Gainesville, FL
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?
1 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What are your general comments?
It was pretty laid back. My first interviewer asked all the traditional questions (why a doc? what's the deal with med now? explain this part of your application. etc.) and was very amiable and gave much insight into the awesome community there. Then the second interviewer (who was apparently a "hit or miss") was AMAZING. Dr. Vogel was his name and he just talks to you about life - his life, his kids (one of which goes to UF and the other is thinking about medicine), your life,...everything - and there're no specific questions. He's just an amazing guy - very intelligent - and makes you feel really comfortable while relating the depth of his life experiences to medicine and why going to UF is an amazing choice. The students you get to talk to are also amazing and vivacious. And I got my acceptance letter a week later, so that's awesome too!
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Why a doctor? What's the biggest problem for medicine? What do you see as your biggest challenge as a doc? Tell me about your time in Pennsylvania (where I researched the summer while living with my girlfriend at UPenn). So what are you doing your last semester in college (I said I was only taking one class...but I explained everything). And what do you do in your classes now, specifically business strategy? (I don't know how we got onto this last one but he was probably wondering if I actually knew the business I claim to be majoring in)
What was the most interesting question?
What do you perceive to be the biggest challenge you will face as a doctor?
How did you prepare for the interview?
studentdoctor.net
What was the most difficult question?
What do you think is, currently, the biggest challenge facing medicine?
What impressed you positively?
The enthusiasm and tightly-knit social structure...what an exellent social milieu.
What impressed you negatively?
nothing
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
nothing new really - I go here for undergrad.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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