Portland, OR
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
What was the stress level of the interview?
6 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
6 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
8 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
5 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What are your general comments?
I was more confident going into the first interview than coming out of it but my experiences with the other two interviewers were very positive. I came away more confident than ever that the MD/MPH at OHSU is something I want to do. (Word to the wise: if you aren't extremely stoked about the Epidemiology/Biostats track of the MPH, don't consider OHSU. That's the only track they offer an they aren't interested in you if you want to go into health policy/education/administration/etc.)
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
What will you do if you don't get in. What if you don't get in the year after or the year after that and so on?
(Asked this by all 3 interviewers - do they want to hear: ''I will keep applying until I'm blue in the face because this is really what I want to do?'' or do they actually want to know that you have a back-up plan? I think that's open to interpretation.)
What was the most interesting question?
As you probably know, there are a lot of people in the United States who don't have health insurance and are unable to pay for their medical care, what are your thoughts on this?
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN, Read AMCAS and Secondary Statements, Website, Review Current Issues in Healthcare
What was the most difficult question?
What will you do if you don't get in? What if you don't get in next year or the year after or the year after that?
What impressed you positively?
The degree to which my interviewers knew my application.
What impressed you negatively?
The one of the MD interviewers seemed very negative toward the MD/MPH program... I'm not sure if it will reflect negatively in his evaluation of my interview.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
That students of the MD/MPH program really love their program and their faculty and they don't feel over-worked and say it is a quite manageable workload and the curriculum is clinically correlated quite well.
🤝 Campus and Facilities
How do you rank the facilities?
8 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this school's location?
9 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
9 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
9 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
3 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
The delayed admissions system (they don't accept the whole class until May 15th and it's not really
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Enthusiastic
What is your in-state status?
In state
What were your total hours spent traveling?
0-1 hour
What was your primary mode of travel?
Automobile
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