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Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 29% of interviews, indicating it is moderately regarded. They found the interview generally impressive with a moderate stress level and felt they did well.
Generally favorable experience overall, applicants reported positive interactions with some minor issues noted.
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The SDN Interview Experience Score (SIES) is a composite metric that represents applicants overall impressions of their interview experience, based on multiple factors such as professionalism, facilities, responsiveness, and stress levels.
How do you rank the facilities?
Most respondents rank the facilities as above average.
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
Most respondents rank this school above all other schools.
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
Most respondents rank this school above other schools they applied to.
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What is your ranking of this school's location?
Most respondents rate the school location as good.
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How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
Most respondents said the admissions office was friendly.
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
Most respondents rate the area’s cultural life as good.
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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
Most respondents said the admissions office was responsive.
💬 Interview Questions ▼
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
The most commonly asked interview questions at medical schools include inquiries about personal motivations for pursuing medicine, strengths and weaknesses, ethical considerations such as abortion and euthanasia, and scenarios related to patient care and social issues. Many respondents mentioned an MMI format, suggesting a structured interview process where questions are asked in multiple mini interviews, possibly under a nondisclosure agreement.
Describe a specific patient that influenced your decision to pursue medicine.
Your strengths/weaknesses? Have you ever come to a crossroad in your life and what you decided to do? Have you ever been misjudged and how did you handle it?
Quite a few questions, but somewhat standard. The questions lead to more conversation. All the typical questions, like "Why do you want to be a doctor?"
Students said most interesting question asked at University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine discussed various scenarios, including advising a pregnant teenager, reflecting on regrets, ethical dilemmas, favorite classes, and hypothetical situations like choosing dinner guests. The interview format may have been an MMI, as multiple responses mentioned non-disclosure and diverse ethical and personal questions were posed to applicants.
How would you respond to a patient who googled his medical condition and was insistent about his diagnosis but it is shown that he has a complete different condition?
(I was asked a number of pharmaceutical questions because the medical student who conducted the interview was also a PharmD)
-If you were stranded on a desert island alone, what three drugs would you like to have?
If you were to be dropped in a refugee camp with 10,000 people, assuming that you had complete medical training, what would be the first thing you would do?
I wouldn't say that the questions were difficult or particularly "interesting" however I really got the feeling that the questions were used to begin conversations that became interesting. The thread of which, depends on the interviewee.
Imagine that you are a fully trained MD, and we fly you off to some refugee camp (10k people) out in the middle of nowhere. What would you do when you landed?
If there were two doctors with the same competency level and you noticed a pattern that one of the physicians was being sued twice as many times as the other one, what would you infer or assume?
Students said most difficult question asked at University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine discussed a variety of topics, including ethics, personal accomplishments, health care reform, and societal issues like abortion and euthanasia. The interviews seemed to be in the MMI format, with some mentioning nondisclosure agreements, and involved thought-provoking questions about personal values, healthcare access, and decision-making scenarios.
Treating problems caused by obesity could be considered "enabling" the patient. What do you think about this and what would you do about the patient's weight?
See above. Most of the questions were basic, however my first interviewer (MSIII) pushed all of the questions very far. For example, I answered the first question in detail, but the answer was not sufficient (as most of my answers). It became a sort of debate.
Where do you see yourself in ten years? I said I was interested in surgery and the rest of the interview from there was flat impersonal. I don't see why that would have offended the interviewer. This school seems to be pushing for everyone to become Family/Rural physicians. Nevada is still hick country except for Reno and Vegas.
Argue on behalf of both sides for removal of a feeding tube from a comatose individual who has no hope of ever being conscious again. And what would you do?
Why do you think there is such a discrepancy between the health care system in the US and the healthcare systems in other developed countries, and what can we as a country do to fix it?
Describe a crisis situation and how you dealt with it. Interviewers (both the student and the physician interviewer had the same list of questions, from which they read.
Because it was closed file, both my interviewers actually focused all of their questions around my experiences unlike some of the other interviews people have written about on SDN... no ethics questions and no real clinical problem-solving.
Your friend is unknowingly dating a girl that you know to be positive for an STD. What do you do? (I felt this was pretty cut and dry because I felt it was an issue of protecting public health, so I answered that I talk to the girl privately about telling my friend about her diagnosis and that if she refused I would have to resort to telling my friend to protect himself. I think the interviewer didn't like the conclusion I came to and for the rest of the interview the interviewer was cold and distant.)
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 2 people.
What was the stress level of the interview?
Most respondents rated their interview as average 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 a closed 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?
Most applicants prepared for their interviews by conducting mock interviews, practicing MMI questions, reviewing ethical principles, reading books on interviews, utilizing resources like SDN, and discussing with current students. They also emphasized the importance of reviewing their application materials, staying updated on current issues, and being authentic during the interview process.
SDN, preprofessional committee at school, read bioethics manual, read a specific book on how to prepare for interviews, and had my roommate ask me question after question.
Read JAMA, this site, NY Times science section, listened to NPR, read and reread my primary and secondary applications, read articles relevant to the field of medicine I'm interested in pursuing (addiction medicine).
Talked to students at UNSOM, talked to the first year who was "assigned" to me to answer questions, talked to alumni of UNSOM, read SDN, stayed current with political events which affect healthcare, read medical ethics websites.
Studied up on current issues, especially the tort reform stuff going on in Nevada right now, did a mock interview at my school, and just read over SDN.
Bought a nice professional suit. I think interviews are to get a glimpse of who you are as a person, so the only way you can prepare is to be yourself. If I practiced at being someone I'm not, and they let me in based one that, it would suck trying to wear a mask for the next four years.
Applicants were overwhelmingly impressed by the friendliness of staff, students, and interviewers, the small class size, early patient exposure, new facilities, and the sense of community within the school. They appreciated the supportive and welcoming atmosphere, the opportunities for hands-on experience, and the genuine interest shown by interviewers in getting to know them. Suggestions for improvement were minimal, with most applicants expressing very positive experiences during their interactions with the school.
The facilities and the small class size. Regional medical center hospital. Also the distance to Lake Tahoe. For anyone interested in outdoor sports like skiing, fishing, and hunting in addition to medicine, Reno's tough to beat.
My faculty interviewer (second interview) was very kind. He set the pace at the beginning by stating that I could relax and it ended up as a frienly conversation. He seemed impressed from the beginning, so the interview was short and to the point.
facilities are nicer than I thought, physician was very open and established a rapport with me, student interviewer and physician seemed very professional.
Every one at the school was great. The facilities are new, the faculty members were very easy to talk to and willing to help in any way possible. Additionally, I was able to examine the cadavers with a student during by tour. It was quite amazing to see a cadaver who had a complete Aortic bypass, in which the artificial vessel ran outside the chest wall under the chest and abdominal muscles.
The main facility is fairly new and very technologically advanced. Large classrooms equipped with microphones at each desk and configured for video conferencing. Small class sizes and great professors.
Everything is so NEW. The anatomy lab is beautiful, and I had a chance to look into my tour guide's cadaver. The class size is small and everyone I met was very friendly... I felt an instant connection with the students and faculty.
How small the class size is (52). This promotes quite cohesive atmosphere, and the students all seemed really happy. I also got a chance to sit in on one of the classes, and thought the instructor was amazing! Very dynamic and had the whole class laughing for most of the lecture.
My student interviewer (M4) was great and provided feedback on the experience at the med school, indicating that he felt adequately prepared for a future in medicine.
Everyone - staff, interviewers, etc - were SO nice.. both interviewers made the interview seem very low-key; they didn't seem to want to trip me up or anything. We really just had great conversations, so great that we lost track of time and the interviews went an hour and a half with the doc and an hour and ten minutes with the student - and I (and I think they) still wanted to keep going!
Both of my interviewers were very friendly and seemed genuinely interested in getting to know me. The MS-4 who interviewed me really seemed to like the school and was very open and honest about UNSOMs programs.
I visited Reno and UNSOM late last year and really enjoyed it. I would HIGHLY recommend visiting the school before you apply there. Some people have visited there and realized that they would never survive in that setting. (ie, compared to las vegas, the culture is a bit homogenized, and it lacks 3 billion degree temps... boo hoo)
People from my religion and school attended there; The fact that the campus is split between Las Vegas and Reno. Also the staf were naturally friendly... no one was superficial. Also, the first interviewer was a non-physician from sociology, chosen to cater to my undergraduate degree... very nice and personable. The second interviewer was a third year med student... a wonderful guy.
I actually had to interview at the Las Vegas campus, which is where I am from, so I wasn't really surprised with anything. I will hopefully visit the home campus at Reno sometime soon. The doctor and student I interviewed with were both extremely friendly and genuine which helped me to relax.
The interviewer was super nice. Thomas Hunt, director of residency programs for family practice medicine. He gave me a tour of his clinic, which was very impressive.
Applicants commonly expressed negative impressions regarding stressful interviews, unprepared interviewers, lack of enthusiasm from tour guides, and inconsistencies in interview experiences. Suggestions included improving interviewer preparedness, ensuring consistency in interview experiences, and enhancing the campus tour to provide a more comprehensive view of the school and facilities.
My first interviewer (an MSIII)! He was very cold and did not know how to socialize. He smirked as I answered some questions and seemed to get a rise out of arguing with answers that I gave him. Especially with regards to the ethical topics. Some questions dragged on for 10 minutes! The overall interview was well over an hour which made me late to my next interview! He didn't agree with my weaknesses. (?!) And at the end of the interview he told me know was the time to be honest. After an hour and 15 minutes of questioning!?! However, I was accepted, so I guess it wasn't too much of a negative for the admissions committee.
The rumored 80% Step1 pass rate in the previous years and the poor residency choices available. Rumored that the they are having trouble maintaining thier medical school accreditation.
The main campus at UNR is nice, but the part where the med schools (all three buildings) is pretty barren. The insides of the buildings were fine. My interview schedule was changed the day before my interview, so I had a lot of downtime between my interviews and tour.
My faculty interviewer didn't show much interest throughout most of the interview. I felt like we were just going through the motions, and found it hard to let "myself" come across in the questions I was asked. Any chance at conversation was usually cut short by another question.
My student interviewer had to cancel on me because she was held up at the hospital - BUT she and the UNR staff were SO nice about it, and it was something that couldn't be helped. In my case, it really wasn't that much of a "negative" because I was in town for several days, but if someone were from out of town and only there for the day it could have caused major problems.
The interviewers did have identical lists of questions to ask me, which was a little off-putting. But we got fairly sidetracked in both interviews talking about my research and clinical experiences anyway.
Nothing really "Negatively" impressed me, rather I "noticed" that the student interviewer and the physician interviewer had about 95% of the same questions, which came from a list they were given.
There was a three lapse between my first and second schedule. I was within driving distance, but what about the person that is from out of town and just has to hang out for three hours? The questions were contrived. I was asked nothing new or insightful. The school is really more concerned with your GPA and MCAT than they like to lead on. All the hype you might hear about how important the extracirricular activities are is for the students that don't have outstanding numbers. Having an ethnic last name or some obscure degree (computer science or engineering) will defintely help.
The first time I called for directions the nurse or medical assistant or whoever it was was a stone cold bitch who told me she couldn't give directions. It freaked me out, but then this really nice resident got on the phone and gave me really great dirctions, which of course I lost, so I had to call back and get them again. Maybe that's why I got rejected. I probably seemed like a total flake.
The school had the attitude of "we're the only one in the state, so YOU better show us why we should pick you." Plus, as stated in the previous posts, it IS who you know and what your racial background is.
For the second year in a row my student interviewer was late (the previous year he didn't even bother to show up and I was interviewed by someone that "had some time"). As mentioned above, my interviewer seemed to take personal offense to my answer and became very distant and uninterested. There was a two hour break between my first and second interview.
The quality of the anatomy lab is not the best I've seen, and anatomy labs are prosected, so there isn't the aspect of discovering structure yourself--it's already been dissected out and pinned.
The professor interviewer seemed miffed that I was there. Myabe I was interupting his research. The student interviewer I was scheduled with didn't show up, so I ended up being interviewed by some other student that just happened to have some free time. The tour of the school was severly limited by the pathetically small campus.
Applicants commonly wished they had known to be concise in their answers, the varying interview styles between student and physician interviews, the location details of the interview, the lack of a formal lunch provided, the friendly nature of interviewers, and the importance of bringing a resume/CV for the interview. They also mentioned concerns about the school's administration, lack of diversity, clinical opportunities, step 1 pass rates, potential class size increases, and the emphasis on networking for admissions.
Be concise with your answers. Don’t ramble but try and talk as much of the 7 minutes as possible per question.
Not sure if it's OK to put this here, but here?s a little inside information (not typical recruiting propaganda)I received from someone in their second year at Nevada:
Well, if you decide on UNSOM, do so for personal and family reasons. The school itself is really not that good. We have a lot to improve upon. A couple of friends at other med schools (one back East and one on the West Coast) chose much better programs. For example, our school administration really doesn?t care or is on too much of a power trip to do much for our students. If someone struggles academically, they are pretty much on their own. The administration likes to pretend they?re supportive and that they will help students succeed, but what that really means is getting called up to the assitant dean?s office for ?a discussion? (basically a warning to shape up or get out) or if a student really has other problems, they may get to repeat the first or second year (like being held back in grade school). Part of the problem may be that our school is run by some power tripping secretaries (sorry, I mean administrative assistants). Some of them are really nice but some should probably work for the Department of Motor Vehicles. Our dean is really disconnected from the students but is pretty big on career climbing. He recently said that students aren?t a priority but he?d like to see more residencies in Nevada. He probably forgot who is going to fill those residencies. He?s been promoted to vice president of the university.
Another problem with the administration is that they are super paranoid about cheating now. A while ago a student was totally copying off of another student (in the class ahead of me) and of course eventually got caught (they did a ?statistical analysis? to see if he was cheating). They tried to expel him but he sued so they put him in our class. We have to sign an ?honor pledge? which means almost nothing because it?s coerced and is just used against us to try to prevent cheating. Seems like they missed their chance on that one. So now we can?t use the bathroom which is like three steps away from the classroom during tests and sometimes we don?t even get to see the tests to know what we missed. Lame. I hear the class after us can?t even review test problems in some classes. That sucks because some of those instructors couldn?t even write a test question. One of them broke down crying when we challenged her exam questions. So the first year class can?t see their tests in that class anymore. Sucks to be them.
The curriculum is pretty mediocre. Some of our instructors are good, but a lot of them shouldn?t be teaching med students. It was even worse last year. I?ll have to wait and see what I get in some of my classes this year, like Path which is taught by this little Napoleon guy who has turned out to be pretty good. Other classes just sucked. I went to _________, a pretty good undergrad school, so I wasn?t prepared for the shoddy instruction we?d get in med school. You can?t understand some instructors at all because of English problems, which is stupid because we are supposed to be learning stuff to save lives. A couple of our ?clinically oriented? classes are run by three or four people who are totally unqualified to do so, but they?re way too arrogant to accept criticism or change. Some other course instructors just don?t care or are really just totally oblivious if we understand the material. We do course evaluations but it doesn?t affect anything. Usually, the same bad instructors keep doing the same bad lessons.
Since you?re not a ?traditional? pre-med, you may be on your own. The overwhelming # of students are traditional white upper middle class, with some Asian students as well. My class has two black students (thank god! they are both awesome) out of over 50 students but the other classes don?t have any black members. Diversity is not very strong here. Hispanics and native americans are way underrepresented, which is lame because Nevada has strong populatons of both. There?s a couple older students in the first year class and one in the third year class but they don?t seem to be involved much in school. They got in because they had super high admission scores but all they got for financial aid was loans. I think they came here because of family obligations. And you definitely don?t want to be openly gay here. There are a lot of rednecks, even the students who say some pretty ignorant and offensive things about gay and lesbians. Some don?t believe that HIV research and treatment should be funded. We?re pretty backwards here sometimes.
The good thing about my school is that we get to be with patients pretty fast. In one course, we pretty much shadow a doctor in their office for two semesters and get to do procedures depending on the doctor. Also, we have a Student Outreach Clinic for people without insurance that is cool. There?s a lot of student politics around it sometimes and you have to wait a lot to get a patient, but our class has really done awesome with it compared to the previous class It?s only a couple times a month though, but it?s still cool.
That?s about it. I hope this helps your decision. Keep this to yourself because this could really hurt my school career here if the administration knew I told you this. Good luck in your applications.
Interviewing in Las Vegas can be a disadvantage. I'm not sure how the process is in Reno, but I don't feel that I got the right impression of the school. I wasn't given any information about the school, and very little effort was taken to attract me to the school.
I really wish that I had been able to go and visit the campus to get a better sense of what the environment for at least the first two years may be like.
All my friends and contacts at UNSOM told me that it was going to be low-stress, and indeed it was. Was I able to relax about it? Heck no!! I fretted about it until the last minute, then just got into the interview and tried to shine. Whew, I'm glad it's over!!!
For some reason I had thought the interview was open-file so when the doctor asked me for a resume/CV to look at, I didn't have one. The rest of my interview was spent explaining things that she could have just read of the CV. Basically, just take a resume with you just in case they want to take a look at it.
The adcom is more "numbers based" than they say they are. It's all about being "diverse" rather than having the most qualified students enter.
In state students are given more preference than is led to believe. In addition, this school will reject a perfectly good candidate just to see what he or she will do. I was rejected with a 30 MCAT and a 3.93 cummulative GPA and was accepted to University of Washington Medical School.
Applicants generally found the interview experience positive, with varying levels of stress and conversational tone. They appreciated the opportunity to showcase their passion for medicine, the friendly interviewers, and the chance to learn more about the school. Some suggested improvements included providing more information about the school, reducing repetitive questions, and maintaining consistency in the interview process.
I felt like I had enough time to answer the questions. Positive experience overall
Seems like a great school that has just built a brand new building. It also looked like they have a good relationship with the surrounding community. Everyone there seemed really friendly and nice.
Both interviewers were really laid back. Don't be nervous (easier said than done, I know)! There is nothing to be worried about, just be yourself. I think that's what they're looking for the most.
The interviews went OK. They weren't very deep. A lot of it was spent going over stuff that was on my application because it was a closed file interview.
The first interview was long, drawn out, stressful, my spirits were down, and I thought that I did not want to go to a school that produces doctors like that. However, the second interviewer was very kind and he eased my nerves. I just couldn't believe a student could be so rude.
Very smooth and conversational. No unexpected or difficult questions. Because I showed up early, the staff interviewer showed me around the facilities and our interview was as much about discussing life in Reno as it was about finding out about me. Everything was punctual and easy-going.
This was my first interview and I was fairly impressed with how casual and kind the student and staff were. My first interview was an orthopedic surgeon who is a graduate of UNSOM; my second interview was a MS4. The interviews seemed more like a conversation rather than a formal interview. I wasn't too happy with the fact that I wasn't given a tour of the school/facility. I wished that I could have interviewed in Reno to see what the campus was like.
Very comfortable environment. THe physician met me and took me to a room with a large conference table, we talked for an hour and 15 minutes (really, a 20 minute interview is a BAD thing when you are suppose to have an hour people). Then we finished and I met my student interviewer, and went to the same room. We talked for about an hour. Very relaxed, but challenging ethical questions. It ended with a tour of the fantastic facilities.
It was a great interview experience! It was very small, personal, and comfortable setting. Interviewers really wanted you to feel calm and stress-free. I really liked the fact that the tour was one-on-one and did not make you feel intimidated to ask questions. This experience just made me even more excited to go to this school.
It was very laid back and conversational. I enjoyed meeting with both of the interviewers a lot. I learned a lot about the school and definitely want to go there!
I feel like interviewers should be more neutral, but my student seemed rather put off that I was interested in surgery. My faculty interviewer was cordial and very enthusiastic about me - but so was my one last year and I was rejected in January. I wish I was a female diabetic amputee that worked for the Peace Corps. I would have it made.
It was a good experience overall, though I did not have a good feeling after my interview with the faculty member. I would have preferred an open-file interview as a lot of time was spent talking about things that were already in the application.
I interviwed here before and knew what to expect. It's a tough interview for me, because it's not really conversational. They really grill you and you must know the answers to the questions. Be prepared to constantly have follow-up questions to your answers, especially the ''why medicine?'' question.
I was not very excited about the location, but my interview experience was so encouraging and positive that it made me give a lot more consideration to this school.
I was able to meet with my student contact before my first interview and that really helped calm my nerves. Both interviews were very relaxed...professional but relaxed. They really wanted to know a lot about me and my past experiences. Both interviewers took notes during the interview (don't let this freak you out). I was able to speak with many of the current students during the down time (they were in and out of the lounge in between classes). Overall it was a great experience. The facilities are wonderful and the students are very nice!
Very relaxed, conversational. Lots of lag time, however, between interview sections. The tour was very brief as the school is very small, but afforded the ability to meet many students and see everything.
Overall it went well. Any weirdness was completely my fault. The interviewers were very cool. I feel I did better with the student interview than with the M.D., but both went quite well.
Overall I was impressed by the school. I was not too sure about Reno, and although I am not terribly enthusiastic about the city, the school, faculty an staff was encouraging and friendly.
The website isn't very thorough, and there wasn't much information provided about the school at my interview. I would recommend going to the school for the interview if at all possible. I was already a little skeptical of the school, but would like to hope that this experience is not representative of what to expect from them in terms of education.
Both of my interviewers were incredibly nice. The professor was very honest about how much time students spend in class, and how he felt it was a detriment to their medical education. This guy was a therapist and you almost feel compelled to tell him all of your faults. The student interviewer mostly wrote verbatim what I said in response to questions.
This was a really great interview experience. I began at the Las Vegas Med. School building for my interview with a 4th year med student. Unfortunately, she was held up at the hospital and ended up not being able to make it. The staff was awesome and hung out with me while I waited, and we rescheduled for the next day. Then I went to the physician's office for that interview. He was very nice, and we had a great conversation. He had a list of questions he asked me and seemed to want to get to each one, but it was quite conversational. I almost wish we'd had more time, but as it was the interview was nearly an hour and a half. The next day I met with the med student, and that was even better that the one with the physician. She was very nice and easy to talk to. I never felt like she was trying to trick me, but rather we discussed very real issues that a physician could encounter. She was also very candid about her positive and negative experiences at Reno, which I appreicated. Honestly, I wasn't sure that Reno would be a place I really wanted to go, but after this interview (and barring anything scary that I might see up at the actual campus) I'd feel very lucky to be accepted here!
Overall it was a great experience. The interviewers were very friendly and personable. They made me very comfortable and were never confrontational or rude. My faculty interviewer did ask some ethical questions and defended views opposite to mine, but in an 'i want to challenge you to think' way not an 'i think you're wrong way'. I had a great experience and think that attending UNSOM would be a very positive experience.
I really want to go to this school, and I think they figured out that I wasn't BS'ing them on that fact. I think if you aren't positive that you want to go to UNSOM, they're going to pick up on that too. Don't waste their time or yours if you don't want to go there.
Overall, it was a good experience, the interviewers seemed to really make an effort to look at me as an individual and specifically how I would fit in to the upcoming class. It wasn't an interview "mill" and if you've gotten this far in the process, you have a pretty good chance of acceptance.
Basically for the faculty interviewer you will need to know (at least in my case) how to describe your undergraduate experiences and general ethical issues, and for the student interviewer be sure to study generic med school interview questions (historical figure you would you like to have dinner with, proudest accomplishments...etc). Bring copies of your resume.
First, you are assigned a Peer advisor that gives you advice on the interview process as well as any information you want on the school. Then you travel to UNLV for the first interview with a non-medical professor... specifically picked among the admissions commitee to cater to your undergraduate degree (Sociologist for Behaviroal sciences students). Then you go to the LV-Medical school, a small bldg where you meet up with your second interviewer, a third year medical student (this student gives you an interview, but has no decision in the final say as does the first interviewer).
Overall, I learned more about the school and they way they base their teaching style, which was nice. I am originally from Las Vegas so even though Reno is my state school, it had never been my top choice or anything. Now if I get in, I would definitely think about going there a lot more than before.
In general, the interview was great. I interviewed with the professor first and then with the medical student. The professor interview was a bit stressful and he really challenged me. He liked to dig deep into every single aspect of any answer I gave. But overall, he was a nice guy and I enjoyed meeting him. The interview with the medical student was fantastic. The med student was extremely nice and asked some great questions that were testing my thinking abilities but were still not too difficult. The interview with the medical student was awesome and I really enjoyed meeting such a wonderful individual.
The people were friendly. The questions were easy for the most part. If you have an average MCAT (26-28) or and average GPA (3.4-3.7) expect to apply more than once, especially if you're a male.
I think the interviewer was so warm and friendly that it almost became a therapy session. I let my guard down and admitted some academic weakness. Maybe he saw that and thought I wasn't ready for the rigor of medical school. Well, this is the second year they rejected me. I give up on this school. They are too stringent. For chrissake, it's only a state school, and not exactly a state known for it's academic standards. I am a nontraditional applicant, which they claim to consider, but I doupt it. Maybe I'll do a residency with UNSOM one day, but I won't attend med school there. It's funny, but I work in the hospital as an RN among their residents, and hardly ANY of them went to American medical schools. Most came from the islands. So I don't understand why their med school is so elitist.
Interviews went well overall, just the usual questions given get old. I would like future interviewers to get to know their applicants better rather than trying to stump them on useless ethical questions. (Anyone can prepare for that just like the MCAT)
This school so desperately wants to be in the ranks with the top dogs, they will have perfectly good applicants reapply (sometimes up to 5 times I've heard) just to see if they REALLY want to be a physician.
The interviews were VERY low stress and I felt the interviewers wanted to get to know me. There was a large amount of questions so I was always getting cut off because they wanted to finished their questions. Would have rather been able to speak more freely.
My experience was very positive. This is a smaller institution but that is a really good thing. The class size (54) is great, and there are ample opportunites for clinical experience in rual NV (big plus for me).
Very positive. I felt that I learned a lot about a very good program. The small size of the school is a big selling point for me, as I went to a "name" institution as an undergrad and am sick of anonymity. The University of Nevada seems like it will be a good way to get a good, personal education.
As far as medical schools go, this is an extremely small fish in a huge pond. The admissons committee has their priorities completely jumbled and it seems like they really don't know what they are looking for. Stay away from this one.
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
Applicants suggest improving the admissions process by scheduling interviews on a single day for convenience, clarifying submission requirements on the website, and providing advance notice if a formal lunch will not be provided. They also appreciate the helpfulness and responsiveness of the admissions staff, particularly mentioning positive interactions with Mrs. Marshall.
Make interview all on one day to make it easier for applicants who live far away.
