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Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine Mare Island
Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine Mare Island
  • Year founded: 1997
  • ENROLLED TOTAL: 135
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Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine Mare Island
Osteopathic Medical School
Vallejo, CA
  • SDN RANKING 1
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 5 310 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 3 9 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $59
  • Non - Resident Tuition $59
  • Application Fee $100
  • AVG MCAT 509
  • AVG GPA 3.5
  • LIZZYM Score 64.9
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Admissions Information

  • Office of Admissions
  • Mare Island
  • 1310 Club Drive
  • Vallejo, CA 94592
  • United States

School Overview

Touro University California College of Osteopathic Medicine Mare Island Fast Facts

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School Info

TUCOM prepares students to become outstanding osteopathic physicians who uphold the values, philosophy and practice of osteopathic medicine and who are committed to primary care and the holistic approach to the patient. The College advances the profession and serves its students and society through innovative education, research and community service.

Curriculum

The curriculum of TUCOM-CA stresses the interdependence of the biological, clinical, behavioral and social sciences. Emphasis is on the education of physicians for primary care medicine and the specific roles of osteopathic principles in the maintenance of health and treatment of disease. The TUCOM-CA curriculum is a continuously evolving educational program designed and developed by the faculty to meet the ever changing demands of medical education and the mission of TUCOM. New courses and changes in existing course work are initiated by the faculty in their respective departments and are approved by the Curriculum Committee and the Dean.

Facilities

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 191
Negatively 68
No change 46

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
4.71 302

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.42 198

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Stop with the panel style interviews" More from this Member | Report Response

"Stop doing group interviews. They are not good and provide no info about an applicant. If one person talks for 15-20 minutes, that doesn't give enough time for the others to talk. Also, the questions that were asked are not appropriate. One interviewer asked "If you don't get accepted here, where would you rather go?" You should not be allowed to know where else I applied." More from this Member | Report Response

"Provide coffee and pastries in the morning" More from this Member | Report Response

"Decrease the deposit or make it refundable." More from this Member | Report Response

"There was an issue where I was accidentally told to disregard my initial interview invite. I had to email the admissions office back in order to confirm that the interview invite was indeed for me." More from this Member | Report Response

"Switch to online interview confirmation system." More from this Member | Report Response

"Respond to emails faster and have an online system to set dates for interviewing. Calling isn't awful, it's just more work rather than logging in and picking a date." More from this Member | Report Response

"Make the secondary application more eco-friendly" More from this Member | Report Response

"Make your application online!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Create an online application." More from this Member | Report Response

"Lynn Huckle in the admissions office is super nice! She always responded to my emails promptly too." More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep up the good work.:))" More from this Member | Report Response

"Please explain more about 3/4 yr rotation options. I understand you are advocating for the MPH dual degree but how does completing that program fit with rotation years? Perhaps display a model or poster of what the school will look like after renovations also. It's hard to envision the finished product with words." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nice interview day." More from this Member | Report Response

"Do more electronic applications, instead of snail mail. It saves paper & it's faster. But Dr. Haight was awesome & really helpful on interview day!" More from this Member | Report Response

"They need to enable applicants to send secondaries electronically." More from this Member | Report Response

"Don't spend 45 minutes and most of the literature on the MPH program. Few people care." More from this Member | Report Response

"Go electronic, if not, please be nicer when students call." More from this Member | Report Response

"The admissions office is wonderful on interview day. Though, I'd note that the secondary application" More from this Member | Report Response

"None, Dr. Haight was remarkable. Don't let him retire!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Seemed a little unorganized and rushed in the middle of the day" More from this Member | Report Response

"I liked how at other school's interviews we had the names of our interviewers in the material given" More from this Member | Report Response

"skip the useless cancer tx presentation, have less downtime." More from this Member | Report Response

"Spruce the place up. It look so shabby and thrown together. Not a very reassuring sight." More from this Member | Report Response

"Don't send secondaries in a Brown envelope. It does not look very professional. Overall, they did" More from this Member | Report Response

"Online resources- currently just by mail" More from this Member | Report Response

"I wish the dean of the program would have had time to speak to us about the mission of the school, t" More from this Member | Report Response

"Treat others with respect and integrity." More from this Member | Report Response

"None. Dr. Haight and Ms. Huckle were both fantastic and everything ran very smoothly." More from this Member | Report Response

"none" More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep up the good work!!" More from this Member | Report Response

"None. The admissions staff was extremely nice." More from this Member | Report Response

"Ease off the MPH selling. It's a bit much. Personally an MBA program would be of more use than an MP" More from this Member | Report Response

"Requiring a $2500 deposit within 2 weeks should be eliminated." More from this Member | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"What does professionalism mean to you? Why is it important for osteopathic physicians to be professional?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you couldn’t go into healthcare, what field would you want to go into" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does teamwork mean to you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would I balance a desire to learn with all the work I have to do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""tell me about your experience with underserved populations?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is something that we don't know about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question about research I did several years ago" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you didn't get in to any schools this year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked about any hobbies or activities that helped me relieve/reduce stress." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What determines whether you have a good or bad day?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you shadowed a DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Specific to my application (what style of yoga do you teach and what is your favorite pose?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They asked me if I felt comfortable relocating (I'm from OOS)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is an elective rotation you would create as a professor at a med school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you handle anxiety? (Specific to my work experience in an ER)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go into osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What difficulty have you overcame, and how did you change?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think will be the biggest challenge for you in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your most special volunteer experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have a support system (family and friends) in California? (I'm from Boston)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you expect out of me as a professor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain "why D.O." without using the word "holistic"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think makes a good leader?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have your experiences led you to believe that you can be a good physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They only asked me ONE question. "Why medidine/DO/TUCOM?" Pissed me off. You're seriously going to base everything off of one answer?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Since I'm from Texas, they asked me why I didn't want to go to TCOM." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is something at your college that you didn't like? / What major adjustments are you most worried about for medical school and how will you deal with it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What negative experiences have you had with doctors?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you come to choose your (humanities) major, and how did that lead to your post-graduate work?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Everything is related to your application (mostly your extracurriculars, jobs, etc.) and connecting it to Osteopathic Medicine. Although some did not like the style of the interview, this interview is really about speaking from your heart. Don't B.S. and don't blabber, and you'll do fine in the interview portion." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A long-winded version of what was an obstacle you overcame in a group and how?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how would you explain what you would do as an osteopathic physician to someone who didn't know what a D.O. was?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your summer in Panama." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one thing you would change about healthcare & what would you like to do about it? (smth like that)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO? Did the doctor you shadowed do OMM? Why Touro?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As a history major, do you see a difference in how you approach history and how you'd approach medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What qualities do you look for in a doctor? If you were a resident with 50 patients all to yourself, how would you be 'personable' with all of them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you in 20-30 years when you're no longer passionate about medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you prepared to handle the pressure and information overload that medical school brings?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions specific to my file, research, courses taken, essay experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All questions will be related to your application. Be ready to talk specifics about volunteering, shadowing, working, grades, MCATs, and significant events in your life. Also get comfortable talking about low points in your application like MCATs and GPA. A lot of people in my group got asked "How did you improve your MCAT score so much in 3 months" or "You were persistent in taking your MCATs, how would you have done things differently"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you have someone in your class who is adamantly against the osteopathic component of the program, what would you do? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The first interviewer asked questions based on what she read in our files" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What experiences made you most want to pursue DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your time in the Americorps" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me what you know about osteopathic medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you improve your MCAT so much ?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your journey to medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What class prepared you best for medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Without mentioning the use of OMM, explain osteopathic medicine.<Br> Without using the word "holistic" or "whole", describe osteopathic medicine.<br> What is one of yr weakness?<br> How will you be able to balance the stress of med school? <br> In your shadowing experiences, the DO used cranial therapy, can u tell us about that?<br> What was the last nice thing you did for somebody?<br> What are u gonna do if u dont get in? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is the inspiration you learn from the Dr. you work with?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you handle stress of medical schooL? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you done to mature since your undergrad years and what have you learned?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your explanation for not having done any research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about my grades" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you apply the principles of osteopathic medicine to your future practice? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"specific questions from file" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most questions were directly about my nontraditional major and career and how I would bring and incorporate that into medical school." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I would list some specifics if they weren't so specific to me. I will say this: if you have holes in your application, or obvious issues with grades or other things, make sure you can articulately and logically address them. Don't hem, haw, and do it on the spot. Honestly assess why they should say yes to you in spite of the flaws and talk about that, or the very good reasons for your digressions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your research experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Something to the effect of "Explain you leadership qualities"." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"see above" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you add to the next class to make it better?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you interested in osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about Touro and why do you want to come here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A specific question about one of my hobbies. What would be the easiest and the hardest things for you about being in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most defining moment in your life" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Two-year LDS mission to Finland...tell me about that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could meet anyone from the past, who would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see that you know American Sign Language, how did you get into it and can you show us something?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathy and what got you interested in it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Should medicine be a part of death?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you handle the rigor of medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"specific to my file" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could start a club at Touro, which would you start?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The typical why DO, why med" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the difference between MD and DO" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most negative thing you'll have to overcome to be a good ____(can't remember if he said ''doctor'' or ''med student'' but I answered as though he said ''doctor.''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths and weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you pick your undergraduate institution? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Identify this quote" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not PT, why DO and not MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about an experience that has been very uncomfortable for a patient and how you handled it to make them more comfortable?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All application specific! Though I will recite questions others were asked (role play), i.e. pretend you are the dean of a school meeting with a student who is being dismissed..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about moving to San Francisco from Texas? (No problem since this is my first choice)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the name of the D.O that wrote your recommendation letter and tell us about her?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"-What is the most important characteristic or trait that a physician should have? -Tell me about your research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you decide to switch from engineering to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"question about healthcare" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your view on stem cell research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See difficult/interesting question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the stupidest thing you have done and what have you learned from that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Please tell us about your experiences in Japan." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the difference between chiropractic manipulation and osteopathic manipulation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose D.O.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all the questions were file specific`" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As a Psychology major, how will you handle the science load of medical school? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has having a child taught you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"they were all fairly specific to me and my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your clinical research experience at UCSF and how you came to know TUCOM students on this job." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The horseradish question." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How was you personal trauma affected your choice to become physician? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your experience with DO medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"DDT has been banned in America becasue its potential danger to the environement. However, in some Afircan countries DDT can be used to control the spread malaria. What's your ethical view on this matter?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you do if you don't get into medical school." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"do students have the opportunity to gain clinical exposure during their basic science years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All of the questions came straight out of my application. Be ready for questions that deal with the minutia of the application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathic medicine, considering your background?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all straight from file" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So tell me why you are applying to an osteopathic program in addition to the allopathic program and what major differences separate these two fields in your opinion?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO? Why Medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why at such a young age would you consider making such a long committment before you even started to experience the "real world"?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were all very specific to my file and wouldn't be helpful to others." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"the transplanting a uterus into a man one, and if i were to come into contact with an MD student who started to "bad mouth" (for lack of the actual question) the DO program, how would i react and what would i say" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you decide to persue an MD and not a PhD? (I have a lot of research experience)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Define family and its importence to you" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the most important experience during your time volunteering?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When creating a public health intervention, what are the two most important things you need to know or do as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did your brother, he's a DO, influence your decision to become an Osteopathic physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Will you take the MCAT over again? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will your past work experiences in dentistry and veterinary medicine contribute to you being a good physician? And, you described (in your personal statement) a situation in which you worked with children who spoke a different language than you and you felt that you were still able to communicate with them by holding their hand and speaking softly; do you believe animals respond to this type of communication as well?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You said in your application that creativity is an important asset for a physician to have. What's another?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Introduce yourself and tell us where you went for undergraduate. When/How did you decide you wanted to practice medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the difference between osteopathic and allopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How well prepared are you for a career in medicine since you're so young? :-(" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked about a quote in my application. and how that was connected to being a DO." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to do DO if your mom is an MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why osteopathic medicine specifically?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You studied for and took the MCATs after your father passed away. How difficult was that?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you realize that you want to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the biggest challenge you will face in med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What brings you to TCOM? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did I want to go to TUCOM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about my study abroad experience. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"D.O.'s treat the symptoms, and not the patient. What do you think about this?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"it's all directed to your application" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know who Carl Jung is? How do you apply communications to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think your confidence is a weak point?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you plan to balance your charity work with your financial needs? (I want to work with low income youth)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See above." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do I think osteopathic medicine will help in a neurological based profession? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you like your undergraduate experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you do when you volunteered at a psych hospital?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your D.O. experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine and why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever worked with a DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your DO experience" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"-" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you interested in becoming a D.O., and how did you find out about it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe osteopathic medicine without using the word "holistic" or anything with "whole" in it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research paper. What did you conclude?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"explain specific accomplishments in my teaching experiences. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Please explain what you meant in your personal statement when you posed the question: "How do we become who we are?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you take from world war II and what is your favorite musice to play on the violin?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your road to DO" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There are only three questions and they are all easy and about your file. If you didn't B.S. anything, you should be able to answer them." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathy, when you have an MD mother?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I had shadowed a DO and how that influenced my decision to study Osteopathic Medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the dumbest thing you have done? They got me on this one...could not come up with something...took me a few seconds..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Osteopathic Medicine? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you help your patients make health related decisions?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are qualities of a good physician, application specific stuff, how will i overcome obstacles, questions about classes i took." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about your research. What significant conclusions did you reach?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like about osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about your volunteer work." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you decide to major in microbiology? MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your mother is an allopathic physician, why do you want to be an osteopath?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the difference btwn a Osteopathic and Allopathic physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"That where should i start "tell us about yourself" prompt happened. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain the difference between DO and MD." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Touro?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you take from your specific major?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe the characteristics that would make you a great osteopathic physician." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your research in detail." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you a leader or a follower?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about my research, work at a doctor's office, volunteer experiences" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why osteopathic over MD" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you pay off your college loans in one year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See most difficult question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why D.O. when you have a M.D. father, what qualities do you have that will make you a great D.O., being an xray tech, what made you decide to be a phyiscian." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"explain causality and inference and effect" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your graduate research as if you were talking to someone who had no background in science or medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My questions were specific to my application. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO when dad is MD, how I would approach them differently" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why the west coast and why Touro?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"mostly about the your specific file; some about health insurance/state of health care" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO when your family is all MDs? Since you come from an MD family...what would you say to your family and other MDs about the DO philosophy to help them in their practices?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You have been out of school for 7 years. Why has it taken you so long to make the decision to go back to school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you tell me a bit more about your experience with Osteopathic med." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about your research, and how is that important to how you will practice medicine. (did research)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why D.O.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think are the differences between DO and MD." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a D.O. and what is the difference between a DO and MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What made you want to be a DO? Elaborate on your shadowing experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a clinical experience. What was your favorite internship? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question about my undergraduate research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO instead of MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO vs MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Research related question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all questions were based on my application...just memorize yo app sucka!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""How is medicine in the UK different from the US?" (I did a study abroad program in the UK and the interviewer was from England)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"about being an older student" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your experience working with a DO" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you know you are charismatic?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are similarities between chemistry and emergency medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""You went to the Air Force Academy... Please tell me about that..." "So you are no longer in the military... How do you feel about the current crisis America is involved in?" " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As a non-science major do you think you will be as prepared as your science major peers" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your worst subject in school? Why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you apply to TUCOM/What attracted you to TUCOM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your military experience. Tell me about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose your undergrad school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Something along the lines of which component of osteopathic medicine do I believe in the most, or value the highest" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

" Tell me your views regarding bioethics" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does golf soothe your soul?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your volunteer experiences" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about Pag-asa (a community service group I helped found)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the biggest problem facing medicine today, particularly osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What was the last book that you read?" " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What prompted you to change careers? Do you really think that a career in medicine will offer a less demaning lifestyle than your previous career in business?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your experience as a Surg. Tech." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did I feel that Osteopathy was for me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you handle a mother who was overly concerned about her child, knowing that her child was going to be okay?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you pick business as your major?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would I explain osteopathy to a person who has never heard of it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your Senior Thesis Research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question about sailing. What area of your education do you feel most prepared in? What area do you feel least prepared for?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked me about my clinical experience, do I want to pursue research or primary care" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Hard work, determination, and tenacity are three qualities you feel you possess that helped you to get to where you are today. These are “get there” words. What qualities do you think will help you succeed in medical school and the medical profession? I said the same qualities would work…" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Only 4 questions asked - the interesting and difficult ones above, and then two that were specific to my personal statement" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you come about going from being a musician to going into medicine?...What quaities do musicians and doctors share?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was it that attracted you to osteopathy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"If you were on a clinical rotation in Emergency Medicine and the attending physician suggested a particular treatment plan that you disagreed with, how would you approach that situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you be doing if you couldn't work in healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They asked a good amount of stuff on the difference between empathy and compassion" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will learning Spanish make you a better physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"On your resume you mentioned that you blog. Given the amount of misinformation on the internet, what do you think is your ethical responsibility when blogging? How do you avoid spreading misinformation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question about local news story" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked how my participation in service activities (Volunteering, EMT, etc.) helped me overcome/improve any weaknesses I had." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If driver less cars become the norm and a safer way of transportation, would you continue to drive?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you help a patient who has the means to be healthy but has no interest in doing so?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I would like to work in a private practice or a hospital" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who are you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think allopathic medicine is bad compared to osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Convince the other interviewer that you really want to be accepted and that we should accept you." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There were many follow up questions regarding your answers. Then Dr. Glover pulled slips of paper out of a hat as questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Pile of cards, face down, each with an emotion written on them (anger, fear, joy, etc.). Interviewees in the group each choose one card and must explain to the interviewers a time in which they felt that emotion." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do I see myself in ten years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How important is service to the osteopathic education?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Our group had pretty easy questions.. The other group had serious ethical dilemmas & critical thinking questions, but we didn't have any that were out of the ordinary" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(Not mines but other people in my group got asked) If you could travel back in time what would you change? What was the nicest thing you've recently done for someone? Given your public health background, how do you control the obesity epidemic in America? Since there's only one guy in our panel today, what do you think if I (the professor) decide to play matchmaker and match you guys up? How about if I was a doctor and decided to play matchmaker on my patients? What do you think about it? Suppose you were sitting in lecture and I ask you a question and you space out. I decide to throw you a quarter and say in front of the class "call your mom and tell her that you are failing in medical school." How do you react and how will you deal with this? What newspapers do you read? If you could design a medical school what attributes would you include? If Touro does not accept you, what do you think would be the reasons why? How do you study? Individually or in a group?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"This was to another applicant: Having lived in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, what would you have done differently from a medical point of view?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Freddy Mercury (the lead singer of Queen) had AIDS for a number of years, but did not reveal his condition until 24 hours before his death. Many felt that he should have told his fans about his illness. Do you agree with that?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"a very personal one that is too long to repeat" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked of another student: If you were a fruit, what would you be." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Scenario" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none really" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One of the interviewers got this really off the wall question. Something about how you giving the heimlich maneuver to your wife to save her but you do it so hard that you damage her trachea causing her to be hospitialized and in greater pain. How would you deal with the idea of you causing her such pain?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You mention the importance of empathy in patient care. How would you make sure you wouldn't become depressed while working with others in difficult situations? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"question specific to my file " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Oops! the interviwer thought I taught Spanish. Be careful what you write in your personal statement. They might caught up the wrong info!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It seems like you have had tough times in the past. What would you do if times like these arose in medical school and how would you handle it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you plan on getting over all the hurdles you will find in Medical school." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do I have a support system here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"File specific stuff - be ready to know everything you wrote and everything you've done. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just questions specific to my history." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your heirloom tomatoes. Loved that question!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Should the supplement industry be regulated? I do research and prod. dev. for supplement co. I said DEFINITELY! (and i think drugs should be better regulated)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were to put together a team, how would you do it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could change one thing in your file, what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Essay related: how would you incorporate osteopathic medicine as a passion with your life goals of the pursuit of scientific knowledge" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you know about osteopathic medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you get involved in your major/area of interest/work? Good question becuase it gave me a chance to really talk about my passion. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What life experiences would you say is the defining moment in your life." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"DO: In your essay, you talk about altruistic behavior. I had another student tell me there is no such thing because any act to help another is meant to make the giver feel better about themselves, thus creating a selfish desire. How do you feel about that perspective?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"''Don't you think that reading novels is a waste of time?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"if you could meet anyone from the past, who would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"influence of music upon your success in medical school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Scenario: a doctor needs to have power over his patient but also needs to have a good relationship with him. Which is more important?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The previous interviewee had been asked about the communication between patient doctor dynamics and she said that she wanted to flatten the hierarchy between the patient and doctor. They asked me to tell her why this was a bad idea." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Particulars about my file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what was my fellow interviewee's favorite hobby" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Should medicine be a part of death?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were at class one day and the professor said class is cancelled for the remainder of the day, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Specific question about one of my volunteer experiences" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All typical questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What don't you want others know about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What specialty would you go for if not primary care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not veterinary medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would be one thing I wouldn't want them to know about me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If TUCOM was a brand new school and I was part of the first entering class. What kind of student club would I start. (All 5 of us were asked this same question.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewer quoted a line from a old philosophy text and asked me to identify it. I couldn't. He later said he had made up the quote and wanted to see if I would lie." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A question regarding a sentence in my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the most important information you learned about Ladakhi medicine during your time spent studying in India?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why would I want to return to school after being a professional" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You made some grandiose statements in your personal statement (then proceeded to quote a line and asked me how I would back it up?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You went on a mission trip, do you plan to do missions as a doctor? If so where?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about the D.O that wrote your letter of recommendation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I was about to perform an OMM procedure on the lower back of a man who was laying prostrate in front of me and he happened to reach over with his hand and grab my behind, what would I do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could do anything besides going to medical school, what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question about healthcare." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you not pursue veterinary medicine instead? (This was asked because I did research in a veterinary medical center)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO? (Seriously, nothing particularly interesting)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked about a specific situational is which students made huge mistakes on a microbiology exam clearly demonstrated they did not understand the material. They wanted to know how I thought the instructor should handle these students and what advice I had for the instructor to keep these students from getting into TUCOM." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I am not sure if it was an interesting question, but I was asked how as a physician I was going to be able to keep my patients coming back for treatment. I thought this question was weird." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why was I changing careers." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"n/a" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The ethical questions(abortion, physician assisted suicide, organ doning), I had 3 and was the only one who received any ethical questions out of my interview group." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you believe is the largest challenge facing health care in developing countries?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My opinion regarding how a patient is supposed to go about getting a prescription they need immediately when their insurance company won't pay up front because they require approval which can take a couple of days to a week. The interviewer who asked this question had actually just had this happen to her and she ended up charging the $2000 prescription on her credit card until the insurance company could reimburse her, but her concern was for those who had no other means of purchasing the prescription." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the difference between healthcare in Japan and US?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"no really interesting questions - i felt prepared. it was a great interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Elaborate on how you came to be involved with the skatepark you mention in your application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you make horseradish peroxidase? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing interesting in particular." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You are an ER physician. Mother with an infant is entering your ER, screaming and saying the child has been abused by baby sitter. Baby is badly bruised and minimally responsive? What is the first thing you do? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing in particular" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain to me what does Louis Pasteur means when he says "chance favors only the prepared mind"?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will I do if I don't get into medical school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the medical symptoms of a certain disease." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell us about your international experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathic medicine, considering your background?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked about different treatment modalities." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"from file" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were the dean of the school with unlimited funds, what would be the first thing you would implement? (was asked this regarding incorporating technology into medicine)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none really." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the biggest challenge facing a physician in the modern world?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why women's studies and then medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"if a man really wanted to have a baby, do you think it would be ethically right to transplant a uterus into him to do so? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why will a surgeon do surgery for someone who is convinced they are the opposite sex, but not add a beak on someone convinced they are a bird?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"An ethical question regarding a doctor lying to a patient which ultimately resulted in a postive outcome. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You just had a baby and spoke much about the beauty of seeing life brought into the world. How would you react to a patient who wanted an abortion?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When creating a public health intervention, what are the two most important things you need to know or do as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Given my advanced pharmacology degree and current clinical position, why pursue medicine at this point?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you expect to handle the heavy science load as a psychology major?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Can there be joy in death? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will your past work experiences in dentistry and veterinary medicine contribute to you being a good physician? And, you described (in your personal statement) a situation in which you worked with children who spoke a different language than you and you felt that you were still able to communicate with them by holding their hand and speaking softly; do you believe animals respond to this type of communication as well?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your study abroad experience in Mexico. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"About my undergraduate school. This wasn't so much interesting as it was the least stressful of the questions posed." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"which superhero will you choose to be if you have a chance??" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your definition of health?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How my English major relates to medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When answering a question in research, is it better to achieve this answer by a 5 minute experiment or by a 5 year experiment?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"describe the political condition of MLK hospital where you have shadowed and how it affects the physicians and patients" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the best revenge?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The question about the city I was born in. I mentioned it in my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Which scientist said ..... " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the biggest challenge facing the AIDS community in America?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were president and aliens asked you to sacrifice a number of people or they would blow up the earth, would you do it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked to talk about the most difficult obstacle I had overcome." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How I came to be in my current line of work (Finances)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the negatives of osteopathy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Father is an M.D., why do u want to become a D.O.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you see the place of advertising (cognition) and the pharmaceutical industry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I wrote in my essay about preventive medicine and encouraging lifestyle changes, as they are cheap and effective. The interviewer asked me how I would implement these changes." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You volunteered at UCSF. Didn't that intimidate you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the most disturbing experience you during your clinical experience in a hospital?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do I think people tend to be more compassionate towards animals than they are to other people or themselves? (I used to be pre-vet)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you received a grant from the Gates Foundation, would you give the money to an income-generating program, a clinic, or a school in Senegal (where I studied abroad), and why? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I didnt really get an interesting one, but someone in my group got "what is vioxx?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"regarding a comment I had made in my personal statement" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us more about U.S.-Japanese relations/Japanese history." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a vedic healer (referencing my essay)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question that pertained to my personal statement" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you could not ever apply to medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"there were many (i was impressed by the interviewers and their questions)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Pretty much all of they questions they asked me and the other interviewees came from our applications, personal statement, experiences/research. Know these and you'll be fine. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In terms of the D.O. philosophy, what is the difference between treating a patient who is in an inpatient facility versus a patient who is in an outpatient facility?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They did not ask any interesting questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"a question about my research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"unfortunately , this is why I was stressed out.. I didn't really receive any interesting questions, except one about my personal statement (but it won't help you if I post it, so I won't waste the space)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is the future of OMM in children?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked to elaborate on a question I posed in my personal statement. This revealed to me that the interviewer read my statement thoroughly and he asked several follow up questions after my answer." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was a bit surprised they will ask me questions about my hobbies, but I was glad to answer them. The questions were I see you are a world war II buff, what do you take from it? Also what is your favorite song to play on a violin?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a patient that had Type 2 Diabetes and was not literate and could not speak English how would you explain a diet plan for them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I don't remember." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing, just know what is in your file and why you want to be a DO" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The Nevada campus is a new school and will have many obstacles along the way. What will you do to handle these?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked what I though was "a weakness in our national Healthcare system?"." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the dumbest thing you have done?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your junior college experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any reservation moving to Nevada or Henderson/Las Vegas?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all questions were basic" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you help your patients make health related decisions?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really interesting. Just basic stuff" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do your allopathic parents think of you becoming a D.O.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have we lost by losing horses (I ride)- this was a very strange question! I answered it more like what is better without us using them (less animal abuse, unfit owners, etc)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"About the my family's business" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your dad is an MD; have you been able to work with him?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you enjoy rockclimbing, and will you continue to climb once in med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most important thing to know in medicine: Anatomy, Physiology or Biochemistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"This question flowed from another interviewee's response because my personal statement addressed what he was talking about. BL: Listen attentively to the others answer----the next question could be directed to you and stem from their response. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could change anything about your file, what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how is medicine an art form?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See below" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you learn from your Health Information major?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your research in detail." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What question would you like us to ask you" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"specific to my file" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you do if you don't get into medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All questions were straight forward from my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would I tell a patient who wanted to take shark cartilage as a possible cure or preventative measure against cancer?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about an experience at the hospital you work at (as a radiology tech) that influenced your decision to become a physician." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"explain causality-inference-effect (I have a background in public health)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your graduate research as if you were talking to someone who had no background in science or medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most were very personalized questions. It's easy to talk about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. My questions were specific to my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Because my dad is an MD, what he thinks of my choice to go DO, and how I would approach it differently in treating patients than he would" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were all questions about me. Nothing really interesting or challenging, but having 4 people make an evaluation based on each answer added a lot of pressure" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most of the questions are based on your application. Anything is free game. There were some questions about health insurance and potential solutions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Since you come from an MD family...what would you say to your family and other MDs about the DO philosophy to help them in their practices?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked mostly questions that had to do with my clinical experience. Probably no one other than myself would find that very interesting. I was glad they asked me questions specific to me. The read my file which is more than I can say at other interviews I've been on" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite place to road trip (one of my listed hobbies)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What I thought about a headline that was posted on the web that day." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research and how that will affect your view/ability as an osteopathic physician. (research on health promotion)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you are not accepted to medical school, what plans do you have for the near and long term?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. But other students were asked questions that I and other students felt were irrelevant." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some similarities between Eastern Medicine and DO? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"About my research paper in detail." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think as an English major you will be at a disadvantage, or the flip side, do you think it offers an advantage over other students? I think this is a bit tricky since there are other students in the room, and I don't want to start criticizing science majors in comparison to my own." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What should Touro look for in a medical school student?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Seeing as how most of the other interviewees at this table have had other jobs and various life experiences, do you think by entering medical school after completing your undergraduate years would cause you to miss out on life experiences?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked a very specific question about my research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none, though the other interviewees got some tough questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""If you were given unlimited resources, what movie would you make?" (I was a film major in college) "What is one thing you would do differently than your father, as a phsyician?" (my dad is an MD) Both questions were asked by the great Dr. Schwartz" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"about my travel experiences" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing interesting, just questions about extra-curricular activities" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the positive and negative aspects of your personality?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would I do if I saw a classmate cheating on a test?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In your personal statement, you refer to your desire to practive emergency medicine, as well as the importance of viewing your patients "wholistically." Do you feel it is poosible to practice emergency medicine "wholisitically"?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Compare your experiences working as a medical technologist in a disadvantaged community with working here in the United States. I focused on the fact that despite the limited resources, the work I performed was comparable in quality. In fact, my ability to deal with limited resources and still perform quality work will be extremely beneficial when I become a physician. This is especially true in this day and age where resources are quite limited in the United States." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about herbal remedies not being regulated by the FDA?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you plan on practicing OMM? If you are in a practice and you perform OMM on a patient and file a claim with the insurance company and they say that they are not covering OMM, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing extraordinary. We had one guy from the boonies that was asked what he learned from farming and how those experiences translate into being a doctor. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Medical school students are very busy. How do you plan to take time to care for your health (exercise, eat well, sleep) as a medical school student?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does golf soothe your soul? (it was on my personal statement)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A specific question about my research (all of the interviewers KNOW your application)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You are a with we to buy a car at a dealership. A salesperson walks up. As he walks up, what three things can you quickly tell me I should look for in the salesperson to help me decide if I want to buy a car from him? (I am a sales manager at a Honda Dealership)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did the death of my sister to gang violence affect me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What was the most interesting thing that you learned in you World Religions course?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Given your marketing background, how would you recommend marketing osteopathic medicine to the public?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why D.O?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a good restaurant to eat around your undergrad. college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"with your high MCAT and GPA, why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I recieved a B with a 79%, and my classmate recieved an A with an 80%, how would I react?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the best dish that you cook?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One of the biggest problems in healthcare is the lack of physicians in underserved areas, how would you intice/attract physicians to move to these areas and practice primary care, seeing as how most want to move to Beverly Hills making millions as plastic surgeons?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I am a literature minor and was asked if I knew the novel written by Mary Shelley and who Lord Byron was." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do your best impersonation for us?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why I chose osteopathic medicine after pursuing a graduate degree." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All questions from submitted secondary and application. Know yourself and your file!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about African countries refusing genetically altered food aid? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your idea of the perfect wedding?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I have written a book, so they asked me about my book quite a bit" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Since I am from a small town, the student interviewer asked if I was on a panel to figure out how to get doctors to practice in small towns and large cities, what programs would I implement to encourage this." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes a good teacher?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would I explain to a child why Barry Bonds and Jeff Kent fight, being that they are teamates." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""You state that you have played in opera orchestras, what is your favorite opera and what character do you like the most and what do you see in him/her that you see in yourself?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Given Emergency Room experience, can you describe anything that you saw/witnessed in the ER that was wrong?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do I prefer black and white or color photography and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked that after working as a paramedic for 12 years, why I decided to change careers." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interview said, ". . . I watched Miss Congeniality the other night. You know the scene where Sandra Bullock is performing her talent? That made me think 'what would my talent be?'. What is your talent?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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5.00 2

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What do you like most?

"Located in northern California." | Report Response

"Beautiful campus, great classmates, MPH program makes the MPH very easy to obtain. Even though medical school is difficult, I believe they prepared me to succeed on match day. The program is wonderful." | Report Response

What do you like least?

"The poor education and the incompetence of the administration." | Report Response

"Administration needs to do more for the facilities plain and simple. Also, you're in Cali things are more expensive than other parts of the US." | Report Response

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