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?
4 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What are your general comments?
This was an incredibly relaxed interview. It was my first, so I was kind of nervous. But the interview was more like a conversation where my interviewer spent a lot of time yammering away about Downstate and only occasionally stopped to ask me a question or two.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
How are you prepared to live in this part of Brooklyn?
What was the most interesting question?
Why the long, convoluted route to med school?
How did you prepare for the interview?
this website, AMCAS app, 2nd app, mock interviews
What was the most difficult question?
What do you think about medical care expenses in this country now exceeding expenses for education?
What impressed you positively?
The attitude at Downstate- their commitment to use medicine to serve the underpriviliged
What impressed you negatively?
Could have been a nicer area.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
That I would be asked about the economics of medicine.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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