How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.65 | 20 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 14 |
| Negatively | 2 |
| No change | 3 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.40 | 20 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.30 | 20 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.25 | 20 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 12 |
| Virtual | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 0 |
| 25 minutes | 3 |
| 30 minutes | 5 |
| 35 minutes | 0 |
| 40 minutes | 0 |
| 45 minutes | 0 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 11 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 16 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 13 |
| In a group | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 2 |
| Closed file | 18 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.65 | 20 |
"Why osteopathic medicine at Sam Houston?"
"Tell me about yourself, Why osteopathic medicine at SHSU"
"Would you give medical advice to someone while in med school?"
"Why Sam Houston?"
"Tell me about yourself? Why medicine? Why osteopathic medicine? What are the most important qualities in a doctor?"
"You think your attending made a mistake. As the resident, what do you do?"
"Why sam and why osteopathic medicine?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
""If a patient told you that you had addressed them as the wrong gender, how would you respond?""
"describe a time you overcame a struggle"
"How is education related to medicine"
"Why DO and why this school?"
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"What was your most meaningful community service experience?"
"How do you break bad news?"
"What does professionalism mean to you?"
"Why DO?"
"Your friend asks if they can copy your work for a project CASPER kinda deal"
"If you could advocate for something what would it be and why?"
""Why are effective communication skills important in a clinical setting?""
"How do you think physicians can address the desire of patients to die at home when most people prefer to be at home when they die yet usually spend their last days in the hospital?"
"MMI situation"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Why do you want to attend an osteopathic school?"
"Tell us about yourself."
"I forgot exactly but it was something like why is the patient’s religious background important in the context on medicine? For MMI what would you say to someone in grief with follow up questions?"
"Why DO?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"What qualities should we look for in healthcare providers"
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"What is the biggest obstacle for doctors today?"
"What movie had an impact on you and why?"
"The lying question"
"How do you see the future of healthcare?"
"Group interview was the most interesting"
"Essay prompt asking if a commitment to a program for rural care for med students should be enforced? In traditional, what is one question I haven’t asked that you’d like to address?"
"the attending made a mistake one, I guess. Nothing too unique or crazy"
"If you were told to lie about something that didn’t affect the patient what would you do"
"Nothing too crazy"
"How have you been impacted by those around you?"
"MMI as it wasn't a true MMI"
"Scenario based was tough, it was medically related."
"I thought the essay and group interview were tough. Group interview involved organizing pictures and you had to figure out that it was based on how zoomed out it was and organize it from most zoomed out to most zoomed in"
"The lying one"
"We had a part of the interview where we had to write an answer to a prompt in one of those bluebooks they provided us. I had not written essays by hand in years so it was a little stressful because my hand was cramping up lol but thequestion was not too bad, it was something like do you think physicians should be held to a higher standard of their own health by not having them smoke etc and isay the rate determining step to this was not finding an answer to the question but rather just writing it all down by hand"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Nothing too crazy"
"I read my secondaries and prepared answers for common interview questions. I also made a list of questions to ask the interviewers."
"SDN, friends, Youtube videos and SHSU website"
"None"
"SDN"
"Practice over Zoom with someone from Facebook group for MMI and Traditional. Everything else I don’t think you can prepare for tbh"
"this was my 6th interview so i didn't really prepare too hard, just read over my personal statement and also thought about some reasons why i like Sam specifically"
"day before met with my mentor to calm down the nerves"
"Dr. Gray's Book, MMI practice scenarios"
"Did not prepare"
"Dr. Gray's youtube and book."
"Researched the school and its mission."
"Did a few mock interviews and read Dr. Gray's interview book."
"Read Dr. Gray's Interview book."
"Googled top interview questions and answered all of them specific to the school"
"Diversity in applicants/staff"
"I think the whole process was very streamlined. They also gave us free lunch (yes, it is pasta - just try not to mess up your suit)"
"Organization of interview, the group activities were super fun"
"Facilities and students"
"Students were all very positive, atmosphere seemed great"
"Everyone was very welcoming and met some really cool people."
"facilities were very new and clean. staff seemed kind. Kids were very positive about the school."
"how accepting and welcoming everyone is"
"the location and its proximity to lots of nature and fun outdoorsy stuff and not too much traffic."
"Very organized"
"The faculty seem to really like being there. They treated us all like we were already students at the institution. It was very comfortable talking with them. I felt right at home. Also, I really love the Hogwarts theme that they have going on with the learning communities."
"The interviewer was kind, professional, and reacted positively to my interview responses."
"The students seem to really have a voice when it comes to recommendations and changes, as it is a new school."
"The general warm and positive ambience from everyone who was there. Everything was very well organized and on time."
"The friendliness and welcoming environment!"
"how small the campus was"
"Giving pasta for lunch, the interview being in-person"
"Osteopathic manipulation"
"My scenario interviewer was extremely dry."
"Having 4 interviews in one. Serving spaghetti when we had formal attire on. Also reapplicants had an advantage in the group activity since they reuse it. Traditional interview felt rushed with only 15 minutes to answer multiple questions."
"nothing"
"They done goofed by being one of the only schools to require in-person interviews and would have made a way better impression by hiding the campus behind a virtual screen. Conroe, Texas on its own is bad enough, the campus itself is like a dilapidated shack that looks like somebody bought a condemned office building and tried running a sketchy side-business out of it. The school at the time of this review is unaccredited, which in and of itself isn't necessarily a deal-breaker; new schools have to go through a long and daunting accreditation process. However, a serious red flag is that even with their most senior class on the cusp of graduation, they haven't even been able to gain provisional accreditation so they can apply to residency. And they were, for some inexplicable reason, PROUD of this. The administration is clearly a disorganized mess, and most of the interviewers seemed like they didn't want to be there. Okay campus on paper, super scuffed in person."
"kind of small af"
"School hasn’t graduated a class"
"Nothing in particular."
"Faculty interviewing were very dry and impersonal"
"After the interview, we went to deans presentation, Q&A panel, etc. and the faculty were not enthusiastic, seemed like they didn't want to be there, etc. They avoided admission/acceptance/timeline questions as well. Felt they weren't too excited to be there."
"The interviewers were instructed by the school to ask specific questions. After my response, they were not allowed to discuss that question and immediately went on to the next question. It wasn't until all of the prompts were read that we were able to have a normal discussion."
"Lack of scholarship opportunities"
"I would not recommend wearing high heels unless you are very comfortable walking around in them. The campus has a lot of stairs and they give you a full campus tour where you have to walk up and down many flights of stairs. Not enjoyable. As of November 2024, they have four main interviews. (These are not in order) 1. Group interview with a current medical student 2. Group project supervised by a faculty member 3. Individual traditional interview 4. Individual MMI interview"
"How chill the interview was"
"What the lunch would be, seems they change it each year."
"The order of the interviews are randomized"
"the amount of people who were actually going to be there to be interviewed"
"do not book a flixbus all the way on the other side of Houston from the school in Conroe if that bus leaves in an hour because you will either miss it or like me, barely make it onto the bus hallelujah"
"Writing prompt was CASPER style"
"They gave us all pertinent information regarding the interview well in advance. I appreciated their efforts."
"Just make sure you check your audio and video are working on AMP"
"Don't stress too much about the group activity!"
"That we are graded on the group activity"
"Overall a very low-stress environment. I thought the interviewers were very nice and it was an overall positive atmosphere."
"Great interview experience, amazing food, and chill environment"
"Brand new school, nice facilities in a nice area of town"
"Don’t stress too much. Prepare for Traditional and MMI but just try your best, it was pretty fair. Nothing like Tell Me about this experience or why you got a low MCAT/B- in physics kinda deal"
"The best meal I've had along the interview trail - most places just gave us a boxed lunch. The staff was all very kind, and the dean's presentation was very impressive and covered a lot of material. I appreciated that they took the time to help us try on white coats"
"It was an amazing experience!"
"fairly new school, the students seem to like it there"
"I hope to attend this institution one day."
"I liked my interviewer a lot. Very kind and professional. The faculty in teh group sessionse/info sessions/etc. after were just not enthusiastic and didn't seem excited to be there."
"Overall had a great impression! The staff really seemed passionate and excited about the program."
"Go in and have a fun time. You are interviewing them as much as they are interviewing you!"
"Great school"
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 11 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 13 |
| Neutral | 2 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.32 | 19 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 17 |
| Out of state | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 6 |
| 2-3 hours | 4 |
| 4-6 hours | 3 |
| 7+ hours | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 1 |
| Automobile | 9 |
| Train or subway | 1 |
| Other | 3 |
IAH
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 2 |
| Hotel | 5 |
| Home | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 7 |
| $101-$200 | 4 |
| $201-$300 | 1 |
| $301-$400 | 0 |
| $401-$500 | 0 |
| $501+ | 0 |
"Most people stayed in Hyatt but if you want to save money and don't mind driving 2 minutes comfort inn works well"
"It’s right by the school!"
"Drove an hour and a half to my grandparents', then woke up that morning and drove another hour and a half to the school."
"Don't stay in Conroe. Shoot for Houston if you can arrange transportation between your hotel and the campus."
"reasonable hotel very close to the school. checkout before 10:00 I believe, but the interview day began at 10:30 anyways so I was already checked out"
"Super nice with a great breakfast"
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.68 | 19 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.84 | 19 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.68 | 19 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.95 | 19 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.37 | 19 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.79 | 19 |
"the "teamwork" portion was a bit confusing and hard to know what it is you want to see from us."
"None"
"Nothing, everyone is very friendly!"
"No suggestion necessary. As a new institution, I applaud the level of care the staff members have taken to ensure the cycle continues smoothly."
"Better communication with applicants and the timeline."
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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?