Illinois Institute of Technology Lewis College of Human Sciences Interview Feedback Summary
Chicago, IL
Psychology Schools | Public For-Profit
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Mixed experience; organization and communication appear average with varied impressions and occasional stress.
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What are your general comments?
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The professors were friendly and impressive and the current students were encouraging and seemed highly motivated
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Overall, the interview day made me feel unvalued as an applicant. There was no one-on-one time at all, no scheduled interviews with grad students, and no offer to stay with grad students. All the other schools at which I interviewed had some or all of these things. There was also a huge number of applicants at the open house. It felt very much like a rote process without much personal touch. They gave you option of leaving after your last interview rather than staying for all the activities. It didn't inspire me to to make any effort of my own.
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The interviews were too brief and I felt over-qualified for their program, but was put on their waitlist. Poor communication from the faculty, misrepresentation of the faculty about their research interests...
Length, number, and type of interviews
IIT-PSYCH-COMP interviews are an average of 23 minutes, with an average of 2 interviews. 0% of interviews are one-on-one, and 0% are closed-file.
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
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What is your favorite part of the research process?
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What is your research experience?
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What do you do? Tell me about yourself...
What was the most interesting question?
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If every single school you applied to accepted you, what would you do?
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Dr. Phil or Super Nanny?
How did you prepare for the interview?
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Reading articles by POI
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Read a journal article by POI. Had prepared answers to general questions for all interviews.
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Reading about the program, reading previous work of the professors, studying interview questions asked elsewhere, positive mental imaging.
What was the most difficult question?
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If no schools accept you, what will you do?
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What do you think about parents of ADHD children getting divorced after seeking treatment?
What impressed you positively?
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Everyone's friendliness
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Chicago itself seemed cool and they have a large number of practicum sites. The students were quite friendly and willing to answer questions at the lab open houses.
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The opportunity to receive half-funding for the first year, when previously there was no funding.
What impressed you negatively?
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Would have preferred an individual interview
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The students have TA or RA positions which cover half of their tuition. On top of that, most of them work part-time in psychology jobs. In spite of this, most of them graduate with about a hundred thousand in debt. The program starts in June.
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The first interviewing professor was combative and made inappropriate comments about my job and place of work. Funding is tight. Students have to work a lot to afford the program. The neighborhood of the school offers little; I was warned about the dangers of riding the train at night or by myself. Students do not live in the neighborhood and most must drive to get to practica sites and to school.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
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The sheer amount of debt - I wouldn't have applied. They have an interesting break-down of job ratios after graduation: first hospital settings, then, something else, then private practice, and last acadamia.
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School starts June 1st.
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50% interviewees used MDW (MDW), with 50% using O'Hare (O'Hare).
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Most interviewees traveled by airplane to the interview.
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Most interviewees stayed at the Wyndham Chicago (average ranking 9/10), with some staying at Silversmith (average rating 7/10). (Top 2 displayed)
Mixed experience; organization and communication appear average with varied impressions and occasional stress.
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