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[Zmoody33]

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I have recently been looking around at some possible schools and I came across LECOM in Bradenton, FL. It's near the coast and I've heard its a some what new school. If anyone is attending or possibly has some info on this school let me. Also, if you guys can hook me up with some other great DO schools that you would recommend... Thanks

 

[Lady Tokimi]

I have recently been looking around at some possible schools and I came across LECOM in Bradenton, FL. It's near the coast and I've heard its a some what new school. If anyone is attending or possibly has some info on this school let me. Also, if you guys can hook me up with some other great DO schools that you would recommend... Thanks

I think LECOM is a great school, I had at first decided to apply to LECOM and considered goin there but i dont know for sure now since all the hurricanes and what not. But LECOM is a great school, if you dont want to go to FL.....apply for the one in PA.

 

[Raven Feather]

I think LECOM is a great school, I had at first decided to apply to LECOM and considered goin there but i dont know for sure now since all the hurricanes and what not. But LECOM is a great school, if you dont want to go to FL.....apply for the one in PA.

That is the very same reason I didn't apply there, and that was before Katrina.

 

[nena]

I have recently been looking around at some possible schools and I came across LECOM in Bradenton, FL. It's near the coast and I've heard its a some what new school. If anyone is attending or possibly has some info on this school let me. Also, if you guys can hook me up with some other great DO schools that you would recommend... Thanks

LeCOM - bradenton is very nice. it is a brand new school, i think its only been open for ~2 years? don't qoute me on this. anyway, its one building sitting next to a high school..in the middle of the country. so its not like right off the coast or anything. i don't think its too far from it though. the students are really nice and they have a lot of non-trads. they actually have a dentist in their 2nd year class. ummm...they are very technologically advanced.. um, for 3rd, 4th year you have to go somewhere else besides bradenton b/c they don't have any teaching hospitals there. i think they're working on that. but tampa is only 45 minutes away and they have TGH. i went for a admissions conference they recently had and i was impressed. as far as hurricanes...ive been living in tampa 8 years and ive never worried about them...yet...

 

[(nicedream)]

You'll get more and better info on the osteopathic forum.

Anyway, I'm an MSII at LECOM-FL and have lived here in Sarasota my whole life other than college. First off, no offense but to let the prospect of hurricanes effect your decision to live here or not is pretty ridiculous. The media likes to sensationalize them and the occasional big ones like Katrina and Andrew give them great ammo unfortunately. This area has not been hit in 50 years. Besides, Katrina was bad because New Orleans is a bowl.

This school, if you're not aware, is completely a problem-based learning curriculum (PBL). It is the reason I came here. You only have lecture the first semester of first year for anatomy/histology/embryology/neuroanatomy. The rest of your education during the first 2 years takes place through a wonderful process. The class is broken up into groups of 8 and you meet with this group along with a faculty member "facilitator" twice a week. At these meetings you move through clinical cases - starting off with a sheet of paper saying "John Doe presents to your office complaining of swelling in his legs and feet" for example and progressing through a complete history and physical, lab test results, imaging studies etc. As a group you delve into the basic sciences in this clinical context to move through the cases and establish "learning issues" which you study at home from the textbooks. After a group of 8 cases each group has an individualized exam based on their selected learning issues that pertained to the cases. If this all sounds good to you, LECOM-FL is for you.

As for the area - the school is in Lakewood Ranch which is a new development east of Sarasota/Bradenton. A few years ago it was all cow pasture and wetlands - it has been developing at breakneck speed (fastest growing housing market in the country) and is now full of $400k houses, country clubs and restaurants. The school is located on the northern edge of this development. It is about 25 minutes from the beach. I would very highly recommend living in south Lakewood Ranch or Sarasota as opposed to Bradenton (south Lakewood Ranch's mailing address is currently still Bradenton, but will undoubtedly change in the next couple of years).

The student body is laid back and friendly and the faculty are devoted and accessible.

 

[MikeyLu2010]

my friend who now goes to allo school in galveston...her brother went to LECOM several years back...~5-7 yrs ago..and she told me that she hated it there..because it was in the middle of nowhere..but if you do a search...the place has grown quite nicely..and the match list is rather impressive...just do some searches on sdn..and you'll find all the info you'll need...anyway..i MITE apply there..they sent me a secondary which i mite not fill out until i know how i did on my interviews...later

 

[Raven Feather]

You'll get more and better info on the osteopathic forum.

Anyway, I'm an MSII at LECOM-FL and have lived here in Sarasota my whole life other than college. First off, no offense but to let the prospect of hurricanes effect your decision to live here or not is pretty ridiculous. The media likes to sensationalize them and the occasional big ones like Katrina and Andrew give them great ammo unfortunately. This area has not been hit in 50 years. Besides, Katrina was bad because New Orleans is a bowl.

This school, if you're not aware, is completely a problem-based learning curriculum (PBL). It is the reason I came here. You only have lecture the first semester of first year for anatomy/histology/embryology/neuroanatomy. The rest of your education during the first 2 years takes place through a wonderful process. The class is broken up into groups of 8 and you meet with this group along with a faculty member "facilitator" twice a week. At these meetings you move through clinical cases - starting off with a sheet of paper saying "John Doe presents to your office complaining of swelling in his legs and feet" for example and progressing through a complete history and physical, lab test results, imaging studies etc. As a group you delve into the basic sciences in this clinical context to move through the cases and establish "learning issues" which you study at home from the textbooks. After a group of 8 cases each group has an individualized exam based on their selected learning issues that pertained to the cases. If this all sounds good to you, LECOM-FL is for you.

As for the area - the school is in Lakewood Ranch which is a new development east of Sarasota/Bradenton. A few years ago it was all cow pasture and wetlands - it has been developing at breakneck speed (fastest growing housing market in the country) and is now full of $400k houses, country clubs and restaurants. The school is located on the northern edge of this development. It is about 25 minutes from the beach. I would very highly recommend living in south Lakewood Ranch or Sarasota as opposed to Bradenton (south Lakewood Ranch's mailing address is currently still Bradenton, but will undoubtedly change in the next couple of years).

The student body is laid back and friendly and the faculty are devoted and accessible.

I don't think it is ridiculous at all to think about hurricanes when deciding where to apply especially if one has a family. And like I said before, I made my decision before Katrina even came about. However, I will be honest in admitting that after Katrina hiting N.O., it made me feel more right about my earlier decision not to apply there. I did apply to LECOM-PA. My basis isn't that I am afraid of losing my life, but the inconvenience I think it would be during hurricane season with the weather and that--high winds, power outages.....that doesn't happen there frequently during hurricane season despite not being actually hit?

 

[(nicedream)]

I don't think it is ridiculous at all to think about hurricanes when deciding where to apply especially if one has a family. And like I said before, I made my decision before Katrina even came about. However, I will be honest in admitting that after Katrina hiting N.O., it made me feel more right about my earlier decision not to apply there. I did apply to LECOM-PA. My basis isn't that I am afraid of losing my life, but the inconvenience I think it would be during hurricane season with the weather and that--high winds, power outages.....that doesn't happen there frequently during hurricane season despite not being actually hit?

I apologize if I came off as a prick - it's just that living here 25 years you don't even think about hurricanes really.
Historically, there would be one or two hurricane scares a year - hurricanes with the potential for hitting the area. This would mean watching the news and seeing if it indeed was going to hit. If it was going to hit, school etc. would be cancelled and you would buy batteries etc. and stay inside for a day. Unless you lived on the beach or in a lowlying area, you would not have to evacuate. We never wound up getting hit - at worst we've had a couple days of rain and some fairly high winds. Longest electricity has been out is about 8 hours maybe - that's happened once (last year) in the past 15 years. The past couple years have been active hurricane seasons - for us, that meant 3-4 scares instead of the usual 1-2.
All in all, hurricanes are very dangerous if you are in a lowlying area like the coast or NOLA, or if you live in a mobile home. Otherwise, it's mostly an inconvenience that occurs once every couple years.

 

[(nicedream)]

my friend who now goes to allo school in galveston...her brother went to LECOM several years back...~5-7 yrs ago..and she told me that she hated it there..because it was in the middle of nowhere..but if you do a search...the place has grown quite nicely..and the match list is rather impressive...just do some searches on sdn..and you'll find all the info you'll need...anyway..i MITE apply there..they sent me a secondary which i mite not fill out until i know how i did on my interviews...later

That would be Erie campus. Bradenton campus is in its 2nd year.

 

[1SwtWrld]

I don't think it is ridiculous at all to think about hurricanes when deciding where to apply especially if one has a family. And like I said before, I made my decision before Katrina even came about. However, I will be honest in admitting that after Katrina hiting N.O., it made me feel more right about my earlier decision not to apply there. I did apply to LECOM-PA. My basis isn't that I am afraid of losing my life, but the inconvenience I think it would be during hurricane season with the weather and that--high winds, power outages.....that doesn't happen there frequently during hurricane season despite not being actually hit?

You will have more problems with natural disasters in other places of the country.... (power outages do happen from snow storms too) The media simply hypes it up way too much. I have lived in tampa-bay area my whole life and it has never been an issue.

 

[(nicedream)]

You will have more problems with natural disasters in other places of the country.... (power outages do happen from snow storms too) The media simply hypes it up way too much. I have lived in tampa-bay area my whole life and it has never been an issue.

Haha yeah I didn't even think about that. How about the fact that we have virtually 365 days of sunshine while they're shoveling snow and dealing with blizzards up north?

 

[Raven Feather]

Haha yeah I didn't even think about that. How about the fact that we have virtually 365 days of sunshine while they're shoveling snow and dealing with blizzards up north?

That is a valid point. I live up North and blizzards do happen occassionally but usually not with power outages, and 100+ winds. Our street department is always prepared--does a great job clearing, salting, dumping dirt on the roads and such (sometimes 24/7). Another thing is, I haven't heard of snow storms being natural disasters in these parts. Having been used to this type of climate, I felt okay with applying to PA.

I did find however, the good sunshine in Florida year round tempting.

Nicedream, I didn't think of you as a prick. It is hard to ruffle my feathers (see screen name), he, he! 😀

 

[Hajira786]

That is a valid point. I live up North and blizzards do happen occassionally but usually not with power outages, and 100+ winds. Our street department is always prepared--does a great job clearing, salting, dumping dirt on the roads and such (sometimes 24/7). Another thing is, I haven't heard of snow storms being natural disasters in these parts. Having been used to this type of climate, I felt okay with applying to PA.

I did find however, the good sunshine in Florida year round tempting.

Nicedream, I didn't think of you as a prick. It is hard to ruffle my feathers (see screen name), he, he! 😀

Its like the normal 3-4 times/yr scare of tornadoes in Iowa! hehe Probably not a lot different than the hurricanes!

 

[Raven Feather]

Its like the normal 3-4 times/yr scare of tornadoes in Iowa! hehe Probably not a lot different than the hurricanes!

Yeah, I wouldn't necessarily want to live in tornado valley either. Yikes.

 

[Dorkus Maximus]

Let's see:

Earthquakes on the west coast.

Hurricanes on the east coast and gulf.

Tornadoes in the midwest.

Blizzards in the northeast.

I'll take the least of four evils (kind of like voting for the president!) and go with the blizzards. 😱

 

[Verbatim81]

Blizzards in the northeast.

I'll take the least of four evils (kind of like voting for the president!) and go with the blizzards. 😱

make sure you have a big truck or an suv or a heavy car with good snow tires. erie and its hills are a huge pain the arse during the winter months. this is coming from experience. my little sports car got stuck goin up peach street and to my apartment (which was ontop of a hill) a couple of times when i lived in erie back in 2003. oh and pack a snow shovel in your trunk as well, never know when you'll have to dig yourself out of the snow. that happened to me too.

 

[Doctor Bagel]

Let's see:

Earthquakes on the west coast.

Hurricanes on the east coast and gulf.

Tornadoes in the midwest.

Blizzards in the northeast.

I'll take the least of four evils (kind of like voting for the president!) and go with the blizzards. 😱

lol, as a person who grew up in oklahoma, i've got to say tornadoes are the least bad. you totally know when they're coming, and the doppler is so great now that they can track it down to the street. if you have a basement, there's no real risk at all. also, they last for like 30 minutes and then they're gone, unlike hurricanes and blizzards that go on forever.

now, living on the west coast, i can say that earthquakes are the worst because they're not predictible. tsunamis seem pretty d@mn scary, too, after last year. we still camp on the coast, though.

 

[Doctortobee]

Hey if you are a skier, Erie is great. Peak-n-peak is only 30 minutes away. That 2 feet of snow in April made for some great skiing!

 

[Raven Feather]

lol, as a person who grew up in oklahoma, i've got to say tornadoes are the least bad. you totally know when they're coming, and the doppler is so great now that they can track it down to the street. if you have a basement, there's no real risk at all. also, they last for like 30 minutes and then they're gone, unlike hurricanes and blizzards that go on forever.

now, living on the west coast, i can say that earthquakes are the worst because they're not predictible. tsunamis seem pretty d@mn scary, too, after last year. we still camp on the coast, though.

Oh heck no! I'd take a good snow storm any day! The blizzards don't last for that long either--but usually longer than 30 minutes. Doesn't demolish the house of flip cars--just freezes them! 😀

 

[FS-Pro]

Earthquakes are not that bad! I've lived in SoCal my whole life and never have felt many scary quakes. there was one about 4 months ago that shook for about 10 seconds, than it's over.

 

[ryan483]

Anyone who interviewed at LECOM have any advice for me? I interview there this Friday. For current students, how is the area, school facilities, faculty, etc.? I'm really excited about seeing the campus.

 

[Dorkus Maximus]

Anyone who interviewed at LECOM have any advice for me? I interview there this Friday. For current students, how is the area, school facilities, faculty, etc.? I'm really excited about seeing the campus.

I interviewed LECOM-Erie a few weeks ago. My advice would be to just be yourself and relax. It's really not bad! Look over your resume in case they ask you about it. Also, I found the "Interview Feedback" section of this website extremely helpful. Take a peek and you'll be happy you did! 😀

 

[Dorkus Maximus]

make sure you have a big truck or an suv or a heavy car with good snow tires. erie and its hills are a huge pain the arse during the winter months. this is coming from experience. my little sports car got stuck goin up peach street and to my apartment (which was ontop of a hill) a couple of times when i lived in erie back in 2003. oh and pack a snow shovel in your trunk as well, never know when you'll have to dig yourself out of the snow. that happened to me too.

I live in northwest Montana, so the big truck and snow tires are all set!

 

[Dorkus Maximus]

Hey if you are a skier, Erie is great. Peak-n-peak is only 30 minutes away. That 2 feet of snow in April made for some great skiing!

What's Peak-n-Peak like? Have you ever been skiing out west? I went to undergrad in Colorado and now live in Montana. Best skiing ever right here in Whitefish, MT - Big Mountain. How does Peak-n-Peak compare (if you know)? Thanks.