New Year, New Thread!!! Discuss Away!!!
I am applying here. I am hoping for an early interview so I don't have to worry for a whole year.....
Same, they're probably my number one choice. I love the location!
does this school have an instate/regional preference?
does this school have an instate/regional preference?
"academic advisor, dean or department chair from the undergraduate degree-granting institution
(Please note that this is the only required letter, however, we will accept additional letters from other sources)."
Any previous applicants have any insight to this requirment for PCOM? My college has a few thousand people and I don't think I ever met the dean, how am I supposed to ask for a letter?
Nevermind, I negelected the part that said from one of the following sources. Excuse my ignorance, just woke up (I really sleep in when I don't have work).
"academic advisor, dean or department chair from the undergraduate degree-granting institution
(Please note that this is the only required letter, however, we will accept additional letters from other sources)."
Any previous applicants have any insight to this requirment for PCOM? My college has a few thousand people and I don't think I ever met the dean, how am I supposed to ask for a letter?
LOR question: It doesn't say on the schools website that letters have to be sent via a specific method and my school is giving me a hard time about submitting letters via Interfolio so do you think they would let me send the "dean's letter" directly to them from the school?
As long as it's sent from the school and sealed I doubt it would be a problem..
You have to be more specific.Does anybody know what the clinicals are like at PCOM? Any OMS-3 or OMS-4 that would like to put in some input?
You have to be more specific.
There is a lottery system to determine what order your rotations will be in (12 different orders). Your group then does a rank list amongst itself (21-22 people) and your clinicals are decided that way. You can stay in Philadelphia both 3rd and 4th year if you do well at the lottery and rank list. You will have to do a rural rotation fourth year. It can be as close as 30 mins away up to 4 hours away.
It must be the same for most of the DO and Caribbean schools. I don't recall exactly but heard about the same from others, too.Interesting... so it is up to the luck of the draw...
For the order, yes, but I got for the most part my top 1-3 choices for each rotation site.
There is a lottery system to determine what order your rotations will be in (12 different orders). Your group then does a rank list amongst itself (21-22 people) and your clinicals are decided that way. You can stay in Philadelphia both 3rd and 4th year if you do well at the lottery and rank list. You will have to do a rural rotation fourth year. It can be as close as 30 mins away up to 4 hours away.
There is a lottery system to determine what order your rotations will be in (12 different orders). Your group then does a rank list amongst itself (21-22 people) and your clinicals are decided that way. You can stay in Philadelphia both 3rd and 4th year if you do well at the lottery and rank list. You will have to do a rural rotation fourth year. It can be as close as 30 mins away up to 4 hours away.
. . .
deutsch - from what i gathered it seems to be around about $65k with tuition, liviing expenses, etc...but that is pretty rough to say the least
Everyone does 2 months of surgery, IM, IM selective (subspecialty), cardiology, FM/OMM, FM, Peds, Psych, OB/GYN, elective and Advanced Clinical Skills/Radiology. There is a set order, with each group starting on a different rotation. There are 12 groups.Could you elaborate on what the groups are?
No. But you could commute to every rotation for the most part. Rural rotations fourth year are far away for the most part, but there are a few close ones.Are there exceptions for students with kids/families?
Everyone does 2 months of surgery, IM, IM selective (subspecialty), cardiology, FM/OMM, FM, Peds, Psych, OB/GYN, elective and Advanced Clinical Skills/Radiology. There is a set order, with each group starting on a different rotation. There are 12 groups.
Thanks. Wow, that's much lower than all of the other programs, undercut only by TCOM (Texas). Can any current students verify this rough estimate?
I know. I wish the other programs kept that $224k cap in mind. I have about $80k in private loans and $21k in federal loans from undergrad. I simply can't afford the $300k+ cost of attendance at some of these schools.no problem. but that is also how much you are capped out at when it comes to financial aid from the government, so i think that also holds some weight on that estimate as well.
Anyone get the secondary yet?
Negative, my primary still hasn't been downloaded yet. I'm still "Sorry could not find file at tis time."
Negative, my primary still hasn't been downloaded yet. I'm still "Sorry could not find file at tis time."
Dont worry about that it seems like a server issue
Yea same here. I didn't know that meant the school hadn't gotten it yet.
It may not but I read on some thread that your completed application will be available for you to view/download after the schools have downloaded it.
mdny said he called last week and they said schools will begin downloading Wednesday. http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=922521
Also, these were in the handbook:
"Once your application has been verified and released, you will be able to view your calculated GPA through the status check link available after logging onto the application service. The release date is the date the application is made available for your chosen schools to download your application. Some schools take a few days to download files from AACOMAS."
"A copy of your verified Application and the Applicant Profile is released to your designated colleges. Once an application has been processed, applicants may continue to view their applications online."
ahaha i called today to confirm as well.
they told me the error message we're getting was a test run that by this friday, we should be able to see the actual thing.
gluck guys
Nice feedback, thanksahaha i called today to confirm as well.
they told me the error message we're getting was a test run that by this friday, we should be able to see the actual thing.
gluck guys
Hey everyone, I know this was discussed previously but I just wanted to make sure. Is a letter from the pre-health committee/advisor required? Because I've known a few people who've gotten interviews without having a letter from their committee or the academic dean...
What does it mean? Anything below 27 mcat wasn't accepted?sgpa 3.4 mcat 27
What does it mean? Anything below 27 mcat wasn't accepted?
3.4 and a MCAT 27 is the average of accepted applicants acording to drrichand1