How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.67 | 64 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 58 |
| Negatively | 5 |
| No change | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.48 | 63 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.52 | 65 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.75 | 65 |
No responses
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 3 |
| 15 minutes | 3 |
| 20 minutes | 17 |
| 25 minutes | 13 |
| 30 minutes | 19 |
| 35 minutes | 4 |
| 40 minutes | 3 |
| 45 minutes | 1 |
| 50 minutes | 1 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 64 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 53 |
| In a group | 11 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 63 |
| Closed file | 1 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.67 | 64 |
"Tell me why your MCAT score doesn’t correlate with your GPA."
"Tell us about a patient experience during your shadowing that stood out to you?"
"Can you talk about any current events?"
"Tell me about x and y grades. Explain and dips in your academics."
"Discuss a difficult decision you had to make and how you came up with that decision."
"Why not MD/DO?"
"Why Scholl?"
"What is your greatest strength?"
"Speak about a current event for a minute"
"What was your biggest strength and weakness?"
"What was your "Ah-ha" moment with podiatry?"
""What leadership roles have you taken in your life?""
"What is one of your weaknesses and how do you plan to work on it?"
"Explain GPA/MCAT discrepancy"
"What was your ah-ha moment for podiatry?"
"Why did you choose podiatric medicine over osteopathic medicine?"
"What can you contribute to class of 2017?"
"Why do you want to be a podiatrist?"
"You worked at the coroner's office for a year, why not apply for our Pathologist assistant program?"
"What was your average class size? wold you be able to handle being in a class of 200+ students? (I come from a small private university)"
"What got you interested in Podiatry"
"If you weren't accepted into podiatry school but were accepted into allopathic school, what would you specialize in?"
"why doesn't your GPA match your MCAT?"
"Normal questions on grades, healthcare experience, shadowing, why podiatry, and why Scholl."
"Why Podiatry and why Scholl?"
"Why podiatry? What kind of shadowing experience have you had?"
"Why pod? "
"Have you taken any upper level biology courses?"
"What do you do in your free time?"
"What happened in that made you so motivated for podiatry?"
"Have you taken any upper division Biology courses?"
"Why not DO?"
"What do you expect your day to be like as a podiatrist?"
"Are you pursuing dental school also? Answer was no."
"How was the shadowing?"
"Why Podiatry"
"Explain this grade."
"Why podiatry?"
"Why do you want to be a DPM?"
"What classes are you taking next semester?"
"Why Podiatry Medicine?"
"Why do you want to go into Podiatry?"
"Why did you work so many jobs and tell me about these jobs"
"Why scholl"
"Why Scholl/Podiatry?"
"What does your current employer think about you becoming a podiatrist? (I work in ortho)."
"Talk about a current even either local or worldwide."
"What happened to this grade:x ?"
"What's your best quality?"
"What is something you think you would struggle with if you came to Scholl?"
"They asked a follow up to my current event questions answer as to why I said "it is obvious I am X religion" because i had said that in my answer"
"Talk about a current event that interests you"
"Explain your MCAT scores to me?"
""What kind of difficulties have you overcome?""
"Of the podiatrists that you shadowed, who did you like best?"
"What are you doing with your gap year?"
"how did you raise your MCAT score the second time?"
"Why did you have to retake "so-and-so" class? How has retaking that class helped you?"
"What is the role of a podiatrist in community health?"
"What got you interested in podiatry?"
"Do you see yourself as a people person and a leader"
"Tell me about your research."
"Are you ready for a medical school curriculum/work load?"
"Why scholl?"
"Do you have any questions?"
"Why Scholl? How will you keep up with the rigorous curriculum?"
"What activities do you do? "
"What interests do you have outside of school?"
"Why Podiatry and why Scholl?"
"Have you attempted dentistry? (due to my DAT scores)"
"Why did you choose your major?"
"What aspect of podiatry are you most interested in?"
"How will your experience with retail sales/management relate to your career in podiatry?"
"When are you taking the MCAT? "
"What do you know about diabetes and how it affects podiatry?"
"Are you ready for a long road?"
"Why podiatry?"
"When did I first here about podiatry?"
"What got you into podiatry?"
"What courses are u taking now"
"Explain what kind of college I'm in now."
"Extracurricular activities...Hobbies..."
"What are your experiences with podiatry?"
"What are your interests outside of school?"
"Why do you feel that you will be successful practicing podiatry medicine?"
"What qualities can you bring into the healthcare field?"
"Why podiatry and why Scholl podiatry school?"
"What do i do to destress"
"Do you have any questions about our curriculum?"
"Why did I choose to apply to Scholl?"
"What was one moment that made you realize that podiatry is what you want to do?"
"You have been out of school for a while, how do you think you will do? Will you commit to not working?"
"Tell us about your mission trip."
"How is your work ethic?"
"Tell us about your community service"
"How will you be able to keep up with this rigors of this program?"
"Are you satisfied with your MCAT and GPA?"
"How do you deal with criticism?"
"Why podiatry/Scholl"
"How do you feel you would adjust to living here?"
""How would you add to the diversity of the school?""
"Tell me about your study abroad experience?"
"What is one difficulty you have overcome?"
"tell me about your research."
"Give us a scenario where someone blamed you for something you didn't do. What did you do during that scenario?"
"Why Scholl?"
"Why do you want to come to our school?"
"How did you manage your time in your undergrad by being involved in ec's and still getting good grades?"
"do you have any questions for us (I had two prepared)"
"What do you like to do in your spare time?"
"What was it like shadowing 2 very prominent podiatrists?"
"How will you utilize your undergraduate and masters degree with podiatry?"
"I had to make the interview go longer than 6 minutes, which was kinda weird."
"Tell me about yourself. Asked questions about my application (work exp, MCAT score, college grades, etc.)"
"Which bio classes have you taken? "
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"What activites do you do outside of school and work and research?"
"Why podiatry?"
"Have you considered the DMP/PhD program?"
"How did you prepare for the MCAT? What are your study habits?"
"Why did you go to Peru?"
"Did you take any anatomy or physiology classes in undergrad?"
"What my MCATS reflect about myself?"
"Why Scholl? "
"Shadowing experience"
"Why podiatry and no longer dentistry."
"What did you learn from your shadowing experience?"
"What are your outside interests?"
"Who is your favorite anatomy author?"
"According to your transcripts you are a very good student, do you see yourself being able to perform that well here? "
"How do you handle stress?"
"What do i do to destress"
"N/A - The interviewers literally only asked 2-3 questions."
"N/A"
"Did you apply to other podiatry schools?"
"There really weren't any interesting questions."
"Tell us about a time someone of authority criticized you and how you handled it."
"Tell us about a current event"
"What does your mother (an RN) think about podiatry and podiatrists?"
"What news story from the past two weeks most interests you?"
"Name a current event that interests you."
"If you are an intern and your chief resident criticizes everything you do, how would you handle the situation"
"Talk about a current event that interests you"
"What are you looking for in a program?"
""Can you speak to us for 1 minute on a current event? It can be about anything.""
"Can you tell me about a time someone yelled at you, perhaps because you had made a mistake, and how you resolved the situation?"
"How do you juggle your academic responsibilities and your extracurricular responsibilities."
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"What did you learned in college that you didn't know in high school?"
"What is the role of a podiatrist in community health?"
"What makes you stand out as an individual?"
"You were in a sorority at your undergrad, were you involved with or in charge of the study hall"
"None"
"What will you take from your research/work experience into your future as a podiatrist?"
"None."
"What do you like to "
"What books do you like to read?"
"Why I picked my major (I was a non-science major)."
"It was more of a chat than an Interview."
"What aspect of podiatry are you most interested in?"
"How are you going to handle the weather?"
"If you couldn't work in healthcare, what would you do?"
"Where else are you interviewing?"
"Why Podiatry because your file shows that you're interested in Dentistry?"
"How has podiatry impacted your life?"
"Why podiatry?"
"I was asked some indepth questions about particular sections of my MCAT and why some where higher than others."
"Why Podiatry, why not MD"
"No questions were asked. We basically chatted about my information."
"How do you think your work in the healthcare field will help you as a podiatric physician?"
"Explain your extracurricular activity involvement. "
"Nothing you wouldn't expect to be asked on an interview, more so I think the questions were phrased to determine my interest in podiatry rather then my qualification to attend"
"What my activities were outside of school? (I didn't expect this because I didn't think they cared)"
"Why Podiatry Medicine?"
"I was not really asked questions (interviewed by the Dean). Instead, I was told about the school and how much money they had."
"Why do you want to go into Podiatry?"
"Explain the Cs in orgo"
"Do you have any questions about our curriculum?"
"If I could handle podiatry school? (content from my personal essay)"
"To discuss grades."
"Tell us about a current event."
"Why is this grade low?"
"How would you suggest staying organized in medical school?"
"Name a service event that solidified your decision to go into medicine."
"Speak more about your research ambitions"
"What is a difficulty you have faced and how have you overcome it?"
"I always think it's hard to find a weakness about yourself and elaborate on it, so I would have to say: "What is one weakness that you have and how are you working on it?""
"Hypothetically, as a 1st year resident, your physician asks you to do a procedure that is not like what you learned in school, what do you do? Do you inform the attending?"
"situational question, but it wasn't being graded anyway."
"None were too difficult. Probably, what can you personally bring to Scholl?"
"What did you learned in college that you didn't know in high school?"
"What is the role of a podiatrist in community health?"
"Why specialize in the foot? Why not specialize in anohter area of the body? (Basically asking me why do you want to be a podiatrist over an allopathic or osteopathic physician?)"
"N/A"
"None. "
"Why does your MCAT not coorelate with your grades?"
"More conversation-based, so not anything out of the blue"
"All the questions were standard; it was more like a conversation than an interview."
"You applied to many MD programs, why would you pick podiatry over them?"
"nothing too difficult"
"What did you dislike about shadowing Dr.-?"
"nothing really"
"What will happen with the masters program that you are currently enrolled in?"
"What is the subtalar joint?"
"Do you know what Dr. Lowell Weil Sr. is responsible for? (I shadowed him)."
"Why not Dental? "
"What was my favorite college course and why....it's not that it was very difficult, it's just that it though me off a bit."
"Which pizza I liked the best at my undergrad...i knew he wanted me to answer a specific place!!"
"Just backing up my grades and school."
"What do you know about the current scope of practice in podiatry?"
"Nothing really."
"What my activites were outside of school? (I study a lot, and study anatomy for fun so I wasn't sure how to answer)"
"I was not really asked questions (interviewed by the Dean). Instead, I was told about the school and how much money they had."
"None"
"SDN Feedback"
"Tried to anticipate the majority of the questions beforehand. http://blog.tavorro.com/sample-podiatry-school-interview-questions/"
"I read the SDN interview feedback and at lunch, the current students prepped us for the interview."
"SDN interview feedback."
"SND"
"read through interview feedback and came up with answers"
"SDN, review personal statement and application"
"I looked over the Interview Feedback questions."
"SDN and the school's website"
"SDN interview feedback, AACPMAS book, webiste"
"Read SDN and also read up about the school."
"SDN"
"SDN and I already had 2 interviews prior at other schools."
"Looked over everything TheRealScholl wrote in the Q & A thread on Scholl in the pre pod section of sdn. Looked at sdn interview feedback, read up on how to work a panel interview, looked at APMA vision 2015, looked up information on the school"
"Read SDN interview questions, researched the school, and spoke with students who have interviewed there or attend Scholl."
"SDN, review personal statement"
"Read SDN interview feedback. Mock interview with family members. Relaxed. Tried to stay positive."
"Reviewed SDN interview feedback, reviewed my application, and anticipated questions ahead of time."
"Reviewed application and anticipated questions."
"practiced mock interviews, read over application, sdn"
"Read my app, looked at the website, poked around on SDN"
"SDN feedback, read over my personal statement, and asked doctors I work with their opinions on certain aspects of podiatry."
"Read over resume, research papers, and read over some of the school's information online."
"Reviews my file, SDN, good night sleep and not to prepare answers"
"Talked to podiatrists and thought about what types of questions would be asked and preparing general answers."
"Read over my submitted app"
"SDN, read website, reviewed personal statement."
"SDN Interview Feedback"
"Review of application, research of school and it's programs and research"
"SDN, personal statement, school's website"
"Interview feedback, looked over application"
"school website, reviewed my personal statement, resume, essays, etc."
"SDN, read application, school's website"
"Practice at home with mom and reading over my personal statement."
"DMU and Temple"
"Went over different answers to "Why Podiatry"."
"I had mock interviews with my family and friends."
"Went over common interview questions, why podiatry? What got you into podiatry? Reviewed my essay and activites. i printed up my courses I am currently taking and ones I plan on taking next semester (he really appreciated it)"
"SDN forums"
"Know yourself and your information."
"Practiced sample med school interview ?'s and researched Scholl's webpage"
"Scholl webiste, Memorized personal statement"
"I had my friends conduct mock interviews and give me feed back."
"I read medical school interview questions that I found on google, and was prepared to answer why I wanted to be a Podiatrist and why I choose that school."
"Looked up information on the website."
"No preparation."
"Be yourself and look into why you want to do this. "
"The charisma of the admissions staff and the appreciation they showed us for traveling to the interview."
"everyone was so nice and so welcoming"
"The facilities are nice, and the student ambassadors and admissions staff created a very welcoming environment."
"Facilities, faculty and students are super nice and enthusiastic"
"The faculty and staff take their interprofessional and teamwork motto to heart. Plus they all made sure us candidates stayed relaxed throughout the day."
"The school is nice looking and they discuss research opportunities heavily."
"The kindness of the professors"
"The facilities and faculty are so nice."
"The amount of clerkships/externships Scholl offers; anatomy lab."
"The faculty, students and environment"
"The school promotes interprofessionalism."
"The faculty was extremely nice and accommodating. The tour was great and the students were enthusiastic. One of the students went to the same undergrad and requested to give my tour for that reason, so that was pretty cool. Very nice facilities and great environment."
"The facilities and how nice everyone was."
"the organization of the day"
"Everyone was very helpful and nice. The Facilities are very nice. The clinic is very impressive."
"The campus is amazing and the facility seemed great. The anatomy lab is bigger than any other program I have seen yet."
"I was impressed with the facilities, friendliness of the staff and level of involvement, and the fostering of interprofessional cooperation."
"The gait lab, the classrooms, the facilities, and the opportunity for research"
"Facilities, Teacher Open Door Policy, Dean's information session"
"the facilities were amazing, student housing on campus, the student ambassadors were great, awesome cafeteria."
"The facilities are amazing. Everything was new and looked great. The staff was also super friendly and the cafeteria had anything you could imagine."
"Facility, number of podiatric rotations students need to complete, great faculty, curriculum and research opportunities"
"The school, the students, the anatomy lab, the library, the gym... everything"
"the campus was nice, everybody was soooo unbelievably nice. they tried to make the interview as stress free as possible."
"The opportunities and education of being a clinician"
"Everything"
"The on campus housing. Huge parking lot. Sharing classes with MDs, PAs, PTs, etc. Awesome anatomy lab."
"Open door policy. Speaking with the Dean at start of the day. Classes in conjunction with students from other programs. Friendliness of admissions staff and faculty. Openness of students giving tour. History of academic success to prepare you for your future. Opportunities for leadership, social activities, and community service."
"Everything."
"The tour, the facilities, and the friendliness of staff and students. The student ambassadors seemed really honest and genuine. "
"the students were so friendly and inviting"
"tech friendly campus, campus/library/gym all 24 hours unlike some other schools, ambassadors and other students were very knowledgable and friendly, new curriculum, proximity to Chicago, convienient on campus housing"
"Very High-Tech campus, friendly student relations, great location (well, its great if you like being away from the city), and access to Chicago if I wanted to go."
"Facilities, Positive Relationship between Professors and Students, DPM students and other health profession students, friendliness of admissions and students, larger library than most schools, gym, good food, materials ava online. "
"Everyone in admissions was very enthusiastic and did not talk down about other pod schools."
"The facilities, the people, the cirriculum and the intertwined aspects of medicine being taught at the same location. It gives you a real world experience, not just a strictly narrow minded medical degree."
"Facilities are top-notch"
"The facilities were very nice, as were the people. I like that facilities are shared with the med students, and that Scholl has inter-disciplinary health professional teams. I was really impressed by the state-of-the-art technology that the school used in instruction (slides scanned in, complete dissection videos)"
"Excellent facilities! Great Anatomy lab and its resources!! Library is awesome as well. "
"Easy to talk to faculty, nice facilities, students that we met were fun and easy-going"
"Tje friendliness and openess of the staff and students"
"How approachable the faculty are and also the enthusiasm of the student ambassadors. The school also has some nice toys (imaging tools, etc.). The interviewer must have asked me at least 8 or 9 questions."
"facilities were great, but you have to share with the MD students... which I found out later that the MD students get priority over everything"
"the anatomy facilities, research opps, student ambassadors, location"
"Nice school and my tour guide was very enthusiastic. Only problem I had was my interview was during winter break so I didn't get to talk with any students besides my tour guide. "
"The fact all the students spoke to one another, the integrated curriculum with the med school, and the facilites."
"Very good facilities, linked with other programs (MD etc.), hospital rotations include Cook County hospital; one of Chicago's major hospitals."
"The facilites are great! The school is in a nice area but it is rural. "
"Kimberly Young! she prepaired us before we went in and she was a driving force in the postive."
"He knew the podiatrists I shadowed. She went to Scholl, and he knew her and her family very well. She graduated over 10 years ago, I was very impressed. He even knew her graduation year."
"Anatomy Lab, Faculty member and couteous Admission's Staff and friendly students."
"The enthusiasm of the staff and students."
"Their advanced facilities and the professors seemed to actually care a lot about the progress and sucess of their students"
"very friendly staff"
"The comradary amound the students was the best Ive seen next to the Pod school in Des Moines."
"The person who interviewed me was very honest with the other schools that were competitive with Scholl, and very honest on what programs I should completely disregard. The interviewer even provided reasons."
"The faculties and students there were all excited about the profession."
"Excellent facilities Tons of successful alumni"
"Very nice staff, new facilites, and curriculm. "
"Little to no mention of financial aid details that are vital to the economic success of podiatry students."
"One of my faculty interviewers was unnecessarily negative and rude during my interview. She also looked unprepared and was shuffling through my file looking for questions to ask me."
"They spoke that there is a great partnership with MD students but the DPM students did not really agree with this."
"Facility seemed somewhat outdated."
"The clinic."
"Nothing, really."
"Nothing really impressed me negatively. If I had to say anything though, the library was a little smaller than I thought it would be. However I wouldn't necessarily say it had a negative impact."
"The large class sizes (up to 300) and the location of the campus."
"Some students seemed unfriendly and snobby."
"Nothing."
"The clinic was very slow when we went there. But, I guess as you enter into the clinic you want a smaller volume initially for learning purposes."
"There were 3 patients at the clinic."
"honestly, nothing."
"The builidings were a little old, but that is seriously it. I was really impressed."
"The area right around the school"
"Not much"
"North Chicago isn't exactly the most exciting town, nor is the campus the most beautiful place I've ever visited. Other than that, however, I can't think of anything negative to say."
"Nothing :)"
"anatomy lab looked dated, anatomy and histology (?) programs could only be accessed on campus or in the student apartments "
"I found the lack of interest on the part of my interviewer to be somewhat of a negative outlook. If my interview, the one who is trying to get a feel for me before entering the school, doesn't show interest... what are the other professors like? Are they the same as he/she was?"
"Weather. Anatomy with 200 other MD students. "
"When I walked into the building I was lost and a student asked where I was going. I told him and he proceeded to tell me this was a better school than another I was interviewing at. Just hit me as odd to be the first person I talked, but he was just a student, not representative of the admission committee."
"The proximity to Chicago and the fact that the METRA sucks."
"The length of the whole interview process."
"It was freezingly cold!"
"None"
"Location: it's close to a bad side of town from what I hear, and it's a bit far from downtown."
"Nothing really"
"Traffic is still heavy after 8:30am"
"The interviewer (prof.) asked where else I was interviewing and then told me negative things about those schools and how much Scholl is better... did not rub me the right way."
"Wasn't able to talk to any students"
"N/A"
"Not as integrated with MD students as DMU is with DO students. Remember North Chicago is NOT Chicago. In fact, it is a 45 minute drive to the city on an outstanding traffic day."
"My interviewer scared the crap out of me as in he looked very intimidating...but he turned out to be easy going."
"My interviewer didnt read my file beforehand. This did take some pressure off though."
"none that i think."
"Kind of small."
"It was all positive but it was a very LONG day"
"Faculty member I interviewed with was very coarse, flippantly reviewed my file during the interview, and seemed overall disinterested. "
"The location is an boring burb about 45 minutes from Chicago. Not to say there are lack of patients to be seen during clinical or that the facility wasn't very good, but just nothing there entertainment wise."
"The tour was forever!!! I did get in on my interview date, but if I hadn't and ended up not getting in I would have been annoyed with how much time I wasted walking around the school."
"All they talked about was money. If you can't get a residency we've got money for a "residency genesis" program. This does not speak well for your curriculum. One the tour they had grades posted on a board and the a majority of the class had failed the last three tests. The accept you on the spot. They don't even wait to see if more qualified applicants exist. The gave scholarships to everyone. One of the other interviewers with a low GPA and MCAT score (he admitted his stats to me) not only was accepted he got a scholarship. Do they have no standards? Cost of living is high. Great new facilities but they left the amazing clinic in downtown Chicago for the suburbs. Big mistake! Average boards scores."
"Nothing"
"The structure of interview day."
"if the earliest interview date is far way, you can call and request an earlier one and they will put you on a waiting list in case anyone cancels"
"That the interviewers would ONLY be concerned about my grades. Although openly I addressed issues in my academic history, one interviewer kept going back to this issue multiple times during the interview. Did not seem at all interested in learning about my interest in podiatry or anything other than grades."
"nothign"
"That traveling, hotel, cab rides were going to be a nightmare. I would have better planned the trip."
"What time the interview was going to end."
"That the interviewers would have my file open right there looking through it while I'm in the room."
"No financial aid presentation."
"more about the specific of dual degree programs so i could ask more valuable questions on the matter"
"NA"
"Nothing really. It was a great experience."
"That the metra is a lot cheaper than a taxi."
"Not to waste my time interviewing anywhere other than Scholl! I was accepted and am attending next year!"
"i noticed while i was waiting to be interviewed that my pants were a little short. wish i had known that before."
"The interview was very relaxed and easy. no difficult questions"
"How in detail they get into your application."
"That the interview and entire interview day is very relaxed."
"How stress-free the interview actually was."
"It was much more laid back than I thought it would be. There was no need to stress over it. It was more about "why you should attend Scholl", not "why should we acccept you" (although that was obviously addressed)."
"eat a bigger breakfast-we had lunch pretty late"
"That the whole interview process was so relaxed. I know you read that a lot on the interview feedbacks, but its true. Also, I would like to have known my interviewer might act like he/she did. Took me somewhat by surprise."
"Lunch is around 12:45, should've prepared a snack. "
"When they say arrive by 9:30am, you should be there around 9:00am in actuality. "
"That med students were interviewing at the same time."
"Even though the students work hard, they are also more "active" and fun than a lot of students from MD programs, with lots of social events and intramural sports. Freaking crazy drivers, I felt like I was going to die on my shuttle trip from the airport to my hotel, the guy was going 80 on the shoulder!!!"
"That the interviews were first thing in the morning. It was so nice to have it out of the way and to be able to enjoy the tours."
"The school is not really close to Chicago, rather a very boring burb"
"What was missing in my file. "
"Clinic was recently renovated."
"nothing"
"To have eaten something first because it took a while before we went to lunch."
"To order the turkey melt at lunch. it looked sooo good!"
"The traffic on the road. it was too heavy."
"I wish I knew more of their process. That is what I am trying to help you with here."
"Location is not downtown but actually in the suburbs (45 min North of downtown area)"
"I only wish I didnt waste me time with all the other schools except the Philly school. That was the only other school I would consider."
"The my interview would be shorter, 20ish minutes. I totally though there were at least a half hour to an hour long, so I thought I might have done something wrong."
"I wish I would have know that they have low standards."
"How laid back the interview would be."
"There are pros and cons to having the interview at the end of the day. I would prefer getting it over with earlier so that we could relax for the remainder of the day."
"loved it"
"Schedule the interview at the beginning of the day, not at the end."
"The school was okay but I did not feel strongly connected to the students or program. It was one of my first interviews and was good practice. The cafeteria was nice and they had sushi at the time. I left the interview knowing that I would not attend this school if accepted."
"The school is so nice, updated, and the people are great."
"Loved this school and interview day really helped make my decision"
"Only suggestion is to start and end the day a couple hours earlier. It makes it easier on those trying to make it to a flight, and keeps us out of rush hour traffic."
"great school, interview persuaded me to end up going there in the fall"
"Great school"
"The school has adopted a vision of fostering interprofessional cooperation and has classes that allows different healthcare professions to interact and have cross talk. I believe this is a wonderful step that will lead to a more holistic approach to medicine and result in better care for patients."
"Overall a great day but we had to wait a long time for interviews which were at the end of the day and then some people had to wait 40 minutes to an hour while doing nothing for their interview."
"Loved the school. Very beautiful and the interview was pleasant. Come prepared and relaxed. The day is quite fun."
"Great school. Personally, I think Scholl is the best podiatry out there. Solid pre-clinical curriculum and a lot more rotation opportunities compared to any other schools."
"really great first interview. hopefully it'll be my last as i found out if i got accepted soon!"
"Great school!"
"Great school and a very relaxed interview process."
"Relax and be yourself. The interviewers don't try to trip you up with their questions - very informal. Also, we ate around 12:15 so plan breakfast accordingly."
"Overall a great experience. Highly recommended school."
"Overall, the whole interview was good. I was impressed by the campus itself, the students themselves, and the atmosphere in which I could possibly be learning in the future. I would recommend this school to others looking at Scholl as a possibilty."
"Great school, academically and socially. Great impression of the professors and the atmosphere of the students seemed like they were chill but also hardworking. "
"Very relaxed and more of a conversation. Just be prepared to elaborate on your answers, but also to give a willing and listening ear."
"Simply and easy interviews. You arent looked down upon or anything. Interviews are laid back, so just relax and be yourself. IF YOU ARE AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT: (even Canada). Please submit your transcript to WES ASAP. "
"Mandy, the recruiting director, was wonderful; very nice and approachable. Everyone from the staff to the doctors to the students were very friendly and approachable. My interviewer seemed somewhat intimidating, but he put me at ease during the interview. Just be friendly and be yourself and you'll do fine."
"Just be yourself. They normally look at your upper level classes and put a lot of emphasis on the grades there! Make sure you have explanation for anything unusual on the trascripts/application. "
"Overall, one of the least stressful interviews I've had, with very easy and friendly faculty. The tour showed most of campus, including clinical and academic facilities, but not student housing. Free lunch =D"
"The day started with group introduction to the recruiting director and the dean of students, interviews, tour of clinic and grounds by recruiting director, tours by 2nd year students, lunch, and then a wrap up session with admissions. They seem to try to make it as least stressful as possible."
"I was excepted that day, however the interviewer seemed to second guess everything I said then put down all the other schools"
"great experience. the interview was relaxed and more of a conversation. loved the tour of the facilities by the student ambassadors. they were very willing to share information and make you feel comfortable."
"interview experience was good. This was my first interview so I can't compare it to anything. "
"Good, my interviewer made the session seem more like a talk rather than question and answer."
"Positive experience."
"The day started off with Mandy going over the curriculum. We had the interview at 10:30am. My interviewer was cool but was intimidating at first. I didnt know how well I did from that interview so I was surprised later when I was told that the committee met while I was touring the campus and I was accepted with a scholarship. Now it is hard for me to choose between this school or Temple where I was also accepted. Both have great qualities to them."
"It was very encouraging and the school is great."
"Went into a room with admin person and talked about the history of Scholl and RFU, also talked about the curriculum. Had the interview, was very relaxed. There were 3 applicants and we each got a different interviewer. After that, we talked to someone in the CLEAR program. Then went on a short tour of the grounds. Got back and went on a tour in the main buildings with 2 students. Had lunch. Went back to see the admin person, and she talked with us to tell us where we stand with Scholl. I thought that was nice to let us know in person what they think your chances are. Honesty, liked that."
"It was a normal interview with regular questions. Nothing suprising."
"Overall, positive. I only wish I knew my status sooner. It will be almost a month until I know. I think they meet once a month."
"I was very impressed with Scholl's interview process compared to the other interviews I had already attended."
"Basically, just knowing why I wanted to be a DPM made me very prepared for the interview. Of course this inheiriently (sp?) involves knowing what being a DPM intails and that of course prepares you for other questions. Basically, if you can show you want to be there, they will accept you. Everyone that interviewed with me was told at the end of the day that they were accepted."
"My interview was good. A little long, but I really liked the people I met and fell in love with the school. "
"I didn't like the school. The student tour guide was talking smach about fellow students and faculty. The interview was nothing of the sort. The bragged about how great they are in my opinion podiatric medicine was left them behind. The school was great. The key word is was."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 54 |
| Faculty member | 2 |
| Admissions staff | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 56 |
| Neutral | 4 |
| Discouraging | 1 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.02 | 61 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 12 |
| Out of state | 49 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 11 |
| 2-3 hours | 12 |
| 4-6 hours | 21 |
| 7+ hours | 17 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 26 |
| Automobile | 35 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 15 |
| $101-$200 | 13 |
| $201-$300 | 3 |
| $301-$400 | 12 |
| $401-$500 | 4 |
| $501+ | 10 |
O’Hare
Chicago O'Hare
Midway
O'Hare International Airport
Chicago O'hare International Airport
O'Hare
Chicago- O'Hare
n/a
ORD
MDW
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 1 |
| With students at the school | 1 |
| Friends or family | 7 |
| Hotel | 39 |
| Home | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Courtyard at the Marriott
Courtyard by Marriott in Waukegan
courtyard Marriott
Courtyard Marriott
Holiday Inn - Gurnee
Holiday Inn Express - Waukegan
Hyatt. I usually have pleasant experiences but this specific hotel was terrible. It was also 30 minutes away from the school and a $75 cab ride.
Marriott Courtyard Waukegan/Gurnee
No
Sleep Inn
Yes
Courtyard at the Marriott
Courtyard by Marriott in Waukegan
courtyard Marriott
Courtyard Marriott
Holiday Inn - Gurnee
Holiday Inn Express - Waukegan
Hyatt. I usually have pleasant experiences but this specific hotel was terrible. It was also 30 minutes away from the school and a $75 cab ride.
Marriott Courtyard Waukegan/Gurnee
No
Sleep Inn
Yes
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.74 | 65 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.17 | 64 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.27 | 64 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.71 | 38 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.45 | 38 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.86 | 37 |
"Schedule the interviews for the beginning of the day."
"Kind of a weird wrap-up for the day, so maybe be clearer about if the day is over."
"none"
"Start the day earlier so you can end earlier."
"Start the day earlier and include financial aid into the welcome presentation."
"Keep doing what you all are doing. Great job."
"Please notify students about their interview invites and interview dates as well as acceptances faster!"
"Try to get back to students sooner about interview invites, verification and acceptances/rejections."
"Send another confirmation email a day or two before the interview to remind people of the time and place to report."
"Provide more material to the interviewees. For example, school statistics, opportunities, class schedule, and the likes in a small magazine/pamphlet."
"The best admission office and staff among all podiatry school. (I've been to all)"
"Nothing, they answered every question that I had, and even the ones i wouldn't have thought of on my own"
"I would appreciate having an interviewer that reviewed my file a bit more in debth before he/she beg"
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