SUNY - Upstate Medical University College of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

How you think you did?

9 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?

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💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Despite your first experiences in college, what negative experience has happened to you that has driven your choice to go into medicine?

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What happened during your first semester (with my grades)?

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Why do you want to come to SUNY?

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What was the most interesting question?

You have "disadvantaged" on your application. What does this mean to you?

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What was the most difficult question?

There weren't really any... though my first interviewer asked me a lot about my first semester grades (but I think I convinced him that I can do the work in medical school)

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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?

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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?

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What airport did you fly into?

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Where did you stay?

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What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

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How would you rate the hotel?

No responses

Would you recommend the hotel?

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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?

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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?

School website, practice questions, searched on the internet for any and every medical ethics topic I could find

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What impressed you positively?

Everything. The students, the faculty, the staff, the facilities. The anatomy was so clean you could probably eat off the floor (though I wouldn't recommend it.) This was by far the best school I have been to so far.

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What impressed you negatively?

The only minor thing was that the tour guides didn't want to brave the snow to show us some of the buildings on campus. Of course we had a campus map if anything piqued our interest, but it would have been nice to hear some info on some of their facilities.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That they have a LOT of New York residents -- I only saw three or four people who aren't from New York that attend. I'm an out-of-stater, and I KNOW this is my first choice.

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What are your general comments?

The interview day was simple. I would suggest to bring warm clothes -- our bunch were the first "lucky" people to get Syracuse snow all year. The staff were helpful, the students were down to earth and friendly, and the class schedule is only 2 or 3 at a time for first year students. The whole area seems like one big hospital, and with close to 30,000 students in a twenty mile radius (including Le Moyne and SU), there has always got to be something to do. The clinical training at this school is what drew me to it, and I walked away feeling very impressed. Also, be prepared to do a little trekking -- my first interview was in their University Hospital in the morning (the tougher of the two), then the Campus Acitivies Building (which has a great layout) in the afternoon. The admissions director was very nice, and the food was actually good! This is my first choice, hands down -- if they accept me, I will go.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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