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Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 37% of interviews, indicating it is moderately regarded. They found the interview generally impressive with a low stress level and felt they did well.
⭐ Overall Impressions ▼
SDN Interview Experience Score
7.4
Good
Generally favorable experience overall, applicants reported positive interactions with some minor issues noted.
Based on 1,189 responses
Score Reference:
9–10 Exceptional
8–8.9 Very Good
7–7.9 Good
6–6.9 Mixed
< 6 Needs Improvement
The SDN Interview Experience Score (SIES) is a composite metric that represents applicants overall impressions of their interview experience, based on multiple factors such as professionalism, facilities, responsiveness, and stress levels.
What was the stress level of the interview?
Most respondents rated their interview as low stress.
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
Most respondents rank this school above all other schools.
How did the interview impress you?
Most respondents felt positively about their interview.
Positively (74%)
Negatively (6%)
No change (20%)
How you think you did?
Most respondents thought they performed well at the interview.
Great (33%)
Good (51%)
Average (15%)
Poor (1%)
What are your general comments?
Applicants generally found the interview experience at Wayne State to be conversational and relaxed, with interviewers being friendly and focusing on getting to know the applicants better. Some applicants appreciated the emphasis on community service and clinical training, but others felt the lack of enthusiasm in promoting the school or discussing its facilities during the interview day.
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Seems like a very community oriented school and the students are very positive and the faculty seems like it really cares.
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Overall I'm sure it's a good school, but I just had a very negative interview experience from the people I had interacted with.
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While they don't ask conventional questions, reviewing them and what you would say, and also going over your experiences, even ones not on your application will help you prepare for unexpected questions.
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I would have liked to know more about the school. I have no idea if I would be a good fit for them. Too much time was devoted to the city of Detroit. That's nice but I'm from OOS and I'm going to medical school not moving to Detroit for a career. They interview a lot and have a huge class size 300 students. It's pass/fail and volunteering is required and so is early clinical exposure but very little specifics were given about the program. I really wasn't sure why they asked me to come.
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Some students discussed a cheating problem the school had and it was interesting how they are dealing with it (but they seemed that the problem is gone)
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Overall, I feel like they got several opportunities to see me perform when faced with questions (and in a quite standardized way.) I don’t feel that I know too much more about the school than I did before going in, but with the sheer amount of people interviewing there, I can understand why it can’t be as in depth and sales-pitchy as other schools. I would still be happy to go there and they know that lol
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Detroit is a really cool city, so give it a fair chance! You will be surprised
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I wish that there was a presentation and that we could have learned more about the school and less about Detroit
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Overall a great experience and i hope to be accepted
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The clinical exposure you can get at Wayne is awesome (from what I heard).
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I was definitely impressed by this school, more than I had hoped to be. The only doubt I have moving forward is the very high OOS tuition. They definitely don't try to shock and awe you during the interview day. They're more of a "here is what we are and what we've got - take it or leave it" style, but the interviewer was very nice and the students were very forthcoming. I actually appreciate this, personally...it's a bit more of a 'real' look.
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The interview was open file, but I had a chance to talk about my path as though my interviewer knew nothing about me. Be prepared to highlight things you feel are important to your story.
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Didn't expect to be super impressed, but I LOVED it.
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This is a solid in-state school and I would love to have the opportunity to attend this place!
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Teaching hospitals are all on one big block. Love the proximity to the medical school. Easy to shadow doctors.
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Very LOW stress so don't panic and just enjoy the day and time you are given
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This is a great school Detroit is also improving and has its own unique charm.
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Great interview experience overall.
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Good luck!
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Very strong traditional school, full cadaver dissection, lots of opportunities to volunteer in clinics right from the start!
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Just know your app and stuff related to it since that's all they really asked about
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Go on the student tour!
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This was a VERY basic interview: she simply flipped through my AMCAS app and asked questions about it
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Seems like a really great school, and everyone I met there was really cool and easy-going.
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Good school for clinical medicine but not as big on research. Auditoriums are more outdated as are other facilities. But still its ok cuz the school is decent for clinical training.
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At WSU, just like any other school, how the interview goes not only depends on you, but mostly the interviewer. Some of them will ask dumb questions but others will ask more meaningful questions. Unfortunately, you don't know the name of the interviewer until you get there.
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School seemed decent but I didn't really like Detroit.
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This is definitely my top choice! It's an excellent school with amazing opportunities and wonderful people!
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I think just because Wayne State does not have its own hospital, but works with about 4-5 awesome hospitals around it, its not rated that high by USNews. I think if you look at the broader picture, Wayne State would be an awesome place to go for med school.
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Overall, it was a very low stress environment and a good experience.
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Its a great school if you want clinical experience.
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Very laid back interview--more like a directed conversation. Bring a bottle of water because your mouth will dry out. Lasted almost 2 hours.
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This school can offer me a lot as a student, and I feel like my interviewer knew my application well and was able to hint at activities, research opportunities etc. that matched my profile.
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My interviewer was pretty uptight and tense and therefore really turned me off. I thought that he asked some questionable questions about ethics, and seemed to criticize me when I disagreed with his viewpoint (even though I was mostly very partial and very respectful of all viewpoints)
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Loved it even more than I expected I would
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Amazing school, awesome hospitals, and the interview is a relaxed day. Good luck at your interview and with the whole application! Pack your own lunch--or run over to the Detroit Receiving hospital (just a few steps from the school) and they have subway and and coffee shop!
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Know your application very well. Be enthusiastic, as they dislike applicants that are subdued and boring. Be (gracefully) aggressive in selling yourself. Don't say anything stupid and you'll be a-ok.
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Also had a really nice and helpful student to stay with. Contacted him via the Student Stay over website.
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Good school, the interview is SUPER relaxed! Seriously, don't even worry about it at all, just be talkative and have a conversation with the person. GOOD LUCK!
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Indeed, the interview was laid-back and was not stressful at all. However, it felt like the interviewer wasn't really gaining anything through talking to me since the entire interview seemed like a reiteration of my entire application.
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Interview was good, however at times I felt that the interviewer didn't probe enough and did not seem to interested in me expanding on certain answers. I found it difficult to describe myself in greater depth than I had in me application. The school seems great, especially if your a commuter student. The large size has its pros and cons.
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They truly do make you feel comfortable. Even though my inteview wasn't structured as I expected, my interviewer was warm and wasn't intimidating.
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I left with mixed feelings...
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Great school for clinical training, not so much for research, they're looking for students heavily involved in the community The interview proceeded in a predictable chronological format of life experiences-very low stress
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It was literally a conversation. We talked for an hour and ten minutes and it still felt like we barely even started.
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The interview was basically just an hour conversation about everything on my AMCAS. They just want to get to know you better and verify that you are what your application says.
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They aren't joking when they say the goal is not to stress you out but to get to know you better. And you should take advantage of that, because your interviewer is going to be your advocate with the admissions committee.
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Overall I had a good experience here, I really liked the school and the students, and the clinical aspect is seemingly unbeatable.
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Very relaxed interview, no difficult or random question
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I was impressed beyond belief. I didn't know much about the program or facilities going in, but after the interview and tour, there was no doubt in my mind that, if accepted, this would be one of my new top choices. Interview is very laid back, so don't worry. It really depends on who you get. I don't think they force their interviewers to have any format because mine literally went top to bottom on my application materials and that was it. Just a conversation for 45 minutes. Very relaxing. Good luck!
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Interviewer flipped through my application, asked some general questions. Not particularly hard or entertaining. I felt like a number on a list so I tried to make things more interesting.
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Wayne's a great school. Yes, it is in Detroit and no, Detroit is not a great city. However, Wayne being in Detroit enables you to receive the best clinical education the state can offer. Literally, instead of reading up on cases like you would at MSUCHM/MSUCOM, you'll actually get to work on the cases at Wayne. Also, don't fret about the negative impressions people have left on SDN. It's mostly because 1) Wayne is in Detroit and 2) the interview itself isn't the best. However, the school itself is great; Wayne consistently turns out the state's best interns year after year because of the hands-on experience you get. One final note, don't let the fact that Wayne is in Detroit deter you from going there. Most students live in fun areas outside of Detroit, like Royal Oak, where they hang out and go to bars together for fun after exams.
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It was a very quick and stress-free day.
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Pretty good overall. low stress. interviewer was enthusiastic about knowing me, and the interview felt pretty conversational once she had gotten some answers from me that seemed sufficient.
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My interviewer was an old weeny who couldn't hold a conversation for very long. He was unimpressed and disinterested with everything on my application, which is odd because I got into UMich and NYU already, so someone must find it impressive. He also misunderstood my research, asking me to tell him about amino acids. Excuse me? You want me to give you a lecture on amino acids and what they are, or do you want to know about my prion research? He also looked at my EC's and goes, ''well, this fits the mold of the prep type applicant.'' What is that supposed to mean? These are just two examples of many that show my interviewer was not quite right in the head. However, beyond the dull interview, I left Detroit feeling very underwhelmed about the school itself. Having already been to four other great schools, Wayne is by far the least impressive school I have seen to date. The facilities are from 60s, the adjacent hospital is old, the medical library is unusable, there is no research establishment to help non-PhD students obtain grants for research (it's all do it yourself unlike other schools that have programs to set you up with researchers and grant money), the student life is non-existent, it's like a community college where no one knows anyone, instead they all just stream lectures online and show up for exams. Also, you don't necessarily stay in Detroit to get the great clinical exposure everyone raves about, instead you're subject to a lottery that can ship you to hospitals such as Oakwood (gasp!). It's not all bad though. Wayne does have great clinical exposure 3rd and 4th years and they do have an impressive match list, so they must be doing something right. In summary, I would only choose Wayne for the instate tuition and nothing else. You can get similar clinical training at other institutions without all the baggage that comes with going to school a commuter school in Detroit.
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I was not happy w/ this school. I know that I'm not going to be coming here...there's a big difference between this school and the other schools i've interviewed at. it makes me appreciate the unique programs top 20 schools have that much more. read below for the type of person WSU is made for... the interview was chill. my interviewer was very nice and it was obvious to me that he was a sharp and excellent clinician. however, the questions he asked me were kind of the ''duh, did you read my application...it says it right there'' type of questions. he did the whole ''eye-burn'' thing very well as an interviewer...you know, when an interviewer locks eyes with you to make you feel uncomfortable and maintains eye contact even during moments of silence LOL. I will not be surprised if I am rejected from this school as it was glaringly obvious during the course of the interview that it was not a fit for me and that i wouldn't come here if i were accepted b/c i want much more from my medical school experience that wayne can't offer me. wayne's for a different type of person/student (read below).
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The interviewer came late and spent the first 20 minutes reading my file with me. Once that was over he got to more interesting questions and things got to be more like a conversation.
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My interviewer had spent a lot of time on my seconday and had a lot of insightful questions to ask about my motivations, and ambitions
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Very laid back interview. My interviewer really wanted to get to know me. The day was not very structured, so I had a chance to wander between my interview and the tour. The tour took us around a sizeable portion of campus and through part of one of the hospitals, but didn't really show anything. Also, they only give you a $5 coupon for lunch...which does not quite cover it. Overall a decent experience though.
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I had an elderly interviewer, who was friendly but I really felt like I needed to carry the interview forward, as he didn't really prompt me much. He asked me to explain my research, and I still don't think he understood it after I explained it. He was very brief, maybe 20 minutes before he asked me if I had any questions. I had a few and then we just talked about random things for about 30 minutes.
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I was impressed by my interviewers. They really tried to get to know me, and I felt comfortable talking to them. You get a really helpful book compiled by current med students. Read it.
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Overall, the interview was very positive. Wayne State is definately near the top of my list.
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I definitely learned some interesting facts about the school and the program, interview was mostly based on a AMCAS file (the interviewer pondered it in detail right before my eyes-unfortunately this left little time for eye contact as he made notes on response as well-this was a bit distracting so I kept my response precise and to the point), and I really appreciated my interviewers thoroughness in learning about my application, though I was expecting a more free flowing conversational approach
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Basically just going over and elaborating on stuff in my file
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I thought the guy was trying to get a rise out of me by humbling me (''you didn't do this, what would you change if you had to reapply?''). But he wasn't overly nasty, I just didn't understand why the entire interview was over my AMCAS application.
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Relaxed and comfortable--no need to be tense or stressed
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The interviewer called me the day before to schedule my interview an hour later because of the snow. I arrived at the Admissions Office waited for the interviewer and I left. There were no other students when I got there and there was no meeting with the Dean.
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It was relaxed and more of a conversation than an interview. I felt that we did almost the same amount of talking during the interview.
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I had a conversation with the coolest/nicest lady, ex-head of Psych dept and Director of Residency program. Nit-picked about every aspect of my AMCAS for 40 minutes, talked about family, my mom's passing due to cancer, and the essay on diversity I wrote for them (which had some strong statements she wanted to ask about). We then had some really good convos about understaffing at the DMC, Psych-related issues for kids (some from my shadowing experience), and our opinions on Press-Gainey surveys (that was a fun one). Overall, a great convo and a very encouraging one.
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Relaxed, although I couldn't get a great read on the interviewer.
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Interviewed (The interviewer was very nice and honest with me about the process and my strengths and weaknesses. Very complete interview overall.) Tour (students loved the school and were proud to be learning medicine at Wayne. Both loved the oppurtunities to work with the underserved and to take advantage of the oppurtunities at the hospital.) Overall, I was pleasantly shocked. I went to Detroit thinking that I wasn't going to like it becaues I am not the biggest fan of Detroit, but I really ended up like the school and all. If I get in, this school will definitely be an option for me.
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Very positive situation overall. My interviwer explained the admissions process in detail, and the tour guides and office staff were very helpful.
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My interviewer was very familiar with my file and created a relaxing environment for me. I had a very nice experience interviewing at this school.
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Arrived to the Office. Gave me a LONG sheet of directions to get to my interviewer's office (I had to walk through 2 hospitals to get there). Interview. Group tour (4-5 other students). Lunch with tour guides.
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I was a little nervous but I think it went well. The interview was shorter than I had expected although there were some tough questions. Such as talking about the current state of insurance and abortion.
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The interview was very laid back and conversational. The interviewer seemed really interested in what I had to say and was very friendly.
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Spent entire time going through which schools I'd been at, what I studied, why I transferred, and what activities I had participated in. Re-cap of the primary application.
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Pleasantly surprised w/ all the hospital facilities. Students seem happy in general. Comparatively, interview was low-stress.
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The interviewer made me feel very relaxed. She seemed genuinely interested in me, and asked me some very interesting questions. However, the school itself and the facilities seemed outdated, the admissions office seemed shabby.
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It's a perfectly fine school. The curriculum is very traditional, so the first two years are spend almost entirely in lecture--very little early clinical experience.
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My interviewer turned out to be from the small area of my native country, I was from. No way...I have met no one from there in North America (other than my family). Awesome! After that it was easy to talk to the interviewer. We had lots of common interests and we discussed our roots back in our native country.
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Overall good - nothing too difficult - low stress.
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It was a great interview. My interviewer was very kind and friendly and it was pretty much just a conversation. We also shared the same views and beliefs about the current situation in Detroit along with the national health care situation, which helped a great deal.
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Good overall, nothing too stressful.
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It is really laid-back. It was essentially just a rehashing of my AMCAS.
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Very casual and low stress. They are really trying to get to know you - not just saying that. I skipped the tour. Whole thing was done in 1.5 hours.
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The interview was 60 minutes long with a dr. it was mostly over the stuff that i had written in the primary and secondary application, and then some basic questions about your family. not really any tricky questions
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It was good.
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The interview was mostly a regurgitation of my AMCAS application (I suggest printing it off and having it handy), as the interviewer simply went through a worksheet asking about my clinical experience, other EC's, research etc., and recorded each. The interview suprisingly opened with him telling me
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It was just a tour and interview, everyone was very nice, the interview was very laid back
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They're just there to go over the basics of your file (and I assume to see if you can carry on a decent conversation and whatnot). and btw, what's up with people claiming that the Detroit's cultural life is sub-par? if you can't find decent entertainment in downtown detroit, then mabye you were never meant to leave the sprawl of oakland county.
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It was pretty laidback
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Very laidback, there was a good amount of interviewer questioning, me questioning
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The interviewer was very friendly and made me feel welcome. None of the questions were designed to make you feel uncomfortable or to catch you off guard.
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We were asked to wait in a small waiting area until our interviewer picked us up. Interview was more conversational. They already know your info from your AMCAS and secondary applications. It was more of a confirmation of some items that were of interest in the application such as research, medical/clinical experiences, and current activities (since I was a non-trad). The interviewer himself provided an overview at how the first two years of medical at WSU would be like.
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Everyone told me ahead of time how relaxed the interviews are and they were right. THe interviewer was super nice and was really interested in learning about my life outside of medicine. She seemed like she really wanted to learn more about me as a persom.
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It was very laid back and convorsational. My interviewer had a reputation of closing his eyes during the interview, which can throw people off at times making it seem like he does not care. However, I just constantly kept trying to keep him engaged and kept his eyes open.
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It was laid back and not as stressful as I had thought it was going to be.
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I drove in from Ann Arbor and there was no traffic so I arrived really early. The staff was really friendly. They told me where my interviewer's office was and gave me some information about financial aid. They also informed me that Wayne State only extends offers once a month and that I wouldn't find out anything for at least 3 weeks:-( My interview was really relaxed. The interviewer just filpped through my file and asked me questions based on what he saw. We often went off on tangents and I think that he may have talked just as much as I did. Afterwards, I went back to the admissions office and waited with other students for the tour, which was cool. We had two tour guides so we could ask plenty of questions (an there was one gentleman who really took advantage). We sat down for a mediocre lunch and then I left. The whole thing took about 3 hours from start to finish.
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It was very impersonal and unprofessional.
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Interview was very basic: interview, tour & lunch with the other candidates.
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My interviewer made a point that this would be a comfortable and relatively stress free interview. It turned out to be just that, as I felt I really had the opportunity to be myself, open up, and converse freely. My interviewer was even sharing past stories with me (hopefully a good sign). It really felt like a good opporunity to showcase my personality in a professional style setting.
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Pretty laid back with a boring tour followed by a ok lunch. The weather is cold so make sure to bring a heavy jacket and gloves!
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Very relaxed and pleasant interview. Most questions were aimed at getting to know me personally and allowed for open end discussion of who I was. Felt the interviewer was really trying to get to know me. Thoroughly Answered all my questions about WSU.
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Good school with an amazing health system attached. The pre-clinical curriculum is seriously constrained by tradition, however, and the area is not the greatest nor is there anything to do.
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Overall, it was a great experience. The interview was very relaxed and an opportunity for the interviewer to get to know me better and to better understand the activities listed on my AMCAS in order to present the best possible case for me to be admitted to the admissions committee.
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My interview was at 10 and lasted a little over an hour, followed by a student-guided tour of the school and hospitals and finally, lunch. since this was my first interview, i was nervous, but there was no need. my entire interview was a conversation with me asking a lot of questions too. don't be nervous, i think that they want to see more of your communication skills.
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I showed up 15 minutes early and waited for about 30 minutes for my interviewer to show up. He interviewed me for near an hour. Then I had to wait 2 hours until the tour (you can optionally sit in on a class, but I didn't want to).
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Solid relaxed informal one-on-one conversation.
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Pretty relaxed, but I was anticipating some questions and thought I had strong answers. So when I didn't get asked the standard questions like "Why do you want to go to med school" I worry that I didn't get my full opportunity to shine... However, I think my interview questions were different than most b/c I am an international student.
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Overall, it was a fine experience. I would have liked a more personal interview day with an introduction meeting, financial aid presentation, meeting the dean, etc. Pretty much, the only faculty I met was my interviewer. The facilities are OK, the cafeteria and school itself are not spectacular, but do-able.
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It was probably the most stress-free interview you will have. The questions are very basic and none are surprising. Just relax and answer honestly. All my questions were drawn from my application.
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The interview itself was okay, yet not very informative. The questions were mainly those designed to further examine my application, but didn't seem to.
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Very relaxed, conversational interview. They just tried to get to know me and were very friendly--my interviewer said she thought I'd make a good physician. :)
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Very positive, low-stress, and not rediculously formal. I was given directions to a faculty member's office where I met her and had my interview. It was a discussion format, more than an interrogation.
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Calm, relaxed discussion of my AMCAS app
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Overall I think Wayne is a great school, however, it does have its issues. I was botherd that no one tried to sell me on the school. My interviewer was not very knowledgable about the classes, school administration, etc.
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Very relaxed and friendly. I arrived for the tour at noon, which was helpful. They took us to lunch at the student cafeteria, and then I had to wait a couple of hours for my interview. I guess there weren't any lectures for me to sit in on, because I had to just wait. My interviewer was very quiet but said this would be a relaxed experience, and it was. He just asked questions to get to know me, really.
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Interviews were very easy. No difficult questions. as for the wining and dining they give for the MD/Ph.Ds, I can say that this is without a doubt the best I've had. Four star restaurant and an expensive inn. I was really impressed with that.
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Very easy going, I think I made him feel awkward when I asked why out of state tution was 45,000.
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My interviewer talked a lot. I felt like he was trying to sell the school and the area but I didn't get enough of a chance to talk as i would have liked, although he did make the area sound much more appealing. Also, my interviewer was filling out a form with questions, much of it was a recap of my AMCAS application.
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Very low key and relaxed. The tour is almost a waste of time as the students who give it are first or second years. They do not know much about the hospitals, even though WSU is most well known for them
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It was very laid back, and the interviewer very friendly. I fumbled a little bit when asked about my intentions - I knew them, but couldn't quite verbalize them.
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Overall I had a really good experience and felt that I got the entire "Detroit/WSU" experience. Med students were all extremely nice; my host took me to a frat-type party of M2 students; I was surprised that med students here partied down like regular undergrads. My student tour guide had an adorable Midwest accent and I was rapidly developing a crush on her. WSU seems like an excellent place if you are interested primarily in the clinical aspect of medicine (as I am), and their ER trauma experience is probably unmatched. However, the school (and the state in general) do have a run down feel, like Rivendell in LOTR where the best days were behind them. It's difficult to explain, there's just a slightly depressing feel to the entire school/city. That said, I think I'd be just fine going there if I don't get into somewhere better.
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The experience was good. Unlike many premeds, i can admit I was very nervous because it was my first interview (hence the stress level of 6). The questions were usually straight forward - the typical "why wayne" and "why medicine", and amcas/activities questions. However, the interviewer told me I was lacking in clinical experience even though I had 3 semesters of volunteering..I did not completely agree but I didn't argue. The interview was fairly conversational, although the interviewer fired out question after question for most of it, as expected. I ended up being accepted, so don't worry if they grill you like that.
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The interview was quite good. My interviewer spent the first 10 minutes (10!) going over the interview process, with me asking questions during that time. Then he asked standard questions, he basically fed off of my responses. He definitely knew my file and even pointed out a date discrepancy in one of my extra curricular activites.
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Positive. It was laid-back and very low stress. My interviewer seemed like a very nice man.
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My interviewer was very honest about the school. There weren't any "hard" questions. They just wanted to get to know me. The hardest question was about my research. It couldn't be directly related to medicine, so it was hard to explain its importance.
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Normally you only are interviewed by one person, but my interviewer was training someone so I ended up having two. (The trainee didn't say much so it was like having only one interviewer.) They asked me EVERY question imaginable, from my activities in high school, to what I do for fun, to what I want to be doing 10 years from now. It was an incredibly thorough, yet relaxed and conversational interview. I really had a great time talking with them. I felt they got a very clear sense of who I am and what is important to me.
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I wasn't as well prepared for this as I should be, but I liked the school better than I thought I would. I think the interviewer wanted to represent me as well as possible to the admissions committee.
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Short and sweet. I was done in 2 hours flat.
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Laid back, relaxed interview and a quick tour
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It was laid back and personal
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It was a positive experience but it was a big hang up for me that no students said I love it here.
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The interviewer was very nice and the tone of the interview was very conversational.
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I had an overall positive experience and I would go to the school if I didn't get in anywhere else. Most of the people there are from Michigan or have family there. Detroit is very sparse and run down so you better know how to find things to do. I liked the school, the classes, and the clinical opportunities that Wayne had to offer and I think it would be a very enjoyable school.
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I felt like I kind of needed to advertise myself. I answered the questions, then reflected on other apects of my life that were relevant to the question.
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I had a great, low-stress interview with a very nice interviewer. She answered all of my questions, and when I asked a question she didn't know the answer to, she asked someone else on the admissions staff. Everyone I talked to was very friendly, and the students seemed truly happy to be there. Overally it was a great interview experience.
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They don't make you wait around all day for your interview. I had my interview at 11 then a tour immediately afterwards.
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My interviewer was supposedly a hard interviewer, but I found him very easy. The questions were read off a sheet (I had to give my ACT and SAT scores, as if they matter). The best part was that it was really stress free, and I really got to say everything that I wanted to say. The interviewer also allowed me to sit in on his small group discussion about endocrinology before my tour.
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The interview was low-stress overall, but quite lengthy for me because I'm a non-trad applicant. My interviewer went through my entire history in detail starting from high school and on. He asked a lot of specific questions regarding activities, etc.
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It was cool. however, i did not know if the interviewer was impressed by me. I felt he asked a lot of questions about my application trying to decipher everything. it was long and relaxed.
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I was a little nervous before going in, but I really didn't need to be. My interviewer was a little late, but she was really nice. She wasn't there to get me, just wanted to get to know me better, and understand my motivation to be in medicine. She started by explaining the admissions process, what happens next kind of thing. Then went over my AAMC application asking me about my experiences, classes etc. I was born and raised in a different country, so we talked about that a little bit. She asked me about my family and some events that I had mentioned in my application. Overall, I enjoyed talking to her. It was truely an attempt to get to know me better.
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I arrived 15 minutes early. The secretary in the admissions office told me who I was going to be interviewing with and his area, as well as giving me various paperworks that provided information on financial aid, a survey, and an explanation of the acceptance process. He showed up promptly at noon and we walked down the hall to a conference room. He immediately helped put me at ease by saying this was low-stress, that they just wanted to know more about my character. Several times he mentioned that he wanted to know how I think (he was a psychiatrist) and one time asked me if the interview was stressful or not so far. There were no far out questions or anything. He was mostly interested in my motivation and experience to become a doctor, why Wayne State, and some of the sociological and behavioral aspects of my life--such as dealing with stress, relationships with family, high school characteristics, etc. The interview mostly went in that order, too. He seemed to be far less interested in the activities that I've pursued but more into why I pursued them and why they might be meaningful to me. There were several activities that are very different from normal applicants that we did not even discuss, which I was surprised about. He did not mention anything about my personal statement nor the two essays that I wrote for the secondary application nor any of the authors of my letters of recommendation. Overall, I think he could have done a better job interviewing me. One might think that is my fault, but certainly the interviewee cannot go topic roaming nor can the interviewer ask mediocre questions and expect grandiose, enlightening responses.
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Show up, interview of ~60 minutes with open file. Mostly asking questions of "tell me about this experience." After the interview you get a voucher for a snack/coffee in the caf while the other interviewees finish. When everyone is done a tour of the medical school begins led by 2 current students. The day ends with a group lunch paid for by the school.
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REALLY laid back. basically he told me he hd to fill out a form on me for the admissions committee and he went through it, question by question, filling in my answers
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I had a 30 min tour which was led by two 1st year students. They were very informative and had a good sense of humor! We then went to the cafeteria where they ate, but I didn't. (They give you a voucher for lunch, but I just used mine for water.) I then had a 60 min interview with someone from the Office of Student Affairs. She was super friendly and very laid-back!
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My first interview ever so I was nervous but my interviewer was very laid back, helped me realize what I should say and what I could improve on..but the interviewer was very friendly, had read through my file so it was a flowing conversation
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The interview went well I suppose. My interviewer was a psychiatrist, so I was a little freaked out that she would be analyzing my every move. But she was really down to earth and easy to talk to. This was my first interview so I was really nervous, but she calmed me down. But I wonder if she is like this with everyone, how do you know how well the interview went? Hopefully good.
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Solid interview. Very laid back. Asked questions only relating to my AMCAS application. Should have known the background of my research a little better because I was paired with an interviewer from the same field.
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It was a wonderful day. I had alot of fun. Wayne has definately moved up on my wish list! I loved the Urban feel of the whole place. I walked through the Hospitals on my tour and truly felt that I would someday earn those MD initials.
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Had 2 interviewers, nice enough but one was elderly and couldn't hear well. Went through AMCAS thoroughly but also asked pointed questions, not giving me any flow and making me create my own opportunities to talk about my interest in Wayne, etc.
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A really low-stress interview--and my interviewer was the dean of admissions (Dr. Norman). No curve balls, just a straight-forward experience.
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I liked all of the faculty and interviewers. The whole experience was very laid back, and didn't take very long (1 hour tour, 1 hour interview). However, a lot of the students didn't seem very happy to be there, which is pretty discouraging.
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Very good, everyone went out of their way to help me feel at ease, especially the interviewer. The tour was helpful.
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Overall it went well. Don't stress about this one- very straightforward.
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Overall, I had a pretty good interview. Everyone on the campus, the interviewer and student tour guides, seemed down to earth. It seems like the students here get good clinical exposure and many of the buildings in the medical and surrounding area were being rennovated. All in all, Wayne State had more to offer than that I thought it would.
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I liked the fact that you were not required to hang around the whole day. Most schools will have you show up at 8 or 9 in the morning even if your interview isn't until 10 or 11. Then they cram 10-30 nervous applicants into their waiting room to sweat it out for hours. WSU was not like that. There were only 8 applicants, and the student leading the tour said that this was the biggest tour group that he'd ever led. I was instructed to show up at the time of my interview, so there was not waiting around. Overall, the day was very low-stress and relaxed.
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Day started at 10:00 exactly. There were 7 other interviewers. My interview was pretty laid back and get-to-know you kind of stuff. He had read my file pretty well and asked some good questions to get a better picture of me as a candidate. Then we talked about his researh that he was doing with breast cancer. Then the tour was given by students and then we all sat down to eat lunch and chat a bit more about school.
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Just talked about my extracurricular activites in high school and college. Very relaxed and nice interviewer, seemed like a very nice man. Made it a point that at Waybne I would be studying heavily and extracurricular work would be put to the side. We talked a bit on the Wayne State curriculum (well he spoke and I listened), the type of physicians that wayne state produces and that wayne state graduates often get top or second-third choice on place of residency.
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The interviewers were really nice. I'm not sure I made it clear above--they interviewed me 2-on-1 (one was an M3, the other a professor), such that I was interviewed by a group (not that I was in a group of interviewees). The interview was focused on my reasons for pursuing medicine, which was fine, except that this lasted for 65 minutes and I did the majority of the talking. It was an adventure and a positive experience nonetheless.
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So I arrived fifteen minutes late due to the traffic and thought that I was going to get rejected for sure (luckily, this took a little stress off of the interview itself cause I figured I was already in the dog-house). I was escorted to my interviewer's office where I vehemently appologized for my tardiness, only to find out that she was a very sweet, understanding lady. The interview started with her asking the general "tell me about yourself" question, went on to some stuff about my research, my act/sat scores and highschool life(although i have no idea why), my family, etc. Most of the time we were just talking on topics that came about through tangents in the conversation. I had my friend show me around the campus so I did not go on the tour. All in all, the campus is pretty much what I expected.
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I had a great experience overall, some fo the quesiton were a bit tricky, but i did feel at ease because of the interviewer. this was a casual interview and he went down my list of extracurriculars and asked me about those. also, he asked about my SAT scores and he asked about what i do in my free time, also asked what I thought was the general attitude of first year students, overall very casual and pumped me up about medical school
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I had no volunteer experience, something he would not let any of my experiences compensate for and a point he continually went back to.
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Interview date was March 26. The interview was, in my opinion, great from the outset. All the questions that I expected she would ask were asked and I felt pretty good about my responses. She seemed impressed at not only my application (which she had in front of her) but also at my responses. You should always remember to shake hands firmly (trust me, they'll be looking for that). When it was my turn for an interview, she came up suddenly and shook my hand. Because I was surprised by her brief appearance, I didn't shake like I should have. However, I got another chance before I sat down in her office and man, I tell you, I grasped that hand pretty firmly. One more thing, the key is to be yourself and to be comfortable with yourself during the interview.
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The interview was, in my opinion, great from the outset. All the questions that I expected she would ask were asked and I felt pretty good about my responses. She seemed impressed at not only my application (which she had in front of her) but also at my responses. You should always remember to shake hands firmly (trust me, they'll be looking for that). When it was my turn for an interview, she came up suddenly and shook my hand. Because I was surprised by her brief appearance, I didn't shake like I should have. However, I got another chance before I sat down in her office and man, I tell you, I grasped that hand pretty firmly. One more thing, the key is to be yourself and to be comfortable with yourself during the interview.
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I think it went pretty well...but then that's to be seen at the end of the month when I can find out some kind of decision. Like I said, it was actually pretty low-stress and the actual interview was basically like a conversation with the interviewer, which helped. Wayne seems like an excellent school (with all the hospitals around it), and I'd be happy to go there.
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THe INterview was cool. The ONe on One type interveiw is very cool. PLan Ahead because contrary to popular belief, not alot happens in Detroit.
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My interview experience was a positive one. The students appeared to be content. The facilities were up to par. I would definitely consider Wayne State a viable option.
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Overall it was pretty good. My interviewer was a little tough in the beginning but finished out nicely in the end.
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Really good
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I went on the school tour before my interview. It gave me a better idea of what the school was looking for in its candidates. My interviewer was very friendly. Told me in the beginning that her role was to be my advocate in the committee meetings. This really made me relax more, though I was still a bit nervous. We basically went through my application pointing out it's strengths and weaknesses giving me a chance to elaborate on each.
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I was given directions to another building that held my interviewer's office. As stated, she was a very nice person (internal medicine doctor). She had nice things to say about the school, but lived outside Detroit. The conversation flowed easily and she was positive throughout.
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It was short and sweet. I interviewed with an admissions comitee member, like everybody else but my interviewer was from then psychiatry department which was a little intimidating at first. After I met him and we started talking,he was pretty easy going and asked the questions I had expected he would ask. My advice is bring something to do while you wait for the interviewer and the tour to begin. You also have a choice to skip the tour but don't because I think it's important to really see their academic facilities.
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Very good, relaxed
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The interviewer was interesting, she digressed numerous times. A very personable and laid back lady.
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Wayne is a good school, but a last choice due to its poor facilities and massive class size. There are over six students to a body in gross anatomy!
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My interviewer did not seem that prepared. spent a long time reading through my application in front of me, but he was a great guy to talk to...the medical school is huge, and the underground tunnels were neat.
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Very straight forward..no ethical ?'s..?'s on my appliction and past experiences..why i wanted to go into medicine...basically, normal stuff that anyone applying to med school should know about themselves and medicine
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I arrived at WSU about 1/2 hour before my scheduled interview time. I was greeted kindly by the admissions staff and given some materials to read over until the interview started. My interviewer arrived on time and directed me to an office within the admissions office. She was an internal medicine physician from a local hospital. The interview was more like a conversation than an actual interview. We discussed my research, what I did, what I like about it, etc. We discussed a few of my previous classes. She asked me which classes I found most difficult and asked me to elaborate on one class that I withdrew from (Why I had a W on my transcript). She also asked me how I did in high school, if I had considered any career other than medicine, and asked me to briefly elaborate on one of my secondary essays. Finally she asked my what I would like her to tell the admissions committe about me. Following the interview I had about two hours until the tour started. I got some coffee and sat in on a first year biochemistry lecture. Around noon we took a brief tour of the medical school and the surrounding hospitals and were treated to lunch at the cafeteria. The student tour leaders were very friendly and eager to answer all of our questions. My overall experience was very pleasant. Everyone at WSU was extremely nice and helpful.
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The interview was very laidback and I was not nervous in the least bit. She was very much into starting the interview on a light note, very casual, then jumping into specifics. Know the details of your application because it seemed as though she was looking to trigger a blank, unprepared look on my face. When I did offer a prompt response, she was satisfied with whatever I said, and was ready to move quickly on. Overall, all I had to do was know myself, not extraneous current events.
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I had never been to Wayne and at first glance I was not very excited. I was the last interview of the day and that turned out to be a good thing since I got to tour and sit in on a lecture before my interview. The students made time to come up to me and tell me about Wayne (without my asking) and it made for a great experience. Their staff is very easy to talk with and it only took a week to find out I was excepted!
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Overall, the interview was phenomenal. Very friendly people and the interview style was a fair atempt to get to know you better.
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The interviewer just looked over my AMCAS application and asked questions from my responses about classes, work experience, essays, etc. No "tough" questions about ethical questions or things like that. Very informal and relaxed. I wish they would have had more "pomp and circumstance" around the interview. Detroit is not an attractive city for most people (compared to Chicago or Philadelphia) and I think Wayne should have had a presentation about the opportunities that Detroit has to offer because they aren't very apparent. In other words they should have tried to sell their school more.
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Extremely friendly, helpful staff and students.
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My student host was extremely helpful. She answered more questions for me than the student who led the tour, but both are very informative. The whole interview day consisted of a 30 min tour, lunch w/ current student, and a 60 min interview... nothing else. I need to ask about financial aid before they led me to their financial aid office. (btw, arranging rides with local cab company maybe cheaper.)
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I am from the metro-Detroit area and Wayne is the school that almost every doctor in the area came from. Its undergrad and other grad programs dont have the best reputation and I had said for many years that Wayne would be the last place I would want to go to medical school. However, some of the things that are really appealing to me about the school are its rock-bottom price for in-state students, the fact I could live in the metro-Detroit area which I love, and that Wayne is affiliated with many of the hospitals to which I want to apply for a residency at. With these things considered I definitely cannot rule out that I will go there. (ohh I got accepted on oct. 15) Everyone I talk to in the health field says that wayne produces great doctors and i think i am going to make an appointment with the admissions office in hopes of getting some more of my questions answered. Good luck.
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The interview was very thorough, they asked about high school, why i choose michigan for undergrad, my act/sat scores, medical experiences, they asked about EVERYTHING.
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The person i interviewed with was very nice and seemed actually interested with what i had to say. i interview in her office which made for an even more relaxed environment.
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This was my first interview and it was very relaxed and easy. I met with my interviewer and we just chatted(no tough questions) about things in my AMCAS application and secondary.
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I think the interview went really well. My interviewer basically said I wouldn't have any trouble getting in, which was nice to hear, especially since Wayne State was one of my top choices.
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Overall I was really impressed with Wayne and I am really excited to get my acceptance!
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Overall, this was a great experience. Not too stressful, and it didn't consume the entire day. The area was nice (I didn't know what to expect, given the urban location), and I was impressed with the accessibility of the local hospitals. My interviewer was very nice and seemed genuinely interested in getting to know me as a person. The students were welcoming and seemed to enjoy being at Wayne.
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It was great, my interviewer was super nice and it was very relaxed, the neighborhood is downtown detroit but you go in knowing that so if you're not from the city be ready for it, and you go out knowing by what date the committee will either accept, reject, or waitlist you, only about 3 weeks for me
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The school was great. The interviewer was friendly, but he didn't read my application before, so he was searching for relevant questions... I don't think we 'clicked', but he ranked me well.
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Loved the school, the students, and faculty/staff; like Detroit.
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Overall, it was a wonderful experience. At first I was nervous, but after we got talking it was a breeze! Advice, always present with a firm handshake...I could tell they noticed that I had one.
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The interview was pretty easy. I didn't get asked any of the trickier questions that I was anticipating, such as bioethical questions, or health care concerns.
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It was an okay experience although I was impressed with the amount of diversity within the staff I was not impressed with the amount of diversity within the students. Also the facilities seem to crumble before your eyes. (very old)!
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Overall this interview experience was a positive one...i was not asked even one difficult question...he was extremely nice and easy going...just wanted to get to know me
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The environment was congenial. Directions to the school were great (I had only been to the Wayne State campus once before). The interview was conversational and flowed very well. They really wanted to get to know me and my motivations to become a doctor.
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It was a good experience, and I got in. That's all that matters, i suppose.
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The interviewer used a sheet of questions and took a lot of notes. After looking at sdn feedback, it seems like everyone gets pretty much the same list of questions as I was asked.
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The interview was great, the tour horrible. They need to reorganize their interview day, I was waiting around after my interview for the tour to start at 12, my interview was over at 11.
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Interviewer followed a list of questions and took lots of notes. The note taking hampered the flow of the interview which made me feel scattered. I also felt like I nevered finished a question thoroughly because I was interrupted.
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Overall, it was a good experience. Very low stress interview, which was very conversational. My interviewer was a clinician and not directly involved with medical education, so couldn't answer some of my questions regarding specifics about the curriculum. Other than that I enjoyed it.
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This is a great city school, and most of its faculty is committed to teaching and helping the underserved.
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It was a pretty bland interview day compared to other interviews, but wayne is a good school.
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I had a great experience. Before I went to the interview I wasn't really impressed by the school, but after the interview, this would definately be somewhere I would consider going.
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My heart really bleeds for Detroit - there is a certain poignancy in its urban decay and I really hope the best for this community. Wayne State seems to provide a very visceral medical school education...perfect for aspiring ER physicians or surgeons. The students and faculty were very down-to-earth and friendly.
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This school provides a great clinical experience. I feel that if I attended Wayne I would be confident practicing hands-on medicine.
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I did not have a positive experience, and I usually interview well. After reading the other responses, I see that so much depends on the interviewer. My main complaint was that he was not particularly intersted in being there or in talking to me--at least that is the way he presented himself. It wasn't that the questions were hard, but I couldn't get him to interact. He just stood stone-faced and went on to the next question before I had even finished the one he had just asked.
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It was pretty relaxed and chatty, and I felt good about the woman I interviewed with. I got a really good impression of the school from the interviewer and the tour, and I'm very impressed with the school and its programs.
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The interview was very low stress. The students giving the tour were great and very open to answering all of our questions. Everyone I came across was very friendly and helpful. The interview itself wasn't really an interview, more of a conversation. The interviewer did a great job in telling me more about the atmosphere of the school, which is supportive and commited to community service.
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It was a good day, my interviewer was really nice, very real, down to earth, actually the interview didn't seem like one, it seemed much more conversational. Don't stress it.
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Wayne is a great medical school, but unfortunately I only know that because I am from the area. The interview day did not present the school as well as it could, given the resources Wayne has to offer. The people were all great, but the only concrete info I recieved about Wayne occured in my interview. A wonderful school nonetheless, but talk to doctors from around the area and to medical students so that you can realize how great of a school it really is.
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Good experience
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Overall I had a very pleasant experience at WSU, it was my most pleasant experience so far, and I liked the school very much. If accepted I think that I will surely come here, as it is my top choice so far.
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Good experience. I'm really looking forward to going to Wayne State and living in downtown Detroit. I will find out on May 20th. Thats the last decision date. The interview is really a conversation and she did a lot of the talking. The 55 minutes went by really fast. They really just want to know that I am a really person and that I have a strong desire to go to school there and that I will work hard once I'm in.
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This was probably my best interview b/c it started off very conversational and then he went through my file very thoroughly so I felt like I had a chance to go over everything with my interviewer--explained the weak points in my application, and talked about the strong points; my interviewer was easy to talk to and very kind; the interview and interaction with student guides improved my view of the school
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My interview was very relax and more like a conversation between potential peers. I felt the family atmosphere to be geniune at Wayne and DMC has alot to offer any aspiring physician. Be yourself and u will do fine during the interview.
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I tried to make the best of a bad experience. Overall, I would like to go there, but certainly not because of the interview.
💬 Interview Process ▼
Length, number, and type of interviews
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Length:
50 Minutes Average
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Number:
1.4 Interviews Average
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Interview Type (Interaction):
98% One-on-One
2% Group Interview
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File Type:
99% Open-File
1% Closed-File
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Interview Modality:
100% Virtual
0% In-Person
WSU-COMP interviews are an average of 50 minutes, with an average of 1.4 interviews. 98% of interviews are one-on-one, 0% are in-person, and 1% are closed-file.
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
The most commonly asked interview questions at medical schools include inquiries about applicants' motivations for pursuing medicine, experiences managing stress, ethical dilemmas faced, diversity, family background, academic performance history, and future career goals. Many respondents also mentioned detailed discussions regarding their application materials, volunteer experiences, research projects, extracurricular activities, and specific academic achievements, with some interviews conducted in an MMI format possibly involving a nondisclosure agreement.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Mostly from my application, how I manage stress, importance of interdisciplinary team
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Explain how the COVID vaccine works
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Student interview: Describe a time when your principles were challenged? (can ask for clarification) Faculty interview: What is implicit bias? How has it affected your interactions or that of someone else?
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Why Wayne?
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Tell me about a time when you were in an ethically questionable situation.
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Why I wanted to be a doctor?
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Tell me about yourself?
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Tell me about yourself, your journey towards medical school. (asked by student)
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What do you think will be a challenge for you in medical school?
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Who has been influential in your decision to pursue medicine?
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Why medicine
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MOstly about my application nothing crazy.
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When were your ethics challenged?
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Why Wayne State?
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Know your application!!!!
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Why medicine?
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Why didn't you apply as economically disadvantaged?
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How do you think your healthcare experiences have prepared you for medical school?
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Why medicine? / Why Wayne State?
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If you could not be a doctor, what profession would you choose?
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To talk a little about my previous work experience (I was in a completely different line of work not too long ago)
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Tell me about yourself
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How did you prepare for your MCAT?
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Why did you apply here?
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What did you score on the ACT?
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What do you fear about becoming a doctor?
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All very personal questions relating to my own experiences and things on my application
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Tell me about [activity or course on AMCAS]
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Tell me about yourself.
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They asked me about my research I was doing this past year. They asked about what I would get out of it besides me thesis. Or rather what I did get out of it. They asked about my most meaningful volunteer experience. They asked about why I hadn't volunteered in a hospital in a couple of years. Asked about my MA program to some degree Asked about my greatest accomplishment
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Why did you ask Dr/Professor[insert professor or doctor name] for a recommendation letter? What was your relationship with him/her and what did you learn from him/her?
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What did you gain from your clinical experiences?
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Tell me about your family.
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Tell me about the negatives in your application (she just wanted to get all of that out of the way first so I wasn't worried about it the entire interview)
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What other schools have you applied to/interviewed at? I guess they want to know, that given an option will you accept Wayne State.
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They asked about specifics on my file. The interviewer had several pages of notes that he had taken beforehand. Tell me about your family. Tell me about x, y, and z volunteering/shadowing.
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Why Wayne state? What do your parents and siblings do? Explain extracurricular activities Are there any physicians in the family?
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Tell us about your family.
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Why do you want to be a Doctor (lots of questions similar to this as well)?
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All questions were specific to my application. It was reviewed page-by-page in front of me.
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Why do you think you didn't do so well in the beginning of your college career?
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How did you get involved with activity xxx?
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Explain how you chose your minors. Why Wayne? Explain how you came to participate in activities X, Y, and Z.
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MCAT scores, re-applicant status
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What are your career goals as a physician?
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Tell me about yourself, Why Medicine? Why Wanye State?
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Please clarify total hours you have shadowed each physician you have listed.
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Why Wayne State? Why a doctor? What is your job?
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Tell me about GPA (trends and such)
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What was your ACT?
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So how did you find out about Wayne State University?
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How large was your graduating class; what did you rank; what was your SAT and ACT score? (It's okay if you don't remember-I didn't remember my ACT score)
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Why WSU? Would you really go here if you got in?
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What was your high school rank?
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What was your ACT score? How did you rank in your high school class?
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Why medicine and why Wayne?
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Tell me about your family
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How did you improve your MCAT?
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What do your parents do?
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Why medicine, and WSU?
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Why medicine? Why Wayne?
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No specific questions, just questions about my entire application.
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Why is your GPA better than your MCAT?
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Reasoning for grade trend.
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What did you do in this particular group/student organization?
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So you did this?
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What was your ACT/SAT score and high school class rank?
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What are your hobbies? What would you do on a saturday night if all you work/responsibilities were done?
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Why Detroit/Michigan
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How did you do in high school? What were your SAT/ACT scores?
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Explain your research (what are genetic algorithms?).
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Tell me more about your research experience.
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In what kind of medicine are you interested (i.e. academic or clinical)?
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What was your high school rank/ACT score?
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What was your class rank in high school/ did you like high school?
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Why a doctor?
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My highschool expereince?
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So, I read you've got some publications? What kinds of poems do you write?
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What my parents did.
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If you get in to medical school, how will your plans change for the next 6 months?
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Being an out-of-state applicant, how did you hear about Wayne State and why would you like to attend?
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Basic questions about unique experiences, questions on how I will continue playing music...
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Tell me about your family?
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What did you do differently between the April and August MCAT to increase your score by 10 points?
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Let's go through you academic history. Please walk me through it.
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What do you parents do for a living?
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Would you really come to train in Detroit?
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What are your hobbies?
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What did you do the second time to raise your mcat by so much?
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Questions/Clarifications about AMCAS
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Q. Why MCAT so many times? A. I wasnt ready to answer the verbal component of MCAT. I told her I took Lit Classes to improve and be on the same wavelenght has the test writers. The interviewer was from my native country too...so the interviewer knew excatly what I was talking about.
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Explain grade trend
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List 5 adjectives to describe yourself.
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What was your rank in high school?
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Tell me about your mom.
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Where do you see yourself in 15-20 years?
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Please regurgitate your entire AMCAS application (not in these words of course).
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Describe your family and their education
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ACT score and what I did in high school
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Tell me about X experience
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Where did you go to elementary school?
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Why do you want to go to Wayne State?
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All questions were about my activities.
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What first sparked your interest in medicine? My husband attends grad school out of state and she asked me a lot about married life. We also talked about the importance of having a good support system.
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Tell me your ACT/SAT and High School rank.
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Tell me about (blank) experience.
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Please tell me about ___ AMCASS activity.
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Tell me about this experience from your amcas. (he basically just commented on every one of them)
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High school activities, class rank, ACT scores....
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Why doctor?
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What was your ACT score and high school class rank?
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Why do you want to be a doctor?
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Tell me about this activity on your AMCAS.
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Where are you from? (We ended up discussing this for a while b/c it turned out my interviewer was from the same place.)
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What do you think of Detroit?
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Have you been accepted anywhere else? (Yes, I have) Would you rather come to Wayne or go there?
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Why did you choose medicine?
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What was your ACT score?
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Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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Things about my high school days...come on!
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What activities did you do in high school and college?
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Where were you in your high school class?
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Questions about my highschool, class size and ACT/SAT scores
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Why medicine and why now?
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Why not an MBA instead of an MD?
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So why WSU?
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What were your SAT and ACT scores, what activities did you do during high school?
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Why did you get in the first time you applied?
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What do you consider your greatest strength?
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Why did I choose to go to school X for undergrad?
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What have been your two most interesting non-science classes in undergrad?
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Why medicine? Why now?
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What were your SAT/ACT scores?
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Explain your health care experiences
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What were your ACT/SAT scores?
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Family life, etc. Where I was from, background information.
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Tell me about your medical volunteer work?
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What did you do in high school (extracurriculars)?
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What specialty are you looking into?
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If you couldn't practice medicine, what would you do?
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If you don't get into medical school this year, what do you plan on doing?
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What would you say is your one strongest characteristic?
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Tell me about yourself. [I hate this question. It didn't throw me off or anything, but I was hoping not to start the interview with this one--which he did.]
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Please sit down. Here is some info on our school. Here's the structure of the courses....any questions?
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Describe yourself in one word
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She asked about specific non-science courses on my transcript. (She went through my transcript and just picked out a few classes that we small-taked about.)
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Favorite class, least favorite class?
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Tell me about your family, are there any doctors in your family.
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Please explain your poor academic performance in college during your first two years.
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What was your favorite science class?
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What other schools did you apply to? Where did you interview at?
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What are some challenges facing physicians today?
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Tell me about this experience from your file. Most of my questions were like this.
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Went down the list and asked about most of my extracurriculars
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What would you like me to convey to the admissions committee
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Why do you want to go to medical school and be a doctor?
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How did you come about applying to Wayne State this year?
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Why Wayne? Why medicine and why now? (I'm non-trad). How did I decide on medicine? How do I know that I will not go ahead and get another degree? How do know I will be happy in medicine?
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Tell me about your challenging experience of your high school newspaper (from my secondary application).
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Tell me about yourself? tell me about your family?
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What specialty i want to go into? why?
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What is your family life like?
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What is your family life like?
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Tell me about your family
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Since I was told everything that had happened to me and how serious it was after I woke up from life support and had the tubes taken out, he asked me if I, as the doctor, would tell my patient what happened and the seriousness of the situation straight out (like how close they had been to death, etc).
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FIve words my friends would use to describe me.
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Where do you see yourself in ten years?
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"Let's discuss the issue of diversity"
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What did you do besides study as an undergrad?
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What were your motivations for becoming a doctor?
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How has competitive figure skating helped you in life?
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Tell me about high school, including class size, rank, ACT scores etc.
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What five attributes would your friends use to describe you?
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What was your high school rank/class size?
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3 adjectives ur friends would describe u by
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Tell me more about your undergraudate research and volunteer experiences.
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Tell me about this course/publication...
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What do the members of my family do and how do they feel about me going into medicine?
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What type of doctor i want to be
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If you could not be a doctor, what would you do?
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Went through almost everything in my extracurriculum activity lists and asked about what I did
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High school size and rank. ACT scores.
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Tell me about _______ (be prepared to answer any question about things in your AMCAS app- including classes you took at the beginning of college)
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How have you dealt with failure?
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What were you involved in during highschool and college?
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Tell me about your undergraduate ECs. What did you learn from...?
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Why wayne state
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What did you learn on your cross-cultural experience?
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Why do you want to practice medicine?
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What 5 words would your friend use to describe you? What words would you use to describe yourself?
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How do you see yourself in 10 years?
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High school class size and rank
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Can't really remember besides: why wayne???
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What 5 words describe yourself best
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Do you have any questions for me?
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Tell me about your research.
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Describe your research
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Why Wayne State?
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When did you know you wanted to be a doctor?
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If I could see into the future, what would I be doing?
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Describe an experience in which you demonstrated your leadership skills.
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I work as an EMT, so she asked if there was a specific case that stood out.
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Tell me about your family? What are they like? What do you do at get-togethers?
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How did I choose the University of Michigan for my undergrad experience?
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When did you decide to become a doctor?
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Describe the most pleasant experience you've ever had.
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Why did you choose your area of study? (which for me is General Studies)
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"How much do you work while in school?"
What was the most interesting question?
Students said most interesting question asked at Wayne State University School of Medicine discussed a wide range of topics from ethical dilemmas to personal experiences, with a focus on understanding applicants' motivations, values, and perspectives on healthcare. While some responses highlighted specific inquiries tailored to applicants' backgrounds and applications, the majority of questions were deemed standard and aimed at exploring candidates' commitment to medicine, personal qualities, and future aspirations.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Pretty standard ethical ones
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Explain to me how the covid vaccine works. Is there a difference between equity and equality? What medical journals do you read? How do you want patients to remember you?
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What is a food desert? What's so bad about it?
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Can you explain what implicit bias means? And can you think of an example where you’ve witnessed this in medicine?
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Specific questions about my application -- one had read more online about one of my accomplishments and asked me about it.
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What do I do to destress?
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If all health issues were eradicated in the world such that you could not have a career in medicine, what would you want to be?
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What do you think will be a challenge for you in medical school?
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Name a time when your principles were tested
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Tell me about a time when your morals were tested
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Why not choose to be a nurse/NP/PA rather than being a doctor
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Why did you do X activity? Also - How do you know each of your letter writers?
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What type of physician I see myself becoming.
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N/A
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What pushes your buttons - what kinds of things make you angry?
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Specific to one of my ECs. Interviewer really got in depth about my experience and asked some great questions (some of which I hadn't considered before).
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Tell me about your family.
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My interviewer went through my AMCAS activities and asked about each one?
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Why Detroit?
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The questions that arose organically from our conversation - out of context these would not make sense
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Nothing interesting
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Am I prepared for everything I will see working in an inner city Detroit hospital?
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Tell me about your siblings? I have quiet a few so it was pretty fun
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Asking me my opinion on the best way to teach a group of students hand surgery (he was a plastic surgeon)
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About a hobby I mentioned on my app
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Is there anything else you want me to tell the admissions committee.
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Why did your brother attend X Medical School?
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Nothing uber interesting or difficult. Pretty much simple stuff about application.
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Why did you ask Dr/Professor[insert professor or doctor name] for a recommendation letter? What was your relationship with him/her and what did you learn from him/her?
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Tell me about your MCAT.
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If medicine didn't exist, what would you do instead?
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You seem to have a lot of leadership roles. Do leadership roles find you or do you pursue them?
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If you couldn't be a physician what would you be instead?
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Did you ever feel like you were over-committed and how did you deal with it?
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The questions were pretty standard.
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As a student here, how would you make sure you did well academically?
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You seem like you would be a better fit for ________ career. Why medicine?
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So I saw you volunteered on an Indian Reservation. What did you think of Wounded Knee (discussion catalyst)?
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Asked me about my uncle (pertains to my PS)
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How does the Taiwanese dialect compare with the Mandarin language?
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Why did you quote William Osler in your essay?
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Why didn't you apply last year (I took my MCAT in 2007)? The only reason it was interesting was because it was one of few questions that provoked an answer that couldn't already be found in my primary or secondary application.
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What do you do at the end of a really bad day?
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How did your clinical experiences contribue to your development as a person?
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How do you deal with difficult patients?
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What are the meridians in Traditional Chinese Medicine?
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How did you choose where to go for undergrad?
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None
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What do your parents think of you doing _ ?
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Tell about this.
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Nothing very interesting. Extracurriculars, grade trends, etc.
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When you worked at the psych ER, did you work with any patients who were like you (students)?
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Nothing. The interviewer just read off my AMCAS file. He wouldn't even ask a question, he would just like an an extracurricular I had listed and discussed briefly in AMCAS, and then say, ''So you did ______.'' That was it. He would just make a statement, wouldn't ask anything about it, and would just expect you to discuss it further than you already did on AMCAS.
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Which other schools have you been interviewed at and where do you have left to interview? This is an unethical question to ask at a medical school interview!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Complete the following sentence: ''I will be a good doctor because...''
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He asked about one of my hobbies
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Nothing out of the ordinary. My interviewer was pretty bland.
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What was your high school class size/class rank/ACT score?
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What was your rank in high school?
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Nothing interesting, the questions were very typical.
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Why didn't matriculated at school to which were accepted in previous years (2004)? SAT score? (this was long ago!)
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Tell me five words that your friends would use to describe you.
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Do you like your current undergrad (his son attended the same Uni)?
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Where do you see yourself around the age of 35-40?
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My Highschool Experenice and ACT SCORE?
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Tell me about your dream?
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What were your experiences with diversity, in terms of ethnicity, wealth etc.
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What's the one thing that just fires you up, makes you feel empassioned?
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SAT, ACT scores, high school rank.
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If you were going to leave for a cruise tomorrow who would you take with you and what book would you take?
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Is your home town a diverse community? How affluent is it?
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Do you do anything besides volunteering? What do you do for fun?
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Does the average American have more money than the average Saudi Arabian?
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They didn't really ask any interesting questions. It was more like going over the AMCAS application.
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How do you feel about people of different beliefs?
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Why would you move to Michigan for school?
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None really...it was kind of anti-climatic in that sense.
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Nothing really interesting
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Conversational interview. No hard questions. How did I improve on the MCAT so much? I was prepared for this, since, I have taken the MCAT 4 times...I would wonder if I was the interviewer.
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Finish this sentence:
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He listed negative things about medicine and at the end asked if i still wanted to pursue it.
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Nothing too interesting
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Tell me about your experiences. I had many abroad - so it was easy and enthusiastic.
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There was nothing real interesting, it was all, please explain _____ in your file...
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Do you believe in God?
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Was told
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Nothing out of the ordinary
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Describe your [hs sport I played]
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Nothing interesting just clarification of my file. Some stuff about what I did in high school.
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If you were given a full ride to the University of Michigan, and a full ride to Wayne State, which would you pick? **Note: the interviewer told me that I didn't have at answer this question**
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Nothing struck me as unique.
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Are you sick and tired of your current job, and is that why you decided to go into medicine?
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How do I feel about animal sacrifice?
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What did i do in high school
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Where else did you apply?
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If you were accepted to University of Michigan, Michigan State, and Wayne State, where would you go?
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The interviewer commented my high school(private, boarding and elite)and asked me about my experience there.
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He commented on how useful he thinks it is to speak another language.
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Nothing out of the ordinary, maybe, what could you see yourself doing if you were not persuing medicine?
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The questiosn were very basic... Basically, why do you want to be a doctor, why do you want to go to Wayne State (this is an important question for them), tell me about your background (if your from SE Michigan, you'll probably get into a conversation about that), talked a little about high school, went through several of my activities listed on the AMCAS
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Imagine that you have to present yourself to the admissions committee in 2 minutes. What would you say?
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Have you interviewed at other schools? What was your high school ranking? What was your SAT/ACT score(s)?
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Tell me about your childhood.
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What was your high school class rank?
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Tell me all aspects of your life fifteen years from now.
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Do you think you could deal with attending a school in an urban location?
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What kind of shortcoming would you most wish to avoid?
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What do your parents do?
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I was asked a lot about my parents and my family and what they do.
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What was it like working in a foreign country?
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None were interesting... only further questions about my already complete file.
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Nothing too out of the ordinary.
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What have you learned about doctors and their actions and behaviors from your experience in a medical setting.
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What was your class rank in high school?
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How did you prepare for this interview?
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Let's say a patient came to you who had been looking at information on the internet in regards to his/her illness. What would you say to that patient?
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Pretty standard questions.
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Why would I be a good doctor?
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Would I like to be on an ethics comittee
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A specific question from my personal statement, applied in a different way than I originally wrote it.
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What is tissue engineering (related to my research)?
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(nothing really)
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How do you find time to do everything?
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Where do plan to live?
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Why did you choose the recommenders that you did?
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What characteristics do you have that would make you a good doctor?
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Describe your favorite non-medical experience?
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Nothing in particular, just a lot of simple questions about high school.
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Why I was even applying to Wayne State when I could go to school in California?
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What would you do if there was no such thing as medicine, what profession would you go into.
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If for some reason you coudn't practice medicine, what would you do instead?
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I see you have first aid training, why did you take it?
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What do you think is the biggest problem facing medicine today?
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Nothing in particular.
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years.
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In a different world, where physicians did not exist, what would you like to be?
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What do you see as a negative aspect of the medical profession?
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Imagine a world without physicians, what would you be?
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Say that one day there was a national law passed that there could be no more physicians... what would you do?
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What is a typical day like for your parents?
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What do you know about wayne? ...not too out there
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Why do you think you dropped a point on your verbal score and what did you do to improve your writing score. It was a little hard trying to be specific.
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Most of the questions dealt specifically with my academic record and extracurricular experiences. The questions were pretty standard.
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Hmmm... really, the interview was so conversational... I can't really think of an interesting question... It just kinda flowed from one topic to the next.
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What are some challenges facing physicians today?
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Nothing too interesting, a lot from my file.
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There wasn't anything that really made me think, "Hmm, that's a good question." They were all pretty basic, right off my application.
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This wasn't asked of me, but I know someone who was asked to compare the three in state medical schools (Michigan, Michigan State Human Medicine, and Wayne State) and talk about why each one would/would not fit them.
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Compare the healthcare systems in the other countries that you've visisted to that of the U.S. (I've volunteered in a medical setting in a variety of different countries, so it made sense that I was asked this question)
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We discussed the current state of healthcare and it's future.
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None actually ........ pretty standard questions
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Would you like to know about the wayne state curriculum? My answer: yes I would
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Since my dad had attended WSU way back when, I was asked what his perceptions were regarding how the school had changed. Thank god I had visited Detroit with the folks the weekend before!
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What field do you find most intriguing about medicine?
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WSU is straight forward, nothing was particularly interesting.
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What medical specialty are you seeking?
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What medical specialty are you seeking?
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I didn't get any questions out of the ordinary. We talked about where I grew up and my family more than in my other interviews.
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Since I was told everything that had happened to me and how serious it was after I woke up from life support and had the tubes taken out, he asked me if I, as the doctor, would tell my patient what happened and the seriousness of the situation straight out (like how close they had been to death, etc).
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What do you do in your free time, How do you spend your weekends?
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The questions were standard ones that any prospective med student should be able to answer. There were no surprises.
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What do you think is one of the major problems concerning Health Care?
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They were all basic interview questions
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Where do you see yourself in the future?
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You are a bit of a non-traditional applicant. Tell me about your path to this point.
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Guess my nationality...He had an eastern european accent, which is similar to my background.
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Tell me about yourself in high school, what did you do and what were your grades like?
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They asked about high school and my family.
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Finish this statement: "I would be a good doctor because..."
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How would you put up with a frustrated family whose family member died under your care?
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If your friends were to describe u wth 3 adjectives, what would they be?
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What would you like me to tell the admissions committe about you?
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Tell me about your parents.
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I was asked several questions about the essays I wrote for my secondary - it was nice to talk to someone who was well informed on my file.
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My favorite author
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I want to be a doctor because.....
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My high school GPA, class size and rank, and my SAT...?
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None. We talked about some of my experiences in other countries which was cool.
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Wayne State looks for leaders in its medical school candidates, what have you done that shows that you can be a leader in the community?
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None really, very standard questions
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How did you choose which school to attend for undergrad?
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What nationality is your last name? (Turns out my last name was a common one in my interviewer's home country--this led to a very nice, non-medical conversation.)
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Where would you see yourself in 10 years? Would you stay in Michigan and why?
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Nothing comes to mind, pretty standard
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Nothing too interesting really, pretty standard questions. went through post-sec experiences and he had some clarification questions but nothing surprising
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Why do you want to work in an underserved community?
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Explain to me the research that you are involved in.
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How did you feel about the political turmoil while you were in Ecuador?
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Nothing very interesting just questions regrarding my secondary.
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Why wayne???
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What a good friend or roommate would say about me.
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What are the five words that best describe yourself?
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How would you present yourself to the admissions committee?
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If you could pick any other profession what would it be?
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Give me 5 words that your best friend would use to describe you.
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Not so much a question, but my research in thryoid cancer sparked an intersting conversation on autoimmune thyroiditis and goiters in relation to dietary iodine.
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What is the biggest problem facing health care and how would you solve it?
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How is the diversity at your university and what was it like at your high school?
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All standard questions.
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What would your best friend say about you?
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If you could tell the admissions committee anything, what would it be?
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If I could give the admissions committee 1 message about myself, what would it be?
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If you could fast-forward 15 years, how do you envision your life, professionally and personally?
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They were standard, get to know you better questions. Asked about my family, my health care experience and my research.
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What is an issue or trend in medicine that you feel will have a large impact on it's future?
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What was my high school GPA and ACT score?
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Describe a situation in which you had to deal with someone whose culture was different from your own.
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How would your friends describe you?
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This was my most positive interview experience yet. The questions asked were difficult, but my interviewer was exteremely pleasant and I felt very confident about my answers. My interviewer really wanted to get a sense of who I am as a person, and that made me want to come to Wayne State. The most interesting question I was asked is if I could choose 5 people to sit in front of the Admissions committee at WSU and describe me using 5 adjectives, who would I choose and what adjectives would they use and why?
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When exactly did you decide that medicine is right for you?
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What would u like to talk about (regards to my application)? It was nice that the interviewer gave me the opportunity to take control of the interview process.
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"Tell me three things about yourself that you want me to know." (This, at the end of an hour-long interview with a Clinical Psychologist.)
How did you prepare for the interview?
Most applicants prepared for the interview by reviewing their primary and secondary applications, reading interview feedback on SDN, researching the school's website, and practicing responses to common questions. Suggestions include focusing on understanding the school's values and mission, practicing with mock interviews, and being genuine in responses rather than overly rehearsed.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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SDN, reading over my application, researching the school and its values
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School website and reviewing my application materials.
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Read SDN
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SDN and general interview review. Outlined my responses on a google document.
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SDN interview feedback
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SDN
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General questions and practicing responses
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Mock interviews were moderately helpful at straightening out the tell me about yourself/why detroit, but the rest of the questions were a bit unpredictable. General MMI/CASPer/Bioethics practice for the MMI is fine. I read parts of the student handbook and most of the website. Specific community service opportunities are hard to find on the website but you can ask the medical students about them during lunch.
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Reading SDN interview feedback, preparing answers to commonly asked questions, researching into Wayne State/Detroit
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Read about WSUSOM on their website, on SDN interview feedback, and
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Application and sdn
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Go through your entire primary application. Secondary too, but mostly primary. Googled basic interview questions I knew could come up like why us, why medicine, etc. Looked through school's website.
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Lots of youtube videos
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Just looked over my application
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SDN interview feedback, reading Wayne's website.
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Researched the school, reviewed my application, went over some commonly asked questions.
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SDN School website InterviewStream
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I read SDN Interview Feedback, that's it.
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Read up on the school, past SDN school thread, SDN interview feedback
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Read school website, MSAR, and SDN interview feedback.
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Used SDN, school website, friends who go there
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Read the website
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I spent some time walking/driving around the city. I wanted to get a "feel." I wanted to know if I could really see myself there and if so to think about why it was I felt that way. I also went through the SDN thread and paid a lot of attention to the few comments posted by current students. Websites are designed to be enticing, but anonymous feedback from current students not so much - so I think it gives you a more realistic picture, especially if you see the same things mentioned across different individuals.
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Went over application, went over most likely questions and prepared answers for them.
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Went over my primary AMCAS materials, which is literally all we talked about.
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SDN, mock interview, read app
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Practice questions, re-read application, look at school website, SDN
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Read over my AMCAS
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Reviewed essays and AMCAS
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SDN, read my application and know it well.
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SDN feedback, lots of starbucks time.
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Practiced with friends using common interview questions (found those online and from this website)
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Mock interviews, school website, and this website (SDN).
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Interview feedback. Mock interview with a friend. Voice record mock interview system through career center
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Lots of introspection. Re-read my AMCAS application and secondary essays. Got a lot of advice from friends.
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Read SDN and went over my app
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Thought of and practiced some answers to common questions beforehand
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SDN feedback
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Re-read AMCAS and secondary, mock interview
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Practiced SDN interview questions, re-read application
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Read my AMCAS, Secondary, scanned their web site, dean's message & mission on the web site.
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Reading SDN, the school website, mock interview, and Wikipedia.
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SDN, mock interview, reading about the school on the website and wiki. I also stayed with students the night before and asked them questions about the school and about the interview.
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Practice interview, reading over application. Read over other student docs
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SDN feed back, read application.
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Practice interviews
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SDN, researched the school, read over my application materials
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Reread secondary application
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SDN, mock interviews, school website, re-read application
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Read primary and secondary apps, came up with some ?s to ask interviewer about school
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SDN, ps, secondaries for other schools
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SDN, mock interview, review application
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Mock interview w/friend
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SDN, talked to friends, videotaped myself, asked for feedback from people senior to me
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SDN, School's website, lived in detroit area for a long time.
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Read through my resume/essays/AMCAS, read interview feedback on SDN, looked at the school's website, etc...
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Practice practice practice
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Read my apps. SDN interview feedback
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Read up my application and ps thoroughly. I looked at SDN, interview feedback page. I did a few mocks with friends.
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SDN (I read the questions that came up in the last two years), mock interviews, read my primary and secondary application, kept up to date on current topics in health care (particularly in Michigan)
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SDN, looked over my application
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Interview feedback, mock interview, practice with friends, read AMA ethics, read health policy book...all quite unnecessary (no ethics, policy questions)
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Read my application, looked at SDN, read material from admissions office
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SDN, reread essays and applications
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SDN interview feedback, school website, career center information, interview books
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SDN, reread applications, read up about current issues in medical ethics and policies, reviewed research stuff
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Prepared and practiced for standard interview questions.
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SDN, ready primary/secondary app, school website/MSAR
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Read secondary app, talked to current students, read SDN interview feedback
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Spoke to friends, read SDN
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This website, talked to students there
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SDN, emailed friends, read over application materials.
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Study my amcas app. Read SDN. Talk with some former/current Wayne students
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Read my app
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Read my application, essays.
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Read SDN forums, school website, went over details of my own research, familiar with own application, extracurriculars, etc. prepared a binder of stufff.
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Read SDN, msar, website, my amcas and secondary
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Nothing. I forgot to read up on my secondary.
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Read admissions website, sdn, interview book
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SDN, read application, etc
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StudentDoctor, school website, read over application, other interviews
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SDN, MSAR, List of Questions from my premed advisor
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Didn't really do much, I've found that when I prepare, I am more nervous trying to think about my canned answers. I just shoot from the hip now, it works best for me.
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SDN, medical school interview book (every question i was asked has been listed on sdn by other ppl during their interviews from '07 and '06. stick to sdn and most likely you won't be surprised.)
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Wrote answers for questions, read a book, and had a mock interview with a psychologist.
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Read feedback on Student Doctor Network spoke to past/current students, friends, and family
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SDN, interview books
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Interview coach, website
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SDN, mock interview, read over primary and secondary
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SDN, talk to students, read my file,
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I read over my AMCAS
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This site, going over my primary and secondary applications, talking with friends and family
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SDN, FeedForward, Formulated own questions, Shadowed a DMC physician
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Visited the website, read over AMCAS and secondary.
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Previous interviews, WSU website, Studentdoctor
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Studentdoctor.net, reviewed AMCAS and secondaries, wrote essays in response to potential questions.
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It was my first interview: read through SDN questions, my secondaries and AMCAS, other secondaries for reference, notes on experiences from when I shadowed, mock interview, practiced answering questions with myself, made a list of everything I wanted to be covered, the usual...
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SDN, read through AMCAS and secondary, talked to friends who interviewed
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I read over the wayne state medical web page, SDN, My primary and secondary applications.
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SDN, school webpage
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Visited the school, other students, website, mission statement, Student Doctor. . .
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Read AMCAS application, reread secondary, read up on school profile
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SDN, Primary and secondary applications, mock interview, school website
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This website...school website.
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Practiced typical interview questions, read over application, essays, etc.
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SDN interview feedback, Doing Right (Canadian Ethics book)
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SDN/researching the school
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Read AMCAS and secondary essays, researched the website (specifically history & mission statement)
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Read about the school, my amcas app, primary, secondary, etc
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SDN interview feedback, school website, primary and secondary
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Winged it.
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Mock interview, went over my primary and secondary apps, read reviews on sdn, looked at their website
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Read feedback, read my amcas, read my secondary essays, read wayne's website, primarily their history and current focus
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Read the website, went over my essays, sdn
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SDN, WSU brochure
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Sdn feedback, read over my AAMC and secondary, researched the school's website
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Just kinda reviewed the packet of stuff they gave me, and chowed down on a damn good Greektown pizza the night before.
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Read there website, SDN, and my primary and secondary. (It was almost unnecessary)
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Read sdn, primary app, secondary essays
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SDN, talked to students, read the website
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Read all Student Doctor Network interview feedback submissions for Wayne State. Reviewed my primary and secondary application materials. Kept things in perspective, knowing I should just be myself. Got a good night's sleep, woke up early, left plenty of time for driving, relaxed as much as possible.
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Read SDN, mock interviews, read my secondary essays and AMCAS applic.
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Mock interivew, SDN, read my application, read the WSU SOM website
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Studentdoctor.net, mock interviews, spoke w/ friends that attended the school
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SDN, mock interview, read school's website
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Reviewed SDN interviews at the school and read information on the website.
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Reviewed School Website, Reviewed AMCAS/Secondary, SDN Interview Feedback, Practiced Q's with friend
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SDN, read the website, reviewed amcas and secondaries.
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SDN, going over AMCAS and secondary app, talking to current students
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Mock interview, thoughtfully considered some of the fundamental questions
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Looked over my secondaries. Talked to a student that went there.
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SDN interview feedback and WSU website.
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SDN, read over AMCAS and essays, viewed their website.
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Read over AMCAS and secondary, WSU MS Website.
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Nada
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Reviewed my AMCAS and Secondary Applications, SDN
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Mock interview, practiced with family and friends, read over school's website, looked over AMCAS and secondary
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Browsed SDN, read over AMCAS and secondary essays.
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This website, review of my AMCAS materials, and review of previews interview materials.
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Read medical ethics books, read interview feedback from this school, re-read AMCAS and suppl. application, researched school extensively
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SDN, read school's website, AAMC book
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Read over secondary, AMCAS app., mock interview
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Reviewed file, this website.
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Looked over my secondary essays, AMCAS application, SDN.
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Re-read AMCAS and secondary apps, got a good night's sleep!
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Read over application and SDN
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School website, SDN, AMCAS app, talked to former students.
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THIS WEBSITE, thanks! Looked over AMCAS, secondary, and Wayne website
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Not much.
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Read over AMCAS and secondaries
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SDN, review possible questions, review my application
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Interview feedback, website, google
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Read SDN, read Wayne's website, browsed other's feedback.
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Read amcas, secondary, SDN, mock interview, website, talked to current students beforehand.
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Normal stuff
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Looked over AMCAS and secondary applications, school website, interview materials, SDN
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Mock interview, school website, look over potential questions
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Reread AMCAS and secondary essays, SDN, school website, talked to a first year med student at Wayne that I knew from undergrad
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None.
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Read WSU website, went over AMCAS and secondary.
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Reviewed AMCAS, secondaries, sdn and school info sent with the interview invitation
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Student reviews, reviewed my AMCAS and Secondary apps, looked as WSU's website, practice interview
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Read this site, read Wayne's website.
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Read student feedback, did a mock interview, reviewed potential questions, read up on national health care
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SDN, read over secondary and AMCAS.
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Go over my AMCAS, this site, prayed.
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SDN, mock interviews with friends, reading up on current events/problems in health care, reading over AMCAS and secondary app. I really didn't need to do any of this besides going over the applications.
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This site, the school website, re-read my application (Very important).
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SDN, research the school, mock interviews
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AMCAS, Wayne website, SDN, mock interview w/friend
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SDN, school website and my AMCAS application and secondary
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Read my application time and again, this website, checked out the school's website
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Read over submitted materials, browsed site and brochure
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Reviewed AMCAS application, rationed out how to tie in some of my extraciricular activities with a career in medicine (musical instrument = time, dedication, skill, practice), tooks some Tums or Beano about an hour before the interview so my stomach didn't make any weird noises from breakfast food. Brought eye drops so I wouldn't looked stoned (9am interview).
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Read my applications.
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Read SDN, participated in a mock interview, had conversations with health care and non-health care people about "hot" medical issues (e.g., stem cell, insurance, etc.)
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Website, some interview tips from books, feedback from this site
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SDN, School Website, Mock Interview, Talked to current students.
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Reviewed my AMCAS application, spoke to current students, read SDN interview feedback.
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Interview feedback, mock interview sessions, school website
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Read SDN and reviewed my AMCAS application and WSU essays.
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Read this website and the school's website. Reviewed my application. Talked to friends that go there.
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SDN, school website, newspapers and magazines, talking to current students & alums
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Reviewed application, looked at this website
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Visit to the school a week in advance, SDN, brushing up on answers to the standard questions, talked to students there.
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Read over my application, thought about answers to typical questions, SDN
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SDN, WSU SOM Website, App. Materials
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Visited this site, school websiteand went thru' the material they sent me.
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Wayne State website, talked with some wayne state alumni, stayed at medical students house and talked with him.
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Read the interview feedback of my kind predecessors and considered how I would answer questions they had been asked. Looked at WSU website. MSAR.
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I read most of the interview feedbacks, practiced possible questions, did some self-assessment, and read up on some information regarding the school. Really, I needed to do none of this.
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I go to wayne for the BMS program, so i know the school pretty well. i read the website thoroughly and the pakcet that they sent with the interview materials. i read all the posts on this site, and i had a tentative answer in my head for each question, but not too much planning because i didnt want to get too nervous or for my answers to sound overly premeditated.
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My life.
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Websites, practice questions, mock interviews, self-rehearsals
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Websites, practice questions, mock interviews, self-rehearsals
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Read other people's experiences.
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Looked at the website, looked over my apps, looked on this site, and talked to people who both go there and have interviewed there
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SDN posted interview questions, reviewed school web site, reviewed schooled information packet, AMCAS primary application, Supplementary Application
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Reviewed the feedback from this website, as well as viewed the schools website and set-up mock interviews.
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Read my primary and secondary applications. Kept up to date by reading NY Times, looked at this website.
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Wayne state website, this website and reviewed my amcas and essays
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Read every single posting on SDN, studied my applications/essays, went on the school tour (helped a lot to go on the tour BEFORE having the interview)
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SDN, website, literature they sent, thought about previous interview q's
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Read SDN and hand my fionce do a mock interview with me
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Read the website, read SDN feedback, and did a mock interview
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I reviewed school information, read postings from this website, practiced questions, and reviewed my application essays.
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Review File and SDN
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SDN, mock interview
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Read a bit from this website, read up info on the school in MSAR
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Reviewd my AMCAS application and secondary essays.
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Looked at WSU's website, read this website and jotted down my thoughts on the respective questions
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I consulted with my advisor and this website
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Read this site
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Talked to students at Wayne. Read this web site.
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SDN, reviewed my applications, CNN website
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Read this website and the school's website.
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Read SDN, read some material a freind of mine gave me from the school, reviewed my apps
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SDN, reading application (read it thorough)
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This site mainly and several websites that have typical interview questions
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SDN, WSU website, re-read application
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Read NY Times Healthcare-related articles, read this website, went over practice questions, reviewed my application material and Wayne State material
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Read this web site
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Read SDN, brushed up on current events, read some bioethics cases, reviewed primary and secondary apps, school website
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This site, school's interview feedback, practice interview, read brochure
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SDN website, school website, reviewed application
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SDN, school's website, all applications submitted, reviewed possible questions and wrote responses to them
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Read over primary and secondary essays, researched the 23 possible interviewers for a little background info, read the wayne website, coached by a consultant who specializes in interview skills, asked family and friends to ask me potential essay questions and I practiced answering them.
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Read over my AMCAS and secondary. Looked at Wayne's Website, this website and talked to current students.
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Read over secondary, website, interview feedback, MSAR
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I read over my AMCAS application and secondary essays, looked at sdn and the school's website.
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Wrote down some of my goals, weaknesses (in a positive light), and some of my best and worst moments. Did a mock interview with my girlfriend's father.
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Sdn, Waynes website
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Website
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Read over my essays for the school
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Read through my application, SDN and Wayne website
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Read my application and this web-site
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WSU's website and studentdoctor.net
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Looked over sample interview questions, looked at this web site, looked over my AMCAS and secondary and the school web site.
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Website, primary & secondary app, and prayed.
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I read through several possible interview questions and looked at WSU's web site.
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I read this web site.
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I read through all of my application material, talked to 2 professors at the school, read their website.
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Read this site's feedback, read WSU's website, read my application well, and talked to my friends and family about myself and my experiences.
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Looked at website, went through various sample questions, read over my applications
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Looked at this site, looked at wayne's site, talked to people who i knew that go to school there, went over possible questions/answers in my head.
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AMCAS, looked at my secondary essays, read the wsu website.
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Looked at the Wayne State Web Site. Look at other interview web sites. Most importantly, looked over my entire app
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Here, website
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Read through the WSU web-site, really made sure I knew a lot about my research, Read the NY Times and other newspapers, really made sure I knew myself. I didn't do any "mock" interviews b/c I didn't want any of my answers to seem "contrived". I wanted all my answers to be genuine, whatever comes to my mind ansers.
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I spent time reviewing the website but I found that it wasn't really neccessary for the interview so much. As long as you know that the school prides themselves on their clinical emphasis, you've gotten what you need from the site.
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Printed material from website and read about the school the night before the interview; SDN feedback
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Prayed a lot! tried to relax and be myself. reviewed my amcas and secondary applications. Look at the school website and this website (since interview feedback is on the DL)
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I read up on the school's website, I talked to friends who were students there, and I considered why I wished to apply there.
What was the most difficult question?
Students said most difficult question asked at Wayne State University School of Medicine discussed a wide range of topics, including ethical dilemmas, personal values, coping skills, and career aspirations. While some respondents mentioned technical questions and specific inquiries about experiences, many referred to a conversational format without standout challenges. Notably, some responses hinted at a Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) format and nondisclosure agreements in place, with a focus on values and behavior scenarios.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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A lot of probing about the important values of being a doctor and they seemed to be looking for something specific
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Nothing was difficult, but I wasn't expecting to be asked very technical questions like explaining definitions.
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Do you think a person on death row should be on the transplant list?
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Tell me about a time when you were in an ethically questionable situation.
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What coping skills would I use in a certain situation?
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What will you do if you don't get accepted anywhere this year?
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In a situation which impacts your path towards your goal, some will like to collect all the information they can, what are your strengths? (I was a bit confused by this question and my faculty interviewer’s follow ups were quite tough, she seemed to want to hear something specific that I couldn’t put my finger on)
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Describe yourself in one word (I had trouble narrowing it down to just one haha)
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Have you been impressed by any other school you've interviewed at?
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Talk about a time your ethics were challenged.
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What would you change about Wayne State?
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N/A
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Tell me why you would be a good medical student and a good physician.
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None, really. It was very conversational and the flow was organic. Nothing just popped up out of the blue.
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How did you study for the MCAT?
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None really...
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Why Wayne?
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Nothing was difficult
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No questions were overly difficult (none stand out at least).
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If there was one disease in the world you could cure what would it be?
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Nothing really difficult, very straightforward interview
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None was that hard. All about my app pretty much so no hard ethics or situation questions
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How are patient compliance and reimbursement related? (That was the topic I used for my essay...so not really hard)
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Be honest, you wouldn't want to go to (other/better school I applied to) over Wayne?
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Is there anything else that you would like me to say about you to the admission committee?
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None
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What else should I tell the committee about you?
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What is a patient in the ER you work in or the person you're providing first-aid to looking for?
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Nothing was really difficult or unexpected. No healthcare or ethics questions.
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Explain your mcat score?
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See most interesting.
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They really drill the "why med school" thing and the associated questions--make sure you're ready for many many questions on the topic.
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Nothing too difficult, all pretty standard questions.
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How do you feel about Obama's health care plan?
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Nothing difficult - interview was very conversational. interviewer emphasized wanting to get to know me so could be my advocate to admissions committee
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See most interesting
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Clarifying some things on my application-- that wasn't really a question though.
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No difficult questions
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Tell me about your father's physician life.
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What will you do if you don't get in anywhere this year?
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NA
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Why did you quote William Osler in your essay?
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No questions of any difficulty
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What was the most valuable thing your learned from experience X?
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How did your clinical experiences contribue to your development as a person?
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Why Wayne State? (follow up)...no, really, why would you come here over the other places that you just told me you visited (this was done in a friendly tone though)
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What is your vision for your medical career?
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How did you choose where to go for undergrad?
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Nothing
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When I present your application to the committee, is there anything you'd like me to say?
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Why dont you have more clinical experience?
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Why did you do this EC?
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If you could present yourself to the admissions committee, what would you want them to know about you?
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Something specific about my research, which i hadn't thought in the general terms about how to define a certain field and what it is for.
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None. There were few questions asked, and the ones that were asked were of little value.
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Nothing.
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None.
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Was I really committed to working in Detroit given that my family is in another area
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Again, nothing crazy.
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What experiences have you had that make you sure that medicine is what you want to do?
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Why medicine?
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What do you think are the 2 biggest problems in healthcare in the United States?
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Where do you see yourself in ten years?
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How come you don't have more clinical experience? (I worked as an EMT, but that wasn't enough)
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If your friends could change one thing about you, what would it be?
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Why my GPA was low in science and why I did bad on the writting section of the MCATS
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What did your parents say when you had a dip in your grades?
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Nothing really
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I understand you may be disappointed that we don't have an MD/MBA program. If you're accepted to a school that has one, will you choose it over Wayne State?
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Nothing I did not expect before hands, but I should have went over my explanations for some red flags more thoroughly.
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None really.
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Why did you have difficulties as an undergrad? (GPA)
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Osteopathic or allopathic? (ie, WSU or other DO school I was accepted to)
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Tell me about why you chose X (non-science) major.
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How do you feel about assisted suicide?
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Explain why you went to the different schools and walk me through the order.
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Given your academic record, it seems like you're very talented in several different areas. What made you decide to go into medicine?
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How do you feel about switching careers?
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How do you feel about moving back to Detroit? (I was living in Oregon at time of interview). It was difficult because after living in Oregon, Detroit is pretty intolerable.
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What do you find to be the redeeming qualities to medicine, considering the hardships of becoming a doctor.
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No ethical questions.
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Explain a grade trend.
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As a physician, how do you plan to bring change to poor urban communities with health crises?
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Given problems with insurance and health care system in general, can one person make a difference
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Nothing too difficult
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Why Wayne State?
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What kind of satisfaction do you think you will have being a physician?
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Tell me about your mom.
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Could you fix the healthcare system? How?
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If you were accepted here and at U of M, which school would you choose?
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Nothing really.
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Why do you want to go to school in an urban environment?
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Nothing really, everything was pretty basic.....it's basically just a conversation, not an interrogation. just be yourself
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See above
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None really...I always find the typical question: "Why do you want to become a doctor?" to be difficult to answer because it is such a loaded question that you could spend hours answering. But, I think everyone expects that you will have a planned answer for that question.
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Nothing really, just the basic questions of why medicine, why Wayne State, etc...
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Why was X section of your mcat score lower than the rest
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If you could did not get into medical school this year, what would you do? Would you reapply?
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Nothing was difficult.
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None of them were exceptionally difficult.
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Is this your frist interview? Do you have any other interviews lined up?
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Nothing was asked that required too much complex thought, although I was asked to explain why some of my grades from undergrad were "low".
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What would you do if you had not chosen medicine as a career?
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None. The questions were all personal and very easy to answer.
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What was the hardest time in your life?
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Nada
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Being from a non pre med background your file seems to indicate you would be better prepared for work outside of medicine wouldn't you agree?
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Why Wayne State? (I am an international student)
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Nothing out of the ordinary.
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None were difficult as none challenged me to think, but rather give more information.
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None at all. The interview was more like a nice conversation.
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Why did you choose to continue school for medicine rather than Spanish (my second major).
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Why the low grades?
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None, they were all get-to-know you questions, seriously! No ethical questions or healthcare issues
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What would I say to the admissions committee as to why they should accept me
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What changes would you make to the U.S. healthcare system?
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Why not an MBA, it would be a lot quicker and easier?
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Why were you not accepted last year? (I answered that I messed up on the application process): Then why didn't you ask some upperclassmen for advice beforehand?
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Why is your MCAT verbal so much lower than the science sections? What leadership roles have you had?
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(nothing really)
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Where do you see yourself down the road...after graduation and completing your residency?
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Repeated question -- why medicine? I guess I didn't answer it sufficiently at first.
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Where will you be in 10/15 years?
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What is your number one personal characteristic you would like to convey to the interview committee?
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Which school I had gotten interviews at and why wasn't I trying to get in at more places.
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Why I acheieved a low verbal reasoning score.
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Same as above, so as you can see there weren't any really difficult questions.
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How large was your highschool (I couldn't remember)?
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If for some reason you could not practice medicine, what would you do? This was hard because I am a "one-step-at-a-time" kind of person so I haven't really thought about this one.
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Basically explaining why I did poorly in my undergrad and trying to explain how I've changed.
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No real difficult questions.
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What would you do if you did not matriculate into medical school? [not 'difficult' per say, but difficult for me personally]
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Tell me about what you did in High School (was TOTALLY unprepared for that). They asked what was my ACT/SAT score was and what my activities were. I saw my interviewer specifically write down my ACT score, so be prepared for that.
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Nothing at all, this was an incredibly easy interview.
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What would you like me to convey to the admissions committee on your behalf? (Not really a hard question, but out of all of the questions, it was the most difficult.)
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Just standard questions...
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No real difficult questions. They didn't ask any ethical questions, which I think are the most difficult.
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I interviewed with a faculty member from the same field I was doing research in. He asked some pretty thorough questions about my research experience. Know your research well.
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What was your least favorite non-science class? Yeah, I nkow... That's not even really difficult!
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Ditto (so nothing very tough)
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Tell me about what you studied in this course...(course on politics that I needed for credit and didn't remember anything about).
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Why medicine? (There were basically no hard questions)
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Have you been in any unfair situations
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Nothing unexpected. Be ready for the usual interview quesitons.
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See above.
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Why do you feel that you did not get into school last year?
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Not even one asked. Just talked about my extracurricular activities.
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If I might have been just as happy/fulfilled in the long run if I had stayed in the School of Architecture.
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If you are interested in research, why didn't you choose the md/phd program?
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Compare the three allopathic medical schools in michigan and why do you think wayne is a better fit
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I had no volunteer experience, something he would not let any of my experiences compensate for and a point he continually went back to.
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What do you want the Admissions Committee to know about you and why should they consider you?
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What do you want the Admissions Committee to know about you and why should they consider you?
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Use five adjectives to describe yourself.
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Probably the same one as above, since it was semi-controversial
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Why are you pursuing a M.S. in Environmenatl SCience if you want to be a doctor?
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There were no difficult questions.
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Why did you have a low verbal score?
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Their weren't any difficult questions
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Asked me to explain some of my marks, low writing sample MCAT score.
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What would you do if you didn't get into any med school?
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What would you like me to tell the admmissions comittee about you?
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How would your friends describe you
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What are my hobbies? (I always have trouble with this.) She also asked me if I had ever considered pursuing a PhD because I had mentioned my interest in attaining both.
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What would u wanna practice in the future? where do u see yourself in 10 years?
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What was you most difficult undergraduate course?
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None really except she asked about random courses and what they were about, and also asked me to describe specific activities/research in depth
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None were difficult. The experience was very casual and enjoyable.
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What type of doctor i want to be
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Explain a situation were you worked with a diverse group of people.
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My most challenging experience
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Didn't have a specific "hard" question, but "What do you want to get out of med school?" kinda get me, b/c I didn't know exactly what he was asking. (When in doubt, ask the interviewer to clarify.) I answered it in a way that combined the questions "why medicine" and "why Wayne", but later on figured out that he meant to ask "what kind of specialty you want to go into?"...
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None really, just your typical stuff.
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What was the toughest decision you have ever faced, besides picking a career?
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What was your rank in high school? (how am I supposed to remember)?
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How do you deal with stress?
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Tell me about yourself.
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Again, nothing in particular stands out
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Nothing really, why wayne state but you should be prepared for that anyway
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How did you pick your undergraduate school?
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What one sentence would you like us to relay to the admissions committee
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Is there anything else you would like the Admissions committee to know? (I felt like we had already talked about everything so I was stuck and managed to same something, though it was pretty insignificant.
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Nothing very difficult
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What a good friend or roommate would say about me.
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Why not go into another line of work where you could help people?
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Explain these grades...
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Why are physicians unique?
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Give me a sentence that you would like me to relay to the admissions committee.
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None really, but thought it odd that they wanted to know how big my class was in high school and my rank.
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Same
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If you were accepted to University of Michigan, University of Chicago, UIC, and Wayne State, where would you attend and why?
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Nothing was very difficult
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Why my MCAT scores were not higher.
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What would your best friend say about you?
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There were no difficult questions, but I felt like the interviewer did not care about my responses. This made it difficult to elaborate.
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What do you think is the most important issue facing medicine these days?
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How do you feel about medical insurance in the U.S. and where do you stand on the debate over universal health care? Do you think the government should be more proactive? Why?
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None - very straightforward, get to know you questions.
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Same as above
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A hypothetical question: "If every single profession existed in today's society EXCEPT that of physician, what profession would you choose and why". I was also asked a lot about my research and about problems with US Health care, which wasn't too bad, but I'm glad I prepared for those questions thoroughly! :)
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All the questions were very basic and pretty much straight from my primary application.
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Can't think of anything really difficult or unusual
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None really, the questions were basic, get-too-know-u-questions.
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The interviewer (the asst. Dean for Admissions) was very very personal, nearly too personal, and at times, it felt like he was probing too much. He was a clinical psychologist, and this interview was nearly cliche for the type of introspective grilling one would expect.
What impressed you positively?
Applicants were most impressed by the friendly and welcoming atmosphere at Wayne State, the extensive clinical opportunities and hospital affiliations, the enthusiasm and pride of the students, the focus on community service and underserved populations, the relaxed interview process, and the high level of faculty and student engagement. Suggestions included highlighting the school's positive aspects more prominently to prospective students and emphasizing the unique opportunities available for hands-on clinical experience.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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The interviewers were very kind, knew a lot about my application, and wanted to get to know me better
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All interviewers seemed very proud of Wayne State and had great insight into what it would be like to go there.
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The interview facilitator was very down to earth and friendly.
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The student interview made me feel at ease and the faculty interview I felt positively challenged. Also they had detailed slides of med school curriculum for each year
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F interviewers were super enthusiastic and warm! Interviewers really seemed to just want to get to know me more on a personal level rather than review my application materials!
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Very friendly faculty interviewer, everyone knew my file really well and asked me questions about it, transparent about quality of my application
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Medical student interview
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The students were open and honest
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Friendly medical students who were open to answering any question. The tour of Detroit was definitely the best part of the day. The interviews were pretty well organized for such a packed day. I felt that MMI was really well made and not too stressful. MMI interviewers were so nice and chatted with you instead of letting you sit in awkward silence after you finish.
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City of Detroit
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How nice and chill everyone was and hearing about the unique, early clinical opportunities in Detroit
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The tour of detroit
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Investment in the community
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The Detroit tour. Pretty neat!
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The medical students were super cool and Detroit is awesome
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The students and faculty were super nice
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How laid back everyone was
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The INSANE amount of hospitals within walking distance!
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The interview and tour gave you a realistic idea about the school. They don't try to sugar coat or pull out the "good china" when you visit like other schools. I prefer it this way. I don't want a school to impress me during the interview to realize it was an illusion when I enroll.
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- student tour guides were enthusiastic and friendly - staff were friendly
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SO. MANY. HOSPITALS. Lots of housing right by the med center. Basically, if you live here you will be able to walk to everything that matters for 4 years.
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The students were extremely friendly. All the staff were wonderful!
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The students I met were OUTSTANDING people. Seems to be a high level of clinical experience and engagement in underserved communities in Detroit. Co-curricular programs that incorporate service learning, lectures, seminars, etc. Really sophisticated recording system for recording classes/lectures. Seems like there's lots of scholarship money available.
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The community seemed tight-knit. I asked my interviewer why he/she stayed at Wayne for his/her career and the response was the people. Lectures are optional and streamed, so no need to attend most class.
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School respects your time. You don't have attend an ALL DAY interview program. It's like a real job interview which I found to be refreshing. Not every applicant will appreciate this attitude, but I did.
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Wayne State doesn't try to sell themselves on you. Your interview day is largely what you make of it. Every portion besides the interview itself is optional. You can go sit in on a class if you want to, and no one will really know/care if you decide you don't want to do that. Same with the tour. There is free time plugged into the day for you to just explore it on your own. You can walk around the school and talk to people, check out the cafe, or simply sit there and unwind if you feel like it. I think this is a very sensible approach because it lets the applicant define his/her experience, but I could see how that wouldn't appeal to everyone.
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Variety of experiences: WSU has something for every medical student, from community work with the underserved to research.
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The interviewer was genuinely interested in what I had to say and was very nice. I also was able to sit in on a class because my interview time had to be changed due to a family emergency. It was great to see what going there would be like. If you have time after/before an interview I highly recommend asking if this is an option.
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Clinical experience is just insane! In a good way
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The admissions building is brand new and really nice!
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Friendliness of staff, great tour, nice facilities
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Facilities, students and faculty, dissection for anatomy, co-curricular program, location
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Students, cultural life, faculty
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I was the only one on the interview day! lots of 1-on-1 attention on the tour...
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They respected my time (it was very short), library and new building was gorgeous
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Friendly people at the school, lots of diversity. All lectures are available on video so attendance is mostly optional. Only a few books needs to be purchased since students are given great course materials by the school.
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Strong clinical facilities, cultural life. multiple busy hospitals in the area around the school. VA hospital, children's hospital, few others. Close to Ann arbor where the more well known UMich is. Nice and friendly admissions staff and interviewer and tour guides. All people I met were friendly. even the interviewees were friendly and cool. most of them were out of staters like me from cali and new york and elsewhere.
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Very nice, friendly interviewer. She asked meaningful, intelligent questions.
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New medical education commons building
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Everything!! The staff and interviewer were very friendly. The new Mazurek Building is beautiful.. and the students I talked to were very nice too.
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The school was very community-focused and had several unique groups (such as huMed).
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The staff/students/faculty are all amazing, the new facilities are awesome, the clinical experiences are unrivaled
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Everything, this is my top choice. Student body, the facilities (new library and med commons opened a couple of years ago), research opportunities, the clinical experiences, I love that there are so many hospitals right there next to the school.
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The awesome hospitals that even though do not fall under the Wayne State umbrella directly, but nevertheless Wayne State students train at.
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The new facilities and friendliness of students and staff.
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Really nice people. The option to stream classes and no attendance policy (although I'll probably still end up going to class).
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Everyone was friendly and there was a great deal of security and a warm atmosphere. It was also really stress free.
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They do not ask you any ethical questions--I was told by a med student that they're not allowed to.
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The student reviews (tour leaders) of the school, the responsiveness of my interviewer.
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The school was very laid back and everyone I met throughout the day was super nice. I left with a better impression of the school and of the area than I had started with.
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Students seemed to like the school, the area has a lot to offer in terms of medical opportunities, lots of hospitals in the area, co-curricular program
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Student tour guides were enthusiastic about their school and the education they are receiving. clinical training! is awesome! DMC is a very impressive resource. co-curricular program is very appealing. Detroit looked better than you'd think and I consider it an asset to the school - students get great training and the oppty. to serve a very medically underserved city. interviewer was incredibly nice and interview was low-stress
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People were friendly and the buildings were new.
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New building for class of 2013 and beyond!! Beautiful! (But I saw that after my interview, it wasn't ready when I went for my actual interview). Hospitals affiliated to WSU are amazing. Interview is very relaxed. There are no try-to-stump-you ethical questions (at least not in my interview).
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DMC, friendly atmosphere at Wayne State
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How the medical commons building is going to be complete for entering students.
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My interviewer was a stand up gentleman who cared a lot about Wayne State University.
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Hospital is nice and will offer ridic amount of experience (there are a chain of like 6 hospitals), tour guides were helpful and relatively informative, school's history is very rich.
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The people
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The school's brand new facilities for the incoming class.
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The DMC, is large, and very accessible to the medical school, everything is connected, which is convenient. The staff and students were friendly, informative and approachable.
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The students seemed generally laid back and friendly (despite the fact that each class size is about 300 students); the mentoring program between students and physicians; the financial aid available to students from a disadvantaged background; the underground tunnel system connecting most facilities; most classes are webcast; lecture notes are available for most classes;
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New facilities are being built and all the faculty and students I met were very enthusiastic about the school and friendly.
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The interviewer was friendly and tried to make me feel comfortable.
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The extensive network of hospitals.
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Interviewer was very nice, admissions office was very nice, lecture halls are large and well equipped. The school is massive.
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Extensive network of on site hospitals connected to medical school for training, school had the infrastructure to deal with large class size, school was actually in a decent area of Detroit
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The interviewer was extremely friendly and really studied my file. He gave me time in the end to cover things that we did not go over in the interview.
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Clinical experiences at DMC, new library being built (should be ready for incoming class), friendly faculty/staff/students, large class size makes for lots of on-campus clubs and special interest groups
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Good place to study medicine
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The school was actually in a nice area, the tour guides were really enthusiastic, the building was technologically advanced (and I think a new one is being built). It seemed like a really good place to learn medicine. The hospital system was AMAZING.
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Very relaxed interview, hospitals right by med school
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The interview, the tour, the facilities, the people. Nearly everything about the day was amazing.
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Attended a couple lectures--very interesting stuff (but I didnt understand much). Profs were techno-literate and the lecture notes and videos are posted online.
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Great clinical exposure, great surrounding hospitals, down-to-earth friendly class.
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Organized, on time. Interview was very thorough and laid back.
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How well the interviewer had read through my file, that she was enthusiastic about interviewing me and getting to know me, that number of hospitals around the area, and that there is an underground tunnel.
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Online lectures that you can stream. I hate attending lecture because I feel I learn better on my own, so this feature is a nice caveat for a school to have.
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WSU's strong clinical program.
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Very committed to the underserved
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Lots of hopsitals right next to the medical school, so lots of clinical opportunities
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Their clinical facilities are very large and serve a diverse population. The students say when you get out, you will be ready for anything.
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My interviewers seemed to know my file extremely well.
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The amount of hospitals to choose from for your clinical years.
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The most impressive thing is all the hospitals that are walking distance from the school. Also, the school is pretty high tech, and environment seems very positive.
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Program flexibility, understanding of faculty/administration towards students with families
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How nice everyone was
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Organization
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Everyone was really friendly, the interviewer made the interview very relaxed, and the surrounding hospitals
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The friendliness of everyone
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The interviewer was warm.
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The number of hospitals that are literally across the street from the school. The tour guide and interviewer both mentioned the excellent training opportunities that students have at Wayne State.
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The interviewer (Awesome lady) took time to describe the different admissions processes between schools, and was open to conversation on some Detroit-based issues with me following discussion of my app.
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Giant hospital system. School is affiliated with all the big shots in Southeast Michigan. They serve a 5 million person population. Leaders in clinical research. New Dean has a great plan for expanding research facilities and increasing NIH funding to the school. Students seemed very relaxed.
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The surrounding hospital complex! It is amazing. It is huge and a very busy place. The school facilities are not new and not very impressive but the oppurtunities at the surrounding hospitals are amazing. They said that the hospital complexe serves approx. 6 million people in Detroit and the surrounding areas. One of the largest patient populations to a single hospital in the country. The tour guides said that because of the state that Detroit is in, you will see very interesting diseases and conditions in your patients.
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All staff involved were very helpful. The office staff, tour guides, and interviewer all made sure I knew where I was going.
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Opportunities for student involvement in the community and the possibility of taking a part in discussing and impacting change in health care policies at the state level
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The number of hospitals and medical related activities to serve the undeserved available.
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The clinical exposure students get.
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The students seemed really enthusiastic. Also, I sat in on a few lectures and one of the professors was incredibly animated, throwing candy at sleeping students and actually engaging the class.
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The residencies the students get, the clinical experience, the high MCAT scores of students, etc.
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The students are very laid back and very willing to help you out. Not the cut throat and very competitive environment I saw at some other schools.
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Location...great clinical facilities.
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The diversity of the student body
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Size of school, warmth of students and interviewer. It really is a great medical school and the price in-state can't be beat.
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The students are great, and apparently they get to do a lot of procedures in the clinical years.
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Hospitals (the children's hospital is nice). Ever lecture is available online
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Friendly community, great hospitals
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The devotion the school has to improving the health of Detroit, especially to those who cannot afford basic health care
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The students seem nice and down to earth. They plan trips to take together.
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The hospital facilities are amazing.
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Being the only school in Detroit - WSU has a monopoly on med student opportunities. Very broad socio-econ pop., Detroit Mercy Hospital sees everything, and the affluent suburbs of Royal Oak and Brimmingham off great tertiary care opportunities. (I'm from Mich.)
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The clinical experience and their emphasis on training you to be a competent resident
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The tunnels.. everything is connected by tunnels.. I won't be mugged if I go there!
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The hospital affiliation, everyone was very nice and enthusiastic.
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The DMC is quite large, and provides a wealth of patients populations and other resources, especially for research - which is essntial for landing the top residencies.
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Everything is connected underground, very large campus, lots of resources
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The DMC has everything, and all connected by tunnels.
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The interviewer was very niced, and the hospital system is amazing. I also liked the frankness of the tour guides
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Lots of hospitals are affiliated with WSUSOM, and they're all connected by tunnels.
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Their facilities are actually quite nice.
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A lot of clinical opportunities. Canada is just right across the river/lake.
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Everyone in the admissions office was very friendly.
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It is such a big school and I was really surprised how organized the support staff in the admissions office was.
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People seemed genuinely happy to be there.
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How much the students like the school.
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My interviewer was really nice. He spent a lot of time just talking about Wayne's history and medicine in general
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The size and location of the DMC Hospitals.
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I did think that opportunities for clinical work were good.
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The enthousiasm and passion for WSU that my interviewer displayed.
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The interviewer, who was a very nice, friendly woman really sold the clinical experience that Wayne State students get.
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The amount of clinical experience the students get.
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Many hospitals to volunteer in. Very diverse school. Only medical school in Detroit so you have many opportunities so see rare cases,etc.
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The extensiveness of the clinical exposure at Wayne. There are multiple hospital which the students can work in.
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Detroit Medical Center. What my friends said about their experiences.
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The interviewers enthusiasm about the school and how much the DMC and WSU focuses on teamwork and putting the patient first.
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The affiliation with so many hospitals, diverse clinical experiences, how close the hospitals are to the school
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The extensive tour
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As the only med school in Detroit students have access to all of the city's hospitals. This allows Wayne State to provide climical hands on patient experience very early on in the program (most programs there is no clinical experience until the 3rd or 4th year.) Also it appears Wayne is very well respected close 100% of students get there 1st or 2nd choice in placement through the matching program.
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The students who gave us our tour were great. They were enthusiastic, but honest - not afraid to tell us about the school's weak points. I really connected with them, and I thought they were great people - makes me think this school turns out good doctors who can relate to others.
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The facilities were fine, and we were taken to the local hospitals to tour them (all connected by tunnels). Students seemed happy there and the tuition is pretty good for in-state students.My interviewer also cleared up misconceptions about the large class size (290).
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My interviewer really felt strongly about Wayne State. I think the amount of patient contact and clinical experience is great.
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All of the hospitals in the same block as the school... loads of opportunities.
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My interviewer thoroughly knew my file. It was obvious that she took time to learn about me. The admissions office is staffed with very friendly people. Detroit is the only major city served by just one medical school so med students really get a lot of clinical opportunities.
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Interviewer's positive attitude and friendliness. Student's enthusiasm on the tour.
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The students really seemed to enjoy the school, the clinical exposure, and their friendships
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The Detroit Medical Center adjacent to the campus is a major medical center!
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Very enthusiastic tour guides (2 for only 4 interviewees) and nice medical school. Excellent clinical opportunities in hospitals (connected by tunnels!) and Detroit. Friendly students, not much competition.
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Clinical opportunities. Lots of chances to have patient contact. The clinical education is supposed to be second to none. Beaumont and Henry Ford Hospitals are ranked extremely high.
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Number of hospitals and clinical exposure
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The hospitals are connected by underground tunnels
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The number of hospitals located on the same campus as the med school. The type of clincal experience one gains at WSUSOM is extraordinary.
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Very laid back vibe. Extremely friendly students. Helpful admissions staff - fact that they have a phone number you can call to find out your admissions status.
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The people were all very nice, Detroit has a good urban feel that I prefer, and the area around campus did feel or look as ghetto as the reputation would have you believe.
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The enthusiasm of the studends/doctors/staff I met...they seemed to really like being at Wayne. Also, the facilities are very nice...many hospitals on the same block as the med school.
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Not much, it's not a bad school and I think it compares extremely well to other pure clinical schools in the midwest, and frankly the nation. Wayne State physicians are well known as earning an excellent education
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Everyone there has a great attitude, and there are tons of facilities next door to the school.
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The campus was very colorful. The student guide was incredibly positive and honest about the school.
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The people were welcoming and friendly.
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Dedication to the underserved population.
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The faculty really tried to sell the school. What they had to say REALLY changed my perception of the school for the better.
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Hospital network, variety of student groups, how safe I felt around the medical school campus
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The interviewer knew my file well and asked me specifics. The students were all friendly (not just the ones giving the tour). They have an impressive network of hospitals.
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My interviewer was able to provide me with a lot of guidance in terms of why to or not to go to Wayne or other schools.
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There are so many different hospitals close to the school. There are underground tunnels connecting the different hospitals. Everyone was nice and seemed to enjoy being there.
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Diversity of area and students and location of hospitals. There were many more positive impressions...
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Everyone was wonderful! My interviewer instantly made me feel comfortable, the interview was conversational, and my tour guides were helpful and friendly. Also, I was able to sit in on a dermatology class and all the students were very welcoming and enthusiastic.
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Everyone was very friendly and my interviewer was absolutly amazing. He made it VERY conversational - low stress, great guy.
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The number of hospital and medical center affiliations that they have are phenomenal. It seems like they really give you a lot of hands-on experience, and they are really geared toward preparing you for the boards.
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The students seemed pretty relaxed and friendly. School is well-connected with surrounding hospitals. Lots of opportunity for clinical experience and volunteering in the community.
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The students seem to be having a lot of fun.
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The hospitals and opportunities the school offers to it students
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Everyone was relaxed and easy-going, facilities connected to hospitals through underground tunnels that support a wide range of clinical opportunities
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Everyone was SO friendly there and as soon as they saw the kid walking up and down the halls in a suit they knew I was there for an interview, they practically fell over themselves to ensure I had a good time. Detroit is the only major (~1 million people) metro area that ONLY has 1 medical school. This offers students chances to train at 11+ hospitals in the immediate area free from competition. The interview was very laid back. The person interviewing me was a psychiatrist but I didn't feel like she was over-analyzing me or playing the "tell me about your childhood" game. Also, the admissions office told me there was a class going on and that I should sit in on it. She gave me directions to the room and I sat in on a renal clearence lecture....very cool. Very Friendly.
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Classes graded on a curve, lectures stream lined on the internet, get lecture notes from lecturers
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Clinical opportunities, opportunities to volunteer, opportunities to go abroad, professors only responsbility is to teach - they don't have clinic or research commitments, many student support services, etc.
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The friendly atmosphere, the clinical experince opportunities with all the hospitals, the volunteer & research opportunities
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The school's focus on great clinical experience. I mean if you can handle detroit recieving, your in pretty good shape as a doctor.
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The visit was pretty laid back. The student population was very diverse, and the students I met were very friendly.
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The hospitals! So many hospitals in one city block... And they're all (for the most part) connected by tunnels (good for winter!) Comraderie amongst the students, student parking is extremely close to the med school (across the street)... The professors I met were very friendly... The Urban feel of the school... They have a student prayer/meditation room available near the classroom area...I could go on and on...
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Great opportunity to work with inner-city disadvantaged population. Lots of depth to clinical experiences. Interesting curriculum.
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Friendly admissions office staff, really happy students who weren't stuck on themselves, great clinical resources. Plus, my interview was the last day of the current cycle, so I'll know by 12/15 whether I'm accepted, waitlisted or rejected. Sweet!
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The interviewer knew a lot about me before I went in. She introduced me to faculty that she knew I had common interests with.
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Everyone I've met who is involved with the school is very polite and friendly, and the students have a lot of pride and enthusiasm. Everyone is responsive to questions, even stupid ones.
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The hospitals, the reputation of the school in Michigan and in the city of Detroit, cost. Students were all very friendly. Admissions office staff was very friendly.
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The number of hospitals connected to and in close proximity to the medical school, how relaxed the interview was...
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They really went out of their way to make it as stress-free day as possible. I liked the focus on clinical experience, practice, and opportuniteis afforded by the nine local hospitals of which they are the only school to rotate through.
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Great clinical program, 7-8 hospitals to do rotations in, can do international rotation, all the courses are in blocks.. and exams are once every month for a whole day
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The level of physicians wayne state produces. It was the theme of my visit.
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The passion of many of the students. The involvement in the Detroit community. Let's face it, the area needs whatever help it receives.
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The interviewer, plus the location of the school is not as bad as I thought it would be.
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I loved the very welcoming and relaxed demeanor of my interviewer. he really made me feel like i was engaging in conversation with a peer and also made me excited about wayne state. he was very eager to answer all my questions.
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The location of hospitals practically next door to the school
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It was very laid back, the students and faculty were all very friendly.
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How relaxed and relatively low-stressed it was and how nice everyone was
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The students loved WSU SOM. They love the location and the proxsimity to so many Hospitals.
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The students were happy to be there. They all appeared to be content. Also the interviewer seemed interested in my responses and remained attentive throughout the interview.
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Students were nice, lots of extracurricular activities to participate in,
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How relaxed the interview and school atmosphere was
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Enthusiasm of the students and the enormous contributions they make to the surrounding community.
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Very nice people...my interviewer was extremely engaging and smiled a lot. Wayne is in an underserved community, so students there get a lot of experience with pathology that they wouldn't see in other cities.
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The facilities and the positive attitude that the staff had.
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The relaxed, comfortable setting
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DMC is amazing. Wayne is also a large school, with considerable class sizes.
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Diversity of Student Class
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The facilites look old from the outside but the inside is a different story. people from Wayne State are extremely friendly and warm and are proud of their school
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The size of the medical campus...this place is huge!!
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The interviewer was really warm and friendly, very much into conversation more than asking grilling questions. Additionally, she wanted to talk at great length about the features of the medical school curriculum.
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Everything! I had a really good time at this school - the tour was interesting, the students were VERY friendly, and the person who interviewed me was excellent. Also, the numerous resources and hospitals located right at the school is nice for those of us who hate to commute. If you are interviewing at this school don't judge it by its appearance!
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The interviewer was super-cool
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Friendly staff and students. Proximity to hospitals. Only medical school in Detroit.
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Friendly staff, large cafeteria
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Wayne is right next to a group of health care facilities that cover a wide spectrum of specialties. It's great that everything is all together! Also, Wayne's students are extremely active in their community. Extracurricular activities range from free clinic to educational programs.
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The price!
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The lecture rooms and labs were nice enough to spend A LOT of time in!
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Its a big school with a great clinical program and a level one trauma center.
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Wayne does a lot of things to support the surrounding communities
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The broad range of clinical experiences you'd get in an inner city hospital; How nice that area of Detroit was. How they gave me a coupon for a free drink in the cafeteria while I waited.
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Overall the campus has a really friendly atmosphere and the office of admissions is pretty helpful. I liked the fact that I was iterviewed in the interviewer's office.
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The friendly atmosphere, the hospital affiliations
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Students seemed really happy, helpful, the location is sweet; right in the middle of like 5 hospitals
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The school is great! All the students seem relaxed and happy to be there and they were really encouraging!
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1. Student involvement (students participate in lots of community service activities...so much that if a student completes 150 hours, they receive credit towards 4th year electives);Student involvement in hiring of faculty and curriculum 2. My host and her roommate(student stay over program) made me feel at home. They were honest about the school and gave me a tour of the city. 3. USMLE Pass Rates and 100% residency match 4. Obstetrics and Gynecology Department/Hospital Systems-- lots of funding and first place where in-utero bone marrow transplant was performed (awesome!!!) 5. Interviewed with the chair of Family Medicine -- very easy going and very knowledgeable -- gave an outline of the interview and the committee selection process.
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Usually interviews at this school are one on one, however, a second year student was sitting in on the interview for training purposes. It was nice to ask the student specific questions about his experience at the school...he was very honest. Also, the physician who interviewed me was extremely friendly and talkative.
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The tour was very good. I wasn't sure if it was going to be worth it, b/c the admissions office asked me if I wanted to go or not, as if it wasn't that important. However the student was very informative and what she told us helped me in my interview.
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The amount of financial aid.
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The friendly atmosphere and students.
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The staff seems very caring despite the large size of the school. And, despite the school being in downtown Detroit, the campus is attractive and well-maintained.
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Wayne's opportunities for clinical experience, how happy the students are there
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The interviewer was great, it was really conversational
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Number of hospitals at which one could do clinical rotations
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The attitude of the students. They seemed very friendly and the students who gave the tour were very candid.
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Interviewer was very candid and everyone was friendly
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The clinical experience that students get early on
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3rd & 4th year exposure.
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My interviewer, a faculty member, had a nice conversational style...I barely noticed that he was asking specific questions.
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My interviewer was exceptionally pleasant. The clinical experience is real at this school. You are allowed more clinical responibility as a student than probably any other school.
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Students' enthusiasm
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How excited the students were about the school and the programs; the good programs in ob/gyn and neuroscience; the amazing community-oriented experiences you can have.
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Their commitment to the community
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How laid back the students are, and how much fun they have together.
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The students were great, the hospitals are great, and I interviewed with the interim dean of admissions, who was very helpful. Also, there is a student workout room, and the cafeteria was good.
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The laid-back nature
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Extreme friendliness of people there and how much the students love it there
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The atmosphere at Wayne State. Everyone was extremely nice and courteous, and everyone (including my interviewer) treated me as if they really wanted me to go to Wayne State.
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The tour was given by two second year students who did an outstanding job of informing me about the school and what it's like to be a medical student at Wayne State. They both really love it there and said they turned down schools like U of M because they like the way Wayne educates its students. The tour and the campus are fabulous. The Detroit Medical Center is huge and beautifull.
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Interview with faculty, student tour guides; the other applicants were cool too
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The family atmoshpere at Wayne. The people at Wayne seemed happy about being there and put me very much at ease. The interviewer, she was pleasant and gave me some feedback.
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The opportunities are much greater than one would think, being in the middle of Detroit.
What impressed you negatively?
Applicants were consistently unimpressed by the lack of organization and information provided during the interview day, including minimal interaction with faculty, no formal presentations about the school or curriculum, and a general feeling of disorganization. Additionally, concerns were raised about the outdated facilities, unenthusiastic student body, and the location in Detroit. Suggestions included improving communication, providing more comprehensive tours, and enhancing the overall presentation of the school and its offerings to prospective students.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Nobody from the school (other than the interviewers) really spoke to us about the program, and there wasn't really an intro/welcome to the interview day
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They interview a lot of people so not sure how secure to feel despite feeling positively.
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The interview I had with Wayne was the one I had disliked the most out of all the interviews I had. Received the A and turned it down from how negative my interview experience was. The MMI questions were very random and didn't have much to do with medical school, yet the interviewers were not very personable and one raised an eyebrow when I had mentioned I was not from the state and made me feel very unwelcome. My faculty interviewer was the most bizarre interview I've had all cycle, with the faculty asking me to explain how the covid vaccine works, what the difference between equity and equality is, definition of a food dessert, what medical journals I read regularly, and barely asking me anything related to my app and moreso pimping me on definitions. Fortunately I had knew the answers, but it did not "sell" the school to me at all. My student interviewer was nice but a bit robotic. Definitely felt off vibes from everyone I interacted with besides the interview facilitator.
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Very little information was given about the school. No admission presentation, nothing about final aid. Everything was focused on how they were helping revitalize Detroit and community health care activities.
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The interview coordinators didn't apologize for the bus schedule for a tour of Detroit did not show up
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I wish the school tour had been a bit more comprehensive and that we could have a lecture about curriculum and other things, especially because some stuff can be tough to read about from the website. The lunch was honestly not great, but since we are given a home base to leave bags in during the tours/interviews you can definitely bring a snack of your own. The adcom people who came in to answer questions at the end were not super transparent but were really encouraging. Also, the students talked a bit about the huge class size and that’s something I don’t think I would like that much.
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Really really disorganized. Got out an hour after the scheduled end time. Did not meet a single faculty member throughout the entire day until the faculty interview.
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No presentation about the school and its curriculum, etc
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The interviewers, especially a couple at the MMI stations, were not friendly at all
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There was no admissions person who talked to us, no presentation on the school or financial aid, and everyone (except for the faculty member during the interview) was unprofessional and didn't seem to care
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My actual interviewer (and 3 other applicant's interviewers) did not show up and I had to have a virtual one 2 days later. I am still shocked. Also the student tour guide was sarcastic and not enthusiastic about his own school.
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They didn't give us a schedule so we didn't really know what was happening next.
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The whole day went an hour and a half over time
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My interview started late.
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- I wish the tour was longer and that we got to tour the hospital
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Detroit's reputation is overblown...but it's not entirely undeserved, either.
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The main building felt a bit claustrophobic, like you might end up locked down at any moment. Tour guide explained it was built during the race riots, and it does feel like it.
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Nothing.
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Not a huge fan of dissection...and they spend a lot of time on lectures.
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Detroit is just an ok city.
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The anatomy lab seems like one of the only parts of the facilities that hasn't been recently updated. The ventilation seems a little lacking IMHO. This is slightly unpleasant but by no means a big deal to me.
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It is a commuter campus.
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The lecture rooms are very dismal (no windows and older). Seemed a bit gloomy.
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The area isn't the greatest
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The classroom building was built during the 70's when there were lots of riots so it resembles a bomb shelter- very few windows
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Nothing really
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Safety
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They don't really go out of their way to impress you like other schools do.
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The lecture halls looked like prison
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Detroit is a rough place to live; high crime.
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Kinda old and dingy after seeing UCF's state of the art newer facilities. weren't able to see any of the study rooms or go inside gross anat labs like at UCF and see a lot of things on the tour that we were able to see in more depth at UCF. But on the bright side they offered to let me sit in on a lecture to see how class is there. I felt too awkward to do it but went down to the library instead and chilled there before my interview.
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The tour sucked. We couldn't go inside the Clinical Skills Center.
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Although the students loved attending the school, they did not think highly of the facilities.
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The school was located in downtown Detroit, students didn't seem enthusiastic about the school
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Detroit is not too safe, but the school itself is in a safer area
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The facilities tour was 2 hr after the interview, however, was the one part that made me decide on Wayne State. The interview process did not have financial aid office involved.
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Lack of a formal "interview day." It's an interview with an optional tour (which is good) and a lunch in the cafeteria.
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The cafeteria.
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Nothing
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Nothing really!
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Not much. Detroit's not the best place I've ever been, and OOS tuition is very high, but I knew those things already.
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Detroit's not the safest city, facilities aren't that great
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Most everyone is a commuter student. you have to drive everywhere (it is Michigan, after all). public transportation is virtually nonexistent. this is, of course, not the school's fault
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The tour was optional and the day was not really organized. It was just an interview, not really an "interview day." That can be a very good thing for people who are busy and do not want to spend the whole day at the school, but I like the scheduled days that have a tour and lunch with the students.
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Crime, lack of public transport, less than vibrant student life
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There may be a lottery system for rotations at the DMC vs. Beaumont, Henry Ford, etc.
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The weather? Detroit is rather dangerous but that doesn't bother me. The worse the city, the better the trauma care =)
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Lack of fin. aid/housing presentation and all that stuff. Interviewed the day before xmas eve, so it was super snowy and the school was like a ghost town...
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The building looked really old
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Although they do give an informative book, I would have liked to have a presentation on the school.
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The interview style; the lack of a formal presentation from the school; the lack of study space for students-the library is currently closed for remodeling (the best place to study is the cafeteria because it has windows)
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Students stop going to class because of Streaming lectures online (the streamin is nice though!) which means it might be difficult to meet all the students in your class
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All the cement, lack of student involvement/attendance, lack of organized day for the interviewees
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The class--seemed quite competitive and not very close/friendly.
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Detroit is very dead. Classes are dead as well, only about 20 people were attending the lecture I watched as they are all video-streamed so most students stay home.
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The rest of Detroit, only some research on campus (good myelin disease research though), rather inflexible curriculum, weird grading system that is sort of like standardized test (absolute scaled scores that help them rank), huge class size, students didn't seem enthusiastic
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The interview seemed to lack direction, so it was a good thing that there was a chance to cover things in the end.
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Not the prettiest area/campus, commuter school, sky-high tuition (58K) and class size (~300), drama b/t DMC and WSU, traditional curriculum, lack of reliable public transportation (most students have a car)
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Not the best place to live in, but I'd probably commute anyway
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The interview day was sort of really informal, the tour was optional.
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Facilities arent great
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I had to walk a long way just to get to my interview from the admissions office. I was the only one who had to that day.
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Nothing I didnt know before...
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Medical library isn't open for use yet (still being renovated).
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The tour was basically worthless.
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It seems like the students are a pretty mixed crowd from those who you wonder why they were let in, to those who are serious about medicine. seems like you need to be careful who you hang around. also no one was terribly enthusiastic about being there. also, seems like there is a lack of study areas, ie the library is out of commission, the lab rooms are white and ''lab''-y, though i'm sure you get used to studying there after a while.
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The facilities. The area. The student body. The hospital. The lack of a research program for non-PhD students. Did I mention the facilities? To put it simply, the only thing that is attractive about Wayne is the instate tuition and the online lectures. Everything is? Well, it stinks.
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When i interviewed, i got the impression that wsu is really for people who want to live at home/live independently in a city and go to school...i was really unimpressed with the fact that students attend lecture less than half the time and choose to stream them from the internet (in the words of the tour guide) ''because they would much rather sleep and get up in the afternoon.'' there seems to be no camaraderie within the class, there is an utter lack of ''student life.'' if you're working, have kids, or are married...this would be the school for you but if not why would you want to give up the amazing college-like experience medical schools like UMich can give you? there's also little research at this school and little encouragement to do it (i.e. nothing is built into the program). even if you don't want to do research, i think the research background to a school is fundamental to the quality of teaching. why does a school like duke tend to focus less on textbooks? b/c the professors draw from their research and cutting edge basic science to teach you material. thus, people who graduate from a place like duke are taught to be the leaders in their fields...and they truly know what it means to be that. that being said, i was impressed w/ wsu's clinical program...and their students get into a wide range of specialties. all this goes to show that it DOES matter where you go for medical school...these schools are incredibly different (in their own right) but can produce very different types of physicians have different goals.
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The city
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Tour guides did not seem to like the school
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Test scores are all standardized so some percentage has to fail
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Very large school seemed impersonal, and the faculty didn't really seem to care about teaching. It sounds like the still just talk at the students, and have a traditional curriculum. (As opposed to the systems based approach) One of the tour guides didn't really seem excited about being a student there, and said a few bad things about the school. The computers were still using CRTs, which made the wonder how old they were.
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No formal presentations about anything (e.g. welcome session, finacial aid, curriculum)
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They closed their main study/library area for renovations.
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I did not like the location of the school. Detroit is a pretty scary city.
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No financial aid information given on interview day; interviews were briefed individually as they arrived which got starts to look inefficient if two or more students arrive and once and the other(s) have to wait for the assistant to ouline the ropes for the day
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Old facilities
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Some locations were old
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There were no bells and whistles i.e. no meeting with the dean or impromptu exchange with faculty and students.
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My interviewer was friendly, but seemed to cut me off when I answered some of his questions.
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Office staff a bit grumpy, but it was really cold that day. Lack of an MD/MBA program, especially in the very biz-oriented city of Detroit, was a bit of a let-down.
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That a lot of the students commute from 30-45 minutes away.
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After reading SDN, my perception of the interview was that it was going to be low stress...it was indeed low-stress, but somewhat higher than I expected.
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My interviewer was a little late (10-15 min), but it was no big deal
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The long list of directions that were given to me to get to my interviewer's office. I also was not fond of the way the admissions office treated students--it was as if we were doing them a favor by coming. There were no signs, directions, or feeling of welcomeness.
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The facilities of the school weren't all that impressive. We didn't really get to see anything too technical though.
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The Anatomy Lab facilities are old.
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The interviewer basically went through my AMCAS and asked me questions about each and every section. I got the impression that she hadn't read my file initially.
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Location...for other reasons...downtown Detroit.
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The aging facilities and the ongoing problem between the Wayne State and the Detroit Medical Center
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Detroit is a pretty weird and at times bleak place to live. I did my undergrad at the same school.
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Facilities are old, and the school is just so big (biggest in the country) that there's not as much of a community feel.
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Practically no one comes to class.
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Old Building, interview day seemed to lack some organization
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Most people would probably say the location. However, if you want to attend medical school in Detroit, you should be well aware of the problems in the city and you should have a desire as a future doctor to do something about it. Nothing really negatively impressed me.
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Building is old
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The main medical school building was unimpressive. It felt like a high school building.
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I skipped the tour - so I don't really know much. Detroit is a bad place to be in general. Go Tigers!
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It's D-town, in the ghetto, the location obviously. But, it is only blocks from Comerica Park!
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Tours are given my M1's...they've only been at the school for one month at the time of my interview.
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The facilites, my interviewer's attitude, and the med. students.
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Seemed a bit outdated
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What's up with the lack of windows in the medschool building?
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The facilities, although they are being renovated.
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Huge class size (class that enters in 2007 will be ~280), facilities were old, lectures were so big that they had overflow rooms were the lectures were shown on video screen at the same time
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The city of Detroit (but I have known for quite some time now that Detroit isn't the exactly greatest city).
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The ultra-urban setting.
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Nothing really.
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The large class size
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The facilities need some major updating.
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It was VERY cold during the tour.
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The student body was very unprofessional; it felt like I was surrounded by less than bright high school students.
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I was not that impressed by my interviewer...he was nice, but seemed more interested in telling me his thoughts on the school and my application than actually asking me questions.
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The tour of the hospitals was nice but could have been informative. Also, my tour guides seemed to lack everyday social skills.
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The tour isn't very helpful, it's definitely a commuter school, and it seems to be getting pretty big.
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The locale.
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The tour was boring. It was snowing and about 30 degrees C. Contract problems between the University Physician Group, Detroit Medical Center, and WSU. The class size is going to be 290. :( The tuition is also $45 grand for out-of-state students.
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Not many students come to class.
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There's nothing to do during the weekends so lots of people go home. Students don't come to lecture if they can help it and it's easy to fall behind in class.
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Too much talk about grades during the tour, I would have liked to learn more about opportunities and the community.
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Enthusiasm from the interviewer about the school.
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Ohhhh Detroit! It is an economically severely depressed region. This has an effect on everything from crime to nightlife to non-insured patients to well you do the math.
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The facilities of Scott Hall were much less than impressive - kinda dark and depressing.
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I felt like the school was good, but I'm not sure if I would pick it other the other school I've been accepted to. It just seemed like people were there but not very excited about anything really. I was hoping to get financial aid information there, but you have to go back on a Saturday for a presentation.
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Most students don't live around campus, not much campus life. The tour was horrible since it was only the tour guide's 2nd tour. He didn't know much and said nothing about the hospital network.
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Student tour guides were unimpressive... not informative for our group of out-of-state applicants. (Both were Detroit natives... had attended Wayne State as undergrads.) They seemed to not think of education seriously, making high achievement sound unpopular.
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The facilities weren't the best, but they weren't too bad.
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Some of the facilities are in the middle of renovation; while this is good for the future, it's a little messy right now.
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The gym was really small
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The activities were absent, no welcome meeting, no introductions, etc. Also, the school has plans to increase the 1st year class to 300! Funny how no one mentioned that, found out from a 4th year student I talked to in the hall.
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I had to wait 2 hours in between the tour and my interview! They only have one tour at noon for both the morning and afternoon interviewers. I had to ask to see the library and hospitals, but they gladly showed them to us. It's in Detroit, so not visually appealing or entirely safe.
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Scott Hall is old with almost no windows. Since I'm doing MD/Ph.D, some of the research seemed a bit lacking. That's not to say all of it was, but there seemed to be fewer quality labs pertaining to research that I wanted to do. As for the living area, Detroit is, well Detroit. Money for the Super Bowl has helped renovate the downtown. Hardly any of the outlying areas have gotten money though, so they are still pretty downtrodden. Also, while a lot of places tried to sell themselves, Wayne seemed to be more content just letting you decide.
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Location in Detroit, facilities very average.
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The location
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The quality of the facilities. They were nice enough but everything was old and very spartan. Big gross anat lab with many bodies...student get to perform the dissection.
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Detroit is a bit run down. The school's location isn't unsafe, but not exactly where you would want to live either. Since Detroit does not have much of a mass transit system, most students live in the suburbs and drive in.
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Students seem rather stressed out, facilities are average or a little below average, and the anatomy labs and many of the rec rooms were dreary and underground. Also, practically everyone's in-state, so I may feel a bit left out.
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I used to live in Detroit and coming back I thought Detroit would be a dump. But it's actually gotten better - abandoned buildings are starting to be town down. That being said...the area right around WSU is not safe and you can't park your car there. The health care system in Detroit is struggling big time and the only successful hospital is Beaumont (a top 20 hospital in the entire nation). But the Detroit area hospitals like Sinai Grace, Hutzel, Detroit Receiving, St. Johns, Harper, are all struggling and it's really sad because Detroit needs good health care in that area. Plus Wayne State is upping their school size to 300, that sure is big!!!
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My tour guides almost seemed too laid-back.
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The hospital halls were dimly lit. Almost eerie. Facilities are old. Construction in main med building.
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The facilities are a little run down and old, and the school is in the middle of Detroit.
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Not a lot of coordination during the interview -- seemed a little haphazard.
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There isn't much to interview day... only a tour and the actual interview.
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Facilities are old
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Some of the buildings were old and uninviting
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The students seemed to be okay with going to school there but none of them were super happy to be there or excited.
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The facilities are kind of old
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No one could tell me a reason they went to the school except that it was in state. I asked my interviewer why he liked Detroit and he couldn't give me an answer. I was expecting them to sell the school to me, but they didn't try. They figured I was too good for the school or something. Hell, I would go there if it meant getting to go to med school at all! They shouldn't have had that attitude. I sure didn't. The interviewer was falling asleep and forgot some of my answers and had me repeat them!
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I wish the interview was a little more in depth. I left feeling like I wished he knew more about me.
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Mainly just the area around the school. Detroit is a little scary.
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Detroit is not the best city to hang around in.
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That they let in over 250 people. The interviewer told me flat out that they admit a lot of sub-par students that couldn't get into other places. The interviewer said that they do this knowing that some of these people will fail out or quit, and still others will not pass the boards.
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The weather was quite cold and overcast the couple of days I was there. Detroit is a relatively low-income area and a lot of the buildings and infrastructure seem old.
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Location
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Did not like the location of the school, the feel or energy within the environment, the student culture did not seem well connected
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The building/caf is kind of old, I'll admit but the friendly atmosphere and the parking make up for it.
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The area, detroit isnt a great town people. but it isnt in the worst part of detroit either. the class is big (almost 300) all of the graduate studies for the sciences are in one building (ONE!!!) older building, not great facilities
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Nothing really....
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Students indicated that the classes weren't that competitive and it seemed a bit too relaxed for med school for my liking (but that could be just me)
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Detroit is not the most fun place to live.
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Facilities are a little old, and the cafeteria sucks. Student tour guides didn't seem too excited to be there.
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The caf food! The decor of the med school building is a bit drab (like that makes a big difference)
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City is abandoned and unsafe, both city and school aren't nice to look at and are old. Commuter school. Webcast lectures mean that sometimes only 15% show up. "Official" students - tour guides, hosts - were nice, but other students ignored me when I was sitting right next to them.
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Detroit is rather dicey--but at least it seems to be improving.
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The facilities are really old. A lot of the students we passed on the tour said they didn't like it and not to go there.
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The facilities are a bit old, and working in an inner city has its drawbacks
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Living in Detroit. Some of the facilities. The library was not part of the tour, I thought it would be important to see that.
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How expensive parking is and how large the class sizes are.
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Detroit is not that great, but it appears that the city is being worked on.
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Detroit traffic...roads are in bad shape
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Detroit's metro airport is FAR from the city. I paid around $70 to get from the airport to the medical students apartment.
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The facilities are second-rate, but the in-state tuition is niiiiice.
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Nothing much, i didnt go on the tour, some of the facilities are a bit old
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The campus is, well, out of date and not aesthetically pleasing.
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Didn't have a chance to visit the library, but overall a great tour
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They barely showed us anything during the tour, and since I've taken one before with our pre-med club, I know there was more they could show...also, how spaced out the interviews were, I would think it would be more efficient to have all of us interview before the tour and around the same time (but that was a small thing)
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THe city of Detroit SUCKS. THe City and the look of the school is not inviting at all.
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The only "negative" comment that I had was that at the tail end of my interview I felt rushed because the interviewer was trying to make sure I made it to the tour. I wish they would have had more than one tour during the day so that interviewers wouldn't feel rushed to get prospective students to the tour.
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Location and facilities were older.
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The school is not in the best neighbourhood, but that's also a positive because it allows you to see a wide range of medical conditions.
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People commute to the school because it's in downtown Detroit...I don't want to commute to med school (isn't there enough to worry about already?). The subterranean tunnel system is a bit stuffy.
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The surrounding area that the university is in.
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The wait between the interview and the tour, there was like 12 of us in a tiny, tiny room
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Not much.
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Class size, Lecture-based learning
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The location of the school...but Detroit in general is awesome
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It was 10 degrees outside...cold as hell
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The interviewer was very friendly. It was more like a conversation than an interview.
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I wish the tour had been more detailed
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Wayne isn't much to look at but everything else about it is impressive.
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The cafeteria food
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Very short visit. Counting the hour interview I was on campus for only about 3 hours. Just showed up, interviewed, had the tour and left. Not much information on Detroit, where to live, student life, curriculum, etc.
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Detroit is an interesting city... Looks great, but inactive to an extent. Great researches going on at Wayne, but I didn't get a feeling that students were too involved in what's going on in the research departments...
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The facilities were pretty run down. There were times when I felt like I was in prison while in the med school building. Also, Detroit Receiving is having serious financial problems, although this was not discussed by anyone. When you go, bring it up. Also, this was possibly the least informative of all the interviews I have gone on. I walked away knowing very little about the school because they do not give any presentations, my interviewer was a doctor so I couldnt waste her time asking a ton of questions, and the student tour guides focused on the dumbest issues like ID cards. Also, with so many kids per class, it seemed a little like a doctor factory.
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There is a campus per se, but no one really lives in the D. everyone commutes.
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The location mainly, even though Detroit is not as dangerous as rumor would have us believe. Its pretty safe, just not very scenic.
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There was not much unity on campus- most students commute and choose to study and spend their time elsewhere
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The complete lack of information given to you at interview day. All you do is have one interview and take a tour with students. No curriculum presentation, nothing on financial aid.
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It was hard to read my interviewer, but overall the interviewer payed alot of attention to me and seemed interested in what I had to say.
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I wish we had been able to see more during the tour
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We couldn't go into the gross anatomy labs :-(
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It kind of unnerved me that only one other person interviewed that day with me.
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The tour...because I work at the hospitals attatched to the med-school, I knew most of what she was showing. I would have liked a more in depth tour.
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My interviewer didn't seem that interested in what I was saying and she basically just went over all my ECs, I think to verify that I had actually done what I had said I had done.
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The tour guides seemed to talk a lot about partying.
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Just that it is absolutely freezing here!!!
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Parking is difficult without a pass (you have to buy those when you're accepted)
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How little the admissions office does to make you feel welcome and help you to learn about the school
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The tour was HORRIBLE!! The student was a second year who had pulled an all-nighter studying for her exam. They should have found someone else to give the tour because she did not sell it well at all...in fact we ran into her friends in the hallway and she stopped to talk to them for about 10 minutes and made us wait around while they planned on going out to lunch. She didn't show us the library or where she studied which I thought was important to see.
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Class size is huge
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Bad weather...also, no real forum to ask questions about the school...left there with a lot of questions
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Old facilaties & cafe food.
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The facilities are pretty disheveled.
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Parking is $440/yr. Most students commute.
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Location; also interviewer was 15 min. late
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The buildings are kind of old, and they have six to a body in gross anatomy.
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Large class size and strong focus on large lectures
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I think everyone knows that wayne's facilities aren't that great. The tour is pretty basic.
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The day is set up very sporadically, and they give you NO information to take back about Wayne State. Also, the main building that you take most of your classes in is not very modern.
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The tour of the facilities. The facilities weren't that impressive
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Not a whole lot
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I am from New York City, so I had to fly in to Detroit, and there is no public transportation here, so I had to spend a lot of money in cab fares to my hotel and then to the school from the hotel, and the surrounding areas of the med school are not the best neighborhoods, but most of the really good med schools are in really bad neighborhoods, like hopkins and columbia, and penn, so wayne State fits right in :).
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The teaching facilities are not state of the art but they serve their purpose.
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Location; I stayed at a Days Inn in downtown Detroit a couple of miles from the school; kinda creepy; heard about bad/scary things happening there, although taxi driver said things're 75% better than they were 10 years ago
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Nothing (well the library was really hot, but the AC was out).
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The educational facilities.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
Applicants commonly expressed that they wished they had known ahead of time that the interviews would be more conversational and less formal, with a focus on getting to know the candidate as a person. Additionally, many applicants mentioned the importance of being relaxed, knowing their application well, and not stressing over the interview process.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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That they don't ask conventional questions now (tell me about yourself, why medicine, why Wayne state, etc) in the 2022-2023 cycle.
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Multiple 30 minutes interviews: 1 faculty, 1, med student, 1 mmi. I thought it was just mmi with app questions thrown in.
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Don't be nervous, they want you at their school!
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The Faculty interviewer knows your application really, really well so you can talk about yourself without going into too much detail about what you did- they just want to have a conversation with you and may bring up random topics in order to do that, so just go with the flow. There are a few ethical/scenario questions weaved into the student interview, which is very structured.
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To relax
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Detroit is nicer than I was expecting.
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More about MMIs, don't worry about their's though because they're pretty normal situations. Nothing crazy.
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To relax and definitely know your application. they will ask you specifics about different activities
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That I could have relaxed before the interview. It was so laid back.
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They are very willing to accomodate interview dates. I mentioned some travel logistics issues I had had, and the admissions staff said that they wished I had called and told them because they would have been more than willing to adjust the timing to help me out.
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My interviewer was NOT directly affiliated with the medical school (worked with undergraduates). If I had known this was a possibility, I would have prepared more questions about living in Detroit, Wayne State in general, etc. rather than very specific questions about the medical school programs.
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Nothing really...it's really laid back and nice.
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School is huge. 290 students per class.
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If I'd known ahead of time about the freedom I'd have to explore, I may have tried to reach out to a current student beforehand to see if I could meet with them or if they would recommend checking out XYZ before leaving (i.e. something not on the student tour that would be worthwhile to see). But in retrospect, I do think I used my free time effectively and was happy with what I found. It also allowed me to talk to some of the other interviewees which is something I personally like doing.
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Nothing: there were no surprises.
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Don't be super nervous about this one. It is incredibly laid back and just a conversation about your primary materials.
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That this interview wasn't as easy going as others said it would be....be prepared! It's not a blow off not hard but not easy
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Really easy interview! Told me straight up that he just wanted to make sure I was a real person matching my application
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Nothing
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That they did not accept me the first time around because of my poor performance in the pre-reqs
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Nothing, its very laid back
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Nothing really
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Nothing really. kinda was prepared due to people who interviewed before me telling me about hwo it was.
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The parking situation was somewhat frustrating.
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How laid back the interview would be!
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Generally they do not ask any ethical questions
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That they do not ask ethical questions.
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I think I was well prepared for everything that occurred during the interview, so nothing!
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Just wish I had done a little more research on the school. Since my interview was before the tour, I didn't have a great sense of what the school was like, and had a hard time with the "Why Wayne?" question.
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Don't forget your parking pass! (Oops!) If you do, there is free parking about a block past the school along the street (Canfield). There is also meter parking just outside the school along the street.
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That it was gonna be snowing so hard and would take me an hour to get somewhere that should have taken me 22 minutes (according to Mapquest)!
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I stressed out about this interview way too much beforehand. It was really laid back.
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Nothing really.
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I expected the interview to be like a conversation in which I would be asked questions that came up for my interviewer as he read my primary and secondary questions and that follow-up questions would be asked based on my answers. Instead, I was asked questions that were pretty much already answered by my primary and secondary application. It made me feel like I didn't have an opportunity to elaborate much on things not explicitly discussed in my application. Also, be prepared to gauge how long or short your interviewer expects you to answer his/her questions. Honestly, that was the hardest part of the interview for me and this was my first interview.
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The cafeteria has bad food, but there is a Biggby's Coffee in the hospital.
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How expensive the cab ride is for crossing the border!
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Detroit is a ghost town, don't bother to allow extra time to see the city like I did if you are interviewing with someone in hospitals, they may be late and getting paged constantly during your interview (admissions office, please note this is not cool)
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Nothing much.
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That a cab ride from DTW airport to Wayne State would cost $35...not ~$20 like it says on your interview invite
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Nothing, was ready
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That the interviewer would stress my high school experience so much.
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The the parking pass they mail you is for the FLAT LOT right next to the TALL PARKING STRUCTURE. Both places take the card but only the flat lot lets you in. It's really easy to accidentally drive into the parking structure and once you do, you have to back all the way out. So keep your eyes open!
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The GPS directions were bad, I showed up a couple minutes late--very bad!
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That we'd have two hours to kill in between the interview and the tour.
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How few of the rotations are at the DMC.
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Umm.. wear comfortable shoes?
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Nothing.
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That you should read the letter to find where to go for the interview. Don't read their directions on the website.
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That the OB/Gyn and Ortho departments have walked out of the DMC, and that there is talk of the DMC disaffiliating from Wayne (rumor only)
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The hospitals on campus are all connected by an underground tunnel system. Very convenient, esp. in winter!
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Interviewees were given a beautiful green pen with interview package with WSUSOM engraved for making notes/doing form etc. (this may sound trivial but I had just paid $5 for a similar one at RiteAid!)
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Rotations were not necessarily all done in Detroit.
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Nothing much, I missed the tour and I'm from Detroit already.
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I knew everything ahead of time...I live here.
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Can't think of anything. I did my research about the school.
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The contract situation between WSU and the Detroit Medical Center has been resolved!
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My interviewee packet and SDN fully prepared me. No suprises.
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That there wasn't much to the inteview day besides the interview and student tour. I was expecting it to be more formal or to to be received by the Admissions office.
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How soon you get accepted or declined.
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You don't have to live in Detroit! Most students commute from nicer areas like Royal Oak.
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The Wayne State contract with DMC is currently under negotiation.
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That DMC and Wayne State may have their residency program placed under probation if they dont sort out their differences
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Detroit is dangerous. The city practically has no night life. Even though I dont think I will be hitting the clubs to often during medical school. The city isnt the best one in America. Also suprised that I could communte from Windsor to Wayne State.
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The financial aid talk is NOT at the interview, but you have to come back later.
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Interview was not at the med school but in karmanos
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Any unique qualites about WSU
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During your second year, you have exams every two weeks or so.
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Leave more than 2+ hours of extra time if driving from Grand Rapids, you may never know when they'll shut down the expressway.
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Nothing, but be prepared to leave Scott Hall b/c your interview could be in another building.
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That an early interview means that I'll have a couple hours of sitting around before the tour after the interview was over... and that I'd be getting lunch on the tour so I wouldnt have paid for it beforehand... DOH!
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That driving in Detroit is a pain
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No financial aid presentation, that you have to come back at a set date for it.
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Since I live in Detroit, I wasn't surprised by anything.
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What time the interview day would be over. My interview was in the morning and we were done w/ everything around 1
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About the Republic of Czech (my interviewer was from there)
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I wish I schedule my interview earlier because Wayne State only tells you are accepted once a month.
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The interview doesn't take place at the location where you check in so give yourself extra time to walk over to your interviewers office
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The main school building is being renovated.
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I guess there are a variety of interviewers, so this isn't always applicable, but if they don't ask you questions, speak up if you want to be heard!
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Hmmm, nothing comes to mind
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There's construction going on at the admissions building- other than that, pretty straightforward.
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Prepare for the cold weather. Budget car rentals suck! WSU makes offers once a month. The next day is 2-22-06.
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Class size is increasing to around 280
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There are contract negotiations with the Detroit Medical Center so the nature of the clinical experiences could easily change.
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That I would have to be walking to a different building and find my way to the office via written directions to the interview
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Downtown Detroit isn't the best place to stay. Maybe it has had a renewal in prep for the Super Bowl but when I interviewed most people said to stay away from that area and yet that is where my hotel was!
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Nothing really. I guess it would be better to know who is interviewing you ahead of time so you can research them, but they do not allow this...
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The class size for 2006 is going to be 290 students. Also, even after the interview, your stats are still looked at (MCAT, GPA) rather than being graded by interview alone.
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The school as increased its class size by 100 students for the 2006 entering class.
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The format of the day/interview.
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The new dean was just taking office.
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Out of state tution 45,000
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That I should have been more prepared for the interview - studied my personal statement closer, thought more about my own desires.
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Michigan doesn't let out-of-state students apply for Michigan state residency; you're stuck with that awlful out-of-state tuition for all 4 years. Michigan looks and feels like a state going bankrupt, so it isn't surprising.
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That if I get in I'll be with 299 other students.
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Just how relaxed it was.
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Construction. Detroit is getting a face-lift for the superbowl... so work in some extra drive time to get past the construction.
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Wayne is affiliate with a bunch of hospitals and has a lot of clinical opportunities
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The cultural life is very lacking. No one could tell me anything fun to do around there. I also wish I would have known how expensive cab rides were to the airport! Carpool if you can!
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I shouldn't have been nervous! There was really nothing to worry about. There were no difficult questions during the interview, and the interviewer seemed like she just wanted to get to know me better.
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I was pretty well prepared.
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What I stated above, that they flat out allow sub-par students. I kind of knew this ahead of time because they would have to in order to get 250 students. But hearing that it's true from the inside really turned me off.
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That the stress I felt for interviewing was nothing more than my ego; you are who you are, 'preparing' or 'interviews' will not change that; accept your life and move forward spontaneously with integrity to truly do the best you can in any situation
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How soon I would hear back from the school! Decisions are handed down once a month for all applicants including those who interviewed during the last cycle. They usually occur on Wednesdays, the 2004-2005 dates are: Sep 29, 2004 (Early Decision Only) Oct 20 Nov 17 Dec 15 Jan 26, 2005 Feb 23 Mar 23 Apr 27 If you interview on say November 1st you hear whether or not you got in on the 17th, if you get waitlisted a new decision is made on every 'decision day' after that, ergo on Dec 15 they choose accept, reject, waitlist again...and so on. Wayne is the largest medical school in America so the turnover on the waitlist is high, don't feel bad if you get on the waitlist...seriously.
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Pretty much what is in the negatives
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How stress-free the interview would be! I spent too much energy stressing about it!
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I knew that it was going to be a laid back interview but I still stressed out about it...I wished I called ahead and looked up who my interviewer was so I could direct the conversation better...(and that I definitely need more practice summarizing)
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How short it would be! The whole interview, lunch, and tour took about 2 hours.
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There's construction on I-75-- traffic jam!
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Both positive & negative points.
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December 10 was the annual med school holiday party--complete with open bar. Applicants are also welcomed to attend if they happen to be interviewing that day. If I'd known, I would've stayed an extra day!
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They have a LOT of volunteer opportunities in the city, which is awesome if that's what you want to do.
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That there wouldn't be time for me to ask questions at the end of the interview
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No surprises.
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Nothing, the interview went well and I left being more impressed with the school then I thought I would be.
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Can't think of anything-- just lots of construction on 94 and one-way streets.
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Ummmmmmm...how I would be ripped off by the taxi driver. I'm just glad I mapquested where I had to go or I'd never get there.
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Must drink water prior to interview. Mouth... so dry.
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That the interview at this school in particular was completely stress free. Oh yeah, I-75 southbound was a complete mess. I live 1/2 hour away and it took me an hour and a half to get there.
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Getting the dean of admissions at WSU as the interviewer is a terrible sign. Everyone I know he interviewed did not get accepted.
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That there will sometimes be an hour-long wait before the tour begins
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I have friends at the school so there were no surprises.
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Nothing really...I already knew it would be a pretty low-stress and conversational interview from people I've talked to
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Everything closes early.
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I read how relaxed and stress-free the interview was, but didn't really understand how much so until I was in my interview. It is totally stress free - the way it should be if the purpose of the interview is to get to know more about the candidate as a person.
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Nothing really...i was pretty familiar with the school before I interviewed there.
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School starts begining of August :-( (short summer)
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That ideas flow into my head a thousand miles an hour when I'm under stress. I should have chilled out.
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The tour is pretty useless. Just walk around on your own.
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The students here love it and enjoy sharing their thoughts/experiences here with you
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Very big class...over 200 people enrolled per year
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How relaxing the day was
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That taxi from airport costs big-bucks
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Not too much opportunity for research experience
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The public transportation system in Detroit is not very developed. The only ways to get from the aiport to the school is by taking a taxi or renting a car. Neither is cheap... (expect about $40 one way for taxi)!
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Who the interviewer was. They dont tell you ahead of time. No big deal, though.
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That the interview would be so easy
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Nothing comes to mind...
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Most of the people who apply early decision are from Wayne State, but that does not negativly affect your chances of getting in.
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I had 2.5 hours to sit around before the tour and after my interview... i got to sit in on a lecture though so that was nice
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MANY, MANY reasons why I wanted to go to Wayne... they asked me over and over!
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How easy going the interview was going to be.
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About 60% of the students granted an interview end up getting an offer.
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That I was not going to be able to visit the library on the tour. It seems as though they have something to hide.
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More about the curriculum.
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The interview was longer that i had thought (not that I had other plans), I was just surprised... although i think the length might have been anomylous.
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The tour really is optional and very informal.
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The amount of exposure you get from being in Detroit, they have great hospitals right there that are all connected by underground tunnels, which is cool. Also Detroit Receiving Hospital doesn't turn away people who are uninsured so you really see a lot of cool cases, like end-stage diabetes, etc.
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That my interviewer was basically going to go down the list of my ECs and ask questions for the firt 20 minutes.
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Dress warmly in Michigan.
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Allow yourself extra travel time to the interview. Detroit seems to have a lot of road construction.
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The interview was very conversational. She had a sheet of paper she was asking questions from and writing notes. Where to go. I made one wrong turn and burned up some time. I ended up being five minutes late but my interviewer really didn't seem to mind.
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The history of wayne state university. It's something that came up in the interview and it correlates to the school's mission.
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That between my interview (from 9-10 AM) and the tour (at noon), there was NOTHING scheduled for me to do. I had to just sit there for two hours.
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I wish I had known about the whole transportation system not existing in Detroit
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I wish I had known how truly low stress the interview is. I had read from this website and from interviewfeedback.com (which is down now, sadly enough) that the interview is nothing to stress over. I had trouble sleeping last night but the interview went great and she actually told me that i did very well. Thats better than saying I suck, right?
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The airport shuttle business closed down a year ago so I ended up getting a taxi to the school--cost $49 going there, and $35 coming back
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The school is doing alot of renovation, so the school is getting a need face lift.
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How deeply personal the interviewer was going to get.
🤝 Campus and Facilities ▼
How do you rank the facilities?
Most respondents rank the facilities as above average.
How would you rate the Location and Cultural Life?
0 = Low, 10 = High
How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
Most respondents said the admissions office was friendly.
How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
Most respondents said the admissions office was responsive.
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
Applicants commonly suggested that the admissions office should provide more detailed and organized information during admissions events, including presentations on financial aid, curriculum, and opportunities at the school. Additionally, there were recommendations for the office to improve communication, reduce paper waste, and enhance the overall efficiency and structure of the interview day.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Need a admission presentation with tuition cost, scholarships, clinical sites for 3&4th years. Financial aid. It was very unhelpful to watch a video of the Detroit children's choir. It was very unorganized. A lot of waiting. Very limited campus tour of just a few rooms in medical school, library. I would have liked to see more. Did not feel like I learned anything about the program that would make me want to move OOS to attend.
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To be more prepared, there was a lot of things that went wrong but the first person I met from the school made a comment how "early" I was and proceeded to disappear to find more folders since she only had 2. It of course, is not a big deal. But it makes interviewers feel like we spent so much time and effort to be there and we are excited and then there's not a lot of effort by the school and you cant help but think they really don't care.
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Lunch with less packaging, I guess. We also went through 2-3 plastic water bottles each cause there wasn’t a spot for us to fill up our own.
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Someone came in and told us we wouldn't hear a decision by May which was incorrect information. So my suggestion is to get everyone on the same page.
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Give us a presentation; don't tell us to be there at 730 and not do anything until 9
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Maybe call applicants when accepted so we feel connected.
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I wish we would ave learned more information about the school as a group (Financial aid getting involved in research, etc). i wish they would have told us when we were going to hear a response and through what mode (telephone, email, etc).
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I reviewed some old information (the dates were for the previous year). Also, I spotted typos.
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None
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More information on financial aid would have been nice (e.g. an optional financial aid info session, opportunity to meet with a financial aid counselor).
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They use a very small amount of paper. Good for them!
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Online scheduling of interviews would be nice
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None. They do a great job, and their transparency with respect to decisions is a big plus.
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Go paperless for secondary fees! Nearly every other school has an online payment system. Seemed a bit archaic to have to snail mail them.
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For the love of god, get an online secondary. Put some actual effort into your interview day, its pathetic.
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More eco-friendly apps!!
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Online application!!
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Eliminate all the paper waste used in admissions materials.
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Have an interview day in which you also describe the curriculum
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Nothing. It seems to be under control. Friendly staff. But uses paper mail for interview information still. But that's their choice. it was still efficient.
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Need Financial information included as part of the interview.
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Admit me. Please.
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There will be a better location when the new commons building is complete
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The waiting room was too small for the number of applicants we had.
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Have a more structured tour (especially if you will offer tours during winter break when a lot of th
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A presentation on WUSOM would be helpful, everything else was great.
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Make the Interview day more organized and comprehensive. It's nice that its low-key, but it also ma
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More Structured Interview Day with financial, housing and other information.
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Online application please. tour was too minimal, show us more than a conference rooms & lecture hall
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The interview day should be more formal.
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No complaints. Very friendly.
📍 Travel and Logistics ▼
Airports Used
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DTW
57% interviewees used DTW (DTW), with 11% using dtw (dtw) and 9% using Detroit Metro (Detroit Metro) and 6% using Detroit (Detroit) and 2% using Detroit International (Detroit International) and 2% using - DTW (ATL) and 2% using Detroit metro airport. But be ready to pay a cab fair of 45 dollars to get to proper detroit where wayne state and my hotel was. also a 5-6 dollar cab ride from hotel to wayne state. (Detroit metro airport. But be ready to pay a cab fair of 45 dollars to get to proper detroit where wayne state and my hotel was. also a 5-6 dollar cab ride from hotel to wayne state.) and 2% using Windsor (Windsor) and 2% using Detroit Metro Wayne County (Detroit Metro Wayne County) and 2% using Detroit Wayne County (Detroit Wayne County) and 2% using Detroit airport (Detroit airport) and 2% using Dtw (Dtw).
What was your primary mode of transportation?
Most interviewees traveled by automobile to the interview.
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31% Airplane
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65% Automobile
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2% Train or Subway
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2% Other
Hotels Recommended by Other Interviewees
Most interviewees stayed at the Hilton Garden Inn (average ranking 7.5/10), with some staying at The Inn on Ferry Street (average rating 10/10). (Top 3 displayed)
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Hilton Garden Inn
7.5/10
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The Inn on Ferry Street
10/10
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Inn on Ferry Street
8.5/10
What was the cost and time spent traveling?
Cost: Low Cost to High Cost
What is your in-state status?
Most respondents are in state students.
Where did you stay?
Most respondents stayed either Hotel or at a hotel.
Who was the tour given by?
Tours were most commonly given by a Student
Admissions staff (2%)
Faculty member (1%)
Other (0%)
Student (97%)
How did the tour guide seem?
Most tour guides were enthusiastic about the school.
Discouraging (5%)
Enthusiastic (80%)
Neutral (15%)
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