How did the interview impress you?

No change

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

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?

Open file

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

"What area of medicine do you see yourself in (asked over and over until I said something specific)?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"Which scholarly concentration are you interested in and why?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Nothing too interesting..." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"... or too difficult" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, school website, re-read secondary" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"It is simply beautiful there. The location is great because you have all the advantages of close cities (SF, San Jose etc) without having to live in one. The tour was informative, and the facilities were beautiful. The meetings with the assistant dean and financial aid counselor were a great opportunity to find out additional information. And the financial aid really is among the best. Further, the assistant dean told me that since the scholarly concentration program is so new (2 years old), the current tendency of students to take 5 years may dissipate as the kinks work out from the transition to the new curriculum." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The scholarly concentration program was at first appealing to me, but when I heard about it there, it seemed much less impressive. I really felt like the point of all the research was prestige and not improving one's skills and gaining greater insight. Also, do not go to an interview on a WEDNESDAY! There are no classes on Wednesdays, so there were few students on campus and no classes to visit. It seemed overall like this was the sort of place to come to do residencies (because the hospital is really amazing) but maybe not medical school if you are not very research-oriented... " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"There are no classes on Wednesday!" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I arrived at 7:30 for a short orientation. Then I had two morning interviews, one with a faculty member and then a student. The faculty member was very research-oriented and seemed less interested in my clinical and patient-based experiences. Then there was an extremely informative meeting with a financial aid counselor. After lunch and a tour with students, we met in a group and individually with an assistant dean to discuss the curriculum and any other final questions. I was finished by 2, though most other interviewees had afternoon interviews and were there much later." Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

On what date did the interview take place?

01/12/2005