Interview day lunches

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What have your interview lunches looked like? What were the best? Here's what I've had to experience thus far...

Vanderbilt - Panera box lunch. Not too bad, but I didn't get Sierra Turkey and was stuck with that other turkey sandwich that isn't Sierra Turkey.

Pittsburgh - Chicken fingers and potato skins with melted cheese and bacon. The potato skins were amazing...I ate like 5.

Ohio State - More lunchmeat. But this time, I got a wrap. It was pretty good.

Case Western - Box lunches in the Board Room whilst hearing about The Curriculum. Yep, more turkey sandwiches.

Wake Forest - A free-for-all in their hospital food court. I grabbed as much as I could...sun chips, turkey sandwich (I'm a creature of habit I guess), smoothie, rice krispie treats...


So my award of best lunch is tied between Pitt and Wake. Pitt for the potato skins and Wake for the smoothie.

Share your experiences
 
Bogus! I went to Pitt and we got more sandwiches!!

When asked why MD, I should have said, "my true passion really lies in chicken fingers and cheese covered potato skins! ...oh and clearing people's clogged arteries as a result."

...man now I'm hungry.
 
LOL good idea rockaction!

Michigan- Assorted small sandwhiches, salad, etc.
Creighton- Catered lunch- chicken parmesan.
Minnesota, Twin Cities- Unlimited cafeteria food.
Mayo- Decent cafeteria food.
Yale- Cafeteria time again!
Hopkins- Catered southwestern food...not bad
Columbia- Sandwhiches again. However, you get to order for yourself before the interview.

Best Lunches: #1 Creighton, #2 Hopkins
 
Same for me at Ohio State and Vandy.

LSU-NO - got to pick whatever we wanted from the cafeteria
Baylor - had tons of pizzeria pizza arounda and really good cookies
Viriginia - took us to the best faculty club place and had a semi-buffet with sesame chicken, pot stickers, lobster bisque, and the best dessert ever (choose between creme brulee, cheesecake, oreo cheesecake, apple tart)
 
havent been on any interviews yet but MCW says we just get a card to use in their cafeteria which is fine with me. (i am vegetarian but it makes me embarrassed when people perceive it as pickiness . . . so getting my own lunch helps me avoid that.)

my other interview is UIC, i went there a couple years ago to tag along on tour with some other pre-meds on an interview day and they had Pompei . . . which is awesome and i hope they have it again 👍👍
 
downstate: boxed sandwiches. i had soggy grilled veggie, everyone else had turkey. also chips, apples, and bottled water (fail; nyc has bomb tap water. why did they have to waste plastic?).
umass: catered lunch with cheese tortellini, greek salad... and i believe there was sauce with meatballs and some sausage and onions thing. amazing dessert-- mini cheesecakes and cream puffs!
nymc: $7.50 to use in their cafeteria. that actually bought me a tomato, basil and mozzarella panini along with a salad, so i was pleased.
cornell: i think there were choices of lots of different meat sandwiches (boxed). i had a whole wheat grilled veggie wrap! it was really good and actually warm 😱

umass wins by default because they had amazing dessert. dessert is a deal breaker for me.
 
metallica81788 said:
Viriginia - took us to the best faculty club place and had a semi-buffet with sesame chicken, pot stickers, lobster bisque, and the best dessert ever (choose between creme brulee, cheesecake, oreo cheesecake, apple tart)
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Dang that makes me wish I applied there!
 
dw2158 said:
umass: catered lunch with cheese tortellini, greek salad... and i believe there was sauce with meatballs and some sausage and onions thing. amazing dessert-- mini cheesecakes and cream puffs!
...
umass wins by default because they had amazing dessert. dessert is a deal breaker for me.
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No way! Last year they only gave us sandwiches and chips. Now I'm even more excited to re-interview at Umass.
 
GWU - Boxed lunches of various sorts, with a little salad and brownie in their own compartment
VCU - $6-8 (can't remember exactly) to use in their cafeteria
EVMS - a buffet of wraps, chips, soda, and cookies
WVSOM - nicest so far. Took us to a beautiful historic restaurant/inn near the campus
 
-Iowa's were sub-like sandwiches with TONS of shredded lettuce. impossible to eat neatly.
-I had the same at Vandy, though I got the Sierra Turkey kind you wanted 😛
-SLU-chicken sandwich on really good bread. They hid the onions underneath though so that was a nasty surprise before my interview.

I'm all for free lunch (or at least I tell myself it's free...if i forget the application fee), but I'd really like something other than a turkey/chicken sandwich. And enough with the tomatoes.
 
metallica81788 said:
Same for me at Ohio State and Vandy.

LSU-NO - got to pick whatever we wanted from the cafeteria
Baylor - had tons of pizzeria pizza arounda and really good cookies
Viriginia - took us to the best faculty club place and had a semi-buffet with sesame chicken, pot stickers, lobster bisque, and the best dessert ever (choose between creme brulee, cheesecake, oreo cheesecake, apple tart)
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jesus
 
are you sure Vandy had Panera? They usually go to Bread & Co, a local Nashville deli. Maybe they downgraded.

UTH serves fajitas with beans, rice, and chocolate cake.
 
rockaction said:
Bread & Company > Panera
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the selection they had usually sucked, though. they'd get the veggie ones, chicken salad, and maybe a couple of turkey ones or something. they should have done some Something Natural, turkey & bacon, or something good like that.
 
This is an interesting thread...

Tulane - at the start of the interview day you completed a meal form where you could build your own sandwich or salad or chose to hit up the cafeteria
UMDNJ-NJMS - I didn't get lunch (I hear rumors you can ask for lunch or something though?)
 
Just wondering...for all the boxed "sandwich" lunches, do they tend to have vegetarian options?
 
snitchseeker88 said:
Just wondering...for all the boxed "sandwich" lunches, do they tend to have vegetarian options?
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yes, and if you're worried, respond to the school's interview invitation and let them know you're a vegetarian and ask if they will have vegetarian options at lunch. they will accommodate if they don't already offer something
 
PinkIvy08 said:
This is an interesting thread...

Tulane - at the start of the interview day you completed a meal form where you could build your own sandwich or salad or chose to hit up the cafeteria
UMDNJ-NJMS - I didn't get lunch (I hear rumors you can ask for lunch or something though?)
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you get a voucher ($8) at the cafeteria.
 
Vanderbilt - Panera (Sandwich, Chips, Bottle of Water/Soda)
UofLouisville - Boxed Lunch (Sandwich, Chips, Bottle of Water/Soda/Cookies)
Pittsburgh - Chicken Strips, Roll, Pepper Steak, Cheeses, Bottled water, Cookies, Brownies
SUNY Downstate - Tuna Sandwich, Apple, Chips, Water
Duke - Fill out and online ordering form. Some sort of a Sandwich, Side order - potato salad/coleslaw etc, cookie
NJMS - Voucher at the cafeteria (different things)
 
metallica81788 said:
Same for me at Ohio State and Vandy.

LSU-NO - got to pick whatever we wanted from the cafeteria
Baylor - had tons of pizzeria pizza arounda and really good cookies
Viriginia - took us to the best faculty club place and had a semi-buffet with sesame chicken, pot stickers, lobster bisque, and the best dessert ever (choose between creme brulee, cheesecake, oreo cheesecake, apple tart)
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Wow. I'm lucky if I can get 1 or 2 sandwiches down before my fellow interviewees gobble up the rest of the sandwiches. 🙂
 
Touro Nevada had boxed Kosher lunches. Sandwiches, melon mix, potato salad, some grain-like substance. Also a strange-looking but decent-tasting cookie. On the whole, disappointing.👎

Nova Southeastern was pretty good. They win for me on the basis of their excellent cookies.👍
 
What do you mean eating at interviews? I thought you just discussed your application with a member of the medical school.

Can you explain to me how the interviews work?
 
Jolie South said:
UTH had by far the best lunch of all my interviews. It wasn't just boxed crap.

Worst lunch: GW. Soggy nasty boxed wraps. My tortilla was totally wet. 👎 I was hungry but couldn't bring myself to eat it.
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An interviewee today gave me his chocolate cake. I'm totally going to get him accepted.
grindtime1 said:
What do you mean eating at interviews? I thought you just discussed your application with a member of the medical school.

Can you explain to me how the interviews work?
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You show up in the morning, they talk to you about how their school works and why it's the greatest school on the planet, you go interview, then lunch, then tour the facilities. It's all of those components, but not always necessarily in that order.
 
Do you normally eat lunch alone or are there other kids with you who are applying to the same medical school? Who are you supposed to eat with and is it required? Thanks.
 
with the group of interviewees + medical students, usually

its good times.
 
tigerLSU said:
We were trying to figure out ways to win cake today, but we failed. 🙁
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there was so much uneaten cake at that table alone, it's ridiculous. and some other interviewee had promised me her cake as well.

this is why you should do the tours. tell the students they're all getting chocolate cake, then find out which ones say something like "I don't like chocolate" or "I don't eat cake."
 
armybound said:
are you sure Vandy had Panera? They usually go to Bread & Co, a local Nashville deli. Maybe they downgraded.

UTH serves fajitas with beans, rice, and chocolate cake.
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i wish i had applied to UTH. mmmm dessert.

snitchseeker88 said:
Just wondering...for all the boxed "sandwich" lunches, do they tend to have vegetarian options?
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at the places i've been so far, yup. in fact, i keep kosher and i'm a vegetarian, and all my schools (at least the 9 that have invited me) have been very nice about accommodating my needs.

grindtime1 said:
Do you normally eat lunch alone or are there other kids with you who are applying to the same medical school? Who are you supposed to eat with and is it required? Thanks.
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on an interview day, there are usually ~10 people there. you do everything together except the actual interviews.
 
yea i like being with other interviewees throughout the entire day. build a cool connection
 
brooklynblunder said:
yea i like being with other interviewees throughout the entire day. build a cool connection
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unless they're tools. which fo sho happens... i met some super cool people at downstate, nymc, and umass, but most of the people at cornell were annoying.
 
grindtime1 said:
Do you normally eat lunch alone or are there other kids with you who are applying to the same medical school? Who are you supposed to eat with and is it required? Thanks.
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at my school there are around 50-60 interviewees on each interview today. you're broken up into tables of about 6 interviewees, 1 faculty member, and 1 designated medical student, with more medical students usually cramming in on the table and/or sitting nearby.

you definitely always eat together, and medical students are pretty much always there
 
My favorite lunch award goes to UC Davis for their chiken burritos, they were really good and in california I would be dissappointed if they weren't
 
Virginia by far has the best lunch in my limited experience. They bring you to the lunchroom where they bring senators and stuff. It's pretty cool, and the desserts are always awesome.

NYU had a couple big sub sandwiches last time I applied.

AECOM has a voucher to use in the cafeteria, which does have vegetarian options.

I think Colorado had boxed sandwiches last time I applied... I'll interview there again on Monday.
 
cornell - sandwiches, soda, chips, potato salad. hilarious how a whole bunch of med students rushed into the room after their classes hoping to chat w/ interviewees and score free lunch

will be on the lookout for baylor's cookies next week...nom nom nom
 
I should not have opened this thread! I have not even applied to Med school yet, but now I am craving some bacon cheese potato skins! (Fries would do as well...) Curse you, OP and your amazing potato skins!😡
 
armybound said:
this is why you should do the tours. tell the students they're all getting chocolate cake, then find out which ones say something like "I don't like chocolate" or "I don't eat cake."
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wait so how would you feel if a student told you they don't like chocolate and/or don't eat cake?
 
I'll chime in:

Albert Einstein: Cafeteria Food, kind of feels like a high school cafeteria
Temple: sandwiches, soda, salad, chips in a board room
Georgetown: boxed lunches, sandwich, brownie, salad
Jefferson: Awesome white-cloth table, catered lunch (chicken, rice, vegetables)
 
Mount Sinai= various kinds of sandwiches, wraps, cookies, drinks, chips.

Georgetown= lunch box contains sandwich, pecan pie slice, apple, salad, drinks.

SUNY Downstate= tuna sandwich, apple, and water.
 
armybound said:
like it's my lucky day and I'm about to get some cake?

I don't get what you're asking...
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:laugh: You should have said "Like you don't belong at UT-H, we only accept cake-eaters."



TCOM in Fort Worth took us out to this really nice restaurant when I interviewed there, it was great!
 
BlueElmo said:
Mount Sinai= various kinds of sandwiches, wraps, cookies, drinks, chips.

Georgetown= lunch box contains sandwich, pecan pie slice, apple, salad, drinks.

SUNY Downstate= tuna sandwich, apple, and water.
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Hmmm I dunno if I could handle that. Not a tuna fan.
 
UofC: real chicago deep dish pizzas with a variety of different toppings, salad, bread sticks and sauce, really good cookies
 
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