Western University of Health Sciences

It was extremely long - which is fine, but there was a section of coming up with a group name that didn't make sense to me at all.

The quality of the interviewers and their questions and they all seemed very happy. Impressed with the location and small-town feel.

I reviewed my application and talked through some basic questions.

Felt like I was my best self on interview day, felt like I nailed both the traditional interview and MMI, was excited to receive a swift acceptance. Top choice school.

That the MMI is not traditional. They basically make their own mini version and the prompts are essentially impossible to 'prepare' for. Act natural.

How small the campus is. I like to hide. Also a lot of OMM kool-aid. Trying to squeeze in the tour between the traditional interview and the MMI.

The garden wall and fountain.

Read responses on SDN's interview feedback, watched youtube channels for MMI tips, read a book on interview tips, interviewed at other schools, wrote answers to common/expected questions and read them out loud the night before the interview.

This school really impressed me. I also interviewed at OHSU (the other OR school) and Western impressed me more.

They kept asking if this was what I wanted to do (be a physician). It was an odd question because to me if I didn't want to be a doctor, I wouldn't have spent the time going through the stress of applications.

The staff is dedicated to the students. Since it is a smaller school, you are able to talk to the professors/staff/admin easily and things can change. They talked about a student that wanted a nutrition education and a professor created an extracurricular program/powerpoint to fulfill that need.

Looked over my application. Read over the school website.

I really liked the school, great relationship with the community, very nice and positive faculty.

That you should't Uber there because you can't get an Uber out.

The schools location isn't amazing, but Corvallis is close

Very student oriented, listen to feedback from students and interviewees.

Looked at this website and the most commonly asked questions.

Western is a mix of traditional panel interview and MMI. Split into 2 sections. Details are made available by school website. Pretty standard interview. I felt like they took fewer notes than my interviewers in Pomona. Hopefully a good sign?

Might be a little too isolated as a school

I was pleasantly surprised that I felt more at home here than I did at Western-Pomona. It shouldn't have been a surprise since I am from the NW. Still surprised by how I actually felt a difference in fit.