Positively
5 out of 10
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45 minutes
At the school
2
One-on-one
Closed file
"Tell me about yourself." Report Response
"Why do you want to be a doctor? internist?" Report Response
"Lots of follow-up/grilling about my response to the questions above." Report Response
"Several ethics questions about mentally disabled patients and patients with poor prognosis." Report Response
"Several ethics questions about mentally disabled patients and patients with poor prognosis." Report Response
"My first interview of the season (at a different school) didn't go so well because I overprepared - I mock interviewed, read a lot, thought about it a lot. As as result, I kinda psyched myself out and didn't do well in the interview. UCSF is my top choice and I didn't want to make that mistake again. For UCSF, I did minimal formal preparation and just chilled." Report Response
"students were very laid-back; very diverse population; it's a bustling little community in the heart of San Francisco" Report Response
"it was foggy and cold on my interview day; old facilities" Report Response
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"Unlike most of the interviewees who left feedback here, I can't really say my interview here was stress-free and relaxed. It was one of the more stressful interviews, if not the most stressful, that I've had this season. I was asked a good number of ethical questions and there were times when I felt like I was being grilled for my responses even to the simpler questions. I just tried not to get too caught up in the stress or beat myself up for loopholes in my arguments. After each question, I would tell myself, "That's ok, it was your honest, gut response. Forget it, smile, and move on." This was how I survived. I couldn't really judge my performance after the interview - on some days, I felt like I did well, on others, I cry from feeling like I blew it. It turns out your perceived interview performance can't really predict the outcome of your application. Result: accepted after a month." Report Response
12/15/2009
10 out of 10
10 out of 10
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5 out of 10
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