American University College of Arts & Sciences Interview Feedback Summary
Washington, DC
Psychology Schools | Public For-Profit
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Mixed experience; organization and communication appear average with varied impressions and occasional stress.
What was the stress level of the interview?
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
How did the interview impress you?
How you think you did?
What are your general comments?
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Great research with the faculty on ESTs, but that does not translate to the clinical training.
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Overall, I really did enjoy the school and the experience of visiting it. It was a nerve-wracking experience just because it was an interview - but the faculty, staff, and current students were so nice, that it made the overall experience very enjoyable
Length, number, and type of interviews
AU-COMP interviews are an average of 35 minutes, with an average of 3.3 interviews. 100% of interviews are one-on-one, and 80% are closed-file.
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
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Where else have you received interviews?
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What other schools did you apply to?
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Why AU?
What was the most interesting question?
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If you were given _____ amount of dollars how would you alter a specific institution's treatment program?
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None that I can remember
How did you prepare for the interview?
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Read articles
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Practiced potential interview questions, read POI's research articles, researched pros and cons of school in advance. Developed list of questions to ask school and current grad students.
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Read articles by profs, had a mock interview
What was the most difficult question?
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How would you study that? Walk me through it, from start to finish.
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What would you use as criteria for narrowing down applications, and how would you operationally define success in grad school?
What impressed you positively?
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Dr. Carter. And the program seemed clinically strong. Various therapeutic perspectives. You begin seeing clients first year. Some of the cohort seemed close.
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The faculty were all fantastic and were very down to earth.
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Students seemed at ease and very satisfied with the program. Their stress level seemed relatively low. The program is non-competitive amongst current students.
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Professors and grad students were nice and friendly
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Students and professors were very enthusiastic about the program, emphasized availability of clinical training.
What impressed you negatively?
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Their disorganization. I was not scheduled to interview with one POI, while the other mentor I interviewed with had no idea I wanted to work with him. After hearing I did, he didn't even acknowledge it. He just made a face and never asked a pertinent follow-up question, like "Why?" or "Well, what are your research interests?" Overall, I felt deceived and injured by their invitation to interview, when clearly no one there had any interest in me as a candidate. I hope others have a different experience, and that admissions becomes more mindful in the future.
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The responses of the students to questions about clinical work. There was no emphasis on ESTs.
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Only a portion of the students receive funding. Not all professors run an active lab and therefore not all students have office space. The facilities and program space weren't very attractive. The university is somewhat inconvenient to reach by public transportation.
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Nothing that I can remember
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A little casual?
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
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Not to bother
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The attitude toward EST in the clinical training
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Not all profs have an active lab.
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Some of the questions that they would ask
How do you rank the facilities?
How would you rate the Location and Cultural Life?
How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
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Communication seems sketchy.
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Provide the interview schedule before the interview date if possible (specifically re: faculty interviews)
Airports Used
50% interviewees used Reagan (Reagan) , with 25% using DCA (DCA) and 25% using Dulles (Dulles) .
What was your primary mode of transportation?
Most interviewees traveled by airplane to the interview.
Hotels Recommended by Other Interviewees
Most interviewees stayed at the Affinity Hotel (average ranking 6/10). (Top 1 displayed)
What was the cost and time spent traveling?
What is your in-state status?
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Who was the tour given by?
How did the tour guide seem?
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