<p>I think there is quite of bit of variability when it comes to how much interviews matter at each individual med school. D hasn’t been told “all equal” like Wirefox’s DS. She’s also has a few MMI’s soon and is worrying about this type of day. Hopefully she can shine even under set up scenarios :)</p>
<p>camomof3: What is an MMI? Thanks. S has not mentioned that to me.</p>
<p>MMI = Multiple Mini Interviews.</p>
<p>MMIs are quite different from the traditional interview</p>
<p>Interviewees are run through several staged scenarios/stations singly, in pairs or small groups to see how they react in a given situation. Each scenario is observed by an impartial non-participant who scores the candidate on whatever the particular scenario is designed to test. (Empathy, problem solving, teamwork, communication skills etc)</p>
<p>It’s supposed to be less subjective than a traditional interview.</p>
<p>Some school use MMI exclusively, some used it combination with traditional interviews.</p>
<p>Thanks. Have heard of these. It didn’t click when I saw MMI. </p>
<p>@Wirefox- the MMI format (described well by wayoutwestmom) is popular in CA med schools but not used that much elsewhere yet. Seems every year another school adds some MMI type stations or switches to it. The problem is that applicants sign non-disclosure statements about the MMI stations, making it hard to prepare (which I guess is the point anyway). </p>
<p>Interesting to hear info. about the interviews. From what my D has heard from a current student, the places she is interviewing have a rubric, so all parts of the application will count in some way. She has 3 in October, so I hope it goes well. In looking online, some do state that they want to see how a students responds to stress, so I’m not sure what that would entail.</p>
<p>The MMI sound like they would be much more objective, though possibly stress inducing if a student is stumped by a scenario!</p>
<p>MMI generate more reliable data and are considered “more fair” by both interviewers and by applicants.</p>
<p>MMIs test for non-cognitive competences that are not typically objectively assessed during a traditional interview.</p>
<p>There are studies going back to 1999, but here are some of the more recent ones.</p>
<p><a href=“The Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) for student selection in health professions training - a systematic review - PubMed”>The Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) for student selection in health professions training - a systematic review - PubMed;
<a href=“Reliability and acceptability of a five-station multiple mini-interview model for residency program recruitment - PMC”>http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3879511/</a>
<a href=“Enhancing the reliability of the multiple mini-interview for selecting prospective health care leaders - PubMed”>Enhancing the reliability of the multiple mini-interview for selecting prospective health care leaders - PubMed;
<a href=“The reliability and acceptability of the Multiple Mini-Interview as a selection instrument for postgraduate admissions - PubMed”>The reliability and acceptability of the Multiple Mini-Interview as a selection instrument for postgraduate admissions - PubMed;
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<p>OSCE = Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (a huge part of MS3 & MS4).</p>
<p>Not strictly about MMIs, but about the use of situation judgments tests as part of MMIs.</p>
<p><a href=“Adjusting medical school admission: assessing interpersonal skills using situational judgement tests - PubMed”>Adjusting medical school admission: assessing interpersonal skills using situational judgement tests - PubMed;
<p>I <em>think</em> out of 13 interviews, D only had one MMI, and that was at Emory.</p>
<p>Thanks for the links WOWM. Interesting information. DS has more II’s coming up so maybe he will go to some that are MMIs. </p>
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<p>That was my son’s experience as well. </p>
<p>NYU uses MMI also. So does UCSD. I can’t remember which others from D’s experience last year. I do remember her saying that she encountered some of the same MMI questions coming up at different schools. Are they all picking questions from some central guide? The students all sign a confidentiality form saying that they will not disclose what the questions were. </p>
<p>I had MMI at Duke & NYU . Both had different questions ans scenarios . I felt that there is no right or wrong answers as long as candidate can justify and explain their views/ answers.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any information when students can begin to expect acceptances/rejections post interviews? I think most of the schools have rolling admission and interviews began in Aug/Sept for many. I heard October 15th is the earliest one can expect to hear back from somewhere (can’t remember where). </p>
<p>According to AMCAS traffic rules, no acceptances can go out until Oct 15. (Also no waitlist decisions can be sent prior to October 15.) </p>
<p>Rejections, however, can come at any time. But I strongly suspect no post-interview rejections are sent out prior to Oct 15 either.</p>
<p>It usually takes 2-6 weeks after the interview for the admission committee to reconvene and make their recommendations. Occasionally an interviewer’s report doesn’t get turned in in a timely manner, or the interviewer has a scheduling conflict and cannot attend an review session, or there are wildly conflicting interview reports, and an applicant’s decision will deferred until the next review session. </p>
<p>But not all schools will send out post-interview waitlist or rejection decisions as soon as those have been made. Some hold those until the spring. (Usually around late March.) The dreaded “File under review” status. This is in case the adcomm decides to re-review/re-rank candidates (need to offer additional acceptances to fill their class) or in case it turns out an applicant is hooked (turns out to be the scion of big donor or Dean’s nephew or something like that) and requires special handling.</p>
<p>Texas schools notify usually on November 15th.</p>
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<p>check the past cycles school specific threads on SDN. This will give you a pretty good idea how and when any particular school informs their applicants of decisions. Good luck.</p>
<p>Thank you! S was told at several Texas schools interviews that we could hear on Oct. 15th, he is OOS and I think that makes a difference</p>
<p>@krug Are you sure? I have seen that everyone I know in the past heard about it only in mid November in Texas.</p>
<p><a href=“2013-2014 Applicants and their parents..... - #1236 by jc40 - Pre-Med Topics - College Confidential Forums”>2013-2014 Applicants and their parents..... - #1236 by jc40 - Pre-Med Topics - College Confidential Forums;
<p>Well after what seems like a long time, DS has another II!! He got the first one at the beginning of September, and got his second one yesterday! I’m hoping he gets a few more. He was really happy when he called last night to let us know!</p>
<p>Good luck to those who are already interviewing! DS will be interviewing next month.</p>
<p>Congratulations VAMom! That is great news. D has her interviews this month, and she is quite nervous. Good luck to all and hope for positive outcomes all around. </p>