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The inaugural class size is 162 so 29 students came off the waitlist last year.
29 students + a decent amount of non-students I imagine.
The inaugural class size is 162 so 29 students came off the waitlist last year.
I'll be withdrawing my acceptance - truly hope it goes to one of you!!! Best of luck friends!
Where ya going?
Another Thursday that I jump every time my phone rings, hoping it is an Indianapolis area code.![]()
I interview there this Saturday. when will the committee meet again to decide?The committee did not meet today. We took a week off. Sorry.
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I interview there this Saturday. when will the committee meet again to decide?
thanks in advance!
Great! Thank you! 🙂February 13th
Admissions
What is the school's policy on course failure (<70%)? Are students allowed remediation of the course (when? in the summer? start again with the next year's class? retake an exam?). How many courses/credits can students remediate? Is this a common occurrence? When I was at my interview current M1 students mentioned a few students failed anatomy. Does the school work hard to help students succeed and to keep students in the class, or do they seem fine with a certain amount of attrition? How many students have already left? What is the school's policy on COMLEX attempts?
As mentioned previously in the thread, 70% is passing. Otherwise, students are required to remediate the exam or course. The type of remediation is determined by the course director. Our official enrollment numbers are reported once a year to AACOM; otherwise, enrollment status is confidential.
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What policies were set forth by the course directors in each of the first year courses? What is the overall policy of the school for number of courses students can remediate and for the number of COMLEX attempts?
Thank you for the information!Each course's remediation policy is detailed in the course syllabus. At this time, we do not have a policy on the maximum number of retakes or COMLEX attempts. However, the Student Promotion and Academic Progress committee takes the student's entire record into account.
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Thank you for the information!
Any chance current students could weigh in on the policies listed in these syllabi? And what you have noticed is the general policy/attitude/course of action for students who fail/need extra help/etc. (for whatever reason). I have noticed that some schools seem to have a pretty low tolerance while other schools are really more of the attitude that if you get in they believe in you and will help you through unless you choose to leave (this seems to be more of the policy for MD schools).
Thank you for the information!
Any chance current students could weigh in on the policies listed in these syllabi? And what you have noticed is the general policy/attitude/course of action for students who fail/need extra help/etc. (for whatever reason). I have noticed that some schools seem to have a pretty low tolerance while other schools are really more of the attitude that if you get in they believe in you and will help you through unless you choose to leave (this seems to be more of the policy for MD schools).
Surely current students can offer details. Nonetheless, our advice is to master the course content and pass your exams--not dwell on the remediation process. Ask for help along the way, meet with a study group, develop techniques that work for you, etc. If admitted, we believe you can do the work. So should you.
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These are great questions (and ones I had when considering which acceptance to take). Unfortunately the policies at MUCOM are extremely vague regarding remediation and repeating the year. Yes, there's the typical politically correct statement in the student handbook, but it lists no specifics. As with every medical school, students fail classes. I have been fortunate enough so far to pass everything (although we're in Neuro right now... so many of us are just hoping for the best! 😉 )... however, I have a few friends who have failed courses and even they don't know much about their remediation. All they've been told is that remediation will be an exam in the summer. There will be no additional course to take, just basically one big final in the summer covering the entire course. Also, if you fail a course you have to meet with the academic progress committee and state your case. If you fail anatomy, you have to retake it at another school in the summer (like IU) because of the cadaver portion-- MUCOM does not offer a cadaver lab in the summer. If you fail enough big courses, they may have you repeat the year (I know of at least 1 person in our class who failed our first two classes and is repeating the year). Honestly, most of us are in the dark regarding remediation and repeating the year. And the COMLEX hasn't been mentioned once this year, so I can't give you any input on that.
I can't tell you much about MUCOM's 'tolerance' of failing courses, since we're so early on in the school's history.
This is much easier said than done. Students fail exams all the time (just like at every medical school), we should all have information on the remediation process regardless of our standing in the class. Actually, it adds additional unwanted stress not knowing the details of remediation.
Has there been a lot of students struggling/failing courses, especially in the systems part? Does it seem like students are struggling more than they should within the curriculum or is it too hard to gauge that at this point in time?
Has there been a lot of students struggling/failing courses, especially in the systems part? Does it seem like students are struggling more than they should within the curriculum or is it too hard to gauge that at this point in time?
I concur that we haven't been told much about boards/prep/etc and as @BuddyTheElf mentioned, I do not have any experience with the "tolerance" of failure at MU-COM...just what I've heard from others. Although this last MU-COM reply about just "mastering material and passing your exams" doesn't make it seem like it's going to be very high. If only it were that easy!
Any chance current students could weigh in on the policies listed in these syllabi? And what you have noticed is the general policy/attitude/course of action for students who fail/need extra help/etc. (for whatever reason). I have noticed that some schools seem to have a pretty low tolerance while other schools are really more of the attitude that if you get in they believe in you and will help you through unless you choose to leave (this seems to be more of the policy for MD schools).
DMU - feel free to message me for my reasons, but it was hard letting go of Marian! As a techie geek, I was blown away at MUCOMs paperless approach and gorgeous new facilities; Indi is an amazing city and I could tell that the faculty/staff really care about seeing the students do well and actually enjoy their time in med school.
If you're going to interview, my biggest regret was going on a weekend. I wish that I had the chance to meet more M1s and get a feel for the student body! ( < haha, not an intentional OMM joke... but I feel it would be a sin to rephrase a great pun) But on a Saturday morning after a snowstorm, it seemed like most students were bunkering down at home 🙂
Hey, that's great to hear. Buuut I don't feel like the whole student body is aware of any of this really. I sure wasn't. Even what you just described comes off as pretty vague. Not sure why you quoted my post...I was just agreeing that I didn't know much about boards. Still don't. And when you say "we are still deciding", do you mean MU-COM, or are you involved in this decision somehow?We haven't heard anything final about the exact company we are going to be used, but we do know about the schedule. We have an entire course at the end of second year, leading up to boards, that will basically be board prep. This time will an integrated professional board prep course (like like Kaplan or Doctors in Training, etc, we are still deciding). There will be time set aside for study, which is great as well. Then, we'll have about a month off to take the exams we want, when we want. Pretty good deal if you ask me!
Hey, that's great to hear. Buuut I don't feel like the whole student body is aware of any of this really. I sure wasn't. Even what you just described comes off as pretty vague. Not sure why you quoted my post...I was just agreeing that I didn't know much about boards. Still don't. And when you say "we are still deciding", do you mean MU-COM, or are you involved in this decision somehow?
Hey, that's great to hear. Buuut I don't feel like the whole student body is aware of any of this really. I sure wasn't. Even what you just described comes off as pretty vague. Not sure why you quoted my post...I was just agreeing that I didn't know much about boards. Still don't. And when you say "we are still deciding", do you mean MU-COM, or are you involved in this decision somehow?
The student body has not been aware of any of this. I only knew we had a system for board prep because I randomly talked to the course director in passing. I wish they kept us in the loop on it! Or maybe asked general opinions of what students would find most beneficial (if they don't already plan on doing that....). And yeah are here students involved in the planning? Because of they were I wasn't aware of it either lol
Oh ok. So we don't know that much. haha. Thats all I was agreeing with when buddy said that the first time.😉 To be honest, I did have a conversation about it with the faculty member who is supposedly running that integrations course...and walked away not really know much then. I got the old, "trust me I got your back" reply.Just responding friend, giving my 2 cents on what we know about board prep
Just responding friend, giving my 2 cents on what we know about board prep
Haha...well, there are about a million things going on so I can't blame anyone for not knowing everything thats going on at any given time at MU-COM!
But yeah, do you guys remember hearing about our integrations course? It was presented in Orientation (and at the accepted students weekend). Thats our board prep course. I think its listed on the extended schedules we got way back when, but I rarely look at those anymore!
And you guys might not remember, but a while back there were some emails about the student committee that is helping choose the board prep company that we'll be using, along with a curriculum sub committee? We've had several companies come give presentations on their board prep and have given our feedback, so thats where the rest of the info came.
I knew there was a system for board prep but that was about it. I'm pretty positive there wasn't any presentation about it a year ago at the accepted students weekend, but I may have forgotten something being said during orientation. Oh well, just wish I knew more about it, that's all. I'm sure by the time the second class comes in all the info will be available. The joys of being in the first class! 🙂
I don't mean to be contentious on this--I only ask because I don't want perspective students to think there isn't something in place. From my perspective, we have a pretty nice deal for board review! I don't know of too many schools that have both free study time as well as a professional system, on top of an integration course that is basically board review and clinical prep all in one.
I don't mean to be contentious on this--I only ask because I don't want perspective students to think there isn't something in place. From my perspective, we have a pretty nice deal for board review! I don't know of too many schools that have both free study time as well as a professional system, on top of an integration course that is basically board review and clinical prep all in one.
Ya man, I don't think anyone is trying to argue. That's nice that you have a good idea of what is going on with board prep. It sounds like you got yourself in the committee that is in charge of looking into options for different prep companies? So maybe that is why you seem/are more informed that the rest of us. Either way, it's pretty obvious that there were three other students on here saying they do not feel like they really have a grasp of what is going down for board prep... Not that it is necessarily a bad thing...I don't think anyone really said it was bad, just that they didn't really know about it. Thanks for the info tho. I think the original question was focused more on the ins and outs of our remediation policy anyhow.
That was not my intention at all. I know MUCOM has that planning under control, since all of us know that boards are the most important thing! My point is that the majority of students as a general population haven't been informed about how it will work other than it will be it's own block before board exam time.
I also agree that having the board review system will be pretty cool, especially knowing that many other schools I interviewed at last year didn't offer the same courtesy (it was more of a study on top of your classes type deal). I think it will be beneficial for sure and was one of the things that drew me to MUCOM.
Hey everyone, I have a question regarding those of us on the alternate list for this year. If we update our AACOMAS application, does the admissions committee automatically have access to our new information, or should we email admissions to inform them that our application has changed?
Thanks.
I got onto the alternate list. 1st quartile. Email this AM. Kind of sad. Desperately wanted that acceptance but I guess there is still a chance!
I got onto the alternate list. 1st quartile. Email this AM. Kind of sad. Desperately wanted that acceptance but I guess there is still a chance!
Primary received- 11/14/13
Supplemental received- 11/18/13
Application complete- 11/23/13
Interview invite- 12/11/14
Interview- 2/08/14
Alternate List 1st quartile- 2/13/14
Stats:
Science GPA- 3.92
Non-science GPA- 3.97
cGPA- 3.95
MCAT- 24(8,8,8)
Tons of ECs/ volunteering/ shadowing/ research(publications too)
You mean most get rejected post interview? I am proud really. I loved this school so much. Not giving up yet!You should be proud tbh. Most people get rejected here.
Hey everyone, I have a question regarding those of us on the alternate list for this year. If we update our AACOMAS application, does the admissions committee automatically have access to our new information, or should we email admissions to inform them that our application has changed?
Thanks.
I got onto the alternate list. 1st quartile. Email this AM. Kind of sad. Desperately wanted that acceptance but I guess there is still a chance!
How did you end up here...Get back to the pre allo forum. 😉Jesus, with those GPA's you got to get your MCAT higher. Take the time, pull a 30, go to MD school.