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  • University of Connecticut School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Farmington, CT
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

No change

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 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?

3

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)?

"Why medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why would you want to move from X to Connecticut?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Tell me about your family. What makes you you?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"I was given a long scenario that the doctor interviewing me had experienced. I was asked: Who is at fault? Who would I sue? If I were a lawyer, would I take that case? If I were given a blank check, how would I use it to fix the problem?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, AMCAs and secondary application, school website, medical school books" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The intensity of the clinical exposure that begins in the first year. Lots of current medical students came into the admissions office during the day to visit with the staff and stayed to chat with the applicants and were all very friendly and welcoming." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The tour guides were unenthusiastic and unprepared." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Farmington requires a car, and it can be challenging even to get from your hotel to the school without one." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"An hour session where the assistant dean of admissions talks about the school and does a problem-based learning exercise with the medical students. 3 half-hour interviews. Lunch with the tour guides in the hospital cafeteria and a tour of the medical school. Half hour group session with the dean of the school (or maybe of admissions...I forget which), where he gave us the opportunity to ask more questions and learn more about the school. He said he didn't have any say in the admissions process so it was ''safe'' to ask him any questions." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Neutral

How do you rank the facilities?

4 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

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

$501+

What airport did you use?

BDL

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

9 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Homewood Suites

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/09/2007

What is your ranking of this school's location?

2 out of 10

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

1 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

8 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

8 out of 10

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