LMU-DCOM (DeBusk COM) Discussion thread Part 2 2007-2008

[hoss22]

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squad, what are your stats? im not a stellar candidate and now am worried it'll be a waste of $600 going when i wont get in.

Don't worry about stats with DCOM. There is a huge range from what I've seen as far as GPA and MCAT go for those that have been accepted. DCOM does pre-screen, so if you get an interview, you know that your scores are high enough for them. What you should worry most about is presentation...just be yourself.

 

[nascardoc]

If I do end up at DCOM, I'll be bringing 2 5 year old black labs with me. I'll be getting a house with a yard. If you're there too you can bring your pup to my house and leave him to play while we're at school. They love puppies.

Perhaps you and darwin can be roomies Saves you guys money and gives you both a place for your pooches.

I submitted in September and was interviewed 12/7 and have been on the waitlist since then. I'm dying to get off of it for an acceptance!!! DCOM is ABSOLUTELY where I want to be in August. My interview group was the record sized one of about 13 people. I'm continuing to retake classes in which I performed crappy from undergrad to try and improve my application --cell and molecular, immunology this semester..... Any words of advice about the waitlist or other advice?

My advice would be to tell them exactly what you just wrote by writing them a letter. Acknowledge you retaking classes, etc. Also, send them your updated grades and any other updates to your file.

squad, what are your stats? im not a stellar candidate and now am worried it'll be a waste of $600 going when i wont get in.

I don't think any interview is a waste of money. My biggest piece of advice would be to prepared to answer any questions about grades, etc. Be honest. I didn't have a stellar GPA, but I addressed that in my primary application, but I was ready to explain myself if they asked.

Don't worry about stats with DCOM. There is a huge range from what I've seen as far as GPA and MCAT go for those that have been accepted. DCOM does pre-screen, so if you get an interview, you know that your scores are high enough for them. What you should worry most about is presentation...just be yourself.

Word....very well said.

 

[ThePiratesse]

squad, what are your stats? im not a stellar candidate and now am worried it'll be a waste of $600 going when i wont get in.

Don't worry! If you have an interview you have the stats to get in. If you didn't they would not have offered it. The interview is where its at.. no pressure or anything...

 

[pamolive]

squad, what are your stats? im not a stellar candidate and now am worried it'll be a waste of $600 going when i wont get in.

Don't be worried. If they invited you for an interview then you definitely have a good shot. MY undergrad GPA was horrible, but I still got in. You just need to do really well in the interivew. They did ask me about my GPA, and I was just very honest and upfront with them. Be ready to explain yourself, and prepare some answers to the questions that are posted in the interview feedback pages. If you really want to go to DCOM I would definitely shell out the 600. It's worth it. The school is so amazing that one of my friends who also interviewed and was accepted there turned down UNECOM and LECOM Erie for it.

 

[NickOICU812]

I've been a a few of the pizza nights and the number of interviewees varies. We've had anywhere from 1-10 people show up. I would say the average, at least from the times I've been there, is about 4 or 5. I wouldn't call Harrogate a college town, that would be Knoxville near the UT campus. I would call it your average small town that happens to have a kicka$$ medical school in it 😎. LMU is pretty small with a little over 3200 students. The area is very proud of the school, but I would not call it your prototypical college town. But the school is growing at a huge rate due to DCOM. The campus is expanding with new buildings for both science/research and more dorms (not for the med school though). I would say the area is made up of a mixture of people, but I don't think it is dominated by students.

There is a post I posted about a week or so ago regarding the different cities to live in around DCOM. I will have to refer you to that post since it has a lot of info. Just click on my name, then click on "Find more posts by.....", then you will have to look for it. Or you could just go thru the pages as it should only be a page or two back from this one. It is a loooong post, so you shouldn't miss it.

BTW, if you bring the snake near me............ I don't do snakes


Now I'm off to study more microbiology (I like the new emoticons )


Who is the better dancer or ??????????

Realistically, I would only need to find a house after getting accepted. Looking for living arrangements before the interview may be a bit presumptuous. I was only trying to compare the pros and cons of going to LMU over the other schools i still have interviews with. I'm sure finding a house in Tennessee will be easier (and cheaper) than finding a house in California. To be honest, I don't really care if it's a college town or not. I was only trying to get a better idea of the area surrounding the school. It seems I may have to wait until my visit. I don't meant to sound upset, but the beating of the donkey doesn't sit well with me. Besides, if you ever tried to beat my snake, he would wrap around you and squeeze until your eye balls pop out. Then he would drag you back to the "evil snake den" and make you listen to Bill Cosby albums before slowly eating you. I know he's a monster, but he's all I've got! Seriously, what don't you like about snakes? Is it disturbing to you they eat other animals (carnivore) or that they bite never?

 

[gasapple]

Fried snake tastes g-o-o-o-o-d. 👍

 

[missdochopeful]

Isn't he cute?!

Your puppy looks like a teddy bear! Awww 🙂

 

[missdochopeful]

I've been a a few of the pizza nights and the number of interviewees varies. We've had anywhere from 1-10 people show up. I would say the average, at least from the times I've been there, is about 4 or 5. I wouldn't call Harrogate a college town, that would be Knoxville near the UT campus. I would call it your average small town that happens to have a kicka$$ medical school in it 😎. LMU is pretty small with a little over 3200 students. The area is very proud of the school, but I would not call it your prototypical college town. But the school is growing at a huge rate due to DCOM. The campus is expanding with new buildings for both science/research and more dorms (not for the med school though). I would say the area is made up of a mixture of people, but I don't think it is dominated by students.

There is a post I posted about a week or so ago regarding the different cities to live in around DCOM. I will have to refer you to that post since it has a lot of info. Just click on my name, then click on "Find more posts by.....", then you will have to look for it. Or you could just go thru the pages as it should only be a page or two back from this one. It is a loooong post, so you shouldn't miss it.

BTW, if you bring the snake near me............ I don't do snakes


Now I'm off to study more microbiology (I like the new emoticons )


Who is the better dancer or ??????????

If anyone is keeping track, I'll be at Oasis with my fiance on Jan 21. Is anyone else interviewing on the 22nd?

 

[nascardoc]

Realistically, I would only need to find a house after getting accepted. Looking for living arrangements before the interview may be a bit presumptuous. I was only trying to compare the pros and cons of going to LMU over the other schools i still have interviews with. I'm sure finding a house in Tennessee will be easier (and cheaper) than finding a house in California. To be honest, I don't really care if it's a college town or not. I was only trying to get a better idea of the area surrounding the school. It seems I may have to wait until my visit. I don't meant to sound upset, but the beating of the donkey doesn't sit well with me. Besides, if you ever tried to beat my snake, he would wrap around you and squeeze until your eye balls pop out. Then he would drag you back to the "evil snake den" and make you listen to Bill Cosby albums before slowly eating you. I know he's a monster, but he's all I've got! Seriously, what don't you like about snakes? Is it disturbing to you they eat other animals (carnivore) or that they bite never?

Sorry for not answering your question. The post I was refering to does talk a lot about the area, not just housing. I don't know of another way of describing the area. It is a small, quiet town with very little distractions, so that makes studying easier (except when distracted by the internet). We are surrounded by mountains, which look awesome in the fall. It is really incredible. There are no clubs, but there are a couple of bars, if that is your thing.

I wouldn't beat your snake unless it was warranted, don't worry 😉 I eat other animals too, so that part about a snake doesn't bother me, nor biting b/c, I assume it is not venomous, and second, my parents dog thinks I'm a chew toy, so I'm used to it. I've just never liked them, but too each their own. There are many small rodents in the area (due to the open fields) so your snake will have plenty to eat when he is hungry. I did see a snake eat a pig on youtube, that was pretty cool.

I would like to see the "evil snake den" though. It sounds like a great place to go after an exam I'm just happy that he wouldn't make me listen to the Dixie Chicks, because then I would have to take my own life before your snake took it for me.

BTW, does the snake have a name and how big is he/she?

 

[arboth]

obviously i'll be wearing a suit on my interview and look real nice, but im not sure whether to keep my beard. what do you guys think? ive spent like three months growing out a ridiculously awesome beard and now am thinkin about giving it the axe/razor. i heard that some adcoms dont like beards or is this just an irrational apprehension? hahaha

 

[DrTitanium]

arboth- I wore a beard for my interview with no ill effects.



'snakes'- my Corn Snake 'Checkers' just died on Thanksgiving weekend. She was ~34-35 years old. I remember taking her to 'show and tell' in science class in middle school. I just turned forty last week.

 

[squad41]

In the spring of 2007, a trusted friend and current VCOM student called me. She stated that I could not get off the phone with her until I promised to research and apply to a school named DCOM. Frankly, I didn’t know where/what/who in the hell DCOM was. While I knew a lot about osteopathy, I knew nothing of this place. However, being a man of my word, I called DCOM-- expecting get the usual medical school version of the unbelievably rude admissions officer and/or the polite, but nevertheless dismissive secretary. To the contrary, since June, 2007, I have remained in regular contact with Ms. Janette Kelly, Dr. Leo and Mr. Carney. In fact, from DAY ONE, I could not have been treated with more of an open sense of forthright honesty, respectful nature and overall “what can I do to make your life easier” approach. While there are number of valid reasons why my MCATs are what they are (20R), from the very first day I spoke with DCOM, it became unequivocally stated why I want to attend DCOM over any osteopathic or allopathic school in the entire nation. The bottom line is that I could make excuses about why MCATs are so awful ( working 30 + hours, physics was my worst class of all of undergrad, etc), but the bottom line is the bottoml ine: a 20R isn’t anything to write home to Mom about. The truth is the truth. In fact, Im an excellent standardized test taker (top 5% in the nation for SAT’s,). In reality, the MCAT is just a tricky test and I was more interested in the immediate clinical benefits of EMS (differential diagnosis of preeclampsia versus hooke’s law) than the delayed gratification of an acceptance. Regardless, Dr. Leo and co. treated me with the utmost respect. I quote Mr. Carney: “ We recognize that the MCAT does not define you, nor does your performance in any one class. However, your performance in Physio, Bioc and Calc is unacceptable. Bring the committee awesome grades in those classes and we’ll talk.” I cannot emphasize enough how refreshing it was to have someone spell it out to me in such honest terms. That being said, I busted my absolute tail from August to December and brought the admissions comm. 2 A’s and a B in the aforementioned classes, while working full time night shift at a local hospital in Richmond. It is this level of humanity and sense that what defines me allows me to unequivocally state that if I were offered admission to any other school, I would turn it down. That’s how on the ball DCOM is. While I am currently waitlisted, Drs. Leo, Stowers and Mr. Carney all take a vested interest in how I am doing. In fact, during my interview, the doctor commented on the amount of dedication it must take to work almost full time throughout college, full time after college and all the while retaking classes to improve my app. Bottom line: Lots of schools claim to care about what defines you, what got you to where you are, how the hell you figured out the differential to antityrspin-1 deficiency disorder is while working full time; however, DCOM isn’t claiming anything. THEY ARE THE REAL DEAL! I have never been more impressed and cannot tell you how much I hope to get off the waitlist!

 

[ThePiratesse]

In the spring of 2007, a trusted friend and current VCOM student called me. She stated that I could not get off the phone with her until I promised to research and apply to a school named DCOM. Frankly, I didn’t know where/what/who in the hell DCOM was. While I knew a lot about osteopathy, I knew nothing of this place. However, being a man of my word, I called DCOM-- expecting get the usual medical school version of the unbelievably rude admissions officer and/or the polite, but nevertheless dismissive secretary. To the contrary, since June, 2007, I have remained in regular contact with Ms. Janette Kelly, Dr. Leo and Mr. Carney. In fact, from DAY ONE, I could not have been treated with more of an open sense of forthright honesty, respectful nature and overall “what can I do to make your life easier” approach. While there are number of valid reasons why my MCATs are what they are (20R), from the very first day I spoke with DCOM, it became unequivocally stated why I want to attend DCOM over any osteopathic or allopathic school in the entire nation. The bottom line is that I could make excuses about why MCATs are so awful ( working 30 + hours, physics was my worst class of all of undergrad, etc), but the bottom line is the bottoml ine: a 20R isn’t anything to write home to Mom about. The truth is the truth. In fact, Im an excellent standardized test taker (top 5% in the nation for SAT’s,). In reality, the MCAT is just a tricky test and I was more interested in the immediate clinical benefits of EMS (differential diagnosis of preeclampsia versus hooke’s law) than the delayed gratification of an acceptance. Regardless, Dr. Leo and co. treated me with the utmost respect. I quote Mr. Carney: “ We recognize that the MCAT does not define you, nor does your performance in any one class. However, your performance in Physio, Bioc and Calc is unacceptable. Bring the committee awesome grades in those classes and we’ll talk.” I cannot emphasize enough how refreshing it was to have someone spell it out to me in such honest terms. That being said, I busted my absolute tail from August to December and brought the admissions comm. 2 A’s and a B in the aforementioned classes, while working full time night shift at a local hospital in Richmond. It is this level of humanity and sense that what defines me allows me to unequivocally state that if I were offered admission to any other school, I would turn it down. That’s how on the ball DCOM is. While I am currently waitlisted, Drs. Leo, Stowers and Mr. Carney all take a vested interest in how I am doing. In fact, during my interview, the doctor commented on the amount of dedication it must take to work almost full time throughout college, full time after college and all the while retaking classes to improve my app. Bottom line: Lots of schools claim to care about what defines you, what got you to where you are, how the hell you figured out the differential to antityrspin-1 deficiency disorder is while working full time; however, DCOM isn’t claiming anything. THEY ARE THE REAL DEAL! I have never been more impressed and cannot tell you how much I hope to get off the waitlist!

Wow! That's so great to hear, and exactly how I feel about my school! I wish you the best of luck in getting off of the waitlist. Regardless of the MCAT score, you have a positive attitude that will get you through... and the right attitude is really everything. 🙂

 

[Halloweenie]

Who's going to be at Oasis tom evening?? Nascar, MJB, Piratesse??? I'm soooooooo excited to start my journey to DCOM tomorrow morning. 😍This last couple of weeks has flown by! Seoulsister, are you in the country yet?? 🙄



Can't wait to meet you all! Btw, how's the weather there right now? I've been trying coats on over my suit and figuring out what to pack....

 

[NickOICU812]

obviously i'll be wearing a suit on my interview and look real nice, but im not sure whether to keep my beard. what do you guys think? ive spent like three months growing out a ridiculously awesome beard and now am thinkin about giving it the axe/razor. i heard that some adcoms dont like beards or is this just an irrational apprehension? hahaha

I'm keeping my beard and that's the end of it. I shaved my beard for my first interview and it didn't feel right. Also, I was rejected from that school, so keeping the beard may be the right thing after all. Nascardoc, My snake is about 3 feet long or so. His name is Sam, and he loves me.
Aw, wook at dat faaace.

He want to wuv and cuddle with everyone and give kisses!

 

[ThePiratesse]

Hahahaha!!!! That's awesome! Its so funny that when you talk about your snake it sounds just like a classmate of ours who says the same things about her dog.. who's name just happens to be named Sam!!! 😀

 

[ThePiratesse]

Who's going to be at Oasis tom evening?? Nascar, MJB, Piratesse??? I'm soooooooo excited to start my journey to DCOM tomorrow morning. 😍This last couple of weeks has flown by! Seoulsister, are you in the country yet?? 🙄



Can't wait to meet you all! Btw, how's the weather there right now? I've been trying coats on over my suit and figuring out what to pack....

I'll see what I can do about going!!!

 

[nascardoc]

Who's going to be at Oasis tom evening?? Nascar, MJB, Piratesse??? I'm soooooooo excited to start my journey to DCOM tomorrow morning. 😍This last couple of weeks has flown by! Seoulsister, are you in the country yet?? 🙄



Can't wait to meet you all! Btw, how's the weather there right now? I've been trying coats on over my suit and figuring out what to pack....

Sure, I'll show up tomorrow night. I've got nothing else to do and don't feel like going grocery shopping, so Oasis for dinner sounds spectacular. The weather is cloudy with some rain, about 40-45 degrees or so.

 

[ThePiratesse]

Sure, I'll show up tomorrow night. I've got nothing else to do and don't feel like going grocery shopping, so Oasis for dinner sounds spectacular. The weather is cloudy with some rain, about 40-45 degrees or so.

Yay Oasis!!!!!!!!

 

[Halloweenie]

Yay Oasis!!!!!!!!

Sure, I'll show up tomorrow night. I've got nothing else to do and don't feel like going grocery shopping, so Oasis for dinner sounds spectacular. The weather is cloudy with some rain, about 40-45 degrees or so.

Awesome!!! See you tomorrow!!😀

 

[MJB]

Not likely I'll be at Oasis tomorrow night, but will drop by on Tuesday.

I'm gonna have to side with ND on the snake thing...I'm not a fan...at all. Sorry.

Now, that being said...I think folks having snakes as pets is cool, I just don't wanna be around them (the snake)...

One of my all time favorite KSU players had to kill one of his pet snakes one time....check it out....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/26/RAIDERS.TMP

 

[LauraDO]

In fifth grade our class pet was a 12 ft python!!!! Our class project was to build him a good cage. If we were really good we got to 'feed the snake' aka- be the lucky student who dropped a live rodent in the cage and watch 'freckles' the snake swallow it whole!

 

[seoulsister]

Awesome!!! See you tomorrow!!😀

YAY! I'm super excited to meet everyone! Wish I didn't have to be on the road tomorrow at 4:30 am to catch my flight, but at least the flight will be A LOT shorter than my flight home from South Korea! See you tomorrow! 😀

 

[nascardoc]

It's good to see that we will have a couple of SDNers tomorrow night. Many times, we only have lurkers show up

Funny thing (I feel like procrastinating a little bit from studying)......I meet a lot of the people interviewing b/c I just like to say hi and see how things are going on interview days. I've actually had two groups of 12 people who interviewed, that never heard of SDN 😱. I was kinda surprised b/c so many at least look at the site, so usually when I tell people who I am, I usually get nods, smiles, something....but those 2 times, all I got were blank, deer in headlight stares. Not that I am special or anything, b/c I'm really not, but it was weird. So it will be nice to see some SDN faces.

See you guys tomorrow!!!

vs. <----- it's like watching Will vs. Carlton dance from Fresh Prince

 

[Marthea007]

It's good to see that we will have a couple of SDNers tomorrow night. Many times, we only have lurkers show up

Funny thing (I feel like procrastinating a little bit from studying)......I meet a lot of the people interviewing b/c I just like to say hi and see how things are going on interview days. I've actually had two groups of 12 people who interviewed, that never heard of SDN 😱. I was kinda surprised b/c so many at least look at the site, so usually when I tell people who I am, I usually get nods, smiles, something....but those 2 times, all I got were blank, deer in headlight stares. Not that I am special or anything, b/c I'm really not, but it was weird. So it will be nice to see some SDN faces.

See you guys tomorrow!!!

vs. <----- it's like watching Will vs. Carlton dance from Fresh Prince

Hey, Carlton had some sweet moves too. Have you ever tried doing the Carlton dance? Have you? Not that easy...

 

[LauraDO]

Hey, Carlton had some sweet moves too. Have you ever tried doing the Carlton dance? Have you? Not that easy...

ahh....Fresh prince of Bel Aire, it is really a shame that the current generation doesn't have the quality programing we did growing up

 

[NickOICU812]

Not likely I'll be at Oasis tomorrow night, but will drop by on Tuesday.

I'm gonna have to side with ND on the snake thing...I'm not a fan...at all. Sorry.

Now, that being said...I think folks having snakes as pets is cool, I just don't wanna be around them (the snake)...

One of my all time favorite KSU players had to kill one of his pet snakes one time....check it out....

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/11/26/RAIDERS.TMP

Wow, that's the craziest thing I've ever heard of. Yeah, huge snakes are dangerous. Sam likes to massage and feel warm, and he's totally chill. My wife hated snakes until she played with Sam. Alcohol will make a snake release its bite. Someone should have told "Coop" that before he hacked it to bits with a kitchen knife. The reptile stores are terrible sometime when they sell anyone a big snake. If Cooper decided to collect snakes, he should have known a bit more about them first. A reticulated python is one of the cheaper snakes (and smaller) when it's a baby, but that breed grows to be the biggest in the world in a few years. Lots of people end up with a big snake they can't take care of; As a result, that snake typically gets abused and mistreated. My snake wont get any bigger than it is now, and the species is extremely docile. I've only been bitten once, and the bite wasn't any worse than a cat bite. My cats bite me all the time and it's no biggie. That guy is one crazy dude though.

 

[sherruns]

Nice to stop studying for the MCAT and get on here and see snakes. You guys sound like real people. Snakes give me the heebies!! They are not my friend ever since a 5 foot black king snake decided to make my foyer his dark cozy home in San Antonio. My pregnant friend walking up to the front door with her hot casserole in her hands dropped it on the ground, shattering the pyrex, as her husband grabbed a bat from the car and beat the snake to death. All I heard was "thud thud thud thud" and gal/guy blood curdling screams and glass breaking. Needless to say, they walked in, the husband all bloody, holding a bat, totally out of breath, and my girlfriend crying with corn casserole all over her stomach. I rounded the corner and was like WTF??
So snakes are not my pal.
OK, back to studying.
Nascardoc, after I "own" the MCAT (TexasTri's word for it) I plan to recognize you at my interview!🙂

My 2 MCAT tests today were PS:6 BS:9 VR:11 then PS:7 BS:8 and VR:10. Hope to pull up the PS but it's a genuine deficiency. I'm exhausted from testing!

GOOD LUCK TO LAURADO!!!! I hope you do really well and I hope we both get to live our dreams!😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

Good night everyone!

 

[LauraDO]

My 2 MCAT tests today were PS:6 BS:9 VR:11 then PS:7 BS:8 and VR:10. Hope to pull up the PS but it's a genuine deficiency. I'm exhausted from testing!

GOOD LUCK TO LAURADO!!!! I hope you do really well and I hope we both get to live our dreams!😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀😀

Good night everyone!

Those scores sound like mine, almost exactly. Good luck to you too!

 

[sherruns]

Nascardoc's former interviewee groups when told about sdn LOL

 

[nascardoc]

Nice post sherruns!!!! Very nice. That is exactly what they looked like...SDN, what the hell is that??? 😕

On an unrelated note, if any of you like rock music, I can't recommend an album more than these two: Blackbird by Alter Bridge and The Heroine Diaries by Sixx AM. Both are incredibly good and have been wearing my ipod out. Both of them are just.....WOW!!!

 

[hoss22]

Nice post sherruns!!!! Very nice. That is exactly what they looked like...SDN, what the hell is that??? 😕

On an unrelated note, if any of you like rock music, I can't recommend an album more than these two: Blackbird by Alter Bridge and The Heroine Diaries by Sixx AM. Both are incredibly good and have been wearing my ipod out. Both of them are just.....WOW!!!

Yeah, I really like the Alter Bridge CD. I've heard one of he Sixx AM songs, can't remember the name right off, but it was pretty good. Is that the band that is a conglomeration of a bunch of old rockers?

 

[hoss22]

Nice post sherruns!!!! Very nice. That is exactly what they looked like...SDN, what the hell is that??? 😕

I was always very surprised when I interviewed and a bunch of the students had never heard of SDN. I always thought, "How can you be going to medical school and never do a search about medical school...pretty much any search returns SDN as one of the top results!" or "Did you take the MCAT? Did you study? Did you ever look for help online, because if you did, you would have come across SDN."

 

[nascardoc]

Yeah, I really like the Alter Bridge CD. I've heard one of he Sixx AM songs, can't remember the name right off, but it was pretty good. Is that the band that is a conglomeration of a bunch of old rockers?

The song was probably "Life is Beautiful." The band is made up of Nikki Sixx, the bassist for Motley Crue. The book the CD is based off of is called The Heroine Diaries, which itself is a diary that he kept in the mid 80's while HIGHLY addicted to heroine/coke and every other drug. It is really an amazing read, especially since he lived (he actually was legally dead for 5 minutes after his heart stopped beating and paramedics revived him). I'm not the biggest Crue fan, but Nikki Sixx is a brillant writer and this album really reflects it. I highly, highly recommend the album.

Alter Bridge is simply amazing..........

http://www.alterbridge.com/
http://www.sixxammusic.com/

 

[sherruns]

very excellent "Rise Today" video on Alterbridge. Gotta get that album. IT ABSOLUTELY ROCKS!
Thanks for inspiring my MCAT studies today!
s.

 

[DoctorMom78]

Sure, I'll show up tomorrow night. I've got nothing else to do and don't feel like going grocery shopping, so Oasis for dinner sounds spectacular. The weather is cloudy with some rain, about 40-45 degrees or so.

Why don't y'all come visit me and the horses? LOL! I'm bored and my brain is beginning to atrophy.😕😴:cry:

Cute new emoticons....

 

[nascardoc]

Why don't y'all come visit me and the horses? LOL! I'm bored and my brain is beginning to atrophy.
Cute new emoticons....

HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What's up?!?! Sorry to hear that your so bored, that sucks. Its never good to let a brain drain 😕 How are the kiddos doing? I was just thinking about you the other day. I was wondering how everything is going - getting ready for next year. I hope it is all working out well b/c I know the crap you went thru.

Everything up on the hill is going good. We started Micro, Immuno and Pharm. Immuno is like The long distance learning with UT-Memphis for Pharm is super cool. The 2 profs we've had so far from there have been incredible....soooo good. It is really going to be a great program, DCOM is very fortunate to have this relationship. MJB, Froggie and the rest of the gang, along with your fellow front rowers are doing well. If you ever get a chance, you should come by the cafe for a salad 😀 you can have mine 😉

We'll have to setup a date to see the horses. I have to meet Pete the Pony. For those in the Class of 2012, Pete is the leader of the DCOM underground network. Just an FYI

Talk to ya soon <--- I like the monkey

 

[MikeMD]

sorry to be off topic but....do you think it's weird that I have not received the secondary from LMU yet? My primary was mailed out at the end of December. Maybe they didn't get to it until late because of the holidays? Should I go ahead and send in the secondary anyway?? (found it online 😉)

thanks!

 

[Doctor Acula]

sorry to be off topic but....do you think it's weird that I have not received the secondary from LMU yet? My primary was mailed out at the end of December. Maybe they didn't get to it until late because of the holidays? Should I go ahead and send in the secondary anyway?? (found it online 😉)

thanks!

The best thing I can recommend for this whole process is that you call the admissions office as much as possible and keep in good contact with them about your application. Call them up and ask if they have received your application and what the status is. Keep calling and making sure they have everything. Show an interest in your application rather than treating it like one of a thousand you mailed off. It takes two seconds to call.

 

[InTheMaking]

They don't send it to you... you just fill it out from the form online and submit it.

 

[DrTitanium]

sorry to be off topic but....do you think it's weird that I have not received the secondary from LMU yet? My primary was mailed out at the end of December. Maybe they didn't get to it until late because of the holidays? Should I go ahead and send in the secondary anyway?? (found it online 😉)

thanks!

Absolutely Mike! Download that thing and get it sent in. 👍

 

[NickOICU812]

The best thing I can recommend for this whole process is that you call the admissions office as much as possible and keep in good contact with them about your application. Call them up and ask if they have received your application and what the status is. Keep calling and making sure they have everything. Show an interest in your application rather than treating it like one of a thousand you mailed off. It takes two seconds to call.

I always though it may be inappropriate to contact admissions unless it was something truly important. Since it's not likely that admissions is slacking off, your application will be reviewed timely and fairly. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I've thought about contacting admissions myself for reasons that would seem trivial, but decided it would more likely annoy someone who may be very busy.

 

[prionsRbad]

Yey!!!!! I got the call from Dean Stowers this morning! I'm going to LMU-DCOM! I can't wait to move to Tennessee! 😀

 

[t-funk]

Woo Hoo! I'm so happy for you. Congrats, I bet that's a lot of stress off your shoulders!😀

 

[t-funk]

Why don't y'all come visit me and the horses? LOL! I'm bored and my brain is beginning to atrophy.😕😴:cry:

Cute new emoticons....

Hey DrMom, I hope all is going well for you and your kids. I'm sorry to hear about school and wish you well!

 

[sherruns]

Hooray for you! You are da

Happy Dance! All the way to France!
You rock!


Congrats from some waiting to take MCAT in 2 weeks.

 

[Cabbage]

hey everyone, i'll be flying into tn and prolly be at lmu around 6 pm on jan 31st. anyone gonna be at oasis that night or should i just watch movies on my laptop? haha

 

[Cabbage]

I'm keeping my beard and that's the end of it. I shaved my beard for my first interview and it didn't feel right. Also, I was rejected from that school, so keeping the beard may be the right thing after all. Nascardoc, My snake is about 3 feet long or so. His name is Sam, and he loves me.
Aw, wook at dat faaace.

He want to wuv and cuddle with everyone and give kisses!

yo, that is crazy as hell. haha

 

[xxMedic2Docxx]

Hello all DCOMers,I have an interview on Feb 5th and was wondering what the cost of living was like. How much are apartments in the area for a 2 BR (have a family), are there places to get a job for wife, and how is town life?On a side note, does DCOM have any large hospitals for their clinical years?I appreciate any info - I've been accepted elsewhere and am just weighing the options. Thanks,AA

 

[LauraDO]

Gimme a P, gimme a R, gimme a I.......Prions, prions, prions!!!!!.......Goooo Prions!!

sad that I am cheering for a pathogen, sad but true

Gooooo........Prions!!!