How did the interview impress you?

No change

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How long was the interview?

45 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?

Closed file

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

"Tell me about the research you do. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Where are you from? Tell me about your family?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is one of the major problems facing medicine today?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Why would we choose you out of all the other applicants?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Read brochure and read website on-line, spoke with student host. " Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The beautiful anatomy lab, friendly students, on campus housing and opportunities to do clinical rotations in NYC." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The nearby penitentiary and talk of one of the nearby hospitals associated with the school losing funding. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Prepare about 5 questions to ask your interviewer in case they ask you multiple times. " Report Response

What are your general comments?

"My first interview was with a faculty member. The interviews were closed file but the interviewer is allowed to read your personal statement. However, my interviewer did not. A lot of the questions that he asked were answered in my personal statement (which he would read afterward) so it was sort of awkward explaining them since I felt like I should use my interview to flesh out my statement rather than summarize something I wrote 6 months ago. The questions were so easy that I felt more like we were having a conversation in which I was being very egotistical, ofcourse talking about myself. It was nice to not have so many questions because I felt like I was always leading the discussion. He was a very nice man and I think it went well, although he gave me no feedback on how he thought it went at the end. The second interview I had was with a student. I was not so clear on how much weight the student had on the committee. Anyhow, I think it went well except that the student kept asking me if there was anything else I wanted to say (3X) and I kept talking each time since I feel like it is bad to answer a final question negatively. This was not good because at the end he basically cut me off. " Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Faculty member

On what date did the interview take place?

11/15/2004