Loyola University College of Arts & Sciences
Chicago, IL
Psychology Schools | Public Non-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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Do you have any questions for me?
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How do you plan to manage and balance the demands of graduate school?
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What are some of your strengths?
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Standard fare.
What was the most interesting question?
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n/a
What was the most difficult question?
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n/a
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Why you?
How long was the interview?
How many people interviewed you?
What was the style of the interview?
What type of interview was it?
Was this interview in-person or virtual?
Where did the interview take place?
Who was the tour given by?
How did the tour guide seem?
How do you rank the facilities?
What is your in-state status?
What were your total hours spent traveling?
What was your primary mode of travel?
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
What airport did you fly into?
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Ohare
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Logan Int'l (Boston)
Where did you stay?
What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?
How would you rate the hotel?
Would you recommend the hotel?
What is your ranking of this school's location?
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
What are your comments on where you stayed?
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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read numerous articles on POI's research; read about the program
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reading information about the program, reviewing faculty interests, preparing some ''intelligent'' questions to find out more
What impressed you positively?
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Students seemed happy; appears as though the program responds to student needs/requests; other interviewees were really nice
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faculty and students were approachable and friendly; clearly, a very collaborative atmosphere
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the information session was very informative, everyone was very friendly and helpful
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Grad students seemed really happy, faculty seemed very supportive of students & each other.
What impressed you negatively?
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Students did not always try to interact with the interviewees
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not enough time to interact with my POI. no tour of campus.
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cost, lack of fin. aid
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Old facilities. Didn't get a tour.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
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There was a group interview in the morning; how the students are chosen for admission; who was accepting a student. general comment- I received a rejection letter after the interview, at which point I accepted at my second choice. 3 weeks later, I got an email saying I was at the top of the waitlist. The director blamed it on the secretary. Ridiculous error given that the pool of interviewees is so small at that point. Absolutely frustrating and unclear what really happened.
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not to over-prepare. And that there would be so many other applicants interested in working with my POI.
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as much as you feel that the program is a great fit for you and you did great in the interviews, you will probably still be rejected
What are your general comments?
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the actual interview experience seemed to go great (except it was an 11-hour day, so exhausting!) but....still really unsure of the actual basis for acceptance
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
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