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At the school
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"Tell me about yourself." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Why do you want to be a doctor? internist?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Lots of follow-up/grilling about my response to the questions above." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Several ethics questions about mentally disabled patients and patients with poor prognosis." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Several ethics questions about mentally disabled patients and patients with poor prognosis." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"My first interview of the season (at a different school) didn't go so well because I overprepared - I mock interviewed, read a lot, thought about it a lot. As as result, I kinda psyched myself out and didn't do well in the interview. UCSF is my top choice and I didn't want to make that mistake again. For UCSF, I did minimal formal preparation and just chilled." Report Response
"students were very laid-back; very diverse population; it's a bustling little community in the heart of San Francisco" Report Response
"it was foggy and cold on my interview day; old facilities" Report Response
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"Unlike most of the interviewees who left feedback here, I can't really say my interview here was stress-free and relaxed. It was one of the more stressful interviews, if not the most stressful, that I've had this season. I was asked a good number of ethical questions and there were times when I felt like I was being grilled for my responses even to the simpler questions. I just tried not to get too caught up in the stress or beat myself up for loopholes in my arguments. After each question, I would tell myself, "That's ok, it was your honest, gut response. Forget it, smile, and move on." This was how I survived. I couldn't really judge my performance after the interview - on some days, I felt like I did well, on others, I cry from feeling like I blew it. It turns out your perceived interview performance can't really predict the outcome of your application. Result: accepted after a month." Report Response
12/15/2009
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