Yale School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

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What was the stress level of the interview?

7 out of 10

How you think you did?

7 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?

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What was the most interesting question?

My first faculty interviewer asked me very interesting and very difficult questions. For example, "Knowing that failing in medicine can lead directly to the death of a patient, why would you choose to pursue medicine over another discipline, such as health policy or publich health (my other areas of interest)?"

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What was the most difficult question?

See above.

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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?

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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?

I looked over their website and read these interview reports.

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What impressed you positively?

Yale has A LOT of money. Their buildings and facilities are quite nice. My first faculty interview was probably the most interesting and nicest interview I had. If he had been the only person I met, Yale would have been my top choice.

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What impressed you negatively?

Quite a few things, unfortunately. First, the admissions office seemed disorganized. Second, many of the other interviewees were from Ivy League schools, which isn't nescessarily a bad thing. However, they were especially pretentious. I had a similar feeling about the students, who seems unfriendly and disinterested in their academic work. Finally, my second faculty interview had no clue what he was doing; he was new to the interviewing thing and really hadn't looked over my file well.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

New Haven is a dump.

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What are your general comments?

While I didn't hate Yale, I didn't love it either. I felt that the students weren't especially motivated or intelligent and that some of them had chosen Yale for its name rather than its attributes as a medical school. My first faculty interview was fantastic but my second was unprepared and uninterested in me. New Haven isn't the prettiest place on the East Coast either. All in all, a fairly "blah" experience that has landed Yale near the bottom of my list.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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