Indiana University School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 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?

Do you have any questions for me.

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Tell me about the class you did worst in and what you learned from that.

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Why medicine instead of religious studies? (i majored in religion and have had lots of experience in foreign missions)

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What was the most interesting question?

Do you know any Swahili?

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What was the most difficult question?

What character trait will be your biggest stumbling block in medical school?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

50 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

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?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN, read AMCAS app and essays from other apps, read about the school

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What impressed you positively?

the exposure students can get because of having a V.A., private, county, and children's hospital. IU is doing a lot of building and improving, esp. with research facilities, but also in the anatomy lab. they also have a great financial aid office.

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What impressed you negatively?

size of the class, and the possibility for it to be impersonal.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

nothing, really

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What are your general comments?

IU is a good school, but it's really big, which gives it the possibility to be impersonal. the 8 other centers around the state where they do years 1 & 2 are pretty diverse in their make-up, character, and method. some are all lecture, some all PBL. the competency-based curriculum is a big deal to them; pretty innovative and big-picture, but maybe hard to explicitly implement. the class is big enough that the students don't all know each other, especially since they are split up the first two years. but they are well trained and get lots of patient contact. faculty seems accessible, but it requires student initiative. the invterview day is pretty flexible because they have the financial aid session and tours at multiple times. the financial aid session seems a bit overwhelming with the amount of info they give, but it's really helpful. and the student body is pretty diverse.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses

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