Florida State University College of Medicine

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

How you think you did?

8 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

What are your general comments?

The day starts with meeting current students and asking them about their experiences. Then you'll meet the Dean of Admissions and the rest of the staff. There was no presentation as I've seen in other interviews. Instead, the Dean talked to us for about ten minutes and then let us go to lunch. After eating, you'll go to your interviews which last about an hour each. You'll spend any breaks you may have in the student lounge, visiting with the admissions staff and taking a VERY short tour of the facilities (when I interviewed, the new building had opened only the week before. Our tour guide did not know her way around the new school). P.S. If you get Dr. Skilling, be prepared to talk about health care in America. Whatever position you take, he will argue against it. He's not being rude; he just wants to make sure that you've thought through your answers.

Interview questions they asked

What do you do to relax?

I was asked this too

What was the most interesting question?

Will you be able to work with patients of different religions?

I was asked this too

What was the most difficult question?

If you were the health czar of the United States, what would you change about health care?

I was asked this too

How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN, the FSU website (www.med.fsu.edu), re-read my application

What impressed you positively?

The whole campus is new. Everything is wired. Students get lounges, PDA's, laptop. All but one of students passed Step 1 on the first try.

What impressed you negatively?

FSU has a stigma of being a backup school. Most of the students who go to FSU could not get into UF. Classes begin June 1st.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

The directions to the parking lot are horrible. Be sure to turn into the first lot with a guard gate. The day only lasts from 11am - 5pm.