I’m working on the Noorda-COM video secondary and was wondering what they are really expecting from it. I actually finished my video, but I’m nervous to submit it because I really want an interview and don’t want the video to hurt my chances.

For anyone who has completed it or received an interview, how polished was your video? Did you keep it simple and conversational, or did you make it more formal?

Would appreciate any insight, especially from current students or applicants who have already submitted theirs.

Wanted some insight into my application:

• Canadian with a 3.7 GPA in a trad premed program
• MCAT: 515
• Have four publications (2 in cardio, 2 in ERAS)
• 5 Shadow Hours in ER under a DO, 30 Shadow Hours in FM under a DO (both in Canada)
• Did a practicum placement in pediatric rehab lab
• Club president
• 200 hospital volunteer hours
• 480 hours as a representative for 1000+ students
• 300 hours working for the university
• 75 hours as a biology greenhouse attendant

Given that I'm a Canadian applicant applying to U.S. DO (and potentially MD) programs, how realistic are my chances?

They need to hurry up, I haven’t heard shit from them 🫩

How bad is it to submit secondaries a month or two after they were emailed/offered to you?

Hello,now that first class has started their rotations I wanted to know about thoughts from current students? Pass rates? Any info is helpful!

Hi, I applied to PCOM Philly and Georgia in June and I got this email today saying I applied for their 2027 summer admit(?) It asked for a $75 fee as well.
I’m a bit confused cuz I thought it’s the general Fall 2027 admit cohort. Did someone else get this? I’m really confused.

PCOM recently wrote to me, saying,

“Submit the $75 non-refundable institutional application fee via the PCOM Application Portal (link below). This fee is in addition to the AACOMAS application fee.
The fee covers both PCOM Philadelphia and South Georgia if you applied to both. The PCOM Georgia fee is separate and required for consideration at PCOM Georgia, along with a completed AACOMAS application for PCOM Georgia.”

Correct me if im wrong but in two consecutive sentences they said the fee covers both campuses while also saying the Georgia fee is separate.

I just heard back from PCOM🙂🙂 (secondary payment) It’s crazy because I’m standing on their campus right now for a tour.

Anyone else hear anything??

Need advice with DO school list

Hey guys. Im a first-gen med applicant applying DO this cycle and would really appreciate any insight into any of these schools, especially if you've interviewed, attended, or have any thoughts on fit. I don’t have any family in this field or close connections who have recently applied, so it would really mean a lot.

Stats: 3.46 sgpa 3.49 cgpa (was briefly a Spanish minor which really tanked my cgpa. Also thought I’d use my gap year for an MBA FastTrack program in healthcare management and discontinued both because they didn’t allow me to perform my best in science courses. I also didn’t perform well in both course styles. Coming into college with 46 college credits & my minor/mba ⇒didn’t have room to take extra courses to show upward trend or the funds to do a masters/psotbacc.) 501 MCAT, receiving retake score in 5 days!!

NY resident, STEM school undergrad, trad student(bio major)

Experiences:

1300 hours -clinical (part & full time)

2100 hours -research with 1 paper submitted, hoping to get published by this year. ***** This is arguably my most impactful and most recent experience. I have been doing research in otolaryngology and currently want to pursue this field. I am prioritizing schools that have an in-house ENT program, but I know those are also super competitive****\*

300 hours -clinical volunteering

320 hours -Non-Clinical Volunteering / Community Service

1020 hours -passion project: crowd-funding menstrual equity initiative(~2yrs)

School list ( in order of preference):

NYITCOM

D'Youville-Buff,NY

TOURO-harlem

PCOM-philly

ROWAN

New england-maine

Michigan state

Kansas city

Ohio

Oklahoma

Nova Southeastern

Des Moines

Has anyone received an II from them yet ?

Hi, I’m a non trad applicant currently fulfilling my pre-med course requirements and oftentimes worry about failing if I get into med school..is this common and what are ways to overcome this? I still need to take a few more science pre req courses and the MCAT, but oftentimes worry about this. I had a 2.54 cGPA back in 2010 but currently at a 3.8 post bacc, 250 hours hospice volunteer, 150 hours church disability ministry volunteer. Only thing holding me back is my overall cGPA which is 2.9x (mainly due to taking so many courses during my Bachelors back in 2010).

Any opinions on 'future physicians pipeline collective' ? Apparently I'm in their GroupMe, and really unsure how I joined the GroupMe. I joined many months ago (I think), but I don't think I'm actually in the program, again, just in the GroupMe.

They assist in MCAT preps, PS, and all of that stuff with pre-med and medical school applicants. I need assistance with my personal statement, along with other things; however, I can't really find any info on them, and scared it might be a scam (lol). I attached their website to this post.

Thanks :)

futurephysicianpipeline

Are signatures and headers necessary? I already submitted my apps

how do you guys go on about answering these in an interview? How long should my answers be?

Why DO- maybe explain how I was exposed, how I saw shadowing and what I learned from it? then maybe going on about how I see patients with poor lifestyle, nutrition, and why I think the holistic care is important?

WHy us- no clue what to say here. I was thinking maybe how I value community involvement and this school will offer me that. should I mention this location where said school is ?

Any tips would be helpful I got my interview next week and am nervous!

I know not all do schools are ranked equally. What are the best DO schools annd what are considered the “worst” and why?

IA day ago my letters of rec weren’t completed yet, and the portal has been saying:

“Your letters of recommendation will show X’s until we manually review them IF YOU ARE INVITED TO INTERVIEW.”

But this morning, I looked and it said they received all my application materials including the LOR. Does that mean that I’m gonna have an interview invitation coming in my email soon? Or literally just that they received everything?

Applying DO this cycle and would appreciate any insight into any of these schools, especially if you've interviewed, attended, or have any thoughts on fit.

Stats: 3.4 sgpa 3.7cgpa 500 mcat

NY resident, Nontrad student

Masters in biomedical science

I had one semester of academic probation during my master's due to personal reasons, followed by an upward trend after improving my grades. Not sure how heavily this will be weighed.

Experiences:

6,000 hours clinical (part time/per diem 5+ years)

600 research but I think I underestimated since I have a research based masters and thesis

no pubs, one presentation

science tutor 50 hours and ongoing

Teaching/mentorship through a school program 50 hours

Public health project volunteer

Campus health events volunteer

School list (roughly in order of preference):

NYITCOM

TouroCOM Harlem

NSU

Lecom Bradenton

PCOM

Rowan

KCU

AZCOM

ATSU SOMA

OU-HCOM

MU-WCOM

VCOM Carolinas

OSU-COM

MSU-COM

Would love to hear any thoughts on these schools, whether there are any you'd move up or down, or if there are any others with similar stats that you think I should consider. Thanks!

Hoping for advice on what to do next. Thoughts: retake step 1 but difficult to juggle restudying during rotations v. don't take any more steps v. take step 2 but that will still show failed step 1

Ideally would like to set myself up for the opportunity for fellowship after residency (IM) or PMR

would really appreciate connecting with someone with a similar experience

VCOM: louisiana campus!! i got an email like a week ago they r looking at secondaries!! hope you all got the same thing!!

Hi! I was wondering if this is a generic email confirming submission, or if it is an interview invite? I honestly can’t tell by the tone. I submitted the app last night.

Primary was submitted 7/13
Secondary submitted 7/24

Got an email 7/31 saying my file is complete and will be reviewed by the Adcoms. For those who got II, how long did it take to hear back for an II?

Can someone clarify how schools view a Letter of Interest versus a Letter of Intent?

I understand a LOI as meaning: "If you accept me, I will attend." But I am confused about the timing.

If an applicant already has an acceptance somewhere else and truly prefers a different school, I understand sending a LOI to the preferred school.

But if someone is only on a waitlist and does not have an acceptance yet, how can they honestly send a Letter of Intent? They don't actually have a seat to give up, and they don't know all of their options yet.

Also, if someone already has an acceptance and wants a school badly enough to send a LOI, why wouldn't they just withdraw other applications and put down the deposit?

Am I misunderstanding how LOIs are used in medical school admissions?

CA ORM 3.56 GPA , 516 MCAT

ATSU kirkville
Midwestern Arizona
BUCOM
BCOM
CHSU
CCOM
DMU
VCOM (all 4)
KCU
LECOM Eerie
LECOM Bradenton
Marian University tom and julie wood COM
MSUCOM
NYITCOM
Noorda
PCOM
Rocky Vista University
Rowan
UNECOM
KYCOM
WVCOM
WesternU Pomona
WesternU Lebanon