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University of California Los Angeles / Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
University of California Los Angeles / Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
  • Year founded: 1966
  • ENROLLED TOTAL: 24
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University of California Los Angeles / Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Allopathic Medical School
Los Angeles, CA
Historically Black College/University
  • SDN RANKING 4
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 3 63 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS N/A 0 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $22,024
  • Non - Resident Tuition $34,269
  • Application Fee $70
  • AVG MCAT N/A
  • AVG GPA N/A
  • LIZZYM Score N/A
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Admissions Information

  • Office of Admissions (College of Medicine)
  • Cobb 109
  • 1731 E. 120th Street
  • Los Angeles, CA 90059
  • United States

School Overview

University of California Los Angeles / Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science Fast Facts

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School Info

The College of Medicine continues to successfully educated leaders in medicine and science who will increase understanding of the cures and causes of human disease and provide expert, compassionate and culturally sensitive health care. Each year approximately 2,000 highly qualified candidates apply for 24 opening in the Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program. Our students represent the full range of gender, ethnic, and educational diversity of our society which contributes to the strength of our institution. Students admitted into the Drew/UCLA Medical Education Program benefit from the best of Drew and UCLA in a combined curriculum.

Curriculum

A unique component of the Drew/UCLA Medical Education program is the longitudinal primary care clinical experience. Students in the 3rd year spend 1 day a week at a primary care clinic located in an underserved area of Los Angeles. In addition, students are required to develop a primary care research thesis proposal and project with a faculty mentor that will be presented at the annual research colloquium just prior to graduation. The fourth year, called the Urban Underserved College, begins with a one week time commitment designed to hone clinical skills and prepare students for residency. The mentorship program in the 4th year allows students to work closely with faculty to ensure appropriate career and academic guidance and successful completion of the research thesis.

Facilities

The first and second years of the medical program, on the Westwood campus of UCLA, stresses the development of a firm foundation in the basic sciences with an emphasis on clinical applications. The third and fourth years of the program are spent on the Drew campus and in clinics at King/Drew and other UCLA-affiliated hospitals, where our small student-to-faculty ratio allows for students to benefit from intensive interaction with supervising faculty and to have hands-on clinical experience in treating patients. In addition, students rotate through a high volume, high acuity, inner city hospital which gives them experience treating a variety of disease processes.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 51
Negatively 8
No change 2

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.56 61

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.73 37

0 = low, 10 = high

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Application should be under UCLA’s general app. rather than its own separate entity. Coordinators/admin could be more responsive." More from this Member | Report Response

"They still use paper application for the secondary; it would probably be easier to make everything electronic to streamline the process." More from this Member | Report Response

"I would've liked to have been told more in advance that I would be done by 1pm." More from this Member | Report Response

"None at all." More from this Member | Report Response

"Interview should be conversational with some unexpected questions." More from this Member | Report Response

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

"What is your MCAT score?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"MMI - signed confidentiality agreement" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"The faculty interview was very conversational. Talked about the need for community service, the lifestyle of physicians, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could change one thing about your past what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could not be a doctor at all, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who has impacted you the most in your family?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself? What made you want to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would I like to research during my 3rd year" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How come you didn't do well on your MCAT? What research topic will you choose for your required thesis here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is the most influential person in your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"see last year questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What motivates you to want to work with the underserved?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your home life growing up" 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

"What are the good and bad things about US health care system? What difficulties the underserved are having in health care? why? what ways could we address?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What motivates you to succeed?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"What is your family like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just went over general questions about my application, my motivations into medicine, desire for helping the underserved, etc. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I received a job offer in Hollywood and Detroit were will I go?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your experiences or committment to the underserved..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of research have you done?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Weakest part of your application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you can handle a medical school curricullum?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family, upbringing, learning spanish, etc." 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 your family." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Piano and tennis are expensive activities to participate in. How did growing up in a low-income family affect your passion for music and sports?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family and where you grew up." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you fit into the Drew mission?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most difficult experience you have had and what did you do about it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself and how do you fit in with the Drew mission." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What clinical experience do you have. What community service have you been involved with? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about some of your experiences with medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What are you gonna do if you dont get into med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one unique quality that you possess or a unique experience that you have had?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

What was the most interesting question?

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

"What is one good thing about the US healthcare system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What attributes would make you a good physician for underserved patients?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Expand on you ideas regarding universal health care." 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

"Why did you opt out of surgery to do emergency medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No particular question was the most interesting. I found the whole interview interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer wanted to explore who I am throughout the entire interview. I was never asked about my experiences, but rather who I am, what drives me, why I want to be a doctor, etc. It was a conversational experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you decrease smoking in secondary schools?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do to improve health care for the underserved?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Drew? Why not UCLA or USC?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were president, how would you improve our healthcare system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could be the president of a non profit organization, what organization would that be? And why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I made you President of a non-profit organization and gave you a blank check..what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the biggest problem with our healthcare system today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like about Drew besides its mission?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were a president of a non-profit organization, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"About my background and interest in the underserved." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Since you do seem to love music/singing as well, why medicine and not music?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What made you want to work with the medically underserved?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a passion you have outside of medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why have you not taken the MCAT again?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I received a job offer in Hollywood and Detroit where will I go?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Would I become all "Hollywood" if I attended Drew? (I guess he thought I would become obsessed with Hollywood if I moved to LA)" 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

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

"what is the weakest part of your application? what would be a reason we wouldn't accept you after we look through your file?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"If you where not a doctor what would you be doing now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to go to Boston to do research? And questions about my family." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, they were all about me or asking for clarification on my file. The interview was quite easy" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a crystal ball and knew you would never get into medical school, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So you play guitar? Are you any good? (That question is tied with "So what kind of music do you listen to?) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did past obstacles in your life shape your decision to become a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who do you turn to for support?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you get involved in all your community service activities?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are my weaknesses? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How did being raised in a single parent household affect your upbringing positively?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give me an example of socialized medicine? Give an example of socialized medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about my family and the area I grew up in" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you handle seeing sick people. I felt like he thought that my two years of clinical experience had not prepared me for that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What drives you to excel? What are you passionate about?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What drives you to excel?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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