based on your mdapps, u have only interviewed at 1 school besides georgetown. no, my first interview is in january. you do realize that humanism is really defined as "everything in moderation; tolerance of others, being individualistic, etc". jesuit founders like Loyola hated humanists like Erasmus. being forced to do community service makes the school special? i think not. but at all the schools you are allowed or even encouraged to do community service, and at some others you are required to do it. but anyway i've decided not to apply there, because i would probably get rejected. i did write the outline about how i love their philosophy but decided not to go through with it.
when i interview at a school, i will pay special attention to how friendly(vs. toolish) the students are and how the location fits with my needs. but i dont have any illusions about how some jesuit(or nonjesuit) philosophy will make me a better or worse physician.
