Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Response	# Responders
Positively	8
Negatively	0
No change	1

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg	# Responders
3.00	9

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg	# Responders
7.56	9

0 = low, 10 = high

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

Response Avg	# Responders
7.22	9

0 = low, 10 = high

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

Response	# Responders
In Person	0
Virtual	2

Questions

How long was the interview?

Response	# Responders
5 minutes	0
10 minutes	0
15 minutes	0
20 minutes	1
25 minutes	0
30 minutes	6
35 minutes	0
40 minutes	0
45 minutes	1
50 minutes	0
55 minutes	0
60+ minutes	1

Where did the interview take place?

Response	# Responders
At the school	8
At a regional location	0
At another location	0

What was the style of the interview?

Response	# Responders
One-on-one	8
In a group	0

What type of interview was it?

Response	# Responders
Open file	7
Closed file	2

How many people interviewed you?

Response Average	# Responders
2.11	9

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

"How did you arrive at the decision to pursue a medical career?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Tell me more about your non-clinical volunteer experience." 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 is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Tell me more about your academic record (for reference, I started college with a bad GPA and later had a massive upward trend)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Financial planning..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Given your excellent research background, what made you decide to pursue a MD degree over a PhD degree?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

How did you prepare for the interview?

"I prepared by reading and answering generic medical school interview questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"generic prep" More from this Member | Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The medical community appeared to be super wholesome, and the students appeared to be genuinely happy that WMed." More from this Member | Report Response

"also did MMI" More from this Member | Report Response

"Simulation center on campus." More from this Member | Report Response

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What impressed you negatively?

"WMed has SO MANY buzz words and acronyms to describe the various components of their curriculum that it feels difficult to get a sense of what it's like to actually be a student at that school." More from this Member | Report Response

"Would have liked to have seen other campus facilities." More from this Member | Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"I wish I had known more about what to expect from the group interview session." More from this Member | Report Response

What are your general comments?

"The interview day definitely improved my perception of the school. Generally speaking, I'd probably like to go to an older, more established school. However, if this ended up being my only acceptance, then I would have no qualms about going to WMed." More from this Member | Report Response

"Excellent structure to interview day." More from this Member | Report Response

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