How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 out of 10

How you think you did?

7 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

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?

3

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Open file

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, read my application materials." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"See my explanation, it's rather detailed." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That I probably should have saved the money I spent on traveling to this interview." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I agree completely with the person who said they interviewed on 2/7/06, and was not at all impressed with this school. The facilities are shoddy, at best. The school sign consists of a tarp banner strung between two 4x4's. The reception by Dr. Haight was nothing more than telling us about their admissions process, where they were in the process, and how lucky we were to be interviewing at the time we were. He spent over an hour talking about this...talk about over-kill. There were ten students being interviewed that day. Most of them were right out of college, and most were younger than I. I agree that Dr. Haight is a very rude person, and not someone I would choose to associate with. He had read my file thoroughly, and knew me before he met me. He took the fact that I wasn't begging him to let me into his school as being apathetic to my cause. He stated, in front of all candidates, that I "exuded a quiet confidence that he admires, but many will take as apathy". He then told me that he would be willing to bet that nine out of the ten students sitting in the room with me would agree that I "didn't really want to do medical school". He was very unprofessional, and not very welcoming. This was before I even got to the real interview. I noticed that he took this negative approach with about three of the candidates in the room. After our three hour session with Dr. Haight, which should have been over in an hour at most, we split up into two groups for the campus tour. This was a joke, as well. We had a whole 20 minutes for the tour. Once again, the facilities were extremely run down. I'm not quite sure what your tuition funds at this school, but it's certainly not campus improvement. There isn't a single place on the campus that has wireless internet. The library is the size of a football fieldhouse. The tour guide was quick to tell us that a lot of potential students say the library is small, but once they get here, they find that they have everything they need. The biggest joke came during the tour of the gross anatomy lab. We were introduced to a guy who actually said that he started "working in the lab as a technician...moving bodies and stuff...but I studied real hard and now they are letting me teach classes". I almost fell over at that statement. If you don't get into medical school here, just "study real hard" and then you can go back and they will let you teach. After the tour, we were again divided into two groups and sent for our interviews. In my group there were six interviewees and three interviewers. The interviewers were very nice and none of the questions they asked were of a judgmental nature. They do read your file thoroughly, so be prepared for that. I was prepared for all of their questions and felt as if it went really well. I don't really like the group interview format, as I spent about five minutes talking and fifty-five listening to other students. I've been on medical rounds before, and this is in no way similar. Oh, another thing about this school is that, if you are accepted, you only have two weeks to give them an answer and your full deposit. Dr. Haight spends about a half hour explaining why they do this. Basically, it's so they can lock someone into the slot before they have a chance to consider their other options." Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

How did the tourguide seem?

Neutral

How do you rank the facilities?

2 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

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

$401-$500

What airport did you use?

SMF

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

5 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Quality Inn

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

On what date did the interview take place?

02/15/2006

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

1 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

6 out of 10

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

9 out of 10