How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How long was the interview?

35 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?

Closed file

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

"What kind of work do your parents do?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What kind of things do you do for fun?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What are your plans if you don't get into medical school this application cycle?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"How would you try and solve the nursing shortage (relates to my research)?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"none... really, easiest interviews I've had so far" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"interview feedback, school website, talked with current students there" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"curriculum, including the patient contact during years 1 and 2 as well as the simulated patients; Moffitt, the cancer hospital/research center, is a beatiful facility and very state-of-the art in terms of treatments and integrating technology into day-to-day practice (they have PCs in every exam room and are moving to electronic charts); students were really friendly, and not in a showy way (ie, one just randomly came up to me and started a friendly chat); overall atmosphere seemed very "family-like" and the administrators come across as rather parental over the students (in a good way)" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"the campus is ugly (drab colors, boring architecture... you can tell the school was built in the 1960s); they compared themselves to UF and UM a bit too much - we know it's a good school or we wouldn't be interviewing there" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Lunch sandwiches come with mayo on them. This is becoming a common theme for me, so maybe someone in an admissions office will catch on and request that the caterers bring condiments on the side. A boy can only dream..." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"There are two CLOSED FILE interviews... I mean, they don't know a thing except your name. I had one with a clinical faculty professor and my other with a 4th year student. Both were extremely laid back and they just seemed to want to get to know me. I got asked a fair number of questions having little to do with medicine and more to just find out how I converse. " Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

On what date did the interview take place?

09/22/2003