What was your MCAT score?
Response Average | # Responders |
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507 | 8 |
Response | # Responders |
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2007 | 0 |
2008 | 0 |
2009 | 0 |
2010 | 0 |
2011 | 0 |
2012 | 0 |
2013 | 3 |
2014 | 0 |
2015 | 1 |
2016 | 3 |
2017 | 0 |
2018 | 0 |
2019 | 1 |
2020 | 0 |
2021 | 0 |
2022 | 0 |
2023 | 0 |
2024 | 0 |
Response | # Responders |
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No | 8 |
BA/DO | 0 |
BS/DO | 0 |
DO/JD | 0 |
DO/MA | 0 |
DO/MBA | 0 |
DO/MPH | 0 |
DO/MS | 0 |
DO/PhD | 0 |
MD/JD | 0 |
MD/MBA | 0 |
MD/MPH | 0 |
MD/MS | 0 |
MD/PhD | 0 |
Response | # Responders |
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in-state | 4 |
out-of-state | 1 |
international | 0 |
Not applicable | 3 |
Response | # Responders |
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Caucasian | 6 |
African American | 0 |
Hispanic | 0 |
Asian or Pacific Islander | 2 |
Native American/ Native Alaskan | 0 |
Other/Multiracial | 0 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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8.38 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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8.25 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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5.25 | 8 |
Response Average | # Responders |
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507 | 8 |
Response Average | # Responders |
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3.39 | 8 |
Response Average | # Responders |
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3.34 | 8 |
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17602
18071
"The PCOM community has always made this school feel like home."
"community"
"Location, reputation"
"The character of students that attend. Everyone is outgoing, friendly, and passionate about becoming the best doctor they can be."
"Supportive environment, campus location, decent rotation sites, good didactics for the most part."
"Great reputation in the area. A lot of alumni."
"Reputation, Faculty, Location, Extensive Alumni Network, and Philadelphia 76ers practicing at the school's gym"
"The overall athmosphere. Not every medical school is created equally but PCOM looks out for the students."
"Administration does not help students when it comes to planing their careers. Students must do a lot of their own research"
"nothing to really complain about"
"DIY medical education, worsening options for clinical rotation sites, administration not interested in working directly with students, very easy to split through the cracks if you're not looking out for yourself"
"This isn't specific to PCOM, but an osteopathic education comes with a lot of additional hoops and headaches that our MD counterparts do not have to deal with."
"Cost."
"No professional advisers in the specialty I want to be in."
"Technology department sometimes seems to lag behind with technical problems"
"Some of the professors aren't the best."
"Hard to change anything since they don't have their own hospital. Relies on alumni for student guidance."
"A DO school that has managed to survive and compete with 4, count 'em, 4 other MD schools in the city for the past 100+ years. If that sentence doesn't convince you to choose PCOM, I'm not sure what will."
Response | # Responders |
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Systems-based | 8 |
Traditional | 0 |
Response | # Responders |
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1 | 1 |
2 | 0 |
3 | 4 |
4 | 2 |
5 | 0 |
6 | 0 |
7 | 0 |
8 | 0 |
9 | 0 |
10 | 0 |
Response | # Responders |
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<1 hour | 2 |
1-2 hours | 0 |
2-3 hours | 0 |
3-4 hours | 0 |
4-5 hours | 5 |
5-6 hours | 0 |
6> hours | 0 |
Response | # Responders |
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Video recording | 7 |
Free note taking service | 1 |
Fee-based note taking service | 6 |
Powerpoint slides provided only | 4 |
None | 0 |
Response | # Responders |
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1 | 0 |
2 | 1 |
3 | 0 |
4 | 3 |
5 | 3 |
6 | 0 |
7 | 0 |
Response | # Responders |
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Prosections only | 0 |
1-2 | 0 |
3-4 | 0 |
5-6 | 8 |
7-8 | 0 |
>8 | 0 |
Response | # Responders |
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3 months | 8 |
6 months | 0 |
9 months | 0 |
12 months | 0 |
24 months | 0 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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1.75 | 8 |
Response | # Responders |
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yes | 8 |
no | 0 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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4.88 | 8 |
Response | # Responders |
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yes | 8 |
no | 0 |
"During the anatomy, almost every day. By second year it is usually about 2 times a week."
"once a week or so"
"anatomy during first year, primary care skills during first and second year, OMM lab once per week"
"1-3 hours of classes per week have mandatory attendance"
"Lectures aren't mandatory. Only one or 2 classes will take attendance."
"The only activities which require mandatory attendances are: Primary Care Skills lab where physical examination skills are taught (usually an hour once every 2-3 weeks), OMM lab (hour and half once every week), Standardized Patient where you take history and perform physical exam on a patient-actor (2 SP sessions each trimester), and case conferences that usually last 1-2 hours once every 2-3 weeks. This is a fairly reasonable schedule of mandatory attendance activities."
"Patient talks, OMM lab, anatomy lab, and various other special talks have mandatory attendance."
Response Avg | # Responders |
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9.13 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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9.75 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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7.88 | 8 |
Response | # Responders |
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Pre-clinical years | 0 |
Clinical years | 6 |
All years | 2 |
No | 0 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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9.00 | 8 |
Response | # Responders |
---|---|
yes | 0 |
no | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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4.38 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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2.63 | 8 |
Response | # Responders |
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yes | 0 |
no | 4 |
Response | # Responders |
---|---|
yes | 6 |
no | 0 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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6.75 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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6.38 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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5.63 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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5.00 | 8 |
Response | # Responders |
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Need-based | 1 |
Merit-based | 0 |
Both | 7 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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8.13 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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8.25 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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7.25 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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6.13 | 8 |
Response | # Responders |
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yes | 5 |
no | 3 |
"Generally the faculty is very good. They enjoy teaching and are happy to answer questions/"
"very qualified"
"average"
"Fantastic. Some more than others obviously, but in general they are outstanding."
"They are okay. They had some useless courses that was a waste of time."
"So far, pretty well-rounded and carry a great reputation of their own within their respective fields"
"I'm only a first year. However, so far pre-clinical instruction has ranged from bad to superb. Most professors fall between average and superb."
Response Avg | # Responders |
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6.63 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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6.13 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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7.75 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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6.88 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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6.50 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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4.75 | 8 |
"Order of rotations is determined by a drawing. Core rotations (8 third year and 4 fourth year) are provided, sites divided among the group of students that are completing the same core. Electives are arranged by the student. Clinical campus opportunities allow students to complete all cores at one site, if they are selected. Required rotations -FM, IM, Psych, Peds, Cardio, IM selective, Surgery x2, OMM, EM, Rural, urban x2, medicine sub-i"
"lottery"
"Lottery/Selection Based."
"They have a set of sites. They divide the class into groups and each group has a different of schedule. Required: IM, Peds, psych, Cardiology, General surg, Surg specialty, Family medicine, OMM(2 weeks), rural rotation, urban rotation, IM specialty, EMED"
"Each rotation last 4 weeks. Required rotations are your typical rotations: FM, IM, Surgery, Peds, Ob/Gyn, Psych, OMT"
Response Avg | # Responders |
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8.13 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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8.50 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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9.00 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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8.38 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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7.75 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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7.00 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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8.63 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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6.88 | 8 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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8.13 | 8 |
"Go to center city Philadelphia."
"A lot of students utilize the trails and activity center for fitness purposes. There's a lot of night life as well. Although you won't see the entire class together very often, you will see groups of classmates out and about."
"As with most schools, the ceiling is determined by how hard you work. Students who do well can succeed in whatever they desire."
"Well, for the most part."
"Well. The school will give you the tools to get you where you want to be. Does not mean it will be easy."
"Well. Obviously, region plays a big role."
What was the zip code of your residence in high school?