How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.36 | 317 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 253 |
| Negatively | 25 |
| No change | 37 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.21 | 308 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.24 | 233 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.41 | 207 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 4 |
| 15 minutes | 31 |
| 20 minutes | 67 |
| 25 minutes | 50 |
| 30 minutes | 98 |
| 35 minutes | 28 |
| 40 minutes | 16 |
| 45 minutes | 17 |
| 50 minutes | 4 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 307 |
| At a regional location | 2 |
| At another location | 8 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 195 |
| In a group | 116 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 309 |
| Closed file | 3 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.36 | 317 |
"How would you explain to a patient what a DO physician is?"
"What characteristics are required by roles within a healthcare team?"
"What is one thing you regret or would change about college?"
"If you were driving to work and you noticed a car accident on the side of the road, would you get out an help knowing that you could possibly get sued for any malpractice?"
"What makes a good osteopathic physician?"
"Tell me how you got here"
""If you caught a fellow student cheating on an exam, what would you do?""
"Out of all the items listed on your application, which would you say is your greatest accomplishment?"
"If I was accepted to all the schools that I applied to, how would I choose? What would I do if I was rejected to all?"
"If you become a physician, what kind of impression do you want to leave your patients with?"
"Most questions were about things I had written in my application. They wanted me to elaborate on certain details. Though they did ask me about my study habits and what works for me, what I do to de-stress, if I had applied to MD schools, why I want to be a DO, what I think of OMM, my exposure to diversity, my most meaningful patient encounter while shadowing/volunteering, my hobbies, why didn't I consider doing research instead of medicine, and they ended the interview by asking me if I wanted to tell them anything not mentioned in the interview itself. Basically know your application well, they don't try to trip you up, they just ask for more details on the things you have already written about."
"If you were a doctor and your patient just tested HIV+ and had not told their spouse would you tell the spouse? (legally the answer is no in all circumstances, you can't touch HIV with a ten foot pole)"
"What kind of learner are you?"
"If you do not get into medical school this year, what will you do next year?"
"Name one class you struggled with in college."
"Why osteopathic medicine"
"Why do you specifically want to be a physician, instead of another clinical application of medicine like nurse practitioner or physicians assistant?"
"Why osteopathic medicine, why now?"
"Tell me about your MCAT scores"
"Specific questions relating to my admissions essay from the AACOMAS application"
"Why do you want to be a doctor, and why PCOM?"
"Tell us about So Long, Pluto (my band)."
"Why Osteo"
"why my undergraduate university"
"What other schools are you applying to? Where else have you been accepted? Are you holding your spots at those places? I thought this was crap that they asked me this."
"Talk about how you, since High School?"
"Why PCOM? Why DO?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem facing health care today?"
"Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician?"
"Why Medicine? They also asked why I had not taken BioChem and how I would prepare for it for Medical School."
"Have you had a family member's health influence your decision to pursue medicine?"
"90% of questions were drawn off of my application"
"So tell us about how music and medicine are similar. (I studied music in college)."
"What would you bring to the student body at PCOM? I am a non-trad with a prior career so I focused on my maturity and experience working in teams with colleagues."
"Why PCOM, What do you know about Osteopathic Medicine? "
"I took MCAT twice with two month in-between, and increased my score by about 6 points (30+). They asked me how I managed to go from an average MCAT score to 80th percentile score in just a matter of two months. I believe the answer to this question made them think, "This is the type of student we want." and ultimately the acceptance."
"These are the ones they seem to ask everyone (except I did not get the expected "What is osteopathy" question): Where do you see yourself in 15 years? When did you know you wanted to be a doctor? Why DO? How do you relieve stress? What factors do you weigh in choosing a medical school?"
"All the normal ones"
"Tell me about yourself? This includes the answer to the sub-questions "Why medicine/osteopathy/Why P.C.O.M.?" (The other questions are kind of a blur after 7 interviews at this point...) "
"specific to my internship, great ice-breaker!"
"Why do you want to be a Doctor and what led you here?"
"why do you want to attend PCOM?"
"Are you happy with the choice of your undergraduate institution?"
"Why P.C.O.M.?"
"Why PCOM? Why D.O.? Have you heard back from other schools?"
"What made you motivated to pursue medicine?"
"Why Osteopathic Medicine? Why double major? "
"Why do you want to be an osteopath?"
"Why DO? Why PCOM? Why Doctor?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem with health care?"
"What can you tell me about osteopathic medicine?"
"Explain to us why you transferred after your freshman year in undergrad"
"Exposure to osteopathic medicine."
"What interests you about Osteopathic medicine?"
"Explain this grade?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Why were you a nursing major for a year?"
"What type of doctor do you want to be?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? What was something challenging you faced and how did you overcome it?"
"How would you explain OMM to an MD?"
"I was only asked one question...why PCOM?"
"Question about why i chose my undergrad program and if i would go there again"
"WHen is the last time you laughed? Why Georgia? (i'm from michigan)"
"What do you know about osteopathic medicine (naturally)?"
"Why do you want to go to PCOM?"
"How does osteopathic medicine differ from allopathic medicine and why is that a good fit for you?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"Tell me about your research?"
"How did you study for the MCAT?"
"specific to my file"
"You never shaddowed an osteopath, why?"
"Tell us about your musical experience."
"Why Do you want to be in medicine?"
"basic"
"How did your undergraduate education prepared you to become a good doctor"
"if all illness were crured, what would ou do"
"With admissions so competitive, why should we pick you?"
"Tell me about your involvement with the Boy Scouts"
"How do you like Cell Biology? "
"Why do you want to attend this school as opposed to other schools in the surrounding area?"
"Why medicine? Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What is the difference between MD and DO?"
"What was the hardest thing you ever had to do?"
"You had a drop in your grades sophomore year, what happened?"
"Strengths/ Weakness"
"What other schools did you apply to?"
"You have any questions?"
"What do you do in your spare time?"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"How did you decide you wanted to be a physician?"
"What motivates you? "
"Tell me about your time spent in Eastern Europe."
"why did you take time off between undergrad and current application process?"
"What is Osteopathic Medicine?"
"What do you for fun?"
"describe a time where you were in a position of conflict and how did you handle it."
"Describe a conflict and how you dealt with it?"
"Introduce myself"
"''Tell us about your mission trip to Mississippi''"
"Where will your family stay while your in school?"
"What would you say is your biggest weakness and your greatest strength?"
"Do you feel your mcat score is a true reflection of your intellectual ability?"
"na"
"Why medicine? Why DO?"
"You did well on the MCAT, how did you study?"
"Why PCOM?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Why DO? Why medicine?"
"Why these low grades in subject X?"
"Why did you pick the undergraduate institution that you did?"
"Where else have you applied? "
"What do I like to do for fun?"
"What do you understand of osteopathic medicine and what is your understanding of osteopathic manipulative medicine? (know this stuff pretty well for the one Dr)"
"How do you think your work at Kmart will contribute to your being a doctor?"
"Let's talk about the gap between your GPA and MCAT score. [Undergrad GPA was low, MCAT score was good]"
"What makes you a good doctor? What volunteer work have you done in an underserved community?"
"Tell me about yourself. 1st ?"
"What is the difference between an MD and a DO in your mind?"
"If faced were with difficulties in medical school, as far as coursework is concerned how would I deal with that?"
"Explain your path to medicine. Start with undergrad years."
"Explain what led you to the osteopathic profession. Would you come to Georgia if accepted? What makes you special? "
"Describe your problem solving skills"
"Tell me about your life since you graduated."
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"Have you always been 100% sure about going to medical school since you come from a medical family?"
"What is your understanding of Osteopathy and how would you apply it to the care of your patients?"
"Do you see any problems in the healthcare/medical field?"
"Tell me about yourself and how you reached this osteopathic interview"
"What kind of research do you do?"
"When did you realize you wanted to be a DO? "
"Why osteopathy?"
"Why the low MCAT scores?"
"What is your experience with OMM and osteopathy? "
"What is one of the greatest challenges you face working with inner-city youth? (stemming from working with AmeriCorps in Baltimore)"
"Tell me about your family."
"What was the most interesting non-science class that you took"
"Why did you get a C in bcmb?"
"Why DO? Describe your research. "
"How was your undergraduate experience?"
"I see you shadowed Dr.X . How was it?"
"Explain your undergraduate experience."
"When did you discover you wanted to be a doctor?"
"Tell me about your current job."
"What specialty of medicine do you think you would most like to practice?"
"What prompted you to want to change careers?"
"What sets PCOM apart from the other schools you applied to? This seemed like a question I should ask them, but it was one they asked me."
"What do you know about the osteopathic profession/philosophy? What other schools have you applied to? Any other interviews/acceptances yet? Any allopathic schools?"
"What is one challange you have faced and how did you overcome it?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Why DO? How did you find out about osteopathy and why did you choose it?"
"Why medicine? Why D.O.? How many times did you take the MCAT and how do you prepare? Have you been to PCOM before?"
"What do your father and grandfather think of you going to DO school?"
"What is your opinion of your undergraduate education and school?"
"Tell me about your undergraduate experiences "
"What do you like about Philadelphia?"
"How did you enjoy your undegraduate experience? Do you think graduate school prepared you for the rigors of medical school? Where else have you applied?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? With emphasis on DO."
"How did you prepare for the MCAT?"
"Tell us about your MPH and research at school."
"Talked extensively about my research, OMM, If I knew of any tequniques that could benifit patient outcomes."
"How did you like your undergrad experience?"
"What specialty are you considering? (This was actually asked after I indirectly brought up the topic)"
"So what are you doing now that you've been out of school for a year?"
"Why do you think the mentality of younger students at your undergraduate institution has changed in regards to getting things done for themselves?"
"What happened with your undergrad grades?"
"what made you choose to come to PCOM (for the biomedical science program)and why did you only apply here for medical school?"
"Why PCOM-ATL?"
""tell me your story""
"What field of medicine would you like to specialize in?"
"How did you balance all of your extracurricular activities with your academics?"
"What was your favorite class?"
"What did you find academically challenging"
"why do"
"What did you like/dislike about my undergraduate institution?"
"1.) Have you been to PCOM before? 2.)Why do you want to be a doctor? 3.)Why a DO and not an MD? 4.) How did you study for the MCATs? 5.) How many times did you take the MCAT? 6.)How has your undergraduate institution prepared you for medical school? 7.) How many schools did you apply to? 8.) Why only PCOM and why do you want to come here? 9.) What quality do you think is the most important for a physician to have? 10.) Is there another quality that you also think is important? 11.) Who is your role model? "
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"why do you want to become a doctor/DO."
"Knwo about your past. I have lived in foreign country and they have lot of questions about that. They really read your AACOMAS application and make sure they know everything about you before you interview. "
"How do you like your undergrad institution? Do you have a favorite class you've taken?"
"Tell us about yourself."
"why medicine and why DO?"
"Why medicine? Why osteopathic? where else have you applied? what's your status with them?"
"Why do you want to be a doc? Why DO?"
"What qualities can you add that wil will make this !st class a success?"
"How did you like Duke?"
"What activities were you involved in during your undergrad years?"
"Talk about yourself. They asked about my grades and my college. Questions about studying abroad."
"Tell me about New Orleans, Mardi Gras, Undergrad experience?"
"Why a physician instead of a physician assistant? "
"1) Tell about your experiences at your undergrad, and How they prepared you for Medical School 2) Why Osteopathy? <<Dont Say: Hollistic or 'Cracking' Backs"
"Explain your low orgo grades"
"Just specifics about my grades"
"If you could not be a physician, what would you do?"
"What do I like to do for fun? what classes do I have now? why I chose undergraduate education (pitt)? Where else did I apply/interview?"
"It was really more conversational than it was a list of questions, some questions included flat out why do you want to be a doctor, who is your role model, where do you see yourself in 15 years, what do you do for fun, what would make you choose PCOM over other schools...."
"What made you decide on your undergraduate institution? (fortunately, one of the interviewers graduated from my university)"
"I can see from your transcripts that your grades are above avergage....excellent even. But you know you're going to have to explain these MCAT scores. "
"Explain to us what you know about OMM."
"difference in how allopathic and osteopathic medicine is conducted?"
"How did your undergrad and grad experience prepare you for medical school?"
"How did you manage to graduate so early (in 2.5 years I graduated)?"
"Why D.O.?"
"how do you handle anger"
"why DO? not MD? "
"What do you know about ostepathic medicine/ why do you want to be a DO?"
"What makes you angry? What makes you laugh?"
"Why did you choose your undergraduate institution? Most interesting class in undergrad (science or not) and how did it prepare you for being a doctor? What other profession would you choose if not medical? "
"1)How has you undergraduate institution prepared you to become a good physician. 2)You said you've done research, tell us about it."
"why osteo? what know about osteo? applied to other schools? MD or DO schools? outcomes?"
"Who is your role model?"
"Tell us what happened in your sophmore year to bring down your GPA?"
"Why are you interested in Osteopathic Medicine."
"How did your undergraduate institution prepare you?"
"How did you chose your undergrad? Did you like it?"
"How has your undergraduate education prepared you for a career in medicine?"
"What have you been doing since graduating from college?"
"how did I prepare for the mcat? "
"What is your interest in osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell us about Omaha, Nebraksa and why you moved there from New Jersey?"
"Your father is an MD so why do you want to become a DO?"
"Why osteopathic medicine? "
"what do you do for fun?"
"How did you study for the MCATs?"
"Why I chose the college I chose? Why I chose the major I chose? What do I do in my free time? Leadership experiences?"
"Why did I move to (state)? How did I prepare for the MCAT? "
"asked about my undergrad institution"
"how did you like your undegrad and grad schools?"
"Why the delay between college and medical school?"
"Why D.O. school?"
"What got you interested in DO?"
"Did you enjoy your undergraduate experience?"
"Why did you choose the college you went to? What do you like to do for fun? What kind of books do you like to read? Explain your MCAT score. "
"Why medicine?"
"What type of medicine do I think I would want to practice?"
"What do you like to do for fun? What was the last book that you read?"
"What did you choose your undergraduate institution. What brought you out east."
"If I could change one thing about myself what would it be?"
"Questions about ungergraduates education?"
"Why DO over an MD school?"
"Tell me about your research."
"What other schools did I apply to?"
"Tell us about your basketball experiences. Describe William and Mary (undergrad) to us and how it impacted you."
"Why do?"
"How did you bring your grades up?"
"What kind of Medicine do I want to practice?"
"Why DO, Why PCOM"
"Have you been to Philly before? been to PCOM before? Why PCOM? What will be deciding factors as to which school you attend?"
"Describe your current position. What do you do. (I am a chemist in industry)"
"Why DO?/PCOM?"
"What's your biggest accomplishment?"
"What other schools have your applied to?"
"what do you think is your biggest accomplishment?"
"What do you like to do in your spare time?"
"How has your undergraduate institution prepared you to become a physician?"
"how has your experience at ...(your school) prepared you for med school?"
"What is Osteopathy and why do you want to go into it?"
"Favorite classes?"
"Describe your college experience"
"What colleges did you apply to and why did you pick(insert your school here)?"
"Why are you making the career change?"
"See above."
"What are my hobbies?"
"What leadership experiences have you had and how will you improve your leadership skills before matriculation?"
"What did you enjoy about your undergrad experience and what would you change in the curriculum?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"How have your experiences prepared you for a career in medicine?"
"What are you most nervous about in medical school?"
""Where do you see yourself in 10 years?'"
"How do you learn best? Which learning tactics work best for you? With which learning tactics do you still struggle?"
"Your team members are in a conflict, what do you do?"
"What's the one thing that you think you will miss most, when you start medical school and no longer have time for it?"
"are you capable of performing osteopathic manipulations on someone and having them performed on you?"
"What sort of academic strategy have you used so far?"
"How are you going to choose which medical school you will go to, assuming you get multiple acceptances?"
"Why Philadelphia? (I am OOS)"
"How I handle challenges/adversity"
"Why did you apply to PCOM, specifically?"
"Tell me about XXXX experience on your resume."
"Tell me what you know about osteopathy."
"Why did you choose to pursue philosophy as a second major?"
"About classes I took"
"about the do's i shadowed"
"Why DO? This was awkward because I told them I was also applying to MD schools. I was trying to be smart about this, but also honest. It backfired a bit. "
"What would you like the Admissions Committee know that we didn't discuss?"
"Was the curriculum at your school challenging? (i think they asked this because of bad grades i got one semester)"
"When did you know you wanted to become a physician?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"What exactly is a "Health Science" major? What do you do when you get angry?"
"What brought you to PCOM? and medicine?"
"The only questions not related specifically to my application: Why PCOM?, What do you do to relieve stress?"
"Do you believe in universal health care?"
"I am the child of a PCOM grad so they asked about what specialty my parent is in, whether he/she uses OMM, and why I want to follow in his/her footsteps."
"How have you improved your file since last cycle? How did you feel not being accepted last year. "
"I had a very unique medical experience when I was a young child in a foreign country. I used this as a foundation to answer the inevitable question: Why medicine and why osteopathic?"
"Questions specific to my file were about my grades, my DO LOR writer, my shadowing and internship."
"How does OMM work? Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"What do you see yourself doing in 20 years? I see that you like to ice skate and go hiking, what else do you do to relieve stress? (I answered the question before this point...this was asked a 2nd time)"
"how did you meet the DO who wrote your recommendation?"
"Explain your volunteer experience."
"Do you know the differend between DO and MD?"
"tell us about your research? how has it prepared you for a career in medicine?"
"Tell us about your clinical experience"
"How would your best friend describe you? Tell us about your experiences."
"Why medicine and why DO?"
"What do you do for fun? What is your favorite type of music? Do you read for pleasure? "
"Where do you see yourself headed in your future career?"
"What do you have to offer to PCOM? Explain how you prepare for the MCAT."
"Why Medicine"
"Can I see myself as a teacher in the future?"
"What will be the biggest transition for you in moving to Philadelphia if you are accepted?"
"What do you do for fun? Tell us about you volunteer experiences. "
"Can you explain how you studied for the MCAT(s) and why this class grade doesn't mirror the rest of your application"
"Give us an example of work you've done that required you to use your hands"
"About volunteer experience and what it meant to me."
"what do you think is a problem in the medical field today"
"Explain this bad grade."
"Who are your role models?"
"Specific to my file"
"What is a physician's role in society?"
"Why did your verbal score dip on your last mcat?"
"What is a doctor?"
"Describe yourself and what you have to offer."
"What do you know about the philosphy of osteopathic medicine and OMM? Why PCOM?"
"So, why do you want to be a doctor? (opening question)"
"What would you do to fix the current healthcare situation"
"Why DO? Were you surprised by your mcat score?"
"see above"
"How has your job experience prepared you for a career in medicine?"
"How would you suggest that health care be reformed?"
"What area do you want to work in?"
"How do you de-stress?"
"what make you think you will no longer have Ws in future, in med school?"
"What do you like to do in your spare time?"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Describe your research experience (I am currently a research fellow)."
"You're involved in a lot of stuff -- music, composition, ROTC, you've performed well academically. To what do you attribute your success?"
"Why D.O.?"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"What were your motivating factors to be involved in so many community work"
"tell me about this term (Dad passed away, grades took a DIP) but they were very understanding, asking what it is due to"
"What do you think about your MCAT scores? Did you take Kaplan/Princeton review?"
"Anything you want us to know about you that we don't already know?"
"Where did you apply and get accepted?"
"Have you done any research? "
"If by some miracle there were no more illness (no need for a physician) what would you do?"
"What schools did you apply to? What would you do if you didn't get into any? What would you do if you got into all of them? What would be your deciding factors?"
"Explain OMM"
"What criteria will you use to make a decision as to which medical school you will attend?"
"How do you feel being in athletics in college has prepared you for medical school?"
"best volunteer experience"
"Do you think your MCAT score reflects your true academic potential?"
"What would the DO I shadowed say my strength and weaknesses were?"
"Why are you interested in Research"
"What kind of physician do you want to be?"
"Relate osteopathy to an experience you've had. "
"What do you do at your job?"
"What did you learn from shadowing a physician?"
"what type of clinical setting do you see yourself in in 10 years?"
"Something about the DO I shadowed"
"Tell me about your research."
"what do you think of your mcat score?"
"Describe a time when you tried incredibly hard to accomplish something but it did not materialize the way you would have liked."
"How do I feel about my academic performance?"
"What do you know about OMM?"
"''What is your understanding of Osteopathic medicine?''"
"What other schools have you applied to?"
"Why do you want to come to PCOM? (wanted to hear about the location, similar goals, and facilities)"
"na"
"Tell me about osteopathic medicine and why you want to be a DO."
"What do you do to relax? What is my favorite book, and why?"
"Why DO? Why Dr? (2 separate Qs)"
"If you were accepted on the condition that you commit 15 percent of your time on underserved areas would you do it?"
"Why DO?"
"Why was your physical science score on the MCAT much lower than your other sections?"
"What field of medicine do you want to go into?"
"You came from a small school...how would you adapt to PCOM?"
"What other schools have you applied to? How many are DO schools?"
"What is your favorite (and least favorite) part of your college education?"
"Tell us a little about your senior research concerning calcium chloride and bacteria; what were you looking for or did you expect to find out?"
"Why osteopathic medicine? Tell me about your research."
"What was your illness? I'm mentioning this question because it really affected my academics. He didn't really want to know the answer to the question. He just wanted to make sure that I thought about what implication a rigorous medical school curriculum, may or may not have. They were very clear that I did NOT have to answer and it WOULD NOT affect ANYTHING"
"Why GA-PCOM?"
"How extensive is your interest in research?"
"What could I tell them about myself that would help them decide to accept me as a student in this years class?"
"Do you have any experience with DO...?"
"What qualities do you have that make you a good doctor? "
"Why medicine, why osteopathic medicine?"
"What happened to your verbal (the way they asked was not too intimidated)"
"Explain your major. (My major was a unique science program that was all Problem Based Learning). How will that experience help you in Medical School"
"Do you volunteer at all?"
"You have done a lot of work in women's health- is that intentional/is that the direction you want to go in?"
"Where are you from?"
"Why did you choose XXX college?"
"I see you are a triple major, what the heck happened to your physical science section of your MCAT?"
"What was different when you returned to school? (I had broken time)"
"Explain your grades during a given semester."
"We noticed you have been away from school for a while. Do you feel like you have lost any of your former capabilities?"
"How I knew the individuals who wrote letters for me."
"What is your favorite period of history? (Before I switched majors to biology, I was a history major)"
"How do you plan on paying for school?"
"What do you do on your spare time"
"Why om and not allopathic medicine?"
"Why I took graduate courses in bio at Temple after graduation."
"Have you ever witnessed OMM and what is your understanding of it?"
"What did you study in Mexico? (I studied abroad for the summer semester of my sophmore year)"
"Why do you want to be a physician, and specifically in regards to practicing osteopathy."
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"When was your first experience with an osteopathic physician?"
"What do your MD in-laws think about you applying to DO school?"
"Why do you want to go into medicine at this stage of your life?"
"Where do you see yourself in the next 10 years? What/where do you think you would like to practice?"
"What can you personally bring to the osteopathic medical profession? Tell me about your problem solving skills."
"What health related experience do you have."
"Tell me about your family"
"Why PCOM?"
"How did you like your undergrad? Was it challenging? How did you adapt?"
"Compare osteopathic vs. allopathic. Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"What classes are you currently taking? How do you handle stressful situations? What do you do for fun?"
"What activities are you involved with in your undergraduate school in addition to athletics?"
"Tell me about your MCAT scores (I took the MCATs twice...the first time I bombed the test, but I improved the second time)"
"Why did you choose Penn for your undergrad?"
"What is the most important quality a doctor should have?"
"Why D.O.? Ever thought about D.O./Ph.D.? More questions about my research"
"Tell us about your research (they asked about a specific part of the research)."
"What do you like to do for fun in your spare time?"
"Talk to us about rowing, your experiences."
"Asked if I took an MCAT prep course? Asked why DO? "
"What were organizations you were involved in?"
"Explain the decline in your grades."
"What do you want to specialize in?"
"Question about my high school/Why DO?"
"what type of medicine do you want to practice?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"see most interesting question above"
"Do your physician siblings support you in your decision to become a doctor?"
"Why did you pick your original major (engineering)?"
"What area of medicine are you interested in? "
"TEll us about yourself, say you got accepted everywhere what is you criteria for choosing which school you will attend."
"what is your biggest achievement"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 year?"
"Tell us about your experiences in medical settings? "
"Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician?"
"where do you see your self in 15 years."
"How will I make my choice about where to attend"
"Who is your role model and how has he/she influenced your decision to become a physician?"
"What was your hardest course in college?"
"question about my personal statment"
"Give an example of a time when you overcame great adversity to achieve a goal."
"What schools did you apply to? How is that going?"
"Explain your high GPA and subpar MCAT score"
"Where did you apply last year? What were the outcomes? Where did you apply this year? "
"What do you know about osteopathic medicine?"
"Why DO? Why medicine? "
"What you favorite movie, what do you do for fun?"
"What does a PA do on a day-to-day basis? "
"What specialty are you interested in?"
"3) What do you do for your spare time? (Be ready to talk about it DONT SAY: I dont have spare time, or Video Games) 4) When did you know you wanted to be a physician?"
"What are you involved in at school"
"Why do you want to be a DO?"
"Why osteo medicine? What sets me apart from other candidates with similar grades/test scores?"
"What other schools have you applied to or received interviews from? If you were accepted to both an allopathic and osteopathic school, which would you choose and why? (try to be honest with this last question)"
"Tell us about your experience at Xavier and what you are doing now."
"Have you ever had an osteopathic adjustment? Since you've seen a DO in the past, how do you feel their approach differs from MDs you've seen?"
"Were you accepted to other medical schools? Which ones?"
"why my college? what do i do for fun?"
"Why osteopathy?"
"What did you like about your undergraduate school?"
"How did you manage your time with your extracurricular activities? "
"Are you also applying to MD schools? "
"Tell us about the research you are involved in? "
"Being an older applicant how would you feel about younger students in the class? I am only 29."
"What specialty would you like to go into?"
"What do you know about DO?"
"Do you think socialized medicine or the US system of healthcare is better? "
"What other schools did you apply to? Tell us a little bit about your clinical experiences. "
"3)What do you do for fun 4)Tell us why your grades were lower in your junior year."
"why career switch? how spend time (hobbies, interests)?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"What will you bring to PCOM?"
"What impact has your community service had on you?"
"Desribe a conflict or crisis and how you dealt with it."
"What are you doing right now?"
"Explain why you MCAT scores don't reflect your grades. (I have a low MCAT score but excellent grades)"
"what languages do you speak?"
"What do you do for fun? "
"how did my undergraduate and graduate schools help me prepare for medical school?"
"What does your father (an MD) think about you becoming an osteopathic physician?"
"What got you interested in osteopathic medicine? How did your undergraduate institution prepare you for medical school? "
"How has your experience been like at (my undergrate) college?"
"Where else did you apply?"
"how has your undergrad school prepared you?"
"What do you know/understand about Osteopathic Medicine and how it is practiced?"
"What sets me apart from other applicants?"
"What do I do for fun? What will I do if I do not get in this year?"
"what i would do if i didn't get it..if I couldn't go into medicien what would i do"
"what do you do for fun?"
"How did you study in college?"
"How did your undergraduate institution prepare you well for medical school?"
"What do you do in your spare time? "
"What is quality that every doc should have (or something like that)? How do you feel about all the touching in OMM lab?"
"Problems touching classmates in OMM class?"
"What other schools did I apply, and current results? What were my hobbies?"
"Why are you so sure that you want to be a doctor? "
"What do you do for fun."
"Why I picked my undergraduate school?"
"What are your feelings about managed care?"
"Why PCOM?Why medicine? What Speciality?"
"If you go into a DO school what would my father (an MD physician) say?"
"What do you do for fun? Hobbies? Work?"
"What specialty would I like to go into?"
"Why osteopathic medicine vs. allopathic? Describe your biggest stress and how you handled it. What other schools did you apply to? SAT scores?"
"Why did you wait so late to apply?"
"How will your studying habits change during medical school?"
"Why the drop in my GPA during my junior year? (I'm a naval reservist, after September 11th, I was recalled back to active duty during my junior year. I was working 18hour-day shifts. My grades suffered the consequences)"
"although the interview was conversational for the most part (i was able to direct the questions asked of myself), but be ready to defend any flaws in your application - i was asked about the one B- in one of my classes (3.97 gpa b/c of it)"
"Do you think you will have problems touching/examinig your classmates during OMM lab?"
"Why PCOM"
"What do you think DOs are able to do? (this i thought was a really dumb question, but all you have to answer is 'everything' and they're really happy)"
"Why didn't you take any science classes as an undergrad?"
"What type of medicine are your interested in?"
"Tell me about your ECs. Tell me about "insert undergrad school". Where else did you apply? What have you been doing on your year off? Why did you take a year off?"
"Tell me about your ECs. Tell me about "insert undergrad school"."
"What field of medicine would you like to specialize in?"
"Describe a stressful situation you've been in and how you acted and handled it."
"What is your understanding of osteopathic medicine?"
"How were your experiences with the MCAT different each time you took it?"
"Why medicine?"
"What was it that gave you your success in college?"
"what do you for fun?"
"What would you do if you did not get in this year?"
"Why PCOM? Have you seen our campus before today?"
"What does success mean to you? And is success solely yours or about other people?"
"Have you ever worked with sick or dying people?"
"What was your most interesting clinical experience and what did you learn from it?"
"Are you willing to undertake the responsibilities that OMM requires?"
"What do you know about OMM?"
""Why did you choose to do nursing before pursuing medicine?""
"What is one of the surprising complexities you've encountered in American medicine?"
"What are you most proud of and what would you go back and change if you could?"
"What class in college do you think most prepared you for medical school?"
"Why not become a P.A. they can do all the things a doctor can do?"
"Do you think you'll be comfortable living in a big city/what are your techniques for stress management?"
"What are your interests/ hobbies?"
"Hobbies"
"In a single sentence, how would a friend describe you? And an enemy?"
"If choosing a school, what is the most important thing for you?"
"What would you add to the PCOM entering class of Fall 2012?"
"What did you do at your resident assistant job?"
"Why Philly"
"In my personal statement I talked about my own experience with leukemia...they were so awkward about it...I gave them a short run down and they had absolutely nothing to say about it. "
"How will u balance school and free-time? What do you do for fun? "
"How can you relate your past work experiences to when you become a doctor?"
"Describe your major."
"What are you doing with your year off? What other schools are you applying to? Any Acceptances?"
"What role did your father play in your decision to enter medical school? (My father is a doctor)"
"They asked about my dads job (nothing exciting, VP of a company branch- not a bank)"
"How has a major illness in your family affected your decision to become a physician? (application specific)"
"What are you doing during your year off?"
"What do you see as the greatest challenge facing physicians today and in the future? I talked about third-party payors, insurance reimbursements and increasing administrative hassles like prior-auths."
"if you couldn't do medicine, what would u do? "
"Please tell us the qualities in which you excel and the qualities in which you need improvement. Funny thing is I couldn't think of any qualities that need improved...the interviewer had to help me out."
"You are from (semi-rural) PA...how do you expect to make the transition to Philadelphia? Did you apply to allopathic programs as well?"
"Several questions regarding my file, all based on my experience in medicine"
"They asked about my research"
"Specific to my file"
"Tell us about this experience...(work, volunteering, travel, etc)?"
"what is the most challenging thing for a physician in medicine today?"
"Why DO? Why PCOM? Why medicine?"
"Describe your duties at Planned Parenthood."
"If you could choose any other profession if medicine did not exist what would you choose?"
"What do you do to relax?"
"What reform do you think that the current healthcare system need?"
"What do you like to do in your spare time?"
"How did you study for the MCAT? What other schools did you apply to? and did you hear back from any of them."
"What was the biggest impact on you from your volunteer time in Mississippi?"
"Do you play an instrument?"
"how hard do you think you will have to work in medical school "
"Does American healthcare need to be reformed? How so?"
"That's really all they asked me. It seemed like they had already made up their minds before they met. They were pretty lousy interviewers especially Kominsky"
"Have you ever been involved in music?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"Explain this grade."
"What fascinates you about osteopathic medicine??????"
"Do you feel like you can handle it?"
"Tell me about being a forensic scientist. "
"You spoke of prevention in osteopathic medicine. Did you get your flu shot? (thank goodness, I did)"
"The election candidates question that i had mentioned earlier. Know why you want to go to PCOM and specifics about Osteopathic medicine and OMM"
"What is the hardest thing you have been through and how did you handle it? What other schools did you apply to and have you gotten interviews there?"
"see above"
"Tell us about a difficult experience you've had and how you resolved the situation."
"What is your biggest weakness?"
"Why did you major in Religion?"
"Which other schools I have applied to"
"You had +B in genetics after second time? What is the most important thing to consider when you choose medical school? What is your primary language? What is Osteo Med mean to you? Any other schools? "
"Why didn't you re-take the MCAT? (Seriously I did fine so I was really suprised by this question)"
"How do handle stress?"
"How do you see yourself in 10-15 years?"
"Describe Temple University's pre-med program. Is it pretty rigorous?"
"How did you study for the MCAT?"
"15 years from now, where do you see yourself?"
"What would be your selection factors in choosing schools after you hear from them"
"so what do you know about DO's"
"Future plans."
"How many languages you speak?"
"Why didn't you improve in verbal?"
"Have you learned from your past experiences? "
"What do you want us to tell the admissions committee about you?"
"How do you handle problems?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"How/Why did you become interested in medicine?"
"Tell us about your experience working in the emergency room over the summer"
"my grades"
"What will you do if you don't get in this year?"
"What I would do if I got into multiple schools and then what I would do if I didn't get in anywhere"
"Based on your research interests, what type of career do you plan on having, And how do you plan to do it."
"What is up with this grade here?"
"What do you have to offer PCOM?"
"Explain your low grades."
"What made you chose Philadelphia to apply to?"
"Do you plan on staying in the south or returning to Indiana?"
"why osteopathic medicine and why in philly?"
"What would I do if I didn't get in?"
"Where did your dad attend medical school?"
"The rest were file related."
"How became introduced to Osteopathic Medicine?"
"What do you do at your job?"
"''What first peaked your interest in not only medicine, but Osteopathic medicine?''"
"If your accepted to more then one school, what is your 1st choice and why?"
"Do you think that you will be able to manage your time between school and your wife? (Weren't really that interested in the answer. They just wanted to tell me to make sure that I make time for my wife, specifically one day a week. They were very supportive.)"
"Tell us about your experiences in your extracurricular activities."
"na"
"How many languages do you speak?"
"What is your best attribute?"
"why Osteopathy?"
"What would you do if a miracle made human illness obsolete?"
"I think that was it. They just talked a lot, in fact I could not complete one sentence without being cut off. I had to start cutting them off!! but I knew they were just goofing so I took no offense. I was out in 20 min. while other students were in there for as long as 60 min."
"Whats my job?"
"Tell us about what you are doing now (I am taking a year off before med school)"
"Is there anything else you would like to say that we haven't asked you?"
"Why DO?"
"Tell us what you know about osteopathic medicine."
"Why do you feel as though your GPA is different from your MCAT scores? (My GPA is a 3.0 and sci/math of like 2.7 while I got 8,9,10 on phys, bio, verbal of the MCAT)"
"After becoming a licensed doctor, do you know what you need to know to practice? [Basically, this could be rephrased as: Do you know everything after graduating?'"
"What would you do if you were not accepted into med school this year?"
"Why didn't you get a reccommendation from a D.O. (I work in a hospital, for the last yr)"
"Why did you apply to both MD and DO schools?"
"Do you have friends at PCOM?"
"What would I do if I were not excepted for this years class?"
"Which other schools? Not really a question, but...do the right thing and send a thank you letter. Get correct spelling from the admin staff."
"How do you relieve stress? They seemed to like a "i want and am ready to learn anything" attitude... "
"Tell about one of your jobs (worked as a lab technician for a county hospital)"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"Why did you go to nursing school after you graduated from Temple?"
"Do you plan on taking biochemistry before medical school?"
"What happened in Calculus? Your non-science GPA is much higher than your science GPA. Do you feel that your GPA reflects what you understood in those classes?"
"Convince me why you would go here if accepted at multiple places."
"The questions were pretty standard."
"You worked with diabetes in Australia, can OMM be used to treat the disease?"
"As an older student, how do you think you will interact with students ten years younger than you?"
"Do you think you will be able to pass the licensing exams?"
"If a person called in to 911 and said they were trapped in a vehicle submerged in water how would you help them? (I work as a 911 dispatcher so this question wasn't off the wall for me.)"
"What was the most influencing experience during my undergraduate career?"
"If I were to stand in front of the committee and fight for you what should I tell them?"
"what do you know about OMM"
"Why do you want to spend so much money and go to this school and not go to a public school like MCG, which is only 10,000 a year?"
"What other schools I applied to."
"What do you know about the curriculum at PCOM?"
"Why do you want to come to PCOM?"
"How did you study for your MCATs?( I scored significantly higher the 2nd time I took them)"
"Why did you attend school in California (undergrad). "
"I see you made a 24 on your MCAT...what happened? (As I mentioned, my October scores were a good bit higher and it helped a lot to mention the new ones)."
"Why DO school and not MD school?"
"Tell us about your understanding of osteopathic medicine."
"What did you think of your undergraduate institution? What happened with the experience you had (as written in my secondary essay)?"
"What did you do for extracirricular activites in high school and your masters program?"
"That was it. We talked the whole time. "
"What have you done since reapplication?"
"See most difficult question."
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years? What do you like to do for fun? What is your favorite TV show?"
"What do you do for fun? Describe undergraduate experience. Questions unique to my application. Do I have any questions for them?"
"What are you study habits? Did you retake the August MCAT? (my april score wasn't that great) Why not? ( I didn't take the august exam. I opted to take again next april after taking Kaplan if I didn't get in this year)"
"Why do you want to attend PCOM?"
"What was the last book you read (This was an easy question for me because I read a lot, but I know some of the other students were asked the same question, and the interviewer wanted at least two titles)."
"When did you know you wanted to be a physician?"
"What do you do for fun in your free time? What are your hobbies?"
"What else would you like for us to know about you that you haven't already shared or isn't in your essay?"
"Have you considered going into research? Where do you see yourself in 1o years? Can you accomplish all those things with a DO? And then a few questions specifically about parts of my application (experiences and stuff I had mentioned in my essay)."
"Do you have any idea what you'd like to specialize in?"
"Why osteopathy? How did you study for the MCAT last August?"
"How will PCOM benifit by having me as a student?"
"What type of clinical experiences do you have?"
"Why D.O.? Why only D.O.? (Since I applied only to D.O. medical schools) (Note for the bottom section on travel - My flight was delayed twice, then canceled, rescheduled, then delayed again due to de-icing problems, so I ended up spending more than 12 hours trying to get to PCOM and hence missed the morning breakfast. I am just glad I made it in time to be the last one to be interviewed at precisely 11:30 AM.)"
"Would you really come to PCOM-ATL if accepted?"
"when did you know that you wanted to become a physician?"
"What is one of the biggest problem you will encounter in med school?"
"how would you integrate osteopathy into your chosen specialty"
"Do you have any questions?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What are important qualities for a physician to have?"
"How was the drive, Undergrad experience, do you know OMM,"
"how do you feel about your academic and mcat performace"
"Questions reguarding my research experiance"
"What specialty do you most desire to practice?"
"Why do you want to come to our school?"
"what schools have you applied to."
"What I thought about my undergraduate university and the experience that I had there"
"What other schools have you applied to? Have you ever been in a crisis and how have you over come it?"
"Other than those two questions, one of my interviewers pretty much spent the entire time talking. I hardly did any. I hope it doesn't destroy my chances. I didn't get that impression. He mostly spent time selling the school."
"question about my grades"
"Have you ever thought of being something other than a physician? when was this? why? "
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"What interested you about Osteopathic Medicine."
"What made you apply to osteopathic programs? (and then just more questions about undergrad and my masters program and what attracts me to PCOM)"
"Where else have you applied? Have you been interviewed? Were you accepted at any of those schools?"
"When have I encountered challenges in my life and how did I deal with them? "
"What would you do if you weren't accepted at PCOM?"
"How will you manage to handle to the work during med school?"
"5) How did you meet Dr. XXXX (whom i shadowed) 6)What is the Most biggest challenge facing the medical profession today?"
"Why neuroscience"
"Why will you bring to PCOM?"
"What did I take away from my volunteer experience at children's hospital? Would I have a problem touching other students?"
"Why medicine? What do you know about osteopathic medicine? What do you do for fun?"
"What got you interested in osteopathy? (DO NOT SAY IN RESPONSE TO THIS QUESTION THAT YOU LIKE HOLLISTIC MEDICINE. THAT ALONE IS NOT UNIQUE TO OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE)"
"What types of things did you do during your internship in the Operating Room?"
"where do i see myself in ten years"
"Why D.O.?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"What will you do next year if you are not accepted? "
"how did you manage your time in college?"
"How did you improve your grades so much from undrgrad to grad school? Do differently?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"What other schools have you applied to?"
"Why osteopathic? How different from MD? Biggest obstacle to overcome? Any specialty choices after graduation?"
"5)What schools did you apply to; what will be your deciding factor in selecting your school. 6)Do you have any questions for us. (Make sure you are prepared to ask like 3 or 4 very well thought out questions, this can really help you and the interviewers have a better discussion) Also, don't sweat the MCAT. My score was real low and they didn't even ask one question about it. Be prepared just incase, but once you're there, it means that they are looking past all of those weaknesses that you see in yourself."
"what did undergrad and grad school experiences provide for use in med school?"
"What was your biggest challenge?"
"Do you tutor? Describe that to us."
"How did you make such dramatic improvement on your MCAT scores?"
"What do you do for fun? What is your favorite movie? How did you get into medicine? Any questions for us?"
"Have you ever observed an osteopathic physician?"
"why osteopathic medicine?"
"How do you feel your undergraduate education has prepared you? Collegiate Athletics? What do you think has given you such a strong work ethic?"
"Tell us about your medical related experiences? What schools did you apply to? Did you apply to NJ-SOM. They are competitive with NJ-SOM, so if you want PCOM, make sure you let them know they are your first choice and why."
"What has been the most stressful situation you have been in so far?"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"what is your understanding of osteopathic medicine?"
"How did you choose your undergraduate institution?"
"What was my favorite experience in medicine so far?"
"What other schools? What medical specialty? Any other questions? "
"about my b/f and how we would work out med school..locations etc"
"how did you hear about d.o, and how many schools did you apply to, and what kind?"
"How did your undergraduate career prepare you for DO school?"
"How many DO schools did you apply to?"
"Which and how many schools did you apply to?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Did I have any questions? And, what else would I like to say on my behalf?"
"Have you ever been to PCOM before? -this was answered in both of my essays Hint: they don't like P.COM. -- say P.C.O.M."
"Have you ever dealt with someone near death or dying."
"What do i like to do for fun/favorite classes?"
"How many schools did you apply to?"
"What do I like to do for fun? One thing that I wish I could change about myself?"
"Why did you choose your undergraduate school? What are your favorite and least favorite undergraduate classes?"
"What do I do in my spare time? Did I like my undergrad college?"
"What do you look for in medical schools? What would you do if you didn't get into medical school this year? What are you doing in your year off before medical school?"
"Have you ever been to Philly before?"
"What do you look for in a medical school and why PCOM?"
"Why PCOM?"
"hobbies, interests, fav book, strengths/weaknesses, where you see yourself 10 years, clinical volunteer experiences, why EC's, etc"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? What type of medicine do you want to go into?"
"What do you do for fun"
"will you be able to handle the stress?"
"Explain your poor performance freshman year."
"Who is your hero?"
"Why PCOM? Why DO? Why doctor? When/how did you decide on medicine? Who has been the greatest influence on your life?"
"Tell me about your volunteer experience with Dr. ---."
"What do you do in your free time?"
"when did you know you want to become a physician and why PCOM?????????????????"
"What field do you see yourself going into? Oh yeah and what other schools have you applied to?"
"What were your least favorite and favorite classes?"
"How did you prepare for the MCAT?"
"What's been the most stressful thing during the application process you have dealt with?"
"Is there anything you would like to add? "
"What did presenting your research teach you about yourself?"
"What do you like to do for fun? And pre-covid?"
"What would you do if your patient "knew" their medical diagnosis because they researched it online?"
"Would you tell a patient they only had six months to live?"
"If a car crashed and went into the river, would you jump in the river and help?"
""Talk about some of the characteristics you'd hope to see in a successful osteopathic physician? and talk about some of the negative characteristics of a bad osteopathic physician""
"Who do you believe is responsible for a patient's healthcare?"
"How do you define success? Do you think you are successful?"
"Are you comfortable with the dress code required for OMM lab?"
"If you had a magical pen, how would you use it toward healthcare?"
"I was asked what the strongest argument against going into medicine was, and why it wasn't convincing enough for me."
"What makes you angry/ what frustrates you?"
"How do you recognize when you are overwhelmed and in over your head? And what do you do to handle it?"
"Please tell me more about the osteopathic doctors you shadowed."
"A question relating to my personal statement"
"About my hobbies"
"What do you think are the advantages of an osteopathic medical education?"
"What are you reading now?"
"How would your friends describe you?"
"What are some difficulties that you think you will face as a medical student?"
"What exactly is a "Health Science" major? I just thought it was interesting that they were not familiar with it."
"Tell me what you know about OMM and would you practice it?"
"How would you tell a patient they had terminal cancer, without making them lose hope?? (Probably because I work with Hospice and study oncology)."
"#1"
"They asked me how I felt from an ethical standpoint about the "octo-mom" in California (whether fertility practices should be reigned in and should we even do fertility treatments on women with six children who are on public assistance)."
"Tell us about the undergrad you went to. I don't know why they wanted to know this because my undergrad was oriented towards programs like education, business, accounting, etc. I told them that I got the short end of the stick at my undergrad as a pre-med student and it was interesting to see their response to my answer."
"When I answered the stress question, one of the things I said was that I like to cook and they asked if I see any parallels between cooking and practicing medicine."
"PCOM often seems to include current-events questions in the interview or at least one very analytical question of your application if your a foreign/non-trad. For example, the economics major or the foreign candidates."
"What does it feel like to deliver a baby?"
"For some reason, when they asked me if I spoke Spanish, it threw me for a loop!"
"What do you think you will get out of the medical degree other than the training?"
"How did you decide which medical schools to apply to?"
"none"
"Why didn't you apply to medical schools in China if you see yourself practicing there 10 years from now?"
"Your numbers are pretty good. Will you withdraw if you get an MD acceptance? (Didnt even ask if I was applying MD, which I am of course, but just assumed that I was)"
"Questions about Healthcare reform, the economy and bailout."
"What do you like to do in your spare time?"
"Tell us about you family and how they influenced your choice to want to go to medical school."
"Why would you work at a job where the object is to shoot someone with a projectile (paintball)? -- I think this was along the lines of promoting gun violence but it was a legit and unloaded question."
"What did you get on your SAT's?"
"when was the last time you laughed so hard you almost peeed in your pants"
"What interests you the most about Osteopathic medicine?"
"Who are your role models besides your parents?"
"Have you ever been involved in Music?"
"Being that your father is an allopathic physician, how does you feel about you going into the field of osteopathy?"
"What is a physician's role in society?"
"what fascinates you about osteopathic medicine?"
"What is a doctor? We were talking about my current job as a teacher, and he said that doctor means teacher and that he thought my background would be helpful in the future. "
"My two interviewers didn't know each other. So it was like them interviewing each other. I interjected a few jokes here and there, but the questions that they asked me were the standards. "
"Tell us about a time you faced a challenge and how you overcame it."
"How will you be able to help your fellow classmates during the first two years?"
"Why PCOM?"
"What makes you angry"
"when is the last time I had laughed"
"How did you get such a good MCAT score? (I got a 33, and at the time, I didn't think it was that great, but at the same time, I knew it wasn't going to hold me back anywhere)"
"Well, one of my interviewers was rather HYPER. He started asking me crazy questions such as, ''If you saw an endangered animal eating an endangered plant, which would you save?'' and ''define the universe and give 3 examples.'' After a nervous laugh, he was like no i'm just kidding."
"What in your past has prepared you for the tactile nature of osteopathy?"
"Something about who is playing in the football game nexy Monday?"
"How do you explain your academic performance in the community college? (I spent many years exploring many majors with many withdraws. I been focused on how I been doing since I came back to school(Mostly 'A's and '+B's), I totally though that was not a big issue. But it was."
"How would you explain DNA to a third grader?"
"specific to my files"
"What was the biggest challenge you faced during your military service?"
"How do you see yourself in 10-15 years?"
"''I see you're interested in forensics. How do you see that merging with a career in the Army?''"
"Do you think organic chemistry is important in med school?"
"What were some things you do to take care of your health?"
"All basic questions."
"Nothing"
"what is your back up plan, if there was no illness? huh? like that would hppen"
"What was your least favorite course in college?"
"Nothing--pretty straight-forward"
"Tell me about your experience in the Boy Scouts."
"So tell me about yourself."
"If by some miracle there were no more illness (no need for a physician) what would you do?"
"Nothing too interesting. They did ask me why I chose my major."
"Nothing really, just the regular osteopathic questions: why DO? why PCOM?"
"What was the hardest thing you ever had to do?"
"What was the worst thing that happened to you in college?"
"Everything was pretty standard"
"Why do you want to attend PCOM more than any other osteopathic medical school? (this was my third year applying)"
"Give an example of how I was open-minded?"
"They really delved into my interest in osteopathic medicince."
"Why did you want to be a truck driver?"
"Tell us something about your time abroad. "
"Who are your mentors?"
"I was asked to relate osteopathy to an experience I had coaching youth hockey. "
"What was my time like in Eastern Europe? (I was stationed there for two years)"
"why are you so passionate about working with the non-English speaking/illegal immigrant community?"
"Many about my ethnic background. The interviewers really seemed to embrace all cultures."
"Tell me about your research."
"describe a situation where you felt strongly about something but it didn't come to fruition"
"What MD schools did you apply to? (WTF!!)"
"The interviewers focus A LOT on your file. So, this was related to my history."
"What was the hardest time of my life?"
"All of the questions were very standard."
"''Tell us about your missions trip to Mississippi'', or ''You are involved in so many activities and are devoted to your schoolwork; what do you do for fun?''"
"If your not accepted anywhere, what will you do."
"If you were accepted here, would you come?"
"We see your grades from college are quite good, how did you prepare yourself in high school for achievement in college?"
"I was not really asked anything. They talked, I listened and periodically interjected some interesting facts about myself."
"What is the biggest experience of you life?"
"None, all questions were very casual"
"What is one challenge that has had a great impact on you or changed you in some way?"
"What is a gene's relationship to a chromosome?"
"Pertaining to a Biochem question: Why do you think so much energy is released from the breaking of bonds in ATP?"
"Why is your graduate degree taking so long? (I didn't think 3 yrs was that bad)"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What do you think about the MCATS? Is it necessary? "
"In your primary applicatoin, why do you say it was a privilege to work with Hospice patients?"
"Do you think osteopathic manipulative medicine could be used to treat such things as diabetes, a heart condition, [example3]?"
"Do you think the U.S. should be taking precautions for Bird Flu?"
"[In asking about my job, which involves drug and alcohol addictions research] Do you think the cause of substance abuse is genetic or environmental?"
"It was a question about my undergraduate thesis in physiology. The interviewer that asked the question was a professor of physiology"
"Do you ever find yourself asking for help because you seem rather independent?"
"What other schools have you applied to and been accepted to?"
"How will you deal with the negativity you may receive because you chose to become an osteopathic physicine instead of the traditional allopathic physician?physician. "
"correlate your MCAT scores with your undergraduate GPA."
" nothing really.... "
"Describe your problem solving skills"
"If you were a third grade teacher, how would you teach the kids about DNA?"
"NA"
"Who was your mentor and how did he/she play a role in your decision to become a physician?"
"What happened to your southern accent?"
"Things about my nursing career. "
"Why did you decide not to go into music?"
"Pretty standard stuff actually...See questions below."
"Did you ever practice in this career, or just obtain training in it? (This tipped me off that they had not read my app at all, since it talks extensively about the five years I have spent practicing this career.) "
"How would you explain diabetes to a small child, say three or four that has just been diagnosed with the disease?"
"What challenges do you see in future for military medicine? (I plan to go into the military as a doctor)"
"What are the top three things that would distinguish a medical school if you were accepted at ten?"
"Osteopathy requires signficant manual dexterity. How can you demonstrate that?"
"I felt it interesting they spent a lot of time asking me about the individuals who wrote letters on my behalf. My experiences with them and how long we have known each other"
"What is one thing that needs to change in healthcare today?"
"What was your most difficult experience and how did you overcome?"
"What other schools have you applied to, interviewed at, accepted at, paid deposit for"
"Do you believe that the methods of osteopathic medicine were derived from the philosophy of o.m. or was the philosophy derived from the methods."
"I was asked about my past experiences in what the interviewer referred to as "caring" positions and what I learned from them and how it applied to medicine. I didn't get anything out of the ordinary. I was asked if I applied last year though..I guess b/c I'm 2 years out of school."
"How will acting in the theatre and in a play help you in the medical field? (a stem off of my undergraduate experience question)"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"nothing really, everything was pretty basic and straighfoward"
"What do you think of the state of healthcare today?"
"If you got accepted into a MD school and DO schoo, which one would you choose?"
"Are you an optimist or a pessimist"
"Most D.O. schools require a reference letter from an osteopathic physician. I did not have one. I was asked to share my first experience with a D.O. Luckily I had talked to one in my hometown."
"What do your MD in-laws think about you applying to DO school?"
"Where did you stay last night?"
"Have you had any experience with cadavers?"
"What can you personally bring to the osteopathic medical profession?"
"How does your dad handle your mom being scared of flying? (He is a Delta Airline Pilot)"
""Tell me about your family""
"I want to go into psychiatry, so I was asked how getting a DO would help me in that field (as opposed to an MD)"
"Do you think marathons are meant to be run by humans? This question spurred further discussion on marathons"
"What did my father and grandfather think of me going to a DO school? (both are MD's)"
"What was the most recent book you have read outside of school?"
"What do you regret most about your life so far?"
""Why did you choose to go to Penn?" (For undergrad)"
"My GPA from undergrad is pretty high, so they asked me how I managed to keep such a high GPA and still make time for shadowing and the other activities I was involved in on campus. "
"With all your research experience, (how) do you plan to integrate research into your practice?"
"Some of the more specific questions about my application essays and about my interests."
"If you didn't have 2 minors, could your GPA have improved?"
"I see you rowed....tell me about your medals, team, etc. "
"What for you has been the most challenging part of being a teacher? I taught special ed."
"Tell me about your summer experience at Yale SMEP."
"Where do you see yourself in fifteen years?"
"If accepted, would you be willing to move out to Atlanta?"
"The interviewer asked: "I am a third grade student, and you are a third grade teacher. Explain to me the function of DNA.""
"They asked about my high school becuase I went to this really small all guys school that's located on a farm."
"am i planning on taking the mcat again? (interesting b/c i got a 28 the first time i took it)"
"Interviewer asks, "I'm going to the dominican republic in two weeks. What should I do about the threat of malaria (medications to take)?" I used to do research on malaria, so I guess the question wasn't that wierd, but I still wasn't expecting technical questions. "
"What makes you think you can make it through medical school."
"Do you feel that the MCAT is an accurate tool for use by med-school admissions?"
"What book are you currently reading?"
"What are some characteristics that can negatively impact a physician?"
"Tell us about yourself"
"how will your degree (economics) serve you in medical school"
"What class did I enjoy the most?"
"why do you want to become a DO."
"I was asked what other schools I applied to and they were actually writing them down as I listed them."
"The most difficult situtation of your life where you think you may have not made the right decision"
"With your beliefs, what would you do if you had a Muslum patient?"
"How would you rate yourself (1-10) as an applicant?"
"Boxing? How did you get into that?"
"They asked about a community college I had attended while still in high school."
"You have a C in one of my favorite classes(Physics) but you have A's in classes that I made C's in. How can you explain that?"
"Since you are from a country where there are much more serious diseases,would you empathise with people suffering from "trivial" ailments?"
"What did you think of the faculty breakfast this morning?"
"What was the most difficult situation you had to deal with as a resident assistant and how did you handle that situation?"
"How would I handle a bigger school after a small school undergrad experience? "
"What course in undergrad do you feel is the most representative of a course that you will have ot to ake in Medical school?"
"Why did I choose my undergraduate institution(not very interesting)"
"How did I meet find the doctor that I shadowed. [I had an amusing story which I presume the doctor had mentioned in his Letter of Rec.]"
"What my favorite piece of music to sing is? (I sing in the choir at school)"
"What sets me apart from the other interviewees since they had similar mcat and qpas?"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"If you had the same scores as the other students interviewing, why should PCOM accept you?"
"Explain where you got your email address name from. ( I wasn't asked this question but alot of other people that interviewed with me that day said they were asked this question)"
"Since you are a fisherman, did you apply to LECOM because of the walleye in Lake Erie? "
"Did you apply to NYCOM since you are from NYC?"
"where do i see myself in 10 years?"
"What was my least favorite class? I responded with comparitive anatomy of verts."
"What do you do to relieve stress? "
"Would you mind being touched in the OMM lab?"
"How did you achieve such good grades?"
"How do you handle anger?"
"none really"
"What do you do for fun (besides riding, which I do all the time I'm not working)?"
"No interesting questions at all. It was like being in an inquisition."
"They asked me a few general current event questions. I think they just wanted to see my response, because I got no feedback."
"How did you choose your e-mail address? "
"They did not ask too many unique questions. All questions just trying to get to know me and see that I am an interesting person."
"How would you feel about touching someone & having someone touch you in OMM class? play sports or musical instrument (muscle memory)?"
"What do your hobbies day about your personality?"
"How has your undergraduate experience prepared you for your medical education at PCOM?"
"I wasnt asked anything out of the ordinary"
"What should we tell the adcom committee bout you?"
"What was one conflict you had in your life and how did you resolve it?"
"Do you speak any languages? "
"what did I learn from medical ethics?"
"Your Father is an MD... what does he think about you becoming an osteopathic physician?"
"Is New Jersey corn better than Nebraska's corn? (I moved from Jersey to Nebraska for one year and had to come back)"
"How has your experience been working as a critical care technician?"
"There's no really eye-opening questions. Everything is either specific to your application or is an standard interviewing question. Actually, wait, I was asked about the importance of the MCAT in the admissions process which was a little out of the ordinary. "
"what does this 'J' grade mean?"
"How did you study for the MCATs?"
"If I was unable to do anything related to healthcare or medicine, what would I want to do?"
"If you are accepted into more than one program, what is the most important factor in your decision to choose one to attend over the rest?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"Tell me about your move to a new state?"
"Who is your role model?"
"Do you think you will have a problem being touched by your classmates in OMM class?"
"How did my undergraduate and professional career prepare me to want to become a physician?"
"Have I ever dealt with someone near death or dying."
"One of the interviewers knew some information about the medicine in the country where i came from so he asked me about it."
"If I could change one thing about myself what would it be?"
"What are my favorite movie of all time?"
"Tell me about your internship experience and why it led you to choose an osteopathic school."
"Did I like my undergrad college?"
"Tell us about your basketball experiences."
"nothing that interesting here, just a regular conversation"
"How has your undergraduate institution prepared you for medical School?"
"How will your studying habits change during medical school?"
"How has my undergrad school prepared me for the Medical profession?"
"Tell me about your family."
"1)Why did you choose to attend your undergraduate school? and what has it done for you? 2) What do you think is the most common injury in gymnastics (I was a gymnast)?"
"Tell us where you see yourself in 12 years"
"What's the link between medicine and literature? (I was an English major as an undergrad.)"
"What will you have to change in order to be successful in medical school?"
"what has been your biggest accomplishment up to this point in your life?"
"What do you think about vaccinations? i.e. Anthrax vaccinations?"
"Who in my life do I admire the most?"
"A hypothetical situation about a mechanical heart used to touch on a few ethical issues... Should a patient recieve the heart considering price, expected life span of patient, and quality of life, etc?"
"Nothing really"
"what is your understanding of osteopathic medicine?"
"What makes you angry?"
"Which High School did I go to? SAT Scores? "
"What was a challenge you had to overcome?"
"What was the hardest course taken during my undergraduate years"
"What do you do for fun?"
"How did you end up in Philadelphia from (insert state here)?"
"Tell us your hobbies. Oh, you took Japanese. Why?"
"Tell us about your hobbies."
"Why not become a physician assistant?"
"When did you decide that you wanted to pursue osteopathic medicine ?"
"What would you do if you were in a group and there was disagreement?"
""Tell us about yourself""
"Tell us about a time you've worked among a diverse population. How did it help you grow?"
"Explain osteopathic medicine, without using any of the "buzzwords"."
"What is one thing I think I will find most difficult about going into medicine."
"If you were a doctor and your patient just tested HIV+ and had not told their spouse would you tell the spouse? (legally the answer is no in all circumstances, you can't touch HIV with a ten foot pole)"
"If you knew your roommate had cheated on her AACOMAS application or in lab (I had told them I worked in a lab) what would you do?"
"Regarding end-of-life issues, what does the term "quality of life" mean to you?"
"If you do not get into medical school this year, what will you do next year?"
"If you have never shadowed a D.O., how do you know that medicine is right for you?"
"In every transition there are specific hurdles for every person, what hurdles have you overcome in the past and what do you think that hurdle will be for medical school?"
"what was a class you struggled with in college and how did you overcome it?"
"Why was your PS score on your MCAT so low compared to your other scores?"
"If your best friends asked you to change one thing about yourself before matriculating, what would it be?"
"They asked an ethics question that I was caught off guard with."
"None were difficult."
"For me, it was 'why DO?' mostly because I had already told them I was applying to both MD and DO schools. Every other person at the interview was also applying to both MD and DO, so I don't think I'm unusual to have this approach. "
"What do you believe you will be able to add to osteopathic medicine?"
"very laid-back, open file interview"
"None were really difficult, they all were very file specific, but getting asked healthcare questions is never fun."
"None really, it was hard to talk to them as they all had their laptops out, I felt weird talking without eye contact on practically all the questions..."
"None really, it was such a good conversation"
"I didn't think any question was difficult, but I heard some peers come out and say they were asked how they would explain DNA to a third-grader and I think had I gotten that question it would've given me pause."
"The qualities need improving question. This question was difficult for me to answer because I didn't want to come off as a total loser and I also didn't want to come off as a perfectionist. When I stalled and the interviewer suggested an answer, I simply ran with his suggestion because it sounded pretty "safe" at the time."
"Did you also apply to MD schools?"
"Standard SDN-like questions, but PCOM seems to include 1 or 2 different ones. My hardest question was: It seems like you were really involved a lot, doing A, B, C, D, E, F...,...G...H...how did you manage all of that? You said what things that you did to relieve stress (2x by this point of the interview), but doing all of those things successfully is...very abnormal! (this was hard b/c I just manage to do it all no matter how long or how much effort it takes! sleeping or not!)"
"Why the United States?"
"None were truly difficult it wasn't much to ask to be yourself."
"None really"
"what is the most challenging thing for a physician in medicine today?"
"Why did your score on the PS section of MCAT not change?"
"As an economics major, how would you fix health insurance in the U.S.?"
"Using one of the questions from the presidential debbate, do you think healthcare is a right, privilege, or responsibility?"
"What do you do to relax? (difficult because I told them things I enjoyed and they didn't think it was relaxing enough...)"
"Why did you decide to choose medicine and continue with your major?"
"Explain the change academically from sophmore year to junior year? Did you apply to both DO and MD schools? (I felt weird answering this question, because I did apply to both like most people, it's just a funny feeling you get after you tell them you did and you wonder how they interpret it.)"
"What is your favorite movie? Why (excluding theatrics)?"
"I see that your father is an allopathic physician, what does he think about you becoming a DO?"
"Explain this bad grade."
"Explain this grade?"
"The questions were not difficult. The music question was the most unexpected but not difficult."
"The questions weren't all that challenging."
"What is a physician's role in society?"
"see above....this was because i just answered a question pertaining to the benefits of OM"
"What are you going to do to keep up with the workload here? How do you plan on studying?"
"Nothing difficult at all. "
"How would you explain OMM to an MD?"
"Why PCOM?"
"How do you feel about the current national election contenders' health plans"
"what is the hardest thing you have ever had to deal with and how did you handle it."
"How do you conceptualize subjects so that you can better understand them, rather than just trying to memorize information?"
"Why do you want to go to PCOM?"
"Something confusing about health care reform."
"I was only asked 3 questions: what area are you interested in, what are your hobbies, and what's your biggest weakness."
"What in your past has prepared you for the tactile nature of osteopathy?"
"Can you recall any events from when you lived back in Europe??"
"you didn't have many liberal arts classes(being a biochem mojor). Do you think having education in liberal arts courses are important to being a physician?"
"Why didn't you retake the MCAT? (I didn't think I did that poorly)"
"Why do you think your MCAT score was what is was?"
"How can you contribute to our class?"
"Can't think of a difficult question that was asked."
"Since I was a religion major: How can you relate what you've learned from your religion major to medicine?"
"Qs that could of been answered if they actually read my file -it was open file."
"Nothing"
"Why was that your least favorite?"
"Why is there a dip in your grades?"
"If by some miracle there were no more illness (no need for a physician) what would you do?"
"What happened with your grades?"
"Nothing too bad... but I don't like it how they ask where all you have applied? interviewed? been accepted?"
"What criteria will you use to choose between medical shcool for which you have been accepted?"
"If you could be standing in front of our admissions board (all 30 doctors or something like that) what would you say that would cinvince them of accepting you?"
"low grades"
"Why Philadelphia?"
"none were really difficult.. mostly generic questions"
"No questions were really difficult. They do want to see that you have thought about what you are doing with your life and really ask several follow-up questions in that vein."
"What is this grade doing here? You don't know science!!"
"Seeing that you have changed your mind before, why did you come back to wanting to become a physician?"
"Explain your low grades."
"The osteopathy/hockey question. There was no way I could have seen that coming, but as long as you know why you want to be a DO, you should be able to come up with something good. Somehow, I impressed them. "
"There really wasn't one."
"No questions were difficult, they were all very general and drew somewhat off my life's experiences."
"nothing really just straight forward conversation."
"How do I know OMM really works?"
"So what happened during your freshman year (re. grades)?"
"how badly do want this? after i would try to respond, the interviewer repeatedly kept cutting me off and saying 'but HOW badly?' it seemed like he only wanted one answer which was frustrating"
"There wasn't one"
"Same"
"Where else have you applied? Interviewed? Been accepted? It isn't a difficult question but it is uncomfortable to answer."
"What are your thoughts on the MCAT as a whole?"
"What about our facility makes you want to attend school here? (I had not been on a tour of the facility yet)"
"none of the questions were too difficult"
"What schools you applied to? What schools did you interview at? Where have been accepted? I did not consider it difficult to answer, but I felt uncomfortable that they were asking me this question."
"None, as above"
"What other schools did you apply to?"
"look above. not really hard, just caught me off guard. Other interviewees received the same question, and one on genes."
"There was nothing too hard but I was embarrassed listing all the MD schools I applied to. "
"How would you explain Osteopathic Medicine to someone who had never even heard of it?"
"Have you shadowed Dr. X? (The Dr. wrote a recommendation without me shadowing...but I was going to make contact with the Dr. in the near future)"
"What are the other medical schools you have applied to? How many DO schools?"
"How do you explain the disparity between your MCAT scores and your science and math GPA."
"Do you think the U.S. should be taking precautions for Bird Flu?"
"[In response to my personal statement, which mentioned that I had experienced depression as an undergrad] Do you think you are now cured? "
"Probably about my thesis because I forgot to review it the way i wanted to"
"Please describe a difficult situation academic or not and how did you go about dealing with such difficult situation."
"Why have you never shadowed a DO?"
"They were all pretty easy to answer."
"none. all very conversational. "
"What should we specifically tell the board that you can provide to the school? What qualities make you special?"
"Same as above."
"Had to explain why my VR score decreased from the last time I took the MCAT"
"Who was your mentor and how did he/she play a role in your decision to become a physician?"
"Really explain why you left nursing school."
"I felt prepared for all the questions. I hate the,"Is there anything more we should know about you" question though. Do you see any problems currently in the medical field. "
"If you were offered admissions here, would you come? (I was surprised and a bit thrown off by this, as there are a handful of schools that I would like to attend)."
"Convince me why you would come here if you were accepted at multiple places."
"None of the questions were difficult. The interview was very laid back and conversational."
"See above..."
"See above."
"Why did you score poorly on the MCAT?"
"What happened with my MCAT. I scored 21 and they are trying to ask me for an excuse. I wanted to say "I didn't answer enough questions correctly," and that's it."
"What was your most difficult experience and how did you overcome?"
"The top one."
"Nothing too difficult...which I can't believe I can say that, but it really was laid back and relaxed"
"standard questions"
"None. Laid Back"
"How do you explain your undergraduate calculus grade?"
"Do you think doctor's really help people"
"Same question..."Describe your first encounter with an osteopathic physician""
"Nothing to tough"
"There were no difficult questions asked."
"How do you think you fared on the MCAT?"
"Tell me about your problem solving skills (for about 5 minutes I rambled on about my interpersonal problem solving skills and the DO finally stopped my and said to explain more on an academic level....opps)."
""Why my PS MCAT was a 6 compared to my 11VR""
"None, all of the questions were very straightforward and right out of my file."
"What is your knowledge about OMM and what do you think are the qualities that makes one good at it (something along those lines)"
"What is the most difficult problem you have faced and how did you deal with it?"
"Where do you see yourself practicing in ten years?"
"If you were a third grade teacher, how would you explain the function of DNA? (Although this question was on SDN, I did not prepare for the question because I figured I wouldn't be asked it since I am not a teacher...so I gave my best on the spot answer)"
""Were your early grades affected by not adjusting to college?" (My freshman year grades were so-so)"
"How I think I performed on the MCATS. I hate that question. I dont think anyone feels like they got a 45 when they walk out of that exam... So I just said I prepared extensively and was confident my grade would reflect that."
"Tell us about your research/Master's thesis. (It was difficult to explain to someone without any prerequisite understanding of cancer etiology and treatment--I think I stuttered a lot, trying to keep it simple......)"
"None, really."
"What do you think about malpractice insurance in healthcare today?"
"none too difficult"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"Is there an area where you prefer to practice medicine?"
"Explain the reason for the decline in your grades here."
"For me, it was answering why I sucked at life when it came to my undergrad performance."
"where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"nothing, all background questions"
"What is one of the biggest problem you will encounter in med school?"
"I see that you got grade X in this class, did you take it again? (...ummm...you have my transcript...yes, I did)"
"nothing was overly difficult"
"Probably the above."
"what do you think is the bissest problem with healthcare? if president bush called you and asked you what to do about it, what would you advise?"
"nothing particularly"
"What problem solving skills do you have and how did you acquire them?"
"How has your undergraduate institution prepared you for medical school?"
"As our first entering class, what would you bring to this school?"
"where do you see yourself in 15 years."
"Very specific questions about patient care, where the interviewers were looking for specific answers"
"Specific questions about grades. How come you repeated this class and have still not done so much better than the first time. Ans: I took graduate level class last semester in the same subject and did extremely well"
"If accepted, how likely is it that you would come here?"
"none really. All were standard."
"None of them were really difficult. "
"See above"
"Explain your low GPA as compared to the high MCAT"
"Grade-related questions..."
"Where do you see yourself in fifteen years?"
"What do you think about women in medicine? My interviewer kind of threw this in at the end. And that question "talk about yourself" - I never know what to say."
"The way I answered the first question led into discussions on health ethics and what I would do if I had I terminally ill patient who wanted to be euthanized and who I could offer no hope of recovery to?"
"Explain your low orgo grades"
"What is the most difficult thing that I forsee affecting the medical profession. (this question blindsided me because when they started asking, I was anticipating a different one)"
"If you could not be a physician, what would you do?"
"Who is your role model? (I don't really have one)"
"If you were accepted to both an allopathic and osteopathic school, which would you choose and why?"
"When they asked me to explain my MCAT scores to them. They were lower than they would have liked them to be. They couldn't understand how my grades were so good but my MCAT scores were low."
"Why is it that last year when you applied you did not apply to any osteopathic schools and this year you have?"
"If there is one thing you could change about myself what would it be? I responded with my hair. I wish I could grow hair as I am going bald. One more thing was that I wish I had a photographic memory."
"Can you tell us about the OMM technique you saw?"
"There wasnt one "
"nothing difficult. Just basic shallow questions."
"Nothing really. I suppose most difficult for me was how did your undergraduate school prepare you to be a physician?"
"Asked about my verbal score(grinded me over and over again)."
"None at all.....real laid back"
"Tell us why osteopathic medicine over allopathic?"
"Why do you want PCOM. I was so turned off by the school at this point that I had to make up an answer."
"Nothing too difficult."
"Nothing I wasn't expecting, but probably what has been your biggest obstacle to overcome?"
"Nothing difficult."
"Many allopathic schools have a holistic approach, and most MDs provide "hands on" care to their patients, so what's special about osteopathy?"
"What was your biggest challenge?"
"Why should we accept ou into the class of 2008?"
"All pretty answerable...I didn't feel stumped at all."
"no difficult questions...they just wanted to get to know me"
"None-pretty easy."
"Nothing really"
"How has your undergraduate education prepared you for a career in medicine? I knew they wouold ask me that, but when I went into the interview, I blanked out."
"Since I am a re-applicant, they asked me why I had applied so late last year."
"none- the interview was very conversational and relaxed."
"None, dont worry it is very laid back. I only got nervous because I was waiting around so long, but they just want to get to know you."
"Nothing really! The interview was all about knowing YOURSELF and why you choose to become a D.O."
"Ditto- same as above, but with regards to question difficulty"
"are you going to finish your thesis?"
"Why my grades were a little lower than what they are used to seeing?"
"What will you do if you do not get into med school this year? (jeesh-- what a question!!)"
"nothing really difficult, very quick interview 15/20 minutes"
"2 - How many times have you taken the MCAT? (I voided twice, so only one score shows, but I decided to be honest - then they grilled me) and Why the delay between college and applying to med. school?"
"None really--it was a very conversational interview."
"None"
"Who is your role model? It caught me off gaurd a bit..."
"no difficult questions---no ethics or health care questions"
"Talk about a difficult experience in your life."
"Will having a family be a liability?"
"How do you think the current health insurance situation is affecting medicine? How many Americans are without health insurance? --40% in case you were wondering. One of my interviewers was ridiculously hard on everyone! "
"None, it was very conversational"
"No difficult questions"
"If you were on the fence of a DO or MD school which would you choose and why?"
"Nothing was difficult. They mostly wanted me to elaborate on my application and tell them about myself personally. Nothing out of the ordinary!"
"nothing difficult"
"how my undergraduate school prepared me for medical education"
"What is the most difficult situation you have ever been in?"
"Explain how you managed to bring your GPA up significantly since freshman year? (I had about three C's and a ton of B-'s during that time!)"
"Same as above"
"what is the biggest challenge facing healthcare? "
"1)Question about MCATs...why my verbal was so low and my physical was high the first time round, and vice versa second time around 2) What do you know about how OMM is used in practice?"
"What's your biggest weakness?"
"none of the questions were difficult! :)"
"What sort of challenges will I see as an osteopath in your profession"
"Nothing really.... Some question about OMM threw me off, but not too bad."
""Given that today is election day, what issues do you feel are important concerning healthcare and your career as a physician?"... this was tough for me not knowing alot about politics. I admitted i was not very informed about all the issues, but gave an intelligent answer about problems with healthcare then fortunately the interviewer just talked about the issues for quite some time with me. "
"Explain your academic record from the first 2 years."
"Nothing was too difficult, I was pretty prepared, but just be sure to read up on HMOs: What is your understanding of the health management problem and how would you solve it?"
"Why are you interested in Medicine? Any personal situations that turned you on to the field?"
"What was a challenge you had to overcome?"
"How do you feel that your undergraduate institution prepared you for medical school (not really that hard of a question)"
"What's been the most difficult thing you've encountered during the application/preparation process?"
"What is one quality that you feel a physician should possess?"
"What is your biggest regret?"
"How have your study skills grown over the years?"
"Mock interviews and thinking through general question/answers"
"sdn interview feedback, prior prep from other interviews"
"Reviewing my own file, practicing for interview"
"SDN, general interview prep/advice."
"SDN, also spoke with current students"
"General interview preparation."
"Read SDN, looked over the website, reviewed app and secondary"
"Forums, practicing questions"
"Lots of practice questions on SDN and http://www.colorado.edu/advising/sites/default/files/attached-files/Med_100%20intquest.pdf"
"SDN! Also reading "The DOs" by Norman Gevitz, rereading my essay answers, and typing out answers to interview questions taken from SDN."
"By reading over my entire application a few times, then writing answers to several commonly asked questions. I also did two practice interview runs, one with my family and one with my masters program counselor."
"I read the SDN"
"Practiced and rehearsed explaining my resume etc..."
"Review ACOMAS, supplement."
"Reviewed my file and application materials. Did many mock interviews."
"SDN, read over healthcare legislation, PCOM website, read over primary and secondary applications"
"Reviewed common/ general interview questions, did a mock interview, reread my application materials"
"Practice interviews. Read up on the school and health care legislation."
"Reviewed application, website, interview feedback, talked to students."
"Mock Interview"
"Reviewed PCOM website and made sure I knew all the information contained in my application."
"Reviewed my AACOMAS application, talked to my friend that attended the school, read the website."
"PCOM's website, SDN, current students"
"SDN, other interviews"
"read sdn, regular interview questions, reviewed the website"
"Had 3 previous interviews, so I didn't do any real preparation."
"Practiced mock interview, read Gevitz's book, researched school."
"Reviewed my AACOMAS application. Read everything I could about the school to incllude the catalog. Read several books on Osteopathic Medicine history and philosophy."
"SDN, "
"SDN feedback, reviewed my applications and looked over the school website"
"SDN, current PCOM students"
"SDN interview feedback questions. Reviewed my application. "
"Read my apps, had friends ask questions, learned about PCOM"
"Looked over questions on SDN. Thats about it."
"SDN interview feedback, read over application, reread my papers on osteopathic medicine"
"Read SDN interview feedback and PCOM threads, read every single page on their website, reviewed my app and statements and spent the night before relaxing in a hot tub and doing yoga."
"SDN, website, mock-interview"
"Primary app, secondary app, sdn, introspection about my life...I see that people don't mention this on here but I think it's really important that you understand yourself as a person FIRST before worrying about explaining why osteopathic and why PCOM. Other than that, I read up on PCOM's website, and talked to few friends who go to PCOM."
"Looked over all of my primary and secondary application materials, SDN feedback, mock interview"
"mock interview, sdn and just being introspective the night before"
"Visited PCOM open house x2, shadowed PCOM students for 2 days of her classes (including OMM) and asked MANY random questions, CIB profile, SDN threads, SDN interview fback x 1 year, 5 prior interviews, drove around the area to look for apts, etc"
"Read over my file"
"Read the school website, SDN, re-read my secondary application, really thought about genuine answers."
"Read my file. Read SDN feedback"
"read over my personal statement, secondary essays, visited the school's website, got experience through other interviews"
"SDN, mock interview"
"Read over file, SDN feedback, read up the school's history."
"read over application materials"
"student doctor network, read 'The Difference a D.O. makes', reviewed my application"
"Interview Feedback, made sure that everything I put in my application and supplemental I could back up. "
"SDN; mock interviews"
"Nothing really. "
"Answering questions to myself. If you can answer "Why DO? Why PCOM?" to yourself comfortably, you'll be fine. Confidence is the most important thing."
"Schools website, SDN, talked to other students"
"SDN and ACCOMAS App. PCOM website"
"Read the website, reviewed AACOMAS, read interview feedback."
"Reading interview feedback on SDN and the school's website"
"Read personal statement, read up on the school."
"sdn, website, application"
"SDN interview questions, previous interviews at other schools"
"Mock interviews"
"Read my primary and secondary applications. Read SDN interview feedback. Read the PCOM webpage."
"Read over my primary."
"Read SDN interview feedback...Memorized answers to common questions."
"just anticipated questions and gathered my thoughts....that all went out the door when i became nervous. lol, just answered honestly"
"SDN, talked to students, visited the school previously."
"I didn't. I treated it like court testimony (which is a part of my job). "
"SDN, primary application, secondary essays, internet searches"
"Got a good night's sleep the night before."
"SDN, looked over primary and secondary application. Thought of plenty of examples to fit different scenarios."
"read over app. interview feedback "
"definitely SDN forums and interviews, i just read the questions and thought of natural answers."
"I didn't. I am going into my interviews ready to answer everything honestly. Nothing more."
"School's website, reviewed common interview questions, SDN."
"SDN feedback, reading primary and secondary apps"
"SDN, going over interview prep from other sources"
"mock-interviews; sdn; read application; read web-site"
"SDN, worldhealthnews, read over application and personal essay, read about the school itself"
"read over primary app. school's website. SDN interview feedback"
"SDN, my own file, website..."
"sdn, pcom website, reviewed my file"
"Reviewed Primary/secondary, SDN"
"SDN, read over my application"
"Looked over my essays, SDN, reviewed the school's website, printed out information I wanted to reference."
"AACOMAS, PCOM Website, SDN, talking with D.O. Students"
"SDN, AACOMAS, and primary apps."
"Reread suppl, app, and snd"
"Read over my application, SDN, school website, PCOM CD"
"SDN, Mcat"
"SDN, mock interviews, read some medical prep books."
"SDN, AACOMAS, mock questions--talking to other students interviewing with me"
"Reviewed primary and secondary application, SDN, and mock interview."
"sdn, writing letters to every DO in the Atlanta phone book and asking about the career (it was as slow summer). Two admissions board members ended up responding and talked to me about the school. "
"SDN, going over the questions with my boyfriend"
"SDN, read up on the school's website, Personal statement"
"SDN, read primary and secondary apps, read up on OMM and PCOM website"
"I had been really busy the week before the interview and wasn't able to do much preparation. "
"SDN and AACOMAS"
"This site.. just having friends ask me questions"
"SDN (very helpful and generally accurate). Mock interview. Researched the school. "
"Read up on the school and review my application."
"SDN, looked over AACOMAS application"
"SDN, ran through generic medical school interview questions"
"SDN, reading my essays, and researching the school a ton. "
"Practiced answers, read SDN."
"SDN, look at my applications, and school website"
"STN, Reviewed personal statement and application. "
"mock interviews, SDN, went over primary and secondary applications."
"SDN, personal statements, transcripts"
"ACOMAS, secondary application, reviewing research aims, SDN, etc..."
"SDN, reread app, DO website"
"SDN, read essays"
"SDN, school website, open house at GA-PCOM, review personal statement, grades"
"SDN, PCOM website, reviewed my application, attended an open house at PCOM"
"SDN interview feedback (the questions from this year's feedback have been right on), interview prep books, reviewing primary/secondary, reviewing PCOM's website"
"Web site and supplemental"
"Read the school's website, SDN, and practiced common questions"
"SDN interview feedback, browsed the schools website, re-read my secondary, previous interviews"
"reread my essays, sdn, interview feedback"
"previous experience"
"Read applications, PCOM website, and refreshed my osteopath concepts"
"PCOM website, health care reading, reading my application and secondary."
"SDN, school's website, prepared common Qs and As, Healthpolitics.com "
"SDN, PCOM website."
"Wrote out possible answers to "
"PCOM web-site, primary and secondary application, SDN and some internet reading about OMM"
"Read SDN, looked over my primary and secondary to PCOM"
"U of Washington Bioethics site, PCOM website, AACOMAS primary, light reading about osteopathic medicine, SDN"
"SDN, reread my application, went over the prospective student part of their site."
"(1) Studied every portion of the "Prospective Students" section of the PCOM website. (2) Read through my AACOM application, especially the essay. (3) Read through my PCOM application essay. (4) Prepared questions to ask the interviewers. (5) Student Doctor Network (SDN)."
"Visited the school's website, visited AACOM website, SDN, had a friend ask me potential questions, had a mock interview with my boss (an M.D.)"
"Read the schools information page. read AOA.com information and AACOM.com page."
"SDN, Spoke with current students, Mock interview"
"Read my application, sdn"
"I looked over questions from this site and practiced with friends. "
"SDN. reviewed job interview websites. reviewed my application. practice."
"SDN, went over answers out loud"
"SDN; reviewed application;"
"SDN, read over my personal statements and essays, read their website, read about osteopathic medicine"
"Read SDN, primary & secondary application, talked to students and to one of my friends who inteviewed there the week prior"
"Studentdoctor.net, talking with present students, reading up on Osteopathy."
"Reading this website, talking to other DO students and reading my personal statemenst and my application. Mainky knowing what I had to offer."
"By fully understooding the DO philosophy and knowing why it appealed to me."
"reviewed my application, SDN, notes from previous interview."
"SDN, reviewed my application, website, had friend ask me typical interview questions on my 7 hour car ride"
"Informal mock interview, SDN, Reviewed applications, Read books on interview Strategies"
"SDN, application, people who interviewed there in the past. "
"Reviewed my application and SDN."
"Reviewed my application and studentdoctor.net"
"Reading SDN. Reviewing Osteopathic philosophy. (I highly encourage this as they always ask "Why osteopathic medicine" or some derivation.)"
"SDN, extensively asked current students about the school and made plenty of contacts, worked hard for great letters of recommendations particularly from PCOM alum"
"SDN, Read over essays, etc."
"SDN, review submitted applications, read interview resources/tips from various webpages"
"sdn, website"
"Read over SDN, d.o. websites, school website."
"The best preparation was the other interviews I went on. I'm not much for the mock interviews. I did get insight by reading this website. I skimmed my personal statement and other materials too."
"Re-read my statements, SDN, and PCOM.edu"
"SDN, Mock interview at my undergrad school, friends who interviewed there, PCOM website"
"read over my file, looked at sdn, talked with students who already go to the school"
"SDN, secondary application, school website"
"They asked questions mostly about my education and interest in osteopathic medicine."
"read over my application and read the past questions on this site"
"Read over my AACOMAS statement and read up on osteopathic philosophy. Make sure becoming a D.O. is NOT simply a fall back option for you if you don't get into medical school."
"Reviewed application material and PCOM web site. Also, read some DO web sites like, AOA."
"I'd visited the school, talked with many graduates, and visited the college's website."
"SDN, read up on ethics, etc."
"SDN, wrote out my answers to potential interview questions and went over them with my family and friends"
"SDN, My file. Thats about it. I wanted to do a mock interview and tape myself but what can I say I am lazy. LOL."
"Been to 3 other interviews"
"Read info about the school, talked to a PCOM alumni, read SDN, my personal statement, etc..."
"SDN, school website"
"Read SDN feedback, PCOM website and CD, my applications, some osteopathic history"
"Nothing Really"
"SDN, researched PCOM website and read over my application. "
"SDN, other interviews, read my application, talked to current students"
"Prepared to explain why I'm interested in medicine, particularly osteopathic. Researched what PCOM has to offer, both in student body and education resources."
"Talked to DO students at PCOM, looked at Studentdoctor.net, read up on what was happening in healthcare, visited PCOMs website for the nitty gritty on the osteopathic philosophy "
"Read my essay, looked over other student responses on SDN, talked to first year students at PCOM"
"Read through my application essays, read feedback on this site, mentally prepared, then relaxed during the actual interview."
"SDN, PCOM's Website, Read health related news."
"SDN, PCOM statement, application"
"Read SDN feedback, talked to friends that interviewed there, reviewed file."
"SDN, school website/cd"
"Reviewed SDN questions and feedbacks. Reviewed the history of Osteopathy. Reviewed application and PCOM information packet."
"Read SDN, reread my application essay and resume, grades, etc. jotted down notes on questions I might be asked."
"SDN, read over PCOMs website"
"SDN, SDN, SDN...Read "The DOs" by Norman Gevitz (didn't help me in particular but if you want to understand osteopathic medicine, read it!), PCOM website"
"look at SDN.com and look over my personal essay"
"studentdoctor.net; website; researched about osteopathic philosophy"
"Research PCOM-ATL website, SDN, and I spoke with professionals at work about interview tips."
"comfortable with my file, read questions on SDN"
"Read reviews on this site and looked over my "soon to be patented" all-purpose interview notes"
"SDN, school website, re-read my apps and essays, talked to PCOM students and DO's."
"School website, SDN, and AACOM website"
"PCOM website, mock interview, and practice questions"
"Read school history, DO history, mock interviews."
"Read SDN, read osteopathic history, wrote my thoughts out on potential questions and read over them, and I prayed a lot."
"SDN, reading over my primary and secondary applications, mock interviews, and actual interviews at other schools helped too"
"by going to their information session, and checking their web-site."
"SDN, primary app, secondary app, and the school website"
"How come you haven't done well in verbal section on MCAT inspite of your good scores in PS and BS sections."
"read over my application, look at this site, had a friend interview me (which was very helpful!)"
"Website (had already done a ton and so I didn't really have much else I could do to prepare)."
"looked on this web site"
"Reread all material that I sent them, researched their website, AACOM booklet, practiced questions."
"Prepared with any questions I had for them, knew why I wanted to be a doc and was ready for whatever they threw my way."
"SDN, website, mock interview"
"SDN,Gevitz book, PCOM website"
"read over application, essay, read SDN interview feedback"
"Practiced, read the PCOM website, and reviewed my application materials"
"Read the PCOM site, this site, some stuff about osteopathy."
"PCOM web sit friends that went to the school, previous interviews, read over application."
"Read, extensively, the school's website. "
"Read over my application, looked at SDN"
"Relaxed, read over personal statement, made sure I knew all I could about PCOM and Osteopathy, went to bed early"
"PCOM website, studentdoctor.net, brochure and cd"
"this website, pcom's website and med school friends"
"SDN, read application materials, school website"
"read this website, reviewed aacomas apps, secondaries"
"PCOM and AACOM websites, read Norman Gevitz's "The DOs", looked at SDN interview feedbacks"
"Studentdoctor.net, medical students and biomedical sciences program students' feedback from the school, school website (pcom.edu), aacom.org, and osteohome.com."
"This website, reviewed my secondary, talked to a current student at PCOM"
"This was my 7th interview overall, my 4th DO interview. I was well prepared. My Stats- 3.7 GPA, 27 MCAT."
"visited campus over summer. talked with current students."
"Looked over my application. Everything was answered with honesty so there was no need to prepare."
"SDN,PCOM website, reviewwed application, posed hypothetical questions"
"school website, this site, writing answers down to hypothetical questions "
"I read my secondaries, browsed the P.C.O.M. and A.A.C.O.M. websites, read feedback at studentdoctor.net"
"Read the paper, had a beer, went to bed early."
"SDN, read my application, pcom's website"
"read my personal statement, reviewed my primary and secondary application, SDN."
"studentdoctor, PCOM website , and read DO history"
"SDN, looked at their CD, website"
"SDN, read my secondary"
"SDN, school web-site, AACOM"
"Read student doctor experiences, reviewed my own applications, PCOM website and some osteopathic history."
"I read all of the history of osteopathic medicine from a book and made sure I knew that and about the applications of things like OMM, etc...I also used this website, a medical school manual, read about ethical issues online, and reviewed my AACOMAS and PCOM App."
"read SDN, reviewed PCOM site & CD-ROM, read AACOM book"
"SDN, PCOM website"
"Read this website and the school website."
"read interview feedback, read up on DO history and PCOM"
"SDN, PCOM website, ethics review website"
"SDN"
"SDN website, osteopathic medicine website, PCOM website"
"student doctor, school website"
"read this site, reviewed school website."
"Look at this site, PCOM.edu, aacom.org, Theres also a great site about osteopathic medicine and its history in case you need more info: www.osteohome.edu"
"PCOM, SDN + AACOM website, reviewed AACOMAS and secondary application."
"PCOM website, SDN"
"sdn site, reviewed applications, virtual tour, looked at curriculum, talked to some friends that were students"
"SDN Interview Feedbacks, PCOM site, AACOM site, My application and personal statements"
"Mock interview, this website, PCOM website, talked to PCOM students and other applicants who had already interviewed at PCOM"
"SDN, interview feedback; read up on history of osteopathy; emailed current students."
"sdn, read over apps"
"read this site, my secondary and AACOMAS applications, PCOM's website and info, brushed up on ehtics questions"
"Read the online e-catalog."
"SDN, ethics questions, looked at website"
"Read up on school on their website, studentdoctor.net feedback"
"-SDN interview feedback -Read up on osteopathy -PCOM's website "
"read sdn's interview feedback"
"Read this website, practiced answering questions, hung out in downtown Phili the night before."
"SDN, gevitz, websites"
"SDN, school website, mock interviews, book on osteopathy"
"Read this site, info on school, my application packet, books on osteopathy"
"Read about school on aacom website, their website and cd, sdn interview feedback, review information on osteopathy."
"I didn't"
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?