How many people interviewed you?
Response Average | # Responders |
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3.22 | 215 |
Response | # Responders |
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Positively | 211 |
Negatively | 1 |
No change | 7 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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2.63 | 216 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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8.03 | 154 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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9.06 | 124 |
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Response | # Responders |
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5 minutes | 0 |
10 minutes | 0 |
15 minutes | 0 |
20 minutes | 4 |
25 minutes | 4 |
30 minutes | 187 |
35 minutes | 7 |
40 minutes | 1 |
45 minutes | 3 |
50 minutes | 2 |
55 minutes | 0 |
60+ minutes | 13 |
Response | # Responders |
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At the school | 217 |
At a regional location | 0 |
At another location | 0 |
Response | # Responders |
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One-on-one | 215 |
In a group | 0 |
Response | # Responders |
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Open file | 213 |
Closed file | 2 |
Response Average | # Responders |
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3.22 | 215 |
"There was a teamwork MMI question."
"What is a research interest that you have>?"
"About my gap year job"
"Very conversational discussion of my hobbies."
"How will you handle the death of your patients?"
"Why do you want to go to Michigan?"
"Tell me about your undergrad school."
"What qualities do I look for in a medical school?"
"about my experience"
"Tell us about XYZ experience."
"Why did you apply to Michigan?"
"Tell me about your research/e.c. "
"Tell me about your school. (I go to a small liberal arts school out of state that none of my interviewers had ever heard of)"
"Student: Questions about my teaching job/foreign volunteering experience since he had done similar stuff. What was hardest about this activity? Do you have any questions for me?"
"MD Interview: Why medicine? Why Michigan? (Had to spend extra time convincing interviewer because I grew up in Ann Arbor and went to college here too!) Tell me about "insert extracurricular here"."
"What do you hope to be doing in 15 years?"
"What interests you in Michigan?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Why Michigan? What will you bring to Michigan?"
"What superpower would you have?"
"Why Medicine? Why Michigan? What would you do if you didn't get into medical school this year? "
"An M2: What did you do at the free clinic? Did you discover anything interesting from your research? What do you do for fun? You're OOS...why Michigan? Why surgery? Do you have any questions for me?"
"What did you do over the summer?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"How do you see yourself in the future? "
"Why weren't your freshman grades as strong as your later ones?"
"Explain W's. Are you prepared to go out of state. what are the qualities of a good doctor and which do you possess. "
"Why Medicine? Why U of M?"
"What is the biggest problem you have faced?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"If you could have any superpower, what would it be?"
"Why don't you want to be a nurse, PA? Why a doctor?"
"ethical situation"
"Why UMich? Why medicine?"
"Tell me about your research?"
"Tell me about how you went from an undergrad major in X to medicine?"
"a few about my research"
"Tell me about this clinical experience on your application."
"What is one of the biggest problems in healthcare today?"
"Malpractice/tort reform, friend or foe? (not quite, but a long series of questions on this topic)"
"Why Medicine? Why Michigan? (Asked by all three interviewers)"
"Why did you choose to go to your undergraduate college? What did you like/dislike about it?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? (asked by two of the three interviewers)"
"Specific questions about my interview file--activities I did and so forth."
"Why Michigan? You WILL be asked this."
"Why MD/PhD?"
"What would you do if you weren't going to become a doctor?"
"What would you tell the family if a patient you accidently killed?"
"What qualities do you have that will make you a good doctor?"
"What do you want in a medical school?"
"why medicine"
"What was your biggest mistake and the consequences of it?"
"80% of the questions were about your personal statement, secondary essays, and work/experiences portions of application."
"Why medicine? Are you still interested in neurosurgery and why?"
"What's the most academically challenging thing you've ever done?"
"explain a leadership role you have had "
"What would you rate your interest in science as, on a scale from 1 to 10?"
"what problem do you see yourself having as a doctor?"
"What significant leadership roles have you had?"
"What do you see yourself doing in between M1/M2/10 years after graduation?"
"Tell me something unique about yourself."
"Talk about myself"
"Starting with your childhood, tell me story of how you ended up here, interviewing for medical school."
"Tell me about activity X."
"They just want to get to know you in an informal way. Talk about things you might be interested in doing @ med school. 2 faculty interviewers and one student. All very kind."
"Tell me about your most significant volunteer experience."
"Straight off of AMCAS app. "
"I was asked to clarify the point of my research"
"Why didn't you get a recommendation from your research lab?"
"From the faculty interviewer: Tell me about yourself. What do you do to relax?"
"Who are 2 or 3 of your mentors?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? (I was asked this question twice)."
"What field of medicine would you like to pursue?"
"Tell me about experience X?"
"Tell me about you family"
"Tell me about (insert AMCAS experience here)?"
"Why do you think attending a big school (class of 170) would be beneficial?"
"How come you got X in this section of the MCAT?"
"They asked me questions from my application (describe your research, why go from engineering to medicine, are you ready for the challenges, etc.)"
"My goal with you today is to determine whether or not you're an axe murderer and whether or not I'd trust you with my 3 year-old child...so what do you want to talk about?"
"How does chemistry fit in with your future practice plans? (basically he was trying to get me to say I would like to do research like him!)"
"What are you looking for in a medical school?"
"what 3 words would ppl use to describe you, also i think i had to elaborate on the most prominent one. be prepared to support any"
"If medicine were no longer existed as a career, then what career would you pursue and why?"
"Biggest problem in health care/how would you fix it?"
"tell more about experience X?"
"Explain activities"
"Tell me about your yourself? Home, voluteer experience, research etc."
"Why University of Michigan? (This question is really important if you're applying out-of-state!!!)"
"Why U of Michigan?"
"Explain to me your research and what you got from it."
"Just stuff from app"
"Tell me more about (insert activitiy from AMCAS here)."
"Tell me about this experience from your file? Why did you choose to do it, what did you learn?"
"tell me about (something specific from my application)"
"how did you get funding for your research?"
"tell me about your research in layman's terms"
"What are the three biggest problems in medicine today?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? Why not a nurse? Why not a teacher? etc. etc."
"What was your favorite class in college?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"Explain this dip in your grades."
"Most questions based on AMCAS."
"Why UMich? Describe your research. "
"Tell me about (activity) and how it would make you a good doctor"
"Why UMich?"
"Why UMich and Medicine?"
"Mentioned above. Referred to my AMCAS essay."
"what do you think is the current crisis in health care system?"
"Why U of Michiga?"
"How do you think culture affects medical practice and patient interaction?"
"Tell me about ______? "
"Tell me about your research experience."
"If your best friend could describe you, what 3 words would he use?"
"What are you going to do if you don't get into medical school? Are you going to shoot yourself?"
"What are your thoughts on the Terri Schiavo case?"
"Tell me about working with (specific experience)?"
"Tell me more about ____ experience, which you mentioned on your AMCAS."
"What makes you want to come to M?"
"Describe your involvement in the March of Dimes..."
"How would you define a successful career?"
"Why are you applying to this school? (I am a CA resident)"
"What do you do to unwind? "
"Why medicine?"
"Why Univ of Michigan?"
"Why Michigan?"
"Explain this part of your essay . . . asked by two different interviewers, same part."
"How has your volunteer and leadership experience prepared you to become a doctor?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Why medicine? Why not social worker? "
"How do you feel about medicine today, does it need improvement or not?"
"tell me about _________ (from my app) this is basically every question they asked me..."
"Tell me about your health-related experience."
"Why University of Michigan?"
"How do you plan on telling the families of children with terminal illness that there is nothing that can be done? "
"Do you think you will have time for extra-curricular activity while you are in medical school?"
"What do you bring to the medical school that will make it a better place?"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years after you have finished everything."
"Tell me about your research. "
""Please describe your most significant life experience.""
"Tell me about your research"
"Why do you want to become a physician?"
"Why a career change?"
"Hobbies! I was asked what I do as a hobby or in my free time a bunch of times."
"Tell me what you do other than medicine/science?"
"What's the single most significant thing you've done while in college?"
"What does your father think about your career choice? (My father is a doctor.)"
"What is maple surup disease?"
"Describe your research for me."
"What possible conflicts do you think might arise in medical school"
"Why do you want to go into medicine?"
"(see above); otherwise just general questions really."
"What would you like said at your eulogy?"
"Tell me about your research."
"What is the biggest issue in healthcare"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What do you think about euthanasia?"
"describe your research. "
"See above re: kidney transplant discussion"
"What would you like to do at Michigan? (Michigan really wants to support their students to pursue their own interests, so they care quite a bit about people's passions)"
"How do you work in a team?"
"Tell me about yourself/your path to medicine."
"Asked specifics about my activities?"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"What is it that you like about Michigan?"
"Tell me about your background / about the work that you've been doing. (bit tricky with open files -- how much do you repeat, are you boring them?)"
"How did you choose your undergraduate college?"
"do you go back to visit where you were born often?"
"What do you think about moving out of state to come to Michigan?"
"Tell me about your research?"
"Tell me about your international experience."
"Alumni: Why Medicine? Why Michigan? Research? Asked questions about most of my activities (e.g., Why did you volunteer here? What is your research about? He also asked me how one of my research methods worked and how it related to one of his techniques, so that threw me off a bit just because I didn't remember what his stuff was about). Referring to the extreme economic problems of my home state, what's going on in California? Any questions for me? We also talked about football, Ann Arbor, reducing costs in medicine, and what medical field he thought would be good for me."
"Student Interview: Why medicine? Why Michigan? Tell me about "insert extracurricular here". What would you do if you couldn't practice medicine? Summarize/update research publications progress (not questions about the research itself)."
"What specific questions do you have for me? "
"Why did you decide to pursue medicine? (I studied mechanical engineering as an undergrad)."
"What keeps you going?"
"Do you have any specific questions about the Family Centered Experience I could answer? (I expressed interest in it and my interviewer was one of the faculty leaders of the program)"
"Tell me about your research"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Explain more about x activity. Describe your research experience. What could be potential problems that you face during at the onset of your medical education?"
"What is the biggest accomplishment you've made?"
"An M4: Why not MD/PhD? What do you do for fun? Why surgery? Any questions for me? A casual conversation about clinical research, away rotations, the flexibility of the M4 year, etc. "
"What would you do if you couldn't go into medicine?"
"What kind of environment do you want to practice medicine in the future?"
"Tell me about yourself. WHy medicine. Why michigan. are you a leader. why?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"At what point did you realize that you wanted to be a doctor?"
"tell me about a particular undergrad experience"
"Asked about my activities during my year off."
"Tell me about X hobby? (X = any of the recreational, non-academic things I listed on AMCAS)"
"What are some challenges in medicine that you saw in your shadowing or volunteer experiences?"
"see above"
"How did having a father who is a physician impact you? (asked by 2 interviewers)"
"What kind of doctor do you want to be?"
"What is your favorite ski area?"
"How did you go from [home state] to [my small liberal arts college] to California to applying to medical school? (I'm a non-traditional applicant.)"
"What is your strongest point? What is your weakest point? (Asked by two interviewers)"
"Why did you choose X activity? How did this contribute to your clinical experience?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"What do you think the difficulties women face in pursuing mediine?"
"How I anticipate making the transition from a small Christian college to a big public university."
"Exposure to medicine: Tell me more about the summer you spent shadowing. How did this influence your decision to go into medicine?"
"Why (your field of interest)?"
"What will you add to the entering class? Pespectives, diversity, interests, etc.?"
"What would you do to reform health care?"
"Why U Mich?"
"research questions"
"You're from California, will you be able to live with the cold and snow?"
"How would you deal with unruly/noncooperative patients?"
"What led you to a career in medicine?"
"Describe (insert work/activity from your primary app)"
"What do you do on your free time?"
"Asked about research and various activities that were on my app--be prepared to discuss all of them."
"you took a lot of philosophy type courses in the beginning of college, explain this (kind of caught me off guard, wouldnt really call the courses i took philosophy)"
"What will be the most humbling part of life as a doctor for you?"
"There is a scienctific side to medicine, and a compassionate side; you are more interested in the compassionate side, right?"
"Tell me about when your interest in medicine began? Who told you not to become a doctor?"
"Why medicine and not research? (based on having put a lot of research on my application)"
"What lightning bolt experience did you have to solidify the fact you wanted to be a doctor?"
"What experience defined your interest in medicine"
"Talk about volunteer experiences"
"What do you want to do with your medical degree?"
"What did you enjoy the most in your undergrad?"
"Tell me about such and such experience on your AMCAS."
"What attracts you to Michigan?"
"Straight off of AMCAS app. "
"what my fav extracurricular in undergrad was"
"How have you pushed yourself outside your comfort zone?"
"Tell me about X or Y experience (from my application)."
"What characteristics are required of a leader?"
"Why did you pursue a business minor?"
"Describe such and such experience."
"Tell me about your childhood?"
"Do you have a desire to use your technology background in medicine? In what way?"
"Community service activities, research, etc. (detailed questions that had to do with AMCAS stuff)."
"Tell me more about "X" (Asked me to elaborate on lots of AMCAS stuff)"
"What was the doctor's (that I shadowed) practice like?"
"what 3 qualities should docs have, again be ready to support"
"Why UM?"
"Why U-M?"
"What made you decide you want to be a doctor?"
"Explanation of an activity I had done."
"how did you manage to accomplish so much at such a young age?"
"Strengths and weaknesses"
"Tell me about your experience leaving home (small town) to go to a large university?"
"Asked me a few questions about my experience with one of my extracurriculars"
"Why MD/PhD?"
"What are the 3 most pressing concerns in healthcare today?"
"Tell me about a time when you you were put in a position in which you had no choice but to comporomise your own values/morals/ethics."
"How will the above experience make you a better doctor?"
"so why U of M? why medicine?"
"You are given 100,000 dollars. How would you use that money to improve healthcare?"
"tell me about how you liked your undergrad school."
"What would you do if you didn't get into med school?"
"How would you fix the healthcare crisis in this country?"
"Tell me about your experiences abroad."
"What did you do when you couldn't help someone that needed it?"
"Why UofM?"
"What do you think is an important problem in healthcare today? "
"Why Michigan?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Tell me about the path that you have taken to become a doctor"
"What do you do for fun?"
"do you think distribution of wealth in the metro detriot community is equitable?"
"What would you do if not medicine?"
"Tell me about your research."
"Do you know which type of medicine you ultimately want to pursue?"
"As your advocate on the admissions committee, what would you like me to stress about you as an applicant?"
"When did you decide to become a physician? What motivated you to become a physician?"
"What have you done internationally?"
"Tell me how you graduated so early"
"How did you like being a tutor for students preparing for the GED exam?"
"What do you think about U. Mich's most infamous alumnus, Dr. Kevorkian and physician assisted suicide?"
"What made you want to be a physician?"
"Your AMCAS experiences seem very different from here (this school). Do you think you would fit in here?"
"What would you do if you didn't get in anywhere?"
"What is the biggest problem in healthcare?"
"What's the biggest issue confronting physicians today?"
"What do you look for in a medical school?"
"Why medicine? "
"Tell me about your experiences abroad?"
"What do you like about Michigan?"
"What do you think of physician assisted suicide? What US state (Oregon) and European country(Netherlands) is it legal?"
"What do you do in your leisure time, for fun."
"Tell me about _____ (various things in my AMCAS and secondary applications)"
"What are your thoughts on physician-assisted suicide?"
"What are some of the challenges of being a doctor?"
"How did being the son of two doctors affect your decision to go into medicine?"
"Detailed questions pertaining to my research"
"Give me the high point and low point of your life."
"What has been the biggest challenge of your life so far?"
"Why do you want to work with sick people?"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"Why do you want to go to UMich?"
"Why medicine??"
"What is one big problem in health care."
"what are you looking for in a medical school? "
""I see your parents are dentists. Why have you chosen medicine over dentistry?""
"What's the biggest problem in health care today?"
"What can you bring to Michigan/what do you have to offer?"
"What would you do if you don't get in this year?"
"Just alot of the usual stuff except for the questions I put about most difficult and most interesting."
"Four words your friend would describe you with."
"Why are you looking at Michigan?"
"What is the one achievement of which you are most proud? "
"Three drawbacks of medicine."
"What other interests do you have outside of medicine?"
"How have you gotten to know the real field of medicine"
"What are your thoughts on our current health care system (stemming from the fact that I indicated that I have an interest in health policy)?"
"Where were you on Sept. 11th? (a different interviewer asked me this question than the one who asked me the first question I listed about 9/11)"
"How do you handle stress?"
"Why do you want to come here"
"Tell me about (undergraduate school)..."
"Please tell me about your research. (One of my interviewers worked in a related field and asked alot of detailed question - EEK!)"
"where do you see yourself 10 (15, 20...) years from now?"
"Is there anything else you'd like me to know about your application?"
"What type of research do you hope to do in medical school?"
"What made you want to be a doctor?"
"How have your health conditions affected your decision to pursue medicine?"
"What do you do in your free time?"
"What kind of challenges do you expect medical school will provide?"
"Why medicine? (i'm a non-trad coming from the public health field so it was important to clarify why I would move from a broader impact field to medicine. It's more typical for med students / physicians to want the public health perspective than vice versa) For those non-trads, practice providing a clear response on this question!"
"In your secondary application, you wrote about something that you have a passion for. Elaborate on that."
"what is one of your strengths?"
"What do you think are some of the problems with healthcare, and how would you fix them?"
"What was your most memorable clinical experience?"
"Specifics from my personal statement (i.e. expand on a certain aspect). Also, how did your parents' legal profession impact your decision to go into health care?"
"Faculty: How is Michigan a good fit for you? General conversation about activities. What are your thoughts about Obama's health plan? After I expressed uncertainty about how it would be paid for, he asked me how we could reduce costs (luckily my other interviewer and I had just talked about this!) Any questions for me? Is there anything else I should tell the admissions committee? "
"Faculty/MD Interview:Why medicine? Why Michigan? Asked a lot about my public health research experiences b/c he was also involved in public health. "
"You MCAT is the weakest part of your application, please explain this?"
"Are you interested in any specific fields of medicine?"
"What do you bring to Michigan? "
"If you've had no shadowing experience, that begs the question, are you really sure that you want to be a doctor?"
"A urological oncologist. How did you get involved in shadowing? Why surgery? Why Michigan? What are you looking for in a school? A casual conversation about surgery/surgical training. "
"Tell me more about X experience on your application"
"What kind of medicine do you think you want to go into?"
"What should society do about people who are homeless?"
"Tell me a little about ___ activity and why you didn't continue. "
"What kind of medicine are you interested in?"
"what do you do for fun. strengths/weaknesses. Do you have a significant other? How will you deal with moving away. DO you know what speciality you want to do. "
"Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?"
"Why U of Michigan?"
"Do you have a particular specialty in mind?"
"we actually talked about football a bit, too"
"Why Michigan? (The interview feedback here on SDN made me think that I would be asked this question by every one of my interviewers. But really I only got asked in my last interview, at the very last minute of our time.)"
"What have been your most signficant/important research experiences?"
"see above"
"Tell me about your research, how you may want to incorporate research into your career, and how you think research impacts medicine generally. (asked by an MD/PhD)"
"What are the most important traits for a physician to embody?"
"Tell me about...[clinical activity in my essay]. "
"How have you demonstrated leadership skills?"
"Why medicine? Why U of M?"
"Tell me about your research"
"How do you feel about diversity? Do you think diversity is important in medical school?"
"What are three words you would use to describe yourself? In which specific activities have you displayed those attributes?"
"Hobbies/interests: Tell me more about your music. All three interviewers wanted to know more about it - how does my instrument work? have I been to music camps? do I plan to continue playing?"
"When did you realize you wanted to be a doctor?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"How will you handle the stress of medical school?"
"Questions related to AMCAS"
"question about class i took"
"Lots of questions specific to my AMCAS activities, as well as the obligatory why medicine/why Michigan questions."
"Why MD and not PhD?"
"Are you staying over the weekend?"
"What do you to do relieve stress?"
"How do your parents like medicine (they're both docs)?"
"How did the fact that your parents are physicians affect your decision to become one?"
"Is 4 more years in Ann Arbor too many? "
"do you think the doctor/medical care at summer camp is sufficient/up to par (I worked as a camp counselor which was on my app)"
"Tell me about activity ___ (from AMCAS)."
"What was your childhood like?"
"Tell me about your recent research experience? How you found out about the program, your project, etc. Tell me about your school"
"Why University of Michigan?"
"Tell me about your medical brigade/research/sport team/leadership."
"Tell me more about your research."
"Talk about research"
"Tell me about this experience (referring to an experience listed in my AMCAS)"
"Questions about my experience as an EMT."
"Why Michigan over a higher ranked school, such as Harvard?"
"What made you change your mind from engineering to medicine? (specific to me because I was an engineer and made a switch into medicine in the middle of college)"
"What questions do you have for me?"
"Straight off of AMCAS app. "
"if I was going to pursue research in med school"
"What did Jonas Salk invent? (Polio vaccine)"
"Why do you want to come to Michigan? What questions do you have for me?"
"Were locals receptive to what you were trying to do in the Peace Corps?"
"...more of the typical ones you'd expect."
"Tell me about your volunteerism abroad"
"What have your clinical experiences taught you about being a physician?"
"Why UMich?"
"What do you like to do for fun? (I talked briefly about scotch tasting!)"
"So what do you do for fun?"
"Is there anything else you want me to tell the admissions committee?"
"where do you see yourself in 10/15/20 years, cant remember, 2 ppl asked me this though"
"Problems and solutions in America's healthcare."
"See above."
"what do you see yourself doing in 10 years? ("when you grow up" as he put it =)"
"If not medicine what would you make your career?"
"(more of a statement, which was tough to follow up on): i hope that we have done a good enough job to convince you to come here."
"When I decided to want to become a doctor."
"What will you miss leaving the working world to return to school?"
"Asked about my major--why did I choose it, what have I learned."
"Who are your favorite three musicians or singers?"
"What do you look for in a medical school and specifically why does UM fit this mold."
"Which one of your volunteer experiences meant the most to you? "
"tell me about your research and teaching experiences"
"What if the band you dropped out of became famous? How would you feel if you were working 100 hours a week as a resident and you saw them on TV?"
"what do you do to relieve stress?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"An alcoholic and a non-alcoholic need a liver transplant. There is only one liver to give. The non-alcoholic has two kids. The alcoholic shows no desire to improve their behavior......"
"What you do if not medicine?"
"Why medicine? What would you do if you couldn't practice medicine?"
"What scares you most about medical school?"
"Pretend I am a non-US resident. What does HMO stand for? Explain to me what an HMO is."
"Describe your most important volunteer activity."
"What is the toughest challenge facing healthcare?"
"Obstacles, challenges, and rewards. As well as research, extracurriculars!"
"was your dad really a fighter pilot!!?"
"Tell me about your volunteer experience."
"What worries you about health care?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem in health care today?"
"Why U Mich? How did you become interested in medicine? (the usual interview questions)"
"What is your ulitmate goal in terms of medical practice."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years"
"Do you think Howard Dean should bow out of the race? What do you think he did to harm his national appeal?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"How much pressure do you want in your life, in your career?"
"What experience impacted your decision to become a doctor the most? "
"What are the negative sides to medicine and would you be able to deal with that?"
"why U Mich? "
"Discuss a current problem in healthcare."
"What important lessons did you learn from X experience?"
"What do you think about managed care? How is the US going to get out of Iraq?"
"Explain your research."
"What book have you read that has impacted the way you think?"
"So you come from the University of Kentucky? Did you hear about that surgeon who branded the letters "UK" on a woman's uterus?"
"Tell me about your undergraduate university."
"What will be the biggest challenge for you as a medical student next year?"
"How will you determine which medical school you will attend?"
"Tell me about a specific advancement in medicine in the last year."
"Describe your research."
"What clinical experience have you had?"
"What are some negatives to the current state of medical practice??"
"Do you think you could get use to the cold, seing as I was from California."
"What do you think of Ann Arbor? Why are you interested in U Mich? "
""Why was your volunteer inner-city coaching experience so valuable to you?" It was the gist of my personal statement."
"Do you regret anything in undergrad/would you have done anything differently?"
"What is your greatest weakness?"
"What was the name of the last interviewer?"
"Why medicine?"
"Tell me about your research."
"Describe your clinical experiences for me."
"What type of books do you like to read?"
"What's your proudest achievement? Name something selfless you did."
"Why Michigan?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Where do you see yourself in twenty years?"
"Alot of questions about stuff in my AMCAS essay and application. (Tell me more about ___, etc.)"
"what is one human rights activity/issue that you feel strongly about? why? do you see any way to make a difference in that issue? "
"Specific questions about my application"
"MMI"
"Who is your favorite super hero"
"I had a discussion with one of my interviewers about the pros and cons of EMRs and integrating more technology into healthcare."
"Who is your favorite grandparent?"
"Who is your biggest influence as to why you are choosing a career in medicine?"
"How has your father's career (business) affected your decision to pursue medicine?"
"If in the future doctor compensation is based off of patient outcome, how do you deal with a noncompliant patient."
"All questions came off my app in some way, so no "creative" questions were asked."
"What do you like about U of Michigan? (there was so much!)"
"Tell me something fun about yourself that is not in your application, or teach me something interesting."
"Do you think training on mannequins detracts from patient contact? How could this change?"
"The healthcare question."
"What is your relationship with your father like. (My personal statement was very personal). "
"Would you legalize marijuana (blank stare...)?"
"You said you were once stuck with a needle. Tell me about that experience."
"What are your thoughts about Obama's health plan? After I expressed uncertainty about how it would be paid for, he asked me to talk about some ways that we could reduce costs in medicine."
"Got into a really interesting discussion about my interview's career choices in public health & research and my global health experiences."
"As a woman in medicine, what are your views on when you want to have a family and how this will be possible?"
"What is your first choice in medical schools?"
"Nothing really. All three interviews were conversational."
"How will skills you have gleaned from coaching apply to your career as a physician?"
"Did you watch the VP debates last night? What issues of health care are most important to you?"
"Have you ever heard the song, "Alice's Restaurant" by (...) Guthrie?"
"What was your worst day in college?"
"Why is your family so important to you? (I thought this was kind of weird)"
"What should society do about the homeless? (This was asked in continuation of my discussing my involvement at a homeless shelter)"
"What do you think are some of the obstacles facing women in medicine?"
"Describe your research to me as if I was a 12 year old. What kind of tree would you be if you were a tree. "
"What were your good and bad experiences as a patient in the field of medicine?"
"Tell me about a time you helped someone."
"Do I consider myself a risk-taker? "
"I currently go to UofM for undergraduate and my interviewer went to UofM for undergraduate and medical school too. So she asked me what I thought would be different about my experience between undergrad and med."
"ethical situation--what would you do?"
"Wasn't a particular question, but I had a great conversation about health policy with one of my interviewers (don't worry. I was asked because it's one of my interests)."
"How will linguistics (my undergrad major) help prepare you for medicine?"
"How did you get from an undergrad major in X to medicine?"
"Nothing too interesting, mostly just about my background, this interview was very conversational so I had to steer it towards my strong 'selling points'"
"How will your background in chemical engineering aid in your development in becoming a doctor?"
"What is the most important thing you gained from traveling?"
"First question of the interview day by the student interviewer: How does being in a fraternity (on my AMCAS) help prepare you for a career in medicine."
"How has medical malpractice influenced the price of health care and how doctors do their work; additionally, how will it affect you?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"What are the problems in healthcare today?"
"How has your musical interests and involvment in music been shaped by (or has shaped) my interest in a career in medicine? (I did quite a few music extracurriculars)"
"Is there any experience you've had that you think everyone should try?"
"How, as a physician, will you find a way to treat people that you don't personally like?"
"What else do you like to do?"
"After reading me an e-mail in which a woman blamed him for the death of her husband, who refused to listen to medical advice, one physician interviewer asked how I would feel to receive such a letter. What would be my thoughts/emotional responses?"
"Questions about my research"
"Interviewer studied same research topic as I did...we talked about that a lot"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Imagine you are walking down the street, and a box falls from the sky. It is addressed to you, and it says it contains $100,000 that should be used to reform health care. What would you do with it?"
"standard fare questions"
"n/a"
"nothing out of the ordinary"
"Tell me about your best and worst experiences with a doctor as a patient."
"How did living in Russia affect your education and your attitude toward medicine?"
"How did you get involved with your community service work?"
"I write about college football so I got a couple questions about whether I'd root for michigan football."
"If no medical school accepted you, what would you do?"
"Why do you think that people who are doctors often discourage their kids from becoming doctors too?"
"whats your take on allowing Iran nuclear warheads etc..."
"What will be the most humbling aspect of life as a doctor?"
"Tell me about your childhood (I had listed some stuff on my AMCAS primary)"
"Tell me about your school, I see so many patients that go to your school and I want to know more about your school."
"Nothing out of the ordinary..."
"What do you see your self doing in between M1 and M2? (i.e. Research, vacation, foreign aid, local aid, etc)"
"Young female patient comes into ER asking for pain medication and you examine her and she starts to flirt with you what do you do?"
"Looking at your application you are interested in population research...how do you feel about 4 years of one-on-one clinical experience (i.e. won't you get bored, etc.)?"
"If we looked for two traits in prospective students, what should they be?"
"about my hobby."
"What are you going to be for Halloween?"
"No particularly interesting questions were asked of me."
"How were you able to raise so much money for your student organizations?"
"Based upon my experiences working on health care policy, what I believed the future of health care would look like. "
"What was my favorite extracurriclar activity in college?"
"What did Jonas Salk invent? (Polio vaccine)"
"How do you plan to split your clinical and research time percentage-wise? (This was after I had said that I plan to go into academic medicine.)"
"How accurate is Apollo 13? (I used to work for the space program)"
"I see that you were born in (different country). Tell me more about that."
"What would you do if you weren't admitted to med school this year?"
"I was asked no unusual questions. Generally, all of the interviewers focused on a few areas: Why do you want to be a doctor? Why Michigan? & questions that addressed the depth of your understanding of what it means to be a physician."
"What is the difference between a nurse practioner and a physician?"
"Nothing special"
"What is the most pressing problem facing medicine today? What do you think should be done about it?"
"Tell me about your childhood?"
"What aspect of medicine do you think you will like the least?"
"My goal with you today is to determine whether or not you're an axe murderer and whether or not I'd trust you with my 3 year-old child...so what do you want to talk about?"
"If you were going to perform surgery on a child whose parents' religion prohibited the use of blood products and the child would surely die if you did the operation without them, what would you do?"
"What are you looking for in a medical school?"
"i mentioned healthcare crisis, interviewer grilled me on various aspects of it, not too fun"
"If medicine were no longer existed as a career, then what career would you pursue and why?"
"If medicine, and all healthcare fields, dropped off the face of the planet, what would you do instead?"
"Michigan's swim team is a little faster than Colgate's, isn't it?"
"What were some negative aspects about your undergraduate education?"
"What's the role of faith in medicine?"
"Most of the questions came from my AMCAS application. "
"If you were a casino game, what would you be and why?"
"would financial limitations affect your decision(s) on which medical school to attend?"
"What responsibility do you think physicians have to the public? (Something like that)"
"Nothing comes to mind! Probably the most interesting moment was when one interviewer told me flat out that he was there to make sure I wasn't a serial killer or something!"
"Who are three of your favorite musicians or singers? (Following up on a question about my hobbies and interests.)"
"About traveling and experiences, nothing very interesting"
"What do you look for in a medical school and specifically why does UM fit this mold."
"How do you think you would benefit from the curriculum here? (they recently switched to organ-based)"
"everything was pretty much off my application"
"You have done many different activities and have had many different hobbies. How do you see all of your life experiences fitting into your life as a physician? How do you see it all coming together?"
"If you had an epileptic patient who refused to take his/her prescribed meds due to religious beliefs, what would you do?"
"what's the difference between medical ethics and personal morals"
"What are the three biggest problems in medicine today?"
"You are given 100,000 dollars to improve healthcare. How would you spend it? (100,000 is not a lot of money to fix the system...so it was sort of a difficult question to answer)"
"Do you like Lance Armstrong?"
"Why did you choose to study Italian?"
"Do you think the relatively privileged status of Ann Arbor is a problem?"
"If you couldn't practice medicine, what other career would you pursue?"
"There wasn't really a question. It was more like a statement. Something like, "You seem very qualified...let's just make sure you're not crazy.""
"What are some of the challenges facing physicians today?"
"Nothing particularly interesting. "
"You all have the same grades and interests in medical school. How are you different from the other applicants?"
"How I have made it this far, against all the obstacles I have overcomed?"
"Tell me about your childhood."
"What's your favorite musical? (I mentioned earlier that I liked musical theater)"
"If a bundle with $10,000 fell on near your feet one day, how would you use it to order to improve health care?"
"How do you think your faith will help you in your chosen field of specialty?"
"Is Ann Arbor a good example of the real world?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem in health care today?"
"What would you do to change healthcare?"
"Tell me about your family."
"Q: how are you going to pick a med school? A: SDN Interview Feedback "
"Have you been to the nightclubs in Goa? (My interview's husband is a clubhead I guess)"
"How would you choose to spend $100,000 in the medical field?"
"Who provides the greatest benefit to society: the primary care physician, the public health worker, or the entertainer?"
"If I were from another country and culture, how would you describe the American healthcare system to me?"
"If I had the choice of giving a liver to a 25 year old who could go a year without it, or 55 year old alcoholic who needed it immediately...which would I choose and why>"
"Why I, as a California resident, would EVER dream of moving to the Midwest."
"(some question about research)"
"See most difficult question."
"What would you do if you didn't get in anywhere?"
"Explain apoptosis...does it occur in normal cells?"
"How would you define a successful career? "
"What do you look for in a medical school?"
"Ethical questions"
"Do you think a surgeon needs to have ego? "
"Discuss a current problem in healthcare."
"What five things would a close friend say about you to describe who you are?"
"How did you decide which college to attend for undergrad?"
"What can we do as a school to make your medical education a positive and worthwhile process."
"What book have you read that has impacted the way you think?"
"If you had a large sum of money to spend on AIDS education and research, how would you split it up between education and research and why?"
"where did your "fire" come from? it was from a really passionate and interesting interviewer, and i really enjoyed talking to him."
"Michigan recently went to the Supreme Court about Affirmative Action. What do you think about diversity? What if you were the person "unfairly" selected against in favor of a lesser qualified URM?"
"A student admitted to U Mich undergrad was convicted of date rape over the summer before matriculating. What did I think Michigan should do?"
"If you had to explain our health care system to a foreign person who knew nothing about it, what would you say?"
"If you had a pile of money, large but discrete, to spend on aids education and research what percentage would you distribute to each? For America? For the world?"
"How would I design a medical curriculum?"
"why would you rather be a physician rather than a musician?"
"Why don't many Texans come to University of Michigan?"
"You have performed a great deal - why didn't you direct?"
"If a patient came in with no hope of being saved would you let interns practice procedures on him?"
"it was actually an ethical question that addressed the issue of euthenasia. I was quite surprised when the professor asked me in which state was it legal, luckily I knew the answer which was oregon."
"The questions were not hard at all --just have to know yourself. "What worries you about medical school?" "
""Did you see LeBron James play last night? Is he nasty or what?" Keep in mind this was asked by a surgeon, who watched The Chosen One on TV the night before. "
"Do you think we should invade Iraq?"
"What do we have to do in order for you to come to Michigan?"
"You're interested in combining research and clinical medicine, what if I told you that in order to do research you'd have to devote only 30% of your time to clinical practice?"
"If you had a patient who did not act upon your medical advice about lifestyle, would you continue to see that patient?"
"Was very conversational. Probably explain what you do in your free time was a good question."
"Take any ethical issue and take a side."
"There weren't really any questions that required a lot of thought...Honestly, the most interesting questions was probably: Name three or four words your friends would use to describe you."
"Pick a medical topic and argue both sides of it."
"How do you think growing up in a very small town will affect how you practice medicine?"
"If I had a certain amount of money to help cure Aids in Africa, How would I use it. "
"If you were the dean of a medical school, what one course would you want to have included in the curriculum?"
"What were my opinions on the current Iraq conflict?"
"What would you do if medicine didn't exist (as in, what other career would I pursue)?"
"How do you think September 11th has impacted your generation?"
"Nothing really, mostly asked about my extracurricular activities"
"There were one or two expected medical type questions (biggest issue in healthcare), but mostly it was talking about myself and why I wanted to come to Michigan."
"How do you think you'll get all your career goals to fit when medicine takes up so much time?"
"Some questions about my activities and personal interests."
"Do you want to know what I think of you, and how this interview went? (You'll make an excellent doctor - YES!!)"
"tell me your faults. if you could construct your ideal school where you fit best, could you describe it to me? "
"If you had a patient in jail who faced the choice of having a kidney transplant or being on dialysis for the rest of his life, what would you do? What if someone who was not incarcirated could use that same donor kidney, who should get it? Kidney transplant vs. dialysis has no difference in survival, only quality of life issue. Okay, so now what if I told you now that a kidney transplant is MUCH cheaper in the long run that dialysis, should the prisoner get it now?"
"MMI"
"Tell me a life lesson you learned from your dad"
"What do you think are qualities you possess that would make you a good doctor?"
"How will you handle the death of your patients?"
"What challenges do you think you will face as a physician due to health care reform?"
"What is your opinion on abortion?"
"No difficult questions from any of my interviewers."
"What can you say to convince me that you won't struggle in your first year? (My uGPA and MCAT were not stellar despite high grad GPA and lots of experiences). Fair question and fortunately, answered it well! If you know your main weaknesses as a candidate, be very prepared to address that weakness head-on, not make excuses for the past."
"Tell me something about yourself that I wouldn't know by reading your application."
"Why medicine? (and after my answer) but why?....i didnt know what to say haha"
"The question about moving out of state was tought cause it turned into a grilling session about me being married (or so it seemed)."
"What would be challenging in your medical career?"
"What is the single-most important way in which the current healthcare reform will impact your life as a physician ten years from now? "
"Do you think it's right for undergraduates to "learn medicine" in undeveloped countries, often on people who have no where else to go?"
"Is there anything else I should tell the admissions committee? I didn't have anything to say (I hit all the big points I wanted to in the interview), so I sort of sputtered that I really liked Michigan (truth), but I think it came out really awkward. Oh well."
"Why Michigan - the defense of why i should stay in ann arbor another 4 years."
"What was the most important thing you took away from experience X?"
"Your MCAT score is lower than the average we admit. Please elaborate on this."
"What do you think will be the biggest challenge for you in Medical school?"
"No really bad Q, but my first interviewer had a dead-pan stare going the whole time. No reaction to what I was saying at all. Threw me off the first couple of answers."
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years? This was difficult for me to answer because I'd always wanted to do private practice...but it felt unprofessional to say that, so make sure you think about other possibilities like maybe participating in public policy, going into academic medicine, etc."
"The one about shadowing. I felt like I got punched in the face."
"Do you have any questions for me? (For the 3rd time) I didn't have any more questions at that point, so I just re-capped the qualities about Michigan that I liked, and the things I learned from the questions I asked my 1st two interviewers. "
"You are going to an undergraduate college with a great medical school. Why choose Michigan over that?"
"What do you think the biggest challenge you will face in medicine is?"
"Above."
"What is the one thing you want the committee to know about you?"
"Why Michigan if we dont have much of an underserved populations in Ann Arbor, and you want to work with these populations. "
"Do you see yourself going back to your country in the future?"
"Why not MD/PhD?"
"None -- all were just trying to get to know me better, and were about my file."
"Tell me about a time you helped someone."
"Why haven't you shadowed a physician?"
"nothing was too hard. I guess the ethics one"
"In your clinical experiences, what did you discover or learn about medicine that surprised you?"
"Do you consider yourself very religious? (I had listed volunteer activities I did through my church on my primary application. I wasn't sure how to answer this one diplomatically since I didn't know my interviewer's opinions.)"
"What do you think are the three most important qualities for a physician to possess? What do you think you will find most difficult in medical school/once you become a physician?"
"You say that you're interested in primary care and the underserved, and you're from Washington. I'm sure that you'll get into UW which is great in those fields, so why do you want to attend Michigan?"
"What does BASF stand for? (not that he expected me to know)"
"What are some problems you think you will face as a physician on a personal and societal level?"
"So what was the point of your research project?"
"None...just conversational questions or they were taken directly from my essay experiences"
"My interviewer asked about my parents occupations and upon learning that my dad was an optometrist asked how that influenced me to go into medicine. "
"What would you do if you did not ever get into medical school? What are your alternative choices?"
"(Since I was interested in doing International work in rural China): Why do you want to help China in particular? Why not rural American communities that also need medical attention?"
"Explain this low point in your grades."
"How do you deal with people who don't like you?"
"Why medicine? and why Michigan?"
"After reading me an e-mail in which a woman blamed him for the death of her husband, who refused to listen to medical advice, one physician interviewer asked how I would feel to receive such a letter. What would be my thoughts/emotional responses?"
"After listing a million reasons why you shouldn't do an MD/PhD, he asked why I wanted one."
"How do you plan on fixing health care in america. "
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Do you think the United States is in a Health Care crisis? What can we do about it?"
"how do you deal with difficult patients if you are so into research (which I had done a lot of) then why do you want to go into medicine rather than research"
"n/a"
"nothing difficult, mostly about my amcas application"
"there was absolutely no grilling"
"Tell me about a time when you were working in a group and someone else got credit for your work, but that was a GOOD thing."
"Describe a conflict and how you helped reslove it."
"What do you think will be the hardest thing about medical school."
"Not really that tough but how would you improve healthcare?"
"You wrote that freedom of choice in terms of what branch of medicine (academic or practice) you could go into was a big factor in influencing your decision to go into medicine. Well what if a hospital hires you as a practicing physician and you want to do research but they make it hard for you?"
"You wrote about helping people. Why do you want to help people through medicine and not through a different career such as social work?"
"Why medicine?"
"What would you do to make your pre-med science classes better?"
"What do you hope to get out of medicine for yourself?"
"nor anything too difficult."
"What about the curriculum here impresses you/ do you like?"
"Young female patient comes into ER asking for pain medication and you examine her and she starts to flirt with you what do you do?"
"None of the questions were difficult in the sense that they were tricky...all the questions required common sense and thought."
"None, the interviewers are more interested in just learning about you."
"motivation for medicine"
"Nothing difficult. The interviews are very conversational."
"None."
"What are some problems or issues you see in healthcare?"
"I wouldn't say that there were any difficult questions. It was just a conversation, and the interviewers seemed like they just wanted to get to know me. "
"How would I convince someone with a large amount of money to invest in a work of art instead of business? (I had taken an art history class)"
"Why didn't you get a recommendation from your research lab?"
"None really, but one interviewer did tell me that I had dominated the conversation. This is completely true, and it's probably also why I didn't get asked any difficult questions. ;)"
"You mention you felt helpless in the Peace Corps being just a health education volunteer. But sometimes you are helpless as a doc, as well, when a patient has a terminal illness. How will you deal with that?"
"None of the questions were too technical/difficult."
"Tell me about problems with healthcare in the US."
"No difficult or unexpected questions."
"See above."
"Nothing"
"Given the current situation, HMO etc, do you think things will get better/worse?"
"What do you know about medicine? What is an HMO? (I am a non-traditional student.)"
"Above question."
"How would you handle the issue of organ transplants to smokers with lung cancer or alcoholics with liver disease?"
"Why don't you have a letter of recommendation from your PI?"
"describe a single incident that crystallized your interest in medicine. hard to think of on the spot--consider preparing"
"Give three words your friends would use to describe you. Explain."
"What drives you to want to become a doctor and how will that continue throughout the profession?"
"How can your Faith (the Baha'i Faith) resolve the problems between Israelis and Palestinians? (he was talking about how it's in our nature to be like animals)"
""So, this is the last interview date for Univ. of Michigan. There aren't that many spots open. Please tell me why you should be selected. In other words, tell me what I can say to the admissions committee to accept you.""
"Why go be a doctor when you can be a nurse?"
"None, all relativel simple."
"There really were no difficult questions. All 3 interviewers were very friendly. I had 3 leisurely conversations about my interests, my experience etc."
"Again...nothing..."
"What are the three most pressing concerns in healthcare today?"
"I was asked, jokingly, if I knew who the guy that invented the polio vaccine was."
"Tell me about a time when you you were put in a position in which you had no choice but to comporomise your own values/morals/ethics."
"Asked me in detail about an activity I hadn't spent a lot of time on from my first year of undergrad."
"something REALLY specific about something related to my research which i had NO CLUE about!!!"
"Give three words that your friends would use to describe you."
"How would you deal with a non-compliant patient?"
"if you could pick any medical figure to meet, who would it be?"
"What are the three biggest problems in medicine today?"
"Same"
"What should be the government's role in healthcare?"
"no real difficult questions, just stuff about my file"
"In your social work experiences, how did you react when you weren't able to help someone?"
"Follow-up question to above: what aspect of the alternate career is related to medicine? in what way could the skills from the alternate career be useful in medicine?"
"Pretend I am a non-US resident. What does HMO stand for? Explain to me what an HMO is."
"What is the most important problem in healthcare? What qualities does a physician need to be successful?"
"tell me about HIPAA (health insurance portability/privacy? act)"
"What are the most challenging issues of doctors today?"
"How can you be sure that you can handle the work load that medical school will give you?"
"How would you deal with the rising cost of health care."
"What would you do about the cost of prescription drugs in the US?"
"What is something different that you will bring to this campus?(never, ever say something like "that is about it"!)"
"We get a lot of very strong applications for a limited number of spots. We're looking for a well-rounded student body. What can you bring to this institution?"
"Which instrument is harder to play, the oboe or bassoon? (I've never played the oboe)"
"If you had $100,000 to improve health care, how would you use it? (something like that)"
"Nothing in particular...they were pretty straightforward questions and given in a conversational manner."
"What should I tell the admissions committee in support of your application?"
"Tell me something about yourself was not in your file."
"Nothing really"
"What's wrong with the medical field?"
"Nothing really."
"Where else did you apply...where does Michigan fit in?"
"If you had to choose between research and patient care, which would you choose and why?"
"Your professors said _____ (a weakness that they perceive me having) about you in their committee letter. What do you think about this?"
"How much pressure do you want in your life, in your career?"
"What is wrong with healthcare?"
"No difficult questions."
"Name your five top choices for medical school? (Not really difficult but Michigan was not on that list and I was honest about it)"
"What's your biggest fear about becoming a doctor?"
"None were really difficult. "
"None were REALLY difficult"
"Same as above."
"If a collegue delivered exceptional medical care 29 days of the month, but gave poor medical care one day a month, what would you do? Is it your decision to deny patients access to an overall great doctor?"
"See Above. Everything else was really straight forward - just back of the hand knowledge about yourself. Nothing on ethics, health care issues, controversies inclinical medicine. "
"none - despite what I'd read on SDN, I didn't get any tough questions. all my interviewers were on the young side and all were very nice, so maybe i just got lucky."
"In which European country is physician-assisted suicide legally practiced? (It's the Netherlands.)"
"what do you think is an important social justice issue facing medicine today AND how do you think we can work towards solving it?"
"What would you do if you had a patient that did not listen to your medical advice? What if that patient was a drug addict, whose drug abuse ruined his heart valve, which required replacing, would you do it? What if it happened a 2nd, 3rd, or more times?"
"see above"
"So... you probably talked about your file and the school some in your last interview. Do you have any more questions? <silence...>"
"What sorts of challenges will you face when you enter med school and how do you think you will overcome them?"
"If I could give a small town's children all immunizations or give three patients heart transplants or else they would die, what would I do?"
"none, they were all conversational"
"What has been the biggest challenge of your life so far?"
"What are the issues in medicine that have made you think twice about being a doctor, and how did you finally work through those issues."
"How do you plan on telling the families of children with terminal illness that there is nothing that can be done? "
"The best part of your clinical experience in Africa was spending time with patients and developing a relationship with them. Will you still want to be a doctor if you can only spend 5 minutes with each of your patients?"
"If not (from above) how do you expect interns to practice learning??"
"why did I want to be a doctor. eventhough that isn't necessarily difficult for some reason I felt that it would be challenging. I've been asked the question many times but this time I was not prepared."
"none were difficult"
""So it looks like you are a criminal. Tell me about your alcohol violations." This was asked by a current student, one of my interviewers. When he said this, he was laughing, and he wanted to reassure me that he was from New Orleans (Hint: Mardi Gras) and had put much worse "activities" on his application. Take home message: If you must put down school violations or other "indiscretions", don't fret about it, because if it were important, you wouldn't be invited to Ann Arbor in the first place."
"What are 3 good things about HMO's?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"None. All the questions were very straight forward and pretty much geared toward getting to know why I'm pursuing a career change (I have a PhD in Chem. Eng.)"
"You've had a difficult past--do your bad influences impact your personality now?"
"None too difficult--most were really logical and followed directly from my application."
"There were definitely no difficult questions in general. One interviewer had me discuss the limitations of my research -- that was probably the most difficult question."
"Why don't you have any leadership roles?"
"Nothing really difficult. Describe what a HMO is? What are the benefits of one? The problems?"
"See Above`"
"Not really any difficult questions. Just a lot about my application."
"Do you believe your religious values could ever get in the way of practicing health care?"
"What do you think of the current polical climate in Washington in regards to medicine and healthcare?"
"If you have 2 patients about to die, and you can only save one of them, how would you choose who you would save?"
"nothing difficult"
"None"
"same as above"
"None, really. I could have predicted all or most of the questions."
"What did you learn from your volunteer experience that you think will help you as a doctor? "
"the ideal school one. argue one side of a medical ethics issue - but argue the side you disagree with. (i.e. if you are pro-genetic screening, argue against it) why don't you have any publications from all this research. (had to go into the icky situation of removing my name from a big research project due to ethical objections towards how the study was conducted)"
"See most interesting question."
"Practice MMI questions. Medical ethics research."
"Mock traditional and MMI prep, read amcas"
"Read SDN interview feedback, read my own application, familiarized myself with the MMI format (although there wasn't much I could prepare for the MMI)"
"Looking over my primary and secondary apps"
"Went through a couple MMI scenarios from the UMich website and reviewed my application."
"Read SDN interview feedback, researched the school, curriculum etc, re-read my primary and secondary responses"
"Reviewed my application, read SDN interview feedback"
"looked over file and wrote up a few answers to obvious questions"
"SDN, looked over my AMCAS and secondary, browsed the admissions website, talked to current medical students at UM, talked to faculty and former admissions committee members"
"Read my secondary, personal statement, AMCAS activities, went on the school's website"
"I read my application several times, and used SDN interview feedback."
"SDN, U of Michigan website, U of Michigan student chats (live) and transcripts (all posted online). Felt like I knew the school and the atmosphere of the school really well."
"Researched the school, reviewed my AMCAS app and secondary."
"michigan website is amazing, amcas app, michigan app"
"Read SDN interview feedback, researched school via website, read "the medical school interview" by Fleenor."
"Review my personal statements, research projects and other secondary essays. Some light reading, novels and note jotting."
"Not too much. Remembered what I did"
"SDN, consulted my school's career services, researched the school, reread my secondary and AMCAS app"
"Nothing, really. I tried to keep up on current events since the Obama health care plan was pretty big in the news cycle for the week before my interview. "
"SDN, interview practice with housemates & career center, amcas review"
"Read my application, read through much of the website, SDN, etc."
"SDN, read their website, talked to students"
"SDN, mock interview, sample questions"
"SDN, read health articles in NYT and read the University of Washington's ethics website, wrote out answers to questions I thought up"
"SDN, looked over my apps, looked over UMich website and brochure."
"I read over the UMMS website, looked over my application"
"Mock interview questions, perused school website"
"Read my application, Michigan's website, interview feedback page. "
"SDN, looked over my application."
"Umm... I didn't really."
"Read the umich website, SDN, AMCAS, and their medical school journal (available on the website)."
"this website, school's website, school's brochure, mock interview."
"Studied policy, read up on school's programs."
"application, website, read current events, mock interviews, read public policy book."
"Studentdoctor.net, studentdoc.com... etc"
"Looked over my AMCAS app, secondary app, this website."
"Read AMCAS and secondary. Looked at school website. Practiced answering obvious questions like Why U of M, Why medicine, and describing my research."
"I filled a shoe box with questions and went around my house asking my roommates to draw a question from the box"
"sdn. practice interview at the career center. looked over my app"
"Read through SDN, secondaries, UMich website, asked current med students questions, online chat"
"Read past interview questions on SDN, had mock interviews with doctors I work for."
"Read over application, health policy website, bioethics review, and practiced mock interview questions"
"mock interview, read own app, SD interview feedback, Michigan website and promotional materials; Bodenheimer Health Policy book and U of Wash. bioethics website (both of which were not useful at all for this interview) "
"didn't really prepare"
"Review primary and secondary, read about UMich on website, some light reading on healthcare and visits to npr.org, SDN practice questions, mock interview"
"Career center mock interview. Light reading on healthcare issues."
"Read up on school materials, kept up to date on the news."
"Read this site, read my AMCAS and secondary applications"
"Read AMCAS/Secondary Application, practiced interview questions listed here"
"Read SDN, talked to current U of M students."
"AMCAS, secondary, SDN"
"AMCAS, school website, this website, my secondary"
"SDN, AMCAS, secondary"
"Read some articles, thought about my application, talked with U of M medical students"
"read about the school, gave some thought to common questions from studentdoctor.net U.Michigan reviews"
"Read interview research interests, website, my app and research"
"School website, mock-interview, AMCAS review"
"read school website, got a good night's sleep."
"Read school's website, review AMCAS and secondary applications, read up on current events"
"read over apps, read brochure, website"
"read website, reviewed AMCAS and secondary"
"Read other posts on this website, viewed website."
"SDN, amcas app, mock interview (didn't help really)"
"SDN, read over website and materials sent in the mail"
"just chilled out, i am pretty sure the point of these interviews is just to make sure you are not an average premed psycho (i'll know if I was right in october)"
"Read SDN, UM website, UM chat with admissions/students, reviewed my application."
"Since it was my first, I had a mock interview with the Career Services office at my school. I also looked over the school's website and my application."
"Studied my AMCAS app and secondary app, reviewed answers to questions from this website, had friends practice asking me the questions."
"Read ethics, health policy, reviewed research, read SDN"
"UMich's website, SDN, talked to a friend who goes there."
"sdn; read about ethics; read about politics; reviewed my application; practiced explanations of my research, my interest in medicine, etc"
"rehearsed possible questions, met with an advisor, reread AMCAS, secondary essays"
"SDN, AMCAS, researched the school website, read all the materials I was sent, prepared some answers in advance, prayer."
"Read SDN, talked to med students, read the stuff they mailed"
"Reviewed my applications: primary and secondary. Read SDN, the catalog, web site, blogs, mock interviews."
"Re-read AMCAS, sleep"
"Mock interview, Reviewed AMCAS and Secondary, Compiled last years interview questions from SDN, talked to professors and friends, prayed a lot"
"Read over interview feedback on SDN and review my application. I also practiced a mock interview and researched the UMICH website about latest breakthroughs and news."
"Read school website"
"SDN website, UMich website (read up on what kind of research they are interested in by looking at recent research grants they received, research departments and centers that are opening, and other such trends), looking over my secondary app. to UMich and my AMCAS app."
"Reread applications, mock interview, reviewed the school website"
"looked over school website, talked to pre-med advisor, read over application"
"School website, SDN feedback, look over app."
"SDN, basic interview questions specific to med school I found on the internet, and mock interviews with family & friends"
"Reviewed application, read SDN, prepped for the standard interview questions (which I didn't really need for this interview), and talked to current UMich students and friends who had interviewed already"
"SDN, reviewed my AMCAS file. "
"Talked to some current med students, SDN, school's website, mock interview, kept up on current events and read about ethical and health policy stuff"
"SDN, School Website, reviewed application"
"Re-read my application (the interviewer has access to your AMCAS and your secondary too), read interview feedback on SDN, read about the school on its website, practiced answering interview questions."
"Re-read my app, SDN, previous interviews, read up on health care"
"SDN, read up on healthcare issues, mock interview, practiced by myself, lots of sleep!"
"AMCAS, SDN, secondary, website info."
"I compiled a list of all of the questions people had posted here in the last year. None of the odd/atypical questions were asked. I spent a lot of time refining my answers to "why medicine" & "why Michigan." I reviewed my AMCAS application and application essays. I listened to "Hail to the Victors" from my UofM Marching band CD! :-)"
"School website, SDN, Online chat session with current students, which was provided by the school. "
"Read over AMCAS, school website, this site, mock interview, read some books on health care"
"I downloaded their M1/M2 guide to survival--"Code Blue"--off of the webpage. It has everything about the school in it. Reviewed my AMCAS application and secondary materials."
"SDN, school's website, secondaries"
"SDN, AMCAS, website, stayed with a student host."
"What everybody else does, reviewed this site. My essays. I wrote what I considered to be the 30 most common questions I would be asked on notecards and my answers on the back."
"Read SDN, personal statement and secondary essays, and a Global REACH brochure."
"read over questions on this site and looked up some ethics stuff, read umich's website (med admissions website is not terribly helpful, but if you do some searching, you can find what you're looking for), got a good night's sleep and had my dad drop me off at the front door"
"Read the website, my AMCAS, my secondaries, talked to my student hosts."
"studied website and various programs school had in place, read this site, watched school videos, read school's principles and objectives. learn "why michigan", i was asked more than once"
"Read the MSAR and SDN reviews, reviewed school website, talked with M1s and M3s from the school, and went to bed early. (The interview day starts at 7:30am.)"
"SDN, school website, mock interview, reviewed healthcare and bioethics, read some books (medical and non-medical)."
"SDN, AMCAS, UMich website, mock interview"
"Read up on national health care, did a mock interview, read interview feedback, went over potential questions"
"SDN, school website, read my secondary and AMCAS"
"SDN website, talked to current students"
"looked over this website, the schools website and my application."
"nothing really. this was my 7th interview."
"SDN, looked over application, looked over school website."
"SND Interview Feedback site, mock interview, reading through the material provided by the school etc."
"Talked to my student host, read about Umich, read over my AMCAS and Mich secondary."
"Read over MSTP reviews, read one paper from each interviewer, went over my research."
"Read sd.net, looked over UMich's website, prepared some questions for my interviewers."
"I go to michigan, so I didn't prepare much. Just looked over my research and went over some talking points that I wanted to say."
"I am a UofM undergrad, so I had the opportunity to go see the facilities ahead of time. Reading SDN. Reading the website and brushing up on their new curriculum. Talking to current students. Reviewing all AMCAS and secondary materials."
"Read this website, reviewed my application, read the paper, read a little on healthcare economics and policy."
"read website, talked to students, read SDN, read up on health care policy talked to my best friend who is a med mal attorney about legislation"
"Newspaper, SDN, Michigan website"
"practiced having friends asking me questions from this website and Kaplan's admissions guide. Also read the (somewhat meager) info available on the website."
"reread amcas, reread secondary, sdn"
"SDN, website, reviewed secondary and AMCAS"
"SDN, michigan website, read newspapers, learned about the healthcare syustem in this country. "
"SDN"
"read over their website"
"read SDN interview posts, read AMCAS & my essays, and explored the UM website"
"UMich website, this site, reviewed secondary"
"read over my application, contacted students at the school"
"Brushed up on health care issues. Talk to medical students and read through examples of interview questions. Brushed up on my past experiences/research."
"Read my AMCAS, read this site, talked to a current med student. "
"read SDN, talk to co-workers who were alumni"
"Read Student-Doctor Network, browsed through website"
"Read AMCAS, Interviewed Dean of Admissions at at Pre-med Conference, pestered my student host with questions, read the UMich Website"
"AMCAS review"
"read my amcas, read the website, got a good night's sleep"
"talked to M1's, visited website, mock interviews, read up about ethical issues "
"Spent some time thinking about possible questions. Checked out this forum. Asked a current student what to expect when I stayed with her."
"I didn't"
"read SDN, re-read some profiles of it"
"Talked to a friend at U Mich, read over AMCAS and secondary, checked SDN reviews"
"Read SDN interview feedback."
"I didn't. It was my eighth interview so I felt ready."
"read SDN interview feedback"
"Read SDN"
"reread secondary and amcas stuff. read studentdoctor. practiced questions."
"SDN, school website, bouncing ideas and getting advice from current U of M medical students, allowing myself to just be real"
"Read SDN, reread my application, school's website"
"SDN, read the NY Times, rest up"
"Ummm..I didn't!"
"It was my seventh interview, so I didn't."
"SDN, UMMS website, thought about how I would answer various questions."
"asked around about the new curriculum"
"looked at questions on SDN and talked to students "
"I read the NY Times, the New Yorker, the Atlantic Monthly, a few books on health care, a book on medical ethics, and my application"
"Read over school website, my AMCAS application, and the secondary application. Also, took a deep breath and was honest about myself. "
"did nothing.. rested up"
"Read interview feedback. "
"Ready NY Times, school's web site"
"SDN, AMCAS application, Michigan website."
"SDN, U of M website, AMCAS essays"
"STD, visited school website, read over my apps, did some independent searches for ethical, health care stuff (though, I didn't need it)"
"school's website, MSAR, talked to a prof of mine who went to UM for his grad work (not in medicine)"
"Read their website, my essay, sample interview questions from Princeton Review."
"read about the new curriculum and stuff on the website, talked to some current students"
"Read UM website, Interview Feedback."
"Read over this Website and Michigan's"
"Read this site, mock interview, go over typical questions"
"SDN, IF, reading the web site, dowloading the M1/M2 guide, and going out to Scorekeepers bar the night before with some UM undergrads. :)"
"Read my AMCAS and secondary applications"
"Read over application, and their site"
"read my app, that was all they covered..."
"Read over applications and reviewed the website."
"I read their website."
"Read Interview Feedback, Read AMCAS essay, UM Secondary essay"
"Read as much as I could about the school. Reviewed my own application very thoroughly. Kept up with current events, and read the feedback on this site. Don't worry - the interviewers were super-nice, and it was just an enjoyable conversation."
"Actually I didn't, I was like many people say "just myself"."
"read about Michigan via their website"
"Read website, reviewed health care primers, looked over application, and tried to answer potential questions. "
"Read secondary, looked at website"
"Got a lot of sleep and read over my apps. "
"Read my AMCAS, secondary, the UM medical school's website, and this site."
"Read up on the school and the interviewers."
"normal stuff.. Web site, Newspapers, Read over my apps"
"Chilled, ate steak, played trivia. And reread my AMCAS and the admissions bulletin."
"Thoroughly went over the website, thought through my motivations to attend U Mich...I had done several interviews by then, so I didn't prepare much."
"Review my app, read feedback on here, read up on current events in the paper and in JAMA"
"Read application and looked at website"
"Read my application and material about the school."
"Looked at the umich website, read over my AMCAS application and all of my secondaries."
"UMich website, MSAR, etc."
"Went over my AMCAS stuff, read their website's info"
"Browsed the website"
"Read my application."
"Just understood myself, my motivation, my interests, looked over AMCAS and secondary essays"
"Read their website, kept up with current events, and tried not to think about it too much. "
"Looked at their website, read the Bulletin, looked at this site, had a mock interview."
"looked over my app. it was my ugrad school, so i was familiar w/it. "
"Read materials, website. Talked to med students."
"The most well orchestrated (and most fun) interview day I've had"
"One of my traditional interviews was with an alum. He didn't live in Ann Arbor and literally flew in to just interview me. I was pretty touched by his service to the school. The untour experience was also very fun. And the students were the most enthusiast bunch I've ever met at any school!"
"They put so much time and thought into the interview experience and it really shows"
"The Dean's speech at the beginning of the day was very inspiring."
"Student and faculty enthusiasm! Also the hospitals, research opportunities, surrounding area."
"The U-M campus, the thoroughness and efficiency of the interview day, and the enthusiasm and approachability of the students."
"The happiness of the students -- they are truly happy."
"the admissions staff"
"The medical students were very friendly and happy, none of them had any complaints about the medical school. Everyone in the admissions office were friendly and approachable. The interviewers all tried to make the experience as low-stress as possible. The simulation lab was pretty cool too."
"Organization and the hospitality they showed to the applicants"
"The entire day was very well-run."
"The students, the faculty, the facilities, the admissions team. Fantastic school! The admissions process is extremely transparent and they tell you the # of candidates accepted and give you an exact date of when you will hear a response. Also, the admissions organizes interview days really well. You're always hosted by a number of students."
"All of the facilities; how nice and happy everyone was; how much the classes seemed to get along."
"The impressivness of the school. It's huge and the whole hospital screams WE GOT MONEY! The students also seemed very friendly. They seem very attentive to the students and to the school's image. There is also a ton of school pride. Go Blue!"
"School is very into their students. Students are all very happy and patriotic."
"People were all friendly and fantastic. "
"Everyone was really friendly and loved UofM. They always stressed that they had flexibility with their time, mainly due to flextime quizzes and online learning material."
"The school is very well-run. Students are VERY happy. P/F first two years. I love the flextime quizzes. Family centered experience seems cool. Also, the students seem to have lives outside of medicine...which is definitely something I was looking for."
"How candid, happy, and confident the med students are. One of my interviewers followed up on one of my questions and emailed later in the day with more info."
"The medical school complex, the students, the emphasis on life outside of medical school"
"Organized way of doing the interviews--you don't have to run around to all different places. Lots of school pride. I think I would like the block curriculum. P/F. Family Centered Experience where you spend time with a patient with chronic illness during your first two years."
"The technology, tests can be taken anytime over the weekend, students were happy to be there"
"Friendly admissions staff and students. The whole admissions process is the most clear and easy to follow that I have experienced. They said, "You will know our decision Dec. 1 between 2-5pm EST. So that aspect was great"
"Atmosphere, awesome students seemed really relaxed and fun, very open and receptive faculty, ann arbor is a nice town"
"People were all really friendly."
"reputation, research, it's a city but not a big city, 30 minutes from detroit, very beautiful campus."
"The interview day structure, the students, the school layout, the curriculum, ...everything! I want to go here! Also, my third interview was an alumnus and the sweetest old man I've ever met. He clearly loves his school since he's doing it for free. They're so wonderful--hope that you get an alumni interviewer."
"Friendliness of admissions staff and students. Flexibility of curriculum. Research opportunities available. Breakfast & lunch. Facilities. Online pathology/histology. Recorded lectures. "
"School, people, atmosphere were all amazing. They make an effort to make you feel at ease."
"Everything! The students, the faculty, the facilities, everything was wonderful. "
"They knew all our names, and even during the break time, a faculty member came and talked to me about an orchestra for medical students (he knew i'm a violinist)."
"everyone was so incredibly enthusiastic and super friendly."
"We had a lot of un-supervised contact with current students, and they all seemed very enthusiastic. The student body was very diverse in terms of age distribution and background."
"Fantastic ''sales pitch''. Everything was well organized and on time. They gave us breakfast and lunch, and we had presentation about every aspect of the school. The night before we went out with current students and talk to them-they were great and all seemed happy. Flextime quizzes are a good deal, they video record every lecture, P/NP grades. "
"How nice everyone is"
"Everyone was so friendly! The integrated technology is really impressive. I especially like that all of the lectures are available on streaming video."
"The enthusiasm of the students for the school and the new curriculum that involves a lot of hands on learning."
"Great Facilities, Students seemed happy, Ann Arbor seemed nice"
" They seemed really enthusiastic about the school, like they were trying to convince you to go there and not the other way around"
"pretty much everything. The openness of everyone and how much they tried to make us feel at ease."
"The admissions staff was amazing. They really go out of your way to sell the school to you and even though the interview day is large, you never feel like you've been lost in the crowd. Things feel personalized, and the students seem , helpful, and enthusiastic."
"Everyone was incredibly friendly all day. The entire affair was non-stressful. The interviews themselves were just conversations about me and my activities that I had listed on the AMCAS. Nobody grilled me about anything and the staff were very helpful as well. The medical campus is expanding and the university seems to take really good care of its students."
"Enthusiasm and friendliness of students and admissions staff. It is clear that Michigan takes good care of its students overall. Innovative, flexible curriculum."
"enthusiasm of the students, social life, flextime exams (they get the entire weekend to take a weekly quiz whenever they want), the school pride and the inviting atmosphere, how cool all the interviewers were and all the students"
"how much the admissions people seemed to care, curriculum, facilities, ann arbor, and especially the other students I met who seemed very down-to-earth and genuine"
"how friendly everyone associated with the school was and how willing they were to talk to me and answer any questions"
"The enthusiasm of all the students I met. Of all the places I ended up interviewing, none of them were happier or friendlier than those at Michigan. The same could be said of the admissions faculty and the two doctors with whom I interviewed. Also the flexibility of taking quizzes anytime between Friday afternoon and Monday morning is very appealing. Straight P/F classes for 2 years. Med students at U-M have a life outside the classroom."
"Incredible facilities and program. Faculty seemed very committed to students and to the system in place. GREAT admissions staff and very user-friendly admissions process."
"The enthusiasm for the school; the friendliness/care of the faculty, staff, students; the training and technology; a centralized campus...The professors knew the students' names. I LOVED IT! "
"Both the faculty and the students are extremely enthusiastic about the school. The school also seems to really encourage students to have a life outside of medical school."
"The hospital and medical facilities are huge and really great. Also, the medical school is pretty technologically advanced--they have all the slides on the internet and have really cool interactive learning programs on the internet. Also, the people were friendly."
"Everyone was very, very gung-ho U-M. Even when asking the students about what could be better or what they didn't like, the only thing they thought of was 'parking'. And it seemed pretty genuine."
"The friendliness of the staff and students. The students were very enthusiastic about the school. "
"As has already been said, the friendliness of EVERYONE I encountered from the cab drivers to the applicants to the director of admissions to all the med students. They really go out of your way to make you feel like they care about you."
"The medical students are so excited about their school. All the ones I met (M1s and M2s) said that they were less stressed than they thought they would be, and that they liked how they could actually have a life outside of med school."
"Everyone at the school was very nice and the interviewers were laid back. No one tried to make the day stressful. U. Michigan seems to truly care about student feedback, and as a result their unique program has details, such as the flex quizzes, that allow students to adjust their schedule and have a life outside of medicine."
"How friendly and enthusiastic everyone was, and that I was taken care of very well."
"Everyone was so friendly and the facilities were absolutely amazing"
"friendly students and overall enthusiasm. opportunities for study abroad. financial aid opps."
"Students really seemed to like the pass/fail system for the first two years. It eliminates competition, and it hasn't negatively affected the school's pass rate for the Step 1 USMLE. In fact, U of Mich's average score for Step 1 is two standard deviations above the national average, so the students definitely aren't slacking off because of the pass/fail grading. Also, all the lectures are video taped, so you can access them if you missed anything or if you missed a lecture. It allows for lots of flexibility. Finally, during the tour we got to go into an anatomy lab for about 15 minutes and watch the students dissect the posterior leg. It was very cool."
"1st year students took me and other prospectives out to a bar and we had a really good time. The people were very very friendly, more so than other medical schools that claim they are friendly"
"everyone was very friendly. they really love U of M"
"Everything is new. The building that students are taught in is beautiful, state-of-the art, well-equipped. All of the students had great things to say about the school, especially of the supportive administration. No one seemed stressed out."
"Very happy students and HUGE facilities"
"how happy and enthusiastic the students were"
"ann arbor, enthusiasm of students and admissions staff"
"this is a damn good school. the students are excellent but normal, the hospital system is very strong, the town is nice but not too expensive, and there is a positive focus on student training."
"How happy everybody was, the technology available to students, the facilities, just about everything!"
"All my interviewers were very fun to talk to. Admissions staff was very helpful. Liked level of internet integration in curriculum. Also P/F grading for first two years, and powerpoints and lecture videos online. "
"Everyone was very friendly and welcoming; the admissions staff and the students had a sense of humor and tried hard to put everyone at ease. The facilities are great, students seem really happy to be there."
"Everyone there seemed to really love the school, and the people couldn't have been nicer. The whole day really made it seem like they were trying to win us over, rather than the other way around."
"The laid back atmosphere, easy going interviewers, good mix of clinical and research"
"The students are SO friendly and it is extremely clear that they balance very strong academic skills with vibrant social lives (I went to a party with some M1s so I got to experience it first hand). Also, the interviewers and administrators make you feel very welcome. Ann Arbor is pretty awesome (I thought so coming from Charlottesville, VA) and the medical center is HUGE (looks like a fortress or something)!!"
"The enthusiasm of the students and how friendly everyone was. I was also impressed by the technology available."
"pretty much everything...great facilities, nice and enthusiastic faculty and students, pretty laid back environment"
"Very friendly students."
"Excellent facilities, students seemed enthusiastic and welcoming"
"The organization of the interview day. The way the administration makes learning very flexible for students. Weekend quizzes and video taped lectures."
"Pretty much everything, except for.."
"Everything. This school has anything you need to excel in medical school and become a great physician."
"The school is huge but easy to navigate. The facilities is very new and modernized. The students and admission office staff were so welcoming and very friendly. I enjoyed meeting everyone and getting a feel for the student life at UMICH. Everything is laid back and the interviews are stress free."
"Flex time, Students enthusiastic, very well organized, facilities"
"The location of the admissions office (it's immediately in front of you as you enter the building); the admissions staff (they escort you from the second you enter the building and through out the day so you don't have to worry about getting lost); the friendliness of the interviewers (they were very conversational and easy to befriend)"
"Everyone seemed very happy with the school and the students appeared to really enjoy going to school there. The interviewers were also down to earth and interested in what you do that is not medically related. It is nice to see admissions staff that value keeping your life well balanced between school and everything else."
"Everything!"
"UMich is SO technically savvy and the admissions process is truly geared towards making your day easy! The faculty (interviewers) are so accomplished but so accessible. Students are in love with their school!"
"Curriculum, facilities, students and faculty."
"You'll hear this again and again, but FRIENDLINESS of the admissions people, the students, and interviewees was awesome. They must put something in the Midwest water. The hospital is HUGE - it has 4 helopads for helicopters to land."
"Of all the schools I visited, Michigan had the nicest faculty and students. They really seem to recruit not only bright students, but good people. "
"How friendly and happy everyone was. The technology they had to aid students. The fact that the interviewers treated me as an equal rather than being condescending, and they definetly had the best food of any of my interviews"
"Great electronic resources"
"Michigan has state-of-the-art technology, fantastic research and clinical opportunities, and a warm, diverse student body. Ann Arbor is a nice town, and the classes are all P/F for the first two years. (This is a new change made since the MSAR was printed; it used to be just the first year that was P/F.) Merit-based scholarships are awarded to some students. (You don't have to apply for them because you're automatically considered.) The entire hospital is wireless, and you never have to go outside to go from building to building, which is good in Michigan!!!"
"The caliber of both current and prospective students, that they're ranked #3 by residency directors, the friendliness of all the admissions staff--even the dean, that you're given a free PDA for keeps along w/ 1 yr free subscription to ePocrates, "
"All of the students were really enthusiastic about the school, the facilities are amazing, great career development oppurtunities early on. "
"The friendliness of the students and how laid back everyone was. one faculty interviewer specifically pointed out that faculty focus on helping students because they're paid through a salary, not through grants that they need to earn. U Mich apparently introduced "plasticizing" of body parts (the method that creates the figures for Body Works.)"
"It was obvious that Michigan cared a lot about the students and they all seemed happy and enthusiastic about their education. I like that they intentionally have large (40+) groups of interviewees in at once so that you have a chance to meet a lot of people who might end up as your classmates. Details of the exceptional preparation student's receive during their 3rd year were impressive. The 45 minute interactive presentation on their medical education technology was also impressive. I like the FCE and Medbuddies programs a lot too. The quality of achievement, character, & personality of my fellow interviewees was impressive! "
"The integration of technology into the curriculum to assit the students with their studies (online recorded lectures, PDAs, online quizes and exams). The facilities were modern. The students seemed extremely happy with their education. The interview day was perfectly structured so the interviews were conducted in the same area and were back to back. By lunch time the admissions stuff was over and the rest of the day was spent with students."
"Pretty much everything. One of my interviewers stressed that U of M really keeps the "triangle" of research, patient care, and teaching "equilateral." I found this analogy to epitomize the U of M experience."
"Just how much of an effort is put into making you feel like they are recruiting you personally, the enthusiasm of the students, the desire to excel among the faculty and administrators, the fact that they are 3rd on the Residency Directors Preference List, the flexibility of the schedule, the use of technology"
"The weekly flex-time quizzes are a very good idea... seems like they would help a lot."
"How structured the entire day was, the amazing use of technology, the caliber of students being interviewed."
"Everything about Michigan is wonderful. They make you feel like you will be a part of the medical school community and they will try their hardest to ensure you succeed there. The technology is also top notch. "
"The facilities were incredible, but not as incredible as the curriculum. I'm a procrastinator, so I think the weekly quizzes with the flex time would really work well for me (and anyone else with a similar problem). The students were all really cool and the learning environment wasn't competitive at all."
"Everything - the admissions staff is very friendly and I felt like they had taken the time to get to know my application, the facilities are amazing and the new construction should make the health center world-class. My interviewers really knew my app and were genuinely interested in talking to me. They all loved the school and made me really want to go here. The faculty seems very responsive to student feedback. I really like the technology (flex-time quizzes and tests - take them online from Friday 5 PM till Monday 8 AM, PDAs for 3rd years, online clinical skills simulator for practice)"
"The student hosts, admissions staff, new construction."
"technology was well integrated, campus and surroundings were nice, wifi everywhere, cheap housing"
"The sincere enthusiasm of both the students and faculty for the school and the new curriculum. Also, I was impressed with the amount of technology used for things ranging from anatomy lab to patient interviews."
"The enthusiasm shown by the students, faculty, and staff. Everyone seems pumped to be at UM, and really wants us to go there too. Plenty of time for questions, and their answers seemed real and un-canned."
"everyone's enthusiasm; they were all very down to earth and friendly and overall genuine"
"Everything about the school was impressive, from the great facilities to the friendly students"
"people are NICE, in the whole state. even random people in the bathroom were really sweet. They're laid back and straightforward, technological stuff (online lectures) REALLY cool."
"Honestly, everything about the school impressed me! I absolutely loved it. The facilities. The intense devotion to wolverine football. The interviewers who were extremely nice and down to earth. The admissions committee who were on top of their game. The current students who were all high caliber students. The other applicants. The school's committment to diversity (not just racially). The huge hospital! Flex time--def. ask about this! "
"The area of the school, how friendly the students were and the applicants."
"how happy the students seemed. how amazing well they do in the boards and the match. their organ-based curriculum (especially computer-based/online part of the curriculum)."
"Enthusiasm of all the students and faculty"
"The students were VERY friendly and seemed genuinely happy there."
"SO MUCH! Everyone is mad friendly, the school has great facilities, the curriculum is flexible, and they seem to treat their students really well--this was all evidenced by everything from the well-equipped student lounge to allowing students to choose anytime between Friday afternoon and Monday morning to take their quizzes and tests. People seemed really down-to-earth and unpretetnious. "
"The faculty treated me well. I felt as if I was wanted. The campus was beautiful and the school is ranked high. The school funded the visit (MSTP only)."
"The professional air of interview day at UMich was amazing. UMich holds interviews only once a week, so although the interview group is immense (about 40 people were interviewing with me), UMich is better able to concentrate its resources to make a glossier and more powerful presentation. My interviews were with 2 faculty members and 1 third-year medical student. All three interviewers were engaging, friendly, and obviously interested in my application and in representing me before the admissions committee. Their questions were both challenging and interesting. The rest of interview day was just as good--we got a full introduction to UMich's campus, reputation, and curriculum; a group Q&A with a roomful of friendly current medical students; a full tour--even the financial aid info session was more detailed and helpful than those at other schools I've been to. Perhaps best of all: I received a notice of acceptance to UMich not a week after my interview date. Very, very impressive."
"Very organized and professional. Technologically advanced. Great school and cool city."
"Even being an undergrad here, I didn't quite realize how nice the facilities are. The school is ranked in more lists and publications then I have ever heard of, including some VERY impressive ones (Residency Directors Ranking = #2). All the students were really nice, and you really got the feeling that they enjoyed being there- all very low stress. They were all very proud and happy about the fact that the curriculum at UM is very "customizable" to your preferences and lifestyle as a student. Ann Arbor is a great town. The flex-time testing program M1, as well as P/F M1 and possibly M2 are great features. Clinical time starts M1. Lots to be impressed by here."
"How nice all of the admissions people and students were. They clearly spend a great deal of time making sure that you feel good about your time there."
"everything! the school is beautiful, the facilities awesome, very clean and new looking, the hospitals are outstanding, they are building a brand new cardiovascular center, and ann arbor is gorgeous! the faculty seemed really cool and the students were really sweet, they even gave me rides from and to the airport! "
"Great campus, nice people, put a lot of effort into the interview day."
"Flexibility of tests (can take anytime during weekend), early emphasis on clinical training (one full week every two months from start of year 1), laid back students, responsiveness of administration to students concerns (they are considering changing 2nd year to P/F based on student opinion). very technologically oriented education"
"people were friendly."
"The school ran seamlessly. Everything about the day bordered on perfect. The admissions office people, the interviewers, and the students all were very friendly and genuinely interested in having a conversation. There is a really big emphasis on technology in the curriculum and the facilities are great. Also, Jack Kevorkian went there."
"They took a lot of time making people feel welcome. This school expended the greatest effort and energy to the interview process and interview day."
"There is a Wendy's in the med school."
"The faculty and staff were incredibly friendly- everyone seemed genuinely happy and eager to get to know the interviewees. Also, they have all the lectures online and there are many opportunities early on to get clinical experience through volunteering and shadowing."
"The dedication of UM to its students. The faculty seem available and enthusiastic about teaching. The students seemed like a tight group that was put together to be able to work with each other well. Also, UM's commitment to technology to improve health care and learning the medical sciences. And even though it was cold, windy, and rainy, Ann Arbor was still beautiful. Plus, I saw a great ice hockey game! "
"This is really a great school. I'm surprised that it doesn't have the same national recognition as some other schools that are ranked lower. Awesome technology integration, weekly quizzes during M1 (great for keeping procrastinators like me in check), organ-based curriculum, Ann Arbor is a great little college town."
"facilities, open-minded and friendly students, diversity, interviews were very, very laid back"
"Positive attitude of med students. Interviewers had read through my file very thoroughly prior to interview. Experience was relaxed and low-stress."
"School facilities, laid back attitude of students, reputation, and an administration and faculty that seems to really care. "
"the friendly tone of all the admissions staff and interviewers. they weren't out to get you and they made that clear. all classes are recorded and can be watched with high speed internet."
"Students were SO happy there, and there was tons of school pride. Everyone was very generous, honest, and laidback. The only thing they could complain about the school is parking; they loved their school. Ann Arbor is a cute town with lots of ethnic restaurants."
"The postive gut feeling that I had as soon as I stepped in the medical school. The friendliness of student body, staff, administration, and faculty members. The uniqueness of their admission process: the fact that at midnight of Oct 15 I found out that I was accepted. They held a chat session prior to my interview, which helped me prepare!"
"I expected it to be better, given it's reputation, but it was slightly disappointing."
"The facilities are AMAZING and the students were really down to earth."
"awesome facilities, enormous campus and affiliated hospitals/clinics, great city"
"People were really nice and friendly. My interviewer was a specialist in the exact field I had expressed interest in in my application, so I thought it was either a really good coincidence, or the adcom had matched me with him beforehand. Everyone was relaxed and the admissions people were sure to make us feel at ease."
"The students seem very relaxed. UMich has a great rep. The administration listens to students. And you can take quizzes/exams anytime over the weekend, although this is only for first years for now."
"The med students - everyone seemed normal and laid-back and said they actually had social lives. Also, their Flex-time and online lectures"
"Students were happy and had only positive things to say about their professors. They also seemed pretty relaxed."
"The interviewers were very nice and personable. I was expecting the interviews to be more stressful. The facilities are very nice and the computing resources are impressive. "
"there was not a lot of down time. We had an extensive computer session, an in-depth financial aid presentation, and good Q&A session with current students from all levels of the medical school."
"Superb computer learning resources and availability. Unlimited access to a variety of clinical environments. Very strong medical research programs."
"everything anonymously posted on SDN feedback was true"
"The students were cool, they weren't dorky like other schools cough WashU cough. I missed the party they threw though =( but it prolly woulda been gay anyway compared to the undergrad scene"
"The medical students partying at the Phi Ro (sp?) house, the candid and curious nature of the interviewers, the snow, and Ann Arbor"
"The facilities were amazing and the students seem really happy."
"Faculty and alumni seemed incredibly nice and willing to help the students"
"Everyone there genuinely loves it there! They admit that the winter weather season sucks but they are all friendly people who LOVE their school and the interviewers are genuinely interested in meeting the people who want to attend their school."
"The town, the hospital, the research labs, the students."
"*Lots* - great interviewers, students, and admissions staff, great technology, exciting new curriculum, great hospitals, strong MD/MPH dual degree program, strong primary care, strong research, great residency placements, huge university, and on and on and on."
"Nice people, huge facilities, sharp-seeming kids"
"the interviewers were extremely nice and the interviews were set up back to back so it was all done really quickly. the day was well-planned and the students tried to make it fun for the interviewees."
"everything about the school"
"The city is very pretty and the medical center is impressive"
"The people are outstanding and the facilities are top notch."
"their students"
"Curriculm changes, students, presentations were humorous and lively. ranked 3rd by residency directors in the nation! great technology--the best i've seen. wireless internet everywhere. "
"Very friendly students. Excellent resources. U Mich is half Mac with G4 towers all over the place."
"Really good atmosphere. Very thorough day; they covered a lot of info. Good food for breakfast and lunch."
"The admissions staff made a concerted effort to make the day as least stressfull as possible. After arriving to the admissions office, they escorted you to where you needed to be and were very friendly and supportive. The students seemed really happy with the school and I was impressed with how highly U of M is regarded by residency programs"
"The school is constantly trying to improve itself, building new structures, reconfiguring its technology . . . to make learning easier for students. Also, great university town-very safe!"
"University Hospital is a beatiful, state of the art facility, as are the other hospitals (children's, cancer/geriatric, outpatient facility); UM's reputation in the eye of residency directors; students themselves were great; the computers and technology integration into the curriculum - this is the most techno-happy school I've seen so far (even more so than Baylor in my opinion); Ann Arbor seemed like a great place to live and be a student"
"The students seemed happy and the school seemed to do a lot for them."
"the facilities were really nice (although since this was my first interview, not much to compare it to) and the people were all friendly."
"Everything. This is a fantastic medical school. Curriculum, board scores, residency match, facilities, friendliness, administrative support, technology, great town, etc. I could go on and on. I loved it."
"The students are amazing. They all seemed to love it. Amazing facilities as well."
"The curriculum, everyone was really nice and helpful"
"The first two years as they lay it out: good early clinical learning, good lecture/sm group mix, and *absolutely no hassle* first year (ie, P/F with online quizzes to be taken at your convenience)"
"Michigan has a huge array of electronic resources and some really friendly people."
"How amazing the school is, how laid back all of the interviewers were, and the campus."
"facilities are pretty amazing, the whole mich atmosphere is awesome...huge research center underway..the students are really cool.."
"The quality of the people at University of Michigan and the great resources that are available."
"The medical students seemed really happy with the school and the administration."
"The school has ridiculously good facilities and research. The clinical training is superb and the professors and deans I met really seemed to care about the students and their overall success. Definitely seemed like a family atmosphere. Ann Arbor is probably the best college town in America during the summer."
"The school is fabulous - the people were both intelligent and friendly. Perhaps the most diverse student body I saw in any of my interviews; there are students from a huge variety of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. I really can't say enough positive things about the place, and I sensed that others in my interview group felt the same."
"The intelligence of the students and faculty / the technology"
"The size of the entire hospital, which makes sense since it is freezing cold in ann arbor. The place was so clean and looked absolutely new. One thing that did stand out was the student's repeated emphasis that the professors are not that stressed out and therefore are more focused towards educating medical students."
"The facilities seem great. The students seem positive and friendly. It seems to be a low stress/low competition type of environment. Ann Arbor seems like it would be a lot of fun."
"How happy and down to earth the students were. I was scared I would be spending the next 4 years of my life with zombies and robots. Really cool people who are proud of their school. "
"The e-curriculum and computer systems are incredible, especially compared to the rest of the campus where they are pretty janky."
"The people! Everyone there is so friendly and helpful!!"
"The new curriculum and the facilities. UMMS is a great school and students seem to be very happy there."
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?