Ok a little heads up for all those interviewing at Meharry coming up. I interviewed there in late January and experienced an extremely friendly and family type atmosphere from the students to the faculty and staff. The day starts out at around 8:00AM and begins with about an hour long presentation about the school. It is then that you are given your interview assignments for the day. The interviews are all closed file (meaning they don't have your raw stats in front of them) and about a half hour long. I had an interview with a professor in the morning, an interview with my fellow interviewees at lunch with current medical school students (they are a part of the admissions committee), and an interview in the afternoon with a member of the admissions committee (Dean's office). I really enjoyed the informal nature of the interview day, because outside of the scheduled interview times, I was allowed to really experience the whole campus at my own pace and talk to current students and faculty whenever I wanted to. A word of caution for those using interviewfeedback.com, I typically use this site for researching how my upcoming interviews are structured, however a disturbing trend has evolved with the posts for Meharry applicants this year. It seems that some people are using the site to espouse their prejudice and disappointment at not being offered a spot in the entering class for next year. I can tell you that the staff and professors that I met were some of the most intelligent and friendly of the seven schools I have interviewed at. My advice to upcoming interviewees is to know why you applied to Meharry and why you want to become a doctor. I applied there because they have a strong tradition (over 125 years) of treating the underserved and have a very culturally diverse medical student class which will equip me as a doctor with a valuable tool in treating an ever-increasing multicultural society. I also was pleased to hear at my interview that some of the faculty and staff have been involved with political debates in Washington (particularly during the early 1990s when President Clinton made a huge push for health care reform) that seek to give underserved populations equality of health care options that patients in England, Canada, and Australia enjoy. Students also have a wealth of volunteer opportunities to interact with schools and hospitals in the surrounding community. Good luck to all applicants and enjoy the interview, It was probably the most laid back and relaxed interview for me to date. The fact that its closed file means that they know you can fit in academically there, they just want to see what kind of person you are. So go out there and tear it up. Peace
P.S. To anybody that has been interviewed by Meharry and has received an update on their status. I received a letter telling me that I am ranked within the Acceptance Range. At first I was really excited, but now I'm wondering if that was just a nice way of telling me that I'm on the waitlist. Either way I am pumped. Any advice from current Meharry students or applicants that were placed in this category would be appreciated. Thanks.
. I've never visited the school in person. Though I thought some of the questions in their secondary were weird. I thank God that I have a supportive family; but what if I didn't even have a family at all. Will that imply that I would not be capable of becoming a good physician?*
