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  • Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine
  • Veterinary School
  • Baton Rouge, LA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

How you think you did?

3 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

3 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

20 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

Three

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

"Describe an instance working with a racetrack veterinarian where you saw ethics compromised. What are your thoughts on this?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"If everything goes as planned and you accomplish your goals and are working as a farm animal veterinarian, yet the income is insufficient what is another way that you can use your abilities as a large animal veterinarian?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Already having been in veterinary school you know what it is like. What did you learn from your four months in school, what was your most difficult subject, and how do you plan to fix that." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"N/A" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Explaining my withdrawal from veterinary school due to a prior unsuccessful surgery." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Received advice from mentor veterinarians" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The guest reviewers understood my withdrawal from veterinary school and seemed to be sympathetic." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The only faculty interviewer in the room pulled out his phone and began checking it as I was answering a question. This seemed very unprofessional and spoke poorly for both the school and that faculty member. Also, this same faculty member was very insensitive to the fact that my prior withdrawal to veterinary school was not by choice and was forced due to necessary surgery and seemed to think that this was an unfair use of a seat in the class because it might happen again even though I had previously stated I have been cleared by my doctor to proceed with veterinary school." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"N/A" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"The closed folder interview system is an inefficient way of getting to know applicants. In another veterinary school interview, interviewers had a copy of each students VMCAS in front of them for reference; this allowed them to ask targeted questions and not waste time trying to understand things that were thoroughly documented in the VMCAS. I was extremely dissatisfied with the professionalism of the faculty member and felt attacked simply because he could not seem to understand my circumstances." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

No Response

How did the tourguide seem?

No Response

How do you rank the facilities?

3 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

$101-$200

What airport did you use?

No Response

Where did you stay?

Other

How would you rate the hotel?

5 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No Response

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

2/11/2014

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

1 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

5 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

8 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

5 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

6 out of 10

How eco-friendly are the school's application materials and interview process?

3 out of 10

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"The supplemental application setup is primitive and should really be updated so that progress can be saved under an applicant's name and accessed later. The fact that it has to all be done in a word processor is extremely inconvenient. At interview day there were no opportunities for tours of the facilities and so I still do not know what the conditions of the facilities are. I feel that this is something that is vital to the interview day experience and to making a decision on attendance to a school. I have not been to a single interview day that did not have tours except for LSU." Report Response

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