Miami, FL
Allopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
What was the stress level of the interview?
2 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What are your general comments?
Miami is a great school with excellent clinical settings, incredible research opportunities, and lots of volunteer opportunities as well. The students are friendly and happy. There's a lot you can do there if you take the initiative. Jackson is huge! They match to some pretty competitive places (those that choose to leave UM - something like half stay there for residency). Before I interviewed there Miami was probably 3rd or 4th on my list. After the interview, it's tied for 1st.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
What were your high school extracurricular activities.
What was the most interesting question?
He asked me about what some of my more interesting experiences as an EMT were.
How did you prepare for the interview?
studentdoctor.net, med.miami.edu, asked my student host questions.
What was the most difficult question?
I was all set to talk about why I want to go to medical school, why Miami, etc. but it sort of threw me off when we started talking about my high school experiences (since that was 10 years ago)
What impressed you positively?
Pretty much everything. The clinical exposure you can get as a first year is great, Jackson is amazing, the research opportunities are incredible, the weather is great, the students are very friendly, the quality of life seems good there. Since they've implemented changes in the curriculum 2 years ago, when we start school the problems with the new curriculum will have been ironed out. There are a lot of opportunities to work with underserved populations (Health Fair in the Keys, trips to Haiti during the break)
What impressed you negatively?
Nothing, really.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
How laid back the interview is. I was expecting to get grilled (my last couple were like that).
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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