University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

7 out of 10

How you think you did?

6 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 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?

Behavior question on Ethics: you and your friends meet in a cafe weekly to discuss school problems. One week you are all working on a school paper which worth 35% of your grade, and one of the friends has the paper people who wrote it in the past and he send it to you and all other friends. what would you do in this situation?

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Professional: You are a 4th year student and you got to do a independent research project with a great microbiology professor. You had a supervisor who is a post fellow phD student. You have been working on the project for 3 month and the new supervisor told you that she is not satisfied with your work. what would you do in this situation?

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Sympathy: you are working in a community center and there are low income patients who had to be asked to step out of the line and fill out some extra paper work. what would you do?

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What was the most interesting question?

Teamwork: if you work in a team in a inpatient clinic, and your teammate keeps leaving early because he said he had some personal problems. what would you do?

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What was the most difficult question?

if you are working in a retail pharmacy store and there is a policy that ban tobacco containing drugs. you actually like the policy but your manager doesn't because he is worried about the money loss. how would you go to persuade him?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

55 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

6

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

No responses

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?

9 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What were your total hours spent traveling?

7+ hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

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

$101-$200

What airport did you fly into?

united

Where did you stay?

Friends or family

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No responses

How would you rate the hotel?

5 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

7 out of 10

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

7 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?

8 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

6 out of 10

How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN (which didn't help much because I didn't know about MMI). mock interview

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What impressed you positively?

the tour of the school and the school is larger than I expected.

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What impressed you negatively?

the interview process doesn't evaluate the personality of the interviewees.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

MMI type of interview (make sure you know it!) They say there is no specific answers to each questions, but IN MY OPINION - THEY HAVE AN ANSWER THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR. SO TO ME THERE IS A RIGHT ANSWER!!!! Also they don't publish their admission data online.

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What are your general comments?

It was an okay school and I wish I could get in.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

Give an introduction of the school and program prior to having an interview. Sending emails regarding the interview process before the interview.

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