Marian University (MU-COM) Discussion Thread 2012 - 2013

[weezynation]

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The curriculum info is in the portal now. There is a lot of great info and it looks as if we will continue to receive weekly updates with more information about the school for four consecutive weeks. They even have daily course schedules already. Amazing.

 

[sistergldenhair]

Awesome! I'm so excited for all of this new info! It's like we are getting a treat each week 🙂
Thank you Bryan Moody, for having it up so quickly and responding to all of our questions and concerns!

 

[MU COM]

As you can see, the curriculum information is in the portal under "MU-COM Advantages." Enjoy!

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[sistergldenhair]

As you can see, the curriculum information is in the portal under "MU-COM Advantages." Enjoy!

MU-COM Admissions

Thank you! 🙂

 

[prindlks]

As you can see, the curriculum information is in the portal under "MU-COM Advantages." Enjoy!

MU-COM Admissions

Yes, thank you very much. I can appreciate all the hard work that was put into compiling this for us and i couldn't be more grateful. If anybody is interested in getting some of this information who doesn't have access to it just PM me and I will be happy to give you some reasons why Marian is going to be a great school 🙂

 

[HalfListic]

Great info today!

I post more about the school on Facebook nowadays, but I am also available for a PM if anyone wants my perspective on MUCOM.

I've loved how personal everything is here and, as they have said was their intention, they keep making it harder to say no 🙂


Thanks to everyone involved in the info roll out 👍

 

[ergophys]

As you can see, the curriculum information is in the portal under "MU-COM Advantages." Enjoy!

MU-COM Admissions

Thanks! Good information... I like the diffuse nature of the Foundations course, very unique.

 

[member10101010]

Anyone know what they pre-screen for? LIke what MCAT score or GPA?

 

[HalfListic]

Anyone know what they pre-screen for? LIke what MCAT score or GPA?

They dont exactly prescreen (or release pre screen numbers that Ive seen)


I liked this explaination from their website:


What is the expected average GPA of the DO class entering 2013?

Since MU-COM has not yet enrolled any students, we cannot provide any profile data for our college of osteopathic medicine.

However, the national profile of the 2011 entering class for all osteopathic medical school reveals an overall mean GPA of 3.48. For this group, the mean GPA in science is 3.36 and non-science 3.58. We anticipate similar numbers for our entering class in 2013. If your GPA is below 3.3, then this would deserve attention, recommend improving it to become more competitive. Graduate work with demonstrated high success in biomedical science would positively influence the admissions committee


What is the expected average MCAT score of the DO class entering 2013?

Since MU-COM has not yet enrolled any students, we cannot provide any profile data for our college of osteopathic medicine.

However, the national profile of the 2011 entering class for all osteopathic medical schools reports a mean Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT) score of 26.51, calculated from a total of 8.66 verbal, 9.33 biological science, and 8.52 physical science. If your MCAT score is below 25, then this would deserve attention, recommend improving it to become more competitive.

**remember, they are looking for more than numbers and if you read a little earlier in this thread, there have been people with great numbers who were rejected. These minimum suggestions 3.3GPA and 25MCAT not a guarantee, as Im sure you know. Also, its getting more competitive as time goes on in the cycle

 

[DrMeows]

Random question: does anyone know anything about how anatomy is going to be run? By that I mean is it dissection or prosection, and what the student to cadaver ratio is? (Not sure if anyone can actually answer that last one, but I really like anatomy and am interested in knowing 😳 )

Edit: Never mind. Found it was dissection (i skimmed the curriculum too fast!), but I still wanna know the ratio 🙂

 

[BabyDoc86]

Random question: does anyone know anything about how anatomy is going to be run? By that I mean is it dissection or prosection, and what the student to cadaver ratio is? (Not sure if anyone can actually answer that last one, but I really like anatomy and am interested in knowing 😳 )

Edit: Never mind. Found it was dissection (i skimmed the curriculum too fast!), but I still wanna know the ratio 🙂

I think they told us 4-5 per cadaver?? Maybe?

 

[Salmanilatron]

Yea I think they said it was going to be 5 students per cadaver. The different roles rotate, for example there is going to be someone dissecting and another student directing.

 

[HalfListic]

I think they told us 4-5 per cadaver?? Maybe?

Yea I think they said it was going to be 5 students per cadaver. The different roles rotate, for example there is going to be someone dissecting and another student directing.

Definitely Dissection and not prosection.

Also, I heard 4 per cadaver...which I really hope is the case

 

[Mash43]

How many simulation rooms and sim man's does Marian have. Do we know if there is a surgery simulation?? Any type of surgery

 

[EmOlee]

I remember them telling us they had two where you can practice child birth and most schools have one. Surgery specifically I'm not sure I remember, for some reason 4 total is sticking out in my head? the tour guide was kind of jumbly so it was hard to keep track of everything

 

[IUagd12]

I may have missed this at some point but does anyone remember hearing about electives for the pre-clinical years? Anything like medical Spanish or ethics classes?

 

[DrMeows]

I may have missed this at some point but does anyone remember hearing about electives for the pre-clinical years? Anything like medical Spanish or ethics classes?

Good question! I'm wondering this too! Because it doesn't seem like there's any wiggle room for electives during the first year (I could be wrong though...)

 

[BabyDoc86]

I specifically asked about Medical Spanish during my interview with the deans, and they both said no.

 

[295821]

Is the curriculum only available to accepted students?

 

[Emeli]

If you are accepted, could you please share your GPA, MCAT scores? Just to have an idea what are my chances. thank you🙂

 

[Mr Kenobi]

Do we know if there is a surgery simulation?? Any type of surgery

I'd like to know this too.

 

[Patachou]

Can anyone comment on how long it takes for Marian to upload your letters of recommendation? Interfolio sent mine in on 11-5-12 and it my portal still shows that they have not been received.

 

[HalfListic]

How many simulation rooms and sim man's does Marian have. Do we know if there is a surgery simulation?? Any type of surgery

I'd like to know this too.

Me 3

 

[ergophys]

Yay verified today!

One step closer! Good luck 👍

 

[ergophys]

Can anyone comment on how long it takes for Marian to upload your letters of recommendation? Interfolio sent mine in on 11-5-12 and it my portal still shows that they have not been received.

You might want to send an email to MU-COM and check. They'll let you know if they've been received or not. If they aren't in the system they may give you specific instructions.

 

[Member000000]

Can anyone comment on how long it takes for Marian to upload your letters of recommendation? Interfolio sent mine in on 11-5-12 and it my portal still shows that they have not been received.

I had to email them before they registered that I had sent them.

 

[BabyDoc86]

How many simulation rooms and sim man's does Marian have. Do we know if there is a surgery simulation?? Any type of surgery

At my interview, they made mention that the anatomy and OMM labs were the sims........ twice. I am hoping they just forgot to mention the sims. I never heard them mention anything about surgery simulations.

 

[tdotjdot11]

Hello Everyone.

I was just wondering if some of you who have been interviewed here at Marian and been accepted could share a little insight on what to expect in the MMIs. I have an interview coming up the beginning of December. I understand the format (6 - 10 minute scenarios, 1 - 20 minute personal), but wondering about a couple specifics:
- Are the scenarios moral, medical, and/or critical thinking types of scenarios?
- Do the interviewers have our applications, PS, and resumes and ask specific Qs about them?

I don't need to know specific scenarios or questions as I am sure they change, but just wondering what I should expect and maybe even practice on 🙂

Thank you very much and congrats to all of you accepted!

 

[prindlks]

Hello Everyone.

I was just wondering if some of you who have been interviewed here at Marian and been accepted could share a little insight on what to expect in the MMIs. I have an interview coming up the beginning of December. I understand the format (6 - 10 minute scenarios, 1 - 20 minute personal), but wondering about a couple specifics:
- Are the scenarios moral, medical, and/or critical thinking types of scenarios?
- Do the interviewers have our applications, PS, and resumes and ask specific Qs about them?

I don't need to know specific scenarios or questions as I am sure they change, but just wondering what I should expect and maybe even practice on 🙂

Thank you very much and congrats to all of you accepted!

Hello and congrats on your interview,

There are 6 scenarios they will ask you. You will have 2 minutes to read and think outside the door and then go in and respond for 8 min. There is 1 rest station and a 20 min personal interview. The scenarios vary in a wide range if categories, which will be presented to you in a ppt beforehand. Mine was def closed file to my knowledge, they didn't ask my specific things about my application.

Good luck 🙂

 

[BabyDoc86]

Hello Everyone.

I was just wondering if some of you who have been interviewed here at Marian and been accepted could share a little insight on what to expect in the MMIs. I have an interview coming up the beginning of December. I understand the format (6 - 10 minute scenarios, 1 - 20 minute personal), but wondering about a couple specifics:
- Are the scenarios moral, medical, and/or critical thinking types of scenarios?
- Do the interviewers have our applications, PS, and resumes and ask specific Qs about them?

I don't need to know specific scenarios or questions as I am sure they change, but just wondering what I should expect and maybe even practice on 🙂

Thank you very much and congrats to all of you accepted!

1) All of the above.
2) If you read through the thread, you'll find that the interviewers only have your name, undergrad institution name, and your degree. Anything else you want them to know, you have to bring up yourself.

 

[ergophys]

Hello Everyone.

I was just wondering if some of you who have been interviewed here at Marian and been accepted could share a little insight on what to expect in the MMIs. I have an interview coming up the beginning of December. I understand the format (6 - 10 minute scenarios, 1 - 20 minute personal), but wondering about a couple specifics:
- Are the scenarios moral, medical, and/or critical thinking types of scenarios?
- Do the interviewers have our applications, PS, and resumes and ask specific Qs about them?

I don't need to know specific scenarios or questions as I am sure they change, but just wondering what I should expect and maybe even practice on 🙂

Thank you very much and congrats to all of you accepted!

First, you're not expected to have vast medical knowledge. Second, an MMI isn't something that one can specifically prepare for like an orgo test with sn2 reactions. One of the best things to do is practice your basic interview skills like tonality, rate of speech, eye contact, smile, basic information, general questions relating to a standard med school interview, etc...

You can find information on the subject of MMI and practice how you would respond to various scenarios. One tip: as we are always told, communication is about much more than the words we use. Of course, choosing the right words can't hurt though. 😀

 

[IUagd12]

Hello Everyone.

I was just wondering if some of you who have been interviewed here at Marian and been accepted could share a little insight on what to expect in the MMIs. I have an interview coming up the beginning of December. I understand the format (6 - 10 minute scenarios, 1 - 20 minute personal), but wondering about a couple specifics:
- Are the scenarios moral, medical, and/or critical thinking types of scenarios?
- Do the interviewers have our applications, PS, and resumes and ask specific Qs about them?

I don't need to know specific scenarios or questions as I am sure they change, but just wondering what I should expect and maybe even practice on 🙂

Thank you very much and congrats to all of you accepted!

I think you'll find that the MMI is really enjoyable (compared to a traditional interview) so don't worry too much! I found example MMI questions online and just used those to practice...I actually had one of the questions I practiced at home in my interview which was surprising!

The biggest thing that helped me was anticipating what follow up questions my answer would yield. I know 2 minutes is not much time to construct an answer but I think it's important to be able to analyze multiple sides of an issue since most of the situations don't have a definitive answer.

Good luck! 🙂

 

[MU COM]

Random question: does anyone know anything about how anatomy is going to be run? By that I mean is it dissection or prosection, and what the student to cadaver ratio is? (Not sure if anyone can actually answer that last one, but I really like anatomy and am interested in knowing 😳 )

Edit: Never mind. Found it was dissection (i skimmed the curriculum too fast!), but I still wanna know the ratio 🙂

UPDATE:
Anatomy will be dissection. Also, there will be 35 stations in the anatomy lab. Each station will include a large screen monitor and computer for viewing MRIs and the like. Stations will include 5 students, which includes one navigator.

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[DrMeows]

UPDATE:
Anatomy will be dissection. Also, there will be 35 stations in the anatomy lab. Each station will include a large screen monitor and computer for viewing MRIs and the like. Stations will include 5 students, which includes one navigator.

MU-COM Admissions

Thank you so much for answering that question for me 🙂 It sounds perfect and exactly what I wanted for anatomy!

 

[MU COM]

How many simulation rooms and sim man's does Marian have. Do we know if there is a surgery simulation?? Any type of surgery

UPDATE:
Simulation space includes the OMM lab, 4 large simulation room, and 10 patient exam rooms. There will be a labor and delivery patient simulator, neonatal/infant simulator, approximately 3 Laerdal simulators including 1 SimMan® 3G and 2 SimMan® Essential. There will also be other advanced task trainers. Finally, we are working with St. Vincent Health to provide surgery simulation; they are launching a new $30 million facility in this area. As the details are confirmed, we will share more information with you.

MU-COM Admissions

 

[MU COM]

Good question! I'm wondering this too! Because it doesn't seem like there's any wiggle room for electives during the first year (I could be wrong though...)

UPDATE:
There will not be "wiggle room" for electives during the first two years; however, you will experience areas outside of the basic sciences with our clinical and/or service learning components in the first and second years.

MU-COM Admissions

 

[MU COM]

The 2nd installment of the MU-COM Advantage Series has been released in the student portal for admitted and deposited students.

Happy Thanksgiving,
MU-COM Admissions

 

[HalfListic]

UPDATE:
Simulation space includes the OMM lab, 4 large simulation room, and 10 patient exam rooms. There will be a labor and delivery patient simulator, neonatal/infant simulator, approximately 3 Laerdal simulators including 1 SimMan® 3G and 2 SimMan® Essential. There will also be other advanced task trainers. Finally, we are working with St. Vincent Health to provide surgery simulation; they are launching a new $30 million facility in this area. As the details are confirmed, we will share more information with you.

MU-COM Admissions

This would be great!

The 2nd installment of the MU-COM Advantage Series has been released in the student portal for admitted and deposited students.

Happy Thanksgiving,
MU-COM Admissions

Awesome!

 

[sistergldenhair]

Love it!! Thank you MU-COM for reading our questions and answering them!! 🙂

 

[arfandada]

Does anyone know when the next waitlist movement will be? December 15th is creeping up real fast :/

 

[prindlks]

Happy thanksgiving to everybody... Be thankful to all those who helped you get here 🙂

 

[ronalaw]

For those who are going to interview for MU-COM,

Just be yourself and you'll be fine.

There is no "right or wrong" answer.

Just make sure you're completely honest in your answers and be able to back it up with some logical reasons.

 

[PennyLaneDoctor]

For those who are going to interview for MU-COM,

Just be yourself and you'll be fine.

There is no "right or wrong" answer.

Just make sure you're completely honest in your answers and be able to back it up with some logical reasons.

best advice on this forum

 

[IUXU]

so since the committee didn't meet this past thursday due to Thanksgiving, when do you think we will hear from them by?

 

[DrMeows]

so since the committee didn't meet this past thursday due to Thanksgiving, when do you think we will hear from them by?

Oh my gosh you guys had to wait longer than everyone? I'm sorry to hear that 🙁 I'm gonna bet this Thursday then; they probably keep to a schedule. Did they not tell you when to expect to hear from them at the interview?

 

[sweetberry82001]

i interviewed on the 16th and they said because of thanksgiving the committee would not meet. the next date they would meet would be this coming thursday.

 

[Narmada08]

I just got an interview for Marian this past Saturday and I am scheduled for Dec. 28th at 1:30pm. I initially thought that having an interview within this year is considered early but after reading this thread it seems like I may be a bit behind. I am looking forward to the multiple mini interview format but I am just really anxious leading up to the interview. In terms of interview attire, is wearing a grey suit considered decent and interview appropriate or is it better to go with a blue or black suit???

 

[Mr Kenobi]

I just got an interview for Marian this past Saturday and I am scheduled for Dec. 28th at 1:30pm. I initially thought that having an interview within this year is considered early but after reading this thread it seems like I may be a bit behind. I am looking forward to the multiple mini interview format but I am just really anxious leading up to the interview. In terms of interview attire, is wearing a grey suit considered decent and interview appropriate or is it better to go with a blue or black suit???

I would say that dark grey is fine...that's what I wore 😎

 

[babdk7]

I just got an interview for Marian this past Saturday and I am scheduled for Dec. 28th at 1:30pm. I initially thought that having an interview within this year is considered early but after reading this thread it seems like I may be a bit behind. I am looking forward to the multiple mini interview format but I am just really anxious leading up to the interview. In terms of interview attire, is wearing a grey suit considered decent and interview appropriate or is it better to go with a blue or black suit???

Congrats! Do you remember when your secondary was complete?

 

[MercedesBenzene]

In terms of interview attire, is wearing a grey suit considered decent and interview appropriate or is it better to go with a blue or black suit???

I was a little "ball-sy," as it were, and went with light grey. And, despite (or because of) the color of my suit, I was extended an acceptance offer. I would highly recommend wearing whatever affords you both a professional and approachable appearance. I've always thought of light grey as a friendly color...

As for a color suit vs. black, there are several websites that recommend women, in a professional setting, ought to opt for blue or grey rather than a black suit. I'm not entirely sure why this is, and the nuance of professional fashion, to be honest, is something that escapes me. Personally, all things considered, I love my grey.