University of California San Francisco School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

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?

No responses

What was the most interesting question?

What would people say at your retirement party?

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What was the most difficult question?

If you had to choose a career outside medicine, what would it be?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

45 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?

No responses

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

Reviewed this site, read my app materials, and read UCSF site.

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What impressed you positively?

SF is a great city. The library is really nice and has great views. The online journal access is superb. Great researchers here.

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What impressed you negatively?

Several prominent professors have left due to the financial and other problems with UCSF. It's cloudy here alot compared to east side of SF. The facilities are old. Tuition expense, financial aid, and other forms of fudning for research, traveling, etc are poor.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Like others have mentioned, the down time.

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What are your general comments?

This school is one of my top choices, but I am liking Stanford over UCSF by a large margin. UCSF doesn't offer much financial aid even though my family makes nothing and I really need the help. Stanford, however, is begging me to take their money. Also, Stanford has a very relaxed atmosphere compared to UCSF. UCSF has honors/P/F grades during the clinical years and outstanding/superior/excellent/good bucketing in the dean's letter while Stanford has no grades, ranking, or bucketing at all. The website www.stanford.edu/~ralphc was really helpful. UCSF has an amazing reputation but just too many financial issues and too stressful of an atmosphere for me to go there over the other amazing Bay area school, Stanford Med.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses

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