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  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine at Philadelphia
  • Osteopathic Medical School
  • Philadelphia, PA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

20 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"What other schools did I apply to?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"What specialty would I like to go into?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"What do I do in my spare time? Did I like my undergrad college?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Did I like my undergrad college?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"nothing difficult" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"looked over my applications, SDN, Norman Gevitz's The D.O.'s" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"I have a close connection with PCOM, so I already know a lot about the school. However, hearing these things again from the administration, faculty, and students just impressed me all the more. Their clinical training is fabulous, no matter if you want to do primary care or a specialty." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"I know that a lot of people think the area is bad. I have lived in Philadelphia for the past three years, and there is NO "safe" place in the city. If you are afraid of diversity, then PCOM is probably not the place for you. What many people don't notice is that there are really nice, "safer" suburbs on the other side of City Ave." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"The interview was VERY laidback. It was conducted by Carol Fox and a professor. The interviews are usually conducted by an additional faculty member and Deborah Erdner (instead of Carol Fox, I was told), but she was not present that day. They were both so nice. Don't sweat it - I was nervous for no reason. In the morning we met with a member of administration for breakfast and he told us some things about the school. There was a total of 5 of us interviewing that day. After all the interviews we had a tour guided by a 2nd year student." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

09/18/2003

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