How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

9 out of 10

How you think you did?

6 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?

Closed file

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

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

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

"How do you think you will be able to handle an 80 hour work week and on-call night shifts at 40 years old?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What would you do if you didn't get into medical school this year?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"How do you think you would handle 80 hour work weeks and night on-call shifts when you are 40 years old?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"I evaluate my applicants based on the questions they ask me. So, what questions do you have for me? --This was 5 minutes into the interview!" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, read application and secondary, looked at school's website." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The students and faculty love it there, the location is great, the view of downtown form the library." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Disorganization. I was one of six people who was left waiting outside of the wrong room (but the room on our confirmation email)until 5 minutes AFTER the day was to start. Also, my open-file interviewer hadn't read my file and my closed file interview was a jerk." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The interviews were at the end of the day, so you already have so much information about Rush prior to asking your questions to your interviewers. I also wish I would have known that our day was the last interview day of the year (with rolling admissions, I leave little room for hope of an acceptance)." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"You have two interviews: one totally open-file and one totally closed-file. However, my open file interview was really closed because he was in surgery all morning and didn't have time to read my file, but I thought it was friendly enough. Then my closed file interview was awful, he questioned my ability to perform during residency given my age and left me 25 minutes to ask him questions. His answers were vague and not very helpful." 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?

MDW

Where did you stay?

Friends or family

How would you rate the hotel?

10 out of 10

On what date did the interview take place?

03/06/2006

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