So was mine!!! And thats actually the first thing we talked about. When she asked me "Why Des Moines" i mentioned how my first expsoure to shadowing a DO was an orthopod who graduated from DMU. I told her the name and she said "ohhh i remember him very well! How is he? Its great to see that he chose orthopedic surgey, i always knew he would do something special! Give him my best regards" So that was kind of a nice ice breaker!
Only advice is that there is nothin to be worried or nervous about. Its very laid back, everyone is friendly, and they just wanna learn about who you are! One thing that is cool is the first thing you do on the day is go into this conference room w/ all of the other applicants and the associate dean speaks to you, and then you go around the circle saying who you are, where you are from, and then something unique or interesting about yourself.......so you might think of something now
We had a dude who had been to an an NFL try out, someone who had eaten lunch with Bill Gates at his home, and another girl who had been recently attacked and biten by a bat that was living under her bed....she was going through rabies treatment!! Haha, so that was a nice way to get to know your fellow applicants and then also gives you funny stuff to talk about if you find out you have something in common with someone else.