How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

10 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

9 out of 10

How long was the interview?

60+ 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)?

"How did you accomplish (leadership experience)?" Report Response

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

"Tell me about your family." Report Response

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

"What was your home town like?" Report Response

What was the most interesting question?

"Tell me about your hometown" Report Response

What was the most difficult question?

"How do you feel about assisted suicide?" Report Response

How did you prepare for the interview?

"I lived my life for the past twenty-some years, so I assumed I could talk about it." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The facilities are beautiful. The location is beautiful. I have never met so many happy people. I would be standing alone for no more than 30 seconds before a med student would come over and start talking to me about how much they loved their lives and how great Stanford is." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"How isolated Stanford is from the outside world. It really is a tiny bubble that you have to drive out of to see anyone that isn't a Stanford student. Basically, if you go to Stanford be prepared to put your dating life on hold. The landscape is beautiful, the ladies are not." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The majority of students are on a 5 year plan. Financial aid pretty much sucks. When they talk about the massive reduced debt compared to other schools, you need to work as a researcher or TA that forces you to do 5 years." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"FIrst interview was with a student who was an MD/PHD. He was very nice and casual, but the fact that he was MD/PHD was annoying since he didn't know much about the Scholarly Concentration program, so he couldn't answer my questions. Faculty interviewer was great. Only asked a few tough questions. Both interviewers were very interested in my leadership experience. Also they both probed very deep into my answers. A lot of interviews are so short that you can just gloss over details on things, but they really prodded deep asking ''how/why'' frequently." Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

10 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

7+ hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

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

$501+

Where did you stay?

At school facility

How would you rate the hotel?

8 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

SLAC

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

On what date did the interview take place?

01/12/2008

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?

7 out of 10

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

6 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

10 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

8 out of 10

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

6 out of 10