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  • Temple University School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Philadelphia, PA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

How you think you did?

3 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

9 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

20 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?

Closed file

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

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

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

"So, do you like Temple?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why did I get into research, extra-curricular, etc." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Not very, the interviewer was super dry and kind of mean. I thought he hated and we didn't have any chemistry at all. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"nothing really" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, read my amcas, did a mock interview with a friend and tried to relax" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"the emphasis that the school places on graduating good clinical physicians, lots of facilities and very nice staff." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"the location bites, it's in the ghetto, so you can't live around there. Most negative aspect is that I thought me interviewer hated me. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"I wish I knew that the interviews weren't all relaxing and low stress level, b/c mine wasn't. But I got in, despite that fact that it 20 minutes long." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"It was more stressful than I was expecting, but I got in and it doesn't matter that my interviewer wasn't nice to me. It's a great school and the preparation/education it offers is amazing. I'm very happy." 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?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

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

$301-$400

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

10 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Conwell Inn (on main campus)

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/25/2007

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?

1 out of 10

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

8 out of 10

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