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  • Yeshiva University Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology
  • Psychology School
  • Bronx, NY
Individual Feedback 1 7 Responses
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 3
Negatively 3
No change 1

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.60 5

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
6.71 7

0 = low, 10 = high

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

Response Avg # Responders
7.43 7

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 0
25 minutes 0
30 minutes 2
35 minutes 1
40 minutes 0
45 minutes 0
50 minutes 0
55 minutes 0
60+ minutes 4

Where did the interview take place?

Response # Responders
At the school 7
At a regional location 0
At another location 0

What was the style of the interview?

Response # Responders
One-on-one 5
In a group 2

What type of interview was it?

Response # Responders
Open file 3
Closed file 1

How many people interviewed you?

Response Average # Responders
2.71 7

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

"Why do you want to study this - How did you become interested in it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your internship experience at _______/ What types of things did you do there?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all my questions were ''do you have any questions for me?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"All of the questions were typical grad school questions (what's your experience? why do you like our program? etc)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Those were the only questions they asked me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none. (this was for the clinical health PHD, btw)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Are you applying to other programs?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were really difficult!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"do you have any questions for me? over and over -- i thought i had bombed, because i was asked no questions about my application, and it really wierded me out. i did get in, though. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Looked up info and articles on the faculty I was interviewing with. Reviewed my application, reviewed the schools program (via the website), wrote up a list of questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"Reading about POI's research extensively." More from this Member | Report Response

"Read papers by POI and make sure I was well versed in the most recent literature regarding what I wanted to study" More from this Member | Report Response

"Read over professor's research, the program, clinical experiences at the program. " More from this Member | Report Response

"read articles, bios, abstracts of my POI's, read all about program and read bios and interesting abstracts of other faculty, and of course practiced questions (for them, for me) and thought about my own application." More from this Member | Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Academically the school seems top notch." More from this Member | Report Response

"POI was very interesting and interested. The interview was more of a discussion of interests. The students seem really happy and well-bonded as a group." More from this Member | Report Response

"The faculty and students were SO NICE. They are seemed very happy. " More from this Member | Report Response

"Both students and professors were really friendly, approachable. There were 2 interviews: one was one-on-one and one was in a group. The group one was more of an introduce yourself and then question and answers about the program." More from this Member | Report Response

"smart DT and students, partnership w/ AECOM, MPH training if wish, 3 years of externships. " More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing" More from this Member | Report Response

"Kind admissions director." More from this Member | Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The day was poorly organized and chaotic. The location is bad, but close enough to Manhattan. The facilities are okay - the clinic is pretty small and in the basement (along with most classes)." More from this Member | Report Response

"General lack of funding for students. Building itself isn't too flashy, but location is a quick commute to Manhattan." More from this Member | Report Response

"Location IS in the bronx. Building inside isn't that nice. " More from this Member | Report Response

"The whole thing seemed pretty unorganized." More from this Member | Report Response

"no tour, no meeting with other faculty, nothing. this is a great program, and it advertises itself horribly, and is talked about on the NYC interview in a somewhat negative way as a result. the students themselves seemed very smart and driven and happy (despite the lack of funding), but i made a real effort to search out people to talk to. needs a serious pr makeover." More from this Member | Report Response

"Rude interviewer; campus is none-existent; were left to search for students to talk with; didn't get to meet any other faculty than the 1 or 2 ppl that interviewed you; admissions staff not interested in providing a tour; they had no interest in allowing us to ask any questions about the program" More from this Member | Report Response

"No tour, applicants were left to fend for themselves among the coming and going student body in order to try to glean any information about the program." More from this Member | Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Not to stress out so much!! The professor I interviewed with was so friendly and I never felt as if I were being grilled." More from this Member | Report Response

"no chance to meet other faculty, no tour. i was surprised at these omissions (it was my first interview) and would have been more proactive about exploring the facilities and campus. also, express bus is $ and made me carsick, and subject to the vagaries of NYC traffic -- take the train!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Actual interview was only a few minutes; for those of us flying in from out of state and out of country this is an expensive trip;" More from this Member | Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I had 1 interview with just me, a faculty member and 2 current students. Then there was a group interview with about 7 or 8 applicants, 2 faculty members and 1 current student. The group interview was more of a Q & A - everyone said where they went to school and what their research interests are. The faculty told us about the program and gave us time to ask questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"Overall, impressed me positively - I didn't anticipate liking it as much as I did" More from this Member | Report Response

"This is for the Clinical PsyD program." More from this Member | Report Response

"the student was great, but the faculty interview left me feeling shaky and like i failed (even though i ended up getting in). is ultimately an excellent program, best health psych training save maybe rutgers, in the NYC area and an amazing access to AECOM and public health training, but has AWFUL marketing -- a program for the bold, enterprising, and self starters. " More from this Member | Report Response

"Learning experience; glad I went through it, but not interested anymore in this school. Treated the candidates poorly during the interview process." More from this Member | Report Response

"Autonomy is key @ the Yeshiva interview." More from this Member | Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

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

How did the tourguide seem?

Response # Responders
Enthusiastic 4
Neutral 0
Discouraging 0

How do you rank the facilities?

Response Avg # Responders
5.00 6

0 = low, 10 = high

What is your in-state status?

Response # Responders
In state 4
Out of state 3

What was your total time spent traveling?

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

What was your primary mode of travel?

Response # Responders
Airplane 2
Automobile 1
Train or subway 3
Other 1

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

Response # Responders
< $100 1
$101-$200 0
$201-$300 2
$301-$400 0
$401-$500 0
$501+ 1

What airport did you use?

HPN

LGA

Where did you stay?

Response # Responders
At school facility 0
With students at the school 0
Friends or family 1
Hotel 2
Home 0
Other 0

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Howard Johnson

Would you recommend the hotel?

Howard Johnson

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
7.29 7

0 = low, 10 = high

What is your ranking of this school's location?

Response Avg # Responders
3.43 7

0 = low, 10 = high

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

Response Avg # Responders
7.00 7

0 = low, 10 = high

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

Response Avg # Responders
4.25 4

0 = low, 10 = high

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

Response Avg # Responders
6.75 4

0 = low, 10 = high

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

Response Avg # Responders
8.67 3

0 = low, 10 = high

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Admissions Office definitely needs to find a way to respond to applicants more efficiently." More from this Member | Report Response

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