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  • Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine - Blacksburg
  • Osteopathic Medical School
  • Blacksburg, VA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 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?

3

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"Which science class did you like the best, the least?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me about yourself?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What field of medicine are you interested in?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"The majority of the interview content involved conversational exchange of information directly related to my file. It was very low stress and I felt that the faculty was just trying to get to know me. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"None of the questions were difficult. The one question that I felt I answered the worst was "Tell me about yourself". Even though I had practiced answering this question, I hadn't gotten much sleep the night before the interview and I lost my train of thought in the middle of the response...looked bad I am sure!" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"read this website, practiced answering general questions with friends, re-read my application" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The faculty and admissions staff were friendly and caring, they really strive to make you feel welcome. The campus is beautiful and the college has state of the art technology!" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Nothing really, I think we were all disappointed at the end of the day when we were informed that all of the seats were full and we would only be eligible for the waitlist. Maybe this should have been told to us when we scheduled the interview so we could have opted out if we so desired. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"see above" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"It was a low stress interview, mostly conversational. I felt that the faculty and staff were just trying to get to know me." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

03/26/2004

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