Negatively
4 out of 10
4 out of 10
4 out of 10
60+ minutes
At the school
1
One-on-one
Open file
"What's an issue in medicine that worries you right now?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Why don't you want to go to a non-US school? ('cause you ain't gettin' in here!)" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Why didn't you spend the last three years doing more clinical work?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Why do you want to be a doctor. No really, why do YOU want to be a doctor. Okay, so why do you want to do surgery. Why not endocrinology? Why not this? Why not that?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Why didn't you spend the last three years of your life padding your application?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"SDN, website, reviewed AMCAS/secondary" Report Response
"Students were friendly, wireless throughout building, note-taking service" Report Response
"Rude, inappropriate, discouraging interviewer. Bad, bad facilities. The main reason the students had for going there: "My parents live on Long Island." Campus is spread out, confusing, and UGLY." Report Response
"That the shuttle bus system is soooooo s...l...o...w... seriously, give yourself at least 45 minutes if you want to catch the LIRR." Report Response
"My interviewer was extremely discouraging and kept telling me that I should "go to a Caribbean school if you don't get in this year." Over and over. He repeatedly asked why I wanted to be a doctor, and why I liked my specialties of interest (which I explained were not set in stone).. and by the end the only thing I could say was, "I don't really know what to tell you, sir, I just find ___ to be extremely interesting and I just plain like it." He said my MCAT score was "okay" (34S) and my GPA was "ehh" (3.6) and then said that he doesn't think the adcom would put me through because I didn't have enough clinical experience (I admit it is a little lacking, but I do have over a year volunteering in a level I trauma center surgery ward). He repeatedly stated that I should look into non-US medical schools, "Stony Brook takes LOTS of residents from the Caribbean..." Then he got mad at me for saying I might not go to my last interview (end of March) and tried to sell that other med school to me. Overall, it was the worst interview I have ever had... and Stony Brook has dropped to the BOTTOM of my list." Report Response
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