LECOM Erie Discussion Thread 2011-2012

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SBB2016 said:
Anyone out there have any info on the PCSP? I am interested in it, but I am also terrified of it... anyone??
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it's condensed into 3 years so you miss out on some stuff. for example, instead of having 24 rotations you would only have 16. Instead of 3 emergency medicine ones, you'd only have one since you're going into primary care. that's all I know about it, but i'm sure the website has more info
 
Hey everyone, just wanted to give some info on today's interview session!

The interview was done in groups (as previously mentioned) and it is very laid back (also as previously mentioned). Our group was asked to introduce themselves and state an interesting fact and we were each asked one question. The questions I remember were:

Discuss a time you had a conflict with a professor and how you overcame it.
Discuss a time where a professor had a positive influence on you.
What are your greatest accomplishments?
Why osteopathic medicine?


There were more, but thats all I can remember for now. We were then supposed to proceed to the group question where they would ask a question and we could all respond but instead we all started to ask questions to the interviewers. We did this for about an hour and that took us to the end of the interview. It was friendly and we were all laughing throughout the interview, great experience! Let me know if you guys have any questions!
 
CrassJester said:
it's condensed into 3 years so you miss out on some stuff. for example, instead of having 24 rotations you would only have 16. Instead of 3 emergency medicine ones, you'd only have one since you're going into primary care. that's all I know about it, but i'm sure the website has more info
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The info is very basic, just how it runs... I realize it is somewhat condensed, but the first 24 months are squished into 20... and I am just concerned about passing rates....
 
CrassJester said:
Hey guys I just had the lecom interview today and thought i'd give some feedback. they said we were the 2nd interview wave and that right now it'll be easy to get the pathway you want. The person said it gets a little bit tighter around January so don't stress.

Day went as this: Presentation on curriculum and diff pathways, then interview, then presentation on financial aid, then tour, then lunch with medical students.

Interview questions were straight from the 9 standard questions. My group had 8 people including myself and 2 interviewers. They first asked us to tell them about ourselves and to include in it why we want to be an osteopathic physician and why medicine. Then we each got asked an individual question. They repeated them and these were the ones that were asked in no particular order:

1. Where do you see yourself in 10-20 years and how would you use osteopathic education in it?
2. Name a difficult situation and how you overcame it.
3. What was a difficult time with a professor and what you did.
4. Say a story about an inspirational, positive professor.
5. What is your proudest accomplishment?

Then we were supposed to have a group discussion, but time ran out and we just skipped to asking them questions.

If anyone was there, I was in group C and we re-located two times! haha

Good luck to future interviewees! Don't stress too much; it's fairly laidback as everyone has said before.
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in regards to the 9 standard questions, what 9 ? lol
 
I think it is posted in the "Interview Feedback" section

From there:
1. Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file?
2. What is your biggest strength? What is your biggest weakness?
3. What experiences have you had with communications?
4. What is your leadership style and give us an example of when you feel you acted like a good leader.
5. Tell us a time when group work worked more favorably than working as an individual?
6. Tell us a time when you had to handle a conflict?
7. How do you handle stress and give us an example of a time when you effectively handled stress?
8. When did you first learn about osteopathy?
9. When in your life do you feel that an osteopathic approach would have been better than an allopathic approach?
 
SBB2016 said:
I think it is posted in the "Interview Feedback" section

From there:
1. Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file?
2. What is your biggest strength? What is your biggest weakness?
3. What experiences have you had with communications?
4. What is your leadership style and give us an example of when you feel you acted like a good leader.
5. Tell us a time when group work worked more favorably than working as an individual?
6. Tell us a time when you had to handle a conflict?
7. How do you handle stress and give us an example of a time when you effectively handled stress?
8. When did you first learn about osteopathy?
9. When in your life do you feel that an osteopathic approach would have been better than an allopathic approach?
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these are the ones. except it was name 3 positive traits and 1 negative. And the ones that I had in my interview were part of the standard questions. They just read them off the paper and none were curveballs. I had answers prepared for all of them.
 
MSUAlumn said:
There were more, but thats all I can remember for now. We were then supposed to proceed to the group question where they would ask a question and we could all respond but instead we all started to ask questions to the interviewers. We did this for about an hour and that took us to the end of the interview. It was friendly and we were all laughing throughout the interview, great experience! Let me know if you guys have any questions!
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I was in this group as well. :]
 
anybody know how long it takes for LECOM to send out their final decision after one's interview date?
 
tlayng said:
I was also part of this group, very laid back. Way more time was spent with us asking them questions than them interviewing us. Great experience overall and it allowed us to get more of a sense of the school, and the interviewers were great.

Very general questions:
Tell about a time where you didn't see eye to eye with a teacher and how you overcame.
Explain a teacher that had a great impact on your life.
Where do you see yourself in 15 years?
Why osteopathy?
What was your greatest accomplishment and why?


They also asked about what area of medicine we thought we might practice.
The "tell me about yourself" part was more structured than I thought. Instead of just asking us to introduce ourselves, they specified things like where did you go to school, what research/clinical experience do you have, anything else we wanted to add, as well as "one interesting fact that a friend might not even know about you" which somewhat threw me off guard but I was one of the last so I had time to prepare and see what types of things others were saying.

Any questions, just ask!
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did anyone bring a folder with like their resume and any various LECOM handouts and/or a regular notebook to the interview?
 
Has anyone seen this before on LECOM-B application status:"Your file will be re-reviewed by the Admissions Committee in 60 days." I did call on Friday asking the status of my application because it was taking awhile. Do you think they would put me in the penalty box?

I'm confused because I have an interview scheduled with LECOM Erie.
 
anyone know if the school allows prospective applicants to meet with the doa/tour the school?
 
koala37 said:
did anyone bring a folder with like their resume and any various LECOM handouts and/or a regular notebook to the interview?
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some people just brought notepads or portfolios to write in, but i just wrote on the back of my itinerary. all u need is a pen honestly.
 
koala37 said:
did anyone bring a folder with like their resume and any various LECOM handouts and/or a regular notebook to the interview?
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the only handout they give is a schedule for the day. all the handouts are on a flash drive they give you when you first come in.
 
SBB2016 said:
Dude, so SO SO sorry!!! I hope that the dog is able to get comfortable, and I hope you can find a way to fix her... Before you would put her down, please ask friends and family for help paying for the surgery... putting a 3.5yr old dog down would be tragic... they are your friends and family, it can't hurt to ask... tell them it's a loan for a few years until you can pay them back when you're a doctor 😉 seriously, this is a time for humility, ask... best of luck to you today, and I hope everything turns out well!
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thanks for the support man. Well, we got a second oppinion with our vet when we got home. Unfortunately, he told me the mri is just 2k and the surgery is about 3k. so I know my family and none of us can afford that kind of money. However, My vet said that we can at least try and treat her medically, and that sometimes that works out ok. So she has been on steroids for the last four days and believe it or not is making a pretty crazy recovery. she is now walking all the sudden? I am assuming that because we have her on painkillers she is feeling a lot better and the pain is masked. We are hoping the disc heals and that she can somehow regain a good quality of life. I am a little mad at the emergency vet that we went too. he made some pretty large assumptions, I mean my wife and I were hit pretty hard with this, he made it seem like there were only 2 options. I am very glad I got a second oppinion with my vet back home cause he gave us a tad more hope and she is responding to the treatment better than I could have imagined, is in no pain and althought we are not allowing her too (she is on strict bed rest) can walk around great. The night before my interview was tough to watch, she went from having severe pareses with her left leg to paralysis in her back legs within a 30 minute window. I honestly dont know what happened but shes doing better. its gonna be a long long road but we are almost 99% sure we have ruled out euthanization due to the fact that she has showed improvement (which was the determining factor, my vet said if she doesnt improve within the next 3 weeks then we could think of that option but shes respnded in the last 4 days). you are absolutely right, that would be tragic. but we are of the opinion that its selfish and unfair to keep a dog alive that has zero quality of life. Thanks to A lot of family prayer and her bieng the toughest little bulldog she is doing better.

all this aside, I interviewed on 90 minutes of sleep, so I hope I didnt do too bad lol. I was in group C with a lot of people on here. I hope I get in cause I absolutely loved the school and could definitly see myself there for the next four years. I was very very impressed.

thanks for the support SBB and GL on your interview.
 
Who's going to be there on Friday? And which hotels are you guys staying at?
 
tlayng said:
Anyone else's status change to "A decision has been made" ?
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yup mine did too. does that mean that the letter will be in the mail already, cuz it also says you'll receive a letter in 30 days
 
For anyone looking for a really nice hotel to stay in, the Marriott Towneplace Suites its right next to the Millcreek Mall. Its a very nice hotel and very close to campus.
 
Fathie06 said:
yup mine did too. does that mean that the letter will be in the mail already, cuz it also says you'll receive a letter in 30 days
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I don't know if the letter will be in mail already, but both the school and people who interviewed on 7/29 said/received their letters about 2 weeks after the interview date. So we're looking at getting the letters by the end of next week.
 
RuralDoc315 said:
For anyone looking for a really nice hotel to stay in, the Marriott Towneplace Suites its right next to the Millcreek Mall. Its a very nice hotel and very close to campus.
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And if you want to save money and don't mind staying at a crappy hotel, Days Inn will do. The room I stayed in had a funky odor and I couldn't open the windows because they couldn't be opened. They have a outdoor pool but I didn't use it. They did, however, give me a single room with a queen-size bed and there was a sofa and a coffee table + a desk. Their regular pricing is $249 /night for that room but I only paid $70 via LECOME's discount with them.
 
equilibrio said:
I don't know if the letter will be in mail already, but both the school and people who interviewed on 7/29 said/received their letters about 2 weeks after the interview date. So we're looking at getting the letters by the end of next week.
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do you know if they email us also on the same day saying what their decision was?
 
CrassJester said:
do you know if they email us also on the same day saying what their decision was?
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the decision is only through snail mail. they said for legal purposes ( confirming identification) they can't tell you the decision over the phone or via email.

also i stayed at the days inn too, and it was fine. there wasn't a smell or anything. but i suggest whichever hotel you stay in always choose a non smoking room. i think their just cleaner.
 
yeah interviewed last friday as well and my status changed to a decision has been made! ahh the wait for the letter is going to be awful
 
ahh dang i'll be going back to school this friday so i'll have to wait for a phone call from my mom..ughh i'd rather be the 1st one to find out
 
Fathie06 said:
the decision is only through snail mail. they said for legal purposes ( confirming identification) they can't tell you the decision over the phone or via email.

also i stayed at the days inn too, and it was fine. there wasn't a smell or anything. but i suggest whichever hotel you stay in always choose a non smoking room. i think their just cleaner.
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Everyone for LECOM-B just calls admissions and asks what the decision was... They have ALL been told yea-nay... soooo, I am not sure that it is impossible for you to call...
 
SBB2016 said:
Everyone for LECOM-B just calls admissions and asks what the decision was... They have ALL been told yea-nay... soooo, I am not sure that it is impossible for you to call...
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Yeah but they asked us not to call, saying they wouldny be able. To tell us. I really want to call though lol
 
SBB2016 said:
Everyone for LECOM-B just calls admissions and asks what the decision was... They have ALL been told yea-nay... soooo, I am not sure that it is impossible for you to call...
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Erie and Bradenton aren't the same committees, so I guess Erie has more tight-lipped admissions people!

They probably are swamped anyway and don't want the burden of having to say yes/no to people 😀
 
DrWily said:
Erie and Bradenton aren't the same committees, so I guess Erie has more tight-lipped admissions people!

They probably are swamped anyway and don't want the burden of having to say yes/no to people 😀
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the question is. will it hurt the decision if you ask? lol Its hard waiting. So who's gonna be the guiny pig? whos gonna try and call?

If it has to be me....Ill do it. for the good of the 8/19 interviewees.

ok, ive talked myself out of it. Im not gonna call. im gonna wait the full 2 weeks. i can do this i can do this
 
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You should call, make up a fake name, and then hang up if they actually start searching for your file. Then call back with your real name. Then you find out either way, win win!
 
Dr Yiot said:
the question is. will it hurt the decision if you ask? lol Its hard waiting. So who's gonna be the guiny pig? whos gonna try and call?

If it has to be me....Ill do it. for the good of the 8/19 interviewees.

ok, ive talked myself out of it. Im not gonna call. im gonna wait the full 2 weeks. i can do this i can do this
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I doubt it would hurt your application. They probably would just tell you not to call again, or die.
 
Thanks so much for posting the interview questions! I am going to start practicing soon since my interview is on Sept 23, is anyone else going that date? I can't believe how people are already accepted, this is my first interview! Where is a good place to stay where I can walk to campus once I check in?
 
I would ask them if they accepted fee waiver.
 
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Dr Yiot said:
all this aside, I interviewed on 90 minutes of sleep, so I hope I didnt do too bad lol. I was in group C with a lot of people on here. I hope I get in cause I absolutely loved the school and could definitly see myself there for the next four years. I was very very impressed.
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I only had about that much sleep when I interviewed a year ago and I got in. I was also really hungry and it was really hot. Miserable day.

Anyway, I hope your dog pulls through and you get an acceptance letter. :xf:
 
Helen Wheels said:
I only had about that much sleep when I interviewed a year ago and I got in. I was also really hungry and it was really hot. Miserable day.

Anyway, I hope your dog pulls through and you get an acceptance letter. :xf:
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thanks so much. It was a ruff day. I Really hope I get in and she makes a good recovery. I could see her loving the erie weather actually lol
 
JCURCIO04 said:
Has anyone seen this before on LECOM-B application status:"Your file will be re-reviewed by the Admissions Committee in 60 days." I did call on Friday asking the status of my application because it was taking awhile. Do you think they would put me in the penalty box?

I'm confused because I have an interview scheduled with LECOM Erie.
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I am in the exact same situation. Got the "60 days" status from LECOM-B and an interview for LECOM-E. I dunno. I'm guessing they might be waiting for my summer transcripts to update.
 
Two questions.
1) How are you guys getting from the hotel to the school?

2) Anyone going to the 10/21 interviews?
 
What do you guys know about the accelerated primary care pathway? I saw on LECOM's website that you can graduate in 3 years rather than 4 if you plan on doing primary care. That sounds really awesome.
 
Hey all, I have been reading these postings for a while, but finally decided to participate. I interviewed there on Friday (8/26). Anyone else? For those of you that have interviewed at LECOM-erie, what did the students you spoke with during lunch have to say about the school? Were they happy with thier choice/the quality of education/the area? I really liked the day, but recieved negative feedback from the student I spoke with during lunch. I hope he was just having a bad day!
 
NJCOgirl said:
Hey all, I have been reading these postings for a while, but finally decided to participate. I interviewed there on Friday (8/26). Anyone else? For those of you that have interviewed at LECOM-erie, what did the students you spoke with during lunch have to say about the school? Were they happy with thier choice/the quality of education/the area? I really liked the day, but recieved negative feedback from the student I spoke with during lunch. I hope he was just having a bad day!
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I spoke with three students who were in LBL, PBL and Independent (Directed) pathways at lunch on the interview day, and they all like their pathways very much. They seemed satisfied with the education they are getting. One student said LECOM is big on the students' COMPLEX performance and they do their best to help the students out. I didn't hear anything negative about the school.
 
equilibrio said:
I spoke with three students who were in LBL, PBL and Independent (Directed) pathways at lunch on the interview day, and they all like their pathways very much. They seemed satisfied with the education they are getting. One student said LECOM is big on the students' COMPLEX performance and they do their best to help the students out. I didn't hear anything negative about the school.
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Awesome, I was hoping I just got a grumpy student. I care more about education/good rotation hospitals/board scores then some of the stuff he was complaining about (such as dress code, badges, places to eat, and the gym hours), so I tried to take everything he was saying lightly.
 
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