Liberty University COM (LUCOM) Discussion Thread 2013-2014

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for those of you who were accepted, congrats! If you don't mind me asking, what were your C/S GPA, your MCAT score, your ECs, etc?
 
mcat 22 (8,6,8)
cgpa 3.93
sgpa 4.0
born 1974
ecs: missionary, software, hedge fund
 
Does anyone remember how long it takes to receive the official letter in mail? I got too excited and forgot to ask when they called!
 
Don't think they gave a time to me on the phone for letter but I was also to excited hehe
 
MCAT 23 (7, 6, 10)
cGPA 3.67
sGPA 3.75
EC: Lots of volunteer hours at peds oncology camp, homeless shelters, medical trips abroad, and publications
 
Has anyone from the 10/21 interview or later heard back?
 
JC719 said:
Has anyone from the 10/21 interview or later heard back?
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I just interviewed today and they informed us that the admissions committee will be reviewing applications tomorrow. If you interviewed on 10/21 then you should be in that batch.
 
JC719 said:
Has anyone from the 10/21 interview or later heard back?
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I interviewed on 10/8 but haven't heard anything (not even a rejection). Has anybody received anything other than an acceptance? Liberty is my first choice!
 
MJS4878 said:
I just interviewed today and they informed us that the admissions committee will be reviewing applications tomorrow. If you interviewed on 10/21 then you should be in that batch.
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I interviewed on 10/31 as well. I was thoroughly impressed with the faculty/staff. This was one of the first interviews that I have had where I feel that the interviewers actually knew "me". The interview format was much like a conversation and each 30 minute session went by very fast (almost too fast)!

I would suggest that you consider this school as what is often forgotten is that with a new program, you are the privileged few that actually get 100% of the staff's undivided attention. I can't really think of a better environment for ensuring the success of a matriculating class.
 
Prayerful you need to contact them. Email James cook

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Accepted! Holy crap I just got the call! Interviewed Monday. Good luck everybody. Don't have a heart attack if you get a call from VA. Haha
 
Just got accepted too! As a re-applicant, this is such a relief!
 
Hey, I received a secondary today. I claimed my account but I do not have a username. Did anyone have this problem? Thank you in advance!
 
mcat 24 (8,8,8)
cgpa 3.56
sgpa 3.3

ecs: clinical tech, ER scribe, 200 hr volunteering, some research.
 
These aren't bad stats for the first class. The GPAs look like they could be really decent.
 
What time of the day are the interviews usually held?
 
Just got a rejection letter in the mail. Surprised that I (or any of my friends who interviewed after me) didn't even get waitlisted. Oh well that's one for the books. At least I have a few other acceptances to pick from so not completely worried. Good luck to everyone else who interviews!
 
Does anyone know when we have to make a decision for those accepted? Or how much the deposit would be? It's been a week now and I haven't received any additional information via mail or email after I got the call from Dr. Martin.
 
DaveO said:
Does anyone know when we have to make a decision for those accepted? Or how much the deposit would be? It's been a week now and I haven't received any additional information via mail or email after I got the call from Dr. Martin.
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According to AACOMAS, any decisions received before Nov. 15th allow the applicant to wait until Dec. 14th to make a deposit.
 
DaveO said:
Does anyone know when we have to make a decision for those accepted? Or how much the deposit would be? It's been a week now and I haven't received any additional information via mail or email after I got the call from Dr. Martin.
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the deposit is 2k
 
Does anyone know anything about the rotation sites. I am currently trying to compare schools and this is the biggest thing for me. I want to go to a hospital that will allow me to practice physical examinations, become proficient at notes, practice hands on skills like suturing, diagnostics like reading X-Rays, and do SOME procedures.
 
DaveO said:
Does anyone know when we have to make a decision for those accepted? Or how much the deposit would be? It's been a week now and I haven't received any additional information via mail or email after I got the call from Dr. Martin.
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I haven't gotten any addition information after the call and the acceptance email either and it's been about two weeks now! I wonder when they will send everything out also! Are you definitely going to attend Liberty?


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It's definitely high on my listed considering its close to home, I'm familiar with the university and it's reputation, and I was overall impressed with the faculty and staff and their reputations. I've been looking over the curriculum in the catalog and it seems intensive and well put together. My biggest concern is matching for residency being a new school in an unproven class. Also being the first class you cannot benefit from help from upperclassmen and are essentially the guinea pigs for working out the nuts and bolts of the program.

That said, I think at any med school, you get out of it what you put into it. So if you're competitive in your class, have done well on the COMPLEX and USMLE and have built relationships with doctors in residency programs you're interested in, I think it may be slightly more challenging matching but will definitely be able to match well.

Hopefully we'll receive more official info from the school for all those accepted by the end of the week.
 
DaveO said:
It's definitely high on my listed considering its close to home, I'm familiar with the university and it's reputation, and I was overall impressed with the faculty and staff and their reputations. I've been looking over the curriculum in the catalog and it seems intensive and well put together. My biggest concern is matching for residency being a new school in an unproven class. Also being the first class you cannot benefit from help from upperclassmen and are essentially the guinea pigs for working out the nuts and bolts of the program.

That said, I think at any med school, you get out of it what you put into it. So if you're competitive in your class, have done well on the COMPLEX and USMLE and have built relationships with doctors in residency programs you're interested in, I think it may be slightly more challenging matching but will definitely be able to match well.

Hopefully we'll receive more official info from the school for all those accepted by the end of the week.
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A concern as well. I like Lynchburg, VA a lot. It is near home as well. That being said I want to know more about the clinical affiliations and how students are chosen for each site. It seems random. If I really want to go to one location that does not mean I will get to go there.
 
Clinical rotations don't necessarily have to be at the affiliations with the school. For instance, a coworker of mine went to AZCOM and did some rotations at Georgetown simply by calling the staff and asking if he could jump into there rotations. As long as the paperwork is there and it's made official and credible, you can rotate as you please. Like I said it is what you make of it.

However I'm sure the faculty at Liberty would prefer the news students to rotate at their affiliates ( as they are trying to establish themselves) but that certainly does not mean there isn't room for exceptions.
 
DaveO said:
Clinical rotations don't necessarily have to be at the affiliations with the school. For instance, a coworker of mine went to AZCOM and did some rotations at Georgetown simply by calling the staff and asking if he could jump into there rotations. As long as the paperwork is there and it's made official and credible, you can rotate as you please. Like I said it is what you make of it.

However I'm sure the faculty at Liberty would prefer the news students to rotate at their affiliates ( as they are trying to establish themselves) but that certainly does not mean there isn't room for exceptions.
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I think you have to rotate through their affiliates for 3rd year and part of 4th....you will have 4 electives to go wherever you want.
 
On another note...have you seen the building? It is nearly complete and looks nice! I wonder what the anatomy lab will look like and if they will have a skills lab (surgical, tube placements, x-ray/ultrasound technologies).
 
MMOverdose said:
I haven't gotten any addition information after the call and the acceptance email either and it's been about two weeks now! I wonder when they will send everything out also! Are you definitely going to attend Liberty?


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Are you definitely going to Liberty? I know it's early in the cycle.
 
postbacpremed87 said:
On another note...have you seen the building? It is nearly complete and looks nice! I wonder what the anatomy lab will look like and if they will have a skills lab (surgical, tube placements, x-ray/ultrasound technologies).
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I wish I got to see the building close up or even inside when I went for my interview! :/


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DaveO said:
Are you definitely going to Liberty? I know it's early in the cycle.
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I'm not sure yet! I loved everything about the school besides the area. I really wanted a semi city like area but I guess that's not really a big issue. I still have a couple more interviews and some more schools to hear back from!


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Lynchburg is large enough not to be considered rural for sure. It has like 80,000 people so it is a sizable town and has many amenities.
 
I would love to know about clinical rotation sites and how students are selected. Someone should call 😀
 
Has anybody received a 'presecondary' rejection from LUCOM? And in how many days or weeks it happened after submitting your application?
 
Temperature101 said:
Has anybody received a 'presecondary' rejection from LUCOM? And in how many days or weeks it happened after submitting your application?
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I don't know about primary rejections, but I received an ii one week after receiving (and submitting) my secondary.
 
Temperature101 said:
Has anybody received a 'presecondary' rejection from LUCOM? And in how many days or weeks it happened after submitting your application?
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By the way, forgot to add that I received my secondary after about 3-4 weeks of submitting my letters of recommendation (forgot to do it right away, silly me). So if you are within 3-4 weeks from having a complete file, you might be receiving a secondary invite pretty soon.
 
LA1004 said:
By the way, forgot to add that I received my secondary after about 3-4 weeks of submitting my letters of recommendation (forgot to do it right away, silly me). So if you are within 3-4 weeks from having a complete file, you might be receiving a secondary invite pretty soon.
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Thanks...
 
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MMOverdose said:
I'm not sure yet! I loved everything about the school besides the area. I really wanted a semi city like area but I guess that's not really a big issue. I still have a couple more interviews and some more schools to hear back from!


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Then you should apply GA pcom. It has a small population but it actually feels bigger than lynchburg. It actually surprised me.
 
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