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University of Rochester School of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine
  • Year founded: 1925
  • ENROLLED TOTAL: 104
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University of Rochester School of Medicine
Allopathic Medical School
Rochester, NY
  • SDN RANKING 4
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 5 204 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 4 3 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $61,500
  • Non - Resident Tuition $61,500
  • Application Fee $100
  • AVG MCAT 515
  • AVG GPA 3.8
  • LIZZYM Score 71.5
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Admissions Information

  • Admissions Office
  • Box 601A
  • 601 Elmwood Ave
  • Rochester, NY 14642
  • United States

School Overview

University of Rochester School of Medicine Fast Facts

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School Info

This is a new era in which innovative approaches to medical education are required to prepare physicians who can integrate the healing power of the doctor-patient relationship with rapidly expanding developments in scientific knowledge, technology, clinical practice, and health care delivery systems. No medical school is more poised than Rochester to take this leadership role.

Curriculum

The Double Helix Curriculum takes the application of adult learning principles to a higher-level emphasizing problem-based learning and integrating instruction across disciplines and between the basic and clinical sciences. Furthering this integration, there are six named Themes throughout the curriculum. These important topics each have specified learning objectives in courses throughout the Double Helix Curriculum, and as with traditional courses and clerkships, there are faculty directors for each of the six themes. These themes are: Prevention, Health Systems, Nutrition, Ethics and Law, and Aging.

Facilities

Today, that concept of physically integrating patient care and academics under one roof is still going strong. The main campus of the University of Rochester Medical Center covers over 4.4 million sq. feet of space. Strong Memorial Hospital covers 1.6 million sq. feet, the School of Medicine 2.1 million sq. feet, and the School of Nursing and the Eastman Dental Center about 100,000 sq. feet each.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 177
Negatively 3
No change 20

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
2.78 202

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.74 144

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"I think the small group discussion is kinda extra..." More from this Member | Report Response

"N/A." More from this Member | Report Response

"You guys very very friendly and prompt. I liked how candid the Dean was." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing. They were very friendly." More from this Member | Report Response

"None. They are very friendly." More from this Member | Report Response

"Both my interviews were scheduled during the only times that classes were taking place and was ultimately unable to sit in on any." More from this Member | Report Response

"None - Supremely helpful and accommodating." More from this Member | Report Response

"None" More from this Member | Report Response

"Thank you for providing warm drinks and the 1st and 2nd year class schedules." More from this Member | Report Response

"It would be great if the student tour guides were a bit more diverse in terms of age, interests, etc" More from this Member | Report Response

"None, they were excellent." More from this Member | Report Response

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

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

"What is the most influential experience you have had in your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one academic challenge that you've had and how did you get over it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine and variants, tell me about yourself; mostly standard individual interview questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What issues exist in today's healthcare system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The first interviewer asked me specifically about an international clinical experience that I mentioned in my secondary application, which is the only thing they have access to as the interview is a closed-file type. The second interviewer asked me about where I went to school and it kind of went from there." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Rochester." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will your experiences with underserved populations affect the way you practice medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What field of medicine are you most interested in" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you most like/unlike your father/mother?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why the University of Rochester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What sparked your interest in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you saw a fellow student fabricate a patient lab result?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was mostly conversational, but Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you become interested in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your biggest strength?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Mostly conversational without specific questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you feel doctors have to much power for them to handle?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Mostly just discussing your activities and essays answered as part of the interview scheduling online." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why rochester" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There really weren't any questions other than those that arose from discussing my background." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"questions about my experiences, family, etc. Very conversational." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Biggest Problem facing the U.S. healthcare system? How would you fix it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Conversations about the 4 activities I listed" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"asked about my interests in the sub-specialties i listed as being interested in" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why would you be a good fit for U of Rochester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"facutly interview was very conversational...tell me about your family, activities, etc. Name a strength and a weakness. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They asked the standard basic questions in a conversational way." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could continue your current research for another year, what additional studies would you add? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your biggest strength and biggest weakness?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Student interviewer: How did you chose your college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How I'm planning to adapt to Rochester, being from LA." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What interests you in Rochester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why do all this research and then not go for an MD/PhD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"During your clinical experience, have you ever had to deal with any ethical dilemmas?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you have to be the one in charge? (Asked in reference to being a PA or a nurse instead of an MD)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what went into your decision to go to (your undergraduate school)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What ethical problems did you face with X experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you apply to Rochester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Research based. Do you look for specific antibodies in the patients that you study?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe the techniques you used in your research. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What other schools have you applied to? Have you gotten in yet?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"The question about the car." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What reservations do you have about entering the medical field?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why both the Md and PhD degrees?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me how you got here today (wanted me to talk about myself, explain what led me to be applying to med school; first he told me his story)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Cheating in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a challenge you faced and how you overcame it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about yourself (after the interviewer introduced himself)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think are some big issues in the medical field today/in the future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What are the three most important qualities you think a physician should have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What 5 qualities describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why here? Seriously, why here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have your parents influenced your interests? (in the context of the conversation, she was asking about shared personality traits)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"You are at a party with some people, and someone says to you, 'I really just don't think animal research is ethical.' How do you respond?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your friends describe you in five adjectives?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What prompted the (career) switch? [I am an attorney.]" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your friends describe you" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me where you're from, school you went to, and about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the significance of X activity or experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are you looking for in a medical school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Say a patient has carbon monoxide poisoning. You look up the half life of carbon monoxide in the body and find that it's 4 hours. But if you put the patient under pure oxygen, that can be reduced to 40 min. What do you think is happening?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are three traits necessary for a good physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you like to do for fun" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Usual shiznit, with a sprinkle or two of health policy questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where are you from, what was your high school like..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you read? Why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So tell me about your route to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your undergraduate environment like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the most difficult obstacle for you as an undergraduate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How would your friends describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself (got this question in both interviews)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your background/family/interests." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has motivated you to pursue a career in medicine at this point in your life? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the most important characteristics of a good physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you relate to your peers? (I'm much older than the average applicant) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Do you want to go back to Canada? (I'm Canadian)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why did you choose your undergrad school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why/how did you choose your undergraduate degree and college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the qualities of a good doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you looking for in a medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why med?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your journey in life up to this point?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What initially interested you about medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What have you been doing since graduation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The purpose of this interview is for us to get to know you better. So go ahead and tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you feel the qualities of a good medical student are--give me three qualities in three words or less each. (I answered three and he said, "I would also add maturity to that list, but your three are good too")" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Recommend a book to me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about Problem Based Learning?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your greatest weakness?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked about stem cell research and the four extra-curriculars I put down." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a stressful situation you went through and how you handled it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What good books have you read lately? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Challenges you forsee in med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a colleague came to work drunk with the intent of operating on a patient while intoxicated, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose ___________ for your undergraduate college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has been a turning point in your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why Rochester? Tell me about (the four extracurriculars/activities I've listed). Tell me about a difficult experience and how you coped with it. What do you do for fun? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Describe your role with organization X. (You give them a list of your top 4 activities at the start of the interview)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 30 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you were not performing well in a particular class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"questions about the heathcare system - and more questions to challenge my answers" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does your major relate to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why not education? (I have done research in education and I have a campus job as a supplemental instructor)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Does the power that physicians have over their patients scare you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When you are accepted everywhere, how will you choose where to go? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a doctor makes a mistake, it can be irreversible and incapacitating. How would you deal with that responsibility?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What fun things do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"have you always been interested in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some books you have read recently?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(regarding my research) What were your hypotheses and how did you test them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How do you feel about diversity?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you decide you wanted to be an MD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the role of a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is your passion?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your family." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you can do research as an MD? When I said yes, we went into a long discussion of NIH funding procedures that I knew nothing about!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Our curriculum requires attendance and participation in class. How do you feel about this? Give me an example of when you fulfilled these requirements." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"name the three things you like best about rochester" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what books have you read lately?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you end up at MIT as a Brain and Cognitive Sciences, and how has that led you to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about how you got from *** to medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why have you chose Rochester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think needs to be changed int he current health care policy" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

""Why medicine?" (yeah, they went there...lol)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"If you had a shoestring budget, what is one program you would start in a community you have worked in? If you had an infinite budget?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think empathy can be taught?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most influential experience you have had in your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time you've had to overcome something" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you spend your time at your undergrad institution?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I recognized a picture from my UG." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Define "resilience" and rate yourself on a scale of 1-10." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What don't you like about Rochester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I met your friends on the street, how would they describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why a physician and not a PA, nurse, etc?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Describe an ethical dilemma and how you would confront it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What books do you read in your spare time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about vaccinations in pediatrics? (I had indicated an interest in pediatrics)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were all pretty basic" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's one quality you think a physician should possess?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Should I be concerned, since you don't read for pleasure, that you don't have a liberal arts background?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you think some people don't believe in evolution? ( evolution is my field of study)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you were no longer able to perform your primary specialty choice? If you would continue practicing medicine, what specialty would you go into?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(i took an ethics class): what makes someone a master of ethics?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"both interviews were very conversational, no tricky or difficult questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"20 yrs....led to very interesting discussion and I got some grat advice." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"asked what I thought the 2-3 most difficult things relating to dealing with the families of patients would be as a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to come to the East Coast and Rochester specifically? (I lived on the west coast my whole life, so they were curious about my desire to try out the east.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a friend had a drug addiction, what would you do? What if he didn't want help? What if another person (e.g. patient) was negatively affected by the habit?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would your best friend say about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about two of your mentors." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about kayaking and the best areas to kayak in upstate NY (I brought this up, it wasn't out of the blue)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could do research in any living scientist's lab, whose would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None I can remember, pretty generic questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any weakness in your application? Can you explain? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Whether I know how to ski." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Make up a story about a picture I was shown." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about your meningitis story (from my personal statement)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just specific things about my research and motivations :)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how are you most like your father? how are you most different." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most recent book you've read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How did being the baby of the family affect you? Interesting just because it was unexpected and something I didn't think I would be asked." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of the major public health issues in China today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your second choice occupation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many schools did you apply to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I spoke with a faculty member who worked on a very similar research topic to my research but his approach is totally different--en sum a research-based question was the most interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about Yale that I would only know if I had attended school there. (Yale is my undergraduate school)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer asked me how I learned Spanish (in Spanish), and we then proceeded to have a 10-15 minute conversation in Spanish, which went fine because I'm fluent. Don't exaggerate!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what books have your recently read" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the biggest cultural difference between the U.S. and ____ (the country I was born in)''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the best way to set the timing on a 69 chevelle? (I wrote in one of my essays about cars)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were a fruit, what would you be and why? (Apparently her daughter told her to ask that one!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your failures?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is something unique about your school that only someone who went there would know?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about autism? (In the context of discussing my research)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did a theater major choose medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were president of the U.S. what 3 policy issues would you pursue?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does [a particular activity] relate to your decision to apply here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none -- first interview was just a long conversation (tell me about yourself?). Second interview was more stressful." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you a Packers fan?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What personal biases will you have to overcome to be a good physician to your patients?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was amazed at how conversational the interviews were. They really didn't press me with any interesting questions, we mostly talked about the school and its opportunities." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewer told me to close my eyes and imagine myself in paradise and she wanted me to describe what paradise was for me" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A question related to my research. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many schools did you apply to? Just wasn't expecting it, but it was asked in the friendliest way possible." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My first interviewer asked me what breed of dog I would be" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Since you are creative artistically, how would you apply this to your practice or your research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I want to show you and X-ray and have you diagnose what is going on (this was actually fun)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you look for in a medical school?/What are the qualities of a good medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(In so many words...) Name three things this administration could be doing better in regards to anything foreign or domestic (health care related or not)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all questions pertained to my background (music, law, research) - i was not caught off-guard by any questions. i didn't find any questions particularly interesting per se" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"have you ever used drugs? be truthful." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There was no stand out question. Most were typical fare, though often follow up questions probed deeper than normal. I did like the Theoretical questions they asked (if you were a practicing doctor and a 13 year old asked you for an abortion what would you do?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I am your patient. You are my doctor. Diagnose me. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how would your friends describe you" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you explain zeroth-order and first-order decay to a family?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your pet peeve?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to go to your undergrad?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really... very standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I weas given a film and asked to explain it and givea story about what I think I happened (I like this!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you see medicine changing in the future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked to analyze an x-ray and tell them my diagnosis of what it was and how/why it happened." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Could you discuss the differences between contemplation and mindfulness, and how a physician can use these as tools with patients." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can't think of anything really." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think are some issues that you may face 10 years from now" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What i do to keep in shape" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about ethics in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you most like and most different from each parent?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does "empathy" mean to you? can empathy be learned?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Basic questions, conversational" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is empathy? Can it be acquired?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none of the questions were original or unexpected" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was extremely conversational in both interviews. Mostly the questions weren't particularly interesting because they weren't trying to catch you in anything, they all stemmed from the converation and they were really trying to get to know you." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give me an example of a stressful time in your life and how you handeled it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I was given 30% of the money I needed to institute an intervention aimed at reducing HIV in South Africa, what would I do and why? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Mostly we talked about the little bit of information the interviewers did have about me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you have a hard time deciding where to attend undergraduate school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does it mean to you to have a biopsychosocial mentality?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would I pay for the underserved uninsured who need medical care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing extremely interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A paraphrase of the question: "You're a very creative person. How do you expect to do in medicine, which doesn't always require creativity?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did I go to Russia?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is the most meaningful patient experience you have had?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you choose your undergraduate school?? why this school, why not another one?? and lots of follow up questions on my undergraduate school!!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""How do you deal with stressful situations? Give examples"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you know that birth control was discovered in your hometown?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would we solve the problem of obesity in the United States?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"With your background, are you sure you actually NEED an M.D.? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think the defining characteristic of leadership is?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"too many" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about your governor? (He'd asked me about stem cells and in my answer I mentioned how CA had recently passed the stem cell referendum)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did I end up at my undergraduate school, in that major and why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing unexpected." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your race? (related to my application essays, but strange regardless)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"NOthing unusual...." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where would you travel if you could?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too strange. Standard questions like strengths and weaknesses, clarifications on my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite class(es) in college and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

""Is there anything you feel strongly about or like to argue about?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What books have you read recently that you would recommend? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Both interviews felt more like conversations. A particular question does not stand out." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"That no questions about why I wanted to be a dr. were asked. Yay! THese were by far the most interesting interviews I've ever had. THe Faculty at U of R impressed me very much by their knowledge of the arts, humanities AND medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What reservations do you have about being a doctor in this day in age?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you define emotional maturity?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a man has a medical condition that can best be treated by an incredibly expensive drug that is not covered by his insurance but that IS covered by his wife's insurance what do you say to his wife when she asks that the drug be prescribed to her and not her husband?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Break the news to me that I have tested positive for HIV. (I led into this because I have worked as an AIDS educator, so don't necessarily expect this one)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think the heath of our nation will change in fifty years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your ideal learning environment." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Considerations I would take when providing end-of-life care (followed from a part of our conversation)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you love Biology? This was a great question because it allowed me to express my enthusiasm for science." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what would be the basis for a choice between several med schools that accept you" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you looking for in a medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of leader are you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What about medicine would make you wake up screaming with nightmares?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What gives you pause about medicine? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the situation going on in Florida (woman in a coma whose husband wants to remove the feeding tube), and what is your opinion on right to life issues in general?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see health care in fifty years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Fifty years from now what did you do as a physician? How did your career go? What changed in medicine over your career? (what the hell was this all about???)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your semester abroad." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your clinical experience, and why you would fit in U. Rochester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name the last 3 books you've read." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you apply math to medicine? (I'm a math major)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is so satisfying about music? (I majored in music and we were talking about my research)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"i wasn't asked any interesting questions but another guy had an interesting question. His interviewer (a very portly man) asked him to tell her what she would say about his appearance without being able to do a checkup or any tests. The kid told his interviewer that "You are fat and need to lose weight."Personally, I would not have picked that answer. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about diversity?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your gut feeling about Rochester (I had just said I trust my gut instincts)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What in my file would I point to as an indication of something that sets me apart from other qualified candidates" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about intron homology among cardiac muscle cell's were the most interesting because of current day prevalence. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose your major ("it's unusual")?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How was your experience at your undergraduate college been?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why I was such a failure in high school (the interviewer had a hearing aid and had misheard me)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"do you think you will be able to make a smoot transition to living on the east coast?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if medicine was out of the question?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing very unique--the interviewers both just wanted to go through my experiences and stuff." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has been the most difficult challenge that you've encountered in your volunteer work?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"At one point, I was asked to recommend a book I'd recently read to my interviewer." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think makes a good doctor? What kind of doctor do you want to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think living at home during college made you sheltered?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you learn about yourself in your current job? (I am currently taking a year off.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is the last good movie you've seen" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What about medicine could cause you to wake up screaming in the middle of the night?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were the assistant to the president of MIT, how would you advise him to improve the student life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think are the benefits and drawbacks of alternative medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is your favorite book and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if a classmate of yours falsified a number on a chart during your clerkship?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your childhood." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What are your ideas concerning giving an fatally-ill overdosed drug addict a liver transplant over those on the waiting list?" " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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Response Avg # Responders
7.33 3

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"Excellent educational opportunities. welcoming atmosphere. great if youre pursuing neurology or orthopedics." | Report Response

"There are so many opportunities here. Whatever your area of interest (or curiosity) it is very easy to find a faculty member who would be happy to have you work with them. Also doing a family medicine-type clerkship in the first two years is great - you learn a lot plus it keeps you motivated and you can see the material learned in class in a clinical perspective." | Report Response

What do you like least?

"third year grading system is problematic. The school operates on a 20% honors, 30% High Pass and 50% pass and the grades are almost entirely based on evaluations (some clerkships consider SHELF to be worth 20% but all require passing this exam). Since evaluations are highly subjective and entirely dependent on who is evaluating you, the grading system is neither accurate nor precise which means that you can get unlucky even if you are attractive and charming. You may find that comparable institutions (Brown, Boston, Dartmouth, Tufts, etc) do much better in the match." | Report Response

"Too much class time. While lectures aren't mandatory, there are mandatory small group activities more days than not. The amount of time is part of the downside of doing more intense clinical work during your first two years." | Report Response

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