So Today was the graduate school fair at my school. I looked up who was going to be attending and i couldnt believe that so many of the schools i woud be applying 2 would be there so i got all dressed up and skooted my way there this mourning at 10 am.
Here was the list of schools
PCOM
LECOM (bradenton)
UMDNJ-SOM
Drexel School of Medicine
Antigua School of Medicine
Ross University
I had no idea antigua( i think thats how you spell it lol) or drexel were gonna be there and Ross never showed up.
My overview of the of the recruiters there.
PCOM - Recruiter was unhelpfull and just plain didnt seem like he wanted to be there on a wednsday mourning. He was a young guy so i tried to talk to him i told him i was surprised so many people specialized from there DO program and nothing, guess he was having a bad day but i wasnt too excited to apply there.
LECOM - met with Ronald Berzniak and he was EXTREMELY helpful really nice guy. told me that i should apply NOW and that my grades and scores are good enough and he was like you should go home and apply right now for this academic year so i said i would think about it and he gave me his card and said email me if you do apply and i will hold your application for further transcripts(science GPA is a little Low 2.8) overall though it might just be my #1 choice because he was telling me about the most recent graduating class #'s and board scores and i was impressed. I also like the rotations they have for 3rd and 4th year, so i think LECOM is my #1 choice
UMDNJ-SOM- spoke with an really nice lady, her name was paula watkins and although i am NOT a fan of the 3rd year rotations at that school(12 weeks of primary care OUCH!!!) she really sold the program very well, was very knowledgable and helped me out A LOT. she assured me that you can specialize but the program was originally set up because NJ had low #'s pf primary care doctors. She liked me a ot and was impressed i guess so they will DEF. be a school im applying 2 and there campus is beautiful. you can tell 1 thing though they wanna make sure you wanna be a DO and not an MD and thats not your "backup". they want people who really like the philosophy and are very into OMM(not that thats a problem just saying. so i if u want to go there you need to establish yourself as a fan of osteopathic medicine to the fullest. they do weed out the applicants that way and i really likie how they choose which applicants to interview. she was just awsome.
Drexel- lady was very abrupt seemed nice but didnt really know that much about the program. i was also shocked that the mean mcat there is a 35. kinda higih when your not really a top top school. but she was real nice but im not interested(didnt know anything and when i asked what seperates them from other md programs she said research) so i was a little turned off.
Antigua never even went over 2
and i spoke with ross last year guy seemed real nice
but i was a little dissapointed with the recruiter at PCOM he seemed a little shocked that i knew some minute details that any premed looking to get into osteopathic medical school would know. but overall it was a good day and i think i like the aspect of PBL over lecture and since both SOM and Bradenton offer them as a curriculum i will be applying to both of them for sure. im still not ruling pcom out cause they have a great rep. but the guy just didnt really sell the school all that well i dunno and he didnt even ask me questions i kind of took over the conversation.
but im excited i think i might apply lecom this year 2 see if i get in. I thought it was 2 late but appearantly he said apply and send me an updated transcript. im wondering. ifi i could possibly send him an updated mcat score thats higher as well even tho he said my score was fine.
Here was the list of schools
PCOM
LECOM (bradenton)
UMDNJ-SOM
Drexel School of Medicine
Antigua School of Medicine
Ross University
I had no idea antigua( i think thats how you spell it lol) or drexel were gonna be there and Ross never showed up.
My overview of the of the recruiters there.
PCOM - Recruiter was unhelpfull and just plain didnt seem like he wanted to be there on a wednsday mourning. He was a young guy so i tried to talk to him i told him i was surprised so many people specialized from there DO program and nothing, guess he was having a bad day but i wasnt too excited to apply there.
LECOM - met with Ronald Berzniak and he was EXTREMELY helpful really nice guy. told me that i should apply NOW and that my grades and scores are good enough and he was like you should go home and apply right now for this academic year so i said i would think about it and he gave me his card and said email me if you do apply and i will hold your application for further transcripts(science GPA is a little Low 2.8) overall though it might just be my #1 choice because he was telling me about the most recent graduating class #'s and board scores and i was impressed. I also like the rotations they have for 3rd and 4th year, so i think LECOM is my #1 choice
UMDNJ-SOM- spoke with an really nice lady, her name was paula watkins and although i am NOT a fan of the 3rd year rotations at that school(12 weeks of primary care OUCH!!!) she really sold the program very well, was very knowledgable and helped me out A LOT. she assured me that you can specialize but the program was originally set up because NJ had low #'s pf primary care doctors. She liked me a ot and was impressed i guess so they will DEF. be a school im applying 2 and there campus is beautiful. you can tell 1 thing though they wanna make sure you wanna be a DO and not an MD and thats not your "backup". they want people who really like the philosophy and are very into OMM(not that thats a problem just saying. so i if u want to go there you need to establish yourself as a fan of osteopathic medicine to the fullest. they do weed out the applicants that way and i really likie how they choose which applicants to interview. she was just awsome.
Drexel- lady was very abrupt seemed nice but didnt really know that much about the program. i was also shocked that the mean mcat there is a 35. kinda higih when your not really a top top school. but she was real nice but im not interested(didnt know anything and when i asked what seperates them from other md programs she said research) so i was a little turned off.
Antigua never even went over 2
and i spoke with ross last year guy seemed real nice
but i was a little dissapointed with the recruiter at PCOM he seemed a little shocked that i knew some minute details that any premed looking to get into osteopathic medical school would know. but overall it was a good day and i think i like the aspect of PBL over lecture and since both SOM and Bradenton offer them as a curriculum i will be applying to both of them for sure. im still not ruling pcom out cause they have a great rep. but the guy just didnt really sell the school all that well i dunno and he didnt even ask me questions i kind of took over the conversation.
but im excited i think i might apply lecom this year 2 see if i get in. I thought it was 2 late but appearantly he said apply and send me an updated transcript. im wondering. ifi i could possibly send him an updated mcat score thats higher as well even tho he said my score was fine.
