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  • SUNY - Upstate Medical University College of Medicine
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Syracuse, NY
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How you think you did?

7 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

7 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

"Have you been following the news on changes in health care policy? What do you think about health care policy?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why did you choose to study abroad where you did?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Anything else you want me to know about you?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Asked some questions about the ethics of human research in medicine that were interesting." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Probably the one about health care policy I already mentioned: Have you been following the news on changes in health care policy? What do you think about health care policy?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Practiced interview questions w/my mom, tried to research what the interview would be like on SDN." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The tour guides were very enthusiastic about the school" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"I was a little annoyed b/c you meet in this room at 8:30 and they give you a piece of paper that has your interview times on it, then there's an intro meeting that took about 20 min, and my interview was at 9:00 and kind of hard to find and far away, I wish they had ended the intro like a half hour before anyone's 1st interview so no one was flustered rushing to find their interviewer." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"When my interviews were and where." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I liked the school a lot, interviews were relaxed." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

5 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

7+ hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

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

$501+

What airport did you use?

Syracuse airport

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

8 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Marriott

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

12/05/2011

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

7 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

3 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

3 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

7 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

7 out of 10

How eco-friendly are the school's application materials and interview process?

3 out of 10

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No Response

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