No change
10 out of 10
4 out of 10
10 out of 10
40 minutes
At the school
3
In a group
Closed file
"1. Did the doctors you shadowed think you were crazy for wanting to go into primary care? Why do you think I am asking you this?....... 2.What are your weaknesses? ..... 3. When might a physician refuse to care for a patient? What if they are the only doctor for miles and miles in rural Alaska?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"What I learned from children that I worked with in a volunteer experience 6 years ago (when I was 17). [very few questions about recent activities]. Is there a particular health care policy plan that you like?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Interviewer: What do you think is the greatest problem facing patients today? Me: lack of access. Interviewer: But the patients you worked with (in sliding-scale charity clinics) had access." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"For the final question, is there anything you would like to tell us, or would you like to tell us why we should accept you? " Report Response | I was asked this question too
"I reread my amcas, read the UW bioethics site, read some health policy and ethics books, and answered the possible interview questions listed in the book "Essays that will get you into Medical School."" Report Response
"I love this school. " Report Response
"Interrogation! I was very thrown off by the devil's advocate type questions and the unhappy look on one interviewer's face. It also found that I did not have much time to think, as there were 3 interviewers rapidly asking questions. Also, I felt like they asked me very little questions about more recent and relevant experiences." Report Response
"I wish the NY times article about unhappy primary care physicians had come out before this interview! " Report Response
"I wish I had read "Understanding Health Policy" before the interview, and not after it. I also wish I had practiced answering devil's advocate-type questions. In my other interviews, the interviewers didn't question everything I said.. I felt badly about this interview after it was over, I know I did not do my best. I let the stress get to me, and I did not represent myself accurately. I ended up getting rejected at the last executive committee meeting. :-( However, all of the current UW SOM students told me they felt crappy after their interviews, too." Report Response
Student
Enthusiastic
7 out of 10
Out of state
4-6 hours
Airplane
$301-$400
SEA
With students at the school
11/15/2008
10 out of 10
10 out of 10
10 out of 10
10 out of 10
10 out of 10
5 out of 10
"I was told by admissions that they were making sure that the interview was no longer "interrogative"" Report Response
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