Colton, CA
Allopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
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Higher scores indicate a smoother, more positive interview experience with professional staff, organized logistics, and a supportive environment.
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What are your general comments?
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Overall, it was a great experience
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This school really impressed me and the faculty really seems to care about the students and their well being, and the student body seems to be really close and supportive of each other
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It seems like an excellent up and coming medical school and I am very excited to potentially be a part of its new legacy here in San Bernadino, CA!
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This seems like a fantastic program, which I'm sure will have an exceptional reputation once it is fully running.
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Great school! Is above UCR, Loma Linda, CA Northstate, and UC Davis. Has great potential and Inland Empire Drs average 300k/year because it is an underserved area. Plenty of Public Loan Service Opportunities in the area. Great dean!
Length, number, and type of interviews
CUSM-COMP interviews are an average of 31 minutes, with an average of 1 interviews. 100% of interviews are one-on-one, 0% are in-person, and 0% are closed-file.
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
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What was the hardest course you took in college and how did you do with it?
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What do you think makes a good medical school? How do you think CUSM incorporates these values?
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How would you rate your ability to work in a team?
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What are you currently doing for healthcare experience?
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Why CalMed?
What was the most interesting question?
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What was the hardest course you took in college and how did you do with it?
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What about CUSM is attractive to you?
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Tell me a time when you engaged in teamwork. How do doctors perform teamwork?
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From your application I can tell you enjoy philosophy. What is your personal philosophy of life?
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Why would you want to stay in Inland Empire to practice?
How did you prepare for the interview?
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Mock interviews, researched the school
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Practiced these questions: why cusm? why medicine? tell me about yourself? i was well prepared. i also talked to current students
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Mock interviews
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I researched their website, found videos on youtube, and looked on SDN's previous year thread.
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Reviewed information on SDN
What was the most difficult question?
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None, they were all straight forward
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Basically went through my entire app and asked me specifics about every experience - make sure you know your entire app and how to distinguish your experiences from volunteering, healthcare, and research (they put them into those categories) and try to know the hours too
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What achievement are you most proud of in your life.
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What is your experience working with under served populations?
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Tell me more about your upbringing.
What impressed you positively?
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My interviewer wanted to make it the least stressful as possible and it really felt like a chill conversation
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The curriculum is modern and will make sure you retain the info better (it's a flipped classroom with an emphasis on group work)
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The team based aspect
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Even though it's a very young school they are very serious about listening and implementing student feedback. They also present their curriculum in a way that is engaging and makes you take ownership of your learning.
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The faculty's support for their students and their program.
What impressed you negatively?
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The whole day was a little disorganized
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It's a new school so things are constantly changing, also doesn't have loads of research opportunities
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Nothing
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Nothing except that it is a very young medical school so there is some inherent risk in completing my medical education there.
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Lack of federal loans, for now.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
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Some of the programs that I had prepared questions for no longer exist and the website is just not updated. They need to update the website
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How chill and laid back the interview was - it's just a conversation and it's nothing to be a nervous wreck over
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It was very chill, my interviewer was very friendly and the interview was conversation-based. About half of the time was for me to ask questions, so come prepared with good questions to ask.
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The personality test is not used in admissions, it is used for sorting students into small groups ("colleges")
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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
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There needs to be more organized communication
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Nothing, they were so great! (but I also have not contacted them for anything..)
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Please update the school website regularly
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Nothing. Best Admissions Office experience.
Airports Used
50% interviewees used LAX (LAX) , with 25% using Ontario (Ontario) and 13% using ontario airport (ontario airport) and 13% using Los Angeles International Airport (Los Angeles International Airport) .
What was your primary mode of transportation?
Most interviewees traveled by airplane to the interview.
Hotels Recommended by Other Interviewees
Most interviewees stayed at the DoubleTree by Hilton (average ranking 9/10), with some staying at Hilton (average rating 7/10). (Top 3 displayed)
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