At least in my case they did not do role playing since it was virtual. The interviewers names were listed on my portal. I only noticed the morning of my interview so I am unsure how early they appear.
Great! Which cohort did you interview with?
Yeah, they provide the information on your interviewers in the UW application portal on the interview page. I noticed mine several days before the interview. I would definitely recommend doing some research on who your interviewers are so that you know who you’ll be talking to, but just a side note, UW recommends not wasting your interview time asking your interviewers questions about their career, unless it is really important to you. Basically, if it’s a question that could be answered by students, faculty, and staff during the virtual info sessions for applicants, you shouldn’t be asking it during your interview.
I'd be surprised if anyone has actually been asked a question like that at any medical school interview in general
No that question is definitely off limits. There will be plenty of opportunity to speak about wanting to serve in underprivileged areas if that’s something you want to make known and clear to your interviewers.
You don't know! Mine haven't seemed to follow any pattern besides always coming on a Monday (or Tuesday after a holiday).
The first SUC email briefly explains. For Seattle cohort, the EXCOM meets Fridays of interview weeks. Today was supposed to be the last interview date, but seems interviews have been extended to the end of February. Basically, you can expect to hear back the Friday after they meet (if accepted), and if you don’t you should expect a SUC or R email the following Monday. Sometimes, like in your case, they meet the Friday in the week after your interview, but the same process follows.
Awesome, thank you so much. How do you keep up with interview weeks?
I was using their website but they haven’t updated it, and the password protected website says they interview through February. So now the only way to know is if someone posts here that they are interviewing for Seattle a certain week.
I wonder if the admissions department would be willing to give updates on the last interview dates if one of us called?
I know someone answered already with their personal experience, but I talked with a UW ADCOM a few weeks ago and he said that they are not doing role play type stuff at all this year due to covid and the interview being virtual. So expect and prepare for just a good ol' panel interview. Good luck
MS1 here, maybe I can shed a little light on this. It doesn't hurt to ask but tbh I'm not sure how much they can tell you unless you have a plan for the research you want to do. There's 4 tracks you can choose from: RUOP (basically you go to a rural area for 6-7 weeks and do a public health project), Scholarship of Integration (a literature review), Scholarship of Discovery (original research), and GHIP (the global health track).
This is really helpful, thank you!
I think it is Friday
Awesome, that's what I thought and just wanted to double check! Thanks!
+1. Bracing for an email today. I think they met Friday?
Good to hear. Congrats on the interview AND being done with the interview! What do we do at check in?I just had mine this morning! It was lower stress than I was expecting, but I’d just recommend try to be concise I felt that I got a bit rambly. Definitely go through their sample interview questions online! Relax and enjoy
Still under consideration
From what I've gathered from previous years and the website, Excom meets shortly after interviews are done. For Idaho this year, Friday is the last day for interviews. In some years, students have heard back over that weekend. Usually, it is in the earlier half of the week following interviews. Normally, accepted students will receive a call from their Excom interviewer first (but I haven't paid attention to how they do it this year.) In previous years, the accepted students usually hear back first, then waitlisted and rejected students get an email a couple of days after the accepted students hear back. Again, things can be different year-to-year, but I wouldn't be surprised if we all hear back by a week from tomorrow.
I'd recommend sending an email. I've heard this from a few AK applicants so far-not sure why this is happening when it's so close to interview week.
Did any of these applicants follow up?
I haven’t, but I was coming here this morning to see if everyone else was still in the same boat. At least we know what week it will be... I’m sure it will come soon.
I wouldn't know beyond encouraging them to do so. It'll come, especially since it's close to interview week.
Can't speak specifically to Alaska, but I'm a Wyoming applicant and we were also told we'd get an email 3 weeks out... turns out we didn't get it until last Thursday and our interviews are next week.
I still haven't got the follow up to set up Alaska interview time yet either!
I know a guy who is interviewing for Seattle on Saturday, Jan. 31. I didn’t know they conducted interviews on Saturday... but I don’t know what’s going on anymore lol
Thanks for the update. Could ya post again when they end up receiving it, and I’ll do the same.
And did they give yiu an option of timing or how did it work?
The interview scheduling is done on the portal. Once there, it will not let you reserve your preferred date until you upload a 3x5 picture of yourself. Then I had a choice between Feb. 9,10 or 11. I just clicked on the day I preferred to interview but could not choose what time of day. They gave me a username and password to access an interview information page which I have yet to check out.And did they give yiu an option of timing or how did it work?
Last question! I’m thinking they might be sending out those interview dates based on ‘review is complete’ emails.The interview scheduling is done on the portal. Once there, it will not let you reserve your preferred date until you upload a 3x5 picture of yourself. Then I had a choice between Feb. 9,10 or 11. I just clicked on the day I preferred to interview but could not choose what time of day. They gave me a username and password to access an interview information page which I have yet to check out.
Nov 30th!
Hey friend! When I got my interview invite, the email said they were going on till the end of Feb. Seems like they're also cramming in more per week than usual. I remember they got a late start with secondaries and are probably still working through their list of primary candidates. Hope this helps!
