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  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine at Philadelphia
  • Osteopathic Medical School
  • Philadelphia, PA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

No change

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

7 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"Why these low grades in subject X?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

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

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Whats my job?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Why is your graduate degree taking so long? (I didn't think 3 yrs was that bad)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"There was nothing too hard but I was embarrassed listing all the MD schools I applied to. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Wrote out possible answers to " Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The breafast before the interviews started was so nice. I couldn't eat a crumb but the conversation was reassuring to all the nervous interviewees and I appreciated that." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The fact that everyone was told it was going to be a conversational interview and it was nothing like a conversation at all! It was question, on question, and the faces of the interviewers were cold and stern. I couldn't tell if I should talk more or less. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The interview is not as conversational as you think..." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"We got there a little before 8, had breakfast as a group of about 12 students, met admissions people (some were totally grouchy..yikes), were introduced to the interviewers, sat and waited our turn to be called in. There were two interviews going on simultaneously and we all knew the order we would go. During the time others are interviewing, we could walk around, sit-in on a class, or just chat with fellow students. It was great just talking and getting the jitters out. PCOM students were friendly and stopped in. The tour was ok but the guides were busy saying hi to friends who passed by and had private jokes that made no sense to anyone else. I was not impressed by the tour and how classes and activities were described in a third grade vocabulary. Eh, I was a bit put off by that. " Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Discouraging

How do you rank the facilities?

9 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

< $100

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

10/15/2006

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

7 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

9 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

7 out of 10

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