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  • University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Birmingham, AL
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?

7 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

3

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 are some pressing problems in US health care?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

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

What was the most difficult question?

"What invention over the last 50 years has most impacted health care?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"student-doctor interview feedback, school website, read over my application" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The facilities are GREAT, especially the north pavilion, children's hospital, and new rec center across the street from medical school." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The manner in which the dean of admissions talked about the way you must select either the birmingham, huntsville, or tuscaloosa campus for your last two years. he made it sound like the school was doing us such a big favor to allow us to have some imput on where we will be placed for the last two years, even if it is not our first choice. also, there are three interviews that count for admissions, but if you have impressive research, you get an interview/informational session, and if you are a minority, you also have an inteview/informational session, so i ended up having 5 interviews in a row, while some of my counterparts had 3 and were able to take a break in between." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"i pretty much knew everything when i got there" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"overall, a very good experience. facilities are great, the medical students were very informative and definitely were happy to be there. inteviews were quite conversational, very low pressure" Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

10 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

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

$201-$300

Where did you stay?

Hotel

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/15/2005

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

9 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

6 out of 10

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