Brooklyn, NY
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
What was the stress level of the interview?
1 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What are your general comments?
it was overall very positive, i guess i was feeling a bit down on the school because of all the negative comments, but i think now that those may just be spoiled kids who aren't used to some of the realities of life or interested in underserved populations. the interviewer was great and said that i should get in, and let me ask all the questions i wanted. he tried to answer honestly, and it seemed to me that he did. cool school, unless you want to gimp out into some overpaid underworked uberspecialty.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
why did you choose your undergrad school
What was the most interesting question?
nothing terribly interesting, very standard get to know you conversational atmosphere, i was asking for probably half the time
How did you prepare for the interview?
brochure, here
What was the most difficult question?
nothing really, it was super low stress, he was just "weeding out the frickin psychos"
What impressed you positively?
the interviewer seemed really happy to have me there and the students were excited about their school, obviously the clinical experience is amazing, students said they had delivered babies, scrubbed in for tubal ligations, and the surgeon i interviewed with said he would walk a student through an appendectomy if they were interested! awesome! plus, the facilities didn't seem that bad for me, and the area is not terrible, i felt totally safe walking around in my suit and looking like a white boy from the suburbs. eh, i'm used to cities though, so i guess it depends on your own experiences.
What impressed you negatively?
they still basically have a/b/c/f system with honors/high pass/pass/fail although the students didn't seem to mind
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
that drivers in manhattan don't know their way around brooklyn very well, although he got me there.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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