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  • Southern Illinois University School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Springfield, IL
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

No change

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"Tell me about your hospital-related experiences" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What are your hobbies." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"What is one thing you would change about the medical system." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Nothing out of the ordinary. What books are you reading. Why I picked my undergrad. etc." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"None" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, read the curriculum guide, talked to friends." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"It's a strong program...I have a couple friends that have and are going through and they love it. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Springfield. Lack of organization. I did not meet any of the other interviewees until the financial talk at 11 am. The school expects you to figure out how to get to where you need to go on your own." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Springfield is pretty bad...knew that, but being there reminded me!" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Overall, the curricular design is very much based on self-directed learning. A good deal of technology is involved and used in both group and pbl. I liked the school (although there are definately few frills compared to other schools, but as one student said the positive of that is that you don't increase your debt to study somewhere "pretty" either), but was a little disappointed with one of my interviews. It was my first at the school...the guy showed up late and then only talked to me for 20 minutes. Nice guy, but seemed to have had me sized up based on my app. It was all positive, but a little different than any other interview I've experienced and somewhat frustrating." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/14/2003

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