Overall the interview process was nice here. I feel like I connected a little better with the second interviewer than the first one. Some questions that were asked:
1.) Why medicine?
2.) Why Umass?
3.) Why will you make a good doctor? (bit of a struggle to give a good answer)
4.) How do you deal with stress? failure? Name a specific instance for each.
5.) Where do you see yourself in the future?
6.) What else do you do for fun?
7.) What would you do if you don't get in?
Things I noticed:
pros: Students seemed genuinely happy (strong sense of teamwork/camaraderie), New Albert Sherman center to be opened in 2012, nice classrooms/labs, reasonable cost of living, plenty of clinical exposure very early through LPP/PPS courses, inexpensive tuition
cons: gym seemed very small, have to buy expensive laptop, next year's class is guinea pigs for BIG curriculum overhaul,
I really do hope things work out here for me because it seems like a fantastic school. Best of luck to everyone else interviewing!
