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Tufts University School of Medicine

Boston, MA

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?

10 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress

What are your general comments?

If you are looking into an MD/Phd at this school.. seriously reconsider it. They focus much too heavily on the PhD... so you might as well go into grad school.
💬 Interview Process

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

What is the diameter of the caroteid artery?

How did you prepare for the interview?

secondaries, essays

What was the most difficult question?

what would happens to a patients eye if they took nitroglycerin?(He tried to take my research experience and relate it to a totally unfamiliar subject)

What impressed you positively?

nothing

What impressed you negatively?

These 4 hour long interviews were extremely stressful and all of my interviewers asked very difficult questions and seemed to doubt all of my answers. THis stress level was high and the students did not seem happy at all.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That my interviewers were insane.
📍 Travel and Logistics

Who was the tour given by?

Student