Southern Illinois University 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

What are your general comments?

The interviewers were nice and straightforward. The facility wasn't to-die-for, but meeting students and talking to them, plus seeing the hospitals, convinced me that SIU is a great school.

Interview questions they asked

Why medicine?

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What was the most interesting question?

Elaborate on this specific point in your AMCAS personal comments section.

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What was the most difficult question?

Would you be willing to take the MCAT again in order to get in next year?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

Read over viewbook they gave me, thought out answers to general interview questions in Kaplan book.

What impressed you positively?

Meeting students and seeing that the small group learning curriculum really seems to work.

What impressed you negatively?

An office staff member (unknowledgable, not to mention) gave the tour - that was a letdown. My second interviewer really seemed to want to pursue the possibilities for me if I did not get into medical school - this was discouraging.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

SIU asks very pointed questions about academics and scores, even about relatively strong applications.