2021-2022 Marian University College of Osteopathic Medicine (MU-COM)

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Hello, any 2-4th year students here? I have questions on the program I want to ask!!
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For one of the secondary question regarding do you wanna practice in Indiana, I personally never have been there not even for vacation. So just wondering for inputs on how should I approach this answer? I don't have any connections at all in Indiana.
 
heyhello123 said:
For one of the secondary question regarding do you wanna practice in Indiana, I personally never have been there not even for vacation. So just wondering for inputs on how should I approach this answer? I don't have any connections at all in Indiana.
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I personally explained that, while practicing medicine in Indiana would be enticing, I likely wouldn't because I have ties to another state and I would be hoping to continue my work relationships with my colleagues.

I believe someone else in this thread said that a couple of people last year got II's/A's after stating that they weren't interested in practicing medicine in Indiana.
 
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How did people answer their COVID prompt since I already wrote a COVID essay in the AACOMAS? Did people just repeat the answers? I'm a little confused..!
 
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Mungmoong said:
How did people answer their COVID prompt since I already wrote a COVID essay in the AACOMAS? Did people just repeat the answers? I'm a little confused..!
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i did. some was the same but i added more about what i was doing this year during covid.
 
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For those who received the Fee Waiver, did you pay first and got a refund later or just uploaded the waiver pdf ?
 
Mungmoong said:
How did people answer their COVID prompt since I already wrote a COVID essay in the AACOMAS? Did people just repeat the answers? I'm a little confused..!
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I rewrote in different words. Technically, I'm saying the same thing but in a different way.
 
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Has anyone submitted their secondary already? I did, but it says my LORs are missing. They are uploaded to AACOMAS and other DO schools have received them, so I don't see what the problem is.
 
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Has anyone submitted their secondary already? I did, but it says my LORs are missing. They are uploaded to AACOMAS and other DO schools have received them, so I don't see what the problem is.
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This was answered in an earlier post...but it will say that until they manually verify you LORs which can take a few weeks.
 
amaranthxx said:
This was answered in an earlier post...but it will say that until they manually verify you LORs which can take a few weeks.
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Sorry I didn't see anything on this page so I assumed it wouldn't be on pages 1 or 2. Thanks for the answer.
 
Chillymorning said:
Sorry I didn't see anything on this page so I assumed it wouldn't be on pages 1 or 2. Thanks for the answer.
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Chillymorning said:
Sorry I didn't see anything on this page so I assumed it wouldn't be on pages 1 or 2. Thanks for the answer.
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No problem...I mentioned the earlier post becaue it had more detail and link to verify the info.
 
Has anyone been marked complete? If so how long from secondary submission did that take?
 
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musicxroyal said:
Has anyone been marked complete? If so how long from secondary submission did that take?
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i submitted the secondary 7/15 and was complete 7/19. all my scores and LOR's were submitted before though so i wasn't waiting on anything. linda overholt in admissions is super kind and responsive if you're wanting to email and check in!
 
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How are you guys answering the top 3 specialties question? I have a general idea of what I want to do and nothing is concrete. I feel its early to even think about specialties so I haven't done much research in any one in particular. I'm thinking about IM/FM because I want to go into primary care but I really have no idea. Any help? And how long were your responses to the question?
 
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ellaevie said:
i submitted the secondary 7/15 and was complete 7/19. all my scores and LOR's were submitted before though so i wasn't waiting on anything. linda overholt in admissions is super kind and responsive if you're wanting to email and check in!
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Yes second this, she is lovely
 
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For the shadowing question, is everyone mentioning all shadowing experiences for " describe the experience (name & location of hospital/clinic, name & specialty physician, and amount of time spent shadowing)" in like a listing format (experiences and then description)? Or are you guys just focusing more so on one and how that impacted you. Because I mentioned them all in my AACOMAS app, but wasn't sure how to approach this question.
 
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For the shadowing question, is everyone mentioning all shadowing experiences for " describe the experience (name & location of hospital/clinic, name & specialty physician, and amount of time spent shadowing)" in like a listing format (experiences and then description)? Or are you guys just focusing more so on one and how that impacted you. Because I mentioned them all in my AACOMAS app, but wasn't sure how to approach this question.
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I pretty much re-listed my shadowing experiences from my app and then described how I work with physicians (specifically the DOs) at my job. I threw in a sentence about the difference I have seen between DO/MD but wanted to save the majority of the why DO piece. for one of the other prompts.
 
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ThePACK said:
I pretty much re-listed my shadowing experiences from my app and then described how I work with physicians (specifically the DOs) at my job. I threw in a sentence about the difference I have seen between DO/MD but wanted to save the majority of the why DO piece. for one of the other prompts.
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Thank you!!
 
TRP23 said:
For the shadowing question, is everyone mentioning all shadowing experiences for " describe the experience (name & location of hospital/clinic, name & specialty physician, and amount of time spent shadowing)" in like a listing format (experiences and then description)? Or are you guys just focusing more so on one and how that impacted you. Because I mentioned them all in my AACOMAS app, but wasn't sure how to approach this question.
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I just described the experience the exact same way they worded it in the question! I didn't elaborate on it or anything just bc I already did that on my primary
 
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Did anyone else get a random application complete email? They already sent me one a couple of weeks ago but I just got another one today.
 
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II just now!!! I’m IS and got the completion email 7/25.
 
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Ok this is going to sound super stupid but I'm trying to start the secondary and I can't seem to log in to the portal. I reset my password but the sign-in page asks for a username too and I have no idea what my username is supposed to be!! I tried my email, my AACOMAS ID but it doesn't seem to be accepting any of that. There's no option for forgot username either - only forgot password ;( How did you guys find out your usernames? Please help! :'(
 
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Ok this is going to sound super stupid but I'm trying to start the secondary and I can't seem to log in to the portal. I reset my password but the sign-in page asks for a username too and I have no idea what my username is supposed to be!! I tried my email, my AACOMAS ID but it doesn't seem to be accepting any of that. There's no option for forgot username either - only forgot password ;( How did you guys find out your usernames? Please help! :'(
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Mine is my AACOMAS ID. Maybe email them for assistance. My supplement email indicates to email Linda Overholt at [email protected] for portal connection issues. The email says that university firewalls can sometimes cause issues if you are using a university or college network to login. Good luck!
 
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hey future docs, im a former MUCOM student (current resident) but i come here to the application thread every year to offer help to all of you applying since i know how stressful of a process it was. feel free to message me!! GOOD LUCK! 😄
 
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Worker_Bee_4952 said:
Mine is my AACOMAS ID. Maybe email them for assistance. My supplement email indicates to email Linda Overholt at [email protected] for portal connection issues. The email says that university firewalls can sometimes cause issues if you are using a university or college network to login. Good luck!
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Thank you so much! I'll try that! :D
 
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mgrey said:
hey future docs, im a former MUCOM student (current resident) but i come here to the application thread every year to offer help to all of you applying since i know how stressful of a process it was. feel free to message me!! GOOD LUCK! 😄
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Hi
How well would you say MUCOM prepared you for boards and how were you rotations?
 
heyhello123 said:
For those who received the Fee Waiver, did you pay first and got a refund later or just uploaded the waiver pdf ?
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Hi, I just wanted to follow up on how did the fee waiver work? Did you have to pay upfront and then receive a refund?
 
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