u/Ok-Penalty2373

I have two As at WCUCOM and ARCOM as a 497 MCAT 3.6 sgpa applicant this cycle. Super grateful and these are the interviews I have/had: ARCOM, WCUCOM, LMUDCOM, UNECOM, KYCOM, ValleyCOM, KansasCOM.

I have my ValleyCOM in-person interview on November 9 (before KYCOM), and I am wondering if I should withdraw. This was my first interview invite and I genuinely thought I would not get into a better, established school so I accepted and did the earliest date in November. Now that I have 2 As and ik i can get into a better school im deciding if i withdraw it.

Again, really thankful to be in this "situation". Any advice would be appreciated!

pls give me tips to survive and hopecore thanks <3

Thank you for your continued interest in the D.O. program at OCOM. We have completed our review of your application and appreciate the effort you put into your materials.

Your application remains under active consideration for an interview. We are currently evaluating a highly competitive pool of candidates based on invitation only, and our interview season will continue through Spring 2027. 

We appreciate your patience and understanding throughout this process. We will be in touch should your status change or if further information is required.

I have IIs at these schools and I was wondering what people thought of the schools. I’ve heard conflicting things specifically about ARCOM and WCUCOM. Just want to see what current students think or those that were considering the schools. Or if anyone can rank these schools. Thanks in advance!

I have a few interview invites and some admissions 1:1 advising calls but I got a 497 my last two attempts. Below is my score progression:

490 (9/2025, 120/122/123/125 )

497 (2/2026, 124/122/123/128)

497 (5/30/26, 125/124/126/122)

I basically lost my grandmother to Alzheimer's in between my 2nd and 3rd and thought I could just take the 3rd retake. A lot of family things popped up, and I already had one admissions person ask me over the phone why I didn't wait. I later ended up getting a Pre-II soft R from that school. Another advising meeting I got asked if I would retake again and had to explain what happened. I have a 3.6 sgpa as a BME grad, have thousands of hours of clinical, volunteering, etc. I also got a 3.7 my last two years as a BME. so ik it's just my mcat. I just feel like my answer isn't good enough and is an excuse. I also know I will ask them what I can do better, and their answer is gonna be to retake the MCAT lol. I'm kinda lost and need to come up with a good response, so if anyone has any ideas, pls lmk.

hi everyone, I am applying to this current cycle. I have been trying to get in contact with my organic chemistry professor who wrote my science letter recommendation three years ago to have him update the date to this year. I reached out to one of the schools that I did not hear back from who prescreen for secondaries and they told me they would prefer an updated letter with the updated date to be sent to them. I told them I was having issues contacting the professor since I have been out of school for over a year and the Admissions person told me that they can reach out on my behalf. They reached out today and within 30 minutes he sent the updated letter of Recommendation with the updated date. I’m not sure what to do because I’ve been contacting him for over six months and he has not updated my letter of recommendation through Interfolio, but he sent it to the medical school as they emphasize that they needed an updated date on the letter. I tried calling Interfolio and they told me that they can also send an email out to stress to him, but again I’m not sure what to do if he does not update that letter onto Interfolio. I’m honestly so annoyed because I’m not sure why he has not been responding to me, but he was able to respond to the medical school that needed him to update the date. They told me that I was then good for getting the secondary but some of the schools that I apply to require it within two years so I’m not sure if I should individually reach out to them. I do have another science letter recommendation that was updated with the date, and I have already reached out to some programs who told me that it was fine, but I would rather not have this be another thing stacked against me and just update it.

And does anyone know if you can send schools individual letter of recommendations through Interfolio instead of sending it through AACOMAS. please let me know thank you

Do I apply to all three individually, or is there one primary application through AACOMAS? I know VCOM u do the main camous even though the others are listed.

This is a required question for OCOM to submit my primary to them:
"Is there anything else we should know about your academic record that you would like to tell admissions committees? Please include any academic difficulties or course withdrawals." My sGPAs for 4 years are as follows: Fresh: 3.267 Sophomore: 3.152 Junior: 3.520 Senior: 4.000. As you can see it dipped a bit between freshman and sophomore year but I was an engineering major. I do have a few C's from my pre-req premed classes but no course withdrawals. So what would I talk about in this prompt? Or do I talk about the freshman/sophomore slight dip? Thanks