For those that have interviews at Medical college of Wisc...

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TheProwler said:
um, we've never spoken. Unless you're talking about the magazine incident, or the cyclops incident (which has been remedied, btw).
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oh...yes we have. yes we have. you forget the Org fair when YOU CAME TO ME. and I do think it is about time for another...incident.
 
Agent Splat said:
I will point out that I think Dr. Zorba is the best, and he actually was the donor of my white coat.
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Don't get me wrong, I love Dr. Zorba. It's just the dopey hyuk hyuk sidekick that freaks me out.


So....MCW students don't ever meet each other, they just interact on SDN?
 
You guys are weird... do I really want to come to MCW next year... :laugh:
 
We M2s are more than happy to meet each other face to face, unlike the semi-stalkerish M1s that frequent the board. In fact, you'll often find the M2s chatting via non-SDN means while studying, and often the conversations might even be described as "normal."
 
Hey DoctorFunk... I was checking out your blog. What kind of dogs does MCW use? I had no idea med schools still used them... :scared:
 
DoctorFunk said:
We M2s are more than happy to meet each other face to face, unlike the semi-stalkerish M1s that frequent the board. In fact, you'll often find the M2s chatting via non-SDN means while studying, and often the conversations might even be described as "normal."
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I talk to Ashers every time I see her.
 
myleghurts said:
Hey DoctorFunk... I was checking out your blog. What kind of dogs does MCW use? I had no idea med schools still used them... :scared:
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most of them were hunting dogs...hounds of some type, I believe. I'm pretty sure the source are from places that breed hunting dogs but find these particles ones to be "inadequate." which sucks.
 
Agent Splat said:
most of them were hunting dogs...hounds of some type, I believe. I'm pretty sure the source are from places that breed hunting dogs but find these particles ones to be "inadequate." which sucks.
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Right. They don't go out to the humane society, find a pet and then use it for us. They go get dogs that are going to be put down anyway.

They make sure to explain all of this beforehand, and it's optional, though most people participate.
 
Ashers said:
Right. They don't go out to the humane society, find a pet and then use it for us. They go get dogs that are going to be put down anyway.

They make sure to explain all of this beforehand, and it's optional, though most people participate.
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Can we bring our own dog? 🙄
 
So i had my interview today...i felt like it was okay, kind of have a bad feeling. I had two faculty interviewers one was a Ph.D/MD the other was a Ph.D. The phd/md seemed to be asking questions from a sheet of paper and didn't really comment on my answers at all just kept on writing, I was kind of freaking out about that, and I don't think i satisfactorily answered what to do if someone stole my friends ipod question. The Ph.D interviewer was nice in the beginning kind of laid back. there was one answer to the question "why i want to be a doctor" that i dont think he liked we almost had a small debate about it. But at the end he was nice and said that if i had any more questions or nething throughout the process I should email him.
i hope i get in...it is my first choice i was actually on the wlist last year--it seemed that the interviewers knew i was determined to get it in...but i hope that those one or two questions didn't screw me over. these next 10 days are going to be the longest😱
 
drwannabe44 said:
So i had my interview today...i felt like it was okay, kind of have a bad feeling. I had two faculty interviewers one was a Ph.D/MD the other was a Ph.D. The phd/md seemed to be asking questions from a sheet of paper and didn't really comment on my answers at all just kept on writing, I was kind of freaking out about that, and I don't think i satisfactorily answered what to do if someone stole my friends ipod question. The Ph.D interviewer was nice in the beginning kind of laid back. there was one answer to the question "why i want to be a doctor" that i dont think he liked we almost had a small debate about it. But at the end he was nice and said that if i had any more questions or nething throughout the process I should email him.
i hope i get in...it is my first choice i was actually on the wlist last year--it seemed that the interviewers knew i was determined to get it in...but i hope that those one or two questions didn't screw me over. these next 10 days are going to be the longest😱
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Bleh. that ipod question was killer!
 
TheProwler said:
what iPod question?
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yeah, spill. who thinks this stuff up? i heard last year it was "what would you do if you knew a colleague was stealing drugs"? at least that was related to medicine...
 
Good luck guys...for anyone that was on my 3pm tour this Friday, I apologize for being so motor-mouthed...I had a lot of caffeine and I was listening to lecture recordings at 1.7x speed. So the whole world seemed a little bit slower than myself.

by the way, i never got any ethical questions at my interviews...we just talked about Stonehenge.
 
drwannabe44 said:
did you feel like you accurately answered it, i don't know for me i had to backtrack and correct myself
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Those questions don't usually have a right/wrong answer. It's one of the "Let's see how this person would act in a situation like this." According to my friend who interviewed people last year, he also said he was one of the hardest interviewers, but he's graduated and long out of WI. =( I wish I were out of WI -- it's cold (my fingers are blue, and my toes are white, and I'm inside right now.)
 
i can't wait till 10 days from now!!!...i seriously need to know !! ahhhhhh im going crazy..

hoping for the best, expecting the worst
 
drwannabe44 said:
i can't wait till 10 days from now!!!...i seriously need to know !! ahhhhhh im going crazy..

hoping for the best, expecting the worst
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That's a good way to go crazy fast... might I suggest doing something that takes your mind off of the mail for the next ~10 days? That's what I did. Of course I had to work and I was never at home when the mail came except for 2 days a week.

Don't stalk the mailman; stop looking at this thread. Maybe read a book, or a bunch of them. I recommend The Complete Sherlock Holmes.

Good luck. =)
 
Agent Splat said:
Good luck guys...for anyone that was on my 3pm tour this Friday, I apologize for being so motor-mouthed...I had a lot of caffeine and I was listening to lecture recordings at 1.7x speed. So the whole world seemed a little bit slower than myself.

by the way, i never got any ethical questions at my interviews...we just talked about Stonehenge.
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You did look pretty excited. 😀
 
Drwannabe44-It's so hard to know from the MCW interview...I thought mine were good, but the MD I interviewed with took me through an ethical situation that he'd actually faced...he just went on and on with the story...I'd give him an answer and he'd correct me. I did not enjoy the ethical q's!!! But at this point since you're interviewing so early-in the 3rd round-you will have a really good chance...especially if you have stats around the averages. I know of ppl that didn't feel great about their interviews but still got in...I think later on ppl end up interviewing for the waitlist only. Are you instate b/c that should increase your chances, too. I totally know how you feel b/c I just went through it in October...I was making a mad dash for the mailbox everyday! Good luck and keep us posted on how it turns out for you!😉
 
drwannabe44 said:
So i had my interview today...i felt like it was okay, kind of have a bad feeling.
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One easy solution for any of you who have interviewed at MCW and had a bad feeling about the interview, but would still like to hold fast to the hope of getting an acceptance is to read the latest post in my blog at http://baddoctor.blogspot.com. I wrote all about my interview at MCW, which was no walk in the park, and the unexpected results following...
 
This is completely unrelated to anything...but I'm just trying to understand how the acceptances work. So, they have 204 seats in the class, but looking at the stats and this interview sheet I got during a mock interview at MCW years ago, they say that 400 of the 600 total people get accepted. So, if the seats fill in January, where do the additional 200 acceptances come from-the waitlist? Just trying to understand how schools do things!
 
maygrl110 said:
This is completely unrelated to anything...but I'm just trying to understand how the acceptances work. So, they have 204 seats in the class, but looking at the stats and this interview sheet I got during a mock interview at MCW years ago, they say that 400 of the 600 total people get accepted. So, if the seats fill in January, where do the additional 200 acceptances come from-the waitlist? Just trying to understand how schools do things!
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They accept something like 270-300 people outright, and the rest of them come from the waitlist. Where did you go to undergrad?
 
So I just had my interview at MCW this past Friday and of course now I have 1,000,000 things running through my mind. I figured I would post on here and see if anyone can help relieve my post-interview stress...

So my second interview with a faculty member ran very smoothly. I don't think I would change much about it. However, my interview with the student was first so I was more nervous. I caught myself doing the "umm" thing mid-sentence. I know both interviews are ranked equally, but do you think students cut interviewees a little bit more slack since they were recently in our shoes? 😕
 
My faculty interviewer at MCW straight up said that he liked my application, which I didn't really know how to interpret, but in the end I got an acceptance letter 🙂. I think generally the MCW interview process is pretty straightforward, so they don't really play tricks on their applicants. Good luck!
 
Prowler-I went to madison and I work at MCW now as a tech

Carpe-I know how crazy those post interview days are when you try to relive every question...but killing yourself the next couple of days won't change anything! I'm sure you did fine, and you are interviewing so early that you have a great chance...don't worry about saying um...I found myself fumbling in an interview and still had it turn out really well...don't worry too much about having it perfect b/c it's impossible! In my faculty interview at MCW, I completely messed up when trying to answer his ethical question...but the rest of the interview was still great and I got accepted. So don't worry! You will know really soon... good luck!😉
 
maygrl110 said:
Prowler-I went to madison and I work at MCW now as a tech
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maygrl--Do your work in the research labs or in the hospital? I can't decide if I want to do resarch or not this summer. How is it?
 
I work at the MACC Fund Research Center...that glass door between MCW and the Childrens' Hospital. We had a M1 in our lab this past summer, and I think she enjoyed it for the most part. I like the work atmosphere in the labs...really laid back...great boss and coworkers...but I'm not much of a research buff so I can't say I'm not excited to go to school next fall! But if you thing you could love research, you should go for it. Just make sure you get a good PI (someone kind) and not someone who is overbearing!
 
Hey one of my best friends works in the MACC fund building, but she's an administrative assistant in Hemo/Onco. Maybe you know her.......
 
Really? I work on the 6th floor...does she work on the 3rd floor...what does she look like?
 
I think she works on the same floor as the skywalk (2nd floor right?) I went and had lunch with her awhile back and we ate at that deli that's right there. She's about 5'7 average build, red hair that's a bit past her shoulders. She used to work for a chiropracter and then came to work at MCW just before summer started.
 
I think I know her! She's really nice! I see her everyday when I go into the office to get my PI's mail...I eat at the deli too...so overpriced, but at least there's a discount! Are you a student here...what year?
 
I just walked past heme/onc about 10 minutes ago on the way back from the CHW cafeteria.....
 
TheProwler said:
I just walked past heme/onc about 10 minutes ago on the way back from the CHW cafeteria.....
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I took a block test on heme/onc last week...
 
maygrl110 said:
I work at the MACC Fund Research Center...that glass door between MCW and the Childrens' Hospital. We had a M1 in our lab this past summer, and I think she enjoyed it for the most part. I like the work atmosphere in the labs...really laid back...great boss and coworkers...but I'm not much of a research buff so I can't say I'm not excited to go to school next fall! But if you thing you could love research, you should go for it. Just make sure you get a good PI (someone kind) and not someone who is overbearing!
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Thanks for the input. I might just wait until next summer to do research. Maybe I'll have a better idea of what I want to do by then :laugh: .
 
maygrl110 said:
I think I know her! She's really nice! I see her everyday when I go into the office to get my PI's mail...I eat at the deli too...so overpriced, but at least there's a discount! Are you a student here...what year?
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Yeah the food was okay but expensive for what you get. I am not a student there, but I have an interview in December.....So hopefully I will be next year! Congrats on your acceptance there!
 
aahhhhh, 2:40am, and I'm looking up the different layers of the pericardium on Wikipedia. Aren't you guys EXCITED TO GET INTO MED SCHOOL??
 
LadyLuck said:
Yeah the food was okay but expensive for what you get. I am not a student there, but I have an interview in December.....So hopefully I will be next year! Congrats on your acceptance there!
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Sky Walk deli in Children's? That place is cheap and good! Their hot turkey sandwich is massive for like $3. Froedert gives a student discount. The skywalk deli in Froedert East doesn't, Children's doesn't (unless you have a children's ID tag), and the hidden cafeteria on the 1st floor of Children's doesn't (unless you have the Children's ID tag).

Compared to MCW cafeteria -- no discount ever and always overpriced, all the other cafeterias are amazing, especially Children's Sky Walk. =)
 
Ashers said:
Compared to MCW cafeteria -- no discount ever and always overpriced, all the other cafeterias are amazing, especially Children's Sky Walk. =)
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And Linda yells at people for taking 6 cents out of the take a penny, leave a penny cup (no, it wasn't me). She's mean. 😡

But, I did just find out that I can get a tuna melt there, and it was delicious. It was only $3 as well. 😍
 
It is nice to read about where to get lunch when at MCW....Hopefullly ill join you guys at childrens hospital for lunch next year

well right now, all i can think about is tomorrow cuz
it's that DAY where a group of people in milwaukee(actually wauwatosa) will be deciding my fate !!

Has ne one in the past tried calling the wonderful Mr. Istwan about whether or not they were accepted???
 
drwannabe44 said:
It is nice to read about where to get lunch when at MCW....Hopefullly ill join you guys at childrens hospital for lunch next year

well right now, all i can think about is tomorrow cuz
it's that DAY where a group of people in milwaukee(actually wauwatosa) will be deciding my fate !!

Has ne one in the past tried calling the wonderful Mr. Istwan about whether or not they were accepted???
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Look on the letter they give you at the interview. It says no decision will be given over the phone or email. And if you don't get the letter within 10 days you have to call and ask them to forward it again. I hope you have trust in the USPS... :scared:

I hope to see you there next year... :luck:
 
i STUPIDLY tried emailing Mr. Istwan and he simply and clearly replied telling me that i just have to be patient. But i was accepted! so...don't try getting in touch with him cuz he wont tell ya!
 
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