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  • Georgetown University School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Washington, DC
Overall Experience

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

7 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

40 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)?

"Why medicine? What medical experience do you have?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you like to do for fun? What are the biggest problems facing physicians today? What do you think about patient privacy?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What about you will make you a good doctor? If you are going to see a doctor, what qualities are important to you in choosing that doc? Why Georgetown?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"The interview was very interesting and actually fun, but none of the questions were particularly unique or unusual." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Nothing too difficult." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Read over my secondary app essay. Looked over interview feedback on SDN." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Beautiful grand entrance to the med school building. Mrs. Sullivan's talk in the morning that everyone talks about... it was amazing and very helpful. The dean, interviewer, everyone seemed friendly, happy, and helpful." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Nothing really, although the tour was less comprehensive and the tour guide less enthusiastic than at other schools I have been to." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Didn't know that Georgetown now has a research requirement. Mrs. Sullivan explained the requirement to us somewhat and said that students usually finish the req before starting the third year, although our tour guides (1st years) hadn't even started thinking about it." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Really great day overall. Very informative about Georgetown and what they are all about." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Neutral

How do you rank the facilities?

7 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?

Airplane

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

$201-$300

What airport did you use?

DCA

Where did you stay?

Friends or family

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/12/2007

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?

9 out of 10

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

10 out of 10

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