Could someone tell me how much the deposit is once you've been accepted?
$2000 and you have 2 weeks from the date on the letter (not the date you received it)
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Interviewed here on Monday. I was pretty let down that we were not allowed to see the anatomy lab due to a complaint from a prior tour. We also were not allowed into the OMM lab due to a practical that day. I still have no idea what the curriculum will be like, and our 1st year tour guide didn't have a clue either. The dual-degree program was presented pretty hard, though it matches up with their primary care mission. There was no end of day survey to convey my disappointment either.
The interview was odd, being shared with other applicants. It was an hour long. Two physicians and one 2nd year student on the panel.
Overall I was underwhelmed. The students were very nice though.
What do you mean complaint? Like someone complained that a previous group toured the anatomy lab? lol
This is very unfortunate. Do you know what the complaint was about?Someone from a prior DO interview complained about the lab, so no future tours get to see it. Wtf.
I'm interviewing here this upcoming Monday (21st). So far, it seems most of the posts have been negative regarding the interview, but specifics are hard to come by. What am I to expect? I'm out of state (Louisiana)- is there a major in state bias or just a slight one? I've gotten mixed answers on this.
A couple of other things, mostly unrelated.
I'm staying in San Francisco for an extra day (previously the furthest west I've ever been was Colorado) and I always wanted to visit the Pacific coast. Anything any current students or potential students who are familiar with the area suggest I definitely do?
Lastly, there is something that has been on my mind since the approval of Prop 64 and the fact that the one person I know that attends TUCOM-CA is a hippie's hippie who loves homeopathic/osteopathic/otherwise "eastern"/"new age" medical practices. He more than once indicated that one of the major reasons he chose TUCOM-CA over places like DMU and AT Still and KCU-COM (he even chose it over his 2 MD acceptances) because of his belief in marijuana as a versatile medicine (hence he wanted to study in California). With the legalization of recreational marijuana use in California, do any of you feel that this sort of hurts the "marijuana as medicine" proponents? I know that opiates and alcohol are far more physiologically dangerous and toxic than marijuana is, but for the sake of argument... let's suppose we have other medications that can be used both therapeutically and recreationally... what if doctors used ethanol for acute tonic-clonic seizures and then went and had a few drinks after their shifts? What if there were small mom-and-pop recreational oxycontin shops? I know this is a ridiculous comparison, but the general sentiment I'm trying to get at is whether or not something that can be purchased by anyone over 21 at a head shop as if it was a bottle of jack daniels undermines its value as a legitimate medication for the variety of ailments it has been approved for. Thoughts?
I'm staying in San Francisco for an extra day (previously the furthest west I've ever been was Colorado) and I always wanted to visit the Pacific coast. Anything any current students or potential students who are familiar with the area suggest I definitely do?
I'm interviewing here this upcoming Monday (21st). So far, it seems most of the posts have been negative regarding the interview, but specifics are hard to come by. What am I to expect? I'm out of state (Louisiana)- is there a major in state bias or just a slight one? I've gotten mixed answers on this.
Anybody heard anything from Touro if you submitted your secondary in September? There has been pure silence so far from this school. I'm kind of shocked because I have a 3.6 GPA and got a 508 on the MCAT. LizzyMscore is 66. Has anyone with the same stats been asked for an interview/accepted?
I have a ~3.5 GPA and 510 MCAT, was complete 9/28 and got an II on 10/26Anybody heard anything from Touro if you submitted your secondary in September? There has been pure silence so far from this school. I'm kind of shocked because I have a 3.6 GPA and got a 508 on the MCAT. LizzyMscore is 66. Has anyone with the same stats been asked for an interview/accepted?
Hey what is the best and SAFEST hotel/recommendation on where to stay for the interview?
Thanks
Thanks, I'll give them a call right now and figure out what is going onHi. I have a 3.86 and slightly lower MCAT. Submitted in October and just got invited for an interview on Thursday. Maybe you can call and ask what's going on?
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Thanks, I'll give them a call right now and figure out what is going on
Thanks, I'll give them a call right now and figure out what is going on
Called yesterday and got an answering machine. Hopefully I'll hear back today and let you guys know moreLet us know what they say! I'm in the same boat as you too, I submitted in September and haven't heard back since.
It's funny that the one person on here writing about "Anti OMM zealots", when all that was said was that several of us question the practice based on the current evidence, and were open to change/modify our current standing on the issue if the science directed us in that direction, appears to be an OMM zealot. Kettle meet pot
And I'm sorry, but get off your "is it extremely disrespectful" and "i'm less selfsh" high horse. Not everyone loves pathology, but we all will still have to do it and learn it. By your logic anyone that doesn't like, or questions some part of medicine that a school teaches shouldn't be at that school. We don't have to love OMM, and if the school is a good fit for us for other reasons, you have ZERO right to judge why anyone chooses to go there or not. You even went so far to contradict yourself in your last paragraph, "Touro's about a lot more than OMM".....exactly, so stop trying to make people feel bad about their personal views. If we were accepted (which I was) it was based on our merits, and we don't need to be spoken down to because we don't have the same opinion on a single subject as you.
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I'm interviewing here this upcoming Monday (21st). So far, it seems most of the posts have been negative regarding the interview, but specifics are hard to come by. What am I to expect? I'm out of state (Louisiana)- is there a major in state bias or just a slight one? I've gotten mixed answers on this.
A couple of other things, mostly unrelated.
I'm staying in San Francisco for an extra day (previously the furthest west I've ever been was Colorado) and I always wanted to visit the Pacific coast. Anything any current students or potential students who are familiar with the area suggest I definitely do?
Lastly, there is something that has been on my mind since the approval of Prop 64 and the fact that the one person I know that attends TUCOM-CA is a hippie's hippie who loves homeopathic/osteopathic/otherwise "eastern"/"new age" medical practices. He more than once indicated that one of the major reasons he chose TUCOM-CA over places like DMU and AT Still and KCU-COM (he even chose it over his 2 MD acceptances) because of his belief in marijuana as a versatile medicine (hence he wanted to study in California). With the legalization of recreational marijuana use in California, do any of you feel that this sort of hurts the "marijuana as medicine" proponents? I know that opiates and alcohol are far more physiologically dangerous and toxic than marijuana is, but for the sake of argument... let's suppose we have other medications that can be used both therapeutically and recreationally... what if doctors used ethanol for acute tonic-clonic seizures and then went and had a few drinks after their shifts? What if there were small mom-and-pop recreational oxycontin shops? I know this is a ridiculous comparison, but the general sentiment I'm trying to get at is whether or not something that can be purchased by anyone over 21 at a head shop as if it was a bottle of jack daniels undermines its value as a legitimate medication for the variety of ailments it has been approved for. Thoughts?
Congrats! When were you complete?II today!!
Sept 8th! OOS, LizzyM 68-70Congrats! When were you complete?
Not sure why a pharmacological property would undermine a substance's recreational potential since the chemical context is different--for example, ethanol is used to treat methanol poisoning, doesn't mean ethanol can't be used recreationally in the absence of methanol. Also there are plenty of non-psychoactive compounds in marijuana that are used for medication.
withdrew my II and application, hope it goes to one of you lovely folk!II via email this morning!
secondary submitted 7/1, complete 7/12.
Also accepted today! 3.6, 514, IS. Now to decide whether I want to go here or AZCOM. Anyone have any insight that can help with my decision?
1st year at TUCOM-CA here. I was debating between AZCOM and TUCOM-CA last year. During my interviews I was actually very impressed with AZCOM, while I was slightly underwhelmed by Touro's aesthetics and faculty presentations. In the end, I am really glad I chose Touro.
I didn't have many qualms about AZCOM except for these:
- very few opportunities for early clinical experience in the 1st 2 years
- very expensive tuition (and it keeps going up!)
- large student body
I think it all boils down to personal preference: what you think will make you happy and what you want to do with your medical degree. I ended up choosing Touro because I am a CA native, and I wanted to stay in CA for residency. If you look at the match lists, a majority of Touro grads end up doing residency in CA. Although, they are mostly in primary care, so I must say that if you are set on doing a competitive specialty, I believe that AZCOM definitely has better board scores and matches in specialties and I would prioritize that. I had no preference, and I just couldn't justify the extra $10K+ in tuition each year. I also knew I wanted a collaborative atmosphere, and I definitely can say that Touro's smaller student body provides that. Everyone is extremely supportive of each other; there's open conversation on med student burnout and resources for counseling with faculty; and students in the upper years are also always giving us advice and resources. In terms of my initial impressions of Touro, they have really been disproved. After all, aesthetics don't really matter when you're studying inside a classroom/library all day, and Mare Island (where most students live) is very safe and has a nice neighborhood community. The facilities may be smaller and older than AZCOM, but there's everything you could need. (In fact, there's a lot of opportunities to learn and practice ultrasound here, which isn't available at AZCOM). As for faculty, there are some really great lecturers and some who aren't, just like any school.
I know that when I was browsing the forums last year on insights for a decision, there were a lot of older posts giving Touro a bad rep that really made me nervous. I honestly haven't found any of them to be true (but then again, I'm only a semester in). I definitely think that the curriculum has been changed a lot and is still changing at Touro, and the administration/faculty is definitely trying to take our input and make it better.
I love it here, and I have good friends at AZCOM who love it there as well, so I definitely think you can't choose wrong. Either way, you are going to be a doctor, so congrats!
I'll be interviewing here in Monday. I'll be driving up from SoCal Sunday and back home right after the interview. Can anyone tell me approximately when time the interview day ends? Thanks!
1st year at TUCOM-CA here. I was debating between AZCOM and TUCOM-CA last year. During my interviews I was actually very impressed with AZCOM, while I was slightly underwhelmed by Touro's aesthetics and faculty presentations. In the end, I am really glad I chose Touro.
I didn't have many qualms about AZCOM except for these:
- very few opportunities for early clinical experience in the 1st 2 years
- very expensive tuition (and it keeps going up!)
- large student body
I think it all boils down to personal preference: what you think will make you happy and what you want to do with your medical degree. I ended up choosing Touro because I am a CA native, and I wanted to stay in CA for residency. If you look at the match lists, a majority of Touro grads end up doing residency in CA. Although, they are mostly in primary care, so I must say that if you are set on doing a competitive specialty, I believe that AZCOM definitely has better board scores and matches in specialties and I would prioritize that. I had no preference, and I just couldn't justify the extra $10K+ in tuition each year. I also knew I wanted a collaborative atmosphere, and I definitely can say that Touro's smaller student body provides that. Everyone is extremely supportive of each other; there's open conversation on med student burnout and resources for counseling with faculty; and students in the upper years are also always giving us advice and resources. In terms of my initial impressions of Touro, they have really been disproved. After all, aesthetics don't really matter when you're studying inside a classroom/library all day, and Mare Island (where most students live) is very safe and has a nice neighborhood community. The facilities may be smaller and older than AZCOM, but there's everything you could need. (In fact, there's a lot of opportunities to learn and practice ultrasound here, which isn't available at AZCOM). As for faculty, there are some really great lecturers and some who aren't, just like any school.
I know that when I was browsing the forums last year on insights for a decision, there were a lot of older posts giving Touro a bad rep that really made me nervous. I honestly haven't found any of them to be true (but then again, I'm only a semester in). I definitely think that the curriculum has been changed a lot and is still changing at Touro, and the administration/faculty is definitely trying to take our input and make it better.
I love it here, and I have good friends at AZCOM who love it there as well, so I definitely think you can't choose wrong. Either way, you are going to be a doctor, so congrats!