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DoNoHarm14 said:
I interviewed here as well. Didn't have the lag problems with internet and it was just a 1 on 1 interview with no one else present or watching. The tuition does hurt, but it is nice that they are opening a new school in Arkansas. UAMS has had a monopoly for a while now. Would you pick UAMS over the out of state schools you got accepted to?
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I agree with you on the monopoly bit. Only having one instate med school for all of Arkansas was unfortunate. Glad that will be changed soon. And yes, I think I would pick UAMS even over ATSU-KCOM. I think osteopathy is fascinating and would prefer to go to an osteopathic college, however a majority of the osteopathic schools are private and thus have sky high tuition. To add on to that a lot of the osteopathic schools are located in very lightly populated towns with little else to do other than go to school. Four years is a significant commitment to a town I'm going to be bored in constantly. UAMS is exceptional in both cases: finances & location. I hate to hop in the UAMS bandwagon because I think they are a little overhyped, but logically it's my best choice.
 
Marc Gasol said:
I agree with you on the monopoly bit. Only having one instate med school for all of Arkansas was unfortunate. Glad that will be changed soon. And yes, I think I would pick UAMS even over ATSU-KCOM. I think osteopathy is fascinating and would prefer to go to an osteopathic college, however a majority of the osteopathic schools are private and thus have sky high tuition. To add on to that a lot of the osteopathic schools are located in very lightly populated towns with little else to do other than go to school. Four years is a significant commitment to a town I'm going to be bored in constantly. UAMS is exceptional in both cases: finances & location. I hate to hop in the UAMS bandwagon because I think they are a little overhyped, but logically it's my best choice.
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With DO schools, you don't have to do all four year in the location of the school. For instance, you could be doing 2 years at the school and then 2 years in one of the larger cities for rotations. However, my issue with the smaller towns is that you don't have near enough research opportunities (lack of hospitals and research facilities) and even shadowing opportunities will be more difficult. However, MD schools open up a lot of opportunities and if you want to specialize you have a far greater chance at UAMS than ATSU-KCOM. I wish you luck for this cycle and congrats on your acceptances.
 
DoNoHarm14 said:
I interviewed here as well. Didn't have the lag problems with internet and it was just a 1 on 1 interview with no one else present or watching. The tuition does hurt, but it is nice that they are opening a new school in Arkansas. UAMS has had a monopoly for a while now. Would you pick UAMS over the out of state schools you got accepted to?
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Marc Gasol said:
I agree with you on the monopoly bit. Only having one instate med school for all of Arkansas was unfortunate. Glad that will be changed soon. And yes, I think I would pick UAMS even over ATSU-KCOM. I think osteopathy is fascinating and would prefer to go to an osteopathic college, however a majority of the osteopathic schools are private and thus have sky high tuition. To add on to that a lot of the osteopathic schools are located in very lightly populated towns with little else to do other than go to school. Four years is a significant commitment to a town I'm going to be bored in constantly. UAMS is exceptional in both cases: finances & location. I hate to hop in the UAMS bandwagon because I think they are a little overhyped, but logically it's my best choice.
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IslandStyle808 said:
With DO schools, you don't have to do all four year in the location of the school. For instance, you could be doing 2 years at the school and then 2 years in one of the larger cities for rotations. However, my issue with the smaller towns is that you don't have near enough research opportunities (lack of hospitals and research facilities) and even shadowing opportunities will be more difficult. However, MD schools open up a lot of opportunities and if you want to specialize you have a far greater chance at UAMS than ATSU-KCOM. I wish you luck for this cycle and congrats on your acceptances.
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You all have valid points, but to be critical I will say that UAMS is one of the lowest colleges on the totem poll with respect to other MD schools. I would pick ATSUCOM over UAMS any day of the week. However, the financial side is very beneficial if and ONLY IF you are a resident of Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas is one of the worst major cities I have been around and I would have a terrible few years of medical school there. That is just my thoughts on this topic. Also, I don't think I like the idea of rushing to open a DO school Arkansas, especially given the chosen location. One reason I feel this way is because it seems to me their curriculum will be shared in part by the parent campus via satellite transmission video conferences. There is another school bound to open within the next year on Fort Smith I believe, that if it lives up to the hype it should be pretty dang good. In terms of research in medical school, choose a DO school with direct affiliations with major universities - all of the VCOMs have major universities, Burrell, UNT is part of a graduate school, Etc. DO schools located in big cities are very attractive for research opportunities as well, PCOM and CCOM for instance are just begging for you to research,

All in all I think you should find out what is best for you and do that, don't let other people on SDN decide your future for you, but I do understand advice is helpful so I hope you choose wisely and are happy in the future.
 
OrdinaryDO said:
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You all have valid points, but to be critical I will say that UAMS is one of the lowest colleges on the totem poll with respect to other MD schools. I would pick ATSUCOM over UAMS any day of the week. However, the financial side is very beneficial if and ONLY IF you are a resident of Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas is one of the worst major cities I have been around and I would have a terrible few years of medical school there. That is just my thoughts on this topic. Also, I don't think I like the idea of rushing to open a DO school Arkansas, especially given the chosen location. One reason I feel this way is because it seems to me their curriculum will be shared in part by the parent campus via satellite transmission video conferences. There is another school bound to open within the next year on Fort Smith I believe, that if it lives up to the hype it should be pretty dang good. In terms of research in medical school, choose a DO school with direct affiliations with major universities - all of the VCOMs have major universities, Burrell, UNT is part of a graduate school, Etc. DO schools located in big cities are very attractive for research opportunities as well, PCOM and CCOM for instance are just begging for you to research,

All in all I think you should find out what is best for you and do that, don't let other people on SDN decide your future for you, but I do understand advice is helpful so I hope you choose wisely and are happy in the future.
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Not arguing quality level per say, but the fact that MD students are preferred for ACGME competitive programs. These programs use filters which can take away caribbean and DO students from the mix. So even if you have excellent board scores, solid clinical grades, and research; all of that goes down the drain for certain programs due to a PD using a filter for your school or not being an LCME accredited school.

I agree with all of your points, in the end it is best to go with the school you feel most comfortable with. If ATSU-KCOM will get you where you need to go, then choose it.
 
IslandStyle808 said:
Not arguing quality level per say, but the fact that MD students are preferred for ACGME competitive programs. These programs use filters which can take away caribbean and DO students from the mix. So even if you have excellent board scores, solid clinical grades, and research; all of that goes down the drain for certain programs due to a PD using a filter for your school or not being an LCME accredited school.

I agree with all of your points, in the end it is best to go with the school you feel most comfortable with. If ATSU-KCOM will get you where you need to go, then choose it.
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OrdinaryDO said:
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You all have valid points, but to be critical I will say that UAMS is one of the lowest colleges on the totem poll with respect to other MD schools. I would pick ATSUCOM over UAMS any day of the week. However, the financial side is very beneficial if and ONLY IF you are a resident of Arkansas. Little Rock, Arkansas is one of the worst major cities I have been around and I would have a terrible few years of medical school there. That is just my thoughts on this topic. Also, I don't think I like the idea of rushing to open a DO school Arkansas, especially given the chosen location. One reason I feel this way is because it seems to me their curriculum will be shared in part by the parent campus via satellite transmission video conferences. There is another school bound to open within the next year on Fort Smith I believe, that if it lives up to the hype it should be pretty dang good. In terms of research in medical school, choose a DO school with direct affiliations with major universities - all of the VCOMs have major universities, Burrell, UNT is part of a graduate school, Etc. DO schools located in big cities are very attractive for research opportunities as well, PCOM and CCOM for instance are just begging for you to research,

All in all I think you should find out what is best for you and do that, don't let other people on SDN decide your future for you, but I do understand advice is helpful so I hope you choose wisely and are happy in the future.
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Ok Im stepping in here to dispel some of the things you are bringing up:

VCOM Viriginia is not directly related to VTech. Virginia Tech Carilion Clinic Med school takes precedence over research there. VCOM CC isnt related to any major university. VCOM Auburn is a major university in sports medicine, NOT biomedical research.

CCOM is not begging anyone to do research, i know of a student there who cant even find research opps there and the difficulty of finding across institutions is not something you can blanket under a statement of "oh well its there". PCOM students are in direct competition to medical students from Penn State, UPenn, and Temple. These are MD medical students who probably already have significant research experience as compared to a good majority of DO students whose research experience is shallow in comparison. So tell me, who would the PI pick, the MD student with three years of UG research experience and a co authorship to a pub/poster? or a DO student with no research experience or experience that spans as far as "ran some pcrs and western blots".

I cant keep saying this but burrell is NOT affiliated with a large scale research university. NMSU pales in comparison to UNM health sciences. NMSU has 20 something projects, yes one with Fred Hutchison they are piggy backing. UNM is a NIH appointed NCI cancer research center. And you would still me that youd choose BCOM over UNM School of Medicine if you had both acceptances?

Also, UAMS is obv not a top performing MD school but hell, no DO school even compares! They have their own teaching hospital and more importantly they have a high performing research uni backing them. If you want to deny the fact that at this present moment UAMS has 166 nih grants with the majority of those being R01s (meaning they have real research faculty that students can work with) that is currenlty present on the nih reporter then idk what to tell you. Moreover, the fact you would pick a DO school that doesnt even SHOW UP on the nih reporter (because they have zero NIH grants) just because Little Rock is "the worst city ever" is foolish. Do students turn down Johns Hopkins for med school because its in baltimore (also one of the most violent and crime ridden cities in the US)? How about Duke because durham NC is dangerous too? no. because the opportunities they would have there in comparison to 99% of DO schools is not even on the same playing field.

I know you are trying to push this notion that DO schools at "the top" beat low tier MD schools but...they dont. And if you keep saying this and believing this then we can never get to a point where we as a profession (the AOA, the students that represent the DO profession) can improve to actually get there.

There is nothing wrong with improving where we are at.
http://uamshealth.com/hospitalandclinics/hospital/
http://research.uams.edu/files/2015/10/Awards_Sept-2015.pdf
http://cancer.unm.edu/research/programs/
 
AlteredScale said:
Ok Im stepping in here to dispel some of the things you are bringing up:

VCOM Viriginia is not directly related to VTech. Virginia Tech Carilion Clinic Med school takes precedence over research there. VCOM CC isnt related to any major university. VCOM Auburn is a major university in sports medicine, NOT biomedical research.

CCOM is not begging anyone to do research, i know of a student there who cant even find research opps there and the difficulty of finding across institutions is not something you can blanket under a statement of "oh well its there". PCOM students are in direct competition to medical students from Penn State, UPenn, and Temple. These are MD medical students who probably already have significant research experience as compared to a good majority of DO students whose research experience is shallow in comparison. So tell me, who would the PI pick, the MD student with three years of UG research experience and a co authorship to a pub/poster? or a DO student with no research experience or experience that spans as far as "ran some pcrs and western blots".

I cant keep saying this but burrell is NOT affiliated with a large scale research university. NMSU pales in comparison to UNM health sciences. NMSU has 20 something projects, yes one with Fred Hutchison they are piggy backing. UNM is a NIH appointed NCI cancer research center. And you would still me that youd choose BCOM over UNM School of Medicine if you had both acceptances?

Also, UAMS is obv not a top performing MD school but hell, no DO school even compares! They have their own teaching hospital and more importantly they have a high performing research uni backing them. If you want to deny the fact that at this present moment UAMS has 166 nih grants with the majority of those being R01s (meaning they have real research faculty that students can work with) that is currenlty present on the nih reporter then idk what to tell you. Moreover, the fact you would pick a DO school that doesnt even SHOW UP on the nih reporter (because they have zero NIH grants) just because Little Rock is "the worst city ever" is foolish. Do students turn down Johns Hopkins for med school because its in baltimore (also one of the most violent and crime ridden cities in the US)? How about Duke because durham NC is dangerous too? no. because the opportunities they would have there in comparison to 99% of DO schools is not even on the same playing field.

I know you are trying to push this notion that DO schools at "the top" beat low tier MD schools but...they dont. And if you keep saying this and believing this then we can never get to a point where we as a profession (the AOA, the students that represent the DO profession) can improve to actually get there.

There is nothing wrong with improving where we are at.
http://uamshealth.com/hospitalandclinics/hospital/
http://research.uams.edu/files/2015/10/Awards_Sept-2015.pdf
http://cancer.unm.edu/research/programs/
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LOL when people say BCOM is going to have a strong research because NMSU . AlteredScale i agree with your post 100%
 
DoNoHarm14 said:
I'm just happy Arkansas will finally have two med schools. Now what to do aobut residency spots...
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Its unfair to those who choose to go to NYIT-AK and end up left with a few residency spots at community hospitals in limited specialties because UAMS decides to lock out DO applicants to their hospital (which they can do outright if they felt this new do school was stepping on their toes at all). I can only hope that from thousands of miles away that nyit can really create residency spots that will fit the class and survive acgme accred through the merger (there are community hospitals not applying for acgme accred because its too expensive to hold the quality acgme expects for gme, therefore closingthose spots).

The contraction of class size would fix this but the AOA is too hungry to "dominate" the medical profession by increasing the number of DO graduates with no real concerted effort for graduate training.
 
I'm still not marked as complete. I thought they'd move a little quicker given their late start.
 
DoNoHarm14 said:
I don't know if you'd know this, but does A-state have to get accred? Since NYIT is a branch aren't they considered under that umbrella or am I being silly?
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The A State is the one in fort smith right? I cant keep up with all these new schools. but yeah if its new it needs to continue through its accred process. I think they won pre accred so they can start building.
 
I just decided to delete my post, I don't feel like arguing points that have been made time and time again on this website. Do whatever you want, lol, but many of the things you said, altered, are just wrong.
 
I don't think osteopathic programs are arguing that they have superb research programs. That's not the point of their existence.
 
Prairiepalmeri said:
I don't think osteopathic programs are arguing that they have superb research programs. That's not the point of their existence.
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They aren't trying to say they are superb, but there are some really good programs and research as a DO student is a new and uprising norm in the DO world.
 
OrdinaryDO said:
I just decided to delete my post, I don't feel like arguing points that have been made time and time again on this website. Do whatever you want, lol, but many of the things you said, altered, are just wrong.
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Are my statements wrong? In what way? Because the evidence I provided for the argument you gave that research is pretty easy to find and these DO schools have GREAT research was pretty substantial. So idk what parts were wrong but it would help me if you could provide examples and back those statement up beyond "speaking with students and faculty". Go on the webpage and give me a link of scholarly activity from VCOM.

If you want to do research and you want those resources and you have an MD and DO acceptance, choose the MD school. Simple as that. If you only have DO acceptances then yes, I would choose a place like CCOM, UNT, the places you listed. But that wasn't the argument I was getting at.
 
AlteredScale said:
Are my statements wrong? In what way? Because the evidence I provided for the argument you gave 🙂research is pretty easy to find and these DO schools have GREAT research") was pretty substantial. So idk what parts were wrong but it would help me if you could provide examples and back those statement up beyond "speaking with students and faculty". Go on the webpage and give me a link of scholarly activity from VCOM.
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The reason I chose not to argue with you is because it is futile. I say this because you are willing to contradict your own statements you have made in the past and that is not something I am willing to waste time arguing against. Your opinions and "facts" are you own to be had, but I do my own research as should everyone and I can say with certainty that you have some false claims and biased remarks in your reply. I have already said more than I wanted to say so carry on.
 
OrdinaryDO said:
The reason I chose not to argue with you is because it is futile. I say this because you are willing to contradict your own statements you have made in the past and that is not something I am willing to waste time arguing against. Your opinions and "facts" are you own to be had, but I do my own research as should everyone and I can say with certainty that you have some false claims and biased remarks in your reply. I have already said more than I wanted to say so carry on.
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contradict my statement? You mean about CCOM right? So everyone knows, ordinaryDO has stated that I supported CCOM before and said they have great research opportunities (which in the context of OTHER DO schools they do) but my last "bash" towards CCOM seems to contradict it (but the context of my argument t was between DO and MD schools that time). Your research is talking with staff. You think they'll downplay their school? Not at all. They'll tell you what you want to hear.

You keep saying I've made false claims but are unwilling to share them with me. If you're correct, I'll retract my statement with ease.

If working within the hands of research for 3 years, having to understand the workings of grant renewal at a program level, having faculty members who are a part of the NIH team is an "unfair and biased opinion" then I can understand why you want to stop the debate here. You don't have the understanding of how research works across medical institution and therefore, are forced to play the "do your own research (ironic?)" card to back your argument.
 
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AlteredScale said:
contradict my statement? You mean about CCOM right? So everyone knows, ordinaryDO has stated that I supported CCOM before and said they have great research opportunities (which in the context of OTHER DO schools they do) but my last "bash" towards CCOM seems to contradict it (but the context of my argument t was between DO and MD schools that time). Your research is talking with staff. You think they'll downplay their school? Not at all. They'll tell you what you want to hear.

You keep saying I've made false claims but are unwilling to share them with me. If you're correct, I'll retract my statement with ease.

If working within the hands of research for 3 years, having to understand the workings of grant renewal at a program level, having faculty members who are a part of the NIH team is an "unfair and biased opinion" then I can understand why you want to stop the debate here. You don't have the understanding of how research works across medical institution and therefore, are forced to play the "do your own research (ironic?)" card to back your argument.
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Your assumptions are quite funny. You think I have no experience with grants and research and you seem to think I take things at face value, but you are greatly mistaking my unwillingness to argue a futile argument with stupidity. I have written several grant proposals and submitted a select few, I have professors and PIs who have taken part in grant panels and also review submissions for grant money for several other grant dispensing agencies - this world is far too familiar to me so please don't insult my intelligence all because I don't want to waste my time and energy to argue with you. When I say that you contradict yourself I say that with respect to posts you have made in the past. You and I have both been active on these forums for years and I have paid close attention to some of the more rigid remarks some of the SDN users have made. Many of them were made by you. I am not trying to get out of anything because of my "lack of knowledge...." My reasoning for telling people to do their own research is based solely on my belief that too often people make decisions based upon misguided or false information, or maybe even biased information posted on this forums board. This board is both a blessing and a curse in terms of the things people are about and the advice that is given on here. Your moderator status may give you a little more credit to some of those users who are new to this site, but I think it is up to every individual to be vigilant and proactive when making decisions about medical school. The truth of the matter is you need to choose a school that best fits YOU. when people say "oh, MD?! You'd be stupid to choose DO over MD" it really makes me chuckle. I know that the majority of you will agree that MD is always better than DO, but I may be one of the few minority who call BS. There are a few things that give MD schools an advantage over DO schools. Some of those advantages are most MD schools are state schools which makes it cheaper for in-state tuition, the majority of MD schools are affiliated with big public universities and involved with active research, and they are on the right side of the MD vs DO bias..but, look at the direction osteopathic schools are going..they are starting to partner and very closely affiliate with major universities, they are bringing research to the forefront of their education, and they are trending towards higher average MCAT and GPA for higher caliber students and pass rates. You are foolish to think that the lowest tier MD school is better than every DO school. If you believe this, then we don't need to talk at all. This is the extent of what I have to say and I hope I didn't offend you. Good luck in your future endeavors.
 
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Your assumptions are quite funny. You think I have no experience with grants and research and you seem to think I take things at face value, but you are greatly mistaking my unwillingness to argue a futile argument with stupidity. I have written several grant proposals and submitted a select few, I have professors and PIs who have taken part in grant panels and also review submissions for grant money for several other grant dispensing agencies - this world is far too familiar to me so please don't insult my intelligence all because I don't want to waste my time and energy to argue with you. When I say that you contradict yourself I say that with respect to posts you have made in the past. You and I have both been active on these forums for years and I have paid close attention to some of the more rigid remarks some of the SDN users have made. Many of them were made by you. I am not trying to get out of anything because of my "lack of knowledge...." My reasoning for telling people to do their own research is based solely on my belief that too often people make decisions based upon misguided or false information, or maybe even biased information posted on this forums board. This board is both a blessing and a curse in terms of the things people are about and the advice that is given on here. Your moderator status may give you a little more credit to some of those users who are new to this site, but I think it is up to every individual to be vigilant and proactive when making decisions about medical school. The truth of the matter is you need to choose a school that best fits YOU. when people say "oh, MD?! You'd be stupid to choose DO over MD" it really makes me chuckle. I know that the majority of you will agree that MD is always better than DO, but I may be one of the few minority who call BS. There are a few things that give MD schools an advantage over DO schools. Some of those advantages are most MD schools are state schools which makes it cheaper for in-state tuition, the majority of MD schools are affiliated with big public universities and involved with active research, and they are on the right side of the MD vs DO bias..but, look at the direction osteopathic schools are going..they are starting to partner and very closely affiliate with major universities, they are bringing research to the forefront of their education, and they are trending towards higher average MCAT and GPA for higher caliber students and pass rates. You are foolish to think that the lowest tier MD school is better than every DO school. If you believe this, then we don't need to talk at all. This is the extent of what I have to say and I hope I didn't offend you. Good luck in your future endeavors.
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I did not "insult your intelligence". Ever. If you have had as much "research exposure" as you've said you've had then all the more credibility for me to say shame on you for your previous statements in regards to choosing ATSU over UAMS and essentialy suggesting someone else should too when they have both acceptances. Also when did you find time to essentialy be a PI and write grant propsals while you worked 70-80 hours a week as a CNA? Hardly believable.

Your notion of telling students to select a school that "fits you" is ill informed. And I won't budge from that. Becaue guess what, a student may suddeny change their mind and want to do derm but guess what, there's no derm department at ATSU and then they suddeny regret they chose that when they had a UAMS acceptance in HAND. That's what I am despeling from your arguement.

Again, I've provided evidence for my arguement while you keep strawmanning your argument by questioning my "credibility" while simultaneously avoiding to counter what evidene I've proven.

And your prime exampe of the DO growth is BCOM right?? "Major" university partnership, "amazing" research opps, great academic stats of high caliber stats (25 MCAT for the accepted class).

You can continue your debate with me via PM so that we can keep this thread on topic.

Apologies for anyone else who was distracted by this little predicament...
 
DoNoHarm14 said:
A-state is in Joneboro Arkansas. It open this August. Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine (ACOM) opens in Fort Smith in 2017. I guess I could call and ask, but if NYIT is just opening a branch I'm curious if it's not just an extension of the same school and doesn't need the same accred. process. That being said, it seems too easy and nothing in medicine or government is easy
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I see. Weird, isn't there already an ACOM around here! haha.

From what I recall through the COCA Accreditation Standards handbook. Any request to expand class size or create a satellite campus must be approved through a COCA meeting. I think within that there is a proposal report that is made followed with a meeting with the parties whom wish to create the program. I think there's then a few on-site visits by representatives of COCA to then create report for the next COCA meeting to determine if per-accreditation will be granted. Though the process sounds long and it is, it's much easier to do that then to start from scratch and create an entirely new medical school ground up.

What are some perks of this NYIT A-State campus? Do you guys get housing or anything like that?
 
Apparently A State graduate housing is available for med students.. not sure on the specifics though
 
Miss.P said:
On a more thread focused line: I got an II from this school today. LizzyM:63 but will be turning it down since I have already put down a deposit at a more established school
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DoNoHarm14 said:
According to the NYIT website A-state is not an Arkansas school. It's just a location. NYIT is renting the space from A-state. The facts link on the NYIT website, according to my interpretation, says that it's fully accredited. I'll probably call and ask, but the way the word it makes me think that it is accredited. Students have access to the A-state facilities, but I don't know what that entails
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Ah I didn't know that. So nyit isn't even building a school actually. It's an actual satellite campus.

I'm sure there will still be site visits to the place in a state to ensure all resources and what not are there. All sites no matter if new or satellite have to run through some sort of inspection process and I think if you look at AOA coca web page with coca.
 
Yes it is a new school
But it comes from one with a great reputation.
So this choice would out compete other contenders such as A-Com or campbell.
Plus it's location is on a very livid campus with an excellent student body so you won't be bored to death and at risk of getting depressed like some of the other schools haha
 
I got an interview invite from them via email last night. Could the people who have already done the interview let me know how this conference interview works? I've never done anything like this before 🙂 Also, is this just a preliminary step they take so they know who to actually invite onto the real campus for a one-on-one interview?
 
Since application only opened up in Dec, do you guys think it is too late to apply?
 
uschopeful said:
Since application only opened up in Dec, do you guys think it is too late to apply?
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If your app is complete at NYIT-NY then your app is automatically sent to AR. If you havent applied yet, my opinion is no it is not too late to apply. You have to apply through the NY campus so send them your AACOMAS and submit their secondary if you recieve one.
 
Anyone who interviewed at nyitcom in ny already this cycle get an interview for arkansas?
 
For those that have interviewed can you please share what the interview questions were like ?
Editing the post for more info: II this past week. First Available date was late January. Supplementary submitted about a week before the II.
Thanks!
 
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For those that have interviewed can you please share what the interview questions were like ?
Editing the post for more info: II this past week. First Available date was late January. Supplementary submitted about a week before the II.
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I was interviewed on the 6th and accepted on the 11th of this month as I believe they are in a rush to fill seats. The interview process is about 20 minutes long, 1:1, and you must be prepared to discuss weaknesses or failures as well as successes. At the very least I can tell you that all of the prep I did for the most common questions potentially asked didn't help me as I was not asked "why DO?" , "Or why doctor?". I am sure it really does depend on who actually interviews you. Overall, I am excited to attend this school instead of going to the Caribbean!
 
FutureDO88 said:
I was interviewed on the 6th and accepted on the 11th of this month as I believe they are in a rush to fill seats. The interview process is about 20 minutes long, 1:1, and you must be prepared to discuss weaknesses or failures as well as successes. At the very least I can tell you that all of the prep I did for the most common questions potentially asked didn't help me as I was not asked "why DO?" , "Or why doctor?". I am sure it really does depend on who actually interviews you. Overall, I am excited to attend this school instead of going to the Caribbean!
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Do you mind sharing your stats? I was complete at NYIT back in September and I emailed them almost two weeks ago asking if they would consider my application for the Arkansas campus. They emailed me back saying they sent the application over to the Arkansas admissions committee but I still haven't heard anything back since. I'm getting kind of anxious now haha.
 
Just received an II via email earlier today! I sent in my primary and supplemental app on the same day about a week ago. This is my first med school interview so I'm pretty excited!! If anyone has any tips on how to prepare I would really appreciate them 🙂
 
Rambler16 said:
Just received an II via email earlier today! I sent in my primary and supplemental app on the same day about a week ago. This is my first med school interview so I'm pretty excited!! If anyone has any tips on how to prepare I would really appreciate them 🙂
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Congrats! Are you from the area?
 
Rambler16 said:
No, I'm from Illinois
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I'm also from Illinois, Chicago suburbs. Interview is over Zoom (video conferencing) in about 8 hours. Ha. I've read through the entire thread and frankly feel less excited BUT it is exciting that Dr. Ross-Lee will be the site dean. She is well connected and it is encouraging. I suppose I should sleep so I have time to shave. Will I wear pants? Perhaps.
 
scuzum2u said:
I'm also from Illinois, Chicago suburbs. Interview is over Zoom (video conferencing) in about 8 hours. Ha. I've read through the entire thread and frankly feel less excited BUT it is exciting that Dr. Ross-Lee will be the site dean. She is well connected and it is encouraging. I suppose I should sleep so I have time to shave. Will I wear pants? Perhaps.
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I wore shorts with my suit haha.

argle_bargle said:
Anyone have info on the status of clinical rotations?
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I asked about this in my interview and they already have spots locked.
 
I think he said both hospitals and some local practices. I also think he said 19 locations but don't quote me on that haha
 
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