Sorry for silence. Well, everything that BeckyG and others told you about UCSF is ABSOLUTELY TRUE!!!!!!!! It is relaxed as hell (well, not as hell, but you get the point). SMW, I had a great hair day, I wore it in a bun!!! i looked really nice (but it did not matter b/c both my interviewers were women) 😀 😀 . My first interviewer did not say a WORD for the whole 40 minutes. I just kept on talking and talking and talking. She did not ask my anything about medicine, just wanted to know me. She was writing a lot as I spoke. She was very professional, very warm, and, since the interview was really early (right when i got there), it pumped me up for the whole day. Now, learn from my mistakes: if you get pumped like that and forget all the answers you prepared, you can get fried on the next one--which is what happened to me. I was totally like "well, they are so nice, they just want to know me". Hell NO!!!!!!! So, on the next one, I got totally GRILLING ethics questions on a real-life situation that happened when i was there (if you want details, PM/email me), i dont want to post it here; I was flustered and mumbled out my answer. My point is, while it is good to be relaxed and yourself, do NOT forget what you are there for. I was so relaxed, I forgot i even wanted to go to medical school and why. So it is a good idea to sort of be on your toes. Basically, I just totally blew my second interview, and it showed.
The worst part of the day were other applicants. Seriously, these people were so arrogant--they were like, well, I am going to Harvard tomorrow, so this school is my rehearsal, i don't like it, I really like yale, Upenn, oh, and Cornell while I am at it. They were putting down UCSF the whole day and just listening to them made me sick. I was really happy and blessed to even be there and they treated it like some charity they were doing to the school. I don't know how UCSF screens, but I guess they don't screen too well, b/c i would not want to be anywhere near these people in med school; they are the exact stereotype of the rich mommy/daddy's little snob that everybody seems to hate about current doctors. I hear many of you guys getting rejected from UCSF and I can understand your pain; what makes it worse that people who don't really want to go there get all the interviews!! Just really pretentious students; i was unpleasantly surprised; my student host was remarkable. If you have specific questions feel free to ask/email me; i am still sort of under shock, but the best part is that this is over, and i need to move on. I love the school, and i hope all those who love it too get to go there.
PS thanks for your support, i could not have done it without you!
