University of Minnesota Twin Cities Medical School

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How did the interview impress you?

No change 😐

What was the stress level of the interview?

7 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

the professors you meet are doing very interesting research and they'll be happy to answer questions on what they do and even invite you into the lab to show you so those parts are fine, the interviewers are kind, but it feels like you're make to jump through hoops

Interview questions they asked

know how to find a particular gene if you want to (pcr)

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What was the most interesting question?

what did you read in your brain and fiction class?

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What was the most difficult question?

how would you deal with being away from your family? (I went to college a hour away from my parents)

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How did you prepare for the interview?

read sdn, researched interviewers

What impressed you positively?

the neuroscience research going on there, and the fact that they are trying to recruit more young researchers

What impressed you negatively?

lack of more explaination about the program, came away feeling like it was just long day filled with answering questions about myself but learning less the other way around, also don't know much about the med program

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

there's a shuttle from the day's inn to the biosciences building