| I was asked this question too, "What would you do if you worked in an Iraqi prison and your CO ordered you to gain intelligence from your Iraqi patient?" | I was asked this question too, "What is your weakness, how will I manage to succeed with a career in medicine with this kind of weakness?" The university's premier graduate program in psychology is unique in relating these activities to military medicine, disaster medicine, and military readiness. Everyone was sincere and honest. | Report Response | I was asked this question too, ""Tell me about yourself." | I was asked this question too, "why USUHS? More from this Member Two interviews after lunch with the opportunity to visit with senior school administration in the afternoon. More from this Member | Report Response, "Honestly nothing. | Report Response, "Everyone was extremely helpful and nice. More from this Member | Report Response, "This school is very unique. I wasn't too excited to interview there, and I was hoping that my attitude would change during the day, but it didn't. | Report Response The second was a Navy LtCmdr and he was great. | Report Response, "try not to drive" | Report Response, "The classrooms. | Report Response, "The staff and faculty were extremely helpful in answering questions. Unique opportunities available to students" The faculty and administration were very open and friendlyI just walked into the commandant's office and chatted for a half hour. The two interviews were very low-key, with all the typical questions. | Report Response | Report Response, "Internet searches, talking to successful applicants, learning about state of health care in america." More from this Member goodluck!" More from this Member | Report Response, "Great overall experience - solidified my choice with this school as top pick." He then handed me a surgery textbook and asked me to read a paragraph outloud and what the section meant." | Report Response i learned a lot about militaty medicine, and everyone is so helpful and the deans and higher ups were so involved in student affairs" | Report Response When you get to gate security there's a 50/50 chance they won't know why you're there. | Report Response, "It seems that the money is the only great luring feature. | Report Response, "Everyone has to wear a uniform." | Report Response More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "No question was difficult." | Report Response | Report Response | Report Response, "Great interview experience! | Report Response, "Nothing really. | I was asked this question too, "What do you like about military medicine?" The student area has Wi-Fi, there are coffee bars, great study areas, and the cafeteria was good. | I was asked this question too, "Ehnot really interesting questions..just run of the mill kinda stuffthey really want to know why you want to join the military" More from this Member Also, be prepared to get medical clearance. I applied this year as well. Best 3rd year pediatrics clerkship rated by Ambulatory Pediatrics Assn. " | Report Response, "This is a great school. | I was asked this question too, "Why should we pick you over another candidate?" | Report Response | Report Response, "Left the house at 520am, road the bus for 45 minutes to the metro, road the metro for another 75 minutes or so, then walked to the school. | Report Response, "EVERYONE was extremely friendly. | Report Response, "If you want to do military medicine, this is the best school to attend. More from this Member | Report Response More from this Member | Report Response, "The staff and student's positive attitude and pride in the school." Although, I have always wanted to be a military physician, so this one was actually very easy to answer. | Report Response | Report Response | Report Response, "Great school and interview day!" | Report Response More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "If you got notified two days before that you would be deployed off the coast of Africa for 3 months right before Christmas, what would you do?" More from this Member benefits for joining the military are great though. " | Report Response, "Overall, it was a positive experience. More from this Member From what I've read they should be coming soon. This was my first choice of medical school to attend, and it remains as my first choice after the interview." | Report Response | Report Response, "Don't take a cab from the airport, or anywhere really. | Report Response | Report Response More from this Member More from this Member More from this Member Why military medicine? More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "Tell me about your background." | Report Response, "USUHS website, read about military medicine, SDN feedback" | Report Response, "I love the D.C. area. | Report Response More from this Member The students love the school, and everyone helps each other out. (CLEARLY the most important question to be prepared for)" | Report Response, "Interview feedback, looked over AMCAS and secondary essay" Thee are only four spaces that interviewers fill in on their reports, the three questions below, and then a general comments space." The school is only a 10 minute subway-ride from all the national monuments. More from this Member More from this Member | Report Response More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "Tell me about a person you think is a good leader. | I was asked this question too, "Why Military Medicine?" | Report Response, "Very impressive facilities, and Wash, DC is incredible. More from this Member | Report Response, "Nothing really surprised me. | I was asked this question too, "What do you like to do for fun (hobbies)?" | Report Response, "Housing is pretty expensive, especially if you want to live near the school. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Department of More from this Member | Report Response not much downtime during lunch, then the interviews. If you realize what you're getting into as far as the military commitment is concerned, I wouldn't expect to have much negative feelings from this interview. More from this Member | Report Response | Report Response, "SDN, Website" They will do it there for you, I really went through a hassle to get it done and there was no need." | Report Response, "not necessarily negatively impressed me, but took me a little by surprise the competition betw the branches, i know its there, but it was definitely apparent" More from this Member More from this Member | Report Response Please more responsiveness about student host pr" | I was asked this question too, "Whay do you want to be a doctor?" | Report Response, "Reviewed AMCAS and USUHS applications, reviewed SDN feedback, and researched school website and bulletin." Good luck to us! More from this Member they make a great impression and if military medicine is what you want to do, there's NO better place to do it" More from this Member I can wait to be a part of USUHS!" | I was asked this question too, ""What made you interested in USUHS?"" More from this Member | Report Response, "Not to fly into BWI." | Report Response | Report Response, "Relax! | I was asked this question too, "Do you like lawyers?" | I was asked this question too, "How would you comfort a patient dying with Bone Cancer? | I was asked this question too, "Why military/any connections to military?" | Report Response, "The WEATHERIt's REALLY cold!!! More from this Member More from this Member Before my interview, I knew nothing about military medicine, and didn't really think that I was interested, but it really made me think a lot about what I want to do. " | Report Response, "Read SDN, thought but didn't rehearse." | I was asked this question too, "Both interviews were very conversational. More from this Member It was intimidating for a civilian since over half the group was in uniform. | Report Response More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "How would you feel about being stationed in the middle of no where?" | Report Response | I was asked this question too, "Are you aware of the commitment?" I am in the Army National Guard now. | Report Response, "I wish I had known about the board pass rates. " More from this Member More from this Member He was very laid back and let me ask 30 minutes worth of questions basically. | I was asked this question too, "Why military medicine" There is a lot of traffic in the D.C. area, so make sure you give yourself plenty of time to arrive at the school. More from this Member | Report Response, "Everyone being in uniform was not so much negative as much as it was weird. The first interviewer asked all the standard and expected questions. More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "Describe how you are as a leader?" Also read SDN." | Report Response | Report Response More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "Why don't you tell me about (insert random fact from your personal statement)" | Report Response Medical equipment and books provided. I got my acceptance letter within 2.5 weeks of my interview." | Report Response, "just about everything, but mostly the amount of very attractive women on campusesp since the campus is on a navy installation" (I have been out of undergaduate for several years)" | Report Response, "Loved it!" school students were very humble. Between interviews, one of the students I ate lunch w/ saw me sitting in the library and came to sit down next to me to talk more about the school. Personally, its one of my top choices (accepted in Oct.)." | Report Response | Report Response, "Everything" | I was asked this question too, "How do you think you'll function with a lack of sleep?" More from this Member 11:30 - 1:00 students took us on a tour Combined Clinical Counseling | Psychology | USU More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "How would you handle a challenge?" More from this Member More from this Member But with the turn around, like previously mentioned, no one knows anything. :)" More from this Member | Report Response, "Should have brought a coat. | Report Response Stay close by or with a student host." For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. More from this Member We didn't have much in common since I was single, but I still got the picture. More from this Member | Report Response, "My first interview, but I really left with a good feeling from it. More from this Member | Report Response | Report Response It was like a family. " More from this Member More from this Member | Report Response I also applied for the military track, what branch are you going for? Oh and lunch was great as well and included a Q&A with second year students. More from this Member | Report Response In that area even the awful hotels are >$100 per night" More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "What leadership qualities or experiences have prepared you for a career as a military officer?" More from this Member More from this Member | Report Response, "Loved this school, definitely became one of my top choices after the school tour. | Report Response, "Nothing" More from this Member More from this Member | Report Response, "The morning was filled with various briefings. | Report Response | I was asked this question too, "How would deal with a situation where you are aware that your work area is a high probability target, yet you have to keep working there?" | I was asked this question too, "Good qualities of a leader" | Report Response More from this Member I loved everything about this school, the students all seemed to love it and were all there to help each other whereas some other schools students sabotage each other to make themselves look better. | Report Response Really glad I came across this because I didn't even know that the deadline got extended. | I was asked this question too, "You mentioned you would like to give something back to society, could you explain what you mean?" The school attracts older, married applicants and could benefit from a greater degree of diversity (though it is actively making strides in the latter)." More from this Member | Report Response, "Amazing school with very friendly students." | Report Response, "The students were really helpful. | Report Response, "read brochure, this website" More from this Member More from this Member Traveling opportunities. More from this Member | Report Response, "The library and lecture halls have seriously modernist architecture. More from this Member | Report Response, "the crappy school building" | I was asked this question too, "WHat is the biggest domestic issue in healthcare?" | I was asked this question too, "How much can you bench? | Report Response Setting my sights for the next cycle any one have any tips for strong packages? More from this Member How would your family react to you being in the military? Hopefully, we are able to meet up on Interview Day! USUHS is top choice for those who are interested in being a physician who will serve our country." More from this Member More from this Member The professors may change but the students stay within one room. " | I was asked this question too, "What is a difficult leadership situation you have faced?" More from this Member 2 patients come in with the same life-threatening injuries and same outcomes and need to be operated on immediately. Why military medicine? My interviewer and I just got to know each other. Bethesda is expensive. | Report Response, "Rotations are almost all at different bases, and your picks of those locations are based on a lottery. | I was asked this question too, "How do think your clinical experiences will help you in preparing for military medicine?" | Report Response, "Students worked together well" | I was asked this question too, "Is the educational gap b/w you and your wife a strain on your marraige; how do you tell her what you're up to?" | Report Response What did you like most about it?" This is why I want to be a military DOC!!" More from this Member More from this Member | Report Response More from this Member to 2.5X as much exposure to preventative medicine, to the ability to rotate to dozens of military hospitals and most importantly, better match statistics than the civilian world for most specialties, (in the army). More from this Member Two years in these two lecture halls. Fortunately, I was made to feel very relaxed and I learned a lot about all the benefits that come with the school." | Report Response, "Construction (I understand this is a necessary evil at times, though)" I saw very clearly how supportive the military is of family and that impressed me a great deal. Great culture, great program, and great people." More from this Member Psychology | USU | Report Response | Report Response, "Same as above." More from this Member (Although I was prepared, we kept coming back towards it and approaching it from different angles which was a little flustering)." More from this Member They really push to make sure you make an informed decision (and one not just based upon the money). More from this Member More from this Member More from this Member More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "Why millitary medicine?" | Report Response More from this Member Also, many people were already married. The school is very open and honest about their intentions. | Report Response, "I should have recieved a packet of security information that they wanted done that day, didn't get it." More from this Member | Report Response, "Learning that if you choose HPSP over USUHS, you don't get the same preference for military residencies, even though you're both technically considered military applicants. | Report Response, "relatively small school, everyone wears camo's everyday" | I was asked this question too, "You wrote in your application that you learned about the ''big picture of death.'' More from this Member More from this Member Im just starting this thread to start a discussion on this years application. | Report Response But there was nowhere that I thought of as horrible or unacceptable." | Report Response specific examples" More from this Member He wasn't bad, but he didn't give me any indication that he or the school wanted me to go there." | I was asked this question too, "Did you write your AMCAS essay? More from this Member | Report Response, "I used this site and practiced with friends." More from this Member Yes, I understand that it is important for the office to protect their valuable time from us neurotic students who may call impatiently while we are waiting to hear responses hehe, but at the same time, after the student has been waiting long it is nice that they feel welcomed to pick up the phone and say Hello! | I was asked this question too, "If you saw some of your classmates using drugs what would you do?" Both interviews were low stress affairs." More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "I was given a combat scenerio where a soldier is wounded, and may need to go back into the battlefield within a few days. More from this Member | Report Response, "Read the school's website, researched current events, looked over my applications, read this website, asked the host student questions. " | I was asked this question too, "Describe your leadership experience." | Report Response | Report Response More from this Member The basic gist of the question was to ascertain where one's focus was, either toward the military and the defense of our country or towards being a doc and avoiding the creation of such a deadly agent." More from this Member More from this Member | Report Response, "it was very laid back and just had a regular convo with the interviewers" More from this Member | Report Response, "awesome interview experience--i felt like i fit right in. | Report Response, "make sure you have a well articulated response to why you are interested in becoming part of milmed and are aware or some of the negatives. | Report Response (They asked everyone this!)" | I was asked this question too, "What is the worst problem in military medicine?" More from this Member The staff and students were all informative and very willing to answer questions. More from this Member | Report Response, "Great interview" | I was asked this question too, "Everybody we are interviewing is academically qualified, why should we pick you?" | I was asked this question too, "Why do you wish to pursue military medicine?" More from this Member More from this Member There is time in between to visit with any administrators you wish and its a good idea to do so." More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "Do you know what pediatricians do in the military?" (i.e., NIH and new Walter Reed hospital are literally right next door). More from this Member (Know and be able to articulate exactly why you want to go into military medicine. More from this Member | Report Response, "Excellent school, excellent program, excellent people, excellent mission! | Report Response More from this Member The interviews were laid back and conversational. | I was asked this question too, "What was the most influential book you read in the past several months?" More from this Member I just looked it up and saw it was extended to 1/15. More from this Member More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too, "What field do you see yourself practicing in?" also, my interview group was amazing so many different kinds of people - civilians, service academy students, a navy SEAL, an army delta force guy, a submarine officer. | Report Response More from this Member More from this Member More from this Member More from this Member How would you tell them and their family?" | Report Response So many of the students have spouses and children. More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "Why should the government invest hundreds of thousands of dollars into your medical education?" | Report Response | Report Response, "By thinking about why I wanted to become a military physician." More from this Member More from this Member | Report Response, "Very enthusiastic students, seem genuinely happy at the school. More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "Same" I'm active duty Air Force going on 7 years of service. | I was asked this question too, "What is your leadership experience?" Always tough to answer without sounding intentionally modest or overconfident." | I was asked this question too, "An ethics question about whether or not the military should perform (fund) heart surgeries on children with a specific, deadly congenital defect, knowing that, at best, the child would only live to be a teenager." | Report Response, "They had to scramble to get interviewers, which led to a bit of a confusing schedule and some people (fortunately not me) had really bad interviewers who I assume usually are not used. | I was asked this question too, "What is your favorite book? The staff, faculty, and almost every student I saw all day stopped to wish me luck and give me advice. More from this Member It cleared up many of my doubts about attending USUHS, and I left feeling that I will enjoy my experience at USUHS if I am accepted." More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "Why military medicine? More from this Member The interview day was packed with a visit to the simulation center, lectures, and tours. More from this Member More from this Member More from this Member More from this Member More from this Member More from this Member | Report Response, "read sdn, my file and stuff like that" | Report Response, "The library isn't very big. 4 years of med school plus residency plus at least seven years of payback. My first was with a 4th year student. If I were looking for a military career, this would be a perfect option, but since I want to be in civilian medicine, this just won't work." | Report Response, "How much those darn car rental places jack you around - the stated $112 price went up to $200 after taxes and fees and what not. | Report Response, "Just relax! | Report Response, "Remember to bring your security paperwork, form of identification, and keep up on scheduling your physical if you are really interested." | I was asked this question too, "Why military medicine? | I was asked this question too, "What are your two biggest strengths? More from this Member More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "Tell me something that I wouldnt be able to find out on your application" Be prepared for questions about the military." Each student gets their own bone kit (real, no plastic) to take home the first year." how much time you owe, where you would spend your third and fourth year, etc.) | Report Response, "How generally happy the students were. would you still do it? We had our applicant talk yesterday. As for the school, I was impressed most by the attitude of the students there: new and old alike. More from this Member More from this Member Would love to connect with everyone if we get invited for interview. More from this Member There were probably 20-25 at this interview. | I was asked this question too, "tell me about your research?" Faculty members have diverse backgrounds in their education, research and clinical training. | I was asked this question too, "What did your volunteer work entail? As our interview progressed, he would kind of put answers into my mouth even though I was still talking, responding to his questions. I would have liked it to include more of the facilities." | Report Response, "I was well prepared. | Report Response, "all administration were very helpful and friendly. " More from this Member | I was asked this question too, "what would you do if you were deployed on an overseas medical tour (iraq, etc). but you have a family, other people who could go for you, etc. My only suggestion is keep up the good work!" More from this Member