Philadelphia, PA
Allopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Negatively ☹️
What was the stress level of the interview?
2 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What are your general comments?
Pretty laid back and everyone is nice. The PBL curriculum and the IFM is pretty appealing and shows that the school has a correct trajectory in it's educational approach. Yet, the school did not have the luster to it. I think that it would be better to stick to your state school for a better education at a much cheaper price.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Tell me what you are most passionate about?
What was the most interesting question?
None really. Very standard questions like, "How was it having a physician as a father" and "what are you most passionate about."
The student interview asks questions off a sheet of paper and the "what are you most passionate about" questions is one of them.
How did you prepare for the interview?
Read the booklet and SDN the day before.
What impressed you positively?
-The school was well wired-wireless internet and note taking services. The inside was well maintained as well.
-In the class of 200, people landed very residencies in very competitive fields (neurosurgery, tons of orthopedics and dermatology)
-55% post interview acceptance rate.
What impressed you negatively?
-Weird neighborhood;it's really suburban on a one block radius around the school but outside of that I could not figure out whether I was in the Third World.
-$35,000 a year!!!
-Not the best education for your money.
-Drexel is a rather unstable institution financially; it changed hands three times in the past 10 years!
-The student interview was very clumsily coordinated;in an attempt to make it laid back, they had it during lunch! This was certainly weird and pretty inappropriate.
-People had to take shuttle buses to interview locations fromt the school in the outskirts of Philly to Hahnemann hospital in center Philly.
-The school had a high-schoolish appearance to it and I did not the get the University feeling from it
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
The difficulty of finding this place; leave to the inteview well ahead of time and don't be afraid to ask for directions.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Admissions staff
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