Harrogate, TN
Osteopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
What was the stress level of the interview?
6 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
8 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
8 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
8 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What are your general comments?
A great school, but the location is not for everybody. The curriculum is a great balance of integrated and subject-based. The facilities are the best I could imagine for a clinically-focused school. Everybody I met was very excited to be there and very happy with their choice of schools.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Why medicine, why Osteopathy, and why LMU-DCOM?
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN, other interviews, study the school website/catalog, review my application materials.
What impressed you positively?
The school founder's vision and implementation of that vision. DCOM pursues excellence in every staff and equipment decision made. Definitely the most technologically advanced school I've seen or heard of yet.
What impressed you negatively?
The remoteness of the location is advantageous for a busy student without much tolerance for distraction. When the time comes around to take a break, unless you like the outdoors a lot, there is just not much to do. At the same time, this remoteness does promote a very tight (close) student body.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
I did not know that anatomy was taught via prosection / dissection combination and not just dissection. I don't know the impact of this method, but I wasn't prepared to ask better questions about it.
🤝 Campus and Facilities
How do you rank the facilities?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this school's location?
8 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
1 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
9 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
There are more positive aspects of the school which I have learned about, but were not addressed in
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Enthusiastic
What is your in-state status?
Out of state
What were your total hours spent traveling?
7+ hours
What was your primary mode of travel?
Airplane
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
$501+
What airport did you fly into?
McGee Tyson (TYS)
Where did you stay?
With students at the school
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