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University of Kansas School of Medicine

Kansas City, KS

Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit

⭐ Overall Impressions

How did the interview impress you?

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What was the stress level of the interview?

6 out of 10

How you think you did?

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How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

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

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💬 Interview Questions

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

What makes you qualified to be a medical student?
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
Why did you reject other professions that help people?

What was the most interesting question?

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What was the most difficult question?

Why did you decide on medical school as opposed to nursing school or social work? (Basically asking for elucidation of WHY and HOW I wanted to help people)
🤝 Interview Format and Logistics

How long was the interview?

20 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

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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?

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How do you rank the facilities?

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What is your in-state status?

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What were your total hours spent traveling?

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What was your primary mode of travel?

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

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What airport did you fly into?

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Where did you stay?

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What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

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How would you rate the hotel?

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Would you recommend the hotel?

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What is your ranking of this school's location?

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

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What are your comments on where you stayed?

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✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

I knew myself and had previous experience working in a hospital. Know as much about what you are going into and WHY you want to go into it. Love of and application of science to DIRECTLY improve the quality of someone else's life should be a prime motivation. If you are scientifically oriented and are compassionate, I suggest you be yourself. If you are neither, then medicine is probably not for you.

What impressed you positively?

Simply the fact that it was a medical school.

What impressed you negatively?

The semi-condescending attitude of some of the PhD interviewers. The MD's seem fairly sympathetic to the interviewing plite and seem a little less formal. The PhD's just seem to have a chip on their shoulders.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That all the other applicants had spent money on NICE suits, while all I had was nice khaki pants and a sport coat. If I could have done that again, I would have worn a nice DARK SUIT!

What are your general comments?

DON'T GIVE UP! Medical school admissions EVERYWHERE is screwed up. I was waitlisted and got accepted 2 weeks before school started. There are people who were accepted shortly after their interviews and I am doing better than more than half of my class. It just goes to show that medical admissions committees do not have the ability to accurately judge someone's potential. The have only markers (MCAT, GPA, etc.) Admissions committees LIKE candidates who bettered themselves (taking extra classes and excelling, getting more clinical or research experience, etc.) and re-applied as stronger candidates. I was one of those re-applicants who got in. DO NOT GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS!!! God has given me everything I have and made me everything I am! JESUS LOVES YOU!!! :)

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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