2023-2024 Western University of Health Sciences (Pomona, California)

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This is an appeal to applicants who had to take Casper for admission to WesternCOM (all campuses, please confirm).

Complete the 2023 Situational Judgment Test Experience survey.

HPSA/SDN has the 2023 SJT Experience Survey available to anyone preparing for SJTs (especially Casper and PREview). If you completed the 2022 survey, you are welcome to go ahead and complete the survey again. This survey consists of multiple pages and will take up to 10 minutes. You can also place yourself on a waitlist for a study focusing more on school-run SJTs run through platforms like Kira Talent, to be released later in the year.

Your feedback matters!
We learned a lot about how applicants prepared for Casper and PREview last year, but the number of PREview schools has almost doubled this cycle! Over 20% of all AMCAS applicants will likely have taken PREview, and up to 90% of all medical school applicants will likely have taken Casper this cycle (according to Acuity Insights). This does not include applicants in non-medical professions who have had to take these assessments for admission to physician assistant, anesthesiology assistant, dental, veterinary, pharmacy, or physical therapy programs, where we see a trend that applicants with higher Casper results are preferred. Medical residency applicants are also being asked to complete Acuity Insights Assessments, and very little is known about how program directors use these data. Your responses are vital to get objective insights on how admissions committees value the results of these exams.

Your feedback matters!
We want to hear from as many people as possible, especially those attending or applying outside of medicine (MD/DO). This year saw an expansion of SJTs in admissions, and more information has been made available on preparing for these assessments. We want to stay current with these trends to guide future applicants and students facing these SJTs.

Many of our findings from the 2022 survey align with the NAAHP Testing Task Force report released last summer. This includes concerns about proctoring, consistency of scoring, and concern that applicants are paying for validity research. But we need more student voices to gain a louder voice to advocate for future health professional school applicants.

Your feedback has helped HPSA develop a workshop focused on preparing for SJTs like Casper and PREview. This workshop is part of our Becoming a Student Doctor preparation course, and we have already had some positive results among those who have participated in our mock interview workshops. An updated workshop will be presented at the UC Davis Prehealth Conference on October 14, and we welcome opportunities to present the full-length SJT workshop to your campus!

Fill out this survey and help future applicants become physicians in their chosen profession!

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Going to the preview day November 18th; does anyone know if there is a dress code or what to wear?
 
Interviewing here soon! Does anyone have any advice? Anything is greatly appreciated :)
 
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Can any current student share some of their positive or/and negative opinions about the school?
 
Secondary Submitted: 10/10
Sent to Admissions Committee: 10/18
Still Under Review Email: 11/14

In case anyone else is in the same boat!
 
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Submitted 9/13 still waiting lol
I submitted my secondary 6/5 and heard back with an interview on the first week of October (four months)! so don't lose hope, might be a while! Based on my interview, my interviewer really knew my app. So even though the waiting game is killer, I feel like it's a good thing that they really take the time to look through each applicant!
 
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Did anyone else receive an update email that their application is still under review?
 
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Just got my A! 11/2 socal native so this is one of my top picks. Couldn’t be much happier :)
 
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congrats everyone who got accepted !!!!
Do you guys have any interview tips for us????
 
Drive by Western EVERY DAY and I am still waiting on an II 😭
 
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Received the A call and interviewed 11/2! No email or portal status update yet. Has anyone else who interviewed on 11/2 receive an email yet?
 
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Anyone else interviewed on 11/2 and haven’t heard back yet? At this point I don’t know what to expect🥲
 
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There’s a new item on my checklist: Reply to offer of admission 2024 but with no hyperlink. Could anyone help me figure out what it means👀
 
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Just got my third “application still with the admissions committee” email 🙄
 
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"application still with the admissions committee" for both campuses + a webinar email. Western plz o_O
 
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Do you guys think its too late to submit a secondary to this school ? :confused:

I applied around July but never submitted my secondary bc I never took the CASPER... now its been 4 months since then and ima take CASPER in a few weeks. Would it be wayy too late with that 4 month gap/November submission date?
 
Do you guys think its too late to submit a secondary to this school ? :confused:

I applied around July but never submitted my secondary bc I never took the CASPER... now its been 4 months since then and ima take CASPER in a few weeks. Would it be wayy too late with that 4 month gap/November submission date?
You can always try, but I think they might question why you waited so long to both take CASPER and submit the secondary.
 
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Do you guys think its too late to submit a secondary to this school ? :confused:

I applied around July but never submitted my secondary bc I never took the CASPER... now its been 4 months since then and ima take CASPER in a few weeks. Would it be wayy too late with that 4 month gap/November submission date?

For what it's worth, I got my secondary in August and didn't submit it until October and still got an II.

4 months is definitely a long time though.
 
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lol just got another "your app is still with the admissions committee" so I'm guessing no response is a good thing?
 
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Oh very interesting! Thanks for correcting me there I had no idea there were 1 on 1s
 
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IS II this morning! My first California II 😭 Application complete on 10/11
 
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Hey y'all current OMS1 here. Lmk if you have any questions about the school! Need a break from finals studying lol
 
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I know usually LOI are for waitlisted people but this is my dream DO school and it’s 10 min away from home and i haven’t really had a decision if imma get an interview or not but i feel like a letter may help? But i Also expressed growing up in the area on my secondaries… thoughts?
 
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I know usually LOI are for waitlisted people but this is my dream DO school and it’s 10 min away from home and i haven’t really had a decision if imma get an interview or not but i feel like a letter may help? But i Also expressed growing up in the area on my secondaries… thoughts?

+1 wondering the same thing if an LOI pre-interview to this school would be a good idea
 
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