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  • University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Honolulu, HI
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

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)?

"What do you do in your spare time?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why are you applying here? (I'm not from Hawaii)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Would you practice in Hawaii afetr medical school?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What do you think about the ambiguity in medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"What would you tell a teenager who came to see you and was pregnant?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, reviewed Primary and Secondary applications, MSAR, JABSOM website" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"everyone there was warm and friendly; it's Hawaii" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"the facilities are pretty worn down; you have to schedule the interviews on your own and make sure that all your interviewers (you're provided their names in advance) are available at the time you're visiting (i was coming from out-of-state)" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"how it's impossible to get around without a car" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"the curriculum is purely pbl, which may not be suitable to everyone's personal learning style; the people are very cool and welcoming, just as you'd expect in hawaii; school's reputation is so-so" Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

12/15/2003

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