How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

10 out of 10

How long was the interview?

50 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)?

"Some family practice doctors in the area have decided to operate without health insurance providers. Why do you think they would do that?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How much money do you think you'll make as a doctor?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you think about alternative medicine? (I seriously screwed up my answer for this one!)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Who is Jessica Lynch?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"What would you say to a patient who has cancer?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Looked over Amcas, mock interviews, and this website" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The students who took us on our tour were really nice. The school is really nice, and Columbia is a great town." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"My first interview was one of the worst experiences of my life. The interviewer was the rudest, cockiest, most presumptious man I had ever met in my life. He was unorganized; he had the wrong person's information in front of him the entire time. He grilled me about the death of my mother to the point where I was almost in tears, he interrupted my answer to almost every question, and he assumed that my long-distance relationship with my boyfriend would cause me to fail classes. I wanted to hit him on several occasions. Also, the interview went longer than it was supposed to, making me late for my second interview. He seemed more amused with himself and the ridiculous questions he was asking, than how qualified I was to go to the school. I wrote the school a letter to complain about him. I got in eventually, but I don't know if that letter helped or not. At least it didn't hurt my chances too much. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"I knew that they didn't serve lunch at all, but I would have liked to have brought some money with me to get a drink or something at the cafe in the hospital while I waited for my interview. I ended up borrowing from a friend who was interviewing on the same day. " Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I wanted to cry." Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

On what date did the interview take place?

10/13/2003