How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How long was the interview?

35 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1

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)?

"How would you deal with patients who want to persue alternative medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"There are many issues currently affecting doctors, what is one that you feel strongly about and how would you change it? (I had a tough time thinking of something I could change)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why are you choosing MD over MD/PHD" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"We discussed my parent's decision to pursue alternative therapies in treating my handicapped sister, and she asked me how I would deal with parents like them as a doctor." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"We really went into depth on an independent research project I had done, so I was glad I had reread my work." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"mock interview, read up about the school, reread my research" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The interviewer and the staff were really great. My interviewer was late (it was a rainy day), but the department chair of pediatrics just came in and made me feel really comfortable. The people were really nice." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"I feel like the school is really deceptive. I was bothered that they hold the interviews on the New Brunswick campus, because there is a large chance that you may not spend any time there. They were very unclear about the fact that classes were on the Piscataway campus, and I feel like they held the interviews at the hospital in New Brunswick because they don't want you to know that the actual campus is in the middle of industrial park nowhere." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"I wish I had known the details of the separation of campuses, etc." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Dr. Dickson was so great. She was really friendly, and all of the questions she asked me were really tied into the conversations that we were having. What I liked about her was I felt like she took the questions she had to ask, but really made them a part of our discussion, so I didn't feel bombarded or nervous." Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

On what date did the interview take place?

10/09/2004