Temple University School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

8 out of 10

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 out of 10

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

9 out of 10

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Explain why your MCAT physical science section was lower than the others.

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What happened in ______ class, why did you get _____ grade, why was your GPA _____ your sophomore year...

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What would you do to fix health care?

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What was the most interesting question?

The fact that he spent half my time asking questions about my AMCAS, he hasn't even looked through my activities or honors. It was ridiculous. It seemed to me like I was being interrogated.

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What was the most difficult question?

Why did your sophomore grades drop?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

30 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?

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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?

10 out of 10

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?

Other

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?

Friends or family

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No responses

How would you rate the hotel?

5 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

6 out of 10

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

8 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?

3 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

1 out of 10

How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN, Website, Wikipedia, AMCAS

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What impressed you positively?

Brand new school, excited students

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What impressed you negatively?

The methodology of my faculty interview, being that everyone had said that the interviews are laid back and low stress. The admissions office seems to not be on point with everything, they won't be meeting for the next 4 weeks so I won't hear back for a month and a bit. Kind of ridiculous.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Not to assume that just because most people say their interviewer was laid back, that all the faculty will interview like that. Be ready to be grilled.

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What are your general comments?

Great looking school, we'll see if I end up picking it after the interesting interview.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

A number of suggestions: 1: I got my interview invitation in January, but they did not have any slots until late March, which is very late in the season, I had already been accepted to another school which may impact if I go here or not. 2. Their Student Host program is a mess, they use a pretty lame system which in essence, involves the person interested in staying with a host looking through a PDF of all of the Temple students who say they are 'interested' in hosting a student. I emailed over 10 people and each one of them were too busy. While I respect that med students are busy, the school should do the matching, not me. This made me frustrated that I couldn't get the opportunity to learn more about this school through a student host. 3: I received an email from the Recruitment, Admissions and Retention (RAR) Program, and was asked to have a meeting with a counselor before my interviews. The meeting was pointless and all they did was ask me where I had gotten in, and what the dates were for my submittal (if thats a word) of my applications. I think they were concerned that I had fallen through the cracks as I was a qualified applicant and was only being asked to interview very late in the cycle. The meeting was no help at all and left me feeling confused more than anything else, also the office was a mess and looked like a paper bomb had gone off.

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