graduateguy
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Hey all, I have been a viewer of the SDN for quite some time but never posted anything to the site before, but after my experience, I believe I should put it out there for others to know.
I will do my best to keep this short and to the point. I attended Liberty's MSBS 1 year program and successfully completed the program well above their guaranteed interview qualifications. After many months of ignored emails sent to LUCOM I was finally able to get my interview, but I was told that it was not going to be taken seriously because my MCAT did not meet their competitive score. Now I understand MCAT is very important, but the reason we do these intensive master's degrees is to help outweigh the MCAT as much as possible and prove that we can handle the rigorous curriculum of medical school. Myself along with 11 other 1-and 2-year students were denied from fair interviews based on this. So I must ask, what is the point of the program?
Students cant retake the MCAT during the year because the schedule is too busy, it does not prepare you for any other section on the MCAT other than bio, but the program lets in students with a score as low as a 493. Again, why let in students with lower MCAT scores and guarantee them an interview at LUCOM, but it will not be taken seriously? 12 students thought this was not right, so we started to climb the ladder of Liberty University to get real answers. We had to climb all the way up to the Provost to actually get heard. We had a meeting with the dean of Liberty, and he told us that we are not any different from any other applicant even though we did this program. He also mentioned that the 2 year students will not be accepted because while they can handle the content, they cant handle the course load. all in all, it took them 4 months to respond to us and told us, thanks for applying to LUCOM, better luck next year. They disregarded everything that was brought to their attention.
Now time for some real numbers, we started with 22 (1-year) students at the beginning of the year, we ended with 12 students graduating on time. Of those 12, 2 got into LUCOM. When we first got to the program, we were told 90% of the graduating class will get into medical school of their choice mostly being LUCOM. Just 2 got in, and at their interview, the interviewers did not know the students were attending the MSBS program.
So if you are thinking about LU's masters program, think very hard about it. The classes are good, and they are tough, but you do not have an adviser, no one will stick up for you, LUCOM does not like the program since the new dean stepped in, and you will not get a serious interview if you do not have a score above 500. Liberty is a nice school, but it is a business, and they certainly act upon that notion. I am not saying dont attend this program, I just wanted to give you my experience at LU.
PM me if you have any more questions.
I will do my best to keep this short and to the point. I attended Liberty's MSBS 1 year program and successfully completed the program well above their guaranteed interview qualifications. After many months of ignored emails sent to LUCOM I was finally able to get my interview, but I was told that it was not going to be taken seriously because my MCAT did not meet their competitive score. Now I understand MCAT is very important, but the reason we do these intensive master's degrees is to help outweigh the MCAT as much as possible and prove that we can handle the rigorous curriculum of medical school. Myself along with 11 other 1-and 2-year students were denied from fair interviews based on this. So I must ask, what is the point of the program?
Students cant retake the MCAT during the year because the schedule is too busy, it does not prepare you for any other section on the MCAT other than bio, but the program lets in students with a score as low as a 493. Again, why let in students with lower MCAT scores and guarantee them an interview at LUCOM, but it will not be taken seriously? 12 students thought this was not right, so we started to climb the ladder of Liberty University to get real answers. We had to climb all the way up to the Provost to actually get heard. We had a meeting with the dean of Liberty, and he told us that we are not any different from any other applicant even though we did this program. He also mentioned that the 2 year students will not be accepted because while they can handle the content, they cant handle the course load. all in all, it took them 4 months to respond to us and told us, thanks for applying to LUCOM, better luck next year. They disregarded everything that was brought to their attention.
Now time for some real numbers, we started with 22 (1-year) students at the beginning of the year, we ended with 12 students graduating on time. Of those 12, 2 got into LUCOM. When we first got to the program, we were told 90% of the graduating class will get into medical school of their choice mostly being LUCOM. Just 2 got in, and at their interview, the interviewers did not know the students were attending the MSBS program.
So if you are thinking about LU's masters program, think very hard about it. The classes are good, and they are tough, but you do not have an adviser, no one will stick up for you, LUCOM does not like the program since the new dean stepped in, and you will not get a serious interview if you do not have a score above 500. Liberty is a nice school, but it is a business, and they certainly act upon that notion. I am not saying dont attend this program, I just wanted to give you my experience at LU.
PM me if you have any more questions.