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  • University of South Alabama College of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Mobile, AL
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

No change

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"What do you do in your free time?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

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

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"If there was one thing you want me to tell the admissions committee when we meet tonight to discuss you, what would it be?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Why did you choose your undergraduate school?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"To explain a discrepancy between my MCAT score (high) and my GPA (acceptable, but nothing special). This was the first person to ask me that out of three different schools and 8 interviewers, and somewhat hard because I do not personally see a discrepancy in my stats!" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Looked at this website, skimmed cnn.com/health..." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The Women's and Children's Hospital makes South seem like the place you want to be if you are interested in pursuing a career in a related field." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"We were only shown the Women's and Children's Hospital... probably because it is South's biggest bragging right, but it kind of made me wonder about all the other hospitals... are they that bad? In addition, the biomedical sciences building on campus- where your spend your life for first and second year- is old, outdated, and a horrible place to spend two years of your life. The library isn't anything to write home about either." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That South uses a 1-10 rating system for applicants; I really don't see too much room for anything but applicants' stats to make or break them. Entirely too unfair, in my mind! There's more to people than numbers!" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"All in all... not bad. But not great either. I'll take it if it's the only place I get in though- anywhere is better than nowhere!" Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/19/2003

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