How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.94 | 16 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 12 |
| Negatively | 1 |
| No change | 4 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.82 | 17 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.88 | 17 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.88 | 17 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 6 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 1 |
| 20 minutes | 1 |
| 25 minutes | 1 |
| 30 minutes | 9 |
| 35 minutes | 2 |
| 40 minutes | 0 |
| 45 minutes | 1 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 10 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 16 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 6 |
| Closed file | 8 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.94 | 16 |
"Tell me about yourself."
"tell me about yourself"
"Why Burrell?"
"Not allowed to disclose"
"What are your thoughts about telemedicine?"
"What I knew about OMM"
"Why Burrell"
"Vaccinations: how would you address the problem, communicate with an unvaccinated patient, address other concerned parties"
"Why Osteopathic medicine"
"What would you do if your patient refused to vaccinate herself and her infant (if you're a primary care physician)?"
"If you had to create a project that involved the entire class, and everyone had to participate in the project, how would you get your fellow students to participate?"
"Why osteopathic medicine and why do you think you'll fit in to our school/what do you have to offer?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"why Do"
"Not allowed to disclose"
"My opinion on virtual medicine"
"Why DO medicine"
"How do you feel that your experiences will benefit Las Cruces and the state of New Mexico?"
"About my application."
"Why BCOM?"
"What would this project be that involves the entire class?"
"How do you plan to manage the stress and workload of medical school?"
"What are you reading?"
"Not allowed to disclose"
"Ethical questions"
"Which is better, MD or DO"
"Hypothetical scenario"
"I can't really say this particular question because it is pertinent to me and it would give who I am to the school- All i could say is review your application, secondary, and optional exhibits and be prepared to answer any questions that is pertinent to you."
"What region of New Mexico do you feel best suited to live in for your clinical years, given the illegal immigrant population in Las Cruces, the homeless population in Albuquerque, or the native population on the reservation?"
"What are you reading?"
"Question about US history they expected me to know"
"They often built off of answers and so I really enjoyed just going into more detail"
"Not allowed to disclose"
"Do you have a favorite poet?"
"Whether medicine is based on curiosity or desire to help people."
"About an EC"
"The questions that was most pertinent to me."
"What region of New Mexico do you feel best suited to live in for your clinical years, given the illegal immigrant population in Las Cruces, the homeless population in Albuquerque, or the native population on the reservation?"
"What can you bring to BCOM"
"No hard questions"
"Started asking history questions? Super weird."
"How would you handle a person with dementia who believed it was 1920?"
"Not allowed to disclose"
"Can you name a culture that finds direct eye contact disrespectful?"
"What does it mean to be a professional lol."
"Vaccinations"
"Hypothetical scenario"
"Is insurance a right or privilege (or something along the lines like that)?"
"What region of New Mexico do you feel best suited to live in for your clinical years, given the illegal immigrant population in Las Cruces, the homeless population in Albuquerque, or the native population on the reservation?"
"SDN, mock interviews, Youtube, interview prep book"
"Practice interviews and researching the school"
"sdn, other forums, practice questions"
"Practice sessions and ethics questions"
"Reading up on the history of the school, and reading my own application"
"Practicing some basic questions such as "Why medicine?", verbalizing them to myself to hear how it sounds"
"This website and other online resources"
"I researched the school."
"SDN, question banks"
"I didn't. I looked up some general information about the school and the history of the area, but that was about it. I didn't have any of the tenets of Osteopathic Medicine memorized (although some people did get asked this question). I also made sure to be able to clearly explain to them if I didn't have an answer and what I could do to find the answer."
"SDN, talking to current students, and mock interviews"
"Reading SDN and its forums (from past and current cycles), Utilizing the career development center from my school"
"Memorized tenets of osteopathy, learned about the mission of the school"
"I reviewed the BCOM newsletter and the website."
"Faculty interviewers were very relaxed and friendly, rotational sites in FL which I wasn't aware of"
"The administration presentation. The actual admissions presenter was extremely warm and kind."
"Nothing"
"They remembered my personal statement and secondary questions and would try to implement details. I LOVED how URM focused the school is."
"Didn't know what to expect coming in as it's a somewhat newer school but they really do a good job of making you fall in love with the school. They are very honest and straight-forward with describing how much it costs to attend, why it's listed as a "for-profit", how it was founded, etc. Even as someone who wasn't an official student, they were already offering lots of resources on what to do to avoid as much debt as possible, what scholarships to apply to, what each faculty member can help you with and so on. There were lots of faculty in the virtual info. session (which is always very nice to see), and the faculty/medical students that were there were very professional, down-to-earth, and honest about every aspect of the school. I was talking to a current student in my session that was openly explaining something she didn't like about Burrell and it was very refreshing to hear compared to my other interviews, which always had students that looked depressed or annoyed to be there, or very awkward/constrictive about the information they shared. The other schools' interview/info. sessions I attended were filled with a "you're lucky to be here" vibe but Burrell does a good job of doing the opposite and making it seem like they're lucky to have you there. Overall, very organized and the time flew by. They seem like they genuinely do care about you as a future student and how you do at their school and I hope that this attitude carries on throughout the 4-years that you're there."
"The professionalism, comradery, and the positive atmosphere."
"Questions felt pretty accessible, felt like interviewers were trying to get to know me"
"Very friendly, from students to staff"
"Both staff and students we're very friendly."
"Really great residency placements and rotations."
"How friendly everyone was! They created an environment that was very welcoming and low stress."
"All of the students that came in and talked with us (>10), federal funding achieved, access to NMSU facilities (which are HUGE), solid gym, the town of Mesilla, close to Texas."
"Staff and students are AMAZING! The building was very high tech and beautiful."
"The facilities are brand spanking new. However, mostly, the students, faculty, and administration are extremely nice and welcoming! Average boards scores (from the inaugural class) was fine (in my book)"
"friendliness of students and faculty; very nice facilities"
"The school itself is beautiful and looks out onto this gorgeous mountain scenery. The golf cart tour of New Mexico State is very pleasant as well."
"very high tuition, student panel seemed incredibly un-enthusiastic"
"One of my interviewers went on personal negative rants"
"Don't really have anything negative to say. If I were to be nit-picky I would say that the school does not hide the fact that it's expensive to get a medical degree (Tuition + living expenses). When they started dropping the numbers and going into detail, it kind of caught me off guard bc the other info. sessions I attended for other schools do a pretty quick gloss over the numbers to get into other parts of their presentation, sometimes even ignoring living costs and other aspects regarding cost. In the moment, it's a lot to handle all at once but I appreciated the honesty/bluntness of it afterwards."
"Nothing."
"One of the interviewers felt like a tough nut to crack, but we built a connection by the end"
"The campus seemed a little small."
"Can already tell that the school lacks transparency especially for a new program."
"New school, currently low COMLEX scores, no COMLEX 2 scores posted yet."
"I guess how small the building is but I don’t mind much"
"There are no close apartments or stores that is within walking distance around BCOM itself. Having a car will be kind of useful (for convenience sake). However, I believe living there without a car is do-able. There is transportation provided by NMSU."
"how quickly they went through financial aid information"
"My interview felt very awkward. The interviewers asked very long, detailed questions, which became difficult to fully answer given their length and intricacy."
"That it was going to be a 1:1 Q&A interrogation of questions that had absolutely nothing to do with myself/application or the school/ program"
"That the school is very student centric. They truly take feedback and apply it."
"Nothing."
"Go in with quiet confidence, if you got the interview you've earned your spot!"
"Who my interviewers were."
"Prepare for ethical scenarios"
"N/A"
"prepared for hypothetical type questions"
"This school REALLY is only looking for students who are willing to stay in the area."
"Interviewer would ask questions I would answer say the answer they were looking for then they would go “that’s not correct it’s…..” and repeat exactly what I just said"
"Highly recommend!"
"Very well run program"
"I had a great experience there."
"Looks like a solid program, appreciated the brevity."
"Decent food, small group of attendees,"
"Best interview so far"
"N/A"
"It felt more like a conversation than an interview for the majority of the time; They did grill me on one bad grade I received"
"Overall, the building is very nice and the curriculum shows a lot of promise. My interview was awkward, but that will vary significantly depending on who the interviewers are."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 1 |
| Faculty member | 3 |
| Admissions staff | 7 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 10 |
| Neutral | 3 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.88 | 16 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 1 |
| Out of state | 13 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 5 |
| 2-3 hours | 1 |
| 4-6 hours | 1 |
| 7+ hours | 6 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 6 |
| Automobile | 1 |
| Train or subway | 1 |
| Other | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 5 |
| $101-$200 | 2 |
| $201-$300 | 1 |
| $301-$400 | 2 |
| $401-$500 | 1 |
| $501+ | 1 |
None
El Paso
El Paso International
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 1 |
| Hotel | 5 |
| Home | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Air B&B in Mesilla
Airbnb
Courtyard by Marriott
Hilton Garden Inn
N/A
None
Sleep Inn University
Yes
Air B&B in Mesilla
Airbnb
Courtyard by Marriott
Hilton Garden Inn
N/A
None
Sleep Inn University
Yes
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.50 | 16 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.94 | 16 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.63 | 16 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.13 | 16 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.75 | 16 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.00 | 16 |
"Have the faculty giving interviews really listen to the applicant, have them ask appropriate questions regarding the applicant. Don’t make it interrogation. Interviewer was lacking social cues"
"To continue to f/u with applicants."
"None"
"Thank you for making me feel right at home"
"N/A"
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