LECOM - Bradenton Discussion thread 2008-2009

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Does erie's decision have any impact on Bradenton?
 
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I know the vast majority of students live in Lakewood Ranch, very near the school. But what about students with spouses who can't find work in the immediate area? What are the thoughts on trying to split the distance difference with a spouse so you can live together?
 
DocHas said:
I know the vast majority of students live in Lakewood Ranch, very near the school. But what about students with spouses who can't find work in the immediate area? What are the thoughts on trying to split the distance difference with a spouse so you can live together?
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I know that it's been done. Part of the problem is that you can really only trim off a few minutes. There's not alot of housing that I know of north of Ellenton/Parrish...which is about 5 miles away...so it doesn't help much. If you have kids, the schools aren't quite as good as the LWR schools...

St. Pete is around a half hour commute (one you'll likely have to make yourself one day, and it's a gorgeous drive over an awesome bridge.
 
futuredoc30, have you heard anything yet? I still haven't received any mail yet. I just called Annette, and she was away from the office. I guess it's another day of waiting.
 
Still waiting... I'll keep you posted if you do the same for me. Good luck.
 
futuredoc30, I just talked with Annette. They are still reviewing the files. They should be contacting us either tommorrow or the following day.
 
Good luck to you as well, futuredoc30. I'll keep you posted if I hear anything as well.
 
I wanted to invite anyone who hasn't already done so to join the facebook LECOM Bradenton Class of 2013 group.
 
does anyone know how filled the class is? is it too late to send in my secondary?
 
gorgi said:
does anyone know how filled the class is? is it too late to send in my secondary?
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It's never too late, unless the deadline has passed. I have a friend whose app was complete on the VERY last day and still got in...so anything is possible.
 
futuredoc30, I just talked with Annette. Have you talked with her yet? If so, any good news?
 
gorgi said:
does anyone know how filled the class is? is it too late to send in my secondary?
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As digitlnoize said, go for it. The only thing you have to lose is the secondary fee. But in the long terms of things, you're going to be in major debt anyways when you graduate from med. school. So what's a secondary fee?

The slots left for the school are more competitive now; however, one of LECOM students who talked with us at the interview, was accepted from one of their last interviews a year ago. She told me her MCAT score wasn't the greatest.

They also took about 60 people off the waitlist from 100 a year ago.

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digitlnoize said:
It's never too late, unless the deadline has passed. I have a friend whose app was complete on the VERY last day and still got in...so anything is possible.
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I just submitted a secondary this past weekend online (my letters had been forwarded awhile ago but I had decided against applying back then)... I decided after all to just go for it b/c after interviewing in Erie a few weeks ago I really liked PBL and wasn't sure I'd get into Seton Hill (turns out I got accepted on Monday). Anyway, I got an e-mail yesterday confirming that Bradenton had processed my app and it was complete, and then today I got a voicemail at noon from someone named Heather in admissions inviting me to an interview. I'm in shock! And kind of excited too. I thought this was a shot-in-you know what but I figured I had nothing to lose but fifty bucks.

Anyway, yeah, definitely send in an app... because they are apparently still giving interviews 🙂
 
DO2Be2013 said:
I thought this was a shot-in-you know what but I figured I had nothing to lose but fifty bucks.

Anyway, yeah, definitely send in an app... because they are apparently still giving interviews 🙂
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Exactly. It can't hurt. Worst case is you lose a few bucks. Not a big deal when you consider the payoff...

Good luck at Bradenton...(we're the best campus...shhhh...)
 
digitlnoize said:
Good luck at Bradenton...(we're the best campus...shhhh...)
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Hey, thanks. I'm coming down on 3/30. When I called to schedule she told me they were down to just two interview days (3/23 and 3/30) so I don't know if they plan to add more in April or if I really got in just under the wire here. But I've been psyched all day! Very excited to check out the FL facilities.

Anyway, just wanted to let that other poster know that it's obviously not too late to submit (although in my case my LORs were already sitting there... if they're going to take awhile to get down there it may hurt). And I don't have rockstar stats or anything.
 
Good luck all! Just wanted to agree about notion of just going for it even if you would be applying late.

Two years ago I applied extremely late and it worked out, so you never know.
 
futuredoc30, I read that 65 people were taken off of the waitlist last year from 100 students. I know you will be given an acceptance in a matter of time, especially with your previous post-doc. degree. Have you heard back from any other schools?

I’ve never heard of this, but I am in limbo between acceptance and waitlisted. I was given the status of “acceptance”; however, I am not officially accepted because there are too many interviewees out there holding possible acceptances prior to our interview—the two week period to lay down the deposit money. I asked Annette if that means I am waitlisted, and she said that I am not waitlisted. It’s just a matter of time to hear the decision from the previous interviewees.

Good luck to you futuredoc30. I don’t know if you figured out who I am, but I was the person sitting to your right during the interview.
 
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futuredoc30, I read that 65 people were taken off of the waitlist last year from 100 students. I know you will be given an acceptance in a matter of time, especially with your previous post-doc. degree. Have you heard back from any other schools?

I’ve never heard of this, but I am in limbo between acceptance and waitlisted. I was given the status of “acceptance”; however, I am not officially accepted because there are too many interviewees out there holding possible acceptances prior to our interview—the two week period to lay down the deposit money. I asked Annette if that means I am waitlisted, and she said that I am not waitlisted. It’s just a matter of time to hear the decision from the previous interviewees.

Good luck to you futuredoc30. I don’t know if you figured out who I am, but I was the person sitting to your right during the interview.
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Congratulations! That's awesome, vargant. I thought it was you, but I wasn't sure. That is a strange situation, but an acceptance is an acceptance. Will you go to Bradenton? Do you have other offers as well? I have no doubt that you will be a great physician.

I am waiting to hear from Cincinnati, they are scheduled to have a decision within two weeks. I interview at Erie next week and AZCOM a few weeks later. I am really hoping for Bradenton, though. So I'm trying not to worry about it and just wait. Annette said she expects they will be making lots of offers from the waitlist very soon, and that overall, the waitlist is a very good thing this time of year. I think the deposit helps to make it a more active process and a viable possibility, so I'm hopeful.

Well, Congrats again! Have a good one.
 
So i have a question about room and boarding. I got accepted into LECOM (woohoo) and am starting this july. and I was looking into living at the yacht club - bainbridge. is anyone looking for a roomate? or how do people go about deciding where they're going to live and with whom? considering that I am going to be making the move from philadelphia I am completely clueless. So any feed back would be much appreciated.=)
 
Hey Ya'll,

Hope everyone is doing well.

Anyways I have a question. I found out about two weeks ago that I had been waitlisted. Since then, I have sent an additional LOR and that's about it. Is there anything else I should be doing? I did provide them a thank you note in which I expressed my desire to attend the school and why I thought PBL would be a great fit for me. Should I supplement this with an official letter of intent? At this point in the game, I just don't know what else I can do to strengthen my application. Maybe there isn't much I can do but to continue to wait and yeah, pray... haha... Any advice?

Thank you in advance for your time and help. Congrats to everyone who has been accepted thus far and to everyone else, good luck!!!
 
lilkrazyangel24 said:
So i have a question about room and boarding. I got accepted into LECOM (woohoo) and am starting this july. and I was looking into living at the yacht club - bainbridge. is anyone looking for a roomate? or how do people go about deciding where they're going to live and with whom? considering that I am going to be making the move from philadelphia I am completely clueless. So any feed back would be much appreciated.=)
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Alot of people are on Facebook. Go join the Class of 2013 group. You could even ask on the Class of 2012 group. Also check the LECOM-B SGA website (you'll find it if you google it).

I know some people who played "Roommate Roulette" and just picked someone (or somewhere) random, and they've all worked out just fine. The good news about medical school is that the people are the smartest, most well-adjusted people you'll find anywhere, and we've all been background checked, drug tested, and GPA tested out the wazoo.

My point is...your new roommate can only be so bad. Right?
 
Ruettiger09 said:
Hey Ya'll,

Hope everyone is doing well.

Anyways I have a question. I found out about two weeks ago that I had been waitlisted. Since then, I have sent an additional LOR and that's about it. Is there anything else I should be doing? I did provide them a thank you note in which I expressed my desire to attend the school and why I thought PBL would be a great fit for me. Should I supplement this with an official letter of intent? At this point in the game, I just don't know what else I can do to strengthen my application. Maybe there isn't much I can do but to continue to wait and yeah, pray... haha... Any advice?

Thank you in advance for your time and help. Congrats to everyone who has been accepted thus far and to everyone else, good luck!!!
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This time of year, the WL is kind of a waiting game. You could send of letter of intent, it certainly can't hurt. Also, don't be afraid to email or call admissions and ask them what you can do.

You might be able to get started on the paperwork, drug screen, immunizations, etc. Having all that done would demonstrate your seriousness, but I'd ask them if you should do that first. It's expensive, time consuming, and involves some forms.

Send your grades in as soon as you get them too. That's usually a good idea. Mention in your LOI how well you're doing in all of your classes, but be prepared to back it up at the end of the semester.

That's all I've got. Stay in touch, let them know how serious you how. Call every couple weeks and ask. Be nice and patient, while still seeming interested. It's a fine line between "interested" and "OMG, is that guy calling AGAIN"
 
futuredoc30, although LECOM-B is my only offer, coincidently, it is also a perfect match for me. Rather the class was differential equations or organic chemistry, I never went to class. I always taught myself the material and did well. Plus, I have always enjoyed group discussions. I couldn’t have asked for a better school, learning environment, and a potential promising location as well.

I’m surprised it worked out this way for me. I interviewed at my state school, FSU, and the interview itself went fine; nevertheless, I was flat out rejected. I called my second interviewer to see what went wrong. My interviewer was surprised that I was rejected and that I was scored highly in the interview. The interviewer said that the committee might have not seen me fitting in with their mission statement: to produce primary care physicians in the state of Florida with an emphasis on the geriatrics, rural areas, and the underprivileged. My primary application talked about how I originally wanted to pursue a PhD in neuroscience, but decided to look into neurology and medicine. I also volunteered on the neurology floor in a hospital, shadowed a neurologist, and wrote an honors thesis on a neuroscience theme. My girlfriend told me that the rejection from FSU was a blessing in disguised. The only reason why I would have chosen FSU was because my girlfriend and I were both applying there. She just had her interview there for a PhD in psychology a week prior to our interview.

The other schools that I applied for just flirted with me, played with my emotions by playing hard to get—“We’re going to keep reviewing you.” I came across D.O schools halfway through the application cycle and felt that this was the perfect fit for me, especially after I decided what type of medicine I wanted to pursue after one of my shadowing experiences: a preventive approach to medicine.

What about you? Is LECOM-B your first choice? If so, are you going to send a letter of intent? I hope you get in here; you seem like a cool guy. I could tell that you’ll make a great doctor as well. Good luck with Cincinnati, Erie, and AZCOM.
 
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I’m surprised it worked out this way for me. I interviewed at my state school, FSU, and the interview itself went fine; nevertheless, I was flat out rejected. I called my second interviewer to see what went wrong. My interviewer was surprised that I was rejected and that I was scored highly in the interview. The interviewer said that the committee might have not seen me fitting in with their mission statement: to produce primary care physicians in the state of Florida with an emphasis on the geriatrics, rural areas, and the underprivileged. My primary application talked about how I originally wanted to pursue a PhD in neuroscience, but decided to look into neurology and medicine. I also volunteered on the neurology floor in a hospital, shadowed a neurologist, and wrote an honors thesis on a neuroscience theme.
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Congrats on the LECOM acceptance! What's funny is that FSU's match list lists people in all fields of medicine including derm, ophto, gas, and radiology and most of them aren't even doing residency in FL. The adcom really should be more open to people who don't want to do primary care because it seems that people might say that to get in and then end up wanting to do residency in anything else.
 
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Congrats on the LECOM acceptance! What's funny is that FSU's match list lists people in all fields of medicine including derm, ophto, gas, and radiology and most of them aren't even doing residency in FL. The adcom really should be more open to people who don't want to do primary care because it seems that people might say that to get in and then end up wanting to do residency in anything else.
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I ran into the same issues with FSU. I actually went to undergrad there but you just have to play their game and really fit the mold they are looking for it seems.
 
My portal status says that a decision will be made end of march. I have not gotten an interview yet. What does that mean? If last interview date is next monday. I basically have no shot right?
 
DocHas said:
I know the vast majority of students live in Lakewood Ranch, very near the school. But what about students with spouses who can't find work in the immediate area? What are the thoughts on trying to split the distance difference with a spouse so you can live together?
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Yes, there are a bunch of students that commute and I am probably going to be moving up farther north over the summer. My husband works in Tampa and St Pete's so really it's better for us to move up there since I only need to be going to campus for the first two years. I will probably be commuting 45 min to get here. There are very few corporate jobs in the Bradenton area (my husband works in IT), but honestly I commuted an hour each way to undergrad so this will be nothing for a year.

However if anyone with a family is looking for a house to rent very near school, the one we're in will be available over the summer🙂
 
Hey all, congrats on the acceptances!

In orientation, all of you new students will have to purchase LECOM shirts and shorts to wear in OMM lab. They will offer you one type of shirt and shorts but over the course of the year most of the clubs will have fundraisers and sell all sorts of different ones. I just wish I had a couple of different shirts earlier, which is why I'm posting here for you!

Long story short, the Women's Health and Medicine club is selling shirts now that are really cute that say "be the doctor your parents wanted you to marry" that are only $10, and if you want it shipped it would probably be an extra $5 unfortunately (love the post office). If anyone is interested in getting a shirt now I could take orders and ship shirts out.

I am not making any profit (and actually the club isn't either), I just wanted to offer you guys the opportunity to purchase shirts early.

So... message me if you're interested. I have pictures of the shirts and the graphic, but they're pink baseball shirts with brown 3/4 sleeves. The graphic is on the front with a heart shaped stethoscope and the phrase "Be the doctor your parents wanted you to marry"

Our order is going in at the end of the week, so message me asap!!
 
Hey gang...this might not be good news, so if you don't want to be depressed, then stop reading now.

The last interview dates seem to be:
March 30
April 3
April 6
April 8

If you don't have one of these, then you *might* not be getting an interview...

Just thought you guys might want to know.
 
Thanks MedStudentWanna

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The adcom really should be more open to people who don't want to do primary care because it seems that people might say that to get in and then end up wanting to do residency in anything else.
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nlax30 said:
I ran into the same issues with FSU. I actually went to undergrad there but you just have to play their game and really fit the mold they are looking for it seems.
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Some medical schools with a mission statement focused on primary care, from my understanding, require those who matriculate to sign a contract to do "x" number of years in that state while doing primary care. I'm actually surprise that FSU doesn't follow suit. You can easily lie during the interview, just as long as your application supports that, i.e. shadowing a PCP and volunteering with the underprivileged.

During my interview at FSU, although I wasn't lying, I talked about my volunteer experiences at a free medical clinic and my desire to become a community physician. And my primary goal as of now is to focus on health education and disease prevention. But whatever! I'm glad how things have unfolded for me!
 
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Some medical schools with a mission statement focused on primary care, from my understanding, require those who matriculate to sign a contract to do "x" number of years in that state while doing primary care. I'm actually surprise that FSU doesn't follow suit. You can easily lie during the interview, just as long as your application supports that, i.e. shadowing a PCP and volunteering with the underprivileged.

During my interview at FSU, although I wasn't lying, I talked about my volunteer experiences at a free medical clinic and my desire to become a community physician. And my primary goal as of now is to focus on health education and disease prevention. But whatever! I'm glad how things have unfolded for me!
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Exactly, they don't require you follow through or anything but you sure do need to play the "game" of showing the interest. Nothing really wrong with the mission statement, but especially there it just sets up this sort of feeling that people need to tailor their application to what they want to see. Have several friends there and was told the same thing by them.
 
I got an interview today so if anyone is still waiting, all hope isn't lost.
 
Revilla said:
I got an interview today so if anyone is still waiting, all hope isn't lost.
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Congrats Revilla! And Good Luck. The interview is low stress. What I personally try to do during my interview, is to answer questions that I know will be asked later. For example, during the question "So, tell us about yourself (since it's a closed interview)", I knew one of the questions was going to be, "Do you like to read." So, when answering the question "Tell us about yourself" I included in part of the answer that I like to read. And try to answer questions fully. In the interview feedback section to SDN, I read a question that was "So, what is a holistic approach." Obviously, the preceding question was "Why apply to D.O." and the interviewee must have said something generic, "Because they have a holistic approach that allopathic schools do not have"; therefore, the question “What is a holistic approach” had to be asked from the interviewers. So try to predict questions in the interview, and answer them before they can be asked!
 
I just sent my deposit money today! What should be the next steps for me? I just want to make sure that I have everything in by the appropriate time. Is it right to assume that LECOM will be sending me in the mail, the forms on "Emergency Data Form", "Health History Form", "agreement to participate in Osteopathic Principles and Practice Laboratories and Clinical Exam Laboratories", etc.?

And for those who are already in, would you recommend anything that might not be obvious, that you personally overlooked when you were moving to Bradenton such as forgetting to buy pots and pans, a vacuum cleaner, a book bag on wheels (this is what I observed during my interview), ties, or even suggesting moving a month in advance to Bradenton to become acquainted with the area? Should I go ahead and buy books, such as Moore's Essential Clinical Anatomy and Rohen's Atlas?
 
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Congrats Revilla! And Good Luck. The interview is low stress. What I personally try to do during my interview, is to answer questions that I know will be asked later. For example, during the question "So, tell us about yourself (since it's a closed interview)", I knew one of the questions was going to be, "Do you like to read." So, when answering the question "Tell us about yourself" I included in part of the answer that I like to read. And try to answer questions fully. In the interview feedback section to SDN, I read a question that was "So, what is a holistic approach." Obviously, the preceding question was "Why apply to D.O." and the interviewee must have said something generic, "Because they have a holistic approach that allopathic schools do not have"; therefore, the question “What is a holistic approach” had to be asked from the interviewers. So try to predict questions in the interview, and answer them before they can be asked!
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That's a wonderful tip! Thank you so much!
 
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I just sent my deposit money today! What should be the next steps for me? I just want to make sure that I have everything in by the appropriate time. Is it right to assume that LECOM will be sending me in the mail, the forms on “Emergency Data Form”, “Health History Form”, “agreement to participate in Osteopathic Principles and Practice Laboratories and Clinical Exam Laboratories”, etc.?
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I can answer this part of your question, anyway. Heather will email you the matriculation packet as a pdf, and you can go from there. I think they changed it since I received mine in February since one of the drug tests (for TCAs) doesn't seem to be required any more.

So just wait as patiently as you can, and follow the instructions you're given. Whatever the deadline is, if it seems like it'll be too soon, ask Heather if you can have some extra time. Given that they just accepted you, I'd guess they'll be accommodating.
 
vargant said:
I just sent my deposit money today! What should be the next steps for me? I just want to make sure that I have everything in by the appropriate time. Is it right to assume that LECOM will be sending me in the mail, the forms on "Emergency Data Form", "Health History Form", "agreement to participate in Osteopathic Principles and Practice Laboratories and Clinical Exam Laboratories", etc.?

And for those who are already in, would you recommend anything that might not be obvious, that you personally overlooked when you were moving to Bradenton such as forgetting to buy pots and pans, a vacuum cleaner, a book bag on wheels (this is what I observed during my interview), ties, or even suggesting moving a month in advance to Bradenton to become acquainted with the area? Should I go ahead and buy books, such as Moore's Essential Clinical Anatomy and Rohen's Atlas?
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You'll get the forms soon...you could call/email and ask what labs and immunizations you need so you can get started on those.

I really like it here, so I'd recommend getting here as early as you possibly can. It's nice to get settled well before classes start and have some time off to enjoy your last week or two of freedom. Classes usually start last week or so of July. I got here in mid-July and wish I'd gotten here waaay sooner.

Definitely get a rolling bag, although you won't need until PBL starts a few weeks into classes. Find a nice place to live, close to school...maybe some roommates...

Books: there isn't an official booklist for your class yet, and I haven't heard the FINAL word (if there is one yet) on what anatomy book they're using next year. Personally, I'd recommend Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy + Rohen's Atlas + GRAY's Flashcards (the only good thing about that gray's book is some of the pictures...these flash cards are really good I think. Also, they have some clinical correlations on them). I'd probably get this combination regardless of what they tell you, but do so at your own risk.

Also, no word on the Path book yet. Will probably be Robbins, but not sure. We're using Rubin's and hating it.

You're probably safe with Guyton Physiology though. I'd go ahead and get that. Also get the Guyton Question Book, and the Guyton Mini/Pocket Book. They're all red and you'll need all three. Trust me.

I'd also recommend getting the Robbins Path Question book regardless of what path book you guys wind up using.

Katzung's Pharm is also probably a safe one. Not likely to change, that I know of. There's an awesome review book for this one as well...I'd get that too. Also the Appleton and Lange question book is great too.

PM me...there's more.
 
I'm working on my health history section of the matriculation packet now. It's pretty extensive! You have to have dates for immunizations as well as titers drawn. I managed to find the dates for all my baby shots (polio), but you may need time to dig them out of storage wherever they may be. You also need 2 PPDs within a week of each other. For some reason on the sheet it says you also need an adult Tetanus shot regardless if you've had a Tdap. I'm not really sure why but I'm getting one anyway just to be safe. As for the TCAs on the drug screen, I called about it a few weeks ago and Heather said it is difficult for a lot of people but it can be done. I had my labs drawn a week ago and still haven't gotten them back so you should get it done ASAP.
 
After submitting the deposit, we just need to make sure that we send in everything in the matriculation packet by May 29, right? I'm working on everything, and I have an appointment with my PCP on April 6, but should I be worried about speeding this up a little bit?
 
Hey everyone, I came across this article nlax posted in the 2007 Bradenton thread:

http://www.jaoa.org/cgi/content/full/107/10/443

It's an article about LECOM's PBL pathway and goes into some depth showing how the program is structured. Well worth the read.

Also, while I was reading through the 2007-8 thread, I really got an amazing sense of how awesome and supportive the students are at Bradenton. I'm really looking forward to LECOM! The last page is a great example.
 
For anyone just getting started on the medical clearance part of the matriculation packet, I thought it might be helpful to know that they don't really care about your polio vaccination records. I couldn't find a copy of my infant vaccination for polio and, when I was finally able to reach Heather, was told that it didn't matter. This made me a little cranky since the forms seem to state pretty explicitly that you mustn't have any blank spaces OR ELSE, and I had been freaking out trying to figure out what to do about the missing records.

I would say that if there is anything irregular in your attempts to complete all the forms, call Heather and make sure you know exactly what/how to procede rather than trying to figure it out yourself.
 
vargant said:
. My interviewer was surprised that I was rejected and that I was scored highly in the interview. The interviewer said that the committee might have not seen me fitting in with their mission statement: to produce primary care physicians in the state of Florida with an emphasis on the geriatrics, rural areas, and the underprivileged. My primary application talked about how I originally wanted to pursue a PhD in neuroscience, but decided to look into neurology and medicine. I also volunteered on the neurology floor in a hospital, shadowed a neurologist, and wrote an honors thesis on a neuroscience theme. My girlfriend told me that the rejection from FSU was a blessing in disguised.
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I ran into the same issue when applying to Eastern Carolina University here in NC. The school was started specifically with the goal of producing physicians to serve in primary care in rural NC. One of the two interviewers tried to tell me that it was a myth that you had to tell the school you wanted to be a rural, primary care doc, but the other interviewer implied just the opposite, as does the mission statement and most people you talk to informally. My coming from an urban part of the state and my failure to express sufficient devotion to moving to the boondocks to be a country doctor hurt my application. I refuse to lie outright about my intentions.

I found a website that compares the MCAT/GPA scores of the applicant pool vs. accepted students at medical schools across the country. Based on the sample they had for ECU, students accepted to the program actually averaged LOWER scores than the average of the pool of applicants. I think that's compelling evidence of where their priorities lay.

The truth is, these schools do serve an important purpose. In NC, there are a few counties that actually have no physicians at all, requiring people to drive really far for care. Therefore, I begrudgingly acknowledge that I am, truthfully, not what they are looking for. My main motivation for applying was that it is the cheapest medical school in the country, by a huge margin.

However, now that I'm off to LECOM, I am super excited. I know I'll be much happier there than I would've been, thanks to sunny weather, PBL, etc, etc.
 
Can't hurt to try. Again, they might add more...it's always possible. If the deadline hasn't passed yet, I'd send it in. Can't hurt to try!
 
Hey Y'all, I forgot to tell the boards a couple weeks ago, but I was accepted.

I sent in the check, filled out a Fafsa, and signed and mailed a waiver.


Here is my question, all my mail is routed to my parents house in Georgia (I'm still living in college town)

Is there anything coming I should be aware of? I hear people talking about a "matriculation packet" but I have no idea what that is...
 
Sugarrush said:
Hey Y'all, I forgot to tell the boards a couple weeks ago, but I was accepted.

I sent in the check, filled out a Fafsa, and signed and mailed a waiver.


Here is my question, all my mail is routed to my parents house in Georgia (I'm still living in college town)

Is there anything coming I should be aware of? I hear people talking about a "matriculation packet" but I have no idea what that is...
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I think they're emailing the forms you need to have filled out. It's mostly a physical and immunization records...Email Heather, or whoever you've been dealing with in admissions and ask.
 
Sugarrush said:
Hey Y'all, I forgot to tell the boards a couple weeks ago, but I was accepted.
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Is there anything coming I should be aware of? I hear people talking about a "matriculation packet" but I have no idea what that is...
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Congratulations, first off!

The matriculation packet isn't mailed; it's sent as a pdf via email. They'll send it to whichever email address you used during the application process.

Oh, and join the LECOM-B c/o 2013 facebook group if you haven't already; there's more activity there than in the class thread on SDN.

See you in July!
 
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