Emory University School of Medicine

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How did the interview impress you?

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What was the stress level of the interview?

4 / 10

0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

Brief review of the format: there's one 3-on-3 group interview and one 1-on-1 interview. Both are "semi-open" file - they see your writings, but not your numbers. The interview day runs about 7:30 to 4, so eat breakfast and be ready for a fair amount of walking. Much of the panel interivew involved all 3 of us answering the same question, so although we weren't directly competing against each other in that sense, the committee could have compared us if they wanted to.

Interview questions they asked

What does your family think about your decision to go into medicine?

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What was the most interesting question?

If you could eat dinner with any two people, who would they be and why?

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What was the most difficult question?

(during the group interview): I had to act like Bill Clinton and convince another interviewee to accept me over George W. Bush (portrayed by another student) into medical school.

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How did you prepare for the interview?

school's website and brochure

What impressed you positively?

the Emory campus is beautiful - they spend the Coke money on lots of neat toys and modern architecture; Erica, the admissions director, is wonderfully enthusiastic and helpful; ability to get an MD/MPH

What impressed you negatively?

the "traditionalism" of the school - they are very set in their ways and don't look to change any time soon. curriculum is traditional, as is the A-F grading; joint exams seem like they'd be very stressful; lack of ambulatory care education; students didn't strike me as terribly enthusiastic

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

how serious they are about Coke up there. don't even make jokes about Pepsi - they're incredibly serious about this.