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⭐ Overall Impressions ▼
SDN Interview Experience Score
8.6
Above Average
Higher scores indicate a smoother, more positive interview experience with professional staff, organized logistics, and a supportive environment.
Based on 1,044 responses
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9–10 Exceptional
8–8.9 Very Good
7–7.9 Good
6–6.9 Mixed
< 6 Needs Improvement
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💬 Interview Questions ▼
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
The most commonly asked interview questions at medical schools revolve around the applicant's motivation for pursuing medicine, experiences in healthcare, views on ethical dilemmas, leadership qualities, and personal background. Some interviews were structured in an MMI format, focusing on scenarios and ethical decision-making, potentially bound by a nondisclosure agreement, while others emphasized the applicant's application details and their fit for the program.
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Asked me specifics about my application, like what was the hypothesis on a literature review project I was working on.
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Why U-Miami? Specific questions about my primary app (like my interests outside of medicine). What I'd like them to tell the admissions committee about me.
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Tell me about a time when people depended on you as a leader
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What was the most interesting clinical case you have seen?
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Is healthcare a right or a privilege?
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One interview totally involved ethics-based scenarios. For instance, you see an elderly woman outside the hospital, she's wearing a gown, and seems disorientated. What do you do? My interviewer was very receptive but appreciated me using key words or details. In this case, an important detail is trying to get information from the wrist tag typically given to hospital patients in order to try and figure out where the patient should go. In another scenario where a worried wife calls you (the doctor) and asks for her husband's exam results, a key word/concept would be HIPAA. Of course, I think equally or more important than this is being able to describe your approach, reasoning, and the ethical principles that are implicated.
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Tell me about your volunteering/community outreach
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What do you think about healthcare as a right vs a privilege?
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What would you do if you had a friend who was struggling with serious emotional problems or drug abuse?
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Tell me about your research
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Tell me what led you to medicine
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How would you cope with having to give bad news to kids/parents/anyone?
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Would you lie to a patient? Is it ever okay to not be 100% honest?
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Would you ever lie to a paitent?
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What do your parents do?
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Why not MD/PhD?
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Why University of Miami?
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Why UM?
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He asked me to explain certain statements in my application, for example: I think a degree in public health will make me a more-well rounded physician....he asked how?
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how does being late make you feel?
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What are your strengths/weaknesses?
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Tell be about yourself. Tell me about reseach...
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Describe such and such shadowing experience.
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Why UM over UF or USF?
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How do you define a leader?
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Why medicine? Why UMMSM?
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So, tell me about the research you did? Tell me about the volunteering? etc with multiple things on my application.
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What do you think about HMO medicine? How would you practice if under HMO contract?
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Should Eastern/Holistic/ . . . medicine be incorporated into regular medicine?
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If you were a first assistant in an OR and the surgeon walked in showing clear signs of inebriation, what would you do?
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You've studied and worked in fields totally unrelated to medicine. Where did the idea of medicine come from?
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Did you ever have a friend who was a substance abuser? If so, how did you handle the situation?
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Is it ever ok to lie to a patient?
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Tell me what makes you so special?
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Why medicine question
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"Is it ever ethical to lie to a patient?"
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Why U of Miami? Just for the weather?
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Tell me you story
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What do you do for fun and relaxation?
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When was a time you made a sacrifice for someone that was not in your own family?
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What is your worst quality?/ What is your best quality?
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Tell me what you'd do if you caught your friend cheating (the question was also framed around the idea of the school's "honor code").
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Is it ever ok to not be 100% honest with a patient.
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So...tell me about yourself, how did you end up here at Miller?
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Tell me about yourself.
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Leadership experience
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What are your strengths and weaknesses?
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see above
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Tell me about your research.
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What medical issues do you think will become issues in the upcoming election?
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What kind of clinical experience have you had?
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What kind of leader are you and how have you demonstrated it?
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Why medicine?
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Do you think women are taking over medicine? Do you think that women will benefit medicine?
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Specific questions about my AMCAS info
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Teach something non-medical in 5 minutes.
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all questions were specific to my application or standard questions you'd expect
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Tell me about your family.
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What is a leader?
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Did your parents pressure you to go into medicine? Because mine did. No, are you sure they didn't?
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Do you think leadership is important as a Dr.?
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What is your strongest point?
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Review other feedback
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Define: HMO? PPO? Medicare & Medicaid?
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So you graduated early? What did you do during that time?
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What is your most memorable patient/volunteer experience?
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Why do you want to be a doctor?
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Why Miami?
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Tell me about yourself starting with when you were born.
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Please define leadership, how you think it is an important quality as a doctor, and your experiences with it.
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What made you decide on medicine?
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What do you think are the 2 biggest problems in healthcare?
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When did you decide you wanted to be a doctor?
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Why not MD PhD?
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When did you know you wanted to be a doctor?
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How did your parents' health care occupations influence your desire to become a physician?
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What did you like about your undergrad?
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Tell me about your research. Did you like it? (Ironically, the interviewer specialized in a similar topic of my research, so know your research well)
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What events have shaped who you are?
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How did you feel about growing up in South Florida?
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See above.
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How did your experience at the 911 dispatch office affect your understanding of medicine?
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Give me a basic design of the kind of thesis you envision yourself doing...
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What is the main problem in healthcare? How would you fix it?
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Asked me to explain the people/activities/events that have "shaped" who I am today. Pretty much the standard "so tell me about yourself" question.
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What qualities make a great leader?
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Tell me more about your research.
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What college professor has influenced you most?
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Give an example of when you fulfilled a leadership role.
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Why be a doctor?
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Why do you think there is a cycle of poverty?
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What leadership roles have you taken?
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What do you think about our healthcare system?
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How has your mother's career influenced your life?
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Describe the qualities that make a physician a good leader.
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Experiences and how do these relate to your career as a doctor.
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Leadership question
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Ethics question above
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Some ethics questions: What do you think about abortion, doing things that go against your beliefs, etc., and how would you handle these situations?
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Tell me about your military leadership experiences.
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How was your trip to Europe?
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What would you do or say to a patient that has AIDS and who won't tell their spouse / significant other?
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What is plan B for if you don't get into medical school this year?
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Tell me about yourself
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Tell me about your leadership qualities, and the leadership qualities of a doctor
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Tell me what you know about our medical school.
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Tell me about yourself. Something that is NOT on the applications.
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Explain your research to a layperson.
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So I see you volunteered with Dr. So and So. How did you meet him? Do you think you would be a pediatrician?
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three good and bad things abot the US healthcare system
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Which of your clinical experiences most solidified your desire to become a physician?
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What are your strengths and weakness?
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What activities do you participate in that are not related to medicine?
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What kind of research are you interested in?
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Tell me how you got here (in terms of your life and why you are interviewing for medical school)?
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What would you do if your best friend's daughter came to you for an abortion?
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Specific questions from my personal statement and Miami secondary.
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Tell me about yourself and how you decided to go into medicine.
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What sparked your interest in science and medicine? Name a couple of stand-out memories from your volunteering experiences.
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What is the best place you have traveled?
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How would your best friend describe you?
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Examples of when I have been a leader
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tell me about research
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Why do you want to go into the MD/PhD program? Do you think it is worth the extra years?
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Tell me about your abroad experience.
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How did you get here today? This was in the context of life story.
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(from MD interview)- 1) When did you first decide that you wanted to become a physician? 2) If you had to choose between pursuing the MD or the PhD only, which would you choose and why? 3) How did (specific portion of application essay) influence your decision to pursue biomedical research? 4) What are three adjectives you would use to describe yourself?
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Only clarifying questions about my autobiography.
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What is the most important health care issue to you
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I am an older applicant so several questions about how I plan on handling going back to school with a family, etc.
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Tell me about your research project and what is your goal?
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Tell me about yourself. Tell me about your research.
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Why did you get this score on the MCAT, what happened? I scored average, but nothing great and he wanted to know why I thought I did how I did.
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What about yourself, will make u a good doc?
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Tell me about yourself. Who has been most influential in yoru decisin to become a doctor.
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Did you have any other leadership positions except what's in your file?
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Tell me about your childhood? Who is your rolemodel? What kind of medicine you want to practice? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What kind of research have you done?
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What would you do if you do not get into medical school?
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What will you do if you don't get into medical school?
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What influences lead you to Medicine?
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What qualities do you think a physician should have? Out of the physicians you followed what did you like versus not liking about their qualities as a physician?
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How did you come to be sitting in this chair across from me today?
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Asked about how my various medical experiences made me want to pursue medicine.
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Why medicine? Why Miami?
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See above but also: What are your strengths, weaknesses?
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Why do you want to become a doctor?
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About travel experiences.
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why medicine
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See most difficult question above.
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Tell me about your family/expereinces in medicine/leadership experiences?
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Explain to me "who you are" from a non-cognitive point of view; considering all you have written in your personal statement and your healthcare experiences to this point.
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Why did you repeat organic chemistry?
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standard questions, nothing difficult
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how was your time at your undergrad?
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Why engineering
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Describe what a leader is.
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Tell me about leardership experiences
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Tell me about your clinical experiences.
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Leadership roles, etc....
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Most of the questions basically asked for clarifications to my personal statement, and activities described in the AMCAS application.
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give an instance of leadership
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Why do you want to come to Miami? (This was probably what we talked about for the longest)
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When and Why did you decide to be a doctor.
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Any pets? Tell me about your siblings
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What area of medicine are you interested in?
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Tell me about yourself (ugh)
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Why do you want to go into medicine rather than some other field?
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Don't worry about the questions, just be relaxed and enjoy the day. My interviewer was extremely friendly and personable. My impression is that Miami is genuinely interested in getting to know the candidates that they have invited to interview, both as individuals and as future physicians.
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Tell me about riding therapy.
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Why did you choose your undergraduate institution.
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What are your strength/weaknesses?
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Tell me your life story. What qualities do you have that would make you a good physician?
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The basics: Why be a doctor, why Miami, describe a major issue that will be affecting you as a physician in the future.
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How would you respond if one of your colleagues was in disagreement with you, but you knew you were "right"?
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Why do you want to be a doctor?
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Who are the people who influenced your decision to pursue medicine?
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Compare the healthcare system in the US versus in Canada.
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Do you have any role models (who are they)?
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Tell me about your childhood/teenage years.
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Why did you choose your undergraduate school?
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Expound upon a specific life-altering event described in my AMCAS essay.
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Why do you want to be a doctor? Why do you want to come to Miami?
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Why did I choose my undergraduate institution?
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Describe the events in your life that has led to you at this point wanting to be a physician.
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Asked about some high school experiences.
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Asked about shadowing/volunteer experiences.
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Why I want to pursue a career in medicine instead of doing a similar program which take me less time?
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What were your high school extracurricular activities.
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Discussions concerning my past research.
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Asked about my patient contact experience.
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Assuming you are accepted to all schools at which you've interviewed, what's the most important factor in choosing a school.
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Who was your role model in dancing? (I used to dance professionally)
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Tell me about your research with Dr. X
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How would I resolve India Pakistan tension, as they are both nuclear capable? My views and take on the whole issue.
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tell me about (specific volunteer activity)
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Tell me about (insert activity here)...
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How would you like me to describe you to the committee?
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Why did you decide medicine after doing your major?(not science)
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I was asked about my patient contacts and which one was the most important to me in my decision to study medicine.
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What do you think of the state of healthcare?
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What are some qualities a leader should possess, and do you have any of these qualities?
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What type of multicultural experiences have you had?
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Qualities of a leader and how they can be applied to medicine.
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Do you have any role models? Tell me about them.
What was the most interesting question?
Students said most interesting question asked at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine discussed a wide range of topics including ethical scenarios, handling difficult patient situations, personal motivations for pursuing medicine, and leadership qualities. While the interview questions varied, there were multiple references to MMI format, suggesting a structured scenario-based approach with possible nondisclosure agreements in place for respondents.
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Scenario questions - What would you do if you had to deliver bad news but the family does not want you to tell the patient.
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Is healthcare a right or a privilege?
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What would you do if a patient came to you at your private practice with a minor infection but could not pay for treatment?
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13. I was asked to give an instance where I saw something interesting in the clinic or in my research lab and did my independent research on the condition. This may have been something specific to my letter of rec.
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What do you do if you notice your attending physician is acting under the influence of drugs/alcohol
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If you were on clerkship and your resident/attending came in intoxicated, how would you handle it?
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Suppose you were rotating in the emergency department. How would you handle a difficult patient?
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How would you respond to a lovelorn patient?
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Ethical scenario
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Most unique thing about your life
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How do you see yourself in 10 years?
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How would you handle a patient who refused to accept their diagnosis?
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If you were running late for your surgery rotation upstairs, and you ran into an incoherent patient who seemed to be lost in the hallways, what would you do?
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Do you think doctors should always be 100% honest with their patients?
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You said you saw teaching as applying to a career in medicine...how? ...i responded about how senior residents learn from junior residents, etc. and how we teach patients
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Tell me about X experience
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Why did you apply for md/mph?
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How did you make a difference as a mentor?
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How much time will you devote to research, clinic, and academic medicine? Give percentages. (I want to go into academics)
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When have you acted as a leader when you weren't expecting to play this role?
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The multiple scenario questions I received. I loved them though. My answers came very natural.
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Nothing particularly intersting.
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Tell me something that demonstrated your compassion.
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How do you think your having a Down's Syndrome brother will affect your practice of medicine?
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N/A
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How would you handle a friend with a drug problem?
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Have you ever been overwhelmed, how did you handle this?
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"How has playing [sport] influenced you as a person?"
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Could you switch from cheering for the Gators to cheering for the Canes?
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Have you ever been disappointed before?If so, how did you respond?
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Are you interested in women's health issues? (based on a course I had taken)
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What do the Greek letters in your honor society stand for?
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Given the 80 hour resident work week, what would you do if your patient coded and you had just reached 80 hours?
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Think of a time when you were late to something important, how did you deal with it?
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Assume you hospital has regulations about the nuber of hours you can work per day, and that you have already worked the mximum umber of hours allowed. What would you do if one of your patients coded at the end of your shift?
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I understand how you came to your decision to be a doctor based on your personal statement and AMCAS, but now describe it to me in a different manner, incorporating new elements not included on my papers.
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Who won the nobel peace prize today? last year?
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Do you think it is ever appropriate to not be 100% honest with a patient?
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What is the most significant medical event that you have witness, that you will even tell your grandchildren?
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What was the biggest mistake you made during your experience at ______?
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None
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Is there anything you would change if you could go back and do college all over again?
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What do you see as the biggest problem with health care today?
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Don't remember exact wording, but it had to do with ideas for ''fixing'' or providing indigent care.
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What my relationship with my brothers is like
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What do you want to do with your MD?
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What medical issues do you think might become an issue in the upcoming election?
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I was asked to describe my experience in playing table tennis in High School.
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We just chatted about my application, Miami, and so on.
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Tell me about the TV show you worked on.
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Do you think that women will benefit medicine?
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In our discussion about baseball he asked if the reason I had chosen my favorite player as a kid was because he was cute haha
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I was asked about an old job.
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Every question was based on my application - there wasn't a single question that made me stop and think.
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My interviewer asked me about fantasy football (I mentioned it earler).
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Why didn't you apply to Johns Hopkins, Harvard, etc?
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I was asked to teach something nonscientific in five minutes. Hard to explain, but it was actually kinda fun.
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Situational Questions and about family history.
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What are the important events in your life that made you who you are?
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None. It seemed as though the fact that the interviewer could relate to me in my experiences made it unnecessary for me to finish my sentences (I am not kidding, I am not sure if she was impressed by my accomplishments or the fact that my accomplisments resembled hers).
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Nothing really out of the ordinary
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What is the current problem with US health?
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Question's about research
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What was your favorite/least favorite course in college?
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Describe your college roommate. Where do you want to live in 30 years?
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Where you given any special training to handle these children with special needs or thrown right into it?
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What is your most memorable volunteering experience?
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why would you want to be a doctor and not a nurse?
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How did you go from B to a D? What was your strategy?
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what do you see yourself doing in 15 years
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You've got a colleague at the lab who is doing short cuts with his experiments. This affecting the quality of his product. Would you tell your supervisor?
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The questions were pretty standard, not that they weren't interesting, but none especially standout. There were questions on leadership, personality, the healthcare situation, etc.
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What do you think about Japanese Art?
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What do you think will be the problems you will encounter as a physician?
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This was an interesting interview. I led things, talking about what I was interested in, and my interviewer followed up with facts and advice. No real questions in the traditional sense. Very conversational.
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What sort of travel have you done?
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Do you think salsa or merengue is harder?
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What led you to be interested in computer science? Interviews typically start with my background as a given and ask "why medicine".
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Would I like to study abroad.
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How do you feel about the war in Iraq?
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What do you think of your MCAT score?
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Which parent are you like? Why?
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Why/would you come to UM if you got into every other medical school you applied to?
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A very detailed ethical question.
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What rewards do you expect to receive from your profession as a physician?
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Tell me more about your stamp collection.
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Have you partaken in NYC's culinary offerings?
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what do you think are the characteristics that make a good leader, and how can you reflect that on the medical practice?
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Can you tell us about the more compelling moments in all of your shadowing experiences - in other words, moments that tended to solidify your desire to work toward medicine as a career?
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How did your experience at the 911 dispatch office affect your understanding of medicine?
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What will you do if, after all of this, doing research is just not in the cards - what will you do if you get an MD-only acceptance?
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How would you get medical students to volunteer more in the community? (Kind of a difficult question too, but interesting nonetheless.)
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Where did you get that tie?
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None of the questions were too surprising.
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About what I do for fun
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What are your plans for this summer?
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How is your relationship with your brother?
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How do you envision yourself acting as a leader among your future peer medical community?
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What has been the best and worst day of my life?
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Would you be willing to work in an underserved area if you could make a lot of money elsewhere?
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What was your roommate your freshman year like?
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Did you see RENT? Are the patients you work with like the people in RENT?
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What do you think about our healthcare system?
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If you could repeat one volunteer experience, and it doesn't necessarily have to be related to medical school--just because you truly enjoyed it, what would it be and why?
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What qualities help a physician be a good leader?
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Why would you not succeed/fit in at our institution?
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What qualities make a good leader?
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If you had to treat someone with a procedure that went against your moral grain, what would you do?
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Since I'm a re-applicant: You said that you had a bad interview the last time you applied here. What happened?
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You have 3 minutes to convince me to choose you over other applicants. Go.
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How do I think my family would feel if I didn't get accepted and I had to go away for medical school?
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questions based on my file
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What are your thoughts on Gov't health care?
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Hypothetical situation about abortion
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Can you think of any reason that you may not be a successful medical student at U Miami?
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In an affluent country like the United States, why is health care still so hard for people to access?
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The federal government has been throwing money at the educational problem in the United States for countless years now. The fact is that children born in poverty tend to remain poor when they grow up, despite the fact that schooling is required. How do you suggest that we counter that?
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Tell me something interesting you learned from a course in your major in college?
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what high school did you go to, and what did you think about it? (it turns out my interviewers children go to the same school)
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What do you think about abortion/gay marriage/HIV patients?
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Tell me about some of the initiatives that you wanted to take in running for office (in reference to the fact that I ran for several offices in Student Government as an undergraduate).
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Do you think hispanic patients prefer hispanic doctors?
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Why U. Kentucky? (In regard to a graduate program I had attended several years ago.)
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Why come to Miami?
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Are you an animal lover?
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None really but if I had to pick one: Did you like Emory University and what did you like most about it?
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List the people, events, and places that have shaped you becoming the person you are today.
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What type of advice would you give my daughter before she went off to college?
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Should physicians in the US care about what happens in health care abroad? (internation health and its implications for us)
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Where do you see yourself 12 years from now?
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How did you get your name? (My first name is not very common)
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What do you think the positives and negatives of this school are?
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Fastforward 12 yrs. You are a family practice physician and you have a private practice. You are married with no children. Your best friends live across the street from you and they have a 15 yr old daughter. One day you walk into your office and see their daughter who runs to you and starts to cry saying that you need to help her because she needs an abortion. She can't tell her parents because they would think she is promiscuous and she isn't as she has gone out with her boyfriend for 2 years and it was their first time going too far. What would you do, how would yopu handle the sittuation, with all legal issues set aside.
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Why engineering?
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If there was no such thing as medicine, what career would you choose?
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Tell me about Cuzco.
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In your future career as a clinician researcher, would you consider returning to the University of Florida?
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Have you ever heard of the New World Symphony?
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Tell me everything about yourself from your birth up to this point. (I then talked for 30 minutes without interruption).
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Do you think medical care is accessible in the United States? How can you make it more accessible?
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What would your best friend say about you if she was applying for you to get into medical school?
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Pretty standard questions.
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The most interesting question he asked me was what my roommates did and if they partied while I studied?
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What was an embarrassing moment for you in your life? What was a moment in your life when you were filled with content and very happy?
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If you were accepted at Miami and another school, how would you decide?
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What books have you read/movies have you seen recently?
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Who is a role model of yours, not in your family
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What do you think about the practice of medicine today compared to in the past?
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None really .... all the questions i was asked were standard questions from this website .... if you go through all the interview feedbacks for Umiami, you will have no surprises.
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What is the smallest town you have been to?
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Tell me about UF medical school (I had just interviewed there previously to UM)
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Should research funding used to devlope drugs be better off used for cancer or arthritis (in reference to Vioxx being pulled from the market)
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What other career would you choose if Medicine did not work out for you?
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Give an example in your personal life of when you exhibited leadership qualities (meaning with friends etc not ec activities)
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Your best friend's fifteen-year-old daughter comes to you, in a fit of tears, and wants you to give her an abortion and NOT tell her paretns. Without regard to legal issues... what do you think is the right thing to do? (This is interesting all right <wink>. As if ethical questions are not touchy enough.... the interviewer made it personal!)
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Nothing unexpected.
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What would your fraternity brothers have to say about you and any qualities that would make them want to be one of your classmates?
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What, do you think, is the value of professional athletes in American society today?
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How do you feel about euthanasia? I know, not that "interesting"...sorry ;)
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What would you do if a patient refuses medication or treatment?
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If you were working with a group of people and they all had one point of view but you had a different view that you felt was right, how would you go about convincing the others to accept your point of view?
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The doctor interviewing me said that he had a patient that was brain dead and the family went out and got a court order that the patient was not to be taken off life support. He asked me what I thought he should do.
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personal questions in regard to how I would react to certain situations
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When stress levels are high, who do you confide in and what sort of activities do you partake in to alleviate the stress?
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What qualities do you consider important in leadership/being a leader and how have your previous experiences influenced your response?
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What do you think about the necessity of a relationship between psychological intervention/treatment and classical medicine?
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Why Spanish? (I was a Spanish major)
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none, everything was standard.
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What was the last movie and book that I had read, we also discussed art briefly.
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My interviewer just asked me to summarize my life up to the present and explain what has led to me to choose medicine. I felt as though he really wanted to get to know me and to make the interview as relaxed as possible.
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What is your idea of a leader?
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if I was to write one last sentence to the admissions board about you, what should it be?
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no real questions. my interview was very conversational and relaxing. we talked more about running than anything else! um doesn't interview that many people, so if you make it to the interview, they really just want to see if you have a pulse and are personable - stuff they can't figure out from reading your file.
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What is toli?
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We had a great discussion about the importance of research in medicine...
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have you worked with REALLY sick people?
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Do you have a best friend and tell me about him/her.
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A challenging experience you have had.
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What kinds of students do you NOT like who are in your class? Explain what makes them unlikable.
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We had some interesting conversations, not a result of any questions.
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What is the difference between judo and jujitsu?
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What has been the most important scientific breakthrough in the last century? (I'm a history of science major)
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What will keep you from changing your mind about going to medical school?
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What would prevent you from your goal of becoming a doctor?
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About my love for Hindi movies and culture
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Questions concerning my personal statement (volunteer experiences and family)
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What have you read recently about healthcare? (I read a lot about healthcare issues)
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None of the questions were all that interesting, though he did ask some good questions about my application that showed he actually read everything.
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How are we end the cycle of poverty in America?
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Nothing really - tell me about yourself.
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What do you think is the most important class in the first year curriculum?
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Do you like kimchi?
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What would you do if you don't get into medical school?
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Why do you feel people from disadvantaged backgrounds tend to stay in a similar place/ socioeconomic status?
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How has your education/experience prepared you over our other applicants?
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Some say that the number of women in medicine will dramatically increase in the future. Do you agree or disagree and why?
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Discuss the research you conducted in college?
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What is the worst thing that has ever happened to you?
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???
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How I could integrate my hobbies and work in the future.
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Qualities of a leader and how a physicians must exemplify those qualities.
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How does your family feel about your accomplishments.
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What is a leader? Describe a situation when you acted as a leader? What is the role of a physician as a leader?
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All of the questions were ones that I was prepared for (and those listed in the interview section of medical school review books)
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there were no interesting and/or strange questions, just chatting about my file
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What I would like to do for the international health?
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He asked me about what some of my more interesting experiences as an EMT were.
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The interview was an informal discussion as opposed to the typical monotonous questions so often asked on interviews.
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If you're the lead (not a superior) on a team doing a project, and all others on the team think your idea is wrong and threaten to quit the project, what do you do?
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What do you picture (the practice of) medicine will be like when you graduate from medical school?
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About rap as poetry and poetry slams
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Can you demonstrate what Hanmi is? (It's a position in a martial art I learn, so I actually stood up during the interview to show him what it was)
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How would I resolve India Pakistan tension, as they are both nuclear capable?
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Give me an example of a situation where you were a leader but also had to use teamwork to accomplish your goals.
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Why should I accept you?
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do you think human cloning should be allowed
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What kind of car do you drive that gets 50 miles/gallon?
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There was nothing out of the ordinary or particularly interesting
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How did I plan to take advantage of the things the unique curriculum and clinical experiences at the University of Miami had to offer me.
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What disease is the most problematic today?
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?
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What kinds of multicultural experiences have you had?
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There wasn't a particular question that I was asked that stood out in my mind. The entire interview flowed as a conversation and I was allowed to direct the topic of conversation. The faculty member doing the interview went through my extra curricular activities listed on my AMCAS and asked about a few of them.
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I was given a scenario where I would have to make an ethical decision about abortion. Some people might be offended by it, but frankly, I thought it was an appropriate question and I was happy to answer it.
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None. The admissions officer had the charisma of a corpse. He really spooked me out. He asked questions that were not pertinent to my file and mostly surrounded my hispanic background which he managed to offend at different times.
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How would you improve the foster care system in America?
What was the most difficult question?
Students said most difficult question asked at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine discussed a wide range of topics, including ethical dilemmas, healthcare system improvements, personal weaknesses, and reflections on past experiences. The interviews seemed to follow a structured format, with some participants mentioning straightforward questions alongside more challenging inquiries. Additionally, responses indicated a diverse array of questions, although there were references to MMI format and nondisclosure agreements in a few instances, suggesting a mix of interview styles and confidentiality measures in place.
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I was asked "what is the most interesting clinical case" you've seen and was asked to provide 2 cases
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How would you react to a patient who doesn't like you due to your identity?
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What would you do if a patient came to you at your private practice with a minor infection but could not pay for treatment?
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I had seen this question in the interview feedback and had practiced it once, but in the moment got tripped up. I was asked if I deemed health care to be a right or a privilege.
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Something about a new drug that costs $400k a year and how would I make it possible for patients to take it.
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The most interesting question followed up with: Have you ever been in the emergency room? If so, how does that influence your opinion of the difficult patient?
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Brag about yourself
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Role-playing with ethical dilemmas
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None - straightforward
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How would you handle an openly hostile patient?
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Would you give your telephone number out to patients? How would this affect you in practice?
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none - questions were all pretty straightforward
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He asked me about a reckless driving charge I had for unsafe speed.....he asked me how I had changed since that......I told him that I used cruise control and asked my boyfriend to drive me when I'm late
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Tell me about a difficult day in your life
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Weakness question
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She asked me to talk about a shadowing experience I totally forgot about. I struggled to remember the details.
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Is it ever okay to lie to a patient?
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When have you felt the need to break the rules?
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What is one of your weaknesses.
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Is your practice vision realistic?
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Why are you interviewees so nervous? It won't help you get in.
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Any questions for me? (That should have been the easiest--I had a few prepared--but my brain simply went blank. But I detected a subtle smile indicating he understood good and well...)
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Have you had any acceptances?
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Lots of questions about my background and why I made certain decisions and what I learned from them
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What makes you so special?
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none
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None really. There was nothing that wasn't posted by others on previous feedback.
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How will you prepare for the ethical side of medicine?
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Do you believe physicians have to be 100 % honest with their patients?
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n/a
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When was a time that you made a right decision even though it seemed like the wrong thing to do traditionally?
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None were really difficult
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Tell me about a time where you ended up getting in trouble and how you turned the situation into a positive.
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What is the worst advice you have ever given someone? WTF!!?
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None stood out as being too difficult.
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Why do you think the US health care system is going down?
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How has your personality landed you in trouble?
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What do you think about poverty in this country and the idea of universal healthcare?
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None were difficult if you know yourself well.
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How would you deal with indigent care?Don't remember exact wording, but it had to do with ideas for ''fixing'' or providing indigent care.
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none really, but a very structured interview...one question after another with barely enough time to answer.
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You are from New York and went to school up north. Miami seems a bit random. Why Miami?
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What will be the hardest thing for you as a physician to sacrifice?
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All the question were pretty standard. The interview was more like a conversation.
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''Since your application is obviously strong enough to be selected for an interview, tell me why you think you should be admitted.''
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None, really.
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What is the bowel prep for taking a video pill?
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What do you think about Universal Healthcare?
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none difficult
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What other medical schools did you apply to?
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None.
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Nothing much really. Just the health care questions.
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What do you like about the other schools you have visited so far? How does Miami compare with them?
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Nothing was difficult.
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Weaknesses.
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''Tell me, what are some of the ethical problems that the health care system of the United states is facing? Please do not mention stem cell research or doctors making their consultations shorter for money purposes, I've already heard these before.
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1. How would you solve world poverty? (I mean seriously- come on- this is a horrible question) 2. Two patients come into the hospital at the same time: one with private health insurance, one without health insurance. Their are two rooms available: one clean private room and one communal room where someone has just had explosive, stinky diarrhea. Which patient goes where? (horrible, stupid question)
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Have you done any traveling by yourself to show that you're independent?
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What makes a good leader?
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some research questions not specifically related to my work
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Nothing too difficult. Describe the current healthcare situation in America, and what you can contribute to help the problem.
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What do you thing contributes to the poverty cycle in the USA and how would you change the system?
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nothing very difficult...mostly conversational...i guess the hardest question was in regards to my father's role in my life in general and in making big decisions
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Probably the one above
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what do you see yourself doing in 15 years
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Probably the one above.
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I was asked a situational question about abortion, which involved doctor patient confidentiality issues.
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Nothing all too difficult
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NA
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How would you fix the healthcare system?
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What happened on the writing portion of your MCAT (big difference btw. writing and rest of sections on my score)?
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I thought all the questions were fair and reasonable.
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How I would contribute to the school.
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none too difficult
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How can we improve access to health care?
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What do you think is the biggest problem in health care and how would you fix it?
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Ethical question dealing with providing free health care repetitively and how I would deal with it.
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Talk about your weaknesses.
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How would you characterize your future relationships with your patients?
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None really.....
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Tell me what you know about the Medical Scholars Program
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One of your interviewers described you as "___". Please elaborate on this quality.
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What do you think about yourself?
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What would you do if you didn't get in this time around? (I answered). And if your 2nd time around you didn't get in again?
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No matter who or how nice you are, someone, somewhere, doesn't like you. Can you think of what reason they might have for not liking you?
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So how do you think your experiences make you prepared to be a doctor? (Not the exact wording, but that's the essence of the question.)
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Question about a 15 year old girl dealing with thoughts about abortion and how I would act on the situation.
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If you could change the health care system, what would you change?
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Some in depth questions about the US healthcare system
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What do you look for in a medical school?
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None, all were pretty straight-forward and conversational.
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What do you think was the worst day/time of your life and what did you learn?
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What do I think will be the most significant up-and-coming ethical issues regarding medicine?
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Nothing really. Basic standard questions for the most part
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You have 3 minutes to convince me to admit you.
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How should we fix health care in thie country?
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What do you think about our healthcare system?
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Can't think of any at the moment
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At what point in your life did you first feel the fire to become a doctor?
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What is social medicine?
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How would you incorporate medicine into your previous activities?
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The above, plus a variety of questions on HMO's.
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Where does Miami rank on your list of schools? This question followed another where he asked where else I had interviewed and expected me to name names. I have to say that I found these questions to be completely inappropriate. Of course, you can't say that to the interviewer, but be forewarned that you may get asked this, so have a positive, noncommital, pro-Miami response ready.
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If you could single-handedly fix the health insurance problem in the US, what would you do, and how?
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How do you isolate interacting proteins? (I'm currently doing research on transcription factors and was asked this thinking that I had done enough to give a decent response.)
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What do you think about HMO's?
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Hypothetically, what would you do if a patient came to you and straight out told you they could not pay for it?
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Tell me about yourself.
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Hypothetical question about abortion
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What is your motivation for going into medicine?
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How do you fix healthcare/HMOs in this country?
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Look above.
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What quality about yourself would you want to change?
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What do you think about healthcare in the US, and what do you think the solution is?
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If you had the money to fix the HMO's problems, how would you do that?
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The interview was very conversational, and it was obvious that my interviewer was not "out to get me." None of the questions were very difficult, they were all general questions about my application, my research, my experiences, etc.
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None really, it was very conversational.
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Please give me the highlights, not related to medicine, of your life.... (I asked what specifically the interviewer was interested in, given that it could take me hours to answer that question otherwise...the interviewer replied by asking what hobbies I had outside of medicine....)
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None really but if I had to pick one: How would you solve the problem of lack of healthcare coverage in the lower middle income families?
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What is your worst quality?
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I don't recall any difficult questions
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How can we solve the inequities that exist in our health system (I brought this up though)
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What are your weaknesses and how have you tried to strengthen them?
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What do you see as an ethical dilemma facing you as a physician?
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None.. they were all pretty routine.
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Same as above
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None- the interview was completely laid back. I felt like I was talking to an old friend.
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If you could tell me, the last sentence that you would use to describe yourself to the committee, what would it be?
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If you had to choose between the MD or PhD program, which would you choose and how would you arrive at that conclusion.
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What percentage of time would you devote to research, clinical work, and teaching? Explain why and whether this is feasible.
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If you were to choose between the MD or the PhD only (and you couldn't receive any NIH funds to be an MD doing research) which track would you choose?
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If you were working with a team & the team didn't agree with your ideas, how will you resolve the conflict?
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What would you do if your best friend's daughter (15) came to you for an abortion?
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Something about how would you change healthcare in Florida.
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None of them were that difficult at all, he most asked questions about my file it was real up front and more like a conversation than an interview.
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How would you fix healthcare in America
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Nothing really that difficult.
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I honestly can't say anything was extremely difficult because all of the questions were straightforward and he did not ask me any ethics questions, which are usually the tough ones. He did also try to give me advice on how to decide on a med school and then asked if I had any questions when he was finished, which I liked.
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What do you dread about medical school?
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How have you demonstrated leadership?
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What do you think can be done to change the direction of the healthcare industry
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What happens when your religious faith conflicts with a patient's request?
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None really......all were pretty standard-get-to-know-you kind of questions
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How do we deliver healthcare to these small towns?
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None really...it was very conversational.
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How would my moral beliefs affect the way I practiced medicine
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None. There was not really a question that put you on the hot seat or anything.
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see above
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Sooo... how did you come to be sitting in this chair across from me today? (hubda wha? Unlike the abortion question where I confidently knew my beliefs before the interview, I found this question to be more difficult because of how open-ended it was. Fortunately, with such vague questions, the interviewer allows you to control the direction of the conversation.)
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Again, nothing unexpected.
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Which of your hobbies would you continue to keep if your free time in medical school only allowed one?
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What qualities do you think a leader needs? Do you have those? Also, how do you think that the doctors that you shadow need to improve?
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Tell me about your self-awareness. I really did not know how to answer this.
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The question above.
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The doctor interviewing me said that he had a patient that was brain dead and the family went out and got a court order that the patient was not to be taken off life support. He asked me what I thought he should do.
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what was the most stressful situation that I have had
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Your GPA is outstanding. Why is your MCAT score just average?
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Explain how you would respond if you had a family friend's daughter (15y/o) approach you about terminating her unplanned pregnancy. Also, explain your reasoning and why you would respond in this fashion considering that you know her family very well.
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Why do you want to come here -- other than family connections.
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None, the interview was conversational and I felt prepared with my background reseach of UM.
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Where I had interviewed - and why I wanted to go to UM over those schools.
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How would you change the healthcare system?
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same
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no difficult questions.
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Why did you choose to attend your undergraduate institution?
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How do feel that you will balance a career in surgery (what I'm interested in going into) with having a family life (as I'm female)?
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No difficult questions; just things about research/clinical activities, etc.
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see the idiocy of the above question
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Same, because it was a little unexpected
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How would you talk to the student you described above?
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There were no difficult questions; it was very conversational.
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Why medicine instead of something in the humanities? (I was a history major) -- This isn't really a hard question, but that's seriously the most difficult thing I was asked. The interview was definitely not stressful at all.
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How would you address poverty?
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The interviewer was not trying to make the situation difficult. This was my first interview and the interviewer made me feel rather comfortable.
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What is your favorite color?(What does this say about me?)
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Nothing too difficult was asked
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How would you handle a patient that does not have insurance?
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Name the 3 diseases/conditions responsible for the most deaths in the U.S. per year. (How could I forget stroke?!?!)
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What would I do if I was working in a small group in which we all had to come to some sort of consensus and I was the lone dissenter, a la "Twelve Angry Men," what would I do?
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Tell me about yourself (I tend to ramble at questions like this since they are so broad and unspecific)
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What's the biggest problem facing healthcare today?
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Nothing difficult. Just make sure you've researched about the school and are prepared to expand on your application.
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How would you approach the son of a man to whom you had just given the wrong medication?
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Often your ethics will conflict with your patient's request. Pick any example and comment on what you would do. Also, what is wrong with HMOs and what you would do to improve the state of healthcare today?
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What would you change about yourself (personal qualities) if you could change one thing? I thought this was hard, although I should have thought about it beforehand like everyone else.
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Honestly I think I blanked when he asked me, but one difficult one I remember was: What do you think is missing from patient care?
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Is there a reason that you believe you would not fit into Miami? This was difficult because I couldn't think of any reason because it is a perfect match for me.
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What qualities do you believe will make you a good medical student and doctor?
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If you could come up with a plan to pay for uninsured patients, what would you do?
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???
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If I were president, what would I change about the healthcare system.
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What should I say to the committee if they ask why you did not get a 4.0 GPA in your graduate program?
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none were difficult
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None!
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Again, nothing difficult. He did ask me to simply describe myself. this could be difficult if you have nothing planned to say.
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Exactly what in the US education system prevents you from being a teacher?
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The questions were fair and I don't think there were too difficult questions.
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I was all set to talk about why I want to go to medical school, why Miami, etc. but it sort of threw me off when we started talking about my high school experiences (since that was 10 years ago)
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No difficult question.
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Why did it take you so long to decide to change your career and go into medicine.
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None, every question were pretty much laid back.
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Suggest a solution for the uninsured masses, how can you provide care for them? Who and How?
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How would I change (insert volunteer activity here) to make it better?
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Why should I reject you? (Very hard...b/c I don't want to get rejected!)
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Are there any other patients that you can think of that have impacted you personally and/or professionally? (I have worked/volunteered in healthcare for three years)
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What do you think is happening with US healthcare. (But really the interviewer was not expecting an indepth analysis, just an opinion)
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Why I thought I would be a good doctor.
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What was the last movie you saw (i drew a blank!)?
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How do you feel about the state of healthcare in our country?
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Why did you apply to the University of Miami? I wouldn't consider any of the questions I was asked to be hard, but considering I am an out of state resident, I had to think about this one for a moment.
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None. He said. You're a great candidate. You have everything going for you and he starts listing things. Then he says my GPA and he states "amazing". He starts reading my MCAT score and he states great, but then he goes "you scored very poorly on your verbal section." He continued to state that I would not be accepted because of this, no ifs- ands- or buts
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What is the biggest problem in health care today and how would i fix it?
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼
How long was the interview?
Most respondents had an interview of more than 50 minutes.
How did the interview impress you?
Most respondents felt positively about their interview.
How many people interviewed you?
Most respondents were interviewed by 1 person.
What was the stress level of the interview?
Most respondents rated their interview as low stress.
How you think you did?
Most respondents thought they performed well at the interview.
What was the style of the interview?
Most respondents had a one-on-one interview.
What type of interview was it?
Most respondents had an open file interview.
Was this interview in-person or virtual?
Most respondents had a virtual interview.
Data includes both pre- and post-COVID interviews.
Where did the interview take place?
Most respondents were interviewed at the school.
How did you prepare for the interview?
Applicants commonly prepared for the interview by reviewing their application materials, reading through Student Doctor Network (SDN) feedback, practicing mock interviews, researching the school's website, and staying updated on healthcare and ethical issues. Many also engaged in mock interviews, introspection, and discussing potential questions and scenarios with friends, advisors, or current medical students.
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SDN questions, mock interview with my undergrad, Big Interview, UW Ethics page
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I briefly read over my application and personal website, I made sure my zoom camera and microphone were working, and I read about some typical interview questions.
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SDN, and read over my application.
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SDN, UW BioEthics site, reddit, general interview prep
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SDN and reviewed application both primary and secondary. Know your experiences well.
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Ironically, something definitely incredibly helpful was reviewing aloud and writing key points for my response to questions from SDN's interview feedback section. UW was also really great (spent the entire week prior to interviewing, reviewing it—most importantly answering by myself the scenario questions at the end of each section). Specifically for the interview based on my app and experiences, I thoroughly reflected on and reviewed multiple times the responsibilities, lessons, memorable experiences, and skills I gained in each activity. This helps with questions like describe a time a teammate was uncooperative, a time you demonstrated leadership skills, a time your actions had a ripple effect (this last one wasn't specifically asked, but I think something similar was). *For those with time and interested in seeing different kinds of scenarios, I personally enjoyed watching the YT video "A Conversation About Challenging Cases in Clinical Ethics" just because it shows how professionals would more naturally respond and the importance of considering the implications of each decision and approach. The three scenarios presented are MUCH more complex than the ones given at any interview I have ever attended!
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SDN, interview prep, went through my whole AMCAS application and personal statement
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Re-read my application, UM website, SDN
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I had taken mock interview prep
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Reviewed bioethics on University of Washington website (Google it!) Scanned over my app that I sent, right before my interview.
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SDN, Private Interview Coach, Online Resources, Multiple Mock Interviews
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UW bioethics website, introspection
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SDN, read primary and secondary, looked up top interview questions
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SDN
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Reviewed the website, AMCAS app, and secondary.
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Reviewed primary/secondary and researched the school.
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Reviewed my primary and secondary app essays, reviewed UM website and MSAR, SDN
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Reread AMCAS and secondary
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read up on the school (wikipedia, their website), read these
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read this site, studied the school's website.
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SDN, AMCAS review
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Didn't really, hence the struggle.
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SDN, UM website
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Mock interviews and improving with feedback
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Student doctor, UMMSM website, reviewing my application
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I went over my applications essays as a reminder of what I included.
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Sifted through questions on StudentDoctor, prepared my own questions and wrote down potential answers to questions.
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Mock interview.
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I reviewed my primary and secondary applications, including essays, as well as my old research paper. I looked up various things like types of health insurance, stem cell research, etc. I also looked at the questions other applicants have provided in this interview feedback section.
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School website, SDN feedback.
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read my file, read interview feedback
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mock interview, SDN, school's website, MSAR, AMCAS, secondary
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read SDN interview feedback, looked at med school website
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SDN, looked over my application.
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Nothing.
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SDN website, talking to medical students from the school, pre-professional committee and other online resources.
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Re-read application, SDN, arrived 2 days early to explore city with rental car
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SDN, reread old AMCAS material, internet website
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SDN, School workshop, mock interview, school/city research, reading!
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SDN, Other interviews
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SDN, primary, secondary, website, spoke to a friend who goes there
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SDN, secondary, AMCAS, and practiced with some generic interview concepts (health policy, current affairs, etc.).
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SDN, friends, talk to self
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SDN, MSAR, school website, brochure
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UM pamphlet, SDN, MSAR, Secondary, AMCAS
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SDN, Mock Interviews with Family/Friends
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read UM webiste, my AMCAS, studentdoc.net. HMO/PPO/universal healthcare
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read through interview threads, SDN, healthcare articles
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Med interview prep books, SDN, interviewed myself in front of a video camera
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Reviewed file, reviewed SDN feedback.
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SDN, read over my app, University of Washington Ethics page
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School's website, mailed materials. Also, I've been reading up on the Miami Project for a long time.
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SDN, talked to friends
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Read over my own file, secondary materials, and did some research on the school.
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SDN, school website, AMCAS, secondary application
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Getting potential Qs from SDN interview feedback database, mock-interview
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Read health policy books, SDN, interview books. I was way overprepared, it turned out.
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SDN, website.
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SDN, friends, school website
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read over my application, SDN, school's website
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I prepared with friends and an advisor.
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Read my application, a few things on the health care system and its problems.
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Read my application, this site, read up on health policy, looked at miami website.
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Read over application and the UM website.
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I prepared lists of questions that I'd expect to be asked and came up with answers to them. Also read SDN and other websites.
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Read file, browse websites for frequently asked questions.
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SDN, reviewed my AMCAS and secondary app, researched the school's website, talked with a current student
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SDN, read my AMCAs and secondaries.
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SDN, school website, read over recent health care issues, AMCAS and secondary
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Read my applications, read their website (this helps), read SDN, read wikipedia.
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Review School info, amcas, essays, sdn, practice interview Q's
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Read over my application/essays, SDN, read about UM in med school guides
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other interviews
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read over secondary, supplemental, read a few things on healthcare policy, newspapers, browsed school's website
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SDN, read over my secondary. The school website wasn't very helpful.
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SDN, read over application materials, UMMSM website.
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SDN, Interview Feedback, came up with key points that I wanted to address for different question types and asked my family members and friends what they thought.
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Read SDN and school website
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Typical preparations....
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SDN, read AMCAS application, read secondary, reserached the school...
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SDN, website, secondary application, AMCAS
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Read SDN. Read UMiami's website. Looked over my AMCAS, secondary, and notes on my research.
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Read SDN, looked at the school's website, went to some other interviews first, so I felt pretty ready.
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Read web-site, SDN, my secondary, newspaper
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Read SDN. Read the UMiami @ FAU website. Reviewed my AMCAS and secondary.
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Reread essays, newspaper.
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SDN, website, sleep
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Reviewed U Miami website.
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SDN, re-read my APP, website
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AMCAS, UM secondary, read a book on healthcare, HMO's, and reviewed my research.
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SDN, read over AMCAS
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Read over AMCAS, secondary, web site, SDN
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Web site / SDN
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UM Med School website, student doctor, aamc, my application
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SDN, read my application, mock interviews, UM website
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UM website, interview pamphlet, SDN, MSAR
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Nothing
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MSAR's UM Miller Profile, SDN, UM Website, UM Med's Magazine, NEJM Editorial by Atul Gawande
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Read over application, etc.
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Mellowed out and went a day early to catch the weather - printed out some bios of the research faculty I asked for, but basically just made sure I was in a good mood.
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reading my resume, SDN.com, reviewing possible interview questions
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Usual stuff, re-read my AMCAS, looked at UM website and read up on some ethical issues.
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AMCAS application, UM secondary, UM med website
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This site, some articles on healthcare, UM website, secondary, AMCAS
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sdn, read over amcas & secondary
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sdn, review my AMCAS and secondary, understand my research well enough to explain it.
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Read a short introductory book on interviewing skills, visited school's website, reviewed AMCAS, common questions
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sdn, website research
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SD feedback, AMCAS review, made up a list of questions that I could expect to see
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sdn, read secondary, studied up on HMOs and universal healthcare.
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SDN, read my application, read up on HMOs and other health care systems
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SDN, Internet, review my AMCAS and secondary application.
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SDN, reviewed ethics/healthcare policy issues, reviewed my app, the school's website, etc.
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SDN, mock interviews, reading my previous essays and applications.
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School website, re-read my apps and essays, reviewed this website, called administrator prior to interviewing and asked pertinent questions, which gave me a heads-up on new programs not listed on website.
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SDN, looked over my research, Miller website.
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Brushed up on healthcare issues
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Read the Miami website, read the feedback on SDN, practiced answering questions, re-read my application. The interviewer has access to both your secondary and AMCAS applications.
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read news, watched the news, SDN, RELAX
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looking over AMCAS application, school website, sdn
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SDN, my AMCAS and secondary applications, read up on the school, healthcare issues in the US, and "hot topics" in ethics (I live in the city and attend UM undergrad so I knew a lot about the school already)
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SDN, mock interviews, reviewed my files, studied ethical situations
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Didn't prepare. I just decided to be honest and spontaneous.
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SDN, miami website, etc.
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Browsed interview reviews on this website, reviewed my application.
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SDN, read my AMCAS app, read my Miami Applications, and read up on HMOs and PPOs
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Created a 200+ page packet describing the U.S. healthcare system, and contemporary issues. Also, SDN of course lol.
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SDN Med School Interview Feedback, AMCAS, secondary, wrote out questions and answers and practiced
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sdn, read miami website, read over my amcas
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Read the UM website, which is informative. Looked at SDN, reviewed my secondary.
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Read over applications, sdn.
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I did little to prepare; read up on SDN the night before and read over my AMCAS and secondary answers.
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UM website, SDN, internet, prior interviews
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I read SDN, printed questions off of it, and had someone ask me the questions. I participated in a mock interview with an admissions director from another institution (at a Pre-Med conference). I went to Borders and read books on interview questions & perused similar websites.
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sdn, school website and a mock interview.
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Reviewed applications, SDN, reviewed my research notes
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Mock interviews, SDN, various interviewing sites on the web.
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Student Doctor Network, read over my application
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SDN, watched the presidential debate, reviewed my application
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read amcas
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Read SDN, read basic healthcare policy information from internet/books, re-read my AMCAS and secondary applications.
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read over AMCAS, application essays, read about school
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studentdoctor.net, reviewed my applications, and researched the school and its facilities.
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sdn, UM website, read application over
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read about the school
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prayers, sdn, review my application, relaxed, had fun and really tried to enjoy my conversation with the interviewer.
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read ap / sdn
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I read over my application, looked over the school website, and read the bio's of the interviewers whose research interested me.
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reread AMCAS application and UM secondary application, researched current issues in healthcare
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Read over my published articles & abstracts, thesis, primary AMCAS essay, and secondary application essay. Since my focus is molecular biology, continued to keep myself up-to-date on current research developments in the area. Discussed potential questions & strategies with professors I work with currently.
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-briefly read over my AMCAS application; read the bios and the most recent primary journal articles of each interviewer for the MD/PhD program; read over the history of the school etc via the 'net
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Read over my AMCAS, secondary application, SDN
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SDN, website, application, and secondary
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SDN, AMCAS app, personal statement, secondary essays, school website
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I read these reviews, went over sample question and my application
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SDN, MSAR, read my essays, current events
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AMCAS, Secondary, Current Events
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I went over my applications, reviewed studentdoctor.net and went over questions and my answers to them with family members to prepare.
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Splurged on a nice suit ;)
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Read SDN, Miami website, AMCAS application
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Student doctor, previous interview helped (same questions were asked), read my AMCAS app again, talk to people who go/went there
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Looked over school website, reviewed common questions, reviewed amcas application
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found out about UM through its students at a college forum
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Went to UMiami's website, looked at question here
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Read interview feedback and their website.
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read SDN, read the UM website
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Read this forum, reviewed my application
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SDN, UM website, Freinds at school, etc...
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I read this website and talked to a few friends that had previously interviewed at Miami.
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I read about current healthcare events, visited the UM website (easy to navigate and really informative), reviewed my application info, and explored downtown Miami (the night before) to make sure that I knew where the college of medicine was located.
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SDN, secondary, and the School's website.
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same as everybody else. Miami has a website that is actually better than most schools so its worth taking a look at.
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I didn't.
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Read this site, read about UM (he never quizzed me on it though, yay!), Read over my CV and applications!
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Speak to current medical school students.
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I read over Miami's website and SDN forums and interview feedback secions.
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SDN, UM website.
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Studentdoctor.net, reviewed my application, went over some possible questions and how I would answer them
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studentdoctor.net, u of miami site and publications, students at school
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Reviewing secondary application, personal essay, school website, and studentdoctor.net
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Read UofM and this website, made sure I was aware of local issues, practiced Spanish (just kidding!)
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SDN website, UM website and literature
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Lots of coffee!
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read SDN, read school web site, read articles on web, etc..
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Studied my AMCAS essay and University of Miami secondary application, reviewed the University of Miami website, spoke with UM med school alumnis and read follow-up responses from this website.
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looked at UM website, sdn.
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Read primary and secondary
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Reread my AMCAS and secondary app, read through the Miami website
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Extensive review of my amcas and secondary application in addition to UM's website.
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re-read amcas, introspection, slept well
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the usual: sdn, um website, my amcas application
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Scoured the UM website, reviewed personal statement, visited campus the day before my interview, SDN.
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Stayed with some UM 2MD students and learned a lot about the program so I could ask good questions. Made sure I could confidently discuss leadership situations I've been in, and the items I had discussed in my AMCAS and Secondary Application.
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Read the website, kept up with current events, went over my primary application.
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SDN, Miami's website, talked to friend who goes there
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Studentdoctor.net, reviewing my AMCAS, reading up on medical issues which we never even got to talk about
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AMCAS, secondary, sample questions.
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Read UM website, literature, re-read personal statement, SDN
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Reviewed my application, the UM website and current healthcare issues.
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I read the interview feedback on this site, scoured Miami's web site for info. on programs, etc.
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Read the website
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studentdoctor, read over my application, asked questions from friends in the program
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reviewed primary and secondary application, read interview feedback on SDN, kept up on current events
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read the website, sdn, re-read secondary
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Read over my ps, secondary, SDN, Miami Website
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student doc, UM website, read over application and research
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Read SDN, reviewed my application, read through school's website, went through practice interview questions.
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Read over the website and my application.
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SDN, UM website, re-read my application, Jackson-Memorial website.
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read over this site and the U. of M site.
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I spoke with current students about some of the specifics of the program and postings on this site. Read over my AMCAS and secondary application as well as the UM website. I had also done some mock interviews.
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I read about the school on the web and spoke to current and former students.
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Read the website backwards and forwards.
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read MSAR, school website, my application
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I read over my application(s), read the MSAR and any online information I could find, talked with co-workers and friends about myself and Miami, etc.
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Reviewed AMCAS application, had an ex-committee member mock interview me, read everything on SDN, talked with friends who interviewed and attended the school.
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Reading the website, this website, reviewing CV, and talking to current students.
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Reviewed the school's website and looked at responses posted on this website.
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I looked at the University of Miami website, looked at Studentdoctor.net, and went over my primary and secondary applications.
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Read the UM School of Medicine website, Read SDN, Went over my primary and secondary applications, Relaxed
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Read over my file, the secondary application I sent, talked to my friends that are current students there (definitely the most helpful)
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I read the web site for the University of Miami School of Medicine. In addition, I have friends who are current students. Each one gave me ideas of important things to mention as well as quizzed me on questions they had been asked during their interviews. I read through the feedback on studentdoctor.net as well as the standard of reviewing my primary and secondary application information.
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Website,
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studentdoctor.net , school website , reviewed my app
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sdn, website, books, talking to students
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Went over my amcas and secondary, UM website is important b/c they actually drill you on that a little bit.
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I when over my application, obtained information about the university and the city, I used the school website for that . I also visited the campus in a previous occasion. kept track of the recent and important topics in medicine. I visited this site which provide input and really help.
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studentdoctor.net, med.miami.edu, asked my student host questions.
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SDN, Miami web-site
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sdn, UM website, looked over my application
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Reviewed my AMCAS and secondaries, this web site, school web site, healthcare/ethical issues
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Reviewed applications and general prep questions.
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Read Miami's web site, read interviewfeedback, read over AMCAS and personal statement, ran through ethics and healthcare issues, spoke with some researchers I work with.
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Went over my AMCAS and my Miami application, and past interviews.
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Current events, miami.edu website, read profiles of their hospitals and affiliations with the AAMC, SDN, interview feedback.
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Looked over the Miami website and my files.
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Check out the Miami website, Talk to student host, Be myself...
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browse school website, talk to current students, reviewed application, researched current healthcare topics
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Read UM's website, SDN, read over common interview questions, spoke with people that have already interviewed at UM.
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This website, and spoke to student host who was very friendly
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I visited their web site and took advantage of their offer to be housed by a medical student on the night before my interview. I guess I just did my homework about UM.
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MSAR, StudentDoctor.net, AMCAS, Secondary, Health Articles
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SDN, reading up on UM website
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Read interview feedback; talked to students who had interviewed at the school; Read my application and information about the school
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I read the newspaper during my flight and I skimmed over their website.
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UM is my alma mater, so I didn't have to do a great deal of preparation.
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Read feedbacks.
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Mock interview, read over my file and the U of Miami website, and read about HMOs, etc.
What impressed you positively?
Applicants were overwhelmingly impressed by the warm and welcoming atmosphere at the University of Miami. They highlighted the enthusiasm and friendliness of the students and faculty, the exceptional clinical opportunities at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the accommodating and low-stress interview process, the innovative curriculum, and the beautiful campus and facilities. Many also mentioned the positive interactions with Dean Hinkley and the admissions staff, as well as the diverse patient population and research opportunities available. Overall, the school's focus on student well-being, clinical exposure, and supportive community left a lasting positive impression on applicants.
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You go into an intro room at the beginning and the faculty are very nice!
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Unique questions, they all seemed to want to get to know me better. The faculty were very excited and welcoming
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The energy of the faculty and students is very welcoming - it does seem like they are on your side. I thought the interview day was organized very well, and all pieces were impactful and helpful for me. Everybody allowed me to ask the questions I needed to determine my fit for the institution.
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Faculties, students, and my interviewers were all so lovely. The location of the school is great. Weather is great!
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fantastic enthusiasm from faculty and admissions; interviews were incredibly conversational even with difficult behavioral/situational questions
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The number of different programs / combined degrees and the experience of working at Jackson Memorial Hospital
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My interview was via zoom because of the pandemic, so my impressions are nearly entirely based off of the interviews. I was surprised by how casual and conversational the interview went. Before interviewing, I was intimidated by this school and secretly expected kind of snobby interviewers, but they definitely were not. Definitely an interview to prepare for (many questions) but not one made unnecessarily difficult by interviewers.
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Beautiful weather, Proximity of hospitals to the med school (literally steps away), Positivity of students, Incredible clinical training program
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Everyone was so very friendly and helpful, including the interviewers. It was also clear that the students love UM and feel good about the new curriculum that was made from student feedback and will be implemented in the 2020 incoming class.
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They really wanted to get to know me as a person
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The interviewers are there to be your advocate.
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I loved how happy all the students were to be there. Many other schools I interviewed at had students who seemed miserable about being in medical school. There is an amicable atmosphere at UM that I grew to appreciate.
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Great faculty:student ratio, happiness of students, opportunities
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The students seemed genuinely happy and proud of their school, and the admissions team did a great job selling the school to us.
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The opportunities UM has to offer, you can do pretty much anything in the field of medicine there
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Awesome clinical opportunities. I love that the med school is smack dab in the middle of a mini medical city with great hospitals next door.
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How beneficial having access to Jackson is to your development as a medical professional.
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Everything about the school left a positive impression. Miami is a truly international city, and the patient exposure the students were getting here was unmatched. I talked to several M2s who had been DIRECTLY involved in patient care (one had conducted a live birth). People from all over the south (think Caribbean islands) are flown into Jackson, the second busiest hospital in the nation. You know that rare disease 0.005% of the population has? How about those tropical diseases? Miami sees it all the time. The curriculum was well set up (integrated blocks, and later organ systems), the Department of Community Service was active, and students had a plethora of extracurriculars to choose from, including mission trips, research, etc. Miami is my #1.
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Cultural/social aspects of Miami. Friendliness and enthusiasm of my interviewer. Relaxed nature of interview. UM students: work hard/play hard attitude. 4-year MD/MPH program
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The happiness of the students. Everyone I spoke to seemed to adore UM
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the facilities and resources....even the gym had really high ceilings with everything brand-spanking new!
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passion, excitement of the students
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Students are really happy and have positive things to say about the school, early clinical contact, 3 different hospital systems within walking distance
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great location, facilities, and everyone seemed happy lol
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How friendly the admissions floks were and how happy the students were. They were eager to get to know the interviewees and help us out,
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The resources and opportunities the school has to offer.
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The entire interview was amazing. I left the interview feeling happy and good about myself, I loved my interviewer.
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The school is fast-paced and in a great location to learn medicine.
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The med students were nice.
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Just about everything. Cool area, great facilities, enthusiastic students, interesting curriculum.
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The weather. Seriously, I think human beings are meant to live in that climate, rather than the NY climate.
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He was very open and honest.
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you can't beat their hospital network, they seem very attentive to students' needs and suggestions, lots of care for underserved populations
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The fact that I have lived in Miami all my life makes the transition much easier, the students seem happy, the international programs, Jackson Memorial Hospital
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the facilities, Jackson Hospital, Miami, the students, the faculty, pretty much everything
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I was unbelievably impressed by the school. In the last few years, they've received hundreds of millions of dollars in grants and donations, and they've also purchased a new hospital. In the same time, they've attracted a few world class physicians for their paralysis research center and their ophthalmology center, as well as in a few other specialties. Because of that, there are opportunities to do anything you'd ever want to do, whether its clinical experience, research, or whatever. They also have a gigantic simulation center, which is one of my biggest interests in medicine. They've pumped a ton of funding into it, and IIRC it's the largest one in the United States. They have a blocked curriculum, so students are never forced to have strings of exams in anatomy, biochemistry, histology, etc. -- it's just one science course at a time with other courses in ethics and patient care to supplement that. There's a good mix of traditional lectures and PBL (a 75/25 split). There's also a lot of student support. The class is divided up into 12 different "societies" of 12 or 13 students that work together throughout the year. The societies also compete in intramural events so it's not all just work. The interview day was very laid back. There were, I believe, thirteen other people interviewing with me. We got a free breakfast and a campus tour beforehand, and the tour guides were very helpful in answering any and all questions that we had. The interview was with one physician and was open file. He asked a few general questions that he said he was forced to ask (including one silly ethical question), and then we just chatted about my application and what I do for fun and all that. It was only like 45 minutes long, and then there was lunch with med students and some more Q&A. All of the students there seemed enamored by the school (obviously a biased sample, but whatever).
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Students were friendly and laid back, although we did play the Element Game at dinner. The program directors were very nice, and the dinner at Scotty's Landing was amazing! The hotel was also very impressive.
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The entire day was done professionally. Everyone was friendly and enthusiastic about what they did and why they chose the school.
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Everything! The school's location (right in the middle of the city), facilities (top notch trauma center, 3rd largest teaching hospital, etc.), and the fact that several different clinical affiliates are conveniently located right on campus. There seem to be many opportunities for students to get involved with volunteering and social activities. I had also never been to Miami, and the city itself was much nicer and more interesting than I had expected.
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The weather: 78 in December! It is beautiful and has a county hospital on campus. Its a great place to learn Spanish and get a U.S. accredited medical degree.
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EVERYTHING! Faculty, staff, location, students, facilities, culture...
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There are so many opportunities to explore almost any sort of interest in medicine. Everyone is very friendly and the docs really want to teach.
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Patient Population, Jackson's ER (the main hospital), a huge campus but still conducive to walking
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The size of Jackson Memorial Hospital, the opportunity to work with Latinos, the classes seem cohesive, and most importantly, the location.
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Hands on clinical opportunities and research. academic societies
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The student body was by far the most friendly and positive that I have come across, lots of unity and genuine excitement about the school and the program.
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Jackson, Academic Societies, and the med students were really nice to us and helpful.
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Students, Faculty, Clinical Opportunities
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Everyone I encountered was extremely kind. Students seem genuinely happy here. Faculty are actually interested in the medical students and want to work with them. The clinical opportunities are incredible beginning your first year.
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A lot of things. It's obvious that med students here get incredible clinical training, among the best in the country. Also, everyone was really friendly and seemed genuinely happy there (I think it's pretty obvious when this is an act).
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The emphasis on clinical experience from the day you set foot on campus.
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Enthusiasm and clinical opportunity/exposure from day 1 (if you want it). That our files are completely digital. Apparently only UM and Harvard are doing this.
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I was blown away by the school. Honestly I think this is where I want to be for the next four years. I was very impressed by the facilities, the cultural diversity of the area (I heard more spanish and Haitian Creole than English) and getting my training at Jackson with the beach 10min. away seems amazing. I also really loved the students I met. They were all very positive and helpful and were very relaxed. Overall Miami was pretty awesome and I hope I get an acceptance in a few weeks!
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The tour, info session, interview were all great. Everybody was nice and caring and the facilities were great. I came directly from another interview up north and it was like night and day.
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The CLINICAL OPPORTUNITIES and what I'll be able to see and do in Jackson; enthusiasm of all of the students I met- especially one girl who spoke to us who came in with the most unique background i've heard (she was a Navy Cheerleader, medic in Navy, played piano & then studied Political Science/French at Univ of Florida) and she chose UM over other options bc of the clinical opportunities. She had a test the next day and was still chatting with us at the interviewee lunch, smiling & laughing. That says a lot about the students.
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The early clinical experience you get on REAL patients starting in the 1st year. The ''Academic Societies'' seem like they will really help students adapt to life as a medical student.
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Great clinical opportunities in the first two years of med school
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(1) Size of Jackson Medical Center and testimonies of the students that just recently they saw ''Dengue Fever'' and serious ER cases. (2) The students say that the academic environment is not competitive. (3) The students were happy of their choice to attend UM and were very active people. They also gave us advice to work at having a balanced lifestyle in med school.
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The amount of clinical exposure the students are given from the second week of medical school. Also, all the medical students were happy, enthusiastic, and had only good things to say about the school. The worst thing anyone said is at UMMSM they have lectures immediately after exams.
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Huge facilities.
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how enthuisastic the med students were about the school
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all the students there are so happy!! The academic societies sound like something students really benefit from, and the clinical experience students get at Jackson seems unparalled.
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Everyone was very upbeat and nice. I was especially impressed with first year students who had an anatomy test coming up. It was evident that they had a lot on their mind, but they still came out to meet all the people interviewing that day and put their best foot forward. I was really impressed with the endless number of clinical and research opportunities. Anything you might be interested in is offered through UMiami.
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Everything. Jackson, Dr. Hinkley, the medical students.
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I was impressed by the tour; the sheer number of hospitals on the campus offer a variety of opportunities, right in the same area. Also the weather.
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The students were INCREDIBLY enthusiastic and helpful, especially about the apparently unparalleled clinical experience you get here.
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1. What's going on here with regards to research and recruiting is incredible. I'm convinced UM's ranking is going to skyrocket in a couple years. Spoke with a number of students who were actively involved in research projects. 2. The clinical training seems to be unbeatable. One 4th year student remarked that the residency program director at his first choice essentially told him they'd be ranking him highly because of UM's clinical reputation. 3. The atmosphere was very relaxed and the students seemed very warm and friendly. I really feel like I'd fit in here. 4. USMLE Step 2 scores appear to be through the roof. 5. Miami. Enough said.
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despite the facilities being older than most I've seen, Miami did seem to provide the best clerkship experience (easily beats that of Harvard's or any other school I can think of). It's locale not only makes anyone's decision to live in South Beach convenient, but it being the only major hospital in the South East and Caribbean region really puts itself in an ideal set up for your clinical experience. The strength of all its residency programs reflect this (Jackson Memorial is a well respected institution) Really hands on clinical experience and the most diverse patient population I have seen thus far. 3rd and 4th year students reaffirmed this. Societies really integrate upper and lower classmates (not segregated like almost all schools)
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The number of amazing facilities for research as well as one of the most diverse hospitals in the nation in terms of clinical exposure. Also amazing location.
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Jackson Memorial is an enormous hospital with a huge and diverse patient population, the location of the school is amazing (students live on the water), and all the students seem really happy to be there.
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Jackson Memorial and is adjacent facilities. The whole place is huge. Moreover you can get patient contact your first year of med school. And of course you can leave out Dr. Hinkley, he made the interview day more relaxed and friendly with his jokes.
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I liked the weather.
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JACKSON! It's awesome! Also the students really seem to have a great commraderie. They seem to genuinely enjoy each other and the school.
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Everything. They set up everything to get you comfortable so that you can be yourself. They have a huge medical campus and 1st/2nd year med students get plenty of opportunity to participate in patient care.
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Everything
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The size of Jackson Memorial Hospital and the diversity/number of patients it takes in. The students. The facilities, clinical opportunities, research opportunities, etc.
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Research facilities and the amount of $$/opportunity within the school
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the students, Dr. Hinkley, the facts and figures in the initial orientation (Jackson Memeorial is top-notch...the place you will get to learn it all)
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Everyone was really nice. We passed a lot of students on our tour, and everyone stopped to wish us good luck. Also, the extensive hospital system is very impressive. You get to see any and all kinds of cases. One student said she had just seen a patient with some kind of rare disease, that only there were only 40 documented cases of that disease in the world.
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Jackson Memorial Hospital, the medical students seemed extremely happy, the research opportunities, and diversity of Miami.
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The amazing research opportunities, all the new buildings and recruitment of scientists, and faculty. The fact that the students have so many opportunities to have real patient contact. THE NEW WELLNESS CENTER - it's the kind of place that people pay big money to go to in a major city.
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Beautiful campus, clinical opportunities are second to none. Extensive research opportunities.
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The ''propaganda'' bit of the tour was actually pretty funny and I was interested. The school offers all lectures and stuff online, along with taped classroom lectures you can watch.
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Everthing about the school was positive. The facilities were great, the students were nice and interesting, and the faculty were warm and welcoming.
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It's location is amazing! The medical complex is gigantic, and there are a lot of patients to be seen.
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The growing facilities and the happiness of the students
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Everything. Miami is incredible, many students live on South Beach and drive to class. Jackson Memorial Hospital is huge and there are incredible chances to have responsibility as a medical school student. The administration was outstanding, and my interviewer was one of the nicest people I have ever met. The students are all very down to earth.
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I LOVED the medical campus. It was really nice. The people were all really nice too, and lunch was incredible. What really made me love the school was how happy the students were.
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Students were happy, funny, and down to earth. So many clinical opportunities, and 1st years start interviewing, taking blood pressures, etc. immediately. Laid-back attitude of adcom & students -- not stressful at all.
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I loved the class size. The students were very warm and intelligent. My interviewer was outstanding. He knew my file inside and out. Because this is the first year in which the clinical years will be spent in Boca Raton, there are great opportunities to take on responsibility, both in the clinical and the pre-clinical years. Boca Raton is beautiful and the campus is literally 5 minutes from the beach.
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Patient contact, facilities, new dean
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Friendly faculty/students. Extremely large medical campus, which was really impressive.
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Number of on-campus research and clinical opportunities. Attitudes of admissions staff.
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I interview at the boca campus. Everything is new and nice. Everyone was friendly. A small interview group (6). Breakfast and lunch were provided. BRCH.
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The medical center is located in downtown Miami, not in Coral Gables. So there is always something going on, culturally or medically. There are 7 hospitals at Jackson and it is the 2nd busiest medical center in America, so the amount of clinical exposure you will get is second to none.
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All of the students were affable and seemed very happy. The school is really trying to expand and improve itself.
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Students kept saying over and over how happy they were and they all chose UM because everyone else there seemed so happy. They all really seemed to like it.
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I was suprisingly impressed with Miami.....They have top notch research opportunities and are growing at an unbelievable rate. All of the med students were the most down to earth I have ever met. Jackson Memorial is a vibrant hospital with lots of things going on.
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Dr. Hinkley starts the day with a breakfast so everyone can get together and “break the ice†in advance. He is very adept at easing off the stress.
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The staff and Dr. Hinkley are VERY nice and cordial. They make you feel right at home.
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The happiness of the students. Hands-down the least stressed, coolest, and most fun loving med students I met in my interviews. Jackson Memorial Hospital, its "inner city" quality. The availability of research opportunities. Hinkley.
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Everything about UM. I definetely change my mind aobut the school, and i would love to be in their class.
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The sheer unmatchable range and profundity of patient diversity available from day 1. Jackson sees sick people from all over Central, Southern FL, the Caribbean, Central America, and often South American countries too. They don't forget to pound in how much clinical opportunity is valued here - and the hustle&bustle of the medical city that is Jackson is a clear testament.
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The number and quality of experiences available at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
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Pretty much everything. I love this school. It became my first choice after my interview day.
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The research faculty and labs are TOP NOTCH for neuroscience, esp paralysis work (Miami Project). The campus is beautiful, the hospital awesome, and the student's attitude as you would expect in a beach town.
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ample clinical opportunities, Mr. Hinkley (he will answer any question and is quite humorous), opportunities for research and other involvement (e.g. medical missions), the Boca Raton campus (in case you want a more quiet place for your first two years), high acceptance rate if you're interviewed (>50%), med students were pretty nice
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The medical students seemed extremely enthusiastic and generally happy. The gave me a geniune impression of what it's like to attend medical school there and made me feel extremely comfortable during my visit. The weather is nice all year round and the city is beautiful. There is a very unique blend of cultures in the city.
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The students really emphasized that the third and fourth years at Miami are outstanding because of the clinical experiences that are available at Jackson Memorial Hospital
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Every one is very nice and positive about the school..Especially Dean Hinkley
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the location, the weather, Jackson Memorial Hospital, the happiness and enthusiasm of the students, that clinical experience starts in the first year
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The students were not overly competitive and seemed to really enjoy being at Miami. Everyone in the admissions staff was great. The campus is really buzzing with life and during clinical rotations it seems like an awesome place to be.
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The school's enthusiasm for its students, the confidence and competency exuded by the current medical students, the focus upon learning to practice medicine within the community, the way academic socities feature into the education
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UM is constantly striving for self-improvement.
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The clinical experience at the school is amazing. From week one you are involved with patients.
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The hospitals affiliated with UM are amazing!
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The resources at Jackson and the tour guide's emphasis on the amount of clinical experience available to students.
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The enthusiastic attitude of everybody in the school. The students seem very happy to be there.
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facilities; student body; technology; jackson memorial; too much to list!!!
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On my dry run to find the site the night before, a student showed me around and spent an hour answering my questions. The school could not have had a better representative. All the students I met seemed very happy.
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Warmth and friendliness of students and staff. Eagerness to grow and evolve their curriculum The numerous projects in the works for the school and the extensive research opportunities available. It sounds like an exciting time for UofM Miller!
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Early opportunities for great clinical experience and Dr. Hinkley
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Very enthusiastic students, and a very transparent approach from the admissions department. One of the best lunches around.
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Miami is a diverse city. Jackson is a bustling place with tons of opportunities for clinical exposure. The students seem relaxed (maybe TOO relaxed!) and seem to like the school. They do a lot of service projects to help the surrounding community (health fairs). Dr. Hinkley and Agnes are both super nice. There are tons of research opportunities available here for students who want to take advantage of them. The FAU satellite campus is really awesome. Right now the FAU students spend their first two years in Boca and the other two in Miami at Jackson, but they will eventually have their own teaching hospital in Boca. I speak Spanish, and this is a very useful thing in Miami.
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really what didn't? UM is amazing! UM has an amazing location, unmatched clinical opportunities, the most team-work oriented educational environment (in terms of students helping students learn, rather than be cut throat competitive... which, by the way, is hard to find in many campuses). Also they're building a new wellness center that will have a new gym. I was also very impressed by the students that came in to talk to us at lunch- they seemed bright, happy to be learning (not depressed by a boring work load), enthusiastic about the way the classes are held with live classes, plus saved online lectures & podcast (lectures in ipod format) supplement, and the academic societies sound really supportive of a student friendly (NON cut throat) environment
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The weather is nice. The facilities are great. The beach is 10 minutes away. The students don't seem to be very stressed. They all seem to be very happy to be there.
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How nice the admissions staff was. Lunch with current students was a lot more informative and relaxed than the same experience at other schools I have interviewed at.
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The students/staff were so friendly and nice. The clinical experience is awesome!! This is such an excellent school and I am excited that I was accepted here.
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Students, hospital
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the amount of clinical facilities. all the students I met were great
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The societies that all students are required to participate in that allows interaction between all students (1st years - 4th years) and the faculty.
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The students with their enthusiasm for the school, facilities, and Miami as a great city. The Academic Societies sounded great, as a great support group for not only academic help but also fun and recreation. I also really liked the Community service Health Fairs that allow the students to travel to underserved areas and act as the primary physician for many poor residents that normally would not receive any care at all.
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The clinical experience is simply unmatched. I came away extremely impressed. Also, the environment is supportive and not "cut-throat." The research opportunities are plentiful.
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Dr. Bookman's talk on the importance of research, Dr. Hinkley was easy-going and made it a fun day
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The friendliness of the admissions staff and students. how easy-going my interviewer was. All the hospitals associated with the school.
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Admissions staff and students were very welcoming. Tour was good, we saw both the school and the hospital ER. There were many opportunities to ask questions. Excellent hot lunch. The campus was impressive.
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the hospital facilities and motivation that the students have for the school and the program.
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The atmosphere was very laid back and stress-free, the current students were enthusiastic about being there, Jackson Memorial is an awesome hospital, and the medical school staff were very cordial.
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The great facilities and how happy the student seemed.
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The vast range of clinical and research opportunities & the new technological resources. (I worked at UM Med for many years, so I was already familiar with the campus & the schools offerings before the interview. I believe the school's biggest asset is its relationship with Jackson Memorial Hospital (county hospital) and the Miami VA Hospital. The range of clinical experiences & cases one has the opportunity to see there is truly unparalleled.)
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the facilities, the researchers and the people (all were so friendly)
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The medical students were all very enthusiastic and encouraging. The faciities and opportunities are really impressive.
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1. I was impressed by how welcoming, friendly, and efficient the Admissions office was. They were great and really made the interview experience a relaxing and enjoyable time for you to learn about the school. 2. I was impressed by all the hospital systems affilitated with the school, the extent of their capabilities to serve all of South Florida and the international waters around Florida. They get all the major cases from nearby countries.
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The research and clinical experiences available to the students. Also everyone was so nice and helpful, you can tell the students are close and love their school.
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The school, the facilities, the admissions staff, the medical students, the faculty, my fellow interviewees, the interviewer (a trauma surgeon), basically everything
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Great clinical experience at Miami (one of the busiest hospitals in the country). It is the gateway for medicine in the Carribean if you are interested in international health. Students all seemed happy and laid back. Lots of money coming into the school right now. School definitely seems like it is continually improving itself.
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I was impressed with how accomodating Dr. Hinkley and his admissions staff were. The students showed alot of dedication and pride toward their school by making themselves available even when they had an anatomy exam. The facilities are wonderful and the curriculum sounds great. I couldn't have asked for a better experience.
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How relaxing the whole day was, how much everyone loved it, no one had anything negative to say except that the traffic was often bad
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Everyone was genuine and seemed to really love their school. There is a huge opportunity to do research if you are interested.
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The facilities and the amazingly freindly atmosphere the students enjoy. Not to mention the helpfulness of Dr. Hinkley and the entire admissions staff.
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The number and size of the hospitals associated with the school. All in all a total of seven!!!! We were told "If you haven't seen it here (trauma, disease) it probably doesn't exist." They see a large number of patients brought in from neighboring islands (Haiti, etc). The diversity of the student body and Miami overall provides an opportunity to familiarize yourself with so many different cultures. It's city living blended with awesome tropical weather. It doesn't get any better than this.
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Jackson Hospital, How prepared the students are to become great clinicians.
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very friendly, well run day
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The attitudes/moods of the faculty and students there. They seemed to enjoy being there, and some of the 1st and 2nd year students came by to show support despite having an exam in the following minutes.
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relaxed atmosphere, straightforward talks by the dean of admission
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The wealth of clinical experience available. UM is the second busiest teaching hospital in the United States. Research wise, I was impressed by the faculty currently on staff at UM and their focus on interdisciplinary research efforts. In addition, UM is poised to participate in the MSTP program in the near future. UM also offers societies, groups comprised of 15 students from each year of medical school, that create continuity and a support structure for its members. I think this will be especially helpful for students moving into research after their first two years of medical school and facing a return to clinicals in the future. Finally, during my tour of Jackson Memorial, we actually saw an acute trauma case come in by helicopter. That just re-affirmed the benefit of being at a hospital like Jackson Memorial in terms of available clinical experience.
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-the strength of the neuroscience and immunology programs; degree of organization of the MD/PhD program; volume of clinical cases seen by the hospital etc.
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The lectures are videotaped. If there is anything you want to do research on, just ask and it shall be yours. If you get accepted and want to take a second look, call up the school and you can come down to get more information.
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The facilities are amazing. I saw a trauma patient during the tour.
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The students.. they were so nice and really loved the school, the admissions staff, and the facilities are awesome.. they really do see a wide variety of patients and there is a lot of opportunity to shadow doc's early
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Relatively relaxed atmosphere. Students seemed to really enjoy going to school at UM.
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I was impressed with the school and the way that medicine was taught there. Student seem to really love their school and wanted you to know that they did. Plus a high percentage of those that interview get in.
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The students are soo happy and so pro-Miami, it was awesome to see how much they loved the school.
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Food
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Miami is one of the very few schools where you get top training because you see every imaginable illness as well as interact with a wide spectrum of patients and the Jackson Memorial hospital as well as the huge size of the med school impressed me because you are exposed to so much.
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The happiness of students there...also the campus/med school is Goregeous/expansive...after the interview/tour UM went from last resort to first choice by far...it just feels right!
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The students get alot of responsibility and exposure to patient care early in the program.
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The third and fourth year students are really an integral part of the Jackson staff. They have lots of responsibility and are not just "playing doctor".
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Friendliness, low stress environment, advanced technology at the school facillities
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how friendly and happy the students and staff were. They really tried to comfort you and make jokes.
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Students looked very happy and everyone was trying to sell the school in a good way... not that they needed to ... school has a good mix of clinical and research experiences .... and during lunch the students discussed bith psitive and negatives of the school, which was nice for a change.
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The clinical centers are amazing.
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Miami, the students were really nice and seemed very happy, the patient population at Jackson Memorial and the surrounding area
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The atmosphere at the school was very warm, and welcoming. Dr. Hinkley was great, the interviewer was freindly, the students were very helpful, and seemed very happy. Jackson Memorial Hospital is also very impressive. There might not be another hospital in the nation that gives you the same clinical experience that Jackson does.
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Everyone was wonderful- very friendly and incredibly positive about the university. Dean Hinkley was very funny and very welcoming. The student lunch was great and very informative.
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I really liked the atmosphere. The students and admissions faculty are very warm and professional. You could see the good intent behind their efforts to make us comfortable as "visitors of the college of medicine". As with all medical school interviews, they did a WONDERFUL job of selling the school to us <wink> I really like the "non-traditional" additions to the curriculum, the UNBELIEVABLE medical facilities, the focused attention on clinical experience, and their new research successes and opportunities. I also really liked the personal attention that we EACH recieved. Unlike a lot of other schools (who pack in tons of interviewees in one day), there were only twelve (or so) of us. The admissions staff truly made an effort to reach out to each one of us individually. Finally, I really liked the interview! My interviewer was wonderful :) He was very professional and had a great sense of humor. I thoroughly enjoyed sharing my opinion on medical issues with him (he listened well and tried to see things from my perspective) and I liked how he made long clear descriptions of what he wanted me to answer.
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Being one of the busiest hospitals in the country, Jackson provides UM medical students with an incredibly wide variety of cases. Whatever you want to see, you will see plenty of it there. It also sounded to me like research opportunities were readily available for any students who were interested.
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The students who came up to us and talked about Miami and really seemed to love the school. I was also very impressed with the diversity of the students--not only race/culture but in their personalities as well. The students seemed very laid back and not under too much stress. Jackson medical center is enormous and would offer clinical experiences that far exceed other med schools. Their student societies sound like they foster a strong connection between upperclass/underclass students--but it still sounds like my "teams" in middle school haha. The city of Miami is a definite plus, although it feels too congested at times. The school is very "wired" and allows students to watch lectures from their computer and many use this option instead of attending class (not sure if this is good or bad). It sounded like the administration seeks input from students and actually responds and takes their suggestions seriously.
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A lot of the medical students drop by to say hi. And the Dean of Admissions is very accessible throughout the day.
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That alsost 3/4 of those interviewed get accepted! Also, lunch wasn't so bad...
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The enthusiasm and kindness of the staff
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The extensive clinical training students receive (Jackson 2nd busiest hospital complex), the cohesiveness among medical students (they play competitive sports together and dance salse), my interviewer was the nicest guy, the admissions staff and faculty (Dr. Hinkley and Agnes), and the diverse atmosphere surrounding Miami.
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The WHOLE medical campus is wireless, including the lecture hall! If you can't make it to class, lectures are streamed live on the internet and then stored on the web for access whenever you want. The lecture hall actually has a small television like control room at the back of the room to carry that all out, I didn't expect it to be that high tech. Very nice surprise. The whole UM/Jackson campus was very nice and well maintained, you can really tell that people are proud of their school.
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The most impressive part of the Miami School of Medicine was the amount of hands-on training you get there and the fact that you start working with patients right away.
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students, weather, faculty who really go out of their way to accomodate students
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People were all very friendly and the atmosphere was laid-back.
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The clinical opportunities, the med school itself is beautiful, Miami is FUN city, the students seemed laid back
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The food and the luncheon. The atmosphere was less chaotic than other med student lunches with lots of opportunities for questions/answers. The facilities are great...unparalelled clinical opportuninties are available for the brave:)
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The entire school was EXTREMELY hooked-up. Everything was computerized; lectures were online within an hour. The students were very happy about being there, and only had good things to say. Additionally, the environment was extremely laid back. There was no pressure, a delicious catered lunch, and lots of socialization.
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the location, the amazing opportunities at the hospital, the students seemed very happy, early clinical opportunities and chances for experience in overseas clinics
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The shear volume of patients that are treated every year (they are the busiest single location hospital treating over 1 million patients), their new organ based system curriculum, their state of the art hospital facilities (a patient is able to go from ER to surgery to ICU in a matter of feet; the helipad has the capability to accommodate the weight of a blackhawk helicopter), the consistent high ranking of many of their departments (including the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute) and their connection to cutting edge research (ie, the Lois Pope Life Center, dedicated to finding a cure for paralysis).
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the clinical experiences you get at UM seem incredible. top-notch eye care facility. the hot lunch. dean hinkely is genuine and friendly.
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The atmosphere was great - My most pleasant interview to date. My interviewer was incredibly relaxed. I was also amazed by Jackson Memorial Hospital - an impressive hospital with tremendous patient population diversity. Dean Hinkley and the rest of the staff were VERY friendly.
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Everything! The students are so genuinely happy at Miami. My interviewer was very laid back and made every effort to make the interview as painless as possible. He just wanted to hear my life story and how it was that I came to choose medicine. The hospital is enormous (which in my opinion is a definite positive) but the faculty and students seemed very close knit. The curriculum changes made a few years ago seemed to have improved the program significantly and the students say they really like the way it is now structured. Dean Hinkley is about as friendly as they come!
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There's really nothing negative to say about UM. The whole day was put together wonderfully. The day started with random medical students coming in to greet you as well as make you feel at home. Everybody was really cordial and friendly and appeared genuinely interested in getting to know you. Everyone from Dr. Hinkley, the secretaries, and the physician who interviewed me definintely were nice people who were more interested in you having a positve and enjoyable experience at their school. In terms of training and clinical contact, I dont think there is another school that could compare to the extensiveness of clinical exposure or sheer amount of patient contact. As it is one the busiest hospitals in the nation Im sure you will be leaving that medical school well trained and informed. In a nutshell, the whole experience was wonderful, facilities were great and on the cutting edge (with adding new buildings and technology), and probably most importantly, the people there from med students to faculty were 100% top notch in way of friendliness, professionalism, and personalities.
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great clinical experience, fun students, location is great, laid back atmosphere, co-operation between students. Nice focused interview, JMH is a great hospital.
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so much!! first of all, the students at um are great! they were very friendly and they did not look stressed out. secondly, the hospitals offer unsurpassable clinical experiences. you can't ask for better in this quadrant of the u.s. i also thought bookman's speech on research was inspiring and a unique approach from the admission's office. oh, and the food was good too.
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Absolutely everything. The innovative curriculum, superior facilities, Dr. Hinkley, and the immensely helpful students all made my choice of a medical school an easy one.
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The whole experience was very positive. I stayed with two fabulous 2MD students and they introduced me to other students as well as answered a lot of my questions while telling me about the school. The day that UM had planned out was great. They let us have lunch with a mix of med students (1MD-4MD) and no admin people present which was great. Also, my interviewer was extremely knowledgeable about the school and answered my questions very thoroughly. I thought his questions were effective in bringing out important information from me for them to make a good decision.
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Almost everything: interview was low-stress; the people were unbelievably nice ... things could not seem to have gotten better. Everyone else seemed to be happy with their interview experiences also.
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great location in miami; school is on the rise due to a more aggressive approach in taking non-Florida residents, and also, because it's getting mad funding from top-notch eye research and a powerful dean
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Both Dean Hinkley and the doctor i interviewed with are terrific people, and i would love to go to a school with such great faculty. Also, Jackson Memorial is a fantastic hospital with great opportunities for students. We only had 1 interview during the day, compared to 2 with most other schools. Stress level was low
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The faculty and staff were all very nice. The students were laid back and happy to be there.
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The medical quadrangle near the school is AMAZING. Jackson memorial is such a behemoth of a hospital, it's overwhelming. In a 3 block radius, there are is a cancer center, eye institute, peds center, spinal cord injury, the list goes on. VERY nice to have everything so close together. Lots of small places to grab a quick bite to eat. The whole area was bustling with people - seemed similar to a NYC block almost!
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Dr. Hinkley and the admissions office staff are very nice and helpful. Hinkley explains things thoroughly and is very concerned about us having a good experience, understanding everything about the school, etc. The med students were nice and talkative; they were enthusiastic, but not high-strung stress cases. They had great things to say about the school and experiences at Jackson. It was very nice to hear from them about their feelings about the school, housing, living in Miami, volunteer projects, school debt, etc.
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low-stress interview, lunch with students -- the most student contact of any of the schools I have visited, great clinical experience at the hospital -- the busiest in the nation, TALK WITH DR. HINKLEY! (I was very impressed that the Dean of Admissions sat down and talked with us for over an hour), food (the best food of any of the schools I visited -- a hot lunch, which is almost unheard of)
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Friendliness- everyone seems to be having a great time and to have time to enjoy themselves outside of school. Students are also really involved in the community as well as in health fair outreaches in greater Florida. Also, the administration really seems to care about the students and their opinions about the curriculum.
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I really like the module system that the school has initiated.
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The facilities were amazing. Great teaching philosophy and approach to educating future physicians. Almost unbelievable number of clinical and research opportunities available. Very friendly and outgoing staff/medical students. Diverse patient population. Great lunch!...no boring sandwiches, lunch was turkey, stuffing, and even pie!
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The students were so friendly and well-rounded. The hospital is all in a central location with dozens of great facilities. Everyone was just so nice and genuinely loves the school that it's infectious.
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I got the impression that the faculty and administration really care about their students. There will be numerous clincal opportunites since Miami sees so many patients. Also the facilities are amazing
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students had a lot of positive things to say about UM students/staff were open to questions great food too!
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Students all seem very friendly and positive about the school. Dean Hinkley seemed very open to receiving feedback from us, which impressed me. Great clinical exposure, lots of opportunities for research, seems like everything you can hope to get out of med school is available if you just seek it out. All in all, it struck me as a great place to go to school.
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Everyone was really happy and nice, med students and staff alike. The students were very socialable, many second year students were even planning to go out to South Beach that night.
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The cirriculum, the early patient contact, Jackson's committment to treating the underserved, archived lectures, total wireless at the school.
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The fact that we had so many medical students at the lunch who were able to provide insight into life at U. of M. Facilities are great and students are really nice and laidback.
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Everything. The students were really nice and approachable and the admissions staff was very welcoming. The Jackson Memorial facilities were very impressive. I also liked that they had a gym for the students to use, which is very convenient. Overall, the entire day was impressive.
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In addition to the world-class facilities, everyone was extremely friendly and enthusiastic about the school.
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Everything: the students, the faculty, the staff, the facilities, the program, right down to the lunch served!
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GREAT facilities/hospitals; really friendly/satisfied student body; interesting curriculum; Dr.Hinkley (associate dean of admissions) greets and closes the tour, which I was very impressed by (other schools I saw just sent a random staff member to talk about the school)
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Pretty much everything, my interviewer was a kind and humble man and I enjoyed his conversation. The administrators were friendly, helpful, positive, and engaging. The students seem very happy and seemed more social, outgoing, and cooperative than I would have expected although this was my first interview.
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The size of the complex is awesome, but I was most impressed with the "attitude" or "feeling" of the students. Many random students went out of their way to say hello, offer good luck, or mention that it was a good choice, and that made me feel more comfortable. Dr. Hinkley is a funny and caring man, and very approachable. Agnes, the secretary, is also amazing and very nice.
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The patient interaction and the clinical exposure. As well as the new curriculum sounds awesome.
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The student led tour was excellent allowing me to get a feel for the student body and their opinions concerning the school, professors, and hospital system. In addition, the small number of interviewees allowed for a large amount of individual attention.
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The students, professors, staff, and the campus were very nice. Miami has an unbelievable program, and it was very impressive. The interview was very relaxed and non-stressful. They go out of their way to make you feel as comfortable as possible. The students were very happy and eager to provide advice and answer any questions. The food was real good too.
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Everyone at UM really went out of their way to welcome the interviewees... even more so than most of the other schools I've visited. The students were extra friendly and helpful.
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Dr.Hinkley was probably the most personable dean I have met in all my interviews (and I've been to a lot). He seemed genuinely interested in getting to know each of us, and was very helpful in answering any questions. The students that were at the lunch and gave the tour were very enthusiastic. The curriculum, facilities, and clinical resources are, of course, amazing. And the lunch was very good compared to the other schools I have interviewed at. Before the visit, Miami wasn't my number one choice - now I think I'll definitely have to reconsider.
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I loved the business of the whole hospital system. The University of Miami-Jackson Health System is huge. Many say that if you don't see it during your time at Jackson, it doesn't exist.
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Everything, the students were great. The program seems to be making strong attempts to better all of their programs. The school was intent on selling themselves to you.
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The incredible sense of community and excitement among the students. Everyone I talked to loves it there and people work together, decreasing the sense of competitiveness among peers.
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I was able to see JMH briefly and how happy the students are
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The fact that the school tried hard to impress us, not treating us as beggers, but as choosers.
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The campus tour and general overview were very informational and allowed me to have a much deeper understanding of the quality current and future educational programs at the University. The friendly attitude of teh current students and staff provided stress relief. My interview was a positive experience , the questions were done in a professional and clear manner. In general the program was very well organized.
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Pretty much everything. The clinical exposure you can get as a first year is great, Jackson is amazing, the research opportunities are incredible, the weather is great, the students are very friendly, the quality of life seems good there. Since they've implemented changes in the curriculum 2 years ago, when we start school the problems with the new curriculum will have been ironed out. There are a lot of opportunities to work with underserved populations (Health Fair in the Keys, trips to Haiti during the break)
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First and foremost, as the day began, the secretary put us at ease with some friendly chit-chat. Students continuously strolled in and out in an attempt to make us feel at ease. At my interview, my experience with my interviewer, was a most enjoyable experience. He truly made me feel that I wanted to become a member of the "Miami" family. To top it off, Dr. Hinkley's step by step explanation of the process was extremely helpful. I was also quite impressed with the research opportunities for students, as well as the many opportunities with patients at Jackson. Though Spanish is not required, it is an asset in a city with as large a Spanish speaking population.
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The students were genuinely happy and did not have anything negative to say about UM. Dr. Hinkley was very kind and made an effort to put the interviewees at ease. I was very impressed with Dr. Hinkley who said he would personally call each interviewee with the results of their application.
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The day itself was very well organized. Their was a great "pep-talk" from a doctor about the importance of being a doctor and adding something to the body of knowledge (his focus was research, but he did not try to sell Miami in particular). The facilities are impressive. The trauma center is a hospital in itself - it has a triage to redirect patients to the appropriate section of E.R.
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Clinical facilities, student organizations and the surpringly noncompetitive atmosphere.
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The opportunities for clinical training early on and throughout the four years at Jackson Memorial. It's really quite amazing how much involvement the students have compared with other schools. Beautiful research facilities. Great lunch. Incredibly friendly staff and students. Amicable atmosphere for interviews - they definitely don't conduct stress interviews. I really felt they gave me the opportunity to express who I am as a person and I got the impression that Miami really looks at the whole package and not just numbers. Also the new curriculum - an organ systems-based approach that integrates knowledge as you proceed.
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The food that U. of Miami treat their interviewees to is really good! If you are heading to Miami for an interview, be prepared for a nice lunch.
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I was impressed with my interviewer, he was very thorough and well educated about current events and univ. of Miami. I was also impressed by the genuine happiness and satisfaction of the students. I simply adored Ms. Murphy (she is very capable and professional, and at the same time makes you feel comfortable). I also Liked Dr. (Prof.) Hinkley, he cares and is very knowledgeable about what students go through (as his daughter is also a MD, so he knows the process in and out as a Prof/Dad/adcom member).
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The campus and facilities are amazing! The staff there was very relaxed and welcoming. The new curriculum seems to be working well. Interviews are not high stress, and the students seem genuinely happy
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I thought the atmosphere at Miami was awesome...very relaxed and sensitive to student needs. Dr. Hinkley was also great, as was the staff in the Admissions office. Also, the new Lois Pope Center is gorgeous!
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the clinical facilities
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Just about everything! UM/JHM is a truly magnificent place to become a physician. The students are very friendly and happy, and the staff is outstanding!
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The students, faculty, administration are all extremely friendly, open and honest. The students seem like they work hard but also have time to enjoy themselves because of a modified curriculum that decreases lecture time. They only have one single class at a time which can go for just a couple weeks to several weeks. The clinical exposure available at Jackson Memorial is incredible- it is the 2nd busiest hospital in the nation. The students say that you can do more at Jackson as a Med student than a lot of other places, but I think this is true of any public hospital in a diverse urban area. Jackson will see anybody with or without insurance, and it is funded by a half cent sales tax. Miami has a very diverse population- it serves as a gateway into the US from many foreign countries, and the population is 60% Hispanic. There are a lot of opportunities to go on medical trips to countries in the Carribbean and in the Florida Keys. The University now looks favorably upon out of state applicants because it is trying to gain national recognition- (which obviously is good for out of staters
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The friendliness and candor of the students I met on the tour and at lunch. They are really enthusiastic about their school, more than any other students at schools I've visited this year (6 of them so far). The incredible opportunities of early clinical training and the diversity of clinical training experiences are unmatched.
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Jackson HOspital, the weather, the very happy students
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the lunch, the anatomy labs (no smell!)
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Jackson Memorial Hospital is an unbelievable place. There is a real sense of accomplishment all around the school.
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Although the University of Miami is not considered a "top tier" school," I really enjoyed my stay because the people I encountered were extremeley friendly and hospitable. The student hosts I stayed with offered to pick me up from the airport, which was beyond their responsibility. The friendly personalities were evident from the students to the administration. The Dean of Admissions is awesome and he comes across as being an advocate for the students. The administration people are very warm and welcoming as well. I am wondering if the bubbly personalities have any correlation to the sunny weather. Anyhow....a fourth year student gave us a tour and I was amazed by the fact that people stopped and smiled to say hi as we toured Jackson hospital. The capacity of the trama center is impressive and the Jackson ER is unique in that it is separated into different departments. Jackson is such a huge, busy hospital that patients are triaged and then sent to a particlar part of the ER. I think Jackson hospital is full of excellent opportunities to gain direct hands on clinical experience even before you begin your rotations. The University of Miami appears to be an excellent insitution that promotes generating clinically prepared candidates for residency. Apparrently last year was the first year they began admitting out of state residents and in the next few years they hope that as much as 40% of their entering class will be non-Florida residents. I suppose this change is to push the University of Miami towards becoming a nationally recognized institution rather than being only known as a Florida med school. There are lots of things to do in Miami and I really liked the cultural and ethnic diversity of the area. Being a California resident, I would like to ideally remain here, but if I can't, then Miami is just as good except my family wouldn't be near by.
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This was the first and only interview that actually felt like one. I was asked questions about my character, my reasons for going into medicine, my goals as a practicing physician, how I would deal with ethical issues, etc. It's actually what most students expect on an interview when they are preparing for medical school interviews. It was nice to actually have a conversation that showed that I had some depth as an applicant. That was very impressive.
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Nothing.
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Medical center is awesome- high volume and patients are international and very diverse. Students are well-balanced, and friendly.
What impressed you negatively?
Applicants commonly expressed negative feedback about the lack of enthusiasm from interviewers, disorganization in scheduling and agenda, outdated facilities, lack of diversity among students, concerns about the quality of basic science training, traffic and parking issues in Miami, as well as feedback about the surrounding area and housing options. Suggestions included improving interviewer engagement, providing more detailed tours, updating facilities, addressing traffic concerns, and enhancing the overall experience for visitors.
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Both interviewers were very much "check-list" type of interviewers. They also didn't know much about the school so it was very hard to ask questions.
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Nothing really - my interviewers seemed quite tired, which is to be expected, but they were still professional, kind, and courteous. I didn't necessarily think they were excited to be conducting the interview, but they seemed like good people and dedicated physicians.
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A bit disorganized, caused me a significant amount of stress since I did not get my agenda til a couple days before the interview.
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One of my interviewers was a concierge physician with seeming little ties to the admissions committee and did not seem to take the interview very seriously.
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I'm not sure if I was too nervous to more or less objectively comment on this, but my first interviewer didn't provide me a lot of time to answer some questions and seemed to want to quicklymove on to the next question. I recommend detecting the pace of the interview early on and remembering to enthusiastically but respectfully incorporate what you want them to know about you—what makes you a competitive candidate and just generally the things you love.
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Things were a little disorganized in terms of running over time. But it wasn't a big deal - it all worked out.
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I didn't like how it was only 1 person's impression that decided how my interview went
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N/A
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Lunch
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Buildings were a little old
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The med school building was definitely aging, although they will be constructing a new one in the next few years.
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The cost of living, the classroom building is pretty old looking on the inside
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Nothing really, good school.
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We were toured by an MS1. Did not feel like she did her best to "sell" me on the school.
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The one caveat is that students are ranked with a HP/P/F system. At the end of the day though, rank is summed up in a sentence on the dean's letter.
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Traffic/driving in Miami. School facilities seem a bit dated. Cost of living in Miami. Regional campus.
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None to speak of
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I guess after I went to their other campus they told us that even though you get a TON of clinical exposure in your 4 yrs at Miller, they are such huge teaching hospitals that teh likelihood you will actually DO much isn't that high because there are residents and interns on your teams too.....but still seemed REALLY REALLY impressive, this was a very minor thing, and you can always do away rotations
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city of Miami
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They kept trying to fatten me up with delicious au bon pain pastries for breakfast and the lasagne and brownies for lunch :)
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The interviewer didn't show great interest in the interviews except when given the chance to talk about his own research and experiences.
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The traffic is not great, but that is not anything to do with the school.
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My interviewer was a PhD and had very little in common with me or with anyone pursuing primary care.
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The fact that I'm not attending the school yet.
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Fellow interviewees seemed kinda cold. I guess it doesn't say anything about the school itself.
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He seemed almost disinterested and unhappy with the entire interview process.
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My interviewer was very intimidating and scary so my interview was not relaxed at all.
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really far from home (i'm from the west coast)
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Apparently, 95 and humid in October means that it's even hotter in July and August. That might not be fun.
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nothing
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The students seemed to party a lot and grading is not pass/fail.
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Nothing!
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Not much really.
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not in the best part of town, but you get a good patient population; not the greatest facilities
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The students seem to like to party. That's a good thing in some respects, but it just came across to me as a bit overkill.
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Huge classes
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Nothing stuck out as negative.
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Interviewer
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Old classroom facilities
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Not much, although I didn't like how I had to miss out of the financial aid presentation because I was in the afternoon interviewing group.
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Unfortunately, interview scheduling conflict caused me to miss a presentation on financial aid that others got to sit for.
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Nothing.
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I wasn't able to stay with a host. There are tests the same week, but I am sure one person could have housed me and dropped me off in the morning...is it too much to ask?
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I honestly can't think of anything.
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The cost of parking seems a little scary, to be honest - but the students I spoke to said that they were working on getting a discount for the students.
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At least half of the patients speak spanish as their primary language
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Besides seeing a class in session, I didn't see other students in their normal activities. Also, I didn't see the anatomy lab or the simulation center.
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The facilities were older than I expected.
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The inteviewer, an MD/PhD opthamologist, seemed disintersed during the whole interviewer. Not much personality or enthusiasm. He had no idea if bioethics was integrated into the curriculum.
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the cost of living/parking in the area
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I already knew Jackson is located in a bad area of town, so that didn't bother me at all; and I already knew that traffic in Miami is horrible!
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There were no negatives, everything was wonderful.
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Everyone I talked to from the school says you don't need to be able to speak spanish, but I don't buy it. The school is in an area where the people seem to use spanish as their first option for communication.
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I wish my interviewer had been a little more familiar with my application, since the interview was open-file.
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The traffic was kinda lousy.
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As the negative post alluded to before, I really think the first two years need a complete overall. Students seem left to learn the basic sciences on their own. Anatomy is poorly taught (1/3 of the students failed this exam), while some of the students didn't seem terribly mature. The step 1 is below average (210 if i recall correctly). I really think they could hold off on the clinical until after xmas break your first year. Ranking amongst your classmates throughout the entirety of your 4 years wasn't too appealing either.
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my interviewer rarely let me finish my answers.
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1) The interviewer answered his cellphone on a personal, mundane call during my interview. 2) The interviewer was obviously bored by my answers, and spent most of the time looking at the ceiling or picking his nails 3) The interviewer held a crumpled sheet of paper in front of his face and asked me questions he had typed up in a drolling voice. He told me 'these questions are good, don't worry, I ran over them with the head guy, ha ha!' 4) The interviewer assumed things about me because of my background. 5) While I was in the restroom, the campus tour left me. I notified the admissions committee before I left for the restroom that I was leaving to use the restroom and that I'd be right back. The interview was horrible and impersonal. The school seemed to completely ignore their students. Also, all of the 3rd + 4th years told me that basic science training (the first two years) are pretty bad, and that students are left on their own to study for the Step 1's. However, they said that 3rd and 4th year was great because you are exposed to so much in the hospital. To me, this means that Miami is a great place for residency, but not a great place for medical school. The students seemed to be of the ego/snobby/partier type...drawn to Miami because of the South Beach lifestyle.
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The actual med school facility is kind of outdated, but Jackson makes up for it.
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The Rosentiel Building seemed dated (but I must mention that they have a lot of new and beautiful buildings on this campus).
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It was the worst day for weather....75 and partly cloudy
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Nothing really.
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ridiculous humidity everyone talks about in the summer
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Miami is so expensive (both the school & the city). Also, they don't have any kind of formalized prep courses for the USMLE
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It was cold in Miami!!!!!!
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We didn't get to see the classrooms or the computer labs. I know they were not state of the art, but I still like to see that stuff.
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Miami is a little confusing and I had a tendency to get lost. Plus, really really really expensive.
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I wish we had been given a more extensive tour of the hospital.
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The facilities (lecture halls, labs, etc) are a bit dated, but they still are well kept.
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Do NOT stay at the Days Inn. Seriously. I am not kidding. Cockroaches. No hot water. Wake up call 15 minutes late. I could go on.
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Not much really, just that the area the school is in is not the best part of Miami.
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humidity
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Not seeing anatomy lab
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Med school facilities are a little old, but not too bad.
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The population that lives around the medical campus and the traffic.
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Nothing really. I got sweaty when I walked outside.
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While quite a few MD students take part in research, and there are a lot of really cool clinical projects going on, research was not emphasized too much.
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Classrooms a little dingy. They're constructing a new building for that but not for another 5 years.
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Nothing really.....
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Med student facilities are a little dingy. That horrible black-walled workout room!
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The tour guide...she was kind of boring and she was not able to answer a lot of questions.
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Honestly - this is no one's fault, but the medical school building suffered a lot of damage from the last series of hurricanes. The Office had to close at one point due to flooding! So, they're trying their best to get back on track asap, and I'd say they're doing a great job considering.
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Everything else. Traffic was horrid (ALL students admitted to skipping class because of it), the school is in shambles (wiring is exposed and the facilities are minimally functional at best), my interviewer made a telephone call during the interview after receiving a page, overall profesionalism does not start here until year 3.
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High potential for superficiality.
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the location (Miami is a hectic place if you're not used to it), the costs of the education, some of the facilities could have been more updated
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Didn't get to see everything during the tour, but I wasn't expecting to, really. The complex is huge and we only had an hour to spend.
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The tour of the hospital and of the classrooms was weak in comparison to the tours of other schools. We barely saw any of the med school - just a classroom and the student lounge.
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I wish the tour covered more
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the facilites were not as updated as they could be and there were not enough choices for lunch
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People asked me for "spare change" on the walk from the train station to the Medical building and back.
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The brevity of the medical school/hospital facilities tour
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lack of minorities in student body, at least those that spoke with us during the day. not very reflective of Miami's cultural diversity.
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I am not a huge fan of Miami, the city.
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The city of Miami and the area the school is in. I got lost the night before and was scared for my life.
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the only thing a little off was the lack of consensus about certain questions among the students at lunch
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The location of the school.
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Our tour was very rushed and I would have liked to have spent more time seeing the facilities.
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Miami is hot. The student who ran the tour walked very fast. It was hard to keep up in heels.
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Facilities were outdated. Some students seemed callous and quite brash in their comments of patients--this could be a biased sample though! The school really could use a medical spanish course considering its pool of students don't necessarily reflect the patient population it is serving, linguistically and culturally. However, we're all here to learn and grow, so there's still hope for positive change.
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Some of the current medical students that I spoke with were really arrogant.
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They should sell what they have to offer at the FAU campus more. That place is awesome.
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The biggest things that made me uncomfortable here are that the Miami campus is in a horrible area (I felt very unsafe), and the attitude of some of the students on the Miami campus. When I mentioned being interested in FAU, they pretty much all started bashing FAU. These students probably hadn't ever even seen FAU, so I took their opinions with a grain of salt, but it still left a bad impression on me that they would bash their own satellite campus. Also, Miami may be a little TOO laid back for me. I think it's great that the students there don't stress or get competitive, but I was not impressed by some students bragging about how they have never opened a textbook the whole time they were in school, and how they go clubbing every night. Call me crazy, but I think people SHOULD read their textbooks in med school. Finally, I am not that into seeing major trauma, but if that is your thing, you will absolutely love it here.
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parking sounds like it won't be too fun - but there's no parking at the school i'm at now either
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nothing really
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The tour guide seemed to be running late for something and made me feel like we were runnning around the school and the hospital. Didn't really feel like we had enough time to take everything in. It was very hot.
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nothing. The day was well planned.
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Traffic
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some of the parts of the main building were pretty old.
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The Gym, it was dark and tiny with what seemed like little Cardio equipment, BUT they are building a huge new facility at the top of a new building for a huge Gym and swimming pool. It should be gorgeous and ready in this coming year.
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Well the main educational building seems a little dated; also, you will have to study in parallel with the curriculum to do extremely well on Step 1. I think though, that the clinicals more then make up for it in matching.
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Tour wasn't as extensive as I would have liked, Wish Dr. Bookman spoke more about research opportunities at the school
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The gym for the med students is, well, ugly and small. however, they're building a new one that will have a wonderful view of downtown.
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We didn't have a chance to see gross anatomy labs.
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I had no negative impressions whatsoever.
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Traffic!!!
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The cost of tuition--it simply keeps going up, & up, & up.... Given that Miami is an expensive city to live in already, & that the amount of federal loans is limited, it is hard to imagine how one might find the money to pay for school & living expenses.
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Nothing really... everything is very expensive, but I knew that going into the interview.
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A bit more expensive than a state school, however, I believe Miami is worth it.
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Need a car and parking is a problem.
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Downtown Miami is a little scary if you aren't from a big city, however the school does provide security at the main medical school building and the students said that security guards are available 24/7 to escort you to your car.
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It wasn't a big deal, but the Dean who usually speaks during the interview day was out of town.
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Traffic is bad.. but what can you do?
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The grading system (it seems like a fake pass-fail)
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nothing..everything was great
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The students compared themselves to other students in other schools, and from what I understand, they are not too focused on the academic and on the sciences, but mostly on the clinical aspect.
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Nothing, really.
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The most negative part of experience was actually my medical school interview. Although my MD/PhD interviews were thoroughly enjoyable, leading into interesting research and personal discussions, my medical school interviewer seemed stand-offish and was very hard to read.
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-fact that financial support during medical school is not a given following acceptance. Students have to be selected for a "Dean's Scholarship" to receive a stipend during the medical training, although the tuition for medical and graduate school is covered and a stipend is provided during one's graduate years.
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Miami is a cool city, but the traffic is terrible. Driving 30 miles on the interstate took 90 minutes on the morning of my interview. A lot of people couldn't answer simple questions about elective courses and specialty tracks other than research. While students have a lot of Hispanic patients, UM does not offer a course in medical Spanish.
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Miami traffic
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The traffic.. leave early if you are driving!
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The housing situation for students down in Miami is not very good.
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Not in the nicest area of town, but not much that you can do about that. Plus we did not here about any finacial aid stuff because those people were gone.
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The quality of the interview. My interviewer genuinely did not care at all about me, nor did he express an interest to get to know me. He was extremely combative, questioning everything I had to say. He made absolutely no eye contact, interrupted me at every chance, and scribbled numbers in the middle of my response. Very unprofessional in comparison to other previous interviews.
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To be absolutely honest there was nothing about the medical school that negatively impressed me. The traffic is pretty bad and the location of the school in the inner city is not great, but that's why you get the exposure you do.
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They don't offer much scholarship money.
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Wanted to stay with a student but that never got worked out to where I could.
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Long day and interview was not till the end of the day. Had an hour of nothing to do becuase of scheduling problems
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My interviewer didn't really give me any kinda feedback as to how I was doing. He was pretty much poker faced.
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I didn't experience it but I heard that Miami's traffic is horrible.. but I knew that going into the interview
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Its hot.
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the area that the medical school is definitely not the nicest part of town
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my interivewer
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Nothing- I was just overall very impressed with the school.
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The tuition.... really, really expensive! The tour was nice... but our student guide didn't talk loud enough! He walked ahead of the group and talked facing forward.... none of us could understand his soft-spoken explanations. We just enjoyed the view :)
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Nothing about the school; only the Miami area. One of the students at lunch noted that some people forget that Miami is a big city like any other, and Jackson Memorial Hospital is right in the middle of it. I could very easily get used to it, though.
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Miami is expensive for both in-state and out of state students--but i'd say its worth it for the clinical education and opportunities aviable at such a large medical center. I think the FAU campus is a downside unless you really wanted to be in Boca instead of Miami(but would only be for two years). FAU students have to drive down to Miami for meetings/events ect, and it sounds like they miss out on a lot of the clinical stuff that jackson offers--but the academics and coursework at FAU sound on par with the miami campus. Students claim you dont HAVE to know spanish--but their stories made it sound like you either know spanish before or you learn a medical version of it very quickly.
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The smell next to one of the buildings. I heard there was a shipment of pigs that morning.
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Being from UM I had heard the spiel a million times about the school and having to listen to it again was not my favorite thing....
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The surrounding areas of Jackson are less than desireable
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The price of tuition. But it's worth the money based on reputation and location alone!
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I found out from one of the med students that UM's grading system actually uses numbers and pass/fail together. So unlike most med schools and their straight pass/fail/honors systems, UM records your numerical average for a course on your transcript as well as whether that number was good enough to pass or fail that certain class. For example, your final grade in Pathology may be recorded as something like this: P/85. I personally think this will just make the class more competitive but its supposed to help the students land good residencies because it shows how much they truly learned.
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My interviewer seemed rushed and didn't spend the full hour I thought he would with me.
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days inn--DO NOT STAY AT THIS HOTEL :)
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Traffic; students talked about Emory as one of the best residency matches and since I was already accepted there for undergrad med school...; expensive school; lunch didn't have any vegetarian options.
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Plan for traffic if you are driving to the interview. Miami is a busy place!
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The guy who lead the tour didn't show us the nitty gritty -- for example, we got to see the door of the emergency room.... a room full of students waiting for a class... stuff like that!
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It was very hot in the building, I felt very hot and uncomfortable in my suit.
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some long and dumb talk about our "personal relationship" with the existing body of medical knowledge or something like that. i guess it was supposed to encourage us to do research, but it just irritated me. the students seemed boring and uptight. my interviewer kept saying "uh-huh, yeah, uh-huh" and knodding her head furiously while i was answering questions. i wonder if she was even listening to me...
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The students- during our lunch, when we had a chance to talk to students, some didn't seem too excited to share their experiences. Also, the classrooms and labs weren't very impressive - kinda old. But the hospital definitely makes up for any lack there.
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absolutely nothing
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I have to say that there aren't many negative things to say about the school. I know it sounds wierd and after reading the so many other student experiences about how great this place was, etc. etc., I have to hop on the band wagon and truthfully tell you that this place is incredible and I just hope I get in! However, if I must think of anything negative, it would be having to wait until early March before finding out the outcome!
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Everywhere I turned there was a subliminal put down of UF. Someone actually said, we teach to be good doctors, not just to take tests (referring to UF's bettr board scores). They care more about proof of Florida residency than UF because they get money for every Florida resident. They just committed to getting more out of state students (30 out of a class of 160 up from like 10). This bugs me and they need to change their philosophy if they want to be a top med school. It just seems that they have all these resources but don't use them to the fullest. Eg. they went on about this great electronic application process they have that lets them all vote quickly on your application and then told us how we should not expect to hear any time before March. (2 mons. after interview)
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rosentiel (the building where the admissions office and classrooms are located) is a total maze and is pretty old.
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The only disappointing part of my interview was boarding my return flight!
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the total cost of attending school there (esp. if you're out of state); but, the financial aid information definitely resolved many of those issues.
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although there are many intelligent people there, it could be due to the weather, but i met a few flakes. my interviewer was a combative machine. didnt care about anything but research. another fellow interviewee also had a bad experience.
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I know what previous feedback says, but take it from me. It's ok to STAY at the days inn hotel, just don't EAT there. Got it?
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None
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Some of the facilities were a little dated. For instance, there were these ugly wires that ran the length of the ceiling in some places. I didn't like the fact that there are no actual slides to look at during histology.
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The worst thing about the day was walking around in the heat in a suit, getting sweaty right before the interview. (It would be nice if the interview invite specified business casual dress to make the interviewees more comfortable...) I also would have liked a more extensive tour of campus and Jackson...we just peaked in the ER.
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the humidity in Miami! I loved the school, but I don't know if I can handle the heat and humidity. If those things don't bother you, I definitely recommend checking out Miami, because it is an excellent school, and all of the students seem very happy there.
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Some of the facilities are a little old, but they're really turning most of the main building into rooms for small-group learning and other rooms for medical education. The new curriculum is still a little shaky but people seem excited about it.
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The student tour was very unprofessional. We are walking around in suits and they were wearing shorts and a t-shirt.
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I tried to be as critical as I could when evaluating the school, but I honestly did not find any major faults with the program, facilities, or school in general. Now, the Days Inn across the street...that was a different story! Oh, cab fares are on the high side too (20 cents per 1/11 mile), so have cash avail if you wanna check out South Beach and town while you are there.
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Nothing about the school, but do NOT stay at the days inn, it was awful. The rooms aren't bad and it was nice to just walk to campus, but the service is awful and you may have a really hard time actually getting an iron if you need one.
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Honestly, not much. The school is not in the best area, but that shouldn't be surprising. There's a small free weights gym for students to use, but otherwise no rec facilities available unless you go to the undergrad campus in Coral Gables.
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Some of facilities seemed kind of old and in need of attention.
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Coming from NYC, the student body didn't seem very diverse.
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Parking is 60/month, and there isn't a lot of it.
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The commute to school can be long depending on where students choose to live.
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Absolutely nothing. The school and students are amazing.
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heard it's hard to get parking near the school
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The humidity, but I could easily get used to it. I'm spoiled with CA weather.
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I am most concerned with safety and overwheming size of the city. That will be a difficult transition, and the hospital isn't the Ritz Carlton, but would provide outstanding clinic exposure (which you get first semester). Also be prepared for sweltering heat. It is hotter than Hades.
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The price of living in Miami. It is pretty expensive.
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The traffic is horrible. The day (Sunday) before the interview, it took me 15 minutes to get to campus. It took me an hour to get campus for the interview.
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It was hard to find parking, but this seems like a trend at most schools!
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There weren't too many negative things - yes, it is in a bad area, but what major hospital isn't? The guy that came in to talk about research went a little off topic - I felt as if I was already listening to a lecture in med school.
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The area/location of the campus, but since you had to realize that many great medical schools are in bad areas. It can't be helped given the proximity to these major hospitals.
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SOme issues with the safety around the hospital complex.
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The Days Inn which is the closest hotel to the medical campus, so it is generally the one interviewees would stay at
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students admitted that they are not THAT friendly, even though are friendly enough?
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everything was positive
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Parking is pretty bad (not just the school but also within the Miami area).
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The cost - as an out of state student, this may be as much as $60K/year including living expenses.
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Lack of a tour of Jackson Memorial Medical Center. There was a student tour but we got outside the first building and ran out of time and went back inside for lunch.
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Lack of interest in research/advancing scientific knowledge amongst many of the students. I think this will change as Miami becomes more of a nationally recognized school. That said, they do have quite a lot of funding and amazing facilities and interesting research going on. It may just have been the students I spoke with.
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Can't think of one at the top of my head.
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The weather, but it is a small price to pay as the campus, people are gorgeous.
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the cost of tuition and living expenses in Miami
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The Florida humidity...
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parking is a hassle
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The parking cost. $60 per month.
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but I sensed a small amount of surprise from Miami students when I said I was out of state- a common response was that they were surprised because there are very few places for Florida residents as it is in Florida schools.- (But really I can't do anything about that) There really wasn't any thing very negative about the whole experience, I got the impression that there was very little in the way of research available there, but I'm more interested in the clinical opportunities, so it is fine with me.
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The traffic in Miami. The student who housed me the night before leaves for school an hour before his classes start.
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the diversity of the students...no real diversity (90% Caucasians)
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The labs and classrooms, students didn't seem as happy as students at other schools
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The Rosensteil building could use a face-lift.
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The humidity bothered me a bit and the sporadic momentary showers were annoying, but I think I could get used to it. Everything in Miami is air conditioned anyhow.
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The student tour. It was terrible. It was not very informative, and it seemed to be very last minute. I was not impressed at all with the perception of the school that I got, but fortunately, I had many other opportunities to view the school in a positive light. However, had that been my first and only impression of UM, I might have been very put off.
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The students do not seem to be happy. They only seem to be there because they really want to become doctors and were not accepted anywhere else or because it is close to home. The school is very overpriced. The staff, except for the secretary are all gnomes from the Inferno. Hinkley. He manages to distort every piece of statistic on the school to disguise its impending decline. I was very unimpressed with every facet of this institution, even though it is my alma mater. Very disgusted.
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high tuition and few out-of-state applicants/students
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
Applicants commonly expressed that they wished they had known ahead of time how relaxed and conversational the interviews would be, as well as the importance of being prepared for hypothetical or scenario-based questions. Additionally, feedback included suggestions to familiarize oneself with the interview location, plan for Miami's traffic, and consider staying with a student host for a better experience.
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The behavioral interview can be stressful. They may ask a lot of follow-up questions about very complex ethical scenarios
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Relax. Just relax. Have a conversation. Get sleep.
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That it's pretty chill and conversational. The stress level was pretty low.
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There are large empty space time on the interview day
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I wish I would have known how to more concisely/effectively in a given a short period of time respond to a question. Just because one of my interviews felt fast-paced.
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to bring bug spray! Got so many mosquito bites hanging out on campus/in Miami.
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How many scenario based questions they would have
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N/A
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That it would be very laid back/conversational
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My interviewer's style was unique. He liked to cut me off and I got used to it after about 20 minutes. I learned to give conciser answers and to anticipate lots of follow up questions. It was a little jarring at first, but I just realized that it's just his style of interviewing.
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That the interview does NOT take place on the Coral Gables campus. Mapquest more than 24 hour before your interview. ACCOUNT for traffic.
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They give a light breakfast which is nice in addition to the lunch. Coffee will be provided.
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Miami/South Beach takes their parking meters VERY seriously. Don't skimp, lest you get parking tickets. They are vultures.
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that the residency process is just like applying to med school.....sigh. but honestly, not much.....be careful ordering a cab, i would order it WAY ahead of time
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it's very laid back.
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I thought the interview would have been more conversational and not a quiz on my file. I should have thouroughly re-read my app cuz she asked detailed questions.
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That my interviewer would not ask the usual "why medicine", "why this school" type questions.
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If you apply to both the MD-MPH and the MD program you still have just one interview, but you have two days of touring.
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Nothing.
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I was going to get a PhD and not an MD for an interviewer.
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That there would be no coffee in or near the presentation room (first thing in the morning).
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I wish I had known that my interviewer was going to be dismissive.
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The exact location of the meeting place for the morning and that it is possible to get an interviewer who tries to intimidate you...just remain confident, positive, and calm, no matter what they ask or say.
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How much I would like it
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Not an NIH-funded program.
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That Miami traffic is bad anytime of the day
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How awesome the school is. I don't think their website does the school justice.
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that the metro rail takes you right to the campus!
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It is a lot easier to get to than you'd think if you're not from Miami.
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Most students at UM are Florida residents.
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My interview was very "what if" oriented. Basically, every question was hypothetical. But, that's not to say that my interviewer was mean/rude/etc. He was very soft spoken and respectful, but it seemed like he had to ask the questions he did.
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once interviewed and decision made, adcom will not re-vote on file even after sending in updates.
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That everyone is so laid back and there really was no reason to be nervous.
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The atmosphere is anything but intimidating... although it could also be a tactic they use to get you too comfortable.
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How amazing the medical campus really is. The buildings and centers all look great and the diversity of the city is far beyond what i imagined. Granted I want to go into international health so that really appeals to me, but I really loved the feel of the place...I wasn't sure if I would like it going in to the interview
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The hotel across the street is really dingy. It is definitely worth your while to get a student host to take you in.
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How to maneuver in Miami traffic - haha
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The thing about spanish.
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1 hr-long interviews aren't long at all. Time passed quickly when the interviewer just carried a friendly conversation with me. The interview was not very stressful, but I was nervous because it was my first interview.
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I wish I had known who I was interviewing with in advance. I interviewed with a very important person and was really nervous when I found this out the morning of.
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Even though I live here, I was still surprised by how hot it was walking around the campus in a wool suit (even during a cold front). Also, based on the other responses on this site, I expected a few health care questions, but I didn't get a single one.
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The traffic is horrible.
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Your society is more than a mere social network. 3rd and 4th years are the ones teaching your basic clinical skills. You take exams with your society in the individual lab rooms, not as collective class. The students are huge on ping pong.
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How nice and calm I should be as everyone was very welcoming.
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How big the Jackson memorial is and how much patient contact you get at this school
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A lot of the students have a lot of money, and so tend to live on South Beach or in these beautiful apartments downtown. Some of the bars don't charge the medical students cover? The medical school and hospital is in a bad area.
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That I wouldn't be interviewing until 1:00 p.m.
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I can't think of anything right now
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how amazing miami is and to spend more time in south beach
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nothing
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That it was going to be cold
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Nothing really. I was pleasantly surprised and I think that made the day all the more wonderful :)
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i should have practiced my spanish a little more. No one in miami seemed to be speaking ingles.
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That it would be so expensive.
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I was aware of the amount of volume of patient traffic at the hospitals, research at the various centers, and community outreach programs, but I must have underestimated just how extensive it really is. Upon, visiting, I was not only impressed, but encouraged about the amount of opportunities available to medical students.
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Parking is really expensive--student hosts are incredible and very helpful.
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That housing costs are actually somewhat reasonable (relative to other big cities).
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I wish I would have known how amazing the school would be!
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Nada
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I never realized that the hospitals in Boca do not currently have residents (i.e. the hospitals are not yet "teaching hospitals").
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Nothing, I feel like I had ample preparation.
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To stay with students
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That the building where the interviews were held (Rosenstiel) has a different name written on it on the side facing the expressway.
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Be relaxed.
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Students get clinical experience from day one.
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You may think that if the drive would take you 33 minutes with no traffic you could just add an hour and a half to that and be fine but...you'd be wrong. Also, admissions will tell you spanish isn't necessary but med students said YOU'LL NEED IT!
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Relax. That I was going to like this school so much
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How great the Boca campus is.
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How horrible traffic is on the way down to the campus. I got there in the nick of time. And how much I want to be accepted here.
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The cost of the parking
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How bad rush hour traffic can be in Miami, leaving or entering, in the morning or the afternoon. It's atrocious, and many med-students told me they biked to school quite often because of it, or sometimes even skipped class and went to Starbucks with headphones to listen to livecast lecture from the comfort of their laptops and lattes. :)
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It will take you 2 hours to drive less than 30 miles on weekdays. I could have biked there faster.
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How expensive it is to go there.
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They accept 68% of interviewees.
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parking and driving in Miami can be crazy
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Make sure to leave extra time for breakfast in the morning.
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The interview is a lot more relaxed than I could have imagined, and there is over a 50% chance of getting accepted if you interview.
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The name of my particular interviewer (not provided by school ahead of time)
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The Days Inn across the street is very close, but it is built almost ON the highway. It is very noisy, service is bad, and you cannot expect to get a good night's sleep unless u are a very heavy sleeper.
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How bad people in Miami drive!
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nothing really
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Who my interviewer would be.
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That once offered an interview, you have a 75 percent chance of being offered an acceptance.
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How fantastic the FAU campus is. They don't talk about it much during the interview day. You'll have to make your own arrangements if you want to see it for yourself.