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Temple University School of Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit

⭐ Overall Impressions

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How you think you did?

No responses

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

No responses

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

No responses
💬 Interview Questions

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Tell me about your research.
What are you looking for in a medical school?
Why medicine?

What was the most interesting question?

What are you looking for in a medical school?

What was the most difficult question?

Tell me about yourself and how you wanted to persue medicine?
🤝 Interview Format and Logistics

How long was the interview?

30 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?

No responses

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?

No responses

How do you rank the facilities?

No responses

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?

No responses

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

No responses

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?

No responses

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

Studied my amcas, read up on the school, read this website.

What impressed you positively?

Our student tour guide was probably the most cheeriest person I've encountered - kinda like a sweet valley girl on ephedra + prozac.

What impressed you negatively?

School looks pretty run down, ancient facilities, small library, anatomy labs looked crowded. Several students during the tour told us to go to law school, which was the BIGGEST turn off for me. The Financial Aid advisor was the most boring and dry person I've ever met. He gave a 30 minute lecture on Financial Aid and told us that if you can't afford medical school, get ready to go home to ask mommy and daddy for $$$.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Temple's on probabation for three things: Increasing their class size to 200(which they've fixed and it's down to 180), not enough space/old teaching facilities, and finally student debt.

What are your general comments?

Expensive, located in a bad part of philly, and the school is on probabation. A couple of students yelled "go to law school" to our tour group, which for me was a BIG red flag.

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses