"Great Rotation sites, Good preparation for boards" | Report Response

"Very thorough 2nd year curriculum. Training at JPS is A+" | Report Response

"They have a great reputation with the hospitals in the area, and they can also be considered one of the best osteopathic schools in the nation. Their USMLE and COMLEX pass rates are above the national average, and they provide a good education overall." | Report Response

"The reputation is good, we do well on the boards, unlike many osteopathic schools we have many opportunities for research, although some of the research departments are highly political (be warned). There are many options for 3rd year rotations, which is good." | Report Response

"They have to many administration and red tape." | Report Response

"Difficult to balance both osteopathic curriculum on top of regular medical school didactics. Probably could have better clinical medicine instruction." | Report Response

"There have been some recent changes that require attendance in second year classes. I feel like I am being quizzed and tested to death in second year. There are also many instances of unprofessional conduct among my classmates, but this seems to be isolated to my class." | Report Response

"High pressure environment, facilities are new and pretty but not very functional, administration seems in disarray. Unlike many (most?) medical schools we do NOT have course syllabi with all the information we need to know, so we have to hunt for all information from textbooks ourselves during 2nd year." | Report Response

"Great school with a strong match list. One of the best DO schools." | Report Response

"Probably doesn't get the credit it deserves. Quality of graduates tend to be very good physicians and go to good residency programs." | Report Response

"I would say if you want to go to an osteopathic school, choose TCOM. And if given the chance, I would choose TCOM again over several of the other Texas schools." | Report Response

"none are truly mandatory" | Report Response

"All of pre-clinical lectures and labs were mandatory." | Report Response

"Not that many classes in first year have required attendance, but almost every class in second year does." | Report Response

"In second year each "class" counts for a raw point in your grade - you must get 60% of the questions asked in class correct to get the point. If you miss the class or answer less than 60% correct, you lose that point from your grade. In first year most classes are not mandatory or point-oriented." | Report Response

"Robins and first aid" | Report Response

"I use only board review books. Many students read Robbins and buy the required clinical books in 2nd year (about 25-50% of the material in 2nd year is geared towards Step II). During 1st year information is provided in powerpoints and books are functionally optional." | Report Response

"none come to mind" | Report Response

"The vast majority of books on the booklist are unnecessary." | Report Response

"No" | Report Response

"Family and general medicine." | Report Response

"The curriculum is supposed to encourage people to go into primary care, but many people feel put off by how the administration pushes it on us." | Report Response

"No housing available on campus" | Report Response

"Great, Local MD and DOs" | Report Response

"Reliable. Either PhD or MD/DO" | Report Response

"I would say a lot of them are good teachers during first year, but good teachers are hard to find during second year." | Report Response

"Most of them mean well, but only a few of them are particularly good lecturers" | Report Response

"Great we train at JPS and Cook Children's and other local hospitals." | Report Response

"At the major hospitals and clinics the teaching was very good. However, they could improve in some areas, especially private rotations and specialty medicine." | Report Response

"I am not a 3rd year, but I have been told that overall the faculty in the clinical years are ok." | Report Response

"numerical grades." | Report Response

"Percentage up to 100, with 70's being minimum score needed to pass." | Report Response

"A, B, C, and F." | Report Response

"A, B, C and F. Class rank is based on your average % score in classes." | Report Response

"pass fail" | Report Response

"Pass, fail, or high pass." | Report Response

"We have strong core rotations mainly at JPS. Normal core rotation except for Neuro." | Report Response

"They schedule them for you (usually)." | Report Response

"Rotations are scheduled by the department. You have a choice of having your long or short rotations first, but the order of those rotations are randomly assigned. You may trade with other students to get a schedule more to your liking. You rank your rotation site (Fort Worth, Dallas, Conroe, Baytown, Longview or Corpus Christi), and most people get their 1st or 2nd choice. 6-12 people are located at each non-Fort Worth site. While in Fort Worth you have some influence on which hospitals you rotate with. Required: Family Medicine-8 weeks; Internal Medicine-8 weeks; Surgery-8 weeks; OB/GYN-6 weeks; Pediatrics-6 weeks; Manipulative Medicine-4 weeks; Psychiatry-4 weeks; Emergency Medicine-4 weeks; Geriatric Medicine-4 weeks; Specialty Medicine-4 weeks; PCP (Primary Care Partnership)-4 weeks" | Report Response

"usually 1st/2nd assist." | Report Response

"JPS is a great county hospital." | Report Response

"JPS, the county hospital is excellent and high volume." | Report Response

"We have JPS, a county hospital, Plaza, Harris, Cook Children's and several other hospitals available downtown. I am told most of these sites are fairly good. Plaza has mixed reviews." | Report Response

"Indigent" | Report Response

"Varies by hospital and rotation - there seems to be a good mix of affluent vs indigent." | Report Response

"go to bars, get dinner go to movies etc..." | Report Response

"Fort Worth is a cool city. There are lots of museums, bars, and shops around the school." | Report Response

"Some students go to Dallas for the bar scene and such. There are nice dine-in movie theaters around, a comedy club downtown, a nice zoo, botanical gardens and several shooting ranges nearby. Definitely check out the Mellow Mushroom if you like pizza... it's my favorite place to go after a test." | Report Response

"Very well. They have good reputation throughout the state." | Report Response

"Very well." | Report Response

"I've heard they fare very well." | Report Response

"TCOM students go into great residencies and our doctors are very competent." | Report Response

"According to our match list they like us....." | Report Response

"I think they like our graduates. We are known to have great clinical skills." | Report Response

"I think they probably see us as hard-working and intelligent." | Report Response

"usually primary care specialties, but we usually have student match all specialties." | Report Response

"Large proportion of students have gone into subspecialties including surgical specialties." | Report Response

"Primary care." | Report Response

"We are known for good primary care, but it seems that TCOM students are strong in most areas." | Report Response