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  • University of Vermont College of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Burlington, VT
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

6 out of 10

How you think you did?

7 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1

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)?

"Comment on an experience that you've had with a difficult person." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What are your strengths and weaknesses?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Who is one person that influenced your development?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"If you had a day all to yourself what would you?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Name current issues in research that you think would have an impact on medicine." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDNET, AMCAS file, articles" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Vermont's beautiful! Small class size. New additions to existing facilities." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"I didn't really see any of the usual places that is normally shown at a tour. We didn't really go into rooms or labs. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"A lot of the class are non-traditional applicants. Many of them are married and/or have kids. " Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I didn't really expect that my interviewer would ask me questions like the ones that were on SDNET. I thought it would be more conversational. The other interviewees I spoke to had more conversational, laidback interviews, so I guess it just depends. Overall, it went ok. " Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

8 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?

Other

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

< $100

Where did you stay?

With students at the school

How would you rate the hotel?

8 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/26/2006

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

7 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?

9 out of 10

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