2024-2025 Virginia Tech (Carilion)

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quick question so are people who got II's in late July also interviewing on Sept 28, or are yall interviewing on an earlier day?
 
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For anyone that scheduled their interview, are you able to click on the “meal choice/dietary restrictions form”? I keep getting an error message when I try to open it and i’m not sure what else to do or if everyone else is experiencing the same thing
 
octopus4med said:
For anyone that scheduled their interview, are you able to click on the “meal choice/dietary restrictions form”? I keep getting an error message when I try to open it and i’m not sure what else to do or if everyone else is experiencing the same thing
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It was like that for me until a few days ago. Are you interviewing 9/28? If you're interviewing at a later date then they may still be waiting to release that form until closer to your interview date.
 
currypuff said:
It was like that for me until a few days ago. Are you interviewing 9/28? If you're interviewing at a later date then they may still be waiting to release that form until closer to your interview date.
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Yes I am! I actually emailed admissions and they said the link sometimes doesn’t work for certain people
 
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currypuff said:
yes I am nervous about not being able to get there... I have no other way than flying...
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Interviews can be rescheduled in case of natural disaster, but get on the phone & let them know you can't get there.
Possibility being that they are not in the office because they can't drive there...in which case an email with "important interview rescheduling issue" in the subject line

We had some great stories from a few years back from hurricane times in Galveston & Houston
 
Does anyone know if VTC accepts post-interview thank you emails? They didn’t say anything about it at the interview, i’m wondering if i’m safe to just email the admissions office…
 
ll275 said:
i know they said we would hear back in october but did they give a day?
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I spoke to the director of admissions at the conclusion of interview day and he told me that about 1/3 of all interviewees from the August and September interview days would receive the first wave of offers around the AAMC traffic date- the 16th I think?? And he said that rejections would go out then as well in addition to some of us receiving no news to be considered for acceptance later in the cycle, effectively a post II hold. Hope this helps🙂
 
Anyone have any general tips for the MMI? How long is each station, and are they all the same length? OOS II sometime last week, and I am especially nervous since this is my first in-person interview
 
tinkertots23 said:
Anyone have any general tips for the MMI? How long is each station, and are they all the same length? OOS II sometime last week, and I am especially nervous since this is my first in-person interview
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I interviewed in late Aug and it was about 10-11 MMI stations where we had a consistent 2-2.5 minutes to deliberate and 7(?) minutes to respond with the interviewer in the room before they ring a literal cow bell to signal moving to the next room. Then there is an open-file one-on-one interview that I think was 18 minutes. The video they show on the VTC applicant portal pretty much tells you everything and the director of admissions will give a powerpoint presentation before the interview itself to prep everyone which is really nice.

In terms of preparation, I looked at the Shemmassian Ultimate MMI interview guide and, per my admissions counselor's advice, I had a google doc where I wrote potential answers + relevant personal stories to very general MMI topics. Of course, every med school asks the whole "Tell me about yourself + why this school" question so prep those points and honestly just rehearse with people. I'm currently an MA and the doc I work for did a mock interview with me, never be afraid to ask! The biggest piece of advice is that even if you feel like you didn't do super well in one room, just remember that there's other rooms, some of the questions are quite literally designed to throw you off, so breathe and treat the next scenario with a fresh mindset. Best of luck!!
 
SCOOPEER said:
I spoke to the director of admissions at the conclusion of interview day and he told me that about 1/3 of all interviewees from the August and September interview days would receive the first wave of offers around the AAMC traffic date- the 16th I think?? And he said that rejections would go out then as well in addition to some of us receiving no news to be considered for acceptance later in the cycle, effectively a post II hold. Hope this helps🙂
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Interesting! MSAR says that first acceptances go out on the 22nd but I'm praying it's closer to the 16th for my own sanity.
 
Ray4141 said:
Interesting! MSAR says that first acceptances go out on the 22nd but I'm praying it's closer to the 16th for my own sanity.
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Yeah, I saw that too and I was a bit confused when he said that. Looking at last year's thread though a few people got A's on the 16th so I am not too sure what to believe at this point!
 
snowflower1325 said:
I interviewed in late Aug and it was about 10-11 MMI stations where we had a consistent 2-2.5 minutes to deliberate and 7(?) minutes to respond with the interviewer in the room before they ring a literal cow bell to signal moving to the next room. Then there is an open-file one-on-one interview that I think was 18 minutes. The video they show on the VTC applicant portal pretty much tells you everything and the director of admissions will give a powerpoint presentation before the interview itself to prep everyone which is really nice.

In terms of preparation, I looked at the Shemmassian Ultimate MMI interview guide and, per my admissions counselor's advice, I had a google doc where I wrote potential answers + relevant personal stories to very general MMI topics. Of course, every med school asks the whole "Tell me about yourself + why this school" question so prep those points and honestly just rehearse with people. I'm currently an MA and the doc I work for did a mock interview with me, never be afraid to ask! The biggest piece of advice is that even if you feel like you didn't do super well in one room, just remember that there's other rooms, some of the questions are quite literally designed to throw you off, so breathe and treat the next scenario with a fresh mindset. Best of luck!!
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You are so sweet; thank you for all of the information! I was looking at the ultimate MMI guide and will go through it. The video and website say "scenario" based questions, and my other MMI was like that, too, with no acting or roleplay. Wondering if that's the case here? So I know to prep my acting skills lol
 
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tinkertots23 said:
You are so sweet; thank you for all of the information! I was looking at the ultimate MMI guide and will go through it. The video and website say "scenario" based questions, and my other MMI was like that, too, with no acting or roleplay. Wondering if that's the case here? So I know to prep my acting skills lol
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No worries! There are some "roleplaying" scenarios but everything is conversational, basically just explain your reasoning for your responses
 
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