptance at 10am today.

Wow, that's a really fast turn around! One week! You're making my incessant email refreshing semi-justified!

Congrats to you lucky devils!

 

[FrkyBgStok]

Congrats on the acceptances! Hope to see you guys in the fall!

 

[dudeliness]

Hey congrats everyone! Still refreshing my email like a madman! Lol

 

[JaBoomDay]

Wow, that's a really fast turn around! One week! You're making my incessant email refreshing semi-justified!

Congrats to you lucky devils!

Definitely not luck. This was all hard and grueling work.... as you know... 😉

 

[dudeliness]

Ok. Looks like I'm an alternate. Oh well, I'm not out of the game just yet!

 

[zoner]

Rejected. I guess my dislike of the school showed

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[JaBoomDay]

Ok. Looks like I'm an alternate. Oh well, I'm not out of the game just yet!

I'm pretty surprised by this. 🙁

Rejected. I guess my dislike of the school showed

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Aw! Well no harm done then right? The school has to be a good fit for you despite what other people say. We're all different and we all want different things from the school we go to. I felt like this about Nova. I hated Nova but everyone on SDN loves it. It's all a matter of personal preference. I hope you get a school you like!

 

[dudeliness]

Rejected. I guess my dislike of the school showed

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That's too bad. Like Jaboomday said, probably for the best if you didn't like them.

 

[dudeliness]

So I read through the email a little more closely and it says, "Your position within the Alternate List guarantees that you will be considered if space becomes available."
Maybe that's a good sign?

 

[zoner]

So I read through the email a little more closely and it says, "Your position within the Alternate List guarantees that you will be considered if space becomes available."
Maybe that's a good sign?

I thought you liked nSU better

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[dudeliness]

I thought you liked nSU better

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NSU is great. I wouldn't be sad to go there. DMU seemed like a very very good fit for me and my family however and I would prefer to go there.
Maybe I made that too obvious in my interview and that's why they waitlisted me. Lol

 

[JaBoomDay]

NSU is great. I wouldn't be sad to go there. DMU seemed like a very very good fit for me and my family however and I would prefer to go there.
Maybe I made that too obvious in my interview and that's why they waitlisted me. Lol

NSU made me feel like I was at Seaworld. lol

I'm bummed out that you were put on the alternate list. I really thought you'd easily get in. 🙁

 

[ModernAlchemist]

NSU is great. I wouldn't be sad to go there. DMU seemed like a very very good fit for me and my family however and I would prefer to go there.
Maybe I made that too obvious in my interview and that's why they waitlisted me. Lol

I don't think that is the reason. Did you mention having a lot of other interviews?

I hear the waitlist has pretty good movement! Don't worry though! Things will work out like they're supposed to! I just know you'll end up happy, studying medicine at a place you love. Despite what you hear, good things happen to good people!

 

[dudeliness]

I don't think that is the reason. Did you mention having a lot of other interviews?

I hear the waitlist has pretty good movement! Don't worry though! Things will work out like they're supposed to! I just know you'll end up happy, studying medicine at a place you love. Despite what you hear, good things happen to good people!

Thanks! I agree, I will enjoy wherever I go. There will be things that suck, sure, but I've always been a positive thinker.
I may have mentioned that I had interviews somewhere else, although I don't know why that would influence their decision. Most everyone interviews somewhere else too. If they asked if I've applied to other schools, or even if I've been accepted, I'd be honest about it.

 

[ModernAlchemist]

Thanks! I agree, I will enjoy wherever I go. There will be things that suck, sure, but I've always been a positive thinker.
I may have mentioned that I had interviews somewhere else, although I don't know why that would influence their decision. Most everyone interviews somewhere else too. If they asked if I've applied to other schools, or even if I've been accepted, I'd be honest about it.

Oh I agree! You have to be honest, but I always make sure to show very fervently why THIS school is a priority to me. I'm really grasping at straws here because I think you're awesome and I can't see why they wouldn't accept you with a scholarship.

 

[BabyDoc86]

NSU is great. I wouldn't be sad to go there. DMU seemed like a very very good fit for me and my family however and I would prefer to go there.
Maybe I made that too obvious in my interview and that's why they waitlisted me. Lol

I am really surprised to hear that you're an alternate! Hopefully in the first quartile, or whatever it is I saw people saying on last year's thread. I doubt you made it too obvious; I flat-out told my interviewers that DMU was my #1. I have my fingers crossed for you!

 

[dudeliness]

Oh I agree! You have to be honest, but I always make sure to show very fervently why THIS school is a priority to me. I'm really grasping at straws here because I think you're awesome and I can't see why they wouldn't accept you with a scholarship.

Lol! You make me feel better after an alternate email. 😀
Like I was just posting on the accepted thread, it can be a crap shoot. I think I'm high on the waitlist (see what I posted above from the email they sent me). Like you said, what will happen will happen and it's all good, but thanks guys for the support!

Be proud you got in where dudeliness did not! 😉

 

[zoner]

it's funny because I really thought I rocked that interview. maybe they didn't like the fact that even though I was fast Track interviewe my interview date was kinda late

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[aarond]

I was fastrack and rescheduled my interview a month after my original scheduled date.

 

[ocimy]

Congratulations everyone! Acceptance notification at 8am this morning!!! Interviewed 9/27.

 

[michow87]

Lol! You make me feel better after an alternate email. 😀
Like I was just posting on the accepted thread, it can be a crap shoot. I think I'm high on the waitlist (see what I posted above from the email they sent me). Like you said, what will happen will happen and it's all good, but thanks guys for the support!

Be proud you got in where dudeliness did not! 😉

They don't rank the wait list until May, so you have from now until May to convince them that you should be n the first quartile.

 

[MooCowJoe]

Waitlist this morning

 

[MooCowJoe]

Does anyone know if its ranked?

 

[abolt18]

Does anyone know if its ranked?

Read the post RIGHT before your last one...

 

[dudeliness]

They don't rank the wait list until May, so you have from now until May to convince them that you should be n the first quartile.

If that's the case, why does the email say the following:

"While we are currently unable to offer you a seat in the class, we may make additional offers of admission at the close of the application year. Your position within the Alternate List guarantees that you will be considered if space becomes available."

 

[Badgers326]

If that's the case, why does the email say the following:

"While we are currently unable to offer you a seat in the class, we may make additional offers of admission at the close of the application year. Your position within the Alternate List guarantees that you will be considered if space becomes available."

Because at the end of the interview season they look at everyone's apps and then they will rank them so yours will be reviewed again.

 

[abolt18]

If that's the case, why does the email say the following:

"While we are currently unable to offer you a seat in the class, we may make additional offers of admission at the close of the application year. Your position within the Alternate List guarantees that you will be considered if space becomes available."

That is in April or May. I think that everyone that is on the alternate list is "considered" each time something opens up after April. Why else would they have been kept on the WL and not rejected?

 

[peasonearth]

Hi everybody! I've been kinda lurking on SDN and haven't really posted yet but I wanted to say thanks for all the really helpful info! 🙂

Just wondering, I have an interview near DMU the first week of november and currently my interview is Oct. 25 at DMU. Does anyone know if there are interview dates on the 30th or 31st? I'm trying to see if I can change my date and consolidate flights. 🙂

 

[Badgers326]

Hi everybody! I've been kinda lurking on SDN and haven't really posted yet but I wanted to say thanks for all the really helpful info! 🙂

Just wondering, I have an interview near DMU the first week of november and currently my interview is Oct. 25 at DMU. Does anyone know if there are interview dates on the 30th or 31st? I'm trying to see if I can change my date and consolidate flights. 🙂

Sadly the closest interview to the days you want is Oct. 26th. The next one after that is Nov. 8th. No clue if anyone of those days are even open.

 

[peasonearth]

Aw that's okay! I guess I'll keep my interview dates as is then. Thanks!

 

[dudeliness]

Because at the end of the interview season they look at everyone's apps and then they will rank them so yours will be reviewed again.

It was just wishful thinking, but your explanation makes much more sense. Thanks

 

[FrkyBgStok]

It was just wishful thinking, but your explanation makes much more sense. Thanks

Not to get your hopes up or down, but 2 years ago there was very little waitlist movement and last year there was a decent amount. From what I understand (and others may be able to better detail the process), in March or April, they will e-mail everyone on the waitlist and ask if they are still interested in a waitlist position. If you respond with yes, they rank you into quartiles so you are placed on the waitlist based on that. I THINK. But you really won't find much out until about April which sucks.

 

[zoner]

Sadly the closest interview to the days you want is Oct. 26th. The next one after that is Nov. 8th. No clue if anyone of those days are even open.

Because at the end of the interview season they look at everyone's apps and then they will rank them so yours will be reviewed again.

hey, i was just curious, how do you know so much about how DMU's admissions work?

 

[Badgers326]

hey, i was just curious, how do you know so much about how DMU's admissions work?

I know some. It is one of those "I know what I know, but I don't know what I don't know" situations

 

[michow87]

Not to get your hopes up or down, but 2 years ago there was very little waitlist movement and last year there was a decent amount. From what I understand (and others may be able to better detail the process), in March or April, they will e-mail everyone on the waitlist and ask if they are still interested in a waitlist position. If you respond with yes, they rank you into quartiles so you are placed on the waitlist based on that. I THINK. But you really won't find much out until about April which sucks.

This is pretty on point. My understanding is that they will revisit wait listed applications and determine which belongs in which quartile. They take into consideration your primary application, your interview, and ALL other materials you send in after.

How do I know this?
Because DMU is my #1 choice and I, too, was placed on the wait list. I ended up calling multiple times to see how the wait list worked and asked them what I could do to move myself up the wait list and improve my chances of acceptance.

What did I do to improve my chances?
-I was interviewed in early January and found out I was wait listed in either early Feb or late Jan (I forgot). I ended up sending a Letter of Intent to the admissions office as well as the dean (recommended to me by the admissions office) about a week after I was wait listed.
-I sent in 2 update letters with new information about 1-1.5 months apart with the last update being sent in around mid April, right before I was told that they would start ranking the wait list.
-I sent them a Letter of Recommendation from an Osteopathic Physician that I shadowed who was a DMU alumni, conveniently 🙂

The reasoning behind the update letters, according to the admissions person that I was talking to, is that it forces them to keep pulling your file, thus keeping your file new and interesting.

Hope this sheds some light on how the wait list works

 

[BNHWC2009]

woo hoo!!!! accepted today too! 😀

 

[excitedtoapply]

woot woot! The complete email said that it would take up to 60 days to review my file. It took 59. I was going to call 6AM PST on Monday next week but now I don't have to because I got an interview invite! I was sure that taking so long would mean they didn't like my app...
Ironically, I got the email as I was looking up the word "frustrated" for quotations