Unfortunately (for me), my combined GPA from undergrad and graduate school is 2.74. AZCOM (and most others) have a minimum GPA requirement before the will send a secondary. I missed AZCOM's cutoff by 0.01 point. As a result, I got a "did not meet our mimimum requirements" letter from AZCOM. I called them to discuss this and I was told simply "I missed by 0.01 point" and if I took any summer classes (which I did) that would boost my GPA over the min, then they would gladly send me my secondary.
I freaked.. needless to say. As a result, I called/visited a few of the other schools I applied to. They recognized the difference and said I should be expecting secondaries shortly. Which I have received.
Now, I thought about this... Here is a school (AZCOM) interested only in my grades not what I can bring to the table as a medical student. In addition, the school was (IMO) short sited not to differentiate between my GPA currently (well over 3.0 taking graduate biochemistry classes) and my GPA from undergrad (over 7 years ago). Therefore, I decided that I didnt want to goto AZCOM even though I (now) exceed their short-sited minimum requirements.
Now, please don't give me lectures on how great a school AZCOM is. I'm sure it is a good school. Actually, I read the stats on the school for COMLEX and seen its match lists. However, MY OPINION is that it is a school not interested in the entire candidate, which says to me a lot about the school and how they represent osteopathic medicine (the holistic approach to healing).
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