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SardonicWit said:
20 minute stations? Wow. A&M did 6-minute stations. I guess they were technically 10-minute stations, sort of - 2 minutes to read and think about the prompt, 6 minutes to actually "interview," and 2 minutes of break before the next station. Makes me think Tech will have different sorts of prompts than A&M did. I'm a talker, but 15ish minutes to discuss anything we were given would be painful even for me. 😉
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Yea- I have a tendency to talk too fast when i get nervous and then im done with so much time left lol. I'm curious to see how this goes. My interview is on Feb 3rd, and I'll let y'all know how it is like! But if anyone has one of the interviews next week, please let the rest of us know when you are done about how it was!
 
Hi all! I have my TTU interview this Friday. Getting pretty nervous to say the least. Anyone have any ideas what a “relaxed MMI” interview will be like? My thoughts were that they may ask traditional interview questions rather than “MMI” style questions/scenarios, since the stations are 20 minutes as opposed to traditional MMI stations being like 5ish minutes long. Thoughts? I really have no idea what to expect!
 
futuredogtor2025 said:
Hi all! I have my TTU interview this Friday. Getting pretty nervous to say the least. Anyone have any ideas what a “relaxed MMI” interview will be like? My thoughts were that they may ask traditional interview questions rather than “MMI” style questions/scenarios, since the stations are 20 minutes as opposed to traditional MMI stations being like 5ish minutes long. Thoughts? I really have no idea what to expect!
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If it were me, I'd practice answers to "traditional" interview questions. Be familiar with some of the super common MMI questions just in case (that way you won't be caught off guard), but realistically... prepping for MMI questions like A&M's would be a bit of a waste. I prepped extensively for my A&M interview last year, and to be honest that was mostly a waste.

The benefit of prepping "traditional" questions is that you'll have a few personal anecdotes ready to go that, theoretically, you can work into whatever questions they give you if you need to fill time. Be comfortable with ways of working through ethical dilemmas (there are a lot of very established methods - if you need help, feel free to message), because I imagine that will pop up, but other than that... at least no one else knows either?

Good luck! Try to relax - the more at ease you are, the better you'll be able to think.
 
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SardonicWit said:
If it were me, I'd practice answers to "traditional" interview questions. Be familiar with some of the super common MMI questions just in case (that way you won't be caught off guard), but realistically... prepping for MMI questions like A&M's would be a bit of a waste. I prepped extensively for my A&M interview last year, and to be honest that was mostly a waste.

The benefit of prepping "traditional" questions is that you'll have a few personal anecdotes ready to go that, theoretically, you can work into whatever questions they give you if you need to fill time. Be comfortable with ways of working through ethical dilemmas (there are a lot of very established methods - if you need help, feel free to message), because I imagine that will pop up, but other than that... at least no one else knows either?

Good luck! Try to relax - the more at ease you are, the better you'll be able to think.
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Thank you so much! This is very helpful. I’m sure i’m just psyching myself out.

Tech also just sent me an email that outlined how the interview would go in further detail, so if anyone else with interviews was feeling as lost as I was, the email I received helped ease my fears a lot as well!

Good luck to everyone in these next couple of weeks! We’re going to do great. 🙂
 
futuredogtor2025 said:
Thank you so much! This is very helpful. I’m sure i’m just psyching myself out.

Tech also just sent me an email that outlined how the interview would go in further detail, so if anyone else with interviews was feeling as lost as I was, the email I received helped ease my fears a lot as well!

Good luck to everyone in these next couple of weeks! We’re going to do great. 🙂
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I got that email as well. I just want to know what’s going to be asked about rural and regional 😭 I’ve been stressing! Lol
 
For those that had their interviews today, how do you feel? Was it actually "relaxed"? Mine is next week 😬just a little nervous, if you can't tell 😂
 
I had my interview today and to be completely honest, it was horrible. My worst interview so far. Everyone was nice...just not very reactive when you were speaking or at the conclusion of your answer. Due to this, there was no way to gauge how you were doing. We ended up only having 15 mins to write the essay which was stressful as well. Also, the questions were not expected, which means I was having to think on the fly the whole time.

With TTU being a brand new school and only accepting 60 students, I can imagine that they intentionally tried to make the interview difficult. For anyone that still has their interview, just prepare as best you can and be ready to be quick on your feet!

****we are all our own worst critic so it could have been not half as bad as it felt to me, but I have extremely high standards soooo***
 
desperatevetstudent said:
I had my interview today and to be completely honest, it was horrible. My worst interview so far. Everyone was nicejust not very reactive so there was no way to gauge how you were doing. We ended up only having 15 mins to write the essay which was stressful as well. Also, the questions I thought were not expected, which means I was having to think on the fly the whole time.

With TTU being a brand new school and only accepting 60 students, I can imagine that they intentionally tried to make the interview difficult. For anyone that still has their interview, just prepare as best you can and be prepared to be quick on your feet!

****we are all our own worst critic so it could have been not half as bad as it felt to me, but I have extremely high standards soooo***
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Oh, goodness! I bet you're just being hard on yourself, and it wasn't has bad as you think. I know I was always told your interviewers would be expressionless throughout the process, but the past interviews I've had were so much more relaxed. Looks like I'll definitely have to re-prepare myself for stoic faces. Thanks so much for replying and best of luck!
 
Hello everyone!

First I would like to congratulate you all on your accomplishments thus far! Even getting to the point we are in now was not easy, so yay! I am scheduled to have my interview this coming Tuesday, however I have yet to receive an email telling me what time slot I will be a part of. Either the morning or afternoon interviews. Did they already send those out to everyone? Or are they sending them out like on the day before your interview?

Thank you in advance! I'm just paranoid that my email got lost in spam or something.
 
QuirkySocks said:
Hello everyone!

First I would like to congratulate you all on your accomplishments thus far! Even getting to the point we are in now was not easy, so yay! I am scheduled to have my interview this coming Tuesday, however I have yet to receive an email telling me what time slot I will be a part of. Either the morning or afternoon interviews. Did they already send those out to everyone? Or are they sending them out like on the day before your interview?

Thank you in advance! I'm just paranoid that my email got lost in spam or something.
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My interview is today, I got my email Wednesday
 
Hello everyone! I had my interview today and it went sooo well!! They were so kind and unlike other MMI’s they were reactive and joked with me. They said good answer after my reply’s and they seemed to honestly want to hear what I had to say. I know that’s not the case for everyone and it’s not super helpful but here some tips!

1. Be your self! Just relax and be genuine.
2. Study over the mission statement
3. Think about what avenue of vet med you want to go into
4. Don’t be too nervous! You got this!
 
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Castlebuiltwithroses said:
Hello everyone! I had my interview today and it went sooo well!! They were so kind and unlike other MMI’s they were reactive and joked with me. They said good answer after my reply’s and they seemed to honestly want to hear what I had to say. I know that’s not the case for everyone and it’s not super helpful but here some tips!

1. Be your self! Just relax and be genuine.
2. Study over the mission statement
3. Think about what avenue of vet med you want to go into
4. Don’t be too nervous! You got this!
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Definitely can agree with this! Had mine today as well, and I feel pretty confident! Glad you feel good too!
 
Hi everyone. I have some questions regarding the interview day schedule for those who have already interviewed.

I know that everyone must be present for the orientation starting at 8AM, after that is over, do you then go off camera and standby until your scheduled interview time?

Also, once you are done with the interview, is that the end of it for you and you can go on about your day or is there a final farewell meeting on Zoom at 4:40?

I need to attend a funeral the day after interview and am needing to schedule a flight out of town. My interview is scheduled for 11AM and I’m wondering if I would have time to make a flight the same evening.
 
katdog said:
Hi everyone. I have some questions regarding the interview day schedule for those who have already interviewed.

I know that everyone must be present for the orientation starting at 8AM, after that is over, do you then go off camera and standby until your scheduled interview time?

Also, once you are done with the interview, is that the end of it for you and you can go on about your day or is there a final farewell meeting on Zoom at 4:40?

I need to attend a funeral the day after interview and am needing to schedule a flight out of town. My interview is scheduled for 11AM and I’m wondering if I would have time to make a flight the same evening.
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There’s an orientation at 8am and then you can get off zoom until your interview time and there wasn’t a farewell zoom meeting that I attended. At least it’s not required. And your interview is about and hour and 20 min with some breaks between your different interviews
 
Castlebuiltwithroses said:
There’s an orientation at 8am and then you can get off zoom until your interview time and there wasn’t a farewell zoom meeting that I attended. At least it’s not required. And your interview is about and hour and 20 min with some breaks between your different interviews
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Thank you!!
 
Castlebuiltwithroses said:
Hello everyone! I had my interview today and it went sooo well!! They were so kind and unlike other MMI’s they were reactive and joked with me. They said good answer after my reply’s and they seemed to honestly want to hear what I had to say. I know that’s not the case for everyone and it’s not super helpful but here some tips!

1. Be your self! Just relax and be genuine.
2. Study over the mission statement
3. Think about what avenue of vet med you want to go into
4. Don’t be too nervous! You got this!
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Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate it ^.^
 
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me breathing a sigh of relief and mopping my sweat after my interview 😂
 
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katdog said:
Ahh I didn’t get an email from TMDSAS yet. Only mildly freaking out
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Did you find it? One place on tmdsas says everyone interviewed gets a request, but it’s not consistent in what it says other places. I’d definitely call and ask
 
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