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Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Colorado
Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Colorado
  • Year founded: 2006
  • ENROLLED TOTAL: 165
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Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Colorado
Osteopathic Medical School
Parker, CO
  • SDN RANKING 2
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 4 90 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 2 4 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $60
  • Non - Resident Tuition $60
  • Application Fee $50
  • AVG MCAT 505
  • AVG GPA 3.5
  • LIZZYM Score 63.0
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Admissions Information

  • Admissions
  • 8401 S. Chambers Road
  • Parker, CO 80134
  • United States

School Overview

Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine - Colorado Fast Facts

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Curriculum

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Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 79
Negatively 5
No change 6

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
2.22 83

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.40 90

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"N/A" More from this Member | Report Response

"None, the admissions office and staff is top-notch." More from this Member | Report Response

"Explain the rotations/sites for 3rd/4th. This was explained on the tour but still felt like it was unclear" More from this Member | Report Response

"Provide more information on the specific hospitals that the rotations in year 3-4 take place." More from this Member | Report Response

"Wish my interview was a bit longer. Flew by!" More from this Member | Report Response

"N/A great day" More from this Member | Report Response

"Give a longer interview! With a conversational style, you need to give more opportunities for the applicants to express themselves." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing. The process was smooth and relaxed. Thanks for easing this pre-med's anxiety!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep doing what you're doing" More from this Member | Report Response

"The admissions office should send letters for acceptance, rejection, and wait list." More from this Member | Report Response

"Let interviewees know ahead of time that they will be trying on white coats on interview day." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing! Awesome interview experience" More from this Member | Report Response

"None. They were great; very responsive and very friendly." More from this Member | Report Response

"None- they were so nice and responded very quickly" More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing; this was the most relaxing and enjoyable of any of my interviews. Don't change a thing!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing, they set up a great interview day. My only suggestion would be to have less interviewees in a group (there were 4 per set of interviewers, which meant the third and fourth person to interview in each group had to wait around for a while and just get more and more nervous.)" More from this Member | Report Response

"None" More from this Member | Report Response

"Everything is Perfect!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Don't waste the applicant's time if you are not interested." More from this Member | Report Response

"None. Interview went very smoothly" More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep the friendliness !!" More from this Member | Report Response

"The admissions office is fantastic! Very helpful and nice." More from this Member | Report Response

"No suggestions!! Pretty much the best admission office staff i have ever met!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Please be open and honest" More from this Member | Report Response

"The whole staff did a great job. Every question was answered by end of day." More from this Member | Report Response

"for the afternoon interviews, do lunch before tour" More from this Member | Report Response

"None. It was a very welcoming, well-organized, and smooth process." More from this Member | Report Response

"Provide the perspective students with better packets about the school and the area." More from this Member | Report Response

"Alot of the rooms were locked during the tour - tour consisted mostly of hallways" More from this Member | Report Response

"Involve more curriculum information as well as specific potential rotation sites in interview." More from this Member | Report Response

"nothing much - just would have liked to visit the buildings, but i understand as its a liability iss" More from this Member | Report Response

"I can't really think of any suggestions for improvement. Everyone is doing an awesome job!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Everyone is so nice! Thanks." More from this Member | Report Response

"They are so prompt at turning around applications and seem to value the applicants time. I have no" More from this Member | Report Response

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

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

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

"If you failed your first medical school exam, how would you feel, and what would you do? then, after I answered with what steps id take to improve, followed up- Lets say you fail the next exam as well. What would you do now? How would you feel?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What is your favorite book?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about a time you failed" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"If you could invite anybody from history to dinner who would you invite?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"how was travel. tell me about your research, tell me about yourself. It seems that you care too much, how do we know you won't get attached to your patients. How do you plan to keep in touch with your family in medical school. Tell me about XXXX class, what did you learn. Tell me about XXXX leadership role. When did you know you wanted to be a doctor. I see that you like fasted paced atmosphere but you also like longterm personal interaction, how do you reconsile these two interests (basically aluding to how will you will emergency medicine and family medicine, i said that thats why i want to go to med school, to learn which specialty fits my personality)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain a time you failed and what you learned etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a DO and specifically, why do you want to attend Rocky Vista?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When we look back on your time with RVU, what would you like to be remembered by?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever seen a doctor make a mistake, and what did you do about it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever seen a doctor make a mistake? What did you do about it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell us about the physicians role in patient care." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What attracted you to Rocky Vista University?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Specific to my file, but not MCAT/GPA related." 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

"1-10, how would you rate health care in america?" 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 Rocky Vista? Why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do next year if you did not get accepted?" 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

"If you get in to more than one school how will you decide where to go?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You seem to know a lot about physiology, however, a lot of students have trouble with courses like biochemistry, etc. Do you feel that you're prepared for these courses and how do you plan on doing well in these courses." 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

"What do you think about the current healthcare plan?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions based on my secondaries." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The 2 person panel asked questions pertaining to my application. It was very relaxed and conversational; felt more like chating with friends as opposed to an interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If we accepted you, what's the first thing you would do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO/medicine/RVUCOM?" 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 us about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"90% of the questions were file specific. They asked questions about things I wrote about in my essays." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see that you were homeschooled until high school. Tell us about that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What brought you here? I gave them a really long answer for this one!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you chose to do so many volunteer opportunities in rural areas? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"asked me non-science related questions based on my background (review your personal statement)" 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 do you think Rocky Vista will be a good fit for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"When did you know you wanted to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Same old questions: why osteo, why RVCOM ect." 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

"Same old questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How do you deal with stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who would you name Time magazine Man of the Year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Nothing specific. Pretty much along the lines of what others have listed already." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you chose your major for your undergraduate education?" 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 commitment to community service." 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

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

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

"What do you think of rural medicine?" 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 osteopathy" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me how the military as affected your decision to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why medicine in general?" 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

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

"What type of dog do you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

What was the most interesting question?

"They asked me go into more depth about my career as an elite athlete, which was super cool." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me how did you earn two degrees with three majors in four years? Tell me how did you learn 10 languages?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Hypothetically, upon graduating from RVUCOM, what will you want people to whisper about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What is your favorite book?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Colorado and not Utah? (I live closer to Utah and explicitly chose to go to Colorado)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe an unprofessional moment you had. This was a follow-up to defining professionalism." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is your favorite fiction book?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were a physician and made a mistake, should you tell the patient?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interview began in Spanish as my interviewer spoke a little and new I did from my file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about what you are reading right now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When we look back on your time with RVU, what would you like to be remembered by?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What my reputation would be after 4 years and walking at graduation" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most of the questions were, all based on my past/experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you plan to balance family with medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Rate health care in america" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you get your news? How did you hear about Hurricane Sandy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What was the most stressful experience you have had? How did you deal with it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interview was very conversational, we had some great talks about our mutual pasts as nationally competitive athletes. It was interesting to see that the admissions committee was really interested in dedication to my sport." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As a mountain climber and a physiology major, please describe to us the physiological adaptations that occur as we ascend in altitude." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most were pretty standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you improve the name of DO's?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What excites you about our university?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one thing you're proud of and one you regret?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with failure?" 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

"Moral/Ethical Issue that plagues me" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"asking me about my work" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How will you decide on which school to attend?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If we happen to have a 10 years reunion for your class and you see us sitting here. What will we be talking about? How are we gonna reflect our time that we have together? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you do to maintain the balance you spoke of in your essay through medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"File specific. (It was a question on controversial issue in medicine relating specifically to my file.) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us something challenging from your life not related to academics and what you learned from it in relation to your career goals. (I started to ramble here a little)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you want to practice?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you take a pay cut as a doctor to increase the health care coverage to people who don't have it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What courses in college helped inspire you to pursue medicine?" 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

"How do you see you self in 10 years " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You play women's ice hockey?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there some thing you wish we had asked you" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your personal statement?" 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

"One of my interviewers was very interested in my hobby (running) and asked alot of questions abou that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you do to help the health care crisis in the US?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It appears that this is your first time applying to osteopathic medical schools...is there a reason you've decided to apply now and not earlier?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"you have an interesting and diverse background. Explain some of them please." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"With your history of working with children and bipolar are you more interested in psychiatry even thourh we hav an emphasis of primary care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I have done a lot of volunteer work for Planned Parenthood, and they asked about the moral issues that I have encountered as a volunteer." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"where do you see yourself in ten years " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the deciding factor when comparing RVU with all of the other DO schools you are accepted to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Everything was very conversational, and questions fed off of my responses." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Of the physicians you shadowed, did you ever witness the use of OMM? Tell us about your shadow experiences in general and your overall impressions? [Random overview questions with regard to research experience and scientific publications]" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where have you been skiing this year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing, all typical questions. ''tell me about yourself, why medicine, why DO, why Rocky Vista, how will you handle the workload, what do you do for fun....''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself 5 years after grqduation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The questions were fairly standard: Why a doctor? Why a DO? Tell us about yourself. How will you handle the workload? What do you do to relax?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you heard of SDN?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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Results Overview

Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?

Response Avg # Responders
3.29 7

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"Location, decent match results for a DO school. faculty are nice" | Report Response

"You do feel welcome and like your opinion matters." | Report Response

"The professors genuinely care about you as an individual, and they dedicate a lot of time trying to improve on our behalf. They are always willing to answer questions and to help clarify things." | Report Response

"There were many extremely dedicated faculty who did everything within their power to help students where they could. But their scope was limited by an authoritarian and very dogmatic administration." | Report Response

"The systems based curriculum" | Report Response

"The faculty, the atmosphere, the curriculum for years 1 & 2. Curriculum for years 3&4 is good, too, but handled poorly." | Report Response

"Location" | Report Response

What do you like least?

"Everything else. Administration is horrendous, out of touch with the students. Raised tuition during a global pandemic without ever offering an explanation for what the money goes to (this increase was communicated to us 2 weeks after being reassured by the administration that they would not increase tuition). Told in a town hall meeting "it's not the administration's fault that students take out extra loan money to buy nice cars so its the student body's fault that cost of attendance continues to skyrocket" Im not kidding that actually happened. 1 and 2 year students have virtually 0 opportunities for research and have had extremely limited access to campus without any communication on when the school would offer vaccinations. Clinical students are forced to find their own rotations as the school has extremely limited options and hardly any options in specialties of interest. School was bought by medforth some for profit company who also owns a Caribbean school. We were told by administration that our tuition money was used to evacuate students at this school when there was a hurricane warning. Administration cares about making money and nothing else - opened a second campus in utah without telling the students that lectures would be broadcast over both campuses and the two campuses would be considered one cohort. They get double the tuition money without hiring more faculty or providing any additional resources for students" | Report Response

"Many of the professors openly reject teaching board material. Although it is a good idea, in theory, the problem is that it results in our focus being directed towards information we are supposed to be taught in our third and fourth years (or even residency). It's equally possible that the information we are taught has little-to-no medical relevance. I assume this has to do with the recycling of lectures given to our students receiving their master's degrees. With our focus directed elsewhere, we are not allowed the opportunity to reflect or to develop the scientific principles that would enable us to think critically and apply solutions to new problems. RVU's curriculum is thus based on memory rather than understanding... Consequently, we are ill-prepared for boards." | Report Response

"Our curriculum is the worst. It is an old-school, lecture-based curriculum that adheres to the infamous learn-and-dump mentality. In terms of lecture and lab hours, it is one of the most rigorous in the country. In theory, this should be a good thing, but we are given so much information that we don't get the opportunity to synthesize and integrate the information. They go way beyond what we need to know in our first two years, and this dilutes the critical concepts that we should know down pat. Consequently, our collective performance on the USMLE Step 1 is a tragedy. Furthermore, our Learning Management System (student portal) is complete garbage and it does not facilitate learning at all. It is genuinely the worst one I've ever seen or used. Finally, our classes and assignments are not consistent. Classes may start or end at any time of the day, and you always have to check your calendar to be sure. Furthermore, you constantly have to go back to the portal to make sure you don't miss assignments or quizzes because they are never assigned consistently. It is so stressful having to learn medicine while also trying to stay organized with their messy system." | Report Response

"RVU preaches in their interview process that the RVU students, faculty, and staff are like a family. Yet this is far from the truth. In fact, after posting a similarly negative review on their Facebook page criticizing the campus president's own review stating that we were a family, they deleted the entire review page. They try very hard to protect their image, but behind closed doors they are only concerned with one thing, their board score statistics. And they treat their students as such. I had a terrible experience with RVU as a student. I failed a course late into the second semester due to issues stemming from a diagnosis of ADHD, and in response the school dismissed me (despite having an 81% average in all other courses that year). However, other students who failed the course were allowed to repeat the semester. I was told this option wasn't available to me because policy dictated that because I'd taken a leave of absence early on in my schooling at RVU (which I voluntarily took because I was struggling, and this is when I got diagnosed with ADHD), I wasn't allowed to repeat the semester like my fellow classmates. They admitted that this was a poor policy, and even told me that the policy has since been revoked. But they've told me the change to the policy was too late to effect me, and haven't let me back into the school. That cruel decision by RVU has left me with over $100,000 in student loans, and the devastation of having the thing I'd worked very hard for 5+ years for stripped from me in an instant. It's left me feeling defeated and worthless, and as I've worked with a therapist I've struggled to find a new purpose for my life." | Report Response

"The high number of contact hours for the basic sciences" | Report Response

"The way your clinical years are handled and graded." | Report Response

"Curriculum" | Report Response

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