Albany Medical College Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How you think you did?

5 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?

5 out of 10

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

specific questions about my background, activities, motivation for medicine.

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What are your weaknesses? What challenges have you overcome?

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Why Albany?

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What was the most interesting question?

When you are retiring as a physician, what do you want your patients and staff say about your career? What do you want to be known for?

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What was the most difficult question?

How do you feel about national healthcare vs. the advances in technology? (I was confused about this question but the interviewer clarified it to mean how do I feel about the overuse of advances in technology such as expensive drugs and tests and should we have a national healthcare system in which there may be less access to these technologies)

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🤝 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?

Out of state

What were your total hours spent traveling?

7+ hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

$201-$300

What airport did you fly into?

No responses

Where did you stay?

Hotel

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Cocca's Inn and Suites

How would you rate the hotel?

8 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

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?

9 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

8 out of 10

How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN interview feedback, UW ethics site

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What impressed you positively?

The interviewers were very nice and I got NO ethnics questions thankfully. The healthcare question wasn't posed in an antagonistic way, it was more of a conversation topic. The faculty seems very dedicated to teaching. I liked that there was no big undergrad overshadowing the med school, so focus is on med education. School is very conducive to studying so I think the students study very well and do well on USMLE. Can do some rotations anywhere in the country.

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What impressed you negatively?

The facilities seem old. The student tour guides, though very very nice and helpful, seem to only have gone to Albany because they didn't get in anywhere else. So it makes it seem like there is no school pride.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Not to stress out so much. I think they've changed their interview format from a few years ago. All the interviewees that day had conversational interviews with no ethics.

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