Positively
8 out of 10
7 out of 10
8 out of 10
45 minutes
At the school
2
One-on-one
Open file
"Tell me about your research (one guy only asked me about research). At the end i asked him if he wanted to ask me about activities or other things, and he said he had read my app." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"What kind of career do you envision for yourself?" Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Tell me about your research...have you done clinical research? or just bench? etc etc. Sorry this is so long, but there are no other posts for the school that really say much." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Because it was match day and first and second years were having exams, I had two faculty interviewers as opposed to one student and one faculty. Both of my researchers mainly wanted to talk about my research. My guess is they are trying to get a feel for how you'd fit in their program. " Report Response | I was asked this question too
"I already know all about your outside activities by reading your application, but tell me how these will help you as a physician." Report Response | I was asked this question too
"Read my application, went over med.stanford.edu...basically tried to formulate my answer of "why stanford?" which was asked by both interviewers (that's a standard question at the school)" Report Response
"Some of the new facilities and the friendliness of the faculty (you have to go to your interviews...and both of mine were in basements of old buildings...but people knew i was interviewing by my suit and would offer to point me in the right way)" Report Response
"The classrooms are pretty old, but they seem to be slowly updating things. Also, in the morning, our interview coordinator made it a point for us to introduce ourselves. She ended up telling everyone in the group information from our applications. When one gentleman introduced himself, she waited until he was done and then pointed out that he was getting his PhD. Another girl started an NGO etc. etc. While that definitely says that they have stellar applicants, it's kind of awkward for someone else to be sharing it. Could have been an isolated incident..." Report Response
"How suburban and undiverse the area around Stanford is (while i hear East Palo Alto is mixed, the area around stanford is very yuppie/country club--not very colorful). " Report Response
"You definitely don't want to interview on a Wednesday since there is no class (and there are few students around). At least that's what the coordinator said. I was there on a Thursday, but b/c of exams it was the same thing. My first interviewer was very dry..just wanted to talk about research. My second interviewer and I talked about research, but we got off topic and talked about news etc." Report Response
Student
Neutral
7 out of 10
Out of state
0-1 hour
Train or subway
< $100
Friends or family
10 out of 10
no
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