Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine (Georgia)

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How easy the interviewers were to talk to.

Reddit, their school website, mock interview practice

Lack of windows

The community of the school

Went over common questions and SDN.

All the students and faculty seemed very happy to be there and all spoke highly of the community at the school.

As a private DO school, PCOM-GA in Suwanee's tuition is expensive, though if you have a exceptionally high GPA and MCAT, PCOM randomly offers generous full-tuition scholarships which is an incentive to get a high GPA and MCAT. The affiliated hospitals aren't that great compared to other established med schools in Georgia. One nice thing that they are improving on is that they are transitioning to pass/fail grading.

They offer an Open House that prospective applicants can register for, I advise attending one of them to get some info on the DO program they offer.

The campus looks a lot like a warehouse and the facilities and architecture seem industrial. PCOM's affiliated hospitals aren't great relative to the MD schools in Georgia. They do in-house exams rather than NBME style exams. The tuition is expensive.

I live in Suwanee, so how close this campus is to my hometown is a compelling convenience factor for the school. They are very welcoming of non-traditional applicants. They also do a lot of community outreach activities for the Lawrenceville-Suwanee area like teaching students about healthcare careers at local high schools and doing mobile clinics in malls and public squares.

I already had 7 interviews before I had my interview with PCOM-GA, so I didn't do anything further than 1 mock interview with a friend.

I wish I had known that I would be sitting in a room for two hours watching Ratatouille while waiting for my interview

School location/building; it is a converted warehouse in the middle of a suburban neighborhood and the space felt cramped

The amount of resources available to students, everyone I interacted with from the school was genuinely kind

Practiced answering questions with friends and family

Had a great experience with this school.

One of my interviewers was switched out last minute without me knowing.

Nothing.

They were very kind, did not make me feel like I was being tricked or placed into a difficult position. Allowed me to be myself.