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  • Harvard Medical School
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Boston, MA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

10 out of 10

Questions

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)?

"Tell me about this research experience." Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why did you choose your undergraduate school, have you been happy there, and why?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Can you tell me more about TAing Cadaver Anatomy lab?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Pretty straight-forward stuff." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"No difficult questions." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"This late in the season (my 8th interview), preparation is no longer required...except I poked around on the HMS website a bit." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Insanely awesome facilities, tons of faculty, decent dorm, med students seemed to get along well with the dental students " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"nothing" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Wished I had knew more about the 4 academic societies that HMS has." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Both interviews (faculty, student) were very relaxed and I was more nervous than I should have been!! My faculty interviewer was very non-intimidating and we talked about me, my undergrad school, education, research, etc. My student interviewer asked mostly about research and some of my shadowing stints, along with why I wanted to go into medicine. Both had obviously read my file well. " Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

10 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

7+ hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

$201-$300

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

8 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Ramada Boston

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/20/2006

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

10 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

10 out of 10

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

10 out of 10

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