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William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine
William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Year founded: 2007
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William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Osteopathic Medical School
Hattiesburg, MS
  • SDN RANKING 1
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 2 49 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 3 4 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $46
  • Non - Resident Tuition $46
  • Application Fee $50
  • AVG MCAT N/A
  • AVG GPA N/A
  • LIZZYM Score N/A
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Admissions Information

  • Office of Admissions
  • Box 13
  • 498 Tuscan Avenue
  • Hattiesburg, MS 39401
  • United States

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Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 38
Negatively 4
No change 7

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.06 49

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.71 49

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"They could not have been any friendlier or kinder. I left feeling a strong connection to them and the school." More from this Member | Report Response

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

"Nothing! I loved the process" More from this Member | Report Response

"Have current COM students talk with applicants" More from this Member | Report Response

"N/A (they were great)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing, they made it very efficient so thank you for that!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep doing what you're doing. I love how you always reply to students no matter what the question is" More from this Member | Report Response

"Maybe have tours given by medical students or faculty. Would offer better answers to technical questions about facilities" More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep doing what you are doing, it works" More from this Member | Report Response

"None. Had a great interview experience." More from this Member | Report Response

"Too many to list here. Avoid this school if have any other options in the continental US." More from this Member | Report Response

"none" More from this Member | Report Response

"Online secondaries would be nice." More from this Member | Report Response

"Online secondaries!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Better directions on how where to park and where in the building the interviews start would have been helpful." More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep up the good work. This school is obviously run with integrity." More from this Member | Report Response

"I feel that the tour could have been better. I would have liked to tour the entire campus (nonmedical buildings). I believe that WCUCOM is unique because they have Undergrad/Grad programs, school sports, etc and they should talk about it during the interview. I also would have liked a more detailed presentation about our clinical years. WCU-COM uses a hub system, so students do not have to move a lot, but I would've liked detailed information about the hospitals (XYZ Hospital, XYZ beds, XYZ services, etc). I do not think the tour/presentation showed the school as best as it could have. (I liked the school, but the presentation could be improved)." More from this Member | Report Response

"It is not possible to compare the school to other schools since the buildings have not been built yet, but the faculty was very nice." More from this Member | Report Response

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

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

"What kind of doctor do you want to be/where do you want to practice" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They asked me an ethical question related to HIV where you had both the husband and wife as your patient. If the Husband had HIV, would you tell the wife without the husbands permission?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of setting do you want to work in as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

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

"What area of medicine (specialty) are you interested in?" 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 osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"Asked about my extracurriculars" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The usual why doctor? why DO? why WCUCOM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Three Best qualities" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are three qualities every doctor should have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What would you do if a doctor in your practice came to work intoxicated?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think you "fit" WCUCOM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"In regards to OMM. "So it looks reasonable to you?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about a time when you were in a leadership position." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You can be educated to be a family physician at any medical school, so why WCU-COM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why DO? What Qualities should a doctor have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Why osteopathic medicine and how did you hear about it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why a physician, what made you interested in medicine?/Why DO?/Why WCU-COM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What led you to become a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just the basic motivation inquiries." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Fun, specific question about one of my activites in my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"What do you know about WCUCOM and Mississippi?" 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

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

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

"Ethical question" 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

"All normal. Maybe the ethical one" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Ethical question tailored to your preferred specialty." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked about my volunteering" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Would you be comfortable with your male classmates being shirtless and female classmates in sports bras (in a purely professional environment) for OPP/OMT classes?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you give birth control pills to a minor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"Are you comfortable coming to class in just athletic shorts?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you comfortable being in a sports bra and shorts around your classmates?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you comfortable being in a class wearing a sports bra and shorts?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"During the course of your shadowing, what is the one thing you saw that you would change in healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did I think that I "fit into" the mission of William Carey COM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A family friend who you haven't seen in a long time time comes to you as his internist, with HIV refusing to tell his wife, what do you do? What about HIPPA?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were at a party and there was drinking going on...(ethical question)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if a friend gave you ADHD meds to help you study?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If the manager in the doctors office is a cousin and one day you find her stealing narcotics ,what will you do ? she pleads to you and says she will commit suicide ? in 2 days you will stop your clinicals and come back to william carey and will never have to work with the doctor again ?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you continue your musical interest?" 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
4.22 9

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"They accepted a lot of rural students and lower stat applicants, many of which have been making it (although some did repeat). Glad they give students like that a chance. They revamped the study spaces a bit to add more options since class sizes are getting bigger. We have some new faculty that are really making positive changes and working to excite students about Osteopathy. Love the ultrasound certification program. It is so helpful, and the faculty are great. We get board prep materials and a custom study program that is based on our exam date. There are tutors in the upper classes available, and you can become one yourself and get paid." | Report Response

"Some great professors, dean is nice" | Report Response

"I liked the small group sessions for CPC." | Report Response

"Professors are usually kind, pretty intelligent, and make wonderful lecture materal that appears to be board relevant." | Report Response

"3rd and 4th year are under your discretion - but that's a double edged sword" | Report Response

"I got accepted with a very low score. They accept anyone, and everyone gets off the waitlist since most people accepted to WCUCOM and somewhere else choose the somewhere else." | Report Response

"The faculty, they are extremely helpful and you will get to know them." | Report Response

"Faculty, OSCE training, Physical exam training" | Report Response

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What do you like least?

"The class itself is very competitive. Towards the end of the year, people started deleting resources from the class drive. The campus feels unsafe at times. Parking is frustrating. Staff are distant, and it is hard to get issues resolved. Issues all get pushed towards class representatives and SGA, and it feels like as individual students you can't go to a professor yourself. One class kept uploading old lecture recordings instead of teaching live, and that class professor was never on campus in their office if you needed help. The environment just doesn't feel motivating or overall good to be in. Most people leave asap the minute a mandatory lecture is over. The attitude towards NPs is extremely negative, so be warned if you were one or support NP autonomy. The school encourages students to go to the capital and show support for the med associations being against NP autonomy, but many of the students that go to these are not even from MS or want to practice in MS. Idk feels weird. Glad I am getting a degree I dreamed about, but this has been such a rough program to enjoy. Student moral is really low overall. Feels like high school (in all the bad ways). Not to say there aren't a few good people and professors." | Report Response

"OPP grading feels super subjective, schedule got signficantly worse this year vs other years." | Report Response

"Holding people in the class accountable for unprofessionalism is about impossible." | Report Response

"OPP exams have a ridculously small time limit which makes them very rushed and not practical at testing competency." | Report Response

"Histology 1st year is dreadful - you'll find out 2nd year that most of OPP (while being ~120 years old) is not supported by most hard science, and only mostly used by people who run OPP clinics (source: https://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2765401). WCU will also require mandatory attendance only for the classes that aren't board/real-life relevant (OPP and CPC)" | Report Response

"EVERYTHING ELSE. Attendance is required so you have barely any time outside of class to study, because of this there's not enough time for self-care, cooking, exercise, STUDYING, sleeping, etc. William Carey doesn't care-y about anything except how to bring the school more money at any chance they can get. They'll fail students based on a ONE question difference, just to make them pay extra tuition for a semester. Carey also does NOT get the same experience and opportunities as other medical schools. Also, they are very unfair and irrational when doing placements for rotations. Someone can have a wife and baby or a significant other or family living in a rotation cite city, but they'll choose to give it to someone with no connections to that city. They don't listen to the students opinions or desires or care about what the students ever have to say." | Report Response

"Sometimes there can be some red tape with the admin and the attendance policy." | Report Response

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