In what order should i prioritize these secondaries

[yeasureyoubetcha]

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I'm a NJ applicant so obviously rowan is first. No idea about the quality and competitiveness of the other programs. How would you guys prioritize this list and why?

Rowan-COM
UNE-COM
RVU-COM
LECOM
CCOM
NOVA
LMU-DCOM
ATSU-SOMA
PCOM-GA
CUSOM
Touro-NY
VCOM

 

[hossle12]

Depends what's important to you. Is it cost? location? method of learning? Only you can answer this question.

 

[IslandStyle808]

It has to be a balance of both the schools you like the most and which is the most competitive. For instance, maybe you like RVU as much as Rowan-COM. In this case, the more competitive one will be the first one needed to be completed. This would be Rowan-COM.

 

[yeasureyoubetcha]

I care about quality of education the most, followed by most reasonable amount of OMM in the curriculum (enough to get through COMLEX exams and thats it), followed by geography. Isn't the method of learning the same for the most part? Cost is immaterial. Where would that leave me?

 

[Ahii]

RVU-COM's OMM curriculum focuses on passing the exams (if you're in track 2) because they go over all the same info twice. I don't really know about the rest of their curriculum and the overall quality of education.

I'd recommend the following:

1. Your favorite schools, most to least competitive
2. The schools you're most likely to get into
3. The rest, in order of when you received secondary invites

Don't take these as hard & fast rules, though. They are merely my opinion.

 

[yeasureyoubetcha]

RVU-COM's OMM curriculum focuses on passing the exams (if you're in track 2) because they go over all the same info twice. I don't really know about the rest of their curriculum and the overall quality of education.

I'd recommend the following:

1. Your favorite schools, most to least competitive
2. The schools you're most likely to get into
3. The rest, in order of when you received secondary invites

Don't take these as hard & fast rules, though. They are merely my opinion.

For the ones I've listed, how would they rank in terms of competitiveness/quality?

 

[Tupaka]

If money is not an issue, send in LECOM's secondary now. There's no essay. I'm not sure about many of the other schools on your list though.

 

[Ahii]

For the ones I've listed, how would they rank in terms of competitiveness/quality?

All DO schools, ordered purely in terms of competitiveness:

Touro-Ca: 3.49/3.42/30.4
Touro-NY: ~3.4/30.8
CCOM: 3.59/3.53/29.5
AZCOM: 3.48/3.44/29
DMU: 3.63/3.57/28.3
RVU: 3.63/3.59/28.11
UNTHSC-TCOM: 3.60/3.49/28
NYITCOM: 3.6/28 (2013)
MSU: 3.59/28
COMP: 3.58/3.56/28
UNECOM: 3.55/28
RowanSOM: 3.54/3.48/28
LECOM-B: 3.53/3.45/28
Touro-NV: 3.5/3.4/28
NSU: 3.49/3.40/28 (2013)
KCUMB: 3.63/3.6/27.6
OU-HCOM: 3.64/3.58/27.37
MU-COM: 3.62/3.56/27.33
CUSOM: 3.6/3.5/27
KCOM: 3.59/3.51/27
PCOM: 3.5/3.5/27 (?)
LECOM-E/SH: 3.48/3.35/27 (2013)
SOMA: 3.45/3.34/27
PCOM-Ga: 3.4/3.5/27 (?)
PNWU: 3.45/3.36/26.84
COMP-NW: 3.63/3.58/26.28
OSU-COM: 3.66/26
WCU: 3.5/3.4/26 (2013)
ACOM: 3.4/26 (2013)
VCOM (all): 3.6/3.5/25.36
LMU: 3.43/3.35/25-26
WVSOM: 3.4/3.4/25 (2013)
KYCOM: 3.50/3.41/24.6
LUCOM: 3.4/24
Burrell COM: ?

I was going to sort out yours only, but gave up when I didn't see Nova at a glance.

 

[yeasureyoubetcha]

If money is not an issue, send in LECOM's secondary now. There's no essay. I'm not sure about many of the other schools on your list though.

Not yet AACOMAS validated. Dont know if that matters. I know LECOM gets ripped on a lot. Whats the quality like compared to the others?

 

[yeasureyoubetcha]

The whole forcing most students to stream lectures from years 2-4 is iffy at best too.

Lectures are online? Is that fairly uncommon for DO programs?

 

[osteohack10]

All DO schools, ordered purely in terms of competitiveness:

Touro-Ca: 3.49/3.42/30.4
Touro-NY: ~3.4/30.8
CCOM: 3.59/3.53/29.5
AZCOM: 3.48/3.44/29
DMU: 3.63/3.57/28.3
RVU: 3.63/3.59/28.11
UNTHSC-TCOM: 3.60/3.49/28
NYITCOM: 3.6/28 (2013)
MSU: 3.59/28
COMP: 3.58/3.56/28
UNECOM: 3.55/28
RowanSOM: 3.54/3.48/28
LECOM-B: 3.53/3.45/28
Touro-NV: 3.5/3.4/28
NSU: 3.49/3.40/28 (2013)
KCUMB: 3.63/3.6/27.6
OU-HCOM: 3.64/3.58/27.37
MU-COM: 3.62/3.56/27.33
CUSOM: 3.6/3.5/27
KCOM: 3.59/3.51/27
PCOM: 3.5/3.5/27 (?)
LECOM-E/SH: 3.48/3.35/27 (2013)
SOMA: 3.45/3.34/27
PCOM-Ga: 3.4/3.5/27 (?)
PNWU: 3.45/3.36/26.84
COMP-NW: 3.63/3.58/26.28
OSU-COM: 3.66/26
WCU: 3.5/3.4/26 (2013)
ACOM: 3.4/26 (2013)
VCOM (all): 3.6/3.5/25.36
LMU: 3.43/3.35/25-26
WVSOM: 3.4/3.4/25 (2013)
KYCOM: 3.50/3.41/24.6
LUCOM: 3.4/24
Burrell COM: ?

I was going to sort out yours only, but gave up when I didn't see Nova at a glance.

DMU stats for 2019 were just released. 3.66 cGPA and 3.65 sGPA. 28.8 MCAT. Not much of a shift but they're already interviewing for COM seats 2x/week and have been since the week after orientation. If you're planning on an app to KCU you may want to consider sending that in soon as well as I know they try to fill up their classes quickly.

 

[Seth Joo]

I would put VCOM, Nova, Rowan, CCOM, ATSU SOMA at the top of your list, also apply to AZCOM, we got some of the highest board pass rates of any school in the country.

 

[yeasureyoubetcha]

I would put VCOM, Nova, Rowan, CCOM, ATSU SOMA at the top of your list, also apply to AZCOM, we got some of the highest board pass rates of any school in the country.

I literally just spoke to admissions at AZCOM and it sounded like they were looking for a 507+ MCAT, at 505 w/122 in CARS, I don't know if it's worth it. ATSU-SOMA I eliminated. I'm not into being forced into online lectures.

NOVA and Rowan are at the top. I haven't had any success reaching anyone in admissions at CCOM to talk to them. What's the quality at the VCOMS? Similar secondaries? Are they super into OMM?

 

[Seth Joo]

I literally just spoke to admissions at AZCOM and it sounded like they were looking for a 507+ MCAT, at 505 w/122 in CARS, I don't know if it's worth it. ATSU-SOMA I eliminated. I'm not into being forced into online lectures.

NOVA and Rowan are at the top. I haven't had any success reaching anyone in admissions at CCOM to talk to them. What's the quality at the VCOMS? Similar secondaries? Are they super into OMM?

Any DO school that is affiliated with a larger state school in my opinion is worth an application.

 

[Ahii]

DMU stats for 2019 were just released. 3.66 cGPA and 3.65 sGPA. 28.8 MCAT. Not much of a shift but they're already interviewing for COM seats 2x/week and have been since the week after orientation. If you're planning on an app to KCU you may want to consider sending that in soon as well as I know they try to fill up their classes quickly.

Do you mean "class of 2019"? That took me a bit to figure out.