How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How long was the interview?

20 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)?

"Tell me about yourself." Report Response

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

"Tell me about your experience with ____. (be prepared to talk about activities)" Report Response

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

"why NYCOM?" Report Response

What was the most interesting question?

"What will be the most difficult part of medical school for you/ challenges you might face?" Report Response

What was the most difficult question?

"Why do you think, in your gut, you will make a good physician? (she asked this question of me about 3 times during the interview, so I had to keep coming up with more profound reasons)" Report Response

How did you prepare for the interview?

"read over application, thought of answers to possible questions, looked at NYCOM website and catalog" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"interviewers and students were very nice, well spoken and genuinely proud of school, the school's focus on improvement " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"the anatomy lab - bad ventilation as compared to other ones I've been in and several cadavers that were not being worked on were uncovered, large class size yet with a small campus, poor social life on campus, average passing grade on boards, it's been said but - small library" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"the directions to the campus are a little ambiguous - leave extra time to get lost and/or hit traffic" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Overall, I didn't get a positive view of the school, but I noticed that a lot of the people I interviewed with did like it. Because you have to wait in a room for 3 hours while you wait for everyone to be interviewed, the day drags on - try to get to know the other people there while you wait. The interviewers only look at your application for like 30 seconds before you walk in. The school seemed to me to be impersonal - everyone does their own thing. " Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

On what date did the interview take place?

12/10/2003