Oregon Health & Sciences University School of Medicine

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

How you think you did?

7 / 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?

8 / 10

0 = Below, 10 = Above

What are your general comments?

First interview was pretty standard, related to my AMCAS experiences. I was given a lot of time in the beginning to ask questions, as well. Second interview was an engaging debate on my stance on health as a human right and my motivation for medicine (versus academia). It was intellectually challenging, but exciting.

Interview questions they asked

What sort of clinical experience do you have?

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What was the most interesting question?

How would you allocate health care resources according to global need?

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What was the most difficult question?

Imagine yourself 10 years from now. You're practicing medicine. Tell me, exactly, what you're doing. [Searching for a clinical description.]

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How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN, AMCAS application, MSAR info, OHSU website

What impressed you positively?

Portland's Trimet system, my interviewers, the growing emphasis of the school on global health, relatively short in-class time

What impressed you negatively?

N/A

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That we would be given a campus map and left to our own devices in locating our interview sites. Not a real problem, overall, though, since the campus is quite compact.

What is your ranking of this school's location?

10 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

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

10 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great