How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.08 | 24 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 23 |
| Negatively | 1 |
| No change | 1 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.17 | 24 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.64 | 25 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.44 | 25 |
No responses
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 1 |
| 20 minutes | 3 |
| 25 minutes | 3 |
| 30 minutes | 14 |
| 35 minutes | 1 |
| 40 minutes | 0 |
| 45 minutes | 1 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 22 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 24 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 18 |
| Closed file | 6 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.08 | 24 |
"1st interviewer asked me 1. why Belmont? 2. any volunteer during college? 3. do you have any support while attending pharmacy school?"
"When was a time you saw someone was treated unfairly and what you did/thought about it? Who is someone who is influenced you in the pharmacy field and gave you support?"
"Why didn't I apply to my undergrad school which has a great pharmacy school?"
"tell me about yourself"
"Why Pharmacy and don't use service as a reason?"
"what sort of community service do you have"
"Why would I make a good addition to the class?"
"What are two of the most important abilities of a pharmacist?"
"Why did you choose pharmacy?"
"The interviewer only asked me one question: "Why is this world a better place because of you?" He told me that he didn't care to ask any other questions because he had already looked at my file. It caught me off guard and I stumbled a bit. Two months later, I found out that I got waitlisted."
"Why Belmont? Why pharmacy? "
"Would you work during the time you're enrolled in pharmacy school?"
"Why Belmont?"
"why pharmacy"
"The normal questions to break the ice like why pharmacy? etc. My interviewer was very nice and made me feel comfortable."
"Tell me about yourself."
"Why pharmacy?"
"Which of the Pillars are you interested in?"
"2nd interviewer asked me 1. why I went to many colleges/universities in my undergrad? 2. any leadership? 3. who support me in my life?"
"One interviewer had my application open and literally asked me about my difficulties during undergrad/family tragedies. When was a time you hoped something worked out for you and didn't? Is there anything you would change about it? What was a class you enjoyed in undergrad? A class that gave you trouble?"
"What qualities do I think make a great pharmacist?"
"why pharmacy"
"What are some of your hobbies?"
"Two most important quality of pharmacist"
"Why did you apply to Belmont"
"N/A"
"where are you from?"
"Do you plan to relocate after finishing pharmacy school? "
"Why did you decide to apply to Belmont?"
"do you plan on going back to your country afterwards"
"If you could create any area of pharmacy that you want to go into, what would it be?"
"Why pharmacy?"
"Why Belmont?"
"Tell me about a time as a pharmacy tech that you had a problem and how you solved it?"
"3rd interviewer asked me, 1. any support? 2. did I had any leadership role? 3. where I worked? 4. challenge during my undergrad?"
"What do you do outside of studying and working? What kind of field do you plan to go into? Do you plan on doing any type of organization at Belmont Univeristy?"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"what specialty am I interested"
"What qualities make a good pharmacist?"
"Why Belmont?"
"What pillar concentration are you most interested"
"N/A"
"How do you handle stress?"
"What are your hobbies outside of school and work? How do I relieve all the stress from school and work? "
"Tell me what you do outside of school and work."
"When have you demonstrate leadership abilities?"
"-"
"interests outside school, communioty service"
"What is the hardest class you've ever taken?"
"Which area of pharmacy are you interested in?"
"How do you handle yourself in conflict?"
"Tell me about any volunteer/missionary work you have done."
"who will support me while I am attending pharmacy school especially I have a 2 year old kid?"
"All questions were very conversational. There was zero situational/scenario questions with prompts. Questions that really help them to determine if you're a good fit for the school. They wanted to make sure you was being yourself and that you didn't come into the interview acting like a robot."
"None. It was the most boring interview of my life."
"see yourself in 5 and 10 years"
"Tell me about yourself"
"What is your opinion on the state of the healthcare system? (*note my previous career was within the medical insurance industry*)"
"What is the most important skill for a pharmacist to have?"
"Same as specific question 1."
"What do you think a pharmacist does?"
"How many nieces and nephews do you have? (She asked me this because I told her I like to babysit my nieces and nephews as a hobby.) How many siblings do you have? "
"It was hard to distinguish individual question because it was a very casual interview. I had given her a copy of my resume and she basically asked me about my experiences as she read through my resume."
"Why did you decide to pursue a career in pharmacy?"
"-"
"do you plan on going back to your country afterwards"
"If you could create any area of pharmacy that you want to go into, what would it be?"
"It was a good interview. Not a grill session."
"None."
"What is the question that you expected me to ask you but I did not ask you?"
"The interview was mostly just back and forth dialogue. I didn't have the feeling of being interogated like other schools make you feel. Very relaxed interview, they want to get to know the real you, not just your canned responses."
"why belmont?"
"Why I didn't apply to my undergrad school."
"difficult situation at work and how I handled it"
"Essay topic: Describe a situation where someone wasn't pulling their weight; what did you do?"
"Same as specific question 1."
"How do you handle stress?"
"If you are not doing well in a class, what would you do? Did you follow through with what you said and if so, explain in details (I told her I get into study groups and I spoke with my professor)...I had to think for a few seconds to try to remember the details. "
"There werent any. I was very comfortable and felt like I was having a conversation with a friend."
"Which pillar do you want to concentrate on? Why?"
"-"
"none"
"Strengths/Weaknesses"
"No tricky questions."
"None."
"Essay: What would you change about American Healthcare?"
"mock and SDN"
"mock interviews and SDN"
"Go over many example interview questions."
"Self image training"
"Multiple Mock Interviews"
"Went over the talking points for the basic questions: why pharmacy, why belmont, why you, and what were the important items I wanted them to remember about me."
"sdn feedback, practiced answering q's from a recording I made from sdn"
"Practiced mock interviews using questions from SDN."
"mock interview, review possible questions"
"I'm a re-applicant and already went through an interview in the last cycle with Belmont so I pretty much knew what to expect. "
"I used SDN to prepare for my first two interviews. After that I was very prepared and did not feel the need to refer back. I practiced in front of a mirror which helped."
"I had 2 prior interviews with other schools. I read the Belmont website for basic info and during the interview greeting, I used my phone to check my interviewer profile."
"Mock-interview"
"mock interview"
"Mock interview, SDN, common interview questions. "
"Two other interviews, writing down answers to anticipated questions, SDN"
"SDN"
"it was my third interview ..."
"This was my third interview, I was pretty well groomed for it by the time I had it."
"how nice they are."
"Faculty and staff made it very clear that Belmont and Nashville can provide so many opportunities and successes. They truly care about how their students succeed."
"the building is new and nice."
"great location. nice rotation especially mission. new facility and rich school. 100% NAPLEX passing rate for previous year graduate"
"The curriculum, faculty, and building."
"interviewer positive feedback"
"Facilities, the students, the non chair professors."
"curriculum, faculty, facilities, learning environment, Dr. Webster is awesome"
"The campus is really beautiful, probably one of the most beautiful that I have ever seen. The new pharmacy building is currently under construction and will be finished in fall 2010."
"The campus was beautiful. The faculty were very welcoming. We had a great lunch and connected with students around the nation. "
"The new building will be complete in Fall 2010. "
"The location and the campus. The campus is absolutely beautiful. It feels very homey and I loved their facilities. The COP will be getting an addition of a new building which will consists of research laboratories and classrooms. "
"The campus is beautiful and the history of the place is very interesting. The faculty and staff were extremely friendly and helpful."
"The entire interview process was very laid-back."
"the school, students, facilities and faculty"
"Campus is absolutely beautiful, staff/faculty are very enthusiastic and friendly, Nashville is an amazing place!"
"They were more organized, professional, and more welcoming than some of the "top" programs I interviewed at. They are a new program but have solid faculty members and I feel will offer a better education than some other long standing institutions. They also have an affiliation agreement with Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Also, they are building a beautiful new pharmacy building. Aaaaaaaand they seem to have very successful undergrad, business, and muti-health profession programs so I'm confident that they will progress to full accreditation."
"The campus is small but it's extremely clean and I absolutely loved the architecture. The campus is beautiful and it's not crowded so you shouldn't have any problems finding places to go study. Belmont is in the process of building a new pharmacy building (ready in 2010) so I'm expecting great things from this program. It's a new program but they should have no trouble getting fully accredited."
"All the faculty members including the Dean were so freindly; the university hosted the 2008 presidential Debate, and it has gym, nice basketball court, indoor mountain climbing.."
"The campus was impressive. Very friendly. Strong affiliation with local hospital(Vanderbelt) so should be a good clinical teaching school."
"the interviewer was very old and very dull. very boring as well. not very engaging with me."
"new school still."
"Young school."
"no information about financial aid or student living expenses"
"A lack of humility in the dean level and chair level staff."
"nothing comes to mind right now"
"It was upsetting to have prepared so much for the interview only to be stumped by one question, which was the only question that I was asked during the 20 minutes that I was interviewed. Because I was only asked one question, I didn't have the opportunity to tell the interviewer why I'm so passionate about pharmacy, why I wanted to go to Belmont, what my experiences have been so far in pharmacy, and what I wanted to do with my Pharm.D. Therefore, since I didn't have an outlet to answer any other questions, I felt like I didn't have a fair opportunity to show the interviewer who I really am as a person, and I strongly feel that that was what cost me the acceptance. I'm not saying all of this to be bitter, but I just want other candidates to be prepared in case they are interviewed by the same guy and is asked the same question. None of the other candidates were asked that same question (in fact, they all were asked several of the typical questions that you'd expect in a professional interview setting)."
"Nothing much. "
"They don't seem to have as much energy as the first time I was interviewed there back in late April. Maybe it was because school was still in session and they were busy. "
"The fact that its not accredited yet."
"The difficulty in contacting Ginger Hooper."
"Nothing"
"Yeah right."
"In comparison to most other campuses, I thought Belmont, as a whole, lacked ethnic diversity."
"Since not fully accredited you can't get enough Stafford loan money to pay for tuition. This problem will fix itself once the school is fully accredited."
"that the lunch portion was actually a good chunk of the interview. they don't tell you but i am pretty sure they grade you during the lunch."
"Traffic..but not a big deal"
"How nice it was."
"That there would be an essay to write"
"the essay topic"
"To bring an umbrella. Although it rarely snows in Nashville, it sure does rain quite a bit in the winter."
"That the interview itself was not stressful at all. "
"I didn't think it was going to be a relaxed interview because my last experience with them was stressful. "
"-"
"that it will be very calm and laid back"
"That Belmont is awesome and I should have only applied there."
"I wish I knew that the interview was going to be so easy."
"my detailed interview schedule for the day"
"just be yourself during the interview and dress professionally and be on time. Had the interview on Thursday may the 13th and I got my acceptance letter on Tuesday the 18th."
"Best interviewers i've had yet."
"the school is alright. i might have considered it more if my interviewer were more engaging and a better conversationalist."
"great school.. I heard acceptance 3 days after interview."
"Very nice school and I hope am I accepted."
"Wonderful facilities, great location (not from Tennessee), and great students! As the school grows its reputation it will be a great pharmD program. Be sure to stay on the admissions office as they definitely are not there to help you! I was accepted but the admissions office was a top reason why I decided to attend elsewhere. As I could not be sure if this was an admissions office issue that continued through the culture of the school or not."
"good time, not too stressful, make sure to remain 'poised' during the lunch portion with the faculty and students, as I believe it functions as a small portion of the evaluation process"
"Although the program is unaccredited, it still seems like it has a lot of potential to be great. Also, if you plan on staying at a hotel, make sure to stay at the Hutton. If you book your flight and hotel through Orbitz, you can actually get a pretty sweet deal."
"After the initial interview and tour we had a lunch with 4-5 other interviewees, 2 faculty members and 1 current pharmacy student. Some students didnt talk much and kept to themselves. Try to be casual and make good conversation. They have your names and I believe it serves as a part of the interview process."
"There were many interviewees and parental units at my interview date. I enjoyed it entirely and met some awesome potential classmates."
"This is a very low-stress interview. The essays are very easy. "
"Find a better hotel than I did. The Best Western Music Row (1 mile from Belmont) was sketch. lol"
"My interview was very easy. I wasn't asked anything out of the ordinary and I thought it was more conversational than anything. My interviewer was awesome and I had a blast at the interview! The essay prompt that I had was different from the one that the one who filled out the interview feedback had before me. It was nothing like the essay prompt for the PCAT so don't stress out!"
"there are two essay writtings each takes 20 minutes"
"I really liked the school and the program. The Dean of the Pharmacy program used to work at Vanderbelt so there is a strong tie in there. I'm intersted in clinical work, not just trying to collect a check at Walgreens. I think this school, although not fully accredited yet, will make a big splash."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 17 |
| Faculty member | 1 |
| Admissions staff | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 22 |
| Neutral | 2 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.83 | 23 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 4 |
| Out of state | 20 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 3 |
| 2-3 hours | 4 |
| 4-6 hours | 10 |
| 7+ hours | 6 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 12 |
| Automobile | 10 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Nashville International
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| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 4 |
| Hotel | 15 |
| Home | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 3 |
| $101-$200 | 3 |
| $201-$300 | 3 |
| $301-$400 | 3 |
| $401-$500 | 4 |
| $501+ | 3 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.04 | 25 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.84 | 25 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.88 | 25 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.52 | 25 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.16 | 25 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.25 | 24 |
"apply early"
"Pro - fantastic people and very willing to help once you get them. Con - To provide better timelines when the student reaches out to you for communication. No response to e-mail or phone follow ups for 3 days or more is unacceptable from an admissions office."
"The admissions office was pretty slow to respond. It took them several weeks before they responded to me, and I had emailed them and called them several times."
"It was very hard to reach the admission office to confirm the interview date."
"The only problem I had with Admissions was when I called to accept the interview, I had a hard time"
"None - they are amazing!"
"The one downside to their program that I have seen is that the admissions office is slow to respond,"
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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?