Iowa City, IA
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
💬 Interview Questions
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Why do you want to be a doctor?
What was the most interesting question?
Name one current problem in health care and address various ways that physicians can help remedy it.
What was the most difficult question?
If you could only do one (MD or PhD), which would you choose and why?
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions
How long was the interview?
30 minutes
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
How many people interviewed you?
6
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?
Standard interview preparation: read up on the various parts of my application, work my interviewers were doing and various interesting aspects of the school
What impressed you positively?
Beautiful new medical education center; recently renovated laboratories; enthusiastic students and faculty; the "downtown" bar area on Saturday night
What impressed you negatively?
Iowa City is pretty small and the public transportation system seemed a little inadequate for how many students need to use it every day
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
The format of the med school interview -- five questions + two "completely objective and expressionless" interviewers (closed file) + 25 minutes = weird
What are your general comments?
The MD/PhD weekend is, overall, a fabulous experience -- a lot of time to talk to students/faculty and explore the city. The interview day is long, with the med school interview and four other MD/PhD interviews. I briefly summarize the med school interview below. The MD/PhD interviews were pretty standard, focusing largely on the research that I've done and my reasons for applying to a dual-degree program.
📍 On-Site Experience
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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