Eastern Virginia Medical School Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

5 out of 10

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?

No responses

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

as above

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What was the most interesting question?

The interviewer (County Health Commish, btw) says: "I'm a genie in a bottle and I grant you one of three wishes - end to childhood cancer, end to scourages of adolesence and middle age, or an end to later life issues - which do you choose, and why?"

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What was the most difficult question?

Explain a small, relatively remote detail from my personal statement. Good question, just tough because it caught me off guard.

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

50 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

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?

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?

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✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

EVMS website, SDN, and available text info. Of note was my utter deficit of preparation. They WILL ask you a question on why EVMS, they will ask about contemporary healthcare issue, they will ask about your AMCAS and PS and they will ask you an ethical question. Know this.

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What impressed you positively?

I had no idea about the depth and sincerity of the school's ties to the surrounding communities and to the standardized patient programs.

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What impressed you negatively?

Some of the behaviors exhibited by school staff could almost be construed as unprofessional - I know that they are just really friendly and real comfortable with each other, but it was very much a different scence from other interview sites.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Standardized patients are a major source of pride for the program, and seems to be a major asset for students. Also, there is no one dedicated teaching hospital - they use community hospitals that enjoy teaching students. *** IF you apply out of state, they will not adjust your tuition after one year (or ever), and they will not let you redo you FASFA form, so if you work and your parents work, you're screwed. For me, it is budgeted as MSI: 54K, MSII: 54K, MSIII: 59K, MSIV: 56K. I didn't expect $200K price tag.

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What are your general comments?

The entry before mine was accurate (we interviewed on the same day, obviously). Start with an explanation of the day from an adcomm assistant, followed by neat little get-together with the standardized patient (SP) director. We got to "interview" an SP...the SP could even cry on cue. Then tour of Children's Hosptial, then tour of library, then lunch - which is interspersed with the Director of Admissions (unconventional guy, maybe unprofessional?, but made good points) and financial aid staff. THEN - finally - interviews. Two people tag-teamed me, could be just one or as many as three.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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