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  • University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Edmonton, AB
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How you think you did?

10 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

10 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"What was the most special volunteer activity you did?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What can be done to help troubled aboriginal people in our community? (did volunteer work with aboriginal people)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Your patient wishes to use alternative medicine to cure her cancer. What would you do?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What makes you get up in the morning and do the things you do?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Why not be a nurse?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Practice interviews with med students and used this site for practice questions. Also did a prep interview with a Career Counseler which was okay. Read the newspaper, watched the news and kept rehearsing answers to Q's." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The people interviewing me were very nice and made me feel so comfortable and at ease." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"There was really nothing sepcial done for the applicants (i.e. no interview video etc.)" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Nothing since I went to UofA for undergrad." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Was excellent. Advice for applicants = relax and be your self. Be proud that you have made it this far in your pre-medical careers and use this interview as an opporunity to show us why you deserve to be a doctor!! Good Luck" Report Response

Tour and Travel

How do you rank the facilities?

10 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

02/20/2006

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

10 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

10 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

10 out of 10

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