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  • Ohio State University College of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Columbus, OH
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

7 out of 10

How you think you did?

4 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

5 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?

3

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 an example of when you learned from an experience." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me an example of when you were criticized and how you handled that criticism." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

No Response

What was the most interesting question?

No Response

What was the most difficult question?

"Those tell me how you learned blank from blank questions were horrible." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Reading SDN and on the website." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Admissions director and dean stayed with us the whole day and made sure to greet each of us many times." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Seemed like the students didn't like the area too much, seemed like students were pushed into primary care just to raise school rankings, my interview was with 2 people (didn't know who was my primary interviewer), weird interview questions, had an admissions chair sit next to me casually and start asking me questions while I was waiting to interview (that freaked me out and he never told me he was a chair), was deferred and never heard back essentially (even though they said they'd let us know), looked like the school was just trying to sell itself so hard it made many of us uncomfortable and the interview day was full of boring lectures." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The amount of caffeine I'd need to stay awake throughout the day. To expect the weird format of their questions so I wouldn't be like WTF in my head the whole time." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Didn't like OSU at all. The school seemed stressful, area boring, students seemed to be primarily from Ohio (who else would come there?), school was trying to sell itself too hard, and seemed OBSESSED with rankings." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

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?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

No Response

What airport did you use?

No Response

Where did you stay?

No Response

How would you rate the hotel?

5 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No Response

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

September 2015

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

5 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?

4 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

4 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

4 out of 10

How eco-friendly are the school's application materials and interview process?

5 out of 10

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Make the day with less lectures, not advertise yourself with how highly ranked you are as the first thing you do (most of my fellow interviewees were ivy-leaguers, telling us you're #30 in the nation is really not selling you), and stop pushing your school so hard because it seems a bit desperate." Report Response

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