Lincoln Memorial - DeBusk (LMU-DCOM) Discussion Thread 2013 - 2014

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I'm a little late getting in on this, but I got my acceptance call on Friday, too. I interviewed on 9/9. Congrats to everyone already accepted, and best of luck to those still in the interview process!
 
VinceViegel said:
I heard that LMU only either accepts or waitlists applicants after the interview (no rejections). Is this true?
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Hopefully I get my letter today. I'll let you know if it's a rejection or waitlist.
 
VinceViegel said:
I heard that LMU only either accepts or waitlists applicants after the interview (no rejections). Is this true?
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As far as I can tell it's still possible to be rejected. They mentioned it as one of 3 post-interview results.
 
JustDOit91 said:
I'm a little late getting in on this, but I got my acceptance call on Friday, too. I interviewed on 9/9. Congrats to everyone already accepted, and best of luck to those still in the interview process!
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Congrats! I interviewed on Monday and was extremely impressed with the school and campus. Really hoping for an acceptance Friday but we will see! :xf::xf::xf:

Also, Cblock I think I was the girl sitting next to you in the conference room 🙂 good luck to you!
 
Thanks, go crush your interview!
 
Shinobiz11 said:
I think that's known as a polite rejection. Southern hospitality.
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At the interview Monday, Janette Martin (director of admissions) said they accept ~400 students out of 500-520 interviews, so there's a great shot at an acceptance post-interview whether that be off of the WL or outright.
 
Back 5 said:
Hopefully I get my letter today. I'll let you know if it's a rejection or waitlist.
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You should get a phone call before a letter, if you are accepted. If not, then you will get a letter.
 
Happy Student said:
You should get a phone call before a letter, if you are accepted. If not, then you will get a letter.
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Well, OP said they're waiting on a rejection vs. waitlist, not that they're looking for an acceptance letter. And from what EVERYONE at the school has told me, the call before letter thing is not necessarily true. You COULD get your letter before the person calling you has a chance to actually call.
 
Happy Student said:
You should get a phone call before a letter, if you are accepted. If not, then you will get a letter.
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I got my official alternate list letter today. I knew it was either WL or rejection as I didn't get a phone call.

No worries. I knew the mistakes I made in my interview. I'll update them via email and see if any movement happens this year 🙂
 
Anybody receive an acceptance phone call today?? So anxious!! 😱:scared:
 
Back 5 said:
I got my official alternate list letter today. I knew it was either WL or rejection as I didn't get a phone call.

No worries. I knew the mistakes I made in my interview. I'll update them via email and see if any movement happens this year 🙂
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That sucks man, but at least it wasnt a rejection!

What mistakes did you think you made?
 
GypsyHummus said:
That sucks man, but at least it wasnt a rejection!

What mistakes did you think you made?
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I was not clear about my desire to serve the underprivileged of Tennessee. I also said that I wanted to experience all aspects of medicine before I decided on a specialty, because how else would I know where my talents lie?

EDIT: Based on the people who have posted, I do believe I was the only person not accepted, out of my interview group 🙁
 
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Back 5 said:
I was not clear about my desire to serve the underprivileged of Tennessee. I also said that I wanted to experience all aspects of medicine before I decided on a specialty, because how else would I know where my talents lie?

EDIT: Based on the people who have posted, I do believe I was the only person not accepted, out of my interview group 🙁
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Do you really need to specify this ? Just wondering. If I were an adcom i'd be kinda weird that every applicant I interview told me they want to practice underserved medicine in TN.😕
 
TXKnight said:
Do you really need to specify this ? Just wondering. If I were an adcom i'd be kinda weird that every applicant I interview told me they want to practice underserved medicine in TN.😕
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It's their mission statement. In recalling my interview, I believe this to be one of my weaknesses that I can spot.
 
TXKnight said:
Do you really need to specify this ? Just wondering. If I were an adcom i'd be kinda weird that every applicant I interview told me they want to practice underserved medicine in TN.😕
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FYI I didn't mention anything about Tennessee or rural medicine in my interview and wasn't asked about it or any similar questions. They have a service-based mission but really didn't mention specific regions/people during the presentation at all. Match lists and even rotation sites don't strongly reflect a region-specific mission. They take a lot of people from out of state and appear far less strict than say, Pikeville, who have a strong regional bias. Whether or not that was an issue for my interviewers has yet to be seen, but it really didn't seem like it.
 
Back 5 said:
It's their mission statement. In recalling my interview, I believe this to be one of my weaknesses that I can spot.
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Well, although I can understand getting waitlisted is not what anybody wants, It really can become an acceptance, Remember many do give up their seats.
 
kmich10 said:
FYI I didn't mention anything about Tennessee or rural medicine in my interview and wasn't asked about it or any similar questions. They have a service-based mission but really didn't mention specific regions/people during the presentation at all. Match lists and even rotation sites don't strongly reflect a region-specific mission. They take a lot of people from out of state and appear far less strict than say, Pikeville, who have a strong regional bias. Whether or not that was an issue for my interviewers has yet to be seen, but it really didn't seem like it.
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when did you interview?
 
Back 5 said:
It's their mission statement. In recalling my interview, I believe this to be one of my weaknesses that I can spot.
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I didn't mention anything about rural medicine either, so I'm not sure if this was your fatal flaw. Are all your stats in order?

And like others have said, you definitely still have a good shot of getting in off the wait list. 🙂
 
SnoopyMD said:
I didn't mention anything about rural medicine either, so I'm not sure if this was your fatal flaw. Are all your stats in order?

And like others have said, you definitely still have a good shot of getting in off the wait list. 🙂
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Dunno. I figured they felt I was non-committal and that was the reason for my WL. My LOR's should be good, very high # of community service and medical experience.

Can't dwell on it.

I'll hopefully reinforce my resolve for attending LMU when I email to retain my WL status and keep my fingers crossed for a good news phone call shortly.
 
For those that have interviewed, were you early decision applicants?
 
I was complete on 9/17, how long does it take to hear back from school? I am really hoping for an interview call. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
 
kmich10 said:
Ahhh congrats! So you didn't get a call first?
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No call. The letter was mailed yesterday so it arrived pretty quick. It wasn't a big envelope or anything either, so it was a very nice surprise. Good luck!
 
Back 5 said:
I was not clear about my desire to serve the underprivileged of Tennessee. I also said that I wanted to experience all aspects of medicine before I decided on a specialty, because how else would I know where my talents lie?

EDIT: Based on the people who have posted, I do believe I was the only person not accepted, out of my interview group 🙁
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Humm, idk that I have noticed that many people from our group posting an acceptance. Remember that last weekend's acceptances were out of 9/6 AND 9/9 interviews. And just try to remember how they told us they moved 60 people off the wait list last year!! My friend is a third year, and before my interview, she told me that if I was wait listed, sending in more letters, more DO shadowing experience, etc would be helpful. It's still so early if LMU is where you want to go!

I was asked where I saw myself in 10 years. I said family medicine (which is what I want to do for half to all of my practice, the rest in sports medicine), and talked about the reasons I'm interested in FM. I definitely didn't mention rural or anything, although I am from a small town, so maybe they connected that. They didn't ask me any clarifying questions or any other question like that.
 
I'm at work, but just noticed a missed call from 865 area code 😉
 
Member0027 said:
I was asked where I saw myself in 10 years. I said family medicine (which is what I want to do for half to all of my practice, the rest in sports medicine), and talked about the reasons I'm interested in FM. I definitely didn't mention rural or anything, although I am from a small town, so maybe they connected that. They didn't ask me any clarifying questions or any other question like that.
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We were having a very fun discussion on philosophy, religion, epistemology etc when my other interviewer tried to pull the discussion back to LMU and asked me the same question. Because my brain had been working in an esoteric mode, my immediate reply to "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" was: "I don't know, I can't even be certain that I will be here tomorrow, so I can't predict where I will be in 10 years." I then tried to bring my interviewer back, by making the discussion more about what specialty, but even then, I ended up going philosophical and stating that "I needed to experience all aspects of medicine in order to give each my full attention, otherwise, I would be making a decision on a specialty blind."

Like I said, I know what mistakes I made. I don't feel this particular interviewer enjoyed my philosophically inspired answers.

Hopefully I can explain all of this briefly in my letter to stay on the WL.
 
Back 5 said:
We were having a very fun discussion on philosophy, religion, epistemology etc when my other interviewer tried to pull the discussion back to LMU and asked me the same question. Because my brain had been working in an esoteric mode, my immediate reply to "Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" was: "I don't know, I can't even be certain that I will be here tomorrow, so I can't predict where I will be in 10 years." I then tried to bring my interviewer back, by making the discussion more about what specialty, but even then, I ended up going philosophical and stating that "I needed to experience all aspects of medicine in order to give each my full attention, otherwise, I would be making a decision on a specialty blind."

Like I said, I know what mistakes I made. I don't feel this particular interviewer enjoyed my philosophically inspired answers.

Hopefully I can explain all of this briefly in my letter to stay on the WL.
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This what got you waitlisted my friend. Some people, like one professor I know, distaste people who don't divide their life into short and long-term goals. Your interviewer may be similar to that.
 
I am very interested in lmu dcom. Right now I'm premed and I am planning on applying next summer. I have a 3.8 gpa and a 3.9 science gpa. I haven't taken the mcat yet but ive done well on the practice ones. Unfortunately I won't be able to get my bachelor's before the fall I would have over 120 hours but this is because I successfully conpketed the first semester of the nursing program. So, I have some great clinical experience and am now an ER tech. By next summer I will have around 600+ clinical (actual patient) experience. What do you think my chances are getting accepted?
 
Ibn Alnafis MD said:
This what got you waitlisted my friend. Some people, like one professor I know, distaste people who don't divide their life into short and long-term goals. Your interviewer may be similar to that.
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I don't get it. Just because he or she doesn't know where they will be exactly in 10 years doesn't mean he doesn't have goals lol. If that was a reason to wait list someone, I think it is a poor reason. Being open to different specialties is what is so awesome about med school.... The ADCOmS know that one shouldn't know exactly how their life is gonna be after school
 
wjs010 said:
I don't get it. Just because he or she doesn't know where they will be exactly in 10 years doesn't mean he doesn't have goals lol. If that was a reason to wait list someone, I think it is a poor reason. Being open to different specialties is what is so awesome about med school.... The ADCOmS know that one shouldn't know exactly how their life is gonna be after school
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I disagree. Of course no one really knows where they are going to be in 10 years. The interviewer wants to know that you have a game plan and are going into med school with a purpose. Otherwise they wouldn't be asking the question. Of course things could, and most likely will, change. However, you should have at least a small idea of where you want to go. An interviewer could even go so far as to draw a correlation with why one wants to be a physician in the first place.
 
Got the call!! Accepted!!! To anyone that sees this that's in a rut, I would never consider myself a shoe-in for getting into med school. I've applied (broadly) 3 times and all I can say is, if this is what you want, NEVER GIVE UP! Don't ever stop working hard, be patient, take proper advice from people ahead of you, be humble, appreciate those who support you, and believe in yourself! (For those curious, OOS ~3.2 sgpa (w retakes), ~3.4 cgpa, 24 MCAT). 🙂
 
kmich10 said:
Got the call!! Accepted!!! To anyone that sees this that's in a rut, I would never consider myself a shoe-in for getting into med school. I've applied (broadly) 3 times and all I can say is, if this is what you want, NEVER GIVE UP! Don't ever stop working hard, be patient, take proper advice from people ahead of you, be humble, appreciate those who support you, and believe in yourself! (For those curious, OOS ~3.2 sgpa (w retakes), ~3.4 cgpa, 24 MCAT). 🙂
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Congrats. 👍

Are you from the region? Any interview tips? I'm interviewing there in 3 weeks
 
bethygean said:
I am very interested in lmu dcom. Right now I'm premed and I am planning on applying next summer. I have a 3.8 gpa and a 3.9 science gpa. I haven't taken the mcat yet but ive done well on the practice ones. Unfortunately I won't be able to get my bachelor's before the fall I would have over 120 hours but this is because I successfully conpketed the first semester of the nursing program. So, I have some great clinical experience and am now an ER tech. By next summer I will have around 600+ clinical (actual patient) experience. What do you think my chances are getting accepted?
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Well...your GPA is excellent, so congrats on that! Hard to say what your chances are without an actual MCAT, but I'd guess get a 26+ and you should be safe based on stats alone. Just take your MCAT, apply, and voila! you'll get your answer! Good luck.
 
kmich10 said:
Got the call!! Accepted!!! To anyone that sees this that's in a rut, I would never consider myself a shoe-in for getting into med school. I've applied (broadly) 3 times and all I can say is, if this is what you want, NEVER GIVE UP! Don't ever stop working hard, be patient, take proper advice from people ahead of you, be humble, appreciate those who support you, and believe in yourself! (For those curious, OOS ~3.2 sgpa (w retakes), ~3.4 cgpa, 24 MCAT). 🙂
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Congratulations! There is no substitute for determination!
 
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