University of the Incarnate Word (UIWSOM) Discussion Thread 2016-2017

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Completed mid August. But I haven't heard a peep from them yet 🙁. But congrats to the people that got accepted!!
 
Hello Everyone,

I've received several PM's in the last few days regarding the interview format at UIWSOM. To help ease your nerves, I will talk about basic logistics of the day but cannot go into any specifics.

The day will consist of a light breakfast, followed by various faculty members presenting themselves (including the Dean) and their mission for UIWSOM. There will be around 35-40 interviewees, and you will be split up into two groups. One group will enter the MMI sessions and the other will hear more from various faculty members regarding the mission, curriculum, and other general features of UIWSOM.

As for the MMI, this school utilizes a TRUE MMI. There will be 1o stations, which is excellent because MMI's should consist of anywhere between 6-14 stations and most other DO schools that utilize MMI only do like 2? So yea, just MMI and no traditional interview portion. You will have 10 min. per station, and 2 min. to transition to next station and prepare yourself. No clipboard and pens/pencils are allowed (you won't need it). The only way I recommend preparing for the interview is by going on Youtube and typing in "Medical school MMI questions and answers" and watching various videos on cases and how they should be answered. Get a feel for how you want to approach MMI questions in general. DO NOT read books, they are a waste of time and won't help. YOU WILL NOT find the MMI questions anywhere online or in a book, as the faculty have creatively made their own.

For MMI questions, they will care much more about your reasoning and logic as opposed to the answers. Ex. Do you believe abortion should be legal? Yes or No? WHY? They care about the WHY portion much, much more than the Yes or No part. Can you provide a logical argument for your answer, and can you defend it in the face of differing opinions? There's no way to prepare other than to be mentally fresh and ready to think on your feet. It's fun and don't be nervous. You will have an opinion and just be yourself. If your intentions are right and you have good ethics it will shine on it's own. 🙂

For everyone interviewing, this school is AMAZING!!! The faculty and staff are sincere, genuine, incredibly welcoming, and want us all to succeed. This school is excellent if you are spiritual and do believe that everything happens for a reason. Texas is incredible, food options Galore (not good if trying to lose weight), everything conveniently accessible and everything is comfortable (many 24 hour stores within a mile of campus). Weather is amazing, no snow but does get hot and humid in the summers (which we may or may not be around for). Dr. Madson, the Dean, is INCREDIBLE as she is fully invested in this school, is easily approachable and will speak to you if you'd like, and I have no doubts whatsoever this school will be short of amazing. She is passionate about her profession, and it shows when you speak to her and the innovative model she has structured for UIWSOM.

All of the staff and faculty here are not only amazing, but they work as a team and they're ALL friendly and approachable. I want to give shoutouts to everyone of them individually but this post would get too long. Good luck everyone!!! 🙂
 
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MADD!!! said:
Hello Everyone,

I've received several PM's in the last few days regarding the interview format at UIWSOM. To help ease your nerves, I will talk about basic logistics of the day but cannot go into any specifics.

The day will consist of a light breakfast, followed by various faculty members presenting themselves (including the Dean) and their mission for UIWSOM. There will be around 35-40 interviewees, and you will be split up into two groups. One group will enter the MMI sessions and the other will hear more from various faculty members regarding the mission, curriculum, and other general features of UIWSOM.

As for the MMI, this school utilizes a TRUE MMI. There will be 1o stations, which is excellent because MMI's should consist of anywhere between 6-14 stations and most other DO schools that utilize MMI only do like 2? So yea, just MMI and no traditional interview portion. You will have 10 min. per station, and 2 min. to transition to next station and prepare yourself. No clipboard and pens/pencils are allowed (you won't need it). The only way I recommend preparing for the interview is by going on Youtube and typing in "Medical school MMI questions and answers" and watching various videos on cases and how they should be answered. Get a feel for how you want to approach MMI questions in general. DO NOT read books, they are a waste of time and won't help. YOU WILL NOT find the MMI questions anywhere online or in a book, as the faculty have creatively made their own.

For MMI questions, they will care much more about your reasoning and logic as opposed to the answers. Ex. Do you believe abortion should be legal? Yes or No? WHY? They care about the WHY portion much, much more than the Yes or No part. Can you provide a logical argument for your answer, and can you defend it in the face of differing opinions? There's no way to prepare other than to be mentally fresh and ready to think on your feet. It's fun and don't be nervous. You will have an opinion and just be yourself. If your intentions are right and you have good ethics it will shine on it's own. 🙂

For everyone interviewing, this school is AMAZING!!! The faculty and staff are sincere, genuine, incredibly welcoming, and want us all to succeed. This school is excellent if you are spiritual and do believe that everything happens for a reason. Texas is incredible, food options Galore (not good if trying to lose weight), everything conveniently accessible and everything is comfortable (many 24 hour stores within a mile of campus). Weather is amazing, no snow but does get hot and humid in the summers (which we may or may not be around for). Dr. Madson, the Dean, is INCREDIBLE as she is fully invested in this school, is easily approachable and will speak to you if you'd like, and I have no doubts whatsoever this school will be short of amazing. She is passionate about her profession, and it shows when you speak to her and the innovative model she has structured for UIWSOM.

All of the staff and faculty here are not only amazing, but they work as a team and they're ALL friendly and approachable. I want to give shoutouts to everyone of them individually but this post would get too long. Good luck everyone!!! 🙂
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This is very helpful. THANK YOU!!!!! 🙂
 
Accepted around 5 today! So grateful and excited!!! All the hard work paid off Heads up, the call showed up as "unknown" for me at least.

For the people who haven't heard back yet: don't give up hope! I did yesterday after not hearing anything and then this happened!
 
Do you think there will be in-house scholarships for accepted students?
 
Simas said:
I'm sorry to hear that, keep your chin up. It's a long and hard road for all of us.(You did not interview right, just denied after secondary?)


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Yea no interview. I guess they didn't like application that much.
 
Reeeeeejecttted as well 🙂 gonna add this to my collection


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Are post-secondaries rejections sent via email?

I'm curious to know how this all works.. this is my first time applying to AACOMAS schools. TMDSAS schools do not send out post-secondary rejections right away.. They send out rejection emails around May/June.
 
Are the "rejections" sent out as a straight up rejection (i.e. we are no longer considering your application) or are they sent out as a wait list to interview (currently unable to interview you but if space permits, we will let you know)?

I received the second msg and am wondering if this is the same "rejection" msg people received.
 
grateful1 said:
Are the "rejections" sent out as a straight up rejection (i.e. we are no longer considering your application) or are they sent out as a wait list to interview (currently unable to interview you but if space permits, we will let you know)?

I received the second msg and am wondering if this is the same "rejection" msg people received.
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No thats not a rejection. Mine was straight up there s alot of competitive applicants etc. So you still have hope!
 
I received a message which I believe is a post secondary hold. Hard to say.
 
For those of you getting rejections, chin up! This is my 2nd year applying. Last year was a sea of rejections, all pre-interview. I took it as a learning experience as to the application process for medical school. I made sure to talk to admissions and review my application to make it better. It definitely worked out! 🙂 It's still early, so I wish you all luck in geting interviews as the season continues!
 
Moved my interview til the end of the year. If all goes as planned, I will cancel my interview. Hopefully it goes to one you if I do. I'll know for sure mid November. Just a heads up to my peeps that's on edge this cycle.
 
sehnsuchtsermedico said:
For those of you getting rejections, chin up! This is my 2nd year applying. Last year was a sea of rejections, all pre-interview. I took it as a learning experience as to the application process for medical school. I made sure to talk to admissions and review my application to make it better. It definitely worked out! 🙂 It's still early, so I wish you all luck in geting interviews as the season continues!
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zurc2014 said:
Moved my interview til the end of the year. If all goes as planned, I will cancel my interview. Hopefully it goes to one you if I do. I'll know for sure mid November. Just a heads up to my peeps that's on edge this cycle.
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We could reschedule interviews? What's everyone's take on this? Should I reschedule if I'm not ready? 🙁
 
Avocado1989 said:
We could reschedule interviews? What's everyone's take on this? Should I reschedule if I'm not ready? 🙁
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Reschedule cause ur not ready? Hell no, are you crazy. It's not the MCAT, just be urself. I would'nt reschedule a interview that's rolling admissions cause I'm not ready. Get ready. I only moved mine cause it conflicted with a school of higher priority on my list. Other than that I take the earliest date for every school. These seats fill up...
 
zurc2014 said:
Reschedule cause ur not ready? Hell no, are you crazy. It's not the MCAT, just be urself. I would'nt reschedule a interview that's rolling admissions cause I'm not ready. Get ready. I only moved mine cause it conflicted with a school of higher priority on my list. Other than that I take the earliest date for every school. These seats fill up...
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Yeah, you guys do have a point. I recently got some feedback from my mock interviewer and they do not think I'll be ready in 2 weeks. 🙁 I guess I won't reschedule. I'll just prepare diligently until then..
 
Just take their feedback and what they told you to work on, pray about it (or whatever you do to calm yourself) and go for it!


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Avocado1989 said:
Yeah, you guys do have a point. I recently got some feedback from my mock interviewer and they do not think I'll be ready in 2 weeks. 🙁 I guess I won't reschedule. I'll just prepare diligently until then..
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I'm just curious to know exactly how you are preparing for the interview? I definitely agree that you should do the interview as soon as possible, b/c it is rolling admissions, (I got the call from the Dean on Monday letting me know that I've been accepted into the medical program so you know spots are filling up fast). The longer you wait the less spots will be available... Is it the way you feel you answer questions, or lack of confidence when speaking? What do you think you will be working on until the interview?
 
MADD!!! said:
Hello Everyone,

I've received several PM's in the last few days regarding the interview format at UIWSOM. To help ease your nerves, I will talk about basic logistics of the day but cannot go into any specifics.

The day will consist of a light breakfast, followed by various faculty members presenting themselves (including the Dean) and their mission for UIWSOM. There will be around 35-40 interviewees, and you will be split up into two groups. One group will enter the MMI sessions and the other will hear more from various faculty members regarding the mission, curriculum, and other general features of UIWSOM.

As for the MMI, this school utilizes a TRUE MMI. There will be 1o stations, which is excellent because MMI's should consist of anywhere between 6-14 stations and most other DO schools that utilize MMI only do like 2? So yea, just MMI and no traditional interview portion. You will have 10 min. per station, and 2 min. to transition to next station and prepare yourself. No clipboard and pens/pencils are allowed (you won't need it). The only way I recommend preparing for the interview is by going on Youtube and typing in "Medical school MMI questions and answers" and watching various videos on cases and how they should be answered. Get a feel for how you want to approach MMI questions in general. DO NOT read books, they are a waste of time and won't help. YOU WILL NOT find the MMI questions anywhere online or in a book, as the faculty have creatively made their own.

For MMI questions, they will care much more about your reasoning and logic as opposed to the answers. Ex. Do you believe abortion should be legal? Yes or No? WHY? They care about the WHY portion much, much more than the Yes or No part. Can you provide a logical argument for your answer, and can you defend it in the face of differing opinions? There's no way to prepare other than to be mentally fresh and ready to think on your feet. It's fun and don't be nervous. You will have an opinion and just be yourself. If your intentions are right and you have good ethics it will shine on it's own. 🙂

For everyone interviewing, this school is AMAZING!!! The faculty and staff are sincere, genuine, incredibly welcoming, and want us all to succeed. This school is excellent if you are spiritual and do believe that everything happens for a reason. Texas is incredible, food options Galore (not good if trying to lose weight), everything conveniently accessible and everything is comfortable (many 24 hour stores within a mile of campus). Weather is amazing, no snow but does get hot and humid in the summers (which we may or may not be around for). Dr. Madson, the Dean, is INCREDIBLE as she is fully invested in this school, is easily approachable and will speak to you if you'd like, and I have no doubts whatsoever this school will be short of amazing. She is passionate about her profession, and it shows when you speak to her and the innovative model she has structured for UIWSOM.

All of the staff and faculty here are not only amazing, but they work as a team and they're ALL friendly and approachable. I want to give shoutouts to everyone of them individually but this post would get too long. Good luck everyone!!! 🙂
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Hey MADD!! Thanks so much for this helpful input! My interview is on October 22 and I had a question. When You enter into each MMI station do you introduce yourself quickly to the interviewer or just go straight into the question. What is the best way to go about this? Thank you!! 🙂
 
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Some advice on the MMI, Remember there is no wrong answer. Just be able to give valid logical reasons behind it. The interview is trying to see if you can quickly and logically think your way thru the problem. When you enter the room introduce yourself then restate the question/scenario. Then state all the options you have then choose your decision and be able to back it up. Don't hesitate and change your answer later.
 
Dr.Jayy said:
Some advice on the MMI, Remember there is no wrong answer. Just be able to give valid logical reasons behind it. The interview is trying to see if you can quickly and logically think your way thru the problem. When you enter the room introduce yourself then restate the question/scenario. Then state all the options you have then choose your decision and be able to back it up. Don't hesitate and change your answer later.
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I think there are wrong answers, but not just one right answer. MMI problems can be approached in many different ways. Just my two dinero
 
Still haven't heard anything from this school - interviewed on Sept. 10th. A little worried. Not sure if they're done giving out acceptances :/
 
SmilingTooth said:
I think there are wrong answers, but not just one right answer. MMI problems can be approached in many different ways. Just my two dinero
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Yes I hear that a lot! But there are definitely wrong answers. There are however, no one way of answering the questions right!
 
stardust379 said:
Still haven't heard anything from this school - interviewed on Sept. 10th. A little worried. Not sure if they're done giving out acceptances :/
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If you have not received an email of rejection or waitlist then you still have a chance, so chin up and have hope!
 
Waitlisted 🙁 🙁. Could of been rejected I suppose but still not the news I was hoping for.


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Waitlisted as well - but will be declining the offer. Hope it helps someone else's chance to be accepted!
 
Did they even send out any rejections after the interviews? Or did they put us all on the waitlist.


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Waitlist for how long..? 🙁 Do DO schools usually let you know by May/June-ish like MD schools?
 
Congratulations to everyone who has interviewed at UIW!!! It seems like a great school.

Does anyone know if UIW uses acting/role playing scenarios in their MMI? Those are my least favorite!
 
I would like to ask the same question as the person above. I actually like role-playing MMI better. But given this is a new school, I don't think they have time yet to train patient actors. Would love to hear from those who interviewed here!
 
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