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  • New York Medical College
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Valhalla, NY
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

"See above." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What extracurricular activities did you do during college? " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Any red flags in your application that you want to explain?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Name your two greatest strengths, and don't be modest." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Do you think you'd like research better if you had your own projects?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"read this website, read the school's website, talked to students the night before" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"the closeness of the campus community; that both faculty and students really wanted to be there; that they really want you to succeed and give you whatever resources you need; the diversity of the hospitals where you can do clinical work, from inner city to rural; the anatomy lab, of course!" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"the isolation of the campus, the cost" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That the interview is completely blind; my interviewer didn't even recieve my name ahead of time. Make sure you have thought of specific points you want to cover." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Everyone I spoke with, even those students not being paid by the admissions office, were really happy to be there. They liked the campus, their professors, and their classmates. Even those people for whom it was not their first choice had no regrets." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/07/2003

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