Rocky Vista University (RVUCOM) Discussion Thread 2015 - 2016

[denverfotomed]

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Can someone tell me how many tickets we get for the white coat ceremony? My family would like to start making plans. Thanks.

You'll get an email from the school stating the official date/time/location and instructions on how to request tickets. I was able to get 5 for myself, while others got more or less as needed. Seating is limited to reply early once you get the instructions to do so.

 

[Isotopes]

What do current students think about the area surrounding the school/ Parker in general? Are you happy there?

 

[Ioannes Paulus]

Does anyone have any information about the pre-matriculation course? I'm trying to figure out how soon I need to move.

 

[odette115]

Finally got admitted Monday morning! So psyched to start school in the fall! 😀

I've been cruising around room pages but anyone have suggestions to figure out housing? I'll be moving from California, and don't know anyone in the area; would you guys suggest flying over to see apartments first before moving, or would it be doable to just make a one-drive trip to Colorado and get settled then? I'm still not sure if I want to move a majority of my items or just make the drive and purchase everything there. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

🙂 Thanks!!

 

[denverfotomed]

Does anyone have any information about the pre-matriculation course? I'm trying to figure out how soon I need to move.

The pre-matriculation course is typically M-F the week before orientation week.

 

[achs16]

The pre-matriculation course is typically M-F the week before orientation week.

What is the pre-matriculation course? I don't remember hearing about it.

 

[denverfotomed]

What is the pre-matriculation course? I don't remember hearing about it.

Check your RVU portal - you might have a new Tab with information about it. I honestly have no idea if they're still offering the course. I assume they are since someone else in this thread asked about it. You can also email admissions about it if you have any questions/interest in it.

 

[alijen]

Check your RVU portal - you might have a new Tab with information about it. I honestly have no idea if they're still offering the course. I assume they are since someone else in this thread asked about it. You can also email admissions about it if you have any questions/interest in it.

The course will be offered again this year. Additional information regarding the prematriculation course will be added to the portal soon.

 

[Dexter0410]

On that note... Are they ever going to get back to us on the financial aid stuff. I feel like it's been forever lol


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[Bfowler_15]

My heart skipped a beat this morning when I saw the call from "303." I am proud to say that I will be joining the RVU Family this fall!

 

[sharpstickie]

My heart skipped a beat this morning when I saw the call from "303." I am proud to say that I will be joining the RVU Family this fall!

YAY

 

[sparkydb3]

Have all the recent acceptances been off the APS list?

Has anyone heard if they will be pulling from the regular wait list this year?

 

[alijen]

Have all the recent acceptances been off the APS list?

Has anyone heard if they will be pulling from the regular wait list this year?

All recent acceptances have been from the APS list. However the first couple acceptances from the alternate list will go out today.

 

[Flutterjade]

Finally got admitted Monday morning! So psyched to start school in the fall! 😀

I've been cruising around room pages but anyone have suggestions to figure out housing? I'll be moving from California, and don't know anyone in the area; would you guys suggest flying over to see apartments first before moving, or would it be doable to just make a one-drive trip to Colorado and get settled then? I'm still not sure if I want to move a majority of my items or just make the drive and purchase everything there. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!!

🙂 Thanks!!

Hey! So there have been a lot of posts on the Facebook page recently with current 2nd or 3rd years that have available space, or some 1st years are rooming together. I believe at one of the places I looked at, the tenants had previously done a Skype/Facetime walk-through hahah. If you have the funds and you set up dates to see the potential apartments/houses, then I think it would be beneficial to see more of the area, but if you are strapped on time and money, I think most people can be accommodating to you as mentioned with the virtual tour.

 

[sharpstickie]

For anyone wanting info about the pre-matriculation course, there's a new tab at myvista.rvu.edu

 

[Dexter0410]

On that note... Are they ever going to get back to us on the financial aid stuff. I feel like it's been forever lol


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I emailed them a couple days ago. They said they're hoping to have the financial aid portal up in the next 1-2 weeks. Just for others who were wondering


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[Ioannes Paulus]

For financial aid, as long as you've sent your FAFSA, you're fine. That's the most important part.

 

[Dexter0410]

I've sent it. Lol I guess just want to get it all done and over with


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[Ioannes Paulus]

I called financial aid and that's what they told me. They said we'll get more correspondance once we get our emails set up. For now they just need your FAFSA.

I've sent it. Lol I guess just want to get it all done and over with


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[Dexter0410]

Any news on white coat ceremony dates? Trying to get plans together for family.


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[sharpstickie]

Any news on white coat ceremony dates? Trying to get plans together for family.


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Pretty sure it's July 22nd but don't quote me on that.

 

[Guest999]

Anyone know when RVU will release its match list?

 

[Dexter0410]

Did tabs disappear from anyone else's portal??


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[Ioannes Paulus]

Did tabs disappear from anyone else's portal??


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They come and go. Get used to it.

 

[achs16]

Did tabs disappear from anyone else's portal??


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Same here.

 

[Haxx]

Here's the class of 2016's Match list. Sorry if I messed up the formatting.

AOA
ANESTHESIOLOGY
McLaren Greater Lansing, Lansing, MI

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY
Doctors Hospital, Columbus, OH

EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Desert Regional MC, Palm Springs, CA
Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta, OH
Mercy Health-Hackley Campus, Muskegon, MI
Botsford Hospital, Farmington Hills, MI
Grandview Hospital & MC, Dayton, OH
Doctors Hospital, Columbus, OH
Good Samaritan Hospital and MC, West Islip, NY

ENT (PGY2)
(PGY2)Oklahoma State University

FAMILY MEDICINE
Via Christi Regional MC, Wichita, KS
Skagit Regional Health, Mount Vernon, WA
Bryn Mawr Hospital, Broomall, PA
Via Christi Regional MC, Wichita, KS
Via Christi Regional MC, Wichita, KS
Alaska FM/Providence Anchorage, AK
St. Anthony Hospital, Oklahoma City, OK
Bay Area Corpus Christi MC, CC, TX
Peak Vista Community Health Centers, CS, CO
University of WI Dept of FM, Madison, WI
MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, IL
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital, Somerset, KY
Mercy Health, Muskegon, MI
Greenbrier Valley MC, Ronceverte, WV. Originally matched to Integris Bass Baptist HC, Enid, OK
Texoma Medical Center, Denison, TX

GENERAL SURGERY
Botsford Hospital, Farmington Hills, MI
CarePoint Health-Bayonne MC, Bayonne, NJ
Genesys Regional MC-Health Park, Grand Blanc, MI
UPMC Horizon, Farrell, PA

INTERNAL MEDICINE
Sky Ridge MC, Lone Tree, CO
Sky Ridge MC, Lone Tree, CO
Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals, MEP, Clinton Township, MI
Idaho Physicians Clinic, Blackfoot, ID
Palmetto General Hospital, Hialeah, FL
Skagit Regional Health, Mount Vernon, WA
Sky Ridge MC, Lone Tree, CO
Larkin Community Hospital, South Miami, FL
Swedish Covenant Hospital, Chicago, IL
Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals, MEP, Clinton Township, MI

OB/GYN
McLaren Greater Lansing, Lansing, MI
Botsford Hospital, Farmington Hills, MI
Palisades MC, North Bergen, NJ
Mercy St. Vincent, University of Toledo, Ohio

OTOLARYNGOLOGY/FACIAL PS
St. Elizabeth Boardman Hospital, Boardman, OH

OPHTHALMOLOGY
Larkin Community Hospital, South Miami, FL

ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
Good Samaritan Regional MC, Corvallis, OR
Plainview Hospital, Plainview, NY
Valley Consortium for Medical Education, Modesto, CA
Oklahoma State University MC, Tulsa, OK
Community Memorial Health System, Ventura, CA
Community Memorial Health System, Ventura, CA
Oklahoma State University MC, Tulsa, OK
PEDIATRICS
Edward W. Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI
PSYCHIATRY
Centerstone of Florida, Bradenton, FL

TRI
Orange Regional Medical Center in Middletown, NY
Sky Ridge MC, Lone Tree, CO
Southampton Hospital, Southampton, NY
Nassau University MC, East Meadow, NY
Sampson Regional MC, Clinton, NC
Captial Region Medical Center, Jefferson City, MO
Southampton Hospital, Southampton, NY
Sky Ridge MC, Lone Tree, CO
Aront Ogden MC, Elmira, New York
Sampson Regional MC, Clinton, NC

ACGME

ANESTHESIOLOGY
University Hospitals, Jackson, MS
U of CO SOM, Denver (PGY1, Prelim Surg, St Joseph Hospital SCL Health-CO
Cedars-Sinai MC, LA, CA
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
U of IA Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
U Florida COM, Jacksonville, FL (PGY1, Prelim Surgery, St. Jospeph Hospital SCL Health, CO
U of Kansas SOM, Kansas City, KS
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY
U of NE MC, Omaha, NE (TY at Providence Sacred Heart MC, Spokane, WA)
Henry Ford HSC, Detroit, MI
Providence Sacred Heart MC, Spokane, WA
Baystate MC, Springfield, MA

EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Western Michigan U, Stryker SOM, Kalamazoo, MI
U of KY MC, Lexington, KY
St. Louis U SOM, St. Louis, MO
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
U of IL, St. Francis MC, Peoria, IL
U of Arkansas, Little Rock

FAMILY MEDICINE
Hidalgo Medical Services, Silver City, NM
University of MO, KC Programs, Kansas City, KS
U of CO, Rose FM, Denver
U of Tennessee COM, Knoxville, TN
Ft Collins FM, FC, CO
St. Mary Corwin, Pueblo, Co
St. Mary Corwin, Pueblo, Co
Montana FM, Billings, MT
Central Iowa Health System, Des Moines, IA
Clarkson FM Residency, Omaha, NE
Rapid City Regional Hospital, RC, SD
Loyola University MC, Cook County-Loyola-Provident, Chicago, IL
Texas Tech U affiliated, Amarillo, TX

GENERAL SURGERY
Baylor University MC, Dallas TX
St. Joseph Hospital SCL Health, Denver CO

PRELIM SURGERY
St. Joseph Mercy, Oakland, MI
U of Tennessee COM, Mephis
University Hospitals, Columbia, MO
Carilion Clinic, Virgian Tech Carilion SOM, Roanoke, VA

INTERNAL MEDICINE
U of Chicago MC, Chicago, IL
Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL
St. Joseph Hospital HCL Health, Denver CO
U of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX
St. Joseph Hospital HCL Health, Denver CO
U of KY MC, Lexington, KY
St. Joseph Hospital HCL Health, Denver CO
U of Arkansas, Fayetteville Community Programs, Fayetteville, AR
Mercy Medical Center, Des Moines, IA
OB/GYN
U of KS SOM, Wichita, KS
Akron General MC, NEOMED, Akron OH
Danbury Hosptial, Danbury, CT
U of CT SOM, Farmington, CT
St. Joseph Hospital HCL Health, Denver CO

PATHOLOGY
U of Kansas, Kansas City
Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, CO
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland OH

PEDIATRICS
NYMC, Westchester MC, Valhalla, NY
Dartmouth-Hitchcock MC, Lebanon, NH
U of Arkansas, Little Rock
University of NE MC, Omaha, NE
University of MN Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
U of Tennessee COM, Memphis, TN
University of NE MC, Omaha, NE
U of TX Medical School, Houston, TX
LSU SOM, New Orleans, LA
U of NM SOM, Albuquerque, NM
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
U of New Mexico SOM, Albuquerque, NM
U of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN

INTERNAL MEDICINE/PEDIATRICS
Grand Rapids Medical Ed Partners, Grand Rapids, MI
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY
McLaren Regional MC, Flint, MI

PSYCHIATRY
Palmetto Health Richland, Columbia, SC
U of CO SOM, Denver
Maine MC, Portland Maine

Military

Air Force
Internal Medicine Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi
Internal Medicine San Antonio (SAMMC)
Internal Medicine San Antonio (SAMMC)
General Surgery Travis AFB/UC Davis
Wants EM Civilian deferred
Family Medicine Offutt AFB, Omaha, NE
Emergency Medicine San Antonio (SAMMC)

Army
Internal Medicine Tripler, Hawaii
Orthopedic Surgery Madigan Army MC
Pediatrics Tripler, Hawaii
Emergency Medicine Darnall Military MC
Transitional Year Eisenhower Army MC, Augusta, GA
Transitional Year William Beaumont AMC, El Paso

Navy
Internal Medicine Navy MC, Portsmouth, VA
Transitional Year NMC, Bethesda, Maryland
Family Medicine Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, CA
Transitional Year Navy MC, Portsmouth, VA

 

[sharpstickie]

Dang that's a good mix of specialties.

 

[Ioannes Paulus]

I can't believe school is starting in 48 days. I haven't even started looking at housing yet.

 

[Dexter0410]

So i kindof really need a set date for white coat ceremony as family is trying to ask off for work for it. It's coming up pretty soon


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[Ioannes Paulus]

So i kindof really need a set date for white coat ceremony as family is trying to ask off for work for it. It's coming up pretty soon


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July 22
You can call the office and they will confirm it for you.

 

[denverfotomed]

New news everyone, RVU has just gained and opened applications to their brand-new Masters of Biomedical Sciences program.
If interested, you can read more about it at these two links:
Article: http://www.rvu.edu/news/rocky-vista-university-offer-master-science-biomedical-sciences-program/
Program Details: http://www.rvu.edu/academics/msbs/

 

[Isotopes]

New news everyone, RVU has just gained and opened applications to their brand-new Masters of Biomedical Sciences program.
If interested, you can read more about it at these two links:
Article: http://www.rvu.edu/news/rocky-vista-university-offer-master-science-biomedical-sciences-program/
Program Details: http://www.rvu.edu/academics/msbs/

Do you know if RVU will construct more buildings since they are also opening up a PA program?

 

[denverfotomed]

Do you know if RVU will construct more buildings since they are also opening up a PA program?

I don't know what their plans are for the PA school. If they're going to construct more buildings, I think they would release that news closer to 2018. Just like they recently released the news regarding construction of the new Utah campus.

 

[Isotopes]

How far along is everyone on their Hep B booster series?

 

[sharpstickie]

How far along is everyone on their Hep B booster series?

The classic nonreactive.

 

[Isotopes]

The classic nonreactive.

Did you get your boosters then? I am still waiting to get my 3rd booster.

 

[sharpstickie]

Did you get your boosters then? I am still waiting to get my 3rd booster.

I think I get my third booster at the beginning of July.

 

[Dexter0410]

Lol I've actually been struggling with mumps going for titer #3 in a week


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[Isotopes]

I think I get my third booster at the beginning of July.

Was yours 5 months between booster #2 and #3?

 

[Ioannes Paulus]

Lol I've actually been struggling with mumps going for titer #3 in a week


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Same here. This will be my third titer. I don't think I will pass by the time school starts. I've already let them know.
My insurance isn't covering these titers and they are really expensive.

 

[Dexter0410]

Same here. This will be my third titer. I don't think I will pass by the time school starts. I've already let them know.
My insurance isn't covering these titers and they are really expensive.

Mine has been. My dr writes an order for one with a dx code for like school well visit or something


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[sharpstickie]

Was yours 5 months between booster #2 and #3?

I believe you only need to wait 8 weeks between #2&3

 

[Isotopes]

I believe you only need to wait 8 weeks between #2&3

Hmm, my doctor told me 5 months. 🙁

 

[sharpstickie]

Hmm, my doctor told me 5 months. 🙁

That's quite odd. I've just been getting it from the Walmart pharmacy lol

 

[Ioannes Paulus]

Asking for a friend: Does anyone know if there is any movement from the waitlist?

 

[PhageA]

Asking for a friend: Does anyone know if there is any movement from the waitlist?

There has been movement. I was taken off the waitlist around the second week of May.

 

[Ioannes Paulus]

There has been movement. I was taken off the waitlist around the second week of May.

That's more than a month ago haha
I'm just going to assume that it's over, especially considering that school starts in 3 weeks

 

[costans]

Hi, I wanted to see if there's anybody that has been accepted into the MSBS program? I just received my acceptance Friday, and I was hoping to figure out some of the faces I'll get to know over the next year!

 

[Bfowler_15]

Hi, I wanted to see if there's anybody that has been accepted into the MSBS program? I just received my acceptance Friday, and I was hoping to figure out some of the faces I'll get to know over the next year!

CONGRATS COSTANS! Im not in the MSBS program, but I'm sure I will see you around campus. Good luck!

 

[Higherprimate]

Are there any RVU students that are married and have kids? I am a KCU student and I'm considering moving to Denver for my rotations. I was hoping I could possibly chat with some RVU students that have families and find out any information concerning housing, schools, cost of living etc....... Hopefully I hear back from somebody. Thanks