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Duke University School of Medicine

Durham, NC

Allopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit

⭐ 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?

No responses

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?

General Interview Questions: If you could have dinner with anyone...? What do you do in your free time? What do you think will be important issues in the upcoming presidential election?
Medicine/Duke Specific: Why Duke? Why medicine? What do you plan to do in the third year? What do you think is the most difficult thing about being a doctor?
Specific to my application: What policy related issues are most important in healthcare? You've already switched from business to medicine... What might you tell someone who thinks you will at some point switch from medicine to another career?

What was the most interesting question?

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What was the most difficult question?

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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?

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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?

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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?

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How would you rate the hotel?

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Would you recommend the hotel?

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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?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

Looked at Duke website, read interview feedback

What impressed you positively?

Unique Curriculum. Only one year of basic science (very streamlined), the rotations in the second year, an entire year free for research or pursuing a joint degree in the third, elective in the last.

What impressed you negatively?

Though the students seemed happy to be at Duke, they did not seemed thrilled to be giving tours, fielding questions, etc. Perhaps it was the time of year.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

There was a lot of downtime during the day. We arrrived at 10, my first interview wasn't until 3.

What are your general comments?

The interviews were very casual. The only thing that made one of the interviews a little more stressful than expected was that one of the interviewers was so quiet and spoke so slowly.... it was really hard to get a conversation rolling and to sense what type of impression you were making. I talked to a handful of people that also felt this way.

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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