No DO med schools in MSAR?

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Hi,

I was about to buy the MSAR book today but noticed that there are no DO schools listed.. Are there any suggestions in regards to books with DO school profiles.. in which I should purchase?

Thanks!
 
kev1n said:
Hi,

I was about to buy the MSAR book today but noticed that there are no DO schools listed.. Are there any suggestions in regards to books with DO school profiles.. in which I should purchase?

Thanks!

you can find profiles for all DO schools here: http://www.aacom.org/
 
kev1n said:
Hi,

I was about to buy the MSAR book today but noticed that there are no DO schools listed.. Are there any suggestions in regards to books with DO school profiles.. in which I should purchase?

Thanks!

you can get it for free! here is the link:

http://www.aacom.org/data/cib/

either you can browse it only or scroll to the bottom and there is a link where you can request a printed copy of it mailed to you for free.
 
ahh sorry.. i shouyld be more specific..
I wanted a list that states whether the DO school has auto or screened secondaries.. where can I find this..

Thanks for the help thouigh
 
kev1n said:
ahh sorry.. i shouyld be more specific..
I wanted a list that states whether the DO school has auto or screened secondaries.. where can I find this..

Thanks for the help thouigh

I know that Touro NV & MI screen for min. gpa and MCAT as do AZCOM and CCOM. I also think that in some profiles on the AACOM website it is stated if the school has minimum gpa and MCAT requirements. Search through some old post and you will probably find the info for all the schools...
 
kev1n said:
ahh sorry.. i shouyld be more specific..
I wanted a list that states whether the DO school has auto or screened secondaries.. where can I find this..

Thanks for the help thouigh

There are no published info on this. You can search SDN.
 
mshheaddoc said:
It would be nice if the information is condensed though. Searching for that could take months.

You're right, it's hard to search for that stuff. I would suggest just looking over the titles in the last few pages of threads. Many people are applying now, and I've seen this question around several times in the last couple of weeks.
 
Off the top of my head, I think DMU requires a minimum of a 3.0 to receive a secondary, and OSU requires a 24? on the MCAT (there's some state legislative rule about minimum MCAT scores). As a rule, most schools (both allopathic and osteopathic) don't do much in the way of pre-secondary screening, so you'll probably get secondaries from almost everywhere.

I know it's not what you're looking for, but US News has data about admissions for almost all the osteopathic schools. I think it's data can be a little more useful than the MSAR anyway because the MSAR just tells you the number of people who matriculate at a school, not the number of people accepted. Consequently, it makes schools seem even more competitive than they are.
 
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