Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

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How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

No responses

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

No responses

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

If you could have the next week off, what would you do?

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What are you looking for in a medical school?

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Why not be a teacher/physical therapist/occupational therapist/speech therapist/nurse?

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What was the most interesting question?

If you could ask me any personal question you want, what would you ask?

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What was the most difficult question?

So, what are you going to say to impress me? (Said in a joking tone though)

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

No responses

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

📍 On-Site Experience ▼

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tour guide seem?

No responses

How do you rank the facilities?

No responses

What is your in-state status?

No responses

What were your total hours spent traveling?

No responses

What was your primary mode of travel?

No responses

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

No responses

What airport did you fly into?

No responses

Where did you stay?

No responses

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No responses

How would you rate the hotel?

No responses

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

No responses

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

No responses

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses

✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

Read over the school's website, read over this website, reviewed my AMCAS and secondary application, reviewed notes from my research, and tried to think of answers to commonly asked questions.

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What impressed you positively?

Both interviewers were friendly, and seemed to really just want to get to know me. The students seemed happy with their school, though it may have been because they just finished their last final before the holiday vacation. The housing was really nice, especially compared with the others schools I've seen. Since there is so much waiting time, there's not much to do besides talk to the other interviewees--everyone was really friendly...almost like there was a sense of camaraderie!

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What impressed you negatively?

How much waiting we had to do. Some of the facilities seem only mediocre.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That the day was going to be poorly organized--there was LOTS of waiting around. Make sure you eat a big breakfast--all of the interviewees were starving before lunch was even close! Also, the interviews are strictly held to 30 minutes--the interviewers kept watching the clock, and my second interview, which started 10 minutes late, was cut off after 20 minutes by a phone call telling the interviewer that time was up!

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What are your general comments?

Overall very relaxed and conversational interviews, decent lunch, and nice tour. We were asked to arrive at 8:45am. The dean spoke to the group for a few minutes, but he was done by 9am, and no one had an interview until 10am. Everyone had two 30 minute interviews scheduled some time between 10am and 12:30pm. Each of the interviewers interviewed several of the applicants. There was a financial aid session around 11:30am, when some people had their interviews, but papers where given out that had all the info on them. Our lunch and tour were scheduled for 1pm, and we were supposed to be done with our whole day by 2pm, but we got off to a late start, so we didn't finish till around 2:30. Since we were all so starved, we started by getting lunch at the school (hospital?) cafeteria and eating it in the student lounge. The tour was one of the better ones I've been on, and basically showed us everything except the hospital.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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