Stockton, CA
Pharmacy Schools | Private Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
What was the stress level of the interview?
3 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
9 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
9 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What are your general comments?
Orientation/welcome followed by 1) Two 20-minute interviews (one with faculty open-file and one with a 2nd year student closed-file), 2) A campus tour & slideshow presentation, and 3) 1-hour writing sample (opinion essay on a health-related issue)
💬 Interview Process
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN, pharmacy articles, college career center practice interview clinic, spoke with doctors, spoke with pharmacists, read part of a book about health insurance
What was the most difficult question?
I think I went through so many possible questions that I wasn't really shocked by something being terribly difficult. However, the essay question sort of caught me off-guard.
What impressed you positively?
facilities, friendliness of students & faculty
What impressed you negatively?
taxi drivers and others telling me I'm in an unsafe area
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
UOP splits you into 3 interview groups for the 3 sections. One group interviews then writes the essay then takes the tour and then the other 2 groups to variants of this.
🤝 Campus and Facilities
How do you rank the facilities?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this school's location?
3 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
5 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Enthusiastic
What is your in-state status?
In state
What was your primary mode of travel?
Train or subway
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