Oregon Health & Sciences University School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

10 out of 10

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Tell me about your medical experience.

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Tell me about your research.

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Why do you want to be a doctor?

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What was the most interesting question?

Most of them were pretty standard and related to my AMCAS essay.

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What was the most difficult question?

Why, exactly, do you feel that you would make a good doctor?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

35 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

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Where did the interview take place?

At the school

📍 On-Site Experience ▼

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tour guide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

8 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What were your total hours spent traveling?

7+ hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

$501+

What airport did you fly into?

pdx

Where did you stay?

Hotel

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

The Inn at Marquam Hill

How would you rate the hotel?

10 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

What is your ranking of this school's location?

9 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

10 out of 10

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses

✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

No responses

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

School's website, my application, current articles in the press.

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What impressed you positively?

Portland is a great city! Great public transportation, and the school is almost finished with a bunch of new construction. Their graduates are ranked very highly in terms of clinical skills, and students seemed to really like both the school and the area.

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What impressed you negatively?

There was no real ''tour'', per se. We had lunch with a large group of students, who were very honest about the school's positives and negatives, and one of them showed us around the building a little bit afterwards. They also gave us tickets to ride up and down on the new aerial tram to the brand new gym that was just built.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That the school is so disconnected from the rest of the city...it's up on a giant hill. The view is great, but there's no parking up there, so using public transportation is a must.

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What are your general comments?

Both of my interviewers were kind of stiff, neither was very conversational, which made me kind of nervous at the start. The buildings there are built into the hill, so it can be very difficult to figure out what floor you are on (sometimes you walk in to a building on the 9th floor). I managed to find my interviews without getting lost, but the directions were about half a page long, and a few people did get lost. Overall, the interviews were a little stiff, but the school looks great. Great buildings, great city, and the students seemed happy.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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