How did the interview impress you?

Neutral

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 out of 10

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

"What does your family think about your decision to go into medicine?" Report Response

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

"see "Interesting Question"" Report Response

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

"What topic that's been in the news lately really fires you up?" Report Response

What was the most interesting question?

"If you could eat dinner with any two people, who would they be and why?" Report Response

What was the most difficult question?

"(during the group interview): I had to act like Bill Clinton and convince another interviewee to accept me over George W. Bush (portrayed by another student) into medical school." Report Response

How did you prepare for the interview?

"school's website and brochure" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"the Emory campus is beautiful - they spend the Coke money on lots of neat toys and modern architecture; Erica, the admissions director, is wonderfully enthusiastic and helpful; ability to get an MD/MPH" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"the "traditionalism" of the school - they are very set in their ways and don't look to change any time soon. curriculum is traditional, as is the A-F grading; joint exams seem like they'd be very stressful; lack of ambulatory care education; students didn't strike me as terribly enthusiastic" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"how serious they are about Coke up there. don't even make jokes about Pepsi - they're incredibly serious about this." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Brief review of the format: there's one 3-on-3 group interview and one 1-on-1 interview. Both are "semi-open" file - they see your writings, but not your numbers. The interview day runs about 7:30 to 4, so eat breakfast and be ready for a fair amount of walking. Much of the panel interivew involved all 3 of us answering the same question, so although we weren't directly competing against each other in that sense, the committee could have compared us if they wanted to. " Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

On what date did the interview take place?

10/15/2003