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University of Western Ontario Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

London, ON

Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit

⭐ Overall Impressions

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

6 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?

What do you like to do other than science? What special-needs groups do you feel need your advocating?
Who are your role models?
Why Meds? Why western?

What was the most interesting question?

none, all very formulaic. I believe that the interviewers only ask a set of standard questions for all the applicants they interview.

What was the most difficult question?

none, i had asked someone that had the interview a week before me and the so-called "hard" questions were the same.
🤝 Interview Format and Logistics

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

3

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?

CMAJ, lots of internet sites, pre-med forum, med students, practice at student centre

What impressed you positively?

students are extremely nice and they really seem like a very close knit group. They seem to have a lot of fun on top of studying. Everything was also very very well organized.

What impressed you negatively?

my interview. I was the last one of the day and my interviewers looked absolutely uninterested. The committee member looked like he was going to pass out. The faculty member was really a robot, and although i thought the med student was nice, I think I caught him snoozing off. bad experience? yeah...

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

nothing, I do undergrad at western so there's really nothing that really surprised me.

What are your general comments?

Western seems like a great med school. At least from the students' enthusiasm, they seem really into helping you out. The interviewers however looked like I was boring them to death. I tried to crack a few jokes and it was a dead audience (perhaps I'm just not funny). So, how to succeed? Find out the questions they asked to the candidate that's in your interview room before you. Very likely the questions will be exactly the same. I'm not kidding. They have a sheet of set questions. If you can find out the questions before hand you'll feel more prepared. Even questions from people the week before will likely have resemblence to questions you will be asked.

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses