Galveston, TX
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
What was the stress level of the interview?
2 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What are your general comments?
Good day. Organized. Helpful faculty & students. Students all insist that they are happy.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
What do you think makes a good medical school?
How did you prepare for the interview?
Didn't know about this site, I just anticipated questions, researched the school and typed out some responses to questions I knew they'd ask
What was the most difficult question?
Questions were very simple; no ethics or current event questions
Now that I think about it, he may have asked what I thought was the biggest problem with medicine today.
What impressed you positively?
I like the campus, its small, the buildings are nice, students are nice. I like that out-of-staters can get in-state tuition (although its not exactly automatic like with Southwestern). I like PBL schools. They have extensive standardized patient program.
What impressed you negatively?
One of the interviewers, who was very nice, spent all but 5 minutes just telling me about the history of Galveston and the school, etc. Now to the negative part; he told me straight up, matter of factly, that if I go to UTMB I won't score as high on my boards as if I were to go to Dallas. But I don't know. I'm a 34/4.0 and I intend to study hard there and do very well.
I'm going there (I picked it first on the match & got in) but I'm a little worried that I will have to drive nearly an hour to get to the nearest major shopping mall. I'll deal with it when I get there, I don't shop much anyway.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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