Definitely speak with HR. Normally coverage is good until at least the end of the last month you worked. When I left my last job, I left June 1 and have coverage through June 30. Again, ask your HR people. They should know.NorthEast2011 said:
There were interviews going on yesterday, although I'm not sure which program they were for.
I don't remember seeing either of those questions on the form I filled out for last year, so I'd give Amy or somebody else in admissions a quick call and ask.
They could be paying more out of pocket, or the cost of living, books/supplies, and fees could be less. It'd be hard to tell without directly comparing the financial aid breakdowns for each school that includes all of that. I highly doubt that cost of living is lower than Erie. I pay $425/month for my place with all utilities included since I have two roommates. Could also have to do with scholarships and grants offered by the school, the state, or the armed forces.
I have a feeling that verbal score is exactly what's holding you back. I got into LECOM last year with fairly low stats (3.2cGPA, 3.4sGPA, and 25MCAT), but my verbal score was a 10. How are your EC's? Do you have a good DO letter(s)? PCOM is much more competitive than LECOM--I didn't even get an interview there. I would call LECOM and express your continued interest in the program if you haven't already. Give them a reason to look at your file again.
Anyone else interview on 2/25? Wonder when we will hear anything?
Anyone else interview on 2/25? Wonder when we will hear anything?
You shouldn't need one to get on the waitlists, which is pretty much all you'll be able to manage to do until the OMS-II's start to move out for rotations in May. You'll need to pay though when you sign a lease and move off the waitlist as places open up--I assume if you don't sign and pay when you're chosen, you'll get bumped off and would have to start over again. I don't know of anybody that'll hold places in Erie without non-refundable money down--the demand is so high that they can easily afford not to.
Easy to schedule all of the rotations out of town, yes. Easy to schedule all of the rotations in the exact same area, more difficult, especially if it's an area where a lot of your classmates happen to be from. As far as numbers, the majority seem to rotate away from the Erie area. There's only four hospitals here (Hamot, St Vincent's, Millcreek, and the VA), and none of them really have an abundance of spots available in any of the rotations (nowhere near enough to accomodate, I would say, even a quarter of the class.) I do see a lot of students rotating through FP with the local docs though, and I've seen quite a few doing ambulatory rotations locally as well--probably because we get to know a lot of the local FP docs through preceptorship, H&P, and OPP.
Correct, it's the course that used to be called OMM. They changed it to OPP to make it seem less focused on the manipulation aspect of things and more inclusive of the philosophy behind osteopathic medicine. In reality though, It's just OMM with a new name.
My landlord is an OMS-III, and he's doing all of his rotations back home in NYC, at least for this year. As for staying in Erie, I guess you could include Meadville and some of the other hospitals that are regionally close by (within an hour's drive or so), which would open up more spots, but who wants to commute that far every day... I assume most would get housing there, which a lot of the hospitals offer. As for Erie rotations being mandatory in some cases, we were never told that except for two that are specific to our PCSP pathway (psych and OMM), because we have a half day of each during the same four-week rotation block.
With a lower GPA and a low MCAT, you're definitely going to have to improve one or the other unless you have some really stellar EC's or experience of some sort (and you'll still prolly need to apply again and be complete much earlier in the cycle next year for a chance.) With your MCAT, did you split the remaining fourteen points evenly with sevens in both physical and biological sciences? If not, that will definitely hold you back--schools don't like to see less than a seven anywhere. Raising your GPA is going to be expensive and tough to do since you have two degree's worth of credits working against you. I'd study hard, retake in April, and shoot to bring it up to at least a 26 before the next application cycle--definitely try to bring your verbal up too, it'll make you even more competitive.
