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  • Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Indianapolis, IN
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

How you think you did?

7 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

4 out of 10

Questions

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)?

"What was your ACT score? (...really?)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"What was your high school rank? (seriously?)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Classic what would you do if you caught a student cheating... etc." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Why medicine? (mostly because he already made up his mind about why I pursued medicine and tried to make me agree with what he discerned from my application instead of accepting my response)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, student host (was awesome!), IU website" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Facilities, students, my host, board scores" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Everything else." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That I would miss the info session and the financial aid session and be asked thoroughly about my high school experiences as opposed to anything else I ever did." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Discouraging

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

7+ hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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?

10 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

09/16/2009

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

2 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

6 out of 10

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

3 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

6 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

8 out of 10

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

9 out of 10

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Have an organized interview day and act like you care interviewees are there. No one helped people f" Report Response

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