Chicago, IL
Allopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
💬 Interview Questions
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
If you could meet anyone from the past whom would it be and why?
What was the most interesting question?
What was the greatest and most significant moment of your life and why?
What was the most difficult question?
There really were not any difficult questions....just though provoking.
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions
How long was the interview?
50 minutes
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
How many people interviewed you?
2
What was the stress level of the interview?
4 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What was the style of the interview?
One-on-one
What type of interview was it?
Open file
Where did the interview take place?
At the school
How did you prepare for the interview?
I generally keep up with public health issues which aided in conversation ease and flow.
we discussed everything from malpractice to physcian shortages in urban areas. I went to the bioethics sight
for University of Washington. This sight is pretty up to date on bioethical issues. There is also the Kaiser
Permanente sight for health care issues.
I also made sure I knew my research. If you have ever done any research they will match you up with someone in that
area of reasearch. Know the ends and outs of your project.
Reading their paphlet was very helpful.
What impressed you positively?
Words can not express my shock when I discovered, how happy the students were, the falcutly and staff go out of their way to help the students, and the level of support just might be unmatched.
For example, if for some reason you can not take all of the classes of a quarter and perform well there is the option of decompressing your
course load and only take half the classes. now, you will have to stay and extra year or two, but you only pay for four years. This is great if you want to do research or start on an academic medicine
path.
What impressed you negatively?
I could not believe that I bought into all the wrong rumrors about this school
I almost didn't apply...talk about a big regret.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
Other than the superb support nothing else.
What are your general comments?
The school was wonderful, but keep in mind it is extremely challenging.
The curriculum is quarter based so it is fast. I have come to discover
that more is expected of the third and fourth year students than most
medical schools. You actually have patients you are responsible for.
They will call in the middle of the night for you to administer
care. So if you are up to the challenge and plan to be in research
involved in academic medicine this is the place to be.
In addition although there were not a great deal of minority students
the school is very supportive of those students traditionally
under representated in medicine and is working hard to recruit more
talented students who fit this profile.
📍 On-Site Experience
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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