"It'd be nice if the logo on the glass bottle is the school color. It'd be great if we can meet the dean of the medical school on the interview day. Some MMI questions don't really test how students would respond in real life (such as standing up to the people who have an influence on the students' career - how one acts ideally is different than how one would act realistically)." More from this Member | Report Response

"So eco-friendly that they gave us all reusable water bottles to carry around during the MMI" More from this Member | Report Response

"If you're going to use MMI and not change the questions, you'll select for dishonest students. You really need to get it together and not give groups the same questions session after session, year after year." More from this Member | Report Response

"Very slow to get back with interview dates or admissions offers." More from this Member | Report Response

"Was ignored by the admission's office about reimbursement" More from this Member | Report Response

"I would suggest that they have some sort of breakfast for the applicants or at least let us know that there is no food at the interview day until lunch." More from this Member | Report Response

"No complaints. AMAZING lady in the admissions office. Seriously, if you don't know where the interview room is, just ask and she'll take you there" More from this Member | Report Response

"None" More from this Member | Report Response

"The website isn't set up very intuitively. It's hard to find the info you want. Way to go with rec" More from this Member | Report Response

"Serve Breakfast!!" More from this Member | Report Response

"None." More from this Member | Report Response

"Online payment! It is really annoying and archaic to have to physically mail a check." More from this Member | Report Response

"Everyone is nice." More from this Member | Report Response

"There's a sweet old lady in there named Lola Galvin... she was so helpful." More from this Member | Report Response

"My phone calls to the admissions office were rather unpleasant and unhelpful- the person I talked to" More from this Member | Report Response

"Make sure the tourguides have working codes for the labs before the tour. Consider having the interv" More from this Member | Report Response

"Improve timeliness and organization." More from this Member | Report Response

"These guys are the best!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Signed non-disclosure agreement" More from this Member | Report Response

"MMI format - just look up example scenarios and go over them in your head" More from this Member | Report Response

"Signed a NDA for the MMI. Just prepare by reviewing your own application and think about the AAMC's core competencies." More from this Member | Report Response

"I signed a non-disclosure agreement. But a girl who interviewed with me said that they reuse the same questions every year and that her friend told her everything in advance." More from this Member | Report Response

"Who would you choose to interview if you had the chance?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What are the qualities of a good physician?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why become a physician and why the U of M?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What kind of doctor do you want to be?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about yourself and some detail about your extracurriculars" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about an ethical dilemma you have experienced." More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do you want to attend the U of M?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe what exposure you have had to diverse backgrounds and perspectives" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about your research" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why U of M Med School?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe an ethical dilemma you have faced." More from this Member | Report Response

"If you were accepted only to University of Minnesota - Duluth (which I did not apply to) would you go and why?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What do you think is one of the problems with our healthcare system?" More from this Member | Report Response

"MD: Tell me about .... (Asian Studies major, studying abroad, internship at HCMC) more asked about specific things that intrigued him on my application)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do you want to addend UMN?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe an ethical dilemema and how you handled it." More from this Member | Report Response

"How will your experiences apply in your practice?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Give me one positive and one negative thing about the public option that they are currently trying to pass. (This was back in Fall 2010)." More from this Member | Report Response

"Asked me about my native country (intl student), how I get around." More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about your early life?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What have your other interviews been like?" More from this Member | Report Response

"I noticed a general questions worksheet. I think the faculty member chooses which questions off the worksheet they find interesting or which ones they want more information on." More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do you want to attend the "U"" More from this Member | Report Response

"Do you have any ideas how to fix the healthcare problems?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Aside from what was on your AMCAS and secondary, what else led to your decision to be a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response

"They just asked me stuff out of my application and secondary and we chatted about health care policy, although other students who interviewed that day were asked more traditional questions like "why medicine, why this school, etc..."" More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing tricky. Most of the questions were "tell me about ________ on your application."" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why is an insurance at Texas less expensive than one at Minnesota? (It's not meant to stress you out. It's just to test your knowledge in future aspects of healthcare.)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about your path to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response

"No real specifics here; it was more like "tell me about yourself, etc."" More from this Member | Report Response

"Interviews were open file for the main interviewer, and closed for the 4th yr student interviewer. Specific quesiton... Really specific stuff about my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response

"tell me about your family" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about yourself /why medicine /why now / why this school / why MN?" More from this Member | Report Response

"When were you faced with an ethical dilemma and how did you deal with it?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about your research X 10" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response

"what are your weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe your research" More from this Member | Report Response

"Is the U. of M. your #1 choice? Why not the other Minnesota schools." More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do you want to be a doc? Why the switch from business to medicine (I'm non-trad)? Tell me more about what you did at your jobs." More from this Member | Report Response

"Biggest problem in health care" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do you want to be a doctor? (He asked this again but in a different way)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Stuff about research/activities/jobs" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about XX experience.." More from this Member | Report Response

"Very detailed/pointed questions about everything on AMCAS and personal statement. Also, be prepared to give a very good explanation of why you want to be a doctor, and why they should pick you at U of M." More from this Member | Report Response

"How did you set up your research experience at Mayo Clinic?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Research questions...." More from this Member | Report Response

"How do you feel about patient autonomy?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What are you researching?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Q: "How long have you been employed as a CA (community/residential advisor)and what have you done about college drinking?" (I've never been a CA)" More from this Member | Report Response

"What are you currently reading?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Do you see yourself living in Minnesota?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Discuss the US system of health care." More from this Member | Report Response

"Why 8 years of school" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about your research experiences. " More from this Member | Report Response

"What books have you read lately?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What books have you read lately that you weren't required to read?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why Medicine? Tell me about your research?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Who is your favorite composer, favorite woman composer, favorite woman soloist, favorite conductor, all asked in rapid succession so I didn't even have a chance to answer " More from this Member | Report Response

"What strengths do you have that will help you be a good physician?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What is your medical experience?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about your current research." More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about yourelf." More from this Member | Report Response

""Do you have any personal connections to Minneapolis?"" More from this Member | Report Response

"what is your motivation to become a doctor (stemming from my AMCAS essay)?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What problems do you see in rural communities today? (I am from a rural area and am placing an emphasis on rural medicine in my studies.)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe a current medical crisis." More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell about your path to medicine." More from this Member | Report Response

"So why did you not want to keep playing music in a band?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing too hard. Just questions stemming from conversation about me, my experiences." More from this Member | Report Response

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What does activism mean to you?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe your experience volunteering in the ER?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What is the biggest issue/challenge you think you will face as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response

"How do you think you'll deal with being probably the oldest student in the class?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Abortion question (see above)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why the U of M?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why UofM?" More from this Member | Report Response

""What does your day-to-day work involve?" (I've been out of school a while and holding down a "real" job.)" More from this Member | Report Response

"What to do about health care in America?" More from this Member | Report Response

"There were few discrete questions... it didn't feel like a list. We just had a conversation that flowed in out of my education, background, work experience, health care, study abroad, etc. " More from this Member | Report Response

"So, what do you want to know about the University of Minnesota?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do you want to live in Minnnesota?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about your experiences in Egypt (went on a medical mission there)" More from this Member | Report Response

"just things specific to my application, detail clarifications." More from this Member | Report Response

"Every little detail from my personal statment and secondary. If you interview with my person, you better know everything you said about yourself or the interviewer will humiliate you." More from this Member | Report Response

"know how to find a particular gene if you want to (pcr)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Is there anything you would like to tell the admissions committee, or anything abt the school that you need more information about?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What are some challenges you can see physicians would face?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why haven't you done any research?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why Minnesota?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Special interests" More from this Member | Report Response

"What would make you choose UM instead of other schools? (see above)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Do you expect to cure disease?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe your research." More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do you want to be a doctor? Why do you want to do this to yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response

"I see here you have experience researching the GFAP protein in autistic post-mortem brains, and you also worked with a teenager with autism. How would you explain to him what you were researching?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What was the last book you've read?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What prompted your decision to pursue a medical career?" More from this Member | Report Response

"All questions were personal and specific to my essays." More from this Member | Report Response

"What is my role in my family?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?" More from this Member | Report Response

"standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"What do you think of universal health care and if the US will have it anytime soon?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What kind of doctor is your father?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What makes you think you would be a good doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about your research." More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe how you get frustrated/stressed." More from this Member | Report Response

"Healthcare costs are rising rapidly. What are your thoughts? What possible solutions are there? My interviewer and I had a really good discussion about it." More from this Member | Report Response

"Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do teams fail?" More from this Member | Report Response

"I moved here about 15 years back and one thing that surprised me was how big youth sports are. Were you involved in sports as a child?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why minnesota? (im out of state)" More from this Member | Report Response

"What was your leadership style" More from this Member | Report Response

"How do you deal with failure?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe a time when you were placed in an ethical situation." More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about... (about to talk conversationally about your PS and secondary essays)" More from this Member | Report Response

"You seem to have a good thing going at (current school), why do you want to leave?" More from this Member | Report Response

"How would you deal with X type of patient (not following treatment plan, engaging in risky behavior, etc.)" More from this Member | Report Response

"How would a friend describe you/how would an enemy describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What do you like to do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What is something that you were exposed to during your volunteering that you seeked out more information about?" More from this Member | Report Response

"As a physician, how would you handle the death of a patient?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Health Care reform" More from this Member | Report Response

"What are you reading?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Do you stay up-to-date with news? How do you get it?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Patients I remember from my volunteering." More from this Member | Report Response

"(Gave an example of an emergency room end-of-life decision he had to make earlier that week) What would you have done?" More from this Member | Report Response

"How did you do on the MCAT? This was interesting since interviewers were given all info except GPA and MCAT to reduce bias. I guess I would be curious too if I were interviewing someone." More from this Member | Report Response

"Stuff about abortion" More from this Member | Report Response

"Are you going to be able to handle dealing with sick people all the time? What about when you can't help them?" More from this Member | Report Response

"How does the health care system in the U.S. compare with the health care system of Germany (based on my experiences, not random!)." More from this Member | Report Response

"Discussion about DIY home genetic tests." More from this Member | Report Response

"If we were able to switch positions, I were the applicant you were the interviewer, what would you ask me?" More from this Member | Report Response

"what is your biggest weakness that you don't spin as a positive?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Do you ever get involved in political causes?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What do believe will be the biggest challenge for you in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do you want to go into primary care? (Although our conversation was interesting and engaging at times, I wasn't asked any terribly interesting questions.)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Let's switch roles... If you were the director and I were the student, what 1 question would you ask me?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What do you think of the health care system in the US?" More from this Member | Report Response

"are you confident that you'll be admitted to medical school this year?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Current political climate in post-Soviet Russsia" More from this Member | Report Response

"Besides diabetic interventions, what Other things need to be done if a patient's pancrease is removed? (I work in an organ transplant unit and the interviewer is a physiology prof)" More from this Member | Report Response

"None--they were all very standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me more about making maple syrup? (it stems from one of my volunteer experiences in my application)" More from this Member | Report Response

"What would you do if a patient told you to not tell his wife about his terminal illness?" More from this Member | Report Response

"all very basic...why an MD, where will you be in 10 years, why this school" More from this Member | Report Response

"All of the questions were VERY easy and definitely totally comfortable ''get to know you'' sort of things. Actually..my interviewer asked how slow the process had been which I thought was interesting (especially since MN has been very slow)." More from this Member | Report Response

"Very general questions about my primary and secondary application. " More from this Member | Report Response

"What is your greatest accomplishment?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Just information about my AMCAS and secondary application, clarification about activities, questions about my research and interests" More from this Member | Report Response

"Have any relatives attended this school." More from this Member | Report Response

"You are in charge of limited state health budget: give me programs to do. What book recently. Why do you want to be doctor? What are major issues in medicine to you? How could we fix them. What about a doctor's responsibility to prevent suffering? What about your family? What baout another occupation? Anything else to tell me? Any questions? " More from this Member | Report Response

"everything was pretty interesting" More from this Member | Report Response

"Is this reaaly your first choice?" More from this Member | Report Response

""Where should we sit?" (upon arriving in the large conference room were my one-on-one interview took place)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Which aspect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic strikes you as the most interesting?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What kind of outdoor activities do you like to do?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Discuss the US system of healthcare." More from this Member | Report Response

"Most of the questions had to do with my research, the interviews were really just conversations about my research, and sometimes, the interviewers research." More from this Member | Report Response

"What would you do if a patient filed a malpractice suit against you? " More from this Member | Report Response

"Would I do overseas work?" More from this Member | Report Response

"From your shadowing experience, what was one thing that totally caught you off guard, positive or negative?" More from this Member | Report Response

"I was given a specific medical scenario and asked what I would do in that situation" More from this Member | Report Response

"Have you read any good books lately?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What is your thesis about?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why did you choose to go to undergrad where you did?" More from this Member | Report Response

"why do you think physicians have one of the highest rates of alcohol abuse?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What is the largest problem you see with the US healthcare system? This may not seem like an interesting question but since I was an MPH student at the time, I fortunately had a lot to talk about and enjoyed sharing my views. " More from this Member | Report Response

"tell me about your trips to the boundry waters canoe area" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about your parents." More from this Member | Report Response

"The interview was more of a conversation during which I learned so much about both the school, it's program and resources and also medicine in general. It was laid back and so fluid that I cannot remember a specific question except for: "do you have any personal connections to Minneapolis?" and "How will you afford the tuition?" (I am an out-of-state applicant." More from this Member | Report Response

"what is a health-care issue today that is a problem?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell about your international experiences." More from this Member | Report Response

"Name two people who were influential in your outlook towards life and the how and why of their influence." More from this Member | Report Response

"They were looking for reasons for choosing medicine and path taken to get there. There is room for "diversity" in unique situations." More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell about your path to medicine." More from this Member | Report Response

"What do you think needs to be done to fix the current crisis in healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Would you do (my major) over again?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Standard questions" More from this Member | Report Response

"Do you think today's physicians are involved enough in activism?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why would someone from the south ever want to go to school in the very cold minnesota climate?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What scares you the most about becoming a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What have you learned outside of the classroom?" More from this Member | Report Response

"How do you think you'll deal with being probably the oldest student in the class?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What would you tell a 19yr old female patient who was pregnant who wanted an abortion. " More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing out of the ordinary." More from this Member | Report Response

"All the standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response

""Why do you think you know what you're getting into?"" More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing out of the ordinary. What should we do about the "health care problem"" More from this Member | Report Response

"A question about the neighborhood where I grew up." More from this Member | Report Response

"What would you tell a patient who asked you to do something you morally disagreed with, such as perform an abortion?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What books have you read lately?" More from this Member | Report Response

"They were all pretty bland typical interview questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"i go to a catholic school and he asked quite a few questions about it." More from this Member | Report Response

"How can you explain the fact that Canadians have a longer life span compared to Americans? What does that mean for healthcare" More from this Member | Report Response

"what did you read in your brain and fiction class?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What would you cook for me if I asked you to cook your favorite dish (related to a hobby...)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do you feel like helping poor people? (this question was in reference to my volunteer work in a third world country)" More from this Member | Report Response

"What was your biggest disappointment/accomplishment? " More from this Member | Report Response

"What do some of the physicians you've shadowed think about our current health care system?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What scares you the most or makes you apprehensive about the medical field? " More from this Member | Report Response

"Why do you think you'd make a better physician relative to being a research scientist (I did a bunch of research work)?" More from this Member | Report Response

"How many newspapers do you read each morning?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Imagine you had to describe your research to a group of legislators from Minnesota in laymen's terms and then had to explain why it was important for the state of Minnesota. Also, you only have one minute." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing. The questions were mainly about things that I mentioned on my secondary." More from this Member | Report Response

""If two rockets take off, onw at the equator and one at the north pole, which one will reach orbit first" " More from this Member | Report Response

"hmmmm, nothing too interesting" More from this Member | Report Response

"Standard set of questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"What do you think are the most difficult challanges faced by academic medicine researchers?" More from this Member | Report Response

""What do you see as the biggest problem facing medicine today?"" More from this Member | Report Response

"What do I think of the situation in the Middle East?" More from this Member | Report Response

"How does the social system in Germany differ from the U.S.'s? (Came up during conversation about my experiences abroad)" More from this Member | Report Response

""You probably won't go to Minnesota if you get accepted here, will you?" (an interesting twist on "why minnesota?") This was followed by a series of questions regarding the likelyhood of me staying in MN after graduation (do you have family/connections here, etc.)." More from this Member | Report Response

"What do you think of universal health care and if the US will have it anytime soon?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What do you think of "The Remains of the Day"? (I was reading it while waiting for her)" More from this Member | Report Response

"How would you describe your relationship with your step-mother?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe the last book you read?" More from this Member | Report Response

"just questions about my research" More from this Member | Report Response

"Do you read at all? last book read?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Have you seen the movie "The Jerk"?" More from this Member | Report Response

"None of my interviewer's questions struck me as interesting...they were all pretty straightforward." More from this Member | Report Response

"if you had a magic wand and could change anything about medicine, what would you change?" More from this Member | Report Response