University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Medical School

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

How you think you did?

6 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

What are your general comments?

Overall a great experience. Int#1 was impossible to read. He sat and stared deadpan at me throughout, as if I were talking to myself.. no nodding or anything. He seemed fairly nice other than that. Int#2 busts out with some biochem questions.. but I'm not convinced he expected me to know it. I bet he just wanted to make sure I remembered SOMETHING from biochem/etc. Surprisingly that interview was lower stress than the first. He was very talkative, just had some hard topics..

Interview questions they asked

Int#1:Greatest strength/weakness - with examples for each Int#2:So you've had biochemistry, whats the last reaction of the krebs cycle? Also, from glucose, how many net ATP do you get? Why isn't it 38?

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What was the most interesting question?

If you could cure one disease, what would it be? (he then didn't count heart disease or cancer heh)

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What was the most difficult question?

What is the last reaction of the Krebs cycle? (not kidding, who knew this sort of thing actually showed up)

I was asked this too

How did you prepare for the interview?

Read Interview Feedback, read SDN, etc

What impressed you positively?

The facilities are great. New student center area w/ weight room. The students there also seemed nice, and dispersed any concerns about overcompetition at UTSW.

What impressed you negatively?

Since the interview is on a saturday, the school is empty, leaving it hard to tell what it's really like there. But this has its advantages too.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That my interviewer was going to ask me biochem questions, heh.