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University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
  • Year founded: 1965
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University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine
Allopathic Medical School
Tampa, FL
  • SDN RANKING 3
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 5 175 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 4 1 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $33,726
  • Non - Resident Tuition $54,916
  • Application Fee $30
  • AVG MCAT 511
  • AVG GPA 3.8
  • LIZZYM Score 69.0
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Admissions Information

  • Admissions Office
  • MDC 54
  • 12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd
  • Tampa, FL 33612
  • United States

School Overview

University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine Fast Facts

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School Info

The College of Medicine, one of the four colleges of the University of South Florida Health Sciences Center, admitted the first class of medical students in 1971. The program and curriculum expanded from the M.D. degree to include a MD/Ph.D. program in medical sciences, an MD/MPH degree, residency programs in various specialties and sub-specialties, and numerous special fellowship programs of both clinical and scientific specialized training. The College of Medicine is an academic community of scientific and educational excellence with leadership in medicine, medically related research, and highly specialized medical care services. The faculty is dedicated to programs of education, research, and patient care, while providing its students with educational experiences of the highest quality.

Curriculum

The curricular program of the College of Medicine is one in which there is integration of basic science and clinical medicine across all four years: more basic science is emphasized earlier in the program and more clinical medicine is emphasized later in the program. Through careful planning, an effort will be made to use the fundamental knowledge of the basic sciences in a meaningful relation to career goals in medicine. Although during the first and second years the emphasis will be on the sciences basic to medicine, clinical medicine is well integrated into the curriculum. Clinical medicine will be the focus during the third year. The opportunity to advance in both fields in a correlated fashion will be offered in the elective period of the fourth year. The introduction of physical diagnosis and clinical medicine in the first and second years and the opportunity to select basic science electives during the elective year, are of special significance for modern medicine since there is widespread recognition that delay between scientific discovery and its clinical application is too long and must be shortened. It is expected that graduates of the present program will have less difficulty in retaining a true feeling for a close relationship between basic medical science and its clinical application.

Facilities

The Health Sciences Center and the college have strong ties with other university programs and certain programs have achieved national and international recognition. Relationships with other Health Sciences Center colleges, teaching hospitals, the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, and other disciplines within the university provide a very strong academic and research base. The college is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education for the maximum period.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 132
Negatively 6
No change 35

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
2.49 169

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.09 128

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Give more than 10 minutes for the student Q&A session (maybe hold it during lunch instead of doing the financial aid session at that time). There was not enough time in the tour for extra questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"Put the interviews in the morning! Also it would be nice to have some M3s and M4s be part of the tour guide group. Our questions about rotations weren't answerable by M1s." More from this Member | Report Response

"Prepare umbrellas for interviewees in case it rains. Flip the schedule so that interviews are in the morning--will have a more enjoyable and stress-free afternoon for tours, etc. Don't make the lunch a panel with the office of financial aid and just have one of them come talk to us after interviews, etc." More from this Member | Report Response

"-better breakfast -move interviews up earlier- would make the day more relaxing!" More from this Member | Report Response

"N/A" More from this Member | Report Response

"NA" More from this Member | Report Response

"Please have a more structured and productive tour. Also, the first 90 minute lecture to start the day could have been presented in a more engaging manner, maybe by involving discussion of what applicants are looking for, and then the faculty responding by saying how the school meets those needs." More from this Member | Report Response

"No complaints. Staff was very friendly and helpful." More from this Member | Report Response

"Admissions office TOOK FOREVER to get back to me after interviews. They were nice, however. Ms Kinsella was very nice and I enjoyed talking with her." More from this Member | Report Response

"E-mail updates to current applicants. The process is already long, but it makes it more difficult when you don't know where you stand as an applicant. Exact ranks don't need to be given, but priority versus low chances can be helpful for those who are reapplying." More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep up the good work!!! Lots of enthusiasm" More from this Member | Report Response

"Continue making the students feel like they are #1 priority" More from this Member | Report Response

"Superbly organized, can't really find anything to complain about." More from this Member | Report Response

"None, the Admissions Office did a superb job of arranging the interview day." More from this Member | Report Response

"start the day later" More from this Member | Report Response

"cut down on the Morsani center floors and TGH floors. Med student tours were great!" More from this Member | Report Response

"would've liked to be able to review entire secondary application before interview--it's not accessib" More from this Member | Report Response

"The staff is very supportive and extremely nice. Perhaps the best administration staff I've met." More from this Member | Report Response

"Get the e-mail situation sorted out." More from this Member | Report Response

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

"How would you describe yourself / how would your friend describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Specific questions about gap year activities" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine and not other healthcare profession?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk to me about your research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why USF? (2x)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What were you like in high school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What does your family think of your career goals?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What brought you to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They asked if I could see any potential ethical problems with medical missions trips (I went on one)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? What brings you to USF?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would your friends say is one of your strengths/weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your leadership experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why did you choose to pursue medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did this particular period of college have bad grades? (I had issues in the beginning of freshmen year)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is something I wouldn't know about you by looking at your file?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"3 parts: Why did you pick medicine? Why should they pick you? Why did/would you pick USF?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research with (insert project name)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Take me back to highschool...." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me why you want to do medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a major challenge you had to overcome in your life." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"ethical question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the toughest thing you will face as a physician/ what are the challenges to studying medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you belong here and deserve to be a DR?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a major life-event and how it has affected the way you think and live today." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the greatest advantages in medicine in the last 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself: research, volunteer, leadership, grades, mcat, family." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name an ethical situation you may find as a doctor and how you would deal with it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The clasic: Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to attend ---- college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"Is it ever appropriate to lie or be dishonest?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the accomplishment of which you are most proud?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about an importand decision you made and how you made it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All very typical, and every single one was listed on previous posts. What motivation for medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you applying to this school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"See question above. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your best friend." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"see previous posts - they are exactly the same" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Desribe a stressful situation and how you solved it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"why did you choose to attend [school]?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Of what accomplishment are you most proud?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a doctor prescribes a homeopathic treatment that he does not believe in just to get a patient out of the office, what is the ethical problem? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When is honesty not the best policy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think it's ok to prescribe herbal/alternative treatments to patients?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Doctor/Nurse realationship. Most interesting about yourself/what you wish you could have done that you haven't." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the relationship between a doctor and nurse?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"At what point in your life did you know that you wanted to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your best friend describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? What is the biggest problem facing health care today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about the AIDS crisis in Africa (b/c I founded a medical organization in Kenya and spent part of a summer in South Africa)? How is it being resolved, and what do you think can be done?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself....(as usual)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Leadership roles" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your favorite movies?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why do yuo wnat to be adoctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. (I'm a non-trad, so this took up the bulk of both interviews!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Difficult thing to deal with growing up" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What qualities are essential for a leader to possess? Do you feel that you have these qualities? What are you strengths and weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you consider to be your greatest accomplishment?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. Why medicine? Any doctors in your family?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Both interviewers opened their interviews with, "So, tell me about yourself." And then wanted to know GPA, MCAT, etc. So even though it's closed-file, these interviewers are still interested in your numbers." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Paint me a picture in words of: who you are, where you've come from, where are you going, where do you hope to be in 5 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you consider are your strengths and weakness?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you know you wanted to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why USF? Do you like Tampa?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is Ox Phos (Oxidative Phosphorilation)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me what you want to become a doctor? When did you make this decision?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"tell me what is on your application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your GPA, MCAT scores, volunteer experience, leadership experience, research experience" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your opinion on euthanasia?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was your decision to be a doctor gradual, or all at once?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What experience have you had as far as volunteer work and exposure to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your hobbies" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Background" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you decide to pursue medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Tell me about your self/leadership/hobbies/research etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you think are good qualities found in a physician? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why your undergraduate university? Why did you pick medicine? What type of research have you done? Why did you do it? What is your weakness? what do you offer to a medical school? Do you have any leadership experience? What do you like about USF? Where do you see yourself in 10/20 years and what would you want to have? Basic stuff. No ethics questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Usual questions, nothing tricky. Background, motivation, scholastic ability, team skills, family, future plans re specialty (if any), and others." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why do you want to go to medical school? Were there any experiences that influenced this decision the most?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why medicine? what do you like to do for fun? what work/volunteer experiences do you have? what do you think are current issues in medicine? how would you resolve these issues?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So, what do you want to tell me about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why do you want to be a doctor...and don't say to help people because that is not an answer." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any questions for me before we begin?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What lead you to medicine? What leadership experiences have you had? Tell me about your community service activities (non-medical)? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite bacteria?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is anyone in your family in the medical field?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of work do your parents do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you want to tell me anything about your file that may come up in the committee meeting?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you do WHEN you don't get accepted?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of your leadership experiences?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you volunteer where you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself and why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Other than the ones above, "Tell me about yourself."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"other than the two mentioned above... "What do you regret?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

What was the most interesting question?

"If you could time travel (past or future), how would you use that to improve health outcomes?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would your friends say they do NOT like about you? How about your parents?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is something about you that isn't on your application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Extremely specific questions about my research method, going as far as to ask specific procedures and protocol in-depth." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the most impactful shadowing experience you had?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewer had a family member undergoing treatment and wanted to know what I would advise them on for next steps" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What specialty and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you looking for in a medical school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions related to a unique extracurricular I have." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your best and worst experiences while counseling? (I was a sexual assault hotline counselor)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asking about my research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family and culture. Interviewer was very interested in learning about different cultures (which was written on his bio given to us at the beginning of the interview day)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever been treated differently because of your race/ethnicity? (I'm Middle Eastern)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to apply for SELECT? How will SELECT help you achieve your career goals?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"One of my interviewers literally read my entire file cover to cover. They had highlighted phrases and wanted to know why I wrote certain things in particular." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the single most important event in the history of humankind?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All of them were interesting!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was about Indian culture because I'm Indian and the interviewer had knowledge in that area" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If could wish for anything, but just one thing (no wishing for more wishes), what would it be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know how your sister is doing? (I addressed a lot of relevant family issues in my secondary and AMCAS)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you see the patients' right to choose how and when they die?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me how you would address health disparities." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you personally find the most challenging about being a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you believe you will deal with a situation where a patient refuses to comply with your advice/orders? What would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see that you did a lot of community work, what plans do you have to increase the number of minorities going to college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Youre in the ER, and a patient is unconscious and the physician wants to perform a procedure but the patient's surrogate cannot be found. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A lot of ethics questions. What is an ethical situation you may run into as a doctor and how would you deal with it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As a doctor, what would you be more interested in: ambulatory or hospitalized care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewers were given a sheet with standard questions they were expected to ask. Regardless, the conversations tended to be more open to other topics; typically, ''why medicine, and why USF''?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about end-of-life policies? Why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing particularly interesting, just standard interview questions about my background and interest in medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most interesting thing you have done in the past several years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most interesting thing you have done in the past 3 years? What is the Accomplishment that you are most proud of?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is the most important medical invention in the past 100 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your most difficult class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When is it appropriate to be dishonest?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the most important discovery in medicine in the last 100 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When is it appropriate to be dishonest? What do you think was the most important medical discovery in the last 100 years? Typical of all the other posts on this site." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the most interesting thing you've done in the last 3 years" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does your last name mean?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has been the most innovative discovery in medical history?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When is it appropriate to lie?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your feelings on homeopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has been the greatest development in medicine in the past 100 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"An ethical question about homeopathic medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"my faculty interview was the most interesting...the whole interview was pretty weird, but i think he liked me. my second interview with a med student was a little more bland." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you knew that a homeopathic drug had no known positive affects on a patient, etc would it be ethically responsible for you, as a doctor, to give them to a patient?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There were lots - the homeopathic ethical one, when is it ok to lie, acomplishment you were most proud of, greatest difficulty, etc. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When is honesty not the best policy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What TV shows do you watch?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Homeopathic medicine- wheter its ethical to give or not. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What can you contribute to USF?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just the basics" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"From my student intervewer: I had a question about the nurse-doctor relationship And from the physician that interviewed me: I had a strange ethical situtation about homeopathic medicine " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most difficult time of your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The most difficult question I was asked led into the most interesting questions I was asked. The most interesting question was: based on all of the negative issues facing the medical practice, especially in Florida, what makes you still want to become a doctor? What really made this question interesting was the cenacle manner and the tone in which this question was asked. The PhD who asked this question was very standoffish, unpleasant, and verging on rude, which made for a very uncomfortable interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you or anyone you know had a bad experience with a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite non-science college course?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you say that you're empathetic? (This could have been a difficult question, but the person left the question very open and that allowed me to create concrete examples and put in my two cents.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None - there were hardly any direct questions, mostly we just talked about my experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none-questions were very basic" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. Very standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a son that had many horrible thins and now was going on trial to go to prison, and you were asked to testify, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I really wasn't asked any interesting questions. Just the basic stuff off the sheet: leadership, volunteer, shadowing, blah blah blah." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you want to be if you didn't want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is oxidative phosphorylation? (he said he likes to end with a "throw-away" question, but it was good to know, and I was prepared b/c it was asked before and listed on SDN)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were a bacteria what would you be? This question was asked to me by a microbiologist who interviewed me and told me that he ask this question to all students who major in microbiology." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could be any cell in the body, what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would I do as a doctor to help a drug addict who kept having operations as a result of her addiction." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions were pretty routine; nothing really too interesting to mention." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Standard Q&A" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing. I was actually prepared to answer anything they would throw at me, but it was a very standard interview... Why medicine, what leadership roles, etc. My interview w/ the medical student though was not really much of an interview, but more of the med student talking and talking and talking. I almost had to fight to get a few words in." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does "humanism in medicine" mean to you? I confessed that I had only heard this term at USF, but then gave an answer about treating the "whole patient."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the role of a doctor with regards to community service?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really. I basically talked the entire time. The interviewer doesn't know anything about you and hasn't read your file, so it's very open-ended." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No supprise question. Every questions were expectable ones and nothing interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing interesting or surprising, very standard interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethical question about Terry Schaivo" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you feel that you will be able to continue all of your hobbies and community service activities while enduring the rigor of medical school? How do you plan to manage your time so that you can do this?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were not to be accepted into a medical program, what would you pursue career wise?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were too interesting or difficult... pretty standard.. see questions below. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The Interviewer pulled out a picture that he obviously cut out of the comics section (one of those find the differences between two pictures puzzle) and asked me to find the six differences between the two pictures. This one caught me very much off guard and left me a little baffled, but I found most of the differences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were too interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the most difficult situation in your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How should the U.S. address the issue of AIDS globally?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were pretty standard questions..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is Ox Phos?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know what hospice is?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Medical insurance liability insurance are rising in Florida, how do you feel about having half of your paycheck taken away?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I gave you twenty dollars and told you to go buy something from the local CD store, what would you get?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There was nothing that was too surprising." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What in your application sets you apart from other candidates?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No really interesting questions. All the questions were basic. The interview is closed file... so they just asked me about my experience, if i did research, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"no interesting questions. all were standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you believe in global warming & why? Give reasons. Is global warming bad, compare it to the ice age?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If my supervisor asked me to perform a procedure which I knew would be harmful to the patient, would I do it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have a lot of friends or a close circle of friends? (close circle) How do you decide who gets to be in that close circle?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give me an example of how you are a caring and compassionate person." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all very standard" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the most pressing issue in medicine and how do you think we can try to fix it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked mostly about my resume, experiences, grades, etc. We talked briefly at one of my interviews about ethics and medicine... discussed how personal ethics can sometimes conflict with choices a patient makes. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All just normal interviewing questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could have a single superpower, what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just the basic "tell me about yourself", "why are you interested in medicine"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you an introvert or extrovert? Which one is better for a doctor to be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Since I am a nontraditional student, who originally majored in music, my interviewer surprised me by asking me whether I regretted not venturing on that path. I thought it was a thoughtful question and one that would catch me off guard so I appreciated her efforts to show her how I 'think on my feet.' " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is my opinion on women in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing particularly interesting. Like everyone has said, it was like carrying out a conversation." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your favorite books/ authors?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing was especially interesting or difficult. They basically just wanted to get an impression of how you interacted with other people. Don't be scared about this interview -- go over the standard interview questions relax." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could, what would be the one item that you would like to have removed from you application file or past history?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A question about presciption drugs and generic drugs, and which one to choose. It was such a long question that I could not figure out what was being asked by the end of it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing out of the ordinary. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you think are current issues in medicine today? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing, all the questions were very straight forward, normal questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the hardest thing you have had to face in your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was not really asked any interesting questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the Shrevo case?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had one wish for yourself, what would it be? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interview was conversational, so i really didn't get too many "questions." The most interesting topic was probably terrorism." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"To sell myself, why would i make a good doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing unusual. typical interview questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were too exciting. I did get asked how I planned to pay for med school and how comfortable I felt with the debt." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about the MCAT and GPA as a means of determining who to admit to medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Everything was very straightforward" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None out of the ordinary. All questions are straightforward interview questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you try and solve the nursing shortage (relates to my research)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do I think that I am a kind person?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you see yourself doing WHEN you don't get accepted? (apparently, they already filled up their class by the time I was invited to interview)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have your experiences helped you become more sensitive towards peoples of other cultures?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"asked normal questions, but the interview was very conversational so I wasn't grille with questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing very unique at all, just a lot of repeating my resume since it's closed file. Why do I want to be a doctor, volunteer experiences, clinical experiences, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you scared of being bitten by a shark when you are surfing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is going to be the hardest thing for you as a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is your favorite composer? (because I like music)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The questions I was asked were not too hard at all, but the most interesting question I was asked was "What are some of the things you would like to emulate from the doctors you have been around?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. Specifically, what influenced your decision to pursue a career in medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were attending a party, what would you bring that would be original and interesting?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing especially interesting - they have a list of questions they're supposed to ask you, so everything is pretty standard. Since it's closed file you end up repeating stuff on your AMCAS. You'll have one faculty interview and one student interview. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how much do you think are your living expenses minus tuition for the school year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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What do you like most?

"Sense of community Clinical instruction and opportunities" | Report Response

What do you like least?

"Nothing major - small things like parking since we are on the main campus" | Report Response

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