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University of Illinois College of Medicine
University of Illinois College of Medicine
  • Year founded: 1882
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University of Illinois College of Medicine
Allopathic Medical School
Chicago, IL
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  • SDN RANKING 2
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 5 270 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 5 2 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $51,658
  • Non - Resident Tuition $84,835
  • Application Fee $70
  • AVG MCAT 511
  • AVG GPA 3.7
  • LIZZYM Score 68.0
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Admissions Information

  • Admissions Office
  • MC-783; Room 165 CME
  • 808 South Wood Street
  • Chicago, IL 60612
  • United States

School Overview

University of Illinois College of Medicine Fast Facts

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School Info

The University of Illinois College of Medicine serves the State across four sites - Chicago, Peoria, Rockford, and Urbana. As the largest medical school in the country with over 2,600 culturally and economically diverse medical students and trainees, the University of Illinois College of Medicine provides superb scientific and clinical training.

Curriculum

The goals of the medical curriculum at Chicago are two-fold: 1. to graduate beginning physicians who have mastered the knowledge, acquired the skills, developed the attitudes, and adopted the professional behavior and commitment to lifelong learning necessary to begin the graduate portion of their study of medicine in the discipline of their choice; and 2. to enable students to learn the arts and sciences of medicine that are basic to any career path open to the medical profession.

Facilities

UIC has tremendous assets in its faculty and its clinical education and research programs. To continue providing the highest level of patient care, attracting the best and brightest faculty and students, and discovering cutting-edge cures and treatments, we must have technically innovative facilities.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 202
Negatively 27
No change 37

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.53 264

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.86 188

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Hand out name tags" More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep being amazing individuals!!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Make sure to accommodate peoples dietary restrictions, especially if you ask about it. Otherwise just specify that accommodations won't be made and people can make their own adjustments." More from this Member | Report Response

"Directions to the conference room were not good. Directions to the interviews were very specific, but let applicants know they will be outside." More from this Member | Report Response

"The application status page looks archaic" More from this Member | Report Response

"Using anything more immediate than physical mail for decisions would do wonders to relieve anxieties of all applicants." More from this Member | Report Response

"Change the system for signing up for an interview date... it's very inconvenient to have to check online for dates that are open and then call in the office to schedule. The website in general is very awkward and hard to figure out. Also, the Chicago spots fill up quickly and they won't give more dates until the other campus interviews fill up. Makes it kind of awkward for OOS who need to interview in Chicago." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing, great experience, really laidback, got to meet a lot of people." More from this Member | Report Response

"Send final decisions through email (and regular mail if accepted)" More from this Member | Report Response

"I found the website to be very difficult to navigate. It seems like there is a lot of very good information on the site, but I had to go through multiple pages to find what I was looking for." More from this Member | Report Response

"utilize email" More from this Member | Report Response

"None." More from this Member | Report Response

"There needs to be an explanation of status changes on the status website. If it wasn't for SDN, I wouldn't have known to call in to schedule an interview when the grid shows up. Also, please make the Dean come on time to his presentation!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Without SDN, I would have had no idea how the whole status update thing works..." More from this Member | Report Response

"Allow students to know who is interviewing them before hand." More from this Member | Report Response

"Status check website is quite mysterious and steps should be taken to make it less cryptic." More from this Member | Report Response

"When offered an interview at the school you need to call in to set up the interview date. The person on the phone was really rude, and I was very unsure where online I could find the dates for the interviews that were being offered. I had to call in twice to get all the date written down and the locations the interviews would be. The person on the phone was quite rude, and very unhelpful. Also, they did not send me a confirmation email till almost a week after my scheduling of the date (4 days before the interview!). The email was very vague about what the day would be like, and what time the day would end, which makes it very challenging for those coming out of town. Basically, since my interview was in the afternoon (11:30 am slot), the day was: 11:30-12:15 Dean of school describes school !2:30-1:30 Lunch with med students 1:30-2 tour of campus 2-4:30 3 separate interviews" More from this Member | Report Response

"Allow applicants to set up interviews online and inform applicants of their status electronically" More from this Member | Report Response

"Email applicants in regards to completion status and interview invites. I would have not known about" More from this Member | Report Response

"Allow students to reschedule! The lady I talked to was sooo rude." More from this Member | Report Response

"gino's pizza" More from this Member | Report Response

"Find better interviewers! One of my interviewers suggested that I should not come to the school beca" More from this Member | Report Response

"Make sure that your interviewers are prepared for interview day. I am definitely understanding thoug" More from this Member | Report Response

"Update the website. Go paperless in applications." More from this Member | Report Response

"Send mail to preferred address on the AMCAS application instead of the permanent address." More from this Member | Report Response

"UIC has, by far, one of the friendliest admissions staff I have dealt with." More from this Member | Report Response

"Revamp status page so that it is more user friendly and informative." More from this Member | Report Response

"I was never contacted by anyone to tell me that I had an interview. This actually happened two years" More from this Member | Report Response

"The staff in admissions was very nice and helpful, no complaints." More from this Member | Report Response

"One of my interviewers seemed indifferent on getting to know me. I was happy that he would allow me" More from this Member | Report Response

"Very friendly overall." More from this Member | Report Response

"Do a ''welcome'' at the beginning - it just promotes a higher level of feeling comfortable." More from this Member | Report Response

"Staff more people." More from this Member | Report Response

"Abandon the panel interview in favor of two individual interviews." More from this Member | Report Response

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

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

"Who is your role model?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the difference between empathy and compassion?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some qualities of a good physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine/What led you here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How would you want others to describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you be an advocate for a patient?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think would happen to the Affordable Care Act now? ( talked a lot about Obamacare)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something interesting about yourself that can't be found in your essays (all 3 asked me this)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"have you done any clinical research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why don't you want to be an engineer? (My dad's an engineer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why should I save a spot for you at UIC? Are you going to come here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So I see you're a musician, what do you love about music?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Same ethic questions that other people have mentioned" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why MD/PhD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your thoughts on defensive medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why the low GPA? Tell me about your most significant research experience (very detailed here, talked for half the time about it). Why medicine and not just PhD (I have a lot of research)? Tell me more about your clinical experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Interview 1: If you sent a patient to multiple specialists but they could not reach a consensus, what would you do? What is your opinion about government mandated HPV vaccinations for elementray school children? How would you demonstrate cultural competence as a physician? (Jokingly) If you were a kitchen appliance, what would you be and why? Most questions came from a script." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know any Indian people? If you had a day off from school or work what would you do? Will you continue to do the extracurriculars or things you did in college at UIC? Will you continue to do research at UIC?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if parents of a patient refused treatment for their child's club foot because the club foot was a blessing in their culture and treatment would bring shame to the family" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does patient advocacy mean to you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why medicine & not grad school? (i have a lot of research experience)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about health care reform?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why UIC? Why do you want to be a doctor? (Actually, all three asked me this.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the best and worst part of (one of my particular clinical experiences)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you like your patients to describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think professionalism means?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a hardship of yours." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Discuss a time when you were faced with an ethical dilemma." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why UIC/Chicago? (I am OOS)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one attribute that you find most important in a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think are some issues in health care? What are your weaknesses? What would you do if a female patient only wanted a female physician, but you were an administrator at a clinic (I'm female) with no clinical privileges & the clinic was full of all male physicians? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Interviewer 1 (MD) : Why Medicine. Why UIC. What do you think of Pres. Obama's healthcare plan. From here on it became a rather one-sided lecture on the benefits of the public option. (I felt like I blew the interview because of the lecture-like nature of the "interview" - it didn't help that this was my very first med school interview)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Faculty: Tell me about yourself. Why UIC? Name some of your strengths and weakness. How would your best friend/parents describe you? What are the top 3 problems facing physicians? Ethical question about an uninsured patient who requests that you pretend he is his brother who has insurance who needs emergency procedure. What would you do if you couldn't be a physician? How do you handle stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why UIC? (I'm OOS)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What interests you about medicine? Why UIC? Do you have any questions for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? where do you see yourself in 5/10/15 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Tell me about x,y,z activity." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Had a medical student interview me. Very relaxed. What is your favorite movie and book?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. Hypothetical situation about abortion/parental notification. Hypothetical situation about giving a patient the wrong medication but there is no adverse effect - what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 5/10/15 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How has your view of the medical profession changed since you were a child?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor? What is the most important scientific innovation made in the last 10 years? If a patient was going to die in two months no matter the treatment given what would you do? Why UIC?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Interviewer 1: Why do you do research? What makes you want to volunteer? What do you think the biggest issue is in healthcare right now? What specialty do you want to pursue? As a doctor how would you help the uninsured population? (just you) What made you want to become a doctor? Tell me about some medical innovations that have been significant recently." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Interview 1: (Basic questions) Why Medicine? Why UIC? Where would you travel and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you deal with a stressful situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why UIC? Do you know what Socialized Medicine is? Tell me about your volunteer experiences. Can you speak Gujurati?( this question, and other questions were asked about my secondary application)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a typical day in your life 15 or 20 years from now." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about yourself, your family and your life in general up to this point. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. What are your strengths and weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"MD, faculty: Have you considered other professions? Tell me about your life. Are there other MDs in your family? Why medicine? Tell me about a time when your integrity was questioned." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"see above" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What specialty are you interested in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths/weaknesses? How would your friends describe you? If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? What problems do you think physicians (as a group) encounter? What are the most important issues in this election for you personally?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you prepare for the rigors of med school/what do you do for stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were a medical student and you made a mistake no one would find out about, would you tell someone the next day?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is your hero? Why do you want to be doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See two above" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"What do you think about socialized medicine? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you cope with stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you solve the healthcare crisis?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself (which progressed into health policy)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's wrong with healthcare, what are some issues facing healthcare" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you come to UIC if the Urban Health Program wasn't here? (I told my interviewer that it was a big draw for me.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some problems in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why UIC? Describe yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do I manage stress and frustrations" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Future problem in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Future of medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you feel are some major issues regarding public health in the future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Three most recent advances in medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us a little bit about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"2 of the interviews were pretty pointless...no good questions...the 3rd was great...they two students asked the normal questions about stress and dealing with failure" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you looking for in a school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"this was a while ago... i don't really remember..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What area of practice do you want to enter?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The U.S. healthcare and how do you plan to fix it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why and MD/JD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"''How and why would you persuade (a) an obese stranger with no scientific knowledge and (b) a fellow classmate in college to take a biochemistry class?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do when you aren't studying, thinking about being a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's wrong with our healthcare system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See interesting question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is wrong with the US health care system? What can be done about it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See above for examples" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a significant experience which led you toward the medical career. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is angina? How do you treat it? Can you tell me the physiology of how the medication works? (Don't worry, they probably asked me that because I work at a cardiology clinic)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe various health care systems in the world. What is wrong with American health care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be in an MD/PhD program?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Be sure to have some questions==you see three people and they all say : do you have any questions for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how well do you handle stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Of all the medical schools you've applied to, where does UIC rank?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about how you decided on medicine. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to become a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why a doctor and not something else in the medical field (RN, public health, etc)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What motivated you to volunteer in so many different places?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Discuss the 3 major healthcare systems (was kind of vague in his approach didn't know what he was looking for at first, but in case anyone cares, looking for US, England, and Canada)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine instead of another career that emphasizes contribution to society? (Asked by student interviewer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to become a Dr.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why the university of illinois?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do in your free time? Hobbies." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your opinion of the state of healthcare in the US?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your opinion of health care in the US? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you do research? Explain it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is one big problem facing medicine today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you fix healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a weakness you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Lots of questions specific to what I'd written in my essays- the only thing they have to look at during the interview is your essays." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me what you do for fun." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do in your free time or to relieve stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself and why you want to go into medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of doctor do you want to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is something about you that is not in your file that you'd like me to know?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why University of Illinois?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of research do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you passionate about? How has this affected your desire to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Considering that your parents are both doctors, what do they think about you doing rural health?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"what qualities should a physician have? (they jumped rigtht into my application, didn't ask "Tell me about yourself" or anything)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did growing up on a farm shape your outlook on life and contribute to your interest in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your research. (may want to bring a blank sheet of paper and a functioning pen--the guy asked me to draw out diagrams)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Besides patient care, what other responsibilities should doctors assume?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your thoughts on the U.S. healthcare system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a situation where your integrity was challenged?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"would you really consider coming here? (i attend an ivy league school)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of medicine do you want to practice?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why do you want to be a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you read a newspaper? What artistic talents do you have? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you caught a student cheating, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What academic obstacle have you overcome?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In your essay, you talk about compassionate medicine. What does it mean to be a compassionate physician? How will you go about doing this?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your (undergraduate) school is very prestigous in medicine, why do you want to come to UIC?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? The interviewers only had the AMCAS personal statement. They did not have the MCAT scores either. So 2 of the 3 interviewers had some follow up questions on my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you go to your undergradute college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your friends describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why Do yo want to go to UIC" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"questions regarding my personal statement, which is all they had." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how did your interest in birds come about? from personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"best and worse trait about you" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"where do you see yourself 10-15 years down the road?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medical school now? (I'm a nontraditional applicant)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why do you want to go into medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Problems in health care " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why should UIC pick you. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a problem in medicine that you see?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you here, why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you support to War in IRAQ? (Pick Yes or no) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What made you want to become a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us a bit about yourself. Then various questions about attending boarding school and majoring in the humanities in college." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you ever consider the field of informatics; it is a burgeoning field in medicine ( I have a background in computers)? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you plan to finance your medical education?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your free time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"We don't expect you to offer solutions, but what are some current issues in health care that concern you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how has my integrity been tested" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about a time where you thought you might not succeed, and how you dealt with that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why UIC? What do you do for fun? How many books do you read a year? Would you treat an uninsured child in your clinic if you knew his family could not pay?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell us about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine and not social work or something similar?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be involved in the field of medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"With all the quality medical schools in Chicago, why would you choose UIC?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"List 3 words that describe you and elaborate on one of them." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Personal strengths and weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your volunteer work." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will AIDS affect us and why should we do something about it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who or what have been the greatest influences on your decision to practice medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's your favorite movie?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How do you handle stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What qualities make a good physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What personal characteristics might hinder your success as a physician" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you de-stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose your college? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about something not in your personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Lots of Questions about my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do your relieve your stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What qualities do you have that would make you a good doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Lots of questions about the personal statement" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why UIC? (Be prepared for this one)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are your pet peeves?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was your decision to pursue medicine a lightbulb moment?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to come to this medical school (UIC)? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Getting a PhD requires a lot of time in the lab, do you think you can put in the time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you relax?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"How would you want your future patients to describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your most embarrassing story?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"An ethical scenario about how to respond to a physician being upset with you." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What question do you want to be asked?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have you dealt with a stressful situation" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A lot of a physician's life has to do with mentorship. Teach me how to do something." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A lot of ethical questions, but they chose from a list" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite fairy tale? And why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what will you do if you get into medical school and you find yourself failing the first year" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing really" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What about the money?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just regular questions. Nothing was really special" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like about Chicago/what have you seen in the city (b/c I had visited previously)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you knew a colleague was abusing drugs, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does translational research mean to you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were a kitchen appliance, what would you be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of car do you drive? Did you buy it? Was it new or used when you bought it? How does it drive/ How do you drive on the highway?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If medications A and B were available, with A being the most effective and expensive, what would you do if your patient couldnt afford medication A?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one of your weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"do you want to go into medicine because of your parents? (parents are docs)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a person wanted a physician of a specific gender that was not available in that field at the time, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What qualities do you want your patients to see in you as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(I'm a double major) How do you feel your academic pursuits outside of science will help you academically in the future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you deal with a difficult roomate" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think healthcare bill would be a success? (Note: My interview was just one day after health care bill was passed)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In light of the recent health care legislation, what would you do as a doctor to improve the health of the 400-500 (as opposed to improving the health of millions) patients that you treat?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your emotional intelligence? (do you have realistic expectations for yourself and others?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you saw a classmate make a nonessential mistake" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So why is HIV such a problem in Africa? (This was asked since we were talking about my NGO work in East Africa.) What do you think about healthcare? (About which he meant: healthcare reform.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if there were no need of doctors in the world? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Interviewer 3 : Recent Advancements in medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethical question about uninsured paient" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you pay for medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite subject?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really unexpected/interesting..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If your best friend was here and you were not, what will he or she say about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your best friend. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A lot of questions about my activities, hobbies and life experiences. Everything was conversational and relaxed." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you attend a different campus? (UIC has multiple campuses for 2-4 yrs)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When have you felt like you actually helped somebody?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does professionalism mean?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most difficult problem you ever had to solve in school? Note: I am an engineering major, so this question is specific to one of my secondary responses. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a patient was going to die in two months no matter the treatment given what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As a doctor how would you help the uninsured population, singlehandedly?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Our medical school class is big, how would you handle that?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself (they said I could say whatever I wanted, so I started with where and how I grew up and ended with hobbies and my college experience)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think that Quantum Mechanics and Biochemistry can be combined into a single study?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were queen of the country and you could do anything you want, how would you improve the health care system without raising taxes?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"where do you see yourself in 15 years ? give hour by hour details. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing. I felt like everything was pretty standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you like your patient's to describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time when your integrity was challenged." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you like solving problems?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why are there still disparities in healthcare and what can be done to solve them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would a friend describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you describe professionalism?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are three recent break-throughs in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you teach ethics? (not me personally, just in general)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you having cancer and your father having cancer pique your interest in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I didn't really get any interesting questions; they were mostly the standard ''why medicine'' type questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were a doctor and the 16 year old daughter of your family friend asked you for birth control pills, would you prescribe them to her?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a patient who was a Jehovah's Witness and the patriarch of the family told you (the physician) that he did not want his wife (the patient) to know that she was going to die if she didn't receive the treatment that their religion would not allow, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever had at time where your integrity was questioned and how did you respond? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could meet any historical figure, which one would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you watch any medical TV shows? Which ones?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the biggest problem in healthcare right now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you fix our health system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about you that I don't know." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As an uninsured individual going into medicine how has that affected your impression of the US healthcare system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me a story about where you work." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It layman's terms tell me three major innovations in medicine. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite cocktail drink?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your best friends describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you see in the future for medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you see is the biggest problem affecting health care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are three recent important advances in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you think the future of medicine is going?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many bottles of shampoo are consumed in US hotels every year? (thought process...not a number)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing special... Pretty standard questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you think the greatest scientific technology out there right now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you encountered a poor lecturer?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of books do you like to read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you apply late? What if you don't get in this year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why an MD/JD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"1. ''What do you know about HMO's and PPO's.'' 2. ''As a doctor who is a Christian, how would you face a situation that challenged your values or beliefs, such as working in an abortion clinic.'' 3. ''How would you deal with a poverty-stricken patient who needed a critical lab test but didn't have insurance or the funds to do so?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How important do you think a school/the institution is in determining the ultimate success of its students?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is your role model?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you say something for me in Spanish? (I'm a Spanish major)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if a woman who had no insurance and an adenoma came to you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If i took a course in English before I moved here from India" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What made you change your mind and pursue medicine? (from teaching)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you didn't get that result in your research, how would you continue." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think a doctor can play a role in health education?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you show me right now how to take blood pressure? ( I'm a medical assistant)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A patient comes in asking for a prescription for a relative without insurance. What do you/how do you handle the situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most significant technological advancement from the past decade?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you specifically do to change health care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? What you do if you are not accepted? Tell me about a leadership experience. What kind of qualities should a pt. be looking for? What is a book you read recently? Why is communication really important in medicine? What would you like to specialize in? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what my criticisms of the medical field are" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A question about my current research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Will you come here? What can I say to convince you to come here? Who are we competing with? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did someone tell you to take your MCAT again (I had a low score the first time!)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think America should do about our healthcare system. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What in the past decade has changed the face of medicine? (besides a technological development)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A specific question pertaining to my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why am I interested in life-long learning (came up out of general conversation with an interviewer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A few well-prepared questions about my PS." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you do to improve today's healthcare system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Straight up, no emotional bs that you'd put on an application, why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"[All of my questions listed are paraphrased] What do you think you ultimately want from a medical school? (Asked by the physician interviewer) And a personal one from the admissions counselor was the most poignant/emotional" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I moved to U.S when i was in H.S., so one of the questions i was asked was: How did you blend in with the crazy American H.S. kids? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the possibility of disease eradication via genetic manipulation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what type of health-care systems are found in the western world?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"i was not asked any questions i hadn't heard before, it was routine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you tell someone who was just diagnosed with a disability, could you identify?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you plan to instill your ethical standards in your son, and how? (I have a four-month-old.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do for fun and how are you going to incorporate this in your life as a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the advantages and disadvantages of starting medical school at this time in your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As a physician to a pregnant couple, would you or wouldn't you tell them that their unborn child has a developmental problem? If you would tell them, how would you break the news?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you fix healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How much was entering medical school my idea? What are my real motivations for becoming a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you most concerned about in starting medical school? (The M2 asked me this and when I told him, he reassured me that I need not worry about it.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a good friend asked if she could cheat off of you on an exam, what would you tell her? How would you deal with the situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you handle the difficulties of US's privitized health insurance in general, and underinsurance in particular." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time when your integrity was challenged and what you did about it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if a long-time smoker, age 65, came to you and refused to quit smoking? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Describe a situation when you were unsuccessful as a leader."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you ever see yourself working with health policy in the government?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is your favorite author/what do you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you feel that you know 100% what is the life of a physician like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you going to do about the 45 million?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one strength that you feel you possess that will make you a better doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most influential book you've ever read? What is the most recent book you've read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is the one person who has motivated you the most?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your involvement in Amensty International" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you feel if the health care system was changed to something similiar to Canada vs. ours now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you don't get into medical school, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did growing up on a farm shape your outlook on life and contribute to your interest in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what does a school's attitudes on diversity reflect on its character?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you going to deal with the emotional toll of dealing with sick patients?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you decide between allopathic and osteopathic schools (a question specific to my personal statement)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a situation where your integrity was challenged?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"medical student interview was all ethics questions, so be prepared for those, like: if you're are physician and your friend's niece comes to you for birth control, what do you do? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you think is the meaning of life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think healthcare is a right or a priveledge? I say right, interviewer says, "So you think we should amend the constitution to say that all Americans have the right to all healthcare? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you think of a situation in which you felt you truly helped somebody?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's your pet peeve?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name one word that describes yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you will be satsified with the size of the indian community here? ( I interviewed at rockford and am of Indian descent). " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you manage time for volunteering if you want to do serious research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you change about healthcare (everything was quite standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a friend who had a fourteen year old daughter and she came to you for birth control, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about stem cell research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No interesting questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you have any role models that you have used to pattern yourself after? (based on my desire to do research)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are my feelings about the current health practices in the US. (they weren't looking for a solution, just what i thought)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you change the healthcare system to address the needs of the uninsured?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As far as the questions were concerned, nothing was that difficult. I honestly do not remember them, but if you look at other postings you will get a rough idea. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"typical med school questions were asked, nothing out of the ordinary" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you balance your personal and professional lives as a physician? Do you think this will be a problem for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"well, they didn't read much of my essays... looking for some who interviews the afternoon of March 23... trying to find out the name of the panel interviewers........ HELP" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If the teen daughter of your friend came to you asking for stuff on sex, what would you do" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know what cretinism is?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How was your experience in Mexico? (This was based on a very early activity that I wrote about in my personal statement); it was surprising because I had also mentioned many others things following that, which were more recent." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What draws you to Chicago for medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All questions were repeats of what I had seen on this site. Every single one!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think the trend towards legislating morality affects the practice of medicine? (long question, this is a paraphrase) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you familiar with the theory of Evolution? If so, have you ever thought about what medicine is doing to the theory." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about the "economic incentives" of going into medicine? (This was taken from my personal statement)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think medicine is a right or a priviledge?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your family." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why I think people choose certain specialties (radiology vs. derm vs. ER etc)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Use three words to describe yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you see yourself more on the cognitive side of medicine or the procedural side?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you ever consider the field of informatics; it is a burgeoning field in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Considering the growing obesity problem in the U.S., what kind of programs would you implement to address this problem and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if a patient's insurance did not cover a test you wanted to run?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could eat dinner with any 3 people, dead or alive, who would your choose and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe the ideal day." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were working in the ER and had a patient that kept talking to you about their problems/venting for an excessive amount of time, how would you handle it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One of the doctors was French/Canadian so he asked me some questions in French which I thought was pretty cool. (since he read that I spoke french)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the biggest problem you see with adolescents? (not necessarily just a health related problem)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If there was a patient that needed a CAT scan but their insurance company wouldn't pay for it, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How I would apply the philosophy of the book I was reading to medical school - have had a number of interviews and haven't had anything similar asked." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were all pretty straight forward questions. Perhaps the most interesting question was what the last book I read was." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Imagine you are the President of the U.S.; how do you plan to pay for nationalized healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about something you've done unrelated to medicine that has helped someone else." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What undergraduate class do you think will help you most in med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about an instance when you impacted someone other than a family member." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would someone who doesn't like you say about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will AIDS affect us (US & world wide) and what should we do about it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really, pretty basic stuff" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would be the most difficult thing about being a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What will be your biggest challenge in med school and how will you face it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"With limited resources, how should we go about rationing healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many languages do you speak?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would I approach an overachieving med student who was abnoxious and hard to get along with?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What personal characteristics might hinder your success as a physician" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you encourage medical students to practice in underserved areas in the future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you mad?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing interesting at all really, just standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What types of things do you think you will be able to offer the medical community besides excellent patient care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was a situation in which your integrity was challenged?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how do you motivate yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some problems with the public health system today? How can they be solved?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever had a negative experience with one of your physicians, and how did that affect your decision to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You've mentioned your pets, can you tell us about them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you solve the problem of medically underserved geographic locations? (The Rural Medicine program at Rockford is particularly prominent)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think we should pay for organ donations?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"you said you see yourself with a family in 10 years... how do you plan to deal with the stresses of a family and being a doctor." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your typical afternoon." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A survey was conducted among current Physicians. What factor do you think contributed the most to their happiness with their careers?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me three characteristics of a good doctor." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what would you improve about yourself to become a better physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your friends describe you? (I said outgoing) Why would they describe you as outgoing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you solve the problem of uninsured people?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. All were pretty basic questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you plan to do with an MD/PhD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about the situation in Afghanistan, specifically that the US is dropping bombs while giving aid." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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What do you like most?

"Emphasis on clinical medicine and the actual day-to-day practice thereof" | Report Response

"UIUC Campus - extremely high level of personal attention and support from the administration and faculty, the collegiate atmosphere, and the research opportunities" | Report Response

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"Limited (and limitations of) campus study space" | Report Response

"Nothing thus far, but I'm sure satisfaction depends entirely upon campus - the UIUC campus is typically lumped in with the others in reviews, rankings, and reputation but there is clearly a higher caliber of research and a different personality than Chicago etc." | Report Response

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About the LizzyM Score

LizzyM, SDN Moderator and medical school admissions committee member, is the inventor of the LizzyM Score. The score allows you to see if you are a competitive applicant at a given school. If your LizzyM Score is far below or above the average, you may not be a good fit. If your score is far below, your application may be screened out due to numerical cutoffs. If it is far above, the school may assume they are your “safety” school and that you won’t attend if they offer an acceptance. This score should be used only as a guide to help you select schools and is not a guarantee of acceptance at any school. If you use this as your sole criteria to select medical schools to apply to, you don’t deserve to get in anyway.

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SDN Ranking identifies how SDN members perceive the quality of a school relative to other schools of the same type (e.g., other Medical Schools, other Dental schools, etc.). Schools are ranked from 1, perceived as much worse than other schools, to 5, perceived as much better than other schools.

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