Albany Medical College Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

6 out of 10

How you think you did?

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How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

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

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💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

If it was an absolute impossibility for you to ever become a physician, what other career would you choose? And of course, the obligitory "Why?"

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What do you think is the most pressing issue in United States healthcare today? In the future? My answer(s) was again followed by many "Why's" and "what should we do about it/and if that doesn't work" type of questions

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What ethical issue do you think will impact you most once you are a practicing physician? This was followed by almost forty minutes of...why?; explain what you mean by that; well what would you do if such and such a scenario came up; etc.

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What was the most interesting question?

If you could have lunch with any person (non-family/friend) living or dead, who would it be?

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What was the most difficult question?

I think the group of ethical questions were difficult because my interviewer was really pressing me on my stance.

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

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Where did the interview take place?

At the school

📍 On-Site Experience ▼

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tour guide seem?

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How do you rank the facilities?

No responses

What is your in-state status?

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What were your total hours spent traveling?

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What was your primary mode of travel?

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About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

No responses

What airport did you fly into?

No responses

Where did you stay?

No responses

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No responses

How would you rate the hotel?

No responses

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

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

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What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses

✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

Brushed up on common ethical scenarios over a Corona. Really not much-I fortunately just finished a med. ethics course, so I really didn't have to think about it all that much.

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What impressed you positively?

You couldn't ask for a more friendly and supportive staff. They informed me of my acceptance within 4 days. Their residency placements are impressive.

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What impressed you negatively?

They're little behind on the technology front...I would have liked to have seen that they had more educational resources available on interent(for example: interactive quizzes, slide atlases, question bulletin boards). Also,many schools I have been to are in the process of setting up facility wide wireless internet, or have it set up already. When I asked about it at Albany the answers I got made it seem like like it would be a few years away from happening.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Nothing really, I had interviewed there last year.

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What are your general comments?

This is clearly a school that really cares about their interviews. They ask some difficult questions and may seem at times like they are either trying to confuse you or back you into a corner. A other schools that I have interviewed at ask the most brainless questions so that they can pride themselves as being a "low stess interview " school but you really come away wondering what the point of it all was. Albany really wants to see how well you handle being challanged, and although they may come across as being assholes to some people because of it, it is really important and I think speaks volumes about their selection criteria. If i had to give any advice to future interviewees, I would suggest making absolutely sure you are 100% confident as to your stance on all ethical/current healthcare issues because they will ask about them and if you're not prepared it can quickly turn into a nightmare.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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