How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.19 | 26 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 26 |
| Negatively | 0 |
| No change | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.46 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.85 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.04 | 26 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 1 |
| 25 minutes | 0 |
| 30 minutes | 17 |
| 35 minutes | 3 |
| 40 minutes | 2 |
| 45 minutes | 1 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 19 |
| At a regional location | 4 |
| At another location | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 17 |
| In a group | 8 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 22 |
| Closed file | 3 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.19 | 26 |
"The questions they asked were the same ones at the Pomona campus. They did not deviate from the questions which make it feel less personal."
"Why WesternU?"
"Why Western?"
"How many DO schools did I apply to?"
"Why COMP-NW?"
"What has been your experience with Osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell us about yourself."
"What does diversity mean to you?"
"Discuss how you have overcome struggles in your life and what lessons you have learned/strengths you have gained."
"What is diversity to you?"
"What does accountability mean to you?"
"Why Osteopathy"
"Your biggest mistake..do you have any questions for us? is there anything you'd like us to know?"
"Questions mostly related to personal file."
"Tell us about a mistake you have made"
"Why DO"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Name a mistake you made in the past and how did you deal with it?"
"Why DO?"
"Why Osteopathic Medicine, Why Western COMP NW.(basic medical school interview question)"
"Describe a time when you were an advocate."
"Describe a time in your life when things were going very well for you and you were very happy and describe why. Name a time when things weren't going well, you were unhappy, and why."
"Tell me a little about yourself"
"Ethical questions"
"How many DO vs MD schools have you applied to and how many have you had interviews with?"
"Why are you interested in medicine?"
"Your from a large city. Why would you want to go to school in a small town?"
"Talk about what leadership is"
"Why DO?"
"How could you contribute to our school's diversity?"
"Elaborate on the term "servant leader" (something from my primary)."
"President Obama is calling you, how would u tell him to fix the hc system..what makes a good doctor"
"What is the most recent book you read?"
"Did role play with us."
"Why Western?"
"asked a spedific question about my personal statement."
"Why not MD?"
"When did you advocate for someone? What mistake have I made in the past."
"What is something to you do for your strengths and what is something you do for your weakness?"
"What would you do if you saw your friend cheating during an exam?"
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"MMI"
"Why medicine?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Question specific to my work experience"
"Ethical question about catching someone cheating."
"Tell us what service looks like to you?"
"At what point did you know you wanted to become a doctor?"
"Why DO?"
"Can't remember anymore...sorry..."
"How'd you end up here...your academic strenghths/weaknesses and how do u deal w the weakness.. I see both your parents have masters, is education valued in your family? You are an immigrant, and you wrote that u'd like to work with underserved populations.. do you feel like you can identify better with this population?"
"Tell us about your experience with diversity"
"Asked us to read a scenario and pick which answer we thought was the correct response. Kind of weird because all the interviewers are just staring at you while you read."
"Why Osteopathic Medicine?"
"What area of medicine interests you the most?"
"What qualities would you hope your future patient would use to describe you?"
"What do you think you'll have a difficult time with in medical school?"
"All were interesting"
"How can Western help you achieve your goals?"
"An impromptu role-playing scenario that was specific to my work experience and that pretty much re-created my deepest, darkest fear. They didn't know this, and I managed to do well, but boy did I sweat!"
"What do you think about the affordable health care act."
"What do you do for fun?"
"Where do you see Osteopathy in 10 years?"
"What would your friends say about you"
"Role play. They gave a scenario and I had to act it out with the interviewers"
"How are you prepared for the rigors of medical school?"
"The role play one"
"There is a "role play" segment of the interview: The interviewer acts as a student who does not take responsibility for group project, how would I confront them. It was a little difficult for me to refer to the Doctor who interviewed me as a student."
"The role play where I role played a student and the interviewer role played another student who was having family issues."
"MMI 2nd station (cannot disclose)"
"What will be your biggest challenge in medical school?"
"What is the hardest life experience you have been through?"
"The MMI with the cancer patient was horribly uncomfortable."
"See above. They also asked me about a time when I had to sacrifice/work hard on someone else's behalf (can't remember the exact wording)."
"The MMI portion of the interview."
"Discuss how you have overcome struggles in your life"
"Tell us about a mistake you made, how you dealt with it, and how you would deal with it now."
"How would you respond if you knowingly did not provide good care to a patient and they called you out on it?"
"Mistake question. I took a full 5 minutes to think before answering."
"Tell me about yourself."
"None were overly difficult, nothing out of the ordinary"
"They asked a lot of ethical based questions on hypothetical scenarios."
"When did you advocate for someone? I've advocated for several causes (ie. environmental, political issues) but I've never directly advocated for one person, that was difficult for me to answer."
"I reviewed my application and talked through some basic questions."
"Read responses on SDN's interview feedback, watched youtube channels for MMI tips, read a book on interview tips, interviewed at other schools, wrote answers to common/expected questions and read them out loud the night before the interview."
"Looked over my application. Read over the school website."
"Looked at this website and the most commonly asked questions."
"Had an interview before this one which helped. Read and practiced questions online, read general MMI strategy, thoroughly reviewed by primary and secondary apps."
"Practiced 'why medicine', 'why DO', and ethical scenarios ahead of time."
"I looked up practice questions and looked at the news about current medical related news, whether it be controversies or new research."
"I had two sessions with a professional interview coach. Many hours of hiking through the woods while rehearsing aloud."
"SDN"
"Interview feedback on SDN."
"Went over all of may application materials, reviewed all secondary essay material. Researched the school, personal communication with students, etc."
"Practice, practice, practice! And know your primary and secondary applications front-to-back."
"SDN Mostly - the questions posted by others were pretty much spot on."
"SDN for sure! read over my app, printed off a whole bunch of possible questions that I found on the internet and thought about each for a few minutes just in case I'd get asked the question, at least I'd thought about it once! Look over hc and medicine related news in the last couple of days"
"Reviewed application / personal statement, and secondary applications. Brushed up on current events and health care reform."
"School website, COMP mission statement, read my personal statement, slept, ate breakfast, didn't OD on Coffee :-)"
"General Experience, previous application cycles, SDN, talked with friend about current world insurance topics."
"Read PS and Resume."
"Read SDN threads on the Pomona campus interviews. They seemed to be similar."
"Looked at student doctor . net. also talked with a DO that had graduated from western in California"
"The quality of the interviewers and their questions and they all seemed very happy. Impressed with the location and small-town feel."
"The garden wall and fountain."
"The staff is dedicated to the students. Since it is a smaller school, you are able to talk to the professors/staff/admin easily and things can change. They talked about a student that wanted a nutrition education and a professor created an extracurricular program/powerpoint to fulfill that need."
"Very student oriented, listen to feedback from students and interviewees."
"I was pleasantly surprised that I felt more at home here than I did at Western-Pomona. It shouldn't have been a surprise since I am from the NW. Still surprised by how I actually felt a difference in fit."
"Before the interview part of the day was basically a big pep talk from a couple of the doctors which helped calm nerves. The students were candid and comfortable and seemed to really like where they were."
"The feedback about my performance during the interview"
"The awesome technology available for students to use and the research using this technology."
"The dedication and support of the faculty and administration; how embedded the school is in the community of Lebanon and the surrounding area; I felt the school really cares about and supports its students."
"The close knit atmosphere of the student and faculty, and the feeling that I could really fit in. One of the faculty made a Game of Thrones reference as part of his presentation whoch appealed strongly to my inner geek. The book store had a bin of microbial plushies which appealed strongly to my microbio background and inner child. On recommendation from one of the faculty, I visited MacDowell's creek, a nearby park in the mountain foothills, and I can attest to that the local area is great for those who apprciate the outdoors. I can really see myself living and studying here."
"Location. Clinically orientated curriculum. Small class size for a DO school. Enthusiastic students."
"The relaxed atmosphere of the interviews and the overwhelming enthusiasm for the school and the faculty that was exhibited by the students."
"Very friendly interview process. Gave great non-verbal feedback during the interview. Interjected with their views every once in a while. Made it seem a bit more conversational."
"How much the students seemed to love the school"
"The warmth and friendliness of the staff. I also thought the MMI experience was pretty fun (and something more schools should adopt)."
"The students we met were really happy/excited to be there, the staff were great and the professors amazing! The OMM presentation was top notch, I'm really excited to learn OMM! Nice lunch room, plenty of fridge space, pool table, foose ball table. Everything is super new!"
"Everything about the school was stellar."
"The friendliness and commitment of the faculty and staff. Every person there, including community members were excited to be a part of this new campus. My interviewers were very kind and laid back and made sure I wasn't nervous. I very much enjoyed my interview."
"Everyone that I met was so nice. Even the mayor came to our interview day to welcome us."
"The bus tour on interview day was amazing, I was really impressed with the local area."
"The "heart" of the school"
"The friendliness of the town, school and staff. They really went out of their way to make us comfortable."
"I was interviewed by two DO's and one person from the community who sat on the Chamber of Commerce"
"It was extremely long - which is fine, but there was a section of coming up with a group name that didn't make sense to me at all."
"How small the campus is. I like to hide. Also a lot of OMM kool-aid. Trying to squeeze in the tour between the traditional interview and the MMI."
"They kept asking if this was what I wanted to do (be a physician). It was an odd question because to me if I didn't want to be a doctor, I wouldn't have spent the time going through the stress of applications."
"The schools location isn't amazing, but Corvallis is close"
"Might be a little too isolated as a school"
"One of my interviewers was a bit prickly."
"Overall size of campus"
"The fact that 2/3 of classes are live streamed from the Pomona campus. I don't know how I would feel about online learning."
"This isn't really a negative, but football's kind of a big deal here. Also, the student body is diverse in some ways (many Asians and a few other ethnicities present) but with how family-centric and rural the area is, I wonder about how comfortable an LGBT student would be here."
"Lunch was the Mexican which I would normally applaud, however, it was the messiest Mexican I have ever seen. There was much joking amongst the applicants that this was a test of our manual dexterity, and that if we showed up without a stained suit for our afternoon interviews we were in. Other than that there was nothing negative."
"A large portion of the classes are streamed from the Pomona campus. They dont have faculty for all the subjects at the school so the only way to contact them is discussion forums and telecommunications from Pomona. All this and still paying the same tuition as the Pomona students."
"For me, nothing negative to report....though if you do not like the idea of living in a small rural town...the location may be tough to swallow."
"A VERY long day! 8:45-4. Most of the morning is info sessions and panels, so no interviews, but it builds the stress for the afternoon. Though you do come out of there with all of your questions answered and much more info!"
"The distance learning. It would probably work for most people, but paying >$60k a year to watch lectures on a screen? Toss up."
"No prep for the COMLEX, study on your own..there are still some kinks to be worked out as it is a new campus. Might be a little tight when the second class joins since its just one building..no changing rooms (everyone changes in the bathroom all at once)"
"The bus tour was a little bit long"
"Seemed to be a lot of downtime during the day with which to start stressing about the interview."
"The sandwiches were dry... good cookies. (As you can see nothing really, so I resort to the food)"
"Nothing"
"More time for the interview would have been nice"
"That the MMI is not traditional. They basically make their own mini version and the prompts are essentially impossible to 'prepare' for. Act natural."
"That you should't Uber there because you can't get an Uber out."
"I put my foot in my mouth at one point because I failed to see the true aim of one of the questions. Think before you answer."
"n/a"
"To bring a warm jacket (came from CA). Also, the MMI's are not as scary as I thought they would be."
"MMI here was very low stress and not really a true MMI. Bookstore had microbial plushies for sale. I would have brought money."
"That there was a football game at OSU on the same day and the freeways were clogged with people traveling down from Portland. Almost late to the interview."
"The pizza dinner says casual, but I would go with business casual to be safe."
"It was my first interview, but I still didn't expect to be as nervous as I was. Made it hard for me to say all the things I was thinking....So I suppose I wish I knew how nervous I would be!"
"Lunch isn't super exciting since there is no cafeteria, sandwiches/chips/fruits. You'll have a bit of down time to just chat with fellow applicants."
"more of the history of COMP building a campus in Lebanon- how it was chosen, support of the community, goals, etc"
"That I was going to be the first interview, for the first interview date, for the first class EVER!!!"
"Define advocate."
"Felt like I was my best self on interview day, felt like I nailed both the traditional interview and MMI, was excited to receive a swift acceptance. Top choice school."
"This school really impressed me. I also interviewed at OHSU (the other OR school) and Western impressed me more."
"I really liked the school, great relationship with the community, very nice and positive faculty."
"Western is a mix of traditional panel interview and MMI. Split into 2 sections. Details are made available by school website. Pretty standard interview. I felt like they took fewer notes than my interviewers in Pomona. Hopefully a good sign?"
"They really seemed like they wanted you to do well and wanted to get to know you."
"I love this school and cannot imagine going anywhere else for my medical education"
"I was accepted to this school. After I looked at the pros and cons of the schools I interviewed with this was my number 1 choice DO school. This school is small but has great research opportunities and access to some really cool technology. The interview day was slightly intimidating because the overall feel of the day was very business like, but that showed me the rigor and prestige of the academics at this school and gave me the confidence to know if I decide to go the DO route I will be at a school that will ensure my success."
"The interview day is long, and the interview/MMI's are at the end of it. But by that time, you're pretty comfortable, so overall it was the most relaxed interview experience I've had. The interviewers went out of their way to be friendly and supportive during my interview."
"Love the school. Small town, but plenty to do if you love the outdoors. Great community atmosphere. Local beer is up to snuff. Curriculum seems right on the target. All in all, I could really see myself at this school."
"Even thought the day was long, I honestly had a fantastic experience here."
"Great experience. COMP-NW seems like a great school: very friendly and supportive students and faculty, great location, pretty good rotation locations, and overall a good feel."
"Really loved the atmosphere!"
"Relax! It really is a great interviewing experience, no weird/extremely difficult questions.. the interviewers were great! The school is good, I really liked the area and the school. yes it is small but if that's what you like, you'll love it here. You will def get a lot of personal attention and rest assured everyone is here because they really want to be and they really want to help you/see you succeed! I felt reaallly welcome, from the staff and the people of Lebanon. Feel free to pm me if you have any questions I can try and answer :) (I have been accepted)"
"I am now OMS 1 here and love it. The people are amazing and that's why I chose this school. Come interview here, you will love the faculty, staff, building- everything! My classmates are also great. They did a wonderful job selecting real people to become real doctors."
"I loved this school, which is why I decided to attend."
"Great school."
"It seems to be a great place to go to. It is in a small town but Portland is not to far a way and Corvallis is close by. If you are into the outdoor life style it would be a great place to be."
"prepare for a role playing session as well as a scenario question. I dont want to spoil all of the fun, but they ask you to read a scenario and then pick the best response to a "patient's" question from a list of 4 or 5 options"
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 16 |
| Faculty member | 1 |
| Admissions staff | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 21 |
| Neutral | 1 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.50 | 26 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 7 |
| Out of state | 17 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 4 |
| 2-3 hours | 3 |
| 4-6 hours | 10 |
| 7+ hours | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 12 |
| Automobile | 11 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 1 |
Eugene, OR
Eugene
Portland
ODX
Eugene Airport
PDX
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 4 |
| Hotel | 15 |
| Home | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Holiday Inn Express
Phoenix Inn
Pheonix Inn (free breakfast!)
Phoenix Inn in Albany
Shanico Inn
Holiday Inn express
Yes
Holiday Inn Express
Phoenix Inn
Pheonix Inn (free breakfast!)
Phoenix Inn in Albany
Shanico Inn
Holiday Inn express
Yes
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 3 |
| $101-$200 | 7 |
| $201-$300 | 0 |
| $301-$400 | 4 |
| $401-$500 | 2 |
| $501+ | 4 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.50 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.46 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.15 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.62 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.19 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.96 | 26 |
"Please schedule the campus tour after both the traditional interview and MMI. It was hard to act not anxious and engage with the tour guides when all you care about is getting the MMI over with. I really appreciated the effort the adcom made to help us relax, though, and I enjoyed the morning presentation, coffee and the lunch provided."
"Thought they did a great job, really enjoyed my experience and the school."
"Communicate more positively and clearly before the interview day, especially about the pizza social and extra events available to interview candidates. Also make it more clear that some communication has to go through Pomona and others through Lebanon, it gets confusing about who handles what."
"Email or call for acceptances, instead of snail mail."
"Perhaps hold the interviews earlier in the day to alleviate stress."
"Scheduling the panel interview late in the afternoon may make for a less than stellar performance from the candidate"
"Give students info on the pizza dinner for the Friday before the interview right when you invite them. This would make it much easier to make travel arrangements."
"Placing interviewers' names and titles on interviewee packet would be helpful."
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