Thank you very much! Just got home from OKC and the OU interview. Here is a summary of the experience. The interviewees are broken up into 3 groups of 10. everyone attends the welcome address delivered by Dr. Baker at 8:00. It lasts about 30 minutes, then Dr. Baker leaves to make sure the interviewers (AdCom members!) are prepared. Between 8:30 and 8:50, current students answer questions for all of the interviewees. At 8:50, you will break into your groups, each being lead by a second year med student who is assisted by 1 or 2 first year med students. Group A will interview at 9:00, while group B sees a demonstration of D2L and sees the mods, and group C visits the CSETC/Library. Each hour the groups will rotate. So really, you interview for about 50 minutes, and the rest of the day is very fluffy. As for the interview itself, it really depends on which AdCom members you have. My interview can only be described as hanging out with people I had never met before. By this I mean: We basically spent an hour just hanging out, talking about whatever came up in the conversation. Yes they asked me to tell them about myself, but from there the conversation was really a two way street. They fed off my answers and I fed off of their responses. No stress, no pointed questions meant to trick me. I know some of the interviewees were asked more direct questions regarding topics like the ACA and the future of healthcare. However, during my interview it was clear that they were not going to ask the standard questions that every premed rehearses in the weeks leading up to the interview, they were looking for genuine, immediate responses to conversational prompts. The only negative I picked up on from the day was that the non-interview activities like the tour and luncheon were really awkward for those of us not from OU undergrad or from the OU summer programs. It seemed like everyone already knew each other and that no matter what Dr. Baker says, the mods really do not help you get acquainted with your classmates, as most of the people in a mod have known each other for the last few years. Yes, it was a little unnerving to sit to the side while many of my fellow interviewees chatted up a storm with the current med students about classes and clubs they were all in together. That part of the experience was something I haven't witnessed at the other schools at which I have interviewed. However, it was easy enough to overcome by just being friendly and asking questions.Overall not a bad day! Feel free to ask me questions about the interview day or the interview specifically. Good luck to those with interviews still to come.
