New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine - NY

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Got there at 8:30 (for a 9:00 interview slot), and was NOT the first one there. I was maybe the 6th of about 10 or so that came for a morning interview. I just so happened to run into an old friend of mine who I've seen ONCE since high school (last summer)...who woulda thought? Anyway, there were two interviewers for all 10 of us: one a male pathologist, DO, and the other a female MD with a tough accent to understand. Another interviewee said that the male pathologist is also head of academic probation or something like that...the bottom line is he deals with people who are failing. After like 2 hours, we got lunch, got presentations by two people who's names I have written somewhere else (I don't feel like getting up), including the aforementioned woman from financial aid. Four student ambassadors held a Q&A with us, then took us and the afternoon group (also ~10 people) on the tour. I was back in my car by 1:00PM. I was not asked why I want to be a doctor, only why I want to be a DO.

You said a lot of good things about yourself in your application, and I would expect that you would, but you did leave something out. I want you to give me two weaknesses of yours. I'm asking because a lot of times, it's not your strengths that define who you are, but rather, it's how a person overcomes his weaknesses that defines him.

What is stem cell research, and what are the two sides of the controversy? Why do you think I'm asking you this?

SDN only.

none were difficult.

You get to pick your education (Problem Based Learning vs. Traditional lecture-based). Nice people. In your fourth year, you can do rotations all over the country (I met a student who had just come back from Hawaii). Diversity: lots of non-traditional applicants. It made the interview day fun.

Lecture rooms look kind of run down/neglected/not maintained. A student who was doing the tour said that about 60% of students DON'T GO TO CLASS (because you can get streaming lectures online later in the day). The medical school campus is three buildings. Tuition is FORTY THREE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR 07-08, WITH AN AUTOMATIC 7% INCREASE EVERY SINGLE YEAR!!!!!! Mandatory student health insurance is ~$3,000, with an AUTOMATIC 10% INCREASE EVERY YEAR! The woman from financial aid was very very VERY blunt. She said that if our parents aren't helping us pay for med school, we should reconsider NYCOM. She also said: ''If you're parents aren't going to be helping you, and you have bad credit, NYCOM is not the place for you. You don't want to come here.'' The school offers NO financial aid.. no loans, no grants...nada. Cafeteria is SOOO TINY. I don't think it can hold even half of their entering class (~320). The Problem Based Learning program. In it, you don't even take Biochemistry as a foundation to build off of. The only class you take outside of the PBL seminars and things is OMM and Anatomy. My interviewer apparently teaches in several different courses.... made me question the size of their faculty... No on campus housing. The students there didn't look like doctors-to-be. They looked like freshman and sophomore undergraduates...

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Enthusiastic

In state

2-3 hours

Automobile

< $100