Ann Arbor, MI
Pharmacy Schools | Public Non-Profit
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Higher scores indicate a smoother, more positive interview experience with professional staff, organized logistics, and a supportive environment.
What was the stress level of the interview?
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
How did the interview impress you?
How you think you did?
What are your general comments?
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Loved the school and interviewers!
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Great experience, but cold weather.
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University of Michigan COP is a GREAT school overall. I am very impressed by how organized the whole interview process was and how nice the staff and students were.
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Nice campus, huge hospital. you should visit the school before the interview.
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Get there early!
Length, number, and type of interviews
UMICH-PHARM-COMP interviews are an average of 53 minutes, with an average of 3.5 interviews. 88% of interviews are one-on-one, 100% are in-person, and 13% are closed-file. Of the in-person interviews, 100% are held at the school.
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
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How do you deal with time management?
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Tell me about this experience.
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Discuss a situation where you encountered a problem while working in a group
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Why did you choose pharmacy and why U O michigan?
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Why not medical school
What was the most interesting question?
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How do you practice self care and manage stress?
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Tell me about a conflict you encountered and how you dealt with it. Would you deal with it differently now?
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What do you think are students' responsibilities inside and outside of the class room. and what do you think are professors' responsibilities inside and outside of lectures?
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Tell me about your hobby
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What do you think describes a leader?
How did you prepare for the interview?
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Mock interviews
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Read up on interviewing faculty's research, SDN, school website, and reviewed my resume
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SDN, researched UM interviewers and school
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SDN (helped me prepare for the questions a lot). mock interview. other interview experience
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Mock interview
What was the most difficult question?
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Describe a time where you displayed leadership
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Tell me about a time when your group/team was not meeting deadlines and how you motivated everyone to finish a project?
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Tell me about a conflict you have encountered and how you went about deal with it
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What is the weakness of your application
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What do you want to talk about now
What impressed you positively?
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How nice and welcoming everyone was
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Friendliness of staff and students.
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The friendliness of the staff, the interviewers and the students at school.
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Friendlyness of the staff
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Welcoming nature of the College as a whole.
What impressed you negatively?
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The hospital tour was pretty generic and straightforward.
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The extremely cold weather in Michigan. (it's not even snowing yet..)
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Too cold
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Dean Perry yelled at many of the interviewees for having their schedules on their phones instead of on paper. She also yelled at people for having more than 3 questions prepared. Your interviewers will expect you to ask more than 3 questions!
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
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Wear better shoes since you do a tour of the hospital
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Come prepared with more questions! (They take up at least 10 minutes of the interview)
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Gave myself more time in my schedule to take a tour of campus
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University of Michigan recently changed their curriculum to be group work more than lecture based studying. University of Michigan is actually REALLY, REALLY BIG. the libraries there are really pretty
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If I had known how the Dean treats the students, I would not have gone to the school and wasted my time and money.
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How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
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While it was nice to sit in on a P1 class I would have much rather had a tour of the campus: libraries, grad housing, etc.
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It is great that Dean Perry is so responsive to emails. However; her emails are convoluted. I frequently have to ask my colleagues for second opinions to understand her emails, and my colleagues agree that the emails are very confusing.
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None, Dean Perry is quite good at what she does
Airports Used
57% interviewees used DTW (DTW) , with 14% using dtw (dtw) and 14% using Detroit (Detroit) and 14% using Detroit International Airport (Detroit International Airport) .
What was your primary mode of transportation?
Most interviewees traveled by airplane to the interview.
Hotels Recommended by Other Interviewees
Most interviewees stayed at the Red Roof Inn (average ranking 6.5/10), with some staying at Hilton Garden Inn (average rating 10/10). (Top 3 displayed)
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