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I am currently at Baylor, we do get a 300 stipend. From what I understand one of the hospitals we do clinicals at is funding it.

I was accepted but am not going because I accepted another school's offer. Good luck to all trying to get in!

I signed up for the Princeton Review online course. It cost me around $500 and I scored 1300 and 6.0 AWA. I felt like it was money well spent (I was accepted into every school I interviewed at). I have a lot of friends that bought books and studied on their own, but their scores were nothing like mine. I think it's worth the money, but I took my time with the online classes. I studied online for two month before I took the test. I don't think you would have the best results cramming it all in one week. I also don't trust those "guarantees". I'm sure that if you score less than 1300, they'll simply let you retake the classes rather than giving you your money back.

I am about 99% sure that I will be going to Baylor. I also work with someone that got accepted. We are both excited to come, but have no idea where to live, ect... I also have a little boy I will probably be putting in child care, so if anyone knows of a good one, let me know.

I interviewed at Midwestern University in Glendale, AZ in Jan. I have not heard back from the school yet but will tell you what I learned since it was really hard for me to find information on the school. The program is very new. It is also very small. They accept a class of 15 and said that they had about 160 "quallified" applicants. They interview about 40. They have a system of 1st year didactic and 2nd year clinical. Strengths: Due to their small class size, they cater very much to the students trying to help you succeed. They also try to base your study determined by the class's knowledge base (they make you take a test at the interview that they grade after you are accepted to determine what to teach...so they say.) You get a very good didactic education sharing classes with the DO students, they also have a pretty nice cadaver lab and simulation lab which they are in the process of expanding. The area is very nice and the school is located out of the way so you aren't stuck in downtown traffic. You get very good clinical experience in blocks. They also have a pretty good passing rate. All the students that I talked to in the interview process say they love it and it is perfect for them. Weaknesses: By far the biggest weakness I found was the clinical sites. You have some clinicals in AZ, however some of them are all the way down in Tuscon and some other places I can't remember. There are also clinical sites in NM, UT, and CA. Travel expenses are paid personally, as well as room and board at some of them. I don't know which ones have a place to stay. The director said they don't have a specific way to determine who goes where other than by what experiences you get during the program. She also said that there are 6 clinical rotations, two of which you will be out of state. I also talked to a recent grad who said that you should take that "with a grain of salt" saying that she was only in the area for 3 months of her entire clinical experience. I also have heard that because the program is new they are still working out some of the 'kinks'. I also have heard that some of the previous students have had some issues with the director. I don't know what that is about or the situation behind it. My impression: it is an excellent beginings of a program with a lot of potential for growth. If I did not get into any other program I would definately go to Midwestern and feel I would get a good education. I liked the area and the general "feel" of the school. If you are not in a situation where you can do a lot of traveling at months at a time, it may not be the school for you...however the director did say that they are getting more clinical sites all the time to improve that aspect of the program. My only outright negative experience was in the application process when I called with some questions about whether I was qualified. The person I talked to was very ubrupt saying that "it was very competative" and that I shouldn't bother apply. I did anyway and got an interview. I have a friend that had a similar experience who got accepted to Baylor for this summer and was more than qualified.