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Wayne State University School of Medicine

Detroit, MI

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?

1 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

Loved the school, the students, and faculty/staff; like Detroit.
💬 Interview Process

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Why do you want to practice medicine?

What was the most interesting question?

Why do you want to work in an underserved community?

How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN, school's website, all applications submitted, reviewed possible questions and wrote responses to them

What was the most difficult question?

Nothing

What impressed you positively?

1. Student involvement (students participate in lots of community service activities...so much that if a student completes 150 hours, they receive credit towards 4th year electives);Student involvement in hiring of faculty and curriculum 2. My host and her roommate(student stay over program) made me feel at home. They were honest about the school and gave me a tour of the city. 3. USMLE Pass Rates and 100% residency match 4. Obstetrics and Gynecology Department/Hospital Systems-- lots of funding and first place where in-utero bone marrow transplant was performed (awesome!!!) 5. Interviewed with the chair of Family Medicine -- very easy going and very knowledgeable -- gave an outline of the interview and the committee selection process.

What impressed you negatively?

It kind of unnerved me that only one other person interviewed that day with me.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

How easy going the interview was going to be.
📍 Travel and Logistics

Who was the tour given by?

Student