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  • Stanford University School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Stanford, CA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

No change

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"How did you decide to return to school?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"I was asked a lot of questions about my family, husband etc." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why Stanford?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"How hard did you study for the MCAT? (The interviewer asked because I did all of my prerequisites at a community college, did fairly well on the MCAT, and he was wondering if I actually learned the material there or if I studied 100/wk-it was the former)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"No difficult questions." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Reveiwed primary & secondary apps., scoured the website" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"All the personal touches-Because the class size is small (86) everyone in the admissions office knows all of the students by name, I had a 30 min. one-on-one interview with financial aid, was given an individual exit interview at the end of the day..." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"I wish I had known more about the amazing financial aid-I would have brought some hard numbers so I could get a better approximation of where I stood $wise." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I had one student interviewer and one faculty member. I also had one of my interviews at the VA, which is easily the nicest hospital I have ever seen." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/22/2003

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