Rochester, NY
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?
The day started at 8:00 a.m. (this is the time that it also starts for medical students). The students and faculty at the school are very happy (happier than at any of the other six schools I interviewed at). The students would walk up to us and would talk to us about their experience here. There are only 100 students per class. The faculty are also friendly. I had never visited the school before, but it is beautiful. The equipment is very high tech. The Problem Based Learning labs were very cool, they have the small group learning and a patient exam area all in the same room. The community is very nice and very inexpensive, you can buy a decent house for $80K, or you can rent one for a low amount. There were 10 of us interviewing that day. The interview started with the Dean meeting with us to give us an introduction to the university, then a financial aid person met with us. Both interviewers were friendly and wanted to learn more about me as an individual. The interviews were pretty laid back and non-stressful.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Why do you want to be a doctor?
How did you prepare for the interview?
I read the school's and this website. I read my AMCAS application thoroughly.
What was the most difficult question?
What is unique characteristic about you that will contribute to medicine?
What impressed you positively?
The facilities are awesome. They have high technology at the school.
What impressed you negatively?
There was a fire alarm that went off about noon and nobody evacuated, it seemed like there was a glitch in the system that may be an ongoing nuisance. I'm not sure.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
The school interviewers are spread throughout the building, some rooms are hard to find.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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