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University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Cincinnati, OH

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?

laid back conversation with professors that make you feel comfortable
💬 Interview Process

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

why cincinnati?

What was the most interesting question?

If you were faced with two patients who were waiting for a liver transplant and would die the next day, one a former mayor of cincinnati whose liver was degraded by his alcoholism, the other a young HIV+ gay man whose treatments caused an allergic reaction that destroyed his liver, and you had a liver that fit both of their medical backgrounds, who would you give it to?

How did you prepare for the interview?

read sdn, reviewed research

What was the most difficult question?

explain why you used bacillus subtils instead of e coli for the purification ( it was a detailed question about my research)

What impressed you positively?

students are really friendly which promotes a good learning atmosphere without the cutthroat tendencies, their classes are usually only half of the day now because they cut out all of the basic memorization stuff that's in the books, and the program has lots of flexibility, there's a lot of support by administration and counselors,

What impressed you negatively?

nothing

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

if they put you up at holmes, it's actually a floor of a hospital that's been renovated into a hotel
📍 Travel and Logistics

Who was the tour given by?

Student