Duke University School 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?

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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?

Lots of trivia questions. :(

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Where do you see yourself in 10 years? (despite the fact that I'd written an essay on that for AMCAS...)

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Who are some of your role models, and how have they influenced your decision to go into medicine?

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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?

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What was the most difficult question?

See above. I wasn't ready for questions like that, and they threw me for a loop...

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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?

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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?

No responses

What is your in-state status?

No responses

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?

No responses

What airport did you fly into?

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Where did you stay?

No responses

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

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How would you rate the hotel?

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Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

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 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.

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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.

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What impressed you negatively?

I wasn't too happy with the questions I got asked by the one interviewer.

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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.

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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.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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