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  • Drake University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
  • Pharmacy School
  • Des Moines, IA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

7 out of 10

How you think you did?

3 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

4 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

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

"Why do you want to do pharmacy?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Name a time when you were in a leadership position, faced with an obstacle, and what you did to solve it." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"What was your hardest class, why, and what did you do to get through it?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Printed out general questions from all schools on SDN and wrote out the answer on the plane ride. I was really nervous and this was my first interview." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Everyone was really nice and tried to make me feel comfortable, but I was still really tense the whole time. The interviewer did explain everything and even gave me time to think about the answer before I had to say anything." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The area seems very dead and boring. The townies seemed unhelpful and a little weird. The school did not really interest me and didn't get me very excited about anything, so I didn't feel so bad when I didn't do very well on the interview. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That I could've done a phone interview instead! Also, I wish I scheduled more time in between my flights so that I could have taken a tour of the school." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"The set up of this interview was probably one of the easiest I'll ever have, but I screwed it up!" Report Response

Tour and Travel

How do you rank the facilities?

4 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?

Airplane

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

$401-$500

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

03/19/2008

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

5 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?

1 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

7 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

9 out of 10

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