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  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • New York, NY
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 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?

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)?

"tell me about X activity" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"how did you choose your undergraduate major?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"why do you want to be a doctor?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What do you think makes you special?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Tell me about your research" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, interview rehearsal book, school's website, went over my application" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The students were very enthusiastic and kept telling us we should attend the school (even though they had just taken an exam and should have been pretty tired)" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"the student housing was nice for New York, but not as great as a lot of graduate housing I've seen at other institutions" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"we had to rush through our lunch and then we went outside in the really cold weather (I wish I had put my jacket on before)" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Everyone was really warm from the start and made us all feel comfortable. The interview group size was about 10, which was a nice number to get to know the other interviewees and still have a lot of people to talk to." Report Response

Tour and Travel

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?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

What airport did you use?

LGA

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

6 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Hotel Wales

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

12/12/2005

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

7 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

10 out of 10

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

10 out of 10

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