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  • Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Blacksburg
  • Osteopathic Medical School
  • Blacksburg, VA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

9 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

40 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"Why DO? What characteristics make a good doctor?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you know about Osteopathic manipulation?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Would you be interested in the PhD program? " Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Nothing out of the way or weird. All questions were straight forward and related back to my application materials." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"What do you think will be your biggest challenge during Medical School? There weren't any really difficult questions. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Read over my application and essays, student doctor, VCOM website" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The welcoming positive attitudes of the faculty and students. The anatomy lab and technology utilized at the school. All of my interviewers were wonderful, very personable, and easy to talk to. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Nothing really" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Nothing really, I live in B'burg and have become pretty familiar with the school. " Report Response

What are your general comments?

"There were 3 one-on-one interviews each lasting around 40min. The interviews were very conversational. No trick questions. " Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

9 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

02/12/2007

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

9 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

9 out of 10

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

9 out of 10

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