How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.18 | 34 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 16 |
| Negatively | 6 |
| No change | 11 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.91 | 33 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.92 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.00 | 26 |
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| Response | # Responders |
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| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 2 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 0 |
| 25 minutes | 1 |
| 30 minutes | 4 |
| 35 minutes | 3 |
| 40 minutes | 3 |
| 45 minutes | 7 |
| 50 minutes | 7 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 27 |
| At a regional location | 3 |
| At another location | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 10 |
| In a group | 24 |
| Response | # Responders |
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| Open file | 27 |
| Closed file | 6 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.18 | 34 |
"Define integrity. Give an example where you showed or failed to show integrity. What did you learn from it?"
"All questions are already mentioned in past students' reviews."
"Define Integrity, example of you demonstrating integrity"
"Signed confidentiality agreement."
"Signed a confidentiality agreement."
"Qualities of a good doc"
"Integrity Series. Truth telling and honesty in Medicine. Qualities that a great physician should possess and how you demonstrated them. The disadvantages of being a doctor."
"How important is honesty and truth-telling for a doctor?"
"Define integrity"
"Integrity questions"
"Explain an organic chemistry reaction in lay person's terms."
"Integrity series...I'm sure they are outlined elsewhere on this forum."
"What attributes do you think make a good doctor? And describe a situation where you have demonstrated these"
"Define integrity."
"Talk about your most memorable/rewarding non-academic experience. (Follow-up questions.)"
"as above"
"What characteristics do you think a good doctor has or needs?"
"What are the qualities that make a good doctor? Why do you want to be a doctor instead of any other health professionals?"
"What qualities a doctor should possess? Do you have them? "
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What kind of medicine do you want to practice?"
"What would you do if your patient came to you for a request for a specific drug. "
"Explain [insert activity] in laymen's terms."
"What is integrity mean? When have you demonstrated it? When has someone demonstrated it (or not) and it affected you?"
"What makes a good leader"
"See above."
"Talk about your volunteer experience (your choice) (I talked about a few)"
"Expand on Research. Do you have honors degree?"
"Integrity questions."
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"Why Medicine? Not another health care field"
"How have you dealt with a recent conflict?"
"Classic questions- Describe yourself, Why do you want to be a physician."
"Do you think you're smart enought to be a doctor? How have you shown this?"
"What are the negatives aspects of being a doctor?"
"Discuss a social issue on a local, regional, or national level."
"What do you think we can learn from the American health care system? The French?"
"Why medicine?"
"Talk about a social problem locally, regionally or globally."
"Why do you play piano? Who is your favorite composer and why?"
"Describe a time when you displayed X quality of a doctor."
"What do you think of the Olympic bid?"
"What is a major social issue in Canada currently? Have you done anything to deal with it?"
"Tell us about a conflict that you've experienced and what you learned from it."
"What three qualities makes a good dr and how have you demonstrated these qualities."
"See above."
"Explain to us this research project that you did at ______"
"Most meaningful volunteer experience. Expand on the activity x."
"Describe the qualities necessary for a doctor, the challenges they face as physicians, and how do u display the former qualities yourself?"
"Talk about truth-telling"
"All very directed questions about my experiences - one was asking me what something meant in greek b/c I had travelled in greece four years ago - although I just laughed and said I had no idea and that I barely spoke greek when I was there- so they all laughed and I didn't feel bad about not knowing the answer "
"Why medicine as opposed to any other career?"
"How did you get involved in volunteer activity X?"
"Tell us about your research, explain it in layman's terms."
"WHat is a current social issue?"
"What are the qualities of a good physician."
"Why medicine? Why do you want to be a doctor."
"Why not be a nurse?"
"Why not another healthcare profession?"
"Honesty and truth telling in medicine. Example of a conflict and what you learned from it."
"The one volunteer work you enjoyed the least and why?"
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"None. It was just boring standardized questions."
"They asked me about a technical term from piano, which I play and mentioned in my application"
"Why do you want to work in the community that you volunteer in?"
"What does ischemia mean? (the word was in my essay = do not use medical words in med school application forms)"
"What's a local, national or global non-medical issue that you're passionate about?"
"Integrity series... particulary the 2nd one. I told a story which I felt very silly at the end for what I did, the panel laughed so bad. The worst thing was that I was laughing with them lol that was really funny. "
"After telling them about a personal experience, they asked if i would ever lie to a patient."
"Imagine both my 87 yr old mother and I (the interviewer) walk into your clinic. You, our family doctor, has just gotten the results that my mother has cancer. You tell me (the interviewer) about the results first. I, however, say to you not to tell the results to my mother. Note: She is able to think and decide for herself. What will you do? "
"Explain your research using layman's terms, in 5 minutes or less"
"If I was in a clinic in Africa and had all my supplies were stolen how would I practice medicine?"
"Why I volunteered with the groups/organizations that I did."
"Describe the process of building a skateboard (I have run a small business building skateboards)"
"Do you think that BC's medical system needs revamping? If so, how?"
"Tell us in laymans terms about your research and why you came to those conclusions."
"Integrity series."
"No interesting questions. All questions were very very STANDARD."
"Teach us a topic that you're familiar with. (They suggested anything from organic chemistry to electronics - something I'm into.)"
"Describe my research"
"The "technical" question."
"please explain in layman's term what your research project is about"
"A slur of questions revolving "integrity": what do you think integrity means, discuss a situation in which you displayed integrity, share an experience of someone displaying or lack thereof integrity."
"What is the biggest challenge we face globally?"
"The technical question re: music."
"How do you feel about the use of ice post injury?"
"Why did you become a physiotherapist?"
"Cost-benefit analysis of situations."
"Talk about a time you were involved in a conflict, how you resolved it and what you learned."
"They asked me to explain my research in laymen's terms...and then kept on pressing me about the details of site-directed mutagenesis which was a trivial part of my research."
"Describe a time where you had to deal with conflict and what you learned from it. "
"I found all of the questions pretty straightforward and had prepared for all of them."
"What are you currently doing to help a troubled group of people in your community."
"Explain your research as if we were high school students."
"Explain your past research in layman's terms."
"The one about my last co-op research experience... heck I thought I was prepared for it but it was so hard to draw analogies... I tried though. "
"They followed the exact structure of the standard questions. None that i was surprised by."
"How will you tell someone about ---- in layman's term?"
"Tell us about a social problem"
"Nothing was out of the blue, all the questions whether ethical etc. were based on my experiences ie worked with cancer pts so ethical question was about cancer and palliative care"
"What qualities do you expect to see in a good physician? How have you demonstrated these qualities?"
"A multi-part question where I had to list qualities I thought were important in a dr, then define them, and then give examples from my past experience that showed that I had these qualities."
"What was your most meaningful volunteer experience? (I ended up talking about one experience very generally, it wasn't until later I thought of a specific story that would have been good)."
"Describe in layman's terms, what your research consists of."
"How has your community involvement affected you or something along those lines."
"Integrity series."
"No particular difficult question."
"The integrity series. (1) Define integrity. (2) Describe a time when you demonstrated your integrity. (3) Describe a time when somebody else's integrity or lack thereof impacted you."
"Define integrity and describe a situation where I personally had to deal with a person that was showing a lack of integrity and what I did to manage it"
"The integrity series."
"A 3 parter question about integrity: define integrity, give an example of you demonstrating integrity, give an example of someone else demonstrating integrity"
"Same as the above."
"Tell us what integrity means to you, and give us an example to back up your points. "
"Describe a time in which someone's integrity or lack thereof affected you either positively or negatively."
"How do you feel about the conflict in the Middle East. "
"Your young female patient wants a genetic test to see if she has the breast ca gene, but her mother does not want her to have the test what do you do?"
"Didn't. Had some interviews before this one, but this was my first and last MMI."
"Knew my essay and resume inside and out. Thought of a few key stories, examples that could answer a variety of questions. Asked current med students for advice. Prayed!!!"
"This was my 7th and last interview, so I slacked a bit."
"I practiced some standard interview questions. I did a couple mock interviews with friends."
"current events (CBC health web/radio), Macleans mag, interviewed some docs, reflected on my resume/application, practiced my answers, thought about ethical dilemmas and framework for solving them...."
"I talked to strangers. :) "
"Over the last month I've been writing out the answers to all of the questions that I could get ahold of; I taped myself answering them; I practiced with my partner; reviewed by essay and work; and gave myself a lot of pep talks."
"Practice interviews with med students and used this webiste. This school uses questions from a binder (i.e. prepared questions) so a lot of questions I got in my actual interview were on this webiste. So for this school use this website a lot and think of answers to ALL the questions"
"The usual."
"3 mock interviews. 1 was videotaped with 2 other people. 1 online (MSN) with a classmate. The other one was 1 to 1 the night before the interview... in my suit! I think they all helped, big time. Other things include reading an ethics book (Doing Right), reading news archive (not really helped), going over the journals that I kept for some of my volunteer work, write down questions and come up with answers (yes sometimes you KNOW what to say, but then when you practice you realize how un-convincing you are, hehe), talking to parents/ friends about various questions (eg. honesty, integrity). Check out this site, the Ezboard, emailed current med students... etc"
"Checked out this website. Mock interview with friends. A lot of reflecting on own's experiences (work/volunteer/academic)."
"Prepared answers for the most frequently asked questions that I collected through web-research, and practiced with friend. "
"introspection"
"read essay, talking to friends"
"Read over my application and did a lot of reflection and practiced some common questions with a friend - b/c sometimes what sounds great in your head isn't so great out loud :)"
"Introspection, reviewed my application, practiced maintaining a professional demeanor. "
"Went over my application, determined what I'd learned from each experience, had strong arguments prepared for the 'why be a dr.' question, made sure I was comfortable in what I wore."
"Not much, I was just getting back from a trip to South America, although I had prepared alot for interviews the previous year..."
"Read newspapers, read over bioethical texts, researched the school, kept up with current events."
"Mock interviews, read the forums, read romanov report, talked with my supervisor and past interviewees and interviewers"
"Didn't really prep at all, other than reading some ethics books."
"Practiced with friends, read the sdn forums."
"Reflected a lot. Looked over my essay and extra-curricular list, as those are the only materials that the interviewers have."
"Read the paper, current health care reports, Macleans Magazine..."
"Read a lot about BC healthcare. Questioned why I want to be a doctor, etc."
"watched the news, read the Macleans, read my applications, introspection, visited the med student forum online"
"Reviewed my application essay and extracurricular activities, read the newspaper, and reviewed current health care issues in Canada."
"read the many stuff on this website, newspapers, ..."
"Reflected a lot. Rehearsed a lot with others."
"Read newspaper. Reviewed application."
"Nothing at all. But I do appreciate some of my interviewers for ''breaking the rules'' and having somewhat of a conversation with me. "
"The whole interview process was very well organized."
"The facilities and students... but then being a UBC ugrad they weren't any surprises."
"Vancouver is an amazing city. Also, the new building is beautiful and top notch."
"New facilities, nice interviewers and very nice students."
"How great the med students were! Extremely friendly, and the wine and cheese hosted by the Med Soc was excellent. "
"People seemed to want you to succeed."
"Excellent treatment of the applicants. Party at night (wine and chesse and discussion about distributed program)"
"Facilities are top-notch. The overall program is really-well organized and emphasizes early clinical exposure. Excellent faculty. From what I've seen UBC is among the top here in Canada - I'd go here over University of Toronto or McGill."
"Top notch facilities. Likely the best available in Canada. Phenomenal city in which to study medicine."
"They just let me talk talk talk. I personally wasn't intimidated by them at all, I wasn't nervious neither. "
"They all had a very positive attitude and seemed to be listening."
"The volunteers were great to talk with, and really helped relieve my stress (a little!)"
"The school is very well organized, and so was the interview process"
"i graduated from ubc, so everything impressed me :)"
"The kindness of the interviewers - they were not out to get you! They would ask a question and if I wasn't answering it how they wanted they would ask a more detailed question so I had a chance at all questions. Lots of laughs and relaxed (helped me relax too!)"
"The med students were eager to calm us down - and they did a good job of that too."
"Friendly interviews, friendly registration volunteers, lots of info about the school etc available."
"Wine and Cheese had a variety of people there to talk to about the different sites, and the presentations were helpful."
"How friendly the interviewers were."
"how nice the students were and that the whole program made me feel good about just getting to the interview stage"
"All the medical students were nice and enthusiastic about the programme."
"Nothing"
"The new Life Sciences Centre. Nice big lecture halls. The students seemed nice."
"The reception was decent. Current Med students talked to you and tried to calm you down before D-Day"
"The weather."
"A very friendly 4th year med student chatted with me for quite a while before I was called to the interview"
"The interviewers were professional, polite and easygoing."
"everyone was very relaxed, and the interview pannel made feel quite welcomed. "
"They interviewers really gave you the feeling that they were trying to make you feel at ease. They were not adversarial at all."
"Professional and courteous. "
"I wish UBC will get it into their thick heads that the MMI is just a popular trend. I thought it would be better than the panel, but no, nothing much has changed, except maybe they've taken out some bias factor (but interviewers are human, there's always bias). It's still impersonal, they still don't know anything about you, and they can't have a normal conversation with you. The interview experience was the most awful one I've ever had. The interviewers don't know anything about you, and it doesn't seem like they want to. Several of my interviewers apologized to me for being so cold because they were instructed not to show any emotions to prevent ''treating applicants unfairly.'' Each station is 8 minutes, and if you finish your piece early, you are not allowed to talk to your interviewers, you are supposed to sit there in awkward silence. ''Be yourself''?! That's total BS in this interview format."
"Can't think of anything!"
"Pretty much everything else. My interview panel was very stiff, didn't bother to make much eye contact with me or make me comfortable in any way, and even cut me off in one of my answers (which didn't even go beyond a minute and happen to be to the question ''Why medicine'')."
"The whole interview process was very impersonal. The interview itself was very stiff."
"the subsiduary programs seem very good but I'm not thrilled with having to start out at UBC for first 4 months, then have to move over Christmas to IMP or NMP. "
"The interviewers were not very friendly - a lot of time was spent looking down at their papers instead of at me, so there was very little interaction. "
"The interview panal was very difficult to interact with"
"Nothing. "
"One of the interviewers could not keep his eyes away from the clock and his watch - i felt a bit rushed at times."
"nothing much."
"The 1st year students were not as enthusiastic about their school"
"it was snowing and I forgot my ID"
"?"
"None of the interviewers knew anything of the faculty/curriculum so I couldn't really ask them any questions...Also one of them was wearing track pants and a T-shirt...not really professional. I also felt the interview (since every applicant was asked the same question) didn't do much to allow me to express myself...everything seemed too practiced..."
"Nothing actually."
"The cockiness of a couple of other applicants (before the interviews, we waited together outside the interview rooms)."
"The standardization and formality of the interview, it seemed so one sided. I am used to conversational style interactions and it was strange to have no feedback"
"Nothing"
"If there was anything that was slightly negative, it was that I felt like I could express myself as much as I wanted to during the interview. The interviews tend to be very structured and standardized (my interviewers told me that everyone essentially got asked the same basic questions). Make sure that there are some good solid morals in midst of your story-telling of your personal experiences."
"The interviewers didn't make any eye contact and were really just looking forward to their lunch break"
"Lack of ability to see the campus--the interviews were off-campus."
"The interviewers were quite nice but felt distant at times. I don't know if they really cared about what I said because they didn't ask any follow-up questions. I find the interview to be too standardized, too structured, too impersonal."
"UBC was quite vague regarding the interviewing process, but it does matter one bit if you be yourself at the interview."
"the questions are standardized, and so they are reading them off a paper."
"Nothing that I can recall."
"Don't stress if they keep asking you if you have anything more to say or anything else to add. Just say no if you don't. UBC admissions is crapshoot, so don't take it personally if you don't get in. Try again."
"Do not go early!! I arrived five minutes before my slot. Other applicants had been sitting there stewing for 30 minutes."
"Leave your jacket, portfolio, umbrella, and other things at home - go into the lobby wearing only your interview suit and carrying minimal things (one purse max!) Oh, make sure to dress up too. Everyone is in formal business attire - pretty much dressed to the nines. "
"Nothing hehe. I felt I did all I could to prepare for it, and I said what I wanted to say (95% I say, except the research question that didn't go so well). "
"How to break down my research in very simple terms. They ended up questioning me in parts rather than getting my to explain my entire research."
"that the volunteers and faculty members would be soooo supportive. "
"They provided no food at the information session"
"picture ID"
"Not to be nervous!"
"I went to UBC for undergrad (and now will be going back for med)...so no real 'surprises' arose."
"Nothing...I had been interviewed there before."
"I had a small unpopped pimple on my face."
"I wish I had spent more time prepping."
"Nothing"
"The structure of the interview questions."
"That the interviewers don't even look at you, I wouldn't have combed my hair."
"Various examples of other people demonstrating integrity. How to react when you can't think of an answer."
"That the interviewers were nice and not really "out there to get you" per se."
"The waiting room is full of water bottles. No need to buy one from downstairs."
"Nothing."
"I wish I had spent more time synthesizing opinions on I wish I had spent more time synthesizing opinions on current events rather than playing it by ear. "
"MMI based interviews - 10 mini-interviews with 2 minutes to read a prompt and 7 minutes to respond to that prompt to an interviewer. Prompts can be anything, but generally fall into the following categories: ethical, critical thinking, role-playing, health-care system knowledge, rural care knowledge"
"I was relaxed and gave full answers. I wanted them to see my personality and I believe they did. The interviewers seemed genuinely interested in what I had to say. We finished the standard questions in 40 minutes and chatted until it was time to go . . . we ended up talking about the Simpsons!!"
"It's a big crapshot. Some of my friends had very accomodating interviewers; others, like me, were not very fortunate. UBC seems to be looking for different qualities from most other schools."
"very comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. NO question opportunity for the interviewee as the interviewers are not school reps."
"Interviewers were not very friendly - a family member who came with me even commented that when she saw me exiting the interview space with them, they seemed a lot colder than the others. This made it kind of difficult to talk to them, and the interview had a few stony silences. "
"It was a good experience. It gave me the chance to talk about things that I care about. The interviewers were all friendly and receptive."
"Pretty casual interview but this could definitely depend on the interview panel you end up with. The school can't be beat, and in my opinion easily tops McGill & U of T in terms of facilities & curriculum approach."
"Awesome! After the integrity one I felt the mood lightened up. Well the best thing is that it really WAS a funny experience, and they really laughed, like for real, I thought that was fun, and the way an interview suppose to be! You shouldn't just be serious (well ofcoz you gotta be serious on questions like "why be a doc" and "why honesty matters") but you should also show them the other sides of you!"
"Overall, it was a good experience. I wish i was a bit less stressed during the interview. I definitely was relieved once it was over. "
"The interviewers were simply reading questions that they were provided with. As a result, I really felt like there was a lack of interaction from the interviewers' part."
"Friendly, well-prepared interviewers. They had my file in front of them, and it was read, with parts highlighted. Some questions were WAY too open-ended"
"I was nervous, and I couldnt read my interviewers."
"When I first got in I was kind of a dorky nervous giddy :)-, I joked that I wasn't here to interview for medicine (caused me much grief later thinking about it) and when I'm uncomfortable I make jokes so the first part of the interview was really me relaxing. They ease you into the questions and started with the why do you want to be a doctor. I have to admit that half way through answering I blanked for about 20 secs (felt like mins to me) b/c the gravity of what I was doing hit me like a truck! Luckily I regained my composure and continued, but I felt like a dork for blanking during the why do you want to be a doc! After that point it was smooth sailing very comfortable and I was happy with all my answers. They complimented me on my experiences during the interview and were very positive so that made me feel better :). I was worried I didn't come across as very professional because of my jokes (and even though i can be serious that I hadn't showed it - been more Personality if you know what I mean :). Anyways my worring was in vain b/c I was accepted so i suspect my interview went quite well and it was more me overanalyzing later that got me worried. "
"Overall it wasn't as hectic as I thought id'be. I had just had U of A's med school interview two days prior so I knew what to expect more or less. I was called in early for my interview surprisingly (2:40 vs 3:00). I felt depressed after my interview - maybe because I felt I could have done better, but you really don't know since you're adrenaline is high enough anyway."
"I had a very positive, relaxed interview experience. It could have been stressful, but my interview panel was not intimidating at all and very friendly."
"I was very nervous, which is normal for me. The interview was short, which is also normal for me."
"Comfortable, but the questions were very limited (the interviewers had a 'book' of questions from which to choose). They couldn't just continue with a line of questioning."
"Felt great at first and then one hour later began to doubt my answers and felt nervous (basically have convinced myself I bombed), now two months later cannot remember much!"
"It was just really long and because of that, the interview got more and more stressful as it went on. The interviewers really distanced themselves from me so I didn't really have a good feeling throughout the interview."
"The panel interview was a great experience. There was probably a lot of variety among the 30-odd panels that were interviewing, but I really enjoyed talking to my panelists. They made me feel very comfortable from the start, and were very casual about the interview."
"Definately should have been more positive"
"Great location, casual atmosphere."
"Generally enjoyed it. "
"Overall the interviewers made you feel very comfortable and everything went very smoothly."
"It went very fast with questions in quick succession. "
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 12 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 9 |
| Neutral | 2 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.85 | 26 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 24 |
| Out of state | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 12 |
| 2-3 hours | 4 |
| 4-6 hours | 4 |
| 7+ hours | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 6 |
| Automobile | 11 |
| Train or subway | 6 |
| Other | 3 |
YVR
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 1 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 6 |
| Hotel | 3 |
| Home | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 4 |
| $101-$200 | 3 |
| $201-$300 | 0 |
| $301-$400 | 1 |
| $401-$500 | 0 |
| $501+ | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.28 | 25 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.12 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.54 | 26 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.00 | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.00 | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.50 | 2 |
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