Arkansas College of Osteopathic Medicine

Very conversational, with nice people.

Faculty are super nice and inviting, admissions are quick to respond

SDN, ChatGPT

SDN, school research, practice questions

Super welcoming staff and students. Tight-knit relationship with the community.

To not stress so much. I’m definitely happy I practiced as much as I did, but overall I should have believed everyone when they said it was very chill and conversational. In addition to your interview, there is a 20-30 minutes timeframe to answer written scenarios (kind of like CASPer, but on paper)

There’s no cafeteria! Only vending machines with snacks and drinks so it seems like we’d have to come prepared during long days. Also, no eating allowed in study rooms (there had been issues of people leaving their food trash which we were told doesn’t get taken out every day so it has caused cleanliness issues causing the school to no longer allowed food - we were told small snacks are ok as long as we discard of it ourselves. It also says no drinks allowed, but we were told everyone drinks)

The building was brand new and the student housing is very nice and right across the street. We also have access to our own gym that’s just a walk from campus (but a part of the off campus housing)

Compiling a list of all SDN questions and practicing the 16 most important ones while memorizing the most commonly asked ones: tell us about yourself, why medicine, why osteopathic medicine, why ARCOM, why DO over MD, why doctor and not PA/NP/RN,etc?

I feel like I stressed too much about preparing for this interview. It was very chill and conversational. I’m glad this was my first one! (Definitely focus on most commonly asked questions: tell me about yourself. Why osteopathic medicine? Why medicine?)

That the interviews would be with two people.

how long the presentations were (with cameras on)

the school's presentations

SDN and mock interviews.

Overall, it was a good day and I liked learning about the school. I just wish it didn't take as long as it did.

During my interview, they had a writing prompt for us to fill out about situations and how to handle them

The length of the day of the interview

The research building and the faculty being very nice

SDN, watching mock interviews on youtube, and having a mock interview

just be yourself and practice the questions on SDN.