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  • SUNY - University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Buffalo, NY
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

8 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

40 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?

Open file

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

"Why medicine? " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"When have you been confronted with someone doing something unethical and how did you respond? Have I ever did something unethical?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Who would I most want to unterview and why?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"1) How would I vaccinate the US population in the event of a smallpox attack? 2) Do you think McDonald's is responsible for much of the country's obesity problem?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"2) After I told the doctor why i wanted to go into medicine, he ask why wouldn't I want to go into teaching, or clergy, or counciling. 2) What was my greatest failure?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"AMCAS, Kaplan guide, website, MSAR, newspapers" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The facilities at Buffalo are abundant and modern. Very nice. The people at Buffalo are also very nice. The counter person at Burger King even wished me good luck!" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Some of the committee members were absent that day, and made the day really drag by." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"The surprise 10 minute essay that they make you write." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"We all had two interviewers. My second interview was very laidback and very good. It was very conversational but informative. However, the interview that I started off with was a different story. He analyzed every word I said. He would also act like he took what I said in the most selfish and wrong way possible, forcing me to defend my position and restate my opinions. Every one of my answers were responded with a why? why not? or how? And in the rare occasion when my answer was sufficient, I felt like I made a grave mistake or something. HIGH CONTRASTS between the interviews. (In all fairness, at the end o my first interview, he looked at his watch and said that my torture was over.)" Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

09/25/2002

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