Why did you choose CCOM?

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I am currently an undergraduate student applying to CCOM. I was hoping to get some feedback as to what attracted you to a certain school? How are the facilities at CCOM, the faculty, are you all happy there? How early do medical students get exposure to a clinical setting? I'm asking all these questions because I wanted some help with the secondary application as it asks "why did you choose CCOM." Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
bigbody said:
I am currently an undergraduate student applying to CCOM. I was hoping to get some feedback as to what attracted you to a certain school? How are the facilities at CCOM, the faculty, are you all happy there? How early do medical students get exposure to a clinical setting? I'm asking all these questions because I wanted some help with the secondary application as it asks "why did you choose CCOM." Any help would be greatly appreciated.

First of all.....I wish you the best of luck in your application process. It wasn't too long ago that I was in your shoes. In many ways, I found the application process to be worse than the studying for the MCAT. Secondaries are a pain in the butt.

I find that the facilites, campus, faculty, and students here are outstanding. I came here from Los Angeles, and I'm very happy to be here. I think one of the biggest positives of this school is clinical exposure. Not only in years 3 and 4, but in the first two years as well. We have several student run clinics and shadowing a physician in a clinical setting is part of the required curriculum in the first year. ( And yes, as an MS-I you can see patients in the clinic ).

As far as stating why you want to attend CCOM.......I think you should answer that just as it asks......why "you" want to attend. I know there is the fear that every answer should be just right, or that you need to answer questions a certain way during an interview.....but I think that is far from the right way to go about it. Just try to be honest and most importantly, be yourself.

When I interviewed, I thought I would always say that I wanted to go into "primary care" when I was asked what I wanted to do in medicine. But during the interview that very question came up. Deep inside I knew I wanted to say "primary care....primary care!", but I honestly replied that I was interested in surgery. Well, I guess surgery wasn't a "wrong" answer. And after talking to people on the admissions committee, and learning more about what the process is all about, I found out that being yourself is most important. Just remember, they have seen every answer and response that you can come up with. Just be consistant and forthcoming. ( and it never hurts to tell any school that you think that it's the best place in the world and it's the place you'd most like to be!!! ) :laugh:


Again.....good luck to you
 
SM-UCLA tech said:
First of all.....I wish you the best of luck in your application process. It wasn't too long ago that I was in your shoes. In many ways, I found the application process to be worse than the studying for the MCAT. Secondaries are a pain in the butt.

I find that the facilites, campus, faculty, and students here are outstanding. I came here from Los Angeles, and I'm very happy to be here. I think one of the biggest positives of this school is clinical exposure. Not only in years 3 and 4, but in the first two years as well. We have several student run clinics and shadowing a physician in a clinical setting is part of the required curriculum in the first year. ( And yes, as an MS-I you can see patients in the clinic ).

As far as stating why you want to attend CCOM.......I think you should answer that just as it asks......why "you" want to attend. I know there is the fear that every answer should be just right, or that you need to answer questions a certain way during an interview.....but I think that is far from the right way to go about it. Just try to be honest and most importantly, be yourself.

When I interviewed, I thought I would always say that I wanted to go into "primary care" when I was asked what I wanted to do in medicine. But during the interview that very question came up. Deep inside I knew I wanted to say "primary care....primary care!", but I honestly replied that I was interested in surgery. Well, I guess surgery wasn't a "wrong" answer. And after talking to people on the admissions committee, and learning more about what the process is all about, I found out that being yourself is most important. Just remember, they have seen every answer and response that you can come up with. Just be consistant and forthcoming. ( and it never hurts to tell any school that you think that it's the best place in the world and it's the place you'd most like to be!!! ) :laugh:


Again.....good luck to you


Are you at all involved in the interview process because I will be there on the 8th thanks to your advice to "see what the school has to offer."



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