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Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Bradenton
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Bradenton
  • Year founded: 2004
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Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Bradenton
Osteopathic Medical School
Bradenton, FL
  • SDN RANKING 2
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 5 217 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 2 4 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $35
  • Non - Resident Tuition $37
  • Application Fee $50
  • AVG MCAT 503
  • AVG GPA 3.5
  • LIZZYM Score 62.0
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Admissions Information

  • Admissions Office
  • 5000 Lakewood Ranch Blvd.
  • Bradenton, FL 34211
  • United States

School Overview

Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine at Bradenton Fast Facts

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School Info

The mission of the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and School of Pharmacy is to prepare students to become osteopathic physicians and pharmacy practitioners through programs of excellence in education, research, clinical care, and community service to enhance the quality of life through improved health for all humanity. The primary goal of LECOM is to educate students to become physicians practicing within the osteopathic concept. A secondary goal of the College is to educate and develop primary care physicians who will practice in the osteopathic tradition. The College imparts to its students a firm academic background enabling them to pursue advanced training in other fields of osteopathic medicine as well as primary care. The College encourages its students to participate in research to further advance their chosen profession.

Curriculum

The Problem-Based Learning Pathway (PBLP) at LECOM emphasizes student-centered, self-directed learning. Groups of eight students meet with a faculty facilitator two to three times per week. Faculty members do not "teach" in the traditional sense. Instead, they serve as facilitators. A series of cases focus on learning the basic sciences required to understand patient problems. Students then work independently and in small groups on learning issues before the next meeting, at which time the new information is discussed and refined in the context of the case."

Facilities

LECOM has constructed a 109,000 square foot building for the Florida campus. Classrooms will use the latest in smart-lecture hall technology with all A/V controls at the professor`s lectern. Small study halls provide meeting space where PBL groups meet to solve the problems presented by the patient cases. The Learning Resource Center has easy access to medical journals, texts and other library material. The new Florida Campus includes a wireless computer network so that anywhere on campus students can connect to lecture notes and presentations. Anatomy remains a key element of osteopathic medical training, and at the LECOM Bradenton, the anatomy lab offers prosections of cadavers, along with the latest in plastinated, human-anatomical specimens. This multi-purpose laboratory also provides learning and study facilities for microbiology and other basic sciences.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 153
Negatively 23
No change 37

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.43 207

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.66 213

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"I understand the concerns for COVID-19, but it would really help if we could have a real interview day with tours and a visit to the school. The video interview format was very impersonal without someone to talk with about my experiences and aspirations." More from this Member | Report Response

"Having out a schedule of the interview day before hand would have been nice. Coffee available would have been fantastic. Otherwise, it was a good experience." More from this Member | Report Response

"None to note. Great experience." More from this Member | Report Response

"Maybe have your students pretend to be happy when you have candidates coming through." More from this Member | Report Response

"Drop the 10 minute MMI. It was a very long day, you could easily make the 10 min MMI a real 20-30 minute open file interview." More from this Member | Report Response

"If there aren't many women in the interview group, don't crack a joke about "What happened, don't women want to go to medicine anymore!?"...it was really awkward..." More from this Member | Report Response

"To give a folder to all interviewees to put their papers in." More from this Member | Report Response

"n/a" More from this Member | Report Response

"The campus tour was a bit unorganized." More from this Member | Report Response

"None; the admissions staff was really great!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing. Everything seemed organized and fluid." More from this Member | Report Response

"DO NOT DO group interviews. It is difficult to make a competition for a spot into a collaborative effort. Once a person is accepted, they will be able to work with others. There were people in my interview group that were a negative impact on the group performance." More from this Member | Report Response

"The office does a great job." More from this Member | Report Response

"There were way too many candidates there on my interview day. I believe there was 20, making it very impersonal." More from this Member | Report Response

"No suggestions. Everyone was awesome." More from this Member | Report Response

"Return phone calls and email promptly." More from this Member | Report Response

"Use cool little thumb drives like Erie." More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep doing what you are doing! :) Unbelievably friendly and supportive!" More from this Member | Report Response

"None, they are great!" More from this Member | Report Response

"They are all very nice but need to be more responsive to phone calls and emails." More from this Member | Report Response

"None... super quick in response time. I knew I was in within 2 days of my interview." More from this Member | Report Response

"Name tags would be helpful" More from this Member | Report Response

"Sitting in on a PBL session for 2 hours is entirely too long. 20 minutes would have sufficed." More from this Member | Report Response

"The process was very straightforward and I felt like I had something to do or learn the whole time t" More from this Member | Report Response

"Never had a problem with the admissions staff here. They always respond in a timely manner and are m" More from this Member | Report Response

"It seemed like there was a little too much coverage of the pharmacy school, but maybe they are just" More from this Member | Report Response

"Reading the passage didn't seem necessary. Interviewers didn't care too much about it." More from this Member | Report Response

"Letting students know they need to enter in the rear of the building would have been nice." More from this Member | Report Response

"Let interviewees know they cannot be let in to the building until 7:30 am. Myself and another interv" More from this Member | Report Response

"Very nice people. Well organized throughout the day." More from this Member | Report Response

"Very good. Heather was super helpful with any questions" More from this Member | Report Response

"less talking about clubs,more time about 3rd/4th year rotations. ditch the tour, LECOM is 1 building" More from this Member | Report Response

"Change the interview to open file so you act as if you care about the interviewee, or at least know" More from this Member | Report Response

"The interview day was on the long side and did not need to be. The last sessions of the day were a" More from this Member | Report Response

"Shorten the inteview day!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Longer response period" More from this Member | Report Response

"Make interview day shorter!!" More from this Member | Report Response

"More time to decide about acceptance!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Not the best admissions office that I have dealt with in terms of friendliness and enthusiasm for th" More from this Member | Report Response

"You're doing a great job. Thanks for scheduling the PBL sessions." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing." More from this Member | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"How do you like to de-stress" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are 2 personality traits your friends would give you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Does someone who has problems with drug abuse deserve to be higher on a transplant list than a person with better habits?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you agree with the hypothesis that medical students leave with less empathy than when they started?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In group interview w/ 2 interviewers and 5 peers, about 45 minutes: why LECOM. Amongst the group, talk about a solution if your hospital was low on money and couldnt afford to give free medical care anymore. Amongst the group, talk about how to handle a peer found cheating on a test. What would you all change about your undergraduate careers. One-on-one interview, about 10 minutes: read this scenario outloud, then talk to me about it (drug that was approved for weight lose but had not been screened for long term affects). Would you give this to your patient? (no, you are concernd about their longevity, also osteopathic medicine believes in minimal intervention so you would have pt change diet and exercise first). What was the hardest thing you had to deal with in life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If there is only 1 seat left to our incoming class, why should we choose you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"3. What unique skill set can you bring to PBL/groupwork?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the hardest class you've taken?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is your number one mentor and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked about how we worked in groups" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Group interview questions: - Tell us about yourselves. - What's one challenge you faced in your education (whether it was grades, exams, etc)? - What would you do if someone posted a patient's medical history on social media?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a member of your PBL group was not pulling his/her weight, what would you do? What if you'd already consulted the group leader, and his input had not changed the student's behavior" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is active reading?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of organ donation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us more about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the last three books that you've read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about Problem Based Learning (PBL)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has prepared you or enlightened you about PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What brings you here? (Why Bradenton?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When do you study best (what time of day)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one unique thing about you that you would bring to a team?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the pros and cons of PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is an important characteristic to have when in a PBL setting?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How so you think PBL will work for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1. What is one question that you do not want to be asked? 2. What's your greatest weakness? 3. What do you feel about electronic medical records? 4. What do you think medicine will be like 10 years from now? 5. What you do if a patient does not listen to you and is stubborn?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had an on-line test, would you be able to resist the urge to cheat by using the books?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why LECOM? Why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one thing you would like that would improve your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How was your time in your recent graduate program?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician? Why not another health profession like a PA?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does your study time look like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your current job and how you got there." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathic medicine? Why LECOM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO/Why medicine? Why LECOM? How would you do with PBL? How do you study?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Please explain your MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see you struggled in class " " explain. (they ask this whether you struggled in a class or not)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Only 3 questions, Why DO, Why LECOM, what is the honor code" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medical school?/ Why Osteopathic Medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO/LECOM-B/PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me what you know about PBL." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why physician, Why DO, and why Bradenton? Why PBL, do you think you will do well with PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to apply here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you think you can handle PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Do? Why LECOM? Why Bradenton?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us how you became interested in Osteopathic medicine and how you came to be where you are now" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathic medicine? What are the principles of osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you like to study?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why LECOM-B?/Why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself and where you went to undergrad." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1.) Tell us about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1) We haven't seen your file so we know nothing about you. Tell us about yourself. 2) What do you like better, photography or poetry (Based on previous answer) 3) What do you like to take pictures of? 4) How does photography help translate into the practice of medicine? 5) What about osteopathy appeals to you? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do to relieve stress / what is something interesting about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why D.O." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with stress and conflict?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to do medicine, why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Same as previous interviews " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why LECOM-B" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself? Why not occupational therapy? Why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Leadership experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1. Describe yourself. 2. Have you applied/interviewed to MD programs as well? 3. Why DO over MD? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us something that is not in your application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Our files are closed, so we haven't seen your MCAT scores, grades, or personal statement. What can you tell us about yourself? Tell us something about yourself not in your file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us something that may or may not be in your file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why PBL and not traditional lecture? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not MD? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathic medicine? What makes you think Problem Based Learning would be a good method for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why LECOM Brandenton, why PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us something interesting about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself, Why medicine, Why DO, Why PBL" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us something that may or may not be in your file (they hadn't read it). Describe yourself. How did you learn about osteopathic medicine? Why DO? What is a holistic approach?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a physician? Why a DO? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us something that isn't in your file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Anything in your academics you want to explain?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Anything you want to tell us/explain about your academics?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe yourself/Why medicine. Why DO/How did you learn about DO? Why LECOM? How would your friends describe you? Where else have you applied? What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why LECOM-B? Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Examples of being a leader and what makes a good leader." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you handle conflict? Have you ever functioned as a leader?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time when you were a leader" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your introduction to Osteopathic medicine? Tell us something that is not in your file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"the people interviewing can choose to be closed or open so be prepared. Why DO? Tell me about Osteopathy. What type of leader are you? Are you a leader or follower?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What don't you know about medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of leader are you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about yourself. Why DO? Why PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you could learn from PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1)Tell us something about yourself. 2)What would your family say about you (strengths and weaknesses) 3)How do you deal with conflict + example 4)Why DO" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had any academic difficulty, how did you correct the problem and how were you able to turn things around?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give me an example where you had to resolve a conflict." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to learn by PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us something about yourself that we did not read in your file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1. Tell us about yourself (since it's closed file. 2. How do you communicate? 3. How are you a leader and do you have leadership experience? 4. How do you deal with conflict?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a DO as opposed to a MD? What is the difference?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you lead? Give an example of where you held a leadership position." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about youself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a DO doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would your friends say about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself... What is your communication style?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The same general questions listed on other feedbacks: -Describe your leadership style. -How do you handle conflict? How would you handle a conflict in a PBL group? -Why DO? -Summarize the article. (At beginning of the morning you're given an article to read for ~15min on which you'll be asked to summarize it or questions on it during the interview). " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There were a lot of questions about communication. What is your communication style? How do you communicate with others? Aside from asking others questions, how do you get them to communicate with you? By the end I wasn't sure if there were any other ways they could ask me how I communicate." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your communication skills? (follow up: how do you handle conflict?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do to relieve stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you handle a student in PBL group who is always talking or answering questions, and how would you you encourage a shy student to speak up?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Strengths/Weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your military experience" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"communication" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you plan on handling a course load of 30-40 credit hours per semester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you communicate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Leadership style, example" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you feel when you were giving the physicals to the soldiers? Has anything in your application changed since you sent it in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me things about yourself that are not in your file. Tell me of a time when you had a conflict and how you resolved it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All the questions I got were just like the ones that people have previously posted. There were really no surprises." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why D.O.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Medicine? Why Osteopathic? Why Bradenton?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you think PBL would be a good fit for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1. Tell me about yourself. 2. Tell me about [research subject in my application]. 3. Tell me about [person in my application]. 4. Tell me about [hobby/interest in my application]. 5. Why medicine? Why DO? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you resolve a conflict in your PBL group?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"your MCAT score was great, what happened to your GPA? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What can you tell us about yourself that we do not see in your application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO? and basic things from application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you handle stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your greatest strength in relation to what you could bring to PBL? Weakness? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Share with us something that is not in your application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All of these are listed in a different posting...try one of the postings from December of 2005. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your communication style." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever been in a leadership role? Give us some examples." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your leadership style?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(1) Tell us something not in your file; (2) What do you like to do for fun? (3) Do you play a musical instrument? (4) What is your favorite Greek myth? [I studied classics; nevertheless, I didn't anticipate this one! Talk about having to pause to change gears!]" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"leadership style (all the questions are outlined on SDN, they ask the same 10-15 questions to everyone)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you handle conflict in a PBL session?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What brings you here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"they read from a sheet, standard questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you follow the dress code?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you greek?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Weakness/Strength, Conflict resolution, What is not in your application, Leadership experience, Hobbies, experience with Osteopathy as a student and patient, and article summary (it is very easy)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how do u relieve stress" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"conflict resolution" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"can't remember them so much right now - very similar to the ones posted by others.... tell us something about yourself we don't know... strengths/weaknesses and how you're trying to overcome your weakness... tell us about a time you were stressed and how you dealt with it... why osteopathic medicine... the interviewers would read down their sheet and ask questions, even though i had already answered them before. they also did not make much eye contact. i thought i wouldn't get in because of the interview. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about yourself not in your file. A couple of questions about specifics in my file were asked. (Nothing too taxing - just details)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Summarize the article you just read (on HDL). In responding this question, they just want to see how well you can summarize to see if you would fit in well with their PBL setting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me what the article you read today was about." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there anything you'd like us to know that is not in your application file? When did you decide to become a DO? Tell us about your greatest strength. Do you think you are a good communicator and why? Have you have taken a leadership role? How would you resolve a conflict with someone in your PBL group? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The first question was the tell me something not on your file question. The rest, in no particular order are: 1. Why osteopathy? 2. Medical school is stressful, how do you relieve yourself of stress. 3. Tell me about your leadership roles, describe. 4. How do you resolve conflict. 5. Tell me about your communication, are you better written or verbal. 6. Strengths (it was worded differently, but I can remember how) 7. After my strengths he said, “and what do you need to work on?” 8. I was asked something about PBL 9. Give an example of when a group approach worked better than an individual. 10. What would be some reasons to choose a D.O over an MD. 11. Have you been treated by a DO. 12. Summarize the article on HDL (it was an easy and interesting read, so don’t sweat it). " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how do you relieve stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you resolve a conflict between two people?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you learn about DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there anything you would like us to know that is not on your application? What would your friends say is your greatest strength?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Osteopathy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1) Why Earlham College 2) Tell us about your Peace Corps Experience 3) Why Florida 4) What is PBL 5) Summarize the artical on HDL 5) tell us about something not in your file" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you handle stress" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO? Why LECOM? How do you handle stress? resolve conflict? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's something not on your secondary you want to tell us?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us aomething about you that is not in your file" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how do you handle conflict" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1)Tell me about yourself? 2)How do you handle stress? 3)Tell me about your leadership role. 4)Do you like reading? What is the last book you read? 5)What are your strength and weaknesses? 6)If there's a conflict between two groups, how do you settle it? 7)Why DO? 8)Summarize the article you've read." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the difference between a DO and an MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why LECOM-Bradenton?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All the questions asked are the same as posted here and in the LECOM-Erie section." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was a major conflict in your life and how did you resolve it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why LECOM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see alot of time has passed since we received your application (about 3 weeks), is there anything we should know that may be relevant to my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why didn't you do as well on organic chemistry and physics?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about yourself, not on your application" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"describe how you handle stress" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1.Tell us something about yourself that we couldn’t find in your file. 2.Give a conflict that you were involved and how you resolved it. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain a leardership role you have had to fulfill." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO? Why medicine? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you study?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1) How do you handle stressful situations? 2) We see you are interested in public health, what would you do if we made you the surgeon general of the United States." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give an example of a conflict in which you were involved and explain how you handled it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Scenario based question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What gene or characteristic do you have that will make you a great physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A question about burnout/apathy of practicing physicians." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could have lunch with anyone, dead or alive, who would it be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MMI question but I can't discuss that one." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the recent measles outbreak in California. Should parents be forced to vaccinate their children? What do you think a good solution is? (Asked during the 10 minute one-on-one interview)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about payment for organ donations?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the current health care issue? What do you think health care will look like in the next five years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you handle a classmate who continuously shows up to PBL small group unprepared?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were to design a curriculum for undergraduates, how would you go about it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you think PBL is for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When do you study best (what time of day)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think NYC Mayor Bloomberg is correct for banning 32oz sodas?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What can you bring to a group?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were all about their PBL (problem-based learning) curriculum, and really wanted to make sure that you were fine with it, too." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Group interview: How do we feel about electronic medical records" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could go back and do anything differently what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you prepared to read textbooks 8 hours a day?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about where you work and what you have learned (I work in an inner city clinic)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the honor code?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you say that there are any similarities between dance and medicine? (I was a dance minor)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What can you bring to our school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing was interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really... They had a list of questions, and they just asked those right off the list. Since it was open file, they didn't ask much about me because they already saw it in my file. It was interesting that they didn't ask me a thing about my extensive research experiences!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite organism (The guy was a micro prof)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How was your shadowing experience? What did that D.O. have to say about our school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your learning style?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why is it that some people cannot agree to disagree?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So how did you choose between a career in music and medicine? (Based on previous things I talked about)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewers gave me a lot of useful information on the area, preschools and the teaching philosophies. very helpful." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain any academic blemishes on your record." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a discovered a solution that could make people live forever would you publish your results, why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"12) Would you ever retake the MCAT again? - He asked this since I said I was not overly happy with my performance on it and had taken it more than once. My score is very competitive for their school, but I went on to explain that I have very high standards for myself so thats why I mentioned it. Probably should've not mentioned the MCAT at all haha " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you see the Ohio State vs. Wisconsin game? (I am from WI, one of my interviewers did his Ph.D at WI but undergrad at Ohio)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What PBL experience have you had? Why do you think you're a good fit for your PBL program?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could have dinner with any two people, dead or alive, who would they be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Absolutely NOTHING was interesting about this interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I guess the "where would you rank PBL and why?", but they were all pretty standard. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about healthcare reform?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Has/will your family be supportive of your decision to apply to a medical school out-of-state? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If we were to look at your facebook or myspace page right now, would there be anything you wouldn't want us to see? (Very interesting/good question. Not many students think to review this before interviewing.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think allopaths or osteopaths have made a greater contribution to the advancement of research? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a time capsule and could meet any person in history who would it be? and Why? I had seen this question on SDN before and always forgot to think of an answer so I was very unprepared for it. In the end I said the inventor of plastic ( yes the material we use on a daily basis) . WE ALL laughed and I got in so that very "left-field" answer didn't hurt me. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"With your previous experience in PBL-like settings, did everyone always cooperate or did you ever encounter conflict? How did you and others deal with any conflict?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your leadership style?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There really wasn't a very interesting question..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would your friends say your greatest strength is?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were particularly interesting, very standard" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Besides medicine or school, what is one example of when a group is better than a single leader?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing, everything was pretty standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none. They were very standard questions. It appeared everyone got the same ones." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what kind of leadership method do you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you believe PBL is a fit for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you like to read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too interesting...the general questions as in previous years." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What don't you know about medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is something interesting you can tell us about your academic background?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you a leader?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Everything was pretty standard check the feedback." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why does the human body work the way it does?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I have a Masters degree in Health Service Administration and they asked me why I didn't just get a job as a hospital administrator." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Working in the ER how would I tell a someone that their family member was not going to make it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your friends describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to learn by the PBL method? (I was hoping to ask them this first... because it would have helped to see PBL in practice to have an accurate understanding of what PBL is)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us something about you that we didn't read in your file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Given so many applicants why should we accept you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give me an example where you had to resolve a conflict." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing particularly interesting or unusual" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if someone had a problem with you and got in your face during a basketball game?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something that is not in your file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How well do you take Tests?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there anything in my educational or experiential background that would help us better understand you that is not in your file? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you think you would do well in PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Not much new here...Why DO? How do you handle stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really interesting -- very standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Does your humanitarian side trump your scientist side? (I have a strong humanities background, and recently decided on medicine)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO? (Was asked the same general questions that's listed on other feedback profiles here." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What dish do you cook best?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there anything you have done since you applied that you would like to add to your application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Simply to summarize the article we were given to read prior to the interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Sum up an article that I had to read." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you handle stressful situations given your military background." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you read through a few of these reviews there really is nothing that will surprise you. For the most part the interviewers have a worksheet that they read their questions from so everyone gets the same questions more or less. Their main focus is to see if you will do well with the PBL program." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing much. Pretty standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None...all were expected and mundane" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"''How come your grades are so low but you're such an articulate person?'' This upset me because I don't think they realized who they were interviewing. My undergrad GPA, though not awesome, is a 3.6. I felt embarrassed answering that question because I have not gotten anything lower than an A in 3 years. They did not even take the time to put a name with a file and then translate that into CONSTRUCTIVE questions. Considering their average acceptance GPA is a 3.2, I'm sure my 3.6 is not THAT low. It made me feel like crap." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you consider yourself more of a humanitarian than a scientist? (he asked this b/c my non-science GPA was higher than my science GPA)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give an example were you were just part of a group and not the leader and how you managed that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Everything was pretty standard, no surprises" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing unexpected-- Communication, leadership style, why medicine, why DO, strengths/weaknesses, etc. No wierd questions at all." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something not in your file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you feel when you where giving the physicals to the soldiers? (I'm in the National Guard)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your communication skills" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you see the merit in arguing? (follow-up question to a question on interpersonal conflict)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All questions were read off a prescribed list of Qs, and they tried to make stretches to make it seem more conversational... but the most interesting was ''What is your leadership style, and how have you used it in the past?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"no real surprises" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1. Tell me about [research subject from my application]. 2. Tell me about [person mentioned in my application]. 3. Tell me about [hobby on application]." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were eating at a restaurant and the server was not very attentive to your needs, would you still give him or her a tip?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the mcats? Do you think they are an accurate predicition of a person's ability to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does your uncle feel about you going to a DO school? (He's an MD)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I can't remember a specific one" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about yourself that is not in your file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give an example of an interpersonal conflict and how you resolved it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"typical interview questions- why DO and not MD? Why not be a nurse practitioner? Why our school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They surprised me with a question from a letter of rec. that I recieved from a D.O. I thought that was interesting but I was glad to know that they looked at my whole file even the LORs!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you handle interpersonal conflict in a problem based learning (PBL) environment? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could invite three people (real or fictional from any point in history) to dinner, which three would you choose?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about you that we could not know from your application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They ask you questions off a standardized list." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give an example of how OMM could lower healthcare costs of patients." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"describe your third grade teacher. How would you respond to conflict?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(A follow-up question to the most difficult question I was asked) If you had it to do over again, would you still make the same decision?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If we had 9 of your friends lined up on the wall, what would they tell us was your weakest attribute. and then the same with best" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was the same standard set of questions already posted on SDN." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you do to relieve stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you currently reading a non-educational novel?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how do you plan to adjust from having a salary to being a student?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name an issue in health care today and don't say health insurance." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you greek? I got this before i even sat down for the interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No surprises. The questions are all on SDN. They did ask about where I learned Spanish, but everything else was standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could ressurect 2 ppl and invite them to dinner, who would they be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. They were all standard from the sheet and are asked to everyone." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were really interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Summarize the article (previously given with plenty of time to read and understand). " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about you that we don't already know." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Please begin by telling me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"We have read your file and gone over your information; tell us something about yourself not in your file to better get to know you." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what influenced my desire to be a DO" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All the questions have been posted by previous interviewees. Nothing surprising." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No real surprising questions, just the same ones that everyone here mentioned." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is good communication? However, after I gave my answer, the interviewer told me another good answer would be to "come prepared". Huh? The whole interview was like that. It's like they didn't know what they were asking me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your best quality?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a supervisor that you absolutely hated, how would you deal with him/her? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"About my time in the National Guard,...16 years ago" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you join the Peace Corps?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"n/a" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe yourself in two words." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a situation where you had to take on a leadership role." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"something not in your file " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"NA" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think you will contribute to PBL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"current state of health care in america" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would my friends tell me to work on in regards to my personality?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing very interesting. Just basic questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In lieu of a previous discussion, I was asked why I thought that manual manipulative medicine was important." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You were asked to summarize an article that you were given to read- and questions on that were really interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do your parents think about you moving to Florida? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is your favorite american literature author?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how would you resolve an altercation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you feel you are a good communicator and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The questions were general: Tell us about yourself? Why D.O.? How did you learn of D.O.? What are your strengths? Weaknesses? How do you deal with stress? What was your favorite non-science class? Why? Why I chose Nutrition as a major? Etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Very standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you do during your summers while not attending College? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think we're all going to die in this world? Do you think that a virus will kill us all?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you end up in Florida?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They asked me a lot of scenario questions, they got pretty creative" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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What do you like most?

"Flexibility to go wherever I wanted for clinical rotations" | Report Response

"my classmates" | Report Response

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"Some clinical rotations not the greatest." | Report Response

"administration, clinical education" | Report Response

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