If you don't mind, can you post your stats? I'm applying here next year and its my top choice, just want to know what type of candidate they are interviewing.
Thanks in advance
Omnione had a fantastic post answering the question of what type of candidate Creighton really wants to go after. Here it is:
"Of course, I can only speak out of experience being around Creighton applicants and students and not that of anyone associated with the admissions office or admissions committee. That is a key disclaimer that you ought to note. I speak from experience and opinion so don't go telling on me to the school.
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Creighton is less "stats"-based than those 3.7 GPA average schools and they do look for the total package. I suppose that one could say that for many other schools, but it has proven true with my schoolmates and its a common theme for my friends who were rejected multiple times.
One common theme I recognize is that everyone I've encountered is proficient at verbal communication. Many of my friends who were rejected had low PCAT verbal scores that set off a red flag to the admissions committee. That theme of excellent verbal communication parlays into the need for good interpersonal communication. Comparing my school to nearby University of Nebraska Medical Center, Creighton implements more activities associated with one-on-one contact like patient counseling, medication management interviews, physician interaction. There's a communication course during the first semester with a stringent professor who seems to be there to give us a full crash course on all things interpersonal communication. I haven't come across a sociopath or stereotypical "nerd" yet at Creighton. Though I consider myself to be a shy guy, I am assertive when interrogated about my values.
An applicant gets tested a little in the interview. While my other interviews prodded more about my interests and plans in the future, Creighton's interview had more conflict resolution hypothetical questions and questions about my leadership abilities. I suppose it's a test of being able to convey one's thoughts and beliefs in a clear and concise manner verbally.
Take the supplemental application questions seriously. As odd as they were relative to other schools supplemental questions, Creighton does look for those attributes referred to in those questions. They ran those qualities (cura personalis and the rest) at my fellow students and I during orientation and the issue popped up multiple times during the semester. They also like a person who's more concerned about treating a patient than simply doing the job efficiently. I would try to show that you care about those you served through past experiences as opposed to simply caring about serving others for the sake of serving.
Though there are always competitive students at any school including Creighton, a competitive student isn't the main emphasis. I've come across plenty of people with lower GPAs than mine (3.4 at time of application) but get in because of better personal attributes. Many of my reject friends had 3.7 GPAs but didn't get in for one reason or another but they got into UNMC. Many people care about doing well in classes but many don't really compete with each other. Creighton officials made it a point that they don't keep a class rank (which is a little bit of a farce b/c the academic fraternity Rho Chi has to use something as a basis for inducting new members) to convey that the competition ended after being accepted. My advice: you might not want to be cocky, arrogant, House M.D like, and/or god-complexed when doing the interview.
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Great insight as always from omnione.
I have some good stats (3.93 PharmCAS overall GPA, 99 comp PCAT) and a B.S. (albeit in a totally different field...I originally went to college to be a high school social studies teacher) which have helped me get accepted into U of MN and MWU-CPG so far, but UNMC in Omaha is ultimately my top choice. I get the vibe from Creighton that, although it is a fantastic school, you have to put up with more extracurricular-type bs compared to state schools. Not to mention it is very expensive.
After a year of getting some business experience to see if I wanted to do something along those lines (for one of the crappiest companies to work for in the US, Enterprise Rent-A-Car...what a terrible experience that was. You can only get your tie stuck in a vacuum cleaner so many times with out wondering how the hell life got "this way"😕) my wife and I decided that I was going to go back to school and pursue pharmacy (which I was very interested in way back in high school but didn't want to go to college for that long.)
I thought maybe the professor thing was me being overly analytical, but then I told one of my tour guides who interviewed me and she said "Oh no!", and I'm thinking "Oh, crap!" I guess he's one of the more tough faculty on campus. All I can do now is wait for the mail man though. What else is there to do? 
