University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

How you think you did?

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How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

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

No responses

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Is UPitt your first choice? You can be honest. It wasn't mine.

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So are you one of those people who like to see the big picture and help more people with less individual impact or one of the people who like to help fewer people but have unmatched impact on their lives?

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What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses? How would your friends describe you?

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What was the most interesting question?

How does what you learned from studying public health in Mexico apply to our healthcare system in the United States?

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What was the most difficult question?

Do you think that the character Denzel Washington played in "John Q" was right in what he did? Why or why not?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

40 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed 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?

No responses

How do you rank the facilities?

No responses

What is your in-state status?

No responses

What were your total hours spent traveling?

No responses

What was your primary mode of travel?

No responses

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?

No responses

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

No responses

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses

✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

I prepared a lot less for this interview than for others. I just reread the catalogs and look at my own applications the night before. Pulled out my "standard list of questions" for all schools and added some additional "Pitt only questions" for interviewers.

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What impressed you positively?

How happy and interested the students were and how new the medical facilities were--the anatomy lab is so nice =). I also liked how the curriculum is structured.

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What impressed you negatively?

Pittsburgh wasn't as beautiful as the Admissions Office had made it out to be in the catalogs. The price of tuition is also really steep and the Office of Financial Aid doesn't bargain.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

My faculty interviewer was a new faculty member to Pitt. He had actually been there for four months, so he couldn't answer most of my questions. It would have been nice to have a couple more general, broader questions about the medical school experience available to show my interest.

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What are your general comments?

Mostly positive, I do wish I had asked for a second faculty interview just to get someone who was a little more experienced and who could compare me with other applicants, but no big complaints.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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