University of Toledo

There's a TON of break time

The Admissions Director was very passive aggressive and unlikable. She left a bad taste in my mouth. I didn't find her inviting or her presentation helpful. All info easily found on website.

How well run the interview system was

SDN and practicing MMI

MMI was really cool and well run. My only MMI but I loved it!!

The student ambassadors were not excited to be there and a few of the interviewers were incredibly rude.

You will have to walk around the hospital/campus to find the offices of your interviewers. Don't be afraid to ask for directions. The admissions office asks for interviewers to use ethical questions, be prepared for these.

Other than the new building for the simulation center, the campus is rather dreary

The people are incredibly friendly and helpful, especially if you look lost

It's a good program, but not too too much to do in the city. Student body seemed like good people, admissions staff were super nice and helpful.

Prepare for ethical questions.

Some students said that a few of the professors are "terrible."

Small number of students per cadaver. Interesting elective courses. Students were friendly and chill.

Read up on SDN and the UTCOM website. Talked to people who had interviewed there already. The viewbook on the website had some good info.

My first interviewer was very rude. He arrived 20 minutes late, took/made 3 phone calls during my already abbreviated interview, and spent most of the time reading my file (which he hadn't read ahead of time). He only barked out 1 line questions every few minutes, then went back to reading my file. My interview ended 10 minutes early. I could tell throughout he was just asking questions from their evaluation sheet. "are you compassionate?" "did you grow up poor?" "are you humble?" If you don't have the time to actually interview somebody, don't sign up for it. Also, although med students gave us a tour, there weren't enough of them to take us to our interviews, and most of them were in offices that aren't accessible from main hallways (behind receptionists and locked doors) ,so we were made to explore and find them on our own.

Good, not great school. Quite expensive. But if you put in the effort as a student, you can match in pretty much any specialty you desire.

The cost - for OOSers, it can be up to 77,000 $.

The city of Toledo. Even the current students said that this was the major negative of the school-- its location.

I felt that the faculty was very dedicated to their students. Great match list, awesome clinical skills center.

SDN interview feedback, read my AMCAS and secondary essays