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University of Minnesota Duluth Medical School

Duluth, MN

Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit

Application Cycle: 2009-10

⭐ Overall Impressions

How do you rank the facilities?

7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

7 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

8 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?

8 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
💬 Interview Questions

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

How has what you have done prepared you for medical school?

What was the most interesting question?

Did you perform extra community service just to get into med school, or b/c you really wanted to?

What was the most difficult question?

Where do you think you will do your residency?
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions

How long was the interview?

45 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?

9 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?

This website, caught up on health related news, reviewed medical ethics issues, thought about answers to basic questions.

What impressed you positively?

Everybody was very encouraging about entering medicine as a career.

What impressed you negatively?

Nothing really negatively impressed me.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

I had interviewed here last year and was pretty comfortable with what to expect.

What are your general comments?

Spoke with financial aid officer, took tour, had lunch, two interviews, one with a faculty member and another with a community member on the Adcomm. My second interviewer was a non surgical orthopod/sports medicine doc at a local hospital.
📍 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 were your total hours spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile