University of California (San Diego)

Location: La Jolla, CA (Suburban)
School Type: Public Institution
Program Website: MD | MD-PhD
SDN SchoolsDB Profile: UCSD-SOM
Official Program Data: MSAR
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Letters of Recommendation: MD | MD-PhD
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Interview Feedback

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Reported experiences · Within the past 2 years

Everything was really smooth and easy to navigate

Reported experiences · Within the past 2 years

Nothing

Reported experiences · Within the past 2 years

Everyone was so nice, you could tell the staff really love on UCSD

Preparation notes · Within the past 2 years

Didn't do MMI prep for this school in particular but CASPER prep is all you need

Reported experiences · 2 to 5 years ago

Very positive interview experience. Nice interviewers who paid attention to our conversations.

Reported experiences · 5 to 10 years ago

Awesome school. I was so impressed and would really love to go there

Preparation notes · 5 to 10 years ago

Nothing!

Reported experiences · 5 to 10 years ago

Nothing!

Reported experiences · 5 to 10 years ago

How nice, friendly, and welcoming the faculty and students were

Preparation notes · 5 to 10 years ago

MMI (Signed NDA)

Reported experiences · 5 to 10 years ago

I was not left with a positive impression of the school even though it's objectively a great school!

Reported experiences · 5 to 10 years ago

They start the day with a Q & A assuming we already know all about the school from the website. But the dean even admitted the website was not great and that not much information was on there. I felt the MMI was not great at judging who I am as a person and we were not able to meet or speak with any faculty.

Reported experiences · 5 to 10 years ago

Facilities, campus

Preparation notes · 5 to 10 years ago

SDN interview feedback, practice MMI scenarios

Reported experiences · 5 to 10 years ago

SUPER FAST decision! UCSD will not keep you waiting - you find out if your accepted, WL, or rejected within a week of your interview! That's amazing in comparison to other schools I interviewed at.

Preparation notes · 5 to 10 years ago

Research the school, reread application essays, review ethics

Preparation notes · More than 10 years ago

That I would love it here.

Reported experiences · More than 10 years ago

The MMI style interviews. I do not feel that the interviewers adequately are able to know your personality, but that is probably not what they are looking for.

Reported experiences · More than 10 years ago

The facilities, the people, and area.

Preparation notes · More than 10 years ago

I learned about different MMI formats, but did not otherwise prepare.

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