How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"Tell me about yourself" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"Favorite class/least favorite class? Brothers/sisters? What do your parents do?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"How to end the cycle of poverty? What to do about the our healthcare system? It was cool cause he is pretty critical of the AMA as am I." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"How are we end the cycle of poverty in America?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Tell me about yourself (I tend to ramble at questions like this since they are so broad and unspecific)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, UM website, re-read my application, Jackson-Memorial website." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The cirriculum, the early patient contact, Jackson's committment to treating the underserved, archived lectures, total wireless at the school. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Coming from NYC, the student body didn't seem very diverse. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That getting a interview is a big big deal; of the 1,000 or so secondaries submitted, ~320 are interviewed and ~250 are offered acceptances. Pretty good odds I'd say" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Overall a great day. It started at 9 am and ended at 2 pm so we could beat the traffic home. The admissions office, faculty, and pretty much everybody was extremely friendly and very proud of being a UM med student. Lunch was fantastic compared with the other schools I interviewed at. The clinical training is superb; my interviewer, even though he wasn't a physician, said that should be the greatest draw of the school of medicine. " Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

On what date did the interview take place?

10/17/2003