Ohio State University College of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

7 out of 10

How you think you did?

4 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

5 out of 10

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

5 out of 10

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Tell me an example of when you learned from an experience.

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Tell me an example of when you were criticized and how you handled that criticism.

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What was the most interesting question?

No responses

What was the most difficult question?

Those tell me how you learned blank from blank questions were horrible.

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

3

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?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

8 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What were your total hours spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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?

5 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

4 out of 10

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

4 out of 10

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses

✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

4 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

4 out of 10

How did you prepare for the interview?

Reading SDN and on the website.

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What impressed you positively?

Admissions director and dean stayed with us the whole day and made sure to greet each of us many times.

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What impressed you negatively?

Seemed like the students didn't like the area too much, seemed like students were pushed into primary care just to raise school rankings, my interview was with 2 people (didn't know who was my primary interviewer), weird interview questions, had an admissions chair sit next to me casually and start asking me questions while I was waiting to interview (that freaked me out and he never told me he was a chair), was deferred and never heard back essentially (even though they said they'd let us know), looked like the school was just trying to sell itself so hard it made many of us uncomfortable and the interview day was full of boring lectures.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

The amount of caffeine I'd need to stay awake throughout the day. To expect the weird format of their questions so I wouldn't be like WTF in my head the whole time.

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What are your general comments?

Didn't like OSU at all. The school seemed stressful, area boring, students seemed to be primarily from Ohio (who else would come there?), school was trying to sell itself too hard, and seemed OBSESSED with rankings.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

Make the day with less lectures, not advertise yourself with how highly ranked you are as the first thing you do (most of my fellow interviewees were ivy-leaguers, telling us you're #30 in the nation is really not selling you), and stop pushing your school so hard because it seems a bit desperate.

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