Rx, that's awesome...congrats! That must have been a very nice christmas present to get it on 12/18th 🙂 So did they contact you by snail mail? big packet or small packet? Do you mind sharing a bit about your interview experience on 11/21? what kinda questions did you get and how did you feel about it overall?
Thanks!! I was completely taken by surprise and am very excited.
Answers to questions: Notification was by snail mail, with a big packet for the acceptance and a small packet for financial aid (so both). My wife gave it away to me when I walked in the door from work and she said she could see "Financial Aid" through the envelope
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The interview, I thought, went well but not great. It was extremely conversational and we honestly spent very little time on med school interview - type questions. Which is why it probably went better than I had thought. We discussed more about people in general, hobbies and activities, etc. Instead of grilling you on ethics issues (which I've also had) and combing through your AMCAS or PS, the point of the interview was more to get to know you (the applicant) and what kind of goals and visions you have for both medical school and possibly beyond. They by no means ask you or pressure you into saying anything about committing to staying in Nebraska (my only connections are actually through my wife). They want to know what kind of physician you'll make and are not overly concerned with stats, essays and how you react to complex social issues during the interview portion. Thats not to say they didn't ask anything along those lines, though. We did discuss physician-patient relationships, roles of physicians on the care team in relation to others and, of course, what first interested me in medicine.
Overall, I loved the school, the faculty I had an opportunity to meet, the facilities and Omaha looks great (living in larger city right now). Just the OOS tuition ...
Hope that helps without being too wordy ... good luck to everyone!!! Maybe see you next fall!
