Northwestern University Feinberg School 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

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 / 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?

The group format is novel, and I enjoyed it. I'm not sure if I'm a die-hard city kid; life here is very urban.

Interview questions they asked

(Standard tell-us-about-yourself introductory dialogue)

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What was the most interesting question?

To fellow interviewee: ''If you could have dinner with any person--past, present, or future--who would it be and where would you dine?

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What was the most difficult question?

What role do you see physicians playing in the conflict between caring for individuals and caring for the collective health of a community?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN, health policy reading, ethics reading, listening to NPR regularly, combing the school's website, etc.

What impressed you positively?

The hospital and the M1/M2 classrooms are luxurious, to say the least.

What impressed you negatively?

Not too much.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Selection is made on a rolling/non-rolling hybrid system: they make two grand decisions in Nov and Feb.

What is your ranking of this school's location?

8 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

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

8 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great