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  • Western University of Health Sciences College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific
  • Osteopathic Medical School
  • Pomona, CA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How you think you did?

7 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

"Why osteopathy, and what do your parents think of you becoming a DO? (they are MD's)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"what are your best qualities that will allow you to contribute positively to the class, and what are your worst that could retract from that contribution?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"They asked how many schools I applied to, which ones I had already interviewed at, and which ones I had gotten in. Thought that was quite rude." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"we wound up talking about my brother for a bit, who is in canada studying music...go figure." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"what do you think about stem cell research? (Nothing was hard though...I just answered this question and they didnt press me for more or anything...it was weird how short they let my answer be.)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, read my app, read up on stem cell research" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"the interviewers were very nice and relaxed, food was quite good" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"If you've been to one of their osteo awarness conferences, you've pretty much seen it all. They showed the same video "a tribute to caring"...can I throw up now? And I didnt learn any new information. But overall it was fine, and didnt really change the impression I had gotten from the conferences." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"that it would be all the same info I've heard before" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Not very organized...didnt give us a schedule. Interviewers were very nice, as were students and fellow interviewees. I had been there many times before and my opinion didnt really change. I could go there, but the first semester is absolute hell. They also have the largest fail rate and lowest board scores...so thats definatly not a good thing (and they wont tell you that in the interview). It was the only interview that has had water for me to drink though (actually during the interview), and I appreciate that." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/11/2005

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