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  • Ohio State University College of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Columbus, OH
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

7 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1

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)?

"Pick an ethical situation and describe it. (no guidelines were given which made it a little awkward.)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Describe your greatest strengths and weaknesses." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What unique qualities would you bring to OSU?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What unique qualitites would you bring to OSU? (most of the questions were pretty standard)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Pick an ethical situation and describe it. (it was just asked awkardly to me...)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Read SDN interview feedback, reviewed AMCAS and secondary applications, reviewed bioethics website, looked over school website" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The new facilities and developments for the medical school are pretty cool." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The waiting for the interview. The interview was at the end of the day, and I had to wait 1 1/2 hours for it in the conference room." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"I wish I had known how laid back the whole visit would be. The staff and students were very friendly, and the interview was a lot less stressful than I thought it would be." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"The interview was guided by a list of questions that the interviewer had from the school. These questions matched many of the experiences I had read about on this website (ethical situation, strengths/weaknesses, unique qualities you bring to OSU, etc.)" Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

9 out of 10

What was your total time spent traveling?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

< $100

Where did you stay?

Friends or family

How would you rate the hotel?

10 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/26/2005

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

8 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

6 out of 10

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

6 out of 10

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