The interview is considered by many applicants to be the most terrifying part of the medical school application cycle. Sitting face to face with someone who might decide your fate is scary enough, never mind the insanity of an MMI, right?! While it’s totally normal to have the jitters for a school you’re excited about, let me tell you the secret of what interviews really mean: You’ve made it.

The interview is considered by many applicants to be the most terrifying part of the medical school application cycle. Sitting face to face with someone who might decide your fate is scary enough, never mind the insanity of an MMI, right?! While it’s totally normal to have the jitters for a school you’re excited about, let me tell you the secret of what interviews really mean: You’ve made it.

There is a good chance that at some point along your interview trail, you will end up interviewing at a school that employs an MMI format for their medical school interviews. That realization often induces a great deal of stress and anxiety in applicants – it’s an awful lot easier to talk about yourself than it is to think critically through complex ethical dilemmas!