Ross University School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

5 out of 10

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

5 out of 10

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Are you applying to other medical schools? MD schools? How about DO schools? Any other Caribbean schools? Is this your first interview? If not, which school did you have an interview with?

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I see that you have many shadowing experiences and some research experience. What did you gain from these of your experiences (overall)?

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What are two values/characteristics that you think a physician should have?

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What was the most interesting question?

Can you give me some reasons why Ross should accept you? *Then my interviewer winked her eye*

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What was the most difficult question?

The questions that derived from three medical ethics scenarios.

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

1

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

No responses

Where did the interview take place?

At a regional location

📍 On-Site Experience ▼

Who was the tour given by?

No responses

How did the tour guide seem?

No responses

How do you rank the facilities?

5 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What were your total hours spent traveling?

No responses

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

< $100

What airport did you fly into?

No responses

Where did you stay?

Home

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No responses

How would you rate the hotel?

5 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

3 out of 10

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

7 out of 10

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses

✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

8 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

4 out of 10

How did you prepare for the interview?

Read interview feedbacks here, read recent Ross SDN posts, skimmed through Ross' website, watched their official YouTube videos, read all their official advertising emails, reviewed my resume and application essay

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What impressed you positively?

My interviewer. She was very welcoming and treated me like a valued person. She introduced the three interview parts (medical ethics scenarios, personal experiences, Q&A) to me at the very beginning of the interview so I felt less nervous and less uncertain. Some scenario questions were challenging, and she allowed me some time to think when I requested. At the end of our interview, she informed me that it'd take about 4 weeks before I hear back from them, and she explained to me about the next application stages following the interview. She was very experienced, informative and warm.

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What impressed you negatively?

While I was thinking hard on one of the medical ethics scenario questions, there was someone next door talking loudly, and obviously, the wall between us had zero noise absorption effect so I heard him word-for-word clearly and my thoughts were disrupted, which made me super anxious.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That they are going to grill me with those medical ethics scenario questions. The average GPA is 3.2 and the average 2015 MCAT score is 495 (for accepted students I guess).

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What are your general comments?

My interviewer said the reconstruction after the hurricane Maria SHOULD be completed in January 2019. The reconstruction may be extended, but they are unsure as of now. She also said that the LMU students are not sharing the exact same facility with Ross students. A recent significant new improvement made for Ross students is that they have implemented an individualized counseling system for clinical rotations. The students in the past received no help and no guidance while they were doing rotations; now Ross assigns one counselor (or someone similar) for each student throughout the rotation.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

Communicate with emails and not through phones. Inform the applicants about their application status timely (for the double-checking purpose), and not simply wait passively for the already-submitted-but-not-yet-noticed application material(s).

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