How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

6 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

10 out of 10

How long was the interview?

50 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At a regional location

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"Tell me about you...Why medicine?" -Posted 01/25/2005 | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"Follow ups." -Posted 01/25/2005 | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Why Boston?" -Posted 01/25/2005 | Report Response

What was the most interesting question?

"None. Very open." -Posted 01/25/2005 | Report Response

What was the most difficult question?

"Tell me about you... why medicine?" -Posted 01/25/2005 | Report Response

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, viewbook, read AMCAS/notes used for AMCAS" -Posted 01/25/2005 | Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"As others have said here, the facilities are beautiful. But I was impressed by how practical and cheerful and facilities were: plenty of light, sensible spaces for groups of students to work together on the PBL curriculum. Boston is very doable of foot and the T, and there is no shortage of international food. Also, there are a million small neighborhoods with unique characters that make living in Boston seem less urban." -Posted 01/25/2005 | Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Had to take a taxi to MGH for my second interview and taxi was very late. Would have been better to take the free shuttle, in retrospect." -Posted 01/25/2005 | Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"MyCourses: a very cool intranet system for managing and viewing course resources, including indexed video of lectures. Curious about the nephron? Run a search and find the segment of the video clip that deals with nephrons. Cool." -Posted 01/25/2005 | Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Day began at 8 with coffee and pastries. Dean-type talked about the curriculum and motivations of the students. Also, student talked about PBL. All had an interview in the morning at one of the affiliate hospitals, then lunch and tour at 12. Then another interview in the afternoon. 1st and 2nd year students are around to talk to and tell you stories." -Posted 01/25/2005 | Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

9 out of 10

What was your total time spent traveling?

7+ hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

What airport did you use?

BOS

Where did you stay?

Friends or family

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

$301-$400

On what date did the interview take place?

01/15/2005

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

10 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

8 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

10 out of 10