University of Massachusetts T. H. Chan Medical School

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

How you think you did?

9 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

7 / 10

0 = Below, 10 = Above

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

6 / 10

0 = Below, 10 = Above

What are your general comments?

Three of us arrived for morning interviews, and were joined after our interviews by 12 more who came for afternoon interviews. We had lunch, a presentation by two 1st-years, and a brief tour. There is usually a presentation by the dean or director of admissions, but they were out of town at a conference. I was out of there by 1:15.

Interview questions they asked

I see that the few B's you got in college were in your major - why do you think that is?

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What was the most interesting question?

What do you like about rock-climbing? (Follow-up question to What do you do for fun?).

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What was the most difficult question?

What exactly does fMRI measure? (I use it in my research but when I answered her she repeated the question - I think she wanted the physics principles answer which I was unable to provide.

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How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN, mock interview, school website, spoke to someone who had interviewed there earlier.

What impressed you positively?

The attitudes of the students, the early clinical exposure.

What impressed you negatively?

Match results - in 2001, 63% of grads got first choice for match, not nearly as good at other schools I'm applying to.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

It didn't take me nearly as long to get there as I expected.

What is your ranking of this school's location?

7 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

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

7 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great