Interviewed here recently.
Interviews are supposed to be an hour, but both of my interviews went
way over:
- Interview 1 was ~90 minutes. I'd say 5% general questions, 5% on research, 15% just shooting the breeze at the end. The remaining 75% or so was entirely ethical questions. Not bad, but required a sharp mind (read: drink coffee) and some quick thinking.
- Interview 2 was over 2 hours. 90% was questions about stuff on my primary application. Very laid back.
Interviews were the highlight. The campus maps are
horrible, so be prepared to search for the library a bit. However, this might give you a chance to see more than you otherwise would. The new Simulation center looked nice, but it seemed the admission presentation/website exaggerated its description a bit.
The facilities all seem pretty new, and the students seemed extremely nice. I asked for directions getting back from my first interview and a student insisted on walking me back. However, I was a bit disturbed that literally
no one - not the students at the "meet and greet," the admissions presenter, either interviewer, or the tour guides - could answer a few basic questions I had about one or two highly-advertised activities, the curriculum, etc.
Despite the fact that the students seemed happy, it was fairly clear from the meet and greet that Toledo was
not one of the two M1's top choices. No one really seemed to enjoy living in Toledo (shocker).
Another small thing that rubbed me the wrong way was that we were told 3x that Toledo never assigns more than 4 students to a cadaver, and often just assigns 3. They made a big deal about it. However, during our tour of the anatomy lab, several people noted that the cadaver list had 5-6 students assigned to every cadaver. The tour guides stuttered and moved on. Not a huge thing, but if they'll exaggerate one thing...
Opportunities for research seem rather limited.
Also, FWIW, it seems no one lives close to campus (most live 10-15 min away). We were told multiple times that we absolutely need to own a car. If you want to go somewhere where you can get around by walking, Toledo doesn't seem to be the place.
Seems like a complaining post, but overall Toledo seemed better than I expected. The Academic Enrichment Center looks useful, and a lot of the clubs/opportunities look good.