Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Response	# Responders
Positively	10
Negatively	1
No change	0

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg	# Responders
4.09	11

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg	# Responders
8.09	11

0 = low, 10 = high

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

Response Avg	# Responders
7.27	11

0 = low, 10 = high

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

Response	# Responders
In Person	0
Virtual	2

Questions

How long was the interview?

Response	# Responders
5 minutes	0
10 minutes	0
15 minutes	0
20 minutes	0
25 minutes	0
30 minutes	0
35 minutes	0
40 minutes	0
45 minutes	0
50 minutes	0
55 minutes	0
60+ minutes	10

Where did the interview take place?

Response	# Responders
At the school	9
At a regional location	0
At another location	2

What was the style of the interview?

Response	# Responders
One-on-one	5
In a group	4

What type of interview was it?

Response	# Responders
Open file	0
Closed file	8

How many people interviewed you?

Response Average	# Responders
7.91	11

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

"Imposter syndrome is a something student deal with, how do you deal with it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Central Michigan University College of Medicine uses an MMI format so the questions vary every year." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Standard MMI prompts, some ethics, some situation judgement, some role-playing" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do I want to be a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Given a list of patients who need an organ, who should get the organ first." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How is rural medicine important?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why Michigan?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

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What was the most difficult question?

"What is the biggest sacrifice you will have to make in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"practice MMI questions" More from this Member | Report Response

"MMI practice questions" More from this Member | Report Response

"Re-reading my application materials and learning more about the MMI format and what that may look like at Central Michigan." More from this Member | Report Response

"Mock interview" More from this Member | Report Response

"Practice MMIs and Bioethics" More from this Member | Report Response

"Reviewed my app, and did a practice MMI" More from this Member | Report Response

"MMI practice" More from this Member | Report Response

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What impressed you positively?

"The faculty seemed very chill and funny! Tried to keep things concise and on-time which was appreciated." More from this Member | Report Response

"Very comfortable atmosphere, interviewers genuinely seemed to care about me as an applicant and were very warm in their interactions. Small group interviews made me feel very comfortable and facilitated great conversation with our interviewers and fellow students." More from this Member | Report Response

"Everyone from the interviewers, to the students, to just other staff members that happened to encounter us were incredibly kinda and welcoming." More from this Member | Report Response

"How excited the students and faculty were about the school. Also the facilities are new and very nice. Cost of living is extremely cheap." More from this Member | Report Response

"The kindness and knowledge of the staff" More from this Member | Report Response

"The students and staff" More from this Member | Report Response

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What impressed you negatively?

"A few of the MMI interviewers seemed disinterested in asking follow up questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"Lack of discussion reguarding research opportunities." More from this Member | Report Response

"Mount Pleasant in the middle of nowhere." More from this Member | Report Response

"Very little to do in the town." More from this Member | Report Response

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The Individual MMI portion seemed to have much more pressure." More from this Member | Report Response

"Just relax, there really is no way to be better prepared for this MMI than to be genuine." More from this Member | Report Response

"How laid back the interview day is." More from this Member | Report Response

"How relaxed the interview day is" More from this Member | Report Response

"Be prepared to answer tough questions and stay on your toes." More from this Member | Report Response

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What are your general comments?

"The interview process for this school greatly increased my desire to go to CMU. Very warm, welcoming, and seemed like the emphasis they place on the student body being a "family" was very apparent in the way the interviewers interacted with me and other interviewees. Overall very comfortable and inviting." More from this Member | Report Response

"This was a great school with kind funny and helpful staff throughout. This was possibly the least stressful interview I've ever been to in my life." More from this Member | Report Response

"Pretty laid back interview day, stay on your toes during interviews and be prepared to discuss topics with other students and solo during interview period." More from this Member | Report Response

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