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Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Suwanee, GA
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Suwanee, GA
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Suwanee, GA
Osteopathic Medical School
Suwanee, GA
  • SDN RANKING 3
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 3 72 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 2 3 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $54
  • Non - Resident Tuition $54
  • Application Fee $75
  • AVG MCAT 505
  • AVG GPA 3.5
  • LIZZYM Score 62.6
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Admissions Information

  • Admissions
  • 625 Old Peachtree Road NW
  • Suwanee, GA 30024
  • United States

School Overview

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - Suwanee, GA Fast Facts

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School Info

PCOM has expanded its tradition of excellence with the creation of a branch campus in Gwinnett County Georgia. Located just north of downtown Atlanta, the campus's curriculum, activities and academic calendar mirror that of the Philadelphia campus.

Curriculum

The primary patient care skills are complemented by our integrated approach to biomedical knowledge that introduces both basic and clinical sciences in your first two years. By learning these subjects in tandem, rather than one followed by the other, the abstraction of science becomes tangible by its application in practice. The study of anatomy and physiology, for example, is paired with learning the principles of physical examination and osteopathic manipulative medicine (OMM). We use a variety of methods to present this information: problem-oriented cases, lectures, laboratory study, small group conferences, student-centered study and projects, medical informatics instruction and selected symposia. We provide plenty of opportunities for one-on-one interaction between students and teachers. Since medicine is practiced within a social context, the curriculum includes humanities-oriented programs, such as medical ethics, human sexuality, medical law and medical economics. Every doctor must address these topics, and we will teach them to broaden your understanding of changing attitudes and contemporary health care issues.

Facilities

The 20-acre campus, located at 625 Old Peachtree Road in Suwanee, includes the 150,000-square-foot Old Peachtree building which features large and small classrooms, conference areas and study spaces. The Old Peachtree building also houses research and multi-use basic science laboratories, an anatomy laboratory, a clinical learning and assessment center, three pharmacy practice labs and a large osteopathic manipulative medicine practice suite.

A second campus building, the 21,000-square-foot Northlake building, houses offices for administrative personnel, admissions, marketing and communications, human resources and alumni relations.

The campus is also home to the Georgia Osteopathic Care Center, an osteopathic manipulative medicine clinic, which is open to the public by appointment.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 57
Negatively 7
No change 8

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
2.74 72

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.76 72

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"I didn't get a clear sense of the interview schedule and I wish they were more transparent about that in advance through interview Invite email correspondence ." More from this Member | Report Response

"Better organization, communication, and dissemination of information. There was no follow up or detailed information regarding the interview day, transportation, etc." More from this Member | Report Response

"n/a" More from this Member | Report Response

"It would be VERY nice if, in addition to the snail mail decision letter, Banner updates could be made frequently." More from this Member | Report Response

"The wording of the emails sent out by the admissions staff is truly unlike anything I've ever seen from a professional institution. Abrasive language and disclaimers stating that the staff won't entertain phone calls regarding receipt of materials is simply baffling, given the fact that PCOM-GA requires a more than standard fee for processing the secondary application submission. That said, I was impressed by location of the facilities and the friendliness of the students. A net-positive impression. But I do think they could drastically improve their appeal with minimal effort." More from this Member | Report Response

"There should be multiple students giving the tours to smaller groups of interviewees. The school itself is rather echo-ey, so it was very difficult to hear." More from this Member | Report Response

"I wish they would call or email your acceptance instead of using snail mail as your FIRST notification. Apparently in-state students receive their letters later? I received mine a week after I saw on SDN that other students got accepted. I just wanted to know!! :p" More from this Member | Report Response

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

"The only thing I can think of is for them to update the interview invitation emails. It promised certain amenities that weren't offered the day of the interview, like a continental breakfast! lol However, our interview group had some laughs about it and a few other things in the end." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing" More from this Member | Report Response

"I don't have many suggestions as I felt the interview process was quite efficient. The office was very aware of holiday season traffic and adjusted their interview schedule to make sure we could all make it out in time to avoid rush hour traffic." More from this Member | Report Response

"Only to try to have a DO student do the tour instead of a Biomed student (even though she was great!)" More from this Member | Report Response

"It's seems to be a challenge ensuring that your file is in order. For me, it required numerous phone calls to get my application to 'complete.' This was despite the fact that all of my information was in my file." More from this Member | Report Response

"I would get a little better organized." More from this Member | Report Response

"Complete move toward paperless applications" More from this Member | Report Response

"Let the group know in which order they're going to be interviewed." More from this Member | Report Response

"The interview was more about the interviewers than about me and what I have to offer PCOM." More from this Member | Report Response

"None." More from this Member | Report Response

"Did a great job. Had packets ready for us when we got there. Maybe add some materials in the pack" More from this Member | Report Response

"I found it difficult to communicate directly with GA campus. A more visible GA admissions number mi" More from this Member | Report Response

"I found the overall attitude of the staff in the Atlanta office much better than the staff of the Ph" More from this Member | Report Response

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

"Why do you want to pursue an Osteopathic Medical Education to become a physician?" 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

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

"What are your studying techniques?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you didn't get into medical school, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your leadership qualities and opportunities you have had for leading." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think weed should be legalized?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"How did you hear about GA-PCOM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want me to know about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have a back-up plan if you don't get into medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about the research you did in undergrad." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was asked on the sheet we filled out before the formal interview." 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

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

"Why PCOM-Georgia, and why osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How would you explain DNA to a 4th grader?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do I want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"why do you want to be a DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me about yourself?" 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

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

"Tell us a little about you." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you see yourself living in a small town or major metropolitan area?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How will you respond if you have a bad semester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ask us questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Asked one question regarding my personal essay for the school." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"What issues are going to become important in medicine in coming years?" 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

"How did you learn about osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why could you contribute to Ga-PCOM if you came here? What could you contribute after you graduate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why do you think PCOM should offer you an acceptance? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to become a doctor, and why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Do you have any questions for us?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you have to offer to the class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your problem-solving schools" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"So what are you doing right now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did I find out about osteopathic medicine? PCOM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you do if you are not accepted anywhere this year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about the DO that you know. Tell me about your work." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself, why medicine, why DO, and why Georgia? I hope you can remember all that." 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

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

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

"Tell us about your undergraduate work at Louisiana State University." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What brings you here? Why PCOM? Why Osteopathy? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

What was the most interesting question?

"If you were reincarnated as an animal, what would you want to be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What field of study do you want to learn more about to develop as a future physician that you think is lacking in current medical education?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a patient only had a certain amount of time to live (eg. 8 months), would you tell them? If the patient told you that they didn't want to know, would you still tell them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever dealt with a very sick or dying patient, how did you handle it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you describe DNA to a 4th or 5th grader?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you explain OMM to your grandmother?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you handle it when someone you were in charge of made a mistake?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is responsible for opioid epidemic?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They asked what kinds of things I studied with my major" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were in a group and someone in the group wasn't doing their share of the work, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why get a MD instead of other doctoral degree?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think healthcare is a right or priveledge?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Pretty standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who do you feel is most responsible for the health of a patient?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are problems with America's healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you laugh, and what makes you angry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Asked about a specific problem in a field that one of my extracurricular activities was involved in. It was a very individualized question." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Discussed what I thought was an important issue in healthcare" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you specific with "personalized medicine"?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"tell me about your craziest EMT call / case" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What types of medicine are you interested in? Is there a specific location you'd like to practice?" 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

"What's your favorite movies do you like? What extracurricular activity did you enjoy the most?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"At what point did you know your previous degree plan/major was not for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a difficult time in your life and how you overcame it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How was the healthcare in other countries that you lived in? (I had lived in two countries before coming over to the US)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you laugh?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ask us questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"How would you handle failure?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a mother was against giving her child a vaccine, what would you as a doctor do?" 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

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

"What is it about you that we (PCOM) should know that really expresses why you should be here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you order a blood transfusion for a child with hemophilia if his or her parents were opposed to it on religuous grounds?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They seemed to be impressed with me as soon as I walked in! I'm an English major so was one of the interviewers. We seemed to hit it off right away. I never expected to love the interview so much!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you like to stay and practice in [X] town (Specific to the town in which I live)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you have to offer?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is something you've failed at and what did you learn from it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Experiencing the healthcare system in France along with your knowledge of the exposure to US healthcare, how would you say the two compare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did I feel about problem-based curriculum?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was a comment that they made at the beginning of the interview. It was something about how I'm a gator fan and how they hate gator fans. =) I was accepted a few days later so... its ok to be a gator fan!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your most memorable experience as a medical assistant?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Imagine this scenario. You are admitted to medical school. You are taking an exam and you see somebody cheating. What would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you in a fraternity?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you manage "near perfect" attendance (info in one of my LORs)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What role do you think you would play in the class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you plan to work while in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you get married right before you applied to medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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Individual Responses

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School Reviews

School Reviews

Results Overview

Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?

Response Avg # Responders
3.00 5

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"Professors not associated with administration or 3rd and 4th year. They care the most and have the most invested in their students." | Report Response

"Not much competition, so if you work hard you can put yourself at the top." | Report Response

"Small school size." | Report Response

"Building is open 24/7" | Report Response

"Faculty are extremely supportive, community is huge here, OMM department is tough, but is world class, personable, knowledgeable professors that genuinely do care about your success and will help you whenever needed, close proximity to Atlanta/very nice area, great peer tutoring/TA/academic support programs, lots of options for clinical sites, lots of established MD and DO connections in a vast majority of medical specialties in the primary care skills dpt, a bunch of ways to get involved, extremely diverse classes, plenty of diverse research opportunities, very tough but doable curriculum with fair exams that tend to be quite boards-relevant, lots of real-life simulation opportunities 1-2nd year, faculty advising programs, great library, plenty of places to study/never full" | Report Response

What do you like least?

"Clinical Education. Their meetings are disorganized and and full of double speak, making it impossible to give them what they want. They don't respond to emails and have admitted in the past that they won't if they feel they don't need to respond. The major issue with this is, emails include questions indicating a point of confusion or dispute. This typically would be something that would require a response. When students aren't able to perform to a standard that is never communicated to them, Clinical Education staff respond with professionalism violations and aggressive emails. PCOM-GA is rapidly losing preceptors in the area and it is very easy to see why when the ClinEd department behaves the way they do." | Report Response

"Everything that has to do with the administration, quite literally everything. Also the building or “campus” as they call it as about as bad as it gets." | Report Response

"Unsupportive faculty and administration." | Report Response

"Administration and Mandatory Lectures" | Report Response

"80% Mandatory classes even sometimes around exam time for things like Primary care skills, epidemiology/biostat/Medical law/public health, interprofessional classes, guest lectures etc., no completely dedicated boards studying time, sometimes condescending administration (who we just tend to avoid/ignore) who doesn’t always listen to listen to our problems like the mandatory class policy, curriculum starting from 1st year is very intense from 8-4 or 5 every day, not really allowing for easy adjustment as needed, guest lecturers tend to be great physicians but not the best teachers, OMM courses are tough, with quizzes every week, tough board-style exams, and strict rubrics for practicals, faculty will push for you to take the USMLE but administration will tell you otherwise she to merger" | Report Response

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