Interview Feedback - Allopathic Medical Schools - Ross University School of Medicine (Dominica Caribbean)

Here is a link to my interview feedback for Ross University on The Student Doctor Network: LINK.

For all those out there curious about specific questions that were asked, here's a list of just about every question that was asked (with follow-up questions):

1. Tell me about your family?
2. What interests you about becoming a doctor?
3. When did you first hear about Ross?
4. What does your family think about becoming a doctor?
5. What does your family think about going to school in the Caribbean?
6. Why do you want to go to Ross?
7. Why didn't you pursue Nursing instead of Medicine?
8. How would you describe your academic career?
9. How would your friends describe you?
10. Do you have research experience?
11. Do you have any clinical experience?
12. Did you work while in college?
13. Name one quality that you have that will help you as a doctor?
14. How was your MCAT experience?
15. If there was one thing you could improve about yourself, what would it be?
16. Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
17. Is there anything else you want to tell me?
18. Do you have any questions for me?

With my application to assist her, she also began asking a series of questions in a time-line format, beginning with my life immediately after high school. I've attended 3 different colleges, I've held a number of different jobs, and I've gone through a period of time where I didn't know what I wanted to do in life. This was good for me because it gave me an excellent opportunity to paint a picture about my life and my motivations leading up to this point.

Some of the follow-up questions included questions about my family and moving to Dominica. She seemed particularly interested in what exactly my family thought about going to the Caribbean for medical school. Still, I think it was a very tame interview and I got off easy. (I over prepared.)

edit: One more thing: She began the interview by telling me she just finished reading through my application. She casually flipped the pages and scanned it one last time as I sat down. It was a little confusing because during the interview, she asked many questions that could have been answered by reading the application in front of her. I wasn't sure whether she hadn't actually thoroughly read the entire thing and just skimmed it or if she just wanted to hear me answer the questions aloud and in my own words. Either way, I had no choice but to answer the questions as best I could.