Premed2hard
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Nova: three of the four last years have declining first-time COMLEX pass rates. They're now at ~85% and on top of this, some 7% of their 2018 grads failed to match. This was the second worst match rate among all the COMs (only WCU did worse). These are things you expect from a new school, not a veteran. Something is very wrong there.
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Maybe you went to a highly rated DO school. Nova (for instance) is trash imo. If you have lived on SDN many have had poor DO experiences. DO is med school, but all DO schools are not created equal. There are many threads on SDN "DO schools to avoid, DON"T go to XXX DO school, DO school dropout rates are rising!" I think your high scores are much more an indicator of your ability than the school's ability to teach. Thank you for all of the replies seems there are not many premeds that became nurses just nurses that became or are becoming MD's that peruse this site. Good luck to all in whatever endeavors you choose ?
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^^ The program I am in gives us a decent application. ** 2 published research papers ** 1 addition to a national database ** 290 shadowing hours various MDs ** 200 hours community service ** Study Abroad **90% fluent in Spanish (not of Hispanic descent) DO schools I have read many horror stories on SDN about lack of resources especially the newer programs. Good news is my friend was just accepted to Med school ? Leaning heavily towards ABSN at this point.
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No, I'm not interested in going to spend 350k for a Caribbean education (Yes, I do believe it is sub-par).
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Just wondering? I was always a high achiever in HS graduated with my AAS, CMA my senior year, and was accepted to a competitive pre-med program graduating in 3 years. Well, it is evident now that I will not have the grades to be accepted to MD, DO, or PA school not that I was ever against nursing (my mom and sister are RN's) I always wanted more science, more why, more understanding or so I thought (Reality was humbling). My sGPA is low 3.3 (almost straight B's), cGPA 3.77, and MCAT 505 (low). I will graduate this year and have all of the pre-reqs to apply to a ABSN program. Any premeds that aren't doing epically well considering the same?