University of California Davis 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?

Tell me about yourself... (They use this question as a starting point so they can ask other questions that build on what you tell them - so talk about something that you want them to question you about

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What's the biggest health care problem today? (AND how would you solve it?) They asked quite a few AND how would you solve this type questions (to see how you think I guess - the interviewer kept saying there is no right answer...)

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What's your first choice med school? (Be honest - they can see right through you)

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What was the most interesting question?

In your opinion, is the world safer today than it was ten years ago? (not health-related, just in general)

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What was the most difficult question?

If you were in my place and you were looking over your file what are some reasons why you wouldn't accept yourself?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

1

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?

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?

Went to the Davis website, re-read my primary and secondary applications

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What impressed you positively?

The students were really friendly, laid back and really wanted to answer our questions - I could really see myself as one of them next year - they didnt seem like the over-competitive pre-med freaks I've come to know over the years - i guess Pass/No Pass really works wonders. The student-run clinics really impressed me as well.

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What impressed you negatively?

The facilities look 70s-ish - but they've just finished building a new Genomics building that they say will have lecture halls for med school students and they're going to move the med school facilities over to a new building in Sacramento nearer to the UC Davis med center.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

You will need some way to get to Sacramento so having a car is helpful (but there is a shuttle). You don't need to stress out so much about the interview - the interviewers really try to make you feel comfortable, it felt like I was having an interesting conversation with a good friend!

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What are your general comments?

Overall - try to take in everything around you and not stress out so much. They try to pair you with an interviewer who has similar interests/backgrounds and minority status as you so you feel more comfortable in the interview setting. The schedule for the day was: an orientation, then sat in on a lecture, then tour of med school, then lunch with med students, then interviews, then tour of med center in Sacramento. Also - Davis has interviews really late in the year (until May!) so don't worry if you haven't heard from them in a long while.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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