How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How long was the interview?

40 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 are 2 of your qualities that will make you a good physician? [the essay]" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"so tell me about your year abroad" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"if you could interview 1 person, dead or alive, who would it be? why?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What do you want me to tell the admissions committee about you? Why didn't you apply last year? [tie]" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"When was there a time when you bent the rules for someone and had a positive outcome?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, read my application, read school's site" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"everything. i was shocked by how much i LOVED this school. the facilities were amazing, the school's philosophy, the students we met [though few] were awesome and really enthusiastic, the faculty, the program -- esp their whole thing about how if you want to go into a particularly difficult specialty they start you towards that on day 1" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"hm. the tour was SO long - which was great because i saw more of buffalo than any other school i've visited, but was really really bad on my feet. wished i was in sneakers, not heels." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"that the hotel i was staying at had an indoor pool and gym.... [hampton inn - nice and close :)]" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"overall the day was great! im more or less expecting to get waitlisted as im an out of stater, but a girl can hope! and the pop essay was fine and neither of my interviewers brought it up. as a side note, though, each interviewer has a packet of questions - each page is titled "leadership skills" or "personality" and then has a list of questions, so expect some of the typical "who would you interview?" and "tell me a funny childhood story" questions as mentioned on other posts" Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

On what date did the interview take place?

12/01/2004