How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.61 | 276 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 217 |
| Negatively | 25 |
| No change | 30 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.34 | 270 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.53 | 213 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.51 | 194 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 10 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 1 |
| 20 minutes | 6 |
| 25 minutes | 15 |
| 30 minutes | 32 |
| 35 minutes | 32 |
| 40 minutes | 48 |
| 45 minutes | 84 |
| 50 minutes | 30 |
| 55 minutes | 3 |
| 60+ minutes | 26 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 252 |
| At a regional location | 10 |
| At another location | 10 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 223 |
| In a group | 52 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 268 |
| Closed file | 4 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.61 | 276 |
"Name a time someone said something that aligned with their racial stereotype?"
"Tell me about a time you made a decision that put others first."
"Tell me about a time you put someone else before yourself"
"explain cultural humility and give an example"
"Whether I planned to leave Medicine once I had children"
"Tell us about yourself, your journey towards medicine, and why you are interested in IU?"
"Tell me about how you got onto the path of medicine? (Why medicine?)"
"What is a decision that you regret making and what would you do differently?"
"Why is a diverse healthcare system important and what diversity do you bring to IU?"
"Asked about one of my extracurriculars."
"Do you feel like you're part of a community?"
"Tell me about a time when a decision you made was criticized."
"Tell me about your journey here."
"Asked several questions about the various competencies and asked me to explain some of them (what I thought they meant, why they were important, give an example, etc.)."
"Briefly tell me why you want to be a doctor?"
"What have you been doing since you graduated last May?"
"What do you like to do in your free time?"
"Ethical Questions that that pertained to my file/ background"
"Tell me about a time when... you were witness to overt racism. How did you respond?"
"If you were to be accepted into all of the schools to which you applied, what would made you choose Indiana University School of Medicine?"
"(Had an illegal alcohol consumption ticket in undergrad) So did you even have 1 more beer after the incident and before you turned 21?"
"Softball ethical questions."
"Tell me about a time when you had to assert yourself."
"I was asked specific questions about my personal statement."
"Tell me about your family and childhood."
"Asked about my project for my Master's degree"
"standard why medicine questions but since my interviewer had thoroughly reviewed my file he basically told me my answer -- which sounds weird but was actually really comforting."
"Where do you see yourself 20 years from now?"
"If you had a patient who had TB (then explained the disease) and refused treatment, how would you handle it?"
"Tell me about your childhood."
"What is something that you have learned just for the fun of it?"
"Tell me about a time you had to make a difficult choice"
"What do you know about IUSM? (followed by, what else can you tell me about the school) - have a few points about the school you are ready to discuss!"
"How have you contributed to your community with your volunteer work?"
"What does professionalism mean to you?"
"What about yourself will you contribute to this medical school?"
"which of the 9 core competencies do you need to work on (what is a weakness in general)?"
"where I went to high school, class rank, SAT/ACT scores"
"Tell me about the curriculum's competencies?"
"Nothing hard at all. They asked about my SAT and ACT scores."
"Tell me about yourself"
"highschool class rank/ SAT scores"
"Why Indiana and why medicine?"
"Why IU"
"Have you always wanted to be a doctor?"
"Tell me about High School, groups you were involved in, SAT Score?!?!"
"What was your high school class rank?"
"What did you do in High School?"
"What was your high school rank, SAT score, GPA in high school?"
"What were your ACT and/or SAT scores?"
"What was your ACT score? (...really?)"
"What clinical experience would I tell my children about 10 years from now?"
"Talk about your social and volunteering activities the past couple of years."
"Tell me about your life up to this point."
"How do you define professionalism?"
"Something along the lines of: If you were out at a restaurant and saw a doctor with whom you have worked that was visibly drunk, would you say anything to him? Follow up: If you saw him at the hospital the next morning and he looked worse for the wear, what would you do?"
"why did you apply to IUSM?"
"What led you to MD?"
"Asked me about my research?"
"Why medicine, why IU? Play any instrument? Participate in any social work? Any student government association?"
"How would you increase diversity?"
"Is medicine a right or a privilege? "
"Are either of your parents in the health care field?"
"why IU beside the cheap cost (i'm in-state)?"
"Hmm asked the usual ethical, if you caught a friend cheating on an exam, what wld you do?"
"I'm a reapplicant, so they grilled me on how I had improved my application since last year."
"Elaborate on your AMCAS application."
"HS class rank/SAT score?"
"Why medicine? Why IU? Do you play any musical instrument? Tell us about your research in undergrad."
"Why was I interested in the school"
"tell me about high school activies..then college.. how you arrived to where you are now. wanted a chronological list of my schooling and employement"
"Where'd you go to high school, and how'd you do?"
"About high school SAT, class rank, size, activities."
"What is professionalism?"
"What are your ties to Indiana?"
"Questions about high school."
"Tell me about your family"
"How on earth did you find your way to medicine? "
"What do you think professionalism means?"
"Tell me about your parents"
"What high school did you go to?"
"Tell us about some of your high school activities."
"Define 'professionalism'"
"Tell me about highschool."
"If you could narrow your choice for medicine to one thing, what would it be?"
"What would make you choose IU over the other med schools that you have applied to?"
"What were your SAT scores/what extracurricular activities were you involved in during high school?"
"So, you're interested in medicine, and you're REALLY interested in business (so trying to sway me there...)...how do you plan on balancing both?"
"What would you do if you caught a fellow classmate cheating on an exam?"
"Why should we accept you?"
" The standard, why IU? why Indiana? etc"
"Why did I choose medicine?"
"why did you choose iu for undergrad and what did you do there?"
"Why did I choose IUSM"
"Tell us about highschool/class size/rank?"
"What did you do in high school? SAT, ACT, class rank & size. What have you done in college?"
"Describe some of your leadership experiences."
"would you consider D.O. school? (this came up in convo, it was not totally random)"
"Why IU? "
"talked about your clininical experiences"
"What would you do if you saw a member of your study group (a good friend) cheating during a test?"
"Why did you choose IU for undergrad?"
"What other schools did you apply to? Do you think you'll get into IU?"
"Tell me about yourself, research, clinical experience, etc?"
"What would you do if you saw another student cheating?"
"What did I think about the Amish school crisis being a PA resident? (Not specifically asked but talked about)"
"What would you do if you caught another person cheating?"
"high school class rank and SAT scores"
"What is professionalism"
"what's the most important characteristic a doctor should have?"
"Why IU and why Medicine?"
"You catch a student cheating in your med school class. what do you do?"
"Do you have any volunteer/service experiences?"
"Why IUSM?"
"where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Tell me about your reasearch experiences."
"What was your class rank/GPA/SAT scores in high school?"
"Why medicine? What area of medicine are you most interested in right now?"
"How would you change the health care situation in New Orleans?"
"I was asked to explain a few of my activities from college."
"Name one of the nine competencies."
"What do you do to relax/in your time off?"
"I was asked about a B in my undergraduate anatomy class."
"Tell me about yourself. (I basically gave him a quick narrative about my entire life up to high school)"
"Do you plan on retaking the MCAT? Answer: No, because I do have an acceptance somewhere else (only took the MCAT once). Had that not been the case, my answer would definately be yes."
"9 compentencies"
"Tell us about your High School?"
"Define professionalism."
"why indiana"
"Tell us about yourself"
"Talk about your abroad experience."
"High school experiences (SATs, involvement in clubs and sports)"
"Describe what you do for fun."
"Asked about SAT scores, class rankings, and about my high school experience."
"Is lifelong learning important? Why?"
"Tell me about highschool. About half of the interview was about highschool."
"Tell me about your background."
"What was your high school class rank/ GPA/ ACT score?"
"why do you want to be a doc?"
"Describe a time when things did not go your way/a time when you failed. "
"If your best friend were cheating in class and you saw him, would you turn him in if he wouldn't turn himself in?"
"What do you see when you see pictures of Katrina aftermath? (socioeconomic issue/race/etc)"
"What is professionalism? Tell us about an experience with a doctor that was professional / unprofessional."
"In choosing a medical school, what exactly are you looking for in that school?"
"why IUSOM?"
"Why Indiana School of Medicine?"
"Tell me about your high school. Why did you go to [undergrad school]?"
"Hypothetical: If you are getting ready to perform a surgery and you smell alcohol on the breath of the doctor next to you, what do you do?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"When did you know you wanted to be a physician?"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"What was your high school GPA and class rank?"
"Have you ever cheated?"
"What one quality do you have that would make you a good doctor that the other applicants do not have."
"State two of your greatest strenghts. Name something you feel is not as strong and you feel you can improve upon."
"What are your main extra curricular activities."
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"Tell me about the Goldwater Scholarship."
"Let's go over your flaws so I can sell you better to the admissions council. "
"Why do I want to be a doctor?"
"Why IU?"
"Tell me about the class you did worst in and what you learned from that."
"If you got into indiana, some other schools, what would you do?"
"What would I do if I found a classmate of mine cheating on a test?"
"Drunk cardiologist question from above."
"Define professionalism"
"What would you do if someone you were working with in the ER was drunk?"
"Tell us the process of your decision to go into medicine."
"What was your high school rank? ACT/SAT scores?"
"What was high school like? Do you remember your class rank? What were your SAT scores?"
"You are a medical student, and you notice that someone besides you has pulled out a shhet of paper and copying from it.....what would you do?"
"SAT scores, wasn't asked class rank like I've heard people in the past have."
"Highschool GPA, ACT, and Class Rank"
"What high school did you attend? "
"Tell me about your high school expereinces--ACT, SAT, class rank"
"the highschool ranking, sat scores question. they ask this to everyone."
"You catch a fellow student cheating on an exam, what do you do?"
"Why Medicine?"
"High school GPA, ACT, Rank, did you play sports."
"HS GPA/RANK."
"Why [undergraduate institution]?"
"What was your HS class rank, SAT and ACT? What activities were you involved with in HS?"
"How do you think you're going to be able to manage medical school with two children? "
"Why do you want to be a doctor. "
"high school GPA and SAT scores."
"SAT scores/high school involvement seguewaying into what I do in college"
"What kind of activities were you involved in during high school? What was your HS GPA and ACT scores?"
"SAT scores"
"High School GPA and class rank"
"Why that school?"
"High school GPA and SAT scores, High school & college activities (namely community service.)"
"Positive and negative things about myself."
"high school gpa and sats"
"What was your highschool rank and SAT scores?"
"What was your most valuable volunteer experience?"
"High school rank and SAT/ACT scores. Standard, everyone gets this one."
"Describe an ethical situation you have been in and how you dealt with it."
"why doc? when was first experience you realized?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Why Indiana? [read: how come you're applying out of state?]"
"Why did you major in X?"
"SAT/Class Rank"
"Why indiana?"
"Why get a MD degree and not a PhD (I am in grad school now)?"
"What was your H.S. ranking, SAT/ACT scores?"
"HS rank and ACT scores?"
"Highschool rank and SAT scores (what in the hell's this) It must be a required question because my interviewer seemed embarresed to ask me"
"highschool rank and SAT scores"
"the usual: why doctor"
"What did you do in high school (gpa, class rank, SAT)"
"What do you do for fun?"
"hs rank and sat scores"
"What were your high school activities and your SAT and MCAT scores? (look at my friggin application, sheesh)"
"Tell me about your high school statistics (class size, rank, AP classes, SAT scores, GPA, etc.)"
"Why do want to be a doctor?"
"What were your SAT scores, high school class standing, and HS GPA?"
"Where would you want to practice in the future?"
"Class rank in high school and SAT scores. "
"What was your class rank in high school and how many students were in your graduating class?"
"What was you high school ranking?"
"Where do you see yourself in ten or fifteen years?"
"What was your HS rank?"
"How would you handle the anthrax problem?"
"sat scores?"
"Do you enjoy reading? What where your favorite books?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Is there a certain specialty that interests you most?"
"Tell me about a time when you made a decision based on someone else's advice and why you trust that person's advice."
"explain social determinants of health"
"Which three people would I like to have dinner with"
"How do you go about solving a problem?"
"What is a difficult situation you have been in and how did you overcome it?"
"Describe a time when you were angry or frustrated, how did you handle it?"
"What excites you about our curriculum?"
"Tell me a time you used someone else's advice to make a decision."
"Why medicine"
"Tell me about yourself and why you are interested in medicine"
"What is one difficult thing you had to overcome?"
"Competency-related questions. This felt like the majority of the interview."
"How would you motivate a patient that doesn't want to lose weight?"
"Asked about extracurricular activities"
"Tell me about competency ___?"
"How did you end up switching from a Business degree to Philosophy?"
"Describe your shadowing experiences to us."
"Why did you decide to become a physician?"
"What competency do you think will be hardest for you to master?"
"When was a time that you made a poor choice?"
"Why Indiana University?"
"Asked how many times I had applied, where all else I had applied."
"Strengths/Weaknesses?"
"volunteer experience, clinical volunteering/shadowing, research (if you've done so), any other kind of weird hobbies that you're really into."
"What is unique about you/your background that will add to our school?"
"What has been your most important experience in college? (This led on to a thorough discussion of that experience and my role in it, so I'd make sure to have a lot to say about at least one experience.)"
"Why IU? Why MD/PhD? Why not just PhD?"
"What does "self-awareness" mean to you?"
"If you were a doctor with a female patient, whose religious beliefs do not permit the treatment that you recommend, what would you do?"
"What would you do if you realized that you prescribed the wrong drug to a patient?"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"Which volunteer experience was most important to you?"
"Which one of the competencies stands out to you?"
"Why do you want to come to this school?"
"speak a foreign language?"
"They asked if I had any artistic talent. It wasn't that hard to answer, but I wasn't expecting it."
"Do you play any instruments?"
"SAT/ACT scores"
"Tell me about college, what groups you were involved in..."
"What do your parents do?"
"Have you done/would you be interested in Research?"
"What do you think about health reform?"
"Describe yourself...your childhood...your parents...? Describe some of your activities?"
"What or who exemplifies professionalism to you?"
"Young patient needs blood transfusion but his parents religious beliefs forbid this, what do you do?"
"activities in high school...."
"Would you stay in Indiana?"
"What I would tell my (grand)children 25 years from now about my 4 years in college."
"The M4 asked me a no-no question about politics which caught me off guard"
"What do you do if you pass a doctor who has alcohol on his breath?"
"What activities did you do in high school?"
"high school rank, sat, activities?"
"Nothing really hard, just lots of stuff off my personal statement."
"Why medicine, why IUSM, what type of medicine I may want to practice"
"Define professionalism."
"What does professionlism mean to you?"
"what was your class rank in high school? What was you SAT score? (I thought these questions were kind of unnecessary given the extensive AMCAS application)"
"A lot of questions about my activities, my grades in high school, class rank in high school, ACT score, MCAT, leadership and clinical experiences"
"Explain what you have done in college."
"Why IUSM?"
"What would you do if you saw someone cheating/if you realized a colleague was intoxicated on the job?"
"What did you do during high school?"
"Activities in college."
"Tell me about your volunteering"
"What do you see yourself doing with an MD in the future, because based on your activities you could really do anything?"
"If you discovered a gene which improved memory, and a couple came to you and requested that you implant this gene in their fetus, what would you do?"
"How do you feel about your MCAT? "
"If you saw your friend cheating, what would you do?"
"Tell me about your volunteer experiences."
"What else did you do in college?"
"Why IU?"
"The standard give three weaknessnesses and three strengths, but also what three traits I thought were most important for a physician to have and what my biggest weakness would be as a doctor. "
"Why IU, why medicine?"
"What kind of volunteer work you have done."
"How do you manage stress?"
"What do your parents do and where are they from?"
"What would you do if you had to present a patient with a colleague and you disagreed on the diagnosis?"
"Why did you decide to study engineering?"
"Flash forward 10 years...in what kind of environment do you see yourself practicing?"
"If you were a doctor and you smelled alcohol on the breath of a surgeon about to perform surgery, what would you do?"
"SAT, ACT, high school rank?"
"Why do I want to go to IU?"
"what is it about being a doctor that appeals to you the most?"
"Activities I did in HS/University"
"What would you do if you knew a student was cheating on an exam?"
"What would you do if you and a fellow third-year student were doing rounds together and had come to different conclusions about a patient? (Yeah, I had no clue how to answer this one)"
"Why medicine?"
"Where do you see yourself in the future?"
"Why medicine? Why IU?"
"Who are you, and what are you doing here? (just kidding)"
"what is professionalism"
"If you got into all the medical schools you applied to, what school would you got to?"
"talk about your research"
"What would you do if you smelled alcohol on the on-call surgeon's breath?"
"If you saw two of your good friends cheating on a physiology exam, what would you do?"
"Why didn't you apply for early decision?"
"Why did you take martial arts classes?"
"High school class rank, SAT scores"
"Everything basically stemmed from the Amish school shootings. The rest was an friendly conversation. (As sick as that sounds from the topic we started on)"
"What is my definition of professionalism? How does that relate to medicine"
"leadership and service experiences "
"Cheating?"
"does someone who's had medical problems make a better doctor?"
"High school activities, rank/college activities."
"you smell alcohol on the on-call surgeon's breath. what do you do?"
"How do you feel about the concept of fetal rights?"
"Name activities you participated in in high school and college."
"high school rank/act scores/activities"
"Give us some more information about your service work... (in specific areas mentioned on my AMCAS app)."
"Why IU/medicine?"
"I was asked a decent amount of information about high school (including SAT scores and activities)and my family, which caught me a little off guard."
"Define what you think professionalism means."
"Where else have you applied? Do you really want to stay in Indiana?"
"How do you deal with death?"
"Do you have any prejudices?"
"Tell me about the process that brought you here, in front of me, applying to medical school."
"Explain what you do/ areas you work in the hospital."
"What would you do if you saw a good friend of yours cheating?"
"My chronology... from test scores/class rank in high school... to my time spent in another career... to my activities since graduating."
"What are your two best points?"
"sat score"
"What would you do if you saw your friend cheating in your MD class?"
"What did I do in high school?"
"what is professionalism?"
"Tell us about the core competencies"
"Tell us what your strengths and weaknesses"
"What area of medicine are you thinking of?"
"Describe an experience that solidified your interest in medicine. "
"Tell me about your leadership and volunteer activities in high school."
"What are your hobbies, strengths/weaknesses, career goals, etc."
"Why do you want to be a doctor as opposed to nurse or physical therapist for example?"
"What activities did you do during college?"
"your response to student cheating on an exam? "
"why are you not considering md/phd?"
"Tell me about your high school and where you grew up."
"What was the best day of your life?"
"Where do you get your news - how do you make sure its accurate? (I replied by saying online)"
"Tell us about what you have done each summer since high school."
"Where do you get your news from?"
"What would you do if you saw student cheating on the boards?"
"What would you do if, during your first year, you notice two medical students cheating during an exam?"
"Drunk Surgeon Question"
"Tell me about your research. Why IU? "
"Define professionalism?"
"I what medically related experiences were you involved in?"
"WHAT PROCESS GOT YOU TO DECIDE THAT YOU WANTED TO PURSUE A CAREER IN MEDICINE."
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years?"
"What do you want to be doing in five years?"
"Who are you?"
"Things pertaining to my personal statement."
"Have you ever known anyone with depression and how did that make you feel?"
"Talk about 1-2 of your volunteer experiences. "
"What do you like to do to relax."
"What should I tell the admissions committee is the best thing about you as an applicant?"
"What is your strength? What is your weakness? (yeah, I know... pretty generic)"
"where have you traveled?"
"If I was working in the ER and the doctor to take over for me came in and I smelled some alcohol on him what would I do?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Why medicine instead of religious studies? (i majored in religion and have had lots of experience in foreign missions)"
"Issues in Healthcare, uninsured"
"High school GPA, rank, ACT and SAT scores"
"See a classmate cheating on an exam, what do you do?"
"What is an ethical problem you have faced and how did you resolve it?"
"See above (interesting question)"
"What do you do for fun? What books do you like to read?"
"Describe an experience in which you demostrated leadership skills."
"Tell me about your extracurricular activites as an undergrad."
"It is your fifth marraige anniv. and your wife is waiting for your shift to be over and you promised to take her out for dinner. As you are handing over your patients to one of your close friends, you smell alcohol. What would you do?"
"Just standard stuff. Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"How did you prepare for the MCAT?"
"Ethical situational questions."
"where do you see yourself in the future? (note: no specific time in the future was determined)"
"What brings you back to Indiana?"
"Why IUPUI"
"Tell me about your college experience, did you play sports? What have you been doing since finishing your masters?"
"See above as well as why I'm involved in the activities I'm involved with."
"Is there a place for spirituality in medicine?"
"Question on how my experiences as a varsity athlete had prepared me for a career in medicine."
"Why did you decide to go into medicine now?"
"Tell me about _____ experience. "
"Tell us about your experiences during your semester abroad."
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"What is my support system and how do I take care of myself. What will I do in med school to relieve stress."
"Non academic activities in HS and college"
"How did I prepare for the MCAT?"
"Tell me about your family. "
"Why pursue medicine career."
"specific things about my travels and amcas app"
"If you looked over and saw your classmate cheating, what would you do?"
"What should we tell the admissions committee about you?"
"Tell me about some tough ethical decisions you have had to make."
"Are you applying to other schools?"
"high school rank, gpa, activities (had to think back on this one!)"
"What do you feel is the biggest problem facing medicine today?"
"What happened last year?"
"What was your high school rank, SAT scores, ACT scores?"
"Why would you want to go to Indiana, when you're a resident of Illinois? There are 7 schools in Illinois."
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"High school rank and GPA (first thing I was asked)."
"What activities did you participate in during H.S.?"
"Why Indiana?"
"Why didn't I get in to med school last year. ( I was waiting for the mono-rail to be finished)"
"what field of medicine?"
"why did i attend my undergrad school"
"What activities are you involved in at school"
"What one thing about medicine would you change?"
"why you want to be a doctor"
"Describe the research you have been doing."
"Why are you interested in medicine?"
"What is your support system?"
"What extracurricular activities are you in (both from high school and college)?"
"Why do you want to go into medicine?"
"What type of medicine I was interested in and why."
"What was your SAT score and what was the breakdown for the math and verbal section?"
"What was your SAT score?"
"What has been the high point of your life? The low point?"
"What did you score on the SAT?"
"Would you treat patients of other races differently? (the interviewer was african american and I am white)"
"high school gpa?"
"If you could step forward to the year 2025 and take a look at medicine, what would it look like?"
"Tell me about your path to get here"
"Which speciality are you interested in?"
"where do you see yourself in 10 years"
"In what ways could physicians advocate for their patients?"
"What does Diversity, equity, and inclusion mean to you? How would you contribute to the this at IU?"
"What have you been doing since you graduated?"
"From your healthcare experiences, what are some of the challenging things about being a physician?"
"Where do you see yourself practicing?"
"Tell us about your research experience."
"why doctor and not NP/PA"
"When did you feel that you first became connected to your community?"
"Would you pray with another patient?"
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"Why do you wish to pursue a career in medicine?"
"Why IU School of Medicine?"
"Where would you like to see yourself professionally in ten, fifteen years?"
"Why did you even apply to Indiana University School of Medicine?"
"What challenges do you foresee facing in a career in medicine."
"Tell me about your volunteer experiences."
"When was a time where I had to put the interests of others ahead of myself."
"Which volunteer experience had the greatest impact on you and why?"
"why IU/what do you like about the school."
"Where else did you apply?"
"What has been your favorite college course?"
"What are three strengths and weaknesses?"
"Compare the U.S. and Danish health care systems (I studied abroad in Denmark)."
"I talked about my tutoring... so my interviewer asked how I handed situations when I felt like I wasn't getting through to my student."
"What did you learn about the culture of the underserved populations that you served that will help you be a better physician?"
"Why IU and what was my story for going into medicine?"
"Can you talk about a time when you have strugged or not reached a goal of your's?"
"What extracurriculars did you do in HS? college?"
"most meaningful volunteer experience"
"What field do you see yourself going into?"
"why wasn't I applying to MD PHD."
"What are you currently reading for pleasure?"
"what you think of obama's healthcare plan"
"Tell me about your undergraduate years and what type of activities were you involved in?"
"what would your health care fix be"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What are your extracurricular activities?"
"What positive/negative experiences did you take away from your shadowing/jobs?"
"What are you doing with your year off?"
"Why Medicine, Why Indiana?"
"What was your high school rank? (seriously?)"
"Why medicine now, and why here?"
"What do you do outside of academic-related activities?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"Something along the lines of: In 50 years, technology has gotten to the point where a complete physical work-up can be done w/out the aid of a doctor, and cheaply. Do you think people would embrace this or shun it? "
"leadership experiences?"
"What do you see yourself doing in 20 yrs?"
"It's supposed to be an open file. But one of the interviewers directly said, "So I haven't read your file yet, so tell me about yourself to get me caught up." Hmm where do I start....?"
"Tell me about yourself and why IU"
"A patient can't afford a $300 med you gave a prescription for but can get it for $50 in Canada. Do you write her a prescription for the Canadian meds if you really care? "
"journey from high school to interview? which campus would you choose? if you saw someone cheating, what would you do? explain bad grade."
"Look up stuff on ethical questions...heard some interviewees got some really tought one, e.g. working w a schezophrenic (sp?) doctor, doctor w alcohol on breath, etc etc. "
"What would I do if I blatantly saw another student cheating, and then after I answered, they asked how my decision would influence that person's career."
"What would you do if you caught another student cheating?"
"What else should we know about you?"
"One of the 9 competencies is lifelong learning. How does this competency apply to you?"
"What do you do to relax? How did you study for the MCAT? Did you think about retaking your MCAT? (took mcat like two years ago)"
"My interviewer was a urologist, I was asked if I knew anything about urology"
"Strengths and weaknesses."
"Why doctor? (as you can see, very typical stuff)"
"What did you get on the SAT/ACT and what was your high school class rank? (somehow managed to remember that one from nowhere)"
"Why are you interested in IU?"
"A few ethics questions about drunk surgeons and cheating on tests. "
"Why were your freshman year grades low?"
"Where do you see yourself in the future?"
"If you witnessed, but didnt participate, your friend defacing the dean's new sportscar and the dean saw you out of everyone and called you into his office the next day, what do you do?"
"What competency stands out with you?"
"Why medicine"
"What were your SAT/ACT scores?"
"In addition to the resident wanting a tattoo of a cross question, I got the ethics questions about euthanasia and cheating."
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Tell me about your commitment to becoming a physician."
"Why did you choose IU?"
"How have you paid for your undergraduate tuition? "
"What would you do if you caught a friend cheating on an exam?"
"What activities are you involved in now?"
"You're a poet?"
"What would you like me to know about yourself?"
"A recent law was passed in Michigan that abolished affirmative action. What are your views on this?"
"What types of activities did I do in high school and college?"
"if you see a doctor shooting up in a patient's bathroom, how would you handle it? what if he/she was your friend?"
"What characteristics make me a good doctor? What are my weaknesses?"
"Would IUSM still be your top choice if you weren't an in-state student and why?"
"Why IU? Why medicine?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"High school acivties, college activities, health care experience?"
"Surgeon with alcohol on his breath, cheating classmate: what to do?"
"drunk surgeon - what do you do cheating - what do you do pretty standard"
"Why medicine?"
"talk about a ethical situation I was involved in"
"Define professionalism."
"Were you active in high school? What activities did you do?"
"Describe a really rewarding clinical experience."
"What do you want to do with an MD degree?"
"Are you married, what does your wife do, do you have any family ties to Indiana?"
"Do you have a good support system?"
"Why IU, why Medicine? "
"where do you see yourself in 15/20 years"
"What do you think of our competencies"
"What set you apart in high school/class size & rank"
"What is your best quality."
"any disciplanary action?"
"Which campus would you be interested in attending?"
"A bunch of ethical questions- what would you do if you caught another student cheating? suspected another physician was stealing and using narcotics? a dying patient wanted to increase their pain meds?"
"what would you do if you were a first year medical student and saw a classmate cheating?"
"What is your general overall outlook on relationships?"
"Where do you think you'll be in 10-15 years?"
"What activities did you participate in during high school and college?"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"What would you do if you didn't get in this year?"
"Talk about the activities you were involved in."
"High school class rank, class size, SAT score"
"If you were forced to work in an underserviced area would you still become a physician?"
"What qualities are important for a physician to have?"
"How was the prosection program at IU that you participated in? I was never asked about high school activities, SATs, etc. (Just FYI)"
"Why IUSM?"
"She asked me several probing questions about medications I took during an illness. I was uneasy by this line of questioning because I am no longer sick, so it seemed less relevant to my candidacy."
"What is your weakest point?"
"other schools I applied to"
"What can you tell use about our core-values at IU?"
"How is my relationship with my parents?"
"if I saw a student cheating during an exam what will I do?"
"Do you think everyone can achieve the core competencies?"
"Tell us what your friends would describe as your strengths and weaknesses"
"What questions do you have?"
"Give a thumbnail sketch of why you are interested in medicine."
"Where did you grow up? Rural or urban?"
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years?"
"Very specific questions about my application, such as why I chose to study abroad, why I chose my major, etc."
"Why did you transfer schools?"
"Do you like football. (I'm serious. "
"What would you do if you saw the person sitting next to you cheating off the person sitting in front of him during a final exam where each person's grade affects the other?"
"What was your most significant/meaningful extracurricular activity in college?"
"questions on research"
"how would you pick which schools you go to assuming that you got into all of them?"
"Why do you want to come to IU?"
"Do you believe in an honor code for a university, and do you think professors are subject to an honor code the same as students?"
"How do you think you'll keep up with medical advances when you are a doctor, do you think it's important to do so?"
"What type of medicine do you want to go into knowing that it could change after more exposure in medical school?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Lots of questions about activities during high school and college."
"How do you view medicine as a profession?"
"Talk about Hgih School"
"I had some mistakes on my AMCAS and he read through them, but we just laughed about it and he didn't seem bothered by it."
"Have you ever known seen cheating in the academic realm?"
"What do you do to deal with stress?"
"WHAT IS PROFESSIONALISM"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? Plus many other questions already posted (catch a student cheating, drunk cardiologist, high school rank and SAT, professionalism, etc.)"
"In your physician shadowing experience what did you like or not like about they way the doctor handled himself with patients?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What would I do if an ER surgeon that was supposed to replace me was drunk?"
"Tell me about a time you were volunteering and experienced an emotionally stressful situation."
"High shcool GPA, rank, ACT/SAT scores, parents' occupations, talked about my sister (since she is also in medical school)."
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years."
"Why IU?"
"Why IU? Why Indiana? Will you practice medicine in Indiana? Why?"
"What does professionalism mean to me?"
"Did you look over our website? Did you read about the compentency based curriculum (see "Nine Competencies"), and what do you think about this?"
"Do you have any questions for me."
"Tell me about yourself, why Indiana?"
"Why I decided on medicine? (I started out as an art major)"
"What does professionalism mean to you?"
"Desribe your research."
"See immigrant question above."
"Why did you choose to pursue a career in medicine?"
"You are in a private practice and you notice that your partner has been filing falsified claims for medicare. What do you do?"
"More standard questions"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"How did you prepare for the MCAT?"
"what are your hobbies?"
"Tell me about blank experience?"
"If I were to speak to the Admissions committee tomorrow, what should i tell them are your strenghts and weaknesses?"
"When did you decide you wanted to be a doctor?"
"Tell me about the Amish and Alzheimers disease (this question dealt with my research project)"
"If a fellow resident came in with alcohol on his breath, what would you do?"
"What do you think are the issues that will affect medicine in the next ten to fifteen years?"
"Describe a time when you had to make a difficult ethical decision. (Do most 20-somethings have to do this on a regular basis?)"
"What specialty do you want to go into. "
"What are your goals in medecine."
"What has your volunteer work taught you?"
"Why do you want to attend IUPUI?"
"Why biochemistry (my major) and why IUB for undergrad."
"Why are you looking at IU?"
"Where did I see myself in ten years?"
"What made you interested in medicine? "
"What is telemedicine?"
"ethics on abortion and being catholic"
"What would you friends say are the best and worst characteristics of yourself?"
"Do you have any questions for us about IU?"
"Why do you want to be a doc? How did you prepare for the MCAT? What are you most proud of? "
"What do you parents think about you going into medicine?"
"dealing with death, ethical dilemas, etc. any healthcare experiences to back it up? "
"Why medicine? (P.S. - the answer is not just "I want to help people.")"
"Tell me a little about yourself."
"Why do you want to become a physician?"
"Tell me about some of your experiences on the AMCAS."
"What questions do you have for us?"
"What can we do to convince students to come to IU?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?"
"What ties do you have to the state?"
"How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll tootsie pop? ( I went with the owl and said three. Consequently I was labled a follower)"
"biggest problem in medicine today?"
"why indiana"
"Explain Health Sciences (my major)"
"Do you like small towns better than big cities? "
"what questions do you have for us"
"Would you stay in Indiana after finishing medical school?"
"Where does IU rank on your list?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor and do you know what field of medicine you want to study and why?"
"Why do you want to go to Indiana U?"
"Why I had decided to finish my last year of undergrad as a part-time student."
"Tell me some of the things you were involved with during high school."
"How would you handle the India/Pakistan situation?"
"How much interaction have you had with minorities? How would you treat a patient if he/she was a minority?"
"What do you do to relax?"
"Why did you come to Indiana for undergrad? What makes you want to stay here and go to medical school? (I'm from IL)"
"tell me more about college activities"
"Do you have any ties to Indiana resedency?"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"What would you do in a situation where you didn’t have all of the information about a patient?"
"Asked me how I spend my free time and decompress from being so busy."
"What music do you like to play (put violin activity on my AMCAS)"
"Discuss one of your most meaningful experiences."
"You're in your third year of med school in your surgical rotation and see the surgeon break the sterile field, what do you do?"
"Personal question about my application (the majority of the interview was relatively informal/conversational)"
"How are you able to see and have compassion and understanding for other cultures?"
"What is something that I don't know about you that would help me understand you more?"
"It was more like a conversation about my life and path to medicine"
"What do you do for fun when you have down time?"
"Name one time where your religion/spirituality came into question."
"None, they were all scripted. Interviewers had a printed list of questions to ask."
"IDK. None stick out."
"Would you ever cry with a patient?"
"What will you do if you don't get in this cycle? (they asked this as a segway into reminding me that they are one of the few schools that will give you concrete feedback on your application if you are not admitted)."
"Why IUSM?"
"Do you think you can make a prima facie case that a patient who isn't following medical advice doesn't "understand" it?"
"What do you think is the greatest challenge facing rural physicians today?"
"How would you create a clinical trial study on [...]?"
"Why are you interested in medicine?"
"None, this was by far the worst interview experience I have ever had. My interviewers did not understand the point of an interview. They spent the entire time 'grilling me' rather than getting to know me to see if I would be a good 'fit' for their school. Combative."
"What was something that you learned for fun."
"Ethical question about a husband leaving a wife due to her being diagnosed with epilepsy"
"What would you do if you were talking to a patient, and they thought they were telling you everything you needed to know as a doctor, but you felt they were holding something back? (Something like no matter what you said, they would not tell you any more information)"
"Explain a time where someone else made a racist remark and what I did to stop it. Seemed a little too specific, but luckily I had an example."
"What's the biggest problem with healthcare?"
"What will you do if you don't get accepted to med school this cycle? (What's your plan B?)"
"What do you think about the current changes in healthcare? (This was very open ended, but I feel it let me show that I was informed about current events in medicine.)"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Explain the problem and cause of patient non-compliance in health care."
"If you were a doctor with a female patient, whose religious beliefs do not permit the treatment that you recommend, what would you do?"
"Standard interviews."
"What did you learn about the culture of the underserved populations that you served that will help you be a better physician?"
"Can you talk about a time when you have strugged or not reached a goal of your's?"
"I guess asking my SAT/ACT scores was interesting, good thing I knew it was coming and called my high school guidance department before the interview to look them up"
"The interviewer and I talked a lot about our musical experiences"
"They started by asking how close I was to my family. Weird way to start, but it does the job of relaxing you."
"Ethical Scenario: 2 patients on a liver transplant list, and only 1 liver available; what factors do you use to decide who gets the liver?"
"If you could present yourself to the admissions committee, what would you want them to know."
"high school ranking/test scores"
"When it comes to our competency-based curriculum, why do you think its good, bad or otherwise?"
"What would you do if you caught to students cheating on an exam..."
"Started with classical "what would you do if your classmate cheated?" But then he switched it up on me and asked what I would do in the professor's position if I caught one of my students cheating."
"What are you impressions on healthcare reform?"
"What are you doing with your year off?"
"Where do you get your news from? I didn't expect that one =D"
"The interview was more of a conversation than questions."
"Classic what would you do if you caught a student cheating... etc."
"An ethics question related to Michael Jackson."
"What is your single greatest strength that you can bring to our school?"
"We spoke for a while about the current state of health care and possible solutions. It was interesting to hear the opinion of a practicing doctor instead of a politician or news analyst."
"We talked at length about the technology issue, there are some very interesting possibilities to consider."
"nothing interesting. all pretty standard questions"
"the whole interview was pretty conversational."
"How I ended up at my college? (I'm an int'l student)"
"If I could change one thing about medicine, what would it be and why? (Assuming I had all the power, money, etc., to make it happen)"
"How would you promote diversity"
"If we want doctors to continue to learn because that is a competency, how do you make sure doctors actually continue their education?"
"Nothing too out of the ordinary."
"Nothing really, for the most part, the interview is low key"
"They wanted to know "the things I did" in college, which gave me a good opportunity to talk up every point I wanted to make."
"None really."
"Nothing...just know your HS class rank and SAT. The interview was more of a "chat" then an interogation."
"If you caught a class mate cheating on an exam, what would you do?"
"None, all I was asked about was my activies, leadership, etc. "
"n/a. pretty standard questions"
"N/A"
"What is professionalism?"
"In regards to previous volunteer work, how would I respond to people who reacted negatively towards my volunteer work?"
"Tell me about your relationship with your family."
"Tell me about your family - I was not expecting this question!"
"Nothing that was exceptionally interesting, I was asked a lot of questions about the various activities I have done, many of which are pretty unique."
"If you discovered a gene which improved memory, and a couple came to you and requested that you implant this gene in their fetus, what would you do?"
"If you only had 5 minutes per patient, how would you deal with that?"
"What did you do in high school (it's not all that interesting of a question but I didn't know they cared that much what my class rank, GPA and SAT were!!!)"
"If prior to surgery, your patient denied being possibly HIV positive, and then during surgery you cut yourself, then found out a week later at lunch that your patient lied, tell me step by step what do you do when you find out. "
"In regards to pharmacists refusing to fill Plan B prescriptions, what are your thoughts on that issue?"
"In regards to the bridge collapse in Minnesota, how would you go about inspecting bridges around the nation and what would you do if they were deemed unsafe?"
"How did your parents meet?"
"They were pretty standard questions."
"Will you be upset if you are not first in your class in med school? What do you think will be the hardest part of medical school?"
"Where did you go for your high school education"
"Tell me about your level of commitment in becoming a physician."
"All questions were pretty standard, nothing out of the ordinary. The interviewer just read them off a list."
"''I don't want to change this about you becuase you seem pretty relaxed right now, but how do you react in a stressful situation ?''"
"What would you do if you saw a friend cheating on an exam?"
"What extracurricular activities were you involved in during high school?"
" ''Bassoon!'' <not really a question, referring to my lapel pin> ''What's up with that?'' <no joke>"
"If the president gave you unlimited funds, how would you use them to improve healthcare in the United States?"
"Ideas surrounding compassion, empathy, etc."
" None were interesting questions. The person interviewing me was reading off the page."
"What was my SAT, ACT score, and my high school class rank"
"nothing out of the ordinary. i got the ''if you saw a doctor shooting up drugs'' question"
"Questions were pretty standard"
"What percentage of medical students admit to cheating at some time during their medical education(after they have graduated)? The answer was high, like 60%"
"Would you cry with a patient?"
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years? What kind of role in medical leadership do you anticipate?"
"What is the difference between a physician who cures patients and a mechanic who fixes cars? They are both providing service to people."
"Why did you pick San Diego as your first marathon?"
"There have been widely varying published reports on the death toll in Iraq. Why do you think this might be? If I put you in charge of finding out the real number, what would you do?"
"''are you sure you wanna do this?'' - im wondering if this is protocol or because im non-traditional? - it almost seemed insulting - i mean i obviously wouldn't have come this far if i was not sure!!!!!"
"If you got into all the medical school you applied to? What school would you go to?"
"asked about about a ticket I received while in college "
"What's Plan B (if you don't get into medical school)?"
"What kind of books do you like to read?"
"Two people start out at the same spot. One person walks 3 miles east and four miles north. The other person walks 4 miles west and 3 miles south. How far apart are they?"
"Do you not like things you're not good at doing?"
"How many schools have you applied to?"
"Where else did you apply, and why?"
"What did I think about the crisis at the Amish school? (Since I am a PA resident)"
"Tell me what you did in high school that made you stand out."
"to explain the research I have conducted"
"What would you do if you saw another student cheating? (That was the only prepared question I think I was asked, the rest just stemmed from my application and conversation). "
"None."
"Have you ever cheated?"
"What would you do if you saw a student cheating on a test?"
"Define professionalism."
"I was asked a question regarding the rights of a fetus."
"If one of your residents wanted to get a tatoo of a huge cross on his neck, what would you say to him?"
"How do you blow off steam?"
"What I thought I would be doing in 15 years if I wasn't doing what I originally answered?"
"none, really, the interview was really just a real easy-going conversation"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Describe your 2 best qualities and 1 that you think you could improve upon."
"Why I did not continue certain activities from HS into college, and how I decided to follow new ones once in college."
"If you and another resident had differing ideas as to the plan of care for a patient, how would you resolve the discrepency?"
"How do you deal with death?"
"If there were a group of people rolling a boulder up a hill, where would I be?"
"Tell me about the circumstances that brought you to the United States"
"I was asked a lot of public health-related questions because I'm currently working on an MPH. Would you recommend BCG vaccination for all infants? (I mentioned my interest in Infectious Disease)"
"If I thought it was possible through the integration of the 9 competencies to teach people how to be compassionate to patients."
"What have been the happiest and most depressing things that have occurred in your life?"
"I voiced an interest in pursuing a joint M.D./M.P.H. with a professional focus on public health and community-based prevention. My interviewer asked me the other schools I applied to, which included several bigger name private medical schools. She asked if I would go to a private school over a public school, given that my interests were in public health. I missed the boat with this question... I thought she was asking me whether I needed a private university for the sake of a prestigious name (which is not of concern to me), when she really wanted to impress upon me that it might be better to pursue a public health focus in a public institution (although I don't understand why that has to be the case)."
"Would I treat a patient if they were not able to pay for the services"
"If you saw a student cheating and you were the Dean of the MD department, what would you do?"
"Where did I see myself in 20 years?"
"IF I am about to perform a surgery with another doctor whose breath smelled of alcohol?"
"How do yout think we would teach someone these core competencies?"
"They had me discuss my experience with doctors when my mom was dying from cancer"
"Talk about your experience in Cairo. (my abroad experience)"
"Why IUMS and not somewhere else?"
"Can you discuss the competencies with us?"
"If a patient came in and demanded to be treated in a certain way that was not consistent with your chosen method, what would you do?"
"All questions were pretty much what you would expect..."
"What would you do if you knew one of your coworkers (a phlebotomist) was drawing blood directly from the patients' hearts?"
"What activities did you do during high school?"
"my transition to the U.S and difficulties"
"If you saw one of your colleagues whos your senior fudging Medicare forms, what would you do? if you said you would confront him, he could tell you that you wouldn't be working for him anymore, what would you do?"
"Do you think study abroad programs should be required for medical school applicants?"
"How would you control the cost of health care?"
"If you were at Bush's right hand, how would you tell him to deal with Katrina effects?"
"I see that you have also studied biomedical engineering. Why do you want to be a doctor opposed to an engineer?"
"If you got into Medicine, what is one aspect of it you would want to change?"
"What would you do if you saw another doctor stealing morphine in the ER."
"As a doctor practicing international medicine you may find yourself working over 70hrs/week. How would you find time to balance family and professional life as well as keeping up to date with the latest innovations in medicine?"
"If your friend scrubbed in (surgeon) and smelled like alcohol, what would you do?"
"Where is Swaziland? Then the guy really quizzed me on my research, but it was in a nice way. Then, at the end, he asked: "Is it more important to be committed to your cause, or to have a cause to be committed to?""
"I was asked the mascot of my high school."
"If you and I were to in front of the admissions committee right now, how would you convince them to admit you into the medical school?"
"An 89 year old patient that you have told that they have three months to live and is under so much pain asks you to help them pass to alleviate the pain, what would you do?"
"I was interviewed by an anesthesiologist, and we had an interesting conversation about my family history of malignant hyperthermia."
"Questions about my volunteer experience in Honduras on a mission trip."
"He gave me a geometry problem."
"If you caught someone cheating on the board exams what would you do?"
"If you had to present yourself to the admissions committee instead of me, what would you say?"
"How do you think that the dinosaurs became extinct?"
"Do you know any other languages? How about musical background? the arts?"
"What would you do if you saw your best friend cheating?"
""At the admissions meeting, I will have 3 to 4 minutes to present you to the committee. If you were in my position, what would you say?""
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"In one of your letters, a reference stated that you have changed over the years. How do you think you have changed?"
"Why do you think Kenyans are not supporting President Kibaki? (the interviewer helped start the IU-Kenya project and knew I lived in Kenya for a while)"
"Do you think opera should be translated?"
"If I was working in the ER and the doctor to take over for me came in and I smelled some alcohol on him what would I do?"
"All of the questions that I was asked were standard: Why IU, why medicine, and specifics about my application. I was not asked any ethical or hypothetical questions, although students who interviewed the same day but with different committee members said they were asked some ethical questions (pregnant teenager who wants an abortion, an ER doctor is drunk, etc.)."
"Do you know any Swahili?"
"Pretty much standard."
"What my high school mascot was"
"Nothing really interesting asked, just typical questions."
"What is an ethical problem you have faced and how did you resolve it?"
"If you saw a collegue of yours lying on paperwork to treat an illegal immigrant in the ER what would you do?"
"Since I spent a month in Italy studying Italian, I was asked if I ever had a dream in Italain."
"An illegal immigrant comes to you and asks for treatment, he has no way to pay for it. Do you fudge the forms a little so he appears to be a legal immigrant and can receive care (paid for by the federal gov't)?"
"Tell me about high school. (This one was a weird one for me because I graduated from high school eight years ago, so it seemed kind of random to ask about it. Asked what my SAT scores were and what my class rank was.)"
"Where I went to high school, which was quite a while ago for me"
"Mostly ethical questions..... see below"
"None of the questions were very interesting. Mostly ethical questions concerning patient-doctor relationships were asked. "
"I wasn't asked many interesting questions at all. "
"What would you tell a friend who didn't serve a mission?"
"What was my high school rank- like I remember I just know that I wasn't first and I wasn't last"
"Why does clinical science (i.e. medicine) appeal to you as opposed to research (i.e. bench) science?"
"what do your parents think of you applying to medschool?"
"You are on duty in the Emergency Department when you evaluate a patient with acute appendicitis. The oncall surgeon arrives and after a while you notice they are drunk. What do you do?"
"None.....It was all the regular get to know you stuff"
"Pre-interview question: After the MD commented that he had Subway for lunch and was asked by the PhD if he had had an Atkins Wrap, the MD asked me what I thought about the Atkins Diet."
"I am and HIV/AIDS educator and in my school's state there is an abstinent education only policy so knowing this they asked my how we get around this fact and teach safe sex (which we do)? "
"Did you do better than your parents in college?"
"What do you think are the issues that will affect medicine in the next ten to fifteen years? It led to a interesting discussion of medical economics and tort reform."
"An incredulous--"You went to law school?""
"You know the whole euthanasia issue...what is your opinion on it?"
"Have you ever done Third World medical work? (This was followed up with the comment, "When you come here, you should go to Kenya with my group")"
"What do you consider your greatest accomplishment?"
"Ethical Question: You tell a family you believe their baby has Down's Syndrome and send off the appropriate genetic tests. Then, you discover that the baby also has a disorder where the esophagus is not correctly attached and the baby cannot eat. Surgery is necessary, but not urgent; however the baby will die if you never do surgery. Along with this disorder often come heart and lung defects as well. The parents are young and only want healthy children. They tell you not operate until the results of the genetic test are returned. If the test is postitve for Down's they do not want you to operate, and instead wish to let the baby die. "
"Is genetic engineering of plants ok? Why might this be ok and genetic engineering of humans not be ok?"
"Describe a moral or ethical dilemma you have encountered."
"In USA how can we fix the problem of providing medical care to those who are not insured? Should seniors receive prescription medicines at reduced cost or free?"
"an ethics question on abortion and being catholic"
"If you were in the ER doing a residency and were about to go off shift with a major trauma coming in, and your relief resident came in smelling of alcohol, what would you do?"
"What would you do to improve medicine in the next ten years? "
"Many new doctors tell me that narcotics are overprescribed for pain relief. What do you think? He is a rheumatologist who treats a lot of arthritis patients in mucho pain."
"Describe an ethical situation you have been in and how you dealt with it."
"with the rising hispanic population in indianapolis, is it the doctor's responsibility to know spanish or the immigrants to learn english. (this is an increasing health issue in indianapolis)"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"Why Indiana?"
"Nothing interesting was asked. None of the questions was thought-provoking. All were pretty standard questions."
"What would you like me to know about you that is not in your file."
"What is your high school rank and SAT scores?"
"What do you know about Apoptosis, did you hear the recent news on it?"
"If I would be interested in joining the Gary pistol team (I was commenting on how well my undergrad institution' s pistol team was doing. My other interviewer literally almost fell out of his chair laughing, which is a great indication of how nice and laid back my interviewers were.)"
"none"
"where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"what high school did you go to?...I'm from NJ, so there's nooo way that they would have ever heard of my school! :) "
"it was very conversational, nothign to worry aobut at all"
"What can we do to convince you to come to IU?"
"What is the one thing about medicine that you would change?"
"Nothing interesting or out of the ordinary"
"Nothing especially interesting. The questions were mostly about my experiences and achievements. Nothing about ethics or world affairs......phew"
"none really"
"What is your support system?"
"If you had an 87 y/o patient that had a terminal illness and was in a severe amount of pain, and she asked you to help her die quicker, what would you do?"
"They were all pretty general. He asked me about my high school experiences, whether I like college (and why)."
"Tell me about things that you have done that are non-medically related and what do you like to do for fun. This is an open-ended question which allowed me to direct the topic of the interview. After this point I began rambling about my passions and then I had the chance to tie it to medicine. The interviewers really seemed interested in getting to know me and their attentiveness was very much appreciated."
"How would you handle the India/Pakistan situation?"
"What were my activities in highschool?"
"As a physician, how would you handle the anthrax situation?"
"what were you sat scores and high school gpa?"
"Name a time you asked someone for advice on a situation and why didn’t you just use your own judgement?"
"Who would you like to have dinner with (can be dead or alive) and why?"
"Tell me about a time someone made a stereotypical remark and how you handled it"
"asked to explain an institutional infraction"
"You are a pediatric physician and two parents are concerned about their 6-year-old boy because he likes to play dress-up and thinks he is a girl. What do you say to them?"
"Two ethical questions: You have a 56 year old male patient with extremely high blood pressure who has told you he stopped taking his BP medication. What do you do? AND You are a 3rd year medical student and you see the attending surgeon break the sterile field. What you do you?"
"Who do physicians have to work with on a daily basis and why is interdisciplinary medicine important?"
"What role should physicians play in regards to medical legislation?"
"How can a physician lead changes in the healthcare field?"
"What would you do if your friend told you they felt bad because they had cheated on the last exam?"
"You have an elderly man dying of cancer and he asks you not to tell his daughter about his diagnosis. What would you do and why?"
"What would you do if a patient had an incomplete history and you could not obtain any further information? (No specific situation was indicated, just the general idea)"
"I wasn't expecting some of the competency questions so some answers I gave weren't great"
"N/A"
"Why not nurse/PA?"
"How would you handle a case in which you feel the need to post a patient's information on social media?"
"What have you been doing during your gap year?"
"When did you realize that you wanted to pursue a career in medicine?"
"Where would you like to see yourself professionally in ten, fifteen years?"
""Well what would you do as a medical student (question asked angrily by the interviewer) if your very best friend's family; his mother, father, brother, and sister were all killed in a fiery car crash by a drunk driver. And he couldn't deal with it so he went drinking that night and the next day didn't come into rounds because he was hungover. And he texts you asking to cover for him. What would you do?"
"What is the biggest problem in healthcare today? (Once I had answered) What would you do to fix it?"
"I was asked if I consider medicine a business and if so is the patient a customer. If they are the customer does that mean we don't serve them if they can't pay?"
"What is your biggest regret?"
"What is professionalism to you? Have you ever encountered someone acting unprofessionally, and how did you deal with it?"
"What would I do if I resuscitated a DNR patient."
"Nothing too difficult--the ethical question was very straight forward."
"the question about experiences with people who were different from you culturally, how their culture made them difficult to work with, and how you overcame this. just kind of weird phrasing overall."
"Why not become a dentist?"
"If you weren't going into medicine, what would you do? (I had prepared for a different form of this question, i.e. if I didn't get in, but the way it was phrased made me have to come up with something on the spot.)"
"They were all pretty straight-forward."
"Nothing difficult."
"What did you learn about the culture of the underserved populations that you served that will help you be a better physician?"
"What kind of practice setting interests you most?"
"Which of the 9 core competencies do you need to work on the most?"
"really nothing difficult-I was all prepared to talk about the competencies, ethical dilemmas, healthcare, but they really weren't trying to stump you with a question like that"
"Do you see yourself practicing medicine back in your home state? (im oos)"
"They didn't ask me any. I was expecting some ethical questions, or questions about health care, but I didn't get even a single one! All they asked me about was my ECs."
"How would you define professionalism?"
"I had 3 ethical scenarios and had to answer what I would do in any given situation, these were the most difficult."
"What do you think your weaknesses and strengths of your application? Wow, I did not really expect that one!"
"What happened on your MCAT?"
"If you could be anything, what would you be? Hard to know how to answer this one, because I still have a childish dream job in mind that would never pan out, and I do want to go to med school."
"What would you do if you were a professor who caught the two students cheating..."
"I kinda floundered a bit on my extra curricular. Have a clear understanding of which ones to talk about before you get there."
"Moral dilemmas concerning the field of medicine I am most interested in."
"What do you think about health reform? "
"What is one change you would make to our healthcare system?"
"What would your solution be to the health care crisis?"
"Why medicine? (mostly because he already made up his mind about why I pursued medicine and tried to make me agree with what he discerned from my application instead of accepting my response)"
"What would I propose with regard to health care reform?"
"None really."
"Summarizing my life in a brief, interesting answer was challenging, mostly because I wasn't expecting it. "
"Talk about the healthcare crisis"
"The patient needing blood was somewhat difficult to answer, but always think patients first!"
"about 10 minutes after the interview, the interviewer asked me "do u have any questions for me?" which caught me surprised.. but after i asked one question, he went on interviewing me..."
"Surprisingly I didn't get any ethical questions. None"
"What I would do if I caught a friend cheating on the final exam. What I would do if I smelled alcohol on the breath of the on-call surgeon."
"The question about politics which should not have been asked"
"You pass an elderly man in a hospital. He falls down, isn't breathing, so you bring him back only to find out this man had a DNR. He is only alive on a ventilator so what do you do now?"
"What would you do if you caught someone cheating? What would you do if you caught another doctor with alcohol on breath?"
"Nothing difficult. It was more of a conversation than an interview."
"Nothing really.. Oh yea, look up the core competencies (like everyone says), and other stuff about the school. Make sure they know that you'd LOVE to come there..really.."
"Where I see myself in 10 years- they kept wanting me to be more and more specific, and wouldn't let it go when I thought I had given a good answer"
"Some ethics questions: What would I do if I caught a peer cheating?"
"None of the questions were difficult. "
"If one of your subordinates took bribes from pt; what would you do?"
"justification for my MCAT score?"
"If you saw two people cheating on the first test, what would you do?"
"Typical Jehovah's Witness parents, child needs a blood tranfusion to live, which obviously they don't believe in... what do you do?"
"What did you do differently to prepare the second time you took the MCAT?"
"Some ethics questions about disease and research. "
"A few ethics questions about research. "
"You are in front of the entire admissions committee and have two minutes to sell yourself. Ready? Go!"
"No difficult ones, really, mostly conversational."
"Why my freshman year science grades were low. The interviewers *seemed* satisfied with my explanation, but it's hard to say..."
"If you discovered a gene which improved memory, and a couple came to you and requested that you implant this gene in their fetus, what would you do?"
"Nothing was hard, just basic high school/college activities and why I want to pursue medicine."
"If you saw two students cheating in your first med school exam, what would you do? (And then I was asked with follow-up questions based on my response)."
"The HIV surgery question"
"What would you do if you smelled a strong scent of alcohol on a surgeon who was taking over your patient?"
"Let's say your an attending, and one of your residents wants to get a big tattoo of a cross on his neck. What do you tell him?"
"Define 'professionalism' "
"Tell me about your level of commitment in becoming a physician."
"It wasn't difficult, but I got asked about seeing a doctor putting narcotics in his pocket. "
"What do you think of IU's curriculum?"
" A hypothetical about end-of-life issues for a cancer patient. I struggled through a response, stating that my mother had just died two weeks prior due to cancer. Yeah, a bit rough."
"What did you do in high school?"
"You are from the northwest, you are a white male, and you are unlikely to serve in an underserved community. Why should we accept you? You are exactly what we are not looking for."
" None. They were all boring, standard questions"
"nothing difficult, it was all basically straight from my file so i had answers."
"Ethics questions: What would you do if you saw a student cheating/What would you do if you smelled alcohol on a surgeon's breath"
"Define professionalism (its harder than you think to come up with a succinct answer on the fly, prepare for this one)"
"What is professionalism?"
"What was the high point of your life? What was the low point?"
"A boy comes into the ER and he has a bruise on his head. You realize he has bruises all over his body, he is being beaten. What would you do? Then you come to realize that the mother's boyfriend is responisble for this. What would you do? Then you notice the mothers bruises. What is your role as a physician and when should society's role begin? "
"If you got in to every school you applied to, how would you make your decision?"
"Do you know if any U.S. states provide health care for all its residents?"
"''what do you know about the 9 core competencies?'' i was not sure if i was supposed to repeat them all at this point or what? i didn't remember them all anyways, so i just mentioned one that i remembered and thought was important"
"Why do you want to come to Indiana?"
"nothing really"
"Why did you indicate yourself as disadvantaged?"
"If you get into Indiana and a few other schools, how will you decide where to go?"
"What type of situation frustrates you?"
"Is it worth cutting down on residency hours so doctors can get more sleep?"
"If you get multiple acceptancies, what will make you choose Indiana University over other schools?"
"What would you do if you saw another student cheating? If you were the dean and this got reported to you, what would you do?"
"Amish School question"
"Tell me about your extracurricular activities in college?."
"what will you do if you dont get in"
"What would you do if you saw another student cheating? "
"Questions about High School"
"What other med schools did you apply to/how will you make your decision if you're admitted to more than one school?"
"Where do you see yourself in ten/twenty years?"
"Rights of a fetus question"
"same"
"Why IU?"
"Describe an ethical situation I was involved in."
"If you saw two students cheating during an exam, what would you do? "
"If you could do one thing to change the current health care situation in New Orleans, what would it be?"
"How do you think that we (Indiana University) could assess whether or not our students are learning all the aspects of our competency-based curriculum?"
"Nothing really out of the ordinary."
"What would you do if you saw another student cheating? "
"So what do you know about IUSM? (Just felt like I didn't get a whole lot of experiences to fully talk about their campus and facilities, tour was minimal and after my interview)"
"Why didn't I get accepted the first time."
"Where do you see yourself 10-20 years down the road?"
"How would you prove that computers are associated with fewer errors in healthcare? Is the current plan to control Bird Flu adequate?"
"What the difference was b/w nursing and medicine. I though it was tough b/c I didn't expect this question at all."
"What do you think is the biggest problem affecting health care today and how would you fix it?"
"My interviewer pointed out that I was lacking in recent, long-term volunteer experience. It was hard to explain my reasoning for that without sounding like I was making lame excuses."
"What would you do if you knew a group of students was cheating in your class?"
"What were my high school x-tra curicular activities"
"I got a DUI when I was younger so it was hard having to discuss the situation."
"If I say a student cheating on a test, what would I do?"
"What was my after school activities in High school?"
"Tell us about a situation where you felt like you saw a doctor needing improvment"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What can you tell me about the competencies?"
"Define professionalism."
"Where I would be in 10 years. I don't know why I have a hard time answering that question."
"If you had a magic wand, how would you fix the U.S. healthcare system?"
"Why Indiana?"
"Let's say you have a patient who's eighty-nine years old and is dying of cancer. You have determined he has three months left to live, and he tells you that he thinks he's lived a good enough life and that the three months do not make a difference to him. However, he does complain about the pain and tells you he doesn't want to go through three more months of it and wants to know what you can do for him."
"none...but an uneasy situation when I had to explain my midsemester grade report!"
"nothing really difficult. some of the questions were the same as posted in the forum."
"Medical ethics versus legal ethics for a case in which the parents refused a blood transfusion for their young daughter because of religious beliefs."
"What was the worst day of your life?"
"As an out of state applicant; why IUSM? (my interview was early in the morning before all the information sessions)"
"In 20 years, why would you tell your child to attend your Undergraduate Institution? (I hated it)"
"If you could only save 4 people from a flood, out of a family of 8, who would you put in your boat."
"As a doctor practicing international medicine you may find yourself working over 70hrs/week. How would you find time to balance family and professional life as well as keeping up to date with the latest innovations in medicine?"
"None really"
"What are the nine competencies? What are three of your weaknesses? "
"To explain the institutional action that is on my record."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? I know it always shows up but for some reason it was difficult to answer. Another: what is professionalism? I would answer and the second interviewer would say "ok but what else can you add?" by the way, we can find different answers in one of the school's brochure that they send you ahead of time: i saw it a week after my interview!!!!!!!!"
"If you caught a classmate cheating on the boards exam, wha twould you do? "
"From your shadowing experiences, what did you like or not like about the way the physicians interacted with their patients?"
"Why do you think you your MCAT scores did not improve much the second time you took them?"
"If a patient's mother was refusing a blood transfusion due to religious reasons for her child's life-saving surgery, what would you do?"
"If you don't get into medical school, what will you do? What is your backup plan?"
"I did not get asked any real difficult questions."
"None, they were all pretty standard."
"If you are a Texas Resident, why opt for $60K/yr tuition instead of $20K/yr? (then he subtly implied I should stay in Texas)"
"Who should make ethical decisions in medicine?"
"What is the biggest problem with healthcare today?"
"Nothing was difficult to answer because most questions pertained to my own application or desires to attend medical school."
"What character trait will be your biggest stumbling block in medical school?"
"if you were a student and noticed that a patient was wheezing and the resident came by and brushed the patient off, claiming nothing was wrong, and something ended happening to the patient, what would you do?"
"What does professionalism mean to you?"
"You notice the attending cardiologist is drunk after he works up a patient, what do you do?"
"Define professionalism"
"See above."
"No difficult questions"
"Same as above, only that a colleague of yours is fudging the documents. Do you intervene? What do you do?"
"No difficult questions. We just basically went through my file in chronological order, starting from high school and covering why I chose my undergrad school, why I chose my majors/minors, extracurricular activities, work experience, grad school, why medicine...up to the present day."
"Nothing to hard, just the usual. Why do you want to be a doctor? What made you decide you were interested in medicine? Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"None really...we started off with ...."So what brings you here"....I am out-of-state so I knew this question was coming.....next was as usual "Why medicine and why now" ... I am non-traditional so I knew that would be asked too...."
"Not a single halfway difficult question was asked."
"Same as above"
"Ethical Q, what would you do if you saw your close classmate cheating on an exam"
"Where I see the future of health care."
"have you been in a situation that challenged your morals/values? describe it."
"What was your high school college entrance exam scores?"
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years...thats like when i am 40!!!! i dont know....in a living room eating doritos and screaming at the 10 kids 'I plan to have' to keep it down.....???"
"High School GPA, ACT and Class Rank. I was ready for this thanks to SDN."
"None really..."
"If your (medical practice) partner was defrauding Medicare, what would you do?"
"See most intersting question"
"The committee is interested in knowing more about how students deal with ethical situations...describe a time when you've had to make an ethical decision."
"The euthanasia one."
"What were your activities in high school. . . Like I remember!"
"What does the word "professional" mean to you?"
"Lately, many physicians have decided to change their profession because they do not enjoy the field of medicine, how do you know that this will not be the case with you?"
"Ethical question above"
"The engineering quesitons."
"Do I believe in the fact in USA major diseases occur because people have poor nutrition, such as eating fast, fatty food and do not exercise, e.g. diabetes and heart problems?"
"nothing was really too hard, but i was asked about different global health initiatives and what i thought could be done globally to improve healthcare"
"If you were about to leave for the night and one of the patients you had been caring for took a turn for the worse, what would you do? Take into consideration that you have already worked the mandated 80 hour work week and if you stay you may jeopardize the hospitals accreditation."
"What would you like us to tell the admissions committee? (1st question asked)"
"The above narcotic question was the hardest,but all of the rest were routine with no surprises. I did hear one applicant complaining because her interviewer showed her a slip of paper with about 10 fractions written on it and asked her which was the smallest fraction. After a few seconds she couldn't come up with an answer and he took the paper away, then continued with the interview. She said it totally threw her off."
"Are you applying to other schools?"
"why did you ask us about PBL? (it was one of my questions at the end)"
"None of the questions I was asked were that difficult, although a couple of friends mentioned getting questions about their views on abortion/euthanasia/gene therapy."
"So what happened the last two years [w/respect to grades]?"
"What should I tell the admissions committee that is not apparent in your application?"
"High School rank....... I had to make it up"
"None really. The interviewer spent most of his time praising my application."
"Above"
"I have learning disorders, so my interviewers grilled me on things such as "Why should we think you will succeed in med school?""
"My High School class rank....I was never given one so I had to guess..."
"Do you have any leadership experience? (Yeah, watch this)"
"What other schools are you considering? I'm still not sure of the best way to answer that one!"
"See above"
"If you had not decided to go into medicine, what would you be doing?"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years"
"The questions weren't difficult, although I felt there were definitely right and wrong answers. Being from Indiana, I was asked if I would stay in the state after medical school. They obviously want their students to remain in Indiana, and answering the question was difficult to do while still be honest."
"No real difficult questions -- one very easy ethical problem"
"see above most interesting question"
"None. It was more like a casual conversation."
"What was my solution to the lack of medical insurance problem?"
"Why did you choose to apply to IU? What interest do you have in IU? This was a difficult question for me because I am an out of state resident."
"How would you handle the India/Pakistan situation?"
"If I had a majic wand, how would I fix the problem in the Middle East?"
"The questions were all straightfoward. It was a very chill interview."
"Name a difficult time in your life and how did you handle it?"
"none"
"Reading student doctor network sample questions"
"SDN, mock interviews, videos online"
"SDN, almost all of the questions I was asked were on here"
"SDN, go over competencies, go over my own experiences from the application"
"SDN, mock interviews, IUSM research, refreshed on EC's and application flaws. Several common interview questions (why medicine, tell me about yourself, why IU) were asked."
"Basic questions (why IU? why medicine? tell us about yourself?"
"SDN, reviewing personal statement, mock interviews"
"Practiced the basic questions (Why medicine, greatest strength and weakness, background information, hobbies, extracurriculars, etc.). Additionally, I researched the school beforehand and watched the YouTube videos they have posted online. Overall, the interview was very conversational and my preparation did not help much in this instance (other than "why medicine")."
"Mock interviews, practice questions, thinking about what led me down this path, etc."
"Researched competencies, school curriculum, went over app, and looked on SDN, reviewed certain scenario/ethical questions related to medicine"
"Researched the school's research and curriculum, mock interview"
"Reread primary app, researched the school, did some practice questions"
"Lots of mock interviews. Reviewing my application. Knowing my mission, vision, and values."
"PreMed Playbook, reviewed my application, mock interview"
"Other interviews, reading online questions, mock interviews."
"Mock interview, practice questions from here"
"Looked over competencies, new curriculum, structure of the program and the various campuses."
"Reviewed their competencies."
"Looked over my file the night before, read SDN, and got some good sleep."
"Reading SDN and speaking with students who had previously interviewed."
"Looked at the website & reviewed my file."
"Rehearsed by myself, had friends ask me questions, set a mock interview with old admissions committee member."
"I read articles online which gave possible lists of questions that could be asked in interviews. I also tried to come up with situations I've been in that could fulfill questions such as, "Tell me a time when you overcame adversity/helped someone/etc., ...""
"Read SDN questions. Read about IUSM online. Practiced answers to typical questions."
"Burpees."
"Researched the school, met with an advisor."
"Read over the school website, SDN interview feedback, reviewed my primary app since they don't have a secondary"
"Reviewed the school website"
"Look at these questions on this website, find ways to talk about my volunteer experiences"
"Reviewed my app."
"Looked over interview feedback on studentdoc, read some questions from a book, watched a mock interview on youtube :)"
"read sdn, reviewed my file, practiced basic questions a little bit to make sure i felt comfortable with the "easier" early questions in the interview."
"Read SDN, studied competencies, reviewed my application"
"Practicing answering questions on SDN and other sources (beware though, a lot of the questions more than a few years old on here don't seem to be used anymore, at least for me, e.g. define professionalism, if you saw a classmate cheating, etc.), Reviewing my application, Know some general info on curriculum (I wasn't asked directly about this, but I was given an opportunity to show that I knew some of the competencies)"
"Read this site"
"reading SDN and thinking about common questions"
"Reading the interview feedback here, reading over my primary and secondary, reviewing my pubs. Reading about the school."
"I went over my application and went over questions I read on sdn"
"SDN feedback, read about competencies, read IU's website, AMCAS"
"Learned certain things about the school (comm. service and international opportunities, etc.)"
"read the IUSM website thuroughly, read through my application, read this website."
"SDN, admissions site, mock interview with friends, over-preparing"
"Looked at the website and read the feedback from here"
"I reviewed the SDN interview feedback and read up on the news and current topics."
"Practice questions, SDN, reading up on IUMed and making sure I know why I truly want to go there."
"mock interview with my pre-medical advisory staff"
"IUSM website, studentdoctor.net, and reviewing my AMCAS application. "
"SDN, sample questions"
"Read over AMCAS, SDN Feedback"
"Mock interviews at undergrad, previous interview"
"SDN, lots of medical related books, reviewed my app"
"SDN, going through questions, reading my application, talking to 1st and 2nd year students"
"Read a medically relevant novel, to give me something to talk about (P.S. that worked)"
"just read over my application, and figured out ways to explain my activities"
"SDN interview feedback, mock interview with some friends, looked over my AMCAS app."
"This website; also, I had a friend hold a mock interview with me."
"SDN, student host (was awesome!), IU website"
"Read over feedback here, reflected on my motivation and purpose and got ready to answer the basics."
"SDN, Books."
"Reviewed personal statement, reviewed school info (philosophy, mission statement, etc), practice interview with my undergrad faculty."
"SDN, Read my AMCAS, Read over their website"
"SDN Interview feedback, read up on the schools website, friends who interviewed previously. Make sure you know you SAT scores!"
"SDN, school's career center with MOCK interview"
"sdn, mock interviews"
"SDN, Health-related articles, AMCAS app, current IUSM med students"
"Read SDN interview feedback"
"Read this website. Read a little on the core competencies. I felt that they liked that I knew a little about the curriculum and the different regional campuses. Have a good reason for why you want to attend IU, whether you are IS or OOS."
"Practice interview"
"SDN and school website."
"Reviewed school's website, SDN forums, mock interview."
"SDF, reviewed my AMCAS, reviewed school's website"
"SDN, review primary"
"Sdn, indiana website, pretty much. "
"SDN, went over my application, studied the competencies and their definition of professionalism, practiced my answers to common questions outloud"
"Looked at SDN, Reviewed my AMCAS, Looked over info sent by the school"
"SDN, IUSM website"
"Pray, SDN, primary and secondary applications, school's website; practice"
"I didn't do any extensive prep. I reviewed my personal statement and AMCAS application."
"IU website, SDN, Primary app review"
"SDN, AMCAS, Princeton Review book"
"SDN, looked over primary application, looked over some ''generic'' interview questions, looked over core competencies"
"sdn, mock interviewing, used wikipedia for basic info on health care system and issues"
"Read over my AMCAS, read over their website"
"SDN, read over AMCAS app., mock interviews with friends, IU's website"
"Went over my AMCAS, transcript, IUSM's website, and SDN interview feedback"
"Read through SDN feedback, though I was not asked any questions about ethics. I suspect this is because they were more interested in using the time to talk about my life experiences."
"sdn, website, msar"
"SDN feedback, re-read my AMCAS, read the newspaper"
"Read their website, looked at my AMCAS application, talked to a friend who's a first year there to get advice, and watched the IU competencies video online (make sure you mention that you know these!!!)"
"I read over my amcas application, looked over the most recent interview feedback on sdnet and wrote up answers, caught up on some current events, browsed a medical ethics book"
"Read the IUSM website and conducted mock interviews."
"SDN, reread secondaries, mock interviews with friends and advisors"
"Read over AMCAS, looked at school's website, looked at SDN, practice videotaped interview"
"Read SDN feedback and IUSM website"
"Reviewed my application, read sdn feedback, and looked over the school's website"
"SDN, their website, nine core competencies"
"I studied the IUSM Core Values and Guiding Principles. This is a big focus of the school. IU is really emphasizing professionalism. Most everyone I spoke to had something related to this theme."
"SDN, online material, IU's website, reviewed my personal comments, and a couple mock interviews."
"SDN, practice interview questions, and school website"
"web-site mostly"
"SDN, asked current students for advice, reviewed bioethics book"
" Being my first one, I may have went over-the-top: Aside from SDN, reviewed AMCAS and several essays from apps and my History of Medicine seminar, FeedForward, practiced interview questions with Steph on the drive down."
"I did not."
"SDN, IUSM website, MSAR."
" SDN, primary, IU website"
"SDN, read over IUSM website."
"sdn, read over my amcas"
"SDN, amcas, reviewed IUSM website"
"SDN, reread personal statements"
"Mock interview, read through IU website, read over any health issues in the news."
"Read SDN boards and talked with physicians."
"SDN, AMCAS Application, IU School Of Medicine website"
"reading these reviews, IU website"
"SDN, checked out their website"
"sdn, amcas, talking to people that interviewed here earlier in the year, going over ethical and global health issues"
"Go over AMCAS application, the school website. I also prep up on contemporary issues in modern medicine (abortion, stem cell research, etc)."
"SDN, IU website, reviewed my AMCAS application"
"SDN, practice interview, IUSM website"
"Read SDN, looked over my application, and mock interviews."
"Read my application The interview is very converstional so I don't think mock interviews (which I didn't do) will help"
"SDN, AMCAS, browsed internet for interview questions."
"Read feedback on here, read IU website"
"SDN, School's Website, reviewed my AMCAS application"
"Read SDN, read IU's brochures."
"reviewed my application, school website, this website"
"SD.net, read IU website"
"SDN, school website, ran through prototype answers"
"SDN, mock interview, read IU website "
"SDN, reviewing AMCAS, review website"
"studentdoctor.net, read over my application, looked over the website"
"IUSM website, reviewed my application, practice interview with spouse"
"read my apps, sdn, the schools website, kept up to date with current health issues"
"snd interview feedback, reading my amcas, sdn forums"
"Reviewed my AMCAS and secondary app materials, studentdoctor.net, looked over general questions/expectancies regarding interviews"
"Looked over almost all of the feedbacks from SDN and went over the info from the school."
"SDN Interview feedback, IU website "
"Read my application and the school website."
"student doctor net, reviewed AMCAS, read the morning paper, talked to a first-year student"
"Went to the IUSM site, went over AMCAS, talked to students who had already interviewed there."
"SDN, reviewed competencies and core values, school website"
"SDN, www.medicine.iu.edu, learn the competencies/values, peers"
"Practice interviews with friends and professors."
"Read over the AMCAS and kept up with current events and issues in medicine. Read through SDN feedback also."
"Went through the StudentDoctor.net questions, talked with friends who had already interviewed, reviewed my high school & college activities/SAT scores/HS GPA (none of these were ever discussed)"
"SDN, IU website."
"Studentdoc, school website, talking to friends who have interviewed."
"IU Med School website was very helpful. I read lots of other StudentDoctor.net reviews, but I was not asked ONE SINGLE QUESTION that was listed on this website. (So don't be fooled... be prepared for anything...). I also read "Health Care Meltdown" by Rober LeBow before the interview... this book was IMMENSELY helpful in putting some current challenges of the U.S. Health Care system into context."
"Reviewed IU website, brochures, and other info; googled interview questions; studentdoctor.net"
"Reviewing my file, studentdoctor.net, the school's general information"
"SDN. Online data."
"Web site, other student, brochures, etc."
"read the website, personal statement, and SDN"
"SDN (!!!!!!!), IU Website, CNN, Peers who had interviewed"
"reading SDN, thinking about my motivations"
"SDN, IU website"
"SDN, IUSM website, re-read personal statement, IUSM brochure, practice questions"
"SDN Feedback Brochure from School"
"looked at SDN questions (IU interviewers are very consistent in the questions they ask), IU med school website"
"Read over the website, a book on medical schools, my application, and many issues of Time magazine (hey, it helps to know about the world)."
"Looked at the school's website and brochures, anticipated interview questions, read over AMCAS application"
"Ieviewd AMCAS and reviewd secondary application."
"read over AMCAS, mock interviews, read over other essays I've written, and SDN"
"Reviewed ethical issues in medicine, SDN, school's career center website, IU's website"
"AMCAS application, SDN interview feedbacks, interview workshop, mock interview"
"Read curriculum info, watched CNN, read AMCAS application"
"I reviewed my AMCAS application and information about IU."
"read sdn, went over amcas app stuff, breathed deeply"
"Read school site, looked over my AMCAS application, re-read my research papers"
"Read SDN, AMCAS app, school website"
"school's website, Admissions Ambassadors website, studentdoctor.net"
"sdn,msar, amcas app"
"SDN, looked over school materials, MSAR, and my AMCAS"
"Read SDN, School Lit, talked with people, read my application"
"SDN, went over common questions, school's website"
"Read through my AMCAS application, the secondary essays I wrote for other schools and current topics."
"I browsed the SDN and IU websites and did an informal mock interview"
"AMCAS,SDN, AND ENOUGH REST"
"SDN, school's website, read through my app"
"I just tried to be prepared for any basic questions they might ask, I looked at this site for questions other people had been asked, and I tried to be relaxed."
"read the website and my AMCAS app"
"This site, school's website"
"SDN, AMCAS, practiced answering common questions"
"Read up on IU, looked over their website, looked over this website."
"looked on here at posted feedback, looked at the school website, read over my AMCAS application, prepared answers to anticipated/common questions"
"IU website, read over my application, mock interview"
"Read feedback here, and read over the website."
"Read other interview experiences on SDN and read my primary app"
"AMCAS ID, IU website,Studentdoctor.net,"
"prepared answers for common questions, looked at the IUSM website"
"SDN, looked at my AAMC application, prepped common questions asked, and looked at their website."
"Read this website, looked over the school's website (take a look at IU's "Nine Competencies" portion of their curriculum)."
"SDN, read AMCAS app and essays from other apps, read about the school"
"nothing really"
"this website, amcas, iu website, caught up on news"
"Looked at interview feedback, read my AMCAS application, mock interview."
"read website, reviewed amcas, meditated"
"Read AMCAS, Read ?'s off this site, read over the cirriculum on the IU website"
"Read over my app, read Time magazine, SDN"
"Read SDN, read up on some current medical issues, just relaxed."
"Read IU brochure and website; thought about how I would answer questions that were bound to come up like "why medicine" and "why IU.""
"Looked at the school website, went through the aamc 31 questions I wish I had asked list. Went over my answers for common questions"
"This site, went over other standard questions, and extensively searched Indiana website.....They were pretty impressed with the "in-depth" questions I was asking about curriculum and school."
"school website SDN"
"Went over my application. Surfed IU's website for information. "
"Read this site."
"Usual"
"Read interview feedback on Student Doctor Network, University's website and printed bulletin."
"read my honors thesis, amcas application, this site, tried to have answers to all questions posted here. "
"internet, SDN, IU alumni, friends"
"SDN website, IUPUI Brochure."
"SDN, IUSM Website extensively, talked to current students, prepred questions to ask, watched the news, read two books, and focused on being out going."
"This website and my AMCAS application"
"Read SDN, school website, read through standard questions."
"SDN, IUSOM website"
"I tried like crazy for over 2 hours to get thru Indianapolis traffic/construction! Between the construction and the wrecks on the interstate, I was doomed from the beginning. (typical day in Indy)"
"Visited IU's website, SDN..."
"Reread AMCAS application."
"I really didn't prepare for this one"
"I read their website and compared it with other schools and I read this site."
"I read views from other interviews."
"Student Doctor website, IU's website reread my AMCAS"
"Reread amcas essay, read the websites, read the catalogue."
"SDN, reviewed common interview questions"
"Make sure you know what the cureent trends in medicine are. Go through AMCAS, IUSM website, etc........"
"read AMCAS, read their website, SDN"
"I didn't prepare at all."
"IU website, SDN, reviewed my AMCAS "
"Read this site and school's website. Read up on their campuses and curriculum."
"SDN, kept up on current events, IU's website"
"made up some business cards, got a leather folder to write questions in, read the website, brochures, etc."
"Read the information sent to me by the school, looked at school's website, reviewed AMCAS application, talked to othre friends who had already interivewed at IU."
"Looked on feedback site, reviewed my application for strong points, worked on explaining my GPA, read their website."
"This site, school's site"
"Relax"
"SDN"
"Predental.com questions"
"read over AMCAS, looked at professors that I would be intersting reasearching with."
"caught up on current events in both the world and in the medical field, reviewed questions that other applicants had been asked at IU"
"Read AMCAS and their website."
"Drank beers with dad and thought about stuff"
"read the school's website, read this site, read over my AMCAS."
"read sdn, read up about health care although i was never asked about it"
"Talking to friends who'd already interviewed at IU; this website; went over my AMCAS and all high school activities"
"Read this site and current issues"
"read my application and any info i could find on school"
"Browsed their website."
"read their online brochure, read interview feedback"
"Reread my file and essays. "
"I read over other feedback about their interviews and read information about the school"
"Looked at their website."
"Re-read my application and essay and make sure everything was still accurate."
"Not much.....read the SF chronicle that I brought with me on my flight and I watched CNN in the morning as I was getting dressed for the interview. However, I did not get a single question abotu current events. Go figure."
"Read the school info online and read over my AMCAS app."
"Browsed the IU internet site and read tips on the internet from other students. "
"Read my application. Kept current with the news."
"read IU website, read over amcas. went to the campus the day before to check things out."
"read over amcas"
"Very friendly interviewers, financial aid and student panel meetings with multiple options for time to attend"
"Interviewers were super kind and easy to talk to."
"The different regional campuses and concentration options"
"more conversational than "interview style", getting to know the interviewee"
"Interviewers were very friendly. They had a list of questions but still made the interview conversational."
"Interviewers were very friendly."
"Very nice and personable interviewers"
"Everyone was extremely kind and transparent. The interview itself was very conversational and the first thing my interviewer did was introduce themselves in-depth and do some ice breakers. Overall, very kind people at the admissions committee."
"The interview was extremely nice. She had very open body language, and was very receptive of every answer that I gave."
"The student panel was an M1, M2, and M3 so you had many perspectives. They also emphasized that they wanted this to be as stress free as possible, and they are really trying to see if you are a "normal" person and can get along with others"
"Honesty of the interviewers"
"Both interviewers gave fantastic, in-depth answers to my questions about the school."
"Both interviewers were very warm and welcoming."
"Facilities, community of the school."
"They were nice."
"Student interactions and feedback."
"Notre Dame Campus, Research connection, student clinic."
"Most people were friendly"
"I very much like their new curriculum setup. Especially making the first 2 years pass/fail to reduce stress levels and competition between peers."
"Lax of interviewers. They wanted to get to know me."
"The faculty were friendly and the medical students at the regional campus really enjoyed being there."
"The facilities and the camaraderie between the faculty/staff and the students."
"Curriculum, Interviewers were nice, Other students on panel (and otherwise) were friendly as well."
"The interviewers, the regional campus' dean, a community physician, and a lecturer, were very kind and answered many questions that I had. The dean was also very honest about how difficult classes were and that many professors might try to put students "on the spot" which is stressful, but helps them learn material effectively. Also, I love the fact that I can choose among nine campuses, all of which have different benefits."
"Nothing. Unbelievably atrocious interview experience. This school should be ashamed of its admissions process. I am absolutely disgusted by their treatment of pre-medical students during the interview day. I'm sure my experience would have been completely different had I been interviewed by a decent, reasonable, intelligent person. Unfortunately that was not the case. Good luck everyone."
"Facilities were all nice and new"
"Everyone was very friendly and laid back."
"The opportunity to have many different experiences within one school because of all the regional campuses."
"Amount of locations."
"Interviewers themselves"
"Interview day was short and sweet."
"My interviewer was extremely friendly and made me feel comfortable right away. I'd heard that IU has pretty relaxed interviews, but everyone says it depends on your interviewer. My interviewer was phenomenal and conducted a very conversational interview. I was really relaxed, and she talked to me too (instead of just firing questions at me with no feedback). I was very impressed with my interviewer. Also, the med students there were really friendly and mingled with us, answering questions and giving us advice/insight. They were extremely helpful and candid."
"The science building was very nice and the medical students all seemed really happy and nice."
"Getting to see the campus, Friendly interviewers and staff, Gained a lot of valuable info from the sessions"
"Everyone is friendly, the facilities are huge and nice, there are many campus options"
"The attitude and enthusiasm of the interviewer. Intrigued by the regional campuses."
"the students that spoke at the info session had a lot of positive things to say about their experiences, which was nice."
"My interviewer was nice and attentive even after being on call all night!"
"The current students."
"The interview was very laid back, very conversational. My interviewers were more interested in getting to know me than in making the interview difficult."
"Very laid back, very nice interview, big campus full of medical facilities"
"Interviewer was an MSIV and extreeemly friendly. My faculty interviewer barely spoke."
"my interviewers were really open and chatty. I felt comfortable the whole time."
"Compared to other interviews I have had, this interview was great. It was really just a conversation and they both had read my file and were prepared to ask me insightful questions."
"The size of the campus and amount of resources available for students"
"The whole day was very laid back."
"Very conversational type interview, good campus."
"All of their hospitals were, literally, on campus. Also, I stayed with a student host and he had nothing but great things to say about the school. Above all, what was really impressive is that you can select which campus you want to attend. IUSM has 1 main campus is Indy, and 8 satellite campuses throughout the state. Each campus constructs their curriculum off the same format, but each campus have differences when teaching the material. In general, Indy campus is more problem-based learning, while South Bend is more group oriented (group base learning). "
"facilities and Riley hospital were great. the student tour guide was enthusiastic"
"Diversity of teaching and learning methods. Nice facilities. Many hospitals on location. Financial Aid rep was very helpful and straightforward. "
"VERY laid back interview, non-stressed, totally casual"
"Interview was friendly. More of a conversation."
"Amount of extracurricular activities including trips to underserved countries through the school"
"I live in Indy, so the location is great"
"numerous affiliate hospitals and the excellent board scores at all campuses. The med students, even the random ones we talked to on our tour, seemed to like the school a lot."
"The interviewers were very passionate about their jobs, and were also very encouraging."
"Facilities, students, my host, board scores"
"State-of-the art facilities; very welcoming staff, faculty, and students. "
"Interview format was VERY informal. It felt more like a conversation than an interview!"
"The interview was very low-stress and had a conversational feel. My interviewer was friendly and seemed interested in what I had to say."
"Great hospitals all very close to the campus or on campus"
"The admissions staff and current medical student guides were very friendly and helpful."
"the down-to-earth students (the majority) and faculty"
"the chihuly in the lobby; how friendly the docs, staff, and residents were"
"The school is affiliated with a lot of hospitals! The interviewers were really nice, and they were genuinely interested in me."
"Absolutely great campus area, it's hard to find an area with so many highly rated hospitals all together"
"The interview itself went well. The tour was OK, though the group was around 15 people so sometimes it was hard to hear the med student."
"The buildings are all very new and the med students were all nice except for the one interviewing me (well i'm sure he is nice too, just not professional)"
"Medical students you met."
"Lots of hospitals, people were all friendly, current students all had positive things to say."
"the number of hospitals affiliated with the school"
"Hmm good question..lol jk...its a good school, and the core competencies thingy is a step in the right direction. Cost of living is really cheap in Indianapolis The fin. aid session was kinda long in my opinion...but everything else was nice n quick! Thats how I love it. Seems to be lots of medical opportunities in the city. And yea, the students do amazing on their Step 1..."
"The facilities are awesome, Indy is a perfect city (good things to do without the crazy traffic and crime of other large cities), IU's amazing board score and match stats"
"The facilities were all relatively new, there was construction going on"
"Everyone was VERY friendly. The interviewers were extraordinarily nice.."
"The interviewer was super friendly and laid back. Everyone I encountered was very nice."
"The facilities were really nice."
"Hearing about the competency based curriculum and seeing the facilities. "
"nothing"
"The amount of facilities close to campus, and the enthusiasm of the staff."
"The campus is pretty nice and compact, which I find nice since it's not directly IN the city. There are some amazing hospitals that you would get to be a part of as well."
"Most of the students I met were very nice, and the school is so big, so there are soooo many different opportunities and places to learn and rotate."
"The faculty were all very friendly and helpful. The students seemed to really enjoy going to school here. Overall it seemed as though everyone was very approachable. "
"The facilities and the wide array of options for rotations and the proximity of all the hospitals. The friendliness of the students was almost surprising. They were very helpful and encouraging."
"The interviewers seemed friendly and genuinely interested in what I had to say. We had lunch with three med students if different years, and we could ask them anything about IU, med school, life as a medical student, residencies, etc. "
"The facilities and the enthusiasm everyone has about the Kenya program."
"although the student body was large, it was very tight-knit"
"The interviewer put me at ease"
"Everyone was really friendly. The tour guides were enthusiastic. Their facilities are great. They had a record-high USMLE pass rate for this past year's second year students. They just got streaming video to re-watch lectures online."
"The facilities are awesome. Riley's hospital is wonderful. The clinical experience seems very worthwhile because your exposed to many different hospital settings right on campus. "
"I enjoyed the amenities available to students (student center, nice medical science building). Wide range of opportunities to rotate through several excellent hospitals."
"The faculty was really interested in the prospect of meeting and educating new students. It seemed like they take a lot of pride in making sure their students are well prepared for residencies and medical careers."
"Lance Armstrong was treated there, 6 hospitals on campus, two level-1 trauma centers, anatomy lab"
"Students and faculty are very enthusiastic about the school. "
"Everyone I talked to seemed really nice. I like the hospitals, especially Riley, and how close they are to campus. I liked that they focus on the human aspect of medicine...I don't think the competencies will actually teach people to be compassionate, but it's nice to know that they think it's important. "
"It is a very big school (3rd largest medical school in USA). There are many hospitals located within the school and nearby."
"The students were friendly and very realistic. They were positive about the school and gave honest and helpful advice. Dr. Beckman was friendly, professional, and interested in me as a person. I really feel that he is an advocate for his prospective students."
"The facilities are certainly great; most of them are quite new, the school is expanding in size. The students that I met there are very enthusiastic about the school."
"Students were really enthusiastic, and my interviewers were really laid back and joking around during my interview. My interview did not seem like it was 45 min long at all. "
"Campus, facilities, "
"the facilities, students' opinions"
" Indianapolis: city is tight! Great restaurants and mall area; all entertainment is within walking distance of campus (if you're not lazy); there's a Shula's (best cheesecake ever). Riley is lovely - I got to meet with an endocrinologist the night before my interview; he gave me a tour of the clinics/neonatal ward/etc.; specialty departments at least at Riley seem to have NO understaffing problems. IU: expanding...eventually will be largest medical campus in U.S. Facilities, with exeption of the cadaver lab, are top notch, including library system. The ''skywalk to everywhere'' is nice. THE most organized MD/MBA program I've encountered is at IU. Personnel/interviewers: Friendly. Very nice receptionist in the microbio dept. Interviewers were a couple of jokesters...good attitudes, kept it relaxed, no complaints at all."
"My interviewer was one of the coolest guys I've ever met. The Indy campus is an impressive facility, especially if you're interested in pediatrics since Riley is right there."
"The facilities are amazing. They are not only brand new, but new ones and improvements to old are under construction now."
" The facilities of the school are awesome. "
"My interviewer was really, really nice; not scary or mean or anything."
"the students were helpful and encouraging. i interviewed with dr beckman and he was one of the friendliest people i have ever met. it was just a good atmosphere."
"Facilities were amazing, people were very friendly, med students were very helpful"
"The facilities were beautiful and well equipt. The student giving the tour was very excited about IUSM."
"The enthusiasm and encouragement of the current students."
"The friendliness of the students and staff, including those not actively involved in the interview day activities."
"IU Medical Center, good resources available for medical students (5 hospitals), students seemed enthusiastic and happy to be there."
"admissions staff were friendly and the students were down to earth and helpful."
"Facilities are really nice/new. Other interviewees seemed pretty cool."
"everyone was pretty friendly and atmosphere was super low stress"
"There is a lot of construction and new building on campus including clinics, research buildings, hospitals, ect. I also like how there are so many hosptials in close proximity to the campus. Lastly, the people at IU are super nice. They have that welcoming midwestern attitutde. "
"facilities and "
"Students were all very nice and outgoing and the facilities were impressive (minus the construction)"
"Everyone was very friendly and willing to answer questions. There were a lot of medical students around willing to give their opinion and answer anything."
"All of the students were really nice and said they loved IU."
"Nice facilities Good cell reception"
"Growing campus, new facilities, growing reputation of the school."
"All the buildings seem new. School is in the city but there is actually a campus with grass."
"The number of facilities and the location of the campus"
"The facilities and the clinical approach."
"the number of hospitals available for clinical practice to MD students"
"The students seemed to love it there."
"Amount of facilities and opportunities"
"the changes and improvements the school is making in all areas"
"The facilities, positive student attitude, all the new buildings on campus."
"every student there loved the program. the doctors who interviewed me were extremely friendly and positive."
"Facilities were very nice and close proximity of the hospitals"
"The students were all really enthusiastic and the facilites were really nice- alot of different hospitals in one area."
"the students were very enthusiastic about iu, there are many hospitals around the medical school campus"
"Enthusiasm of the med students, great facilities, kindness of interviewers."
"It is really cool that there are 4 hospitals within about 100 yds of eachother on the campus"
"The curriculum, student satisfaction/happiness, the clinical training, the hospitals and how close they all were to campus"
"The facilities and hospitals were fabulous and very up to date. The students were helpful in answering questions and were interested in trying to answer them."
"Everyone was very helpful and welcoming. The facilities were great and the students seemed to be happy and non-competitive."
"All the resources the school has to offer, the students all seemed to really like IUSM, nice facilities."
"Facilities"
"So many hospitals so close together with a lot of opportunities."
"I liked the campus. Very new facilities."
"The facilities were very nice."
"The admissions committee members that we met were very friendly and helped me relax."
"The diversity of students that were interviewing."
"All the facilities are very nice, all the students I interacted with were very willing to answer questions. There was a reception for underrepresented minority students that was very nice."
"Every student I spoke with was VERY positive about the school. The interview was with a physician, in a casual atmosphere. There is a large focus on expanding IU's research capability, which should increase the prestige of the institution in the near future."
"Enthusiasm of the students. Most that I met were third year and just beginning clinical rotations. They absoluetly love it. Very inspiring."
"The resources the school had and their overall program offering"
"The Indianapolis campus is large and has lots of nice facilities."
"I loved how close the hospitals are to the campus."
"Everything looks new and people are very friendly"
"The facilities"
"My two interviewers seemed like they were caring, and took time to talk about a lot of things that went on in my life outside of numbers."
"number of hospitals"
"The hospitals, many opportunities for research"
"The effort everyone made to help you feel welcome and at ease at a stressful time. "
"the many hospitals on campus (provides outstanding clinical experience) and community outreach programs in Indianapolis"
"My interviewer was VERY nice, and since I am a minority, I got to meet with other minorities and everyone was really cool. Students came to talk to us and most seemed like they really liked it."
"The school and its facilities seem top-notch. Lots of famous people have either worked there or were treated there. The facilities are newly remodeled. The hospitals and campus impressed me as well."
"Many hospitals in a small area. Indianapolis is nicer than I remember it. Facilities looked nice and updated."
"The med students and their enthusiasm about the school."
"The admissions staff and my interviewer were all warm, friendly people. The Indianapolis campus is surrounded by hospitals, most of which are within reasonable walking distance from the medical school."
"the extensive campus"
"The five hospitals they have on campus and the city of Indianapolis."
"My interviewer was very friendly and the day went very smoothly."
"the relationship with Riley Children's Hospital and the Wishard hospital - also the students were really nice"
"The five hospitals all right on campus. Tour guide was very positive about her experience."
"It was really laid back"
"Students seemed really happy, interviewing doc was really nice, really easy to talk to, the group of hospitals on the campus are outstanding"
"number of hospitals in close proximity to the school, international based programs for fourth year students."
"The facilities, the competency program"
"Students, my interviewer, the facilities, the fact that James D Watson went there and there's a super cool glass sculpture."
"The facilities and the students"
"I really did not expect the facilities to be that nice, especially comparing to my other interviews. Going to the Indianapolis campus would be pretty nice I think."
"The nine competencies, the facility, the enthusiastic welcome, and the amability of everyone on campus"
"STUDENT ATTITUDE, SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT,GREAT FACULTY AND SCHOOL TRADITION, HOSPITAL SYSTEM.MY INTERVIEWERS MADE ME FEEL AT EASE."
"Location in a beautiful part of Indy, great facilities and modern technology, curriculum"
"There was the opportunity to talk to current students and they were really nice and answered any questions we had for them. From questions about the classes, the application process, the social life, anything."
"students seemed well-adjusted, facilities are great"
"the laid back attitude, nice facilities."
"I enjoyed talking with my interviewer and all of the staff were very helpful. I am excited about the option of satellite campuses (though my first choice is Indy) and how they all have something different to offer."
"Everyone was very nice, the school seems to be very modern and updated, and the interview was very conversational."
"The facilities were really nice, I was impressed with the competency-based curriculum and the progressive, forward-thinking nature of Indiana. I also liked the connectedness of the hospitals."
"Everything was very laid back. The interviewer went out of his way to try and make me feel comfortable. It was just like chatting with someone in their office for a little while. "
"The Indianapolis campus is affiliated with many impressive hospitals, giving great teaching potential. The students seem happy at IU and indicated that there is a cooperative atmosphere. The professor I interviewed with was very impressive. It was not stressful, but rather conversational. "
"The campus is huge, and they are affiliated with so many hospitals."
"how easy my interviewer was....no hard questions at all"
"The Interview! I had the greatest, most laid back interviewers who managed to grill me without making me sweat."
"progressive curriculum, impressive facilities"
"The facilities were very new and everything is online from lectures to histology slides."
"Very nice facilities/buildings/campus grounds. I like the fact that the school offers a monorail between different hospitals--makes it easier if you are doing your residency in Indianapolis. Faculty and students were very nice and helpful. Interviewers tried hard to make me feel comfortable and welcome. The pediatric hospital at IU is supposed to be #1 in the nation. "
"the exposure students can get because of having a V.A., private, county, and children's hospital. IU is doing a lot of building and improving, esp. with research facilities, but also in the anatomy lab. they also have a great financial aid office."
"facilities were nicer than i thought they would be."
"plasma screen tv's in anatomy labs, campus was nice"
"The competency based curriculum."
"The school is on there way up. Their facilites in biophysics and biochemistry were amazing. The state clearly is putting a lot of money into the program."
"The new integration of IU's 9 competencies in their program."
"The students were extremely friendly and excited to be at IU. Also, the close proximity of a variety of hospitals provides many clinical opportunities. They are also building more research facilities in a push to become one of the top med schools. Also they have opportunities to go to Kenya!!"
"The school is beautiful. They're trying to become one of the top ten med schools by 2010, so they're constantly making improvements."
"IU SOM in Indianapolis has some very nice facilities, and I didn't know there were so many hospitals right next to the med school campus. The students seemed nice and friendly, but all they talked about was medicine--no outside interests. "
"Relaxed atmosphere but still professional. Everyone was nice and helpful. I thought the 1/2 hour information session on the school and the optional financial aid information sessions were nice. I felt like they were trying to sell the school to us, not that we had to sell ourselves to them. "
"Very laid back atmosphere, nine campuses to choose from."
"students seemed very friendly and relaxed. Campus atomosphere was inviting."
"The student hosts were friendly, and so was the Admissions Office staff"
"The many campuses."
"not much"
"All of the students I encountered were virtually ecstatic about attending this school. The financial aid director was extremely informative and very respected by the students."
"the campus is technologically superior to many others."
"facilities, affiliated hospitals, this tram system between hospitals, "
"The medical students up there were very helpful with information about IU....both good and bad! But they seemed to be proud of their school though."
"The professionalism and confidence of the faculty. The size of the campus and the facilities were also outstanding."
"The Interviewers; the friendliness of the staff and the candor of the students."
"Number of hospitals in area; attitude of students and staff; facilities; most everything."
"Staff and interviewers were very friendly-established a low stress environment-don't sweat this one"
"Nothing--I left right after I interviewed."
"The facilities were great! "
"VERY friendly staff. Positive student feedback. Pleasant atmosphere and nice facilities."
"I can't stress enough how much I enjoyed this interview. The doctors that interviewed me were both extremely animated and compassionate people. They were both really interested in who I was and what makes me tick as a person. It felt pretty good also to have them tell me they hoped I would come to IU! It was very nice to feel that they were trying to sell me on the school."
"This was my first interview and I was really nervous, but my interviewer made me feel really comfortable and really listened to what I had to say."
"My interviewer was incredibly friendly!"
"Overall atmosphere on campus. People seemed happy to be there."
"The facilities are awesome. The students are happy. The note-taking service is also great."
"Everyone is really friendly, and the staff really does a good job of trying to convince you to attend the school. The students seem to be happy."
"Fantastic buildings in the campus. Good facilities for students. "
"the students i met were very friendly and down to earth. none of them seemed really stressed out and they were all eager to meet the interviewees"
"The friendliness of the interviewers. How well maintained the school is and the facilities offered to students. You have a choice of nine different campuses for you first two years."
"Everyone was very enthusiastic about the school from the admissions officers to the students to the interviewers. As an in-state student, I thought that I would not be impressed by IU. I was actually feeling mostly apathetic on the drive to the interview. Instead I found myself thinking that I could really see myself as a student. The international and research opportunities for students are outstanding. I also met several other interview candidates that I could really see as my future classmates. "
"EXCELLENT resources and facilities. It is a large institution with tons of cutting edge medical and scientific programs. I'm not interested in research at all but it's neat to have all of that information and technology available. Campus is really nice, have their own hospital and easy access to others nearby."
"Laid back students, very nice faculty. Opportunities abroad early on in places like Kenya!!!"
"the student lunch was sweet---they even tried to sneak us in the anatomy lab, but they change the codes every year :) very professional, organized, and low stress"
"The facilities are second to none! Plus, Indianapolis has got to be one of the greatest cities around."
"It was my first interview, so I was just stoked that everyone was so friendly and doing so much to welcome me. Also, other applicants seem to be great people. Facilities were fantastic, and though it's in the Midwest, Indy isn't shut off from civilization."
"The hospitals surrounding the school seemed well-developed and very busy. In addition, the student who ate lunch with us was awesome. He was very positive."
"Impressive growth! All the students seemed happy! "
"Seems like a nice safe city."
"The relaxed atomsphere, the nice people who interviewed me"
"How much was being built around the campus. Lots of funding coming in now and over the next couple years. The research is already really good (lots of projects involved with Purdue and their new Biomedical engineering department) and is only going to get better. The people are really nice, too."
"Indianapolis is a nice smaller city than other cities and is very clean."
"Well, I had been there before but I love how all of the hospitals (except Methodist) are centrally located in Indy."
"The interviewer seemed to try and understand who I was and what I could bring to thier school."
"The people were SOOO NICE!!! The interview was not stressful at all, and I felt like they were really trying to get to know me."
"the curriculum has a lot to offer in terms of meeting your specific learning style. they have a campus that has lecture from 9-3 or a campus that has lecture from 10-noon, small groups, every sort of style--but it does mean that your class (which is rather large) gets split up"
"The laid back atmosphere and all the great hospitals right on campus"
"The number of hospitals available to students and opportunities for employment there in your third and fourth years."
"students were laid back, fascilitates were great and the interviewers were amazingly nice"
"The campus is clean and many buildings are either new or newly renovated. The new monorail system is also amazing (when it's complete in a few months)."
"the willingness of the students to be sent to one of 9 regional campuses"
"The campus is very nice (compared to my home school) and the student were very helpful. They had things plannedl for all day (a meeting with everybody at lunch, financial aid meeting, group lunches with students (I had ~6interviewees and 2 med students), they provide breakfast and lunch, and campus tours. It was nice to meet the other students being interviewed."
"The students seemed pretty laid-back for med students. I didn't meet even one anal-retentive person. "
"There is alot of construction which means new and modern facilities are being built. "
"I enjoyed walking around Riley Hospital because I was amused by the environment of the children's hospital. I have never seen a barney or a curious george that huge. I was also amused by the fact that they are constructing a monorail to connect their hospitals. The only monorail I have ridden is at Disneyland."
"The facilities were amazing. There are so many associated hospitals near the school."
"All the students seemed very happy and not too stressed out."
"The huge investment in capital that is being undertaken. Construction going on all over campus. Plus, they're building a monorail!"
"newer facilities. Indy is a pretty good place to live."
"hospitals...also, they're building a monorail!"
"Nothing stuck out as negative"
"The zoom interview did not have a time extension and abruptly ended at 40 minutes. Fortunately we were in the process of concluding and my questions had been answered."
"Almost too informal, did not have a chance to talk about myself that much."
"Not much to be honest. There were a lot of individuals interviewing at once, so questions were quite difficult to ask during the student and financial aid panels."
"The interview showed up 10 minutes late to the interview, and left about 10 minutes early. She asked standard questions off of a piece of paper, and asked absolutely nothing about me, my hobbies, or my application that was not written for her to ask. That aspect felt very impersonal."
"Wasn't too conversational. Seemed like they had a list of questions to go through."
"The virtual interview day schedule felt disjointed"
"They asked a standard set of questions for all applicants. I didn't get asked any specific questions about me or from my application."
"The virtual interview day could've used a general information session."
"There was too much down time and the financial aid session was boring."
"Interviewers seemed uninterested in the interview."
"The interviewer didn't seem like she cared about me. There were no follow-up questions based off what I said; it was not a 'conversation.' It's different from a lot of other med school interviews in that way. It almost seemed that my interviewer was reading off a script"
"They did not wanted to be there. The interviewers seem like they did not care one bit about my application/experience and just care about the stats"
"Essentially one building, not a huge amount of resources, and lack of opportunities to mix with other professional students."
"One interviewer was doodling and seemed uninterested. Had doodles prior to coming into the room. Definitely unprofessional..."
"Didn't have enough time to get through the full financial aid presentation which was a shame because the guy really knew his stuff and had some excellent content in the slides. Would have loved to hear his full presentation."
"Actually, one of the interviewers didn't seem to care to be there. But he wasn't a jerk thankfully!"
"No parking permits on interview day."
"How spread out the facilities were at this particular regional campus."
"No tour of the facilities."
"One interviewer seemed bored, kept checking phone."
"I'm from Indiana, and it truly is a fly-over state. I don't love living among nothing but cornfields and cattle, so of course, the location is not ideal."
"My entire experience with IUSM was horrible. My interviewers were combative, disrespectful, disinterested in my answers. They had made up their minds from the moment I shook their hands. I have very high stats, and my first question was: "Why did you even apply here?" This was followed by a long list of ridiculous ethical questions including: "Well what would you do as a medical student (question asked angrily by the interviewer) if your very best friend's family; his mother, father, brother, and sister were all killed in a fiery car crash by a drunk driver. And he couldn't deal with it so he went drinking that night and the next day didn't come into rounds because he was hungover. And he texts you asking to cover for him. What would you do?""
"Very little information provided during the day. No tour of the medical school. Hour long brief about financial aid, but much shorter brief about the school, curriculum, campuses, …"
"I interviewed at the main campus and there was no tour."
"The lottery system of acceptance"
"Structure of interview day"
"Having to find my interview location by myself at one of the hospitals, unguided."
"I can't think of anything really..."
"The interview day seemed "factory-like" because of the number of applicants and the whole day had a stressful feel to it since the interviews were all at the end of the day."
"Indy Traffic: Make sure to plan to get there with plenty of time because I lost 25 minutes in rush hour traffic/missing some turns."
"You don't get to choose your campus. It is a lottery system."
"the whole satellite campus thing and how you pick campuses did not appeal to me at all"
"I hate to criticize, but after a number of other interviews, this one was very unimpressive. Some applicants got lost finding their room, there was a lot of wasted time (downtime), the sheer volume of other applicants made you feel like student number xyz, when asked what they liked most about the school, 3 med students gave very generic answers and I had to push them to get something specific. Not exactly the heartfelt passion I was hoping for. No tour?? Seriously?? A couple of us ended up taking our own tour."
"No lunch and no tour, schedule did not fit perfectly with itinerary"
"Presentations were given w/o much gusto or energy. Simply said, "we're good," without being excited about giving us a medical education."
"Some of the satellite campuses aren't exactly cities I would like to live in."
"The price of tuition"
"everyone said they were super friendly, and I guess I was just expecting them to treat me like royalty, b/c i didn't think they were over-the-top friendly. they were not mean, just normal. Although, I'm from indiana, so maybe everyone just behaves that way here?"
"Some students were left to their own devices to find their way to their interview rooms. I was lucky as my interview was in the main building, but I heard stories of other students getting lost."
"the hour long financial aid session that told us how much debt we will accumulate the next 10 years of our lives"
"Some of the facilities were fairly out-dated. However, they mentioned they will be constructing new classrooms and facilities by 2011."
"fire alarm went off before the financial aid session"
"Very little library space"
"Tour guides barely-pass attitude"
"Only 30 minutes! Not sure if it's a good thing or bad thing! Others had 45 minutes give or take..."
"WAY too many people all at once. My friend described it as "over-achiever summit"."
"No lunch "
"The fact that it is in Indianapolis... Indy is an extremely boring city"
"the campuses around the state seem disconnected to the main campus in indianapolis. "
"That there were few people around waiting to answer questions specific to the interview day or give directions."
"Everything else."
"No Lunch :)"
"There were well over 100 applicants there, which was slightly overwhelming, but understandable considering the class size."
"The day could be more concise...financial aid session and info session could be combined."
"I didn't really get a chance to explain or elaborate on my perceived weaknesses in my application like I had hoped. "
"none"
"the incredibly arrogrant, narrow-minded 4th year at lunch (the other two were cool)"
"The tour guide was a bit boring..."
"Too many people in one interview session"
"Probably about 100 students. It was fun to meet lots of new people, but also kind of intimidating."
"The med student that interviewed me, he was yawning, came half and hour late to the interview and asked a political question. My interview ended up being longer than an hour which could have been bad. Also there isn't much diversity in the school (reasoning I was given for this is because the State of indiana isn't very diverse which really isn't a good answer). Mostly fast food restaurants and burger places, no ethnic cuisine. "
"Never felt like anyone at the school wanted me to come to IU"
"I'm out of state so harder to get in."
"lack of financial aid (i.e. scholarships, grants, stipends)"
"number of people interviewing"
"Ok a couple things...and not tryin to beat down on the school.. 1) Very lil or no diversity. I'm international, and love meetin pple of all races/color etc., but Indiana is VERY VERY HOMOGENOUS. An indianapolis, and ya the med school itself is idk very homogenous if you catch my drift ie. very white. If thats how you like your coffee, then go for it. But ja that was idk not too cool.. 2) Idk I talked to just a few med students...and unlike the other med school's i've interviewed at, I just didnt feel the vibe and excitement from the med students to be there. I just cldn't feel it at all. Mayb it was cos they were havin exams or something, but it just wasnt there. And ja, just a few of them came to sit n chill n talk w us. Kinda weird, but no real excitement to be there at all... Maybe it was just me tho'.. 3) VERY VERY EXPENSIVE for out of state..just ridiculous. REAL turn off, I was like what the heck!??"
"Note-taking service isn't available at regional campuses so going to lecture in Indy is optional but mandatory everywhere else."
"My interview was the very last of the day on the first full day of interviews. Since IU interviews about 100 students at a time, I'm sure my interviewers were tired. However, that is not an excuse for one of them DOSING OFF during my interview. Basically one of them asked questions while the other was literally falling asleep. That definitely reflected very negatively on the school and their representatives."
"The tour of campus got cut short to 10 min. Two med students with about 60 interviewees. "
"Nothing really"
"That where you interviewed and saw might not be where you end up going since there are 8 sites where med students are sent and you won't know where you're going until after you have accepted. "
"the city seemed very bland to me, well, rightfully so, I am from a West Coast state and we are very diverse here"
"The tour guide definitely seemed like she was doing it just because she was given credit for it."
"The class size... 330 and growing. Also, they have eight (I think) regional locations, which I'm not a fan of, although you would find out your location in ~April (so before you had to make a decision). Also, the interview day was one of the worst I've been on, which is a shame because it is a great state school. I had an immense amount of downtime and also I was not a huge fan of ~100 people interviewing."
"The tour guide was horrible-she just read a bit off of a piece of paper and didn't even tell us her name. Also, there was a lot of down time during the day, probably because there were a lot of people being interviewed at different times."
"During the interview there was a lot of downtime. "
"The sheer volume of kids that were there was a bit overwhelming, you really feel like a number. The tour could have been a bit more extensive. "
"The tour guide was somewhat unprofessional and didn't tell us much about the school itself, just lifestyle things."
"Based on the other interviewees I met and my interviewer's reaction to my file, I am guessing I am pretty non-traditional for Indiana. Most people who attend IU have lived in-state their whole lives. I fear the class would not be very diverse not just in terms of race, but also in terms of world view, life experiences, etc."
"campus was a bit difficult to navigate"
"The heat in the interviewer's office was on full blast and couldn't be turned off. We were both uncomfortable. "
"My interviewer was 20 minutes late."
"The satellite schools are mostly in the middle of nowhere. "
"The student tour guide was not very prepared to show the group around the campus."
"A lot of down time"
"Most of the questions were asked by the same interviewer; the other one typed everything we said. And I had a wee bit of trouble finding the room I was interviewing in."
"There is no student housing."
"Lunch was a bit cramped in some small rooms. Yes, it was intimate, but with a dozen nervous people wearing suits in a small cramped room on a hot day... well.. youget the idea..."
"For out-of-staters, the school is very expsensive! Otherwise, nothing much- I just felt that I could have used greater interaction with some actual docs there."
"There were a lot of other applicants there, and my interview was in the afternoon. "
"Cold weather"
"the number of students interviewing that day...around 200!"
" A few of the other interviewees, actually. I know we're all technically competing, but some should show a little humility and be open to stimulating conversation. I don't really like the prospect of going to one of the satellite campuses...this is probably what will be the ''turn-off'' (if any) for most applicants. Minor complaint: my interview was scheduled at a time that interrupted a talk by the Med School big cheese (this happened to a few of us who were scheduled in the afternoon). Would have liked to stay for that."
"Too much down time. Too many interviewees."
"There were a lot of interviews given that day, so you feel like a drop in the bucket. But the groups were split up so it wasnt really that big of a deal. "
" Where do I start? There were 100 students interviewing that day (99 to be exact), and so the students didn't click like on my other interviews. The person interviewing me didn't smile, and read questions off the page. It was as if he had made up his mind about me and just had to do the interview for the sake of it. It totally turned me off. I wanted to withdraw my application right there. I probably will because I will not go there even if accepted (already have 2 acceptances in hand from schools that I actually like, don't even know why I went to IU). I truly disliked the experience."
"My interview was supposed to start at 2.45p and started at 3.05p, so I think my interviewer might've been rushing... and I ended up missing the tour."
"it didnt seem like that EXCITING a place, but ive lived here my whole life so maybe thats why."
"too much down time, financial aid session was boring and too long"
"The immaturity level of the students at the lunch was astounding. They directed us to go around the room identifying our favorite body part; one med student said ''inner thigh''. Highly inappropriate. "
"One of my interviewers made a derogatory comment about the importance of my undergraduate research."
"My second interviewer didn't show up. My interviewer answered a phone call during my interview."
"the amount of people there- probably 75 or more"
"The endless cornfields I passed on the drive there. (seemed like kind of a boring place)"
"they ran out of veggie lunches (apparently for the first time in history) - they should have made sure that vegetarians got first pick or had some way for us to notify them beforehand of our dietary restriction or let us know that this might happen and to bring food - also, the city is tiny and seemed totally deserted even during their so-called ''morning rush hour'' - it was pretty depressing - also, the lack of diversity but that was expected given that indiana is not exactly a diverse state"
"For being such a large campus the students don't do a lot of research currently. The thought of satelite campuses has it pros and cons. The cons are that you are more or less sent to a random campus around the state for your first two years. Although you fill out a preference, only half the campus gets to stay in Indy. They creates a disconnect between the satelite students and those at the main campus in Indy. "
"how uninterested one of the people giving the interview was"
"My interviewer seemed uninterested (just asked questions straight off the list), then got antagonistic about several parts of my application"
"How small of a chance I have of getting in from out of state."
"Too many people interviewing, 60+ The campus is a bit cramped"
"The fact that you can be thrown into any one of the regional campuses for the first 2 years...some are in the middle of nowhere."
"There were a ton of applicants, probably 100 of us there."
"Everything on the tour day was very unorganized. The interviewer was 45 min late, I was late for lunch and no one was directing us. When two other applicants and I finally found out where to eat lunch only vegetarian lunches were left and we had not place to sit so we just found an empty room. Also, no guides were around to assist in finding interview locations. My interview ended up being in the Children's hospital (far from the original meeting spot) in a psychiatrist's office. Overall it was a bad day. "
"The reception desk guys were dicks."
"the regional schools"
"The anatomy lab is a little old, but all of the other facilities seemed nice. "
"was a little long, some of the student guides didn't really know where they were supposed to be, and there were tons of people interviewing"
"Out of state price tag."
"that they put kids on regional campuses outside of indianapolis."
"Not much, construction was a bit of a pain"
"The interviewers seemed to want to make the interview "relaxed" but I felt that I would have rather had a more serious interview. "
"some students seemed too happy that they weren't at one of the regional centers..."
"Not much...but it was a large group of interviewees (around 50)"
"The course load sounded intense the first semester since they front weight the curriculum for the year."
"The building that the anatomy lab was in was kind of old and not very nice looking. It was certainly functional, though, and appearances aren't the most important thing. I'm also not sure how I feel about the 9 different campuses throughout the state."
"The interview group was very large (around 50 people), but they managed to organize us well. "
"Half of the entering class is sent to small auxilliary campuses."
"$64,000 out of state is high. It has a great program and if accepted I'll go, but that's a big price tag. No guarantee about what satellite you end up at."
"The students seemed like they were just trying to sell med school instead of selling IU. They kept telling us how they never have to go to class, which I guess was supposed to impress us."
"out of state tuition and the fact that they are looking at 11-20% tuition increases and that may not be just for one year...:( Also, the whole day seemed like very on your own for going to your interview and the various sessions. There were a lot of people interviewing at once though."
"How many other applicants there were. There were about 100 others"
"The size of the interviewing class was very large. It's a little intimidating when you see how many people you're up against. "
"In the interview, I would have liked to have had the opportunity to talk about my interest in medicine more (as opposed to my background in public health)."
"Nothing really."
"It seems like lecture halls might be limited because you stay in one classroom all day and the professors come to you."
"I'm from Los Angeles, so the culture shock of living in Indianapolis would take some adjustment. I stayed an extra night so I could explore the city, but it was pretty deserted once it got dark. The idea of spending my first two years at an even smaller satelite campus is not appealing."
"Not much. I wish we could have seen the anatomy labs on our tour."
"The regional sites"
"I REALLY don't like the satellite campus. Being from California, Indiana is already a culture shock. Don't really want to be stuck in a tiny-tiny town."
"I really didn't like the interview. I seemed very nonpersonal. The interviewer just asked me questions straight off of a piece of paper and really did ask any detail questions. Also there was a very large group of people there."
"lots of interviewees"
"The hours of the library, very limited since it is closed on Sundays."
"The directions on the website give the wrong exit number"
"lack of knowledge about the satellite campuses"
"lots of construction and the chance of not getting the campus you want"
"high percentage of in-state students, large class size, possibility of not getting your preferred study center"
"Two things: going out to check out Indianapolis. It almost seemed like a ghost town to me cause for some reason, there weren't too many people out. Also, there were SO many interviewees so everyone was just looking at each other as we waited, and it was kinda weird."
"Everyone said how "laid-back" their interviews were, but mine was not laid-back at all. I felt like it was more of an interrogation than a "conversation" like some said."
"The tour guide didn't seem to care about anything he was telling us... like he was only giving tours because he had to."
"nothing, really"
"Nada."
"there were around 50+ interviewees!!"
"The tour just kind of pointed out the hospitals, but nothing much about where classes are or where students go to relax. "
"The information sessions weren't as useful as I had hoped."
"my shoes"
"Coming from a small school the size scares me. Idea of parking "far away" is new to me."
"Not diverse enough"
"not a big fan of the city of Indianapolis, the multiple sites for the first 2 years."
"the construction occuring at the moment on the main campus."
"Some of the presenters (doctors) seemed defensive about the ranking of IU among other schools."
"It was the first day of interviews so they were kinda frazzled- but the whole day was pretty nice. "
"The nine different campuses throughout the state."
"As everybody says, the tour. Also, one of my interviewers was quite aggressive while the other one was very nice, overall the only negative impression was the number of people who interviewed on the same day! that was scary!"
"the tuition for out-of-state student and that out of state students are not granted grants or scholarships by the institution. "
"There were at least 100 people interviewing the same day. Also, I felt somewhat out of place since there was an overabundance of minorities interviewing (probably 85% minorities). I don't really know why."
"My interviewer didn't show any interest in even having to interview me. He was very confrontational and rude. "
"the tour was pretty worthless"
"Nothing."
"Out-of-state people don't get residency ever, also the fact that you don't get to find out which campus you are going to be at until after you accept. Also there is no on-campus housing and parking seems hard to find."
"On interview day, there were many applicants (50+), so the day was not as personal as at other schools. The student that I ate lunch with admitted that she was accepted at IU after being denied the previous 2 years, and the student giving the tour said she does not attend class often. These didn't seem like great representatives."
"The "tour" wasn't so much a tour as it was a student standing in one place and pointing at things that were too far away to see."
"the guy never asked about my research. this would normally be OK, but I have more than the typical person. he never even brought up my publication record as well (I made sure to, though)"
"Everything else! Lousy tour that amounted to "here is a lecture room.... the library.... student union" (wow! photo op!). Also, the information session was nothing more than a summary of the website. At the end of the day, I knew exactly what I knew going in (and I still have [at best] a vague notion of IU)"
"The very generic form of interview."
"IU will admit 280 students this year. Although the faculty and staff seemed very friendly and interested, it may be difficult to distinguish yourself from 280 other students. Additionally, not all students will attend IU at the Indianapolis campus for the first year (this may not appeal to some students). I was told by other students to absolutely avoid the Gary, Indiana campus (lots of violence, gunshots, etc.). I was especially turned off by the exorbitant cost of tuition for non-residents (average cost of attending IU for 4 years, including tuition/books/supplies and cost of living, as a non-resident: $273,000). Ouch."
"size of the class, and the possibility for it to be impersonal. "
"class size 280-makes sense considering its the only med school in indiana. Half student go to satellite campuses during first two years"
"The attitude toward non-indy residents. The students we had lunch with basically told us that it's not worth it unless you're from indy. Not very encouraging right before my interview!"
"There were so many people there to interview. Makes you feel like a number."
"The M.D. admissions staff were a little late getting started, and I had a Ph.D. interview at 8:30 am, so I was really pressed for time to get registered. The combined degree staff were very organized and helpful"
"The tour wasn't very organized. It was pretty much just someone pointing to the different buildings. Also, there were TONS of people interviewing on the same day.. it was a little overwhelming."
"There were tons of people interviewing on the same day as me. Plus, parking was insane! I got there 30 minutes early and it took me most of that time to find parking in the lot they said to park in. We did not see any of the hospitals on the tour, which I would have liked. Luckily, my interview was in one of the hospitals so I got to see a little. ALso, I do not like the fact that I could be placed in Podunk, IN for my first two years. "
"Lots of down time in between informative sessions (financial aid, etc.), lots of sitting around in the "hospitality room""
"Absolutely no interest on the part of students or faculty in anything other than medicine. No medical humanities, few international rotation opportunities. The class size is huge if you get assigned to Indy, but you could end up in Gary or Terre Haute with 16 other people in your class for the first two years. Also, although there are many married students and even a significant number with children, there is no childcare facility in any of the hospitals that med students can use."
"One of my interviewers (there were supposed to be 2) wasn't there and no explaination was given. "
"Not very many students to talk to and the ones I talked to seemed indifferent about the school...."
"The whole day seemed a bit unorganized. Plus having 30+ people interviwing the same day is a bit unnerving."
"The fact that the interview was so impersonal. My interviewer basically filled out required forms during the interview while I just answered questions so he could fill out the form. Most of the information was already on my AMCAS application. I also didn't like how many students get interviewed on the same day. "
"So many applicants (about 40-50) there to interview. The scheduling."
"I did not sense an open atmosphere from the current students or faculty. My interview was at 9:00am so I had a lot of down time during the day. Also my second interviewer did not show up because he wanted to interview a MD/Ph.D perspective student"
"Nothing really, but I am an out-of-state applicant, so I am not getting my hopes up."
"the students who led the campus tour seemed to have been thrown in the middle of it without an advance notice."
"disconnect among 1,2-3,4 years."
"The attitude of some of the students that lead the discussion groups over lunch were not the greatest."
"Location, Indianpolis is my home town and I'm not that excited about living in Indy for the next four years of my life..."
"The uncertaintly of the extension campus system. I also would have liked a more thorough tour, especially of the teaching/clinical facilities."
"Nothing really-"
"The parking garage I parked in (eventually) was apparently not on the campus map. I wandered around til I was about to pass out before finally arriving (late) for my interview. UGH!"
"The tour was dysfunctional at best"
"Hard to find a parking spot."
"I don't like the fact that you can be assigned to one of the eight regional campuses. If I go there, I only want to be in Indianapolis."
"The organization of the day was not impressive. The tour was a fifteen minute walk outside basically to get us to a location for a presentation. The lunch was not well organized to ensure there were enough medical students to speak with the interviewees."
"There must have been 60 applicants there that day. "
"That you can end up at any of 9 campuses for your first two years, and some are in the middle of nowhere. "
"Fairly large campus with very small choice of campus housing."
"not much"
"Although Indianapolis is nice, I am uncertain as to if I would like to live there for four years seeing as how I have become accustom to the mountains."
"The student panel/lunch seemed to be unorganized. I got the impression that rooms had not been reserved and students available to serve on the panel were kind of last minute additions."
"Large and impersonal. It is a typical large university setting where you have to cut your own path without a lot of personal attention from your instructors. I have no problem with this environment but it is certainly not for everyone. You are but one of thousands of squirrels trying to find their nut. Don't go if you can't handle that. Tour sucked!!! Given by a med student and lasted a grand total of 10 minutes."
"The monorail catches on fire."
"parking, and i didn't get to hear all of the "welcome" presentation because i had to leave for my interview"
"The fact that I was interviewing with 100+ other applicants that day. Although the Med School staff is super nice to the applicants, by cramming so many interviews into one day, I really felt that I wasn't given as much personal attention as at other places or a chance to see what the school was REALLY all about."
"Just the fact that not everyone gets a cool campus to go for their clinical years."
"The size of the school, probability of getting placed in places like Gary, uniformity in the student population, location of the school, age of some of the buildings at which lectures are held, and the waiting time during the interview day. I also feel that my interviewer did not take the time to read my file before my interview. Maybe he did, but he did not make any references to my personal statement and he asked me questions that were directly answered in my file. He was also late."
"Medical Student tour was rushed and felt thrown together, I interview right "after" lunch which ment 10 min to eat, then run to the correct room. Some students complained about first 2 years, some campuses tougher than others, would like to see standardized exams across all campus locations."
"The school is divided into 9 campuses. There were a ton of us interviewing that day, and I'm out of state."
"Facilities are old, building is old, PBL isn't my thing"
"I grew up in Indiana but lived the past five years in Boston, so Indianapolis impressed me the least. Its getting better, but I'd rather be in a more cosmopolitan area. Plus, the winter is cold in Indy."
"The negative attitude toward non-resident applicants"
"The idea of being placed at a "satellite" campus. Also my interviewer seemed so focused on my being an out-of-state applicant."
"#1 The large nunber of people being interviewed (about 100). #2 The current med students. They acted as if we were total idiots with no self confidance, quite insulting. #3 The large class size (280). About 750 med students on campus. #4 Expense for out of state applicants $3500+ for all four years #5 How easily Hoosiers are impressed by a mono-rail (reminds me of the Simpsons episode) "
"nothing"
"the tour; they didn't really show us anything, we mostly just walked outside and they pointed to buildings"
"There's a lot of construction going on and the students said that it disrupts their classes and tests"
"Lunch with the med students"
"students seemed kinda like slackers, indy is not the greatest city in the country"
"The regional campus setup is unappetizing to say the least. Having grown up in Indiana, I know where I would like to study and where I would not. I don't need to be placed in a remote location in Indiana for two years."
"The 3rd and 4th year students constant references to how hellish the first two years were"
"The interviewer looked at my file for about 30 sec. before he called me in for the interview. He basically knew nothing about me."
"The fact that you might have to go to one of their campuses other than the one at Indy. Your given choices, but if you get stuck in one, you can't really appeal the decision."
"The day overall was somewwhat unorganized (not the interview itself though) and the tour was not very interesting or informative."
"The lack of diversity definitely concerned me. I also got a few ignorant questions from some of my fellow interviewees. I hope this was in no way a reflection of the mentality of the area. In addition, I was not to thrilled about the manner in which they accomodate such a huge entering class. I do not want to be place on one of their campuses in boonsville. Apparently, they have several campuses and you don't neccesarily get to choose to remain in Indianpolis."
"Nothing in particular gave me a poor impression of the school. "
"construction! some of the facilities for M1 were run down."
"that students have the 'option' of spending the first two years in 9 different campuses...gary, terre haute, muncie, evansville, fort wayne, west laffayette, bloomington, south bend, and indianapolis...if you don't get indianapolis or bloomington, you may get stuck in gary...also, i was not impressed by the lack of diversity among the current students and interviewees...but such is indiana..."
"I was never asked “why do you want to be a doctor” or “why medicine” and had to find a way to casually throw it into an answer to a later question"
"Just to relax and that it will not go perfectly but that's okay."
"The interview wouldn’t be very conversational and it would be questions from a list"
"One of the interviewers was a fourth-year medical student. Had I known that beforehand I would have prepared other questions for him."
"One of the interviewers was a 4th year med student"
"To prepare more for scenario questions. I had prepared somewhat, but my mind was blank when she asked me what I would do in specific situations. Just to remember basic things that would apply to all scenarios, and really have those down."
"Review more scenario questions or ethical questions related to medicine"
"Less stressful than I was expecting! More get to know you questions rather than scenario/ethics questions."
"To not stress out as much during the interview - take deep breaths and relax."
"Interview questions were scripted and the location on google and apple maps was incorrect. I ended up in a empty field at first. The actual building was a quarter of a mile away."
"How much they emphasize competency-related experiences."
"A lot of ethical questions"
"Who I was interviewing with."
"Some faculty don't really want to be there"
"Definitely brush up on your knowledge of the ACGME competency categories. See http://mse.medicine.iu.edu/curricular-affairs/curriculum/competencies.html"
"None. It was chill"
"I wasn't going to be asked any of the traditional "Why medicine?" "Why IU?", etc. questions."
"That it was going to be more of a conversational interview than an interrogation."
"More about the school itself. As an OOS it was difficult to learn a background of the school and regional campuses through the online website."
"Nothing, it was very laid-back."
"How much of an asshole my interviewers would be. Focused completely on one minor alcohol-related incident that occurred during my undergraduate career. My interviewers were bullies. Took advantage of the power difference in the interviewer-interviewee relationship."
"That there wouldn't be a tour."
"It's ok to bring a big purse. :) I brought a little one that was just big enough to fit my mini travel umbrella (just in case it rained) and I also brought a padfolio. But honestly, no one really cares what you bring, as long as you look professional. So don't bring a backpack or something, but make sure you have a nice looking folder to hold the papers they give you and paper if you want to take any notes."
"To bring a folder to keep my papers protected from the rain (and maybe an umbrella too!) Check the forecast beforehand!"
"That the interview really isn't that stressful, and it seems that they really just want to see if you have good conversational skills."
"To study the competencies"
"The limo service that transports you from the airport to the school is less than half the price of a cab."
"That my interviewers weren't interested in making my interview a stressful experience, but just wanted to get to know me as a person."
"Where close food places were for after the interview"
"They provided some snacks at the beginning but I was too nervous to eat, so basically I didn't eat between breakfast and 5pm. I wish I had eaten or packed a snack."
"This had a much more laid back feeling than I was expecting. I definitely over prepared, especially being able to spout out the 9 competencies and their definitions at all 3 levels-not necessary."
"That the check in spot was not exactly were they told me it would be in the email."
"Ask the interviewers about the 9 competencies before they can ask you. I did this, and so, escaped a 9 comp. question. But I did prepare to discuss them in depth if they wanted to."
"That my interviewer hadn't read my file before the interview."
"they provided breakfast food!"
"Everything went good. I think I was prepared. "
"fin aid session was practically worthless"
"Get there early because you are on your own to find your interview location. Mine was a good 10 to 15 minute walk away, through two other buildings and upstairs. Luckily, I was early to check-in or I would have been late to my interview."
"Nada..."
"I wish I had narrowed my list of extra curriculars down to 3-5 to talk about."
"The competencies (look at their website)"
"was ready for everything they had"
"The the interviews would be running so late. I appreicate that they took their time talking to individuals, but got out of my interview 2 hours later than expected. If I were flying, I would probably have missed my flight."
"That I would miss the info session and the financial aid session and be asked thoroughly about my high school experiences as opposed to anything else I ever did."
"Be prepared to play the waiting game after your interview. I interviewed in October and did not hear back until mid-April. Also, follow-up thoroughly (I cannot stress this enough) after submitting any information. The admissions office mistakenly input my committee letter as a single faculty letter, which was not caught until I called to verify its receipt. "
"I forgot the homework that I was going to bring along because I had some time I was just sitting around."
"That I would not get asked at all about the core competencies, I spent a great deal of time memorizing and formulating answers for any questions they might have had about them."
"that there are many untraditional applicants. i.e, older applicants with a plethora of experiences"
"how cold it is in Indy in November"
"N/A i think i did too much research"
"I wish I had known the wide range of questions they would ask. The interview consisted of talking about myself, to talking about current news, to talking about future theoretical situations."
"That medical students also participated in the interview process"
"learned everything on this site before hand so nothing really surprised me"
"Lots of downtime if you didnt have the sweeeeeeeeeeeet schedule that I did. You cld interview at any time of the day, from 9am, or even at 3pm...so be prepared. I had a sweet day, and had stuff back to back till 2pm, was done then. But many were not soo lucky. "
"Since I've done this once before, I knew to expect a lot of downtime. I asked the greeters if I could go on my tour and financial aid sessions at different times than I was scheduled so I wouldn't have to miss things for my interview and could leave earlier."
"Nothing. I was advised to know the meaning of professionalism and the core competencies beforehand."
"That no one else was bringing any guests/parents to see tour the school. Also there was a very high number of interviewers interviewing on the same day. "
"there are 8 satellite campuses all over that state of Indiana that are affiliated with IU. There is no guarantee that you will spend your first 2 years in Indianapolis."
"How expensive it is out of state."
"That I would be sooooo bored... seriously, bring something to read or study."
"Lots of downtime-I'm glad I had a campus map, because I just walked around myself to make up for the awful tour. They don't seem to expect you to just go back to the check-in place and sit between things, which a lot of people did. I was at least able to do something in between."
"There was a lot of construction on campus and on surrounding highways making driving to Indianapolis and to the campus a little confusing. "
"I had pretty fully researched the school so nothing was a big surprise."
"It was a long day, including interview, walking tour, lunch, financial aid session, meeting with the dean, and LOTS of waiting around time. "
"That although they offer an MD/MPH, most people do not complete the MPH while they are in med school (according to my interviewer). They are likely to wait until they begin residency."
"there are nine campuses and they are all very different "
"There were 100 people interviewing that day and we had some unstructured time where we just sat around. I wish IU had narrowed it down a bit more ahead of time."
"They have 9 different campuses you can be at the first 2 years and I didn't realize they were all so different."
"That I was actually going to really like the school. "
"To really study all the nine core competencies."
"I felt very prepared. I don't think that there was anything that surprised me."
"The People Mover! If you go, you'll know what I mean. "
"I did not expect to be asked about the curriculum."
" With all the walking I did downtown the night before, I wish I had brought my AND-1s... Many interested applicants may be disappointed to find out that the tour does not go through Riley, but merely showcases the lobby and McDonald's. I'd suggest you get the hookup there and get a tour the day before/after your interview as I did."
"I was just too nervous."
"How much I would like the school, so I could have stayed an extra day to explore around town and the school."
" How much I wouldn't like the place"
"Nothing, but you should look over the nine competencies and have an idea of what they are. They help alot in your interview."
"construction around campus made the drive take a little longer"
"Bring a book because there is so much downtime."
"I wish I had known that they would ask about high school."
"The number of other applicants who were interviewed on the same day as me."
"not to leave straight after- i got caught in indy rush hour."
"that they might run out of veggie lunches - i would have brought my own food if i knew "
"They graduate the second medical school class in the country."
"that just because they offer an interview does NOT mean they are really considering you (I received my notice of my interview before I sent in my secondary)"
"Everyone told me that IU's interview was really laid back and more of a conversation. However, my interviewer fired off question after question."
"That my AI was interviewing... awkward"
"My interview was at 3pm. I did not need to be there really until my interview."
"Where to go for the entire day."
"Lance Armstrong was treated here."
"the Kenya / IU partnership. allows students to travel to Kenya for electives in HIV research, etc"
"nothing, the interview was very laid back and enjoyable"
"that you have little say in which center you get to attend once you're admitted"
"How important the competencies were to their teaching."
"the core competencies"
"The box lunches had different types of sandwiches, not just turkey."
"I wish that I had known that you could have two interviewers at once. I was under the impression that even if you had two interviewers they interviewed you individually- this definately changed the dynamic of the interview."
"there was some construction around the medical school building which made getting there difficult"
"Interviews there were very comfortable."
"Nothing really, I was pretty well versed about everything."
"I wish I had known how much construction there was going to be on campus! It was kind of difficult to find parking. They're doing a lot of building right now (which is good), but it makes the IUPUI campus kind of a madhouse. "
"There are 9 regional campuses which they split the first year class up amongst. So not all students will be at the Indianapolis campus."
"There are actually 8 satellite campuses aside from the main one at Indianapolis."
"tuition is getting even more expensive."
"How many of the functions were actually just optional to attend."
"Nothing much."
"I wish I would have known that the comments on studentdoctor.net about the interview being low-key were actually true. It was very relaxed."
"The hotel situation. I got ripped off at a piece-of-junk Marriot hotel. It was "close" to the school but not walkable. Might as well borrowed a car and drove there."
"The financial aid meeting is pretty much worthless. I already knew all the information that was presented."
"How close all the hospitals were to one another. I guess not that important at this point, just something that I didn't know before."
"I should have paid more attention to where I was going to park ahead of time. I wasted 20 minutes driving around looking for parking."
"To bring more comfortable shoes, but I will remember them next time!"
"That my high heels were incredibly uncomfortable!!"
"That the school is the only med school in Indiana, so out of staters are barely considered."
"SO MUCH DOWN TIME. I wish I'd brought a magazine or some music."
"Be familiar with the 9 competencies. The medical school faculty focuses on them a lot."
"none"
"How important the nine competencies are to them, and that they are looking for them in the interview. "
"The directions I obtained online weren't very good for getting to my hotel."
"huge emphasis my interviewers would place on Hurricane Katrina - I expected it, but not as in depth"
"Even though they say out of state applicants have a hard time getting in the class is about 15% Out of State (and only about 15% of the people being interviewed seemed to be from out of state)"
"Bring something to read for the downtime."
"how large the school actually is"
"Don't wear heels!"
"There can be a lot of down time - bring a book or be prepared to talk to other interviewees. Plus, the interview was so relaxed, and I heard that everyone else's was too. Don't stress about it or about the ethical questions."
"Leave plenty of time to find parking even if you have an IUPUI parking pass."
"i guess the facilities and that I would enjoy it as much as I did. Also the hospitals on campus. but as an out-of-stater, the tuition is frightening."
"How Great and Oustanding the school really is..."
"Nothing, I was prepared and familiar with the area."
"to bring a portfolio/leather bound folder"
"You may have to walk to another building (in the elements) for your interview."
"I'm from out-of-state and almost forgot that Indiana was in a different time zone, even though I'm only 3 hours away. "
"Leave PLENTY of time to find parking! We drove around in the parking garage for over 20 minutes looking for a spot."
"Leave time to find the parking garage as parking on campus is very limited."
"Don't get directions from MapQuest!"
"The satelite campuses are not that bad. It gives you a chance to study in the best environment e.g. Gary campus follows PBL, etc. Also, if you really want to impress them, name drop the 9 competencies early in the interview. Just a suggestion......"
"The campus is not that bad, considering it is in the downtown area. Rather pretty actually. And the housing is affordable."
"nothing, really"
"that there would 50 other interviewees there."
"There is no financial aid for non-indy residents and I would not gain in-state residency at all. I would have to pay $58K for all four years!!"
"The suggested parking garage will probably be full by the time you get there."
"There are lots of places to stay other than University Place, for a lot less money"
"Not to park where they said to!! Also, there was a lot of down time, so I wish I had brought a book or a magazine to read. The other interviewees were friendly, however, so it was easy to strike up conversations during the long waiting periods."
"It takes half an hour to find a parking spot in the garage where they tell you to park."
"They give no type of in-state support to out-of-staters. Unlike most places you cannot apply for Indiana residency even after stayig 1 year over there.....you have to move one year prior to the admission to claim in-state."
"Nothing, I've been a student on this campus for a long time."
"They do not validate parking. You have to go to the interviewrs office, which can be hard to find since there is a new and an old part of the school."
"That Observational-based clinical assessments are being worked into the USMLE Step 2."
"there's so much to do and see in indianapolis... i would definitely recomend staying there for 3 days and walk around downtown. it is a relatively safe area of the city. "
"where to meet in the morning"
"wear some running shoes to the tour....NO DRESS SHOES!!! You'll thank me for this one! "
"I was pretty prepared. I went a day early to check things out and to make sure I was in the right place. They admissions office had to change my interview time and location due to grand rounds. Nothing was too surprising. I would suggest leaving your info packet in the lobby when you go on the tour. If you feel you need a notepad, which you don't, use a pocketsized one so that you can use both hands taking your coat on and off."
"Nothing..."
"That the arrival time listed on my invitation was actually the time of my interview appointment, not just the time they wanted me to show!"
"Watch out for the fact that all of the buildings are under construction."
"You have one interview--one chance to state your case and that's it. The "panel" you're assigned to interview with will not necessarily be a panel. "
"How nice IU really is."
"I wish I had known that it would be me and two interviewers at the same time... but this didn't faze me."
"I was a little freaked out by the number of students interviewing that day. There were at least 150. "
"-"
"I wish I had known I'd be interviewed by two people at once. At least to me, this is incredibly more stressful than a one-on-one interview. "
"Medical issues in USA."
"that it really is a mass interview day - distinguishing yourself among 100+ overachievers might be kind of difficult"
"Your interview can be located anywhere on the medical school campus including hospital locations that are hard to find from the directions and map they give you. Leave early to find the location of your interview or check it out earlier in the day."
"That there were so many people interviewing that day. There had to have been more than 100 people on campus interviewing for the med school. I would probably have tried to make myself stand out more or something, like with a clown nose or a pink tie. I definately felt like I was in a large pack of tourists"
"Opportunities abroad early on in places like Kenya!!!"
"Applicants accepted to the IUSOM can be placed at any of several regional campuses for the first few years - Indy (Great!) Bloomington (Even better!) South Bend (Good) Fort Wayne (OK) Lafayette (ehhh...) Terre Haute (Hmmmm...) Evansville (Decent) Muncie (Ewwwww) or Gary (God no!)"
"It's kinda fun to interview for med school!"
"I wish I would have known that almost every in-state applicant gets interviewed. I also wish I would have known that IUSM interviews countless out-of-state applicants, yet they accept only 15 or so (is it just me, or is this a waste of time and money for the nonresident applicants?)"
"How laid back everything was, I stressed myself out."
"That if I was accepted I'd probably get some hicktown campus."
"that Indiana is very good at placing their dental students into post graduate programs!!!"
"Nothing."
"nothing"
"They expected us to wear pants. Cursing like a sailor is frowned upon. "
"financial aid; basically, there is no help for out-of-state students at all"
"That the lunch they provide is worthless and not filling"
"Be prepared for a good deal of walking"
"you do not get to choose where they put you your first two years. students rank preferences but often do not get them."
"IU gives substantial scholarships and lower tuition to in-state students. Being aware of these scholarships sooner would have been helpful."
"That the out-of-state tuition is OUTRAGEOUS, and that the interview would be with 150 of my closest friends"
"That alot of walking around was going to be required. I would have brought tennis shoes. "
"I wish I had known that it was humid and it was going to rain. I was soaked by the time I got to my interview not because of the slight drizzle, but because it was so damn hot. Defintiely the wrong environment to wear a long sleeve shirt and suit."
"Be prepared to talk about your high school experience and know what is going on around the world."
"Indy doesn't really have a huge rush hour, Unless there's some sort of freak accident like a bunch of pigs fall out of a truck in the middle of 465 (which seems to happen all too often). "
"that the interview would focus on your accomplishments during high school and college"
"Good interview, more hypotheticals/talk about a time you … type of questions than questions about your application"
"I think they ask all of the interviewees the same questions. Some of them were traditional questions and some were MMI-type. It was hard to think on my feet. I would practice both traditional and MMI-style questions for this one. The interviewers seemed nice and they technically had my file, but they didn’t ask me about anything in my file. It felt more like a closed interview and not conversational."
"the virtual interview platforms logs everyone out after 40 mins, kind of felt like rushing at the end but it was nice that we were basically at the end of our conversation"
"Relax! Try to talk about something you enjoy. When I mentioned playing violin we talked about music and instruments for about 5-10 minutes. Prepare some questions to ask them. Their answers to my questions made the interview very informative."
"Both interviewers were very friendly."
"Try to relax as much as possible beforehand. Watch some funny videos or listen to some music. Whatever you want to do in order to be in a good mood. The interview was extremely conversational and relatively informal. I truly believe they want to "get to know you" more than they want to ask you specific questions. So above all else, be yourself, and let your personality shine through to the interviewers. They are all very kind, so try your best to not be nervous."
"The interviewer was extremely nice, but her untimely mannerisms and overall lack of interest in me made it feel very impersonal."
"Be genuine and relax. They are trying to see if you will get along with other people and if you're a normal person"
"I wish they asked more about me/my specific experiences. The interview seemed very on rails and impersonal."
"Great school, great community."
"It is a nice campus with nice faculty. I just wish the interview was more organized."
"Seemed unprepared, which may be a consiquence of having a late interview date, but they seemed very uninterested as well."
"I interviewed at one of the regional campuses. Did not particularly enjoy the interview itself, but the rest of the day was fine. Lunch was also decent"
"Honestly, if i have a chance to go somewhere else, I would. I did not get the impression that the school care for you as an applicant."
"Null."
"It was okay, one faculty member that was giving interviews did not want to be there and was doodling."
"The interviewers I had were excellent. They clearly stated at the beginning of the interview that their main goal was to talk about any weak points in my application so that they could defend me as well as possible when I came up for discussion by the admissions committee. They asked some probing questions, but genuinely seemed to have my best interests in mind."
"Love IU!"
"Everybody that interviewed on my day seemed to have a positive experience, as well."
"Tight knit group of students and staff. Seems like a great place to grow and learn."
"N/A"
"To the point interview. Interviewers laid out the structure of the interview at the beginning and carried it out professionally."
"I highly recommend that anyone who is 'on the fence' about applying or interviewing with IUSM to not attend. If my experience is any predictor or indicator of how the faculty interact with students then this is not a medical school you should attend. By the way, I say this as a pre-medical student with siblings and many friends who attend this school."
"If interview days are like hotels, this would be a Red Roof Inn while most other interview days are more like a Holiday Inn or a Hilton. They herd you through with minimal guidance, get you a money brief and an interview and send you on your way. No lunch, no sim center tour, no obligatory walk through the anatomy lab or student lounge or library. My overall impression was that the education you get here is probably decent, but it's just too big to be personal and friendly. It felt like an assembly line day rather than the small, personal interview days most schools have."
"Seems like a great school!"
"Nice place"
"IUSM was already one of my top choices, and the interview day pushed them to the very top of my list. Such a great school!"
"Interview was more stressful than I have heard from comments online."
"Very well organized day; I wish there was a tour though, but I was able to walk around the campus myself during downtime between events. I left feeling confident and impressed by the school."
"Nice school... seems like it would be a great place to be."
"Overall I enjoyed the people I met (interviewers, faculty, med students, etc..) but they didn't have enthusiasm. "We're huge and good" without much vigor or many specific details."
"Nice city, nice medical campus. I liked how the faculty I spoke with were all big on mentorship."
"I was really impressed by this school. The location of the Indianapolis campus is great as well as the city."
"Great school, fun experience!"
"I was very impressed with IUSM"
"Girls, don't wear heels! I decided at the last minute to wear flats and was super glad, after trekking up and down stairs and around the campus."
"Great school and overall fun interview experience"
"Overall, good school. Riley is amazing."
"Interesting interview, not sure how it went to be truly honest. This is the school I want to go to and I am committed to reapplying here if I do not get accepted this cycle. The interview was mostly low stress, but I managed to get myself very nervous."
"thought the interview would be more about my personal story, past experiences ect. but spent a lot of time on my opinion on ethical dilemmas/ healthcare issue"
"I hope I get in. My interview day was amazing and I can really see myself as an Indiana medical student. The medical students, faculty, and admission staff were polite and honest. "
"great school and facilities. still not sold on the satellite campuses being on par/better than the IUPUI campus"
"This was my second interview here, I had a really bad first experience."
"It's a half day, started at 815, left at 1:30, interviews were really quick, most of the day was spent in financial aid, info session, and tour... "
"Its a really great school with great facilities and great students. Has a nice group of hospitals associated with it, but once again... its in Indianapolis (a very boring place to live... since i've been here for the past 16 years). I got accepted yesterday, so may be a little biased :)"
"Relax and prepare. you should be ready at this point."
"Tour guide, financial aid meeting leader, and inverviewers were very friendly and willing to help. Bring a map of the campus in case you end up alone, because the map they give you is a tiny photocopy and difficult to read."
"I interviewed as an EDP applicant. "
"Nice campus, friendly people at every step, very relaxed and informal interview session."
"I really enjoyed my individual interview. Make sure to stay on top of admissions office details."
"The interview was very short, and I am not sure I was able to convey myself well in only 30 minutes. We went through quite a few questions on their sheet because the two men did not ask very many follow up questions."
"At IU, I think the interview is more of a chance for the admissions committee to meet with you and make sure you can talk in complete sentences, sit upright and wear a tie properly. They didnt ask many questions specific to my application nor do I feel like the interviewer could really "vouch" for my abilities in front of the committee. The best thing you can do is to be likeable, polite and thoughtful in your answers."
"IUSM is a splendid institution! "
"Great place to go to school. Regional campuses are ok, too, just bring something to do"
"It would be nice if they offered computers for us to use as guests during free time. I know some people had down times around an hour. Also be very very happy if your interview is early, 9:30 AM was the earliest (which was mine)."
"Overall pretty hectic as there are 100's of people being interviewed. Also my interview was during a presentation that I ended up missing which was poor planning on the admissions part. "
"The day was confusing with over 100 students interviewing and it felt like you received little attention. The interviewer was more interested in seeing how I dealt with his constant barrage of ethical questions. Every answer I had for a question was quickly followed by a, "Well... what if..." comment in which the question was changed so I needed to respond again. For example, the number of times I caught the doctor drinking was increases and multiple possible excuses from the drunk doctor were posed to try to trip me up."
"Make sure you write your feedback too when you're done, esp if this helped you. This is my own way of sayin thnx to those that wrote before me.... any questions, hit me up...i think my sdn name is chiz2kul...i think..lol Oh yea one more thing...if you're into saving money, try stayin w a student, cos hotels there are really expensive. I stayed w this md/phd kid that had his own house, and I got my own room and free dinner and transport to the school of medicine. oh shoot i gotta mail.. him a card or something later lol And ja, public trans is not soo good, taxi's can get expensive, costs about 30 bucks or so to the school, so try using carey. Or you can split w a student on your ride back to the airport in a texi...;) Thats what I did, and ended up payin like 10 bucks lol you gotta do what you gotta do.."
"From my experience, all reapplicants should be totally on their A-game. The people I met last year who were reapplicants and had my interviewers thought the interviews were impossible, and I thought mine went very well (but obviously not too well since I'm back here again). This year, other people's were easy and mine was ridiculous. Hopefully I was just able to prove I'm a fighter and that I'm not going anywhere by being able to handle their questions... hopefully."
"Since my interviewer couldn't go through the trouble of staying awake, it was not worth my time."
"Over all the interview was very, very laid back. The people are IU are all very friendly. My two interviewers and I just kind of chatted about things in general. It does worry me a little there there were not more directed questions about me, most of it was just general chit-chat. My interviewers probably talked more then I did. I was pleased to discover that class attendance isn't really mandatory at the Indianapolis campus (this from the med students). DO NOT SWEAT THIS INTERVIEW AT ALL. "
"I had a positive experience overall. I was surprised how laid back the interview was. There weren't any ethics questions, just stuff about the curriculum and the values of the school."
"Started around 9am with financial aid session; followed by the interview; then lunch; then Q and A with the dean."
"My interview overall was pretty laid back. I was surprised that I wasn't really asked to provide any information that was already in my application. "
"a very friendly, warm experience."
"It was really relaxing. My interviewer asked from a preset list of questions but went off my responses."
"Interview day wasn't great, with 100 interviewers and lots of down time... but the interview was extremly laid back and one of the most enjoyable I've had. They typically have just one typical ethical question and something about the core competencies, so make sure to look at that."
"Overall everyone was very nice and interesting, but above all honest in their answers to our questions. They like IU, but didn't try to convince us it was perfect or anything. The only really negative thing was the tour- our tour guide seemed to not want to be there, but hopefully we were just unlucky. "
"The committee question really threw me through a loop, and I had a bad mark against me as far as behavioral from my sophomore year. They spent between 5 and 10 minutes of a 30 minute interview on that, which kind of shook me as well. Many kids said that their interview was a conversation, mine wasn't. It was very much an interview, but all said and done, they were friendly and helpful. I walked out not sure how I did, but looking back, I am pretty confident. "
"Overall it was a great experience. My interview was my first destination of the morning, which was definitely a good thing. By the end of the day, you will probably be exhausted. "
"Overall, I left with a good feeling. I would be happy to go to IUSM if I should be accepted. I have no doubt the education and training will be excellent. My only reservation would be the diversity of my classmates."
"It went fairly well. Interview was very conversational. "
"Overall, I think the interview was about as low stress as it gets. I also heard from other students that their interviewers were friendly. "
"I was really impressed. The day lasted from 8:30-2 and it was not stressful at all. I had my interview the first thing in the morning and everything else was smooth sailing. IU has a lot of great stuff to offer!"
"My interviewer was very friendly and made me feel very comfortable. It didnt feel like 45 minutes at all. I felt prepared but not for the amount of scenerios he gave me. They seemed to never end; he kept elaborating on each one after I had already given him an answer. But overall, as nervous as I was, it wasn't bad at all. "
"Pleasant and informative."
"It was a great early season experience and their financial aid session was very informative."
"The questions they asked very typical questions, why medicine, why IU, etc. It was very conversational and my interviewers were very encouraging and kind."
"I've heard most interviews at IU are pretty conversational. Mine definitely wasn't, but they were still friendly and made me feel comfortable."
"It was ok. I became less nervous as I came to familiarize myself with the surroundings. Everyone seemed friendly."
"It was very positive. The resources for the school are amazing. The Indy campus has everything you would ever want. The professors I spoke to were enthusiastic and the support staff was friendly. I would love to go to this school."
"Overall, I had a very positive experience. The staff and facilities are this school's strongest points. I felt that the interview experience was fairly well organized, and there was sufficient interaction with students and some staff to have all my questions answered."
"It helps to have a familiar face there with you. One of the interviewers complimented me, while the other agreed a lot with what I was saying. It was more like a conversation. "
"Everything was shut down because of the snow storm. . . and I was simply grateful to get an interview since I had driven quite a distance through bad weather. I was hoping for more insightful questions about my research, experiences, etc. But mostly we just talked."
"It was extremely laid back. Two people were supposed to interview me, but one was not available for the day, so I had one interviewer. I did not get asked any ethics questions, while everyone else there that day said they were asked those questions. Everyone was extremely enthusiastic and helpful. The day was very informative."
" Being an out-of-stater...and a white guy...facing IU's preferential policy toward Indy residents, I was told to expect to be grilled a little harder. And grilled I was. In the end, I took it as ''they musta liked me.'' Other non-Indy residents MIGHT expect a similar experience of tough questioning. For me, ethical scenarios and one of my interviewers playing devil's advocate for most of what I said made for a...stimulating...interview. I was even asked about a topic a second time, likely to see if they could get me to change my answer. Just being honest, sticking to my beliefs, and having an appropriate sense of humor kept it cool for me, and I gathered at least one of my interviewers appreciated that. Overall, it was painless, though a bit tough. I'm a tid bit jealous that others on SDN had such an easy interview. In the end, I got in everything I wanted to convey through them to the Committee. Good first experience for me."
"The campus was very nice, the students were extremely friendly, and my interviewer was one cool cat."
"Very good. It is an amazing school that is expanding its facilities and its size, soon to be the largest medical school in the US."
" It was a joke. I truly wish that I hadn't gone and wasted my money. I wouldn't be happy if I went there. I'm withdrawing my app. "
"Overall, it was a great experience. The interviewers aren't there to hurt you; you don't have to change who you are; be yourself, smile, make eye contact and relax."
"dr beckman approached me and basically came off as a guy id hang out with. the interview was just a conversation basically about my application. we started with high school, and went through college experiences. in the middle he asked if i had questions about iu, which i thought was kind of odd. eventually he asked me the 1 ethical question...and it came across as ''look, i have to ask this but i know you know how to answer this so lets just do it.'' it didnt feel like a ''are you good for our school interview.'' it was more just to get a flavor for my personality or something."
"I was assigned 2 interviewers but I only had one. She was pretty friendly and conversation was mostly casual. Interview process was very relaxed and fairly enjoyable."
"IUSM was top of my list before and after the interview. I didn't let a couple of immature students cloud a good experience, but I would suggest that the admissions committee talk to all the students about properly representing their school in this forum."
"My interview started about 20 minutes late. When it was finally time, I felt welcomed. Both of the interviewers were nice overall, but there was a rude comment about my research and I got a negative vibe from them about a couple of mission trips that I'd been on. There were a couple of tough questions. It definitely felt like an interview, not a conversation like many others have said."
"Overall, it was a very positive and enjoyable day."
"The interview was in the physician's office. The key is to remain calm, comfortable and confident. Overall it went well."
"first 20 minutes or so was casual conversation. for the most part, only one of the two guys was interviewing me... not sure what the other guy was in the room for, just to listen? "
"A really laid-back interview, which made me feel really comfortable. However, after some reflection, I'm not sure I did so hot (I'm not really sure what they were looking for). The school seemed like a great place to be, but then again, I didn't get to see the 9 other sites that one can get stuck at."
"also, apparently the student hotel rates are only available for a super short time, i booked my room just a week after getting the email for an interview, and i didn't get the reduced price"
"Interview day can be intimidating because they interview a lot of students. It seems like they do interview days every two weeks and each interview day has 50-100 students it seems. As an out-of-state it was intimidating. However, most of the interviewees are Indiana residents, because the state guarantees interviews to all Indiana residents who have mediocre MCAT scores and GPAs. So if you are an out-of-state student, don't stress too much because you are obviously qualified if you have made it this far. They day is staggered with everyone on different rotating schedules. Some will have interviews in the morning. Some will have their interviews in the afternoon. There may be some down time between meetings and interviews. However it goes by pretty quickly. Usually you just chat with the other applicants around you. I had my interview with one of the retired faculty members. It was super laid. Most students that I talked to had the same experience. For the most part they just ask about your past experiences and extracurricular activities. They will occasionally slip in one or two ethical questions dealing with cheating or working with a drunken surgeon. Just go over your personal statement and AMCAS application and you will be set. If you can go over the competencies, then do it. (After talking to 3rd year medical student, the competencies are really just a joke on campus. They try to integrate it into the curriculum, but it not as important as the school makes its up to be.) "
" The facilities were very nice and the students I spoke with were welcoming as well.....However during the interview one of the interviewers seemed to be not listening to me and doodling on her paper. For those out of state applicants..word of advice, be careful about accepting an interview and wasting money on the trip. They basically told me I had no chance because of my mcat score was lower than they usually took....which is fine. However, they shouldn't have even wasted my time by having me fly all the way out there if they were just going to tell me that. I guess I was just another out of state minority applicant they can chalk up that they interviewed for the benefit of the institution. They preach about the nine competencies, one of them being Professionalism, maybe they need to think about what they are teaching, being that they are NOT very professional themselves."
"The interview started out OK, but my interviewer wasn't very friendly (never really smiled or joked at all). He asked questions straight off the page, then got sort of confrontational about several parts of my application (and also blankly stared at me during my responses). He asked me why I indicated myself as disadvantaged (and didn't seem to agree with me). Overall, he just seemed unenthusiastic about me as an applicant and I didn't get the impression that he would represent me well to the admissions committee. I am going to call the admissions office and request another interview."
"Everything was very relaxed, and my interviewers tried to make sure that I was comfortable. Everyone else was very friendly and helpful as well. The only complaint I have is there was a lot of time spent waiting around with nothing to do."
"The interview was very laid back; it was basically a long conversation about my background, family, academics, activities, future plans, etc."
"Generally a good experience. It's a two on one interview and very laid back.If you are an out of state applicant, with a strong application, make sure you have a good answer when they ask you "
"Interview was pretty laid back, alot of it was just conversation. They asked a few tough questions but it was very low stress."
"Under negative impacts. It was a bad day and eveyone there seemed uninterests in personal interactions since there were 100+ interviewed applicants. Plus its way to expensive for out-of-state residents and they basically focused on Indiana residents."
"Pretty good, made me feel at ease."
"not stressful. organized. and actually fun"
"Great! "
"Excellent. I enjoyed the tour to see the facilities. I also felt that all the staff and students were excited to see us and everybody was awesome."
"a great first interview, met some really nice fellow applicants"
"Very relaxed. Lots of information and things to do over the day. Got a little long."
"awesome. this school was such a pleasant surprise. the campus was gorgeous and brand new."
"The interview was very relaxed. I went through my experiences and highlighted anything unique about myself. He asked only a few questions"
"Overall the interview was pretty relaxed. Not bad for a first interview. "
"during the interview day there was a financial aid talk and a talk about the application process. We also had lunch with current medical school students which was excellent"
"My interview experience was great at IU, and i couldn't have asked for kinder interviewers. The campus was cool and it was fun. "
"It was pretty good, actually had a lot of down time in between different activities."
"I have a very positive experience. The day was well organized by the staff and I had extremely little time just waiting around. The Financial Aid sessions was a bit long considering how little they actually had to tell us. My interviewer was probably in his late 70s and was the nicest guy ever! We just had a casual conversation with some "standard" questions thrown in. I'd definitely be happy attending IU. "
"My interview was one of the more intense ones but probably because it was a 4th year medical student. He was nice but he wrote a lot, which was a bit distracting. It was a pretty good interview overall though. He seemed to really want to know WHY I wanted to be a doctor."
"Overall, my experience was great. It seems like a great school that is definitely on the upswing as far as rankings and board scores are concerned."
"It was a really nice day, really relaxing and very informational. The students were a great resource to learn more about the school. The interview was very relaxed and conversational."
"The interview felt very rushed, probably because I was the last one of the day. Every time we started to get into a conversation outside of the questions, one of the interviewers would cut it off. The questions themselves weren't hard, except that I didn't know exact numbers for high school information (class rank, class size, SAT score). Why high school stuff matters anyway, I have no idea. All of the questions are exactly the same as those listed on SDN (they've been the same questions for like three years)."
"It was pretty much a laid back conversation starting with. "Tell me about yourself" Not really a lot of questions directly but a lot of good conversation about stuff that I had done in the past and how I felt about my experiences."
"It went well. One of the interviews was very congenial and eager to talk and ask questions. The other interviewer was standoffish and didn't seem interested because he kept getting paged. I suppose that is why they have two interviewers. I was also asked by several other applicants why I would ever wear a black dress suit with a light blue shirt. I agreed with them though. While appropriate it looked afwul and was a bad choice for any occasion."
"The interview was relatively fast-paced. One interviewer asked the majority of the questions, with the other interjecting every now and then. Even though they were asking tough questions, both interviewers were friendly and laid-back. "
"I was interviewed by Dr. Duoung (sp). He is a very nice anatomist. I was an in-state applicant and was invited for an interview despite my low MCAT. I was told flat out that it would probably be detrimental to my acceptance. I was told this in a very tactful and nice way. He said he would still present and argue my case with the admissions committee. I appreciated the honesty and the professionalism offered to me. Everything else on my application seemed A OK. In a way, it makes me wonder why they invite candidates who are in-state with low MCATs for interviews if they really don't stand a chance in being accepted based upon the MCAT alone--unless it some agreement b/w the state for funding. Either way, may the best man or woman win and if it comes down to the MCAT, guess I'm out. :) I would still have to be fair and honest to say, that IU is a great school and the admission staff is very nice and welcoming."
"I was interviewed by 2 people; one fourth year and another a physician. They asked the questions that were posted on this website so it wasn't too difficult."
"My interviewer was a child psychiatrist, which was good and bad. She had a very calming demeanor, that quickly eased my anxiety over the interview (this was my first medical school interview). I have a complicated background because I withdrew from a school due to an illness, took several years off and worked in another profession, then transferred to another school. My interviewer seemed VERY interested in understanding every aspect of my chronology, so she could place all of my accomplishments into context. I felt relaxed with her, and I was able to let my personality show. We even laughed at times during the interview. We ended up speaking for over 90 minutes, with her taking EXTENSIVE notes, and when I left I felt that she had really invested in getting to know me as a candidate. I was impressed by this. I am glad this was my first interview, because it was very low stress and some of her questions highlighted areas where I need to make stronger arguments in future interviews."
"Very informative, relaxed, and fun. Completely solidified my interest in IU and medicine in general."
"There was a large group. They tell you a lot about the university but nothing about the satellite campus. Since half of the students end up in the satellite campuses, this is a very LARGE issue."
"All in the day was pretty relax. Like I said, I wasn't really impressed with the interviewer. I seemed like I was just one more person they had to get through. "
"perfect"
"It was very laid-back. They're really there to get to know you and make sure that you are personable. It's not high stress at all. There's nothing to worry about. Just be ready for the questions that everyone's listed on this website. None of the questions I was asked was a surprised since I had seen them here on this site."
"As I mentioned above, my two interviewers took a great deal of time to ask things such as how much I was working while I was going to school. They spent much more time on what I was doing with my life now and were able to sit back and listen while I talked about what led me to this point."
"Good, impressive experience."
"Very positive experience. Rather casual, more of a get to know you session."
"It went great and was my best interview so far. I hope my other interviews go as well as this one has, and IU was wonderful!"
"conversation-style with a man who was very easy to talk to. he even told me about his own life in indy"
"There are supposed to be 2 interviewers but I only had one, who was very nice and very interested. We had good conversation. The students were really pushing the school. I did not feel too stressed and the interview was a lot more relaxed than I had thought it would be. "
"The two people who interviewed me were very nice, but at times it was difficult to know what the one guy was really asking me. Some of the questions were confusing. And sometimes it was like he was telling me things, instead of asking me what I thought...kind of weird."
"Overall, it was very good. The interviewers I had made a point to make you feel very comfortable and didn't act like they were trying to grill you."
"for the most part laid back, except when I had to explain my mid-semester grade report. "
"My schedule worked out nicely in that I was able to go from one thing to another with no lag time, so I was able to leave relatively early. The interview was very relaxed and my interviewers were definitely interested in just getting a better sense of who I am. "
"It was a low stress interview overall, though some questions threw me off. "
"Generally good, I was surprised by how excited I was about the Indy campus - they had a financial aid meeting, which was somewhat encouraging"
"Very friendly. They told me it was my day. A lot of ethics based questions."
"The interview was more of a comversation. I wasn't nervous during my interview, which made it easier to be myself. The entire day was just chill. Everyone had their own schedule and mixed whenever they could. Nice school."
"Overall it was a relaxed, informative and good experience."
"relaxed and enjoyable. a great first interview."
"I had a very good first interview experience. Everyone was positive and really wanted to help me relax. The interview was more of a conversation. I didn't know if I really wanted to go to Indiana before this interview, and now I know I do."
"All in all, pretty laid back and nothing to worry about."
"It was informal and the interviewers made an effort to put me at ease."
"Overall it was a positive experience I guess: they accepted me, so the interview went better than I expected. But they have 9 campuses to choose from and you might not get your first choice."
"My interview was laid back, comfortable. My interviewer was really interested in getting to know me. We had a very pleasant and interesting conversation."
"AWESOME!TO ALL IU PROSPECTIVE APPLICANTS REED FEEDBACK ON THIS SITE, IT WAS A BIG HELP TO ME."
"Interview was very predictable since almost all the questions asked I had read on SDN. The tour was pointless because there were like 40 people going at the same time and it was impossible to hear, or see (since I'm short). I wish I hadn't applied so late, because my interviewer told me if I had applied earlier, I would have gotten in no problem. She said I will most likely be on the waiting list. :( I already figured that would be the case though."
"It was fairly relaxed, the questions were mostly about things I had put on my application. I was prepared because several of the questions I had read on this website and knew how I would answer."
"Terrible. I heard other people had great, relaxed interviews. Mine was stressful and extremely unwelcoming. He asked me things about high school and I've been out of high school for almost 10 years now. He didn't seem to care about any answers to his questions and waved me off to let me know my interview was done. "
"overall it was pretty good, and very low stress."
"Totally relaxed. He was interested in really getting to know who I was. I really appreciated his sincerity."
"It was great. They were so friendly and approachable, and not intimidating at all. It WAS like a conversation and I felt completely comfortable."
"Overall the day went by very fast. My interview was later in the day, which was good because I got to do all of the other stuff first and learn a lot more about the school before I had to go in an interview."
"Overall, the day was relatively low-stress considering it was my first interview. The interview was laid back. I feel the interviewer really got an idea of who I am and what drives me to medicine. I was impressed with IU and its facilities."
"The actual interview went pretty well. The ambassadors could have been friendlier and more helpful."
"Very laid-back. "
"Very laid back and potentially fun if you meet the right interviewers and students. As long as you know yourself and can answer most of the questions on this site, the interview process will be simple (the 45 mins flew by)"
"The day starts of with you arriving at the campus and seeing another 40 or so interviewees. There are times when you can take tours and go to financial meetings. The interview is very generic, in that many questions are asked to every applicant. I would advise that if you have a later interview time, try and ask others what questions they were asked and prepare answers to those questions because you will most likely hear the same questions."
"You show up relatively early in the morning for interviews. There were over 50 students interviewing the day that I did. We had interviews scheduled all day long (mine were early in the morning, other students' weren't until 3 or so in the afternoon). There were several financial aid and admissions presentations scheduled throughout the day to ensure that students were able to attend at least one, no matter when their actual interviews were. A box lunch and tour was provided by some of the medical students. The students and especially the interviewers are very welcoming and kind. The interviewers appeared genuinely interested in learning more about me as a person, and they listened attentively to what I said. The day lasted from about 9 am to 3 pm for me, longer for some students with later interviews."
"IU is a good school, but it's really big, which gives it the possibility to be impersonal. the 8 other centers around the state where they do years 1 & 2 are pretty diverse in their make-up, character, and method. some are all lecture, some all PBL. the competency-based curriculum is a big deal to them; pretty innovative and big-picture, but maybe hard to explicitly implement. the class is big enough that the students don't all know each other, especially since they are split up the first two years. but they are well trained and get lots of patient contact. faculty seems accessible, but it requires student initiative. the invterview day is pretty flexible because they have the financial aid session and tours at multiple times. the financial aid session seems a bit overwhelming with the amount of info they give, but it's really helpful. and the student body is pretty diverse."
"the interview itself went well, laid back. The presentation was fine. The tour-guide was too shy. Too many other interviewees."
"The interview was really good. The whole atmosphere was relaxed and the interviewer actually just wanted to get to know me. Anybody interviewing here should not sweat it at all."
"The interview was very laid-back and conversational. My two interviewers were extremely nice and just wanted to get to know me as a person, asking about my travels, extracurriculars, etc. It was more like a conversation than an interview, even though they seemed to be filling out a form at times. I also was not asked anything about my high school experiences, GPA, and SAT, which I had expected from this website (which I think is good- who cares what you got on the SAT??)."
"IU was my safety school coming into the interview, and it's still my safety school now. I'm in state so it's my cheapest option, but if I get any other acceptances I probably won't be going to IU."
"All in all it was a great interview experience....my first interview and I could not have asked for a better begining of the interview season. I did not have time to go around Indianapolis but did look at the facilities and hospital. Their revised curriculm is great. The interview was pretty laid back and was mostly conversational. We were laughing and the whole situation was pretty light... get-to-know-you kind of stuff.....One interviewer was more interested in how I came to the decision of going into medicine and the other one asked mostly ethical questions and hobbies. We talked about a lot of topics from hobbies to sports i play to what schools I have been to (have been to a lot of schools)...."
"All in all, I felt that the interview was not one that can be easily judged. The interviewers seemed either indifferent or impressed. I could not really tell. The whole process just seemed to take palce for the sake of taking place. "
"IU is still my number one choice because it is my state state (the cost factor), but the hugeness of the school makes it a little bit of an impersonal way to get a medical education."
"Great and laid back."
"It was just ok"
"Very laid-back, I was nervous at first, but the conversation-type progression calmed me down in a hurry."
"my interviewer showed a genuine interest in getting to know me in order to present me to the rest of the committee. she was honest about my application. she told me i was a strong applicant, and that she does tell students (as she interviews them) when they have weaknesses in their applications."
"the interview day letter was vague in times/places to meet so I missed all the activies except the lunch with students and the interview. "
"It was the most laid back interview so far...it was a conversational interview and at the end, my interviewer, Dr. West asked what schools I was looking at and if i had a specific criteria for selecting when the time came!! They are nice people up there!"
"The day was incredibly good. Everything went smooth. IUSM is an amazing place."
"Very laid back and LOW STRESS. The interviewers asked me a lot of questions but were friendly and supportive"
"An excellent day. I was thoroughly impressed by nearly everyone I met; students and staff alike were friendly and helpful. My interviewer was very intelligent, but put me at ease enough that I could be myself. He was very positive."
"It was relatively easy and not very stressful."
"The day was truly a disaster from beginning to end. Luckily, I was able to interview in spite of the fact that I arrived about 15-20 minutes late. But, I did wait until everyone else had finished first. I went in already off my game and exhausted. The "panel" of interviewers I was scheduled to interview with was ONE person--the other had decided to interview the MD/PhD students. The secretary at the front desk seemed more interested in me than the interviewer. I don't expect to be accepted and I really don't care. I had a fairly high opinion of IU until I went there. The interview itself was such a negative experience, I didn't even bother to stay for the rest of the day. I really felt a lot of negativity related to my age, but maybe it was just because I was already p***d off by the whole experience."
"It was a great experience- very relaxing. I felt like I was able to show them who I was and what sets me apart. "
"Very positive experience. I took a year off after graduating, and considered IUSM one of my backup schools. I physicians interviewing me were very nice despite the fact that I nearly missed the interview. They seemed interested in what I was doing during my year off and were very encouraging. The interview was very informal. The student ambassadors were genuinely excited about attending IU and said the staff was very supportive. One MS1 was allowed to take his finals a week late so he could fly to California for American Idol auditions. He said all his professors were very laid back about making up the tests. The financial aid officer was very informative and actually walked me to another building on campus to make sure I didn't get lost. IUSM is now near the top of my list."
"I didn't go through the whole "interview day" since I am an IU student (although I go to school in Bloomington), so I just came up for the actual interview. Coming into it, I wasn't too excited... this is my state school, and I know that all it takes is a 22 on the MCAT and in-state status to qualify for an interview. But the guys who interviewed me were fantastic! I just found out a couple of days ago that I got into IU, and I've accepted my spot (to hold the place), but I am not sure if I will go. "
"I'm was an out-of-state applicant and thought I had no chance of getting accepted based on their past statistics, but I decided to go to the interview and just be myself. It turned out to be more of a friendly conversation than an interview, and I really had a good time. I also initiated a follow-up meeting with the admissions office a month later. I got in."
"I was really pleased with how the interview went! She was very friendly and easy to talk to. It was a pretty laid back interview."
"Although the organization of the day was not great, I left more impressed with IU then I thought I would have. Everyone was very nice and was very honest about life at IU. "
"There was an orientation meeting with info about the school. Basically, a reiteration of the website. You can skip it. An interview, lunch with students and a very very rushed tour. "
"Don't stress this interview too much! There were no difficult questions, mostly just talking about yourself."
"Excellent"
"low pressure"
"The interviewers were very friendly. This was the second time interviewing with the school as the first time I was not accepted. On my first interview only one of the interviewers showed up and the one that did was only interested in filling out a form and not understanding who I was. The second time was much more eventful."
"I really love the school. I have a couple of beefs that I noted above but it is really a great school. There were a ton of non-residents applying, but in-staters have the edge for sure. I enjoy the hustle and bustle of the large campus and really hope I get in. Beware, it's tough to get in. I heard multiple med students tell me that it took them 2 or 3 tries to get in."
"Very good. I liked the school, its atmosphere, and the general attitude there."
"very positive- i left with a good feeling and felt more like i had a real conversation rather than getting drilled by questions. i love this school!"
"Staff and interviewer were very nice and accomodating. However, I couldn't help but feeling a little bit like "just another applicant" with so many others there and only one half-hour interview to make myself known to one person."
"One interview conducted by a doctor (OB/GYN) and an admissions committee lackey. Great experience, friendly people all over the place that really believe in their mission to serve others: their campus reflect this. Too bad I didn't get in."
"I don't know if I would attend this school. The faculty seem a bit out of touch with the students, probably because there are so many students. For being the only medical school in the state of Indiana, they should be both better ranked and better in quality of education, since all of the state's medical education funds are allocated to one institution, i.e., IUSM."
"Not bad at all, my interview was very laid back, they really wanted to know about me. I started the interview a little early and we finished a little late.. I actually lost track of time."
"Overall good. The interviewer wanted me to ask more questions than he did."
"It was a good day. Administration was friendly and profs were more than willing to talk to me. I have a feeling this school is going to really step it up in the next couple years (so much funding and good people flocking to IU/Purdue. Cancer research is already one of the best and I see it being undoubtedly the best in the next decade.) "
"It was a very laid back interview experience. There were medical students with us most of the time during the day which helped ease nerves and allowed us to ask questions."
"All in all it was a great experience. I was able to speak to quite a few students and found out that they all seemed to be happy here."
"Disappointing school! If you want to be a number, this is your school. Being an out-of-stater(thank god)the school would be very expensive and the surroundings would be depressing (no matter what campus). Certainly my last choice. However, knowing my luck it will be the only school that accepts me. See you soon, I'll be the poor depressed person up in the corner whispering "only four more years" to myself. "
"Great school, excellent facilities, and overall a good environment to get a medical education. "
"it was pretty nice and very relaxing."
"They ask each interviewee the same set of questions, but it's easy to build a good conversation with the interviewers. "
"A very good experience. No current issue questions. "
"the interviewers were really nice. they made you feel comfortable, not an interagation, just a get to know you kinda chat. i think this is dependent on who interviews you and how competitive an applicant you are though."
"I felt that IU has done well with their interviewing system. The date was a mass-interview day with about 100 people, although interviews were conducted individually with two interviewers at once. The day was well structured and I didn't spend much time waiting around for the next event. My only complaint with my experience was that the campus tour (guided by students) was half-assed. We saw the lecture rooms and walked around the outside of the campus. However, we didn't see the hospitals (the hospital system is quite large), labs, etc. "
"Indiana just left a bland taste in my mouth. While I liked the city (smaller, seemingly quiet, but very attractive, well layed out, and easy to get around) the school itself left some things to be desired. First, the interview class the day I was there was about 150 people, including nearly 10 people from my undergraduate institution alone. Indiana takes a different philosophy to the interviews, and I think they try to interview as many as possible. That said, the interview itself was uninspiring. It was a 2-on-1 format with a clinician and a PhD, and the PhD did 90% of the talking. I felt pressured in some instances to find a way to involve the clinician in the interview -- basically I directed a few questions his way, and I actually enjoyed my interactions with him more -- it was too bad most of the talking seemed to be from the other direction. The interview was not stressful and quite easy, but didn't really leave me with much of an impression that these people are sold on their school's medical education. The students were very nice, outgoing, but CONSTANTLY complained about the regional medical education system - they are randomly assigned (allowed to state preferece) to one of 9 campuses in IN for their first two years -- much was raised regarding different difficulty and DIFFERENT GRADING SYSTEMS! in place at different campuses. The students also complained about the difficulty of the first two years, something which I had not encountered before or since at any of the other schools I have visited. Overall, it was a fine experience but didn't leave me with a feeling that it was a place I would realy want to be. The out-of-state tuition (around $53k) was another huge turn-off."
"Not stressful but I was disappointed that the interviewer didn't spend more time looking over my file before the interview."
"I was kind of nervous because it was my first med school interview but overall it was a good experience. The interviewers were great and I felt very relaxed."
"Laid back, like a conversation."
"If you are from out of town, please do not stay at the University Place Hotel. It is the Doubletree hotel, which really really sucked. The admissions office reccomended it because it is near the interview site, but I could have easily stayed at another downtown hotel and paid five bucks for a cab to get to the interview site. My linens were soiled with menstrual stains and they tried to make up for it with a free complimentry breakfast. Give me a break! I went back after my interview and bitched about it and they refunded my money, which was what they should have done in the first place. Anywho......besides that ruining my stay in Indiana, the overall interview went well and I enjoyed the friendliness of some of the people I met throughout the day. There is massive consrtuction going on everywhere, which is nice to know that you will have brand new facilities if you get placed on the Indianpolis campus. The med student I chatted with was honest and she flat out said that she ended up at IU because she did not have as many choices of schools to pick from as she would have liked.However, she admitted that IU grew on her. Getting the pros and cons from an actual student was helpful and the honesty was very much appreciated."
"I think the interview was excellent. My interviewers made every effort to make me comfortable, and the med students were really helpful when answering questions."
"The interview went pretty well, except for the out of the blue question on the Middle East. "
"Very positive. Good things are happening at IU."
"The interview kind of sucked. the one guy seemed to be asleep until he decided to ask random questions about anthrax and racism. the student giving the tour seemed too busy trying to impress us with his pager than giving the tour. If you're from IN, you'll almost definitely get in. If you're from another state, I really wouldn't bother unless you're stellar. The improvements look like they'll be awesome when they're done, but I got a feeling of blah when I interviewed (even though I liked the place when I had gone to the library to do research for undergrad). classes."
"really laid back...be prepared to talk about yourself...i was not asked any questions about current events, healthcare, ethics, or why md"
"The interview was held with one clinicl and one non-clinicl physicians. It was very laid back with a "get to know you" type of atmosphere. They concentrated a lot on the future of medicine and how well I as an applicant understood what medicine would be like when I began practicing it. There was a great deal of stress put on my ties to Indiana as well as my father's position as a physician. Tours where given after the interview and IU has an awsome campus. Every building looks like it is 2 years old and the research going on there is amazing. Next came a presentation by some of the faculty and finaly a question and answer session with current medical students. IU is the second largest medical school in the nation and was quite impressive. The worst part was that there are a million other people interviewing with you and they take very few out of state students (i.e. 15 out of ~280 for '98)"
"This interview was very laid back. They started out saying they weren't going to ask hard questions at all. Repeatedly said I was a very competitive candidate and wanted to hear about my extracurricular activities. No questions about the medical industry."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 220 |
| Faculty member | 7 |
| Admissions staff | 5 |
| Other | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 116 |
| Neutral | 37 |
| Discouraging | 4 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.05 | 191 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 102 |
| Out of state | 87 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 58 |
| 2-3 hours | 57 |
| 4-6 hours | 27 |
| 7+ hours | 33 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 48 |
| Automobile | 123 |
| Train or subway | 2 |
| Other | 5 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 71 |
| $101-$200 | 20 |
| $201-$300 | 11 |
| $301-$400 | 13 |
| $401-$500 | 14 |
| $501+ | 7 |
South bend
Chicago O'Hare
None
Most used Midway in Chicago
US Airways/ United Airways
only one in indy
Indy Intl Airport
Indianapolis
Indianapolis International
Indy
The only airport in the city..
IND
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 2 |
| With students at the school | 10 |
| Friends or family | 31 |
| Hotel | 63 |
| Home | 8 |
| Other | 2 |
N/A
University
Yes
N/A
University
Yes
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.60 | 188 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.14 | 197 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.47 | 195 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.99 | 87 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.56 | 85 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.25 | 79 |
"More specific detail about where the interview is. I came one day early and asked the office where I should meet them for the interview so I wasn't lost/confused. But some applicants were a few minutes late because they didn't know where to go."
"make sure interviewers are enthusiastic about being involved in the admissions process and have the time/energy to devote to the process."
"Null."
"Don't make faculty members interview if they don't want to actually be there. Show some interest"
"I'm sure it is difficult logistically, but it would have been nice to have the option of staying after the interview day concluded for a campus tour to see some of the facilities."
"In my opinion, IUSM was VERY nice after I got admitted to the school. Beforehand....not so much."
"Find a way to update the portal faster, seems to be the biggest complaint I've seen."
"N/A"
"Keep being super friendly like you were today!"
"None."
"Offer an online status page that gives more concise information about what needs to be completed."
"My interviewer made some potentially racist comments that made me think twice about wanting to go to this school. Also, on the interview day a lot of my time was spent sitting around doing nothing. At my other interviews we were always occupied. I didn't feel like IU was trying to get me to come to their school. I was very disappointed with the interview day."
"The supplemental materials seem like a pointless addition to an applicant's file."
"make sure everyone stays on task and things don't run over"
"Interview and application were very smooth, but the Deans form seems unnecessary, it can be very dif"
"the day could have been better planned out. the informational sessions cut into the time of some of"
"Ensure that the hospitality area remains set up until all interviews are completed. I couldn't find"
"Have an organized interview day and act like you care interviewees are there. No one helped people f"
"At check-in, everyone got a folder with an info packet inside. It was dropped by several students."
"Should not plan interview during a presentation."
"use internet for application materials"
"Man, this school is interesting. I think they hav like a total of like uh 9 interview days, so they"
"IU was the only school I applied to that did not use electronic correspondence. This made the schoo"
"Work on the campus tour and try to be more organized. I did not get a chance to see most of the scho"
"reply to emails!!"
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