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The Commonwealth Medical College

Year founded: 2008
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The Commonwealth Medical College: Allopathic Medical School; Scranton, PA

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SDN RANKING 1
INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 3 49 Responses
SCHOOL REVIEWS 5 3 Responses

Overview

School Stats

Resident Tuition $56,584
Non - Resident Tuition $62,684
Application Fee $100

AVG MCAT 507
AVG GPA 3.7
LIZZYM Score 66.0

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Admissions Information

Admissions
Medical Sciences Building
525 Pine St
Scranton, PA 18503
United States

Phone: 570-504-9068
Fax: 570-504-2794
Email: [email protected]
Website: tcmc.edu/

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Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response	# Responders
Positively	41
Negatively	0
No change	5

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg	# Responders
2.82	49

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg	# Responders
7.82	49

0 = low, 10 = high

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"6-8 week is very lengthy...some students have waited 11 weeks for a decision this cycle" More from this Member | Report Response

"Wow, Geisinger admissions committee impressed me more than I can say. What a professional, caring and responsive staff. There is a reason Geisinger is shooting up every year in medical school rankings." More from this Member | Report Response

"Get back to us quicker than 6-8 weeks (If you can!)." More from this Member | Report Response

"Presenter stated information that contradicted what students said later on tour. It was confusing." More from this Member | Report Response

"Better presenter/speaker for curriculum overview." More from this Member | Report Response

"Lets the applicants know when the adcom is meeting and offer better lunch options." More from this Member | Report Response

"None in all honesty." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing - it was a good interview day." More from this Member | Report Response

"Have a contact number for the day of, the number listed in the email was for a person not in the office regularly." More from this Member | Report Response

"I suggest they consider moving to a rolling type of admissions rather than block admissions. It is nice to know what day you will hear back from them, but it is stressful as well." More from this Member | Report Response

"Provide interviewers with more information about applicants (ex. AMCAS activities)." More from this Member | Report Response

"shrink the length of the orientation/presentation" More from this Member | Report Response

"Provide a financial workshop during the interview day" More from this Member | Report Response

"Should go back to rolling admissions because the new bulk admission on three possible dates is very stressful." More from this Member | Report Response

"Delicious turkey sandwiches, though I wish there was another side besides soup. Definitely a little hungry by the time the interview came around." More from this Member | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"Difference between empathy and sympathy" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a book you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MMI style question about what I would do if staff rejected to treat a patient because of the patients ethnic/racial background" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why switch from your current career path to becoming a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about your involvements in your organizations." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Geisinger?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you demonstrate resiliency?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why MD? Why not DO or PA?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What specialty are you interested in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Strengths/weaknesses" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how to keep medical students in the NEPA area after graduation" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe how your position at a current job you have relates to a physician an athlete plays (either basketball, baseball or football)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name a healthcare problem in northeastern Pennsylvania. How would you address it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Which of the five quailities you feel a physician should possess is most important to you? (reference to secondary application essay)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Greatest strength/weakness?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could be one kitchen appliance, what would you be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your experience with team work, both in athletics and in the classroom?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What I liked about my undergrad school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why TCMC?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about one clinical experience that stands out in your mind." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of the factors I am considering when choosing a medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not PhD or MD/PhD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you handle stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you interested in TCMC?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What connection do you have to north eastern Pennsylvania?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want us to ask you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Tell me more about your customer service experience and how it relates to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think are issues/barriers in the field of medicine? Also asked me again when I said I was interested in OB/GYN" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you learned from being a father? How do you plan on helping your wife feel included and fulfilled while you are in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think your past as a firefighter will affect how you are as a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How's your mom?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the hardest part about being a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell about your path, beginning from high school to where you are today." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They asked me to talk about my favorite class" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of health care system do you think is the best?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where would you go if you could travel anywhere in the world and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"the interviewer shared two very personal stories from his own life and then asked follow-up questions based on what I would do in similar situations" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you like to know about us?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you won $100,000 what would you spend it on?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"About a class I took." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So how did you get interested in ------? (Activity from primary)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Neuroscience? (My major)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"At this point, do you know what kind of physician you would like to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think medical students should be trained to deal with cultural diversity? (Based on my undergrad. studies)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you contribute to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your ideal view of the dynamic between physician and community." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you like us to ask you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think primary care means?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I really enjoyed the ethical questions- we had really interesting discussions about the situations they asked about." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the top 3 problems in health care in your opinion?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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School Reviews

Results Overview

Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?

Response Avg	# Responders
10.00	3

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"The small close-knit community is extremely supportive and not competitive. It makes life much less stressful." | Report Response

"TCMC is a great school. It may be new but it doesn't feel like a new school. Professors are great and they want you to succeed. You can tell that everyone in the community are committed in helping the students. There are a lot of opportunities in community service." | Report Response

"The new Medical Science Building is world class. The faculty are here are excellent because they love teaching. The school has a community feeling and everyone knows who you are and something about you. Everyone looks out for each other." | Report Response

What do you like least?

"I wish the cafeteria was open later." | Report Response

"There's not a lot of science research opportunities available on campus, however they do offer a lot of clinical research." | Report Response

"As a new school, there is not as much consistency in the curriculum year-to-year as I would like. I think it gets better every year though and will eventually stabilize." | Report Response

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