How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.96 | 45 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 40 |
| Negatively | 5 |
| No change | 3 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.66 | 47 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.55 | 42 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.19 | 37 |
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| Response | # Responders |
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| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 0 |
| 25 minutes | 0 |
| 30 minutes | 3 |
| 35 minutes | 0 |
| 40 minutes | 1 |
| 45 minutes | 3 |
| 50 minutes | 3 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 37 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 44 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 45 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
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| Open file | 44 |
| Closed file | 1 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
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| 1.96 | 45 |
"Explain these lower grades and why you didn't retake them."
"How do you fit the qualities of the school that it is known for?"
"Explain your grade trend to me."
"Where you do you see your future practice?"
"What would you do if one of your patients came up to you on the street before a long weekend and asked for their prescription? Their only other option they have is a $300+ emergency visit."
"Why family medicine vs specialty and why rural medicine"
"Why not go into research?"
"I had to explain details about experiences on my AMCAS."
"Why rural medicine? Why family medicine? Be specific."
"What was the most valuable part of your shadowing experience?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Are you a happy person?"
"Many questions centered around being a family practicioner in rural Minnesota."
"Tell me about your experience in a rural area."
"You have quite the family, tell me about them..."
"Do you like to hunt?"
"What do you look forward to?"
"Why are you interested in rural family medicine?"
"How do you see your practice, size location, ect. being in the future"
"What are some of the downsides of living in a small town? What do you like about living in a small town? Where might you specifically want to end up? "
"How does a physician separate his/her home life from work life, especially a family practice physician?"
"Why primary care? Why rural medicine? Where do you see yourself after residency? Envision your future practice? What is the ideal GPA and MCAT of a rural family practice physician?"
"Tell me about your family."
"How would your friends describe you? Do you agree with their descriptions?"
"Strength/Weakness"
"What do you think is the biggest challenge in practicing rural medicine?"
"How would your friends describe you?"
"How has what you have done prepared you for medical school?"
"What's the most important quality a doctor needs to have?"
"Most of them dealt with my willingness to be a rural physician? They really wanted to make sure I sincerely wanted to pursue family medicine!"
"Why I want to be a Family Doctor?"
"Do you really call your mother everyday? (My interviewer totally took this out of context from my secondary because she started looking over my file when I got into the room!)"
"Why did you go to college out of state?"
"What kind of a role would you specifically play within the class of medical school students?"
"A patient comes in to see a doctor for a smoking-related lung illness for the third time, and it's clear that he's not been in compliance with the doctor's suggestions. The doctor looks at him and says "I've seen you three times and you've never done what I've told you to. You're probably going to die of this. I don't want to see you in here again, because I have other patients who will be compliant with whom I can better spend my time." What is your response to this exchange?"
"What attributes do you posses that'll make you a good doc?"
"Be prepared to answer hypothetical situation questions. My interviewer asked me questions such as, "if you were a doctor and a young boy came in with bruises on his chest" what would you do?"
"What is this C- doing here?"
"Strengths and weaknesses?"
"How do you establish trust with someone? "
"What book have you read recently?"
"How many medical providers are currently in the county you are interested in practicing in?"
"What are challenges and benefits of rural/family medicine?"
"In what Minnesota city do you want to practice?"
"What would you do to fix healthcare?"
"Why family practice/ rural care?"
"Describe your role when working in a team."
"How would you contribute to the diversity of a medical school class?"
"What do you think the social life of a rural family physician is like? Do you really think you'll be able to be friends with your patients/have friends in the community?"
"Tell me about your leadership experience?"
"Describe how you work in a group?"
"Tell about a specific experience on my resume."
"What is your greatest failure and accomplishment, and what are your weaknesses and strengths?"
"What should I tell the committee about you? And your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Do you like outdoors?"
"If a patient came up to you on the street and asked for an rx, would you write it?"
"How small is your hometown?"
"how do you feel about family medicine moving out of the hospital and ER and into the office only"
"Is there anybody, any group that you would have issues treating in a clinical setting? AIDS/HIV? "
"What is your idea of rural medicine?"
"Lot's of stuff from secondary/AMCAS: Tell me about your Americorps experience. What did you learn from you shadowing experience? Were you satisfied with you MCAT scores?"
"What kind of music do you like?"
"Where do you plan to practice medicine following residency?"
"Information about Rural Medicine (positives/negatives)"
"Tell me about your siblings. Why did you apply here/why do you want to go here?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"Tell me about your younger years."
"Tell me about yourself?"
"What types of volunteer activities have you done since graduating from college?"
"What sorts of fun/recreation do I like to pursue (they wanted to see if my interests coincided with those of the area)..."
"What are your thoughts on the health care system?"
"What were your activities during the summer in high school? (This guy was not the best interviewer). What books are you reading? What are you hobbies?"
"Have you ever failed?"
"What kind of patient would you have difficulty dealing with? (What specific characteristics would they possess?)"
"Could you address the needs of rural Minnesota as a surgeon?"
"Talked at length about a research project with a scientist. Be ready to explain and converse any kind of research?"
"Tell me how you got to where you are today."
"What was growing up in your town like?"
"How did you prepare for the MCAT?"
"What do you see as some problems that rural physicians face?"
"What do you like to do in your free time?"
"Tell me about your family."
"Tell me about one of your research projects."
"What has made you interested in becoming a doctor?"
"What is one of your weaknesses? What is one of your strengths, and how does it contribute to your ability/desire to practice rural family medicine?"
"What should I tell the admissions committee to convince them to admit you?"
"Tell me about your shadowing experience."
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Why did you choose to attend (my undergrad university)?"
"How will you integrate your faith into your medical practice?"
"How have your experiences prepared you for primary care medicine?"
"What do you envision your practice will be like?"
"How would you deal with stubborn patients?"
"tell me about your strengths and weaknesses"
"Tell me about your hobbies. What do you do in your free time? What do you like to read? It felt like a conversation; it did not consist solely of them asking questions of me and my responses."
"What has motivated you to become a physician?"
"Tell me about your skiing? What kind of music do you play? Tell me about yourself? Tell me about your family? What are some specific roles you see yourself playing in your community? Do you plan to have a family (my guess is they're thinking: family practice doc=like family for yourself)? "
"I see that you were excited to watch an orthopaedic surgeon. How can you be assured that this isn't what kind of physician you want to be?"
"What do you do for relaxation?"
"Favorite Class/Least Favorite Class?"
"How would your friends describe you? Disadvantages of family med?"
"What were you involved in, in high school?"
"So, why rural family medicine?"
"Who is your biggest role model, dead or alive?"
"If you witness another doctor blatantly denying care to a person, what would you do?"
"Describe your hometown and home physician for me. What might you have learned from him that you can carry into your profession?"
"Name one person in the world that you would like to meet and get to know and why?"
"How was it growing up the daughter of a Catholic and a Unitarian? He wanted to talk religion and politics which I do not think is typical of most."
"How do you determine whether someone has HIV or AIDS?"
"Let's say you are in a state with the '2-physicians agree' rule. If two physicians agree to take a patient off of life support, would you do it or not?"
"Tell me about your siblings."
"What do you think about Duluth?"
"Why Duluth? This is obvious, but be prepared to play into their mission statement."
"What is the one thing I should tell the board about you?"
"Why would anyone want to practice medicine in a small town?"
"Where does the UMD School of Medicine rank on your list of medical schools to which you applied?"
"What is your favorite class?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What kind of practice?"
"How would you react if you were to fail a test during medical school?"
"How high are your heels/why did you wear those shoes? (I was wearing stiletos)"
"Have you had a DWI?"
"What type of ethical issues have you ran into in you life and how have you dealt with them?"
"So you dislike ambiguity?"
"How will you integrate your faith into your medical practice?"
"What do you like to do when you're not studying?"
"How do you like Powerpoint medical education?"
"Would you treat a family member with gonorrhea?"
"Have you ever shot a person? lol, i'm an avid hunter so it fit in the conversation..."
"how do you feel about the difference between pay of a family practitioner and a specialist?"
"Nothing too out of the ordinary."
"What would your sister say of you/friends?"
"A lawyer comes to for care and find out she is pregnant. She returns home and a week later calls and demands to why everyone throughout the town knows that she's pregnant. You know that you did not disclose this... and you are left to look only to your nurse of 13 years...What do you? (the answer confirmer by interviwer: if you indeed determine she violated HIPPA, you must terminate her)"
"Asked me my view on a situation in which the interviewer had heard a well respected physician threaten his patient that if he didnt quit smoking, he didn't want to see the patient for the same smoking related illness anymore."
"What is the ideal GPA for a family practice physician?"
"How do you handle moral situations?"
"What would you do if you had the financial resources of say, the Gates?"
"What's the one thing I should emphasize to the admission's committee about you?"
"Did you perform extra community service just to get into med school, or b/c you really wanted to?"
"What do you like about living in Minnesota?"
"What role does a rural physician play in Northern Minnesota?"
"Who would you like to meet and why?"
"Would you still have a job if your lab director lost his grant?"
"What did you make for the fashion review (4-H clothing event) when you went to the Minnesota State Fair?"
"Would you have an abortion?"
"nothing really...they seemed to really focus on flushing out what I wrote about in my secondary and AMCAS as well as confirming my interest in primary care and rural MN."
""My job is to advocate for you to the admissions committee. Tell me what I should focus on in order to advocate for you to the best of my ability.""
"How do you think medicinal research will change in the next decade?"
"If you were a physician, how would you deal with the homeless population in the community in which you live?"
"Don't you think that it would be a pain having to act like a role model in your community? "
"So tell me about where you got your suit..."
"Give an example of a meaningful patient interaction"
"What would you do if a child asked you about sex?"
"What role does science play in medicine? (this seemed obvious to me, but my interviewer went off on a very different tangent than what I was thinking)."
"What is the biggest challenge in health care today?"
"How would you improve the healthcare system?"
"Tell me what you think of health care reform."
"Same as most interesting."
"Basically being asked to tell them the exact population of the town I was going to live in when I was older. . .really?"
"What is your greatest failure?"
"What problems did you see in the healthcare system where you grew up?"
"Why medicine?"
"How do you feel about Native America?"
"How would you handle stubborn patients that go AMA?"
"Why didn't you get an interview the first time you applied?"
"What, of all of the service that you have done, was the most meaningful to you? [It surprised me; I had never really thought about this before... I thought for a bit and put something out there]"
"Tell me about yourself. "
"What are the difference in rural practice between working for a small independant practice or working for a large health system managed clinic. Why would you prefer one over the other? How do each effect the health system? (I frankly had no clue an made sure to admit it, and interviewer admitted their was no right answer...though he kept persisting, even after my disclaimer... gave my uneducated opinion."
"Describe a particular time in your coaching/tutoring experience that you faced a difficulty, and how you dealt with it."
"What is social justice?"
"See Above"
"What is the biggest challenge in medicine right now?"
"You seem very enthusiastic about the research you are doing, convince me that you are more passionate about becoming a doctor than doing research."
"Where do you think you will do your residency?"
"Why are your characteristics ideal for family practice medicine?"
"Since you have a master's degree how do we know that you won't want to get a PhD and do research after you are done with medical school. (they want rural physicians)."
"They were all pretty standard questions"
"See most interesting."
"If you were a family practice doctor in rural Minnesota, where would you practice?"
"So, tell me about yourself."
"nothing very difficult. they threw out the "biggest problem in healthcare" deal but that's not really difficult if you've thought about answering it before."
"Prove to me that you intend to stay in Minnesota."
"Why are you applying for an MD rather than MD/PHD?"
"Using Canada as a model, how would you propose that we curb the rising health care costs in the United States?"
"Select a topic in medicine and tell me about it. "
"What does "community medicine" mean to you?"
"Read my secondaries"
"Researched the school, reread my application, secondary, and personal statement"
"Read SDN, did a mock interview (very helpful!)."
"Read SDN, thoroughly researched the school."
"Looked over my supplemental and AMCAS applications, used this site, did research on health care reform, had help from friend already in the UMD Med School"
"Read through possible questions, medicare, medicaid, and health care reform."
"I looked at SDN, mock interview, researched the school, talked to friends/current students, and looked at secondary questions."
"SDN, AMCAS, answers to secondaries, Duluth's website, read up on current health issues. Felt totally prepared"
"Reviewed AMCAS, and secondary. Reviewed SDN. Read "The Medical School Interview: Secrets and a System for Success" by Jeremiah Fleenor. Talked with current students. Prayed and had family pray."
"Re-read AMCAS, read Newsweek, SDN and prayed."
"this site."
"Read over application, SDN, resources from my undergrad school."
"school website, SDN and mock interviews"
"Looked over application. looked over school's info"
"Read SDN; most everything is straight from their secondary and somehow deals with rural medicine or the probability that the interviewee will eventuate in rural medicine."
"SDN, thats about it. You already have all of the answers in your head if you know yourself well enough."
"Knew exactly what questions would be ask... vey similar to questions on secondary. Listed questioned and rehearsed answers."
"studentdoctor.net, mock interviews at school, worked through typical questions in the Kaplan workbook, talked with physicians, talked with current students there that I knew, researched the schools website and literature"
"Read over my secondaries, reviewed school's website, practice interviews "
"Read SDN, reviewed secondary and primary application"
"Read over my Personal Statement, my secondary, read info about the school, looked over this website."
"reviewed my essays, mock interview"
"Student Doctor Network, reviewed my AMCAS and supplemental applications, caught up on current events (both medical and political), the school's website, personal reflection of strengths/weaknesses/interests"
"This website, caught up on health related news, reviewed medical ethics issues, thought about answers to basic questions."
"Read the website, thought about the type of students they seek, SDN."
"Read up on the school, reviewed my materials, and explored the Duluth area the day before to get a feel for the town."
"mock interviews, online research, review questions"
"SDN, UMD website, generic interview ques, AMCAS and sec apps."
"Researched UMD, read sdn, read the New York Times, and reviewed my primary and secondary applications."
"Reviewed my personal statement and supplementary application, read posts from this website."
"read my apps, viewbook, this site, thought a lot on the way up."
"Duluth's web site has been in less than full swing for some time now, and few interview feedback postings for Duluth appear on SDN. I spent the car ride up thinking about the various aspects of rural medicine and how I could best address rural health concerns in MN. That turned out to be quite useful."
"reviewed their viewbook--reflected heavilly upon my rural experiences"
"Read this website, CNN health care, read a new novel that I could talk about, read over my AMCAS and secondary apps."
"Read the schools mission statement, and thought about my goals."
"Practice interviews, reviewed application"
"Read over AMCAS appliation, reviewed some common interview questions, prayed!"
"Intimate environment and approachable staff/faculty."
"Friendliness of staff and sitting in on one of the PBL classes"
"The friendliness of everyone there including admissions staff, med students, and faculty"
"Everyone was very friendly and outgoing. Duluth is a great city."
"Small class sizes, sense of community, support from faculty and administration."
"Very friendly staff and completely dedicated to rural family medicine"
"How kind everyone was. Its a tight-knit community."
"I love the small class size, that every building on campus is connected, and the students were very friendly."
"Friendliness of staff, and especially of the students. Almost all that I saw wished me good luck or asked me how the interview went. I'm sure I was a dead giveaway in my suit! Also the city of Duluth is beautiful."
"The interviewers made the interview seem more like a conversation than a sequence of question after question. Everyone seemed friendly and excited to be doing what they do there."
"That everything is in one building, because it's cold outside! The friendliness of the staff and the dedication of the faculty to your success. "
"You can avoid their 8 hour a day powerpoint lectures. This was popular with the students."
"Everyone is very welcoming and friendly - Administrative staff, Faculty and Students. Small class size - students really seemed to like it."
"Everything!!! The class size of 60 was impressive enough. The familiarity between student and faculty. The professors truly want to help you become the best physician you can be. The staff were always very helpful and polite. The students all seemed to love attending UMD. Most importantly, the interviewers truly wanted to get to know me. They didn't just ask standard questions and move on, they were truly interested in the application beyond the paper. "
"How proud of their school students and staff were. the size of a class"
"Very relaxed."
"How friendly and caring everyone seemed to be. "
"The small class sizes, the community of the medical school."
"The atmosphere and people were very warm and friendly. Interviews were very laid back-basically a conversation."
"Relaxed atmosphere of the school, small class size"
"The Native American Center, Students, Anatomy Labs, "
"How relaxed and nice everyone was. The students, how dedicated everyone seemed."
"the students giving the tour said they were really happy they chose Duluth"
"The faculty and students created a very welcoming and relaxed environment."
"Everybody was very encouraging about entering medicine as a career."
"The intimacy of the school is great. Everyone seemed so nice and eager to help. The 2 students who gave the tour were genuine and sincerely enthusiastic about the school."
"The interviewers were very well prepared and very interested in what I had done and what I was doing with the rest of this year."
"The people at the medical school were fantastic. They all were very nice and very open to questions."
"The admissions secretary is super nice. The students were really imformative and my first interviewer was really nice."
"The staff and students were so friendly and encouraging. "
"The school is extremely friendly, everyone was very down-to-earth and welcoming."
"the small size, clinical rotations (not just an H & P per month) during second year, and how caring the faculty seem"
"Susan Christiansen, Dr. Day and Dr. Stouffer were all very friendly and informative. "
"small, tight-knit classes with many benifical opportunities of a big school"
"The community feel of the school!"
"The teachers were very interesting, and I liked the labs."
"Anatomy Labs were impressive"
"Every single person there was so friendly, the students got along super well, the anatomy lab had absolutely zero odor."
"Made me feel out of place for not being "rural enough", despite growing up in Duluth and having been mentored by physicians who went to UMD. PhD interviewer did not ask any questions that would gauge my abilities as a physician, but instead felt the need to dissect my imperfect GPA and said "you wouldn't be the top of your class in med school but you'd do ok" How was that a productive comment?"
"The rudeness of my second interviewer."
"Didnt seem like a lot of student life activities, but Im sure theres more than they let on"
"Having all lectures in just one room"
"My second interview was less relaxed than my first (he blatently told me he'd prefer I had a different major), but overall it wasn't too bad."
"Nothing. I love this school"
"My student tour guides weren't the brightest, sorry to say. They couldn't answer basic questions about technology and the curriculum. The facilities are small, and not as nice as other schools I have visited."
"Nothing comes to mind."
"I know many schools are set up this way, but it is hard to imagine spending all classes for an entire school year in one classroom."
"Nothing really, but that may be baised as it's my top choice, and I seriously like everything about the program/location."
"That I was stuck in my hotel, it's too cold outside to go anywhere and there are no busses. :("
"It was about -10 degrees outside!"
"nothing..."
"smaller and older facilities"
"Parking"
"Facilities are very old, but really all you need to get a good education...there's nothing fancy about the place. "
"Do not bother applying or interviewing unless sincerely interested in rural, primary care."
"Grading System "
"Nothing."
"The COLD weather"
"Nothing really negatively impressed me."
"While producing rural medicine docs is their stated goal, the willingness to help you specialize in anything else may be limited."
"The facilities were rather small (only two exam rooms) and the students stayed in the same lecture hall all day for classes.."
"Nothing"
"My second interviewer was kind of odd and asked me about my high school activities."
"The focus on rural practice in MN felt really narrow to me and I wished they could be more accepting of other interests that compliment rural health care such as getting an MPH etc..."
"Nothing!"
"nothing I didn't know about going into it"
"The student tour guide. "
"the lunch was really bland"
"The facility is rather small, and Duluth is COLD!"
"Nothing really."
"The town of Duluth"
"There were only 2 main classrooms for the med school, but that's no big deal I guess."
"How laid back the interview would be - it was very conversational."
"Use the edgewater hotel, they picked me up from airport, took me to interview, picked me up and took me to airport for free"
"The interests of the professors I interviewed with"
"Really do your research on health care reform and be prepared with an educated answer to what change you want to see. You will almost certainly get asked about it."
"How outrageous one of my interviewers was! Outrageous in a fun way, of course."
"I think I prepared pretty well but they really drill you on your commitment to rural and family medicine."
"The names of my interviewers"
"Only 60 in the class! Slim chances for an out of state person, but I liked that it was small."
"Put the blinders on, Family Medicine ($112,00/year) or nothing."
"bring gloves..."
"All of the classes are in the same room."
"Nothing...I was well aware and informed of the institution."
"Nothing"
"How laid back and comfortable they make you feel. Great School"
"Nothing."
"They put a lot of weight on whether you have shadowed a rural family practice doc. They want to make sure you know what you are getting yourself into."
"There is at least one other candidate that is interviewing on the same day. You will be spending down time and having lunch with the other candidate."
"I had interviewed here last year and was pretty comfortable with what to expect."
"The paucity of medical school space and the relative inconvenience of having the teaching hospitals located across town."
"get there early to find parking"
"N/A"
"It is very important to shadow a rural physician before you interview. I think this is something that they really value."
"Not to be stressed at all and also: Expect the unexpected."
"how much parking sucks, plan to get there at least half an hour early, just in case."
"There are no other established allied health professional schools at Duluth. I found it difficult to believe that a solid educational foundation could be laid in a context devoid of professionals and students from pharmacy, PT, nursing, social work, etc. -- they all go hand in hand, and the education in a vaccuum idea rubbed me the wrong way."
"Duluth is better than my first impression. Also, UMD is very high rated for primary care, one of the tops in the midwest, especially for a public university"
"Nothing really, the experience was pretty laid back."
"They were going to ask me specific questions about problems in rurual areas, what it means to be a rural physician, etc."
"The interview felt very much like they wanted me to prove my worth. There was no sense of "seeing if the school is a good fit". Almost every question from one interviewer was directed at my flaws and wanting me to explain why I'm good enough, rather than if I'm a good fit, and if they are a good fit for me. Very interrogational at moments and was def my least positive interview experience."
"My second interviewer made me feel like I didn't belong."
"Overall, I thought the school was great. I liked the atmosphere, small class sizes, and the city."
"Be ready to explain why you want to practice rural, family medicine - including specific reasons and examples. Great school, loved it!"
"The school is exactly what I want. It's small and gives the community atmosphere that I'm looking for. Very friendly staff"
"I love this school and city. This is my top choice because of what I have already talked about. The teachers are great, the students are friendly, and they have a pretty nice facility."
"I was less stressed than I thought I'd be. It was a great overall experience for a medical school interview."
"It was relaxed, more of a kind of get-to-know you experience rather than trying to stump you with hard ethical dilemmas. The admissions people were very friendly, seemed like they knew a lot about me already, listened and I had good conversations."
"Old news. Kindof like a time machine to 1980."
"Very conversational, both interviewers asked me further questions about my application, my commitment to rural medicine, interest in family medicine. Quite stress free as far as interviews go."
"Two interviewers, 1 on 1, each for an hour. At first, I thought an hour would be excessive but it was perfect because it allowed me to show the staff my true potential. I interviewed with Ms. Wirta and Dr. Ward, both were absolutely amazing at reducing stress of the interview and reciprocating in the conversation. The interviews were an incredible experience. After the interviews, they reinforced my positive attributes and also gave me advice on improving my negatives. "
"gernerally stress free. The interviews were very conversational."
"Duluth is a beatiful city and everybody at UMD's medical school seemed (and still seems) friendly and excited to be there."
"It was a wonderful experience, much better than I anticipated. Duluth is a beautiful city with so much to do if you have the drive. "
"It was pretty relaxed. My second interviewer was respectably tough...but somehow managed to not make me feel uncomfortable even though he did ask some high pressure questions. First interviewer was great...was like having conversation with a friend."
"Excellent experience. Interviews were great. I thought that the school's facilities were very nice, but its definately a small school with small classes, so it's not for everyone. Inevitably you will talk about rural and family medicine."
"Overall good experience"
"The school has a great support system for American Indian Students, I loved the school. "
"I had two one hour interviews. Then I had lunch with a student, she then gave me a tour. I was the only person interviewing that day. Everyone was very nice and welcoming. "
"I had Dr Forbes, who teaches neuroanatomy. She talked a lot. She would ask me a question, I started to answer, and then all of a sudden we were talking about her grandson. I also had Nick Patromis, a community member and the owner of all the Burger Kings in Duluth. He would ask questions rapidly, not giving much time for an answer."
"The interview seemed more like a conversation than a formal interview. The process was as stress-free as possible."
"Spoke with financial aid officer, took tour, had lunch, two interviews, one with a faculty member and another with a community member on the Adcomm. My second interviewer was a non surgical orthopod/sports medicine doc at a local hospital."
"It was a great experience. I came away feeling great about the school, the education they give, the ideals the teach, and the environment bestowed on the students by the faculty."
"It was great! I really liked the interviewers and I interviewed them as much as they interviewed me. However, I was very disappointed in their facilities."
"My interview experince was great. The first person I interviewed with was very laid back and it didn't even feel like an interview. It was if I had known him for years."
"It was a good experience overall. Absolutely know why you are interested in rural medicine because that is the kind of physician they are looking for. Both interviewers asked me about my rural medicine interests and challenged me on whether I had did my homework."
"I was really tired when I got there because I drove up from the twin cities that morning. However, the faculty, staff and students were really friendly and encouraging. They immediately put me at ease and I felt very comfortable. The facilities were more impressive than I thought they would be. The interviews themselves were fairly grueling, because there are two back to back. Overall it was a positive experience."
"Overall, the experience was great and I felt as if I were just talking with friends, not critical interviewers deciding the course of my life!"
"chill, you'll be fine, everyone's ridiculously nice and my interviewers seemed to really just want to clarify and expound upon things I offered up about myself. None of that whole "tell me about yourself" "what are your weaknesses" BS."
"The interview is very quick and relatively painless. Parking can be a pain, so get there early. I have lunch first with another interview student and two med students. Everything is really laid back and they were trying to be very honest--not trying to sell the school bur rather give you a good idea of what one can expect. My advice is to interview the school as much as the school in interviewing you. Ask questions. The two interviews were really great. We found ideals and attributes that we shared and really just conversed about them. I didn't want to leave because I was having such a good time."
"Overall, Duluth is a great place to learn and get one-on-one attention (there are only 53 students in the class) I have been accepted there and will probably attend next fall."
"It went fast, everyone was friendly."
"The first interview was very typical with a physician from the area, and the second with an instructor was much more involved."
"Excellent, virtually stress-free, it was a very welcoming and encouraging atmosphere."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 43 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 30 |
| Neutral | 3 |
| Discouraging | 1 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.47 | 36 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 28 |
| Out of state | 8 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 5 |
| 2-3 hours | 11 |
| 4-6 hours | 14 |
| 7+ hours | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 8 |
| Automobile | 25 |
| Train or subway | 2 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 13 |
| $101-$200 | 7 |
| $201-$300 | 2 |
| $301-$400 | 1 |
| $401-$500 | 1 |
| $501+ | 4 |
Duluth International Airport
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| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 1 |
| With students at the school | 1 |
| Friends or family | 5 |
| Hotel | 19 |
| Home | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.36 | 36 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.78 | 36 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.50 | 36 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.70 | 20 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.70 | 20 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.21 | 19 |
"You want empathetic and grounded physicians, yet you focus on numbers rather than character in your interviews. Students from the Duluth area have very limited opportunities on the pathway to med school, yet their own local med school looks down on them for not being rural enough. Shadowing is barred from local hospitals. You seem to have no desire to support your own community and aspiring physicians."
"none, had a great experience."
"They mailed my stuff to me pretty late before my interview. Other than that everything has gove smoothly."
"It would be nice if you could get the name of the interviewer(s) before the day."
"None."
"Get up to speed. Impress your candidates instead of taking them to the greaseball food plaza. Tell"
"Email letters instead of paper mail."
"None, by far the most efficient and courteous admissions staff I have dealt with."
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