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  • University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Iowa City, IA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

10 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

7 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

25 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

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

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

"If you suspected that a fellow medical student was suffering from drug or alcohol abuse, what would you do?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What diversity could you add to the incoming class?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"If you were in a market in Ghana and an HIV positive person collapsed beside you and was bleeding, what would you do? You have no gloves." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Nothing was really too tricky." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Read SDN, Iowa website, practiced answering the standard interview questions." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Nice facilities, huge teaching hospital, lots of research opportunities" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"They didn't have too many interviewers, so if you were one of the last students to be interviewed, you could be sitting there for 3 hours or so." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Overall, I really liked the school. The new facilities are some of the nicest I've seen. U of I Hospital is very nice, but it is a total maze, so if you leave to wander around while you're waiting for your interview, give yourself enough time to get lost trying to find your way back. The students seem happy to be there, even though many said they were hesitant to live in Iowa. That was good to hear. Iowa City is a nice, liberal college town, so it's not as if there is nothing to do, but it is pretty small." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

9 out of 10

What was your total time spent traveling?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

< $100

Where did you stay?

Friends or family

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/15/2004

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

7 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

6 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

6 out of 10

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