Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine
Bethesda, MD
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?
5 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?
10 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
10 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What are your general comments?
After lunch I knocked on the interview room door two minutes early. Thank god because I'd accidentally gone to the second interview first! They want to know four things: Why military medicine, why USUHS, leadership, and communication. I answered all of them in my first answer (which was five minutes and heavily rehearsed). That left 25 minutes of each interview to answer in more detail and ask questions.
💬 Interview Process
How did you prepare for the interview?
Talked to a doctor who happens to have been a student interviewer when he went to USUHS, talked to doctors who have been on the admissions committee, practiced questions from SDN, and went over my application.
What was the most difficult question?
I set myself up in my essay: one paragraph made it sound like my wife wasn't so supportive, which is absolutely wrong, she's very supportive.
What impressed you positively?
40% of matriculants are married. 60-70% of graduating seniors are married.
What impressed you negatively?
The bad pictures on the walls of the lecture halls, which have NO WINDOWS. Two years in these two lecture halls. NO WINDOWS. I'm not even claustrophobic. A fish-eye picture of a baby taken under florescent lighting blown up to five times life size is simply a disturbing image to spend two years with.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
The library and lecture halls have seriously modernist architecture. Still quite nice, though. Also, NIH is right across the street, but it doesn't sound like there's much interaction between the military and civilian sides of Wisconsin Avenue.
🤝 Campus and Facilities
How do you rank the facilities?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this school's location?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Enthusiastic
What were your total hours spent traveling?
0-1 hour
What was your primary mode of travel?
Automobile
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
< $100
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