Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Response	# Responders
Positively	6
Negatively	0
No change	0

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg	# Responders
2.00	6

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg	# Responders
8.00	6

0 = low, 10 = high

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

Response Avg	# Responders
9.00	6

0 = low, 10 = high

Questions

How long was the interview?

Response	# Responders
5 minutes	0
10 minutes	0
15 minutes	0
20 minutes	0
25 minutes	0
30 minutes	0
35 minutes	1
40 minutes	0
45 minutes	0
50 minutes	0
55 minutes	0
60+ minutes	5

Where did the interview take place?

Response	# Responders
At the school	6
At a regional location	0
At another location	0

What was the style of the interview?

Response	# Responders
One-on-one	6
In a group	0

What type of interview was it?

Response	# Responders
Open file	6
Closed file	0

How many people interviewed you?

Response Average	# Responders
1.67	6

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"What is one thing you would like me to tell the Admissions Committe?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why Greenville?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response

"Details about AMCAs application" More from this Member | Report Response

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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Is medical missions something you want to pursue in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response

"I see that you have experience with X and X (job roles) - can you tell me. little more about how those came about?" More from this Member | Report Response

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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Tell me more about your research study." More from this Member | Report Response

"Why Greenville specifically?" More from this Member | Report Response

What was the most interesting question?

"What is one thing you would like me to tell the Admissions Committe?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about a time you questioned a career in medicine." More from this Member | Report Response

What was the most difficult question?

"What is one thing you would like me to tell the Admissions Committe?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe a time you failed, how did you respond and overcome the problem." More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me a time where you received negative feedback about something, and how you handled the situation." More from this Member | Report Response

"Describe yourself with three words" More from this Member | Report Response

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How did you prepare for the interview?

"Start thinking about MMIs. There are always three different answers: The extremes and the inbetween." More from this Member | Report Response

"SDN, looked up common interview questions and watched videos on YouTube." More from this Member | Report Response

"SDN Questions (USC Columbia has more feedback than this page right now)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Practice questions found online" More from this Member | Report Response

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What impressed you positively?

"The school as a whole- curriculum, staff- everything! It wasn’t high on my list before the interview, but it is a prime contender now!" More from this Member | Report Response

"How personable they were in general. The quickness of their email replies." More from this Member | Report Response

"The people at the school - everyone truly loves being there and wouldn't want to be anywhere else." More from this Member | Report Response

"Everything. Admissions committee was super sweet, the day flowed very smoothly, lunch was good! Facilities were new and clean and beautiful, everything was super organized and state-of-the-art." More from this Member | Report Response

"School extremely new and great technology, students we interacted with love the school" More from this Member | Report Response

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What impressed you negatively?

"It’s still a new school- which has some pros but means it doesn’t have a reputation yet." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing so far." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing, honestly. Everyone that was at Greenville was there because they were in love with it." More from this Member | Report Response

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"How conversational the interviews would be, and that there wouldn't be any super hard questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"More about the MMI process - had never done one before, they delayed giving us instructions until right before we did it." More from this Member | Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Be outgoing, be curious, and be hungry" More from this Member | Report Response

"I had a really positive impression of the school, for being newer they're doing extremely well. They take holistic review seriously and really listen to their students' feedback." More from this Member | Report Response

"Not many cookie cutter questions. Interviewers seemed much more interested in whatever you had put down in your application. Talked about my hobby and some of my life journey for 90% of the interview." More from this Member | Report Response

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