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?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

5 out of 10

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

4 out of 10

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

What do you expect medical school to be like?

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What was the most interesting question?

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What was the most difficult question?

No responses

🤝 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?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

5 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What were your total hours spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

< $100

What airport did you fly into?

No responses

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?

3 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

3 out of 10

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses

✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

No responses

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

Practiced interviewing with advisor, SDN website, Upstate website, read feedback from other alums from my undergrad who went there.

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What impressed you positively?

The friendly faculty interviewers, the enthusiastic student guides, that we received a substantial list of student email addresses to contact if we wanted any more info/feedback on the school from current students, the flexibility they allowed us with what to do between/before interviews (especially in contrast with my Georgetown interview experience, where we were told to sit in the fishbowl for hours on end without refreshments, internet access, or the ability to simply walk the halls and drop in on classes), and that the lectures at Upstate are videotaped.

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What impressed you negatively?

Some of the labs could have used a little more space and renovation, but everything was serviceable. The cheerful talk about keggers by the tour guides kind of turned me off.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

I knew from SDN that post-interview we had to submit our prefencence for a clinical campus within two weeks, but a lot of folks that day did not.

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What are your general comments?

I drove to Upstate, arrived a half-hour early, and was taken to a comfortable room a floor below admissions which had internet access, a selection of beverages, folders of information for our perusal, and a large conference table. When our whole group of 11 or 12 arrived, an admissions staff member came to talk with us about the grand plan for the day, which gave us the choice of what to do with our time outside of interviews, a talk by the admissions director, and a student-led tour. We could look up info on our interviewers online, we could sit in on 1st or 2nd year classes, walk around the school, or relax in the conference room and do whatever we wanted to prep for our interviews (including figure out where the heck to go for them - they don't bring your interviewers to you). My interviews were very conversational, and my interviewers seemed very open and honest on their thoughts about the school. After the tour, talk, and interviews, I choose to go home rather than sit in on more classes, chiefly due to the impending snow storm. It was a good day. Not breathtakingly amazing, but good. Ah, and I've since been accepted there.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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