Georgetown University School of Medicine

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How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

The applicants trickle in the fish bowl and wait until someone comes to greet everyone. You sit there and various people come in to talk to you. Then, you go on a tour, which includes some outside walking. Then it's time for lunch. The interviews are at the end. Supposedly, the interviewers get to look at your application right before the interview, but my interviewer seemed as if he had looked at mine for a while, as he had a list of notes and questions he wanted to ask me. During one of the presentations, they will tell you the interviewers are supposed to comment on 7 criteria. My interview was less conversational than at other schools, and I found this a little bit intimidating. My interviewer had a list of questions and would shoot them at me one after the other, but my interviewer was very nice.

Interview questions they asked

What are some good characteristics of a doctor? Why medicine? Why Georgetown?

I was asked this too

What was the most interesting question?

I was given an ethical situation and asked what I would do.

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What was the most difficult question?

What does going to a Jesuit school mean to you?

I was asked this too

How did you prepare for the interview?

Read the website.

What impressed you positively?

How those ladies remembered all the applicants names.

What impressed you negatively?

Money.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Sit in one of the chairs, not the benches, or you will be twisting your back the whole time to look at whoever is presenting.