University of Michigan Medical School

Positively 🙂

3 out of 10

8 out of 10

9 out of 10

8 out of 10

My mother and I drove in the night before and stayed at a hotel. The interview day started at 7:30 with breakfast, followed by an introduction and admissions talk that went over the attributes of the school and the application/admission process. Then, the applicants were split into two groups. My group had the computing and financial aid talks while the other group had their interviews. The talks were very helpful and informative. Then we had a half-hour break that gave us a chance to talk some more to each other. After that, we had the interviews and the other group had the talks. There were three interviews, one right after the other. They were conducted by faculty members and students (and in one case an alum). The students carry as much weight as the faculty, so some people had two faculty and one student interview, while others had two student and one faculty interview. I was in the former situation. The interviewers have a picture of us so they came out and found us in the waiting room. The interviews were conducted in the rooms used for Stimulated Patient Exams, so it looked kind of like a doctor's office. My first interviewer was a faculty member and he was very welcoming and nice, and put me at ease. We pretty much just had a conversation, with him using my application to guide us through and make sure we covered everything. It didn't really feel like an interview, if anything he was convincing me why I would love UMich and Ann Arbor. The second interview was pretty much the same. The more difficult one ofr me was the student interview. She was an M2 and just went through her list of questions - what were your leadership roles? I see you were involved in this organization, what did that entail? What do you do for fun? Tell me about your research, etc. It wasn't really difficult, just caught me by surprise after the two other interviews that were totally different. Overall, I enjoyed all of them though and learned a lot about the school and feel like the interviewers learned a lot about me. After the interviews were over, we had lunch with students and they gave us a chance to ask questions, and just talk to them. Then some of the students took groups of us on the tour, which was fun and gave me a pretty good feel of the school. After that, we went back to the admissions office and filled out evaluation forms, ate pie and left.

Why medicine? Are you still interested in neurosurgery and why?

How did living in Russia affect your education and your attitude toward medicine?

Since it was my first, I had a mock interview with the Career Services office at my school. I also looked over the school's website and my application.

Describe a conflict and how you helped reslove it.

Everyone was very friendly and welcoming; the admissions staff and the students had a sense of humor and tried hard to put everyone at ease. The facilities are great, students seem really happy to be there.

Nothing really. There was a slight mix up with splitting people into two groups for the interviews, but it all went pretty smoothly anyway.

Ann Arbor is a really nice city. It combines the picturesque qualities of a small town with the cultural and professional benefits that come from having a huge university complex. I was very impressed with the area.

10 out of 10

8 out of 10

9 out of 10

Student

Enthusiastic

Out of state

4-6 hours

Automobile

$101-$200

Hotel

Lamp Post Inn

8 out of 10

yes