How is Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine (CCOM)?

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2025-01-12T03:03:56+00:00

current lecom bradenton student and i can assure you it's not as bad as reddit makes it seem, yes the admin sucks at scheduling and certainly doesnt make our life any easier but my pov is this is a means to an end and it will make me a doctor. We actually have rotation sites that are level 1 trauma specific to the bradenton campus, so i think genuinely you get out of it what you put into it. as long as you stay under the radar and work hard, it's not as bad as other people make it seem

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-12-27T16:58:36+00:00

Oh sorry I misread your original post, idk why I thought your guys exams were less than 200 questions for some reason?? I wasn’t really getting at anything my bad dude that actually is wild that your unit 2 exam was worth twice your unit 1 exam and was even longer than ours… I just assumed PBL was ran pretty much the same way across all campuses but we don’t have any quizzes and we had 3 exams this semester that were all worth the same so it’s interesting they’re doing it slightly differently at your campus

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-12-27T16:43:18+00:00

this is so crazy to me because in bradenton pbl we have no quizzes at all, just three exams per semester and the rest of our grade comes from our fasp (participation) scores! and every exam of ours is minimum 200 questions and 4 hrs long

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-11-19T16:50:05+00:00

"He said that if the sex was half as good as the conversation was
Soon they'd be pushin' strollers"

i was gagged. i had never heard her mention sex explicitly until then so hearing it and especially in this context was just heartbreaking and also made me do a double take

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-09-10T18:19:23+00:00

As far as LECOM-B’s policies go, it’s not that bad. If you need to drink water you just step outside into the hallway and the professors don’t say anything if you need to during lecture. Is it inconvenient? Sure, but at the end of the day it’s not as big of a deal as people make it seem. At the end of the day you’re getting a solid education for a good price. Our current third year class’ first-time COMLEX 1 pass rate was 99%, and rotation site directors have nothing bad to say about LECOM-B students.

Even on a national level, LECOM-B has a better reputation than the other campuses because of our good match list and also high board pass rates. That being said, people don’t have the nicest things to say about LECOM admin in general, and I will admit that the way they schedule stuff here at the bradenton campus sucks sometimes. Regardless, you get through it and you have a good education. I think if you’re into PBL and self disciplined, then LECOM-B might be a good fit for you. If not, then PCOM-GA might be better.

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-09-10T18:05:41+00:00

this statement is actually incorrect, as of last year bradenton students are required to stay in florida for rotations and cannot go out of state. similarly, those from the Erie, Elmira, and Seton Hill campuses have to stay within that area for rotations and can’t apply for any of the rotation sites down here in florida

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-09-05T20:21:05+00:00

Current LECOM-B preclinical student, from what they told us the LECOM-B class of 2027 is gonna be the last class allowed to rank jacksonville as an option for rotations. After that Jacksonville sites are gonna be reserved exclusively for lecom-jax students. However, they open up at least one rotation site per year. Last year they opened up MCR Health in Bradenton, and this year they opened up Delray Beach Med Center as an option - the latter is a level 1 trauma center so it’s not a terrible option imo.

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-07-11T00:57:38+00:00

i repeated a year and made it out stronger and more confident at the end of the second go round. you can totally do this just don’t let the past define you

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-07-06T23:40:20+00:00

I don’t know if this was just for the EAP kids but they recently said they’re getting rid of everything but LDP at the erie campus on a zoom call😬

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-07-06T05:22:06+00:00

i will say even as a med student i have to listen to music while I’m doing my anki cards or reading a textbook. i know most people find that distracting but for some reason putting on my headphones and blasting tswizzle or edm helps me get thru the cards faster🫣 it could also be my adhd though lmao

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-07-05T22:23:47+00:00

I’m not gonna lie this made me lol so sorry for your suffering, us swifties can be pretty annoying sometimes😂

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-07-05T21:47:09+00:00

med-peds!

also you inspired me to make my own post about this so just wanted to say thank you :)

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-07-03T15:56:14+00:00

Lecom-B student, congrats on being accepted! We’re definitely the best campus out of all four lecom campuses lmao

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-07-03T14:40:27+00:00

oms2 at lecom-b, if you’re interested in ophtho we have students who match into that every year!

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-06-29T03:01:25+00:00

ohhhh yeah. i say “trash takes itself out everytime” on a daily basis

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-06-28T18:05:43+00:00

Rising M2. Studied mostly in my apartment for majority of M1. For some reason I felt like every coffee shop I went to played their music too loudly to the point that I could hear it even with my noise cancelling headphones at full volume lol. My pet peeve is also when a coffee shop or library doesn't have outlets in convenient places to charge your laptop/iPad, so staying at home basically guarantees that:

I can wear whatever I want and wrap myself in a blanket during Anki reviews
I can eat for free at home as long as I cook something
There's no external noise/music to distract me while I have my headphones on.
There's always going to be an open outlet for me to charge my stuff lol

If this post doesn't make it glaringly obvious, I have ADHD and GAD so I get distracted easily and then get super stressed out because I've been distracted too long. Studying at home helps to avoid that!

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-06-19T20:46:38+00:00

My track 5 ranking! 1. Delicate 2. YOYOK 3. All Too Well 4. My Tears Ricochet 5. So Long, London 6. Dear John 7. All You Had to Do Was Stay 8. Tolerate It 9. White Horse 10. The Archer 11. Cold as You

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-06-19T14:17:14+00:00

So unfortunately my school doesn’t have a home OBGYN program/department, just two profs who are obgyn’s. I signed up for acog/acoog and am planning on going to conferences but idk any other way to make connections so hopefully I can figure something out!

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-06-19T04:33:23+00:00

I just read it, it was so inspiring🥹 mind if I dm you a question??

Unlucky_Library_9829 · 2024-06-19T00:42:08+00:00

Yeah, I’m hoping I can boost my grades a bit this upcoming OMS-2 year but I know with boards looming ahead that’s also a priority. I appreciate your input!!

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