Selected applicants will be invited to participate in a virtual interview day, via Zoom. The day begins with introductions from the Office of Admissions and a 45 minute Q&A session with current medical students Each applicant then has two 30-minute interviews with one member of our Admissions Committee.
Before the interview day, applicants will be provided with information about what to expect during the admissions process.Â
Interviews generally take place between September to mid-March.
Previously, UofSC conducted two traditional individual interviews by members of the Admissions Committee. Each lasted for about 30 minutes. One of them was an open-file interview with a focus on the applicant’s academic background, experience, activities, and motives of pursuing medicine. The other interview was blind to the academic records and focused mainly on evaluating the applicant’s non-cognitive qualities, like:
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Applicants would also rotate through a Multiple Mini-Interview session before ending the day. The session consisted of 5 mini-interview stations where four of them would be run by a standardized patient, and one would be staffed by a member of the Admissions Committee. These MMI stations aim edat assessing how applicants address each provided scenario specifically through their attentive listening skills, professionalism, problem-solving skills, and their general knowledge of health care.
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