Hershey, PA
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How do you rank the facilities?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
6 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
7 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What is your ranking of this school's location?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
4 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
💬 Interview Questions
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Tell me about your clinical experience.
What was the most interesting question?
What's your favorite movie? (I guess that's not very interesting but it was fun to answer)
What was the most difficult question?
As a hospital administrator, what one thing would you do with leftover funds?
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions
How long was the interview?
30 minutes
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
How many people interviewed you?
2
What was the stress level of the interview?
2 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What was the style of the interview?
One-on-one
What type of interview was it?
Open file
Where did the interview take place?
At the school
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN, read my AMCAS and secondary, trolled the Penn State website for potential questions to ask (which turned out to be a very good choice)
What impressed you positively?
Everyone at the school was very friendly and students were generally happy and well-adjusted, even the first-years with their exams coming up. Penn State seems to really care about their students.
What impressed you negatively?
Penn State is sooooo self-contained. If you lived in the student housing, you would be living at work.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
I wish I had known that my interviewers wanted me to do the majority of the asking questions. I don't think this is standard for most interviewers.
What are your general comments?
Overall, I was very impressed with Penn State-- the students were friendly and always made a point to stop and say hello; the faculty seemed to care about both their students and their patients (Dr. Davis should run for office); and, the surrounding countryside is beautiful. Advice for first-time interviewees: try to get to know your fellow interviewees because it makes the day a lot less awkward (rather than sitting in a nervous silence). Most of the other people I was there with reported their interviews as being conversational and generally they ran over the 45 minutes alotted. However, both of my actual interviews were short-- not stressful-- just ending with neither interviewer having any more questions for me. I guess this is good? In any case, it was very helpful for me to have an arsensal of 5 or 6 questions ready in order to fill up the remaining time. However, both of my interviewers were kind and truly interested in my success during the process.
📍 On-Site Experience
Who was the tour given by?
Other
How did the tour guide seem?
Enthusiastic
What is your in-state status?
In state
What were your total hours spent traveling?
4-6 hours
What was your primary mode of travel?
Automobile
Where did you stay?
Friends or family
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