How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How long was the interview?

30 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?

Open file

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

"What do you like to do for fun?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Is there an area of medicine that interests you more than others?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you feel is the biggest problem facing medicine today?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What do you like to do for fun?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"How do you know that you would be happy in med school?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Read over my app, read about UCLA, new current news issues." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The staff at admissions were really friendly and students kept on dropping in to chat with them. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"I spent about 4hours doing nothing in between the tour and my interview. The student led tour sucked, I was not impressed by the facilities or their crappy study rooms. We got a meal card for less than the cheapest meal at the cafe where we ate, so I had to dish out my own money for lunch. The day was unorganized and the students weren't too enthousiastic. I sat in a lecture, nothing impressed me, it just felt like another day in undergrad. The students didn't approach us even though we were obviously interviewing (dark suits) and the professor was kind of boring. My interviewer was uninterested and showed no signs of emotion or interest in me. Taking notes while I spoke, she rarely made eye contact. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The time spent waiting for the interviewer. I should have brought my books to study for the 4 hrs that I spent staring at the wall in the cafeteria or sleeping along with the med students in lecure." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"It sucked. Very unorganized and students didn't seem very happy. I also didn't like my interviewer and I felt like she wasn't really interested in me as an applicant. I don't know what the big deal about UCLA is and it would have been nice to tour the hospital or at least meet the Dean of Admissions. " Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

On what date did the interview take place?

11/30/2003