Does anyone know anything about this program?
Having a hard time finding a deadline for the Fall 2009 class. Do any of your guys know it by any chance? Thanks in advance.
There is no deadline- they have rolling admissions until the class is filled, so I would apply whenever you have taken your GREs/MCATs, or submit your online app and then send your scores in.
I go to Ga-PCOM, and the program has been really good so far. Really competitive. A good GPA to enter his program would be around 2.75 and up. It also depends on your scores (MCAT=20 and above). Hit me up if you have any more questions.
Hey premedinpa, Do you know how many people they accept usually?
How competitive is it to enter the program, is there many applicants? Thanks for the info..
Hey plausible,
Can you tell us more about the program? How do you like it so far? It there a lot of studying that needs to be done on your own? (The classes don't seem to meet for very long each week) Is there a linkage into PCOM if you do well in the program? And lastly, how good/helpful are the staff and professors?
Thanks in advance.
Just wanted to make sure I understood the program...you guys take all the medical school classes that the DO class does, right? or do you skip any? also, is it possible to get a masters degree from all this?
i think its all the med school classes basically, but you don't go too in depth into them. You CAN make it into a master's degree by adding a year of research. So the first year is biomed (med school classes) and then you can apply to med school, or you can go onto second year in the same program which is just research and apply again to med school, or dental school or get into a PhD program. But I was wondering, what kinda job would you get by just getting a regular 2 year masters from there?
Are the classes taken separately from the med students?
so what other opporutinities are available besides getting into DO or MD school after the Biomed program (the full 2 years), like just in case you don't get into either, sorry to sound pessimistic but I just want to know that those 2 years and all that money don't go to waste
de_la_soul said:could you elaborate a bit further about how you don't go too in depth in the med school classes? that doesn't hurt the reputation of the program does it?
plausible,
Why did you choose the philly school over the georgia school? Any significant differences in acceptances from the biomed program? I'm also curious as to how many people with 3.5s didn't actually get acceptances after an interview. I was under the impression that if you had a 3.5 you were sitting pretty with an offer of acceptance.!
I think you are right to say that they are just probably labeled differently. I can't imagine that the classes would be drastically different. If you pull up a link for the GA biomed course descriptions, I can try to take a stab at the differences.I just looked at the catalog for PCOM, and the courses are different for the two certificate programs. The philly classes look more like medical classes. does anyone know if they use the same books, and if the courses are actually similar and just labeled differently?
I wouldn't hesitate to call them or email them to check on the status of your application. Let us know how it goes.Did anyone get an acceptance yet to the Philadelphia location? I applied back in December and have heard back from other schools but not from here yet
does anyone know if they use the same books, and if the courses are actually similar and just labeled differently?
I think if I read correctly, you can for the Biomed sciences, also marticulate in spring or summer semester?
Hi All-
I posted this in another thread, but thought it'd be put to good use here too:
I did the biomed program for 1 year and am now a first year DO Student. There are 6 others from my biomed class (a class of approx 55 students) in the DO class of 2012, as well as 2 others who came in after completing the 2nd year of the Biomed program. Several others from my biomed class are first years at other programs, both MD and DO.
Tuition was about $18,000 for the year.
If you were to start the biomed program in August, you'd probably get interviewed in February or so (to matriculate in Aug 2010). Pretty much everyone got interviewed, even the guy who never came to class and didn't have a snowball's chance. They did not accept anyone from our class until after the second term's grades were done in early March (I was accepted Mid-March), but this practice seems to have changed, as several of this years biomeds were accepted before grades came out. I suspect they changed this because there were others in our class who were excellent students, but went elsewhere because they were accepted earlier in the cycle and sent in deposits b/c they did not want to screw around waiting on GA-PCOM. I almost ended up at Nova because of this--I'm glad I didn't.
As far as stats for entrance into the biomed program go:
I had a 2.75 GPA. Most of the damage had been done some time ago. I was out of school, came back for 3 semesters, and had done very well. My MCAT score was really good. There were several other people I knew of with sub 3.0 GPAs, I think their MCATs were mid 20's. I got a 4.0 in the biomed program, and got to know my teachers, who also happen to be on the admissions committee. One of them really went to bat for me to get me into the DO program.
The biomed program is a great foot in the door to med school-I'm not sure I would have gotten in anywhere without it. Had I waited until this cycle to apply (with a full year of good grades at PCOM on my app), I'm sure I would have had a lot more interviews/acceptances than I did get. Last year's second year Biomeds got into some great programs. The program gives you a big leg up for anatomy in the first term. After that, you're in the deep end with everyone else, although I think this years biomed class got a taste of biochem.
If you need to buff your app, the program is a good way to go. Just make sure to DO WELL. A post-bacc can get you into school, but a poor performance would be a big nail in your coffin. I'd also check out Drexel's IMS program-I was waitlisted due to a tardy MCAT score, but from my research, you were pretty much guaranteed an in at Drexel if you performed in that program. The deadline is in April for that one, I believe.
Hope this answers y'alls (yeah, I really said y'all) questions.
Best of luck, and congrats to those that have been/will be accepted. See you in August.
I had a 2.75 GPA.
Wait was that a cumulative GPA or a science GPA??
2.75 was cumulative. Science was similar. I think my AACOMAS may have been ever so slightly higher.
I just looked at the PCOM catalog. I forgot I got one during orientation. I'm looking at the Georgia curriculum right now and here are some differences I have noticed from the course descriptions. You can also goto http://www.pcom.edu/Academic_Programs/catalogs/08-09_Catalog.pdf to look at the catalog yourself. The Biomed class descriptions for PA, followed by GA start on page 139.
Human Gross Anatomy
While it is listed in PA that we study radiographs, this isn't true. Everything else in the PA description is true. I think the biggest difference between PA and GA seems to be that PA's lab is based on OMS1 dissected cadavers vs. GA's plasinated specimens. Also, the anatomy taught at PA is very much regional based.
Basic concepts in biomedical modeling
This is a course that PA doesn't have, only in GA.
Human Physiology & Neuroscience
I start these classes on thrusday. From reading the discription, it looks like GA's physiology class is more lecture based. PA has a lab that goes with physiology.
Microscopic anatomy and embryology
We don't have embryology in PA, but I wish we did.
Biochemistry, cellular, and molecular biology
This course in GA sounds very similar to the one in PA
The differences aren't significant as I thought, but there are some slight ones. I really wish PA had a non-thesis track like GA for the masters.