Oregon Health & Sciences University School of Medicine

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

I have spent time at OHSU in the past, but I never realized how great the medical school was. The faculty truly care about the students, there is plenty of opportunity for early patient contact, and the students are easy going. I would love to go to school here.

Interview questions they asked

Tell me about a specific volunteer experience (from my application)

I was asked this too

What was the most interesting question?

Describe a patient you came into contact with in ____ clinical experience

I was asked this too

What was the most difficult question?

One interviewer read a paragraph out of a newspaper article and asked me to comment on it. It was about funding in teaching hospitals vs other hospitals. It caught me off gaurd and I didn't even get to see the title of the article, let alone read it myself.

I was asked this too

How did you prepare for the interview?

Read my application, healthcare book, read OHSU SOM website (I had done enough interviews at this point that I didn't need to do much)

What impressed you positively?

My interviewers. They were extremely friendly. The students were really helpful and we were able to talk to at least 10 of them over lunch. The integrated curriculum sounds great.

What impressed you negatively?

nothing, I was really impressed

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

nothing