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  • University of Virginia School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Charlottesville, VA
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?

6 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

25 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)?

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

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

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

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

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

What was the most interesting question?

"Why did you pick your instrument? (I'm a musician)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"What if you didn't get into medical school? No, what if you couldn't do anything clinically, medically related? What would you do?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, from people who interviewed their previously." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Very warm admissions office, nice research facilities, enthusiastic students" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Charlottesville is really small and relatively homogenous. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Nothing. " Report Response

What are your general comments?

"My interviewers were very kind and interested in me. However, there was another interviewer who, according to the other students, mixed up some applications and asked all the wrong questions..." 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?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Other

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

< $100

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/01/2007

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?

5 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

9 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

10 out of 10

How eco-friendly are the school's application materials and interview process?

4 out of 10

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