University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How you think you did?

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How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

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

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💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Managed care problems. Alternative career choice if medical school doesn't come through.

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What was the most interesting question?

What book are you reading right now?

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What was the most difficult question?

Potentially difficult question if you're not prepared: describe the problems of managed care

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

50 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

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Where did the interview take place?

At the school

📍 On-Site Experience ▼

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tour guide seem?

No responses

How do you rank the facilities?

No responses

What is your in-state status?

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What were your total hours spent traveling?

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What was your primary mode of travel?

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About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

No responses

What airport did you fly into?

No responses

Where did you stay?

No responses

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No responses

How would you rate the hotel?

No responses

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

No responses

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

No responses

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses

✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

Read the school website, talked to student host to get a feel of the school, reviewed me.

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What impressed you positively?

How responsive the faculty is to student's requests for changes in curriculum. If someone complains about something in the curriculum, it gets discussed and is usually changed. They truly listen to students' needs. Hospital facilities are impressive in their patient mix -- if you're interested in learning clinical skills by working with an ethnically, economically, and educationally diverse patient population, USC could be for you.

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What impressed you negatively?

Yeah, the cost. (Which was not even discussed by the formal program until our tour guides brought it up...there is no financial aid session, which I thought would be helpful to listen to at a place that has a mid-$30K price tag a year)

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That traffic was really as bad as it sounded. If you're not familiar with LA traffic, I suggest consulting with a friend, your host, or even the admissions office on suggested driving times. I wasn't late, but I did give myself more time to get there than I thought I really needed.

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What are your general comments?

Your 2 interviews are scheduled anywhere between 8 and 5. Other than that, the whole program is just the tour/lunch with the med students. No group orientation. No financial aid. You check in at the KAM building, and if you have down time, you can ask to see a schedule of classes if you want to sit in on one or two. My student interviewer was very conversational and sweet; we joked a lot throughout. No tough questions, though I heard that another student interviewer did throw out some. Faculty interviewer just went down a list of questions, taking his time to review what he had to ask...he was very gentlemanly and kind. These closed-file interviews obviously take extra work on your part than for the open-files, so be sure to take opportunities to market yourself here and there.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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