How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.02 | 231 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 200 |
| Negatively | 11 |
| No change | 22 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.94 | 232 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.87 | 146 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.21 | 119 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 2 |
| 20 minutes | 16 |
| 25 minutes | 12 |
| 30 minutes | 105 |
| 35 minutes | 17 |
| 40 minutes | 27 |
| 45 minutes | 26 |
| 50 minutes | 7 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 24 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 228 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 230 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 206 |
| Closed file | 20 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.02 | 231 |
"Why did you choose to major in ___ and minor in ___?"
"How would you handle not excelling in medical school?"
"What’s my biggest accomplishment"
"What are your interests outside of medicine?"
"What is one of your weaknesses"
"First interview was solely "I see you did x, tell me more about that." 5-6 times then okay any questions?"
"Very conversational. Mostly just talked about my research with my PhD interviewer"
"Which discovery do you think has had the greatest impact on medicine?"
"What would you like me to tell the admissions committee?"
"Tell me about your research experience."
"What do you think of the ethics involved with Michael Jackson's doctor?"
"Why did you withdraw from this course?"
"What (job, career, etc) would you do if you couldn't do medicine?"
"How do you foresee being able to improve care amongst the underserved population?"
"Tell me about (experience x) on your file."
"How do you think your family will handle moving to Texas?"
"Asked me about my involvement with acupuncture and alternative forms of medicine."
"How was having a parent in X profession?"
"What do you see will be your greatest challenge in Medical school? "
"Tell me about your different clinical experiences."
"How do you deal with difficult people?"
"First question out of the gate: Do you think death panels are real? Followed by 'How do you feel about our current situation in medicine?' ect ect. **They told us we wouldn't be asked about health care reform and I was so have a neutral opinion ready just in case.** "
"Do you have any other interviews? Where?"
"No specific questions really--we sort of just chatted about some of my activities, about my interests in medicine, and about what I am doing now."
"Do you think healthcare is a right?"
"Tell me about yourself. Why UT Houston? What was it like being bilingual and learning another language? Tell me about this research you did."
"Questions about my research."
"What specific things did you see today while touring the school?"
"Tell me about your job"
"What is your view on nationalizing healthcare?"
"Tell me about (hobbies listed on TMDSAS application)."
"What do you think needs to be improved in today's healthcare system?"
"Do you plan to stay in Texas?"
"where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"How did growing up in West Virginia influence your life?"
"Give me five adjectives your friends would describe you with."
"Tell me a little bit about yourself."
"One interviewer went by that ''worksheet'' with the standard ''how do you deal with stress'' and ''what are your strengths and weaknesses'' kind of thing. Advice: turn it into a convo."
"Tell me about your research (and other jobs)."
"Tell me about your family"
"Tell me about your siblings. What do your parents do?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"So why do you want to work in medicine?"
"Tell me about your interest in medicine"
"Why do you want to be a doctor"
"What kind of medicine are you interested in practicing?"
"Tell me something about yourself that is not in your application."
"What are your strength and weakness?"
"What kind of doctor do you want to be?"
"Tell me about yourself, starting from the beginning. (The internet was down in my interviewer's office so he didn't have my file)"
"Why UT Houston?"
"Why do you want to go to medical school?"
"What opportunities have you had that display leadership? Following up, what do you think is important in being a leader?"
"Do you belong to any organizations?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"What is your greatest asset?"
"Tell me where and with what molecules emboli can form from?"
"Where do you see yourself 5 years after you finish your practice?"
"What books have you read recently?"
"Describe your volunteer experiences. "
"Tell me what you know about healthcare and its relation to insurance. "
"What do you expect in return from being a doctor?"
"What would you do if you did not get into medical school?"
"What do your parents do?"
"Should and can America nationalize healthcare? "
"Trace the path of bile from the liver to its point of action."
"Why did you get a "c" in calculus?"
"Why not just MD or PhD (instead of MD/PhD)?"
"Why are you an English major/Psych minor?"
"What can I answer for you about UT-Houston? (This led into a lot, believe me)"
"What is your family like?"
"tell me about your research."
"What do you think of the ethnic and religious fighting going on in Nigeria?"
"Why did you choose Northwestern for college?"
"Tell me about the papers you wrote. "
"What do your parents do? Is anyone in your family in the medical profession?"
"Tell me about your medical experiences in India."
"What is/are your favorite course(s)?"
"What made you choose this? (this=medicine)"
"there are 46 million americans without healthcare, what are you going ot do about it?"
"Where do you want to practice? (say Texas if you are serious about this school)."
"What has been your hardest challenge?"
"Most of the questions were about my application such as "Tell me about experience X""
"#1 do you have any brothers or sisters? tell me about them. #2 tell me about yourself (duh, read my application)."
"What are your strengths?"
"How did you make it to the seat you are in today? My seat in the interview."
"What specialty are you interested in? (asked by both)"
"What is your ultimate goal?"
"explain how you got to this point. (from elementary school until now)"
"How does your daughter feel about you going to medical school?"
"Have you ever had experience with a terminally ill patient?"
"What is your greatest strength?"
"What research have you done?"
"What is your favorite non-science class?"
"tell me something about yourself"
""I am on your side, what do you want me to tell the addmissions commitee?""
"Why did you choose to study economics?"
"Why do your parent's do? What do you do for fun?"
"The whole family/friends ordeal."
"Tell me about ______ (several experiences I mentioned in my essay)"
"Do you think you benefited from an all-girls highschool education?"
""Why are you interested in medicine?""
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"tell me about your best friend. how would your best friend describe you?"
"What are you doing now (research? volunteering)? Do you like to read, and if so what to you read?"
"When do experiences begin to shape children?"
"Are any of your family members a physician?"
"Tell me about your research"
"What are the major issues facing women's health today?"
"Tell me about your family."
"What strengths do you have that make you a good candidate for the study of medicine?"
"What kind of leadership roles did you have at your university?"
"How do you fulfill x, y, and z of the Admissions Criteria for UTHSC-H?"
"What was your hardest undergraduate class?"
"What do you think of stem-cell research?"
"tell me about yourself"
"Tell me about yourself? What have you been doing since you graduated? What has motivated you to pursue a career in medicine? What specialty interests you?"
"Explain some of your grades."
"What will you do if you don't get in this year?"
"Tell me about the research you are doing now."
"all standard questions"
"I see a steady improvement in grades, tell me about why that has occurred and about your early colllege years."
"Tell me about yourself?"
"What was your favorite course in your major? Why? What was your favorite non-science course? Why?"
"If you could change anything about your college career, what would it be?"
"Talk about a patient encounter that was meaningful to you."
"What ethnicity is your name? (Both interviewers asked this, it was rather annoying.)"
"What kind of doctor do you want to be? (Not Specialty)"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Do you have any clinical experience?"
"What was your childhood like?"
"Explain the classes you've withdrawn from? How do you study? "
"What qualities of your family physician do you see in yourself and do you think these are inherent or learned?"
"What books have you read lately?"
"Tell me about yourself. Talk about your most meaningful experiences and explaining why they meant so much to you. "
"Why did you get __ grade in this class? "
"So what can I tell you about our medical school?"
"what are you 2 most prevelant strengths and weakneses?"
"Tell me about yourself..."
"Why did you decide on medicine?"
"Are you really interested in that specialty???"
"What do you do in your free time?"
"What are you strenghts and weaknesses?"
"Explain the pulmonary system to me. (ack)"
"Why your degrees? What do you plan on doing with (non-science degree)?"
"What are your hobbies and which one in particular do you spend the most time with? "
"Why did you choose medicine?"
"Why medicine?"
"What was the last book you read? What type of books do you read for entertainment?"
"Why UT Houston? Why not (XYZ School)? What other schools did you apply to?"
"How do you plan to balance family and medicine in the future?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?"
"If you could spend an hour with President Bush, what would you talk about with him?"
"The classic "why do you want to go into medicine?""
"What 5 words would your friends use to describe you? Why?"
"Read Above"
"Why do you want to become a doctor?"
"Why do you want to be a physician and when did you make this decision?"
"Why did you go to a special Honors Engineering Medical Program in Chicago? "
"Describe your family"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"The question about health care..."
"What do you think it takes to be a doctor?"
"your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"why did you choose your particular undergrad school?"
"Expand on this sentence in your personal statement..."
"do you exercise"
"What is your hometown like? "
"Why are you looking at UTH when you left Texas for undergrad and studied abroad?"
"What questions do you have for me?"
"Why did you choose to come to Texas A&M being from Nebraska?"
"What brought you to Houston (I currently live in Houston but I am an immigrant from Ghana)"
"Have you ever had to mediate a conflict?"
"Tell me one positive and one negative thing about ______ (experience)."
"I read here that you had a difficult upbringing, can you tell me about it?"
"Tell me more about your minor."
"Why McGovern?"
"Most impactful clinical experience"
"Second interview was closed file and conversational yet interview-like, "what's been one of the greatest highs and one of the greatest lows in your life?""
"Very conversational. Tell me about yourself. Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What was your favorite memory during your undergraduate career?"
"Would you move to Houston?"
"What do you do for fun? (They will follow up to make sure you're being honest, for example they will ask you to list what novels you've read recently.)"
"What field of medicine are you interested in."
"Tell me about "this" thing on your application. What was your involvement?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Where do you think you'll end up practicing? Small town or big city?"
"Where else did you interview?"
"Questions about my personal statement."
"What's your favorite food?"
"The usual conversational-style interview questions."
"Asked something from my personal statement. "
"What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?"
"Tell me about ... seemed like everything in application"
"Why did you choose medicine?"
"Who are you?"
"Have you traveled/Where would you like to go?"
"How did you improve your MCAT score?"
"(follow up) How do you balance the salary a physician deserves with the expansion of healthcare benefits to everyone?"
"When you are not studying, etc. what do you like to do? What stuff do you like to read? (We then talked about Jane Austen)"
"What specialty I wanted to go into."
"Tell me about your research?"
"Talk about my volunteering. "
"question about an IRB (related to my job)"
"What is your view on the war in Iraq? Knowing what the public knows now, would you have made the decision to go to war in Iraq?"
"What are your ties to the region / where does your family live?"
"Why not a detective or a lawyer? They do their part too"
"What are your strengths & weaknesses?"
"why medicine"
"Why did you take a year off before applying?"
"How would you break bad news to a patient?"
"Why did you choose your undergrad university?"
"What is something that you've done, academically or extracurricularly, that you've felt proud of and received recognition for. "
"where do you see yourself after medical school and after residency?"
"Do you see yourself working in an urban area, rural area, etc....?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"You applied to a large number of schools. Why should we believe you actually want us?"
"What was your fav class in college (science or non-science)"
"What did you get out of this [enter clinical and volunteer experience]?"
"What are your strengths?"
"Tell me about what you do (I work as a research coordinator)."
"How have you prepared yourself to be able to handle the challenges associated with working with diverse people in hospital setting"
"How did you improve your MCAT so much?"
"Tell me a little about yourself."
"Tell me about your medical internships."
"What can I tell you to convince you that ut-houston should be your number 1 choice."
"Do you have any questions for me? "
"Why Houston?"
"Any questions about the school?"
"Do you want to continue with research in the future?"
"Tell me about a problem in healthcare."
"What did you learn from working with autistic children?"
"So, you're not working full-time right now??"
"Why Texas?"
"Working in the ER, what is the single most important thing you learned from the doctors?"
"What was your most difficult course?"
"What is your biggest accomplishment?"
"How will you add to the diversity of the school? What do you offer that no one else offers?"
"What was your favorite non science class?"
"Tell me about your family?"
"tell me about your childhood"
"Tell me about your extracurricular activitiesâ€â€starting in freshmen year."
"What would you do if you didn't get into medical school?"
"What are some of your strengths and weaknesses?"
"What is a current problem in medicine? and Tell me about yourself."
"What is the biggest problem facing medicine today and how do you fix it?"
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years?"
"What do you like to do in your free time?"
"Why do you want to go to UT-Houston?"
"Should America bear the burden of treating illegal immigrants?"
"Tell me about student government experiences."
"What did you learn through your volunteer experience?"
"What were your reasons for applying to UT-Houston (I mentioned the awesome location.)"
"Describe your clinical experience."
"Could you have done a little better on your MCAT? (I guess he was being sarcastic)"
"what do you do outside of school activities to have fun?"
"What were your experiences in Argentina?"
"What is your modivation for medicine?"
"Where do you see yourself practicing medicine in 10 years?"
"What field of medicine are you interested in?"
"What have you done to explore a career in medicine? Any volunteer work? Shadowing doctors?"
"Why did you join the military?"
"what are you going to give to this school?"
"conversational"
"Why did you choose your university?"
"There are a lot of folks out there without health insurance. What do you plan to do about it?"
"#1 how are you so motivated? #2 what other schools are applying to?"
"What clinical experiences do you have?"
"What do you think your greatest weakness is and how do you plan to work on it?"
"Why not pharmacy or nursing? "
"Any questions? = really important!"
"You have to sell yourself to me. Tell me your strengths."
"what are your top three weaknesses, and strengths?"
"How do you know if you want to be a doctor if you have no medical experience?"
"What qualities do you seek in a doctor and which of these do you best exemplify?"
"What is your greatest weakness?"
"Why don't you like business?"
"What is your favorite science class?"
"how do you deal with problems"
"You've applied to a lot of schools outside of Texas. Are you interested in living in Texas?"
"You wrote this in your pers. essay. Tell me about it. What do want to do when you get out of school?"
"What do you do in your free time?"
"Why would you choose UT Houston?"
""Why UTH?""
"What do you want me to tell the selection committee?"
"what can be done about the healthcare crisis?"
"Where do you see yourself 10 years from now? And how do you see managed care affecting your practice of medicine?"
"Start from Freshman year and tell me everything you've done since then."
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"Why did you go to your undergraduate school?"
"What was the most satisfyinf experience you have had?"
"What kinds of things did you do in high school and what leadership positions did you hold? I honestly could not remember much b/c I never thought she would ask this! I am still remembering things I wish I could have told her."
"Where do you see yourself (geographically) in 10 years and why?"
"Who were some of your mentors throughout your premedical studies?"
"What classes did you make B's in?"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"What quality from our admissions critieria do you exhibit best? (luckily for me I had read the admissions criteria that was given to me in my folder)"
"what are your hobbies? "
"Why did you choose an undergraduate major in communications/public relations?"
"Why UT-H?"
"Any guesses as to what specialty you might want? (Ironically my personal statement was dedicated to my experiences in my specialty and why I chose it.)"
"What do you do for fun/in your spare time?"
"What have doctors you've spoken to said about being a female in medicine?"
"Did u write ur personal statement urself? how did u get a higher score MCAT this time"
"Explain to me the fair market value of a company. (said my favorite non-science course was Investments)"
"If you could take any class next semester, what would it be?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"Where else have you applied?"
"Why do you want to become a doctor?"
"Why don't you want to be an OBgyn?"
"What kind of music do you like?"
"Do you consider Texas your home?"
"What would you like to know about our medical school.?"
"Tell me about your research."
"What type of medicine do you want to go into?"
"Tell me about your family? Are you the first to attend college? "
"Tell me about your extracurricular activities, work experience, volunteer experience and leadership positions."
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Why do you want to be an MD and not a psychologist or a worker in another health care/service profession?"
"Why medicine? "
"An ethical question, but I've forgotten the content."
"Why do you want to come to UT Houston?"
"How do you think Houston would benefit your eductaion over another medical school?"
"Why do you want to practice medicine?"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"How will you apply your background when choosing a specialty?"
"What has impressed you most about the school today? I actually answered that the friendly students, faculty, staff were impressive. I wouldn't suggest using this answer - true as it was, I don't think it was what the interviewer wanted to hear. "
"What experiences make you think you can multi-task?"
"What motivated you towards medicine?"
"Do you have clinical experience?"
"Why academic medicine?"
"What do you plan to do after medical school? "
"What are the occupations and educational background of your family?"
"Why academic medicine? Tell me about your research."
"Are you familiar with our admissions criteria? How do you think you fare in the areas of intellectual capacity and premedical experience?"
"Why Medicine? What areas are you interested in?"
"Why do you want to go into medicine?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"I was asked why I had chosen my major of biomedical engineering. "
"What other schools are you applying to - and why do you think you will come back to Texas?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What was your favorite course in college?"
"Explain why you got this low grade in O-Chem."
"Why did you choose your major and how will that help you as a physician?"
"what fields are you considering in medicine"
"Tell about your background-- growing up, school, family professions."
"Where are you from? What do your parents do? General background info."
"What field do you want to go into?"
"Asked about my college because they didn't know much about it."
"What are your strengths and weaknesses? To which he said that I had rehearsed the answer. I just laughed and said of course I did. "
"what are your hobbies? what to you read for enjoyment?"
"Tell me about yourself..."
"explain certain trends in the transcript"
"Strengths, weaknesses, etc. "
"Give me a brief synopsis of your childhood."
"Tell me about your family."
"Why else have you applied to states in the Midwest?"
"More of the questions were about my primary applications and my experience especially since most of my clinical experience was from TMC where the school is located."
"Why did you choose to major in "______"?"
"What do you think about elderly care?"
"Tell me about a time you failed and how you handled it?"
"What else do you want me to know about you"
"What's a current issue in healthcare? (Follow up: what are some countries that utilize proposed solution)"
"Did not happen to me, but I was told one interviewer likes to ask questions that even a resident couldn't answer just to see how you react in a high-stress situation when you don't know the answer. Don't get flustered; tell them what you know if you can answer it, and if not, be honest about that too. Trying to BS won't usually pay off"
"Why did you choose to attend _____? (Insert your undergrad university)"
"What would your ideal medical school setting include?"
"What is the highest level courses you've taken for each of your sciences? [Because I took a lot of AP credit]"
"Why do you like studying Latin?"
"What is one of your weaknesses?"
"What are you looking forward to most/least about attending medical school?"
"Do you have any questions for me? (Got this about eight times throughout the day. PREPARE!)"
"What qualities does a good physician have? What would you do if you didnt get in? Where do you see yourself in the next 10-15 years?"
"Are you interested in teaching?"
"What do you see as the biggest problem in healthcare today?"
"Tell me about your work (led to healthcare discussion)"
"What was your favorite course?"
"What happened in undergrad?"
"Tell me about X, Y, etc. What do you like about UT Houston?"
"Tell me about your leadership experiences."
"Where do I see myself in 10-15 years."
"What type of medicine do you see yourself practicing?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"What school is your top choice if you had to make a decision right now?"
"What do you think the weaknesses of your application are?"
"Do you cook?"
"What was your favorite class & least favorite class?"
"what else would you like me to know about you"
"Why did your grades dip during your first semester senior year?"
"What techniques do you use in your research?"
"How can you improve your faults?"
"Tell me about (insert experience/topic from personal essay)."
"How was your volunteer experience?"
"My 2nd interviewer didn't ask me a single question... as I walked in, I started small chit chat, and from there our conversation flew naturally from topics of both our choosing, with skillfully placed segways."
"what do you think is the most important attribute a doctor should have? (after i gave my answer, he then asked if i had that attribute)"
"Why did you only apply to four of the Texas medical schools?"
"Your grades and test scores are low for someone with your accomplishments. Why is that?"
"What do you want me to tell the committee about you?"
"Do you see yourself going back to the valley to practice medicine? Why? ps-you should answer stay in texas cuz they want to make tx doctors"
"Do you plan on staying in Texas? ...So you don't envision yourself for example moving off to New York to live?"
"How do you like your undergraduate university?"
"Why Houston?"
"Why do you want to come here?"
"Would you like to get some coffee?"
"What if the day comes and you get into all of the schools you applied to?"
"What type of doctor would you like to be?"
"How do you think you will be able to balance med school and a social life?"
"Wear do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school?"
"What did you do in your research lab?"
"Tell me about your high school. (Yes, random.)"
"What do you do outside of School and work?"
"After shadowing multiple doctors, what have they taught you about medicine that will make you a better physician? What characteristics in them do you want to exemplify in your own practice and will you be able to? (i.e. how?)"
"Have you taken Biochemistry?"
"What would you do if you didn't get into medical school?"
"Who are you favorite composers? (We had been talking about my musical abilities)"
"Where do you see yourself practicing medicine?"
"Why would you be a good fit or why should i choose you for UT Houston?"
"What glands are in your cheeck area?"
"same as above"
"Why do you want to study medicine?"
"What are some of the current ethical issues that are of importance in the medical field?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"What was your favorite class in college? also What did you do in the military?"
"What kind of extraciriculars did you participate in?"
"Talk about your experience as an RA."
"Do you plan on being a clinician or researcher?"
"Where else are you applying to?"
"What would you do to improve America's healthcare system?"
"Research"
"Why did you take physics at a community college?"
"Tell me about your research."
"What's the best book you've read lately?"
"What do you know about our school?"
"how did you decide on medicine/"
"Some questions related to my sorority."
"conversation"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"How did your interest in medicine come about?"
"Tell me about your family life."
"What do you see yourself doing in the future? Academic medicine vs. pure clinical? Hospital vs. private practice?"
"Did you volunteer?"
"In working with the abused children at BAIR Foundation, were any of them infants? How do you think that you would handle having an infant that was critically ill or abused?"
"where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"conversational"
"Why are you interested in public health? "
"#2 why aren't you applying to a&m or texas tech? "
"What has been the influence of your family on your life?"
"Oh my God, tell me more about your research."
"Several personal questions about my family and friends etc."
"Why medicine (& not RN, MPH, social worker)?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"What motivates you to become a doctor? and Why you want to be a doctor? (two different questions... make sure you have two different answers!)"
"Tell me about the last vacation you took."
"How 'bout them Cowboys? We talked about so much random stuff! In both my interviews we would go off on tangents. "
"If you could have dinner with anyone, who would it be?"
"What kind of doctor do you want to be? (I said a good diagnostician. Best answer off the top of my head ever)"
"How did you first become interested in becomming a physician?"
"Could you explain why you believe economics to be an analytical field?"
"Why did your grades go up? You have ___amt of dropped classes. Why?"
"Now that you've decided to apply to medical school, would you ever think of applying to pharmacy school again? (I used to be a pre-pharmacy student)"
"What do you know about managed care?"
"What would your best friend say is your greatest weakness? Best quality?"
""What specialty are you interested in?""
"What will you do with a medical degree?"
"what is your biggest fear going into medicine?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? Do you have any questions for me?"
"What do you see yourself practicing?"
"What was the most challenging part of college for you?"
"Why not TCOM"
"What did you make in Organic? She told me almost everyone she's interviewed had made C's in Organic. I got to respond...A's!"
"What other schools are you applying to?"
"How would you define and describe your entire pre-medical experience?"
"Where were you ranked in high school?"
"What are your top strengths and weaknesses?"
"If you had to choose right now, what specialty or area of medicine would you pursue?"
"what is your weakness?"
"What was your favorite class? Your least favorite class? Why? Why did you do poorly in XYZ class? How do you know you won't face the same problem again?"
"Do you know what kind of specialty you want to pursue?"
"Why is your degree in ____?"
"What medical specialties have you considered?"
"What is the one class that has most contributed to your wanting to pursue medical school and why?"
"Will u keep applying indefinitely? "
"Can you handle seeing children whom you know are going to die and you can't save?"
"What is your greatest accomplishment? (None were that difficult or probing)"
"What kind of doctor do you want to be?"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Any questions for me?"
"Tell me about yourself in a way that will help me get to know who you are in this short interview (wasn't short!)."
"Where else did you apply?"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"Where do you see yourself settling down?"
"3 strengths, one weakness. How do you overcome this weakness?"
"How do you handle stress? Do you plan to practice in Texas?"
"Do you break out in hives when you get nervous? (:-)"
"What do you want to know about our school?"
"Tell me about your family. What do your parents do? "
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Where else are you applying?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
" Tell me about a good book you have read recently ? "
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"Where else have you interviewed?"
"What did you do in college other than work? "
"Do you know what you're getting into (something like that)"
"What experiences have you had in the health related field?"
"What level of mathematics have you taken? (PhD interviewer) "
"Don't you think pediatric subspecialties dealing with terminal illness (my putative field) are depressing? How will you handle failure?"
"If you do not get into medical school this year, what do you plan to do? "
"Why do you like UT-Houston?"
"What is your favorite movie?"
"What was your reaction to the Bonfire incident in 1999? (I attend TAMU)"
"Biggest Failure? Anything you regret from undergrad?"
"Do you have any questions for me? - My first interviewer was EXTREMELY laid back, so I was really glad I had some questions to ask."
"What's your biggest weakness?"
"How have your parents influenced your decision?"
"What are your strengths? "
"Tell me about your family."
"What do you think about the recent comments made about Colin Powell?"
"What can UT-Houston bring that others can not?"
"what type of books do you read and why"
"What are your specific interests in medicine?"
"What do you see yourself doing in the future? Meaning, where I would practice or specialize in."
"What do you do in your spare time?"
"What is your greatest accomplishment?"
"what can I tell you about our school?"
"how will you handle a family and a career in medicine"
"How will you handle the stresses of having to bring bad news to family members and friends..."
"Do you have any particular fields of interest in medicine?"
"Why do you want to change careers to medicine?"
"Tell me about your childhood."
"How can I sell McGovern to you?"
"Why did you choose to pursue medicine and not follow your entrepreneurial side?"
"How would you handle a patient that doesn't want the care you are suggesting?"
"Asked me about what I would do as a doctor if someone asked for an abortion (since I put that I was religious in my app)"
"Tell me something about yourself not on your application that I need to know"
"Tell me about yourself. (ya know...because I'm interesting ;)"
"What is a disease that we can effectively cure today?"
"Tell me about a time where you failed. How did you respond? What did you learn?"
"Tell me about yourself, your hobbies, family, etc."
"My second interview, we talked a lot about the future of medicine in regards to healthcare expenditure."
"Nothing out of the ordinary, typical talkative questions."
"If you were accepted to all these schools you applied to tomorrow, where would you go? (i.e. would you want to go here?)"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Do you like to cook? What kind of music do you like? What sort of activities do you enjoy in your free time? (I thought they were interesting since they were so unrelated to medicine specifically.)"
"So, do you cook a lot of German food?"
"Nothing in particular. One of my interviewers was an ER doctor and the interview was strictly conversational. "
"Does your mother drink? (this was related to another topic and was a segway into a joke)"
"What were your previous life plans?"
"What do you see as the biggest problem in healthcare today?"
"Do you think Health Care a right?"
"How important is it for you to teach?"
"Healthcare"
"If your 98yr old great grandmother had a abdominal aneurysm would you support surgical intervention? then when I said no and stated why was asked, how do you think she would feel? "
"Have you ever made a molten chocolate cake? (Baking was the response to what I do for "fun")"
"Something about integrity in medicine. "
"Question 2"
"Define integrity. Should doctors have integrity?"
"How would you like me to advocate your application to the committee?"
"My 2nd interviewer had a list of questions the admissions office provided him to ask us...He said scratch the questions.. just "Sell Yourself to me...""
"Why is UTH different and better in some ways than Baylor?"
"n/a- they were standard questions (tell me about clinical work, leadership work, etc)"
"How do you feel about illegal immigration? What if an illegal immigrant came to you to be treated medically but resources are scarce, what would you do for them or tell them given the Hippocratic oath that physicians have historically sworn by?"
"Tell me about this special language you program in"
"Do you like food?"
"none"
"What is the difference between a neonate and an infant?"
"Who was the first President of Texas? 2nd?"
"The standard."
"none-all were very basic"
"How do you study? How did you prepare for the MCAT? How is your mother doing?"
"If you had a patient who needed a treatment, and his insurance would not cover it. What would you do?"
"Who's your role model?"
"Describe the first time you did something independently, and how this affected you."
"most questions were pretty standard...the most interesting might have been what do you think is the most ethical dilemma facing physicians?"
"Two along the same lines...The interviewer first asked me, ''What's the hardest question I could ask you?'' (say that question is). Then he asked me what's the hardest question I could come up with for him. "
"It was all very conversational, so I can't think of one."
"Tell me about private investigations (I used be liscensed) This question is from my personal statement..they really read them closely."
"Why do you think you scored lower on the verbal part of your mcat? Are you a slow reader?"
"What is your second interviewer's name? No, don't look at the packet, I want to test your short term memory. (I got it right)"
"what one unique quality would you be able to bring to our school?"
"Was I affected by Hurricane Katrina? (I'm from New Orleans)"
"Why did you not apply to Texas's D.O. school?"
"Tell Me about your interest in Medicine"
"If you had $5000 to travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?"
"How do you think you'll handle being at the same school with your brother? (My brother and I had the same interviewer by coincidence)"
"Where I had traveled (I lived abroad)."
"I was given a scenario where somehow the top five doctors' knowledge was programmed into a machine that could replace a doctor in practicing medicine. I was the chief counselor to the president who would be making the decision on whether or not to incorporate this miracle wonder into today's healthcare system. I needed to give 5 pro's and 5 con's."
"N/A"
"None really. Just conversational"
"Nothing really that interesting. Mostly conversational."
"What are you most proud of in your life?"
"What was your favorite course in undergrad?"
"What is unique about you that sets you apart from other applicants?"
"How do you like St. Louis? (My interviewer had lived there.)"
"What do you do out side of school and work?"
"Interesting? I started talking with an interviewer about his research and he started asking me questions (testing me I suppose) about how I would go about solving a certain problem. Good thing I remembered some cell bio."
"Questions about my religion as compared to Catholicism or Protestantism."
"What would you do if you didn't get into medical school?"
"If you were a pediatrician, and you had been seeing the same girl for 16 years, and now she wanted birth control pills but wanted you to keep the information from her parents, what would you do?"
"What city is most typical of rural texas life? (I'm interested in rural medicine)."
"If you could have dinner with anyone in history and they paid who would it be?"
"Tell me where and with what molecules emboli can form from?"
"Do managed care programs get in the way of physician's effots to effectively cooperate and communicate?"
"So are you going to employ your language and literature background in your medical studies?"
"What is your biggest fear about becoming an M.D.?"
"You seem more like Baylor material, why are you applying to UT-Houston?"
""What would you change about medicine?" and "Why UTMB Houston?""
"There wasn't any particular interesting question asked most of it was about my background, having come from out-of-state, and then the rest of it was just conversational questions. "
"Is there something that can be done about the healthcare problem? (was told my answer had no bearing on his evaluation of me.)"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? (the questions were not out of the ordinary)"
"Nothing really. Both of my interviewers just went through my application with me."
"Should America's military pull out of Iraq? "
"Anatomy questions. WHOA!"
"Why are you interested in the MD/MPH program?"
"Why not business school? Why not become a salesman? (He later compared both back to being a researcher and a physician, respectively.)"
"Who would you say is your biggest hero?"
"What do your parents do for a living? (I don't know that it's of any importance, maybe he was just trying to learn more about me)"
"What do you know about our school?"
"Do you know what your middle name means? turns out it is a pretty cool arabic word."
"What books are you currently reading?"
"What was the last book you read for fun?"
"What are your personal goals, outside of medical school?"
"Don't remember anything that stuck out - it was all general questions about work, why medicine, etc."
"Name one thing about you that is not in your application that you want me to know about."
"What was your favorite class."
"How do you think that you would handle having an infant that was critically ill or abused?"
"why did you mention religion in your personal statement?"
"Conversational so not a whole lot of outright questions. Talked about the knowledge base being so wide that doctors are now more managers. Also alot about my study abroad exp."
"Do you like to play music? (This lead into a long and interesting conversation about music)"
"Standard stuff, nothing unusual"
"nothing too interesting, standard stuff"
"none too interesting."
"If you could have lunch with anyone from history, who would it be and why?"
"Do you play sports? Where is Medicine going? What are the negative aspects of new technology?"
"Do you know any good elementary schools in the city? (he has a 3 year old)."
"Nothing too out of the ordinary. One interviewier talked a whole bunch and then towards the end asked, "what is the one thing about yourself that you want me to convey to the admissions board?""
"What was the last book you read?"
"How does your daughter feel about you going to medical school?"
"What do you think X country will be like in 15 years?"
"What do you think the Astros chances are next year?"
"Why medicine instead of business?"
"Who do you think was more just in the Peleponnesian Wars? (after asking about my favorite non-science class) "
"nothing really.. all were straightforward"
"I was just asked to tell about myself"
"Who inspired the altruistic part of you?"
"Tell me about a patient you worked with at_________."
"Why did you go to ____ for your undergraduate degree? (when I said that I had some attachments to my family, she proceeded to ask me whether that would play a role in me going to medical school in Texas)"
"What do you think physicians themselves can do to rebuild doctor-patient trust?"
"Questions regarding running."
"Tell me about your best friend. "
"Do you like to read, and if so, what do you read?"
"When do children become "them." When do experiences begin to shape who they are?"
"Do you have a significant other that will be moving with you? (she said I didn't have to answer it since it was personal)"
"My interviewer asked me if i had applied to TCOM and if I didn't why not? I knew it was a D.O. school and I just gave her a truthful answer. I'm not sure if she was a D.O. or not."
""Many years ago, I was reading an article from the literature that criticized the biomedical model and suggested that it should be referred to the biopsychosocial medical model. What do you think biopsychosocialmedical model means?""
"What non-clinical activities should I be sure to tell the admissions committee about that prepared you for medicine?"
"What was the most recent book you have read?"
"What do you think of the current healthcare system/how would you fix it?"
"What do you think of stem-cell research? (out of the blue)"
"What do you like to brag about?"
"Give me an anecdote from your life that will tell me that you are willing to be inconvenienced (ex. personal time) by medicine."
"how do you plan to have a family and practice medicine"
"A list of 1st & 2nd year medical school basic science courses were presented. The interviewer went through each one and asked if I had any experience/background in the subject from undergrad."
"Explain some of your grades. Why UT-H? Do you know what kind of specialty you want to pursue?"
"Do you want to explain your GPA for Fall of your Soph. year?...this wouldn't have been interesting if my GPA hadn't been above a 3.5 for that semester. It was my lowest GPA, but it didn't effect my cumm."
"One interviewer asked detailed questions about what I'd studied in my computer science classes, which is unusual."
"all standard questions"
"Tell me about your research experience working at the CDC working with the HIV virus."
"How have you prepared yourself for a life in medicine outside of academia?"
"Did you write your personal statement yourself?"
"If you can tell me what this is and convince me why it is what you think it is, you will get into medical school. (showed me a case containing a kidney stone)"
"Pretty standard questions. Unfortunately the most interesting questions had to do with hindsight and whether I would change anything about myself or my experiences."
"Nothing out of the ordinary"
"What books have you read recently?"
"What could you do to improve your application?"
"Why don't you want to be an OBgyn?"
"What will you do if you're not accepted to med school?"
"Is there anything you would change about your life so far?"
"What are you doing now? Would you like to come to the hospital with me?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"As a busy physician, how will you balance your time to include your family?"
"What are you reading now?"
"Tell me what you think about preventative medicine? How do you study?"
"So you have an interest in medicine. Why do you want to be a physician rather than a nurse, PT, etc.?"
"Just the standard get to know you questions."
"Why do you want to subject yourself to becoming a doctor, considering the problems facing the field today?"
"Nothing interesting really....just get-to-know you questions"
"As you know, the medical field has been changing in the last few years. Where do you see it going in the next 10 years? (how do you know?)"
"What are today's greatest ethical challenges as you see them?"
"My 1st interviewer didn't really ask me any standard questions. He just said, "Tell me what you want to know about the school. Ask me anything." We still managed to talk for about 30 minutes, but it was different from what I was expecting."
"None...they were all ordinary get-to-know-you questions."
"I know you just put down primary care to play the admissions game. What specialty are you really after?"
"do you know what the chief role of a hospitalist is?"
"I somehow ended up with 2 very laid-back interviewers. They didn't really ask many questions - we just talked. I also got the quesiton "Do you know what your getting in to?" This was my first interview and it couldn't have a better introduction. Everyone was so very nice. Very minimal stress."
"What's the weirdest class you've taken?"
"Do you plan to provide services to a county?"
"Explain Cultural Anthropology to me. (my undergrad)"
"How do you plan on using your degree in political science? Even consider lobbying?"
"What do you think of the health care system and is its involvement with politics integral? "
"What is something that I would like to tell the admissions commitee."
"Why are you minoring in History? How will this help you with your medical practice?"
"How do you define premedical experience, and how would you rate yourself on your premedical experience?"
"How do you feel about the current health system in the U.S.? What would you do to change it? "
"Nothing really creative...all standard questions."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? How do you plan to balance family and medicine in the future?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years? Seriously, how do you answer that?"
"If you could spend one hour with the president of the United States, what you talk to him about?"
"How do you plan to deal with failure as a doctor (i.e., when you can't help your patients)?"
"If you had 10 minutes to speak with President Bush, what would you tell him?"
"What is the hardest question you've ever had to answer?"
"What do you envision yourself doing in the next 10 years?"
"My 13 year old daughter is about to lose her virginity so she comes to you for birth control pills. Do you give her the pills and what do you tell her?"
"Hmm.. the questions were pretty standard- background, motivation for medicine, comparisons between access to healthcare here and in Nigeria where I grew up. My first interviewer wanted to know why I was applying to the school instead of other well known schools-I'm from Houston but went to school out of state. Hobbies etc...."
"I was given a series of ethical questions. The one I received is a common one but one that I feel was very interesting. John has a terminally ill wife. There is a new type of private drug out in the market. However, this drug is very expenisive. John is not wealthy and therefore can not afford to pay for the medication. He tries to collect money, attain loans, talk to the company, basically everything in his power to do this legally. He comes to you to discuss a plan to steal the drug. What do you tell him?"
"Do you have any musical abilities?"
"What are your interests other than medicine?"
"Why do we as a country spend more on health care than another nation yet still ranking in the middle as far as life expectancy or infant mortality? How can we fix this?"
"What would you do if a patient did not agree with you on a course of action you want them to follow? "
"What is the biggest problem that you will face in medicine?"
"since I didn't have a whole lot of clinical experience one interviewer asked how I knew for sure that I wouldn't pass out during a surgey. (no idea what the proper response is)"
"Nothing really - both of my interviewers just flipped through my app and asked me questions about my personal statement, volunteer experience, etc."
"many ethical questions--do i agree with animal research, if yes would i volunteer my dog for research...."
"One of my interviewers was a microbiologist (my major) so we talked about the subject for about 10 minutes. "
"All were very standard (motivations for medicine, life story, etc.), except for the question listed below under "Most Difficult Question." "
"What kind of books do you like to read, and why do you like them?"
"What the economy was like in my hometown? I think they asked this to see if I was really interested in staying in Texas or heading back home to Nebraska."
"Tell me your overall impression about the US Healthcare system and its challenges."
"Why specifically a doctor and not a nurse or social worker?"
"If you went to a very diverse school for undergrad, how will you continue to be apart of a diverse community in medical school?"
"Probably the abortion question."
"Nothing really. First interview was a bit awkward because the interviewer seemed uncomfortable/not conversational. Maybe the healthcare issues one but that's a pretty common questions so not too unexpected"
"None really. Both of my interviews were conversational and very relaxed. Really don't stress about interviewing here"
"Tell me what you want the admissions committee to know about you."
"Explain to me the concept of the PCMH (patient centered medical home). We had been discussing the PCMH in regards to the above topic, so this question was expected."
"Your science scores are much higher than your verbal. Would you say you struggle with standardized testing?"
"What do you think of the ethics involved with Michael Jackson's doctor? He was getting at the fact that doctors have to choose whether or not it is ethical to prescribe medications outside the standard amount based on patient needs (eg painkillers)."
"Once you're a doctor, besides being a good doctor, what will be your other main priorities in life?"
"Why did your gpa did sophomore year?"
""What else?" My first interviewer literally asked me nothing but this. Have a little speech prepared in case you get something like this!"
"What are you looking forward to least about medical school? (Hard to answer honestly without shooting yourself in the foot or having them doubt your ability to handle med school)"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Nothing, really. The toughest part was keeping up a conversation with this sweet lady interviewer for 45 minutes..."
"The first interviewer was hard to read, so the whole interview was difficult. "
"None were very difficult."
"How I would get healthcare to everyone in America."
"Nothing too difficult."
"There wasn't one"
"What are your weaknesses? (I hate answering this question!)"
"Question 2"
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school? (It was difficult b/c then he told me if I didn't get in I should go back and get more clinical experience, and that if I got into the other school I interviewed at, to take the spot, haha)"
"Why weren't ALL your publications listed on your application? (there was not enough space on the TMDSAS as well as AMCAS to fit all of them)"
"I'm currently a 10th grade teacher so I was asked several questions about how I discipline my kids, handle difficult behavior, etc. "
"Why become a doctor with all the challenges and personal sacrifices?"
"n/a- same as above. "
"After my response to "What would you do if you didn't get into medical school after multiple tries?" the question was "Why not go to dental school, there you've got patient interaction, specialties, and can get in with lower scores?""
"(after asking what I did at one job): Those tasks you did sound very menial; what did you take from that experience?"
"Why not a detective or a lawyer? They do their part too"
"So what do you think about your MCAT"
"same as most interesting, the questions werent hard"
"The standard."
"none-all were very basic"
"Would your mother's disease affect your decision to go into X specialty?"
"How can you improve upon your faults?"
"Who's your role model?"
"Why didn't you apply to UT Dallas (South Western)... [I couldn't say because I didn't have a chance without research, for fear of making both myself and UT Houston appearing 'lesser']"
"what about your application makes you a good enough to get in to our school?"
"What do you think would be the ideal setup for health care in the US?"
"Why did you only apply to four Texas schools?"
"(after explaining that one reason i liked the location was my significant-other's job industry was there) ''Significant other. What, are you a lesbian?''"
"Why do you think you scored lower on the verbal part of your mcat? Are youa slow reader?"
"I noticed your grades have a bit of a dip in your senior year, why?"
"none, interview is very conversational"
"What are your strengths?"
"Nothing was difficult. I was asked simple questions about myself."
"I really did not have any difficult questions. It was really laid back. It was conversational. However, one of the interviewers made his interviewees DRAW KIDNEY and asked them to locate kidney stone. "
"None were ''difficult''"
"None were difficult."
"There wasn't a single question that I couldn't answer off the top of my head. They were all about me!"
"Same as above."
"N/A"
"The interviewers really wanted to know why I applied as an out-of-state resident"
"If you had to deal with an ethical dilemma, how would you handle it?"
"Why were some of your grades poor?"
"What is unique about you that sets you apart from other applicants?"
"What do you want the adcom to know about you?"
"Not many question. The hardest question was "Do you have any other questions about the school?""
"My first interviewer didn't seem like he took the time to look over my application and didn't seem to ever understand where I was from, so explaining this over and over again was frustrating."
"Where do you see medicine going in 10 years?"
"IF you could have dinner with anyone in history and they paid who would it be? "
"Tell me where and with what molecules emboli can form from?"
"same"
"What personal factors do you think might cause you problems in medical school?"
"What would you do to prevent the influx of illegal immigrants coming to the U.S.? What needs to be done in their countries to ameliorate their situation?"
"You seem more like Baylor material, why are you applying to UT-Houston?"
""What was your favorite class that you have taken?" and "Tell me about yourself""
"There wasn't any difficult questions asked. The 2 interviewers just seemed interested in esatblishing an idea of what extracirriculars I participated in during my college years. "
"What makes you unique?"
"same as the most interesting"
"Nothing"
"Pretend I'm a government official from a rural town in Texas: why should my taxpapers' money goes towards your medical education if you practice overseas?"
"Anatomy questions. WHOA!"
"Why did you get a "c" in calculus?"
"What will be your biggest challenge in medical school?"
"Not really anything hard, both my interviewers turned out to be quite conversational."
"What about this school do you like over the other schools (difficult, since it was my first interview and i didn't know much about the other schools)?"
"nothing difficult, pretty basic and straitforward"
"Tell me about your relationship with your grandmother. (I talked about her in my personal statement)"
"Explain the trend in your grades."
"How did your interest in medicine come about?"
"Which class was your most difficult during your college years?"
"nothing hard, but I heard another interviewee complaining about a tough question on socialized medicine."
"You did some experiences in India. What lesson did you learn from these experiences?"
"What do you see yourself doing in 15 yrs."
"What made you decide to join the military?"
"what will you give this medical school?"
"Nothing difficult."
"What would you do to solve the most important medically-related current event?"
"Nothing really. This was probably the easiest interview experience I had."
"how would you balance life and career?"
"how do people perceive you?"
"What did you like about TCOM when you interviewed there?"
"So you took the MACT in April and then in August with little change explain why."
"Why should i let you in this school when I have interviewed several other people with better GPA and MCATs?"
"Best/ worst classes...I kind of rambled."
"None difficult really"
"Name your top three strengths and weaknesses. It's a simple thing, but caught me off guard, so I thought of a good answer."
"How do you know you want to be a doctor if you have no medical experience?"
"Surprisingly, nothing difficult at all! No ethical no issues no nothing substantial. He did ask me about my childhood and father, but he could tell from my reaction that it was a touchy subject for me and told me that I didn't have to talk about it. "
"What is the biggest business problem facing medicine today?"
"What problems do you see yourself having in medical school?"
"Given that Beowulf was written after Heroditus' History, which do you think is a more modern style of text? "
"what field of medicine do you want to enter"
"Role-play: "Imagine that you are a doctor attempting to get me to sign a consent form for a spinal tap and I am the patient. Tell me how you would ask me to sign this form.""
"Why do you have all of these withdrawals?"
"How many friends do you have? What are they like? Do you go out and have fun with them? How often do you see them? Are they your own age? etc. I really got the feeling that she thought I couldn't get along with people my own age."
"What's up with your freshman year grades?"
"What specialty are you interested in? Yes, it is standard, and I was prepared, but I still maintain that it is impossible to know until you have experienced all of the areas."
"none were too difficult. I was asked to explain my grades that was a bit painful."
"How do you think managed care will affect the way you practice medicine?"
"None were too difficult"
"What is the future of healthcare?"
"How would you fix the national healthcare in the US? "
"She threw a couple of questions out that I really hadn't considered mostly because I thought Houston stuck with the basics. They were kind of hard during the interview because I wasn't expecting them, but I thought on my feet and she said I did well. Some of them were: How would you handle cross-cultural differences as a physician? Why is educating the community as a physician important? Why is it important for a physician to make a patient feel comfortable and confident when they are in your office?"
"What happened to your science GPA at the end of your senior year?"
"Where do you see yourself in fifteen years?"
"See above "
"What do you think of stem-cell research?"
"very, VERY standard questions for both of them. Questions right off my application for the first interview (which was only 20 min long)"
"Did you take calculus in college (my answer was no, so it was difficult for me to admit that)."
"What will you do if you do not get into medical school?"
"What should I tell the admissions committee about you that will set you apart from other candidates?"
"nothing really"
"Why UT-Houston and not the other UT schools and what do you think about living and working in and around the Texas medical center."
"What was the hardest thing you've ever tried and failed and how do you think that will help you as a physician?"
"What if u dont get in? will u keep applyin indefinitely?"
"see above"
"Nothing was that difficult."
"Where does UT-Houston rank among all the med schools you have applied to--i.e. How serious are you about returning to Houston (I grew up there but am currently out of state)"
"Name two strengths and a weakness."
"Describe what your life will be like in ten years?"
"Nothing really."
"What should I tell the admissions committee about you?"
"What has been the most difficult challenge that you have overcome?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years? "
"None were difficult - just the usual get to know you questions"
"What were the reasons surrounding each of the withdrawls on your transcripts? "
"So you have an interest in medicine. Why do you want to be a physician rather than a nurse, PT, etc.?"
"Talk about a difficult experience, and don't say getting a C in Organic Chemistry. "
"nothing difficult"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"The same as above. He also used this ? to lead into a discussion of Eugenics. "
"What area of medicine do you think you will be interested in pursuing?"
"the first and only question my first interviewer asked me.... Will you ask me any questions you have about our program, our faculty, or our school?"
"There were no difficult quesitons. The interviewers were just interested in my background. Very basic stuff... what field peeks my interest etc. "
"What was the most emotional/physical moment you had?"
"What do you bring to this school?"
"What do you think of the President? ( I never expected political questions!)"
"Nothing really, I don't think my list of hobbies exactly impressed them however."
"same as above"
"Reason for Test Scores."
"None!"
"What ethical problems do you think doctors face today?"
"I see that your science grades slipped your junior and senior year. How come?"
"Biggest failure?"
"How seriously are you considering UT Houston? . . . Uh huh, so are you considering UT Houston very seriously? . . . Yes, but it seems like it would be very convenient for you to go to Southwestern . . ."
"Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?"
"Besides the one listed above, nothing. Most of the questions were very conversational, asking about college, my family, etc. "
"What could you have done to better prepare yourself for med school?"
"Have you taken an ethics class? (She had read my entire transcript and knew I had not.)"
"A man has tried everything to raise enough money to buy a new, expensive drug that cure his possibly terminally ill wife but fails. He comes to you as a friend and tells you that he plans to outright steal the drug from the pharmacy. What do you tell him to do? "
"See above."
"see above- everything was pretty standard- nothing too difficult. I didn't get asked any ethical questions- just my stance on access to healthcare and ethnic disparities in access to health care (based on my file). "
"Most of the questions were very basic and conversational. However, one interviewer asked my stance on the current HMO structures and on the Clinton Plan. "
"none"
"The questions were all pretty straight forward. None were all that difficult."
"Why I did not do as well on a section of the MCAT."
"Nothing."
"I was asked where I would be in 15 years and I mentioned possilby out of state. don't say that, later in the interview he said UT Houston wants to train TEXAS doctors."
"Again - nothing really."
"what did i think about europe's healthcare system--i had put in my app that i did a lot of traveling..."
"Questions about what I thought were my particular weaknesses. "
"A man's wife is near death and the only medicine to save her life is much too expensive. After thinking about it, he decides to steal it from a local pharmacy. What are your thoughts? Is he justified in his actions? "
"No really difficult questions. These interviews are very laid back."
"No difficult questions. It was laid back and so easy. We just talked about ourselves. fun interview"
"Read previous interview questions on SDN and read my primary and secondary applications."
"Mock interviews"
"SDN and reviewing my primary/secondary"
"Read over stock questions and learned the school's mission."
"Read through the school's website. Prepared for basic questions."
"SDN, reddit, friends/ mock interviews"
"Sdn, school's website, various websites to form opinions on current events in healthcare"
"Read these SDN questions and prepared answers for common ones"
"Review primary and secondary essays, as well as the mission statement of the school."
"School website, reviewed my essays from TMDSAS, etc."
"Read about the school online and went over the questions on this website."
"school background, UTH motto, UTH future goals, listening to the morning session tidbits."
"SDN Interview feedback, read over application and essays, UTH website"
"studentdoctor.net, Wikipedia, night before social"
"Practice interview with the prehealth advising department at my undergrad. SDN interview feedback. SDN forums. Writing out answers to stock questions. Reviewing my file."
"Read over personal statement, SDN interview feedback, PRAYED!"
"Reviewed my file, prepared talking points on hobbies/life outside academics."
"SDN, reviewed my application, went through standard interview questions, did some research on the school and did a mock interview with my health professions office. "
"Read my application, SDN, did a mock interview with a friend, "
"I read through the interview feedback section on SDF, I read the articles on SDF, I read the Sunday Times, I googled about the current health care debate and the most recent bill, I went over possible questions in my head, I read up on UT-H mainly through the website. "
"SDN, reviewed the school's website, and my TMDSAS app."
"Read my personal statement, reviews on SDN"
"MSAR, SDN, etc."
"The book: The Medical School Interview, SDN, looking over essays, mock interview ect. Note: one interview was open file, one closed. It was obvious that the open file interviewer just skimmed the information."
"SDN, reviewed the top medical school questions on about.com, reviewed my application."
"only had two days notice so I didn't prepare. But it all worked out in the end."
"Looked over general lists of possible questions, reviewed my AMCAS and TMDSAS apps, reviewed my research work"
"Read over some material about the school. Thought about some common questions that may come up. "
"SDN, read over app"
"SDN feedback, talked to current students who told me a few questions to look out for, read up on healthcare issues"
"That interviews don't require a huge amount of preparation, just answer: 1) why do you want to become a doctor?;2)What have you done to evidence your interest in medicine?; 3) What do you know about the state of healthcare?"
"reading SDN, re-reading TMDSAS file, read a book on health policy"
"Read their website, practice answers to questions from this interview feedback, look over my TMDSAS application"
"Looked up some information on their website, re-read my application, rehearsed common questions."
"Looked over statement, application, some random questions"
"Read application, this website, school website"
"went to the pre-interview social, watched Friends."
"read a/b school"
"i read a short book about med school interviews, did research on healthcare and controversial topics and prepared some facts in my mind about who I was and I want to be a physician. seemed to work; i pre-matched to UT-H. "
"read their website, went to the social the night before and talked with current students"
"Reading about the school, keeping up with NPR."
"reread app, formed answers to basic get to know you questions, relax"
"SDN, read about issues on wikipedia, thought of questions they might ask and how I would answer"
"SDN, school website, reviewed app, mock interview, read up on hot topic issues"
"SDN feedback"
"Student Doctor, TALKED WITH A 2ND YEAR UT HOUSTON MED STUDENT (I cannot stress how helpful this was in fine tuning my questions)."
"websites, student doctor network, reviewed my application, reviewed my research"
"SDN feedback, med school interview book (by Dr. Fleenor), read-up on health care policies and watched Sicko, reviewed my app, reviewed my research, prepared some answers to common questions"
"Mock interview, website, SDN"
"reviewed app stuff, especially research project details etc"
"student doctor network, review personal statement and application"
"SDN, looked up and practiced sample questions, re-read my application especially my personal statement, updated myself with insurance policies...way too over prepared!!!"
"SDN, read over my application, looked up insurance policy differences (for some reason)"
"reviewed my TMDSAS app, looked at school website, SDN interview feedback, reviewed research"
"Thought about answers to likely questions, SDN, and school website"
"School website, read over application"
"SDN"
"Reading, mock interviews..."
"SDN, reviewed tmdsas app"
"SDN feedback, went over my application"
"Read over my application and read some of the interview feedback for the school."
"I looked at this website, read my application, and read information about the school through both the internet and pamphlets"
"Read my app and current events in healthcare"
"SDN, friends"
"SDN, thought about how to explain my extracurric's and research, researched the healthcare system, schools website (shabby, btw)"
"Mock interview with MDs in lab, read healthcare books, read up on ethical issues, current events, my research publications, etc."
"School website, talking with students and alumni, SDN"
"SDN, mock interviews, school's website, talking to students"
"Check out Student Doctor, review the schools website, review my application, and prepare a resume for the interviewers."
"Looked at the school's website, rehearsed interview questions and read over application"
"SDN, this was my third school in TX, so I had a pretty good feel of how it was going to be--no surprises."
"Read interview feedback on SDN, read through my notes from med sociology class (totally unnecessary), got drilled by my good friend who used to do debate and is a fellow pre-med (best thing), got my nails done ;)"
"Mock interviews, read up on current events, read books that have to do with medical insurance and ethics"
"This website, school's website, reading over application"
"I had a mock interview with my advisor read studentdoctor.net, and practiced answering various questions on my own"
"relaxed"
"read school's website, reviewed application, and reviewed recent research"
"Reviewed application, read up on school's website, attended local interview workshop."
"SDN Interview Feedback, 1st year student feedback, reviewing application, reading up on bioethical issues"
"SDN Feedback, reading online about the school, talking to 1st year students"
"SDN; printed out tons of questions with google help; watched the video on the UT Houston website with "Red""
"SDN, read recent articles in scientific magazines, read Wall Street Journal, had a mock interview, spoke with physicians. "
"review application, sdn feedback"
"Stayed relaxed."
"Read my application, UTMB interview, relaxed for a while before the interview"
"Read up on website and SDN. Looked through application"
"Read SDN"
"read my application"
"read school website, went over application, sdn"
"Read SDN, AMCAS, asked student host questions."
"Interview feedback, SDN, read MSAR, website, and course catalog, talked with alumni I know"
"Went around Houston and found a Lebanese restaurant/hookah bar, hung out with friends, basically cleared my mind of anything related to medicine. It was pretty relaxing, and there is no need to be uptight at UT-H. "
"SDN, Website, talked to Med students, looked over app."
"student doctor"
"SDN interview feeback, self-reflection"
"Got a good night sleep."
"Read interview surveys provided by my home university, SDN, read about school, read my application"
"SDN, prepared answers to frequently asked questions, looked over medically related current events"
"I read up on the school via their website, spoke to other people about the school, practiced questions and read this site"
"read SDN site, went over possible questions"
"SDN, mock interview, website"
"Read this site, prepared from a list of frequently asked questions for medical school interviews."
"read SDN, website, talk to my parents and students"
"SDN interview feedback; school website; talked to students morning of"
"sdn, website"
"Read personal statement, SDN, prepared questions"
"Studied the website and medical current events like crazy! (this was my first interview so I was quite naive)"
"SDN, thought of answers to questions I might be asked, knew my application thoroughly"
"read this website, looked over my apps"
"didn't. not too keen on this school."
"SDN forums and this site, re-read application, read school materials"
"School's site, my application, SDN, friends, professors, and talked with grandmother."
"School website, mock interview with brother, looked over my application and honors thesis."
"sdn, google, other students from the school, looked over application, thought of specific examples from my life to talk about."
"This website, sitting in front of a mirror and practicing."
"reviewed my personal statement you should definitely know about any Cs you've ever made, and be sure you have a good explanation of why."
"read feedback, read essays"
"Had an answer (not memorized) ready for any possible question or situation by compiling huge list of questions ever asked. WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY OVERPREPARED. You really need not do this, though there are just some you should expect. Know why you chose your major if it isn't the typical science. =)"
"N/A"
"SDN, read criteria for admissions"
"Talked to friends and looked at web page"
"SDN, asked friends, practice"
"websites, SDN"
"Looked over my old research, read my essay, researched the school's website, looked on here"
"Read this website, had husband ask interiew questions, read newspaper and web"
"Read SDN, went through a list of possible interview questions, talked to myself in the mirror (haha)"
"review application, look over school's website (not very helpful), review this site"
"Read my personal statement and SDN website."
"Questions from SDN, re-read my application and transcript, reviewed my timeline since graduation, prayed, meditated, hugged my kids and dog."
"Read interview feedback, looked at the school's website."
"Mock interview, read sample questions on this website and other books, researched managed care, brushed up on health care issues addressed by 2004 presidential candidates, attended the night before event to ask questions from the med students that were there, and reviewed my application"
"read this site, looked over my app"
"Read over UTH curriculum, facilities, and history; interview feedback"
"Read this site, reviewed my app, not much really"
"Read my personal statement, looked at the website, talked to students"
"This website, the UTH website, researched current healthcare stuff but nothing was asked about it."
"Just looked at the school catalog."
"Reread my application, read over SDN interview feedback, read up on election 2004 and health care issues."
"Read comments on SDN, slept well before :)"
"Looked at this site, read some interview books, tried to learn some about the school."
"SDN, my app"
"Interview Feedback, UTH website"
"School web-site, studentdoctor, pray"
"read over application"
"reviewed my personal statement/application; read up on current events in the world, government & medicine; reviewed ethical debates/issues while trying to formulate my own opinions & thoughts; 3 mock interviews; re-evaluated my own motivations to become a doctor and attempted to verbalize those thoughts to myself; prepared a portfolio with extra copies of my personal statement/application, a pen, a notepad, & thank you cards; visited school the day before so I knew exactly where everything was located on the day of the interview"
"Website, SDN"
"Read some medical journals, my application, etc."
"Mock interview, read school website and this website"
"SDN, practiced answers to questions, read app and personal statement"
"Practice answering questions in my mind."
"Researched the school, went over my application, read these interview feedbacks, thought about answers to possible questions."
"looked at school website"
"Read my application, this website"
"Read over my application and personal statement"
"Read my application, UT-Houston viewbook, this site"
"Read this site and took the advice of other interviewees--didn't stress about UT-Houston."
"Talk to the students, learn about the school, have question to ask the interviewer"
"Reviewed Houston's website. Went over my application."
"read my application, personal statement, SDN, school website, got plenty of sleep"
"Read feedback on studentdoctor.net, read over my application and personal statement, surfed web for interview tips"
"Looked at UT website, interview feedback."
"UT Houston Medical School website and SDN."
"SDN, made up answers to hypothetical questions, found out whatever I could about the school."
"looked over application, went to this website, wrote out answers to typical interview questions"
"Read SDN, school website info on the varous teaching hospitals at the medical center."
"Read studentdoctor.net, read an interview book from Kaplan, brushed up on my application and personal statement"
"SDN, School website, Stayed with students and went to social"
"Reviewed my file and brushed up on federal and Texas health care issues. Also did some reading about bioethics. "
"Read SDN, school website, and reviewed my research experience."
"Read studentdoctor.net, read the website, stayed and spoke with my student host, went to the pre-interview gathering at Two Rows."
"read the school's website, my essay, and looked at this website"
"Read comments and the UT Website"
"Reviewed website and my application."
"Stayed with a med student night before, read feedback on SDN, relaxed."
"Relax"
"went out the night before with friends"
"I went to Houston a day or 2 in advance to make sure I could find the building/parking garage. Looked on their website for info about subjects that are of interest to me to help develop some questions"
"Read over my app"
"Went to the night before and talk to family and friends, and looked up information on the internet."
"website, current news, etc."
"Read website, look at interviewfeedback, look through materials they handed out."
"Mock interviews with friends and read over the school catalog."
"UT-Houston website, student doctor network."
"I read over my file and read the reviews here."
"Read over application, skimmed through Houston's med school catalog, looked over other interview feedbacks"
"read interview feedback on this website! read over school web page. read over healthcare/coverage articles. went over my research experiences."
"read SDN, my essays, and kept up with current events"
"I read interview feedback from this website, looked over my application, and read some medical journal articles."
"Read over reviews and site. If you get in a bind, just talk about how great Problem Based Learning is."
"mock interview at home with video camera, read 3 books of interview questions, read up on UT-Houston"
"Looked over the school's website, but nothing serious."
"Read school website, talked to classmates who had attended UT, read my personal statement, application, and read over potential interview questions"
"read over my application"
"Read stuff here. Mock interview at my school."
"Read SDN Interview Feedback, SDN forums, UTH website, application, and personal essay."
"Read the interview feedback and looked over my personal statement and UT Houston's Website."
"Brwosed SDN quite a bit, visited the school's website and the area of medicine at the school that I was interested in, read up on faculty research at the school in my area of interest."
"I read all the feedbacks on this website, searched the web for questions and answers, read about UT - Houston, reviewed my application, outlined what i wanted to say about some basic questions, watched smallville to relax =)"
"reviewed my application, researched the area and school, and reviewed interview questionaires from this site"
"Looked over the website. "
"Looked over the school website, looked at frequently asked questions, mock interview at school"
"studied their web site, talked to students currently attending"
"SDN and internet sites"
"Looked over my application, looked at the website, talked to students who interviewed before me."
"not much, read over the UT Houston website in order to formulate questions to ask."
"I researched some health care issues using the internet and SDN student forums; read over my app and personal statement."
"read app and looked over school's website"
"Look over UT Houston materials. "
"Read up on UTH website. Tried to collect my thoughts on such things as managed care, genetics, etc. The interviewers will be able to tell if you're spouting out something from TIME magazine last week, versus really know what you're talking about. "
"Went over my application, interviewfeedback.com, UTH website"
"Nothing. I knew it was laid back with no tough questions, so I didn't bother to prep much for it. I just went over my application I sent in."
"The amount of resources available in the Texas Medical Center"
"students were very happy and the interviewers were kind"
"Location and research opportunities"
"Excellent faculty, happy students"
"The facilities were truly incredible, on top of this every student I met both days was extremely kind and friendly."
"The friendliness and collaborative environment of the school. MS1s always had incredible things to say about MS2s. Class boasted (in a good way) about having a page filled with notes and anki decks."
"the student culture and faculty accessibility"
"Texas Medical Center, McGovern community/students/faculty - everyone was very likable and genuine"
"The TMC for sure. Also how happy the students seemed and how much they talked about the collaborative environment. Free STEP 1 prep materials (UWorld and First Aid) for med students is cool too."
"The people. Everyone from medical students, to the staff and faculty were warm and inviting. Everyone seemed as though they truly loved the school."
"Everyone at the school was very warm and encouraging. The tour was great. The hospitals and medical center available to the students is incredible."
"The tour and the food!!"
"The facilities available to the students were amazing."
"Facilities. UTH will definitely sell you on their facilities and students."
"Texas Medical Center (amazing), school facilities and hospitals were beautiful, extremely social and friendly students who were very accomodating"
"The interviews were very informal, relaxed, held in other people's offices, no one wrote anything down while I was talking."
"open heart surgery, helipad, awesome tour"
"The huuge TMC! How happy and friendly students were. Several random students wished me good luck, just because they saw me in a suit! The students seemed to be a good mix of people."
"Everything TMC, facilities, how much the staff supports the students, friendliness of everyone involved in interview day, tour (though not necessarily the length of it ~2hrs)."
"The school, the students, the location"
"Study body attitude; community and area."
"Texas Medical Center. The incredible hospitality and friendliness of the students, staff, and locals. My student hosts drove out to the airport to pick me up, took me to the interview social, boarded me an extra night, and answered my follow-up emails promptly and thoroughly. Texas Medical Center. NOBODY hosts an interview day like UTH (not even close) - from the first meeting through the closing session every part is top notch. The lunch is fabulous. Did I mention Texas Medical Center!"
"The Texas Medical Center was amazing, friendly and happy students, nice and personable faculty, good location, etc. "
"TMC (need i say more?), Dr. Kellaway, the students (at lunch they were so funny I almost spit my ice tea out), the video at the beginning of the day (it was corny but kinda broke the ice for the day). "
"Dr. Kalloway is as great as every says. I was impressed with friendliness of everyone I encountered. Brand new facilities. Looks state of the art. I like how they want you succeed. "
"The students were super-friendly, and were happy to answer all of my questions. You could tell that they really loved being there. The school is within the largest medical center in the nation. The second largest is only 1/4 of the size. Therefore, the educational opportunities are endless!"
"The faculty seems concerned with students' success. Very high Step 1 scores this year. The Texas Medical Center. Lectures are recorded and put on web. "
"Tour was AMAZING - i have worked in, lived next to, been a patient in the TX medical center, but it is still astounding. Open heart surgery and a helo landing - what more can you ask for?"
"Amazing facilities, supportive environment, ability to individualize medical education, medical students down to earth and kind, school does incredible things to ensure the success of students, university housing is cheap, nice and safe. Work hard play hard attitude. "
"Dr. K's philosophy and genuine concern for us. TMC!!!! I saw a code 3 land on the helipad then an open heart surgery from the dome. The Gross Anatomy Lab and the Surgical and Clincal Skills Center are top notch facilities. "
"How laid back the school was."
"Beautiful new facilities, friendly admissions staff, friendly students."
"The facilities were great. TMC is great. The students and administration were INCREDIBLY friendly. It was very laid back and chill. The interviewers were very relaxed and fun to talk to. I had a great experience overall."
"People were incredibly FRIENDLY. I got lost on my way to an interview because my paper didn't have a letter in front of the number, and when I stopped a person in the hallway, he (ended up being a surgeon) stopped and rallied about about 3 other people (I think also surgeons) to help me. The students seem pretty laid back, and are into the "work hard play hard" attitude. I like the non-competitiveness as well. The TMC, clinical opportunities, I loved it."
"the greatness of the TMC"
"The friendliness of the faculty and students in the school"
"Texas Medical Center is the best place to get a med education, period. "
"facilities are brand new"
"The enthusiasm of the students, the incredibly welcoming and cooperative environment with students and faculty. The facilities in the TMC, namely technology and how they are catered for learning. "
"The facilities had to be refinished after flooding a few years ago, and they are absolutely stunning. The anatomy lab and other areas in the basement are top-notch and have the latest technology. The medical center itself is huge. The admissions staff is extremely friendly and easy to talk to."
"The location of the school, how friendly the staff and students are, how beautiful the campus is, the curriculum"
"Facilities"
"Students were nice, honest. The faculty seemed more concerned with producing good doctors, not high stats. The school seems to care about each student as a person. Memorial Hermann"
"facilities, city"
"TMC is incredible. Clean, state-of-the-art. surgical and clinical skills center. you can do your clinical rotations anywhere in TMC....this includes MD Anderson. WOW. "
"The students enthusiasm for their school. The Texas Medical Center!!!"
"The school is trying to be in a change mentality. The location, you can't beat TMC."
"we had an excellent speaker during lunch, the student's willingness to sit and chat with the interviewees"
"Incredibly nice students, the extent of the TMC including the volume of patients there and free medical care given"
"the hospitals were amazing."
"TMC is enormous! Students are friendly and encouraging. Laid back atmosphere(suits me, may not be for everyone) and recreation center."
"The hospitals at the TMC & school facilities were amazing. The whole interview day was very organized. The staff, faculty & students were very friendly and really tried to sell you the school."
"Everything. Seriously. This tour was VERY well put together. The 2nd year I was talking to told me about the recent change in admissions criteria"
"the facilities, the students and faculty - everyone was so nice"
"the facilities are absolutely amazing! there are few other places where you can get the opportunities for seeing as many patients and rare conditions as you can get here (world's largest medical center). the current students were awesome, very friendly and genuinely seemed to love going there. houston's cultural and social atmosphere is great, for those few free times you'll have during school. "
"The students at Houston are so supportive of each other. Everyone seems to take their studies seriously without taking themselves too seriously. Also, the resources and campus are amazing!"
"The facillities and monetary resources are just incredible. The scope of the medical center floored me, and it was way way nice than other places I interviewed! They struck a good note between being a supportive program with laid back, happy students and being a resource-rich high-quality top-notch institution. Also: excellent living facilities for students, incredible rec center, support mechanisms for spouses, community-feeling."
"wealth of opportunity to see things you wouldn't see anywhere else in the world"
"Laid back attitude, no cut throat attitude, everyone had a smile, interviews were laid back and very conversational"
"The facilities are AMAZING, the possibilities in the Texas Medical Center (largest in the world) are limitless, and the wonderful camraderie between the students (they email out review sheets they make, helpful tips, etc), that there are no curves or anything competitive, everyone can honor, high-pass etc a course."
"TMC, faculty, students"
"The friendliness of students, faculty, and staff! And the facilities are awesome!"
"How many opportunites UT-Houston actually offers. Also, the tour was great (very complete)!"
"The faculty and students worked as a unit. They were family oriented."
"The huge facilities"
"The students seemed geniunely enthusiastic and the facilities were fantastic. The Texas Medical Center is amazing."
"Everything! The students are incredibly friendly and laid back, the faculty is involved, they do a great job of integrating you into the school, and their resources and facilities are amazing."
"The facilities were unmatched! The admissions people were very very very nice."
"The Texas Medical Center. "
"The TMC is amazing! The students and faculty seemed really friendly too."
"Location, location, location!! TMC is amazing."
"The professors! All the ones I talked to were very friendly and amazing. To this day, I'm convinced MD's make much better professors than PhD's."
"Impressive, impressive campus."
"how great the facilities were"
"Great location, great facilities (brand new), school seems to have a good balance of work and free time, amazing hospitals for 3rd year-two world class and one indigent."
"The Artificial Intellegence maniquins used to test the skills of med students."
"The facilities were state of the art and the medical center is the largest in the world. The people there are extremely passionate about their work and your success. (Both students and faculty)"
"They seemed to have the best facilities of anywhere I've interviewed. I would love to go to school here because of all the opportunities you have right there at the Texas Medical Center."
"How warm everyone was: from the admissions people to the students to the president himself!! I really felt like they genuinely loved their school, and it made me love it too. It was almost like a day long promo for UT-Houston, even my 2 interviews!"
"The Texas Medical Center is so HUGE and the whole vibe of it was really great. Everyone just loves what they do and it gets you really excited. Most of the facilities and equipment are new and state-of-the-art. Also, all of the students are really nice."
"The atmosphere of the student body. Everyone is so helpful and friendly and it really does feel like a family."
"The TMC is really impressive. It seems like its own city inside Houston. The hospitals all seemed like hotels and were big with huge resources. The UT school was nice and since the flood had alot of new things like the learning center and a new simulation lab. The staff was very nice and made the day go really smooth. "
"medical center"
"size of facilities and student's attitudes"
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?