No noodle arms
But at the same time: if someone's handshake causes physical pain, that's them, not you. One of my pet peeves. Firm handshake =/= causing pain and turning my hand white. You can certainly feel my hand folding in half, I can hear my bones creaking, so I don't know why you're continuing to squeezing even harder now?No noodle arms
Continue with the actual helpful advice.
Oh yes definitely not. You want a firm handshake, not to rip their hand off.But at the same time: if someone's handshake causes physical pain, that's them, not you. One of my pet peeves. Firm handshake =/= causing pain and turning my hand white. You can certainly feel my hand folding in half, I can hear my bones creaking, so I don't know why you're continuing to squeezing even harder now?
Sorry, mini rant over
ILL JUST KEEP MY EYES PEELED THIS YEAR. I DONT KNOW HOW I MISSED HIM THE PAST TWO YEARS. </3
I know I asked about what kind of services they offer for academic help if needed like tutors. I can’t remember exactly what else I asked, but I had 3 or so questions written down in a padfolio (it was light pink and not boring black, so I don’t think having a colored one instead matters, since it still looks nice) and brought that and a pen in the room with me so I could remember my questions and also have a place to write down answers. I think I got it for under $15 from Walgreens the night before one of my interviews.
Probably depends on the school, but MMIs may not have faculty from the school doing the interview. I know one of the vets I worked for helps out for Michigan State’s MMIs, but I don’t know if he’s the only one in the room or not (not sure exactly how they’re set up because my IS didn’t want to interview me
), but I doubt he’d be able to answer too many questions about the curriculum or school since he graduated quite a while ago.
From what I've heard of MMIs it doesn't seem like you'd have a chance to ask any questions but that's not a sure thing! I feel like your best bet would be to ask an ambassador or tour guide if you have one
My MMI offered no Q+A time, everything was strictly timed and set up so it was as objective as possible. There was a q+a session outside of the interview though, I'd be surprised if that wasn't the case at all schools (even with traditional interview styles). It's generally a no-no to ask a question/break form during the MMI. Actually, I'm pretty sure my MMI group was specifically told to stick to the prompt. I remember sitting in silence with at a few stations if I had extra time left, we couldn't converse with our interviewers outside of the prompt.
I think I asked if there was opportunity to be paired with a clinician/faculty member for mentorship throughout the 4 years. If you're particularly interested in a certain specialty, you could ask about that department as well.
CSU MMI doesn't allow for Q&A. It's very strict with how it's ran. There is outside time though with ambassadors etc for that stuff.
I know some schools that do MMIs make you sign that you won’t disclose any of the questions. You could look up practice MMI questions online to get a feel of what types of questions are generally used.
I don't know. I had 3 and didnt get into any of the schools even though I have decent stats. And had one school confirm my interview was below average during file review.
I only applied to 5 schools. 2 Don't interview. I got into SGU and have an interview at WSU next month and UMN hasn't sent invites yet
I would definitely check with the school though. WSU does ask for unofficial transcripts.
So I wore a suit (blazer and matching dress pants) with a nice top (it was sleeveless so I wouldn’t get too hot), and a nice pair of flats with the tiniest wedge heel (I can’t walk in heels to save my life. These were maaaaybe an inch but a thick wedge because I couldn’t find anything flat that looked nice and was COMFY). You want comfier shoes but ones that still look nice because you’re gonna be touring. You could bring a second pair of shoes to change into for the tour but then you have to lug a pair of shoes around and I didn’t want to do that.
And you never know if that person you were rude to is someone who is very involved in making decisions or ends up being one of your interviewers later that day.
Where were you told that WSU asks for unofficial transcripts at interviews? I’ve scoured my interview invites and the information that WSU sent and I see absolutely nothing about being required to bring a copy of my transcript.
I would definitely contact the school and ask to get an official answer if your invite doesn't say to bring them.
Think of it as, "what do you want the admissions committee to know about you as a person" or "what makes you different from the next applicant with the same stats and experiences." Really an ice breaker question, but a question to humanize you. I think it's very flexible how you want to answer that. But so it's not super random, end with how that ties into your interest in animals/vet med?
The only thing with this, imo, I'd stay away from your degree/major unless its unique in how that influenced your decision or if it ties in to being a first gen student. Particularly if it's an open file interview they already know that info and they dont care that 85% of the class got a bs in a science related field. They will want to know about why vet med over human since you've been in that realm as my brief sidetrack in pharmacy was one question that came up often.
