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  • Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Hershey, PA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 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)?

"strengths/weaknesses" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"how would your friends describe you" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"tell me about yourself" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"tell me about a stressful situation you've been in" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"how would your friends describe you?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"read sdn" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"i loved the program itself. the humanities requirement is because psu believes in developing you as a person as well as a good physician. the patient project is so that you don't lose sight that you're treating a person, not a disease. Dr. Davis's speech was absolutely inspiring in a no-punches-held sort of way. There was a power point slide listing all the international rotations in developing countries available to fourth year students. Very much a school with a social conscience. The simulation lab was -very- cool." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Very rural. On campus housing. Seems insular and isolated from a social perspective. What if you end up hating your classmates? The air smells like chocolate there. I have a feeling if I went to PSU, I'd graduate looking like a house." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That the parking lot would be hard to find, and that the admissions office would be even harder to find when walking from the parking lot." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Very positive. I think this is the only program that I've been very impressed with so far (out of 6 interviews). I love the focus of the program (very patient-focused instead of disease-focused). Everything about it was excellent, except the location and its insular nature. Put PSU in an urban area, and it'd easily be my top choice. " Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Other

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

12/08/2004

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