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Let the fun begin.
Where will you be applying this fall?
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KSUCPM! woot! woot!
Not sure whether or not I will apply for next fall yet, but as of now: NYCPM, Temple, Scholl, Kent State, DMU, Barry (for the climate lol....not srs....sort of srs).
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Hopefully this doesn't sound rude or arrogant.
Preface: I'm a resident of Texas, and when I applied for med schools for the 2013 cycle, I applied to all the schools in Texas, except Baylor.
So my question is, why wouldn't people generally apply for all the programs? Seems kooky to just apply to one or two or three schools and hope you get in.
I get that money might be tight, but if you inevitably go into / pay for a Pod program's tuition, money to apply to all the programs is chump change.
Preface: I'm a resident of Texas, and when I applied for med schools for the 2013 cycle, I applied to all the schools in Texas, except Baylor.
So my question is, why wouldn't people generally apply for all the programs? Seems kooky to just apply to one or two or three schools and hope you get in.
I get that money might be tight, but if you inevitably go into / pay for a Pod program's tuition, money to apply to all the programs is chump change.
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Is there a reason why so many are applying to KSUCPM vs the others? I also have heard the WesternU's DO school is not one to applaud. Is there a difference for the podiatry school? I would assume it would be looked at more highly, since their curriculum may be more difficult as an integrated first two years.
Scholl, Barry, Temple, Kent, Western
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Good candidates to medical schools are not offered interviews everywhere they apply and will not garner acceptances from all of their interviews. You cast a wide net and set your sights on who you hear back from. It can very much be a process of elimination. I've got MD/DO friends who were grateful to have their 1 interview and their 1 acceptance.
There is no "hope I get in" to podiatry school. Only the bottom of the barrel candidates and those who apply at the tail end are in any danger of not being accepted. Podiatry programs offer interviews to everyone. It would behoove people to eliminate from their list the schools/cities they would not want to attend/live in. The schools do not know that you are disinterested in them. They won't know this until May when you don't choose to interview with them. They are fighting for a small applicant pool to fill a lot of seats.
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Not that I don't believe you (as you are a Pod student), but can anyone "second" this, or verify that it's true?
And did you also get interviews to every program? Why DMU over all the others? Did it come down to the city?
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Very true. The MCAT average for most schools are low 20s (and I believe the median MCAT is significantly below that - or a skewed left distribution), and GPA is something like a 3.3 I think (again, obviously skewed left distribution). This means you are definitely still in the "safe zone" if you apply with a 20 MCAT and a 3.0 GPA for most schools.
The interviews are not challenging, and two of the three I went on the interviewer talked about themselves more than they talked to me about me.
Basically, if you have a GPA over 3.2 and an MCAT 20 or over, you apply before December, you aren't seriously handicapped/socially awkward, you will find a spot at a school.
I've heard of people with MCATS below 20 getting what I consider "substantial" scholarships to some schools.
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Are you sure about this? I called some schools about a week ago (temple, NY, and kent) and they all said they have a minimum 20 MCAT requirement (with no subsection minimums) for consideration on interview/acceptances. But you know what's weird? - The pdf with all the info on the pod schools show MCAT "ranges" usually from like 18-30 MCAT scores (sometimes drops even more below this...so can anyone explain to me why they told me that they want a minimum 20 MCAT?
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Yup. Come to think of it though, I don't know of anyone off-hand that got in that didn't get a scholarship. My sample size isn't huge (it's not like i go around asking people what scholarship they got), but of everyone that I've talked to about scholarships (here at DMU, or otherwise) everyone has gotten one.
Anyone on here not get a scholarship to somewhere?
In addition to the MCAT scores: Look at the pdf. A school might advertise they have a cutoff, but when it comes down to it, they need to fill their seats. If that means they have to accept a 17, they will.
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Do you think admitting students with low scores/standards is more of a "last minute" thing or would they also wanna take people with low stats applying technically early? I'm thinking maybe they would scramble at the last minute to take people if they had unfilled seats but can that also mean pod adcoms might be more "selective" towards the beginning of the admissions processes? You get what I'm saying?
