Hofstra University

A lot of technical issues with the MMI platform. We were all staring at frozen faces the entire time.

How unhappy the interviewers seemed.

Student-led skills session.

Very unpleasant interview experience. Many MMI interviewers seemed angry and uninterested; if you don’t want to be there, don’t volunteer. Ironically, many of the physicians who interviewed me went to no-name medical schools. One interviewer even made an inappropriate joke about my background. The info session was excellent, but my interactions with the physicians ultimately shaped my impression of the environment and confirmed I have no interest in attending (albeit with a significant scholarship)

Interview day was very well organized and the interviewers were friendly and warm

Reviewed MMI scenarios online

MMI interview was pretty chill, all the interviewers were very friendly and wanted to make you feel comfortable

The school is very receptive to feedback

Looked up practice MMI questions, SDN, Reddit

I really liked the idea of the school (clinical experience, unique curriculum, normal-seeming students) but was very disappointed by the location

The MMI is right in the beginning which was very nice

The location (!!). Students described not always feeling like they knew how well they are doing in courses and wish there was more feedback (there are very few assessments). The way that everything is a drive away. The sense that the school wasn't very motivated by a social mission/serving the underserved (staffs uses terms like "illegal immigrants" instead of "undocumented," ect) which was surprising because they brag about learning from the diverse population of Queens.

The passion about the unique curriculum. The amount of clinical exposure. The Step 1 performance. The responsiveness of the administration to student feedback. The diversity of the patients because serves Queens.

Mock MMI, reviewing application, reading Hofstra website

Super positive experience here. Hofstra definitely seems like a school invested to their students' success and their curriculum approach is definitely very unqiue!

Nothing at all

Curriculum and school culture blew me away without a doubt. Ended up really seeing myself there

Sdn, mock interviews, etc.

Expect curveball questions where you have to give examples of how you struggle on a team, etc.

The lack of structure of the curriculum (no textbooks, students need to find their own resources for classes, etc)