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Tulane University School of Medicine

New Orleans, LA

Allopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit

⭐ Overall Impressions

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 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?

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What was the most interesting question?

Honestly, nothing terribly out of the ordinary.

What was the most difficult question?

Second interviewer led off by asking me if I'd applied the year before. Which I had. I don't really like bringing that up.
🤝 Interview Format and Logistics

How long was the interview?

35 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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?

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?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN, read my secondary, and read the online brochure for Tulane

What impressed you positively?

See above.

What impressed you negatively?

Hmmm...I suppose the dorm that some of the first-years live in didn't impress me much. About 30-40% of the class lives there apparently, but most of the students I met told me it was a bad deal compared with the housing uptown. So, it's not really a problem, I'll just live uptown if I end up here.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Nuthin'

What are your general comments?

With one acceptance in hand, I went to Tulane almost expecting that the school wouldn't impress me enough for the interview day to even matter. More than anything, I was excited to have a chance to go to New Orleans and get some food. But as the day went on, I realized that this would be a pretty awesome place to go to school. The city itself is a huge selling point, but there are other things. There's a lot of freedom in what classes you take from the first year on. The electives program lets you pursue what you want to, and it allows you get to get a lot of early clinical experiences if that's your thing. They also seem to treat the students like adults, and let them learn the material whatever way works best for them (i.e., going to class is very optional). The school seems to really want to let the students be people outside of medicine as well--they encourage other interests. And the students really did seem pretty chill. I mean I like the students everywhere, but the Tulane students seemed more relaxed as a whole--as did my fellow interviewees. There are two faculty interviews, and one student interview over lunch. For me they all went well for the most part. The first interviewer really didn't have that many questions, so we ended up talking about the city for a half hour. The second interviewer asked some strange things, and asked some questions at least 3 times, but he was pleasant enough. The student interviewer was a real sweetheart. It didn't seem much like an interview at all.

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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