Sorry for taking so long to reply. I have been traveling around interviewing for internships, and now started a rotation away from home, so more traveling YUCK
I am sorry if I am cannot answer your questions well. But I am confused when you asked what residencies WV has. You get a residency where ever you want one, DO or MD, in WV or elsewhere in the country. But if you are asking me what residencies are in the state of WV, well WVSOM is affiliated with MSOPTI. Every school is affiliated with an OPTI (osteopathic post-doctoral training institute). You can find mostly FM residencies since that is the mission of the school, to train FM physicians for Appalachia. There are also IM residencies and a brand new EM residency that has not graduated a class yet.
I am an "older" student and did not want to go out of state for school. So I only applied in-state for medical school and WVSOM was my first choice. So I am very glad I came here. But coming from LA, I think you would find it difficult to adjust to the rural area where the school is. As far as education, I don't think you would be disappointed. What Texas Sam has described about NYCOM is similar to WVSOM. Very grueling first year. I feel we have one of the best anatomy faculty anywhere, and definitely the best anatomy lab. Second year I found more manageable though. Third and fourth year is very liberal in that you pretty much can do your rotations where ever you want to. They do require X amount of time in rural rotations (as that is their mission), but the rest of the time you can go back home to CA if you want and finish up there. One of my classmates is from AL and he has done the required rotations in WV, then went back home to AL for the rest.
So for an opinion from someone not in admissions
I am very glad I came here, and I think academically you would be very successful in whatever residency you eventually pursued. But in all honesty, you might not be happy coming from the West Coast/City to a rural WV town. Like I said before, very nice town with some upscale shops and coffee shops and boutiques. But you need to be happy wherever you go! Hope all this helps!
Billie
If you have more specific question, feel free to e-mail me!