"The PCOM community has always made this school feel like home." | Report Response

"community" | Report Response

"Location, reputation" | Report Response

"The character of students that attend. Everyone is outgoing, friendly, and passionate about becoming the best doctor they can be." | Report Response

"Supportive environment, campus location, decent rotation sites, good didactics for the most part." | Report Response

"Great reputation in the area. A lot of alumni." | Report Response

"Reputation, Faculty, Location, Extensive Alumni Network, and Philadelphia 76ers practicing at the school's gym" | Report Response

"The overall athmosphere. Not every medical school is created equally but PCOM looks out for the students." | Report Response

"Administration does not help students when it comes to planing their careers. Students must do a lot of their own research" | Report Response

"nothing to really complain about" | Report Response

"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" | Report Response

"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." | Report Response

"Cost." | Report Response

"No professional advisers in the specialty I want to be in." | Report Response

"Technology department sometimes seems to lag behind with technical problems" | Report Response

"Some of the professors aren't the best." | Report Response

"Hard to change anything since they don't have their own hospital. Relies on alumni for student guidance." | Report Response

"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." | Report Response

"During the anatomy, almost every day. By second year it is usually about 2 times a week." | Report Response

"once a week or so" | Report Response

"anatomy during first year, primary care skills during first and second year, OMM lab once per week" | Report Response

"1-3 hours of classes per week have mandatory attendance" | Report Response

"Lectures aren't mandatory. Only one or 2 classes will take attendance." | Report Response

"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." | Report Response

"Patient talks, OMM lab, anatomy lab, and various other special talks have mandatory attendance." | Report Response

"Really no books before studying for boards" | Report Response

"none" | Report Response

"OMM textbook" | Report Response

"No" | Report Response

"Board review books (school doesn't require them though)" | Report Response

"Most books from undergrad can be used as references." | Report Response

"all" | Report Response

"everything else" | Report Response

"Everything" | Report Response

"Almost every single one required...they're too expensive, too big, and majority of them are available for free from school library and/or the material is covered well in board review books" | Report Response

"Most are unnecessary." | Report Response

"primary care or internal medicine" | Report Response

"Primary Care is promoted." | Report Response

"No" | Report Response

"On campus housing will begin in 2018" | Report Response

"Lot of housing off campus, Even in walking distance." | Report Response

"Generally the faculty is very good. They enjoy teaching and are happy to answer questions/" | Report Response

"very qualified" | Report Response

"average" | Report Response

"Fantastic. Some more than others obviously, but in general they are outstanding." | Report Response

"They are okay. They had some useless courses that was a waste of time." | Report Response

"So far, pretty well-rounded and carry a great reputation of their own within their respective fields" | Report Response

"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." | Report Response

"A wide range of sites are used, so you get a wide range of quality/" | Report Response

"dont know" | Report Response

"average" | Report Response

"Half were organized and the other weren't" | Report Response

"Traditional grading scale" | Report Response

"percent" | Report Response

"number grade" | Report Response

"Percentage Scale. 70%=Pass" | Report Response

"numerical" | Report Response

"0-100" | Report Response

"Anything above a 70 is passing." | Report Response

"pass/high pass/ honors pass/ fail" | Report Response

"percent" | Report Response

"p, hp, h" | Report Response

"pass, fail, high pass, honors" | Report Response

"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" | Report Response

"lottery" | Report Response

"Lottery/Selection Based." | Report Response

"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" | Report Response

"Each rotation last 4 weeks. Required rotations are your typical rotations: FM, IM, Surgery, Peds, Ob/Gyn, Psych, OMT" | Report Response

"depends on sites, usually low responsibility" | Report Response

"Depends on the site." | Report Response

"depends on sites, some good others not so good" | Report Response

"Ranges." | Report Response

"varied" | Report Response

"Urban" | Report Response

"Go to center city Philadelphia." | Report Response

"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." | Report Response

"As with most schools, the ceiling is determined by how hard you work. Students who do well can succeed in whatever they desire." | Report Response

"Well, for the most part." | Report Response

"Well. The school will give you the tools to get you where you want to be. Does not mean it will be easy." | Report Response

"Well. Obviously, region plays a big role." | Report Response

"I received good feedback about the perception of PCOM from program directors, when mentioned at all." | Report Response

"I didn't ask." | Report Response

"That we're competent, well-performing physicians." | Report Response

"Don't know. Anatomy?" | Report Response

"Not particularly. Our matchlists are varied." | Report Response