FAQ: Medical School Applications

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FAQ: Medical School Interviews

First of all, if you’ve received an invitation to interview for medical school—-Congraulations! Something about your application caught the eye of one or more of the application readers and you’ve advanced to the next round of the medical school admission process. Medical school interviews come in a variety of formats. AMCAS publishes the MSAR Report for Applicants and Advisors: Interview Procedures every year that lists the type of interview format(s) each medical school uses. Here’s the link to the 2026 version. https://students-residents.aamc.org/media/7051/download Generally speaking interviews fall into a five formats: One-on-one faculty member/applicant One-on-one current med student/applicant Group interview with several applicants and one or more faculty and/or med students (Interview panel) Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI) Mixed format that includes both one-on-one interviews and MMI All of these formats are pretty self-explanatory except for the Multiple Mini Intervie…