University of California San Francisco 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?

No responses

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

No responses

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

No responses

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

How do you think pharmaceutical companies should interact with hospitals and medical institutions? (based on my experiences working in industry)

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What clinical experiences have you had? (be specific)

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What community health-based experiences have you had?

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What was the most interesting question?

What exactly are you looking for in a med school?

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What was the most difficult question?

You talk about wanting to serve the medically indigent, what concrete experieneces have you had with that so far?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

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 the school

📍 On-Site Experience ▼

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tour guide seem?

No responses

How do you rank the facilities?

No responses

What is your in-state status?

No responses

What were your total hours spent traveling?

No responses

What was your primary mode of travel?

No responses

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

No responses

What airport did you fly into?

No responses

Where did you stay?

No responses

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No responses

How would you rate the hotel?

No responses

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

No responses

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

No responses

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses

✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN website, MSAR, talked to current students, and tried to get a good night's sleep (easier said than done)

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What impressed you positively?

The diversity in the classroom and student population! The amazing views from my facutly interivewer's office, the anatomy lab and the library. San Francisco is truly a beautiful place to live in.

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What impressed you negatively?

Nothing really, except some buildings and offices were quite old. The student lounge is pretty small and old too. But I know UCSF is an excellent school, despite the unattractive facade.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

How tiring the day was going to be! I was exhauted by the time I had my second interview, and I may even have phased out a bit towards the end (I hope my student interviewer was not offended).

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What are your general comments?

Both interviews were blind, so they both started out by asking me about myself. My faculty interivewer was laid back, and didn't ask too many specific questions. My student interviewer asked a lot more detailed questions based on what I brought up during my oral autobiography. Basically, be prepared to defend (with clear cut ideas or concrete examples) things that you say are important to you in life. For example, if you're interested in acadmic medicine - make sure you talk about past teaching/tutoring experiences. If you're into research - talk in detail about your past research and plans for future research projects. Or if you're interested in community health issues, you must back up your interests with tangible volunteer activities and clinical experience. UCSF students have varying interests in medicine, and they are encouraged in their search to find the niche of best fit. This school is definitely one of my top choices. It's a health-science professional school for self-motivated and extremely hardworking individuals. There isn't much intermingling between the different schools there (e.g. nursing school, dentistry school, etc). There was a lot of camaraderie; however, between the med students. Everyone of them said in no uncertain terms that being a UCSF med student is very hard. Some students were quite happy to be there, but most had mixed emotions. I guess everyone is comforted that being in UCSF guarantess an excellent medical education and your pick of outstanding residency programs afterwards. On a final note, tuition fees in CA for the next year will be increasing by about 40% (food for thought if you have to decide between as UC or a private school with lot of funding)

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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