Rosalind Franklin Interview Travel Q

NYPreMed · Dec 31, 2004

I am going to be interviewing at Chicago Medical School on January 13. I was just looking over the interview invitation letter, and it doesn't say anything about what time we will be done. I am trying to make my flight arrangements, and wanted to know if anyone knew what time the day is over? I was thinking of taking a 5pm flight. Thanks for the help! 🙂

AnotherDork · Dec 31, 2004

Hi... The day finished around 2:30, but the end is lunch and a tour given by students (all very informal), so I'd say you could leave as early as 1:30 if you needed to catch a flight. If you're taking the train, be sure to factor in that it takes an hour from Oglivie (downtown) to North Chicago and vice versa.

Also, it was tough for me to find the Oglivie transportation center from the El (I had never been to Chicago before that), so you might want to take a cab there.

The interviews are very low-stress... you'll be fine. Good luck!

akpete · Dec 31, 2004

Lunch?? I thought my letter said no lunch will be served due to the day ending in early afternoon. 😕

faradayampere · Dec 31, 2004

anyone knows how to get to Finch from Midway airport by public transportation?? The taxi is quite expensive, $61 each way right? For the taxi, do you just call the number they give you when you arrive the airport right??

AnotherDork · Jan 3, 2005

I wouldn't take a taxi. The orange line begins at Midway and will take you to the downtown loop... it was very easy, and I had never even been to Chicago before. And only $1.75 as opposed to $61.

Get off at the Madison St. stop, and you can take a taxi to the Oglivie transportation center (I walked, but it took me like 15 minutes with my suitcase and garment bag). The Metra trains run once an hour, and it takes like an hour to get to North Chicago (apparently the Lake Bluff stop is closest). But you will need to take a taxi or have someone pick you up from the station to take you to the school.

And I definitely got lunch... maybe the interviews are scheduled differently on different days 🙂 Good luck!

NRAI2001 · Jan 3, 2005

AnotherDork said:
Hi... The day finished around 2:30, but the end is lunch and a tour given by students (all very informal), so I'd say you could leave as early as 1:30 if you needed to catch a flight. If you're taking the train, be sure to factor in that it takes an hour from Oglivie (downtown) to North Chicago and vice versa.

Also, it was tough for me to find the Oglivie transportation center from the El (I had never been to Chicago before that), so you might want to take a cab there.

The interviews are very low-stress... you'll be fine. Good luck!

How did u like the school? I m thinking about applying there.

malumd2b · Jan 4, 2005

My interview ended there at around 130. The letter does state that lunch is not provided but it turns out that they do provide it as part of the tour. Over I think the school is doing a really good job enhancing its technology and resources. They are also in the works of having one single hospital affiliation as opposed to the advocate network which has like 25 centers. Personally I think the more sites the better. The people at the school are very friendly so the experience should be very good.

AnotherDork · Jan 4, 2005

In general I liked the school. Pros: Modern facility, quiet surrounding area during the first two years (I like that but it may not be for everyone), and everyone seemed really friendly, including the faculty. One of my interviewers even introduced me to the dean, who happened to be in the office!

Cons: No real clinical exposure in the first two years (they have a really cool fake doctor's office where you get videotaped talking to patients, but they are standardized patients). There also seems to be a kind of undercurrent of inferiority- kind of a "can't do" attitude- that they might have gotten from the licensing committee probation (though I don't suspect that they will lose their license- they are inviting the committee back early).

I ended up choosing a different school, but I think I would have been happy there. Good luck!

AnotherDork · Jan 4, 2005

One other thing I forgot (sorry): Histology lab is all on computers. I thought that was a little weird... I think you need actual slides and microscopes to get a full understanding (in that you can share your slides with other peoples and see things that might not be on your slides). Maybe I'm just a purist though 🙂

NRAI2001 · Jan 4, 2005

What did u think of the city? Was the school in a nice location? Did the students at the school seem like they were cool or were they the gunner types?

NRAI2001 · Jan 4, 2005

More specifically I am thinking about applying to the SMP program, but I was wondering what the general atmosphere of the school was. Thanks.

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