How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How you think you did?

10 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

6 out of 10

How long was the interview?

60+ 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?

Closed file

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

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

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

"What about professionalism in medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What about diversity in medicine, do you think it's important?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"none" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"what do you think of professionalism in medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"normal stuff" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"It is a nice campus, even though it's in the middle of nowhere. USC has the most beautiful county hospital on the OUTSIDE, Art Deco and all, on the inside it's the most awful piece of poopoo you've ever seen. Not beautiful at all and old, like 60's old. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The tuition is so high it's ridiculous. You must have a car to go to USC. Not good. Also the students kept on saying how non-competitive it is. I hear that at every school. Can you please tell me something original? What medical school is competitive?" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"that you need a car to go there." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"My first interview was absolutely fantastic. I forgot we were interviewing. It's a closed-file interview so they basically go through your entire background, up to present day. Then we talked about why USC, and then talked about general things about medicine and USC. He really sold me on USC and discussed how they get gobs of money and are building new hospitals and other building and within a matter of years will become a top school. The student interview was fine, I didn't think she was all that into the interview though. Other than that, the tuition is exorbitant. No other school that I know of requires that you budget 63K a year to go to school. That is absolutely outrageous and no medical school, in my opinion, can be a top one if the students have to be over 200K in debt. Simply not acceptable. Take some of that building money and apply it to tuition adjustments or more scholarships/loans." Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

7 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your primary mode of travel?

Train or subway

On what date did the interview take place?

11/01/2005

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

6 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?

7 out of 10