How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

6 out of 10

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 other schools did you apply to? Why did you apply to UT?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How do you feel about the current state of healthcare in the US? What do you think is wrong with healthcare today. The first interviewer was just asking generally but the second interviewer was more intense and kept on asking questions off my answers and started lecturing me on socialist and capitalist views." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What does professionalism mean to you?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Has your family had any economic difficulties?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"The healthcare one. Ethical scenario1: you are a 3rd year student and while driving, you witness a motor vehicle accident, what do you do? Ethical scenario 2: you have a patient that has appendicitis and needs immediate surgery. The patient has an overriding fear of hospitals and doesn't want to undergo the surgery. How do you deal with this difference in opinions?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Prayed, read UT website, read interview feedbacks on SDN, reviewed my primary and secondary applications." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The interview day was mostly low key. It is 2 faculty interviews with individual interviewers." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"My 2nd interviewer (who hadn't even reviewed my file like he was supposed to to ahead of time) was running in out of my interview to go to the OR and my interview that was supposed to last 20-45 minutes lasted almost 2 hours!" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That lunch was gonna be rushed so that we can go on the tour." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Be prepared to answer questions about your activities or your secondary essays. Also be prepared for ethical scenarios. They're required to ask at least one ethical question but some interviewers take that too literarily and ask more than one. They just really want to see your thought process through it not necessarily the right or wrong answers." Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Neutral

How do you rank the facilities?

9 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

$101-$200

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

8 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Hilton

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

On what date did the interview take place?

03/16/2009

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

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

6 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

8 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

8 out of 10

How eco-friendly are the school's application materials and interview process?

6 out of 10

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Please move secondary application materials online for electronic submission. Overall, they were gen" Report Response