If any current tcom students could post up a review of how they like the school, facilities, class and exam schedule, it would be much appreciated. I am definitely interested in tcom, but didnt get to hear from any students when I interviewed because of exams. Thanks!
Do any current students have any information on the ROME Program? I was overjoyed on Friday when I learned I had been accepted to TCOM, and now am hoping to get a little more understanding as to what the timeline will be for learning if I will have the opportunity to be a part of ROME. I had my interview with the directors on my interview day, and it seemed to go very well. I'd also really love to get a ROME student's perspective on what the program has been like for them so far.
Also, for current students, are there any specific apartments that TCOM students live in? I'd like to start looking to get that set up, but have no idea where to begin. Any feedback at all would be really appreciated!
I was going to wait until tomorrow,but what the heck, who needs a good grade on the last neuro test
School-Overall, for me, it has been a good experience. I really enjoy my class-and your classmates have a lot to do with how your experience goes, btw. If you work hard, pretty much any opportunity will be available to us afterwards-and this goes for any school, DO or not. I am suuuuure they told you, but TCOM has had the highest averages on the COMLEX the past couple of years, and from a presentation given to us after orientation, we're getting state averages on the USMLE. Because of OMM, even if you aren't into it, you become more comfortable interacting with people you don't know and touching patients in the future will be no biggie. I like Fort Worth a lot-grew up in west TX, and went to UT to give you a perspective.
Schedule-yeah this is rough. After the first 5 weeks, you are pretty much in class/labs/OMM/clin med 8-5. I don't know how the replacement dean is, but our old dean would take away recording privileges if people didn't show up to class. It'll be interesting to see if this changes. But, IMO, it's preparing you for the real world.
Exams-we break down the curriculum into systems. Start off with cell science (cell bio, genetics, biochem), go on to MSS, Neuro, cardiopulmn, etc. You get the histo, embryo, anatomy, all relevant to the system at that time. You get quizzes dispersed once or twice a week, and major exams every 2 (sometimes every) weeks. I personally have compared this with my friends who have blocks of tests and I feel like this way is more manageable. They don't give you time to slack off. But-you also don't get many off weekends, since most tests are Mondays.
Facilities-the PTR rooms are fine, I personally don't feel like anything in gross lab is lacking, and I don't get to see the sim lab until this week
And supposedly that new building will be done for next year's class, so y'all get the nice big lecture hall. Our library is legit-they changed it to 24 hours this year, only first floor though. But if you are studying through the night, you probably have already snagged a table. No cafeteria, so bring your lunch, or eat out at the restaurants around. There is this food service downstairs-they bring italian, chinese, bbq, etc and each day it's something different.
ROME-the afternoons we have off, you don't. But you get to do pretty cool things-they have had a suture lab already, they've been to Lubbock for something...., they did an emergency dept rounds, etc. I am not the best person to tell you about it, but contact the school and ask for a name and you can email someone in the program.
Apartments-Ridglea Village, Cumberland, the Canyons...at preview day apartments come out to campus and offer some pretty good deals.
I'll elaborate more when I have time, for now, hope it helps, and PM for anything
Congrats to all!
