Great
I think for the Macon campus only one person didn't match.
Thanks for the hope. I interviewed in Oct as well. Hope more movement is coming!
Well they stated after April 30th then spots will begin to open. I honestly was shocked to get that call this soon. Their may have been more movement before as well. Just not everyone will post. If I can do it, you can do it for sure!!! Good luck to everyone, I hope everyone gets a chance to get in!
I think that if you were capable of getting into a competitive specialty by attending another US allo school, you would be perfectly capable of getting into one if you went to Mercer as well.
Do you have any insight if you’re at a disadvantage trying to get a residency outside the Southeast? Seems like a vast majority stay local, but unsure if that’s due to personal preference/alignment with mercer’s mission vs maybe the school not being as well known in other parts of US?
If you would choose Mercer over the DO program if money were not an issue, and assuming you are at least honesty considering primary care (as you were accepted DO and Mercer), one thing is to consider is that we have multiple scholarship programs (at least two different ones with numerous spots) that are available to those willing to commit to a primary care track in GA for at least a few years. They are also very, very, available, at least to my understanding, and it might be worthwhile contacting the school here to see if they would give you someone to talk to about that to see just what your chances are for obtaining such (I.e. my guess would be 75% or greater if you wanted it).
Hell yeah, congrats!!
Thank you
Congrats! Was rooting for you. Nothing for me still
Thank you so much!!! If you really want to go to Mercer, send a letter of intent and try to share your interest. I don't think I would have gotten in without doing that.
Yeah, I'm definitely interested in primary care, but the commitment to Georgia specifically does make me nervous since who knows what the future holds. The scholarship opportunity mentioned in the acceptance email entails a 4-year commitment, which is a pretty long time. I'm going to call the school and ask them what my options are. All things equal, I'd go with Mercer, but of course, all things aren't equal right now. I also want to give it a little while to think it through because I feel like I'm a little shocked about the fact that I got in and not thinking completely clearly right now. I was SO sure I wouldn't come off the waitlist and would be going to the DO school since one of my Mercer interviews went pretty badly, so now I'm just kind of like, "...What just happened?" haha
I was sooo in shock. I saw you guy's posts this morning, but I was so sure I didn't get accepted that I didn't even check my email. I was actually going to send some new LOR's today, so I had opened up AMCAS and was about to send them, but I wanted to make sure there wasn't a limit. So I logged on to the portal to reread the waitlist email in the status area and... "ACCEPTANCE OFFER"
Haha, same! I'm a reapplicant as well and had completely accepted that MD schools just weren't interested in me. I was just checking my email looking for an update on a situation at work not even thinking about the fact that schools would start seeing WL movement soon. I feel bad because it was so unexpected that I didn't even get excited at first. I just stared at it like, "Wait...really? Am I still asleep?"
Dang, I wish I could get mine back! I would be getting the $1500 back if I went with the DO school since my scholarship covers all tuition, so losing that money is going to doubly hurt if I go with Mercer haha. What can you do, though.
So happy to hear this!!!
Thank you
CONGRATULATIONS you deserve it!!!!!!!!!! See you soon!
Mine is may 7 and I was accepted last Monday so two weeks essentially
Thank you so much <3
So if you're not from a rural area you're basically out of luck for the scholarship?
She said that she's seen students from Atlanta get selected, so you're not 100% out of luck, but yeah, the chances seem pretty slim without direct ties to a rural area.
GA-PCOM
Tough choice. I was accepted there too but no full ride. Just ask yourself how important an MD is to you
It's not really an MD vs. DO thing for me so much as that I just really feel uneasy about a few aspects of the program like the lack of dedicated board studying time and all of the uncertainty surrounding the rotation sites. I also have some chronic pain issues that make me wory about whether OMM will take a toll on my body. But is not having to put up with those things really worth taking on $200k more in debt? I feel like that's not a question I can answer without first literally going through the program haha. I'm going to call admissions tomorrow since financial aid suggested I speak with them about the situation to see if they might have a better sense of whether any scholarships may become available at any point. Tried calling today but got sent to voicemail.
Yeah I mean I will say, I have been really unimpressed with PCOM-GA's correspondence. I was accepted October 2 from PCOM and I literally never heard a peep from them except to pay my tuition deposit a couple weeks before the deadline. Meanwhile other schools I got accepted to kept a really active communication and made me feel really welcomed.
I've overall felt pretty welcomed by PCOM, but I was accepted several months later than you and, of course, was in communication regarding the scholarship. I can definitely understand feeling like that after going months with no communications. Yes, the health insurance is another one of my concerns! Apparently they tell their students to sign up with the ACA right now, but with so many plans pulling out or threatening to pull out of the exchanges, who knows what options will be available over the next four years.Yeah I mean I will say, I have been really unimpressed with PCOM-GA's correspondence. I was accepted October 2 from PCOM and I literally never heard a peep from them except to pay my tuition deposit a couple weeks before the deadline. Meanwhile other schools I got accepted to kept a really active communication and made me feel really welcomed.
Also, PCOM gives no health insurance. I am 99% Mercer has health insurance.
Thank you, and for all of your words of encouragement this year
Thank you, and for all of your words of encouragement this year
Thank you for sharing your perspective as someone who had to make a very similar decision and what the ED doctors had to say! I remember the level 1 trauma center being a big selling point on interview day but just didn't know how important it was to have access to that since I've never had experience in such an environment.
