Albany Medical College Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

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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?

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

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💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

How do you feel about abortion? Would you perform one?

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How do you feel about euthanasia? Would you perform one? (I come from Oregon, home of the Death With Dignity Act). To both questions 1 and 2, I answered "I support that freedom" and "yes," and the interviewers did not challenge me or ask me to elaborate.

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Numerous questions about my academic record and my activities in the interim between now and when I graduated.

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What was the most interesting question?

Nothing unexpected nor extraordinary.

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What was the most difficult question?

I got really grilled on my academic record, which is admittedly not as good as I'd like it to be.

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

60+ 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?

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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?

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How do you rank the facilities?

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What is your in-state status?

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What were your total hours spent traveling?

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What was your primary mode of travel?

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

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What airport did you fly into?

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Where did you stay?

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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?

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What is your ranking of this school's location?

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

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What are your comments on where you stayed?

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✅ 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 SDN's interview feedback.

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What impressed you positively?

Student enthusiasm, which seems to be the nearly universal remark on this board regarding AMC. That said, I did not find the students any more enthusiastic or any happier than those at the other school I've interviewed at so far.

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What impressed you negatively?

The facilities were not as impressive as I'd imagined for such a large hospital. The student statistics are not that great, either.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Albany seems to focus nearly entirely on clinical medicine. They say that there's some opportunity to be involved in research, but it seems really minimal by comparison to other schools. That's not necessarily a big deal to me, because I don't want to go into research, but I guess that I like the idea of being SURROUNDED by high-tech medicine, even if I'm not participating directly in it. Additionally, I noticed an announcement on a bulletin board which mentioned budget cuts and faculty eliminations. I asked one interviewer about it and he assured me that it wasn't a problem, but I think that it's still a matter of concern.

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What are your general comments?

Pretty ordinary. I was asked no difficult ethical questions. Both interviewers asked me almost the exact same questions, though the first was much more conversational. The student "welcome/introduction" the night before was disappointing (I wouldn't bother with it if I had to repeat the process).

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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