Barry Interview

I had my Barry interview yesterday. I got to Miami the night before and stayed at the Wyndham. I picked the Wyndham because in the email I was sent they said Barry has a deal with that hotel. But, the AAA discount was about $25 cheaper than the student deal, so if you have AAA be sure to mention that. There's a shuttle that will pick you up at the Miami airport and take you to the hotel. It was probably a 5 minute ride, if that. The next morning I took a taxi to the school. Taxi's are pretty readily available around the hotel since the hotel is right near the airport. Expect to pay about $30 without tip included each way. Ask the hotel for taxi numbers to call a taxi to pick you up from the school. If you forget I'm sure the school would help you call a taxi. It takes about 15-20 to get to the school from the airport. I wish I knew this, because I gave myself about 50 minutes to get there... so I arrived at the school pretty early. Dr. Armstrong was the first person to get to the campus after me, and we shook hands and laughed about how early I was. (I later found out he was one of the 2 people interviewing me, so I think this worked to my advantage). The very first thing we did were interviews. One by one we went into the interview room. The Dean Jenson of the school along with Dr. Armstrong conducted the interview. They are both VERY nice, and the interview was very comfortable and laid back. I felt that it went extremely well. After all of the interviews were done we watched a powerpoint on financial aid. We then went on a tour of the campus with a second year. He showed us the basics: library, anatomy lab, lecture hall, etc. I liked that they had a shuttle system for rainy days so you don't have to walk across campus in the rain. After the tour we drove to the Hialeah Hospital. We met Dr. Southerland, who was extremely nice. He gave us a tour of the clinic and the hospital and we had lunch with him in the doctor's lounge of the hospital. After the tour we went back to the university and the interview day was over. I really enjoyed Barry and I think it gets a bad rep on SDN. I really urge you to tour the campus and go to the interview to see for yourself at any school and not to just read an anonymous post on a forum. I'm very excited to find out the status of my application/interview soon!