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Baylor College of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
  • Year founded: 1900
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Baylor College of Medicine
Allopathic Medical School
Houston, TX
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  • SDN RANKING 5
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 5 192 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 5 4 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $22,733
  • Non - Resident Tuition $35,833
  • Application Fee $100
  • AVG MCAT 518
  • AVG GPA 3.9
  • LIZZYM Score 75.2
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Admissions Information

  • Office of Admissions
  • One Baylor Plaza
  • Houston, TX 77030
  • United States

School Overview

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School Info

Baylor College of Medicine is committed to being a national leader in advancing human health through the integration of patient care, research, education, and community service. The only private medical school in the Greater Southwest, Baylor was founded in 1900 and is today an internationally respected medical and research institution known for excellence in education, research and patient care.

Curriculum

The curriculum of the Baylor College of Medicine is designed to be a highly integrated unique and flexible program for the student to learn the art and science of medicine. It is designed to prepare students to be knowledgeable, skillful, compassionate, and dutiful physicians in the twenty-first century. The four year curriculum consists of eighteen months of pre-clinical courses integrated with patient and physician educators to maximize the experience for each student. This is followed by two and one half years of clinical opportunities in core clerkships, as well as clinical and research electives. The curriculum has sufficient flexibility for students to do extensive research, pursue advanced degrees, participate in special tracks or explore other avenues of personal and professional growth.

Facilities

Located in Houston's Texas Medical Center, a 740-acre complex of 42 independent institutions. Affiliated hospitals include: Ben Taub General Hospital, The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research, The Menninger Clinic, The Methodist Hospital, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, and Texas Children's Hospital.

Interview Feedback

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Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 156
Negatively 6
No change 28

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.38 188

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.29 136

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Keep doing what you're doing!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Have a better lunch" More from this Member | Report Response

"More thorough tours of the medical facilities would be nice. The tour at Ben Taub was only down a single hallway near the emergency room, nothing more." More from this Member | Report Response

"Ask interviewers to be a little more friendly and welcoming! Not just the students." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing to complain about" More from this Member | Report Response

"A little more communication between the interviewees and the office. Interviewees had to search for info through the website whereas other places personally sent out emails detailing how the interview day was going to go & made me feel more comfortable/prepared." More from this Member | Report Response

"N/A" More from this Member | Report Response

"My only suggestion is to consider paying for parking for those being interviewed. Every other school I interviewed with paid for parking." More from this Member | Report Response

"Because Baylor doesn't go all out with food, it seems like they aren't as eager to impress applicants as other schools" More from this Member | Report Response

"Don't end at 7, that's so late!" More from this Member | Report Response

"the m112 room is small, so it gets crowded when students show up, so bigger auditorium would be better." More from this Member | Report Response

"Less paper, more details online" More from this Member | Report Response

"Interviewees should get a little more time with the actual admissions officers." More from this Member | Report Response

"Accept applicants more quickly!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Perhaps allow the students to keep the manila folders after the interview? And to clarify who needs" More from this Member | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"What are you most proud of?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most important trait in a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of the ways you deal with stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me why you think you were unsuccessful in your previous cycle" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me what you think about the homeless situation in Austin and how the city has responded. (since that's where I'm from and because I'm been working with the homeless community for a while)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your research as if you were trying to educate a patient without a science background about it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Greatest weakness" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name one specific event that confirmed your desire to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have you shown leadership during your undergraduate years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What factors will affect your choice of medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would I continue my education after going to school there" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What scares you in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the biggest problem in today's healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Tell me about a time you worked in a team."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you didn't get into Baylor, what would you do? (Notice, it's not "into medical school")" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself/Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you are not accepted by this school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine as opposed to teaching or other service profession? (This was probably uncommon and likely had more to do with my application.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your thoughts on healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What challenges do you think await you and the other members of your med school class when you enter the workforce as physicians?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a time in which you failed at something (doesn't have to be academic)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your shadowing experiences" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are three current health care issues and propose how to solve one." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"where do you see yourself in ten years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some satisfactions you have received from volunteering your time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe the process by which you choose your undergrad institution," More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you spoken to other people who did this (medical school) while raising a family? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe extracurriculars." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell about this work experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Provide me with an example of your leadership ability" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about _______ (ECs)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about baylor? What attracts you to Baylor? What negative quality will affect you while in med school ? How can you improve that ? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My first interview was very conversational. The student interviewer really seemed interested in me and the things I have done." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So, what made you come to Baylor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Interviewer 1 (student): why do you want to be a doctor? Why Baylor? Tell me about your senior research thesis. Tell me about your patient interactions. Have you ever shadowed a doctor, or gotten to see what a doctor does on a day-to-day basis? I see that you're a musician; what do you play? What did you do with the musical group you joined? Given all your diverse interests, what happens when, a year into your medical education, you decide that you find something else more interesting? When you were a part of a medical research lab, did you feel like an outsider since you had a liberal arts background/how did you deal with that? Is there anything else in your application that we haven't covered? What are your two biggest strengths and biggest weakness? Do you have any questions for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Med student interviewer. Asked me to pick 3 topics I wanted to talk about. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you like to ask me about Baylor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not just pursue an MD with a heavy research emphasis?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a favorite class." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about x research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to change the world, WHY?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have a specific interest in any specialty?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why would you come to Baylor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about ___ experience on your app." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What made you decide to study medicine after pursuing a music degree? (I was a piano performance major)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one thing that has surprised you about dancing (or any other activity you are passionate about)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Int#1:Tell me something you're passionate about. (later) How does this relate to medicine? (would have picked a different passion if i knew that was coming) Int#2:Tell me about a time you were misjudged. (very vague, wouldn't clarify)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had to pick one defining moment in your life that made you decide to be a doctor what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me what you know about Baylor/why Baylor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name some good qualities and one quality you'd like to work on/change (about yourself)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what makes you an asset to baylor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want to be other than a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked questions about my clincal experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about you family." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your research like you're telling it to your grandmother." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about [insert AMCAS experience here]." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about <x>, your undergraduate institution." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will your family adjust to you moving to TX?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to come to Baylor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself...." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do people in Austin think about Vince Young's cashing in? Surprisingly hard for one who's been somewhat trapped in the local VY lovefest. I also think he was testing if it would stand up to a contradictory point of view." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me your biography, yawn" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The famous why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself...this helped me steer the conversation towards my research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you see yourself doing in ten years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite undergraduate course and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You seem to have a vast interest, why don't go into public health instead?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why MDPhD? If you had to choose either the MD or the PhD, what would you choose?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"ethics questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All questions very predictable." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How has your day been so far?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your motivations for becoming physician? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Texas and why Baylor? (I'm an out-of-state interviewee.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why don't you want to get a PhD? - after talking about research for most of the interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about youself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had an ethical problem with what the hospital administration wanted you to do, how would you handle it? (For those of you who are suddenly panicked that the interview is hard, this was as bad as it got. All of the others were very generic and straight-forward)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. (From the interviewer who hadn't read my file)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your X research project to me in lay-men's terms?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to major in liberal arts instead of something like bio?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you'll fit in here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you're going to like your daily activities as a doctor? (Weird question because who is going to say, 'No, I'm not going to like the daily activities of a doctor.'?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you forsee being your biggest challenge as a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"would you ever do anything you considered to be morally wrong? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All the questions were specific to my life experiences, research, why I want to be a doctor, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any questions for me? One of the interviewers kept asking me this over and over again. I had a few pre-prepared but ran out after 6 of them and had to think them up on the spot which is a bit difficult when you're nervous." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are some of your strengths/weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your friends describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What person/people have most shaped you, and how has their influence prepared you for medicine? What are your strenghts/weaknesses? How has activity X influenced you? What have you learned from your volunteering?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about your independent study." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about yourself. they need to get rid of that question it's so vague, bland and mindless." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about x, y, and z experience" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths/weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Both interviews were pretty conversational, causing me to forget specific questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your support system" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself (this was the first time I've actually ever been asked that!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun? What else? What else? What else?? What else??? (I work full-time, I don't have THAT much free time.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your personal statement starts rather dramatically--tell me about that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you prepared for the long haul and hard work involved in MD/PhD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Int.1: Where is your undergraduate college located? Int.2: Where do you work and what do you do for them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why texas? (i am from the east-coast)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. (both interviews started with this)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Baylor? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever had to deal with anything difficult?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who was your role model and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the problems we may run into with genetic engineering? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are your co-workers balancing their practice and research, and how would you do the same?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Baylor College of Medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your best expereince at your undergrad school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your most difficult course in college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the greatest problem with healthcare today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think your degree will help you in a career in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are your lab grades low?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"-Why do you want to be a doctor? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Lots of probing specific questions about my undergraduate classes." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain this part of your AMCAS essay." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will your undergrad degree help you be a better doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethical dilemma I've encountered." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked about what I had written in my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what should i say about you to the admissions committee." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See above." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What a some drawbacks about being Pre-med at your school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to go to [specific college]?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What interested you in Baylor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of the strengths and weaknesses of Baylor that you've noticed? (Everyone I talked to said that a "Why Baylor?" question is almost always asked)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your greatest dissapointment and failure in undergrad?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you going to do with your kid when you are in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"If faced with many acceptances, how would you make your decision in choosing a medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the biggest problem in health care at the moment?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your childhood and your life in California." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about Ayurvedic medicine (specific to one of my experiences)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Teach me something" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does politics influence healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were only accepted to Baylor, what would make you turn down the offer?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you treat mid-level providers in a healthcare team, how important are they?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"To what extent do you understand the life of a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in five years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked an ethical question regarding a patient who tested positive for HIV. Patient asked you as the doctor to not tell his pregnant wife since he contracted the disease most likely from his prostitutes. What do you do." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Any conflict between your religion and medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me how you got to this point in your life." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you read recently?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As a physician, how do establish and encourage trust with your patients?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you learned from all your volunteer experiences?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Define Integrity." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So what is your research about?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was interesting when my faculty interviewer picked up her phone and took a personal call which didn't seem like an urgent matter at all.... -__-" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you learn from (blank) experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, it was the flow of the interview" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want me to tell the admissions committee on your behalf? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe extracurriculars." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, really. Most were pretty generic." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"During our clinicals, medical school students have to be the last in line when treating a patient. First is the physician, attending,resident , etc. so when it is your turn, the patient is usually tired and grumpy. How would you deal with a non compliant patient in this situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your passions?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Played a word-association game. It was fun!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about <a history class I took some years back>." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Which cell type would you most like to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"After telling my student interviewer about a class that looked at the culture of illegal drug use in the US, he asked me how I would solve the problem. After I gave my answer, he apologized for giving such a hard question." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do astronauts exercise in space? (this is related to my job)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to live in Texas? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think the portrayal of medicine in the media will affect your practice?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Baylor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you anticipate challenges as a woman in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When you have a patient that has an option for a non-essential treatment (one that isn't a life or death decision but one that would prolong or improve the patient's life), what would you do if the patient had been turned away from Medicare, etc.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of music do you listen to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why would you come to Baylor? (They didn't believe a Californian would relocate)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question about my research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What were the challenges of teaching piano lessons to an autistic child?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Pretty basic q's about mainly activities..but here's one: What was the most difficult day you have had in school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Favorite undergraduate class and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were on a date with yourself, what would be the thing that would bother you most about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do to solve the drug problem in Camden?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Pretty standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you have gotten into med school in the UK if you had applied there?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the most significant volunteer experience not related to medicine you had in college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"very standard questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who are three people you admire and why" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is it ethical for medical students to be allowed to treat patients in public hospitals?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your Id's (selfish) reason for applying to medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When I (the interviewer) am swimming, I sink. I cannot float on water. What can I do so I can float?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Typical Stuff" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will your family adjust if you decide to move to TX (I'm a Michigan resident)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions were very basic" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you tell me about a time when you faced adversity and how you dealt with it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Given your family's vast experience with physicians, what are some attributes you would like to emulate and what are some attributes you would change about those physicians?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"mostly conversational interviews, although the faculty one told me that I get to ask one question exactly halfway through. weird...." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Tell me about your greatest strengths, weaknesses, and challenges you've overcome. What I'm looking for here is about two strengths and weaknesses..." My first interviewer told me how to pattern my answers, which was a little strange." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"fast forward 12 years and tell me what you're doing" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interview questions were fairly typical-- about past experiences, why medicine, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"N/A" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In general, what do you think is one of the biggest challenges facing U.S. society today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your favorite and least favorite things about doing research? (I'm a non-trad student coming in with a PhD.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So why is ( my name) here and not some other person with a similar background." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviews were very conversational and not to stressful." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you do in highschool?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were a hospital adminstrator during a natural diasaster, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how does music and medicine relate" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself from birth until now." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most challenging obstacle that you have had to overcome in your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do people like Bollywood?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe yourself in a way that a friend would describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All questions off AMCAS." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about the worst thing you ever did in your life and about the best thing you ever did in your life." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why don't you want to get a PhD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you compare being a resident assistant and being a medical resident?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the best and worst days of your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why don't you like research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(several interesting questions that particularily related to my application)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you set up such a medical program? (In my essay I talked about wanting to offer medical aid to the place I've been on several mission trips to) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What sets you apart from other students?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if two colleagues of yours were not getting along?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were pretty standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"standard questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your research in layman's terms, and explain the implications of it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really stands out. Mostly talked about my public health background" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how would you explain to someone from another country what's wrong with our health care system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing immensely interesting. I got the "What is your biggest pet peeve question?" too." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"they were all pretty run-of-the-mill, though my first interviewer spent more time selling Baylor than interviewing me..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Standard question: what is the biggest problem in healthcare" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is your biggest pet peeve. this was asked by the student interviewer, and it was supposed to be an "ice breaker" question. it kind of caught me off guard, but I guess I did ok, cuz I got in!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"the one about the noncompliant patient" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How I would balance family life with medical school. What I thought the biggest problem facing healthcare in America was (you shouldn't ask someone like me that question because I can't talk much science but I can talk recent social and policy issues! took me about twenty minutes to cover that question alone)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about ballet?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you get out of your community service activities?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you handle non-compliant patients?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you tell a hypertensive elderly man who refused to take his medicine to take his medicine? (Not quite in those words, but basically)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's wrong with US healthcare today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your research to me as if I'm a layman, and explain why it should be important to fund....not really that interesting because I saw it on SDN before. Actually, both my interviewers only asked me easy questions for about 10 minutes, and the rest was just me asking them stuff....my student basically told me I would get in." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all expected or easy" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing interesting--both of my interviews (I had faculty for both) were very conversational and unremarkable." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you feel culturally isolated? (I'm South Asian and live on the Tex-Mex border.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about yourself that you don't want me to know." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the one thing about you that makes you better than other candidates?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can physicians return to governing their own practices with insurance companies, government, pharmaceuticals, and attorneys trying to dictate medical practice?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think your life will be like after you are working as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I spent a summer in Dallas, so my interviewers asked about it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Somehow ended up talking about Charles Dickens." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"situational ethics on genetic engineering of crops, people, ect..... Man my second interview sucked" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you most scared about in planning to attend med school? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A series of what the interviewer called "my rapid-fire questions" at the end of the interview. He basically asked me a string of questions that he wanted two-second answers to: what's more important-your values or the patient's, what's the most recent book you read for fun, what would your ideal date be like (what?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know what the income tax rate is in England? We were talking about nationalized health care and I was asked this question to see if this program would be suitable for the United States. The answer is 60% while ours is 33%." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Which three classes that you took undergrad will help you most in medical school (mostly because everything i guessed he said was wrong - he ended up telling me that my english classes were most important)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you take more after your father or your mother?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If President Bush made me czar of medicine, what would I do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were at high risk for a genetic disease, would you be tested to see if you had the gene?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"pretty standard questions, I asked most of the questions actually" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Pretend I am a non-scientist who needs to be convinced on why your research should be funded and is important." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How can the US strike a balance between funding for academic research versus funding for socialized healthcare programs such as medicare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think your degree will help you in a career in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you like problem based learning?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is medicine? (looking for a very abstract answer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What patients have made the biggest impression on you in your clinical experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Parle vous frances? (I don't)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"see below" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time when you were grossly misunderstood, how did you handle it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite undergraduate class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I am a returning student, so most of my questions usually revolve around that aspect." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"An ethical delimma I encountered during college" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Several Ethical Questions about Genetic Research..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was just the usual..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your research to me in a way that a none science person could understand it. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you not see yourself doing in 10-20 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So I heard that your school has a drinking problem? =)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your thoughts on some controversial medical topic?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think the health care system in the United States compares to that in Sweden?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of doctor do you think you'll be? (not specialty but philosophy)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something interesting about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did New Orleans prepare for hurricanes and what was my part of the job." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about kenya (related to file)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your experience as a missionary in Bulgaria." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One interviewer asked a bunch of ethical questions about cloning, gene therapy, vaccinations, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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9.50 4

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"BCM has been doing the 1.5 year basic science, 2.5 year clinicals curriculum for years now. It is extremely student friendly and lends itself to a lot of flexibility, which is very helpful for succeeding in USMLE prep and residency planning." | Report Response

"1.5 year preclinicals, flexibility in scheduling, dedication to teaching of attendings, amazing clinical facilities" | Report Response

"The 1.5 year pre-clinical curriculum is amazing. Exceptional Step 1 scores prove it. World-class faculty and classmates. School is surrounded by renowned hospitals." | Report Response

"Superior basic science and clinical curriculum. 3 afternoons off per week, and only 1.5 yr of basic sciences. AMAZING faculty within a structured mentoring program. Also, the class composition is mostly relaxed and easy going yet studious." | Report Response

What do you like least?

"Though the student body is overall collaborative, BCM still has a very competitive atmosphere. Maybe this is the case wherever you go, but I've always felt that expectations from faculty are set extremely high." | Report Response

"cost of parking!" | Report Response

"The parking. But the public transportation system is adequate if you leave reasonably close." | Report Response

"The summers here can get hot and muggy since it is tropical weather." | Report Response

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