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?

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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?

Did you look over our website? Did you read about the compentency based curriculum (see "Nine Competencies"), and what do you think about this?

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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

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Why IU?

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What was the most interesting question?

All of the questions that I was asked were standard: Why IU, why medicine, and specifics about my application. I was not asked any ethical or hypothetical questions, although students who interviewed the same day but with different committee members said they were asked some ethical questions (pregnant teenager who wants an abortion, an ER doctor is drunk, etc.).

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What was the most difficult question?

Nothing was difficult to answer because most questions pertained to my own application or desires to attend 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?

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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?

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?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

Read this website, looked over the school's website (take a look at IU's "Nine Competencies" portion of their curriculum).

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What impressed you positively?

Very nice facilities/buildings/campus grounds. I like the fact that the school offers a monorail between different hospitals--makes it easier if you are doing your residency in Indianapolis. Faculty and students were very nice and helpful. Interviewers tried hard to make me feel comfortable and welcome. The pediatric hospital at IU is supposed to be #1 in the nation.

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What impressed you negatively?

IU will admit 280 students this year. Although the faculty and staff seemed very friendly and interested, it may be difficult to distinguish yourself from 280 other students. Additionally, not all students will attend IU at the Indianapolis campus for the first year (this may not appeal to some students). I was told by other students to absolutely avoid the Gary, Indiana campus (lots of violence, gunshots, etc.). I was especially turned off by the exorbitant cost of tuition for non-residents (average cost of attending IU for 4 years, including tuition/books/supplies and cost of living, as a non-resident: $273,000). Ouch.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

The campus is not that bad, considering it is in the downtown area. Rather pretty actually. And the housing is affordable.

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What are your general comments?

You show up relatively early in the morning for interviews. There were over 50 students interviewing the day that I did. We had interviews scheduled all day long (mine were early in the morning, other students' weren't until 3 or so in the afternoon). There were several financial aid and admissions presentations scheduled throughout the day to ensure that students were able to attend at least one, no matter when their actual interviews were. A box lunch and tour was provided by some of the medical students. The students and especially the interviewers are very welcoming and kind. The interviewers appeared genuinely interested in learning more about me as a person, and they listened attentively to what I said. The day lasted from about 9 am to 3 pm for me, longer for some students with later interviews.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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