Negatively
8 out of 10
45 minutes
At the school
1
One-on-one
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"What are the major issues in medicine that you feel will affect your ability to practice medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Despite the defects of the system, why do you still want to go into medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"How can you solve the US healthcare crisis." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"How to solve the US healthcare crisis" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Read over the website, re-read my application." Report Response
"The quality of the facilities was excellent, as was the excitement of the staff and students." Report Response
"The interviews were one-on-one, and my interviewer was not an MD and seemed overly confrontational." Report Response
"While I was extremely impressed by the overall quality of the school, I definitely did not gel well with my interviewer in the least. I am of Indian origin, am a biology major at a selective college but have a significant disparity between my MCAT and GPA (high MCAT, average-mediocre grades). At one point, my interviewer, who was also Indian but was a scientist rather than an MD, commented on the fact that I had done significant work in journalism, and that there were very few of "us" in journalism, so wouldn't it make sense for me to go into that field instead. When I explained that my strengths lay in medicine, he suggested that I was simply too overcommitted throughout my college years. While I do wish my grades were higher, I do not regret the fact that I invested my time heavily in very worthwhile extracurricular activities like the campus newspaper, in residential life and in heading up a service group. I felt as the interviewer had a specific ideal candidate and I wasn't it. I think my experience was an anomaly, in all honesty - everyone else I've spoken with (who had a different interviewer) felt very good coming out of the interview and didn't feel stressed in the least. I would love to get into the school, but my interviewer soured the experience significantly." Report Response
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