Durham, NC
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?
7 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What are your general comments?
Student interviewer was very nice. No really hard questions from her... But the faculty interviewer asked a sring of trivia like questions, ranging from wanting me to describe a free radical mechanism to the geography questions. I was one of the only people on my interview day that got those questions, though, so I think that was more bad luck than anything.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Who are some of your role models, and how have they influenced your decision to go into medicine?
What was the most interesting question?
Well, I had a string of questions about the geography of Southeast Asia/Africa, but I gather that's not normal. Like, what's the capital of Australia, and who's the President of South Africa?
How did you prepare for the interview?
Read interview feedback (sadly, no reports on Duke here :( ), read over my application multiple times, asked some friends who interviewed at Duke about their experiences, and went over some medical ethics sites on the internet.
What was the most difficult question?
See above. I wasn't ready for questions like that, and they threw me for a loop...
What impressed you positively?
The students were really friendly. The facilities were amazing - especially the classroom! Other teaching facilities were decent - nothing too spectacular. And the med school is on the undergrad campus, so you get those benefits.
What impressed you negatively?
I wasn't too happy with the questions I got asked by the one interviewer.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
I wish I had stayed with a student host, or even closer to campus. It's hard to get around Durham without a car - I waited about a half hour for a cab everytime I had to go somewhere.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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