How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 out of 10

How long was the interview?

50 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)?

"Why MD/PhD and not either one?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do I do for fun?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Most questions I had already heard before; nothing far out there." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Nothing really too difficult; I was asked "What clinical experience do you have?" and I only had some volunteer experience two years ago, so that was a little difficult." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Georgetown website; the school's mission statement and objectives; a little bit of SDN; review AMCAS and secondary application essays." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Its educational philosophy for the MD portion; the honest attitude of the staff and how they told me things about their hospital and about their MD/PhD funding that I wouldn't have gotten at other schools." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The MD/PhD structure was a little difficult to understand for me. I thought the Office of Biomedical Graduate Education is the department that oversees it because all communication goes through his office, but according to the students, its someone else. And I only had 2 PhD interviews because the third one was unable to make it due to the weather--one interviewer was very talkative and asked few questions and the other asked me some questions and told me much about the program; but I am not sure how much they learned about me." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The notorious reputation of the I-495, and the fear of 1 inch of snow, which causes widespread closings throughout the DC/Maryland area (I'm from NY where schools do not close until we have 3 feet of snow)." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Its a great experience. Low key, not stressful, conversational for almost the whole day, including interviews. Information session by Mrs. Sullivan is great in putting Georgetown into perspective. (And for Mrs. Sullivan: if you haven't figured it out by now, its Suchit. My first interview review post, inspired by Georgetown)" Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

9 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

< $100

Where did you stay?

Friends or family

How would you rate the hotel?

10 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

On what date did the interview take place?

12/15/2005

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

9 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

8 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

7 out of 10