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  • University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Los Angeles, CA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

7 out of 10

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

10 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 activities have you been involved in? (but she wanted to know things even going back to high school which I wasn't prepared for)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How would you fix the healthcare system?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Questions that were specific to my app, my personal statement, research, etc" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

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

What was the most difficult question?

"the one about activities just cuz i had to scan my brain to go back to stuff from high school and even a little earlier" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, read about ucla, read up on universal healthcare, ppos, hmos, healthcare reform, etc" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"the tour, the med school students, how nice admissions office staff were" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"the other students that were interviewing with me weren't really friendly but i was pretty much like whatever. the horrendous traffic was also very annoying (i drove from san diego)" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"how bad the traffic would be!" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"i was actually surprised at how laid back my iview was; i didn't feel like i was being interrogated or anything like that. the doctor was very relaxed and friendly." Report Response

Tour and Travel

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?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

< $100

Where did you stay?

Friends or family

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

12/01/2008

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

10 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?

9 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

10 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?

10 out of 10

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