Texas A&M University

My interviewer spent more time talking about the school than they did asking me questions.

Good school I am impressed and would like to go here. Long ass interview day.

The medical students there said all interviews will be chill and conversational. My first one was like that, my second one was entirely the opposite. Be prepared for anything.

The second interviewer I had was rapid firing questions at me and it was his first time interviewing. Just an uncomfortable experience. Also they only gave me a week notice for this interview and it was in August on a weekday.

The warmth and positivity in the faculty and medical students, also certain aspects of the school I really like (mostly low tuition lmao).

Read BeMo book, 2 mock interviews, talked to myself a lot, prepped responses for common questions

Great school

Open file

Presentations

Practice with friends, family, medical students

They did not cover cost of attendance or financial aid in any of the presentations.

Reviewed the materials provided by the admissions committee, and reviewed my resume.

There is a standardized patient interaction

The multiple campuses is kinda confusing

Everyone was SO NICE AND HAPPY

Interview book, healthcare book, practiced in mirror

Seems to be a good school overall. Some things about the interview day I would personally do different, but I'm not in charge of admissions. The regional campus thing is not explained well on the website, but the 2nd year students hammer it out during lunch. It's also explained during a presentation. I would go here over some other schools I have interviewed at.

Old SDN reviews talk about traveling between College Station and Temple for interviews. In 2018 this is not the case. My entire interview day was at College Station (technically Bryan). An interview in Temple will be spent entirely in Temple. The interview day is long! They don't joke around about it going from 8-5. Breakfast left much to be desired to eat before you arrive unless you want some fruit and a donut. Lunch was good though. The interviews don't start until 2:00 pm. So there is a lot waiting in anticipation while you listen to presentations and go on tours. You get to ride a bus over to the county hospital for a tour. Then you get a tour of the anatomy lab and the floor where standardized patient encounters are done. You don't get a tour of anything else though.

The school is in a pretty inconvenient location. It's not part of A&M proper, but a little way up a highway with nothing around. It's not connected to a hospital either. There's 3 affiliates in the county to rotate at, but they aren't right next to the school. College Station is also pretty congested. I suppose 68k students will do that to a city, but it was not as free flowing as I had hoped.

The facilities are nice. The chairs are comfortable. They give you more swag than any other school I've been to or heard about. The chairs are comfortable.