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  • Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Dayton, OH
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

10 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

50 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)?

"Describe to me a failure (any kind of failure), how you dealt with that failure, what you did to overcome it, and one thing that you would do differently if you could." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is one thing that sets you apart from all of the other applicants?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Pick a medical issue that you are familiar with and talk to me about it." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What would you do if you were in a situation where, say you were working in your assigned groups and all of your group members always think that you never know what you're talking about? How would you go about handling it?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

""Do you think that only having X amount (less than 25 hours) of shadowing actually gives you an idea of what doctors do on a daily basis?" And also, "Tell me about your MCAT (referring to my low verbal score)" - She seemed to discredit me, and I'm not really sure that she liked my response to it. A few of her comments seemed somewhat snide." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, looked over my AMCAS application, searched through the website, talked with other students that have already had interviews, did a mock interview with a roommate" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"That facilities were awesome. I like how there is a ton of study space in the medical building for group studying and what not. Everyone there was really friendly and really seemed to love the school. I also really liked the fact that you typically only take one class at a time. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"I didn't really like the fact that I might have to be driving long distances my 3rd and 4th year to do clinicals. That's really it though, I loved everything else." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"How laid back the interviews were going to be! I thought that I was going to be way more stressed than I was, but they really don't try to trip you up on any trick questions or anything." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"From the beginning of the day they were saying to not be stressed out and to not worry about the interviews. And you really didn't have any reason to worry. My student interviewer was great. He really just tried to get to know me and see how I would handle certain situations. My faculty interview seemed to go pretty well too, though I'm not sure she really accepted my answer to my explanation of my MCAT score and one or two other things. Both interviews were very laid back, it was much more like a long conversation than anything else. I really had no idea this school would impress me so much. I would love to go here!" Report Response

Tour and Travel

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

Where did you stay?

Friends or family

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

12/02/2009

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?

8 out of 10

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

6 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

10 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

10 out of 10

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