How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How long was the interview?

20 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"How did you end up in Philadelphia? (I am from CT and go to school in PA)" Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"What area of medicine are you interested in? Why?" Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Why do you want to go into medicine? Why Osteopathic Medicine?" Report Response

What was the most interesting question?

"How would you treat pancreatitis? (I mentioned that I attended a lecture that morning with a second-year friend of mine...the topic was pancreatitis.)" Report Response

What was the most difficult question?

"What area of medicine do you want to go into? (Tough to know this early in my education) " Report Response

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN members and their posts A friend who attends NYCOM Interviewfeedback.com Mock interview with pre-med advisor NYCOM catalog from their website" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The OMM Lab is new and very impressive New lecture halls (NYCOM 3 building is very nice) Learned about the clinical affiliations and post-doc opportunities" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The library is small The campus isn't the nicest" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Nothing...I was pretty prepared." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Overall, I enjoyed my visit to NYCOM. The school is nice and the faculty are very helpful. I didn't get a chance to talk to many students because we were pretty busy and they were in class, but those that I did meet were very nice. The Admission staff are amazing..they really made me feel welcome and comfortable throughout the day. Overall, I came away with a more positive impression of NYCOM than before I went for the interview." Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

On what date did the interview take place?

11/14/2001