PCOM-GA question

[aliDO]

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So, I know this has been asked before but I was wondering if anybody had some more clarification. I don't have a pre-med committee because I've done post bacc work at another university and they want a pre-med committee from the university granting the degree. I didn't do as well there (hence the post bacc work) and couldn't get a committee letter anyway because it is a year long process. I can have my old advisor write that I was in "good standing," which is what some posts say that's all I need to do. What is the point of this? Obviously if I graduated then I was in "good standing." Is that really all I need? I don't know my old advisor very well and actually thought she was pretty lousy at her job and I told her when I needed to get holds off to register that I didn't really need her advice. I wasn't rude or anything but she messed many people up, like most advisors do. Anybody gone through this?

 

[UNCLori07]

So, I know this has been asked before but I was wondering if anybody had some more clarification. I don't have a pre-med committee because I've done post bacc work at another university and they want a pre-med committee from the university granting the degree. I didn't do as well there (hence the post bacc work) and couldn't get a committee letter anyway because it is a year long process. I can have my old advisor write that I was in "good standing," which is what some posts say that's all I need to do. What is the point of this? Obviously if I graduated then I was in "good standing." Is that really all I need? I don't know my old advisor very well and actually thought she was pretty lousy at her job and I told her when I needed to get holds off to register that I didn't really need her advice. I wasn't rude or anything but she messed many people up, like most advisors do. Anybody gone through this?

I didn't have a pre-med committee at all at my undergrad and still got into school at GA-PCOM. I think I had to have three letters from science faculty or something like that. Since not all schools have a premed committe, there is normally some sort of equivalent that you can submit. Just call admissions and ask what you need to do.

 

[aliDO]

I thought you had to have a committee or advisor letter and that additional science letters will not suffice. Anybody know?

 

[DO824]

I thought you had to have a committee or advisor letter and that additional science letters will not suffice. Anybody know?

Call the admissions office in Philadelphia campus to find out exactly what is the requirement and whether 3 letters fulfill that requirement. You don't want to take that risk and not get your file reviewed by the admisisons committee.

 

[HBKDinobot]

I go to a major college who just got rid of the committee letter this year. I got into PCOM-GA. Most places require 3 letters, 2 science and 1 non-science. I know for PCOM a DO letter is recommended, but not required.

 

[PSU04]

So, I know this has been asked before but I was wondering if anybody had some more clarification. I don't have a pre-med committee because I've done post bacc work at another university and they want a pre-med committee from the university granting the degree. I didn't do as well there (hence the post bacc work) and couldn't get a committee letter anyway because it is a year long process. I can have my old advisor write that I was in "good standing," which is what some posts say that's all I need to do. What is the point of this? Obviously if I graduated then I was in "good standing." Is that really all I need? I don't know my old advisor very well and actually thought she was pretty lousy at her job and I told her when I needed to get holds off to register that I didn't really need her advice. I wasn't rude or anything but she messed many people up, like most advisors do. Anybody gone through this?

I also took post-bacc courses at a college different from the one I graduated from. I had a committee letter produced from my new university and got a separate letter from my advisor at my old college. I sent it all to my medical schools and that sufficed.

 

[aliDO]

Thanks for all the replies! I called the admissions office today and they said to send a letter from either the dean or my advisor that says I was in good standing while there. It doesn't have to be really personal (I told them I didn't know them well, which was what I was concerned about). They said for personal letters I could send individual faculty letters. You would think that by graduating and seeing my transcripts they would know I was in good standing, but whatever floats their boat. I'd really like to go there so I hope my old advisor or dean (who I don't even know who it is) will write something for me.

 

[TexasTriathlete]

Outstanding. Good luck.