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  • SUNY - University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Buffalo, NY
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

50 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)?

"what is your favorite and least favorite food (random)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"how many gas stations are there in the u.s. (the dreaded question) " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"standard stuff..." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"tell me a funny story from your childhood" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"tell me about a time when you or someone you were associated with did something unethical and what did you do" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"amcas app, sdn, ub website, talked through practice questions with a friend" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"the medical students that were around to talk with us during lunch and after, all seemed very friendly and positive about ub, the students seemed to have a good relationship with the faculty" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"the list of standardized questions that each interviewer was required to ask of the applicants, although my interviewer was very up-front about the fact that he was required to use the list" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"how nice my interviewers were going to be, i think i would have been less of a stress case the morning of" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"overall, the day was not as stressfull as i was expecting, whenever we had downtime there were always lots of people to chat with so the day flew by... my first interview was with a dr, and the second with a 2nd year med student... both were pretty relaxed and i left with a very positive feeling about the school... since then i've received notice that i'm wait listed, so i'm hoping to eventually receive acceptance" Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Faculty member

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/07/2003

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