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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

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?

8 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)?

"What are your weaknesses?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What led you to medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why DO?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"they were all pretty basic" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Tell me how you would handle a noncompliant patient who was a repeat offender of some sort. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, practice, typing answers out" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"how friendly everyone was" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"one of the interviewers may or may not have told one of the interviewees who of course told the other interviewees that there were no more spots left for the next class and we were interviewing just for waitlist spots. not the best idea." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"how windy it actually was. i may have thought about rethinking the skirt thing" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"very laid back interview. conversational. good times. awesome anatomy lab, bright and good ventilation system. tour was fun." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

8 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?

$501+

What airport did you use?

LAX/ATL/Roanoke

Where did you stay?

Friends or family

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

04/08/2009

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

8 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

10 out of 10

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

5 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

9 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

9 out of 10

How eco-friendly are the school's application materials and interview process?

7 out of 10

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"they pretty much got the admissions process down. no complaints." Report Response

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