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  • Harvard Medical School
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Boston, MA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

45 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)?

"why medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"which subject did you enjoy in college the most?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Where do you want to practice medicine (here or abroad)?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What would be the hardest thing to give up if you decided to come to Boston for school?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"None...everything was from my application" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, read my application, looked over school's website" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"the stress-free environment, the friendly students. It really seemed like a wonderful place to be a student. All of the students I talked to were happy with their experience." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"the cold weather (i'm from california) and the people in Boston are not very polite...but whatever, anything can be ignored or overlooked for a school like Harvard" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"It was really stress-free and to my surprise, no down-time between interviews and no ethical questions (I believe other students got some ethical/HMO questions, but my interviewer seemed more interested in finding out a lot about me as a person. If you can get a saturday interview anywhere, I highly recommend it. It seems to go by a lot quicker than weekday interview sessions." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/31/2004

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