How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.69 | 70 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 57 |
| Negatively | 7 |
| No change | 8 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.74 | 72 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.76 | 72 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.24 | 71 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 2 |
| Virtual | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 7 |
| 20 minutes | 11 |
| 25 minutes | 11 |
| 30 minutes | 26 |
| 35 minutes | 6 |
| 40 minutes | 2 |
| 45 minutes | 6 |
| 50 minutes | 2 |
| 55 minutes | 1 |
| 60+ minutes | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 70 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 59 |
| In a group | 11 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 49 |
| Closed file | 22 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.69 | 70 |
"Why do you want to pursue an Osteopathic Medical Education to become a physician?"
"Why DO."
"Why PCOM-GA?"
"What are your studying techniques?"
"If you didn't get into medical school, what would you do?"
"Describe your leadership qualities and opportunities you have had for leading."
"Do you think weed should be legalized?"
"Why do you want to go into medicine and why specifically osteopathic medicine?"
"Why DO and not MD?"
"How did you hear about GA-PCOM?"
"What do you want me to know about you?"
"Do you have a back-up plan if you don't get into medical school?"
"Tell us about the research you did in undergrad."
"What was asked on the sheet we filled out before the formal interview."
"Why DO?"
"Why PCOM?"
"Why PCOM-Georgia, and why osteopathic medicine?"
"How did you improve your MCAT score that much?"
"How would you explain DNA to a 4th grader?"
"Why do I want to be a doctor?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"why do you want to be a DO?"
"Why DO? Why Ga-PCOM?"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Why Osteopathic Medicine?"
"Why medicine?"
"Tell us a little about you."
"Do you see yourself living in a small town or major metropolitan area?"
"What specialty are you interested?"
"How will you respond if you have a bad semester?"
"Ask us questions."
"Tell me about yourself"
"Asked one question regarding my personal essay for the school."
"Tell me about your undergrad."
"Why Medicine? Why Do?"
"What issues are going to become important in medicine in coming years?"
"Tell me about your research?"
"How did you learn about osteopathic medicine?"
"Why could you contribute to Ga-PCOM if you came here? What could you contribute after you graduate?"
"Specific question about my file."
"Why do you think PCOM should offer you an acceptance? "
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Why do you want to become a doctor, and why DO?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"What do you have to offer to the class?"
"Describe your problem-solving schools"
"Tell us about yourself."
"So what are you doing right now?"
"How did I find out about osteopathic medicine? PCOM?"
"What will you do if you are not accepted anywhere this year?"
"Tell me about the DO that you know. Tell me about your work."
"Tell us about yourself, why medicine, why DO, and why Georgia? I hope you can remember all that."
"Why D.O.?"
"Why are you interested in Osteopathy"
"Tell us about yourself"
"Tell us about your undergraduate work at Louisiana State University."
"What brings you here? Why PCOM? Why Osteopathy? "
"What is the last book you read?"
"How do you plan to deal with stress in medical school?"
"Who makes up the healthcare team?"
"Why medicine."
"Why do you think some parents might not want to vaccinate their children?"
"Follow up question pertaining to the 30-minute writing assignment at the beginning."
"Why DO"
"When does life begin?"
"What do you like to do in your spare time?"
"If you could start the entire admissions process over, what would you do differently?"
"Do you know what specialty you would like to go into?"
"Do you think marijuana should be legalized?"
"How do you interpret "holistic care"?"
"Why our school?"
"Describe a time you failed."
"Why PCOM-GA?"
"What is something you love dearly, such as an activity or hobby, that you will have to give up in medical school?"
"Tell me about your research experience."
"Tell me about yourself."
"How good are you with dead bodies?"
"Why is your MCAT low? (it was still above the average for the school!)"
"What do I hope to accomplish?"
"Why D.O? Why PCOM-GA?"
"tell me about a coworker with whom you ahve worked that was difficult / did not perform and how did you work with him / her? how did you address issues?"
"Why do you want to go into medicine?"
"Do I plan to practice medicine in the South?"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Tell us about a situtaion when you were disappointed/things did not go as well as you wanted, and what you learned from it."
"Why D.O.?"
"Explain bad grades during undergrad."
"Tell me about your background (I was from foreign country)"
"Tell me about your research."
"Tell us about yourself."
"Asked me to just tell them about myself."
"What do you do for fun?"
"What was one of your most challenging courses?"
"What do you do in your spare time?"
"What changes do you expect to see in medicine - and not economic?"
"What would you do if you weren't accepted this year?"
"Describe a difficult time in your life and if you worked through it, how did you do this?"
"Specific question about my file."
"Did your interest in medicine gradually grow over time with experience or was their a specific situation that prompted your interest?"
"What are the teants of osteopathy and why do want to be a D.O. instead of an M.D.?"
"Tell me about a time in which you failed at something and what you learned from it. How did you move on?"
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"What would you do if you failed a test? What other schools did you apply to?"
"Tell us about yourself?"
"Describe your interpersonal skills"
"How will your wife feel about moving again?"
"When did your first interest in medicine occur?"
"Why did I want to work for a non-profit organization?"
"Why do you want to be an osteopathic doctor?"
"Anything else you want us to know about you? (at the end)"
"Why doesn't your MCAT score match up with your grades?"
"Do you know what to expect in medical school?"
"What makes you different from other applicants?"
"Why do you want to go to GA-PCOM"
"How did you study for the MCAT?"
"Explain your clinical and research experiences?"
"Strength?Weakness? "
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"Why medicine and why specifically DO?"
"What do you believe are a physician's strongest qualities and what are their weakest qualities?"
"What would your friends say is your greatest strength and weakness."
"How do you learn best?"
"What do you know about OMM?"
"Why be a doctor and not a nurse"
"Who is responsible for opioid epidemic?"
"Tell me about a time you did poorly on an assignment"
"What are your study habits?"
"When do you think life begins?"
"Why PCOM GA?"
"Did you apply to other schools?"
"What do you think about OMM?"
"What makes you laugh, and what makes you angry?"
"What is your goal in being a physician? What field do you see yourself in 10 years? What field of medicine do you want to pursue?"
"Describe a bad experience when you worked as an EMT?"
"Tell about a stressful time in your life and how you coped with it."
"what were you like in grade school and high school?"
"Describe a hardship or difficult situation you have faced."
"What did I do to improve my MCAT score by 6 points?"
"How do you think you will handle medical school's demands?"
"Did you apply to Allopathic schools?"
"Why take more humanities courses? (I've already graduated and am taking random courses at a local university)"
"How did you study for the MCAT?"
"What specialty do you see yourself going into?"
"Are you interested in phD program in academic medicine? (I had great experience with academic medicine during my undergrad)."
"What happened during semester X of your undergaduate? (in reference to lower grades)"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Tell us about your graduate school."
"What is one thing you wish you could change about yourself?"
"What can you contribute to the next class?"
"How are your classes right now?"
"What stresses you out most?"
"What is the deal with your MCAT?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What will you do to further the profession other than be a good doctor?"
"If you didn't get an acceptance to any of the schools you applied to, what would you do?"
"Explain your MCAT scores (I took it multiple times)."
"What field of medicine are you interested in? In that class did your teacher address the rising obesity rates across the world?"
"Why PCOM-GA?"
"If you receive multiple acceptances how are you going to decide where to go?"
"Name one difficult experience you've had in your life."
"What can you tell us that we should know about you that is not a part of your application?"
"What was my undergraduate experience like?"
"Ask me about my MCAT and grades?"
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"What would you do if someone asked you to help them die and they were terminally ill? If they were well? What if you were in a state where it was legal?"
"Why osteopathic medicine? What specialty do you wish to pursue?"
"Explain any bad grades"
"How would you fix healthcare if you were President?"
"Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician?"
"Where Do you see yourself after PCOM?"
"If there was no need for medicine anymore, what do you think you would do instead?"
"If you were reincarnated as an animal, what would you want to be and why?"
"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?"
"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?"
"Have you ever dealt with a very sick or dying patient, how did you handle it."
"How would you describe DNA to a 4th or 5th grader?"
"How would you explain OMM to your grandmother?"
"How did you handle it when someone you were in charge of made a mistake?"
"Who is responsible for opioid epidemic?"
"They asked what kinds of things I studied with my major"
"If you were in a group and someone in the group wasn't doing their share of the work, what would you do?"
"Why get a MD instead of other doctoral degree?"
"Do you think healthcare is a right or priveledge?"
"Pretty standard questions."
"Who do you feel is most responsible for the health of a patient?"
"What are problems with America's healthcare?"
"What makes you laugh, and what makes you angry?"
"An ethics question"
"Asked about a specific problem in a field that one of my extracurricular activities was involved in. It was a very individualized question."
"Discussed what I thought was an important issue in healthcare"
"Are you specific with "personalized medicine"?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"tell me about your craziest EMT call / case"
"What types of medicine are you interested in? Is there a specific location you'd like to practice?"
"see above"
"What's your favorite movies do you like? What extracurricular activity did you enjoy the most?"
"Nothing really"
"At what point did you know your previous degree plan/major was not for you?"
"Describe a difficult time in your life and how you overcame it."
"How was the healthcare in other countries that you lived in? (I had lived in two countries before coming over to the US)."
"What makes you laugh?"
"Ask us questions."
"Specifics about my file"
"Why osteopathy?"
"How would you handle failure?"
"If a mother was against giving her child a vaccine, what would you as a doctor do?"
"N/A"
"None."
"What is it about you that we (PCOM) should know that really expresses why you should be here?"
"Would you order a blood transfusion for a child with hemophilia if his or her parents were opposed to it on religuous grounds?"
"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!"
"Would you like to stay and practice in [X] town (Specific to the town in which I live)?"
"What do you have to offer?"
"What is something you've failed at and what did you learn from it?"
"Experiencing the healthcare system in France along with your knowledge of the exposure to US healthcare, how would you say the two compare?"
"How did I feel about problem-based curriculum?"
"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!"
"What was your most memorable experience as a medical assistant?"
"Imagine this scenario. You are admitted to medical school. You are taking an exam and you see somebody cheating. What would you do?"
"Are you in a fraternity?"
"How did you manage "near perfect" attendance (info in one of my LORs)"
"What role do you think you would play in the class?"
"Do you plan to work while in medical school?"
"Why did you get married right before you applied to medical school?"
"above."
"Talk about a time when you overcame a challenge with someone who did not like you."
"What do you think makes a great physician."
"How would you describe DNA to a 4th or 5th grader?"
"How would you react in a situation with a non-compliant patient who is persistently seeing you, but refusing to make any lifestyle changes?"
"What would you do if one of your patients was non-compliant with their medications?"
"What is the most pressing problem in healthcare, and how would you solve it?"
"When does life begin?"
"Tell me about yourself (Only because I always find this question awkward to answer, and I didn't get any truly difficult questions.)"
"What is the biggest issue in healthcare currently?"
"Why get a MD instead of other doctoral degree?"
"What is the most pressing issue in healthcare in the US?"
"None were too difficult."
"Who do you feel is most responsible for the health of a patient?"
"I was asked a lot of difficult questions regarding my major."
"If you had a group of 6 people sharing a cadaver, 2 introverts, 2 extroverts, and two super type-A people, which would you be? How would you manage the slackers in the group?"
"What makes you laugh, and what makes you angry?"
"An ethics question: not difficult; just wasn't expecting it"
"Can you teach empathy?"
"How would you explain DNA to a four-year-old?"
"tell me about a coworker with whom you ahve worked that was difficult / did not perform and how did you work with him / her? how did you address issues?"
"None of the questions were very difficult. It was a very conversational interview."
"How many school did you apply too? (because you have to spin it in a positive way!)"
"There were no tough questions!"
"None. I adequately prepared for the interview. But know "Why a physician?" and "Why D.O.?""
"Explain bad grades during undergrad."
"None really. They told me to ask them questions so they can better understand who I am. If I had more time, I would have thought of questions that truly represented me, but it worked out just fine."
"If I went to an allopathic school, did I think that I would be able to provide the same type of compassionate care for which D.O. schools are known?"
"Why do you want to go into medicine?"
"What was one thing you wish you could change about yourself?"
"What happened to cause the bad grades? Be prepared to talk about them, if this applies to you."
"Tell me why we should accept you at PCOM?"
"Would you consider retaking the MCAT?"
"None really. "
"What do you bring to your class that would maked the school accept you over an equally qualified applicant?"
"None were difficult, just be sure to have questions ready for the interviewers about the school, the area, etc."
"None. All were straightforward, but some were based on my own file."
"none"
"What is something you've failed at and what did you learn from it?"
"How would you describe your problem-solving skills?"
"None, all straight-forward and based on my application."
"What is something about yourself that we may not see in the file or on paper, something that really helps you stand out?"
"None. The entire interview was very very conversational. This means that you can basically talk about what you want to talk about."
"Would you give lethal injections? Perform abortions for women who were raped? Perform abortions in general?"
"What do you think about your MCAT scores?"
"Explain grades"
"What would you do if not medicine"
"Explain your reason for retaking the MCAT and what you did to improve?"
"None, got a little grief for my MCAT, but in the most friendly way possible."
"I already had 7 interviews before I had my interview with PCOM-GA, so I didn't do anything further than 1 mock interview with a friend."
"Practiced answering questions with friends and family"
"2 mock interviews, practiced with family."
"Used SDN questions"
"Research and SDN."
"SDN student feedback, looked up information about the school"
"SDN, school website"
"Previous interview, looked on SDN"
"Reviewed the interview feedback on here and Googled some other common med school interview questions"
"Practiced questions and answers with a family member"
"Did a mock interview, read PCOM's website, read SDN threads, watched youtube videos about interviews"
"SDN School research"
"Practiced questions posted on SDN. Watched videos about med school interviews, read a book about med school interviews."
"I looked on SDN, the school's mission statement, and website; I wrote down questions and answered them in my head so I would have some sort of idea what my opinions were so they seemed at least somewhat well-informed."
"Read SDN, read through my app carefully."
"SDN/mock interview"
"Read this page...reviewed the mission statement and goals."
"Researched about the school via the website."
"First interview ever within the first group of the season: mock interviews with a friend"
"SDN Interview Feedback"
"20-30 mins of reviewing SDN interview feedback"
"Answer sample interview questions that I Googled."
"Studied my personal application file, and try to be relaxed."
"SDN and reviewing my file."
"SDN, Researching the school & their mission, and mock interviews."
"SDN, reviewed my application and essays"
"Studied my application, reviewed the website."
"Brief!!!! Self-preparation and planning for the day."
"Read over my AACOMAS and secondary apps. Also read SDN and surfed the school's website."
"Got all the questions from here and went over them with my father (he sat on an ADCOM for a professional school)"
"SDN"
"Read through my application, read SDN advices, read bunch of healthcare articles, read research papers that I published, tried to prepare the answer for most of the known questions."
"Researched everything I could find about the school, including professors and their research."
"Pretending to interview with friends and family. Reading SDN."
"SDN, reviewed my app."
"Thoroughly reviewed my file. Tried to anticipate questions and have a general idea of what my response would be."
"Student Doctor Forums and interview feedback, talked a few questions over with some friends, reviewed school website, reviewed own application and personal statement as well as some letters of recommendation."
"SDN, PCOM website, and AACOMAS wesbite."
"Pre-med advisor, SDN, careers advisor"
"Read application and SDN interview feedback"
"Primary and secondary apps, youtube videos, list of possible questions."
"Read SDN, review application, reviewed website."
"I prepared myself to be myself. I am determined this year to be myself during an interview and not be who I think they want me to be."
"Read SDN, talked with a DO."
"SDN, read primary and secondary applications, healthreform.gov, youtube"
"I bought every book I could find and read them and read SDN. I also watched the Nova University video on medical school interviews."
"Read over my essays, applications, practiced with a friend"
"SDN, Physicians, Former admissions committee members"
"SDN interview feedback, forums, YouTube, introspection (seriously do some deep thinking the night before)."
"SDN,Interviews"
"school website, SDN"
"Student Doctor Network forums and interview feedback, valuemd, google searches, pcom website, and had friends quiz me the last few days at random time."
"Read through PCOM website, AOA online, SDN feedback and forums, AACOM online, reread application"
"Talked with a friend who attend this school and PCOM website."
"PCOM website, spoke with DO, etc."
"SDN SDN SDN PCOM-GA's website Friend who goes there"
"Interview book, reviewed research, resume, primary application, secondary application"
"Read over application"
"Lots of practice"
"SDN, reviewed file"
"Basically went over some med school interview questions and read over my research publication."
"I just went over basic interview questions. I would recommend going over your essays and extra circulars. It's open filed any questions that are not the typical interview questions will be based off your essays. Go to their staff page and read over the bio for each faculty member."
"Looked over application."
"All the students and faculty seemed very happy to be there and all spoke highly of the community at the school."
"I live in Suwanee, so how close this campus is to my hometown is a compelling convenience factor for the school. They are very welcoming of non-traditional applicants. They also do a lot of community outreach activities for the Lawrenceville-Suwanee area like teaching students about healthcare careers at local high schools and doing mobile clinics in malls and public squares."
"The amount of resources available to students, everyone I interacted with from the school was genuinely kind"
"They were very kind, did not make me feel like I was being tricked or placed into a difficult position. Allowed me to be myself."
"The interviewers were so nice and kind! The school has so many amazing facilities!"
"The campus and student population."
"Nice and modern facilities, especially the anatomy lab, simulation rooms, and exam rooms; no dress code."
"How warm and welcoming the students were, location, simulation lab seemed well-equipped. Match list is excellent."
"The campus was really nice, everything was clean and the environment was over all really good."
"Sim lab"
"The great location of the school and the friendliness of the staff. Also the sim lab seems like a great learning resource."
"They had us type up answers to ~6 questions on a computer. Because it was a blind interview, these questions and answers guided the interview conversation. Having a general idea about what the interviewer would ask really helped relieve some stress and calm nerves."
"The facilities are great and the faculty and staff were very nice."
"Anatomy Lab"
"The facilities were great. The faculty and staff were also very kind."
"The faculty seemed to care about the students and have personal relationships with them. The class sizes are small and the kids who go there really seem to care about each other."
"The campus itself, the area it is located in, and the match lists."
"The interview was very conversational and relaxed."
"Pretty nice facilities, some of the staff seem interesting."
"The students and faculty were phenomenal."
"Being divided into small groups and being assigned a medical student for the duration of our interview experience really made up for the negative tour experience"
"Interaction with students was very positive. The atmosphere of the school was nice."
"Staff did all they could to make sure we weren't nervous going into the interview Building looks very nice inside"
"The friendliness of the staff and the faculty members with whom I interviewed, the ambience/atmosphere of the facility."
"How secure and nice the surroundings were."
"Not much."
"The intimacy of the campus. It's location in a suburban neighborhood."
"The people running the admissions office were phenomenally friendly and helpful."
"the close-knit environment of the school, friendliness and encouraging atmosphere."
"They seem very open to students tailoring their educational opportunities (research, dual degrees, etc.). The professors seemed to have a very open door policy."
"The family atmosphere of the students, faculty, and staff"
"The technology the school possess! It is amazing!"
"The camaraderie of the student body and the anatomy lab facilities."
"I was very impressed with the facilities as well as the friendliness of the students. The area, though a good 20 mins from Atlanta, still has a lot of positives around it. I personally like the fact that the building is all-inclusive, and it doesn't matter to me that there's only vending on-campus because there are more than a handful of restaurants in the immediate area."
"The professors I interviewed with were amazing and really sold me on the school. They were so nice in the interview and completely knowledgeable about all the questions I asked."
"Interviewer were very friendly, overall atmosphere was pretty impressive."
"Student body, facilities, openness of interviewers."
"How incredibly nice the staff and students were. I like how culturally diverse the students were."
"Schools use of technology is wonderful. Friendliness of admissions office/students."
"My interview involved a lot of back-and-forth thought provoking discussion. I also received very good feedback and advice on what to do if things don't happen to go my way. I asked for this though."
"Thought the school definitely made some changes based on student opinions since last year."
"How friendly everyone was! The students I spoke with seemed very proud of their program and answered any questions I had. The interviewers also were very nice!"
"Great facilities."
"The school makes use of emerging technology to help its students succeed."
"Small, new, friendly, great area"
"The friendliness of the admissions staff and the students."
"How happy the students were. Also how wired the campus was. "
"Their residency placements. Placing someone in Emory University's Emergency Medcine Program is quite impressive. The game room was cool."
"The school had nice facilities. Their anatomy and OMM labs were impressive, and the robotic patients were also cool. They seemed to utilize a lot of technology. The student were all excited to be there and be a part of an close knit student body."
"The facilities, the student tour guides, the warmth of the faculty and the interviewer."
"Everyone seemed to really love their professors. It shows me that there is a lot of interaction between the faculty and the students. Students were really nice too, and very encouraging!"
"The technology of the campus"
"Friendliness of everybody there including Student Ambassadors, interviewers, faculty/staff, other interviewees. State-of-the-art technology (ex. STAN)."
"Nice facility. Very casual interview."
"facilities and technology"
"Interviewers made me feel like I was the only person they cared about."
"Technology of school, friendliness of everyone there, facilities"
"The facility was very nice, the students and staff were friendly and helpful. In fact one of the assistants gave me here card and told me to call the same day the admission committee met after 2pm."
"Do you have any questions?"
"EVERYTHING that you need is in that one building. Technologically advanced. Large OMM lab. STAN. I loved the environment... everyone including the students, staff members and faculty members seemed very chill and happy."
"Buffie!"
"Great technology, incredibly friendly faculty and students, integrated curriculum"
"Very new facilities, clean, small class, everyone was very friendly"
"Interviewers' perspective and demeanor, Small classes, full anatomy lab, no food service"
"Lots of great technology, the students seemed very close, close to ATL"
"The anatomy lab and clinical learning center"
"Use of Technology."
"Most things. It's been my top choice since day one."
"The campus looks a lot like a warehouse and the facilities and architecture seem industrial. PCOM's affiliated hospitals aren't great relative to the MD schools in Georgia. They do in-house exams rather than NBME style exams. The tuition is expensive."
"School location/building; it is a converted warehouse in the middle of a suburban neighborhood and the space felt cramped"
"The interview day was incredibly unorganized. There was no information given to us, the interviewees, prior to the day besides "The day begins at 10 am," which it did not. Additionally, the interview seemed to rely heavily on hypothetical medical ethics dilemmas."
"Neither the admissions team nor the student guides discussed the school's curriculum, program outcomes, or COMLEX preparation, which gave me a sense that they were "hiding" this information; did not get a good opportunity to ask questions; the interview day in general was slightly disorganized."
"The interview day was disorganized. The tour was short and didn't show where medical student study and hang out. The welcome staff were unfriendly. They were not transparent about where their clinical rotations are held. They did not reveal any information about their board scores. When I inquired about research opportunities and support for students, they dismissed my questions with very general answers, "There are opportunities." "Of course there is support." However, no details."
"We were told that the writing assignment was going to guide our interview and my interviewer didn't ask me questions based off of it. Staff/student didn't seem to be passionate about the school"
"It's freezing in the anatomy lab!"
"N/A"
"Did not get to talk to many students"
"Nothing."
"The cafeteria was tiny, the gym was tiny, the SIM room didn't have orthopedic simulations. Also, it has taken over three weeks to hear back a decision- they promised they'd send out decision letters in two weeks."
"The school was not transparent about where its clinical rotation sites are."
"The tour guide seemed very uninterested. Did not get to see that much of the school."
"Ultra jaded professor interviewed me. Even though he was new, seemed to have a very glum view on the entire field at large. Bizarre. So being optimistic, I feel, almost hurt my chances."
"The school itself does not have a lot of individual study space."
"The tour was a bit short and we had a very spastic biomed student instead of a medical student giving us the tour, which I found a bit disappointing. Also, I wish my interviewer had other questions for me. He basically asked all of the questions on the sheet, and while I elaborated, I could only do so much because I added so much detail."
"The school doesn't talk much about the clinical education, a crucial factor in deciding about attending the school."
"nothing negative"
"The school doesn't officially sponsor medical mission trips."
"Nothing, to be honest!"
"1) Had biomedical students touring us around 2) Admissions staff were not dressed professionally (this is medical school people, not a trip to Walmart). 3) Large student to cadaver ratio 4) Per the student touring us, the tests all take place on the same day. 5) Interviewers did not seem genuinely interested in having me attend there. They seemed disinterested in the interview."
"Unable to sit in on a lecture or talk to current students."
"Not being able to ask a current D.O. student specific questions, however, the BioMed student who lead the tour was well-informed and pleasant."
"the campus location / town"
"The building felt a little odd inside, like it used to be something other than a school."
"The poor of gym, bookstore, and cafeteria. If you going to spend you life studying at the school, you need release activities."
"Nothing really turned me off. Some people have commented about the fact the school is a converted warehouse, but that honestly doesn't bother me. I've already had the "big campus" experience and it's not the facility that makes you a good doc...it's the quality of the education and how much work you put in."
"Not very much. On the tour, they told us that they may be knocking out the two existing larger classrooms and would be replacing them during the summer, though I'm not sure if that is a definite. The class sizes are being increased to 135(?) so they will definitely need larger classrooms if they want everyone to be able to fit."
"Food isn't served in the cafeteria, there are only vending machines. This isn't that bad though as there are plenty of places to eat right around campus. The tour guide said there has been talk about getting someone in to serve food and she said clubs are always having free food for everyone."
"Nothing specially"
"Disjointed communication by main campus and GA"
"The school is in an old warehouse, BUT it is very modern and airy inside. I would have liked to see more outside areas for studying, eating, etc."
"I had to wait a long time for my turn to interview. This was pretty much idle, nerve-racking time. There were some extenuating circumstances that led to the longer than normal delay though."
"so small"
"The interviewer seemed a little awkward and seemed to end the interview abrubtly. It only lasted for about 15 minutes. I was prepared for at least 30 minutes and was hoping that the interviewer would ask more questions regarding my academic background."
"The student tourguides acted too much like salesmen. I don't think they were honest. There is no dress code, so the students looked really unprofessional. They did not look medical students. The school is basically in a converted warehouse. The division between the first and second year classrooms is one of those dividers that you find in a banquet hall that folds into the wall. The white coat ceremony is held in the OMM room after they move all the OMM tables out of the room. The library is tiny. The faculty member that interviewed me was border-line rude and definitely abrasive. There is not cafeteria, just a bunch of tables and chairs. We were informed that we would only have one interviewer instead of the normal two because all other faculty members were busy. How you do not have faculty members available to interview applicants when you know they are coming is beyond me. No financial aid information was provided in our interview bag. I was actually informed that financial aid information was not even discussed until orientation. I got the overall feeling that PCOM-GA is disorganized. "
"The school doesn't really have a "campus" feel. And the diversity within the classes that were being held that day seemed minimal. The cafeteria was just a collection of tables and chairs, but they may have enough students with the opening of the pharmacy school to hire a company to provide food. "
"Nothing to speak of"
"Nothing really, I'm pretty sold that this is where I want to be!"
"The college is basically a parking lot and one building. They don't have a campus as it's really an industrial park. I came from a school with a beautiful campus, so maybe that's why I thought it was a negative. However, that won't be an issue."
"That you didn't know when (in what order) you were going to interview"
"The admissions office is very unorganized. Interviews times given didnt reflect the time you were interviewed."
"nothing"
"They didn't ask me about my grades."
"Lack of food service, small gym"
"Nothing. I didn't know if I would like the campus since it's not like most others but I did. No parking or traffic problems."
"Not much of a campus or surrounding area but the building is great. "
"I guess... the fact that it has no campus. I come from a very large university so it was strange at first but I'm sure I'll get used to it."
""Warehouse" feel."
"No windows in the school, skylighting, but no windows"
"the campus is really a corporate warehouse. no outside hang-out area (although they do have room)"
"In a warehouse. Doesn't really matter as long as you're going to be properly trained to be a physician but they don't have a true campus."
"It really is just a building. Nowhere outside to sit or hang out."
"They offer an Open House that prospective applicants can register for, I advise attending one of them to get some info on the DO program they offer."
"I wish I had known that I would be sitting in a room for two hours watching Ratatouille while waiting for my interview"
"One of my interviewers was switched out last minute without me knowing."
"That its not as stressful as I would have thought!"
"The amount of medical ethics questions."
"That there were going to be ethical questions"
"That the writing assignment was actually pretty long given you only get 30 minutes. Everyone said it was just "general questions," but they were actually questions that require a good bit of thought."
"It would be a one-on-one, blind interview"
"N/A"
"I wish I knew that my interview would be mostly ethics questions, but pretty laid back."
"In the beginning, they sit you down at a computer and have you write responses to mini prompts, which are then used in your interview. Also, when trying to think about potential answers to potential questions, I didn't know at the time it was closed-file, and the interviewer had never seen my file before. They didn't even know my major, hobbies, activities, etc. except those I talked about in my earlier written prompt. ALSO, the interview process lasted until about 4:00, when they told us it would be done by 2:00; a lot of people had to be rushed because they had flights for 4:00 or soon after."
"The interview is closed file."
"That we didn't have to do the writing portion due to an exam that day."
"The class was already full when I interviewed."
"That this schools has really a great reputation, and that the building was not that bad as told here by others."
"That it would be a one-to-one interview as opposed to two-on-one."
"Nothing - the website is incedibly helpful and informative."
"That the road names had changed. My GPS, and myself by extension, could not find the right road."
"They were going to ask about the amount of school I applied to! I stated the reason I really wanted to go to GA-PCOM, but it could of been better if I had a reasonable plan of answering the question."
"I pretty well prepped...I'm just lucky I was in a position where I could afford to fly out on relatively short notice (one week between notification of interview invite and assigned date of interview)."
"Nada."
"That GA-PCOM has good research opportunities - a big plus in my book."
"That the interview was this low stress and short."
"nothing"
"May have to wait for interview even if you are scheduled for a specific time."
"How low stress the interview was going to be."
"Rumor that an invite to GA-PCOM for interview will most likely prevent you from getting an interview at Phillie PCOM (not confirmed, just talked about amongst interviewees)"
"Interview times are not exact, but my group was small and it wasn't really a problem for me."
"That although you may get, say a 1:00pm interview spot, you may go later, at 2pm, or 3pm."
"How the short the interview would be."
"That if your MCAT is <25, do not even bother even coming to the interview because you will not be accepted. "
"The rotations of 3rd and 4th year students are on a match program with different tracts in surrounding states. You get matched with a particular rotation and will have to make arrangements to relocate if necessary. "
"Who was going to interview me."
"It's only one building, but honestly, after going to a university with a HUGE campus, this is a nice change!"
"Nothing. SDN interview feedback and forums prepared me for everything."
"That the campus is in an industrial park."
"Wish I had known to prepare for a short interview."
"Arrive at 11:45, tour until 12:30, sandwiches for lunch, then interviews. Be prepared to wait for your interview...mine started three hours late."
"that the interview would be finished earlier than they had told me"
"Interview time might be later than what e-mail says. Don't plan on getting out an hour after that time-I left an hour and twenty later than I expected."
"I wish I had brought a book. LOTS of sitting around and waiting."
"It's two interviewers at the same time. "
"nothing."
"As a private DO school, PCOM-GA in Suwanee's tuition is expensive, though if you have a exceptionally high GPA and MCAT, PCOM randomly offers generous full-tuition scholarships which is an incentive to get a high GPA and MCAT. The affiliated hospitals aren't that great compared to other established med schools in Georgia. One nice thing that they are improving on is that they are transitioning to pass/fail grading."
"Had a great experience with this school."
"I really want to go to this school after that amazing interview!"
"Great campus and good student vibe, but things don't seem great on the administration side."
"Good school, good campus, good students, good professors"
"School's facilities seem nice, staff subpar"
"I enjoyed the interview day. Interviews took place last, so by the time I was called in, most of my nerves had settled."
"I really enjoyed this school; it exceeded my expectations."
"Great school, great staff, interview was very conversational."
"It was an okay school, nothing super special, BUT I would be happy to go here. The location is nice, although expensive, and the small class size is very nice. Everyone was friendly, and I could see most people being happy there."
"Impressive school overall."
"Honestly, I wasn't impressed by the way the interview day was conducted. Entire group of 32 students sat around for 45 minutes after the scheduled start time. Lots of the staff were standing around joking with each other, delaying almost everything on the itinerary. There is a writing portion. Don't stress out...the questions are indeed used later in your interview. For example, they may ask you to elaborate. Be thinking about those questions throughout the day. Hopefully they will ask you to expand on these questions, lest they drill you with ethics questions. No dress code for students is pretty much the coolest thing about this place imo. We all go through so much in this process, and professionalism is very much expected of us. However, PCOM-GA seemed to set a double standard in this regard. I would still go here, I do believe they prepare competent physicians. It was really the intangibles that PCOM-GA was lacking."
"Great school with great people."
"I felt like this whole interview was just a formality. I was told that the earlier you're interviewed, the more likely you are to get in, and they get choosier as the year closes (pretty much filled by Christmas) and a lot of wait lists during the spring semester."
"Taking pictures of everyone for school IDs on interview day is very inefficient. I would recommend waiting until orientation."
"Most relaxing interview day ever. My best advice is to not stress out over your preparing for your interview. Instead of rehearsing, just spend a few minutes thinking about typical questions and your answers. The staff will make sure you are well prepared for your interview."
"I think I'll matriculate here. OMG, I'll be a doctor!"
"I loved this school even more after the interview."
"I enjoyed the time spent at PCOM-Ga. As soon as I walked in and was greeted by smiling faces and supportive staff, I knew that it was exactly where I wanted to be."
"This school seems excellent and seems to truly care about its students and their success. There was evidence that the staff, faculty and students care deeply about their studies and each other and genuinely want each other to be successful and happy."
"The school is expanding, which could be viewed as a positive or a negative. Right now, they seem a little cramped for space. However, they are building more facilities and seem responsive to the students' needs."
"GA-PCOM is a fantastic school! The interviews are typically held on Mon. and Tues. with 10 or > interviewee. Just be friendly to everyone around you, smile, and show them who you are and why you deserve to be accepted."
"This is the lowest stress interview I had. The only formal questions I was asked where why medicine/why D.O. The rest was purely conversational. The students and faculty are so friendly. The students seemed genuinely happy to be there. I feel that in the next couple of years, GA-PCOM will emerge as one of the top D.O. programs in the U.S."
"I really liked the school. The professors I interviewed with completely sold the school to me."
"I had good time during the interview. They didn't even ask why I want to go for DO, but I answered it anyway. I heard some interviewers ask tough questions just to see how you handle the stress, but that did not happen with me. Overall I prepared well and the interview was very laid back, I did not even feel like it's interview. But that's just me. Generally speaking our group had good day during the interview and school tour etc. People were friendly, the school was attractive."
"A school I feel I will do well at. Not my first choice, but certainly not my last. I am very excited."
"what a great school!"
"Great school."
"I had a very positive experience and feel better because of it."
"Thought everything went very well."
"The pictures on the school's website don't do the place justice, simply because it is so open and expansive that getting a good photo would be difficult. The facilities are amazing and felt very alive with students meeting in groups, studying in the library and working out in the gym together. I got a real sense of the community atmosphere while visiting the campus."
"enjoyable!"
"I left the interview unable to gauge how well I did. I feel that I'm a very competitive applicant, but the interviewer shook my confidence a little bit by ending the interview so abrubtly. However, I received a call from Trena 9 days after my interview stating that I had been accepted."
"Ga-PCOM impressed me a lot because the students really take pride in their school. I enjoyed being there and this school is tied for my top choice for med school"
"My interviewer actually ended my interview early because he could not get off of my MCAT score. I was not treated respectfully in the interview. I got a weird feeling about this place overall. It didn't feel like a medical school to me. It definitely was not the right place for me. My experience is only one experience of many. Maybe others have had and will have a better experience than I did."
"It is a really nice school. The students and faculty were both friendly. Take something with you to read while you wait to interview. I was last in a group of 7, so it was nice to have something to do while waiting. "
"I interviewed on a Tuesday and received an e-mail the next day that I had been accepted. The fast response surprised and impressed me."
"I really loved the school! Everyone is really friendly, the facility is nice and it seems like a great fit for me! Hopefully I get in!"
"Great school, great location, great people. Make sure you say Georgia P-C-O-M (all spelled out) instead of PCOM (pee-com)."
"Went well. They said tht we should know between 2-4 weeks after the interview date whether we got in or not."
"School was great, people made you feel very comfortable and overall the experience was very low-stress and enjoyable."
"Great school. This interview helped solidify GA-PCOM for me."
"Great school!"
"This interview is laid back. Just go over your applications, essays, etc, and BE HONEST!"
"I would be really happy if accepted. Its a small school, good community dynamics, seems easy to get to know professors, and state of the art technology is a good thing"
"Get ready to defend any C's or a bad MCAT. I heard that from several of my co-interviewees."
"I had a great interview experience at Ga-PCOM and the admissions committee as well as professors seem really down to earth and willing to help you. Ga-PCOM made me feel like I was at home!"
"They meet twice a month to review files and you can find out within 2 weeks after they meet if you get in or not. Apply as early as possible. They told us that the people who apply early and get interviews in fall usually get the spots while spring interviewees are mostly for the waitlist."
"Nice school. I wish they would have had more administration speak about the school, financial aid, ect. "
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 62 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 58 |
| Neutral | 6 |
| Discouraging | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.73 | 64 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 24 |
| Out of state | 42 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 19 |
| 2-3 hours | 17 |
| 4-6 hours | 17 |
| 7+ hours | 12 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 12 |
| Automobile | 51 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 2 |
Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson
Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL)
Hartsfiled Jackson
ATL
Atlanta
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 12 |
| Hotel | 26 |
| Home | 10 |
| Other | 3 |
Marriott Towneplace Suites
Yes
Hilton Garden Inn
Country Inn
Marriott
Sonesta Place in Gwinnett
No
La Quinta Chantilly
Marriott Towneplace Suites
Yes
Hilton Garden Inn
Country Inn
Marriott
Sonesta Place in Gwinnett
No
La Quinta Chantilly
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 20 |
| $101-$200 | 13 |
| $201-$300 | 10 |
| $301-$400 | 2 |
| $401-$500 | 4 |
| $501+ | 1 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.53 | 70 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.90 | 72 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.27 | 70 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.15 | 71 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.63 | 72 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.82 | 65 |
"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 ."
"Better organization, communication, and dissemination of information. There was no follow up or detailed information regarding the interview day, transportation, etc."
"n/a"
"It would be VERY nice if, in addition to the snail mail decision letter, Banner updates could be made frequently."
"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."
"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."
"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"
"Keep up the great work!"
"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."
"Nothing"
"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."
"Only to try to have a DO student do the tour instead of a Biomed student (even though she was great!)"
"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."
"I would get a little better organized."
"Complete move toward paperless applications"
"Let the group know in which order they're going to be interviewed."
"The interview was more about the interviewers than about me and what I have to offer PCOM."
"None."
"Did a great job. Had packets ready for us when we got there. Maybe add some materials in the pack"
"I found it difficult to communicate directly with GA campus. A more visible GA admissions number mi"
"I found the overall attitude of the staff in the Atlanta office much better than the staff of the Ph"
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