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New year, new talk here!
Does this school show favoritism to in-state/local neighboring states?
I know it's private but I don't know if it matters as some private schools still show preference to local students...
I am from midwest.
It's actually a state school and not private. Generally a large portion of the class is out of state. I am from the midwest and will be attending as I was accepted last year but deferred because of family reasons.
Looking forward to applying here
Honestly, WVSOM is the nicest medical school I have ever seen. It is like the country club of medicalschools. All of the facilities are newand they have great technology including a bunch of simulation robots. Its a large campus and only has osteopathicmedicine (not a University with multiple programs). I loved it and look forward to starting in2012.
Wow already time! I've been looking at these threads for the past year bc I'm so nervous!.. Does anyone have any advice who got in last year?Thanks
Submitted my primary yesterday.
Does anyone know when interviews start?
Anyone know what the secondary essay is about?
I believe you only receive a secondary if you are invited for an interview. Last year the question was, Please state your reasons for wishing to become an osteopathic physician and why you feel WVSOM should consider you as a member of this years class. Not totally sure but I believe it was supposed to be one page in length.
I thought I heard that WVSOM has no secondary..
Hey everyone, this is my first time posting on here but ive been watching the threads. Has anyone heard about an interview yet? I was looking at last years thread and people were getting invites about this time.
DJjack, are you for real?! They aren't going to have interviews until AFTER labor day!?!
Wow, that's late!!
i just received an email saying "decision deferred" because they didnt receive my official mcat scores from aacomas, but aacomas has all my scores already. How is it that they did not forward the scores to WVSOM? anyone else get a similar e-mail?
I got the same email and I was wondering the same thing. CCOM also told me they didn't have my MCAT scores but a few days later they said they had received them. I think it is just a matter of them processing in your scores. I looked on AAMC's site and there's no way to send MCAT scores to most D.O. schools.
application status:
In Process : Decision PENDING!!!!!!!
i REALLY hope i get an interview here. this schools awsome.
school is great from what I hear but its location is rural and they have a focus on primary care but facilities are nice and I can't believe your decision is pending already!
i think you have an ok shot. you would be in a much better position if you had a slightly higher mcat score but with your extracurriculars and gpa I think the rest of your app looks great. I think the mcat is your achilles heal but the good thing is the rest of your app is solid. I think you have an ok shot not great but I wouldnt say your outright rejected either. I wish I could give you more but you never know man. Give it a shot. If you want give the mcat another go. If you havent already decided. I know a friend of mine who got into a great school with a low mcat score similar to yours. its not impossible.in all seriousness, what do you think about my chances? submitted my primary.
Experience: Military (Marines- tour in Iraq), Shadowed DO (have letter), Worked with brain injured adults, Overcame some of obstacles(ex. Orphan, foster care, homeless stuff like that), very interested in this school.
cGPA: 3.58, SGPA: 3.67, MCAT: 21
Thanks for your input and good luck, oh yea NJ resident. I am all about rural medicine!
i think you have an ok shot. you would be in a much better position if you had a slightly higher mcat score but with your extracurriculars and gpa I think the rest of your app looks great. I think the mcat is your achilles heal but the good thing is the rest of your app is solid. I think you have an ok shot not great but I wouldnt say your outright rejected either. I wish I could give you more but you never know man. Give it a shot. If you want give the mcat another go. If you havent already decided. I know a friend of mine who got into a great school with a low mcat score similar to yours. its not impossible.
good luck. im pulling for you and thanks for serving
as a reapp. this is the most painfull part of the process. youve got your mcat score. you can't rase your gpa since its the summer. your verified and youve sent out your applications. now its just waiting. its a huge PITA and its totally not fair IMO. I just recieved rejection letters from PCOM from applying LAST june. its hearbreaking. you check the internet 100 times a day. you pray to god you get an interview. its crazy man. its a very painfull process that I never wanna do again, other than for residency. its just horrible. the waiting sux.Thanks, I'm going bald just waiting and we still have almost the whole cycle to go.
as a reapp. this is the most painfull part of the process. youve got your mcat score. you can't rase your gpa since its the summer. your verified and youve sent out your applications. now its just waiting. its a huge PITA and its totally not fair IMO. I just recieved rejection letters from PCOM from applying LAST june. its hearbreaking. you check the internet 100 times a day. you pray to god you get an interview. its crazy man. its a very painfull process that I never wanna do again, other than for residency. its just horrible. the waiting sux.
i just received an email saying "decision deferred" because they didnt receive my official mcat scores from aacomas, but aacomas has all my scores already. How is it that they did not forward the scores to WVSOM? anyone else get a similar e-mail?
as a reapp. this is the most painfull part of the process. youve got your mcat score. you can't rase your gpa since its the summer. your verified and youve sent out your applications. now its just waiting. its a huge PITA and its totally not fair IMO. I just recieved rejection letters from PCOM from applying LAST june. its hearbreaking. you check the internet 100 times a day. you pray to god you get an interview. its crazy man. its a very painfull process that I never wanna do again, other than for residency. its just horrible. the waiting sux.
as a reapp. this is the most painfull part of the process. youve got your mcat score. you can't rase your gpa since its the summer. your verified and youve sent out your applications. now its just waiting. its a huge PITA and its totally not fair IMO. I just recieved rejection letters from PCOM from applying LAST june. its hearbreaking. you check the internet 100 times a day. you pray to god you get an interview. its crazy man. its a very painfull process that I never wanna do again, other than for residency. its just horrible. the waiting sux.
haha Thanx. I can't see myself doing anything else and my wife is extremely supportive so I had the backing to give it another go and will continue to do so until I get in. Last year I applied to 14 schools. This year I could only afford to apply to five, its very expensive. Hopefully I can scrounge up some more money to apply to a few more soon.My fiance has been laughing all week. Last night she said I was sleep talking, I supposedly said something about my AACOMAS and went back to sleep. Congrats on having the courage to not give up, respect. I applied to PCOM, haven't received secondary yet but hear they are a little late with them. How many schools did you send out to?
im working two healthcare related jobs. one is in the lockdown unit of a dementia ward making sure residents don't fall or attack eachother etc. and the other is in the activities department of an assisted living facility, also in the dementia unit.Don't worry I'm in your boat as well. Got rejected last year and doing it all over again. What are you doing this year?
i would rather get an interview and get rejected than be placed on the waitlist. I interviewed at a school this year, drove 13 hours, stayed 3 nights in a hotel only to be placed on a waitlist. so now im sitting here doing everything i can to be pulled off but it doesnt seem like its going to happen. oh well. hopefully i get in somewhere this year.I know I hear u man. It's such a grueling process! I feel like if you do get an interview and get rejected it's like making it all the way to the championship then losing there. I hope I only have to go through it once, but chances are bc of my MCAT score, I'll have to go through it again
For those of you with "decision deferred" who received a note from WVSOM that they didn't have your MCAT score even though you know AACOMAS has them...apparently there was an error on AACOMAS's side and our scores will be sent this week to WVSOM, then our files will start to be reviewed.