Negatively
2 out of 10
30 minutes
At the school
2
One-on-one
Open file
"Why Columbia?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"How did you end up at [my undergraduate school]?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"What will you do if you don't get accepted to medical school?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"None, really. All of the questions were about my application, my background, my family, etc." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"None. " Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Read over my AMCAS application, a book on healthcare issues, this website." Report Response
"One of my interviewers was incredible, and her enthusiasm for the school was contagious. (Although not enough to win me over after I got home and thought about my overall experience.) The students seem very happy with PBL." Report Response
"The cost of attending Columbia is outrageous for a state school. In recent years, they have raised tutition as much as 10% per year, and the tuition is not fixed for entering students. Also, they don't seem to give a lot of scholarship money. The town of Columbia seemed really isolated." Report Response
"There was no financial aid presentation for us. Luckily, one of the other applicants told me that I could just go to the office of the financial aid director and talk to him. He was very helpful, and it was great to have a one-on-one financial aid discussion, but if she hadn't told me about it, I wouldn't have known." Report Response
"I was disappointed that we didn't get to meet very many students during the interview day. I think that a big part of the reason that I have a negative opinion of the school is that the few students I met had very different personalities, interests, and goals than I do, so I just felt like the school was a bad fit for me. One of my interviewers was downright hostile, while the other physician was an absolutely wonderful person to whom I could have sat and talked all day." Report Response
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