My opinions are that both EL and Detroit have plusses, whereas Macomb doesn't have too much going for it. Here's why I think that:
EL: Main campus. I believe this is where the classes are all taught (correct me if I'm wrong, but I think lectures are streamed to Detroit and Macomb from EL). College life in a nice city -- you get the full MSU experience here.
Detroit: Fantastic and close clinical partnerships. Really gives you a good setup for making connections at DMC.
Macomb: Affordable housing. Otherwise...??? I personally can't see any reason to choose Macomb over the other two locations without some outside reason. Perhaps growing up in metro-Detroit has made me a little resistant to living there for another few years. If you want to be away from a big school town, have affordable housing and/or maybe have family in the area, then it's a fine place to choose. I just feel like you're slightly compromising on the experience and/or networking opportunities.
Those were some of the thoughts that went into my decision to chose EL... so of course I'm a bit biased.
Thanks for sharing. Just as a note -- I wasn't trying to comment on the MSUCOM experience at each location, just my impressions of the area where instruction is taking place.
Yea, no worries. Just came across this thread and felt like sharing some info I wish others shared with me during this stage.
Dream on.I got mine the next morning, but that was fairly early. And no, you don't need to submit your transcripts to get site placement, only the graduate application form.
My advising appointment was probably the reason I was finally accepted. You can look at my first post here on SDN. The appointment was a one-on-one meeting where I was told right away that I needed to improve my MCAT score in one section. I think my meeting lasted around 45 minutes just because we were talking about our life experiences (sounds funny, I know) and I actually felt great coming out of the meeting. It was just like talking with a friend and getting a little bit of helpful advice. I asked questions about what I could do while waiting to be accepted and was surprised to hear taking more classes or volunteering more than I was wouldn't be necessary. I'll also say again I think it's a great idea to meet someone on the admissions committee if possible, perhaps at an open house, so they will pull your application earlier for review to determine whether or not you'll be accepted. If you are nervous about the possibility of being told why you 'aren't good enough' for medical school, don't be! My advisor was so nice I didn't feel bad for even a second. They really aim to help you succeed.
OMG ACCEPTED !!!!
Completely forgot it was a Thursday, as it is I lost hope after Monday's update seeing the Canadian numbers.
Canadian student accepted off the wait-list
When I applied last year, some schools didn't get back to me until the end of April or during May, while some rejected me fairly early. I wasn't on the waitlist at those later schools. It was hard because I didn't know if they were dragging me along as kind of an alternate for the waitlist or if they were just inordinately slow at moving through their list of applicants. Hang in there, the admissions committee is still reviewing applications and you haven't been rejected yet.
I feel your pain... That was 2 years of being in the dark until April! And then after my PA school interview went awesome I was rejected for not having enough paid clinical hours after they told me they would accept my hospice hours. Hopefully everything does happen for a reason and you don't have to be dragged along much longer! If you don't hear by mid February I would call them to ask where are in the cycle. Say you are calling because it is too important to you that you are not overlooked since this school is your first choice.
I am a Canadian and have decided to withdraw from my spot at MSUCOM. So, that opens up another spot for a Canadian
Thank you so much, I believe that I got your spot and I am absolutely ecstatic
Are there any tours or anything coming up? I'm deciding between this school and others but since they don't interview, I don't really have anything to go on. Any second look days coming up? I don't know, I'm leaning heavily toward declining but I'd hate to make that decision based just on feeling like I don't really know that much about the school. Can you arrange private tours? (I've been placed in Detroit, if that helps.) I guess I should email admissions about this but I thought I'd try here first.
If anyone is curious, our schedule has been made!
http://www.com.msu.edu/Students/Preclerkship/Class of 2018_Curr Grid.pdf
http://www.com.msu.edu/Students/Preclerkship/2018 Break Schedule.pdf
I thought that students had the summer between first and second year off...? Looks like we don't :/
Yikes, it's not even next (calendar) year now! I have not even thought about it.
Yikes, it's not even next (calendar) year now! I have not even thought about it.
However, I'm also not 100% sure that I won't be deferring a year, so I've kind of put a lot of decision making off by telling myself that I don't need to yet. I think I need to get my act together.
Yes. The deposit is actually required to defer -- the director of admissions told me the following:
