DMU Interview

I had my DMU interview yesterday. Let me start out by saying how impressed I was with this school, faculty and staff, and students. I walked in and there was a student heading to class. He asked if I had an interview and wished me luck as he walked into his class. Then i climbed the stairs to the admissions office and a custodian saw me and said "Interviews are this way, I've worked her long enough to figure out who is interviewing each day!". I was impressed with everyones willingness to help. When I walked into the office I got a very nice purple plastic folding filing folder. Inside was a notepad, a nice pen, and a lot of information about the school. We put our name-tags on and grabbed a water/soda and waited. The DO interviewees and the DPM interviewees then separated for the day.

We then met in a conference room with Dean Yoho. He was incredibly nice and very informative. Then Gina Smith came in to talk with us about housing, financial aid, and Des Moines in general. Also very informative. She then took us to the clinic and we waited with the 3rd year students while we were individually taken into our panel interviews. They only lasted about 20 minutes or so. It was a little stressful, as 3 people were asking you questions instead of 1, but it wasn't as intimidating as I had imagined it out to be. After the interview we went to lunch with 2 student tour guides. After lunch we took a tour of the campus, which took a little over an hour if I remember correctly. The campus is top notch, everything looks nice and new. The wellness center is very nice and it's great that they give you 2 passes so you could bring a family member or friend with you. The simulation labs were very cool as well as the mock OR and clinic rooms.

Overall I got a different vibe from DMU than I did from OCPM. OCPM is one large building and not affiliated with any other school. I liked that DMU is a graduate health sciences school and that DPM students take the exact same classes with the DOs and also take the exact same tests. I honestly felt at home at DMU and would be so honored to get an acceptance from this school.