Louisiana State University New Orleans 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?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

9 out of 10

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

8 out of 10

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Tell me about a time when you worked with someone you disagreed with

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What would you do if you were in a situation where you accidentally committed yourself to being at two places at once? How would you handle it/ what would go into your thinking process?

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Why med/ why LSU? Obviously, since you know this will be asked, I think it's better to try to weave this into your "tell me about yourself" so it seems like med & LSU are integral to you rather than something the interviewer is trying to coax out of you.

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What was the most interesting question?

How were you able to accomplish all the things you did in undergrad and maintain balance?

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What was the most difficult question?

No responses

🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

20 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?

Virtual

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

📍 On-Site Experience ▼

Who was the tour given by?

No responses

How did the tour guide seem?

No responses

How do you rank the facilities?

6 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

No responses

What were your total hours spent traveling?

No responses

What was your primary mode of travel?

No responses

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?

8 out of 10

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

10 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?

10 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

6 out of 10

How did you prepare for the interview?

I read SDN and prepped a ton of possible answers. I tried to weave the most common themes I noticed here (handling stress, strengths/ weakness, why doc, why LSU, leadership, professionalism, teamwork) into my answers themselves since these are all obviously priorities that the admissions committee wants to learn about you so if you offer it to them without them asking, it's even better. This helped the interview be more conversational and less like "ok and for my next question, why do you want to be a doctor?" and more flowly like expanding on your previous responses/ passions. A game changer that made me so much more confident was reading about STAR interviewing and preparing 5-10 examples/ stories that might come up in that format (situation, task, action, result) for a range of questions like "name a time you failed/ had a disagreement/ worked in a team / were a leader/ worked with someone different from yourself" etc. Having the stories prepared and organized in my head was soooo nice because I wasn't panicking to think of an example of something and then realizing halfway through my response that the story I picked sucked.

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What impressed you positively?

I connected so well with my first interviewer! He was so nice and genuinely loved LSU. He raved about the closed-knit community and that he works with many of his peers from med school, which is something you don't get at other schools where people tend to disperse after med school. He even said Dean McLaren interviewed him for med school 20 years ago and now he is interviewing new students, so overall very cool. Also, the students before our interviews were very kind and helped put us at ease.

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What impressed you negatively?

My second interviewer was nice, but it was a lot more choppy than the first person (more like her going down a list of questions to ask and less like a convo).

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Prep lots examples of "times you showed ___ characteristic" since this will cover most of your interview if you do it well. Also, the interview was very strictly 20 minutes per person (a timer counts down and camera turns off, so very strict). 20 mins is a lot faster than you think so don't panic if you feel like you didn't get to everything. Prepare a list of top 5 things you NEED your interviewer to take away from your conversation that you weave into your answers so that you manage your time well and don't leave feeling like they didn't get to know something important about you.

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What are your general comments?

No responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

make the application tech savy and more organized. It's the 21st century and we are emailing pics of our SS card?

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