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Hi all, I am a very, very late applicant AND an international student (OOS tuition). I am from one of the UC, oGPA3.71, sGPA3.8; AA24, TS25, PAT21. I worked as a Research & Development Scientist in the biotech field for 2.5years, plus 1.5years of independent research experience in college.
I submitted my AADSAS end of Nov and finished the UMN secondary right on the hour before their Dec1 deadline. Received my interview call Jan7 and interviewed Jan16. I asked the ad com lady when I will know the results and she said Jan22, after their ad com meeting. I received the admission email on Jan22 and the phone call Jan23.
I am quite certain our batch of interviewers were invited for our research or work background. We were assured that there are ACTUAL spots left and we weren't being interviewed for waitlist spots.
The interview consists of small presentations and tours, the interview itself was supposed to be 50min (10min for your interviewers to discuss), but mine lasted more than an hour. We had a lot of fun I must say =)
Format is blind (interviewers have absolutely no knowledge of you), 2-on-1. They follow a set of questions (i.e. the SAME for every student of the day, I'm not sure if it's the same for every interview date), situational questions as mentioned before. The faculties are soooo nice, our group of 10+ had the graduate studies dept head show us around, she also briefed us on the format of the interview like I mentioned above. For situational interviews you are expected to 1) describe the situation 2) describe your actions/responses 3) describe how it was resolved.
Do refer to the SDN questionnaires for examples, they are very useful. Don't worry about technical questions e.g. how to perform a particular procedure; or how would you reform the healthcare system etc....you won't be asked.
I stayed at Days Inn, which is less than 15min walk away from the dental building.
OOS Tuition as estimated by UMN for 2012-2013 is $80k for Year 1 (incl supplies, room, transportation, miscellaneous, loan fees etc); additional $8,746 for summer of subsequent years.
The new dean (came to office Aug12) is very, very nice and dedicated. He came and spoke to all of us, told us he is fighting to keep tuition increase at 0% (but most likely there'll still be a 2% increase, better than 10% you know...) by increasing revenue (ie. students get more patients! Yay!)
There's a Dean's Scholarship, which changes your OOS status to IS after your first year, you'll save $60k total over the next three years.
