Pacific Northwest University

The facilitys are nice. Location is perfect and everyone seems to be very genuine.

Resources, mock interviews, researching the school

Great faculty and staff, very nice and welcoming

in person, they give you alot of handouts so make sure to bring a professional totebag or purse so you dont have to carry things around during a long day.

bring steamer and lint roller for your suit! it's a bit hot in the august summer but there's AC inside, still kinda hot tho. befriend and encourage other applicants because that helped dispel some of my nervousness before talking in the group interview. remember faculty's names when addressing them and for later thank you email.

some classes don't reflect same question styles as licensing exams, current med students said you have to be proactive to receive help, some limited research options, it's a newer school so not as expansive and still learning how to help students, expensive and limited financial aid options

very nice faculty and staff, the other applicants were also very friendly, interdisciplinary education approach, nice modern school campus, school is open to student feedback

SDN, mock interviews in-person and virtual, read books and articles, recorded myself and made a spreadsheet of feedback question-by-question

The interview portion was 1 hr group interview with 4 other applicants and 2 staff (one staff is open-file, the other is closed file). they call 2 people at a time to answer a question, then others can jump in and answer if they want. questions were pretty straightforward, no ethical scenario or MMI questions or policy questions. I think i had about 4 questions i actually answered, otherwise I'm kind of listening to the other people's responses. all kinda standard questions about our experiences. nothing too crazy, and interviewers were pretty nice.

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Staff was argumentative and slightly rude.

Don't just answer the question, please answer with a story. My interviewer asked about one of my experiences and I jsut said what I did in my role instead of expanding further because I was so nervous.

conversational style interview, my interviewer was smiling and nodding the whole time event though I know my answers made zero sense.

Practiced with family, used SDN

Got in but not going, you can tell that I did not like this interview. Personal preference I guess but just wanted to share. Good luck if you do apply and receive an interview here! I'm sure they have a solid curriculum but was not left with a good impression at the end of it. N=1

That we were going to be doing a free for all discussion on a certain topic.

The fact that we were split into two groups, 10-15 people per group, and then asked the question "what could we do to improve healthcare in rural populations", then let discuss for 20 minutes. Absolutely horrible structure, had 7 other interviews and this is the only one that did something like this. There were so many people wanting to talk, and so many "oh no you go.." "oh sorry no you go.." "no that's okay you go..". And so many "I agree with xxx, I also want to add..". Little time for people who wanted to talk and bring up their points because so many people were always interrupting lol wtf is this. It's harder on zoom because there could be a lag on people's end, so they could go on while interrupting someone and then the next person would do the same. I kept trying to say my point but never was able to because of this so I just typed it out. You could tell who were the gunners and who wanted to talk but couldn't. Maybe this was one of the reasonings behind this, but it was so poorly structured to not give people a chance to talk and say their points in front of everyone. Another school did something like this but was more structured and felt more calm by going one by one, giving each individual a chance to talk. This was like a free for all. Pointless when trying to make a good impression on potential students in my opinion. Left with a bad taste in my mouth and would not want to go here if I got in. Also, rotations third year will be making you travel potentially more than many other do schools. Travelling is a given for DO schools, but this school seems to be more so than others. Definitely research and ask how often they have to travel for third year and compare this with other do schools, this is just what I found when I looked this up and went through interviews.

Multi-Mini interviews was fun through zoom.

Didn't really prepare. Had 5 other interviews prior so felt ready

I liked the experience overall. I think that it is a school worth considering, especially if you love the outdoors, rural Pacific Northwest, and like a holistic and group learning approach to school. I am looking forward to attending there!!!!