Positively
2 out of 10
10 out of 10
8 out of 10
60+ minutes
At the school
2
One-on-one
Open file
"Tell me about your family." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Tell me about your extracurricular activitiesâ€â€starting in freshmen year." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Why do you want to study medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"So are you going to employ your language and literature background in your medical studies?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"What personal factors do you think might cause you problems in medical school?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Reviewed application, read up on school's website, attended local interview workshop." Report Response
"The breadth of facilities in the Texas Medical Center. The pleasantness of the students at the luncheon, during tours, and at a mixer the night before." Report Response
"I'm kind of an architecture snob, so the layout and appearance of some floors on the school bothered me. Some older, unrenovated floors seemed dark, secluded, and slightly depressing. The ones renovated after Allison, however, looked great!" Report Response
"It was my first interview, so I wish I'd brushed up on my ENTIRE application ahead of timeâ€â€not just the narrative sections." Report Response
"My interviews were back-to-back, and since they were my first ones, I was more nervous than I should have been. The first was with a pediatric emergency medicine doctor. She had a moderate accent which I had to parse at first; this also increased my nervousness. But she was very calm and sweet. She was mainly interested in my motivation to study medicine and how my extracurricular interests complemented my studies. By the end it was very much a conversation: we talked about the need for empathy but not sympathy for a patient, how to deal with terminal patients, and cultural factors of healthcare. She ignored her secretaries knocking for five minutes in order to finish up the conversation. The second interviewer was a Ph.D. specializing in elctron microscopy. I went arrived early, he invited me in, then took a few minutes to type a brief emailâ€â€fingertapping with only his index digit! Combined with his age (early 70's, I'd guess) and his crusty surroundings, I began to get some neagtive vibes. These were only increased when he finally turned around, picked up my app (obviously for the first time ever), scribbled some notes, and then asked, "So tell me about your extracurricularsâ€â€starting in freshmen year." He aura seemed displeased that I hadn't done any research. However, I took it upon myself to improve the situation and win him over. After a few minutes of me fumbling to remember the exact chronology of some of my extracurriculars and explaining some light periods in them due to very busy courseloads, things got rolling. He was very surprised and interested in my language background and my readings in Russian literature (which also form the basis of my undergraduate thesis). I think he was very impressed that I was a humanist who still had a very strong love of science beyond the core requirements. Things went really well from this point on. I had a great conversation with him for 90 minutes, by the end of which he was having me read some research grants and was showing me Powerpoints of his work (including some really awesome images of the PDC that were in my biochemistry text!). I was really flattered when he told me that he'd never had an interviewee like me in fourteen years and gave me advice about picking between schools!" Report Response
Student
Enthusiastic
9 out of 10
In state
2-3 hours
Automobile
< $100
Friends or family
9 out of 10
yes
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