LECOM - Erie Discussion Thread 2009-2010

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Status finally changed to "Congratulations you have been selected for an interview at LECOM Erie..." Now just waiting for the call 🙂 Glad to finally have an interview close to home because travel costs are all piling up!😛
 
You definitely don't need an SUV of any kind to get around. I'm from Rochester, NY and we get similar, if not worse snow, than Erie. I drive a Saab Convertible year round, and as long as you have snow tires of some kind (preferably studded), you will get around Erie just fine.
I drive a 2002 nissan sentra... no problems with drive in the snow... now the effect that the salt had on my exhaust system sucked. Ate though the metal had to get a new exhaust. Although it might be because it's an older car, but the salt didn't help
 
I don't think its my job to have a positive or a negative contribution to any school's image, but on the other hand I think that it is my responsibility to present any viewer of this thread with impartial and factual information. I wish someone would have posted about this issue before I interviewed. So, I have no hidden agenda Mr. Bleeker, I post with frankness and candor in order to serve my SDN brethern with possibly helpful information. 😀

You say you are posting factual and impartial information about LECOM. Where have you received your info that says LECOM implemented this policy because they are "afraid of losing students to other schools"? If you have physical proof of this, I will shut up. But I would bet a lot of money you are just saying this on your own accord. If that's the case, then you are misrepresenting the school and are not posting factual and impartial information.
 
I think it is more likely that the policy was implemented because LECOM did not want to have people dropping out at the last minute and having to fill late from the wait list. This way LECOM knows which accepted students are serious about attending and does not accept too many students over their capacity.

Also, I don't know that there's any risk for LECOM losing students to other schools since only a small percentage of people who actually apply for medical school every year actually get admitted. There's more than enough desperate pre-meds out there to choose from.
 
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You say you are posting factual and impartial information about LECOM. Where have you received your info that says LECOM implemented this policy because they are "afraid of losing students to other schools"? If you have physical proof of this, I will shut up. But I would bet a lot of money you are just saying this on your own accord. If that's the case, then you are misrepresenting the school and are not posting factual and impartial information.
Why do you feed the troll?
 
Hey guys,

I am leaving for my LECOM interview next week and just wanted to know if you all had any pointers. This is my second interview, but my first group one. Any special tips for answering questions in this type of setting? I really like LECOM, and their pathway choices and professional appearance are pluses in my book. Good luck everyone, and great job to everyone who got in already. Hopefully I'll be joining your ranks soon.
 
Why do you feed the troll?

I dunno. I'm gonna stop with this argument so I don't tarnish the image of LECOM and deter potential students from applying. LECOM is a great school. If you don't like some of the strict policies, then you are better off not applying because you may end up miserable. If you can get past some of the policies, then you will get a great education at a cheap price and meet lots of cool people
 
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If you can get past some of the policies, then you will get a great education at a cheap price and meet lots of cool people

I totally agree. After touring LECOM on my interview, I was able to see past the dress code, food rules, and other policies. LECOM quickly became my top choice because of the high quality education at a great price. This was further reinforced when I interviewed at another school that didn't have the dress code policy. The environment at LECOM definately seemed more professional and a better fit for me.
 
I dunno. I'm gonna stop with this argument so I don't tarnish the image of LECOM and deter potential students from applying. LECOM is a great school. If you don't like some of the strict policies, then you are better off not applying because you may end up miserable. If you can get past some of the policies, then you will get a great education at a cheap price and meet lots of cool people
Good luck on the practical tomorrow... are you LDP or ISP or shudder... PBL?
 
Good luck on the practical tomorrow... are you LDP or ISP or shudder... PBL?

Thanks. I'm LDP. I couldn't do ISP and I hear too much complaining from the PBL students to even consider switching. Luckily my practical is at 10 this time instead of 11:50 like last time so I don't have to sit around for a long time waiting to take the test.
 
What do the PBL students complain about? I chose the PBL pathway and am curious to know the issues current students have with it.
 
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What do the PBL students complain about? I chose the PBL pathway and am curious to know the issues current students have with it.

Me too....I'm PBL as well, what is the complaining about?
 
I wouldn't vote you out!!! You are the spice in the chicken! ( I thought you would enjoy that!!) Just pointing out your negative spin on one aspect of the admissions process. It is true that for some people $1500.00 is a deal breaker yet to others it is just a small step toward a big dream!!! It seems as though that you can't let it go. I'm just saying, go to your happy place and let it go...😀

Hey, where are you going to attend medical school at? I want to know who is getting Dr. Spice !!!!! I may need you later for consults, you defiantly see things in a different way!!! That may give you an edge over some cookie cutter doctors!!

LOL! Why do you Mock me JROD?... there is only room enough for one sarcastic a**hole in this thread, and thats me...😀..... See things in a different way?! is that your way of calling me ******ed? I'll pretend you really care which school I attend so I'll answer that question....I will be attending Johns-Hopkins, and if You were curious what my stats are

GPA. 4.0ish
MCAT 45ish
EC. not too crazy... but once I broke my leg and my surgeon had CHF while he was op-ing on my leg and I had to save his life by doing open heart surgery...well, someone had to do it.
 
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You say you are posting factual and impartial information about LECOM. Where have you received your info that says LECOM implemented this policy because they are "afraid of losing students to other schools"? If you have physical proof of this, I will shut up. But I would bet a lot of money you are just saying this on your own accord. If that's the case, then you are misrepresenting the school and are not posting factual and impartial information.

Contrary to your disingenuous claims, I utilized what some people refer to as common sense. Here is a post, that implemented the same logic.

]I think it is more likely that the policy was implemented because LECOM did not want to have people dropping out at the last minute and having to fill late from the wait list. This way LECOM knows which accepted students are serious about attending and does not accept too many students over their capacity.

Also, I don't know that there's any risk for LECOM losing students to other schools since only a small percentage of people who actually apply for medical school every year actually get admitted. There's more than enough desperate pre-meds out there to choose from.

I rest my case.
 
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I dunno. I'm gonna stop with this argument so I don't tarnish the image of LECOM and deter potential students from applying. LECOM is a great school. If you don't like some of the strict policies, then you are better off not applying because you may end up miserable. If you can get past some of the policies, then you will get a great education at a cheap price and meet lots of cool people

I agree, very cool people. Like Slevin. If you hadn't figured it out, slevin is a hybrid of seven and eleven, very clever I might add.
 
So, I just checked my application status on LECOM's web page and it says I have been selected for an interview and will recieve a call 10 days before my scheduled interview date?

Do they call me to let me know what that day is? Or am I supposed to call them and set it up?
 
What do the PBL students complain about? I chose the PBL pathway and am curious to know the issues current students have with it.

From an LDP perspective, I choose nto to go to PBL because you have to read a lot (~100 pages/week) and then you only have 2-3 tests per semester worth a ton credits 20+. Each test is about 1000 pages worth of material.

Lot harder to get A's in PBL.
 
So, I just checked my application status on LECOM's web page and it says I have been selected for an interview and will recieve a call 10 days before my scheduled interview date?

Do they call me to let me know what that day is? Or am I supposed to call them and set it up?

Same question! Bradenton called me before my status ever changed with the invite. My status at Erie has been at "Congrats you've been scheduled for an interview..." for 2 days now. Their admissions office is open only until 4, so looks like we have to wait this one out until monday😎
 
So, I just checked my application status on LECOM's web page and it says I have been selected for an interview and will recieve a call 10 days before my scheduled interview date?

Do they call me to let me know what that day is? Or am I supposed to call them and set it up?

I received an email with my interview invite and date. The called a day before my interview to remind me of my interview.
 
From an LDP perspective, I choose nto to go to PBL because you have to read a lot (~100 pages/week) and then you only have 2-3 tests per semester worth a ton credits 20+. Each test is about 1000 pages worth of material.

Lot harder to get A's in PBL.

That may be true but don't they do class rankings by Pathway as well? So the PBL students are only ranked against other PBL students. That is what I understood from the info I got on my interview.
 
So, I just checked my application status on LECOM's web page and it says I have been selected for an interview and will recieve a call 10 days before my scheduled interview date?

Do they call me to let me know what that day is? Or am I supposed to call them and set it up?

they sent me an email and let me know the date. you'll probably hear from them in the next couple of days. congrats and good luck!
 
What do the PBL students complain about? I chose the PBL pathway and am curious to know the issues current students have with it.

The PBL students do not attend anatomy lecture. They do everything for anatomy on their own and do virtual dissection. They are responsible for learning everything in the book, whereas we are more responsible for what is lectured on in class. Also, they don't always get the clinical correllates so there are usually questions dropped from every quiz/test due to them not having access to the information. It's just a lot harder plus they don't do many PBL cases in conjuction with anatomy. After anatomy, PBL will be better for them
 
I'm not sure if PBL students are ranked differently or not. I have heard anything to prove/disprove that claim. I'll ask my PBL friends. Also Peaceonearth, if you wanna talk more then PM me. Otherwise I'm done with this argument as I stated before. If you actually wanna contribute to this thread then do it. Stop posting about the policy of the deposit please. It's old news. If people wanna read about it, then they can scroll back pages. There's no need to argue about it anymore
 
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Outside of H&P how much clinical exposure is there in the first and second years?
 
Outside of H&P how much clinical exposure is there in the first and second years?

In some cases you can get the opportunity to shadow in the OR at Millcreek through one of the clubs here. The problem is you don't have any time to do that. I'm glad we don't have a lot of clinical exposure because it would get in the way of precious study time. Once anatomy is over, I may be able to shadow some orhopods at Millcreek for a half day. You could also say that OPP lab gives you clinical exposure because you work on diagnosing and treating problems. But that would be a stretch to call it that
 
Sounds like he stuck his cranium in his rectum, if you bump into the spleen you've gone too far!

I'm not sure if I am more disturbed by your inappropriate and over-graphic language or by your lack of knowledge in anatomy. I am beginning to question the quality of education at Lecom. Tell me SLEVIN... how does one "bump into the spleen" by entering through the "rectum"? I suggest you stop spending time on SDN and pay attention in Gross Anatomy, and if you're going to flex your brain muscle on an silly undergraduate troll like myself, please dont have a brain feart. Next time, take your time and discuss an organ you're more familiar with. Perhaps the spleen was too far of a reach. Next time, lets use something that could be studied by building legos.
 
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I'm not sure if I am more disturbed by your inappropriate and over-graphic language or by your lack of knowledge in anatomy. I am beginning to question the quality of education at Lecom. Tell me SLEVIN... how does one "bump into the spleen" by entering through the "rectum"? I suggest you stop spending time on SDN and pay attention in Gross Anatomy, and if you're going to flex your brain muscle on an silly undergraduate troll like myself, please dont have a brain feart. Next time, take your time and discuss an organ you're more familiar with. Perhaps the spleen was too far of a reach. Next time, lets use something that could be studied by building legos.

Gee it looks like you are lacking some of that common sense you were preaching about earlier. To any layman, Slevin is being sarcastic. Oh and if you knew anything about anatomy, you would know that if you went up through the rectum, into the sigmoid colon, into the descending colon to the point of the transverse colon, you hit something called the left colic flexure. The left colic flexure is also known as the SPLENIC flexure. This is where the transverse colon turns into the descending colon. So yes, you could hit the spleen. So again, walk away from the argument after you have been made to look like a fool.
 
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I drive a 2002 nissan sentra... no problems with drive in the snow... now the effect that the salt had on my exhaust system sucked. Ate though the metal had to get a new exhaust. Although it might be because it's an older car, but the salt didn't help


You might want to consider getting the underside of your car coated...I forget what it is called...my family's in the car and tire business..and when I took my car out for it's first winter (it was originally from Florida), my dad had it coated so the salt wouldn't rot and rust the underside.
 
Gee it looks like you are lacking some of that common sense you were preaching about earlier. To any layman, Slevin is being sarcastic. Oh and if you knew anything about anatomy, you would know that if you went up through the rectum, into the sigmoid colon, into the descending colon to the point of the transverse colon, you hit something called the left colic flexure. The left colic flexure is also knows as the SPLENIC flexure. This is where the transverse colon turns into the descending colon. So yes, you could hit the spleen. So again, walk away from the argument after you have been made to look like a fool.
Ahhh... you beat me to the punch... good looking out!
 
Two questions:

How long does it really take to hear back from an interview?

Does anyone attend or have any of you toured the Seton Hill campus?
 
Can anyone tell me if LECOM is still doing group interviews? Or was that just for the first interview day to see how it would go?
 
Two questions:

How long does it really take to hear back from an interview?

Does anyone attend or have any of you toured the Seton Hill campus?

related question about Seton Hill:

If I select Seton Hill as my first preference when asked in the secondary, would it hurt my chances of being considered at Erie (put it down as 2nd preference)?
 
Can anyone tell me if LECOM is still doing group interviews? Or was that just for the first interview day to see how it would go?


Yes, they are still doing group interviews. I was there last week. As far as I know, they will continue doing group interviews through this cycle -- or at least that's what it sounded like. They said that interviewees seem to enjoy the group interviews. I, however, did not. 👎
 
Yes, they are still doing group interviews. I was there last week. As far as I know, they will continue doing group interviews through this cycle -- or at least that's what it sounded like. They said that interviewees seem to enjoy the group interviews. I, however, did not. 👎

Thanks for the response. Yeah I'm not sure how much I'm going to like the group interviews. On the one hand, it seems like the conversation could be more laid back and casual, but where will the conversation lead to when you have 5-10 people all talking? What if someone talks forever? It'll be interesting.
 
It was okay interviewing in a group. First they went around one by one asking everyone to talk about themeselves, their clinical experiences and one thing their friends wouldn't know. Then they asked each student a specific scenario question and gave the last student a choice to pick from the one's they had asked. Then they ask each another specific question. Then they ask two questions open for group debate, this was a little annoying because some people talked more than others but it was okay. Then they asked the group if they had any questions.It was less stressful if you ask me. I interviewed 9/3 received my acceptance 9/14
 
For those of you who were granted an interview, how long was it between being complete and the interview offer? I just sent in my secondary, my LORs are already there via Virtual Eval, but I'm anxious for the next step. LECOM is definately my top choice.
 
what are the group interviews like?

I interviewed 8/25 and actually really enjoyed the group interview format. I felt like the interviewers did a good job making sure everyone in the group answered a similar amount of questions. Like was posted before, they went around and had everyone introduce themselves, then asked everyone a specific question. After that they simply just asked a question and left it open for anyone to respond (occasionally they would follow up a "group" question with a question for a specific person to give them the chance to speak).

I can see the hesitation and drawbacks of the group interview because you don't get to express everything you want but I still felt like I was able to get across who I was and why I was a good choice for LECOM. You just have to chance your strategy for a group interview. Its more quality vs quantity I think.
 
Gee it looks like you are lacking some of that common sense you were preaching about earlier. To any layman, Slevin is being sarcastic. Oh and if you knew anything about anatomy, you would know that if you went up through the rectum, into the sigmoid colon, into the descending colon to the point of the transverse colon, you hit something called the left colic flexure. The left colic flexure is also known as the SPLENIC flexure. This is where the transverse colon turns into the descending colon. So yes, you could hit the spleen. So again, walk away from the argument after you have been made to look like a fool.

To any layman, Bleeker, you sound like a dumba** . I guess you could "hit" the heart by traveling through the esophagus and passing through the CARDIAC sphincter as well. It is called the CARDIAC SPHINCTER, RIGHT? Look, there is no need to protect your hombre. He tried to act like a smart a** and made a mistake. Its only human to think that the spleen is part of the digestive tract, like you pointed out it is confusing how they use the word splenic in there, and I am considerate of the fact that many Lecom students don't even dissect cadavers. But if they did, they would know much better than to make an inaccurate statement twice. To be fair to lecom, its staff and students, I will assume that you and Slevin are not the cream of the crop.😀
 
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Can anyone tell me if LECOM is still doing group interviews? Or was that just for the first interview day to see how it would go?

Be prepared to talk about anything, they asked us individually to introduce ourselves and asked us to be brief. Then they asked us each 1 individual question. I remember mine was to explain an obstacle I overcame. Then there was group discussion question. My advice would be, don't be afraid to speak up or to disagree with the whole group. I had a feeling that the whole interview was just a formality and they had their mind made up before we even came in. I say this because we had a group of 6 interviewees and 2 interviewers, and the interview was about 30 minutes. so divide that by 3 questions= 10 minutes .. divide that by 6 people and you are limited to a couple of sentences. I think it would be very difficult to assess someone's abilities based on two sentences. I should also warn you, when you take the tour of the library many of the students are pi**ed off, try not to make eye contact or any sudden movements. I think they sense fear through the eyes and vibrations through their feet.
 
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