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?

6 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

How you think you did?

5 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

6 / 10

0 = Below, 10 = Above

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

9 / 10

0 = Below, 10 = Above

What are your general comments?

Really cool. My host was awesome. My interviewers let me speak my mind. Very low key. Good experience.

What was the most interesting question?

I guess the standard "So why an MD and a PhD?" question. Nothing else that was crazy though.

I was asked this too

What was the most difficult question?

"If you had to choose between an MD and a PhD, which one would you choose?"

I was asked this too

How did you prepare for the interview?

Slept, woke up early, ran

What impressed you positively?

Dallas is not the backwater Texan city I thought it to be. However, it is STILL Texas (I'm an uber liberal West-Coaster). The MSTP at UTSW is one of the BEST organized in the nation. Everyone there is nice and the research facilities are amazing. Your colleagues will be so nice to you and your stipend goes far in Dallas. The MSTP is headed by a nobel prize winner...THIS IS HUGE.

What impressed you negatively?

Bad drivers. Texas drivers are idiots. Lack of city transportation. No ecological consciousness. No winter :(

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

I discovered that Dallas is a mix between Los Angeles and New York City...taking more of the bad than the good. If I had known this, I would have not applied. HOWEVER the education and research opportunities are sooooo amazing that it would have been a DAMN shame had i not applied.

What is your ranking of this school's location?

4 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

4 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great