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Renaissance School of Medicine - Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit

Application Cycle: 2009-10

💬 Interview Questions

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

The ethics question above

What was the most interesting question?

Nothing really, my interviewer talked most of the time

What was the most difficult question?

What are some of your ethical concerns?
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively ☹️

How many people interviewed you?

1

What was the stress level of the interview?

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

How you think you did?

5 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great

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 my AMCAS, their website, this website

What impressed you positively?

Ms. Berry is really nice. Other than that, nothing really, except I've never seen another hospital with escalators.

What impressed you negatively?

The location, the fact that I don't think my interviewer listened to me

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That it was going to be Rosh Hashanah and there would be no one around. It was hard to get a feel for the atmosphere of the school

What are your general comments?

Overall, not good just because I don't think my interviewer got to know me well enough to present me to the ad com. I really tried to state my case, but he kept cutting me off. Not in a rude way, he was just a quirky guy.
📍 On-Site Experience

Who was the tour given by?

Student