Midwestern University Chicago (CCOM) Discussion Thread 2015 - 2016

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Accepted off the alternate list this morning. I will be withdrawing the acceptance. Hopefully the spot goes to one of you waiting!
 
What do you think are my chances to this school???

Demographics: 22, M, DC resident.

GPAs: sGPA 3.763, cGPA 3.84

MCAT: 504 balanced

Non-Clinical Volunteering
~300 hours as a soup kitchen volunteer and given leadership role in charge of laundry and showers
~30 hours volunteer in the Summer Special Olympics and various 5k's

ClinIcal Experience
  • shadowed at hospital for ~600 hours in various departments and specialties
  • EMT-B for ~850 hours
Work Experience: Held 5 different jobs in the food business, Tutor in the sciences, Bio class TA.

Research
Poster presentation in Jefferson School of Pharmacy, Poster presentation at school. Published.
2 years of research

Leadership: Senator Ben Cardin leadership program, on the board of a national honor society along with being a part of many honor societies.

Awards
Merit based scholarship ~$2000

Special Considerations: I moved to the U.S. when I was 15 without knowing ANY English. This is what my personal statement is about, I had no friends or ability to communicate with anybody for most of my high school career. I learned English the hard way.

LORs: VERY strong letter of rec, from pre-pharm advisor, also my orgo I and II professor, pre-med committee, English prof who promised a good letter, Physio psyc prof who got a PhD in neuropsyc from Harvard, and my Gen Chem I and II, professor who is also my employer at the tutoring center.
I posted this as part of WAMC also, but was looking for people who actually got secondaries and interviews. Constructive criticism will be nice, as far as shadowing a DO, etc...
 
docturooooo said:
What do you think are my chances to this school???

Demographics: 22, M, DC resident.

GPAs: sGPA 3.763, cGPA 3.84

MCAT: 504 balanced

Non-Clinical Volunteering
~300 hours as a soup kitchen volunteer and given leadership role in charge of laundry and showers
~30 hours volunteer in the Summer Special Olympics and various 5k's

ClinIcal Experience
  • shadowed at hospital for ~600 hours in various departments and specialties
  • EMT-B for ~850 hours
Work Experience: Held 5 different jobs in the food business, Tutor in the sciences, Bio class TA.

Research
Poster presentation in Jefferson School of Pharmacy, Poster presentation at school. Published.
2 years of research

Leadership: Senator Ben Cardin leadership program, on the board of a national honor society along with being a part of many honor societies.

Awards
Merit based scholarship ~$2000

Special Considerations: I moved to the U.S. when I was 15 without knowing ANY English. This is what my personal statement is about, I had no friends or ability to communicate with anybody for most of my high school career. I learned English the hard way.

LORs: VERY strong letter of rec, from pre-pharm advisor, also my orgo I and II professor, pre-med committee, English prof who promised a good letter, Physio psyc prof who got a PhD in neuropsyc from Harvard, and my Gen Chem I and II, professor who is also my employer at the tutoring center.
I posted this as part of WAMC also, but was looking for people who actually got secondaries and interviews. Constructive criticism will be nice, as far as shadowing a DO, etc...
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Shadow a DO. It helps to have a LOR from him/her plus it shows that you've gotten exposure to osteopathy.
 
docturooooo said:
What do you think are my chances to this school???

Demographics: 22, M, DC resident.

GPAs: sGPA 3.763, cGPA 3.84

MCAT: 504 balanced

Non-Clinical Volunteering
~300 hours as a soup kitchen volunteer and given leadership role in charge of laundry and showers
~30 hours volunteer in the Summer Special Olympics and various 5k's

ClinIcal Experience
  • shadowed at hospital for ~600 hours in various departments and specialties
  • EMT-B for ~850 hours
Work Experience: Held 5 different jobs in the food business, Tutor in the sciences, Bio class TA.

Research
Poster presentation in Jefferson School of Pharmacy, Poster presentation at school. Published.
2 years of research

Leadership: Senator Ben Cardin leadership program, on the board of a national honor society along with being a part of many honor societies.

Awards
Merit based scholarship ~$2000

Special Considerations: I moved to the U.S. when I was 15 without knowing ANY English. This is what my personal statement is about, I had no friends or ability to communicate with anybody for most of my high school career. I learned English the hard way.

LORs: VERY strong letter of rec, from pre-pharm advisor, also my orgo I and II professor, pre-med committee, English prof who promised a good letter, Physio psyc prof who got a PhD in neuropsyc from Harvard, and my Gen Chem I and II, professor who is also my employer at the tutoring center.
I posted this as part of WAMC also, but was looking for people who actually got secondaries and interviews. Constructive criticism will be nice, as far as shadowing a DO, etc...
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I have no experience whatsoever on what admissions boards want except as it relates to my own personal experience and situation, so keep that in mind. However, you seem like a very well rounded and competitive applicant. Most stats and experience you have are much more impressive than mine and I was accepted. Your MCAT isn't anything spectacular but certainly competitive enough considering everything else you have going for you. That being said, you need to be able to demonstrate an understanding of and an interest in Osteopathic medicine specifically. That means shadowing a DO at the least, and try your best to get something meaningful out of it.
 
Hello everybody I was wondering if anyone found any good off-campus housing and was looking for another roommate. I was recently accepted off the waitlist and am looking to stay offcampus. Any help would be appreciated thanks!
 
CCOM2020 said:
Hello everybody I was wondering if anyone found any good off-campus housing and was looking for another roommate. I was recently accepted off the waitlist and am looking to stay offcampus. Any help would be appreciated thanks!
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Check out the Facebook group. There's a whole lot of info there. I posted the link above in this thread.
 
Do you know how I can be added to the group I am pending. Thanks.
 
CCOM2020 said:
Hello everybody I was wondering if anyone found any good off-campus housing and was looking for another roommate. I was recently accepted off the waitlist and am looking to stay offcampus. Any help would be appreciated thanks!
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PM me! I live in the local area and while I have already settled on a housing option, I looked at several places and could offer some ideas. 🙂
 
Just accepted off the alternate list, notified first by email and then phone call. watching the movement on here helped me a lot, and motivated me to keep in touch with them. Best of luck to anyone still hopeful!


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I was also just accepted off the alternate list this morning. This is my #1 choice for school and I couldn't be happier! Good luck to everyone still waiting!
 
For those that have been accepted off the alternate list, do you mind sharing your stats?
 
jackfin said:
Accepted this morning too. Flabbergasted. My second cycle, first acceptance.

cgpa 3.2 sgpa 3.3 MCAT 34. Light shadowing, 2 MDs 1 DO. Pretty standard clinical volunteering. Varied ECs.
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!
 
DR.4 said:
I was also just accepted off the alternate list this morning. This is my #1 choice for school and I couldn't be happier! Good luck to everyone still waiting!
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CONGRATS!!!!
 
drpositivity said:
Just accepted off the alternate list, notified first by email and then phone call. watching the movement on here helped me a lot, and motivated me to keep in touch with them. Best of luck to anyone still hopeful!


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amazing!!! congratulations 🙂
 
I am applying to both the Arizona and Chicago locations, do you think it would be ok to submit similar essays for both? Since they basically ask the exact same questions?
 
Hey guys, does anyone know what textbooks we should be buying?

Also, should we be receiving an acceptance packet, or is all the information we need on the student portal?
 
Gogogogogo said:
Hey guys, does anyone know what textbooks we should be buying?

Also, should we be receiving an acceptance packet, or is all the information we need on the student portal?
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You don't need to buy any books. You'll get all the info you need during orientation/beginning of classes and will be able to buy the note packets as soon as they're available in the bookstore. There's no "acceptance packet" per se but you should get some emails in the coming weeks with information about orientation etc. if you haven't already.

The only books I would highly recommend are the anatomy atlas (you'll probably get one when you sign up for SOMA unless they are giving out something different this year, but I would wait to find out before buying anything - you'll absolutely need this for anatomy, more so than the textbook) and personally I liked having the Lippincott Biochemistry book and got a lot of use from it.
 
Gogogogogo said:
Hey guys, does anyone know what textbooks we should be buying?

Also, should we be receiving an acceptance packet, or is all the information we need on the student portal?
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A lot of textbooks can also be found on the library website as well.
 
ananasmed said:
You don't need to buy any books. You'll get all the info you need during orientation/beginning of classes and will be able to buy the note packets as soon as they're available in the bookstore. There's no "acceptance packet" per se but you should get some emails in the coming weeks with information about orientation etc. if you haven't already.

The only books I would highly recommend are the anatomy atlas (you'll probably get one when you sign up for SOMA unless they are giving out something different this year, but I would wait to find out before buying anything - you'll absolutely need this for anatomy, more so than the textbook) and personally I liked having the Lippincott Biochemistry book and got a lot of use from it.
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Awesome, thank you!
 
congratulations to those accepted! is anyone living off-campus but near the school? looking for an partment and could use all the advice I can get
 
obliViate21 said:
congratulations to those accepted! is anyone living off-campus but near the school? looking for an partment and could use all the advice I can get
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Try the facebook group, there have been recent posts about housing options/people looking for roommates
 
mcouse said:
Yeah I was set to go to LECOM-B but I would much rather go to CCOM. No PBL for me! Some other lucky person will get to deal with LECOM's tyranny in exchange for a D.O. Degree.
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One more question, did you call CCOM at all while on the alternate list?
 
Dr. Do said:
One more question, did you call CCOM at all while on the alternate list?
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I did call them a few months ago and I sent them a letter of interest. I didn't really say much other than I was checking to see if there was any waitlist movement when I called.
 
mcouse said:
I did call them a few months ago and I sent them a letter of interest. I didn't really say much other than I was checking to see if there was any waitlist movement when I called.
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Thanks for letting me know 🙂
 
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