How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

6 out of 10

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

"see above for difficult questions. my cognitive psych guy did much more talking than me, analyzing my hand motions and my body positioning. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"all questions were about random things like why there are no T cells in the epidermis (i gave no indication i had any immunological background. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"have you never read lizst's biography on mozart? otherwise you would *understand* the pain behind the music. sheesh. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"ok, i got interviewed by a cognitive psychiatrist and a psyco immunologist. none of the questions were "interesting." and many of them were confrontational." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"can you tell me what the primary antigen presenting cell is in the skin? exactly why do you not like mahler's music (the guy was already angry w/me for not liking mozart's early piano sonatas)? " Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"read over my app, SDN, the school's website. i just "lucked out" with interviews that really weren't about my preparation for medicine. " Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"the students were really happy to be there and really willing to talk to you. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"the facilities. the attitute of the two people who interviewed me. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"that the 3rd interview is a "working lunch," meaning you eat lunch w/a student and it's also an interview. good luck trying to eat thru that one!" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"yeesh. this was ridiculous. i guess it was just my experience, though. i think i may have done a whole 10 minutes of actually talking about my life in the two interviews combined. and one of the guys was a stand-in because they had screwed up our scheduling for that day, so they had to find me a different interviewer or something to that effect. the city/hospital there would be a great, diverse place to learn good clinical medicine, but the day just really rubbed me the wrong way and left me stressed out. " Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

On what date did the interview take place?

10/09/2002