How long do we have to decide if accepted?

[Frog19T]

Hi everyone, I have my secondaries sent out to 12 osteopathic schools and have heard from 3 of them for interviews (LECOM Erie, LECOM Bradenton, and TUCOM-NV). My #1 choice is PCOM because I grew up in the Philadelphia area. I have visited the school and love it. I guess my main concern is that since my interviews for those three schools are so soon (October), I feel like I'm not going to have enough time to wait on PCOM. I'm afraid that, if I get accepted into a school, I have to decide to go or not while still waiting on PCOM. I also understand that for TUCOM-NV, you have like 2 weeks to decide after your acceptance. Should I push my interview dates back? This has been bothering me a lot, let me know what you think! Thanks!!

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[JamesBond15]

Hi everyone, I have my secondaries sent out to 12 osteopathic schools and have heard from 3 of them for interviews (LECOM Erie, LECOM Bradenton, and TUCOM-NV). The reason why I decided to apply to so many schools is because my GPA and MCAT scores are pretty low (3.2 and 25) and I wanted to increase my chances of getting in somewhere. My #1 choice is PCOM because I grew up in the Philadelphia area. I have visited the school and love it. I guess my main concern is that since my interviews for those three schools are so soon (October), I feel like I'm not going to have enough time to wait on PCOM. I'm afraid that, if I get accepted into a school, I have to decide to go or not while still waiting on PCOM. I also understand that for TUCOM-NV, you have like 2 weeks to decide after your acceptance. Should I push my interview dates back? This has been bothering me a lot, let me know what you think! Thanks!!

I believe this depends on the school. Touro NV does give you two weeks and asks for a $2,000 deposit. However, if you decide not to go you get all but $100 back. So it isn't too bad. That is because Nevada has a law that says schools have to refund the deposit except for $100. I believe other schools aren't that nice.

 

[Frog19T]

Hm, I didn't know this... I thought that once you told a school that you were going to attend, you had to attend. So, lets say I get accepted and tell them I am going to attend and give them the deposit but later decide to go to another school. In this situation, I would, at most, lose my deposit, right? If this is the case, I guess I should do my TUCOM-NV interview ASAP instead of pushing it back. Thanks for your help!

 

[RySerr21]

I believe this depends on the school. Touro NV does give you two weeks and asks for a $2,000 deposit. However, if you decide not to go you get all but $100 back. So it isn't too bad. That is because Nevada has a law that says schools have to refund the deposit except for $100. I believe other schools aren't that nice.

At western they are nicer in the sense that they give you until December 13th to make a decision. If you interview early, thats a few months to decide, which is awesome. You then owe 1000 bucks...and another 1000 at a later time sometime in march (this money is not just lost, it goes to your tuition or is given back to you or something like that). If you pay the deposit at Western and you decide later you dont want to attend, you lose all of your money. So that sucks, but I'm pretty sure thats how most schools are, or at least you lose a large chunk of what you deposited. It is my understanding that the MD schools are a lot nicer in terms of deposit fees....we are talkin like only 100 bucks or something, which isn't that bad compared to 2 grand or something ridiculous. But i guess they want to make sure that if you tell them you are coming....then you are coming for sure!!!

 

[JaggerPlate]

Hi everyone, I have my secondaries sent out to 12 osteopathic schools and have heard from 3 of them for interviews (LECOM Erie, LECOM Bradenton, and TUCOM-NV). The reason why I decided to apply to so many schools is because my GPA and MCAT scores are pretty low (3.2 and 25) and I wanted to increase my chances of getting in somewhere. My #1 choice is PCOM because I grew up in the Philadelphia area. I have visited the school and love it. I guess my main concern is that since my interviews for those three schools are so soon (October), I feel like I'm not going to have enough time to wait on PCOM. I'm afraid that, if I get accepted into a school, I have to decide to go or not while still waiting on PCOM. I also understand that for TUCOM-NV, you have like 2 weeks to decide after your acceptance. Should I push my interview dates back? This has been bothering me a lot, let me know what you think! Thanks!!

Pay the 2k to hold your seat at TUCOM-NV and hope for a PCOM interview.

 

[Bacchus]

There are trafficking rules regarding fees. Roughly, from the CIB as I recall, if you're accepted prior to November 15 you don't have to pay your fee until December 15.

 

[Chocolate Bear]

There are trafficking rules regarding fees. Roughly, from the CIB as I recall, if you're accepted prior to November 15 you don't have to pay your fee until December 15.

This is merely what the AACOM considers to be professional, and it encourages all of its schools to behave in such a way. Yeah, good luck with that, considering some of these huge deposits due within a month or less!

 

[Bacchus]

This is merely what the AACOM considers to be professional, and it encourages all of its schools to behave in such a way. Yeah, good luck with that, considering some of these huge deposits due within a month or less!

All of the schools I applied to had it in there CIB entry those rules. Therefore, I plan to follow them.

 

[Medstudent85]

yep, that is the catch-22 of medschool acceptance. They should include a savings account of 5k+ as part of the pre-reqs to be premed.

college+prep-crouses+mcat+amcas+aacomas+secondaries+travel accomadation for interviews+acceptance deposits (if like in this case you are hoping for something better) = You are broke lol

 

[Chocolate Bear]

All of the schools I applied to had it in there CIB entry those rules. Therefore, I plan to follow them.

No Touros or LECOMs, eh?

 

[Bacchus]

According to the CIB I have to follow the traffick deadlines. Is this something I could "hold against" the school if they try to change it?

From CIB, provided by the AACOM:

Deposit
Applicants should submit necessary matriculation
documents, including a deposit, according to the
AACOMAS traffc guideline schedule at left.

 

[BCLumas]

I do not recommend postponing any of your interviews. The later you interview, the less of a chance you have to get a seat in the class (especially if PCOM does not call you back). I know your heart is set on PCOM, but get out to the other schools and see what they do to you. When I first applied my #1 school was TCOM, but after interviewing at LECOM-B I fell in love. I was placed on a pre-secondary waitlist at TCOM and was officially "rejected" in April. Had I kept postponing until then, who knows where I'd be right now. The process can be expensive, but it's not impossible.

Good luck with your interviews.

 

[Chocolate Bear]

According to the CIB I have to follow the traffick deadlines. Is this something I could "hold against" the school if they try to change it?

From CIB, provided by the AACOM:

Deposit
Applicants should submit necessary matriculation
documents, including a deposit, according to the
AACOMAS traffc guideline schedule at left.

Check this out. Read page 20 (pdf page 25). It clearly says that the guidelines are encouraged, not required. I don't think you can hold anything against the schools. If they were breaking hard and fast rules, they'd be in trouble. Get your check book ready!

 

[stonewall22]

I believe this depends on the school. Touro NV does give you two weeks and asks for a $2,000 deposit. However, if you decide not to go you get all but $100 back. So it isn't too bad. That is because Nevada has a law that says schools have to refund the deposit except for $100. I believe other schools aren't that nice.

Touro does not refund it...at least not according to their website...

 

[deleted172531]

Touro does not refund it...at least not according to their website...

They do.

 

[Cp22kjer]

No Touros or LECOMs, eh?

LECOM Erie follows the CIB guidelines correct? Well it says they do on the CIB....

I may have misunderstood you!

 

[Chocolate Bear]

LECOM Erie follows the CIB guidelines correct? Well it says they do on the CIB....

I may have misunderstood you!

LECOM told me something about a month to send them $1000 deposit. I think others have said similar. We need someone with a LECOM acceptance in hand to chime in.

 

[Kateb4]

LECOM told me something about a month to send them $1000 deposit. I think others have said similar. We need someone with a LECOM acceptance in hand to chime in.

Well, if they are doing things the same this year as they did last year, the time you have to decide depends on the time of year. When I was accepted, I was given one month to decide, and it was a $1500 deposit (non-refundable). I interviewed and was accepted in Jan and Feb (Erie and Bradenton), and people that I know that were accepted later in the season were only given two weeks. It is possible that they give you longer this early, but I don't know.

Most schools do not refund your deposit. There are a few, but I wouldn't count on it unless your acceptance letter specifies that it is a refundable deposit.

Good luck at your interviews! Best to go now, who knows... you may really like one of these schools. That's what happened to me.

 

[Bacchus]

Well, if they are doing things the same this year as they did last year, the time you have to decide depends on the time of year. When I was accepted, I was given one month to decide, and it was a $1500 deposit (non-refundable). I interviewed and was accepted in Jan and Feb (Erie and Bradenton), and people that I know that were accepted later in the season were only given two weeks. It is possible that they give you longer this early, but I don't know.

Most schools do not refund your deposit. There are a few, but I wouldn't count on it unless your acceptance letter specifies that it is a refundable deposit.

Good luck at your interviews! Best to go now, who knows... you may really like one of these schools. That's what happened to me.

This seems to follow the guidelines. Wouldn't the AACOM have power over this since all schools are members?

 

[TennisMed]

So we have until a certain date to submit our deposits. But under the Applicant protocol it says that we are obligated to drop all other applications after a final decision is made. When we accept the offer of admission and send in the deposit is that considered a final decision, and we have to drop all other applications to schools. Or is it a final decision when we accept the offer of admission, and then keep the other applications going. We can then receive other offers, and finally decide to go to one of the schools we were accepted to. And then immediately drop the other applications? In other words, can we accept multiple offers of admission, and then make a final decision.

 

[Chocolate Bear]

can we accept multiple offers of admission, and then make a final decision.

Yes. I'm not sure when you have to make the final decision by (May or June???), but if you're willing to fork over deposits (knowing that you will lose most of them), you could hold 20+ acceptances until the deadline.