How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.04 | 27 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 20 |
| Negatively | 2 |
| No change | 5 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.63 | 27 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.63 | 27 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.81 | 27 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 1 |
| 20 minutes | 2 |
| 25 minutes | 0 |
| 30 minutes | 5 |
| 35 minutes | 0 |
| 40 minutes | 0 |
| 45 minutes | 2 |
| 50 minutes | 8 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 8 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 23 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 25 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 0 |
| Closed file | 24 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.04 | 27 |
"Average Questions"
"Why DO/why medicine"
"Why DO"
"Why MUCOM"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"Give an example of a time your actions impacted someone else’s life"
"Talk about a time you struggled academically, what you learned from the experience, and how it will be useful in med school."
"Interview was half MMI and half 1:1. No specific questions."
"MMI - ethical and cultural/language barrier prompts"
"Describe a time in your life that you failed and what piece of advice you would give someone in a similar situation."
"Ethical questions such as the disrespectful, profit motivated doctor and the unfaithful translator."
"Why Marian?"
"Why are you interested in specialty X?"
"Tell me about any issues with your transcript."
"why MUCOM?"
"N/A"
"Why Marian"
"What would you do if you didn't get into medical school?"
"Why medicine"
"Should a doctor inform a patient to get more life insurance after finding out the patient has significant health problems?"
"What was a challenge you faced academically"
"why medicine and why DO?"
"Why osteopathy?"
"What is an issue with your academic record you would like to address?"
"Tell me something interesting about yourself?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Tell me about your hobbies."
"Tell me about yourself..."
"N/A"
"What would you contribute to the school/student body?"
"Why MUCOM"
"What qualities you can add to the class/ how can you be useful for your classmates"
"MMI question"
"What would you do if you found out your translator wasn't translating everything the patients were saying?"
"How would you describe yourself in two characteristics"
"academic challenges and top qualities"
"Describe a time when a decision or action you made changed someone's life for the better?"
"What do you like to do with your free time?"
"Tell me about when you made a C in undergrad."
"DO v. MD?"
"Why osteopathy?"
"N/A"
"Tell us about a difficult experience with a patient."
"How does your faith play into the role of a physician?"
"What I do to relieve stress"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"Why shouldn't you advise a patient to get better life insurance before diagnosing them with heart failure?"
"MMI"
"What would you contribute to the school/student body?"
"One of your strength"
"N/A"
"MMI scenario"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"One of the MMI prompts."
"what if a doctor you're working with tells you you're not a team player and writes a bad recommendation so that you can't get into medical school?"
"How many schools are you applying to and list them. (More uncomfortable than anything)"
"One of my interviewers fought me on EVERYTHING I said. (I think this was intentional)"
"MMI"
"Review application and school"
"Reviewed common traditional interview questions and reread my application"
"SDN"
"Read online common questions"
"SDN interview feedback, mock interviews, practice"
"Sdn forums, reading previous year questions, Marian's website"
"Mock interviews and reading about the school"
"Studied MMI scenarios from online resources, used Youtube tutorials, and did several Q/A sessions with my M.D. mentor."
"Read over some MMI prompts, read over my primary and secondary apps."
"Looked at SDN, my application."
"knowing general ethics and just being myself"
"Reviewed mission, practiced common questions."
"Reviewed Marian's mission statement and other things."
"Read current events and MMI examples"
"Review online samples of MMI questions."
"I did not."
"researched MMI"
"Friendlyness"
"During presentations, staff and student panelists seemed honest and supportive"
"Very kind, not trying to trip you up."
"The interview was very conversational"
"The clear service-orientation of the college. Has religious roots but they do not push their religious beliefs on others. You can participate in their religious culture or avoid it altogether and they are okay with it."
"The dean's speech during the interview day was very inspirational and moving."
"Open campus and feels like a friendly community"
"The campus and enthusiasm of the students for the program."
"Anatomy lab"
"Curriculum, students, how much the faculty cares about its students."
"The curriculum and how forward looking the school is because it is new. They want to do everything they can to help you achieve because they are building their reputation as well."
"facility, faculty, curriculum, opportunities for students. School cares about the students and is trying very hard to be successful in the near future. The state is also very focused on allocating to the school to build its reputation since it is the 2nd medical school in Indy after IU. It's also 10 mins away from main city"
"Facilities, staff, admissions"
"Facilities, curriculum and faculty."
"New facility, Great Admissions team (professional, efficient, organized, responsive, supportive, kind)"
"Everyone was so polite and welcoming - truly no need to be nervous at this interview!"
"Interaction with the interviewers, format of the interview, professionalism of the admissions staff, level of attention paid to application details and personal connection."
"Brand new school, clinical affiliations, curriculum, faculty, campus."
"None"
"My interviewers seemed disengaged"
"She seemed very sleepy and not very interested"
"The first presentation was information that could be entirely found on the website"
"There was a HUGE disconnect between what the admissions team was saying about the culture of the medical school and what the students said. They contradicted each other multiple times on issues such as student life, housing, and competitiveness. The admissions team was very deceptive when telling their averages of board passrates and rankings. THey would share data from multiples years previous and skip over the most recent years to try and shine a better light on the school than realistic. When asking the students why they chose that school, every single one said it was because they didn't get into an MD school. I am applying osteopathy because I love the principles of it, not because I couldn't get into an MD school, and the atmosphere was very much one of second-choice bitterness."
"Interviewees, students, and some of the staff members seemed pretty uninterested. There wasn’t much diversity, and I didn’t like how we had lunch before interviews."
"It wasn't the most organized interview: shuffling three separate groups of about 15 students."
"Current students didn’t seem enthusiastic"
"The student panel was a little bias. They refused to talk about other schools they interviewed at and gave me the impression that they were specifically told to sell the school and not be realistic with interviewees. Also, most students ended up in primary care in match."
"How new the program is."
"Stress part of MMI"
"Wish there was an assigned desk for students"
"Some of the interviewers weren't good conversationalists, so I really had to do both my job as the applicant and their job as the interviewer!"
"Nothing."
"None"
"closed interview"
"How nice everyone would be!"
"Bringing comfortable walking shoes"
"That the interviewers weren't evil, out to trick me or get me."
"MMI was pretty informal and the questions weren't hard to respond to or think critically about."
"That the interviews would be so relaxed and closed file."
"That one of my MMI's would fight me on everything I said"
"Relax and be yourself"
"Nothing - the whole process is very transparent. They tell you everything you need to know. Even give a presentation on MMI before you interview, making you feel much more confident."
"Nothing."
"None"
"Interview goes by very quickly with all of the questions they ask you, so be brief."
"I ended up liking the school a whole lot more than I thought I would. I really liked my interviewers and their focus on the community. Definitely moved up to be one of my top choices for DO."
"Honestly, I interviewed at 5+ medical schools, and this one ranked the very bottom. The interviewers came off very cold and all the student panel would speak about is how they could've gone to an MD school. Their scores are not great and if I were you I would not even apply here"
"I think if you've gotten an interview invite: just be yourself and you will do great! They clearly have an interest in you :)"
"Great school, after visiting I have a larger desire to attend."
"Give MU-COM a chance. I think it has great potential."
"Overall good experience."
"GREAT school. MUCOM will be a fantastic DO school. Their clinical affiliations are very nice."
"Great interview day"
"This was my first interview, but I truly feel that this was a very easy-going process."
"No additional comments."
"Awesome school"
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 20 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 16 |
| Neutral | 5 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.81 | 27 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 9 |
| Out of state | 14 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 8 |
| 2-3 hours | 4 |
| 4-6 hours | 3 |
| 7+ hours | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 3 |
| Automobile | 15 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 10 |
| $101-$200 | 3 |
| $201-$300 | 0 |
| $301-$400 | 0 |
| $401-$500 | 1 |
| $501+ | 3 |
Indianapolis
IND
Indianapolis International Airport
n/a
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 3 |
| Hotel | 6 |
| Home | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.88 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.35 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.92 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.12 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.15 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.77 | 26 |
"The first question I had was more like 4 questions in 1 during my interview. It would’ve been better to divide that question into 4."
"Having ice breakers to make students feel more welcomed and at ease."
"Keep up the excellence :)"
"Absolutely nothing. The admissions office is amazing."
"None, keep it up!"
"None at this time."
"None."
"None - doing a great job!"
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