A Strange case of Idaho COM Admission Requirement

[Taskha]

My CARS is below 35th percentile and it doesn't meet the minimum requirement of ICOM based on their website. However, I emailed the admission and they told me it's okay b/c they review applicant holistically. Is that for real? Would they screen me out later?

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[Rekt]

My CARS is below 35th percentile and it doesn't meet the minimum requirement of ICOM based on their website. However, I emailed the admission and they told me it's okay b/c they review applicant holistically. Is that for real? Would they screen me out later?

They'll probably take anyone who applies. It's in the Caribbean tier of DO schools.

 

[DNC127]

They'll probably take anyone who applies. It's in the Caribbean tier of DO schools.

like half the schools are that tier now lol. But they are def towards the bottom

 

[JSReed]

One way to find out...

 

[deleted859689]

My CARS is below 35th percentile and it doesn't meet the minimum requirement of ICOM based on their website. However, I emailed the admission and they told me it's okay b/c they review applicant holistically. Is that for real? Would they screen me out later?

Applying to Idaho makes udaho. /s

 

[Ho0v-man]

My CARS is below 35th percentile and it doesn't meet the minimum requirement of ICOM based on their website. However, I emailed the admission and they told me it's okay b/c they review applicant holistically. Is that for real? Would they screen me out later?

I’ll go against the grain of the thread and say they’ll likely screen you out, but just say that because they want your app money.

 

[Rekt]

ICOM is a for profit school and I think that the investors expect them to fill the class.
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Absolutely disgusting.

 

[Goro]

My CARS is below 35th percentile and it doesn't meet the minimum requirement of ICOM based on their website. However, I emailed the admission and they told me it's okay b/c they review applicant holistically. Is that for real? Would they screen me out later?

OP, I can't recommend this school, due to the apparent dishonesty they had in setting up their school that poisoned the relations with hospitals in Idaho and/or the Idaho Medical Association. In addition, most of their rotation sites are very far away from the school. This raises the risk that the rotations are not adequately supervised and preceptors are not fully trained in teaching.

 

[stayathomemom]

OP, I can't recommend this school, due to the apparent dishonesty they had in setting up their school that poisoned the relations with hospitals in Idaho and/or the Idaho Medical Association. In addition, most of their rotation sites are very far away from the school. This raises the risk that the rotations are not adequately supervised and preceptors are not fully trained in teaching.

Oh.

Not OP, but this changes a lot for me. I had no idea. This was one of my few DO schools I was going to apply to (due to its location). I didn't think this one was on your list.

 

[Damson]

Oh.

Not OP, but this changes a lot for me. I had no idea. This was one of my few DO schools I was going to apply to (due to its location). I didn't think this one was on your list.

It would make me nervous as well, but if they end up interviewing you if you apply, it's still a bird in hand as a US DO school.

 

[harrislakers123]

Always take a US medical school acceptance, anyone that tells you otherwise is not acting in your best interest but instead a personal agenda.

USDO placement rate was 99.61% this year

 

[Damson]

Always take a US medical school acceptance, anyone that tells you otherwise is not acting in your best interest but instead a personal agenda.

USDO placement rate was 99.61% this year

Exactly. Just get into a US school. But you have the stats to get into the better ones, by all means go for it