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Is it weird that I just got an interview offer but never submitted a secondary or the deposit here? Like I submitted the primary but nothing else. Weird.
I didn't even know that was possible.Is it weird that I just got an interview offer but never submitted a secondary or the deposit here? Like I submitted the primary but nothing else. Weird.
It is like the waitlist so when there is no rejection outright there is always hope and they do not rank so not sure what the defining factor is in finally accepting someoneMy friend was put on "hold." Does anyone know what that means? And chances for acceptance ?
I hate youIs it weird that I just got an interview offer but never submitted a secondary or the deposit here? Like I submitted the primary but nothing else. Weird.
Starts 8/10When is orientation for new students? Can't find academic calendar.
Here are some recent updates that you guys probably won't care about for 2 years, but you should.
They gave us 2 weeks for dedicated study time for boards, which is absurdly low. The spring term as a second year has mandatory class every day until early May; we're required to take Step 1 before June 6. The classes do very little to prepare you for boards (Anatomy and CMBM aren't bad, but our systems curriculum does not line up with universal Step 1 resources, and sometimes contradict them).
As for board prep, they force us to do mandatory Combank quizzes every week that are utterly useless, since most of us use better resources. Combank is the least accurate, ****tiest question bank. Their reasoning is ambiguous and confusing. During spring term, we have mandatory question sets from Combank to do every day. That takes time away from doing things like actually learning Physiology, Microbiology, Pharmacology, and development - things our school does not teach us adequately. 50 Questions from Combank means 50 fewer questions from UWorld.
It's still a good school, but DEMAND better when you're a first year. Take class elections seriously, and pick people that will actually fight for your student body.
I hope you guys are doing something about this.
2 weeks is insane.
This is pretty scary news. Did your class representatives do anything? Did they push for change? How did previous years do on COMLEX and USMLE (for those who took it)?We're ******. We bugged our class president for a year, since they sit on the curriculum committee. The administration is completely out of touch with reality.
For example, we're not excused from these mandatory events for USMLE because "it isn't a focus". Meaning, COMLEX is our licensing exam, and USMLE is extraneous. Considering the merger leaves so many unknowns in the future, this proves our administration is completely incompetent and unfit to run a medical school.
We have too many PhD's running the school that are completely unaware with what is important to medical students. They try to blame all 270 of us instead of the 3-4 people that make the decisions.
When did you interview?Forgot to post. I was accepted!! 28 mcat 3.8 gpa
The first month is now a didactic month to teach the things they failed to teach us during the first 2 years. They got rid of the 3rd year elective, which pretty much lets you do anything. If you think you might apply for IM at Hospital X, but you already did IM at Hospital Y, now you'll have to wait until 4th year and hopefully get it before interviews. Doing it third year let's you meet some of the residents and attendings and build up a relationship over time.
See above. It's not a bad thing, they're just really bad at scheduling everything; courses, tests, rotations, etc.
Dumb question, but I've never had to get my own place before
How soon before August should I start looking for apartments in earnest and signing a lease ?
December 8thWhen did you interview?
Boy is this process emotionally draining...
II THIS MORNING!!!!
Congratulations! When were you complete?Boy is this process emotionally draining...
II THIS MORNING!!!!
Thanks and congrats to you @jsx1! Supplemental sent and received by PCOM on 8/7, complete a bit after.Congratulations! When were you complete?
Thanks and congrats to you @jsx1! Supplemental sent and received by PCOM on 8/7, complete a bit after.
Can you please expand on what you mean by "really bad at scheduling everything...."? Examples are useful.
Whoa.It's so pervasive throughout. This is going to sound like ranting, but they are just specific examples.
Lectures:
8AM: Pathology of X
10AM: Physiology of X
(You should really learn how something works before learning how it breaks)
Example from this week:
8AM eMail telling half the class they have to be at lab at 1 for presentations, giving the presenters lunch to prepare
10:30AM: eMail telling the class that they made a mistake, and it's the other half that has the lab.
But it's worse than just ******* with your day-to-day.
They move Surgery (easiest class) to the Fall up from the Spring semester to give us more time to study for boards. They didn't plan ahead enough and ended up pushing neuro (our hardest class) further into the Spring semester. They ended up "fixing" it once enough of us complained, but now we have 3 days of class, then 2 finals in a row, then Spring Break, followed by another final the day we get back. Most people use spring break to prep for boards.
"Schedule your USMLE/COMLEX" ... 2 weeks later... "Don't schedule them on these dates, if you did, tough **** and pay to reschedule".
I digress.
Again, it's still a good school, and you're going to find similar **** anywhere you go, but PCOM puts it on a different level. Just avoid being dependent on them at all costs and you'll enjoy your stay.
It's so pervasive throughout. This is going to sound like ranting, but they are just specific examples.
Lectures:
8AM: Pathology of X
10AM: Physiology of X
(You should really learn how something works before learning how it breaks)
Example from this week:
8AM eMail telling half the class they have to be at lab at 1 for presentations, giving the presenters lunch to prepare
10:30AM: eMail telling the class that they made a mistake, and it's the other half that has the lab.
But it's worse than just ******* with your day-to-day.
They move Surgery (easiest class) to the Fall up from the Spring semester to give us more time to study for boards. They didn't plan ahead enough and ended up pushing neuro (our hardest class) further into the Spring semester. They ended up "fixing" it once enough of us complained, but now we have 3 days of class, then 2 finals in a row, then Spring Break, followed by another final the day we get back. Most people use spring break to prep for boards.
"Schedule your USMLE/COMLEX" ... 2 weeks later... "Don't schedule them on these dates, if you did, tough **** and pay to reschedule".
I digress.
Again, it's still a good school, and you're going to find similar **** anywhere you go, but PCOM puts it on a different level. Just avoid being dependent on them at all costs and you'll enjoy your stay.
If you're rejected pre-interview, will it be updated to say so on the portal? Or will we just be notified by email? Is there a point in checking the portal until you have an interview?
Trying to figure out different portal systems for some of these med schools...
So then how do you know if you're rejected? The one time I called, I was told to just check the website. How frustrating :/.If I remember from last cycle, I don't think I ever received a rejection letter. They also definitely do not update that portal after your file is complete.
So then how do you know if you're rejected? The one time I called, I was told to just check the website. How frustrating :/.
Me either. I just checked my portal and everything is blank in the status column.My portal doesn't even show that I received an interview...
Me either. I just checked my portal and everything is blank in the status column.
I am trying to find out stats on how many interviews PCOM gives out to students. The AACOM Info Book doesn't give as much detailed information as MSAR does on acceptance stats. Any ideas on how to find this?
Also what is the interview day like? I know multiple people interview at once, but how long do they typically take? How long are you on campus?
I am trying to find out stats on how many interviews PCOM gives out to students. The AACOM Info Book doesn't give as much detailed information as MSAR does on acceptance stats. Any ideas on how to find this?
Also what is the interview day like? I know multiple people interview at once, but how long do they typically take? How long are you on campus?
When can we expect to be done? I'm planning on heading out that day but would stay another night so I don't have to travel at night.I'm not sure on the stats for interviews. But for your other question, the interview day consists of either breakfast/lunch, a tour, a fin aid presentation, and then interviews. Typically takes about 4 hours if you're the last person to interview. Interviews can last up to 30 minutes, I believe.
They note somewhere that they don't update status, they do send out something to everyone who did not get an interview but they don't do pre interview rejection.Me either. I just checked my portal and everything is blank in the status column.
When can we expect to be done? I'm planning on heading out that day but would stay another night so I don't have to travel at night.
I applied pretty late; application completed on Jan 16.
Any idea about when I might get an ii from them?
3.5 gpa / 3.4 sgpa / 24 mcat
I applied pretty late; application completed on Jan 16.
Any idea about when I might get an ii from them?
3.5 gpa / 3.4 sgpa / 24 mcat
Get everything prepared and you might be okay for next cycle. MCAT is a bit low for this school though
I don't think the split really matters here. Pcom gets so many apps and this is also very late. There is no way they are going to interview someone with a 24.What was the breakdown of your mcat? I think this will matter if you are deciding whether your score is good neighbor not. An 8-8-8 is much different from a 12-5-7. Just my opinion though.
I heard through the grapevine about some possible 'linkage' between the PCOM MS post-bacc & the PCOM DO program. Does anyone else know details behind this? The website doesn't really say anything, but I've heard about a linkage multiple times.
When I interviewed at PCOM a little while ago we were told that we would receive a decision by mail within 5 weeks. Does anyone know if that also notify students by email?
When I interviewed at PCOM a little while ago we were told that we should receive a decision by mail within 5 weeks. Does anyone know if they also notify students by email?
EDIT: Changed "would receive" to "should receive"