Iowa City, IA
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How do you rank the facilities?
9 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?
9 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
9 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
💬 Interview Questions
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Why Medicine? The most interesting question. The most difficult question. And What would you do if a patient or a colleague had different beliefs than you?
What was the most interesting question?
Identify a problem in Medicine and tell us what doctors can do about it?
What was the most difficult question?
What qualities would make you a good doctor? I don't really like talking about myself.
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions
How long was the interview?
25 minutes
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
How many people interviewed you?
2
What was the stress level of the interview?
4 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
8 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What was the style of the interview?
One-on-one
What type of interview was it?
Closed file
Where did the interview take place?
At the school
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN, Reread my AMCAS and Secondary, US News and World Report.
What impressed you positively?
Everyone was very friendly and cordial. They enjoy working with prospective students and that was nice. The interviewers were very nice.
What impressed you negatively?
Not anything I can think of.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
About the Mobile program to underserved areas, which is different from the community outreach program.
What are your general comments?
I was nervous going in and the structured protion was awkward in that they didn't say anything other than the question, but after than that I got to converse with them more.
📍 On-Site Experience
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Enthusiastic
What is your in-state status?
In state
What was your primary mode of travel?
Train or subway
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