Los Angeles, CA
Allopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
What was the stress level of the interview?
5 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
8 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
8 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What are your general comments?
Very laid back, both interviewers seemed to want to know me personally. If you can, try and sit in on a class. Also, the #applicants is roughly 10/day, making it easier to mingle with your potential classmates.
💬 Interview Process
What was the most interesting question?
Cross cultural comparisons of emergency medicine between developing and developed countries.
How did you prepare for the interview?
School website, SDN, (since both faculty and student interviews are closed files, as long as you know yourself and can sell yourself you'll do fine)
What was the most difficult question?
After having a comfortable relaxing interview with my faculty interviewer, I stood up and turned to leave when he called out "what should I tell the adcom about you?" (um... didn't we just speak for an hour about that?) I was ready to go (in fact I was late for the tour), and I blanked and stuttered for half a minute. His response: a smile part polite part pity. Not the most charming impression I wanted to leave him with!
What impressed you positively?
the MDLs for small group discussions; the students genuinely seemed to like their school (as a rule I try and interact with students not associated with the office of admissions); the weather (though I arrived after the floods/mudslide); student organizations with the indigent population, HIV/AIDS patients, and high school students (though no mention of a student run clinic).
What impressed you negatively?
How archaic the school is. The campus isn't completely wireless, the classrooms are cramped and small (I saw several students sitting on the steps. In fact, there aren't enough seats in the lecture room for all of the students), the anatomy lab lacks technology; the new county hospital will have fewer beds than the orginial; for a school with so much research, very little was mentioned;
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
There is absolutely no school presentations given. You show up, interview, take your tour and go home. I guess they didn't want to scare us with the revelation of graduating with $200+K debt. Also, I didn't know LAC+USC served the jail/prison inmates until I ran into a group of 20 inmates and 5 guards.
🤝 Campus and Facilities
How do you rank the facilities?
5 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this school's location?
6 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Enthusiastic
What were your total hours spent traveling?
4-6 hours
What was your primary mode of travel?
Airplane
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
$301-$400
What airport did you fly into?
LAX
Where did you stay?
With students at the school
How would you rate the hotel?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
Would you recommend the hotel?
yes
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