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[JayneCobb]

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If AOA membership wasn't a requirement for residency, you bet I would no longer support them.

Agreed, I'm really starting to have second thoughts about staying in the Osteopathic world. I stayed in an Osteopathic residency with the intention of one day coming back and becoming a teaching attending because I truly believe the only way we will improve ourselves is from within.

 

[Gene Genie]

Where did you get these stats??

According to the released stats for the inaugural classes of Touro-NY, Debusk COM, and ATSU SOMA the averages for the incoming classes were approximately 3.4 GPA and 24-25 MCAT.

I highly, highly doubt RVU has the "accepted student stats" you are claiming. Either you made it up, or the school is feeding you exaggerated information.

Your above claimed stats would get a prospective student into most of the COMs. With politics/profit issues aside, a student with these stats would probably have multiple acceptances. In comparing schools, the issues of lack of federal financial aid, new school vs an established school, and then of course the negativity RVU has generated in the profession would I beleive make most students with multiple acceptances choose another COM. The exception being students who for whatever reasons wanted or needed to stay in CO.

Thus I believe the first class, or classes will be composed of mostly students with only one med school accpetance (RVU) or have multiple acceptances and want to be in CO.

I really cant get over the irony, or maybe hypocrisy of a for-profit school claming to want to create physicians for the "underserved of CO". I lived in Colorado through Middle school, High school and undergrad college, and I realize the serious issue of the medically underserved in Colorado. I feel so strongly about working with the medically underserved that I chose my med school most especially because it truly acts on its mission by sending its students to Community health centers and getting us to learn and work in the trenches of the medically underserved. But for RVU to try and use the marketing ploy of training physicians whose practices will have an "emphasis on those underrepresented in Colorado and the Mountain West region" just seriously disturbs me.

BTW, Gene Genie whats the deal? All of your posts are only about RVUCOM. I thought it convenient that your first post was when you got an 'acceptance' from RVU, and since then you have been one of its main defenders. Are you really an 'accepted student' or are you RVU admin. I havent seen you post about other interviews or other acceptances like most of us who have gone through this med school process. (?)

The last part of your question I've already explained in a previous post, so I'm not going to go into that again.

I received those numbers from the Director of Admissions at RVUCOM.

 

[bth7]

Some interesting info,

political contribution history for 284 CARABELA COURT, Coral Gables, Florida, 33143

Lucy Chua, PHYSICIAN V.A. MEDICAL CENTER
To Candidate: Mitt Romney
Amount: $2,100

Yife Tien, ADMINISTRATOR, MEDICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIVE
To Candidate: Mitt Romney
Amount: $2,100

For those unfamiliar, Yife Tien is founder and chancellor of Rocky Vista. He's also the president of American University of the Caribbean. Lucy Chua is his wife. Interesting stuff.

bth

 

[Gene Genie]

Some interesting info,

political contribution history for 284 CARABELA COURT, Coral Gables, Florida, 33143

Lucy Chua, PHYSICIAN V.A. MEDICAL CENTER
To Candidate: Mitt Romney
Amount: $2,100

Yife Tien, ADMINISTRATOR, MEDICAL EDUCATION ADMINISTRATIVE
To Candidate: Mitt Romney
Amount: $2,100

For those unfamiliar, Yife Tien is founder and chancellor of Rocky Vista. He's also the president of American University of the Caribbean. Lucy Chua is his wife. Interesting stuff.

bth

So... they're republican. Or at least they contribute to republican campaigns. I don't quite understand how this is that interesting???

 

[Jpc984]

So... they're republican. Or at least they contribute to republican campaigns. I don't quite understand how this is that interesting???

I agree. I would be shocked if it were the other way around.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

I just got accepted to DO school. The profession has now been saved. I think we can go ahead and close this thread now.

 

[Gene Genie]

I agree. I would be shocked if it were the other way around.

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Tex - Congratulations! As your USAT brethren I wish you good luck! But, are there enough Tri options in Georgia? You'll be dipping in the Atlantic? Burrr !

 

[HopefulDoc2007]

I have to say I agree that we should not have for-profit schools. I believe the majority of my classmates agree with this.

 

[DannMann99]

Please dont resurrect threads >/= 365 days old.

 

[JaggerPlate]

Please dont resurrect threads >/= 365 days old.

seriously.

 

[HopefulDoc2007]

I don't see anything wrong with continuing a conversation that has not been resolved. If no one talks about it then how are people going to find out? Most students at my school don't even know we are starting for-profit schools. I just didn't see any reason for starting a new thread where things that had been said before would be repeated. This way people who are unfamiliar with the subject can see what has been said.