Palo Alto, CA
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?
3 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
9 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?
Nice, personal interview day, with individual meetings with admissions counselour and financial aid counselour to answer all of your questions. They take good care of interviewees; they interviewed just 500 of 6500.
💬 Interview Process
What was the most interesting question?
What is your favorite style of art? (oil painting is one of my hobbies)
How did you prepare for the interview?
Read about Stanford, reread my application, prepared questions to ask.
What impressed you positively?
The student interviewer was awesome; the area is amazing-my first time to CA from the east coast-it was like paradise; admissions counselour is very responsive, only a handful of interviewees (usually 4-8 only per day), the cool palm tree road
What impressed you negatively?
The weather; off and on rain, but that's about it; and the bookstore isn't all that special once you have been to UPenn's bookstore
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
Things are further apart than they look on a map.
🤝 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?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
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?
In state
What were your total hours spent traveling?
7+ hours
What was your primary mode of travel?
Airplane
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
$401-$500
What airport did you fly into?
SFO
Where did you stay?
Hotel
What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?
Hotel California
How would you rate the hotel?
6 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
Would you recommend the hotel?
yes
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