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  • Xavier University of Louisiana College of Pharmacy
  • Pharmacy School
  • New Orleans, LA
Individual Feedback 1 10 Responses
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 9
Negatively 0
No change 1

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
4.30 10

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.56 9

0 = low, 10 = high

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

Response Avg # Responders
8.00 9

0 = low, 10 = high

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

No responses

Questions

How long was the interview?

Response # Responders
5 minutes 0
10 minutes 0
15 minutes 0
20 minutes 3
25 minutes 0
30 minutes 7
35 minutes 0
40 minutes 0
45 minutes 0
50 minutes 0
55 minutes 0
60+ minutes 0

Where did the interview take place?

Response # Responders
At the school 10
At a regional location 0
At another location 0

What was the style of the interview?

Response # Responders
One-on-one 9
In a group 1

What type of interview was it?

Response # Responders
Open file 10
Closed file 0

How many people interviewed you?

Response Average # Responders
1.11 9

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

"Tell us about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something abt. yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to come to Xavier?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What made you want to become a Pharmacist." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What, outside of the retail world, would you be interested in with your career in Pharmacy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you plan to live if admitted?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself after you graduate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What would you do if a professor reschedules a major exam to an earlier date...on a short notice?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose pharmacy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why do you want to attend Xavier?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Pharmacy School?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did u choose pharmacy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why pharmacy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Will you be working while in the program." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What made you dicide to attend Xavier for undergrad?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Xavier? Which school is your first choice?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you interested in research since you did some interesting undergraduate research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What would you do if a pharm tech(s) left most of their responsibilities for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your greatest strength?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how will you support yourself financially while in school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why should we choose you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me what do u like to do for fun" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What area of pharmacy are you interested in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What made you choose Xavier." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If your class was given an open book test and specifically told it was independant work and you knew students were getting together to complete it, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a pharmacist? Why not another health major?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have questions you want to ask? I was asked this many times throughout the interview" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"List three qualities you think will help you survive the pharmacy program." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last thing you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your self? - To answer this question begin with your academic accomplishments. Then if you have any bad grades explain. - After that go to your motivation for pursing pharmacy. - Talk about your hardships in a postive light not to gain sympathy " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you take down one president's face from Mt. Rushmore, who would you put up there to replace him?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What area of pharmacy interested me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Will I be working while in the Pharmacy Program" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked multiple times what I would do in the instance that I knew or saw another student cheating." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"where do you plan to live if admitted?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"What would you do if a team member of yours fails to complete his/her own part of a group project...especially when there is very little to no time to turn in the project?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked to rate myself on a scale of 1-10 on my written and verbal communication skills." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many hours a week did you study in undergrad??" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Xavier University? - You may want to talk about its nationally recognized accomplishments. - Talk about its cirrculm Another Question: Do you know the licsence procedure? - Dude, this is a good question. Do you homework for the state of LA for the answer." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Generally, tell me about yourself question." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"General tell me about yourself questions. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what would yo do if you were failing a couple of classes while in pharmacy school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of pharmacist you want to be, followed by where do you see yourself after you graduate. (I found myself stupidly repeating what I had already said)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Constant review of likely questions. Kudos to SDN as well." More from this Member | Report Response

"I looked at typical interview questions. This site was also a big help." More from this Member | Report Response

"this site and practice in front of a mirror." More from this Member | Report Response

"Well, I went through all interview feedbacks and created a list of questions and answers. I memorized them to a certain extent. I guess just enough to make me feel comfortable in the interview. If you are a girl, wear a blk or Navy Blue skirt suite for the interview with a faux Pearl necklace and Pearl earrings." More from this Member | Report Response

"This website" More from this Member | Report Response

"Read different things about the school and talked to students about the interview." More from this Member | Report Response

"Talked with pharmacy students" More from this Member | Report Response

"I go to the university for undergrad, so I knew about the pharm school. I just spoke with pharm students and made sure I knew current issues in pharmacy." More from this Member | Report Response

"practiced in front of mirror typical interview questions since there was not much interview feedback from this school- hope this will be useful to those applying to xavier" More from this Member | Report Response

"Read most pages from the school website; practice interview questions. Made sure I knew what I wanted to say about research/pharmacy carreer" More from this Member | Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"umm...everything...? ...nearly at least." More from this Member | Report Response

"My interviewer was extremely nice and made me feel comfortable right away." More from this Member | Report Response

"the staff and admission team were nice and my interview started early since I arrive early." More from this Member | Report Response

"Everybody was extremely friendly and nice. They made me feel real confident before my interview." More from this Member | Report Response

"nice facility" More from this Member | Report Response

"The interviewer talked about the different areas of pharmacy and the things that you can do with a pharmD. degree." More from this Member | Report Response

"My interview was on time and my interviewer gave me some good advice." More from this Member | Report Response

"The ratio and kindess of students and teachers." More from this Member | Report Response

"everyone was nice and the campus was nice" More from this Member | Report Response

"Cleanliness of the school premises. Friendly staff. Interviewer talked about job/volunteering and research opportunities available if I were admitted." More from this Member | Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"My flight/transportation costs :(" More from this Member | Report Response

"As I was doing the written portion of the interview, I could hear a lady in her cubicle right next to me talking on the phone. It was VERY distracting." More from this Member | Report Response

"I guess the 30 min writing sample but it wasn't that bad" More from this Member | Report Response

"nothing." More from this Member | Report Response

"The essay part that you have to write after the interview" More from this Member | Report Response

"The surprise (not so much a surprise for me though) essay that we had to write after the interview" More from this Member | Report Response

"They are always running behind" More from this Member | Report Response

"the surrounding area of the school looked a little ghetto, but then again, they are still recovering from hurricane katrina" More from this Member | Report Response

"Labs look old. " More from this Member | Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"..." More from this Member | Report Response

"I wish I would have known how informal it would be. I was stressed out all week over nothing." More from this Member | Report Response

"nothing" More from this Member | Report Response

"The interview is composed of a 30min verbal interview and a 30 written portion. Look if you have weak written skills. Practive writing essays every day before you arrive for the interview. Books that helped me were the princeton guide to the GRE. This book is a great resource for analytical writing. " More from this Member | Report Response

"Not really" More from this Member | Report Response

"They rather girls wear skirts than slacks." More from this Member | Report Response

"The cost of living has gone up since hurricane katrina, and it might be difficult to find a place to rent." More from this Member | Report Response

"Body language is important." More from this Member | Report Response

What are your general comments?

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"This was a very easy interview. The interviewer didn't even write anything down. Either it was pass or fail, or I was given a courtesy interview, but they don't seem like they would waste time with courtesy interviews." More from this Member | Report Response

"I think I did good on my interview orally and the written part, it was hard for me to read my interviewer. I don't know what impression I left on him." More from this Member | Report Response

"It was like more of a conversation, the interviewer were nice but a little intimidating. I guess I was a nervous wreck that's why he seemed intimidating." More from this Member | Report Response

"The interview was good. The person who interviewed me was polite and looked throughout my file and asked me questions about my transcript and the individuals who recommended me." More from this Member | Report Response

"It was like a conversation. The interviewer just wants to make sure that the new P1 takes the program serious because many students don't once they are in." More from this Member | Report Response

"It was very positive, very laid back. It was more of a conversation between the me and my interviewer. I really liked how they gave me a chance to ask any questions I had." More from this Member | Report Response

"I arrived at the front office where i waited about 20 minutes for my interviewer to come get me. Then he introduced himself and we walked to his office where the interview was held. It was very laid back, more like a conversation. It was an open file interview so he asked me a couple of things from my transcripts. Nothing too stressful. After the interview he let me know that we should expect to hear from the admissions committee about the first or second week of april. You recieve a score for the interview portion and a score for the essay portion. Then you are ranked among all the candidates. Xavier does give preference to their own students so I asked how many seats were still available, but he didn't know. However, he said that just being there was a good sign. Apparently, they only interview people they really want. Also, the essay is after the interview and everyone gets a diff. topic. They are pretty random, not really dealing w/ pharmacy." More from this Member | Report Response

"Arrived 20 minutes early. was asked to wait in the lobby. No other students were there for interview. Had time to talk to a pre pharm student for a while. Interviewer walked in and interview was conducted in a cubicle (conference room) in the pharmacy admissions office. Interviewer was friendly and polite and mostly tried to make sure I realise how a career in pharmacy is good and how Xavier is a good place to study. " More from this Member | Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Response # Responders
Student 0
Faculty member 4
Admissions staff 1
Other 1

How did the tourguide seem?

Response # Responders
Enthusiastic 3
Neutral 2
Discouraging 0

How do you rank the facilities?

Response Avg # Responders
7.86 7

0 = low, 10 = high

What is your in-state status?

Response # Responders
In state 5
Out of state 3

What was your total time spent traveling?

Response # Responders
0-1 hour 4
2-3 hours 2
4-6 hours 2
7+ hours 0

What was your primary mode of travel?

Response # Responders
Airplane 1
Automobile 7
Train or subway 1
Other 0

What airport did you use?

O'Hare (Chicago) - MYS (New Orleans); To & Fro.

Where did you stay?

Response # Responders
At school facility 0
With students at the school 0
Friends or family 1
Hotel 3
Home 0
Other 0

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

Response # Responders
< $100 3
$101-$200 0
$201-$300 1
$301-$400 1
$401-$500 0
$501+ 0

Comments on where you stayed

No responses

General Info

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

Response Avg # Responders
8.63 8

0 = low, 10 = high

What is your ranking of this school's location?

Response Avg # Responders
7.11 9

0 = low, 10 = high

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

Response Avg # Responders
9.11 9

0 = low, 10 = high

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

Response Avg # Responders
9.00 3

0 = low, 10 = high

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

Response Avg # Responders
8.67 3

0 = low, 10 = high

How eco-friendly are the school's application materials and interview process?

Response Avg # Responders
10.00 3

0 = low, 10 = high

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses

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