I didn’t really like that NEOMED will send the decision emails a FEW days after mailing the letters. Sending them both on same day would diffuse the pressure (especially for OOS).
@dreamed I think it was @VaishS that had relayed from a friend that NEOMED would possibly be emailing after snail mail notifications originally. No one said this during our weekend there. A quick call to them this week & they said that they will be meeting this week to discuss & decide IF they will be emailing in addition to snail mail notification. When did you hear them say a few days after? Not arguing that you didn’t!
My son said he didn’t have ANY medical background interviewers for the UG interviewers which surprised him. He also wasn’t grilled nearly as deeply as he’d expected on the medically related activities on his application as he’d expected. But this would make sense if the UG interviewers weren’t of the medical field.
As for not accepting the offer, as of right now, it looks like only 1 of 2 scenarios would cause a decline of offer. One would be if matched to third choice UG in which case the traditional path will be the route taken. The second would be if an offer managed to come through from a nearly impossible to get accepted into program miracle happened. Even then though, a serious sit down would need to happen with FA offers on the table because the COA is significantly different & absolutely plays a role in the ultimate decision.
@VaishS Wow! You’re really a go getter to be ready for a 6yr 3 degree path!
Not to dissuade you at all, but out of curiosity - are you at all concerned that attempting that might leave you very little to no social life? Even with just the BSMD 6yr track, the study constraints really pinch on having down time & a social life. I’d imagine adding MBA courses in would squeeze even more out leaving very little recuperative down time. I have no doubt there are people who have no problem tearing through material & absorbing/processing it at breakneck speeds & actually thrive on that. Eidetic memory helps, I’m sure! Lol. But just wondering you’re concerned about the social/down time aspects at all.
@GoldenRock If it was you that brought the sunny, warm weather from the west… PLEASE come back!!! Please have your daughter attend NEOMED!
Sorry for the multiple posts! For some reason this system likes to cut off my posts 
@jumbletumbles - At NEOMED interviews on Feb 21st, after the parent FA presentation, after the Q&A session with the Med students, the gentleman presenting had stated they WILL send emails BUT only a few days later. He never mentioned that they will discuss and decide.
I remember this clearly bc my mom and I both glared at each other after hearing that. He specifically gave the reference of spring breaks and such. He asked us, that we do not call them for results until March 18th, as in give them 7 days so the letters can make it to us.
I just don’t see the sense of holding back on the results via email. If the letter is going to make to us in time say for IS student in 3 days and then they send an email 5 days later, what’s the purpose solved, except for anyone whose mail got lost.
And for OOS, they may not receive mail in 5-7 days, so shouldn’t they release the news via email on the day the letters are mailed. Once decisions are announced, they are announced …what’s the dilemma …
Maybe we call and reconfirm ?
Unfortunately I did not take any notes and also did not register what ever discussed in my mind. Said that, I vividly remember they told some students are having a challenging time to maintain the GPA and meet other requirements to matriculate in to NEOMED with the compressed schedule even just to do the UG. Hence from next year (2017) on wards, for example if a student wants to be in Honors program then it will be mandatory 7 years and not 6 years. This is the last year if one wants to do the UG with Honors they can do it in 6 years. For some reason, I am not able to recall the discussion related to MBA. But I agree with @jumbletumbles it is too much of a stretch to get BA/MD/MBA in 6 years. But anything is possible if that is what a student wants and knowing there will not be any life except studies. Interestingly this year it starts on June 13th Monday, where some schools are not even done with high school schedule.
@GoldenRock - From your comment - “they told some students are having a challenging time to maintain the GPA and meet other requirements to matriculate in to NEOMED with the compressed schedule even just to do the UG.”
I hope you did not hear these remarks related to 3 year UG students as well ?
I think Spring Break is the reasoning for for the email notification after paper notification. Some students will be on break & not at home to check the mailbox for a week or more.
Weird but I felt like I had a lot of medical interviewers and they did ask a lot about my medical extracurriculars
And yeah 6 years for all three is a lot of work but I’m really interested, we’ll see what happens- im not set on anything yet
Can anyone talk about the questions posted in comment #118 in regards to dorms ? Thank you in advance by the way !
Males & females are separated but not sure if it’s by wings or floors. TBH, didn’t pay a lot of attention to those details. All those smaller details were lumped into our ‘later considerations’ pile of concerns because it may or may not even end up mattering. It also wasn’t one of the bigger factors in ranking choices so, sorry not much more help than that.
I am a junior from the Akron area and attended open house and was on college visits to Akron YSU and Kent this year. Surprisingly NEOMED is mainly admitting kids from Columbus and Cincinnati only. I heard 15 of the current class in all three are from Cincinnati and Columbus and 5 are from OOS.
What happened to Neomed’s vision of creating Primary care doctors in the NEO area?
My counselor is recommending me not to apply there as their commitment to the area is gone even though they get funding specifically support and serve NEO area.There seems to be a bias brewing.
It is a shame NEOMED is doing this.
Does anyone else feel the same way?
Cross posted response here as well: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/1864898-neomed-bs-md-taking-mainly-cincinnati-and-columbus-kids.html#latest
@medschool0001
A) The NEOMED program’s entering C1 class published statistics list these as the top feeder schools:
5 STUDENTS Saint Ignatius High School
4 STUDENTS William Mason High School
4 STUDENTS Cardinal High School
3 STUDENTS Stow-Munroe Falls High School
3 STUDENTS Twinsburg High School
3 STUDENTS Walsh Jesuit High School
With the exception of William Mason high school, the top feeder high schools for the program are all located what what is easily identifiable as Northeast Ohio, not Cincinnati & Columbus.
B) the mission of NEOMED is not to recruit FROM Northeastern Ohio, but to bring more primary care physicians into PRACTICING in this area. Please don’t make the mistake of misinterpreting the mission statement if you haven’t actually read it or understand it.
C) There are many reasons why students that live outside of the area in high school, IS AND OOS, would be interested in potentially practicing in the area - family, cost of living, etc. It comes across very shortsighted to assume only those already living in the area would have very valid reasons for wanting to be in & eventually practice medicine there.
Also, I’d suggest that you do a little legwork on your own to verify the information you’re being given because simply pulling up data from NEOMED’s website easily invalidates your initial supposition that so many students come from non NEO. Regardless of the validity of any of that, no one can see into the minds of the applicants except the applicants themselves. The school’s mission is (again) to bring in & promote primary care in NEO, not to keep & foster only those already in the area.
I truly don’t intend to come across harsh however, your post comes across as attempting to incite or inflame & your chosen points really don’t hold up. I highly recommend doing your own homework on the facts & stats before throwing something like this out there.
I actually disagree.
Okay, so just because the current class has 15 kids, does that mean that NEOMED is only getting kids from Central Ohio area. Their commitment to NEO area is still very much being practiced.
Does your GC have any stats to support his / her statement ? Speaking of GC (I am attending an extremely competitive high school ), the GC assigned to me at my high school, who actually is from Akron / Kent area, did not know about this program when my parent asked them during a conversation. So my GC was of no use about intel on this program. Whatever I know today is from personal research we (parents & I) did for this program. Hence, I suggest, do your own homework, talk to some kids at UG / Med school level who are in this program.
When I was there to interview during Feb 2016, I did run into C1 & C2 who were from the NEO area. Some were actually commuter students.
Now you might laugh and be surprised at what I have to say next, but there are folks who were born and raised in OHIO, yes, in OHIO, yet they have not heard of ROOTSTOWN, that a medical college exists in ROOTSTOWN and of this program (not saying this to undermine ROOTSTOWN in any way). It’s just that the program is not so “advertised” as other colleges advertise themselves. I ran into some families from Columbus, who were there for the 1st time. They were definitely taken back by the rural setting even though NEOMED website, actually points to matriculating practitioners to be able to practice in rural areas. Basically, what I am trying to say is, not many Central Ohio people know or apply to this program. I ran into a family who was there for their younger child because they did not know about this program when their eldest was trying for Medicine.
My recommendation, to those who will be applying or are thinking of applying in Fall 2016 or later years –
• Read and understand the vision statement clearly.
• Visit the colleges beforehand so that you are not taken back and surprised when you are interviewing for the program and are being pressed to make a decision.
• If you like it, go ahead apply for this program
These comments are not being posted to sound rude. Just sharing what I have heard, seen and experienced.
My daughter is right now finishing her 2nd year in the program. She just shared with me that she heard all the recent changes to the BS/MD program is due to NEOMED failing at its mission statement. I think NEOMED is committed to its mission statement or it would not be making these changes. As far as admitting students outside of NEO perhaps that is who has applied that is qualified. My daughter also reports many are matching in specialities outside of primary care. Good for the students and impressive for NEOMED as some of these specialities are highly competitive but again a fail for the mission statement.
@medschool0001 I would apply. Go to Rootstown and share your concerns and get your questions answered. If you and other students from NEO don’t apply, how will the situation change? Getting in to medical school is extremely difficult. You should pursue every possibility and not shut the door to NEOMED without more research.
Thank you both for responding.
I did talk to quite a few C1 and C2 s and half the class in all three schools were from Cincinnati and Columbus. in fact C2 in Kent told there were 19 from Columbus and 9 got booted out this year due to issues. Also the consensus among all of them is to match to Mayo or something similar in surgery or something Ike that. Out of the 15 I talked to only one girl who is from a rural area near Roots town plans to stay in the area doing Family medicine. That too for the scholarship in the local hospital. All others said they stopped talking about Primary care and NEO the day after the interview.
I like your optimism but the reality is totally different.
The alarming issue is there is literally no Doctor who graduated in the last ten years from Neomed is practicing in the area hospitals. All Neomed products in the area are really old.
When I visited two times I got really concerned and that is why I decided to get others’ views also. Probably you two did not meet the C1 and C2 s I met. I appreciate you sharing your views and giving me hope.
Thanks Heiditree for the feedback. In spite of all my concern I plan to apply next year. Neomed’s mission aligns with mine. I know there are so many constraints from their point of view and hopefully lack of quality kids from the area who want to stay here is not the main reason.
Duluth Minnesota medical school is doing a very good job of sticking to core principles and filling the need of the rural area and NEOMED can learn from their experience.
@medschool0001 - " 9 got booted out this year due to issues." What kind of issues ? I am glad you are thinking of applying.
“@dreamed - the ILS degree is only for BSMD students & even that isn’t given to the students until they graduate from the med school part. It’s given at the same time. So technically, you wouldn’t even have a college degree at any point during medical school. The people I’ve known who have dropped from their program have just translated the coursework completed into another major like Biology or switched to something completely non-medically related. Of course, something like Biology will probably have another set of Major & elective requirements. So whether you fill out those requirements really depends on the Major switched to & at what point in the BSMD program you drop out. The further along you are, the more likely it may be that you need to stay longer than the expected 4 traditional years.”
I want to respond to the above post that I copied. This is not true. After 2 years or more, the students graduate from their undergraduate school with a degree. You certainly would have a college degree during medical school.
There is some misinformation in this thread.