London, ON
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Negatively ☹️
What was the stress level of the interview?
6 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What are your general comments?
Western seems like a great med school. At least from the students' enthusiasm, they seem really into helping you out. The interviewers however looked like I was boring them to death. I tried to crack a few jokes and it was a dead audience (perhaps I'm just not funny). So, how to succeed? Find out the questions they asked to the candidate that's in your interview room before you. Very likely the questions will be exactly the same. I'm not kidding. They have a sheet of set questions. If you can find out the questions before hand you'll feel more prepared. Even questions from people the week before will likely have resemblence to questions you will be asked.
💬 Interview Process
What was the most interesting question?
none, all very formulaic. I believe that the interviewers only ask a set of standard questions for all the applicants they interview.
How did you prepare for the interview?
CMAJ, lots of internet sites, pre-med forum, med students, practice at student centre
What was the most difficult question?
none, i had asked someone that had the interview a week before me and the so-called "hard" questions were the same.
What impressed you positively?
students are extremely nice and they really seem like a very close knit group. They seem to have a lot of fun on top of studying. Everything was also very very well organized.
What impressed you negatively?
my interview. I was the last one of the day and my interviewers looked absolutely uninterested. The committee member looked like he was going to pass out. The faculty member was really a robot, and although i thought the med student was nice, I think I caught him snoozing off. bad experience? yeah...
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
nothing, I do undergrad at western so there's really nothing that really surprised me.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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