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  • Sam Houston State University
  • Osteopathic Medical School
  • Conroe, TX
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

How you think you did?

5 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

10 out of 10

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

In Person

Questions

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1 for MMI and 1 for Traditional and 1 evaluator for Group

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

"Tell me about yourself? Why medicine? Why osteopathic medicine? What are the most important qualities in a doctor?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Your friend asks if they can copy your work for a project CASPER kinda deal" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"I forgot exactly but it was something like why is the patient’s religious background important in the context on medicine? For MMI what would you say to someone in grief with follow up questions?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Essay prompt asking if a commitment to a program for rural care for med students should be enforced? In traditional, what is one question I haven’t asked that you’d like to address?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"I thought the essay and group interview were tough. Group interview involved organizing pictures and you had to figure out that it was based on how zoomed out it was and organize it from most zoomed out to most zoomed in" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Practice over Zoom with someone from Facebook group for MMI and Traditional. Everything else I don’t think you can prepare for tbh" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Everyone was very welcoming and met some really cool people." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Having 4 interviews in one. Serving spaghetti when we had formal attire on. Also reapplicants had an advantage in the group activity since they reuse it. Traditional interview felt rushed with only 15 minutes to answer multiple questions." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The order of the interviews are randomized" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Don’t stress too much. Prepare for Traditional and MMI but just try your best, it was pretty fair. Nothing like Tell Me about this experience or why you got a low MCAT/B- in physics kinda deal" Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Other

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

8 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Other

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

No Response

What airport did you use?

No Response

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

10 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Hyatt Regency Conroe

Comments on where you stayed

"It’s right by the school!" Report Response

Would you recommend the hotel?

Yes

General Info

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

10 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

1 out of 10

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

5 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

10 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?

5 out of 10

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No Response

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