Anyone who interviewed recently want to comment on the general tenor of the interview? Was it laid back / conversational or was it more formal? I'm interviewing here this Wednesday
To answer your question, as well as the entire interview day...
Everyone was really friendly and they attempted in every way to make sure the event was as stressless as possible. They leave you in a room with all the other candidates (about 15ish), and the interviewers call you out after they have reviewed your file which DOES NOT include your GPA or MCAT scores. They are just your activities and essays. Word of advice, strike a conversation with the other interviewees early, I think the day was more enjoyable then. The interviews were very laid back and friendly from my experience and what the other interviewees also commented. Most questions were pretty straightforward, but I did have some tricky questions. Some open ended such as, what are you extremely passionate about?, or what is your most moral quality? Also more specific things such as, What is your opinion on research and innovation in the current economic climate? and What is the difference between HMO and PPO?
The interview day itself was good, they showed us the campus and many facilities including the cadaver lab. The facilities were very new and clean. The school does "feel" smaller as most of the classes are in one big building. I can see why some wouldn't like this, but I think it is a refreshing change from the big campus of my undergrad.
To comment, on the previous post about drinking. My tour guides were M2's and were really honest and helpful. They pretty much said, if you are into partying and going crazy, there are parties and organized party buses to the city to go nuts usually after a big round of exams. BUT, many people take the more chill routes and find other fun things to do. They also said, since they have exams every two weeks or so, it is much harder for students to go and party since the next round of exams is around the corner.
They commented positively about the curriculum (system based study, inter-professional classes, exam system, and grading which is A,B,C, fail and not pass/fail)
Overall, I liked the campus, students and faculty were friendly, and I could see myself there in a year. Hope this helps and good luck to interviewers!