How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.90 | 30 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 27 |
| Negatively | 2 |
| No change | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 4.97 | 31 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.30 | 27 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.44 | 27 |
No responses
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 6 |
| 20 minutes | 10 |
| 25 minutes | 7 |
| 30 minutes | 4 |
| 35 minutes | 1 |
| 40 minutes | 2 |
| 45 minutes | 1 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 30 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 18 |
| In a group | 12 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 24 |
| Closed file | 4 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.90 | 30 |
"What are some of your weaknesses?"
"How do you deal with emotional situations?"
"What did you get out of your research experiences"
"What interested you in the career of pharmacy?"
"How many nurses, technicians, and pharmacists work at your hospital?"
"standard"
"Why OU?"
"What are you going to do if you do not get in?"
"What are some negative aspects about the field of pharmacy and are there any solutions for these problems?"
"If I am having trouble in a class or with the pharmacy curriculum in general, what am I going to do?"
"Would you be able to adjust to Oklahoma? (I'm out of state.)"
"Why do you want to be a pharmacist?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"What was your involvement in your research project?"
"Tell me about yourself. Why did you decide on pharmacy? What has been your favorite class and least favorite class and why? Tell me about your best friend."
"Why pharmacy school? and why OU?"
"Why OK?"
"If I were to work in a group what role would I play?"
"Why pharmacy?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years as a pharmacist?"
"If you were struggling in a class, what would you do?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Elaborate on this particular weakness from the pre-interview worksheet that students must fill out."
"Why do you want to be a pharmacist? They asked a couple of different questions about how I felt about working in a group, and how I handle conflict within a group."
"Why OU? Why pharmacy? What do you think a pharmacist does? Tell us about your pharmacy experience."
"Name a time when you struggled with a course."
"Tell me about the leadership positions you've held in the pre-pharmacy club."
"How do you take criticism?"
"Why did you become interested in pharmacy?"
"How do you manage stress?"
"What is Ronald McDonald House and what do you do there?"
"standard"
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"Why OU? Why pharmacy?"
"Why OU?"
"How do you handle hardships?"
"What do you like to do in your free time?"
"If friends and family were to ask you what a pharmacist does, what would you say to them?"
"What do you think the curriculum is like?"
"How would you handle someone in your group not pulling their weight?"
"Being so far from Oklahoma, how will you be able to adapt?"
"How do you handle conflict resolution/stressful situations?"
"Suppose you realize that you gave someone the wrong medication at your work and they have already left, what do you do?"
"What would you do if someone in your group wasn't pulling their weight? What would you do if someone told you that you weren't pulling your own weight? "
"Why pharmacy?"
"If I was having trouble in a class what would I do?"
"If you were in a group and someone wasn't pulling their weight, what would you do?"
"Are you a leader or a follower? Describe"
"What has been your most rewarding experience from volunteering?"
"How do you feel about working in a group?"
"Asked a specific question about my letter of intent -probably to make sure I wrote it."
"You seem like you have had a lot of successes in your life. To what do you attribute that?"
"You seemed to be very involved, would you stay that way in pharmacy school? "
"Tell me about a time you needed help and asked for it and the results of that."
"How do you handle problems that arise at work?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Why OU?"
"If placed in a group, what role do you assume?"
"How will you balance the course work?"
"standard"
"Do you know what type of Pharmacist you want to be?"
"Has there ever been a time when you've dealt with a difficult customer? If so tell us about it and how you handled it."
"Tell us about a specific situation that was really stressful and how you responded to it"
"What is your 5/10 year pharmacy plan."
"How are you going to handle the large course load?"
"In a group setting, what role would you play?"
"What do you want to do as a pharmacist?"
"Are you more of a take charge personality or would you rather sit back?"
"How do you relieve stress?"
"Say you are in my class and there is a group test, on a multiple choice question everyone in the group thinks it's C, but you really think it is A. What do you do? (I answered) The group chooses C. You get the test back and it was A, how do you react?"
"What does a pharmacist do?"
"How do you deal with a customer who is very angry? "
"Tell us about yourself."
"What are the pros and cons of being a pharmacist in the future?"
"If you are having trouble in a class, what would you do?"
"Why do you think pharmacists are important to healthcare?"
"How are you going to manage the heavy course load?"
"Do you know anything about the pharmacy curriculum? How is it going to be?"
"What most interests you about becoming a pharmacist?"
"You realize that in pharmacy school you will be taking 17 or 18 hours a semester. How do you feel about that?"
"Name an accomplishment that you are proud of. What do you do to destress. What do you do besides school work?"
"Why did you enroll in certain electives and what do you expect to gain from them?"
"How do you manage people?"
"How do you take criticism?"
"What do you do in your free time?"
"How many nurses, technicians, and pharmacists work at your hospital?"
"n/a"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"If you were made the leader of a group project and noticed someone wasn't pulling their weight, what would you do?"
"What my pharmacy alumnus parent is doing with their degree"
"They were pretty basic questions, they didn't get to ask too many because I talked for a while."
"At what point will you consider yourself successful in your career?"
"Tell me about what you know about other fields of pharmacy."
"How does the work load compare to your undergrad degree and how can you relate that experience to this degree? (I have a fine arts degree...)"
"Are you more of a take charge personality or would you rather sit back?"
"Have you had any trouble with any courses and how did you overcome it?"
"Have you ever been in a mentor position?"
"What do you think will be the most challenging aspect of pharmacy school for you?"
"What would you do if someone in your group were to tell you that you weren't pulling your weight?"
"How do you deal with criticism?"
"What do you think is a pharmacists main duty is?"
"What would my father say if asked why he were proud of me?"
"Have you ever felt the need to right a wrong or correct an injustice? Justify your answer?"
"Why don't you become a medical doctor instead?"
"If someone comes in claiming that you filled the prescription out wrong, what do you do?"
"How would your wife describe you?"
"How does your support group help you achieve success academically? This was a follow up to the next question because I mentioned that I have a lot of people in my life to lean on."
"What would I do if a patient returned with an incorrectly filled prescription?"
"Tell me about a time you needed help and asked for it and the results of that."
"How do you deal with emotional situations? (I spoke of deaths in my family and choked up)."
"If a person in your group wasn't pulling their weight, what do you do? (after I gave an answer) how about if they are still not pulling their weight."
"None"
"Can you share with us an experience that involved high stress/high emotion and how you overcame it?"
"What makes me successful as a pharmacy technician?"
"n/a"
"A Pharmacist is in charge of several people, tell us what you know about leadership."
"At the end I was given three minutes to sell myself as to why they should choose me over someone else."
"If I was working on a group test and my group thought the answer to a question was D but I thought it was A, what would I do?"
"How do you deal with hardships. I talked about a personal experience and got a little emotional and it made one of my interviewers cry."
"Have you ever had to make an ethical decision and if so, what did you do?"
"How would you deal with someone not doing their part in a group setting with you as the leader?"
"How do you handle criticism? "
"Why OK - It's a great school, but I didn't really know much of the city."
"How do you react to receiving criticism?"
"Have you ever had to assume the role of mentor for someone and how?"
"The pharmacy curriculum is very intense and you will be carrying approximately 18 hours a semester, how will you deal with this? "
"How do you think you would fit in here culturally?"
"What are the pros and cons of being a pharmacist in the future?"
"What is your motivation? (Not difficult, but difficult to keep my composure)"
"Have you ever felt the need to right a wrong or correct an injustice? Justify your answer?"
"None. They did ask me to describe myself though, which sounds easy but it was hard to include a lot of information."
"Describe an emotional situation and how you got through it."
"Questions were not difficult, more conversational than anything."
"If you were stranded on an island, what three things would you want to have with you?"
"Think of a difficult time in your life, and tell me how you got through it."
"Nothing too difficult"
"I spent several hours researching the school, preparing 10 quality, well-thought questions regarding curriculum and opportunities, reviewing my PharmCAS and supp. apps, preparing well thought-out answers to numerous interview questions, practiced articulating my answers, and SDN."
"SDN, going over my application"
"Going over a lot of commonly asked interview questions"
"Read SDN previous interview questions."
"Reading questions and reviews on SDN"
"SDN, reviewed info on website"
"Read sample interview questions"
"Went over mock interview questions and from past experience."
"Had mock interviews and went through a lot of practice questions"
"Read previous feedback from these surveys and studied the school's website. Also, check out their "changing faces of pharmacy" video on youtube."
"Reviewed the questions asked to other people on studentdoctor.net."
"Did mock interviews with family and friends."
"Talked to former and current students."
"SDN, friends/family"
"Mock Interview, friends, the mirror."
"Read through the feedback on student doctor"
"Went over questions on Student Dr website."
"SDN, practicing with family"
"SDN, other interview websites"
"studentdoctor.net, talked to friends already in Pharmacy school"
"Going over some answers on the way"
"SDN site and practice questions"
"SDN"
"Practiced answering questions in front of the mirror, SDN is great! "
"Help friends prepare, and filled out the pre-interview form well in advance."
"Read current pharmacy articles, school website, interview websites"
"SDN, went over personal statement and other interview questions supplied by OU"
"Reviewed the website, they also provide info about the interview and their school"
"Before my interview the mood was very relaxed and everybody was nice."
"How my nerves were eased once being made welcome during orientation."
"how casual the interview is"
"Friendliness of the faculty and students"
"Everyone was very, very nice and accommodating. They realize this is a stressful situation and try to make you as comfortable as possible."
"The tour guide"
"friendliness of staff and students"
"How helpful everyone was"
"How comfortable the interview was. Seemed more like a conversation."
"How friendly and welcoming everyone was. It was nice to have current P2 and P3 students there to help us throughout the day"
"How great the staff and students were. The entire campus is a Health Center with many medical professional colleges."
"They size you for a coat and take pictures the day of the interview so you don't have to travel back to OKC. Also, the students are very much a close group that helps each other out."
"Everyone was so nice and helpful."
"The interviewers made the interview seem like a friendly conversation. A few seconds after the interview started, all of my stress disappeared. "
"The interview was really personal, not at all stressing."
"The school is amazing and the campus is big compared to the school that I am currently attending. It's very beautiful!"
"All of the health colleges together on a mini college campus (dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, medical, etc.)"
"Everyone was very nice and the interviewers were very laid back."
"Everyone is so nice and encouraging!"
"The students are all very friendly and enthusiastic."
"The facilities were very nice and the people were very informative."
"All of the P1s seemed to love the school, and everyone was really enthusiastic"
"The faculty and students were all friendly and reminded everyone that we were all qualified to be there and they knew that we could handle the course load."
"Most of my interview was just me asking questions about the school. I definitely was not drilled with questions."
"For the most part, people were friendly and tried to make us all feel at ease. I had 2 really encouraging interviewers...and 1 that was a bit more challenging. I believe they did this on purpose."
"The extremely relaxed atmosphere. Student services had an "ice-breaker" activity prior to the panel interview."
"Pretty laid back atmosphere, well organized"
"The interviewers were very casual, totally no added stress. The students were very open to any questions and very candid."
"It seemed pretty organized, they also have an opening session to review the program that served as a calming-down session. it was helpful"
"The interviewers were very negative towards me for the entire interview. I would try to bring the conversation back around to positive things like my research and volunteer experiences and they ignored them to ask me negative questions."
"The tour was not extensive at all. I arrived the previous day and gave myself a better self-guided tour."
"N/A"
"one interviewer was completely unresponsive. It may have been that he wasn't into me."
"My group had to arrive between 0630 and 0655, and we didn't interview until 1120. It was the longest day of my life!"
"Nothing, other than trying to find apartments that accept pets."
"Nothing!"
"Some of the neighborhoods around the area are a little sketchy. No food:("
"The way the interviewers grill you with questions. "
"Nothing :o)"
"The students who did the tour were all from Tulsa and had no idea where anything was."
"I came from a lively town and it was different to see such a quiet town. The students said it's usually quiet and I think I will get bored easily."
"Nothing"
"The school is really nice, but the area around it seems like bad part of town."
"Absolutely nothing!"
"It was cold that day."
"Nothing, really."
"The tour guides were majorly biased about the OKC campus against the Tulsa campus."
"Nothing at all."
"Hmm...I wish we didn't have to tour, do an academic review...UNLESS we are accepted. It would save time.."
"I was first before the panel, but some people had to wait almost 2 hours before going in front of the panel."
"Nothing."
"There was not a clock in the essay writing room."
"How negative my interviewers were going to be. There were different groups and other people said how easy and fun theirs were but my interviewers were completely negative."
"Who my interviewers were."
"Not to stress out about the interview. The interviewers are just trying to know you."
"It was very relaxed"
"That we wouldn't actually be there for the entire 5 hours. I was in the first interview group though, so some people may actually have stayed the duration."
"that some hotels had shuttles to the school"
"How relaxed a setting it is. Everyone is there to help."
"How comfortable the interview would be."
"How stress-free the whole thing was. It did not last as long as I thought it would and everyone was SO nice and welcoming"
"They do not provide you with any kind of food. Bring a snack or money for the vending machines."
"That the interview wasn't quite as low stress and conversational as I had heard."
"That the whole process goes by so fast."
"Just how great the city is, the school, and the spirit of Oklahoma."
"Rent a hotel that has a shuttle, you'll thank me for it. It's very convenient. I actually stayed at Bricktown Hotel and their shuttle service drove me everywhere for free."
"It's not as stressful as you think."
"Where the parking was located, i was almost late because of that."
"The interview was not bad at all and the essay was very easy(Define success and three goals to success)."
"That it's not really that bad."
"The wait time is very long for some and the P-1 students talk to you a little too much and this can build some anxiety."
"Have a few questions in mind about the school. Most of my interview was about my questions for them."
"I wish I had known that the interview REALLY ISN'T THAT SCARY AT ALL! :)"
"Interview panel does not have full access to your file. So be very descriptive in describing yourself. That is the 1st question they ask - "tell us about yourself". There are 3 pahases of admission (early, regular, and wait-listed). 50% of class (30 students) are early admits and 50% (30 students)are regular admits."
"All the other women wore pants, and I had to deal with pantyhose and a skirt!"
"I found the interviewers very off-putting with their negativity. I understand the need to ask difficult questions but they were not positive towards me at all."
"Overall, it was a great experience. Through my preparation, I had answers prepared for all the questions asked to me. The interview was friendly and personal."
"It sure is one of the best pharmacy schools"
"Wonderful college, I strongly hope I'm accepted."
"My interview was more like a job interview. Not at all like I read on SDN. No questions like, what are your strengths, weaknesses, why pharmacy, why OU."
"They like you to ask a lot of questions. Make sure you prepare many."
"I felt like the interview went very well and it seemed like the interviewers felt the same way!"
"Great campus, faculty, and opportunity for learning. There is a lot of downtime and they don't provide any food."
"I love the school and the atmosphere, and if I get another chance, I'd go there in a heartbeat."
"Overall, I like their interview process. They understand that it's stressful and they will try to help you feel calm. The pharmacy students are courteous and will answer any questions you have. This school also have one of the shortest interview times I ever have, 20 minutes."
"The interview was very laid back and very conversational! I was very impressed with everyone that I came into contact with!"
"I thought this interview went really good and I was very happy that all the students were really caring and everyone wants to help you, even if you get accepted they say everyone helps each other out there. "
"Was very good experience overall"
"We started off with an orientation, wrote a 1 page essay (30min), then broke into groups for tours, pics, lab coat fittings, and interviews. Each group went their separate ways and did their activities in different orders."
"It is impossible not to be nervous, but they know that it is a high pressure situation and are very understanding."
"I think I did well...the interview didn't go perfectly, but I did my best. I am just praying for the best."
"Very good. I got in on early admission. Don't let the pressure get to you and you'll do fine."
"There was an initial information session and then they broke up the group to do the essay, tour, academic review, and interview. "
"There were 10 people there to interview and we had a brief orientation session. Then we were broken into groups. My group went on a tour first. We then met individually with someone to go over our transcripts and test scores to make sure we were not missing anything. Next we wrote a one page essay on the characteristics that are needed by healthcare professionals. Last for my group was the interview. I met with 2 faculty members and a 4th year student who all seemed very interested my answers and very nonjudgemental. They really try to make it as easy on you as possible."
"My interview was positive. The interviewers seemed very nice. The randomly select different people to interview first and I was in that group. So it was a little intimidating. The interview seemed to pass by very quickly. I also wasn't there for about 2 and a half hours. Since I was the first person to interview my other tasks went by very quickly. "
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 28 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 23 |
| Neutral | 1 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.96 | 24 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 12 |
| Out of state | 12 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 7 |
| 2-3 hours | 8 |
| 4-6 hours | 4 |
| 7+ hours | 5 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 8 |
| Automobile | 16 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Will Rodgers
Tulsa International Airport
Will Rogers Airport
OKC
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 4 |
| Hotel | 13 |
| Home | 2 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 3 |
| $101-$200 | 4 |
| $201-$300 | 2 |
| $301-$400 | 2 |
| $401-$500 | 1 |
| $501+ | 5 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.81 | 27 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.85 | 27 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.81 | 27 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.24 | 21 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.38 | 21 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.22 | 18 |
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