TUCOM CA Discussion Thread 2010-2011

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DrDOit said:
I paid my $2000 deposit when I was accepted back in October and recently sent in my transcript. I know that Vallejo isn't the best place to live in, so I am assuming living on Mare Island would be the best option? Also, should I look into how to pay for my medical education right now such as setting up loans?

For the current students, what did you guys do to prepare for your matriculation at TUCOM???
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I believe you can file your FAFSA now 👍
 
To current students, do we need to purchase medical instruments prior to starting classes (stethoscope, tuning forks, etc)? I remember at my NSU interview they said all incoming students are required to have their own medical tools, so I'm wondering if TUCOM is the same.
 
To current students:

Do any of you commute from Fairfield? I am looking into that possibility since my significant other works in Davis and we are thinking about living between MI and Davis so we can live with one another.

How long is the commute from Fairfield to MI and MI to Fairfield during morning traffic, middle of the day, and rush hour? Thanks!
 
RichterBelmont said:
To current students:

Do any of you commute from Fairfield? I am looking into that possibility since my significant other works in Davis and we are thinking about living between MI and Davis so we can live with one another.

How long is the commute from Fairfield to MI and MI to Fairfield during morning traffic, middle of the day, and rush hour? Thanks!
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That commute isn't bad at all. Maybe 10-15 to get into Vallejo, and maybe 25-30 door to door to get to Touro.
 
Just went through the interview today and I believe it went pretty well! The adcom will be meeting on thursday, so I'll have my results by Friday!!
Dr. Haight also mentioned that they are still in phase 1 as you SDN'ers have told me, I hope it stays that way for the rest of you interviewing soon!
 
RichterBelmont said:
To current students:

Do any of you commute from Fairfield? I am looking into that possibility since my significant other works in Davis and we are thinking about living between MI and Davis so we can live with one another.

How long is the commute from Fairfield to MI and MI to Fairfield during morning traffic, middle of the day, and rush hour? Thanks!
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There are a handful of my classmates who commute from Fairfield and Dixon. It's not a terrible commute, but you have to remember people are going from the Valley to the Bay for work, so it might get congested.
 
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Sinfest said:
To current students, do we need to purchase medical instruments prior to starting classes (stethoscope, tuning forks, etc)? I remember at my NSU interview they said all incoming students are required to have their own medical tools, so I'm wondering if TUCOM is the same.
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You'll have a day where you meet with sales reps and there are packages set up with different companies for you to purchase your equipment once school starts. Some students, however, choose to purchase their own equipment which may be cheaper, but what's nice about having the same equipment as your classmates is learning how to use it and what the faculty is comfortable teaching you with. It's really up to you, but I would say wait to see what their "shopping list" consists of.
 
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Just got the email, Accepted! Good Luck to everyone else!
 
freothalaf said:
Just got the email, Accepted! Good Luck to everyone else!
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Same here! In fact, I just joined SDN so I could say congrats to you. Are you doing to accept the offer?

Has anyone else from the Jan 18 interview date been accepted?
 
DaKine619 said:
Just went through the interview today and I believe it went pretty well! The adcom will be meeting on thursday, so I'll have my results by Friday!!
Dr. Haight also mentioned that they are still in phase 1 as you SDN'ers have told me, I hope it stays that way for the rest of you interviewing soon!
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So did you make it in?
 
Sinfest said:
For those of you that have put down a deposit for a spot in the class, have you received anything else besides the email entitled "TUCOM CA Deposit Received"?
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I've also been getting emails of the weekly student events
 
MeowMix2 said:
So did you make it in?
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Unfortunately I did not...😡
They put me on the low waitlist. I guess Dr. Haight wasn't able to convince them to "pull the trigger". Ayayay! Well, it's pretty much like a rejection anyway. Congrats to all of you who DID make it in!
 
interviewed there ...school is like a prison....horrible looking....depressing......whats with all of that mph pushing?....lame...you can get that useless degree online at many schools....dr. haight was cool....the interviews were easy...like 5 total questions...all stupid questions...that have no relevance at all to anything...just want to see if you get flustered......the box lunch was quite good...nice sandwiches.....

Overall...i don't recommend this school...unless you like a prison setting.....nothing around campus..completely dead...vallejo is pretty pathetic also....go elsewhere if you have other acceptances...if you don't..i guess...good luck to a couple of years of michael scofield
 
I recently found out I have been put on the high waitlist....I am pretty disappointed, but fingers are crossed that I get in! I liked everything about Touro-Ca. Unlike others who apparently found it "like a prison," I kind of thought it looked like a movie set with all of the old buildings. And the whole island is under renovation/development. You are 20 miles to SF and less then an hour away from some of NorCals most amazing beaches, Napa and more. The biggest disappointment I have about being waitlisted is that I hoped to do the MPH program...does anyone know if its possible to get accepted off the waitlist in time to do the MPH?? All the research I did made it look like the earliest news would come in June (right when classes for MPH would start). Has anyone heard anything different? I want to call or email Dr. Haight but I am sort of waiting until I get the "official" letter. Thanks!!!!
 
Thegreatest said:
interviewed there ...school is like a prison....horrible looking....depressing......whats with all of that mph pushing?....lame...you can get that useless degree online at many schools....dr. haight was cool....the interviews were easy...like 5 total questions...all stupid questions...that have no relevance at all to anything...just want to see if you get flustered......the box lunch was quite good...nice sandwiches.....

Overall...i don't recommend this school...unless you like a prison setting.....nothing around campus..completely dead...vallejo is pretty pathetic also....go elsewhere if you have other acceptances...if you don't..i guess...good luck to a couple of years of michael scofield
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good riddance to you, sir!
 
Thegreatest said:
interviewed there ...school is like a prison....horrible looking....depressing......whats with all of that mph pushing?....lame...you can get that useless degree online at many schools....dr. haight was cool....the interviews were easy...like 5 total questions...all stupid questions...that have no relevance at all to anything...just want to see if you get flustered......the box lunch was quite good...nice sandwiches.....

Overall...i don't recommend this school...unless you like a prison setting.....nothing around campus..completely dead...vallejo is pretty pathetic also....go elsewhere if you have other acceptances...if you don't..i guess...good luck to a couple of years of michael scofield
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Touro is one Naval property, so they have very little control over what they can do with the outer appearance of the buildings. But, you know what they say about books and covers. I spent two days at this school sitting in on classes. Behind the sparse exterior are high tech classrooms, roomy anatomy labs and professors who work side by side with you. I was impressed.
 
Thegreatest said:
interviewed there ...school is like a prison....horrible looking....depressing......whats with all of that mph pushing?....lame...you can get that useless degree online at many schools....dr. haight was cool....the interviews were easy...like 5 total questions...all stupid questions...that have no relevance at all to anything...just want to see if you get flustered......the box lunch was quite good...nice sandwiches.....

Overall...i don't recommend this school...unless you like a prison setting.....nothing around campus..completely dead...vallejo is pretty pathetic also....go elsewhere if you have other acceptances...if you don't..i guess...good luck to a couple of years of michael scofield
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Thank you to the previous posts.
As far as the MPH program goes (which I am not participating in), Touro's vision is to create physicians (a majority of who fill the ranks of primary care physicians throughout the US) with a worldly vision, one that can be applied to a community as well as global sphere.

Hang in there everyone who's been waitlisted and congrats to those who have been accepted. Good luck in the process!
 
Hi everyone,

I recently got accepted at LECOM! however, i also just got an interview invitation for TUCOM-CA. I'm not sure if i should attend the interview. Anyone have any insight on the pros and cons of the two schools to see if its worth it to fly out to california?
 
woooooOO! im in! interviewed jan 18th. i was debating between CCOM and here, but i went to college like an hour away, so all my college friends are still around the bay. i was also initially drawn by the dual MPH stuff, but for what i want to do with medicine, im not sure if its very useful

and @Sinfest: i saw you asked about rotation options earlier. during my interview someone asked that question, and Dr. Hiserote, one of the interviewers, said there are 72 rotation spots in norcal, and like 40-something spots in socal
 
skiier212 said:
Hi everyone,

I recently got accepted at LECOM! however, i also just got an interview invitation for TUCOM-CA. I'm not sure if i should attend the interview. Anyone have any insight on the pros and cons of the two schools to see if its worth it to fly out to california?
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I was accepted at LECOM (Seton Hill) and interviewed at Touro and was waitlisted. I am hoping for Touro. I am from NorCal so I think I am slightly biased towards living 1 hour away from home, but more then that I honestly like what Touro had to offer as well as its location. Personally I think both offer some unique features. I was particularly attracted to PBL at LECOM. I did a post bac at EVMS and wasn't a huge fan of the lecture style. We had test every week and you would stop studying for one class to study for the one you were being tested on. It was a bad habit that was hard to break. LECOMs PBL breaks that. It also gives students an opportunity to "think like a doctor" from day 1 by focusing on cases and the integration of information. Touro offers block scheduling of classes, which is also nice. It allows one to stay on top of their classes and from what I can tell it seems that information is pretty well integrated there as well. The first 6 weeks of M1 you take an intensive version of anatomy and only anatomy (which is nice!). You go back to each system in more detail over the 2 year period (reinfocing what you learn). The OMM lab is amazing at both places with video screens and such. I particularly liked that Touro offered the MPH dual degree in the 4 years of school. Now that I am waitlisted I don't know if its quite as possible since classes start in June for the MPH program, but it would have been nice. I think in the end I just cant give up the opportunity to be in my local area. I have lived on the East Coast (Va and NC) and its far away from home. I don't know where you are from, but family and support systems can be a big deal. So, weigh your pros and your cons and go from there. Good Luck to you!!!
 
ironcookaru said:
woooooOO! im in! interviewed jan 18th. i was debating between CCOM and here, but i went to college like an hour away, so all my college friends are still around the bay. i was also initially drawn by the dual MPH stuff, but for what i want to do with medicine, im not sure if its very useful

and @Sinfest: i saw you asked about rotation options earlier. during my interview someone asked that question, and Dr. Hiserote, one of the interviewers, said there are 72 rotation spots in norcal, and like 40-something spots in socal
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Congrats on the acceptance! I'm assuming you're choosing Touro-CA over CCOM?

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. Those are definitely some comforting numbers to hear! I have heard that a few of the spots in norcal are less than ideal, but I trust that in two years time the quality of the schools rotations will improve.
 
np! and yea im choosing touro! class of 2015 😀

Sinfest said:
Congrats on the acceptance! I'm assuming you're choosing Touro-CA over CCOM?

Thanks for the info, I appreciate it. Those are definitely some comforting numbers to hear! I have heard that a few of the spots in norcal are less than ideal, but I trust that in two years time the quality of the schools rotations will improve.
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skiier212 said:
Hi everyone,

I recently got accepted at LECOM! however, i also just got an interview invitation for TUCOM-CA. I'm not sure if i should attend the interview. Anyone have any insight on the pros and cons of the two schools to see if its worth it to fly out to california?
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Thegreatest said:
interviewed there ...school is like a prison....horrible looking....depressing......whats with all of that mph pushing?....lame...you can get that useless degree online at many schools....dr. haight was cool....the interviews were easy...like 5 total questions...all stupid questions...that have no relevance at all to anything...just want to see if you get flustered......the box lunch was quite good...nice sandwiches.....

Overall...i don't recommend this school...unless you like a prison setting.....nothing around campus..completely dead...vallejo is pretty pathetic also....go elsewhere if you have other acceptances...if you don't..i guess...good luck to a couple of years of michael scofield
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Hello skiier212-
Congrats! Let me address your question, and "thegreatest"'s comments at the same time.

I also interviewed at TUCOM and LECOM. I felt that the interview at LECOM was somewhat of a cattle call. -which I'm guessing is what going to school there is like since their class size is about 4X the size of TUCOM-CA. They didn't ask any applicants specific questions about their application, which is understandable when you are interviewing about 60 students at once. I thought the interview questions were great because they at least put the effort in to do a thorough review of your file and ask you personalized questions instead of "how you you feel about the health care reforms?".

Touro-CA is not a real gem when it comes to the campus, but it is far from "prison" looking. Yes, the buildings are old because they are old military buildings, but the insides are nice, the anatomy lab is large and not smelly, and you have a beautiful lawn to relax on as well as great views of San Pablo Bay in almost all directions. Vallejo is a more industrial area of Northern California, but its probably as, if not less industrial than Erie, PA. Additionally, if you really despise it there for some reason..... its easy to commute from San Francisco. - also, your only there for two years. The second two years are spent spread out in some of the best areas of Northern and Southern CA such as: San Diego, Napa, Long Beach, and San Francisco to name a few.

MPH "pushing" -As someone who has this "worthless" degree I'd say it's done me pretty well. Yes, you can get this degree online, but you can also get a PhD online these days, and I think the key is if an employer see's it's from an online college, they probably won't view it as favorable. They are definitely encouraging this, and I would encourage any fellow student to go for it! It really just allows you to have more flexibility and potentially make more money in the long run. If you ever decide you want to do research, you will have the skills. If you decide you want to teach, universities are more likely to hire you. -and if you ever work at a university, government, or military center, they will have likely pay you more because you have an additional advanced degree.

I choose TUCOM-CA because of its great location in the bay area, small class size, good match list, good clinical locations/rotations, and curriculum.

Good luck! Hope I've been helpful! 🙂
 
stilltrying08 said:
Hello skiier212-
Congrats! Let me address your question, and "thegreatest"'s comments at the same time.

I also interviewed at TUCOM and LECOM. I felt that the interview at LECOM was somewhat of a cattle call. -which I'm guessing is what going to school there is like since their class size is about 4X the size of TUCOM-CA. They didn't ask any applicants specific questions about their application, which is understandable when you are interviewing about 60 students at once. I thought the interview questions were great because they at least put the effort in to do a thorough review of your file and ask you personalized questions instead of "how you you feel about the health care reforms?".

Touro-CA is not a real gem when it comes to the campus, but it is far from "prison" looking. Yes, the buildings are old because they are old military buildings, but the insides are nice, the anatomy lab is large and not smelly, and you have a beautiful lawn to relax on as well as great views of San Pablo Bay in almost all directions. Vallejo is a more industrial area of Northern California, but its probably as, if not less industrial than Erie, PA. Additionally, if you really despise it there for some reason..... its easy to commute from San Francisco. - also, your only there for two years. The second two years are spent spread out in some of the best areas of Northern and Southern CA such as: San Diego, Napa, Long Beach, and San Francisco to name a few.

MPH "pushing" -As someone who has this "worthless" degree I'd say it's done me pretty well. Yes, you can get this degree online, but you can also get a PhD online these days, and I think the key is if an employer see's it's from an online college, they probably won't view it as favorable. They are definitely encouraging this, and I would encourage any fellow student to go for it! It really just allows you to have more flexibility and potentially make more money in the long run. If you ever decide you want to do research, you will have the skills. If you decide you want to teach, universities are more likely to hire you. -and if you ever work at a university, government, or military center, they will have likely pay you more because you have an additional advanced degree.

I choose TUCOM-CA because of its great location in the bay area, small class size, good match list, good clinical locations/rotations, and curriculum.

Good luck! Hope I've been helpful! 🙂
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I'd rather have an online MPH from from any of these schools over tucom...i'll let the reader's decide (it doesn't list online on your degree):

http://www.umass.edu/sphhs/mph_online/about.html

http://www.online.mph.ufl.edu/

http://www.mph.lumc.edu/

http://health.usf.edu/publichealth/php/onlineformat.html

http://www.mcw.edu/mphprogram.htm

http://www.llu.edu/public-health/online/index.page

Guys like you need to start spewing false information....MPH is pretty much BS....if you really want "the additional letters"....as they were saying during the marketing nonsense....at tucom...then get it from one of the above schools online.....
 
Thegreatest said:
interviewed there ...school is like a prison....horrible looking....depressing......whats with all of that mph pushing?....lame...you can get that useless degree online at many schools....dr. haight was cool....the interviews were easy...like 5 total questions...all stupid questions...that have no relevance at all to anything...just want to see if you get flustered......the box lunch was quite good...nice sandwiches.....

Overall...i don't recommend this school...unless you like a prison setting.....nothing around campus..completely dead...vallejo is pretty pathetic also....go elsewhere if you have other acceptances...if you don't..i guess...good luck to a couple of years of michael scofield
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What exactly is your agenda here? Why have you signed up for account on SDN for the sole purpose of bashing Touro-Ca (you have 2 posts and both are negative posts about this school).

So you interviewed there and didn't like it......so what? Why do you feel compelled to come on here and trash the school and insult those who are choosing to attend.

I interviewed at plenty of schools which I didn't like, but I didnt feel the need to come on here and bash the school. All schools have their pluses and minuses.

You are coming off as pretty bitter and angry. Did Touro-Ca choose to waitlist you?
 
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I think we should have a "school bashing" subforum.

filtering through all the troll posts when people are trying to get legitimate questions answered about their schools of choice is rather tiring, n'est-ce pas?
 
skiier212 said:
Hi everyone,

I recently got accepted at LECOM! however, i also just got an interview invitation for TUCOM-CA. I'm not sure if i should attend the interview. Anyone have any insight on the pros and cons of the two schools to see if its worth it to fly out to california?
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Well, if you're really a skier (spelled SKIER 😉 ) you should know Touro is < 2.5 hours from Tahoe... Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, Heavenly, Kirkwood.... Not that you'll have much time to enjoy, but when you do, why not be close to paradise?
 
just got an interview invite. complete sept 20. will be withdrawing and not attending the interview as ive been accepted to a school i prefer. good luck to you guys hopefully one of you gets my interview spot!
 
theone1979 said:
What exactly is your agenda here? Why have you signed up for account on SDN for the sole purpose of bashing Touro-Ca (you have 2 posts and both are negative posts about this school).

So you interviewed there and didn't like it......so what? Why do you feel compelled to come on here and trash the school and insult those who are choosing to attend.

I interviewed at plenty of schools which I didn't like, but I didnt feel the need to come on here and bash the school. All schools have their pluses and minuses.

You are coming off as pretty bitter and angry. Did Touro-Ca choose to waitlist you?
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My agenda is to tell people the impression I got of the school. I have interviewed at 3 other schools already and have 5 more interviews lined up. If any of the other school's behave as disrespectfully as Touro did, I'll insult them too. When you waste over an hour talking about an MPH to people who are going to be doctors....you are insulting the student's intelligence. Do they really think the applicants have never heard of an MPH?...are the applicants that ignorant that they need a 1.5 hour breakdown about the degree.

Its quite obvious that TUCOM is looking for your cash and is willing to push its bull**** MPH degree to get additional cash. To me, this gives the school a serious credibility problem and I would be extremely hesitant of attending that sort of institution.

Why do I only post about TUCOM and only negative statements?...You aren't the brightest fellow are you...when people have positive experiences at places...they rarely post their opinions...its when people have a negative experience when they post something...thats a human tendency....I hope you'll learn that before you turn 35.

So if you don't feel the need..another person cannot express their opinion?...Isn't that the point of this site...to give applicants and potential students a variety of opinions and perspectives. Just because you may be attending this school...doesn't mean you need to get a major inferiority complex going when somebody says something negative about it.

As to being a troll..I don't even know what that means...and I don't care to look it up.

Am I waitlisted?....lol....good one.....😀
 
Thanks for the input (and for pointing out my wrong spelling 😉, however im from CO so 2.5 for skiing is not that close)! All your comments helped me a lot.
 
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Thegreatest said:
My agenda is to tell people the impression I got of the school. I have interviewed at 3 other schools already and have 5 more interviews lined up. If any of the other school's behave as disrespectfully as Touro did, I'll insult them too. When you waste over an hour talking about an MPH to people who are going to be doctors....you are insulting the student's intelligence. Do they really think the applicants have never heard of an MPH?...are the applicants that ignorant that they need a 1.5 hour breakdown about the degree.

Its quite obvious that TUCOM is looking for your cash and is willing to push its bull**** MPH degree to get additional cash. To me, this gives the school a serious credibility problem and I would be extremely hesitant of attending that sort of institution.

Why do I only post about TUCOM and only negative statements?...You aren't the brightest fellow are you...when people have positive experiences at places...they rarely post their opinions...its when people have a negative experience when they post something...thats a human tendency....I hope you'll learn that before you turn 35.

So if you don't feel the need..another person cannot express their opinion?...Isn't that the point of this site...to give applicants and potential students a variety of opinions and perspectives. Just because you may be attending this school...doesn't mean you need to get a major inferiority complex going when somebody says something negative about it.

As to being a troll..I don't even know what that means...and I don't care to look it up.

Am I waitlisted?....lol....good one.....😀
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Sorry to see that Touro chose not to accept you. They actually placed me on the "High-Waitlist", so I can understand that waitlists can be frustrating.

So as for me-no I am not attending Touro, I'm attending UNECOM-solid assumption though sport.

Regarding your comment that "people only post negative experiences", well I suppose that is true of whiney children that feel a need to vent.
But the vast majority of the members of this forum are helpful and supportive and actually often post about things they LIKE about a certain school (I know....it's hard to imagine how this sort of information could possibly be helpful).

Congrats on your 3 interviews and the 5 coming up. Try to remember though, interviews are nice....but the goal is to be accepted. I fear your abrasive personality might not serve you so well in your interviews.

And to address the MPH issue-yea man, it's absolutely reprehensible for a med school to attempt to interest applicants in a Master's in Public Health...I can't even imagine why a med student might be interested in this or how providing a MPH might benefit the student or the medical community.

And lastly as I mentioned-I have no dog in this fight; I'm attending UNECOM. Which brings up an interesting point-I would argue that it's pretty unlikely that those of us who have chosen our schools and been ACCEPTED would feel any sense of inferiority to someone who clearly....hasn't.

Anyhow, best of luck with your future interviews and I'm glad you enjoyed the bag lunch Touro provided you, because it sounds like that's about all they were willing to give you.
 
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Thegreatest said:
My agenda is to tell people the impression I got of the school. I have interviewed at 3 other schools already and have 5 more interviews lined up. If any of the other school's behave as disrespectfully as Touro did, I'll insult them too. When you waste over an hour talking about an MPH to people who are going to be doctors....you are insulting the student's intelligence. Do they really think the applicants have never heard of an MPH?...are the applicants that ignorant that they need a 1.5 hour breakdown about the degree.

Its quite obvious that TUCOM is looking for your cash and is willing to push its bull**** MPH degree to get additional cash. To me, this gives the school a serious credibility problem and I would be extremely hesitant of attending that sort of institution.

Why do I only post about TUCOM and only negative statements?...You aren't the brightest fellow are you...when people have positive experiences at places...they rarely post their opinions...its when people have a negative experience when they post something...thats a human tendency....I hope you'll learn that before you turn 35.

So if you don't feel the need..another person cannot express their opinion?...Isn't that the point of this site...to give applicants and potential students a variety of opinions and perspectives. Just because you may be attending this school...doesn't mean you need to get a major inferiority complex going when somebody says something negative about it.

As to being a troll..I don't even know what that means...and I don't care to look it up.

Am I waitlisted?....lol....good one.....😀
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Its best not to argue with people like this, he clearly is just troubled (perhaps he got a rejection from touro and is just bitter). He also has no idea what he's talking about...
 
got an interview for next week, Feb 1. Anyone else going to be there? Also, does anyone know if they are still giving acceptances or is it just interviews for waitlist. Thanks for your help!
 
ilivetosurf said:
got an interview for next week, Feb 1. Anyone else going to be there? Also, does anyone know if they are still giving acceptances or is it just interviews for waitlist. Thanks for your help!
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They told us on Feb. 25th that they were still in phase one of the interiew and that because of all of extra holidays (Jewish and National) that they were a bit behind other's shool's interviewing schedules.

Good luck :xf:
 
nfsonpowday said:
They told us on Feb. 25th that they were still in phase one of the interiew and that because of all of extra holidays (Jewish and National) that they were a bit behind other's shool's interviewing schedules.

Good luck :xf:
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dont you mean january 25th??
 
whyrms said:
I do believe he's posting from the future. Hey what's the lottery ticket number for next week, nfsonpowday?
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I will never tell! How do you think I am going to pay for medical school? 😉 BTW -I'm a she!
 
Thegreatest said:
My agenda is to tell people the impression I got of the school. I have interviewed at 3 other schools already and have 5 more interviews lined up. If any of the other school's behave as disrespectfully as Touro did, I'll insult them too. When you waste over an hour talking about an MPH to people who are going to be doctors....you are insulting the student's intelligence. Do they really think the applicants have never heard of an MPH?...are the applicants that ignorant that they need a 1.5 hour breakdown about the degree.

Its quite obvious that TUCOM is looking for your cash and is willing to push its bull**** MPH degree to get additional cash. To me, this gives the school a serious credibility problem and I would be extremely hesitant of attending that sort of institution.

Why do I only post about TUCOM and only negative statements?...You aren't the brightest fellow are you...when people have positive experiences at places...they rarely post their opinions...its when people have a negative experience when they post something...thats a human tendency....I hope you'll learn that before you turn 35.

So if you don't feel the need..another person cannot express their opinion?...Isn't that the point of this site...to give applicants and potential students a variety of opinions and perspectives. Just because you may be attending this school...doesn't mean you need to get a major inferiority complex going when somebody says something negative about it.

As to being a troll..I don't even know what that means...and I don't care to look it up.

Am I waitlisted?....lol....good one.....😀
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Thank you for posting an honest review. Too often people ignore the cons and only focus on the pros of a school. And those who give constructive criticism get ostracized. That MPH spiel was ridiculous and while I've listened to something similar at other schools, it was never a mandatory 1 hr Q and A session first thing in the morning. Hopefully Touro turns it down in the future.
 
I appreciated "TheGreatest's" Review. It was honest and blunt and a little condescending, but it was a valid opinion and presented some things to think about. I didn't love the campus either, but I liked the MPH info. I had written off getting an MPH because I didn't want to lengthen my education, but the way Touro integrates it with the DO timeline would put it back on the table for me.

Why flame people for giving their honest opinion, just because it was negative?
 
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I appreciated "TheGreatest's" Review. It was honest and blunt and a little condescending, but it was a valid opinion and presented some things to think about. I didn't love the campus either, but I liked the MPH info. I had written off getting an MPH because I didn't want to lengthen my education, but the way Touro integrates it with the DO timeline would put it back on the table for me.

Why flame people for giving their honest opinion, just because it was negative?
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I have no problem with people criticizing a school. However, there is a way to do this, and acting like a spoiled, petty, obviously bitter child, is not the way to go about it.

If "thegreatest" didn't like aspects of this school that's fine, he can express them in a mature RESPECTFUL manner. And that's the key-
Remember that there are many people here who have chosen to attend Touro (as I mentioned, I am not one of them so I have no vested interest here). It's completely rude and disrespectful to come on here and shiiit all over a school that many people have chosen to receive their medical education.

Again, I have no problem with criticizing a school in a respectful manner, but I think we can all agree that this is not how he handled himself.
Furthermore, I think we can all surmise the root of hostility, but that doesn't excuse it.
 
theone1979 said:
I have no problem with people criticizing a school. However, there is a way to do this, and acting like a spoiled, petty, obviously bitter child, is not the way to go about it.

If "thegreatest" didn't like aspects of this school that's fine, he can express them in a mature RESPECTFUL manner. And that's the key-
Remember that there are many people here who have chosen to attend Touro (as I mentioned, I am not one of them so I have no vested interest here). It's completely rude and disrespectful to come on here and shiiit all over a school that many people have chosen to receive their medical education.

Again, I have no problem with criticizing a school in a respectful manner, but I think we can all agree that this is not how he handled himself.
Furthermore, I think we can all surmise the root of hostility, but that doesn't excuse it.
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Thegreatest said:
My agenda is to tell people the impression I got of the school. I have interviewed at 3 other schools already and have 5 more interviews lined up. If any of the other school's behave as disrespectfully as Touro did, I'll insult them too. When you waste over an hour talking about an MPH to people who are going to be doctors....you are insulting the student's intelligence. Do they really think the applicants have never heard of an MPH?...are the applicants that ignorant that they need a 1.5 hour breakdown about the degree.

Its quite obvious that TUCOM is looking for your cash and is willing to push its bull**** MPH degree to get additional cash. To me, this gives the school a serious credibility problem and I would be extremely hesitant of attending that sort of institution.

Why do I only post about TUCOM and only negative statements?...You aren't the brightest fellow are you...when people have positive experiences at places...they rarely post their opinions...its when people have a negative experience when they post something...thats a human tendency....I hope you'll learn that before you turn 35.

So if you don't feel the need..another person cannot express their opinion?...Isn't that the point of this site...to give applicants and potential students a variety of opinions and perspectives. Just because you may be attending this school...doesn't mean you need to get a major inferiority complex going when somebody says something negative about it.

As to being a troll..I don't even know what that means...and I don't care to look it up.

Am I waitlisted?....lol....good one.....😀
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It's true that they spend a lot of time talking about doing a DO/MPH and they can definitely streamline the presentation a lot better. They just want to make sure prospective students are aware of the opportunity, as the MPH is somewhat new.

I don't care if you disliked your experience at the school. But don't act like you know what the "bull****" MPH program is like at Touro unless you've actually done it.
 
ilivetosurf said:
got an interview for next week, Feb 1. Anyone else going to be there? Also, does anyone know if they are still giving acceptances or is it just interviews for waitlist. Thanks for your help!
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we are still giving acceptances! good luck on your interview this week!
 
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