Des Moines, IA
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?
1 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What are your general comments?
While the school is in Des Moines, the D.O. program is strong, established, and well-respected in the osteopathic community. The interview experience was extremely relaxed - be ready to strike a pose first thing in the morning (they're big on group pictures in Admissions). Talk to as many students as possible throughout your visit to DMU - all the students I met provided valuable insight into issues (+/-) relating to life as a med student at DMU. Know who you are/what you're about and why you want to become an osteopathic physician. Above all, RELAX!!!
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Tell us about yourself - discuss how/when your interest in medicine, and osteopathic medicine specifically, developed. What are the differences/similarities between allopathic & osteopathic medicine? What are your career goals? In what area of medicine are you interested in practicing?
What was the most interesting question?
What activities do you participate in to relax?
How did you prepare for the interview?
I read through my personal statement & secondary application to DMU-COMS and read through the school's web site and info on this site.
What impressed you positively?
The SPALs (patient assessment labs) (though seeing the exam rooms was not an official part of the tour). Also, OMM is taken very seriously at DMU-COMS.
What impressed you negatively?
The auditorium for first-year students -- small table-tops attached to individual seats lined up; three overhead screens are strategically (?) placed around the room so everyone is, theoretically, able to see info presented on the screen. Also, there's a 'stinky' auditorium that's also used for first-years with poor ventilation/ circulation - small table tops; seats are attached not free standing as in the other auditorium. Second-years sit in auditoriums/lecture halls that have stadium seating and TV-monitors (though, from what I was told, the TV monitors are used rather infrequently).
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
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📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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