Tufts University School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

10 out of 10

How you think you did?

No responses

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

No responses

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

No responses

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

General quesitons about my research.

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What was the most interesting question?

See rapid fire questioning above (passion/ethics/morality)

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What was the most difficult question?

(paraphrase) When people refer to "dirty" needles what to they mean?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

No responses

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

No responses

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

📍 On-Site Experience ▼

Who was the tour given by?

No responses

How did the tour guide seem?

No responses

How do you rank the facilities?

No responses

What is your in-state status?

No responses

What were your total hours spent traveling?

No responses

What was your primary mode of travel?

No responses

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?

No responses

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

No responses

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses

✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

No responses

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

prior interviews, read about school

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What impressed you positively?

One the physicians who spoke was amazingly engaging/humorous/humbling.

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What impressed you negatively?

Assembly line feel to the interview day. From the number of students to the way in which information is presented. Not personal at all.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

No responses

What are your general comments?

I gave the day a 10 in stress level since it was my most stressful out of 14 interviews. I got the interviewer who gives the rapid fire string of questions that cannot be answered in a sentence. What is passion? Next question. What is [blank]? And on and on. It seemed he really didn't care what I answered just my demeanor in response to the stress test. Minority student perspective: while we were in front of the other 37 nonminority applicants, they dragged 3 or so URM applicants into a room, singling us out for a little chat. Why was this horrible? First, these minority things should be optional (I wasn't going to turn down talking to some minority students, but please), second, it was blatantly divisive (could've had the minority students walking around like all the other students who were chatting with the applicants I still would've asked why Tutfts has so few of you), third, it most likely sparked feelings among the non URM students, who undoubtedly were eyeing us upon returning from the seemingly preferential treatment (definitely was not), fourth, the admissions lady was there while we tried to gather candid answers about minority affairs (so of course all the URMs said it was the best), and five (now I'm just complaining) we all (3) had our interviews pushed late into the already tiring and long day. Tufts is a good place though. I think the education is great and they have very good faculty. The cost and housing are the main things students complain about (so they said). If I had to choose between Tufts and BU I would go to BU. At the time I was bitter going to so many interviews (this was my last) and I had gotten in at a better institution. These factors probably skewed my impression. Had it been my first my impression may have changed.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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