George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences Interview Feedback Summary
Fairfax, VA
Psychology Schools | Private Non-Profit
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Lower scores suggest applicants reported greater stress, weaker communication, or less favorable impressions.
What was the stress level of the interview?
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
How did the interview impress you?
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What are your general comments?
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I felt like I was on an episode of The Office.
Length, number, and type of interviews
GMU-PSYCH-COMP interviews are an average of 30 minutes, with an average of 2 interviews. 100% of interviews are one-on-one, and 33% are closed-file.
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
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What was the most interesting question?
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Tell me about your stats background, and your writing background.
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What psychology books that are not related to your job have you read recently?
How did you prepare for the interview?
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Read papers by POI & details about program
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Read articles. Not a lot of time to prepare because I was given last-minute notice to fly out. Wasted $1000 on a plane ticket. Well, I guess it made me appreciate other schools more.
What was the most difficult question?
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Tell me about your stats background, and your writing background.
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I was asked to give my impressions of the professor's data (which had never been published) on the spot.
What impressed you positively?
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Students were really nice.
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The administrative people are very pleasant. Other than that, the fact that they are able to attract any graduate students at all.
What impressed you negatively?
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Relatively poor funding compared to other schools I applied to. At times during the interview, I felt that people hinted that this was a backup school for me (which was true, but awkward to bring up). Also, my interview was scheduled so that I was done interviewing by 10am but had to sit in the common room until about 4 pm. Seemed like practicum consisted of way too much gifted & talented assessment - but that the faculty were responsive to student feedback on this and were trying to change it.
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One professor said, ''I like research that makes good conversation at cocktail parties.'' Another said that all of the students hate the program. All of them?? Yes, all of them.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
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More details about level of funding.
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I guess it would have been good to know that all of the students hate it there! Incredible.
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Airports Used
100% interviewees used reagan (reagan).
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Most interviewees traveled by airplane to the interview.
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