Vallejo, CA
Osteopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Negatively ☹️
What was the stress level of the interview?
3 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
3 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
2 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What are your general comments?
Haight was sweet, but contradicted himself many times during his presentation. For instance, he spent twenty minutes talking about how other,less competent schools over-enrolled their classes - a few mintutes later he then admitted TCOM over-enrolls by >30%, but tried to call it something else.
He seemed so eager to please I didn't trust him at all by the end of his presentation. He dodged a question about board scores.
Friendly tour guide was a first year who didn't show us student center/ housing.
The group interview is actualy kind of cool because you can see what other people say during their interviews and judge how you are doing compared to the rest of the group.
Interviewers were very cool, but I was taken aback when interviewers got into a short discussion between themselves about whether or not nursing school was starting in fall. It seemed like something proffesors would be at least minimally informed about.
I was accepted but also got into CCOM same day and chose CCOM, in part because TCOM wants $2000 deposit within 2 weeks.
💬 Interview Process
What was the most interesting question?
What is the biggest challenge facing the AIDS community in America?
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN, lots of mock interviews, read application
What was the most difficult question?
What is the biggest challenge you have faced in your advocacy in Washington?
What impressed you positively?
Interviewing proffesors were diverse
(a native Spanish speaker, a Dead-head) and interesting.
Mare Island is actualy very pretty.
What impressed you negatively?
Depressing rotations.
Uninformed tour guide and interviewers.
Lecture hall, gym and food facilites.
Confusing, contridicary presentation by Dr Haight.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
TCOM has NO affiliated hospitals within commuting distance of the school. The VAST majority of rotations are in other, distant states (IL,AZ).
🤝 Campus and Facilities
How do you rank the facilities?
5 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this school's location?
8 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
8 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Neutral
What is your in-state status?
Out of state
What were your total hours spent traveling?
0-1 hour
What was your primary mode of travel?
Automobile
Where did you stay?
Friends or family
How would you rate the hotel?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
Would you recommend the hotel?
yes
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