University of California San Diego School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 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?

8 out of 10

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

First interviewer just asked me about random activities from my application, nothing too specific. I think she actually might have talked more than I did.

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Second interviewer asked a lot about my research. Specifically, not what it was about but more about what tasks I did/what responsibilities I had/where I got the idea to test what I did and how I started working in that lab. Asked a lot about my future career and told me how UCSD would be a good fit for that.

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What was the most interesting question?

So, how did you come to be? (referencing how my parents raised me)

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What was the most difficult question?

Nothing really

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

55 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?

In state

What were your total hours spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

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

$201-$300

What airport did you fly into?

SAN

Where did you stay?

Hotel

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

La Jolla Village Lodge

How would you rate the hotel?

6 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

What is your ranking of this school's location?

10 out of 10

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

8 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?

10 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

9 out of 10

How did you prepare for the interview?

This website, looked over my application, thought about what questions I got asked at other interviews, thought about what I would want to know if I was looking at my application

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What impressed you positively?

Lots of different hospitals with lots of different experiences possible at each one (the rich Thornton, the county Hillcrest, the VA, Scripps, etc), the new curriculum (PF, less lecture time), the collegial atmosphere, the weather (!)

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What impressed you negatively?

A slight inferiority complex w.r.t. UCLA/UCSF. And I didn't really like the person who was leading our tour.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That my interviews would be really chill. Although some of the other interviewees on my day had some tougher interviewers, so I guess it's sort of random who you get.

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What are your general comments?

Great school that clearly cares a lot about its students and is working to jump into the upper echelon of schools (not that it's currently not awesome, but the change to the new curriculum seems to be inspired by the curricula that other top ranked schools have adopted and the view that they're losing some students to those schools because UCSD is viewed as having a traditional, lecture-heavy curriculum)

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

Nothing really. The tour could have been better organized -- we almost didn't get one

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