LECOM - Bradenton Discussion thread 2008-2009

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How did you guys send your letters of recommendation? My school uses Virtual Eval and sends it to all my school in pdf files. I have 7 letters in the system and how would they know which one to print? Do i still need the waiver form even though i signed a waiver form through Virtual Eval at my school? Just a little confused on how to send the lettters of req to LECOM.
 
How did you guys send your letters of recommendation? My school uses Virtual Eval and sends it to all my school in pdf files. I have 7 letters in the system and how would they know which one to print? Do i still need the waiver form even though i signed a waiver form through Virtual Eval at my school? Just a little confused on how to send the lettters of req to LECOM.

My undergrad school used a similar program. Contact career services or the department at your school that handles this and ask them for a form that will allow you specify which LORs you want sent and to whom (I think they'll want your signature too). Goodluck! :luck:
 
Some reason I did LECOM-Erie but spaced on Bradenton till tonight. I thought I was supposed to wait for another email or something...Anyway, I use interfolio and just typed "Lake" and LECOM-Bradenton came up under the AMCAS thing.
 
So I applied to both Erie and Bradenton online but my bank statement has $50.00 both saying Erie PA.

Does everyone get this since I suppose it could be the central server? I got nervous when one didn't say FL or bradenton on it.
 
You should relax. Adcoms can smell your fear.

But, yeah, I only applied to LECOM-B so far and my statement says Erie, PA. Not that that means anything, I understand they're having issues with billing.
 
My credit card locked me down after LECOM the first time. A lot of schools seem to be having trouble with their systems.
 
After having all that trouble submitting I can't even get them to confirm that they got my secondary or payment. The status page says "In progress" for my app but I have submitted twice and gotten automated e-mails both times telling me they have received it. I e-mailed last week to get confirmation and was told they wouln't even look into it until this week.

Glad to know they finally got the interfolio problem fixed though.
 
I just got a call this morning from Heather with an interview invite for September 17th! I am more than ecstatic as LECOM is my top choice.
 
I just got a call this morning from Heather with an interview invite for September 17th! I am more than ecstatic as LECOM is my top choice.

Congrats! Best of luck with the interview.
 
I just got a call this morning from Heather with an interview invite for September 17th! I am more than ecstatic as LECOM is my top choice.

Congratulations!!

Quick question. When you go to the portal - does your supplemental say "In Progress" or did it change to complete at some point?
 
Got a call from them about an hour ago, inviting me for an interview! Sooo excited, as this is one of my top choices. For those of you waiting, I submitted my secondary (7/29) and the interview invite came today (8/6).
Good luck to all!!🙂
 
Thanks for all the good luck wishes!

lainey it says "in progress" in green. Hope that helps.
 
This process will be the death of me. I was trying to be good and submit early and it has totally backfired. They still haven't even cashed my check that I mailed on the 15th nor have they replied to my e-mail checking status.
 
that's amazing for you guys! let the rest of us know how it goes. i'm hoping to get the call for an interview soon ...
 
After having all that trouble submitting I can't even get them to confirm that they got my secondary or payment. The status page says "In progress" for my app but I have submitted twice and gotten automated e-mails both times telling me they have received it. I e-mailed last week to get confirmation and was told they wouln't even look into it until this week.

Glad to know they finally got the interfolio problem fixed though.

I am having the same problem except my app doesn't even say "in Progress"...I have multiple email confirmations though..
 
I have emailed LECOM three times and have yet to get a response. I have no idea why they have vanished with me. Probably not a good sign.
 
I have emailed LECOM three times and have yet to get a response. I have no idea why they have vanished with me. Probably not a good sign.
I think most of us are in the same boat.....I can't get a hold of anyone either
 
Hey everyone! I had a question...did your link for "Applicant D.O.-Bradenton" link disappear in the LECOM portal?? My link was there a few hours ago, but now all that is available is the link for Erie. I was curious if it was just mine or if anyone else saw this. 🙂
 
Hey everyone! I had a question...did your link for "Applicant D.O.-Bradenton" link disappear in the LECOM portal?? My link was there a few hours ago, but now all that is available is the link for Erie. I was curious if it was just mine or if anyone else saw this. 🙂

Yup - happened to me too. Just vanished. Plus I got an e-mail this afternoon inviting me to fill out the LECOM-Erie secondary. Ummm, okay - but I didn't actually apply there...
 
I think most of us are in the same boat.....I can't get a hold of anyone either

Give them a little time, everyone just started classes this week and last, so it's going to take a little longer for them to switch their focus over from c/o 2012 to 2013. If the first interview invites went out today then they are probably ready to get going with next year's stuff. I'm sure you'll hear back soon.
 
I just got a call this morning from Heather with an interview invite for September 17th! I am more than ecstatic as LECOM is my top choice.
Wow, so early; Congrats!! When were you complete? What are your stats? i finally got verified today after more than 6 weeks and i got my secondary from them. How long ago did you send in your secondary?
 
Hey everyone! I had a question...did your link for "Applicant D.O.-Bradenton" link disappear in the LECOM portal?? My link was there a few hours ago, but now all that is available is the link for Erie. I was curious if it was just mine or if anyone else saw this. 🙂

mine disappeared too...however if you click on the erie link and then click on admissions status, there will be a drop down menu for bradenton and erie.


lainey it says "in progress" in green. Hope that helps.
as for that i'm not sure where that is...i don't have any green in progress area...mine just says,
Status

You have been at the stage since 08/05/2008.

says that for both, even though i submitted both secondaries on the 31st. good luck to all, i hope we all get in where we want.
 
Wow, so early; Congrats!! When were you complete? What are your stats? i finally got verified today after more than 6 weeks and i got my secondary from them. How long ago did you send in your secondary?



Lets see, I submitted my secondary 7/23, my letters were sent 7/25 so I must've been complete a few days after that.

I have a 26P, BCPM of 3.60, AO of 3.83, total of 3.66.

Lots of leadership, volunteer, full time work experience, several fellowships, lots of research.

Hang in there, the interviews will surely come rolling in.😉
 
Its amazing how all of these schools (Not just LECOM) went live with these systems but never anticipated all these crazy errors and messages. You SHOULD test the hell out of it before going live and do everything possible. After a system is live is not a good time to play with features and experiment with things.
 
I just wanted to quickly apologize to all of those who have sent me PMs with questions. Our first anatomy exam is this coming Monday (2 weeks after the first day of orientation and lecture) and I have been at school from 730AM to 1000PM every night studying. Once the exam ends (and I study for PBL), I will be able to get back to you. I should have PMs out by Tuesday evening. Sorry again but keep up the hard work! In my opinion, this school rocks!
 
mine disappeared too...however if you click on the erie link and then click on admissions status, there will be a drop down menu for bradenton and erie.

Guess this doesn't help much if I'm still working on the application. Anyone hear any updates on this? I'm thinking about calling them so I can finish and submit my app!
 
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So i received an e-mail this morning encouraging me to finish my secondary and submit - which was nice since as far as I can tell I submitted close to 2 weeks ago. 😱

I called this morning and spoke to someone. Turns out they DO have my secondary and my payment. God only knows what is up with their system. The admission counselor was going to review it with a stack of others in the next day or two.

Also, Heather is out on vacation until Tuesday the 12th. Not sure if that means no more calls until then or if someone else will make em. Seems like their might not be anything coming out of this school until next week though. I'm going to do my best to not obssess about LECOM until at least Wednesday of next week - I have plenty of other schools I can shift my obssession to!
 
lainey- I just called because I got that same email and they told me it is because I am missing a required class. She just said to ignore the email and wished me luck with my interview.
 
Yeah..They are having issues with updating the web portal/emails it seems. It doesn't even have an actual status or info for me..But I still received the call for the interview.
 
I am having the same problem except my app doesn't even say "in Progress"...I have multiple email confirmations though..

SAME HERE! at least you got called for an interview! congrats 🙂
 
I got a phone call from an 813 number, which is Tampa area..not sure if it includes Bradenton. Got me super excited since I thought it was LECOM or USF....nope, insurance person.
 
I got a phone call from an 813 number, which is Tampa area..not sure if it includes Bradenton. Got me super excited since I thought it was LECOM or USF....nope, insurance person.

LECOM is 941, and thier caller ID when they called me says LECOM!
 
Hmmm, so under admission status there is a heading for "Contacts" and it says:


Our last contact with you was with Erie DO Unreviewed EMail on 08/11/2008.

I haven't received an e-mail from them. Anybody else have something like this?
 
mine says:
"Our last contact with you was with Applicant is Unreviewed on 08/11/2008."

i hope that means they will be getting around to us soon!
 
mine has the unreviewed status as well (for both lecom-b and lecom-erie). since i already have an interview invite from lecom-b i don't know how up to date (or even accurate) that status update is.

i've called (and emailed) several times, but i think poor amy rowe is overwhelmed, bc i guess they've been having problems w/the portal.

hope that helps
 
Mine says that I have been at the stage since 8/5/2008, but I have no idea what that means.

It's blank under contacts. I recently submitted my secondary though so I'm not surprised they haven't gotten around to me.
 
Mine says that I have been at the stage since 8/5/2008, but I have no idea what that means.

It's blank under contacts. I recently submitted my secondary though so I'm not surprised they haven't gotten around to me.

Do we have to send secondaries electronically? I have a paper edition of something I want to send them; would that be all right?
 
Do we have to send secondaries electronically? I have a paper edition of something I want to send them; would that be all right?

Hm, good question. I don't know. I sent mine electronically because they give you the link to the secondary via email, but if you have a paper edition of something you want to send, you should call/write to them.
 
I'm interviewing on Sept. 19 (Friday) and I was wondering if anyone wanted to split a car/hotel. The cost to you is a deeply discounted $50.

I'll be arriving at 3:15PM on Thursday (9/18) and leaving on Friday as soon as interviews end (my flight is at 4PM), so if you want to split everything, you'd have to be at the airport at those times (I can wait for a while on the arrival day). I'm staying at the airport Quality Inn and I will be rolling in an Accent.

Also, if anyone wants to have a beer on the beach (or anywhere else) on Thursday evening, let me know. I doubt I'll be getting much sleep.
 
I'm interviewing on Sept. 19 (Friday) and I was wondering if anyone wanted to split a car/hotel. The cost to you is a deeply discounted $50.

I'll be arriving at 3:15PM on Thursday (9/18) and leaving on Friday as soon as interviews end (my flight is at 4PM), so if you want to split everything, you'd have to be at the airport at those times (I can wait for a while on the arrival day). I'm staying at the airport Quality Inn and I will be rolling in an Accent.

Also, if anyone wants to have a beer on the beach (or anywhere else) on Thursday evening, let me know. I doubt I'll be getting much sleep.

Well, if you could have them give me a call for an interview that day, that'd be great. Then I would love to have a beer on the beach ..🙂
 
I just got my interview invite for LECOM-Bradenton. It is my second offer, but equally as exciting. September 19th. The phone call is fun. She was very nice, although I think i sounded a bit distracted since I just put a new videogame in after doing some home repairs.

Afternoon celebration beer.
 
Congrats guys on the interviews! I try to sneak around on here a good bit so if there are any questions feel free to ask... good luck!

MossPoh.... I think we need more FSU/Tally folks down here, not many here currently.
 
Congrats guys on the interviews! I try to sneak around on here a good bit so if there are any questions feel free to ask... good luck!

MossPoh.... I think we need more FSU/Tally folks down here, not many here currently.

Well...I'm pseudo FSU. I graduated PSU and am at FSU for the prereqs and maybe a bio degree if I feel sassy. The best part about going to PSU and then FSU was that I didn't have to get rid of my orange bowl tshirts. Dual purpose.
 
I'm interviewing on Sept. 19 (Friday) and I was wondering if anyone wanted to split a car/hotel. The cost to you is a deeply discounted $50.

I'll be arriving at 3:15PM on Thursday (9/18) and leaving on Friday as soon as interviews end (my flight is at 4PM), so if you want to split everything, you'd have to be at the airport at those times (I can wait for a while on the arrival day). I'm staying at the airport Quality Inn and I will be rolling in an Accent.

Also, if anyone wants to have a beer on the beach (or anywhere else) on Thursday evening, let me know. I doubt I'll be getting much sleep.


My interview is on the 17th but if I am still in town on Thursday I will grab a beach beer with you. Im from Bradenton so I cant help you split the hotel. Im just a short drive from Tallahassee away.
 
How far is bradenton from tally? I don't trust mapquest for times.
 
How far is bradenton from tally? I don't trust mapquest for times.

Hmmm.... I'd probably plan for at LEAST a good 5 hours. It'll be a straight shot down 75, but whenever I've gone back and forth I've had to stop by family over in St. Pete area.... about an hour to St. Pete from Bradenton, and then around 4 1/2 hours from there to Tally.

So plan accordingly. It shouldn't be too bad, only things that make it miserable is if you're hit rush hour going through Tampa or if there's a wreck on 75.

Only other way is to come down US-19 along the coast, kind of along "back" roads. Roughly same time, just slower as you'll be going in and out of random small speed trap towns (they WILL pull you over), but there's no traffic.
 
Hmmm.... I'd probably plan for at LEAST a good 5 hours. It'll be a straight shot down 75, but whenever I've gone back and forth I've had to stop by family over in St. Pete area.... about an hour to St. Pete from Bradenton, and then around 4 1/2 hours from there to Tally.

So plan accordingly. It shouldn't be too bad, only things that make it miserable is if you're hit rush hour going through Tampa or if there's a wreck on 75.

Only other way is to come down US-19 along the coast, kind of along "back" roads. Roughly same time, just slower as you'll be going in and out of random small speed trap towns (they WILL pull you over), but there's no traffic.

I've gone to tampa before on the US-19. I hauled that day. I think I made it from Tampa to Tally in about 3 1/2 hours. I was lucky though. Some reason they never pull over the prius.
 
It NEVER takes me longer than 4 hours and 15 minutes door to door. Its exactly 320 miles and I drive at least 80mph the whole way, simple math. I also plan so that I dont hit Tampa traffic.
 
Hey everyone! I wanted to congratulate everyone who has gotten an interview thus far. It seems like the process is moving along well and you guys are on your way to becoming medical students. The process might seem frustrating, but do your best and don't panic about the interview, especially here are LECOM. It's very relaxing and, honestly, a lot of fun. Get some good sleep the night prior as you will have a long day during your interview.

As for the couple of PMs I've gotten, I'm going to TRY to get to them this weekend, possibly Friday night. Anatomy has taken up the bulk of my life at the moment, and any spare time that I may have is consumed by driving to and from school, going to actual class, trying to read for PBL and CE, and sleeping. Even when we all go out to get lunch or dinner I find myself talking Anatomy. It's a lot of work, but it definitely isn't impossible.

Regardless, I am working on finding some time for ME this weekend as our next test isn't for another week, so maybe a little SDN break would be good. If you have any questions, I'll do my best to answer them as I can. As for PBL based questions, I can't answer much as I've only had it twice thus far, but I will tell you that PBL definitely works and I am seeing it work first-hand.

Good luck to everyone!
 
Okay guys, I just recieved an invitation to complete the secondary, I logged on to the portal provided in the email with the username and password. I followed all the directions but I can't seem to locate the link that will initiate the secondary application. Under supplemental application, I can only print out the request forms for DO letter and committee letter but no link to start the application. I called the admission's office but got the answering machines at both schools. Can someone please help me with this?
 
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