Iowa City, IA
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?
4 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
8 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 are your general comments?
Overall I thought it went well. Not as bad as others made it sound on SDN. At first I was skeptical about the closed-file interview, but I think that the interviewers got to know other aspects of me other than my MCAT and GPA. We even ended up going over the 25min time slot. The other interviewees were great, we all got along really well and even exchanged e-mails with a few of them. I was really pleased with the entire experience, especially since it was my first interview. I got an acceptance letter three weeks later!!
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Why Iowa? Why Medicine? What do you do to relieve stress?
What was the most interesting question?
How would you handle a patient with different social/cultural/religious beleifs than you?
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN, AMCAS, secondary, school's website, AMA.
What was the most difficult question?
How would you handle a collegue/classmate that had a drinking/drug problem. This was only becuase they kept wanting me to elaborate, but this lead to an interesting discussion.
What impressed you positively?
They really take what students have to say to heart and try to implement changes based on such recommendations.
What impressed you negatively?
We didn't get to see much of the hospital or medical school due to access restrictions.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
I knew this but many others didn't- they have a student host program.
🤝 Campus and Facilities
How do you rank the facilities?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this school's location?
4 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
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Enthusiastic
What is your in-state status?
Out of state
What were your total hours spent traveling?
4-6 hours
What was your primary mode of travel?
Automobile
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
< $100
Where did you stay?
With students at the school
How would you rate the hotel?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
Would you recommend the hotel?
yes
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