Question about the University of Rochester Interview

[Rzarecta]

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To anyone that has interviewed at UR, what did you write for the four extracurricular activities? Did you write specific activities that you listed on AMCAS such as "volunteered in Guatemala", or did you write a general interest such as ""politics?" Any feedback ASAP would be muy muy muy appreciated since my interview it tomorrow and I stupidly forgot about this thing!!!

Rza

 

[wxl31]

To anyone that has interviewed at UR, what did you write for the four extracurricular activities? Did you write specific activities that you listed on AMCAS such as "volunteered in Guatemala", or did you write a general interest such as ""politics?" Any feedback ASAP would be muy muy muy appreciated since my interview it tomorrow and I stupidly forgot about this thing!!!

Rza

i wrote specific activities down. i dont think it's that important; it's just a springboard for discussion. they're big into the biopsychosocial model of health care. maybe you should mention how you're into that. worked for me. good luck!

 

[DGhiker]

My impression was you're supposed to choose your 4 most significant experiences from your AMCAS app. But I agree with wxl, it's just for discussion purposes.

Good luck if you read this before your interview!!

 

[DeterminedMD]

I wrote specific experiences and they are mostly a way to get a discussion going because the interviews are "closed file." The only info the interviewewr has is your name, undergrad school , the questions you answered and the list. But I had one interviewer who believed in having completely blind interviews so when I handed him my list of volunteer experiences he didnt even look at it. He just turned it face down. My other interviewer did ask me more details about some of my expereiences and about my answers to the two questions.