is BU interviews finalized? If i didnt get the call yet should i even keep hopes up?
PSU has been very unclear about this whole interview notification process. I called one day a few weeks ago and a female counselor said she believed that all invites had been sent already but she transferred me to talk to another counselor who said that we should wait until the end of the month. So I would say that nothing is certain until the end of the month. Thatâs just my belief.
@moby24 40 students were invited for the interview
@greenscreenbean iâm sorry to hear that 
itâs often just the luck of the draw
@WaitingtoKnow I emailed them about whether the rumors about it all being sent out were true and that was the replied i received today.
yup! my son got GW rejection too !
@greenscreenbean your stats seems really good! I would just say hang in there and something should come up.
Dear green screen bean
It seems the numbers are there
My only advice is to wait
One unknown is the essay which is always an intangible
One key question is why become md?
The key point to emphasize the desire to help pepple and this is ones vision to achieve this goal
@greenscreenbean my app is similar to you and so far I have been rejected from everywhere that has responded so far. Feeling very disappointed
Did rems get updated for anyone? Iâm still on step three
@YaAbbas786 we havenât received any decision from PSU one way or the other so they havenât notified everyone who applied for their accelerated medical program. Reading several posts it doesnât look like people who havenât heard anything should lose hope. But that me just being overly optimistic I guess.
@greenscreenbean sorry to hear about your predicament, yes itâs a draw of luck too, and I am sure the wind will change direction and some thing will come your way too, hang in there
Donât get disappointed. Yâall are great students and definitely get into good schools.
@greenscreenbean never lose hope. There must be something better for you!!
@mannysidz i believe most people are in step 4 for REMSâŠincluding myself
Does anyone know how many people are selected for BUâs medical interview?
@ultimate314 About 80-90 I believe
@Eveyone. Listen guys, we have all worked our butts off and want to be mdâs and pursue a career in medicine. I believe that everything happens for a reason, and for the better. So donât lose hope and keep your head up high and move forward. Remember that there is always the traditional method, and there have been countless physicians who have taken that route. One year off wont kill you, itâll help in fact. Youâre going to be studying medicine for 40 plus years, and one year wont affect that in the grand scheme of things. I have been rejected by a lot of places and I combine my academics with great community service. Its their loss, but you should continue forward in a positive manner! Also, after a meeting today with NJIT Honors pre-health, I was told that D.O. and MD residencies will be combined in 2020, so D.O. is also a great option as of right now!
@adamrocks, while I agree with your overall sentiment, there is one thing I should correct that you said. Osteopathic residencies (currently only available to DO graduates) and Allopathic residencies (available to MD graduates and DO graduates if they choose to apply â doesnât mean they will be considered as much as the allopathic grad, but they can at least still apply), will fall under 1 system under the ACGME. That doesnât mean that DO graduates and MD graduates will be looked at the same by residency program faculty (esp. since DO schools still require their students to take the COMLEX and not the USMLE). Just something to keep in mind.
That being said, I agree with you â Bachelor/MD programs are the ALTERNATIVE pathway to med school. Less than 2% of all medical students do a combined track after high school. Donât choose a program solely for the perceived time benefit, without looking at the other parts of a medical school you should be looking at in terms of your medical education and later when you apply for residency. Two years is really nothing in the grand scheme of things and honestly, clinical faculty donât care.
@Roentgen, I agree. For the most part, if you want to be a physician, a D.O. should be sufficient as well. They probably treat the patient in the better manner in terms of patient care. Ultimately, D.O.s can practice surgery and become anesthesiologists and etc, so it shouldnât really matter. Becoming a physician has changed in its core values from when it first began to now.
@adamrocks, correct, for the most part if you wish to become a physician, period, a D.O. is fine. I would say in terms of treating of patients and patients being able to tell a difference - that really doesnât happen often, as D.O.s have largely adopted the allopathic M.D. model in terms of medical education, outside of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM), which D.O. schools have continued to keep as part of the curriculum, and in most cases, donât use once they enter residency. The buzzword used is âholisticâ but in real practice, when it comes to the way an attending D.O. practices and the way an attending M.D. practices, itâs going to be the same. Itâs not as if allopathic doctors only treat separate organ systems and donât care about overall health (esp. now that health care reform will focus on patient outcomes).
I was more referring to the residency application point in which your application is evaluated by residency faculty especially at academic medical centers. But yes, currently there are D.O. surgery residencies and D.O. anesthesiology residencies, although not as many as in the allopathic world. Once the merger happens, the stratification of applicants (including DO vs. MD) will still continue to happen just a lot less upfront when it was separated. just something to keep in mind for those who are considering now as high school seniors, whether to do the traditional route or enter a BS/DO program.