Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine

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How did the interview impress you?

Negatively ☹️

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

How you think you did?

5 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

6 / 10

0 = Below, 10 = Above

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

2 / 10

0 = Below, 10 = Above

What are your general comments?

The interview was open-file, but might as well have been closed, as my first interviewer hadn't even bothered to read it. He asked me where else I had interviewed, a question that I understand to be technically not allowed, and which put me in a very difficult position. My second interviwer was so uninterested in speaking to me that he didn't even make eye contact. He kept checking the clock, and cut our 1-hr interview to about 25 m. I understand that people are busy, but I took time and effort to visit the school! Definitely not a good impression.

What was the most difficult question?

Where else have you interviewed?

I was asked this too

How did you prepare for the interview?

Read over my own application materials, and the school's website.

What impressed you negatively?

My interviews were not that great (see below) and the students did not seem to think the school is that great.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Central PA is FAR away from Philadelphia and does not really feel like the Northeast.

What is your ranking of this school's location?

1 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

2 / 10

0 = Bad, 10 = Great