karate-kid Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Is this a little weird that University College Dublin takes in students without an interview? Not even brief Skype conversation. Or not weird? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodyearkl Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Is this a little weird that University College Dublin takes in students without an interview? Not even brief Skype conversation. Or not weird? They want your money. You can't do a residency there if you are Canadian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
advair250 Posted May 19, 2014 Report Share Posted May 19, 2014 Interviews aren't all that important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodyearkl Posted May 20, 2014 Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Interviews aren't all that important. Interviews are VERY important. How else would the school be able to meet you and assess behaviour/non-cognative traits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karate-kid Posted May 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2014 Everyone's responses are less than helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoyInTheBubble Posted May 21, 2014 Report Share Posted May 21, 2014 You mean, you wanted a quick response that agrees with you bias? It's weird, if you believe that interviews accomplish the goal of assessing your "behaviour/non-cognitive traits" as the above poster put it. It's not weird, if you think it's nearly impossible to judge someone in such a brief staged encounter that all candidates are aware of and prepared for. In general, there are more eligible applicants than positions at any medical school. Objective things like GPA or MCAT are an easy way to differentiate, and importantly, exclude people. The rest of the application (references, your answers to questions, and the interview) are designed to further that process. In theory, it should work. But does it? Are the applicants that get eliminated really so bad that they would have failed and become terrible doctors? If the process is expensive, time consuming for a significant number of people, and may or may not find the MOST suitable candidates for med school, why do it at all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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