University of California Davis School of Medicine

Positively 🙂

5 out of 10

5 out of 10

8 out of 10

8 out of 10

i got to sac with time to spare (driving from the bay) and parked in structure 1 and walked across the street to the cafe, which was easy to find and the room is just past the bathrooms so if you are waiting in the main cafe and it's past 8am start looking for room 1109 or whatever. then dr. bera told us some stories and said some cool stuff about the med school experience and took us on a short tour that showed us the really cool room with the dummies and took us up the tower to see the new teaching facilities going up. my interviews were in the afternoon, so i drove to the main campus to hang oout for an hour and then headed over to the med campus and found some fellow interviewees to eat with. then we all went to meet the others in the couch area where we waited for students to come get us and interview us. the student interview felt long (it was an hour) and then the goodbye session was at 1:00 which was dr. bera again. we watched a video that summarized the davis experience and then he explained that the class is full but that doesn't mean it's impossible to get in. there's a lot of turn over especially after may 15. so then i had my faculty interview, which was also straight from the paper and i was actually handed the paper and asked to read the questions and then answer them. my answers may have been too long because my interviewer seemed to be slightly impatient at times and it did take a long time to get through everything. there were many ethical questions, many of which were the same ones the student asked me. at both interviews i was nervous because the types of questions made me feel like my answers should be specific and organized, like and essay. but at the end of each i was finally able to relax and have a bit of a normal conversation. anyway, i didn't feel that either went very well because i was uncomfortable the whole time.

what was your best/worst learning experience and why? how would your friends/classmates describe your or say are your best and worst qualities...

describe your sense of humor. (i think that's the strangest question i've had in an interview.)

tried to learn about the school

to choose between saving two people (ethical)

the virtual teaching facility with the dummies was cool and one guy in our group got to unclog an artery and insert a stint. they use standardized patients. dr. bera is really humble and down to earth and had a lot to say about medical school and life. he also could never remember if we were in sac or davis (you have interviews and programs at both locations) which was funny and cute.

i was put off by the fact that both my interviews were scripted because it makes me uncomfortable to get questions off a sheet instead of a normal conversation and because the questions were so specific. also, we didn't meet many students so it was hard to get a sense of what type of students go to davis and if they were happy, etc.

there was no breakfast and lunch was supposed to be during the student interview (so my student was eating while i had already eaten in a hurry to finish before that) and that the interviews would be straight from the sheet of paper and have many ethics questions.

8 out of 10

7 out of 10

7 out of 10

Admissions staff

Enthusiastic

In state

2-3 hours

Automobile

$101-$200

Friends or family

8 out of 10

no