Gainesville, FL
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?
2 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What are your general comments?
interviewing with UFCOM is very relaxed; two one-on-one interviews, I had one with a 4th year medical student and one with a research/faculty member
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
what will you like best/least about being a doctor? what 3 movies would you recommend for a person to see in their lifetime and why? what book/magazine have you read lately?what are your hobbies? what was your favorite/least favorite undergraduate class? what was your favorite/least favorite thing about college? what has been a stressful time in your life and how did you handle it? what have you learned about medicine from your volunteer experiences?
What was the most interesting question?
what would you think if the federal government was in charge of medical schools and anyone could go, but after you graduate, you owe 3 years of healthcare service to the government?
How did you prepare for the interview?
read studentdoctor.net, reviewed AMCAS and secondary applications, looked up articles about current medical issues, mock interview
What impressed you positively?
how friendly the medical students were (even the first-years who were taking an 8-hour test that day came out and talked to us on their lunch break); students and faculty seem to have great interactions and medical students are genuinely happy to be there
What impressed you negatively?
the person who was going to show us the simulated patient was late, and so we didn't get to see much of him before rushing off to our first interview
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
to be prepared to answer questions on current medical issues and think about ways to improve the healthcare system
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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