Just received an Interview Invite! Out of State Applicants, LizzM ~72, complete late August. So excited to visit here!!
For those who had already interviewed, could I have some feedback? How's the interview? Is it MMI? How are the people? Facilities? Curriculum? Living environment? Research opportunities? etc.?
I interviewed at Loyola couple weeks ago and I want to compare these two schools. Any feedback or info will be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
I'll try to answer a few of your questions, and feel free to PM if I can't do them justice.
@PizzaFactory and
@eliezer1510 are also available to answer questions.
Interview is MMI. I'm not involved, and I think everyone who has interviewed has signed a non-disclosure agreement.
I'll let other people who interviewed tell you more about the students here, though I've been very happy.
The facilities are pretty up to date. Just finished construction on a new building, and we have a great clinical skills facility in one of the basements.
The curriculum is currently, for the most part, systems based, with exams on every subject you're taking every three weeks on the same day.
Most students live in the city of North Chicago, which is NOT CHICAGO, for the first two years. It's about thirty miles north of Chicago. A very sleepy place with not much to do, which is to your advantage, in my opinion; fewer distractions means more time to study for classes and step 1 during the first two years. In the third and fourth year, most students move to Chicago as most of our clinical rotations are located there. I've been very satisfied with my experiences, and if you want to hear more about the specific sites, I'm happy to communicate via PM and put you in touch with some other M3s and M4s.
There are many research opportunities. Basic science is easier to find than clinical research, but both are possible with hard work.
Feel free to post any other questions here!
Interviewed 11/21. Good luck to everyone still waiting.
