University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Medicine

Positively 🙂

2 out of 10

UMC runs interviews of three students at a time. Each student arrives approximately 1 hour apart. You start with the Associate Dean for Admissions. He gives you a little intro, your schedule, and tells you how the interviews are used by the admissions committee. He is also your first interviewer. You then have two faculty interviewers who are members of the admissions committe. They can be either closed or open file--I had one of each. At 11:00, all three students gather and are taken to lunch by an M4 who then gives a tour and answers literally any question you can come up with. You end the day back in the Associate Dean's offices for another little Q&A. Interviewers were very laid back and seemed very interested in getting to know who the applicant is. All in all a pleasant experience.

Starting when you woke up this morning, tell me everything you did prior to arriving at the Medical Center.

Not much prep, just knew why I wanted to be there.

What one specific thing would you have me tell the admissions committee about yourself?

The seeming comraderie of many of the students I saw as well as the laid back atmosphere.

No real surprises.

Student