California Institute of Integral Studies
San Francisco, CA
Psychology Schools | Public For-Profit
How did the interview impress you?
What was the stress level of the interview?
How you think you did?
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
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What do you expect to get here?
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What do you want to know about this place?
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What interested you about this program?
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What are your hobbies?
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What areas do you think you will excel in (in grad school) and what areas will need improvement?
What was the most interesting question?
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Questions about my work history.
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What are your aspirations or goals for your future in this field? (And then, when someone in the group didn't understand... What are your dreams?)
What was the most difficult question?
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Why come to CIIS?
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They were all pretty standard.
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What is your in-state status?
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What airport did you fly into?
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SFO
Where did you stay?
What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?
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Ramada Inn
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Embassy Suites, South San Francisco
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How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
How did you prepare for the interview?
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Internet research about program.
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Read this site, checked interview feedback of Pharmacy schools that had group interview formats (b/c psych didnt have interview feedback yet), read up on the school, prepared questions to ask the interviewers.
What impressed you positively?
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Very warm and friendly faculty, staff, and students. Very open and casual. Easy going.
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There were plenty of faculty members and students to talk with before and after the interview.
What impressed you negatively?
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Location and facilities.
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One of my two interviewers got bored and spent the last 10-15 min not looking at us and picking at his nails.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
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The East/West spriritual element is more pronounced in other programs at the school. It's not really a big part of the Psy.D. program.
What are your general comments?
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Very positive. It turned a somewhat dubious impression into a solid positive.
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It was interesting. I think one of the most difficult things was just that it was in a group setting. This is very hard to handle when there is a person in your group who completely dominates the conversation and is extremely long-winded. The school didn't seem interested in how we interacted as a group, and it was very much a structured interview. Though, I should mention, the other interview group during my time said their session was completely relaxed and like a conversation, so I guess it depends on who you get for your interviewers. Anyway, I must have handled it well enough because they called me the next day to let me know that I got in!
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
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