St. Louis, MO
Allopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How do you rank the facilities?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
9 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
9 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What is your ranking of this school's location?
3 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
4 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
💬 Interview Questions
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
What do you plan on doing with your musicianship while in medicine?
What was the most interesting question?
Why did you want to stop playing music in a band?
What was the most difficult question?
Tell me what experiences brought you to the path of medicine.
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions
How long was the interview?
35 minutes
How did the interview impress you?
Negatively ☹️
How many people interviewed you?
1
What was the stress level of the interview?
8 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What was the style of the interview?
One-on-one
What type of interview was it?
Open file
Where did the interview take place?
At the school
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN, newspapers
What impressed you positively?
The facilities are very large. There seems to be a lot of resources and money at this school.
What impressed you negatively?
Some of the students (not invovled with interview day) seemed to think that the atmosphere was a tad too stiff. They kept saying, competition isn't that bad here....relative to what? OBviously there will always be competition, but I just got the feeling that the student body wasn't as supportive at other schools I've been to.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
It has the largest number of MD/PHD student of any school (I don't even know if this is true...a few students told me this)
What are your general comments?
There were some problems. First of all, the interviewer was very nice, but it didn't seem like he was interested in hearing anything I was talking about. Almost as if he had a preconceived notion of my beforeo I walked in the door and anything I did or said wouldn't alter his opinion (his opinion probably wasn't bad, but feeling like the interview is predetermined doesn't feel very good either way). Also, the student tour guide was just annoyed....she buzzed through everything and said how much she loved it here, but I could tell she didn't give a shit. Another problem was that the class was EXRTREMELY Young...most people came right out of undergraduate...i want a more diverse student body. People who took more time off...i dunno, that's just me. It felt like most of the students were still in college in terms of emotional maturity.
📍 On-Site Experience
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Discouraging
What were your total hours spent traveling?
4-6 hours
What was your primary mode of travel?
Airplane
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
$401-$500
Where did you stay?
At school facility
How would you rate the hotel?
2 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
Would you recommend the hotel?
no
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