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  • Howard University College of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Washington, DC
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

9 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1

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)?

"What is freshman orientation?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"What can I tell the adcom?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What in the world is Freshman Orientation? (I took that class my freshman year)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"What should I tell the Committee about you" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Prayed because only God Almighty allowed me to be interviewed at this GREAT school. Read over AMCAS, Secondaries, etc" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The love that I recieved from EVERYONE..Ms Walk, the first year student president, my interviewer" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Nada" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That I would have fallen in love with this school and that other schools are fool of CRAP when they report 100% USMLE pass rates. It turns out that some schools do not allow certain students to take the boards unless they do well on a ''pre-test'' that the school gives out. If they do not do well, the student is not allowed to take the test. I found that very interesting. " Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I loved it. The library is to die for. " Report Response

Tour and Travel

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?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Train or subway

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

$301-$400

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

9 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Bloomingdale Inn

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/13/2007

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

9 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

8 out of 10

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

9 out of 10

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