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Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Allopathic Medical School
Loma Linda, CA
  • SDN RANKING 3
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 3 71 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 2 3 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $63,404
  • Non - Resident Tuition $63,404
  • Application Fee $85
  • AVG MCAT 512
  • AVG GPA 3.9
  • LIZZYM Score 71.1
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Admissions Information

  • Admissions Office
  • CP A-1108
  • 11175 Campus Street
  • Loma Linda, CA 92350
  • United States

School Overview

Loma Linda University School of Medicine Fast Facts

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School Info

Medical education is our number-one priority. The School offers quality programs in medical education for medical students and MD/PhD students within a system of demonstrated Christian values and beliefs. Our faculty are committed to ensuring that those we educate will develop the skills and intellectual curiosity needed for success as life-long learners in a changing world.

Curriculum

The first two years are devoted to the study of the basic medical sciences, with orientation to clinical applications, introduction to human behavior, and physical diagnosis. Students are required to pass the USMLE, Step I, examination in order to be promoted to the junior year. Clinical training is provided in the areas of medical practice: surgery, medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics-gynecology, family medicine, neurology, ambulatory care, and psychiatry. Elective time is available for additional educational experience in the clinical and research areas. Students are provided opportunities for learning experiences in Christian physician formation, which addresses theological, ethical, and interpersonal relationships relative to health-care delivery.

Facilities

The clinical instruction during the junior and senior years takes place primarily at Loma Linda University Medical Center, Jerry L. Pettis Memorial VA Medical Center, Riverside County Regional Medical Center, and White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles. Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Hospital, and Glendale Adventist Medical Center are also affiliated with the School of Medicine and are utilized for undergraduate and postgraduate clinical training.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 55
Negatively 4
No change 10

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.24 68

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.33 52

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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"I would have liked an opportunity to have an exit interview after I was rejected. It's important for reapplicants to know what they need to improve on." More from this Member | Report Response

"It would be cool if you gave everyone a tour as part of the interview process..." More from this Member | Report Response

"Less paper usage. Interview invite was through snail mail, and the confirmation came through snail mail also. When we arrived we all got folders with papers and some brochure. Interesting things, but still too much paper." More from this Member | Report Response

"Don't schedule interviews too far from the orientation location. I got lost and even current students had no idea where that place was." More from this Member | Report Response

"No suggestions. They made the whole process very smooth and comfortable." More from this Member | Report Response

"Changes to interview times shouldn't be made the day of the interview." More from this Member | Report Response

"Using e-mail rather than snail mail would be nice and more "green". Provide some light snacks or som" More from this Member | Report Response

"I don't really have any. The interviews were both relatively laid back and conversational. I suppose" More from this Member | Report Response

"I forgot my info packet at home, so it would have helped me to have an email or something online wit" More from this Member | Report Response

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

"If you knew right now that you were going to get into medical school and didn't have to be concerned with it during this season, what would be occupying your thoughts/time/excitement instead?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You wrote that you do not come from a Christian household, how did you come to follow Christ?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your involvement with your church?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe an ethical dilemma you've faced." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your core values that you live by?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why didn't you do very well on your first MCAT? and Why do you think you had trouble in [XYZ] classes?" 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 kinds of parrots do you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you can agree with me that a transaction takes place when you go to a doctor (your insurance or your cash pays the doc for his service), then what is the product that a doctor provides in one word?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about the SDA denomination? It was in a conversational manner, not testing on my knowledge." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what was your favorite course" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will the new healthcare legislation affect your ability to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the hardest science on-science course you have taken and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What are your influences for wanting to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If your mother was sitting in here, what three positive things will she say about you and what three negative things will she say about you" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"question about stem cells and ethics" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"My first interviewer asked me about my wife. We are newlyweds, and he said that many times newlyweds end up divorced because of the rigors of med school. He asked me how I would deal with that. I thought it was a little forward for him to ask that, but answered frankly because I figured Loma Linda was just trying to push me to see how I'd react to stress." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you stay committed to the contract of not drinking, smoking, etc. while at LLU?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What values did your parents emphasize in your upbringing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the most interesting thing about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you don't get in this year, what will you do next year? (apply again!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You applied three years ago. You didn't get in, not even an interview, Why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in a really stressfull situation? Are you an introvert or extrovert?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about the SDA church/lifestyle?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why be a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want me to present you as to the acceptance committee?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a time where you had to make a difficult ethical decision." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your missions experience. (I recently came back from a missions trip)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What personality type do you consider yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what makes you certain that medicine is the path you want to pursue?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is your biggest weakness in your application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about an ethical situation where you had to deal with other people. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your free-time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why loma linda?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you know you wanted to become a doctor?" 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 your clinical volunteer work. And were you ever afraid to be in the area that you were volunteering in. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Would I perform an abortion even though I was morally opposed?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to attend Loma linda Universty?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Describe your involvement with your church." 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

"Why do you want to be a doctor? What experiences led you to this decision? Who influenced you to go into the field of medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What family experiences other than clinical motivated you to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you plan to do with your MPH?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are three words someone close to you would use to describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you like about your undergraduate institution? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What would make you be a good doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about the state of healthcare in the U.S. today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Tell me about your parents and siblings. What do they do for work? plus follow-ups." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time when you disappointed yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What characteristics do you want your doctor to have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were to bomb your first exam in medical school, what would you do to improve?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you prepared for that you wish I would ask you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you think that you won't change your mind about wanting to be a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Specific questions and conversation about one my most meaningful activities" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose this instead of PA, nursing, etc.? There are many other service oriented careers, so why become a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What attracted you most to your wife? (been married for 6 months)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was there a time that science tested your faith?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you manage living so far away from your home?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You have an alcoholic student. He has gone through rehab, and seems to be doing well. He goes on spring break, starts to drink again, and assaults an officer. How would you argue for (or against) him?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe some of your traveling experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Suppose you come to work one day and you discover that there is a big blackout in your workplace and they barricaded the doors and you left all your work-related materials inside, what will you do? How will you spend your day?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would I deal with perhaps feeling "left out" or "like an outsider" since many of the students that end up there somehow may know each other from undergrad" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the last book you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The most interesting question they asked me (and here I reveal a bit of arrogance) was an entreaty to discuss my religious conversion from an atheist evolutionist to a Christian creationist. Both interviewers seemed very excited by this. I am a recent convert to Seventh-day Adventism, and I think part of the excitement was over seeing a fellow believer come to the faith and part was trying to figure out if I was faking it to make my application look good or if I was sincere. We discussed the information that brought me to the faith in detail, especially in my first interview, and that seemed to satisfy both interviewers." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What advice would you give to a high school student considering going into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you bring to LLU medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the hardest thing you have ever done?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were the interviewer and I was the student, what would you ask me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I were the committee member asking the questions, what questions would I ask?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give me a scenario in which you incorporate the spiritual, emotional, and scientific aspect when treating a patient." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were the interviewer and I was the nervous applicant, what would you ask me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you think physicians work such long hours?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do I know about the SDA church?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What about your parents do you have in yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I metioned that I enjoyed reading Harry Potter, my interviwer then asked how would you reconcile some of Harry Potter's themes with Christian values? How would you handle explaining these themes to a Christian child?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How much do you bench? (I'm a personal trainer) How long have you been surfing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do to relieve stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"would you lie to provide surgery for a patient dying of heart failure?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me who influenced you and why you're here begging to get into our school." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Film or digital? (on the topic of photography)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the racial demographics of the kids who get tutored at these places you used to work? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The first interviewer asked me all the typical questions...why a doctor, why here, why you. But the second interviewer asked me about my denominational affiliation and how it differed from SDA, about my temperament type and how it affected my plans as a doctor, about my family, about ethical issues and how I would deal with them, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will your background influence the diversity of the entering class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you unique? What is it that sets you apart from other pre-meds?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were to be any type of cell in the human body what would you choose and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is our health care system? What do you think is a major issue that you will face in the future as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do with a young patient who was pregnant?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can't remember" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is more important, passion or reason?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked a battery of ethics questions, from what I thought about stem cell research, abortion, end of life practices, to what I would do if my patient had pancreatic cancer, the prognosis was pretty bad, and the patient wanted to stop treatment because of the pain it would cause to his family?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How will you handle the shift from undergraduate school to medical school? What characteristics do you posess that would allow you to make the tsansition smoothly." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Descibe a significant moral dilemma you have faced. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you experienced or seen a "bad doctor". What bothered you about the doctor, what gave you this negative impression? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I wanted to date the interviewer's daughter, how would I convince the interviewer to let me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you going to deal with the economic situation doctors are facing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the negatives and positives about your culture?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If an attending asked you to perform an abortion, but you were ethically oppossed to it, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most difficult decision I have had to make involving an ethical dilemma." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does it take to become a better Christian?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was given a scenario about a patient who was a vitcim of domestic violence and I was asked what I would do. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a good book you've read lately, besides a text book, and what was it about? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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School Reviews

School Reviews

Results Overview

Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?

Response Avg # Responders
4.00 2

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"All the people that are accepted into the program are quality individuals" | Report Response

"Willingness of faculty to go extra mile to try and help out students at all times" | Report Response

What do you like least?

"The curriculum is not relivent to boards, and administration is unresponsive to reccomendations." | Report Response

"School was revamping curriculum in major ways and board scores fell in the class above me and mine as they were working out the kinks." | Report Response

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