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  • Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Hershey, PA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

35 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

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 yourself" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How does your family feel about your choice to pursue medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Everyone dies at 80 no matter what and until then they are totally without health problems. What profession would you pursue?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"What other schools did you apply to?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"PSU website, This site, My app, Looked over frequent interview questions" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The facilities, how happy the students are, the school's plan for expansion, humanities, research, the amount of patients that go through there, all the helicopters and Level I Trauma center, and everything else" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Nothing, it was a great day" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"How good a school it actually is and that they don't participate really in the rankings so that's why they are not up there, when they probably should be." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Amazing place, really dedicated to their students and to making their school a better place. The students are great and are very happy there, many came up to us before the interview and asked how we were doing etc. It's a small town so if you like cities then it's probably not the best place for you but their patient catchment is much larger than most city hospitals because there are so few facilities around, ie they all go to Hershey. It was my first interview so it was a little stressful but they try to sell the school to you. If you get an interview there you have a very high chance of getting in." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

10/15/2003

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