University of Washington School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 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?

What do you think an underserved community needs? How would you contribute?

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When a patient with a terminal illess (could die in 2 weeks) and who is in incredible pain, asked you how many pills it takes to kill her, what do you do? What if her daughter came back a week later and asked you what you had told her mother, would you give her the infomation? If she died that following week, and you have to put down the cause of death on her death certificate, would you write down anything (assuming that you told her the information in the first place)?

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Why do you want to become a doctor?

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What was the most interesting question?

What do you think about the new Medicare bill?

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What was the most difficult question?

Whare are 3 current problems in our health care? How would you solve it?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open 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?

Admissions staff

How did the tour guide seem?

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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?

No responses

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 this website, mock interviews, read the NY Times, The Economist; review the bioethic website (on UW webpage).

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What impressed you positively?

Everyone was very friendly, positive and welcoming. The presentation about the school by Dr. Hunt was very informative and straight forward (no sale pitch here, just a realistic view!)

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What impressed you negatively?

The tour could be much better. Since I went here for my undergrad, I know the facilities and programs at the UW are great and its ranking position should testify for that. The 10-min tour was not truly representative of UW top quality-facilities. UW is huge and I think they simply do not have the time to show you all of that.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

UW's curriculum is quite rigorous compare to other universities; however, the students seem to be happy here.

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What are your general comments?

UW is changing its immage. My overall experience is very positive, although this was my first interview. As long as you read this website and prepare for the questions, you should be fine. Some people may find it uncomfortable after the interview because they did not study the issues that UW thinks you should know. It's one of the top schools, so I guess they expect something from you. Don't stress out: just be yourself, be smart and study issues ahead, most questions from this site should definitely help.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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