Palo Alto, CA
Allopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
What was the stress level of the interview?
2 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What are your general comments?
Unlike some schools, there are no set directions on where the interviews should go, so depending on your interviewer, it may be easy to run out of stuff to say, resulting in awkward silence. The campus and curriculum are nice, and the students are very friendly (Not snobbish at all). Stanford prouds itself on its flexible curriculum and the financial aids it provides.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
What do you like and dislike about your undergrad school?
What was the most interesting question?
Nothing really, the questions are rather generic
How did you prepare for the interview?
Read up on my research reports (Stanford's big on research experience) and my secondary essays
What was the most difficult question?
What makes you stand out from all the other applicants? If both you and your friend apply for one spot in med school, who do you think should take the spot?
What impressed you positively?
Flexibility in the curriculum (Can take electives in first two years), scholarly concentration, nice and flat campus (like a park), numerous ways to get funded for tuition besides need-based aids.
What impressed you negatively?
Some other people in my interview group seem very hard-core into basic science research, but I'm only moderately interested in it, so I feel a bit out of place.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
The interview is a way to "make sure you are who you are on paper", so there is no set questions for interviewers to ask, I feel that interviewers can easily run out of stuff to ask the applicants.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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