How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.26 | 23 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 18 |
| Negatively | 4 |
| No change | 1 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 4.88 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.83 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.42 | 24 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 1 |
| Virtual | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 1 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 0 |
| 25 minutes | 0 |
| 30 minutes | 0 |
| 35 minutes | 0 |
| 40 minutes | 1 |
| 45 minutes | 0 |
| 50 minutes | 1 |
| 55 minutes | 1 |
| 60+ minutes | 19 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 20 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 21 |
| In a group | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 18 |
| Closed file | 3 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.26 | 23 |
"They played 20 questions with me lmfao"
"NDA; but MMI was tough"
"MMI - confidential"
"MMI confidential questions"
"Signed a NDA for MMI, but similar to other MMI questions I've had."
"MMI - signed NDA Offered a short (~20min) traditional interview as well"
"Signed NDA"
"No specifics. The school requires you to sign a NDA."
"MMI"
"Had to sign a non-disclosure on the MMI, but they present 9 situations to address, plus a slightly longer standard interview."
"Signed non-disclosure agreement. Multiple Mini-interview (MMI) format. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_mini_interview) (Also, search "multiple mini interview" in PubMed for published articles and lists of sample questions.)"
"Signed NDA. 9 scenario questions, 1 more "traditional" interview"
"Cannot say, due to an NDA signed at the school regarding the MMI process."
"The MMI cannot be discussed because of a Non-disclosure agreement. However, the tradition 1 on 1 interview that also occurs on interview day was very typical."
"MMI"
"MMI - confidential"
"MMI confidential questions"
"Signed a NDA for MMI, but similar to other MMI questions I've had."
"Signed NDA"
"In addition to the MMI, there is a traditional, open-file, one-on-one interview with a member of the admissions committee. He/she asks typical questions about data from your primary and secondary applications."
"Reviewed my application/activities, looked through their website, read up on some ethics/healthcare topics"
"read up about the school and patient population"
"Read up on school, browsed sdn, practiced MMI scenarios"
"Read up on bioethics"
"Reviewed my application, thought about ethical scenarios"
"I practiced responding to MMI situations with a partner."
"They read my application, so I prepared to talk about stuff i wrote about."
"Read through the information they sent in an email."
"I read all I could about MMI format and sample questions. I carefully read US Health Care Reform, Medicare, and Medical Ethics articles on Wikipedia. These helped tremendously. I also found that researching the medical school, Carilion Hospital system, and the surrounding area helped me to better appreciate the experience and help me imagine living there."
"Read over my application, did practice MMI questions (multiple-mini interviews). None of it helped."
"Did research online for the MMI. Prepared for the traditional interview by learning as much as I could about the school and reading through my applications."
"Read and prepared answers to sample MMI questions."
"Being done"
"Students"
"Curriculum, enthusiasm of faculty and staff, student testimony, facilities, charm of Roanoke area"
"friendliness of faculty, modern facilities, integration of research, high STEP scores"
"Facilities are brand new and beautiful. They really do a lot to prepare physicians who have a strong foundation in research, and out of all the schools I've interviewed at they have the most opportunity to do legitimate research. Also liked that they have weeks off between each block, and that the area was beautiful! The hospital is incredible and every specialty you can imagine is present in the Carilion Clinic"
"Small class size, brand new facilities, very personable students and other interviewees, high Step 1 scores (~240 for the first class)"
"The entire visit was impressive."
"The admissions staff and administration seem very committed to providing for the new students."
"They are accounting for the fact they are a new medical school and were very reassuring about their intended success."
"Nearly everything: the interview process was both personal and professional. The faculty and students are clearly dedicated and passionate workers. The structure of the interview experience allowed the interviewees to get to know one another, the school, and the neighborhood well. Everything has been planned and purposely designed for student success - because there aren't any laurels to rest upon here (unlike the big Ivys who couldn't care less if TAs taught oversized classes) - they have shown commitment to each individual."
"Beautiful new school, nice staff, fun scenario questions -- really seem to have an interesting research and PBL learning program set up"
"The school's facilities; the hospital tour; the description of how the unique curriculum was created."
"The school, a clean slate, and it it being built by the right people. They want their students to become great physicians, and they leave little doubt that they will succeed."
"It was a lot of psycho babel type questions"
"The fact that the only response to all of my answers was "ok""
"Small Campus, stoic interviewers"
"Low diversity of interviewees and students (ethnicity and more); only a couple students came to talk with us at lunch (though the Friday night reception was quite good and helpful)"
"MMI was really long"
"Since it is so new still the area directly surrounding the school and hospital doesn't have a ton of stuff. Outside of school and hospital cafes there is currently just a Starbucks and a Moe's right across the street from what I saw."
"No reputation in the medical community yet"
"Location is kinda out in the boonies."
"Still determining the curriculum, might changed third/fourth year around... but haven't decided how or if they will... makes me feel very uncertain about the entire program."
"Being a new school, they have a lot of programs packed into the basket for their students. But what looks good on paper, may not succeed when the ball is rolling. Charter classes will be guinea pigs."
"Much of the information they presented during the informational sessions was repeated in the other sessions."
"It would be a waste of time and money"
"This was not my first MMI, but it was very difficult"
"How low-stress the reception is the night before."
"How wonderfully pleasant the experience would be. They do their best to keep you calm and are very transparent about the process."
"I wish I hadn't stressed out about it so much. It was no-big-deal!"
"How much I would love it! Friendliest people."
"How much I would like it!"
"Don't bring a bag/purse during interviews"
"Having done a few interviews, this is becoming old hat by now."
"To bring a pen!"
"Don’t apply unless you want to waste money"
"Be a bit friendlier"
"very warm, kind interviewers who seemed genuinely interested in getting to know me"
"Very laid-back and friendly interview atmosphere"
"Loved everything about the school! This is my top choice post-interview"
"I loved this school. They gave us a bus tour of Roanoke which was nice because you could be spending 4 years there! Other schools I've interviewed at I was only able to see the school and nothing else. Definitely go to the reception, talk to students, but also talk a lot to fellow applicants. I live in a major city now but really enjoyed the Roanoke area and the mountains right down the road. This was also probably the best hospital I've seen that has an associated medical school."
"MMI style, one of the interviews was a longer, open file traditional interview that was very pleasant."
"A great interview experience and I believe this school will train excellent physicians."
"Applied here without knowing much about the school. Left with a very good impression."
"Roanoke is kinda out there in rural Virginia, but the people are awesome. Students, faculty, everybody. I would go for that reason alone."
"New medical schools, in general, are a breed apart. It's natural to be cautious and wary of a yet "unproven" school, but consider that millions of dollars and decades of research have gone into forming the most modern undergraduate medical educational experience yet. Established schools in the upper echelons of US News & World Report Rankings aren't ranked on the happiness of their students either. In a positive environment that fosters imaginative thinking and learning, tomorrow's leaders might come from a place you didn't know the name of yesterday."
"The interview is alot of fun! But I left very uncertain about how I did."
"All of the facilities we were shown were beautiful, new, and sophisticated. We also got a very extensive tour of the hospital with its director, and were served a pretty tasty catered lunch. I left with the sense that this school will go far and soon become one of the top medical schools."
"MMI. Very different from most schools."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 6 |
| Faculty member | 1 |
| Admissions staff | 10 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 15 |
| Neutral | 3 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.83 | 23 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 4 |
| Out of state | 14 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 1 |
| 2-3 hours | 2 |
| 4-6 hours | 7 |
| 7+ hours | 8 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 4 |
| Automobile | 13 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 2 |
| $101-$200 | 7 |
| $201-$300 | 2 |
| $301-$400 | 0 |
| $401-$500 | 1 |
| $501+ | 3 |
Roanoke Regional Airport
Roanoke
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 0 |
| Hotel | 14 |
| Home | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.54 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.58 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.33 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.79 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.96 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.04 | 24 |
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