University of the Incarnate Word, Rosenberg School of Optometry Interview Feedback Summary
San Antonio, TX
Optometry Schools | Private Non-Profit
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How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
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What are your general comments?
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The admissions faculty was very nice, she answered all my questions and concerns, gave me a very good first impression.
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For virtual interviews, the first part is 1:1 the second part is you and a few applicants sitting thru presentations about the school. You just have to introduce yourself and ask questions throughout them. Everything is very relaxed.
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Overall a great experience.
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Overall nothing negative to say about the school and staffs, I like the small intimate class setting and the new clinics
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I really enjoyed the experience and all of the students we spoke with seemed to really like UIWRSO!
Length, number, and type of interviews
UIW-OPT-COMP interviews are an average of 34 minutes, with an average of 1 interviews. 96% of interviews are one-on-one, 0% are in-person, and 93% are closed-file.
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
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Tell me about yourself
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Who inspired you to become an optometrist?
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Tell me about yourself?
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What 3 words would a faculty member/supervisor use to describe you?
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Tell me about yourself.
What was the most interesting question?
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What is something you are most proud of? Academically or personally
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Who is the the person has influenced you the most in your life?
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What are 3 traits for a healthcare provider to be successful?
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What makes a good doctor ?
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What are three qualities a health professional should have?
How did you prepare for the interview?
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SDN
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Lots of practice and SDN questions
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SDN interview questions
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Did mock interviews with admissions reps, attended interview webinar, practiced answers.
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SDN, website, looked over application
What was the most difficult question?
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Name the top 3 things that make a good healthcare professional
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What other questions do you think I should ask you?
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What was your proudest achievement?
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Anything to add?
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How will you get back into the flow of school after being out for a while? (Non traditional student)
What impressed you positively?
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How kind the interviewer was
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How relaxed the interview felt
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Everything was timed well.
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Very friendly interviewer, very relaxed
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Everyone was sooo friendly
What impressed you negatively?
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Nothing
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There is no video of the tour to show the school's facilities.
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Interview was a little late, but the admissions lady and I spoke while we waited. That was also relaxed.
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It was away from the main campus.
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Nothing.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
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You will be asked 15-20 questions, and almost everything you have prepared will be asked.
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That the school was away from the main campus.
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That the interviews were going to be held first thing!
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No surprise, did my research before the interview
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Eat ahead of time!
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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
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Great job !
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First of all, I was very disappointed that the email inviting me for an interview only allowed for a 30 minute time slot, yet we were there for 3 hours. Despite the misleading email, those 3 hours were not used effectively. Why would you make each student should wait for everyone else to finish their personal 30 minute interview before moving on? And during the waiting process, you repeated the same topics over and over again by different members of the staff. It felt like the process was thrown together at the last minute, and not calculated based upon time. It was very unprofessional. The worst part of this experience, was the fact that I had brought my parents with me to the interview because we had traveled out of state for this one event. They were only allowed to mingle in the lobby, and they were told that they would be invited to tour the school with us once we reached that step in the interview process. By the time we finished.... 3 hours later, all of the parents had left to go back to their hotel. I'm highly disappointed, and you should really rethink your interview process before more students are invited back. (It's not like this was your first week of interviews!)
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Have one debriefing session that way information do not need to repeated to fill in the applicants who left for interviews. Maybe have the financial aid and other information presentation with all applicants present. Then split the group up to those being interviewed, and rest can go on campus tour with students?
Airports Used
30% interviewees used San Antonio (San Antonio) , with 20% using san antonio (san antonio) and 10% using San Antonio 'l (INT) and 10% using San Antonio international airport (San Antonio international airport) and 10% using COS (COS) and 10% using to MSP to SAT (SBN) and 10% using SAT (SAT) .
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 Drury Inn & Suites (average ranking 9.5/10), with some staying at Hyatt place (average rating 8/10). (Top 3 displayed)
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