Washington University-St. Louis School of Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 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?

Tell me about your family.

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What do you like to read? (One of my recommenders brought up a paper I wrote about F. Scott Fitzgerald, so we talked about that quite a bit.)

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What do you see yourself doing in 20 years.

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What was the most interesting question?

What is the best movie you've seen lately

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What was the most difficult question?

What lead you to decide to become a doctor? Followed by: What lead you to decide to become a doctor? That's so weird to be asked the same question twice...

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

50 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

1

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?

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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?

No responses

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?

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?

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 brochure, website, Interview Feedback

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What impressed you positively?

They really try to help the interviewees. We got to stay at their dorms for free, got a free clock (?), pen, books, lots of literature on the school, and the best interview day lunch ever. The hospital is the nicest I've seen. It looks like a hotel (and I'm not talking Motel 6, either). The faculty is top notch. There is research money lying around everywhere, waiting for someone to pick it up and use it.

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What impressed you negatively?

The classrooms are cold and look kinda old. More competitive school. More traditional curriculum.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

You can park anywhere overnight, but before 8am, you have to get a permit from the Admissions office (which opened around 7:15am) and put it on your car, and park in the surface lot. To get on the surface lot, you have to push the intercom button on the blue poll, and ask to be let in. Same goes for getting off the lot.

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What are your general comments?

I arrived the night before and went to the pizza party. It was cool, but the med students tended to cluster amongst themselves. A few friendly med students came and talked to us for a long time. Then one of them took a few of us driving around the cool parts of St. Louis. Then we got back and everyone went to bed. I stayed in the dorms, and they had turned off the A/C for the winter, so it was hot in my room, so I opened the windows. A couple of times during the night, a garbage truck came by and made a lot of noise, so I didn't sleep well. The next morning, they had a women's breakfast and a minority breakfast. I am neither a woman or a minority, so I went to the white boy continental breakfast in the dorm. Then we checked in at the admissions office and got a whole bag full of stuff. Next we met in this really nice conference room with an admissions person and a financial aid person. I had to leave early because I had an interview. My interviewer was a nice guy. He totally memorized my file!!! He didn't open it once, but knew everything about me! We talked a lot about movies, books, what my parents do for a living, and some about my medical career. It was the longest interview I've had so far, just under an hour. Then came the tour. The school itself is pretty good, but the hospitals were awesome. After the tour was the best interview lunch I've had. Steak, pasta, rolls, soup, brownies, etc. (Definitely made up for the weak white boy continental breakfast.) Then that was it. Over by 1:30pm.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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