Erie, PA
Osteopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
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Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 37% of interviews, indicating it is moderately regarded. They found the interview generally impressive with a low stress level and felt they did well.
⭐ Overall Impressions ▼
SDN Interview Experience Score
7.2
Good
Generally favorable experience overall, applicants reported positive interactions with some minor issues noted.
Based on 1,863 responses
Score Reference:
9–10 Exceptional
8–8.9 Very Good
7–7.9 Good
6–6.9 Mixed
< 6 Needs Improvement
The SDN Interview Experience Score (SIES) is a composite metric that represents applicants overall impressions of their interview experience, based on multiple factors such as professionalism, facilities, responsiveness, and stress levels.
What was the stress level of the interview?
Most respondents rated their interview as average stress.
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
Most respondents rank this school above all other schools.
How did the interview impress you?
Most respondents felt positively about their interview.
Positively (70%)
Negatively (11%)
No change (18%)
How you think you did?
Most respondents thought they performed well at the interview.
Great (41%)
Good (44%)
Average (11%)
Poor (2%)
Bad (1%)
What are your general comments?
Applicants generally described the interview day as relaxed and informative, with a mix of presentations, interviews, tours, and interactions with current students. Some mentioned feeling positive about the experience and the school, while others expressed concerns about the interview format and certain aspects of the institution, such as the dress code and location. Overall, there was a range of opinions regarding the facilities, faculty, pathways offered, and the overall fit of the school for individual applicants.
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Did not deter this school from being near top of my list but I did not like the interview format.
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Weird asynchronous interview style but definitely less stressful. They probably just invite a ton of people to submit one.
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Please stop using this format.
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I did not like the virtual interview without an actual human present to converse with. It felt awkward and impersonal.
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Generally wish they would do away with this VITA style interview
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Overall, my stress for this interview was low because I knew I was only being evaluated on my 5 minute video and would have time to prepare my responses. I thought some of the rules were strange, but not something I couldn't live with. I was waitlisted but will be applying again.
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The Previous SDN comments and questions were spot on. To clarify, you and 20+ candidates would be interviewed that day. LECOM interviews via group interviews that last about an hour and a 2 - on - 1 (where two faculty members interview you) that lasts about 8-10 mins. Facility is really nice though there's not much to do outside of campus. Strict but cheap (financially) private school with great stats if interested in primary care. Research is a bit scarce compared to other schools. Interview day is very relaxed, never had a group interview before but it's pretty easy when everyone contributes to the conversation. Individual interview is just two questions without the possibility to ask questions unless in the larger group - try to be as personal as possible here because you don't have the opportunity any other time in the day.
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Great school, very friendly faculty, students, and fellow applicants. Don't knock it til you go. Also, if you have time after your interview I recommend going to Presque Isle State Park its is gorgeous and there are beaches!
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If this were my last school, I would genuinely consider reapplying.
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Keep an open mind about LECOM, I had a wonderful experience at the interview and touring the campus
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Seems like a great education, but they seem to focus on school and work and not much else.
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Great school and atmosphere, everyone (including students) were very approachable and the staff was incredibly helpful with any questions.
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I had decided that this school was not for me by the end of the interview day. I would have rather reapplied next year than attend this school.
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Overall a decent interview day. Very laid-back and welcoming atmosphere. When you arrive you'll go through security and check in then be directed to a small room with maybe 10 other students. An administrator introduces herself and leads the group up to the room where the info session takes place, where there were probably 40-50 students total. There is a group interview with about 6 other students and 2 interviewers, followed by an individual interview with 2 interviewers (may be same as first 2 or different). The group interview was closed-file, wasn't clear if the individual interview was. They'll tell you the individual interview is "optional" but no one skips out on it for obvious reasons. Overall I felt good about the interview day just wasn't super impressed by the school. The 2 students we spoke to didn't seem that enthusiastic but maybe it was an especially stressful time of year.
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LECOM has a very good interview day. They give you lots of opportunities for questions. It is a group interview and a two on one interview.
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Overall, a nice school with kind staff but I felt like something was missing and the school didn't really click with me.
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Pretty easy interview if you can be social in a group
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Nice people but I really dont like the school at all (especially the strict dress code and the weather)
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Everyone seemed really friendly and there was a general good vibe.
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I loved the staff, and the students we met seemed very nice. I wish that the actual medical school had a bit more to show for itself physically (buildings and things like that.) But Seton Hill University seems very nice. I wish there was an anatomy lab, but their board scores say that you don't need it. I think I would love do very well in the PBL curriculum though, so I could overlook not having an anatomy lab.
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I felt there were both positive and negative aspects to this program. I loved the idea of problem based learning in a group setting, allowing for unique approach to clinical education and less time in-class. Did not like that there are no dissections for PBL. Students seemed to have somewhat of a low morale. Anatomy lab needs some serious renovations. Did not mind business casual dress but felt that it was unnecessary and silly to require that during dissections. The town of Erie had a lot of strip malls and was so-so. Great outdoor experiences and beautiful park at Presque Isle!
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Good school that will most importantly make you a great primary care physician. The rules suck but they make you a doctor.
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Good school, but not for me
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If you think you need a very structured environment, then I would suggest LECOM.
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Overall, I was surprised the extent to which I liked it.
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Loved the whole experience and think its a great school
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I have confidence that LECOM will provide me with the necessary education to pass my boards and graduate with a DO degree, but other than that there isn't really much appealing about this particular school.
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You may not have a lot of fun at this school, but my overall impression was that anyone who goes here will be trained into an excellent physician. In addition, the cost of living is low in Erie and everyone said it is a very safe city.
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This school is NOT for everyone. People don't take its downsides seriously enough, or they treat it as a "safety school," and end up disappointed with their experience because they would have been happier somewhere else. It provides an excellent education, and it will be a great fit for the people who are genuinely attracted to it. If it isn't for you, please don't waste a seat that could have gone to someone who would love it there.
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The school is relatively affordable and very structured. Campus is small and compact, which has its pros and cons. I was not really "wowed," but not disappointed by what I saw on campus. The group interview left a bad taste in my mouth but was otherwise a good interview day.
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Ok school, parts were disappointing
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Overall, I directly was asked 3 questions during the interview. I felt that I answered themt o the best of my ability, but I don't know if I had enought opportunities to represent myself.
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Great school overall, no real complaints.
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LECOM is a great school. The rules are pretty strict, and the LDP students seemed visibly more tired and generally unenthusiastic. That being said, the education seemed quite good and the location was close to housing, hospitals, and is nice and quite so you can focus on studying. I would like to see them record lectures for students and provide more DSP spots.
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Don't leave a group question unanswered, chime in.
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Great school, laid-back interview. The interviewers were wonderful.
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Its hard to argue with the results they get... yes, it's a 'business' as some say about it. you're there to get a D.O. degree, they prepare you well from what I can tell. They have their system of how they prepare you, its not for everyone, but its hard to disagree with their 1st time pass rates
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Even though I was nervous about the group interview format, I know that I did well and had a good time getting to hear everyone else's thoughts. This school just seems a bit unorganized to me and I'm not sure that it's a great fit.
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Very nice school with excellent access to a diverse population and hundreds of clinical sites.
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Good cost for performance ratio
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I give this school 5 out of 5 stars. Excellent facilities, faculty, location. Wonderful place.
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Unconventional but not too stressful.
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They did a good job selling this school. I could see myself doing well here if it is where I choose to attend.
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It would have been nice to have some more student interaction, especially with someone who could give us perspective on each pathway.
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Strict school, be aware
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The school was small but friendly. A little odd that students cannot access the atrium. Great program with a very welcoming feel.
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If you read through SDN carefully to prepare, you will be fine.
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Great school!!
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The airport is ridiculously tiny and there is never anyone there so do not show up more than an hour before. The city is really spread out so either rent a car or be prepared to spent upwards of $40 on cabs. Get ready to have a relaxed day and enjoy getting to know the other students. Good luck!!
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This school is great. The facilities look brand new and you can see the lake from the school.
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I was very impressed by the facilities and the curricula. The day was too long, though. I also did not like the group interviews. We each only answered two questions during the interview.I had so much more to say! I really loved the surrounding area which is very suburban bordering on rural almost.
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Park in the back and enter through the back entrance, which is technically the only entrance to the school (the atrium, or front, is off-limits). Use SDN, all of the questions are on here and in this format (the 8-9 question list is accurate!). Other than that, don't be nervous, everyone here is wonderful and is not trying to grill you! They never even look at your file so they truly wish to know you as a person, not as a student statistic! That, to me, speaks volumes!
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It was a really relaxed interview and very informative.
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Cool place
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Excellent instituion
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Great overall interview
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Nice school
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The whole interview process was well ran and gave the impression that the school do care a lot about the students, and want to help them succeed no matter what. I really enjoyed and learned many useful information about LECOM, which I could use to make a decision. The only down side of the interview process were the student representatives.
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The nonchalant nature of the interview was the exact opposite of the sterile/rigid environment the high-school like school with lecture halls gives off, which I thought was kind of odd. The building is nicer and bigger than I originally thought. The OMM classroom is sweet, and the lecture room isn't bad but just the feel of the school gives a wierd vibe due to the lack of color/places to sit and talk with students. Like I said it feels kind of like a mental institution mixed with a jail. The activity center is really cool and very very nice and would look forward to use it. The student panel was great, and the PBL mock session were both very very helpful (though I just can't do the PBL w/o real cadavers). School was a top choice, but moved down on the list after visit.
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Great board scores and residency placement, but I am not sure if Erie and PBL are for me. People are very nice. It is a lot cheaper and that is a big plus.
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PBL students that I sought out were bright eyed and enthusiastic.
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I was impressed with their overall academics and high test scores. I was turned off by the number of rules and regulations they had.
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You CANNOT put down a deposit both at Erie and Bradenton if you get accepted to both, even though they have different admissions offices and processes, apparently because they are the same name, you can't claim a seat at both locations.
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All-in-all, I really liked the school and the faculty I was introduced to. Dr. James Moore gave honest answers to our questions regarding positives and negatives of the school and made it a very enjoyable experience.
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LECOM seems very professional, as a medical school should... The staff seems very friendly for the most part... Students seem to enjoy themselves... Wish I was allowed to drink water... Not sure how to survive without coffee either... Erie has a small town feel and is really cute... I think it will be a good environment for studying... housing is cheap... Thank God they plow during the winter!
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Erie's pretty bleak, but their residency placements are good, and it seems like students are treated well
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The school is very nice and professional (how I imagined a medical school would be). Despite the criticisms of the dress code and food policy, these aren't really factors I find detrimental to how I view the school.
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Friendly admissions staff
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Dr. Kauffman is awesome, hope for him as your interviewer. Amy is really nice too
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I enjoyed the atmosphere of the school; I was slightly surprised to learn that it was practically all in a single building (except for some of the research laboratories and the bayfront building for PBL students)
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Great school! My 2nd choice. Much cheaper than the rest of the schools and the quality seems comparable from what I've seen.
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The interviews are very laid back, no stress. The wellness facility is amazing but it is hard to judge how well you will do in the separate pathways.
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I was we could have had a little tour of Erie but there was no time
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The facilities are nice and the faculty is really friendly. They want you to succeed. Their goal is to produce quality doctors for a reasonable price.
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I was pleased, for the most part, with the entire process. The day went smoothly for me, and I really feel I did the best I possibly could have given the circumstances.
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The interview was stress free and actually kind of fun. Everyone at the school was positive and straightforward about the school. The rules (dress code/ no food and drink) create a professional atmosphere that I really liked.
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Great school.
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Overall, a pretty stress-free interview day. Pretty short too, from 8am-1pm, which is nice b/c past inteviews have been from 8am-3pm.
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Low-stress interview. I interviewed at both LECOM-Brad (1st) and LECOM-Erie (2nd) about 2 months apart. I was tremendously impressed with PBL (see +/-'s). The rules, etc, didn't bother me...I'll know what to wear and I don't have to worry about someone slipping coffee all of my highlighted books. I really liked LECOM-Brad and I could see myself doing very well. LECOM-Erie on the other hand was on a different level. Brad was designed for PBL and it showed...at Erie, they just had a 2 table setup with sliding dividers between rooms! LECOM-Brad was warm, efficient, and focused, nurturing admin. LECOM-Erie had a totally different feel - cold, efficient, scattered, overbearing admin. LECOM-Brad != LECOM-Erie Overall, I went in curious since I was blown away by Bradenton. I loved PBL and could see myself remembering patients and content better with PBL (I can still remember the PBL case at both Bradenton and Erie, but I struggle to remember the biochem from 3 hours ago...). I hope to practice in PA and I have ext family in Buffalo. Nevertheless, I was disappointed. Don't get me wrong, there are A LOT of positives: Campus resources don't matter very much, especially when doing PBL), rotations in 10 days for IOS and OOStaters, outstanding match rates and board scores, the clinic (better clinical skills!), health center to de-stress, great affiliation with what sounds to be top-notch programs in Ohio, admin concerned with the future and image of the school (not lazy), IDP books are probably attainable, quiet/affordable region to hunker down and study. But I didn't feel I would be a great fit for LECOM-Erie. It's a great program with disadvantages that many schools also suffer from, but just not for me....PBL is very appealing though!! The fallback to lecture is a huge plus if PBL just doesn't work out for you...you have an "out" at LECOM-Erie
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Erie has everything a person needs (malls, grocery stores, restaurants, bars, recreation) but the school itself is pretty small. It's just one building with 5 floors and you share it with pharmacy students. On the flip side though, if money is tight, this school would be a very good choice. If they sell you on PBL, you can go to Seton Hill in Greensburg, PA where they will matriculate 100 PBL students starting this fall (as of now, PBL in Erie is full).
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The day itself is very laid back and stress free.
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Do not be nervous, go in relaxed and know your reasons for pursuing an osteopathic medical career. The rest should come naturally. GOOD LUCK
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Be interested in the presentation, ask questions to show you're interest. It's ok to ask questions you already know the answer to...maybe you'll get another perspective!
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My top choice and will be attending this summer! Become familiar with common LECOM questions given on SDN and BE YOURSELF!
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LECOM gets a bad wrap on here - some of it may very well be warranted, this is NOT the school for everyone. I have known people who have gone through and they have been happy with their education - its what you make of it. Research their board scores, clinical sites, and residency placements and you will be impressed. However, i do think the building could use some updating - after interviewing at VCOM and seeing their kick ass facilities i was a little disappointed in LECOM - but i should explain i was only disappointed with the BUILDING NOT the education i feel i would get here. They are opening a new location at Seton Hill, just an FYI there will be NO cadaver lab for they PBL students at Erie or Seton Hill. HOWEVER, if you are at Erie you can access the cadaver labs to study, Seton Hill they may let you go into the PA labs there but that remains to be seen. But you can always drive up to Erie, as you still have full access to the Erie campus even though you are in Seton Hill. Overall, i really like the school, the pathways - were else will you find a med school with 4 different ways to learn medicine?!? I would recommend checking the school out if you get an interview and don't let all the SDN hate get you down :)
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At end of interview day it was very disorganized, no one told us how the admissions committee will meet. None of the applicants seemed really interested in school. Not a very warm environment and interviewers were overly demanding
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A very professional school that is really forward thinking. Seemed like the school is run very much like a business cutting out all the unnecessary and also trying new things.
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The school is pretty clean. They enforce the dress code and food rule. They do have a little care package with slippers for you. It's pretty school. They are very interested in getting to know you and the day went by relatively quick. :)
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Better than I expected. I heard the school was only one building but it seems state of the art and modern feeling. The people seemd to care. One major plus was the cheap tuition and very low cost of living. We were told that students cannot take food anywhere in the building outside of the cafeteria, but that was so they didnt have to spend more moeny on cleaning and maintenance staff and that really helps with bringing the tuition down...so that was something that impressed me. Also, a lot of ppl on SDN complain about the location of Erie. The winter sucks and its not exactly a major social scene but they do have downtown and there are lot of restaurants, and I talk to a student and they all go out once a week to a bar after exams. I also found out in the summer Erie is a tourist attraction because the weather is great and people go to the beaches and there are lots of festivals in the summer. So I dont think the location is as bad as people have made it out to be, and the students also mentioned that the crime rate is very low and some ppl even leave their doors unlocked...so overall I wouldnt mind coming here, my only concern is the residencies.
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Very positive overall. Friendly staff, I liked the city. I think people give the location a bad rap because the school is randomly in suburbia, but the town extends far beyond the campus.
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Overall the interview date was good. Met some awesome people and went around town of Erie. The cost of living is very reasonable compared to California!
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Think it went well, no major screwups and had good answers to questions (at least they seemed good to me, I could have sounded like a complete jackass for all I know)
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Get there early! There is no need to be stressed out-the interview is very relaxed and the overall day is great!
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Lukewarm.
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Good school, dr. moore is incredibly kind and helpful. hope to get in!
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Thank you LECOM!!! I'll probably be seeing you next year.
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This school is clearly not for everyone. MAKE SURE YOU ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS. Talk to everyone. Dr. Moore is really nice and chill. You get a great/friendly reception from everyone there. It's a good school; I'm just on the fence right now. I need to visit some other places to be sure about it.
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The 9 questions previously posted on SDN and the article reading exercise are no longer part of the interview. Instead, I had one interview with a three-member interview panel. After awhile, the interview felt more like a conversation. The people of Erie are very friendly. Everyone from my taxi driver to the hotel staff was congratulating me on receiving an interview and were more than willing to tell me about the greatness of Erie. Also, stay at the Residence Inn if you can: if you don't have a car during the trip, they provide free shuttles to LECOM and to the airport.
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The people here are realy polite so it is necessary to keep the answers short. I ran my mouth too long at times, but they will just sit back and listen. I kept waiting for any sign for them to speak up, but they keep good poker faces. This was my first interview. I really liked these people. Highly recommend anyone to check it out if they have a chance. Also, everyone talks to you like you have been already accepted. Even the hotel staff said congratulations like I was already accepted. Will have to answer similiar sounding questions at both two-on-one interviews.
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It was excellent and went very smoothly. There is an article to read but it is so easy. It is the last question asked in the interview, I totally forgot about it. I would really consider going to this school if I get accepted.
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Great, great school. Going in it was my #3, coming out it was tied for #1.
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I did not feel very comfortable at the school. Everything seemed to be very controled by the staff. Students too in them selves. So far this school is at the bottom of my list. (I have seen KCUMB, PCOM, DMU)
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Really good day. Sat in conference room for awhile with various speakers. Were given article to read and remember. Got called out individually for interviews -- had read on SDN that the interview is like talking to two stones, but completely not the case -- more speakers. Lunch in the cafe was awkward because everyone knows you are interviewing and gawks/giggles/whispers etc. Two students sat with us and answered questions then took us on tour of building. End of a good day.
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Day started at 7:45 was talked to by a professor about the school, then more professors talking about the pathways.. interviews started, but presentations kept going on through interviews.. then I had a tour while others were still interviewing.. then financial aid and some other stuff.. finally when everybody was done interviewing they talked about the new wellness center and we had lunch and were done. got done at 12:30
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Overall, a very positive interview experience.
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Had a great experience. Sat around for 2 hours listening to what goes on and the four pathways, then interviewed, and finished up with financial aid and closing remarks. Lunch then tour and meet and great with faculty if wanted. Overall very standard, Small group size, we had 8. Do not be afraid to ask questions in the beginning session. Dr. Bell is very helpful and nice and will answer any and all questions truthfully about LECOM and the area. Take advantage of the time.
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I overall had a really good experience with LECOM.
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Had a very positive experience. Was first interview and left feeling like it went well. Expected interviewers to be fairly unresponsive, but was not the case. Overall, enjoyed the day, and was impressed with the school and their attitude towards students. Was asked 9 questions from form, but they were catered to my experiences. Not necessarily harder, but gave me a chance to give specific examples.
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Sit in conference room hear intro from clinical dean, go around the room and hear about everyone else, presentation on the learning pathways, you have to pick a learning pathway that day. The interviews are in the morning. They give presentations all morning and when you are called for your interview you leave and miss that part of the presentation but all the info is in your folder so you dont really miss anything. They basically read the packets to you which seems dumb. You have lunch with students after the interview. There were some awkward moments of scilence, I suggest you come with a LOT of questions. Dont ask questions during the presentation, save them for the interview and lunch so u have something to talk about. THere is also a dress code at the school.
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All of the admissions staff did a really nice job in making us feel welcome and reassuring us that they weren't there to make us nervous. That put me at ease. My interviewers were very nice, however the questions they asked were supposed to be conversation starters, but it was more they ask a question, i respond, they nod and write something down. No real conversation took place so i'm not sure how good of a predictor those questions are at figuring out what type of person i am.
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Overall it was a great experience. The interviewers were really nice and friendly. No political or ethical questions which was really nice!!
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The experience was ok, and I definately learned that this school, while some aspects of it are great, is my last choice!
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The day was very relaxed. The first part of the morning consisted of discussion about the different learning pathways. Interviews started about 9ish and were followed by discussions on financial aid. There was lunch and a tour in the afternoon.
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The day was very stress free. The day began in the conference room where we had a few people talk to us about the school, pathways, ect. About 9ish, we went for our interviews, which involved the standard questions. After the interview, more individuals came to speak with us about financial aid, the school and whatnot. We then had lunch and a tour.
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It was really laid back, the admissions ppl and professors were really cool. I like the learning pathway options. Dont like the strict dresscode or the seating assignments. It was nice, the place is pretty but i dont think i could ever live there. Also really low cost of living and tuition is really low too which is nice. Overall, i like the school but its not in my top choices.
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The interview was low stress. It was a good opportunity to see what the school is like.
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Interview felt like it went great, very laid back. Both interviewers kept a realaxed feel to the whole process.
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It was great. I interviewed with two professors. ONe of which I had in the postbac program.
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I can honestly say that I was impressed. My other choice was PCOM, and I wasn't sure how to decide until I looked at the numbers (number of elective/selective choices, cost of education, living expenses, number of topics taught, number of hours for OPP/OMM, number of students who got one of their top three choices of residencies). They are also ranked as matching one of the highest number of specialties among DO schools.
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It was a great experience, changed my desire to go to the school from ''I'll go there if I don't get into PCOM'' to ''I have to go here.''
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I got there around 7:45. The presentations started around 8 and lasted until about noon. They called us out for interviews during this time as well. Then we got sandwiches for lunch and a tour. The whole day was pretty standard and unfortunately they didn't seem to go out of their way to make it fun like they do at some other schools.
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I enjoyed this interview the most so far. Everyone was funny and nice. I also like the campus compared to other schools I have been to.
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Positive. Just read over the 9 questions and you will be fine.
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Interesting day. very cold.. chilling to the bone. weird regulations and rules. sad looking students. nice building but small (no real campus). nice interviewers (standard interview questions), respectable 1st and 2nd year curriculum option. 3rd and 4th year i hear students have to be nomadic (for the best affiliations). overall, interesting to say the least... and definitely not on the top of my wish list.
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I hate interviewing, because I hate telling people ''what they want to hear'', but this wasn't too bad. I found out later that the faculty I had for my interview don't have the best reputations on campus, but they still seemed friendly. The students and graduates of LECOM I had spoke with seemed surprised that the interviewers I had were nice. I don't know if that is good or bad. Over and over you read in these feedbacks that the faculty and staff are nice, I wonder if they just put on a show for interview day. But I don't know. I have actually spent quite a bit of time up there and there are quite a few genuinely nice people there.
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This was my first interview and I don't think anything else could have gone wrong. My luggage was lost the night before the interview and they had the wrong folder throughout my whole interview, but all in all I guess it was fine because I got accepted!!
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The facilities are excellent, the pathway options are great, the professors are excellent, and the cost of school/living is cheap. I'm surprised more students don't talk about this school.
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Nice people, good school, aweful location
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The interview day started at 8AM. There were presentations on PBL. Then they gave us a short article to read and told us they would ask us to summarize it during the interview. Dr White kept us entertained for most of the day and talked about the school, the town, the various pathways, and had everyone introduce themselves. There was also a financial aid presentation. During this time People were taken to their interviews. Most panels had two interviewers to one interviewee and one panel had three interviewers to one interviewee. Once everyone had interviewed they asked us to rank our pathway preferences. Then we went to Lunch where two students answered our questions. Following lunch, one of the students gave us a tour of the facilities. She was very informative. The day ended at 1 PM.
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The faculty of LECOM was great. They were friendly from the get-go, and Dr. Wise made the experience comfortable and enjoyable. Lunch was nothing special, but probably what you'd be eating for the next two years. Plus the students who ate lunch with us answered a lot of questions we wouldn't have asked the staff. The tour after lunch was informative, but not very enthusiastic. All-in-all, it was a good day. Out before 2pm.
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It was very, very, very boring. Seriously, the interviewers stuck to the nine questions like crazy glue- they literally read the questions off their sheets and had spaces to write my answers down as I spoke. I felt that I could have written down the answers myself and mailed the form in- why did I have to come all the way to Erie for that one sheet of questions?? I don't think this interview method is a good way to get to know students- its easy to memorize the kinds of answers they want to hear and spew them out during the interview. I left this interview unchallenged and with a sense that LECOM is too stiff of a school. I got in, but I am probably going to pass.
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You'll get there in the morning, I'd recommend getting there about 7:45. Behind the school there's a big parking lot and you'll go in the 2 main doors facing the lot. They'll take you upstairs to this big conference room where you'll get different presenations. Then around 9-9:15 one person from each of the 2 person interview teams (there were 4 teams the day I was interviewed) will come in and call your name and take you to an interview room, where they'll ask you the 10 questions on this site. Then you go back upstairs and the presentations continue until everyone has been interviewed. After the interviews you'll go down to lunch where you can talk with some LECOM students. Lastly you end the day with a tour of the facility.
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I was impressed with the overall experiece. The interview day isn't as structured as it is at other schcools, but they do make special accomodations if you feel you want to know more about something in particular. It nice that they ask everyone the same 9 questions, because you can prepare for them.
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It was relaxed and postitive
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I feel it was a positive experience, I was nervous but they seemed to try to discourage that as much as possible and it was a relaxed setting. The article to summarize wasn't difficult. Thumbs up from me.
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I think the interview was ok. They asked the ''9'' questions in the order I studied them so it was not too stressful. They were neutral through out the interview which I hate since I can not read them and can not tell how well I am doing. (Typical med school interview)
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Overall, not too shabby. I had fun. I'll go if I get accepted
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Very stress-free. It was just like having a conversation so they could get to know me better.
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Overall pretty good, faculty was nice, coffee was served (no breakfast) and the presentations were repetetive as expected. Facilities are nice, there are pros and cons to having everything in one building (it snows a lot so not leaving is great) dress code is okay, people get used to it. But i don't know how I will be able to get through morning class sans coffee!
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I was the first to interview. I wasn't nervous because I knew which questions they would ask. They were very pleasant. Very easy interview if you prepare your answers beforehand.
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It was exactly as people have said in the past. Lots of time spent hearing all about the learning pathways and financial matters. The interviews were earlier than I expected (around 9am) and we barely had time to talk with other interviewers. But all in all, it was really laid back and the people all seem nice.
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We spent almost the entire day in the conference room getting to know each other and listening to presentations. One-by-one we were pulled out for our interviews. There were 3 different groups doing interviews that day. After our interviews we had lunch in the cafeteria w/ 2nd yr PBL & LDP students and then went on a tour given by an ISP student. All in all it was a good day. I got accepted so it couln't be all that bad. ;0)
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It was a good experience overall. One of my interviewers happened to be an M.D., and second guessed all of my responses toward why osteopathy! He assumed I meant that some aspects didn't apply to allopathy as well. It was a kick in the junk, and hopefully he was only doing it to put me in a stressful situation! They make it as pleasant as possible, and it is a great school. I hope all turns out well
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Arrived at 8am to a conference room - the day was over by 1pm. We spent about an hour listening to information about the various tracks and general intro to Erie, then starting at 9:15 talking about less-critical subjects began and we were pulled out of the group in turn for our individual interviews with two interviewers and the same standard set of 9 questions. We were all together again in the room for the financial aid presentation and final questions. Dr. Wise was entertaining and very forthright about the pluses and minuses about the school and Erie. The assistant admissions staff person who talked to us for a long time was horribly uninformative. Around noon we went to the cafeteria and had a meager lunch with two 2nd year student ambassadors, then had a tour around the building that finished at 1pm. At that point we were free to go, but they were also very very willing to set up meetings with the heads of the different learning tracks or departments, or to let us sit in on one of the lecture classes that was meeting that day, or basically give us any more information we wanted to personalize the day.
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All in all, positive. It does get a little boring sitting in the room for 3 hours straight. Also, it seemed the admissions staff/faculty was self depracating to the point where they were almost under-selling the school.
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The interview was very nice and low stress. While the interviewers were reading a set of questions, they were willing to just chat before and after the interview. Everyone I met was very kind and made the interview go smooth (even though I got there a couple minutes late). Overall a good experience.
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I arrived, was put in a room with other interviewees. The first speaker told us about the Primary Care Scholars Program, and was humorous. The second speaker spoke from 8:30-lunch (12ish), with the two 15-minute sessions from Fin. Aid & Activities. We were called for our interviews. My interviewees were not very friendly, nor did they have a sense of humor. It didn't appear that they had any idea of who I was or what I had done (my file was nowhere in sight). I was asked the standard 9 questions that were not personal, and I didn't feel they received a good idea of who I was. I was disappointed with the mandatory dress code and attendance. I like freedom, and at this point in our career, I think it should be allowed. I was basically put off from this school because of the interview. Very disappointing. The school is very good, and has flexibility in learning.
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People were very nice, facilities impressive, cost of living cheap, and although they are strict in some respects (dress code, eating), they seem to be vey willing to work with you in areas such as clinical rotations in the third and forth years. Overall positive experience, I was impressed with the school and its reputaion will only get batter in the coming years.
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The day itself was very informative and I ended up liking the school more than I did before the interview day. The other applicants that I interviewed with were very friendly as were the M1's that gave the tour and the rest of the students we encountered were nice too. Be ready to pick what learning pathway you want upon interview.
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The entire day was very relaxing and I wasn't nervous at all. We sat in the same room for 3.5 hours where they talked about a lot of things and not in a very orderly manner. Basicly we were briefed a lot on how to interview and how friendly the interviewers were. the other bad thing was that each individual was pulled out at a different time to go to their interview, but when you left for your interview you were missing some of the informational talks. I missed the entire speech on finacial aid. Thankfully I had already interviewed at another school so the speech is pretty much the same.
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I had a good time, it is currently my #1, and I am accepted!
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On the interview itself we had so much fun, cracking jokes the whole time. The whole interview day was nice took, but I was beat because I hadn't slept in two days because of flight delays and some nerves. But I got accepted so it's all good. EVERYONE IN ERIE IS SO NICE! I guess it's the midwestern influence.
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Overall it was a pretty good experience - it was my first interview and everyone was great and friendly and tried to get us to relax. The interviewers just had a conversation with me and asked me questions along the way.
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Underimpressed.
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Excellent experience and I highly recommend people to consider Erie for many reasons including their pathways offered, and cheap cost of living.
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Overall a great experience, very laid back as far as interviews go. They put you at ease. I can't add much to what other people have written already. They ask everyone the same nine questions more or less. Everyone is very friendly and puts you at ease. Dr. Wise is hilarious and very open about LECOM's pluses and minuses (snow). The students are all really friendly and laid back, tell you whatever you want to know. LECOM is definately my #1 pick.
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After the interview, I am convinced that upon completion of the program I would be well prepared to make a contribution to the medical field. I do have some concerns about how I would fit in with the students(I'm much more energetic).
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Overall I had a very positive experience, it was my first interview so I cant compare to others but I happened to really like this school
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It was a very stereotypical interview. They gave us a little article to read and then half an hour later, during the actual interview, they asked us to summarize what we had read. The questions were so cardboard-like; no personality to them. The facilities were pretty standard, nothing special. The tour guide didn't show up so Dr. Wise showed us around instead. I left the interview with a one-word summary of my feelings in my head: eh.
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The interview was very low key. I felt that I was having a conversation with the panel most of the time, rather than being grilled. It was a very pleasant morning, and the faculty were helpful in discussing the three learning pathways
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My interview experience was great except for the deer that hit my car on the way to the interview
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Great!
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The interview was really laid back and the people I interviewed with were really great. They were all smiles and cracking jokes the whole time, etc... Be prepared to read an article that you have to summarize at the end of your interview. But dont stress about it.... it was a high school level read and the summary can be done in four sentences or less if you want. The group I was in talked most of the time we were supposed to be reading it.
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When I arrived I sat in a room with the other interviewees and then some guy came in to talk to us. We then went on the tour of the school. After the tour they took us into this conference room and gave us information on various things like financial aid and housing. During this time we were called back one by one for our interviews. Afterwards we had lunch with two med students.
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Very nice. It was very informal and since I had answers prepared for every possible question it felt like I could take my time and we had a conversation about each question. It seemed to go quite well and I would be very surprised if I do not get accepted.
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The doctors who interviewed me and the admissions staff made me feel very comfortable. First we gathered in a room and a doctor and student talked with us. Then we went on a tour of the building. After that, we sat in a room while Elaine Morse from admissions talked to us about the school and the Erie area. During that time we got called out one by one for interviews. Once the interviews were done, we ate lunch and talked to two students in the ISP track. Overall, I thought my interview went extremely well. The three doctors were joking around with me and I felt comfortable talking to them.
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This was my first interview and I felt that it went very smoothly. I was not sure what to expect, but was pleasantly surprised by the "conversation" rather than a strict question list from my interviewers.
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Overall the experience was positive. I was very comfortable with my interviewers and you could tell they put a lot of effort into "selling" you their school.
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Laid-back and friendly.
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The whole experience was very laid back. Our presentor was very good at keeping the interviewees calm and relaxed. Also, he was very interested in impressing us just as much as we were there to impress them.
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Good. The tour guide was nice, the school is new, great workout room and OMM room.
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It was an informative, fast-paced day with no real highs or lows.
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I was interviewed by a factuality member, and alumni who practices family medicine in the area. They were very friendly, and kept the interview very open and stress free. All the questions were from a prepared list, so there weren’t any surprises.
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We gathered in a room before we recieved the tour, if you have been to the discover lecom day it's pretty much the same tour. then we went to a confrence room with dr. wise, he was hilarious. calmed your nerves quite a bit. we listented to him speak about the school and erie and while that was going on the interview panels pulled us for the interview, i was first, made me more nervous i think. the interview itself was standard, i think i did well but it was hard to judge their reception to the answers to the questions. then we ate lunch with two of the students.
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I enjoyed interacting with the staff and faculty at LECOM. THey were friendly and incredibly accommodating.
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Started off very nervous, but turned calm within an hour, Dr. Wise did very well to calm the nerves of all students... there were three interview groups, each with a panel of 2-3 professors (D.O./ Ph.D./ M.D.).
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Okay, I will tryo to remember all the questions. They ask from a list of 9 questions and just read straight through them. They rate you 0-5 on a sheet and wrtie notes about your answers. It was really laid-back. 1. Tell us something about yourself that isn't in your file already. 2. Tell us about a time where communication has had a powerful effect in some aspect of your life. 3. What are your strengths and your weaknesses? 4. How did you learn about Osteopathic medicine and why are you pursuing it? 5. What kind of experience do you have with DOs? 6. What learning pathway would be best for you and why? 7. How do you handle stress? 8. Talk about some leadership roles you've had. 9. Talk about and describe some times of conflict in your life. How did you handle it, what did you do?
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Inteview was pretty laid back. The holistic example question threw me off. I may have a lot of clinical experience, but saying that I saw a physician talk to a patient and put their hand on their shoulder didn't seem to cut it for them, they wanted an example of when giving medicine was not the only solution. One of the guys was the head of the PBL and was very hard to read, he was the one that threw in the "specific" portion to the question. Overall though, I think I did pretty good and it was my first interview. The questions come from a sheet, so be prepared, they will ask all of you the SAME questions and not go into anymore detail.
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We arrived at the school at about 8. They gave each us a name tag and we went into a waiting room where we were able to talk and get to know each other. A first year student then entered and gave us a tour. We met with a couple of the professors and went into the room where Dr. Weiss would go over the imformation regarding the school and one by one they would pull us out of the room for our interviews. On a side note it is essential that you make good eye contact with everyone iin the staff and faculty and even the other interviewees. Smile and ask questions. Act like you are interested and that you want to go there. Believe me it works. I didn't think my inter view went that well. My panel consisted of two Ph.D's and a D.O. The D.O. seemed very friendly and receptive to my answers but the two Ph.D's looked very stoic and nonresponsive to my answers. I thought it could have gone alot better but thankfully I got in. It was because I asked questions about the school and some of the classes in the cirriculum. I made eye contact with each of the interviewers as I spoke. I also smiled and was very corgile and friendly but at the same time confident.
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We went in and sat with a professor until everyone arrived. We then went on a tour with the professor and a student, and went into a conference room around 830am. We sat in this room and listened to the registrar talk until 1130, and they called us out 1 by 1 for interviews. The registrar was nice, but it was a long time to just sit there, it definitely could have been shortened. We then had lunch with 2 students and a woman from admissions. The students seemed a little rehearsed, and a little too involved. I would have preferred to meet with the a more average student.
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Low stress, friendly atmosphere. There were some presentations early on, and then we interviewed (there were three different panels going on at the same time). Afterwards, more presentations and a lunch with students. Then we were free! Everyone was very kind and excited about their school- it's a very new, clean, and organized building. You hear back about their decision roughly four weeks after you interview.
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Organized, laid-back interview. They ask you nine questions that are standardized for each interview, and they're honest fair questions. The people are friendly too.
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Got there a little before 8. Talked to some other interviewees, a professor, and a student prior to a tour. Afterwards, we were given a presentation while everyone was called out individually for interviews. Once everyone was done, ate lunch with some students and then left!
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I showed up a little before 8am, and the other candidates were sitting with Dr Buck, just chatting. The student giving the tour arrived, and we commenced the tour. This was opposite from my other interviews; they were done with the tour at the end. Yes, it's only one building, and yes, that's a downside. They say they're expanding, but there's nothing coming in the near future. Dr Buck came on the tour with us, which he said was the first time he had done so. The anatomy lab uses prosected cadavers, so there's no hands-on gross anatomy work unless you prep cadavers the next summer for incoming classes. So basically, you only look at anatomy--not impressive. They use the cadavers for 2 years too, so they're pretty ratty by the end. After the tour, Dr Wise sat us down in their conference room, and from 8:45am until noon, you stay there. Dr Wise is pretty blunt, which is good. He tells it like it is with LECOM, good or bad. I appreciate that in a guy that you met 10 minutes ago. I was the first called for interviews, and the summarization of the article was not bad (almost a formality at the end of the interview). The interviews were stiff at first, perhaps still waking up as I was, but loosened up as the interview progressed. By the end we were joking around. They gave me AMPLE time to ask questions at the end, which again, I appreciated. After that, back to Dr Wise. I missed a good chunk of what he presented, so that was a downer. Financial Aid was next, and the woman from their office was very thorough and helpful. Next, lunch in the cafeteria with two students. The Admissions Director sat in on this, too, which was odd. You could tell the students were on edge with her present. I don't feel like they were able to talk to us as they should with her across the table. She was nice, but still... Both students were on the Ind. Learning Track, switched from Lecture. Yes, dress code sucks, but they said they got used to it. The PBL students are apparently very loyal to the program as well. Lunch was over by 12:20, and we were free to go. I spent the rest of the afternoon driving around town until my flight out. The driving tour in the packet they give is quite good. The school wasn't bad, I just wasn't sparked in my interest to come here. It didn't "jump off the page" at me. The town itself was a pleasant surprise, though.
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Went well. The interviewers were very polite and seemed interested in you.
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This was my first interview, so I was a bit nervous. Overall, though, I think it went pretty well. The tourguide wasn't particularly enthusiastic, but she was informative. I really liked the admissions staff that gave presentations, etc. Dr. Wise (sp?) was great, kept reminding us that we already had the grades and MCAT scores, that they already knew we were smart enough, they just wanted to know if we were a good fit for the school now. They pull people out of the large group presentations for the individual interviews, which is distracting, in addition to meaning that some applicants didn't get the important information on financial aid and such. But it was a positive experience overall. Every single question really is already listed on SDN. So read up, have examples, and you'll be fine!
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Dr. Wise gave the presentations and was a very welcoming, up beat, humorous guy which helped calm nerves pre-interview. The applicants talked to get to know each other more and the presentation started as we, one by one, were called back from the interview. The interview took place on another floor and was for the most part laid back. I was interviewed by 3 people, a D.O., M.D, and a PhD. The Phd seemed neutral but welcoming, I felt like I clicked with the M.D. (as much as one can in such a short amount of time). The D.O. was nice but had a hard time reading his non-verbal cues as far as how I thought I was doing at the interview. I was asked almost every question posted on this site except for the "Dinner" question and "What do you see yourself doing in 10 years."
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It was very stree-free. The panel was very friendly and really seemed to care about learning about me as a person and potential student.
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The interview was easy. I was a little nervous, but once I got talking, I settled down. I had two very nice and encouraging interviewers, and one who didn't seem very interested. I tried to focus on the "nice" ones, and didn't let him bother me.
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So relaxed, I loved the school and hope I get in!
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Overall it was pretty laid back. Once I actually got to the interview part itself it wasn't very strssful.
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Arrive and go on a tour with student, go up to a conference room to listen to a talk by admissions, individual interviews with three faculty while talk was going on, back to hear about financial aid, then lunch with students. Long day, but informative I guess.
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I interviewed with a panel of 2 PhD's and 1 DO. They made me feel at ease and I ended up enjoying the process. While you are in your interview, others are going through orientation.
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Same as what other students have written, and i guess it depends on which panel of interviewers you get, I got Dr. Evans and some biochem professor, I was surprised Dr. Evans didn't even ask me the "who would you invite to dinner question" and the guy has no expression on his face what so ever, so I was kind of worried because I wasn't sure how well I did, and I felt my panel really didn't get a chance to know me, they just basically said, ok we have 10 questions and we would like you to answer them, even though it felt more like 20 questions!!but i am glad to say i did get in and will be attending this fall
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I arrived a little before 8am where I was greeted by admissions staff and was escorted into a small room where other students were. There ended up being 12 of us in all. A ISP student came and gave us a tour of the facility. She was positive, but lacked the enthusiam desired in a tour guide. We were then taken to a big conference room where we listened to a bunch of presentations headed by Dr. Wise, who did a good job in keeping the mood light. We read an article that we would be asked to summarize in the interview. AS we continued with presentations, we were called out one-by-one by interviewers in a random fashion. The interview was pretty laid back, and the interviewers I had were very friendly and I was able to relax. Afterwards we went to lunch and talked to current students about LECOM and its pathways. We were done by 12:30pm
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Meet in a room with the other students, take a tour, wait in a conference room where you introduce yourselves to each other, read an article for like 15 minutes, there's presentations about Erie, financial aid, etc. while students are taken out of the room one at a time to have their interviews, have lunch in the cafeteria with some current students, and that's it. P.S - I'm happy to say I was accepted and will be attending LECOM this year! You can do it - don't give up!!
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Basically the same as everyone else has posted -- they take you on a tour and then you sit and wait for them to call you. You have the interview and then go back and listen until it is lunch time
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First, got to the school and was put in a room filled with all of the other people being interviewed. We waited until everyone showed up (11 total) and then we moved to the upstairs conference room. We then talked to Elaine Morse (lady you had to call in to when you accepted your interview) and she was asking all of us random questions to help us feel more at ease. We filled out some paper work while waiting for the interviews to start. We had to pick between the three pathways and sign our name. She also passed out an article for us to read and summarize at the time of our interview. It was very straight forward and is NOT worth stressing about. The interviews started late by about half hour. I was the first interview up to bat which was a plus because I could relax afterwards. I came back from my interview after 30-35 minutes and listened to a wife of a student talk about her husband's experience with LECOM. Also listened to financial aid and housing presentations. After everyone was done interviewing we went down to the cafeteria and sat at different tables with current med students. The med student that was at our table was very honest as well. You probably have read previous posts about the cafeteria food and you can believe what you want. No, it's not going to be a luxurious meal, but it's decent. And the cafeteria lady isn't "evil" either as some other applicant suggested. Once we were done eating, we were free to leave or explore the medical school more.
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Disheartening. I really did not like this school.
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It was an interesting interview experince. I didn't know what to expect because it was my first interview. But, you get a tour of the building, and then they give you an information session during which time they pull you out for the interviews. It was nerve-wrecking waiting for your name to get called. But you can read the article they give you and find a way to summurize it and tie it into something relevant in your life or have some sort of an opinion on it. The interviewers tried to be neutral but I felt rushed through my interview. While I was answering questions, the interveiwers would basically tell me that they had heard enough and needed to move onto the next question. After the interview, they give you lunch (which was horrible) and you get ot talk to students about their gripes and likes of the school. Most of the students I talk to, seems like they were just trying to get through it. No one seems friendly in the hallways either.
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Defintely a positive experience. first wait. next tour. third get to know the info of the school. then read an article, which you'll be asked to summarize in the interview (no biggie, but good to have opinions to discuss on it ). As info session continues, you get pulled out randomly. Lunch and talk to a student.
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I arrived at the school a little before 8 and went in and received a nametag. We sat in a conference room and chatted amongst ourselves until the student tour guide came and got us. Then we toured the school. Then we sat in a conference room and listened to a bunch of different informaitonal type things while each person got pulled out of the room to interview. After that we had lunch with a few students and then left.
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As a whole this was a great experience. LECOM was the last school on my list before the interview, but now it's right at the top. The area is nice, the people are friendly and the board passing rate is pretty high. If I am accepted this is probably where I will go to school.
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The orientation part is a little boring. They get a little long-winded and over-emphasize alot of points. But overall it was fine. I didn't mind the "come grab you" as your listening to the orientation, like other people have complained about. Lunch did suck though.
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Laid back, low stress.
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I came into the interview process not expecting to like this place much, now it is on top of my list. If you don't mind the cold there is tons of stuff to do when it is warm. The clinical rotations send you all over the place, including Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Clevelend if you would like. I just wish I had done better on the interview. I feel like I didn't present myself as well as I could have, and wiffed a couple of questions that I had time to prepare for.
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Good experience, however the presentations by Dr. Wise weren't that valuable.
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You begin at 8am, meet all the other people, get your name badge. then you go on a tour of the school led by a student. then go to a really nice conference room where you begin the discussion about financial aide, the city, the school everything you need and want to know. in the midst of this all you read an article and people are pulled out for interviews. after they are all done you go to lunch and talk to students. then you leave
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The interview was low key and I felt prepared and non intimidated by the interviewers
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We had a financial aid seminar and during the seminar they would come and take the students for interviews. Then a tour and lunch. There was one interviewer who was just staring at me through the whole interview obviously there for intimidation...dont let it get to you. Good experience. Its cold in Lake Erie.
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The interview was very organized and well set up. All f the information that we were given was very informative and useful. However, lunch had some things to be desired. Be sure to eat a good breakfast before your interview, because you cannot count on the lunch to fill you up!
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The interviews were rather short and i was somewhat disappointed in them. the school is very nice, clean, and professional. however, with all of us being in the same room together in the morning with nobody from the admission's staff there, it was kinda nerve wrecking considering it was my first interview. three interview panels and there were supposed to be 3 people in mine but one didn't show up. u get called in a random order which makes it frustrating. there was nothing to eat in the morning and the lunch was so-so.
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It was very very cold. I stayed at the Hampton Inn North. This hotel was really nice but it was far from the school and anything to do. Because of the severe weather, I flew in a day early. I had nothing to do. It was a $20 cab ride to Millcreek Mall. It was $12 to the school. $16 from the school to the airport. Make sure to keep cash on you or try to find accomadations that are closer. We all met in a room first thing in the morning. No coffee, no donuts, no coordinator. Just a bunch of nervous students. Make sure to eat breakfast. We then took a tour of the school, led by a nice girl, not a student, but was married to a student. She was very easy to talk to and helped me relax as much as I could. We then listened to a financial aid talk and a talk about the city. No audiovisual or powerpoint or anything.....just listening to people give a memorized spiel. I found my thoughts drifting off. They then called us out, one after another, in no particular order. I found myself wondering if we were going in order of importance. I then looked at my provided pamphlet and realized that there were three different interviewing panels, with three different interviewers in each. I hoped and hoped for the smiley guy (DO) in a white coat, but...much to my dismay, I got the unfriendly bunch. I was led to a room with no windows. The three interviewers (all men) sat on one side of the table, and I on the other. Be prepared to have them ask you the standard set of questions. They don't respond readily since they are busy writing comments on your responses. Luckily, there was one interviewer that had a sense of humor and tried to ease the tension. Afterward the interviews, they provided lunch. During lunch we were able to speak with two students. They bashed the dress code. Very nice and funny. Overall, a very stressful experience. Don't believe all the comments that are posted. Be prepared for an unwelcoming bunch. Don't get me wrong, they are not mean, they just seem indifferent.
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More of a discussion then a firing line. Laid back, conversational, and rather enjoyable. Its been awhile but I still hope to get accepted. The questions are standardized, read from a sheet.
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The day went off without a single hitch, the tour was prompt and indepth. The information that was provided about both the school and the surrounding area was more then appropriate. The interview itself was great, the interviewers were personable and made me feel comfortable. The interview was open file, and the interviewers had taken the time to review my file and asked very appropriate questions regarding my back ground.
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This interview was at LECOM Bradenton in Florida. It was my first so I was nervous. I had Dr. Coty and Dr. King and they were awesome. I've been told that they call these two frick and frack. They mostly asked me about my hobbies and background, how i handle stress, my experience with group work...etc. They were cracking jokes the whole time and they really made me feel at ease. It was more like a converstaion rather than an interview. Pray that you get these guys!!
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All the questions posted on sdn by previous interviewees. Read an article which the interviewers asked to sum up.
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Overall, I think it was a very positive experience. It was my first interview and I thought I bombed it. The other interviewees were nice, and the staff kept us entertained. I personally thought the interview was a lot more stressful than the other people I asked.
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The admissions staff were caring and did their best to ease our nerves before our interview. I did not expect to see eleven other candidates at the session. Overall, it was a positive experience and I am proud to say that I was accepted.
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The interview was not stressful at all and you can easily prepare by viewing SDN feedback. Questions are all pretty standard.
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It was great. Everyone welcomed us into the new facility and even though it was still under minor construction, everyone was in great spirits and I am proud to say that I have been accepted and I look forward to begining my journey as a physician here at LECOM Bradenton!
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I became more concerned about the bad weather on the morning of my interview than the interview itself, which in retrospect may have been a good thing because it got my mind off being nervous. I decided to go there and just be myself, because I've determined that's who I'm best at being, and that would allow them to get the correct first impression of me aside from what's on paper. I arrived 10 minutes early and met Elaine the admissions counselor, who gave me my name badge and told me to go wait in a room for the other interviewees to arrive. Once all 10 of us were there (5 other people cancelled) we went on a tour of the school (only one building) with a second-year student who was in the ISP pathway. After the half-hour tour, we were taken to the conference room and Elaine spoke to us about the school and Erie in general. She also gave us an article to read about bone marrow testing for breast cancer patients, which she explained we may be asked about during the interview. Promptly 45min later, the interviews began and we were each called out one-by-one by three different panels of 3 interviewers each. I was called out second, and had an eclectic panel of a lawyer(?)- man, an MD-internist - woman, and a PhD-physiology teacher - man. I was taken to a little white room with a table and four chairs, which kind of made me feel like I was being questioned for murder or something. But the interviewers made me feel comfortable and explained that I shouldn't be concerned that they will be writing everything I say down, because they need to show my responses to the admissions committee. They also told me they had a list of questions which they proceeded to ask me one at a time, taking turns. All of the questions were personality-based and had nothing to do with my file, so I felt the opportunity to explain myself to them, and give them an idea about the type of person I am and who I want to become, which may not have fully come across on paper. After most of the questions were answered, the lawyer ran down a list of expectations at LECOM; such as the dress code (men - shirt and tie, women - business casual), and the fact that one of LECOM's aims is to create primary care physicians. Finally, they asked me to summarize the article I read, and then I was done. Back in the conference room, we heard presentations about financial aid, viewed a video promoting the city of Erie, and spoke to the wife of a fourth-year student to gain the spouse's perspective. After everyone finished interviewing, we went for lunch in the cafeteria with two second-year students in the PBL program and were able to ask them questions. Finally, we finished and were able to fully concern ourselves as to how we were getting home in all that snow. Oh yeah, one of the students said they hadn't seen the sun in three weeks.
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My last choice school.
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The atmosphere of LECOM is that of a small-town school and they are not afraid to show it; this seems like the kind of place for students who are not keen on huge campuses and thousands of students mingling about. The interview itself was straightforward; my best advice to anyone preparing for an interview at this school is to simply be yourself, be human, be passionate about your future medical career and don't try to be more than you are. This was my strategy and I got accepted. If it worked for me, I don't see why it would not work for others.
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The interview itself is not stressful...honestly, they have a sheet that they ask you questions directly from - nothing out of the ordinary. My interviewers were really nice and I had something strange in common with the one. Even though I got in here I just don't think it's a good fit for me and I didn't get a good vibe when I was there - it seemed like most people were not happy and went to LECOM as a last resort.
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The whole process took close to 5 hours. It included orientation, conferences, the interview, and lunch.
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I think that as long as you are confident going into the interview you will do fine, and the stress will be minimized just focus on why you want to do osteopathic medicine and what makes you the best candidate
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Started with a really quick tour that i wish was a little longer but we got to see just about everything we needed to see in the building. then we sat in a conference room and listened to a presentation while one by one interviewees were called out by interviewers. then lunch then go home. everyone was really friendly and seemed excited to be there. some people don't like the scripted nature of the interview but i feel that lecom is all about organization and professionalism and keeping things very structured reflects what lecom is about. just make sure to read EVERY post here and you'll know every question that you will see.
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The interview was really laid back. They seemed to care more about filling out their form than listening to my answers, however.
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(LECOM-BRADENTON) Overall, a great experience. Everyone was so helpful and very proud of the school and the program. Seems to be in a smaller town, but I get the feeling that there is a strong link with the community and with the other students.
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This interview is at LECOM-Bradenton, not LECOM in Pennsylvania so be careful when reading the interview feedback on this site. There is a special "surprise" called a case study that they will give you to read and analyze. You'll be asked to summarize it and if you give a satisfactory summary they might have to ask you questions... like a possible diagnose or interpretation of the lab results/tests. If you do a good job and they are happy with what you have to say then they go on to the next interview question. Our case study was on Obesity in Women (w/ link to heart disease and diabetes type II). The time they take to accept/reject you varies... some people get accepted a week later, some interviewed in September and are still waiting, and some get a letter a month later.
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Received notification within two weeks. Very nice. I was accepted. Made me feel very good about the college. Made me feel very welcomed.
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You really are able to get the actual interview part over quickly and the rest of the time you can just relax.
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I arrived about 45 minutes early to the interview. You enter in the rear of the building, not the front, so be aware. Everyone was very friendly at the door. They had a small table with two people there handing out name tags and welcoming you. I then was asked to take a seat in a waiting room and waited for the other interviewees to show up. There were about 10-12 of them. Once everyone arrived, we took a tour of the building, which took about 25-30 minutes. Ask a few questions during the interview in hope that you can expand on that question in your interview. (You will need at least 2 or 3 good questions to ask them at the end of your interview to show them that you care and know something about their school). After the tour we were taken to a large conference room and sat down. We were given an article to read and later summarize (if asked), which was one a controversial test done for floating cancerous cells in the bone marrow. We were then given presentations on financial aid, housing, and things to do in Erie. During this time, the interview panels would come in and take someone out to interview them. This time was well spent because the school was promoting themselves. At other schools, they just make you sit for a few hours and do nothing. At least you are learning more about the place. After your interview, you will wait until everyone else is finished and the presentations are over. At that time, you will all go have lunch and meet with students at LECOM. It is all over after that. The day is very relaxed and you’re in a friendly atmosphere.
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It was very relaxed and friendly. A great experience
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I interviewed at the Bradenton campus. If I get in, I will def attend this school! I know I will flourish here based on my learning style and finally learning in a smaller setting. Interviews: Like I mentioned before, they are huge on working as a team. I was interviewed by Dr. Krueger(PhD) and Dr. Glinski(D.O.)and they were extremely friendly and nice, and even laughed a few times during my interview! In particular, they will make comments on your answers such as "great!, that's really good!, excellent!" but did not get off topic despite all the juicy lead ins I tried to throw in. They did not mention anything off my file, no questions at all on MCAT/GPA. I know others who had different interviewers really got off topic and talked about random cravings and how if you rub the stem of a mint leave, it feels like a box and not circular, which I have yet to try. The article: You will all have the same article (10 min's to read it, it won't hurt to jot down a few numbers) but what is key is to not just summarize, but think about how this problem has affected you or will as a future physician. Start off by talking about the main issue, the mechanism they are proposing and then make it persona. For example, if your article mentions that 25% of women with a median age of 20 in a cohort developed early signs of CHF, talk about how scary it is that 1/4 of your friends can suffer from this! How aggressively you will need to treat obesity, why has obesity became such a big problem with a limited amount of healthy choices and working parents, etc. or how the fact that the data disproportionately affects a particular race will impact your patient population and the type of outreach that is necessary. They didn't ask me any further questions about the article. You will be asked about the article last so be prepared, they asked everyone. Transportation: Most interviewees rented cars but if you are under 25, goodluck trying to find a company that will rent to you. There are only two taxi companies in the area and no one knows where LECOM is but they do know where Lakewood High School is, which is just a few block before LECOM. If you are driving there, there is no sign for Route 70 but it is the only light you will hit after making a left onto Lakewood Ranch. I highly recommend staying at the Comfort Suites (this is the place listed on your interview invitation). For $75 you get a huge room, gym, walking distance restaurants, pool, and breakfast. If you fly on Delta Song, they don't give you meals, but they are nice enough to allow you to purchase over priced mediocore meals so pick something up at the airport ;)
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My interview was at the main campus. It was very, very laid back. I probably interviewed with the most personable people at the school. It was actually a fun interview. The interviewers seem genuinely interested in getting to know me. If you interview here (or anywhere for that matter), just remember to be yourself.
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Overall the interview was great. You get there and go to a room and wait for everyone else to arrive, go on tour, then are brought to a giant conference room where you wait to be called for your interview. I was one of the first to go in, and the wait after my interview was LONG. The good thing is that they tried to entertain us the entire time, so it wasnt like we just sat there and stared at eachother. They covered financial aid better than any school I've been to so far.
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Overall, it was a great experience. It was my first interview, so I didn't know what to expect. But, the faculty members made it as comfortable for us as possible. The interview was more conversational with no surprising questions except for the one above.
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Very positive, everyone there seems to care. This was at the Bradenton campus, beautiful weather and beautiful campus. Both the interviewers were great and so was all of the staff.
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I was impressed with the excitement of the students and with the eagerness of the staff and faculty
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Not very friendly people. We didn't get to know anybody and the whole day was completely impersonal. The school is a little big for me. Lunch wasn't so great either. I just didn't feel very welcomed.
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Arrive at 8 then tour with a 2nd year student. After the tour we sat in a conference room and learned a bit about Erie and the school. You read an article (ours was on HDL and LDL cholesterol) and are pulled out for your interview. After everyone finishes, lunch and then leave.
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Generally positive, everyone was friendly. no activities for family/spouse.
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There was a group of about 15 of us, first we took a tour with a student and then we sat in a conference room and discussed aspects of the Erie area and the school. One by one we would be called out to be interviewed. There were 3 different panels of interviewers so there were usually 3 of us out at a time.
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Very good. i was very impressed with them and hope i get in.
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I feel that this school is very professional and would prepare me for my future. However they seem to be very strict. The school has all of the most advanced technology and really insists on keeping up with this. The facilities were very nice. It was also nice that the campus is very small. I really loved Erie and the feel of the community. I believe that I could live there and be really happy. I wish that the interview had been arranged a little better. I felt that the interview was way to standard.
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Overall, I was highly impressed by this school and the program that is offered. It was hard to wait 2.5 hours to interview, however, the librarian took us on a tour and answered all of our questions, which helped pass some of the time. Every question I read about on this website was asked in the interview!
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The atmosphere on campus is definitely lacking. It seems almost as if it's painful for anyone to crack a smile. Everything was very scripted, from the presentations to the interviews. I did not feel like the interviewers were trying to get to know me as a person. It appeared that they were going through the motions, and nothing more. Sitting in the interviewing room was very uncomfortable because they just bombard you with questions as they went in a continuous circle from this interviewer to that interviewer. I'm almost positive everyone was asked the same questions from the same sheets. Overall, I was not impressed.
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Make sure to go to Pennunsyla! Awesome park.
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This was a very good experince
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This was my first interview so it was different. It was a great experience and I genuinely like my interview but the panel style interview is different. They are big on teamwork and the interview questions focus on this.
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Overall, good learning experience. It wasn't difficult and I think I did well. The school is okay, would take some getting used to but med school is med school, it's what you make of it.
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It was a good experience, and my first interview. they put you in a room with like 9 others and pick out one by one which takes like 3 hours...so this was a long one. the lunch was not good.
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Great great experience. I felt that this is a great campus, bradenton is a great area and is part of this huge developmental master plan. the community is sparse right now but a lot of stuff is going to be built soon. the bldg is brand new and everything is state of the art. the pbl approach, they stress this, is the only approach used..so if you're not interested in it, then don't even apply. great ppl, great faculty, great everything...if i get in, I would certainly attend
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Tour followed by time in the conference room, then students were called out for interviews, the interview itself wasn't too stressful, then lunch with unenthusiastic students
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I applied only to the FL campus. It is a beautiful area & the school was really clean & bright. The day began at 8am and a professor came in to talk about the PBL plan. It was a very informative lecture. The interviews began at 9. The interviewers were really friendly and really listened to what I had to say. I was happy that I was not asked about my academic history or my MCAT score. They seemed to truly want to get to know me. It was a good experience and was not as frightening as I thought it would be.
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I had a very good interview experience, besides being sick at the time. The interviewers were very up front about the questions, and did not try and put me on the spot. It was a very relaxed atmosphere.
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Everyone is very helpful. I had all of my questions answered before I left. The facility is pretty up to date technologically. Erie had great weather while I was there. Most of all, this experience was not as stressful as I had expected. In fact, once I got to LECOM for some reason I wasn't nervous at all. My advice is to read the postings on this website and you won't run into anything unexpected.
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I wish it was a little more personal. there was only about 15 of us. They could have gotten to know us better. the usual, tour, fin aid, programs, lunch. Make sure you know how to memorize. They give you an article to read and you need to summarize it in the interview. Know what the article means in terms of how a doctor would use the information, not just memorizing the article.
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Got there at 8am. had a tour of building. got summarized on pathways and financial aid while we took turns interviewing. and then had lunch with 2nd year students. got out around 1pm. overall it was ok, erie is kind of sad and some students suggested we go elsewhere.
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It wasn't very exciting experience, but it was ok. Neutral.
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In all I would have to say that the whole interview and application process experienced was both eye opening and educational. I must say though that as I was preparing for this endeavor I utilized and valued some opinions which I was exposed to on this public forum (SDN). In addition I must say that having been exposed to interview opportunities at both MD and DO schools I chose LECOM due to a wide range of factors up to and including demo and geo-graphics...every school I was exposed to had pro's and con's depending on your medical school expectations. However, being a health care professional already (RN, ICU/ER), who has chosen to always practice in educational institutions, I have come to the conclusion that a medical school education is like that of any other formal instructional institution and the value and worth come from within the student theselves...not the facilities...not the weather...not the night life...not the residency opportunites...or the networking availabilities. Ultimately we are there to get a quality education for the benefit of our future pateints, not the glorification of a particular institution...based on it's name's sake or tradition of perceived excellence. I was accepted to LECOM and have decided to attend...It was not my only option...it was just the best option for me at this time...it was not MD vs DO...North vs South...East vs West...It was about the best decision and fit for me now and for the next four years...Some of the "best" can produce the worst...and some of the "worst" can produce the best. So choose wisely...and hope and pray you chose correctly...
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Overall a very good experience. They were prepared and organized. The food was just fine in the cafeteria and the interviewers were generally concerned with my application. They had a list of questions that they ask each interviewee, however they did ask me specific questions about my file. The town was nice and there are plenty of things to do there. The video that was shown during down time was very informative and did an excellent job of selling Erie. Additionally they are opening a new campus in Brandeton, Florida which is near Tampa and it is an awesome facility. I have been on several interviews and this school was very impressive. After reading the previous postings I was considering not going to the interview... I am glad that I did...from my experiences at the interview and with talking to other students it appears that LECOM is producing some very competent physicians. I believe that the Bradenton campus is going to be very impressive and that the students there will have a excellent opportunities.
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I had a wonderful time. I was so nervous originally because my last interview went terribly. When I stepped into the interview room my mouth went completely dry, but after a few minutes everything was ok. The interviewers really put me at ease. Others have said there was a little good cop bad cop, but I didnt see it. I quess it depends on who you get. It was either the interviewers or the fact that I was better prepared. You recieve a lot of information on the day of the interview. I made the mistake of trying to remember it all and found it impossible. Erie was actually warm when I had my interview, however I heard this is not a common occurance. I really liked the school and the area. I don't know much about the Florida campus but I have heard great things.
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It wasn't that great. Not very friendly interviewers. I wish that their admission process was faster than this. It's April and they are still interviewing? Are all schools like that or what? This is kind of ridiculous.
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Lots of cold weather... not too appealing of a school.. faculty.. and facilities..
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The interview was laid back and all of my questions were answered.
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Any idea about waitlist movement ???????...
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Get there at 8 am. Go on a tour, which is nice as everything is brand new (8 yrs). Sit in a conference room, talk to the admissions girl from S. Dakota who is really sweet. Sit through this long-ass presentation about stuff you should have thought about long before applying (like ... cost, how to fill out a FAFSA, living with roommates, studying a lot). Finally get called into a room with two interviewers who ask you the same ten questions they ask everyone else. Get to ask them questions at the end. Talk about science for a bit. They definitely try to good-cop/bad-cop you. Don't get flustered or your
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Get there at 8 am. Go on a tour, which is nice as everything is brand new (8 yrs). Sit in a conference room, talk to the admissions girl from S. Dakota who is really sweet. Sit through this long-ass presentation about stuff you should have thought about long before applying (like ... cost, how to fill out a FAFSA, living with roommates, studying a lot). Finally get called into a room with two interviewers who ask you the same ten questions they ask everyone else. Get to ask them questions at the end. Talk about science for a bit. They definitely try to good-cop/bad-cop you. Don't get flustered or freaked out by the dead-man-walking stare from the bad cop ... they are actually really nice people.
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Overall I had a wonderful and enlightening time in Erie. I am glad however, that I am able to attend the Florida campus. GO LECOM.
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The school has all new facilities since you went there and a new campus in Florida. Don't post stupid stuff like that in the place for interview feedback - not only is it in the wrong place, but it's useless, misinformed, and misleading.
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I attended that school.. if you have a choice ... don't go there... bad program and facilities.. trust me .. u can do better than that..
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Great
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The interview went great. Everyone was really open and friendly, including the other students I interviewed with. I got accepted to the bradenton campus. For those of you who haven't been, it is in a great area, and only 15 min. from the beach! Great places to live as well. The faculty in bradenton are extremely helpful.
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This isn't the place for comments such as the above - that's what the forum is for. I recommend visiting the forum for lots of information on the Bradenton campus and anything else medschool related. Having said that, I also will be attending LECOM-Bradenton and have been a Bradenton resident for 22 years. My name is (nicedream) on the forums - you can PM me or get my email address from there.
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Hello, if anybody has a question about Bradenton campus, I am happy to help you. I will be one of the first students at Florida campus in 2004. I live in Florida and visited Bradenton twice. My e-mail address is: [email protected]
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Very friendly. Interviewer even told me a joke when he escorted me back to the conference room. Perhaps, because I was too serious during the interview. Nice gesture, anyways. Interview was very well organized and handled. I got answers to all the my questions. I live in western NY, close to Erie, so I can comment about the weather. I am used to it. However, other applicants in my group did not complain about the weather either. LECOM is a top choice for me.
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I think LECOM is a very good school. I like that it has a ton of hospitals in many different states to pick from for your 3rd and 4th year rotations. Erie is definitely not like a Philadelphia, NYC, or other big cities, but I really don't mind that. Cleveland, Buffalo, and Pittsburgh are all about 1 1/2 hours away so if you felt the need to go escape and do something fun in a big city atmosphere, you can do that. I don't mind the dress code policy at all. If the dress code is the reason you wouldn't want to go to LECOM, then that's very shallow thinking. I also don't mind cold weather.
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It was good, the admissions staff that ran the show (not the interview) was pretty stuffy.
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I really liked the school, the town, and the people. But the actual interview was ridiculous. It was ten minutes long and they didn't seem to care at all - I was disappointed...
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The interview was cool, low stress, and the interviewers were nice.
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This was my most fun interview experience...my host was the nicest person ever and made sure that i was exposed to everything erie could offer, interviewers were amazing and enthusiastic about the education that students receive at LECOM and they really wanted to connect with you and really listened to what you were saying, it was like hanging out with friends laughing, and the article we had to read was about bone marrow testing,I met a lot of cool people who were all interesting and although it snows a lot, its not too bad
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I have to say that I was pretty anxious going into the school that day since it was my first interview. My interivew never turned into a conversation unfortunately, but I did answers the questions well. I enjoyed the area, people, and cheap cost of living. I recommend bringing a profession type folder and some paper to write down facts about the article they give you. Make sure you are active throughout day by asking questions or whatever, do not just sit there. Just be yourself during the interview--if humor is not part of you, do not try to tell lots of jokes. I just received my acceptance letter and will be attending.
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The interview experience was terrific. Later in the day after my interview I had the opportunity to share some humor and laughs with my interview panel. I was also impressed with the fact an interview made a special trip to the conference room to ensure I had his card. Overall the school seems like it has the right idea, but in my opinion some of the rules seem a little strict. Nonetheless, it appears you'll get a great medical education.
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My experience was great, I was impressed with everything LECOM has to offer. The faculty seems great and very caring. My interviewers were great too, if you get Dr. Evans and Mrs. Latimer as your interviewers, make them laugh and you'll be fine. I was completely myself (funny) and they seemed to eat it up. Most people are so up tight during their interviews that they dont give themselves a chance. Try to make it as casually conversational as you can. Answer the questions properly but try to have a story to go along with it that lets them get to know the real you better! This interview day kept LECOM as my top choice for med school. I received my acceptance to the Bradenton campus 2 days ago and very graciously accepted the offer as soon as I could. And that is without even seeing the campus yet or the surrounding towns in Florida. True, I am a little skeptical about this, so if anybody out there has any information that could help me out (FL housing info, town info, or anything else)... please let me know. Good luck to all the applicants and hopefully we'll see each other in Florida this September.
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It was a great experience... My advice.. if you have have the potentials.. and believe in yourself and your capabilities.. don't stress too much about this interview... it's straight forward about YOU as a person.. your credentials... and your life... so make sure to have self-exploration before you go there...
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The interview was very casual. I spent most of the time laughing at the jokes the interviewers were making. I just got my acceptance letter yesterday. If you want to start med school this fall i would recomend applying to the florida campus they still have a lot of seats open. And as far as i know once u get in you can move back to the erie campus.
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I interviewed in February and was accepted to the Bradenton campus. Most of negative talk on here seems related to the town of Erie, and the administration of the school there. I just want to point out that a brand new campus is opening in the Fall in Florida in a beautiful location; being a new school, though related to LECOM, it will have a different atmosphere. I agree that Erie is god-awful; but if schools are reflections of the environments around them, then the school in Bradenton should be bright, airy, and a great place to study and live. Don't let the bad talk about Erie sway you from applying to LECOM - there's another option.
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I did not walk in there or out of there really being sure if i liked the school, the faculty the town, etc. I dont like that once you decide on the pathway there is no CHANGE. i did not like the food for lunch-no one did. the school was very boring and not exciting
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Overall, pretty decent. The people were nice, LECOM came off as professional, all learning pathways were interesting, school looked really nice, informative
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One of my three interviewers was extremely nice and responsive - the other two people basically sat there with blank stares, and didn't really smile much or respond to my answers. The interview consists of ten questions read off of a sheet of paper. The one guy seemed to make some effort to make the interview more than that, becoming somewhat converstional at times; the other two, however, simply went down the list. I left the interview having no clue how I did because of the complete lack of feedback. Turns out I was accepted - would have been nice to hear a "good job" or something.
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Everything was pretty much as I expected. There was no tricky question. I was a little nervous only because I am very new in the US and not totally fluent in English. I am accepted and chose to study at Bradenton. There are many uncertainties about the new campus, and I am hoping the program will have good qualities. The main reason I chose LECOM is the location--very close to my home, and, what a nice environment!--and the fact they seem to offer a type of DO program I've been looking for. There was another DO program I was accepted to and I really liked, but it is in north, and I just didn't want to move too far.
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The interviewers were pretty friendly but seemed incredibly bored and put out of place half the time. I found one gazing out the window mid-interview.
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It was very pleasant. I had an admissions staff member and an MD of all people. I had to very diplomatically say that I went the DO route because I thought that most MD's are jerks (obviously not in those words and he must have thought along the same lines to be teaching at a DO school). The airport is TINY. Reminds me of the Daytona Beach Regional Airport of 20 years ago. At all of the gates except 1 or 2, you walk out to the plane.
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This experience was one of the best and reassuring things I've ever done in my life. It was great. It started out with a tour, then an overview of Erie, the learning pathways, financial aid, and housing in Erie (very cheap living). Half hour interviews were done between 9:00 and 11:45 am, then lunch with a student from each of the learning pathways, which was very informative. True, the school building is very small, but it doesn't have to be huge to be a great school. I am praying to God that I get into LECOM, either Erie or Bradenton, it doesn't matter. One person interviewing with us was from Bradenton and said it was a great place to live, and would be a great place to go to med school. Every person I met was nice as hell to all of us, and acted like they really did want us there. Not nearly as stressful as I would have thought, and I left Erie with a great impression of the town and of LECOM. Hopefully I get in!
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Sorry, I made a small mistake on my last entry. LECOM is obviously a DO program not MD/PhD.
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Short tour by student at 8:00. Overview of school, policies, and learning pathways by admissions staff. Given 10 to 15 minutes to read an article on breast cancer research (level you would read in TIME or Newsweek). Called out for half hour interviews. The 10 of us were interviewed individually by 2 or 3 faculty members. Financial aid overview. Lunch with student ambassadors.
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Overall, I was very impressed with the experience and wouldn't have them change anything. Everybody was nice from the moment you walk in the door there is someone there to great you. If you read over the responses on sdn you'll be fine. All of the questions on here are exactly what is asked of you on interview day. Also, don't expect the HDL/LDL article, they switch it up on you with others. Don't forget that they give you an article for about 5 mins. and then the interviewers will ask you to summarize it.
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Standard questions, everyone gets the same questions.
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Hey all. I am a med student here at LECOM. I can honestly say there are pros & cons about this school. Positives: you have 3 different pathways of learning. You can either sit in class (8-5)-LDP,work in small groups (they meet 3x/wk 2h ea)-PBL or ISP (here's the book, see you at the final exam). Even if you have trouble with academics, they don't boot you out right away, unlike other schools.We do get to slip in food in class or in other areas of the building. Dress code is actually good after seeing what other students would wear without the dress code. Negatives: the other med student is right,it is run by a family. There are surveillance cameras almost everywhere to make sure u don't bring food (you can get around it).It sucks we have to dress up just go to school to study in the library. OMM lab is so subjective & instructors are so disorganized. Library is so tiny,this isn't a campus feeling here. The weather & the town isn't so great & ppl who come from warm states & cities are taking sometime to adjust. Yeah, ppl complain about the snow & the cold. If you come from a warm state, may I suggest our Florida campus for you. But it's a good way not to get distracted from your studies.
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We received a different article to read (not HDL/LDL), and they asked about it in the interview. All in all, I enjoyed my interview. Try to be as collected, and calm as possible!
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Listen up people..I am currently a second year student here at LECOM. If you have other options other than LECOM take them. You honestly aren't getting your money's worth here. They have a lot of bogus fees that you pay for. There is no freedom at the school. To be honest the school is run by the Mafia (its a family run school). Teachers hate the curriculum but have no power to make changes. Some of the profs are good and some suck. The facilities are horrible (i miss my undergrad). Library, study rooms, cafteria, exercise facility, all are horrible. The school is literally a cold school. The dress code thing isn't strictly followed as the year progresses, especially in the winter. Guys can get away with just wearing sweaters. You will see food in the classrooms, just have to be discrete about it. Mandatory attendence...yeah right, i should be at class now. The interview was a joke, so don't worry about it.
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I ranked the interview as positive, only because it was better than I expected. Given the choice, there's no way in heck I'd go there, but I can understand if someone would want to be isolated from distractions in a small town, so I won't talk sh-t.
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Very laid back and seemed like a job interview rather than a med school interview.
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Overall I was impressed with the school, its clean, they want you to succeed, the students and faculty were friendly.
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A tour in the morning, followed by a sitdown talk with admissions people, follwed by an atricle they give you to read (my advise is to get some good info from it cuz they ask you to summarize it in the interview portion), interviews, lunch with MS2's
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This place left me with a good feeling all around. I don't have a great feeling about the prospect of the independent study tract, but hopefully I'll be in one of the other two. The students seems happy with the program, and on top of that I ran into an MSIII from Drexel on the flight out. She had had positive things to say about the LECOM students she was rotating with at local hospitals in Penn. The board passing seem as competitive as some of the other top schools I've interviewed which is reassuring.
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Reading up on this webpage many people make the school sound scary. Mandatory attendance, dress code (ties required daily). After interviewing I realized you have to wear a tie everyday as a doctor, and during your rotation and residency. They are just getting you adjusted for that. Mandatory attendance... thats not really a bad thing. While most people spent about 20 minutes in their interview, I spent about 40. If you have questions / comments share them and you will find the staff are really nice and usually will be able to make you see things in a way you had not prior to the interview.
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Very cold, school treats their students as if there back in catholic grade school, lose the ego erie!
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The day began with a tour and then we had to sit in this room and watch a movie about Erie and listen to some presentations. Randomly people got called out for their interviews, but no one knew what order or time we were going. I anticipated my name being called everytime the door opened and didn't end up interviewing until last (11:30). This is why I thought the interview process was stressful. I also missed the finacial aid presention when I was in my interview. All of the questions in the interview are read directly off of a piece of paper and the same as what everyone is saying on this site. The admissions person told us that One interviewer is supposed to be the "mean one" and one is the "nice one." SO don't be worried if one does most of the talkinig and the other writes stuff on the paper the entire time. After the interview we had lunch with other students.
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The day began with a tour of the facilities. Our tour guide was a second year student that was very nice and helpful. We were taken to a confrence room where we talked about the school policies and different pathways. We were given an article to read. Make sure that you take a note or two and remember a few facts. They will ask you about the article so have a few specific details about the article. They will be impressed with that. We watched a video about Erie. The day ended with lunch with three second year students that can answer any questions you might have about the different pathways, applications, or medical school. I was very impressed with the school. I have since been accepted and am excited about attending LECOM.
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No need to stress. Simple, straight forward interview.
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The interview experience was low stress and was helpful in my research to pursue a school which fit ME. Although the interview questions were read from a prepared question form, I felt the questions were appropriate and stimulated further conversation on both sides of the table.
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We started promptly on time and were given a tour by a second year student. then we went into a conferece room and were given an article to read mine was about cholestrol. then we began talking about LECOM and the pathways. then the interviews began. each person was escorted by some one of the interview panel. once the interviews were finished we had lunch with students which was helpful because they were able to answer all of the questions give us the real scoop. overall i was very impressed and the school is very nice and there things to do in erie.
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LECOM interview was the most professional presentation among all schools. Financial Aid information session was very helpful, Erie film was nice to see, and it was truly impressive.
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Very good interview and experience
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Very formal in presentation (questions read from a prepped sheet), but fairly relaxed. Same comments as previous posts. Also, when they give you an article to read, take notes.
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Relaxed and very open atmosphere
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I had a great time at LECOM. Of course Erie is nothing too great, but I'm pretty indifferent to that sort of thing. It's only 4 years, and the school seems worth going to despite the city of Erie. Overall, they did a great job at covering all aspects of questions you may have.
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The students that I met were great, but I felt bad for them for having to deal with such a stiff environment. The interview was with three people asking various questions off a sheet of paper and no conversational feedback...wake up, Erie, find a better way to get to know your applicants. I hope they read this site so they can revamp their process. It is a good school despite their lost touch with reality.
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Overall, it was a great experience. The relaxed atmosphere helped me relax more.
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I wasn't very impressed. The students were nice as were the faculty, but there were a lot of things which put me off.
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Overall, I had a really pleasant experience with LECOM. The students and faculty are super friendly and open and that made up for a lot of the cons that I listed. Personally, I could take the dress code, but I couldn't take the no food or drink policy... I would just keel over if I didn't have my morning cup o' joe everyday!
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An impressive medical school, very new facilities, quality professors, nice students that aren't stuck up (or so it seems), reasonable costs. Overall "above average" impression, esp with compared to schools in philly.
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Basically, I really liked this school. The location isn't intercity, which is not my style. It is a little more suburban or very lightly urban. The school is very professional and seems to have their act together. The students and admin. tried hard to make everyone feel comfortable and stress-free
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I liked the school alot. They really train good docs. Discipline there is a good thing, not a negative.
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I went there two days before the interview to get a chance to "experience" Lake Erie, hmmm yes well there really isn't anything there to experience. Sat around doing nothing for about two hours waiting to be interviewed. Others and I were asking questions about what the chances are of us getting in, how many people they interview vs. how many get in, and the representative wouldn't tell us anything. She just said she didn't have those numbers. Finally though, they started to show a video about the town, when suddenly I was called for my interview. The video was something I actually wanted to see, since I'm not from around there! The interview was fine, even though the three interviewers were totally unresponsive unitl they asked me about my MCAT scores. Lunch was horrible, I am a vegetarian/don't eat cheese, they had absolutely nothing I could eat!
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I was really bad, but I managed the keep calm and answer the questions. Take my advise "DONOT GO TO ERIE, YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED."
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Overall, I like LECOM, the atmosphere is very proffesional, but laid back at the same time. Everyone was extremely helpful and seemed to get along with eachother. The city of Erie isnt that bad. A little worried about the snow...
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To every con, I seem to justify it with a pro probablly evident in my entry. This was my first interview and the kids I interviewd with were awesome. When the first interviewer came in, he remarked, "This is a smiling bunch of kids." I think they observe your behavior with each other. Elaine Morris provided a lot of info about LECOM and the town itself. Pay attention even if your nervous about the interiew so you can ask the panel questions about what you heard. I dont know what to compare this expereince to given I haven't had any others yet.
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There is only one building, so if you're used to a "campus" there isn't one here. The building is all white and it seemed as if no one went to school there. There is a dress code, but it allows you to accumulate all the dress attire you will need as a physician and makes you feel like you're accomplishing something.I was also able to stay with students that attend the med school, so it gave me a very different perspective than if I had just stayed in a hotel and left immediately after. So, if possible, arrange to stay with a student.
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My interview was extremely laid back! I wasn't even asked why D.O., or anything about my research! As long as you have good letters of rec. you should be fine.
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I really enjoyed my interview at LECOM. I felt that LECOM truly strives to select mature individuals who are confident in the path they have chosen, and who are ready to devote themselves wholeheartedly to study. This school has an excellent curriculum and provides its students with all of the tools necessary to become competent physicians, especially in the area of primary care. My wife and I both found the area to be nice with plenty of shopping and restaurants (Old Navy, Olive Garden, Applebees, etc.), and the cost of living is inexpensive. Erie is middle class suburb USA. We had read some of the postings here that portray a 'dreary Erie' so we didn't have very high expectations. But when we arrived we were pleasantly surprised with what we found, especially with the 70-degree October weather (which we think was a fluke)! There is actually quite a bit of new development in the area, especially right around the school.
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Overall it was a very relaxed informal interview...very low stress...everybody is really nice and I can't wait to find out if I'm going there :)Just know yourself inside and out and you will be fine.
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This was not the school for me. The staff was friendly but when the best thing about the area you can say is that it is 1.5 hours to buffalo, 2 to pittsburgh, and 1.5 to cleveland thats a sad state to me. The airport had 3!!! terminals. I flew in on a prop plane if that gives you an ideal on the size of the airport. The different pathways were kind of cool but if you are interested in Sarasota for thier new branch campus you must do PBL. The school was clean but it seemed a bit to sterile and rule based for me. Some people thrive in this, not me.
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I felt comfortable with every question and the interviewers were really laid back, which helped me not to be nervous
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This interview was very kick-back/low stress. The other interviewees were very sociable, and the faculty and students at the school were very helpful and open when answering our questions. Don't worry!! Erie is really not that bad of a place, depending upon where you are from and what you are used to. It is centrally located to a number of metropolitan areas (Columbus, Pittsburgh)and it is near Canada and beautiful upstate NY.
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I'm really glad that I got in else where. The school was just too opressive for my tastes. I think that the school does prepare you for the boards and will help you becomeing a compatent physican, however I dont think that anyone will have much fun doing that at this school.
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The interview was good. I'm currently a student here. So if you have any questions feel free to write and I'm also selling furniture. [email protected]
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I just wanna ask other students who interviewed at lecom if they have heard anything at all. It seems that they are very slow at responding with a decision. Its been more than a month and they have not made a decision on my file yet...
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All in all the interview wasn't bad at all...the people were nice that i was interviewing with. The town doesnt have much to do, which i think is good so you could concentrate and wont be too distracted. The interview was a standardized procedure, they just read off of a sheet.
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The schedule was complete with tour of the building, financial aid presentation, packet of info, interview, and lunch w/a 2nd yr student. The cost of living is low so rent & etc would be quite reasonable. You have to have a car. You also have to get a laptop that meets certain specs and buy disability insurance on top of health/medical coverage. The deposit is $1500. My group was told that the Admissions Committee meets every Wed and that they're a week behind in processing apps. We also were told that they're interviewing an extra month (April) this year. Decisions should mail out in about 1 month.
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About what I expected. The article they ask you to summarize is another test, it seems like. Mine was about the value of exercise, since drugs do not lower all forms of cholesterol that cause heart risk.
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The interviewers were super friendly and one of them kept crackin jokes. Good experience overall.
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Overall, I was very impressed by LECOM. The area is nice, and the cost of living is fairly inexpensive. I think that I would like to attend school here.
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Overall, I liked LECOM more than I thought I would. The people in my interview group were very cool. One of the other interviewees suggested that it would have been fun to get together and go out before the interview. I agree. LECOM is going to be opening a new campus in Tampa, FL next year which is going to be a class of 150 people all on the PBL pathway. This means that they'll have more clinical rotation sites in FL, which is a good thing. Aside from the fact that there was the boarding school feel to the place, I liked it. I think that if you were in the PBL pathway (on campus 15 hours a week) it would be a great place to go to school. Being there 35 hours a week (the LD pathway) is something else all together.
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You have a group of 10-15 prospective students...you go on a tour and then wait in a conference room to get called for the interview. In this room, you watch a movie on Erie, learn about LECOM, and have a presentation on financial aid. Once you get called, you are escorted by one of the interviewers to the room. Here you sit in front of them and they simply talk to you for about 25 minutes. My interviewers seemed sincere and were jovial during the interview. After everyone in the group has gone, you eat (free lunch) with the students in the group and 1st and 2nd year med. students (if you so choose).
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Overall, nice school, a little strict for me. Will go if it is the only place i get in, but that's about it
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Overall the interview was very laid back and the faculty were extremely friendly and were honestly interested in you as a person.
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Overall, the interview day was very laid back. The actual interview was very short, so once it was over, I was really relaxed. Everyone seemed very nice and helpful. The building was very nice with a lot of new technology. If you don't mind cold weather and snow, it's a great school!
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Overall, the experience was extremely laid back. If you interview there, you have nothing to worry about. Erie is nice for a small midwestern town, just what you would expect. The people appear to be nice, but many seem to be pursuing DO degree as a result of a career change.
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Erie's kind of a drab place, but it has everything you would ever need, and its really affordable. The LECOM building is really nice and new, and all of the staff are really really friendly and helpful. The learning pathways are great options, but its unfortunate that you get locked into one once you matriculate. It seems like a really great program which is only going to get better. Overall, I have a really good feeling about LECOM. The interview itself was really low stress. The interviewers really seemed like they wanted to get to know you and were really personable. The only thing i thought was a real negative was the lack of diversity in the students and the faculty. Besides the questions i posted below, they asked me to tell them about anything that wasn't in my file i thought would make me a better applicant, and how i thought i would handle the stress of medical school. Good luck!
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All in all interview is very relaxed, tour is fun and staff very helpful
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VERY BY THE BOOK. ALL INTERVIEWEES GET SAME QUESTIONS. READ AN ARTICLE AND SUMMARIZE DURING INTERVIEW
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The whole day is pretty well organized and structured. Your group of about 10 starts a tour of the campus/building at about 8am. The tour ends in a conference room where the guide talkes about the learning pathways and school policies. This time is very informal and you're free to ask whatever questions you have. The guide isn't at all involved in the decision process. At 9:15 interviews start. There are three panels consisting of three interviewers. You know ahead of time which panel will be interviewing you, but you don't know the order. Mine wasn't alphabeticle. One of the interviewers comes to get you and takes you to a room where the other two are waiting. If you do your homework the actual interview isn't bad at all. The panel has sheets in front of them, and just go down a standardized list of questions, each person taking a turn asking. Other then the questions listed I had: Why DO? Describe a leadership role? Can you handle stress of med-school? What led you to want to be a Dr? They also ask you to summarize a short article that you read in the conference room. Mine was about gene therapy. After the interview you hear a presentation concerning financial aid. Then it's off to the cafeteria for a free lunch and time to talk with a couple of current students. Our group was done at 12:30. All in all it was a pretty good and unstressful day. Some of the questions asked of other interviewees weren't asked of me, but they are all posted by others who have been to LECOM. My best advice is to research and write down all the questions posted and think about each one. Being prepared for the questions makes a huge difference. One question that was asked of someone that I hadn't seen before was "what 3 people, living or dead (only one relateve) would you invite over for dinner"? Good luck. Green912
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I was not at all impressed with this program. The school is tiny, it has only one building. The town seemed unsafe and run-down. The staff was cold and very detached from the students. The students seemed unhappy, very few smiles.
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The tour was very organized; i had a good group so we had a very relaxed setting before each candidate was interviewed; they respond quickly.
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Great people and facilities. Students seemed really friendly. The interview was very low stress. They really make you feel comfortable. They just want to know more about you. Don't stress!!
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It was good. Interviewers were friendly. The tour was ok. Diverse group of students, however, I think alot of the students start around 24-25 yrs. old.
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Was a good practice interview. School is crappy: no doctors to come in and speak on their specialty, you share a cadavar with other groups (don't do all of dissecting), dress code, no food or drink allowed anywhere but the cafeteria...yeah, you spend all day at school and then all night studying only to have to dress up the next morning and not have your coffee. whatever!
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Overall, the admissions staff and students were friendly and helpful. However, I didn't like Erie all that much. I think its mostly because of the dreary weather and kind of desolate location. If you are used to sunshine, then this place is not for you. Also, I'm used to being around large, cosmopolitan cities and this town can't even compare.
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It was an ok experience. The school is in the middle of nowhere and has way to many rules. It is a great school to go to if you are from that area.
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It was really bad. sorry..it might really be a good school, but im from california and didnt like the city the second i got off the plane
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Admissions staff was very friendly and answered all questions. The students we had lunch with were happy with the school.
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It was good overall. The students were friendly, and the living expenses reasonable. I would like to go there if I get accepted.
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Do not go to this school if you like to eat or drink during lecure and are most comfortable in sweat pants or jeans or even khakis and a collared shirt. That's right, MEN MUST WEAR TIES AND DRESS PANTS AND LADIES MUST WEAR SLACKS OR SKIRT, BUT NOT TOO SHORT OR YOU"LL BE SENT HOME. This is null and void when in labs though. No food allowed anywhere except in the cafeteria. You are required to purchase a laptop computer. Most people seemed older and in career changes versus other schools where I interviewed, such as PCOM High School with all the children there. This place has good intentions if you plan on studying 24/7 and not relaxing because the city of Erie is not exactly paradise.
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Everyone had the same questions thrown at them - give example of conflict - how you dealt with it - how do you deal with stress. And prior to the interview we were all given a 2-page reading and asked to summarize it at the end of the interview. My interviewers were very nice. The tour was given by a staff member, who was very nice, but I would have preferred a tour with a student. The school seems rather strict - mandatory attendance and a dress code, and no food/drink in lecture and library! Wired ethernet ports in lecture and library, which is destined to become a standard I'm predicitng. Cost of living is cheap for this part of the US, but there seems to be nothing to do here. Three different learning pathways, which is impressive.
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Not that stressful, unfriendly staff for the most part, very sterile atmosphere. Everyone gets the same questions in the same order
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Fantastic!
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I felt like they were just trying to fill spots no matter who applies there.
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I was very impressed with the school and faculty. Although Erie is known for the snow and drab days it is very pretty and relaxful during the spring-fall months. The interview was not too stressful. The new facilities although plain are still impressive and with the multitude of affiliations to other hospitals and organizations the school will continue to grow in many different ways
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I really enjoyed interview. It seemed fairly laid back. A tour was given, followed by presentation interviews. Lunch with Med student, complete. I would have liked to see lecture, talk to more students, and more faculty. However, the "gut" feeling is I really like LECOM. I will go there if accepted. I really liked the faculty that interviewed me.
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All in all LECOM is an excellent school, but I don't percieve myself attending if accepted. Dont stress about the interview-just know your app well.
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The interview process was very professional and organized, with lots of time to ask all sorts of questions of staff, as well as a free lunch with students to ask them more questions. The school is also very proud of their three different learning pathways, which give students more options than just the same old lecture style they received in high school.
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They use a standard interview questionare. All students are asked the same questions. The interviewers were friendly and stuck to the script, nothing out of left field. After the standard questions were asked, the topic was mostly the local area and things to do on your "off" time.
💬 Interview Process ▼
Length, number, and type of interviews
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Length:
32 Minutes Average
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Number:
2.4 Interviews Average
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Interview Type (Interaction):
52% One-on-One
48% Group Interview
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File Type:
57% Open-File
43% Closed-File
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Interview Modality:
100% Virtual
0% In-Person
LECOM-COMP interviews are an average of 32 minutes, with an average of 2.4 interviews. 52% of interviews are one-on-one, 0% are in-person, and 43% are closed-file.
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
The most commonly asked interview questions at medical schools include inquiries about skills and attributes, specialty interests, personal attributes aligned with the institution's mission, definitions of professionalism, reasons for pursuing medicine and osteopathic medicine, qualities of a good physician, and handling challenging aspects of medical school and patient care. While some responses mentioned an MMI format and nondisclosure agreements, the focus was on assessing candidates through questions related to personal experiences, conflict resolution, leadership styles, stress management, and motivations for pursuing a career in medicine.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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What would you do if a patient did not trust the medical system or your recommendations? How would handle this situation?
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What skills and attributes do you bring to LECOM? What drives you to seek excellence?
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What specialty are you interested in?
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What personal attributes do you have that are similar to LECOM's mission?
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How do you define professionalism?
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Tell me about yourself.
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Why LECOM & Why DO?
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Why osteopathic medicine
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Why medicine and why osteopathic medicine
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What 3 qualities that make a good physician?
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What's the one aspect of medicine that you find to be an issue? How would you deal with it? (Group discussion)
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Why are you a better candidate than our many other applicants?
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Why Medicine?
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If we had one spot left in our class, why should we give it to you?
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Where do you see yourself in 5 years if you do not ever get accepted to medical school?
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Why are you here?
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Why medicine, why DO, why LUCOM?
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Tell me about yourself
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Should medicine be a multicultural approach or is there one glove that fits all?
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What will be the most challenging part of medical school and most challenging part of being an attending physician?
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Seton Hill only has group interviews and they asked what is professionalism to you and give an example when you saw unprofessional behavior and had to react.
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Tell me about a time where you disagreed with someone and how you resolved the conflict.
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What was a mistake you made and what did you learn from it?
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General intro (name, undergrad, what you've been doing since graduation, fun fact)
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What was the hardest class you had and how did you overcome it?
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What is your spirit animal?
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Youre doing a group project, someone made a mistake, how do you handle it
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Tell us about yourself (name, where you did undergrad, clinical experiences, and a fun fact about you)
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There was a scenario about a patient and prescribing him/her medications - group was asked to talk about what they would do.
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If you have any gaps in your application, as in a time you were not attending school, and I know that one of you specifically has a substantial one, explain what you did during this time.
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Group interview: basic introductions, what was the most interesting thing I'd seen as a scribe? who is A.T. Still? How would you react if you caught someone cheating? If you had made a promise to work as an aid in a summer camp for children in need, and your friends asked if you would attend a medical mission trip instead, which would you choose and why?
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Questions that concern what you would do/whether you can be professional in a given situation
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If you noticed your classmate was not wearing proper attire (Stained, wrinkled clothing), what would you do?
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Describe yourself (where you're from, academic background, research, volunteering, hobbies).
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What is your spirit animal? (I'm serious. They really asked this).
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What does professionalism mean to you?
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Do you think it's okay for doctors to have casual Friday?
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The group portion consisted of an initial introduction, what volunteering/research/etc have you done, and then discussion about a friend you suspect of cheating.
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Introduce yourself
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Standard introductions.
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Name, where you're from, which undergrad you attended, why LECOM?, why osteopathic medicine?, something interesting about yourself?
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Standard interview style questions - greatest accomplishment, who has influenced you. Some new questions that haven't been mentioned here before. I think they are swapping in new questions because they want on the spot answers... and honestly, those answers really did represent the person better than their rehearsed ones.
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Talk about the best professor you have ever had.
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Why D.O.?
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Who is your mentor?
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What is your proudest accomplishment?
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Introduce yourself... Where you are from? What you studied? Why Erie?
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Do you want to go into medicine knowing that much of your time will be taken up doing paperwork and not treating patients?
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What is a major obstacle you overcame and are proud of?
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What is the cause of the obesity epidemic?
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What was your single greatest achievement?
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Talk about a challenging time while working at *blank*
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Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?
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What's one thing that your friends wouldn't know about you?
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Tell us about yourself intro?Professor that inspired you? Prof that was difficult and how you handled it? Do you feel that primary care is fairly compensated and how you feel about the short time they spend with their Pt's
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What would you do with a non-compliant patient?
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What is a difficult challenge and how did you handle it?
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If you have a patient who does not comply with your recommendations, what do you do?
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Now that you are all here sitting in this building, what does the word "still" mean to you?
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Name a hardship in your life and how you overcame it.
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Why DO?
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Tell us about yourself
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Are patients "customers"?
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Introduce yourself (name, school, hobbies, experiences). Greatest achievement. Time you had to overcome a difficulty with a professor/in your life
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What is something that your friends would be surprised to know about you?
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Universal Health care?
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Tell us one thing your friends would be surprised to find out.
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Introduce yourself to the group (suggested: name, school, occupation, HC/volunteer experience)
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Describe yourself, Accomplishment most proud of, 15-20 years in the future, How should a private practice deal with needing to increase the bottom line, do lazy fat, smokers deserve care and organ transplants.
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Introduce yourself to the group, including an interesting fact that wasn't on your application.
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How do you see yourself using your LECOM education in the future?
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Describe a challenging time and how you dealt with it.
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Give a brief introduction of yourself to the group and mention one interesting fact about yourself.
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Tell me about an experience that will allow you to become a better osteopathic physician
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1)Tell us about yourself. 2)Why Medicine?, Why D.O.?, Why LECOM? 3)What qualities does a good leader possess?, What leadership experiences have you had?, What style of leadership do you use?
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Tell us about yourself.
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Tell me about yourself. why DO? health care experience. 3 positive words, 1 negative. how do you work in a team? what are the characteristics of a leader?
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"Doctors are often type A personalities. What would you do if your ego was clashing with another clinician?"
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Tell us about yourself. Why DO? Why LECOM? Why Erie? Clinical experiences? Leadership role? What do you like to do to relax? Which pathway and why?
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What brings you to Lake Erie?
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Basically they asked me the 9 basic questions listed on SDN but that's because I'm a typical applicant. they asked the non-traditional students other questions that are more specific.
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Describe yourself.
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Why are you interested in LECOM if you are from so far away (california) / will it be hard for you to get used to living here?
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So Describe yourself.
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Where and when was Osteopathic medicine started?
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8 questions, identical to those noted by other interviewees. Sweet.
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Think of a time you had a conflict. How did you deal with it/resolve it?
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1) Tell us about yourself or something interesting that was not on your application. 2) Why medicine, why DO, why LECOM? 3) What clinical experiences have you had? Have you shadowed a DO?
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"Tell us something that is not in your file" ; "Why Medicine?"; "Why DO?"
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What makes you a unique applicant and why do want to become an osteopathic physician here at LECOM?
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Why LECOM?
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Describe yourself?
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What can you tell about yourself that is not on your application?
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Tell me about yourself...
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What are your grades and MCAT score? (what si the point of a closed file interview?)
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How do you deal with stress?
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How did you come to know about Osteopathic Medicine and why do you want to pursue it?
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Tell us about yourself and something that your friends wouldn't know about you.
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Tell us about yourself? and tell us something that your friends would be surprised to learn about you?
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Tell us where you go/went to school, clinical/volunteer service, and something interesting about yourself.
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Tell us a bit about yourself.
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Tell us a little about your background.
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What is one of your accomplishment you would like us to know?
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Same 9 they ask everyone except they skipped a few at the end because we spent too much time on the first few. Describe yourself. Passions in life. 3 words to describe yourself. 1 weakness.
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They were all from the previously-listed interview questions. They go down a list of questions. Interview was a 2-member panel. Not exactly sure how long it lasted, def. a little more than 30min, but depends on who interviews you. Some inteviewers talk more.
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How do you handle stress?
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Tell me about yourself. Why osteopathy?
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Tell me about yourself. Tell me about a time when you needed to use your communication skills. Tell me about a time you had a conflict (with anyone) and how you resolved it.
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All on here but: Tell us about yourself, clinical experience, what do you do for stress relief, describe a conflict and how you resolved it, leadership experience, 3 strengths + 1 weakness, GPA and MCAT scores.
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All have already been listed on SDN but I'm a nice guy so I will let you know them all again
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Apparently, they're not using the standard list of questions anymore. I, however, was asked those questions and only those. Thankfully, I prepared for those questions!
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Tell us about you? If we called your mother and asked her 3 strengths and 1 weakness of you what would they be?
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Is there anything about yourself you'd like us to know that isn't in your file?
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Really very standard questions and ones that have already been posted but i will list them again. KNOW THESE and you will nail the interview.
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What are your strengths?
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Which Learning pathway are you most interested in?
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What is your leadership style? example?
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What kind of a leader are you. Strengths(3), weakness(1).
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Tell me about what brought you here, why medicine, why osteopathic medicine
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Tell me about yourself?
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Tell me about a conflict or disagreement you've had with someone and what you learned from it.
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Tell us something not in your file. Name 3 weakness and one thing you want to work on.
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Explain the processs of how you chose medicine. Why DO?
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What was the most interesting thing you have scene during your work in the ER?
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Why DO? What is your leadership style? What are three strengths and one thing that you would like to work on?
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Why DO
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Why do you want to be a DO?
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Describe a situation that was stressful and how you handled it
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Why lecom? why do?
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Why DO? Why LECOM? Tell us about yourself.
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Why DO/medicine?
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Why medicine/DO?
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What made you want to become a DO?
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What is something not on your application that you think would increase your chances?
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(1) We looked through your file, is there anything else you want to tell us. (2) What got you into medicine and osteopathic medicine? (3) How do you handle stress?
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1. Tell us something not in your file 2. Why DO 3. How do you deal with conflict 4. Describe when working in a team is better than individually
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Why are you interested in osteopathic medicine?
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How to deal with stress?
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What do you think will be your biggest challenge in starting med school?
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Tell us about your Clinical experiences
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Tell us something thats not in your file? why doctor? why DO? strengths/weaknesses? A positive and negative experience from my volunteer work in the ER? how do i deal with stress? how do i deal with conflict and ex.? a time when team work was more beneficial over having a leader?
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Communication is important for physicians. How are you good at communicating?
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What are your strengths/weaknesses? Talk about your leadership experiences. Talk about a time when you acted as part of a team.
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Give an example of a time you were involved in conflict and what you did to solve it.
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Standard 9 questions.
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Standard questions. Why DO? Why doctor? Strengths? Weakness? How do you deal with stress? Example of your leadership. How to deal with conflict? What do you do to relive stress? Summerize this article. (ez)
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What are your strengths/weaknesses?
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Why Lake Erie?
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Tell us something about yourself that is not in the file.
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How would you describe yourself, both strengths and characteristics you might need to improve?
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If you were to improve something about yourself, what would it be?
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Why do you want to be a doctor and why do you want to be an osteopathic physician?
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Why osteopathic medicine.
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Specific to the standard questions
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Tell us something about you that is not in your file.
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Standard 9 questions
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See 9 questions
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Why do u want to become a doctor
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1) Tell us about something recent you have done or something you would like to elaborate on? 2) Why does the osteopathic field interest you? 3) Tell us about your healthcare experience 4) How do you handle stress and give an example?
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What do you think about family practice?
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The same nine (look them up in a previous feedback)
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Standard nine, see other postings to get exact questions. I'll paraphrase below.
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The standard ones: 1. Tell us something not in your file or if there is something you'd like to expand on. 2. Why are you interested in osteopathic medicine. 3. What medical experiences do you have?
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9 standard LECOM questions
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Same 9 questions
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1. Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2. Why medicine and why D.O.? 3. How do you handle stress?
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Strenghts/Weakness
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Posted previously
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Why DO/medicine? What medical experience have you had?
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Name a stressful situation and how I responded to it
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The standard quesitons 1) Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2) Why medicine? [this is standard, but they didn't ask me] 3) Why osteopathic medicine and how do you see it as being holistic and beneficial?
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How are your communication skills, and what was a situation where you used those skills to help another?
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Tell us something not on your application.
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The same generic questions that everyone is asked
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How do you deal with stress? Explain a stressful situation.
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Standard from questions.
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The same 9 questions they ask everyone.
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When is a team approach called for? Give us an example
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What is you leadership style?
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What is your leadership style?
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Tell us something about yourself that isn't in your file.
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Look through the other feedbacks for the list of 9 questions. they read them off...no tricks, no weird questions.
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What are your strengths and weaknesses?
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Pretty much every question they asked me is already listed on this site.
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Tell us something about you that is not in your file...have a good example that will speak well of your character.
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Tell us something that you've recently done that's not in your application.
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Tell us something about you that is not in your file
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Refer to past feedbacks to get the list of questions.
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Strengths and weaknesses
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Give an example of your leadership skills.
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Tell me something that is not in your file. Describe how osteopathic medicine is holistic and an example of this.
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The same as everyone else wrote. They will just go down the list and ask you and grade your answers right then and there. Make sure you have examples ready
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1) Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2) How do you handle stress? 3) Give us an example of when your communication skills helped you/someone else.
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These were all the questions I was asked: 1) Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2) Why medicine? 3) Why osteopathic medicine?
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See above. I listed all nine questions. There weren't any hard questions and you don't really need to prepare anything. I know I didn't.
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Tell us something that may not be in your file.
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1) Tell us something about yourself that is not on your application. 2) How do you deal with stress? 3) Did you ever have a conflict in your life and how did you overcome it? 4) What are some weaknesses you see in yourself that you feel you should change? 5) What are some qualities you feel you posses? 6) What attracted you to osteopathy? Although they didn't ask me, I have been told by other students that they sometimes will ask you about your MCAT scores and maybe a low science grade. So be prepared. There were a couple more questions but I forget. The other posts have them. GOOD LUCK and be confident. You have been granted an interview. This means that they like what they see on paper, now just show them that's who you are.
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How do you deal with stress? give an example.
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I honestly don't remember, but all of them are on someone else's post on this site.
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Why medicine? Why DO? Who or what helped you decide DO? Why Erie?
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Tell me something about yourself, other than what's in your appplication materials.
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All on SDN
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Tell me about your communication skills, give an example of how your skills helped you in situation.
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How do you handle conflict? Give an example.
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1. Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2. How do you handle stress? 3. Give us an example of when your communication skills helped you/someone else
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How do you handle stress? How are you a leader and a team player?
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How do you communicate? Give an example when your communication skills helped you and someone else. How do you handle stress? How do you handle conflict. What leadership skills do you have? Give an examle of when you were a good leader.
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Tell us something about yourself that we don't know from your file.
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If you could have dinner with three people, past or present, real or fictional, who would they be?
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Describe your DO experience
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Tell us something about yourself not in your file?
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Weakness/strength? Leadership style and experiences? Example of a conflict situation and how you resolved it.
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Strengths/Weaknesses
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Describe a strength/weakness.
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How do you relieve stress?
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Describe yourself, tell us about you
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Tell us something new/ not in your file.
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What are some of you strengths and weaknesses?
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Summarize the article you read.
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Tell me something about you that's not in your application. What made you decide to apply to osteopathic school?
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Tell us something new that's not in your application.
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Tell us your leadership style and an example.
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Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file
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Weakness, Strength
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Name a conflict and how you resolved it?
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All standard
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Tell me something about yourself that we do not know.
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Look on this site, take the time to jot down all the unique question from at least 2 years and you will have all the questions asked. then you can review them
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What are your strengths? Weaknesses? Why do you want to be a D.O.?
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Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file.
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Tell me something about yourself that may not be on your file.
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Please tell us how you deal with stress. What was the last stressful situation you had faced?
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Explain your leadership experiences. How do you work in groups?
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Provide something that we do not have about you on our record.
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What conflicts have you been part of and how did you resolve it?
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Who influenced you to become a DO? what does your dad think about it? (my dad's an MD)
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Name a conflict you recently confronted and how you approached it?
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What should we know about you that we don't know from your application?
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Now that we have discussed the scientific aspect of medicine do you think that medicine is a science or an art?
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Is there anything exciting or new that has happened to you since your application?
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Tell us something about yourself that is not on file. When did you demonstrate leadership? How do you deal with stress?
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What's your leadership style?
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1. Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file? 2. What is your biggest strenght? What is your biggest weakness? 3. What experiences have you had with communications? 4. What is your leadership style and give us an example of when you feel you acted like a good leader. 5. Tell us a time when group work worked more favorably than working as an individual? 6. Tell us a time when you had to handle a conflict? 7. How do you handle stress and give us an example of a time when you effectively handled stress? 8. When did you first learn about osteopathy? 9. When in your life do you feel that an osteopathic approach would have been better than an allopathic approach?-In my case we had already gotten into a conversation about how my allopathic migraine treatment differed from that of my osteopathic neurologist so he just had me go into detail about what was different about their approach/treatment.
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Explain a specific time you experienced conflict and describe how you handled it.
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Definition of holistic medicine
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Why do you want to be a physician, in particular, a DO?
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How do you deal with stress
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Before questions were asked they asked me to describe myself, and tell them what I think they would like to know about me.
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Strengths and weaknesses How do you handle stress?
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Where in your life/social experience do you see Osteopathic Medicine as a benefit?
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Tell us something about yourself? Why did you decide to go into medicine and not graduate school?
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How do you deal with stress? Give examples.
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How do you deal with stress? Name a particular instance in which you were stressed, and how did you deal with it?
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Describe yourself? Strengths and Weaknesses? Why do want to come to ERIE? Why LECOM?
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How do you display good leadership skills
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Tell us about yourself. What are your strengths and weakness? Give us an example of a conflict and how you handled it.
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Tell us something about yourself that's not on file
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Name leadership positions
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What to you is Osteo. medicine? and why osteo? have a good answer cuz you really want to tell them why you want to go into this field...why primary care...
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All the questions posted on this site: strengths/weaknesses, how do you handle stress, example of stressful situation, expalin a conflict and how it was resolved, why DO, summarize the article (drug coated stent)...
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Tell us about you. How do you handle/relieve stress?
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How did you deal with a conflict? What leadership qualities did you use?
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What are your study habbits?
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Why DO? You better know this one or dont show up.
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What gets you stressed and how you deal with it?
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Tell us something about you that is not on your application
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Describe Yourself
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Tell us something about yourself that is not on your application?
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Name a stressful situation and how you resolved it?
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Leadership position, and any conflict you had to overcome
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Strengths/weaknesses, same basic ones as everyone else, how do you deal with stress, etc.
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How do you handle stress....example
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Same like everyone else.
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Why do you want to be a doctor? Why D.O.?
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Describe a stressful situation and how did you handle it?
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Strengths/weaknesses?
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Tell me about your research.
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Tell us something that wasn't in your application
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Tell us something we don't know about you. Why D.O.
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What questions do you have for us?
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Tell us something not in your file.
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How you deal with conflict, give us an example?
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Your strengths and weaknesses?
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What leadership roles have you done
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Explain a stressful situation and how i resolved it
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Tell us anything about yourself you'd like the committee to know.
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What are your strengths/weaknesses? Apparently, being critical of yourself is considered perfectionism, which is not a weakness in lecom's point of view. They wanted a "true character flaw."
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What are your weaknesses?
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Same old, same old.
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Would you like us to know something about you that is not included in your file? What that you have done in your undergrad work, volunteer work, and life has made you consider and strive toward a career in Osteopathic Medicine?
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Tell us about yourself. Anything you want to tell us that isn't on your application?
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What do you do to relieve stress?
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How do i handle stress
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Tell us something about yourself not already in your file.
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Memorize some stupid article
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READ AND MEMORIZE THE ARTICLE THEY GIVE YOU.
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What are your strengths and weaknesses? How do you deal with stress?
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Why D.O.? (slightly difficult because it was asked by an MD)
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Tell me about your self? What was a conflict you encountered and how did you resolve it?
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Describe a conflict and how you handle it
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Describe your strengths and weaknesses.
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What are u currently doing?
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Name strengths and weaknesses
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Strengths, weaknesses.
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Tell us something about yourself not in application.
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why do want to become a D.O. strength/weakness
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Why do you want to pursue osteopathic medicine?
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All the same questions as in every other post- strengths, weaknesses, stress, leadership, why d.o...
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Same questions everyone else had. How do you handle stress, describe a conflict and how you resolved it, why medicine (osteopathic especially), describe a leadership role you took...,etc.
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Name a conflicting situation and what you did in that situation.
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(basically same as everyone elses posts)
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Describe a situation in which there was a conflict, how was it resolved?
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Strenghts/weaknesses
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Why Osteopathic Medicine?
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What was the most difficult class you took at your undergraduate university? Why was it difficult?
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What have you done from volunteering has prepared you for a career in medicine
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How do you study
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What was a challening situation you have had and out did you overcome it?
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Tell me something you have been doing since you submitted your application. strengths/weaknesses. tell us an example of a stressful situation and how you dealt with it.
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What do you do to relive stress?
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Do you feel that your MCAT's put you at a disadvantage?
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How do i deal with stress?
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They have a form, so look over the previous interview feedbacks.
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Same as above
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Describe a stressful situation and how you deal with stress.
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How do you deal with conflict? What's an example?
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How do you cope with stress? What volunteer/personal experiences led you to pursue D.O.? What leadership roles have you had?
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Why do you want to be a DO? Summarize the article that you read? Strength/weakness? Biggest obstacle/hardest thing in your life? Anything else you want to tell us about yourself?
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How do you handle stress and how would you handle the stress of medical school and give an example?
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How do you learn when given new material?
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What experiences led you to consider DO?
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WHY DO? WHY LECOM?
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What are some of your strengths and weaknesses
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Strengths & weaknesses
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How do you deal stress?
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Strengths/weakness
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Describe the time you demonstrated leadership sklls?
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I had to read an article before the interview on "obese women and the link to heart enlargement." I was asked to summarize this article.
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Name a stressful situation you've been in and how you deal with stress.
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What are you doing now?
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List 3 strengths
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See above...Give example of conflict
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Give an example of when you demonstrated leadership
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Describe any leadership experience you may have had.
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How my experiences affected my desire to be a physician
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Describe the time you demonstrated leadership skills? How would your friends describe you?
What was the most interesting question?
Students said the most interesting question asked at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine discussed various topics including community service, professionalism, ethical dilemmas, traits of a doctor, author influences, spirit animals, and scenarios like administering medication or addressing attire issues. The interview format may have involved Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI) based on responses referencing non-disclosure agreements, ethical debates, and group discussions on healthcare-related topics.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Explained the Make America Healthy Again movement in the US and how it aims to promote healthier lifestyles, reduce chronic illnesses, and protect public health. They then asked how you, as a future osteopathic physician, would contribute to making America Healthy again. They also asked if I followed LECOM's social media and how this impacted my decision to apply to LECOM.
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How are you currently serving your community, and how do you hope to serve patients and the community in your future osteopathic practice?
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What does professionalism mean to you?
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If a preceptor gave a student an evaluation of "unprofessional" due to their attire while everyone else gave excellent reviews, do you think it's okay to penalize the student?
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Tell us about a time when you have seen medicine at its worst.
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Discussion about the Veteran Health Administration and Homelessness in the US. (Group discussion)
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What are the 3 most important traits of a doctor and rank them by importance?
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None.
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Interesting ethical debate.
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What author has influenced your education in medicine?
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What was the last book you read for pleasure?
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Nothing really
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What is your spirit animal?
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If we had 1 seat left, why should we give it to you?
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What's your spirit animal?
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If we only had one seat left why should we give it to you
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Should a student be penalized because of his attire?
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Weighing benefits and risks of a medication
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We had a pretty solid discussion on COMLEX vs. USMLE. What people had heard about the differences, things like that. The question was asked by an interviewee.
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If you noticed your classmate was not wearing proper attire (Stained, wrinkled clothing), what would you do?
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What do you do to relieve stress?
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What is your opinion on opening DO residencies to MDs?
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None were that interesting...
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Do you think it is OK, as a public figure to go out to the bar on Friday and have a few drinks.
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If you had $x for a grant, what would you do with it?
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Something interesting about yourself that doesn't come through in your application
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All very standard questions
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None
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If you saw a colleague administer a non-life threatening dose of a medication to a patient what would you do? (group question)
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Where do you want to be in 10 - 15 years?
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What would you do for a career if you were told you could never practice medicine?
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Discussion on what would you do if a doctor gave the wrong drugs
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If your classmate next to you in lecture (assigned seating) is obese, would you advise him about improving his health?
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Do you have any questions?
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Does an unhealthy, noncompliant patient deserve the same care as a cooperative patient? How would you deal with this individual?
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Should a smoker have the same health care as a non-smoker (made for great group discussion).
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What is your greatest achievement?
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Now that you are all here sitting in this building, what does the word "still" mean to you?
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Should someone on welfare milking the system still have free health insurance.
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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What would you do if a doctor prescribed the wrong medication to a patient?
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Are patients "customers"?
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If Marvin the Martian was to abduct you to put you into a mars zoo exhibit, in the process erasing all your memories except for one, what would that one be?
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Do people who don't take care of themselves deserve healthcare? It led to a good group discussion.
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Is healthcare a privilege or should you have to earn it?
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Ethical question about cheating
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Do you think that the salaries of specialties and primary care should be reversed? Why?
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Do you think reimbursements of primary care vs. specialists is upside down?
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The attending on-call leaves the emergency room to have lunch and watch TV with instructions to call him if needed. While he is gone, a patient codes and a nurse resuscitates him. The attending returns and is upset that he wasn't paged. Who is in the wrong?
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Why did you chose to volunteer outside of the U.S. when there are needy people within the U.S.? 5/7 people in my group had done some sort of international volunteering.
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Should people who do not take care of themselves have to pay more for health insurance or have limited access to healthcare?
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If I am a second generation slug, I don't work and haven't for years, I just drink all day and get my girlfriend pregnant because with every kid we have we get another check from the government. Do I have the same right to health care as everyone?
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Which learning pathway
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What makes a good leader? What leadership style do you use?
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What pathway are you most interested in and why is it the right fit for you.
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What do you do for fun?
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What type of support system will you have during medical school?
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How would you approach preventative medicine?
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None of them really, because i already knew all of them from looking at earlier posts on this forum
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One interviewer went off the rails and asked me an essay prompt question "what kind of physician do you see yourself becoming?"
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They were pretty standard questions. Nothing very interesting.
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None were all that interesting...All questions were pretty basic.
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None of the questions were very "interesting" per se... So I'll just give you another example of what they asked me: What are three words that describe you?
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See 3
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Specific to my strengths/weakness answer
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Describe your character in just 3 words
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Do you believe in ghosts?
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3 words that describe your good qualities.
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N/a
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Eh.
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Who was your least favorite professor and why?
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What would you do if you caught one of your fellowship classmates at LECOM cheating?
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What would you do if you saw a fellow physician mistakenly prescribe the wrong drug to a patient?
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Discussion about patient autonomy.
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Tell us one interesting thing about yourself we couldn't learn from your paper application
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3 words to describe yourself
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None. Very much conversation oriented
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What do your parents do? (They asked because when they asked question 2, I said I knew my parents would use words to describe how proud they were of me)
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What is your golf handicap? - cause I play golf.
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Describe yourself. Very open ended and you can say whatever you like.
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Give us a situation where working as a team is best?
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None really, they were reading questions from a list
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Do you perfer working with a team? (Not really interesting, but I wasn't expecting this.)
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Basic interview questions, nothing surprising
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What was your mcat score? -I totally did not expect this to be asked for some reason, but anything goes.
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What does leadership mean to you?
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Most interesting ER experience?
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None really.
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Nothing really, all pretty generic
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Nothing stood out.
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Nothing too interesting/unique.
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If you could have dinner with any three people who would they be?
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Do you like to cook? If you were to have a dinner party and could invite anyone from the past or present, which three people would you invite?
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None were really interesting.
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Tell us what one trait you have is the most important?
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Tell us about a conflict you've had and what did you learn from it.
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What are your favorite books?
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All the questions were to be expected
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How will you transition into studying during medical school? (I have been out of undergrad for four years, and I've been working full-time during these years).
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None really. They have standard questions that they ask everybody, and they do not ask anything else
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None were interesting -- everything was what I expected.
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How do you catch a rabbit? lol. I volunteer with a rabbit shelter.
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How do you study and handle stress?
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What did my father think of me turning to the other side? ( He is an MD)
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You've had a lot of volunteer experiences..how have they influenced you?
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Give an example of a situation where you had to communicate to someone and it was difficult
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Nothing interesting, everything that was asked was expected
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Use three words to describe yourself.
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Nothing, I was asked the 9 questions posted on the SDN forum.
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Describe your strengths using only 3 words.
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Why Lake Erie?
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Nothing interesting very basic question? Oh other than what is the heritage of your name?
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Which characteristic would you like to improve upon?
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Why do you believe osteopathic medicine is more ''holistic?''
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Why did you withdraw from our 3+4 program?
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Well, it wasn't technically a question, but I thought it was interesting that we were asked to present the article.
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Its the standard 9 questions prev. mentioned for this school
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The questions i asked were verbatim the set questions posted in the previous SDN interview Feedback section
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Did something realy profound happen in your life that you had such a huge jump in grades from undergrad to grad school?
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I was asked about grades that were not mine. They had the wrong file for my entire interview.
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What specialty do you think you want to go into? (Not on sheet hey had)
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None. they were all pretty straight forward
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Standard questions
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Describe a situation in which you had to settle a dispute.
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How do I deal with stress
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See other reviews - standard questions
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Give an example of how your communication skills have helped you or someone else.
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1. name something we don't have on file all standard interview questions...they don't deviate from the list
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This is your chance to tell us something that is not in your file or if there is something you would like to expand upon from your file.
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They aske the ''9'' questions. All standard med school questions.
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They wanted me to explain a bad grade in school
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Name a situation where you witnessed a physician practicing in a way you would like to emulate and vice versa
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Why medicine
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How well is osteopathic medicine presented at the undergraduate school you attend?
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Communication skills are very important. Give us an example of how you have communicated effectively.
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Tell us something that is not in your file
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The interviewers are required to go down a list of 9 questions, listed below, so there's not as much flexibility as in other places. My interviewers said they liked my file and that my application pretty much answered all of those 9 questions and seemed like they'd rather talk about some of the stuff from my file, but they had to go through the question list and fill it out anyway. The only unexpected, and therefore interesting question, was how I wound up living in the city where I currently am.
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Standard questions, nothing too interesting.
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Nothing really interesting, just the standard stuff.
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There weren't any. They asked standard questions, and seemed to be unaware of the stuff in file/app.
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Summarize a short, 1 and 1/2 page article about some current medical research.
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Nothing really, they just asked the same generic questions that every interviewee gets.
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They were all the same 9 questions that everyone else has listed. But they really tried to keep it conversational versus just asking 9 straight questions.
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All the standard 9 questions
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They were all standard from questions.
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Tell me something that isn't in your file.
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The really go through 9 questions as people have previously posted.
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How do you plan on going to medical school with two kids?!
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Nothing out of the ordinary. Pretty standard questions.
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Has anyone or any event influenced your decision to go into osteopathic medicine?
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Nothing particularly interesting...standard questions the whole way through.
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Talk about a situation in which two heads were better than one.
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What do you think has been the biggest adversity you have had in your life?
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None were extremely interesting
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What is your leadership style and what qualities do you think a good leader has?
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The dinner question...he told me he was going to describe a scenrio (me making dinner) and then ask me a question (3 people, dead or alive, to invite).
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When is it better working in a group and give a specific example.
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None of the questions were THAT interesting... just pretty standard
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Since you love to travel, what would be your next destination?
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They were all pretty standard. They did ask about a particular class that I had taken in undergrad.
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Describe how your communication skills have helped someone.
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There were no interesting questions asked.
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What is an example of when you have seen osteopathic philosophy used in medicine.
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Give an example of a stressful situation you have been in, and how you handled it.
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Have you had any leadership positions?
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We see you have a lot of clincial experience, how do you think Osteopahic medicine is holistic and, give us a direct example from your life where you have seen this (Just a question that makes you think a lot, I was stumped for awhile).
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None of them were all that interesting
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What did I want to tell them about me that wasn't in my file.
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Tell us about Montana? How is the healthcare system there? (I'm obviously from Montana!)
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Nothing too interesting, just questions straight off of this website.
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Give an example of how Osteopathic medicine is holistic.
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None were particularly interesting, but they did want examples for EVERYTHING, which I knew going in, and was prepared for!
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What is your leadership style?
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If you could invite 3 people to dinner, who would they be and why?
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The medical school curriculum is very science heavy and difficult. What was your most science heavy/hardest semester? This question isn't too interesting, but it wasn't one that I had seen on the SDN.
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We started talking about football at first!
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None really
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Nothing too interesting
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If you could have dinner with three people, past or present, real or fictional, who would they be?
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We are nearing the end of the interview cycle, why did you decide to apply so late
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Everything was standard. They read from a list of questions, and didn't even pretend to be making these up.
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None really - no surprises (but we did talk for like 15 minutes after the questions were over about things I was interested in - that was nice)
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When I gave my answer for strengths/weaknesses they asked me to give another weakness bc they had heard that already from others
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Nothing was "interesting". All questions were standard and read off from a sheet.
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Nothing too interesting. All questions were pulled off of a standard form. YOu can read all of the questions on this site.
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Explain a conflict you've experienced and how your resolved it.q
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1.what are methods you use to handle stress from day to day and immediate.
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All of the questions were pretty standard.
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How did you communication style help someone else?
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Nothing in particular, I was prepared for most of the question, because they are ALL listed here on SDN.
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Everything asked came directly from the questions here listed by the students before you.
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Why do you believe holistic care to be best?
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Tell us how you communicate, and give an example.
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Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file.
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Tell us about yourself.
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If you were to have dinner with three people living or dead,(with one family member) who would they be, and why?
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There were really no questions that I found to be interesting; all of the questions that I was asked were on this site.
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All pretty standard
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Tell us something not on your application?
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All very straight foward.
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Coming from a clinical back ground (i'm an RN), how do you feel you will be able to transition back to the role of a student?
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What kind of books do you like to read?
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All were standard questions that every interviewee had to answer
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They had standard questions, although they asked me if there was anything new to tell them about myself..usually if you can think of something interesting, it helps!
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How do you handle conflict and provide an example.
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Describe a specific situation in which group work was better than individual work
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Give an example of why you consider yourself a strong leader.
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None of them stand out in my mind as being very interesting...
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About my life expereinces
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None of the questions really stood out in this way. Just general inquiries about my tolerance of stress, why I intend to become a physician, etc.
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They were all pretty standard...maybe "how do you deal with stress?" - they were more surprised by my answer I think.
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You're on a dinner party and you can invite any three individuals. Who would you choose?
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Why osteopathic medicine?
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What's with you and organic chemistry? (needless to say...i didn't do too well in orgo but dr evans smiled after asking me this)
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None, they were all pretty standard.
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What I was like in high school
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Did the high school students that you facilitated in PBL get along?
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Most of the questions were expected, but they did ask to "tell us something about you that we don't already know"
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Are you planning to attend medicalschool this coming year? I didn't really get this one because I wanted to ask why do you think I'm here.
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The dinner question as posted previously. If I could take any 3 people to a dinner party, who would they be? Living, dead, or fictional. A random question they ask, so prepare in case. I prepared for that question and got it!
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How do you deal with stress?
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What type of communications experience have you had?
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Explain a specific time you experienced conflict and describe how you handled it.
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See the "negative" part below. It was interesting because I've never been asked that in any interview I've been at.
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If you were the surgeon general, what would you do to curb the obesity problem in the US?
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Have you seen holisitic medicine applied? and what do you know about DO and why DO?
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What in my experience has led me to persue a career in osteopathology?
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What's your leadership style?
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Describe a situation where you had to work in a group.
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All questions were off SDN. They take turns reading questions off of a sheet.
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Describe your leadership style
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How do you relieve stress?
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There were no real unique questions. The interviewers used a standardized sheet of questions for everyone.
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What makes a good leader? Give an example of a time when you lead well.
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None really. The questions were completely scripted...it was rather silly, actually.
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How did I manage to blend in with differnt culture when I came to this foreign country?
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What experience did you find that working in a group was better then working individualy
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Nothing really. Very scripted.
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In your work experience, school experience, life experience where do you see osteopathic medicine as a benefit?
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What 3 people out of the whole world (including fictional) would you pick to have a dinner party with if it was only you and them 3?
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I think the most interesting question was along the lines of whats your weakness? I know this is a common question and posted on this website plenty of times but I just don't think I my answer was too too great, at least I didn't feel it was the best answer that would impress someone. so think of something good!!
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Summarize the article the had you read before the interviews started
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What is your definition of Holistic medicine?
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If I was given the chance to choose 3 people to have at dinner, past or present, who would I choose? I thought this question was really interesting because it went beyond the scope of the usual interview questions.
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Tell us something about yourself that we don't already know from your file.
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There was no interesting questions. they were all from a piece of paper and none of the questions were personal.
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Nothing was too interesting. the interviewers asked the standard questions and nothing else. not personal at all.
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None, all of them were very predictable
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Please give an example in which you have shown leadership in an area other than your educational/professional life
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Tell me why you are choosing osteopathic medicine instead of allopathic medicine?
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None of the questions were overly interesting because I had read this web site.
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Handle stress?
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Where did you first learn about osteopathic medicine?
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Why would you come to Pennsylvania if you live in California? (The interviewer indicated that he had "lost three brothers" to CA and was curious as to why I would want to come to PA).
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Q) Who do you like more John Elway or Dan Marino? A) Elway all the way. (I was joking around with one of my interviewers about the Dolphins and Broncos.)
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Nothing
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Most important leadership role?
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Summarize the article given to you. (the question was given at the end)
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When do I laugh?
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Tell us something about yourself not in your application.
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How will you balance the time needed for your family and school if you were to be accepted?
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I like the fact that they ask you to tell them something that isn't on your application
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We see everything about you-- every grade, every MCAT score, and even your personal statement. Now is your time to tell us something about yourself that we don't know... that's not on your application.
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What do you want to improve on? At first I had answered communication skills, and the interviewers were like, no you communicate well, tell us another one
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How do you study?
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Since you are a fisherman did the walleye in Lake Erie influence your decision to apply to LECOM? (I'm a bass fisherman, so the walleye didn't interest me, but the proximity to the lake is always good)
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All were standard as written on this site.
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Everything like what was posted before
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Tell us about a personal conflict that u had to handle?
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Tell me something about yourself that is NOT in your file?
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How my clinical experience has helped me choose DO
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Describe a conflict and how you handled it.
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Tell us about a conflict and how you handled it.
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How I would handle a conflict.
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Nothing really, just the standard questions that everybody else got asked in all of the other reports.
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How do you handle stress or stressful situations and give us an example of a stressful situation and how you handled it?
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Everyone in Erie knows what LECOM is...that one post is just totally off the wall. You probably weren't allowed to peek into the lecture hall because we were taking exams. The micro lab has been in use for the PBL and ISP students.
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Tell us about the article you read. (Breast cancer research)
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Tell us a little about your self, something not in your application.
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They made me read this stupid article then summarize it to them. whats the point of that?
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Tell us about a confict you've encountered and how you resolved it. What do you do to relax?
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You probably just failed your GI system...that's probably why you are so bitter
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Have you met any of our LECOM students?
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How do you pronounce your middle name?
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I was asked to summerize an article they had everyone read. HINT: remember what HDL stands for.
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If you could ask Mrs. such n such (one of my interviewers that had her own practice) any question...what would it be
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I was really only asked one question, tell me about yourself. As I brought up different topics I was asked to expound on a certain aspect. Ex. You stated you are a leader, explain one instance when you used your leadership ablilities.
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Conflicting situ and how u solved it
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If I would not have known this one ahead of time I don't know what I would have said.... Tell us about a situation in which you were faced with a conflict and how you dealt with it?
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How do you learn?
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How have your volunteer experiences influenced your decision to become an osteopathic physician?
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Tell us something about yourself not addressed in your file.
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I was not asked any difficult questions i thought that al of the questions were standard
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Earlier in the morning they gave us an article. I was asked to discuss it during my interview.
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Why you want to become a doctor?
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Why has your previous healthcare experiences lead you to choosing to attend an osteopathic route
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What do you think will be the hardest course for you in med school?
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Describe a stressful situation at home and tell us how you handled it.
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Explain your low verbal score on the MCAT and how you might be able to fix that for the licensing exams.
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None...they were the exact same questions everyone else got that reported here.
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Why DO?
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What do you see as a troublesome trend in medicine?
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Earlier during the day, an admissions staff member had given us a scientific article to read on the benefits of increasing HDL. During the interview, I was asked to relay some information from that article. It wasn't hard, but I thought that it was a little strange that they would test our memorization skills during the interview.
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There were not any. The best they came up with was "how will you handle the stress of med school."
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How do you rid stress
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(no real "interesting" questions)
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How will you handle the stress of medical school?
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Summarize an article we read before the interview.
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The interviewr asked me " off the record: Why did you come to U.S.A." This really was an illegal question
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Summarize an article we were asked to read
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Summarize the article given before hand
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One of your letters says that you often stand up for your beliefs - can you give us an example of that?
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Questions are straightforward and directed toward getting to know the applicant's personality and capability for academic success.
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What have you done since applying?
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We were given an article to read before we were called in to interview. The article was about 2 pages, not too diffcult to read, and at the end of the interview the last question was to summarize the article.
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I just got though answering about a challenging sitation I had had as a paramedic and they then asked when have you had a conflict and how did you resove it? (seemed the same to me but made me think hard for an alternative response)
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Any questions about my experiences in and out of the realm of medicine
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Give us an example of a stressful situation and how you handled it.
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Nothing real interesting, we were asked questions from a form and given a little article that we had to summerize. I actually enjoyed my interview, the interviewer and I clicked, he got the form questions out of the way pretty fast and we just BS'ed for a while.
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What do you think of HOmeopathic Medicine
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If I was organizing an event with another person, and that person wants to do things their way and I want to organize the event my way...what would I do?
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How you learn new information
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What is your favorite hobby?
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Describe a conflict and how you dealt with it.
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How do you learn new material?
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Nothing was out of the ordinary (for interview-type questions). One question was describe a conflict you've had and how you overcame it.
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"What do you do to relieve stress?"
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If you were cooking dinner tonight and got to pick 3 people no longer living (one relative) to eat with you, who would it be and why?
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Tell us something about yourself that is not on your application.
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All the questions were standard, nothing out of the ordinary, everyone gets asked the same things
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Tell me something about yourself thats not in your file.
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None, all the questions are from a form, everyone gets the same questions.
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None they were standard questions
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Nothing to out there or interesting. All questions were standard.
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How would your friends describe you?
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Describe a stressful situation that you had and how you dealt with it
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Nothing.
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Tell us something about yourself
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How do justify catching a fish and bringing it in to its death with my desire to practice medicine and help heal humans? (after I tried to sputter out some answer, he told me he was only kidding)
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Summarize a scientific article read before the interview.
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Before you entered this room you were given a article to read. Could you please tell us what the article was about.
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Everyone in the interview has to recite a short research essay to the interview staff at the end of the interview
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Not really anything...I felt like they didn't ask anything that could give them a real sense of who I am. The questions are off a paper and the same for everyone.
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Nothing too out there or interesting as far as questions asked
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What do you do to combat stress?
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Explain a "D" I recieved over 10 years ago. Honestly I couldn't remember what class it was in!
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When you are given new things to learn how do you go about learning them?
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Before the interviews started, the group of applications was asked to read a 2-page article on "AIDS virus utilization for blood-cell diseases in mice." Told we would be asked questions about the article in our interview. At the end of the interview, I was asked to summarize the article. I wasn't impressed with this technique.
How did you prepare for the interview?
The most common feedback and suggestions shared by applicants on how they prepared for the interview include researching the school and its programs, practicing with mock interviews or interview questions from SDN, reviewing their application materials and personal statements, and staying informed about current medical events or ethical issues. Many applicants also emphasized the importance of being authentic, relaxed, and well-rested for the interview.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Multiple mock interviews, looking up interview questions, reviewing LECOM's website, and researching more about osteopathic medicine.
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SDN questions, mock interview
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I didnt haha
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Used former SDN interview feedback to prepare for some of the questions.
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SDN
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I googled practice interview questions and watched several YouTube videos for how to go about answering them. I wrote down key components I wanted to include in each practice question... well honestly, I only had time to focus on getting down the details I wanted to include in the more common interview questions, including, "Tell me about yourself.", "Why medicine?", "Why osteopathic medicine/D.O.?", "Why us (LECOM)?", "Explain your greatest strength/weakness."
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Looking up information about the school and watching mock interviews
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I Bulleted out what I was going to say, reviewed what others had posted on SDN, practiced.
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Reviewed strengths and weaknesses.
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SDN, Researched the school via google and their website, practice from prior interviews
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Mock interviews with friends, family, and a physician who I work with.
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I didn't.
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Generic practice questions, reading SDN, researching school online
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SDN, mock interviews
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Mock interviews, sdn
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SDN feedback and Princeton Review 50 questions
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SDN, researched school and history of osteopathic medicine
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Did a mock interview with our campus career development center.
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SDN and LECOM website
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Really reflected why I chose osteopathic medicine and prepared a short statement.
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Read the school's website and my application.
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Read sdn and prepared my answer to the introduction question... "name, where youre from, undergrad, clinical experience, experience with DO (how you were exposed and why you like it), one thing on your bucket list.
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I over prepared like crazy but i read through this site (VERY IMPORTANT) and i researched the school and read through my application.
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Read over AACOMAS application, SDN, and LECOM wesbite
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Review of my application, review of PBL curriculum, and just a general look at the location of the school.
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Watched YouTube videos about "successful interviewing" with mock's. Read over C.V., personal statement, application, research, etc.
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Most of the questions were easy and seem to be just seeing how you work in a group. Maybe brush up on ethics/professionalism.
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Read SDN, youtube videos regarding interviewing in general, LECOM description,
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Reviewed my primary application.
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Other interviews, read SDN, talk to alumni
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SDN, talked to friend who go to LECOM
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SDN, interview feedback
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SDN, mock interview at school, read tons of articles...
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SDN.
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Read SDN interview questions, researched school's opportunities, reviewed pathways and osteopathic medicine philosophy.
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Reviewed SDN interview feedback, read latest issue of The LECOM Connection online magazine, checked out Presque Isle day before interview!
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I made sure that my suit fit, my shoes were shined, and my hair trimmed. I studied a bunch of interview questions that I read about on here, agonizing about which historical figures to invite to dinner and what three adjectives best described me... of course, they didn't ask a single question for which I had prepared. I ended up having to answer on the spot, and I think that worked well for me. We will see.
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Practice by myself/with others
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Practice
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I went over my primary application and sdn.
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Mock interview
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Mock interview, secondary questions, and reviewing this forum
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SDN, school website, mock interview, study
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Reviewed the interview feedback. All the potential questions were basically in the last 2-3 years of feedback.
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SDN interview feedback
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SDN feedback (this)
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SDN, LECOM Website
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Used the questions on here from previous interviews and practiced one time going thru them with a friend
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Reviewed my app, SDN feedback.
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Mock interviews
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Reviewed AACOMAS application, reviewed school website, reviewed interview feedback
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Looked over the school's website
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By looking here.
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This website.
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Looked up past questions
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Learned about the school via their website. Practiced interview questions
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SDN, read the school's literature.
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Read about the school, interview feedback, forums
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SDN, read my application through, talked about questions found on SDN with my parents, read over online information about the school and program.
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Looked at other students previous questions, reviewed website.
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Review SDN past questions, researched school programs, updated myself on current medical events in the state of PA (just in case).
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SDN questions, and went through my own experiences several times, talking points
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Read SDN
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Read this SDN website (do it, it helped immensely), familiarized myself with the school website, practiced basic interview questions
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Read SDN and the LECOM website. It was really low key and they just want to make sure you fit the school and it fits you.
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SDN interview feedback and studying my primary application.
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Read book on interviewing, reviewed LECOM web site, reviewed LECOM interview feedback on SDN, knew my AACOMAS application backwards and forwards.
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Looked at interview feedback on SDN
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SDN! Look at the school's website for the different pathways and for some interesting facts about the school and its extracurriculars.
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Read boards, read over my own essays, read LECOM literature
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SDN interview feedback. researching the school's website.
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I practiced interviewing with my dad.
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Primary application essays; secondary application essays; SDN interview forum
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Went over questions the night before. Pretty much winged it.
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Reviewed my primary and secondary, SDN, LECOM website and handbook
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SDN and I talked to a friend that attends LECOM.
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Read student doctor forum, read learning pathways, and school website
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Read all sdn interview feedback, read everything i could online about the school, read the 2010 lecom handbook
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Read over AACOMAS, sdn, already had a previous interview so was prepared
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SDN forums, mock interview with wife, read current topics in healthcare, read LECOM website.
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SDN questions in my pocket, memorized my strength answers and my leadership quality answers and basically spent alot of time talking to myself on my 9 hour drive and in the hotel room. Got 7 good hours of sleep.
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SDN, read my application essays, read up about LECOM, and osteopathic principles.
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The interview questions are standard for everyone. They read off of a worksheet pretty much, so prepare answers for these and you should be fine.
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SDN, Mock Interview, Online research, Talking through the answers to sample questions...
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SDN / Pre-Health Mock Interview
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Sdn, mock, lecom site
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SDN interview feedback, LECOM website, re-read my personal statement, serious reflection on my motivations for wanting to be a doctor.
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Looked over my application and the school's mission statement
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SDN, LECOM website, recent news articles
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SDN, reviewed application, practiced with others.
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SDN and practicing the questions outloud before I went to know what I might say.
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Read SDN posts, wrote out possible questions and respected answers
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I participated in a mock interview held by my school's pre-medicine committee and researched questions asked in past interviews.
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SDN, LECOM website/publications, mock interviews
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SDN, Mock interview, reading about current topics in medicine
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SDN, 2 past interviews, LECOM's website, interview day info.
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Read SDN, looked at interview books.
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4th interview, 3rd osteo interview so I knew the procedure. Printed out CIB, SDN Pro/Cons, SDN interview feedback and schools notes, AAMCOS and secondaries. Drove into Erie the day before interview. Reviewed some materials and feedback the day before interview, drove past school and built my mental map, see the campus, surprised by health center and clinic!! Paid attention to news (esp medical), develop questions. Check with hotel for driver to campus.
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Mock interview with a physician, used SDN interview feedback to come up with examples before the interview, read as many pages as possible on the LECOM website, and re-read the DO handbook from AACOM.
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SDN forums, read PS and Secondary Essays, LECOM website
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SDN, mock interview, just thought of what they would ask me and my answers to them.
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SDN and read through my application
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SDN feedback, Mock Interview, input from medical students and physicians
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SDN, reflected on what I want and why I want it (sounds silly, but you really need to know yourself when you go into these things).
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SDN, reread my primary and secondary apps., interviewed myself on the way up.
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SDN, asked people who interviewed, reviewed my answers in my head ALOT.
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Read through a lot of these interview feedback questions and printed them out. Wrote down answers to about 9 of the FAQ and then just practiced my answers.
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SDN, mock interview
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SDN, schools website. they are really exciting about their pathways, its important to know that information.
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Mock interview (grilling style) with the GF, read the feedback of Erie interviews on sdn, read some medical mystery novels, 2 issues of Newsweek, shadowed a DO and surgeon, looked up ethical issues...
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SDN, Interviewed myself on the four hour drive to Erie.
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SDN interview feedback, Mock interviews, Advice from DO and supervisor.
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Sdn and interview feedback, lecom's website, my application
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SDN feedback, Medical Interview book by J. Fleenor, responses from friends and family
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SDN...seriously that was about it.
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Reviewed my personal statement and essays. Looked at the website, and read SDN.
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I drove six hours with five strangers from the Philly airport to Erie, because US Airways cancelled my flight. Apparently there's been crazier stories! The interview was very relaxed.
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Read SDN feedback, met with doc who used to be on an adcom
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SDN, review website info.
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Read LECOM website, SDN feedback and forums
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Read LECOM's site, interview feedback.
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Just be yourself, that's what they are looking for.
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Just as I prepared for my other interviews
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Looked over application. Read through their course book that was on their website. Looked over school mission and volunteer opportunities. Practiced questions.
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Read sdn, read lecom handbook, website, talked to lecom student
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SDN, read up about school, looked over AACOMAS and secondaries
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Read SDN, reviewed my AACOMAS and secondary essays, reviewed some current medical ethics literature (which was pointless)
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Researched the different learning pathways, they ask which one you think is right for you, reread my essays, and SDN
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SDN. Looked over my primary and secondary. Researched LECOM's website.
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Skimmed the 152 page curriculum guide to LECOM. Read the DO's by Norman Gevitz. Talked with friends on how their interviews went when they interviewd there two years ago. Studied the LECOM magazine. Studied the ten questions they posted up for LAST YEAR.
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SDN,primary and secondary application.
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Read over personal statement, read up on different pathways.
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I didn't...that was my 4th interview, so I guess just experience from the previous interviews
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SDN thankfully
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Read questions on sdn.. previous bradenton interview, questions are the same.
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Student Doctor Network website, school's website, looked over application and personal statements
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Read the standard questions, thought about my life goals and ambitions.
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LECOM has standard interview questions that can be found on SDN. Find them and KNOW them! They are your whole interview essentially, with some minor detours due to the natural flow of conversation.
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Looked at 9 standard questions, thought about examples.
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This website
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Reread aacomas application, my secondary essays, sdn, and read up on the school
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SDN, CNN.com, mock interviews
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SDN, read my primaries and secondaries, wrote down answers to ''the 9 questions''
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SDN, mock interview, read school literature
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Read Primary, secondary, SDN and pathway discussion handouts
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Sdn, website, reviewed my ps and essays
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Read SDN, their website, spoke to people who attended there.
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Looking at my personal statement, other essays, their website, SDN
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I was a postbacc at the time so I had many resources including mock interviews
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Reviewed a list of standard questions...quickly typed out short answers to keep me focused....
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Interviewed at LECOM-Bradenton, reviewed my application, reviewed the standard LECOM questions.
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SDN, AACOMAS
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I didn't prepare really - I just wanted to be myself.
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SD.net
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SDN interview feedback section (They have a set 8-10 questions they ask every interviewer), read up about the school, talked to a friend who's an MS1 at LECOM, read over my file and essays.
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Mock interview (SNMA), I had taken a two hour medical school interview prep class.
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SDN, my applications
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Planned out answers for 9 questions: 1) Tell us something that isn't in your file. Tell us about something you have recently done or something you would like to elaborate on. 2) Tell us about your healthcare experience. 2) Why medicine? 3) Why osteopathic medicine and how do you see it as being holistic and beneficial? 4) How do you handle stress? Give an example. 5) Give us an example of when your communications skills helped you/someone else. 6) 3 Strengths and 1 Weakness. 7) Talk to us about your leadership roles. How are you a leader and a team player? 8) Tell us about a conflict you have had, and how you resolved it. 9) Which learning pathway do you want and why? Not Asked) What do you think about family practice?
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Sdn, mock interviews, application, school's website
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SDN, practiced questions, asked family member for advice
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SDN feedback
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This site
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SDN, mock interviews at school
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Read over app... SDN
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SDN, read my applications, practice interviews.
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SDN and reviewed school website.
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Yep
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Primary application, secondary application, SDN, and mock interview.
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SDN, website, friends
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SDN, applications, past interview
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I reviewed SDN, practiced answering the nine questions.
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SDN, reading over essays and apps, practicing questions
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SDN, and their website
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Read SDN interview feedback for the past 2 years, reviewed the LECOM website, re-read my personal statement and secondary responses, and prepared a brief outline about my responses to the nine questions so I wouldn't be caught totally off guard.
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Studentdoctor.net, reviewed aacomas and lecom apps
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SDN, reviewing application
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SDN, AACOMAS app, essays.
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SDN, practice interviews, read over application, know yourself!
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SDN, reading over my essays, school's website.
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Studentdoctor.net reviewed AACOMAS application and LECOM application
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SDN interview feedback, reading their website
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SDN, reviewed my application & secondary application
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SDN, read over essays
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SDN, my primary and secondary.
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Read SDN interview feedback, read SDN threads and PMed peope, read LECOM website, prepared answers for the nine questions they ask
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SDN, LECOM website, information about the field.
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SDN, talking with those who have interviewed before, reading up on the school
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Read school's website, interview materials, SDN.
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SDN, mock interview, looked over my application, and school website
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LECOM website
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SDN, read my apps again, researched the school online
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Read over school info, practiced a few questions with friends, talked to myself on the drive there
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SDN, looked over my app and personal statement, mock interview
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Mock interview with pre-med committee and prepared answers for all possible questions. It's good to have examples, and if you acn tell it in a story, even better.
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Reading over questions on SDN from the past 2 years, writing out my answers to all of the questions, and reading the LECOM website.
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SD.net, my applications
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Read this website, review my apps and essays, and RELAXED!
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SDN, mock interviews, read over application
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Mock interviews and sdn
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SDN, mock intervirw, good nights sleep.
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SDN, website, mock interview...i think i was overly prepared
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SDN interview feedback, read application
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Read SDN, my application, know the difference between three tracks
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Got directions to the school. Looked a bit on their website.
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SDN, previous interview, application, LECOM website
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SDN.net, mock interviews, talked to anyone who had ever interviewed for a med school.
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Read SDN, LECOM cd that I was sent, and read the website. All of the ?s were right on SDN.
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SDN, School website, potential questions.
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Read Studentdoctor, did a mock interview, and critiqued my previous interviews.
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Read SDN, read over my application materials, kept up to date on current events, reviewed the school website.
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Read SDN, mock interview, practice questions
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SDN, a good night's sleep, and a good breakfast!
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SDN,web-stie,talking to med student prior to interview
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My college advisor held a mock interview, I talked with a current student, reviewed my application, and used the school's website as reference
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I read the entries on this website and practiced saying my answers out loud. Talking with current students helped too!
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SDN, primary app, LECOM website
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Sdn, review application
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SDN, LECOM website, mock interview at my school.
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Student Doctor Network, reviewed my file, mock interviews
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Mock interview, talk to other LECOM students, and SDN
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SDN, read over interview feedbacks and found all the questions I was asked
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SDN, read over application/file, prepared questions
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SDN, reread my application, practiced interview questions
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Read ALL of the previous posts for this school, practiced with family members
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SDN, school website, people who had already interviewed there
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SDN wedsite
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SDN!!!!school website and handbook. aacomas website , collecting and wording/writing my thoughts prior to the interview.
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Read SDN, reflected on a previous interview and determined how I thought I could answer questions better. I didn't write answers down and memorize them though, I didn't want to sound rehersed.
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SDN, mock interview, got full night's sleep
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This website, review of my application, rest.
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SDN, read over school website, reread my application
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SDN, interview book.
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School's website, other students' postings here, reviewed my essays and applications, did a mock interview at my school.
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SDN, mock interviews, reading essays, relaxed
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Reading questions online
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I read the site for all the questions, and read over my essays.
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This web-site, the LECOM web-site, practice interview with a few faculty members at my under-grad institution, looked over my application and essays.
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Sdn, mock interview, looked over all of my stuff
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SDN, other interview reviews.
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Made a list of each unique question posted on this site and reviewed. Mock interviews, scanned journals and national newspapers and discussed them with others.
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Working at a teaching hospital, I took the time to collect interview tips from individuals that have already completed the task. I also took the time to research the school and the program that they had to offer.
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SDN, looked over file, researched LECOM BRADENTON site
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Sdn, application essays, I think I was too prepared and that's how I became overly anxious...my advice: relax, and don't stress yourself out the day before.
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I looked on here luckily, did a couple mock interviews with friends, and re-read my personal statement and secondary answers.
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Reviewed the LECOM website and SDN website; mentally prepared for the standard issue interview questions.
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SDN, LECOM website, mock interviews with friends
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Using SDN interview prep. Looking over my application and personal statement. Mock interviews with family and friends.
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Read all of the recent SDN entries and realized that the questions asked seem to be very repetitive, went over my application and my research, read LECOM website, read about osteopathic medicine on AACOM website
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Nothing special
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Practiced questions with family, studied the school web site and this site was extremely helpful as well!
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Read the LECOM site, this site, some stuff about osteopathy.
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Lecom.edu, Mach interview with a D.O.
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SDN, LECOM website, and application
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SDN, SDN, SDN, lecom website, talked with lecom student, read aacomas and 2ndary apps, mock interview
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Read feedback here, read over website.
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Reviewed questions posted through this website and similar ones.
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Looked over my research, essays, school website, and read periodicals.
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Stay calm, thinking about my personal essay, and reminding myself of all the reasons I wanted to do this.
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Looked over this website
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Read every post on here, even the ones from previous years. Reviewed my essays and practiced interviewing with a family member.
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SDN, school website
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SDN, The D.O.'s, Secondary App, Mock Interviews
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I didn't prepare per se, but I wanted to go into the interview knowing that it's always best to be myself.
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Every question they asked me was on SDN.
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SDN, LECOM website, reviewed application
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SDN (make sure you read all the current posts alot of questions were nearly the same), read over file, LECOMM website, and talking to current students
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Talked with current students, LECOM web site, this web site
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SDN, good night's sleep
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Looked at app, read SDN, school web site.
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SDN, SDN interview feedback, good night's sleep
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This site helped a lot, looked over my application
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Sdn, interview feedback, researched pbl, the school, curriculum, mock interview
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I was just myself.
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I read this website, read my application, and researched the school.
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I read this site.
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SDN, Secondary, AACOMAS
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Read SDN, thought over the questions, stayed calm
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SDN, LECOM Web site, The DO's by Gevitz, Watched the presidential debate the night before.
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Read this site, read my file,read some books, practiced some questions to be ready for the day
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I read my old file, read this site
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Talked to friends attending, read my application essays, SDN
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SDN, Lecom.edu
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SDN, re-read my application, LECOM website.
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I went over my application, reviewed past research work I had done, and went through many of the questions posted on this web site (this helped the most!)
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SDN, scheduled a tour beforehand with the nice admissions couselor, website
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SDN, lecom website.
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SDN, SDN, SDN, mock interviews
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LECOM Website, SDN,
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Read this website, LECOM home page, secondary application and mock interviews.
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I read this web site, did practice interviews, and reviewed my application. READ all the interview questions it is so helpful. If you know the answers to the questions everyone has posted here then you will do fine. Don't be nervous.
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Research on the internet, read books
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Mock interviews, school website, talking to current med students, and this website
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Read DO's in America, looked at the school website, re-read my secondary, got into town early, read the questions that they ask everyone
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StudentDoctor.net
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Internet
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Mock interviews and this website helps a lot!
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Reread my secondary. (Too bad I did not know about this site it would help a lot)
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SDN, mock interviews, read over application.
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SDN, website, reviewed application/research.
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Reread my application, looked at the school's website, and reading all the responses on this website
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Wrote down interview questions from studentdoctor.net, mock interview with a friend.
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Read SDN, talked to current student(who was hosting me), read my application, read over my resume
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SDN, mock interviews, reviewed application and the school website
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Studentdoctor.net, reviewed my AACOMAS application and LECOM supplemental, I also looked at the AACOM website
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Mock interviews with my girlfriend, reviewed my primary and secondary apps, LECOM's website, many OM sites.
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This site.. lots of research.. hard work and knowledge about the field
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Talked to lecom students..read interview feedbacks.
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2 mock interviews at career center at school, going over questions with family, read about school through internet, med school books, and going over my file
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Read SDN, my secondary, researched the different learning pathways
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SDN - all the questions people listed here were right on. I just wrote out answers to each, so I would be prepared to respond to them eloquently.
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Sdn, aacom application, lecom secondary
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Been to and researched many schools.
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Other interviews, reading this forum.
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Reviewed LECOM's website, my application, many different Osteopathic Medicine websites, this website (SDN) and wrote out answers to all the questions posted on this site, just so I wasn't stumbling over things to talk about.
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This web site helped a lot. Mock interview with a friend. Read Osteopathic Medicine; A Reformation in Progress.
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Sdn, read "The D.O's" by Norman Gevitz, great book on the history of Osteopathic Medicine if anybody gets the chance to read it!
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Nothing really
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Sdn.com (wrote out answers to the questions that were posted on this page -- all of the questions that I was asked during my interview had been posted on this site), interwiew workshop, reviewed LECOM app
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Know about osteopathic medicine...which i hate and wish i did better in undergrad so i could be a M.D.
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This web site.
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SDN, AACOM website, mock-interview on campus
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Looked at this website, and re read my application
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Lecom website, interview feedback on here, researched history of DO
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Student Doc Network, reviewing my application, practiced intwerviews with my wife, talking with residents and physicians at my work.
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I came to this web page, and I had a previous interview at another medical school.
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READ LECOM WEBPAGE
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Talked with friends who already went nto their interviews their, this website, reviewed my application materials as well as information from the school.
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Read other feedback from SDN, mock interview, read articles on the internet
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This website and LECOM website
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Read SDN, Gevitz DO, review app mock interview
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Student doctor, searched the school and knew my application well
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Read this website, school websites, read over my application essays
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SDN, LECOM website, reviewed my essay
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SDN, reviewed my app.
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Just relaxed and asked myself questions about why I want to become a DO.
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SDN; LECOM website; review application; talk to others EVERYTHING that is on SDN is right on!
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Read SDN, talked with students I know that go there, reviewed application.
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SDN, other practice questions from the net.
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Didn't really.
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Looked at the LECOM website; SDN
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Studentdoctor.net
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Read sdn.com, made my own questions
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Read this website and wrote my own questions out that I thought the commit. may ask.
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Interview feedback, mock interviews
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I had an interview before at another school.
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Website and this webpage
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Sdn, look over application
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SDN,Career Services at my school, friends
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Reading interview feedback on SDN, researching the school, reviewing my application and speaking with current students
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SDN, book on osteopathy, mock interviews, school website
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SDN, LECOM website, mock interview with my Health Advisory Committee, read over secondary and primary applications, and got a good night's sleep.
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I reviewed my resume and looked at SDN...the questions were exactly what was on SDN.
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I talked to classmates who interviewed at LECOM, and I looked over this website. I also typed out my responses to the questions I thought they might ask.
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SDN, interview replies
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Talked to a student from the school, mock interview at my current college, school's website and other literature about med school interviews
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Read SDN, knew my file well, knew my strengths and weaknesses well also
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Relaxed, read up on the school from the Web site, and SDN
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Relaxed the night before
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I went onto SDN and researched the school's website...also I looked over my application and extracirricular activities before I went in
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Reviewed AACOMAS app, LECOM supp app, LECOM site, this site
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Looked over this website.
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Re-reading my application, the school website and THIS website (VERY helpful, the questions were just as other students had posted).