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  • University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
  • Osteopathic Medical School
  • San Antonio, TX
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 out of 10

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

3 out of 10

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

In Person

Questions

How long was the interview?

50 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

No Response

How many people interviewed you?

10

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

"San Antonio has a significant Hispanic population, do you have any experience with caring for this type of patient population, if so tell me more?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What impact have you made on healthcare for underrepresented communities?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

No Response

What was the most interesting question?

"For the Group MMI activity, we were instructed to work with our team towards starting a new country and making a new constitution for this country." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

No Response

How did you prepare for the interview?

"I worked with my physician mentors and friends who had experience with MMIs before to run through 3 mock interviews." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"This school is very friendly to non-traditional applicants. The San Antonio area is really nice, warm weather, adequate study space. The anatomy lab and OMM lab are also great facilities too. The teaching faculty are diverse as well as the student body." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Mandatory lectures, their match isn't great, they seem adversarial to those who are seeking to be top of the class and wish to pursue competitive specialties. they don't have the resources or opportunities available to help people who want to seek competitive specialties other than connecting with dermatologists or orthopedic surgeons the school knows which isn't that much help." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"They offer food after the MMI." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"The interview was well organized and the admissions office was gracious to offer us food and some time to talk to the faculty and med students over dinner. They are really invested into the applicants they selected for interview." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

5 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

$301-$400

What airport did you use?

SAT

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

4 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Hyatt Place San Antonio Airport/Quarry Market

Comments on where you stayed

"It was decent hotel to stay at, a reasonably-priced hotel with free parking compared to the higher cost hotels near the city center." Report Response

Would you recommend the hotel?

Yes

General Info

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

5 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

6 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

9 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

8 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

7 out of 10

How eco-friendly are the school's application materials and interview process?

3 out of 10

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Make the interview day more eco-friendly, give a clear schedule of events to occur (intro lecture, MMI time, dinner, etc.)" Report Response

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