OK well I interviewed a few weeks ago.
I looked a lot at the interview feedback threads from last year, so I had some ideas of what to expect for the day. Basically things went pretty much like I expected, which is a good thing.
I sat in on a small class from like 8-9:30, that was fine, uneventful. Kids in class seemed pretty cool.
Reported to admissions office at 10:30, I think. Myself and the five other applicants went through an hour or so meeting/discussion/presentation on the school, talking a lot about the new curriculum and how awesome Charlottesville is. The dean that was a guy, forget his name, is very nice, and started things off by going around the room and naming some facts about all six of us. He also occasionally asked us collective questions, in sort of a fun fashion. Like "does anyone know what was rated the most cosmopolitan city in the country?" The answer is Charlottesville, as cosmopolitan-ness is ranked by like the number of independently owned restaurants or something like that. Overall no stress, just chatting and learning.
Went to lunch with two fourth years students, which was obviously good.
Then we had our interviews. There were three interviewers, two older physicians and one MS4. Each interviewee had two 30 minute interviews... I was with the physicians.
Both were very nice, didn't grill me at all. Just talking for 30 minutes, they probably talked as much, or maybe even more than I did. Questions based upon AMCAS and secondary. Both asked about the research I've been doing since graduating. One guy asked about the weakness question on the secondary. Talked about my reasons for getting in to medicine, which is big in my personal statement. What I do for fun. Also talked about healthcare, which, IIRC, I sort of brought up. I had a few statistics from a book I had read that made it sound like I knew what I was talking about.
I think things went pretty well. It was basically just a conversation, and it didn't go absolutely awful. But it's tough to say whether you had an amazing conversation with someone, you know? I mean, we were just talking.
Overall, not sure what to expect. I'm anxious for mid October. They informed us that they will send out paper acceptances/rejections/waitlists on Oct the 16th, so people that interview early will know something soon.
Is that helpful? Any other details?
