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

How did the interview impress you?

No change

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

30 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)?

"what leadership roles have you done" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"what are your strenghts and weaknessess" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"why do you want to go into medicine" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"tell me something about yourself that is NOT in your file?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"why my grades are so great but my MCAT verbal was so poor" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"2 mock interviews at career center at school, going over questions with family, read about school through internet, med school books, and going over my file" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"the hospital affailations are great! THEy have a long list of hospitals all over the U.S., THey had 3 different styles of learning" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"when i first arrived, it was not as friendly as I wanted. The town has nothing to do and seems very boring and the weather was dreary. They had cameras everywhere and they seemed very serious about THEIR rules that you have to abide by. I was not 100% sure about if I wanted lecture based and problem based learning style and they make you turn in what you think you want to do." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"that it wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be up north in the snow. They make you read an article before the interview and summarize it during the interview." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I did not walk in there or out of there really being sure if i liked the school, the faculty the town, etc. I dont like that once you decide on the pathway there is no CHANGE. i did not like the food for lunch-no one did. the school was very boring and not exciting" Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

03/01/2004

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