University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Medical School

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How did the interview impress you?

Negatively ☹️

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

All in all the least impressive MSTP with which I interviewed.

Interview questions they asked

Tell me about yourself.

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What was the most interesting question?

None, really. All were very typical questions.

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What was the most difficult question?

None. Pretty typical questions.

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How did you prepare for the interview?

Read this page, reviewed my research.

What impressed you positively?

The medical center was very modern, facilities are great!

What impressed you negatively?

The letter grading system (I'm back in college again?). One student went on a tirade about how much she hated her neuro class, and how badly it was taught. In general the maturity level of the students was extremely low; there were numerous gay jokes. The Dallas area is very much a "strip mall".

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That the information on their webpage regarding programs in neuroscience was outdated/incorrect (I was contradicted often by a director when mentioning some of these programs). That one of their nobel laureate directors (Rodney Ulane) is leaving for NYU.