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First off, I'd like to thank Digitl and BC for taking the time to talk about the school. Any of you reading can follow their advice and state their honest opinions. After today, I do understand their excitement.
It is a great place. I feel lukewarm about how my interview went, but that is a personal thing. Your day starts out with the standard introduction. The place differs in that, before you enter, you meet a (very kind) security guard and sign in. They give you a folder with much of the information that other schools like to leave out, such as clinical rotation stuff. You are located in a conference room filled with breakfast foods, coffee, and water with a great amount of hospitality from everyone that works there. You go through the basic introduction spiel and get separated into groups. You then split up and do your interviews. I have to say, mine felt like more of a formal interview than other places but that was just the nature of the beast. My interviewers were very laid back guys and by no means tried to sink me, I just froze on some questions with a lot of "ummmmms". After your interview, you head back down and are divided into groups. They take you upstairs and let you sit in on a PBL session with second year students. I was welcomed with open arms from the facilitator and all of the students. I didn't feel out of place at all, and I even got to throw in input about stupid little things. Evidently, today is "talk like a pirate day", so that was the thing that lightened the mood. Lots of pirate talk. (Including naming 3 pirates to get test results)
After all of that, you head back downstairs and wait around for a bit. You then have lunch with some students, whom eventually take you on a tour of the campus. The greatest part was getting to see OMM in action. After the tour, you end up down below for more talk involving housing, financial aid, student life, etc.
Everyone was very very very nice. I really can't sing enough praises about the place. I don't know if I'll end up there, but I can say without hesitation you'll end up with a quality education. Nobody seemed unhappy. Stressed and exhausted from studying yes, but unhappy no. All of the students are very self directed and don't rely on information being shoveled in by lecture. I had previous experiences with PBL, so I am familiar with how it works but it is nice to see people learning/using skills that'll help with their education for the rest of their life.
As a final bonus, they are evidently very fast with a final decision. We were told one week from today.
I hope that is a fair review of the experience. The school does not hold your hand and while proud of their scores and curriculum, doesn't ram it down your throat. They simply make it very clear that you WILL have to read a lot and be prepared to study on your own, as well as develop teamwork abilities that may have not been present before.
It is a great place. I feel lukewarm about how my interview went, but that is a personal thing. Your day starts out with the standard introduction. The place differs in that, before you enter, you meet a (very kind) security guard and sign in. They give you a folder with much of the information that other schools like to leave out, such as clinical rotation stuff. You are located in a conference room filled with breakfast foods, coffee, and water with a great amount of hospitality from everyone that works there. You go through the basic introduction spiel and get separated into groups. You then split up and do your interviews. I have to say, mine felt like more of a formal interview than other places but that was just the nature of the beast. My interviewers were very laid back guys and by no means tried to sink me, I just froze on some questions with a lot of "ummmmms". After your interview, you head back down and are divided into groups. They take you upstairs and let you sit in on a PBL session with second year students. I was welcomed with open arms from the facilitator and all of the students. I didn't feel out of place at all, and I even got to throw in input about stupid little things. Evidently, today is "talk like a pirate day", so that was the thing that lightened the mood. Lots of pirate talk. (Including naming 3 pirates to get test results)
After all of that, you head back downstairs and wait around for a bit. You then have lunch with some students, whom eventually take you on a tour of the campus. The greatest part was getting to see OMM in action. After the tour, you end up down below for more talk involving housing, financial aid, student life, etc.
Everyone was very very very nice. I really can't sing enough praises about the place. I don't know if I'll end up there, but I can say without hesitation you'll end up with a quality education. Nobody seemed unhappy. Stressed and exhausted from studying yes, but unhappy no. All of the students are very self directed and don't rely on information being shoveled in by lecture. I had previous experiences with PBL, so I am familiar with how it works but it is nice to see people learning/using skills that'll help with their education for the rest of their life.
As a final bonus, they are evidently very fast with a final decision. We were told one week from today.
I hope that is a fair review of the experience. The school does not hold your hand and while proud of their scores and curriculum, doesn't ram it down your throat. They simply make it very clear that you WILL have to read a lot and be prepared to study on your own, as well as develop teamwork abilities that may have not been present before.
