Official "Schools I'm Applying To" Thread

[sudo]

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Does such a thread exist? If not, would you guys be interested in starting it? I'm thinking about something that goes:

My Reach Schools;
1.
2.
3. etc..

Schools I Think I'll get Into:
1.
2.
3. etc...

Safety Schools:
1.
2.
3. etc...

Of course, for you gunner-types out there, this is probably something that won't interest you, but I thought I'd bring it up 🙂

I'll post mine once I figure out my list (should be getting verified anytime now....)

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I like the premise of this thread. So I guess I'll start off.

My Reach Schools;
1. DMU
2. CCOM
3. AZCOM
4. PCOM
5. UMDNJ

Schools I Think I'll get Into:
1. KCUMB
2. SOMA
3. NSU
4. Touro-NY
5. LECOM-B

Safety Schools:
1. Touro-NV
2. MUCOM

Submitted: 6/16, Verification pending.
LizzyM: 63 ( 64 if you count for an early app)

 

[sudo]

Thanks for starting it off, serenade!

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[mskccgarnett]

It seems a lot of new schools are sort of backups for people. But I think I remember reading MUCOM has a pretty high average. Are people concerned about that?

 

[Elevencents]

I like this. Will post once I get my MCAT score back.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

It seems a lot of new schools are sort of backups for people. But I think I remember reading MUCOM has a pretty high average. Are people concerned about that?

3.6/26 for admitted students, matriculate average will likely be less.

 

[TwinsFan]

is this list of all schools applied or only osteo schools applied?

 

[sudo]

is this list of all schools applied or only osteo schools applied?

My intention was for it to be just osteopathic.

 

[bcurtis]

Subscribed, time to grab the popcorn!

 

[Mosonik]

Be careful not to allow lists like this to impact your approach to the application cycle (secondaries, interviews, etc). Treat your "safety schools" with as much deliberate intensity as you do your top choices. Otherwise you will doors closing in your face at places you thought were a given. And keep an open mind. You never know what will happen in this wild process! Just speaking from experience 🙂
Good luck everybody!

 

[TwinsFan]

My Reach Schools;
N/A

Schools I *think I have a good shot to* get Into:
1. TCOM
2. DMU
3. KCUMB
4. AZCOM
5. ATSU-SOMA
6. NOVA
7. TOURO-NV
8. LECOM-B

Safety Schools:
No such thing!

Verified: 6/2013
LizzyM score: ~69

 

[Anicetus]

If you're an underdog, are all of your schools reach schools? haha

 

[NurWollen]

Be careful not to allow lists like this to impact your approach to the application cycle (secondaries, interviews, etc). Treat your "safety schools" with as much deliberate intensity as you do your top choices. Otherwise you will doors closing in your face at places you thought were a given. And keep an open mind. You never know what will happen in this wild process! Just speaking from experience 🙂
Good luck everybody!

👍

I got rejected from LECOM pre-interview, and I thought that would be my safety of safeties. On the other hand, I got into AZCOM, which was my dream school.

This thread is a good idea though. It will be a good venue for comparing people's experiences.

 

[Anicetus]

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[Maeby Funke]

- CCOM
- PCOM
- DMU-COM
- NYCOM
- COMP
- COMP-NW
- KCUMB


LizzyM score using AACOMAS GPA: 70.3. All schools are OOS for me other than COMP-NW, and I only have a physician letter from an MD.

Any thoughts? Is the lack of DO letter going to be a deal breaker for any of these?

 

[Starry]

- CCOM
- PCOM
- DMU-COM
- NYCOM
- COMP
- COMP-NW
- KCUMB


LizzyM score using AACOMAS GPA: 70.3. All schools are OOS for me other than COMP-NW, and I only have a physician letter from an MD.

Any thoughts? Is the lack of DO letter going to be a deal breaker for any of these?

Your LizzyM is awesome. If you do a search, many people who did not have a DO letter have been accepted. Just have an answer when they ask "Why Osteopathic?" Don't worry.

Okies time for me
My Schools Applied To (in order of desirability):
WesternU/COMP - Pomona 😍😍😍
PCOM
CCOM
KCUMB
OSUCHS-COM

Schools I Think I'll get Into:
WesternU/COMP - Pomona 😍😍😍😍😍
I will probably withdraw from OSUCHS-COM...I submitted my payment and a few weeks later my desire to go there is lessening, mostly cause of location-based reasons. 🙁 will try to keep an open mind though.

I'm also trying to expand my school list while still applying to schools where I think I can express "fit" for in interviews....

Primary Completed: 6/12, Verification pending.
LizzyM: 66

 

[fluorescing]

Reach schools:
DMU
CCOM
UMDNJ
MSUCOM
PCOM
KCUMB

Schools I think I'll get into:
NSU
NYCOM

Safety schools:
None, really

I applied to two others that aren't very OOS-friendly, so those two are iffy for me as well.

My LizzyM score is a 65. Application verified 6/6.

 

[Postictal Raiden]

Reach schools:

WesternCOMP
KCUMB
TouroCA

Schools that I fall within their averages:

TouroNV
AZCOM
SOMA
LECOM Bradenton
LECOM Erie
NOVA

Schools that I "think" I'm competitive for:

WVSOM
LMU
Marian

My preference is as follows:

WesternCOMP>>>>TouroNV>TouroCA>AZCOM>SOMA>Nova>LECOM's>KCUMB>LMU>WVSOM>Marian

Lizzy score (62 or 63 if I account for being an early applicant)

 

[Bill Brasky]

I'm adding a category I felt was necessary.

Reach:
Western
UNECOM
CCOM
KCUMB

Schools I have an okay chance at (I think):
Touro CA
PCOM
PCOM-GA
MSU
NYIT
AZCOM
RVU

Schools I have a good chance at (I think):
Touro NY
Nova
Touro NV
LECOM
LECOM-B

Safeties:
No such thing when you have a 3.26c/3.25s and a mediocre year of grad school (also 3.26)

LizzyM: 66.6

I really want to get into MSU (I'm a MI resident), one of the New York schools and one of the CA schools.

 

[sudo]

I'm adding a category I felt was necessary.

Reach:
Western
UNECOM
CCOM
KCUMB

Schools I have an okay chance at (I think):
Touro CA
PCOM
PCOM-GA
MSU
NYIT
AZCOM
RVU

Schools I have a good chance at (I think):
Touro NY
Nova
Touro NV
LECOM
LECOM-B

Safeties:
No such thing when you have a 3.26c/3.25s and a mediocre year of grad school (also 3.26)

LizzyM: 66.6

I really want to get into MSU (I'm a MI resident), one of the New York schools and one of the CA schools.

Mind if I ask what you got on your MCAT?

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[Starry]

Reach schools:

WesternCOMP
KCUMB
TouroCA

Schools that I fall within their averages:

TouroNV
AZCOM
SOMA
LECOM Bradenton
LECOM Erie
NOVA

Schools that I "think" I'm competitive for:

WVSOM
LMU
Marian

My preference is as follows:

WesternCOMP>>>>TouroNV>TouroCA>AZCOM>SOMA>Nova>LECOM's>KCUMB>LMU>WVSOM>Marian

Lizzy score (62 or 63 if I account for being an early applicant)

WesternCOMP Loveeeee 😍 Hope we both make it 😀 would be nice to have a fellow SDN'er 👍

 

[Bill Brasky]

Mind if I ask what you got on your MCAT?

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34M, 13V/10P/11B. Thus the LizzyM of 66.6.

 

[Skeeks]

My Reach Schools;
1.University of Miami
2.University of Utah
3.Creighton University
4.University of Arizona (Phoenix)

Schools I thin I stand a chance at:
1. University of Louisville
2. Western Michigan University
3. Frank Netter SOM (Quinnipiac University)
4. Eastern Virginia University
5. Oklahoma State University
6. PCOM
7. OU-HCOM

Schools I Think I'll get Into:
1. AZCOM
2. DMU
3. KCOM
4. COMP-NW
5. TUNCOM
6. RVUCOM
7. UNECOM
8. PNWU-COM
9. UPike-KYCOM

cGPA 3.55 (AACOMAS) 3.56 (AMCAS) sGPA 3.37 (AACOMAS) 3.38 (AMCAS) and 31M. I just have to put in that extra 0.01 on my amcas grades 🙂
I dont have any safety schools really. I like all of these schools a lot, I am waiting till after interviews to make my final decision.

 

[Anicetus]

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[Starry]

Are you an asian female from a UC undergrad?

No.

 

[Skeeks]

Are you an asian female from a UC undergrad?

No.

buuuuuuurn

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

A lot of really strong applicants applying to DO school. Tbh if your LizzyM is over a 65 you probably should be applying to more MD schools unless you specifically like DO.

 

[Bill Brasky]

A lot of really strong applicants applying to DO school. Tbh if your LizzyM is over a 65 you probably should be applying to more MD schools unless you specifically like DO.

I don't know, the current MSAR is discouraging. I would personally be <10th percentile in all but a handful of MD schools in terms of GPA. I only applied to 4. I'm also really comfortable with osteopathic medicine, too. Being in Michigan, there's practically no difference even in terms of the more competitive specialties with as many DOs as we have here.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I don't know, the current MSAR is discouraging. I would personally be <10th percentile in all but a handful of MD schools in terms of GPA. I only applied to 4. I'm also really comfortable with osteopathic medicine, too. Being in Michigan, there's practically no difference even in terms of the more competitive specialties with as many DOs as we have here.

True enough, but it's just a point I suppose. If your mcat is above a 28 and gpa ~3.5 then apply to a good amount of MD schools along with DO.

 

[Starry]

True enough, but it's just a point I suppose. If your mcat is above a 28 and gpa ~3.5 then apply to a good amount of MD schools along with DO.

I specifically like DO. My cGPA and sGPA are below 3.5 anywho, because of a couple of <3.0 semesters (life problems). Thankfully the rest of my semesters are stronger. 0 grade replacement.

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I have always wondered whether or not DO schools look at applicants with no retakes better than those who did. Then again it's not likely more than 25% of the applicant base is using replacement for to boost their gpa above .2 points.

 

[Temperature101]

Is the calculated Lizzy score (cGPA* 10 + MCAT)? What is a competitive Lizzy score for DO?

 

[Starry]

Is the calculated Lizzy score (cGPA* 10 + MCAT)? What is a competitive Lizzy score for DO?

I thought it was (cGPA* 10 + MCAT) - 1? Can anyone confirm?

 

[Drrrrrr. Celty]

I thought it was (cGPA* 10 + MCAT) - 1? Can anyone confirm?

It's +1 but that only applies if you applied early.