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  • University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Kansas City, MO
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

No change

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

6 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

5 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1

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)?

"Define leadership." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Two strengths and weaknesses. I gave 2 strengths and one weakness but remember to turn it into something good out that weakness." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me your understanding of medicine. I'm like shit, out of all the other great questions why this one. I didn't like my answer to this question." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"None. But the 1st interviewer told me that he will try to push to get me in. I'm like gee thanks; I really need that." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Tell me your understanding about medicine. I didn't sort of prepare for this question, so I blew it, I think." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Re-read my anwers from questions I copied from this website basically and re-watched the tapes I recorded for practice interviews I did with 2 friends of mine." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Well, I am from KC so nothing really impressed me. However, there're lots of constructions going on, so I think it will be much better place after finished." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"I was on my second interview and a lady came in and asked us to leave; so we had to move another room. I'm like damn, they really need to organize this event and take it seriously. I mean I take it seriously." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"OK. There's no test at all that you have to take, so don't sweat it. I don't why some people previously posted that on here. Because I apply for the MD-only program, if I'm in, I will have to deal with whole bunch of high school kids. Oh god, can it get worse than this?" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Since I only applied for MD-only program, this was how the day went. A student from MD-only program came and talked to us about the program; they only have 5 slots for this program, so good luck to ya. He informed us that the ana. lab is very small and sucks because they don't have cadavers for students, only pre-dissected parts are available; so if we want real cadavers, then we have to take an elective at somewhere else. They don't have any combined degree program except the BA/MD one for high school kids. After the talk, we each went to our one-on-one interview. I was first cuz I was the only guy there, I think. My first interview went smoothly but I thought I blew it until the doc. told me that he will try to get me in...hmm...but he was really cool though..my second interview was a lady from non-medical field. I thought our interview went really well until I asked her how I did; she said I need to be more specific and detailed. I guess I made her assume too much; but I'm like lady I told you everything I know, what else do you want. After that she said I'm done for the day so I went straight back to my work. At my computer desk, they sent me an email saying that I'm not really done yet cuz there's a tour of the building and my picture needs to be taken. Great, but I wonder if I should go back to do all that frivolous stuff since I already degraded this school so much heheh. That was how my interviewing day went. Pretty bleak heh! I know." Report Response

Tour and Travel

How do you rank the facilities?

4 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

< $100

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

09/26/2006

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

5 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

4 out of 10

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

9 out of 10

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