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University of Texas McGovern Medical School at UTHealth

Houston, TX

Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit

Application Cycle: 2009-10

⭐ Overall Impressions

How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

How you think you did?

9 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

10 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

10 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above

What are your general comments?

My two interviewers couldn't have been more different... one was ooollldd and soft-spoken, the other was extremely young and hip and exciting.
💬 Interview Process

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Why UT Houston?

What was the most interesting question?

How do you like St. Louis? (My interviewer had lived there.)

How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN, mock interviews, school's website, talking to students

What was the most difficult question?

What do you want the adcom to know about you?

What impressed you positively?

Great location, great facilities (brand new), school seems to have a good balance of work and free time, amazing hospitals for 3rd year-two world class and one indigent.

What impressed you negatively?

Parking is an issue, a couple of big city assholes lurk around the school. They tell you to go to a different elevator because they don't want to go down to the ground floor with you when they're going to floor 11. Anatomy labs are 8 people to a body...

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

The pre-interview social is very hard to get to. Also, it was at a bar so the night before my interview I had a beer and was smelled like smoke.
🤝 Campus and Facilities

How do you rank the facilities?

10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great

What is your ranking of this school's location?

10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
📍 Travel and Logistics

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tour guide seem?

Enthusiastic

What is your in-state status?

In state

What were your total hours spent traveling?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

$301-$400

What airport did you fly into?

hob

Where did you stay?

With students at the school

How would you rate the hotel?

10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes