Boston, MA
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?
5 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What are your general comments?
My interview with the student was great. My interview with the faculty member might have cost me an outright acceptance. The faculty member was hard to read so I have no idea how that one went.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Why Harvard? Followed by how does that make us different from other schools? I hated this question because I thought the same thing while I was preparing for the question.
What was the most interesting question?
If an Admissions committee member met your mom on the street, how would she describe you?
How did you prepare for the interview?
read the interview feedback on this site; asked my third year host about HMS; tried to remain calm and personable.
What was the most difficult question?
Why medicine? I overanalyzed the question. I prepared for the why do you want to be a doctor question which is closely related to this one but they are not the same.
What impressed you positively?
the other students who were being interviewed were friendly and funny. i also liked the countway lib.
What impressed you negatively?
the cold weather.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
how chill the HMS students seem to be.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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