coldpizzahotsriracha Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Moderator edit: Comments considered in violation of confidentiality protocol have been retracted throughout the thread. Please exercise caution when posting and adhere to the confidentiality forms you signed when you interviewed. While discussing "interview difficulty" is fair, it is not reasonable to discuss specifics of interviews- including interview content. Share your subjective feedback of interviews here. I've noticed a lot of variation between the schools I've interviewed at so far...! Here are my (relative) ratings, with a 5/5 indicating the hardest I've done so far Manitoba: - Simple MMI - 10 stations, 1 rest station, 1 ten-minute writing station - 2/5 difficulty UBC: - MMI - ~10 station MMI, 1 rest station - 30 minute writing station - 5/5 difficulty Ottawa: - 3 person panel - ~45 minutes - 3/5 difficulty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xkittens Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 I'm not sure if you can talk about this, but when you say (retracted by moderator)Feel free to not answer if it violates the rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StayHappy Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 U of M : 2/5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Share your subjective feedback of interviews here. I've noticed a lot of variation between the schools I've interviewed at so far...! Here are my (relative) ratings, with a 5/5 indicating the hardest I've done so far Manitoba: - Simple MMI (retracted by moderator) - 10 stations, 1 rest station, 1 ten-minute writing station - 2/5 difficulty UBC: - MMI - ~10 station MMI, 1 rest station, (retracted by moderator) - 30 minute writing station - 5/5 difficulty Ottawa: - 3 person panel - ~45 minutes - 3/5 difficulty I'm curious, what made Manitoba's MMI that much less difficult than UBC's? I've done a few mmi's and they all felt more or less the same.. whirlwind of needing to go to the washroom and adrenaline as time flies bye haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arttomed Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 UBC 6/5 LOL (that interview was so intense specially for someone who had his rest station at the end ) Ottawa Very friendly, I would love it more if they were getting into our ABS more. 3/5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candie Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Just curious - What is it about Ottawa's interview that gives it these difficulty points? Generally I've heard that it is a much more relaxed experience than the MMIs.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qszwdxefc Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Wow, I guess it's kind of reassuring that so many people found the UBC MMI difficult. That's the only one I've done so far so can't really compare atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savac Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 A 30 minute writing station? The most I've ever had for a writing station was 10 minutes. I think it was at the same school that you had it at, but I don't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 A 30 minute writing station? The most I've ever had for a writing station was 10 minutes. I think it was at the same school that you had it at, but I don't remember. If there was a 10 minute writing station, I don't even think i'd be able to write down my full name The 30 minutes for UBC's went by so fast, and i was hustling to get my thoughts in a logical manner onto the paper! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mobitz1 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 i thought UBC was harder than calgary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arttomed Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Just curious - What is it about Ottawa's interview that gives it these difficulty points? Generally I've heard that it is a much more relaxed experience than the MMIs.. I personally think panel is harder, cause you get to be alert for the whole 40 min non-stop. Plus if you get into a trap in panel you are pretty much done. MMI is good cause it gives you a come back chance. But for UBC for me the main problem was its length otherwise the contents were really straightforward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bclionsfan Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Wow, I guess it's kind of reassuring that so many people found the UBC MMI difficult. That's the only one I've done so far so can't really compare atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldpizzahotsriracha Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Edit: completely messed up the formatting of this post lol Just curious - What is it about Ottawa's interview that gives it these difficulty points? Generally I've heard that it is a much more relaxed experience than the MMIs.. I found that the questions were getting extremely in depth and one of my interviewers was a little aggressive, but overall it was fun. I agree that it is much more relaxed and even more fun than an MMI though. @UBC2012: a few reasons, I'll list them: Before the MMI started, they briefed us on how it would proceed and gave us one last chance to use the washroom hahaha No "curveball" questions - not going to go into depth about this but there was nothing that threw me off or that I felt was intentionally put there to mess with me. Either that or I just handled it very well. 8 minutes is much more comfortable than 7 minutes At the 6 minute mark, you're told that you have 2 minutes remaining - I found this incredibly handy, as did the interviewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
am1022 Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Personally, I found UBC had some of the most straight forward questions of all the MMI's I've done. Yes, the writing station is strange, but I found it my best MMI experience to date. Assessing interviews this way is clearly subjective, as some people interpret questions & situations easier or harder than others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGrisham Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 @UBC2012: a few reasons, I'll list them: Before the MMI started, they briefed us on how it would proceed and gave us one last chance to use the washroom hahaha No "curveball" questions - not going to go into depth about this but there was nothing that threw me off or that I felt was intentionally put there to mess with me. Either that or I just handled it very well. Interviewers I had were all quite friendly, (retracted by moderator) 8 minutes is much more comfortable than 7 minutes At the 6 minute mark, you're told that you have 2 minutes remaining - I found this incredibly handy, as did the interviewers. Yes you're right the warning bells at other MMIs were definitely helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 I apologize for the disappearance of this thread earlier today- I decided to mask it while the moderators deliberated on the content. We have decided to retract information that is considered a breach of confidentiality. Please exercise extreme caution with what you post- if anything about the interview is revealed here that is not available elsewhere- either on the school websites or your interview offer emails- then we will delete it. The adcoms of various schools monitor these boards and it is expected that all members adhere to the confidentiality forms they signed. I have indicated in red where I retracted information from posts. I'm going to leave the thread open as I believe it is a valid topic to discuss, with the expectation that all posters will respect the rules. Unacceptable content includes, but is not limited to: 1) Discussing the nature of mmi stations 2) Discussing interviewer demeanor These are the two major points I had to erase in this thread. Thanks for your understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldpizzahotsriracha Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 I appreciate and agree with your concern, Leon. In my defense, the information I shared regarding the nature of Manitoba and UBC's stations is available freely from their websites and has been discussed at information sessions organized by the schools, although I regret discussing interviewer demeanor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 I agree that no new information was shared, except interviewer demeanor, but we felt that while the websites give ambiguity about interview station possibilities, personal posts here are more confirmatory about what actually occurred. The edits I made were done in order to preserve that ambiguity. Cheers Leon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleming Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 UBC: 5/5 difficulty. Undoubtedly the trickiest one I've had thus far. Memorial: 3/5 difficulty. More what I expected, relative to UBC. Ottawa: 2/5 difficulty. Don't want to get into specifics of interviewer demeanor, as Leon said, so I will just say that I felt it went well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGK Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 How about McGill ? Anyone ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thsc Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 How about McGill ? Anyone ? 4/5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris67 Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 Any thoughts on Mac's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belle_MD Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 Ottawa felt very comfortable and relaxed, I would say 2/5 difficulty. I felt it went incredibly well. Was a good experience, everyone at Ottawa U was very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
explorer888 Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Pretty different experience at Ottawa here...very formal. Would say 3.5/5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow_knight Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 Wow, I guess it's kind of reassuring that so many people found the UBC MMI difficult. That's the only one I've done so far so can't really compare atm. Same here. Is UBC really that challenging? It was fast, but I did feel the burnout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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