How did the interview impress you?

No change

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

How you think you did?

7 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

7 out of 10

How long was the interview?

30 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)?

"Why do you want to go into medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What fields of medicine are you currently considering?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"I was asked to explain a decrease in grades during a certain semester." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Why Philadelphia?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"What do you think about healthcare in the United States? What do you think is the biggest problem in US healthcare today?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, my AMCAS and secondary applications, read up on our healthcare system and some "hot topics" in ethics" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The school itself and the facilities are very modern and look brand new. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The nearest hospital is still a bus ride away. The school is in the middle of a neighborhood and next to a water treatment plant." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That the hospital was a bus ride away." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"The director of admissions was very nice, enthusiastic, and encouraging. Overall, she was the most memorable person (others were kind of dry and boring / neutral). After being scheduled for an interview at the hospital, I was told after the tour that my original interviewer would be unable to make it and that I would interview with someone else at the actual medical school. Although this change hardly affected me, I felt like it definitely affected my new interview because I figured it must have been last-minute for him. Thus, I didn't feel he was really in the mood to hold an interview and I felt like I had to defend myself the whole time. It was almost confrontational more than conversational (aka, the ideal interview experience). The tour guides were okay and the facilities were really nice but overall nothing too amazing. The student interview was over lunch and it was difficult to hold much of a conversation because the cafeteria was particularly loud at the time. " Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

8 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

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

$101-$200

What airport did you use?

PHL

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

8 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Holiday Inn

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

On what date did the interview take place?

10/06/2005

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

5 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

7 out of 10

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

8 out of 10