Boston, MA
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?
5 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
10 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
10 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What are your general comments?
I really love Tufts and am very excited about their new Maine Track Program. The students and faculty are warm and welcoming, the facilities are amazing and they place a lot of emphasis on clinical medicine from beginning. They also seem to work very hard to personalize each student's medical education through "selectives" from the first year so that you start getting a feel for different areas of the profession early.
I felt that my Maine interviews went somewhat better than my Tufts ones but perhaps I was just less stressed.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
What is a physician's responsibility to their patients? To their community? To themself?
What was the most interesting question?
What is a physician's responsibility to their patients? To their community? To themself?
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN/Interview Feedback, AMCAS, current reading on health issues, medical journals, school website, sleep!
What was the most difficult question?
How do you think you'd respond if the government told you that you had to serve in the armed forces as a physician?
What impressed you positively?
The interviewers had taken the time to read my application and has some specific questions for me instead of the generic.
What impressed you negatively?
I was concerned that one of my interviewers was somewhat distracted and wasn't paying much attention to my responses (or asking many questions for that matter), however they were very pleasant/affable.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
That the interviews were after the tour which was after lunch. I was really excited to be there but as someone else said, by the end of the day I was pretty worn down.
🤝 Campus and Facilities
How do you rank the facilities?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this school's location?
9 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
8 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Enthusiastic
What is your in-state status?
Out of 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?
< $100
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