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  • Drexel University College of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Philadelphia, PA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

4 out of 10

Questions

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?

Open file

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

"Tell me about your childhood, family, siblings." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why medicine and not PhD?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What can you bring to medicine? Then, some specific questions regarding my experiences abroad, etc." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Describe a problem I had overcome." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

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

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Read Drexel website, looked over my AMCAS, reviewed some current issues in medicine" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The two curricular pathways during the first two years is interesting and different from other schools" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The facilities seemed a bit dreary, and the class size is very large." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Nothing really." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"We arrived and conveined in a conference room where we introduced ourselves to each other. We had a presentation the Drexel's history as a medical school, the current curriculum, financial stuff, etc. We had a tour given by a first year. My faculty interview was on site (some were downtown) and early (some where later), so I had my faculty interview and then my interview with a student over lunch. Some people did things in the reverse order depending on the time of the faculty interview." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Neutral

How do you rank the facilities?

5 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

< $100

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

10/31/2007

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

3 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

4 out of 10

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

5 out of 10

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