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  • Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Miami, FL
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

9 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?

2

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

"Tell me about yourself (This is the first question and then the rest is shaped by your responses." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"If I had to choose between you and someone else to be my doctor what would convince me to choose you?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why do you want to be a doctor and why FIU?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"If you had a noncompliant patient how would you go about treating them?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"None too difficult. This will be a 2 on 1 conversation." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Reviewed the FIUCOM website." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"All the faculty is excited about the university. Many left well established jobs and careers to be a part of this and are really great at showing how much they believe in the mission of the school. The fact they have more faculty than students is major b/c you will spend 4 years without any competition and you will get a lot more attention. The professors will be like your friends b/c of how few members there are, and everyone will get a chance to start their own club or be officers and establish everything that they can think of because the school is waiting to be developed in that sense. In the library section everyone gets their own cubicle and when rotation time comes around (and they do have some great affiliations already, including working closely with UMMSM) you will have a lot of experience coming your way b/c you won't have to fight and share with another 150 med students in your class." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Wish the facilities were finished. Right now it's in the top floor of the Health Life Sciences II Building and much of the school is kind of spread out b/c they're taking up available space. But that's to be expected being a new school in a big university. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That the interview was going to be so short. I was disappointed it ended so early as I was having such a great time conversing with the two professors." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"The school is amazing and it's an excellent opportunity to be a pioneer in South Florida medical education. I hope I get in here lol. And it's only 15 min from home WITH traffic, so I definitely wanna go here. " Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

5 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

How would you rate the hotel?

10 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

no

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

10/10/2008

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

9 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

10 out of 10

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

10 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

7 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

10 out of 10

How eco-friendly are the school's application materials and interview process?

8 out of 10

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