Hi SDN community! I am back to share my experiences. It all started with a 2 hour delay in Denver (my connecting flight), but alas, I made it to Omaha! My host picked me up at the airport and we went back to her condo downtown. It was just me and her which was awesome! I had the entire morning of my interview day to get ready, no fighting with 5 girls for the bathroom (what I had expected lol). The evening before my interview, we went to the student hosted dinner and I met several M2's along with several interviewees. Note to interviewees: try to look excited to be there and engage in the convo regardless of the topic. Some looked bored to death! The dinner was excellent, I had something called gnudi which was a lot like gnocchi, but filled with cheese and covered in pesto; I highly recommend this plate (it was a special for the interview group). I had a glass of wine which helped me relax; I strongly advise taking this route, no one will judge you..at least my host didn't, I bought her a celebratory glass for passing her Friday quiz : ) We got ice cream with M2s where I learned a lot about their various trips (India, Guatemala, Ghana, etc.) abroad through Project Cura (roughly half of all medical students do these service trips the summer between M1 and M2). After ice cream, we went back and my host and I chatted for nearly 2 hours about Creighton and all it has to offer! Did I mention how awesome my host was??! Okay, the day you all want to hear about: the interview day. My host drove me to school at 7:30 am and breakfast started at 8 which included fruit, cold bagels, interesting tasting coffee, and bottled juices. Dr. Quinn gave us a motivational speech prior to interviewing which helped followed by a financial aid presentation by Mr. Jarmon. In the financial aid portion we learned to not buy coffee during medical school as there will be plenty around campus. Mr. Jarmon even offered us to stop by his office as medical students to enjoy his morning leftovers lol Everyone on the interview list had 2 morning interviews between 10 and 12, one with a student and one with a faculty member. My faculty member acted as if he hadnt read my file or had forgotten everything in it which was definitely a bummer, but I tried to tell him as much as he would let me
he talked about himself and his research a bit too much
so I only got to discuss a few points..eh, he has my app; at least he was nice. As for the student interviewer, he was very friendly! He asked me to tell him about myself, but stopped me midsentence to remind me he had my file and read it, not that I was doing poorly just that he wanted me to know that before I kept going. I hope he meant it when he followed that up with, You are doing well. We talked about my hospice volunteering which he did also; I felt we hit it off on that topic, a BIG passion of mine. Of course they both asked why medicine, but surprisingly neither asked me why Creighton. The question that seems so easy now that I struggled with then was, What have you done with and for people? I only pointed out a few things, but wish I had went down the list. Practically everything I do is with and for people!!! Ahhh, oh well. He also asked me to describe myself in three words, tough one! I used happy as one lol I was insanely happy to be there and am an extremely happy person in general. Seems like a juvenile answer in retrospect. After the interviews, we took a shuttle to the medical center and the actual medical school (our actual interviews were held in an admin building or something). The tour of the hospital was done by an M3 who talked insanely quite so I was practically leaning in her face to hear her. As for the hospital, very few patients around
maybe because it was a Saturday? It was eerie, still it seemed nice. An M1 led our tour of the medical school and undergraduate amenities which we could use. Seemed like an awesome undergrad, lots of cool study spots. As for the medical school, it seemed like what I would expect. Not super high tech, but it will get the job done well! We took a tour of the lecture hall, student lounge, anatomy lab (the M1s were studying for their practical), testing room, small group rooms, etc. The school seemed very student orientated which was nice. Not sure how I felt about the tests being computer-based
my host seemed to think it hurt her in the sense that being given multiple choice exams she didnt have to know how to spell or pronounce anything, she only had to be able to recognize the letters. Im not religious, but the church on campus was absolutely beautiful! I would keep going, but I am headed to Miami for another interview. I hope this was informative, please ask if you have any questions! Good luck everyone!
) Of course both your responses should highlight just how good of a fit you'd be at this school. If you take your time and really think about it, it's actually an easier prompt than most other "why this school?" secondaries (mainly because most schools are either public schools or private secular schools).
