Menu Icon Search
Close Search

Interview Feedback

Individual Response

  • Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine at Philadelphia
  • Osteopathic Medical School
  • Philadelphia, PA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

25 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

3

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)?

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

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

"Are you also applying to MD schools? " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What are your strengths and weaknesses?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Would you mind being touched in the OMM lab?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"nothing difficult. Just basic shallow questions." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Read the paper, had a beer, went to bed early." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The only positive thing was that my hotel was close enough to the school so that I could walk to the interview. Oh yeah, nice gymnasium, when it's open." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"It had that high school/fraternity atmosphere going on. I looked up the stats for students going here and the MCAT scores and GPA were pretty low. ALso, the pass rate on boards is below what I consider to be acceptable." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That I would dislike the experience so much." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"WOuld not go here unless they accepted me, gave me a full scholarship, and paid me a monthly stipend." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/15/2004

// All Questions & Responses //

See what the community had to say about this medical school.

Browse all Questions & Responses

// Share //