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  • Wayne State University School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Detroit, MI
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?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

7 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

40 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1

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)?

"Q. Why MCAT so many times? A. I wasnt ready to answer the verbal component of MCAT. I told her I took Lit Classes to improve and be on the same wavelenght has the test writers. The interviewer was from my native country too...so the interviewer knew excatly what I was talking about. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Q. Why didnt you apply to Canada? A. I want to come to America. I strongly believe there is more oppurtunity here. Canada still has a special place in my heart however. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Q. Why Detroit/Wayne? A. I was prepared to be in a place like wayne. I have lots of EC activities that involved working in poor areas around the world. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Conversational interview. No hard questions. How did I improve on the MCAT so much? I was prepared for this, since, I have taken the MCAT 4 times...I would wonder if I was the interviewer." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"No ethical questions. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN interview feedback, Doing Right (Canadian Ethics book)" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Hospitals (the children's hospital is nice). Ever lecture is available online" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Practically no one comes to class." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Detroit is dangerous. The city practically has no night life. Even though I dont think I will be hitting the clubs to often during medical school. The city isnt the best one in America. Also suprised that I could communte from Windsor to Wayne State. " Report Response

What are your general comments?

"My interviewer turned out to be from the small area of my native country, I was from. No way...I have met no one from there in North America (other than my family). Awesome! After that it was easy to talk to the interviewer. We had lots of common interests and we discussed our roots back in our native country. " Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

7 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

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

$501+

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

5 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Hilton

Would you recommend the hotel?

no

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

10/02/2006

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

6 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

1 out of 10

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

4 out of 10

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