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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?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

7 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

6 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?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"the med mary-jane question" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you want to accomplish before you die?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why DO? why Medicine? Questions about my app? About paragliding? About strengths and weaknesses?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"The state of CA allows the use of medical mary-jane, however, the feds dont. If a suffering cancer patient asked for a Rx for mary-jane, would you give it to her or would you worry about the feds knocking on your door?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"The state of CA allows the use of medical mary-jane, however, the feds dont. If a suffering cancer patient asked for a Rx for mary-jane, would you give it to her or would you worry about the feds knocking on your door?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"read over application, SDN, talked with student host, read about the school" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"good organization, improved/improving facilities, the tour guide opened the chest of a cadaver while giving the tour, international/flexible clincals, seemed to have a fair amount of graduates going into all types of specialities (supposedly 95-100% get their 1st or 2nd residency choice)" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"strip mall appearance still evident, reputation? (maybe in my own head), dont really want to live in smoggy LA area, local housing is super spendy, some crime, " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"huntington beach is only 30 mins away. mexico 2.5 hrs, skiing 30min to 1.5 hours, sounds pretty fun...but the students dont get out much b/c of studying" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I ended up liking the school much more than I thought it would. It is a growing school as they are adding vet and podiatry schools (I think). I was told that by 2009 the DOs will have a whole new building the the pharms will take over the whole building they ccurrently share with the DOs. I think it is pretty cool that you have PTs, vets, pharms, DOs, nurses, and other fields all in the same area...I think this is an up and coming school even though it has been around for a while." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

4 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

$201-$300

What airport did you use?

ONT

Where did you stay?

With students at the school

How would you rate the hotel?

6 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/02/2006

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

6 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

5 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

7 out of 10

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