Summary of Experience:
I was so excited about this school and about DC, but I was not inspired by the 2 hour long lecture about how trite our applications were. And my group spent at least 45 minutes waiting around because one of the speakers didn't show up. The interview itself was not my strongest. My interviewer was about 20 minutes late and spent the first five minutes thumbing through my application while I sat awkwardly across from him. I think that considering I spent $$$$ to fly out and stay at a hotel (student hosts never got back to me, I emailed them twice), it would have been nice to meet >1 faculty member and perhaps a student who was in his clinical years?
Overall I felt like a moron for buying into cura personalis - the students said point blank that this ethos was not part of their medical education. Still, I love DC and have wanted to live there forever. I would not be opposed to taking a second look.
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Oof. I don't know. This was my first interview and I was really tired. I don't think I clicked with the faculty as well as I should have. Also I felt sort of intimidated by the adcom members who spoke to the group.
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Wanted to like this school but the day was slow and weird. Not as polished as the other schools I've interviewed at, and lots of lag time when I wasn't doing anything.
The first thing my interviewer said to me was, " some of my students email me when they don't get in. I don't sit on the Admissions Committee! So don't email me if you don't get in." Then she spent a good deal of time correcting my answers. When I said one thing, she often said, "no, no, I think that what the AdCom wants to hear is xyz." AND I could see her taking notes incorrectly based on what I was saying.
So - don't think I did very well, but still would probably go here over some other places. Love the diversity of the school and the patient population. And it's close to my parents :)
Continued til March as of mid-November. Not a huge surprise.
Summary of Experience:
I think I did not do so well here. Um. I felt a little out of place, and it felt as if the students and admins were being insincere, like they had made a huge mistake by inviting me to interview. That said, my conversation with the faculty interviewer was in some ways the most interesting conversation I've had all autumn. I would have loved to talk to him all day!
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I am totally in love with this school. I am kicking myself for not performing better during the interviews. I was coming off of a long string of interviews and was so excited that the night before I couldn't sleep at all. Ack. I would love, love, love an acceptance here.
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I applied here on a whim (have a friend who works at BJ) and didn't know much about the school before visiting. I liked the hospital well enough, but the class seemed quite young, with the plurality of students coming directly from undergrad. My interviewer seemed not too fond of me, to be perfectly honest, and the attending sitting next to me at lunch seemed to be from a different planet. I don't think St Louis is the place for me.
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OMG I LOVED BU!!! I loved the hospital, loved all the people. Want to go there. Definitely in my top... 3? Biggest issue would be $$ package.
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Came out of the MMI feeling energized and super-pumped! After about an hour of reflecting over my answers, I felt like a total nut job. Still do. I hope I wasn't as crazy as I think I may have been. This was one of my earliest interviews, and I wish I had scheduled it later in the season.
And I LOVED Bellevue. Would go here in a heartbeat.
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OMG!! My first acceptance! I am so, so, so pumped.
I thought had a horrible panel interview, but I loved the people, the location, the hospitals. I think my interview on that day was possibly the most honest I've been all season. Bordering on therapy-session-inappropriate. But I came away from this day feeling pumped and positive. I think I could really be happy here!!