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University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Allopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit

Application Cycle: 2009-10

💬 Interview Questions

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Why Penn

What was the most interesting question?

Most questions were just follow ups on the conversation.

What was the most difficult question?

No difficult questions
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

How did the interview impress you?

Positively 🙂

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How did you prepare for the interview?

Read SDN and U Penn websites

What impressed you positively?

Everything! U Penn is a great school. Students are REALLY happy there. I stayed at a medical fraternity house and the people there were awesome... they gave me all these tricks to ace my interviews, but it turned out that my interviews were so relaxing and conversational. NO HARD QUESTIONS at all.

What impressed you negatively?

long day!

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

U Penn is the best!

What are your general comments?

It seems to me that the interviews were more for students to get to know Penn than for Penn to get to know us. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. In both interviews I had, the interviewers spent more than half the time talking about how much they love Penn. My faculty interviewer was particularly friendly. He told me about places to go in Philly (i'm from Cali) and where to eat. He even drew me a map of how to get to all the famous Philly cheese steak places! How cool is that!
📍 On-Site Experience

Who was the tour given by?

Student