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Eastern Virginia Medical School

Norfolk, VA

Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit

⭐ Overall Impressions

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

8 out of 10

How you think you did?

5 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

4 out of 10

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

3 out of 10
💬 Interview Questions

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Do you like yourself?
How would you fix the American health care system?
Would you give a fourteen-year-old an abortion?

What was the most interesting question?

What do you think of the Virginia Free Clinic system?

What was the most difficult question?

Would you help a terminal patient end her life?
🤝 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?

No responses

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?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

No responses

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?

7 out of 10

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

5 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?

SDN, read books about healthcare, went through school's website

What impressed you positively?

The enthusiasm of the students

What impressed you negatively?

The students didn't seem to be very motivated, and my tour guide was dressed in sweats and a tank top. She spent more time talking about how many parties the medical students throw than the curriculum. Overall, I felt that the school spent too much time during the interview focusing on the social life of the school so that I came away with very little information on the curriculum.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

The standardized patient system is extremely important during the first two years at EVMS.

What are your general comments?

The interview was fairly stressful and included several tricky ethical questions and a lot of ''How would you fix American healthcare questions?'' The open-file interviewer had obviously read my file, but asked odd questions. ''Do you like yourself?'' is just weird.

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses