Not to scare you, but the UCSF interview was the most exhausting process in the world. Granted, the only other interview I went to so far was a 1.5 hour USC interview
but I think everyone, even the experienced interviewees, were tired afterwards. I was there from 11:40am-5:15pm (for a noon interview). It didn't even start until 12:30 despite it saying 12 on my letter, and they gave an hour for the interview, essay, and prerequisite review even though each took about 30, 30, and 10 minutes respectively. You spend a lot of time waiting around and everyone was just awkwardly standing on the sides of the lobby area the whole time.
I wasn't intimidated by my interviewers, who were very nice, but it definitely wasn't a conversation. She must have had a list of typical interview questions to ask me, although I wasn't given situational questions fortunately. What surprised me was that I was only asked one question about my application (my main essay) and only because the faculty found it interesting and wanted me to share more. The students were nice, the campus was okay, but you definitely felt like just a number in the crowd.
I stayed with a P1 during my stay, and Mission Bay is very nice. My friend lives in a 4b2b apartment and the rooms were small. She can only really fit a desk, queen bed, and floor lamp in there in order to have walking room. But it is very new. I saw a 2b1b place in another tower and that was very nice. I didn't get to see the gym everyone was raving about, but I was told about the mini TVs on each elliptical
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evilolive, I think I was talking to you during the prereq review, and you have the extra physio class to take. I was sitting next to you. If you are, hi
