How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 out of 10

How you think you did?

10 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

10 out of 10

How long was the interview?

60+ 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 your undergraduate school. (Mine was a bit non-standard.)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is your favorite book? (Asked after I said I like to read in my spare time.)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How did your decision to study medicine come about?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What do you like to do to wind down in your free time?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"My first interviewer really dug for the exact timeline of my life since undergrad, the details of the research studies I've worked on and what work I want to do eventually in medicine. She just wanted a lot of detail, but no single question was especially difficult." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, school's literature" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Students were friendly and not intimidating, curriculum is entirely pass/fail in the first two years, student facilities are nice, lunch was a voucher for the student cafe, which was great 'cause I'm getting tired of cold cuts." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"No campus housing for students with families, no tour of any of the hospitals" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The interviews are spaced sort of randomly throughout the day. You may have none in the morning and two in the afternoon, or both early and then nothing in the afternoon, etc." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I live in Boston so traveling was not hard for me, but it would be interesting coming from out of town. Boston is not an intuitive city to find your way around in. Harvard is fabulous. The people are intelligent and friendly, the clinical facilities are excellent, and you have almost unlimited resources to learn and research anything you want." Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

10 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

< $100

On what date did the interview take place?

10/23/2006

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

10 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

10 out of 10

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

10 out of 10