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  • SUNY - University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Buffalo, NY
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

4 out of 10

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

9 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

50 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)?

"Describe a time you had to deliver bad news to someone. and what did I do to prepare for it?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How do I deal with irate customers and how does this skill relate to your future career as a doctor?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Randomly asked me to tell him what I knew about neurotransmitters and to name some and how they function. I think it was because that was what his research happened to be concerned with." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Was asked a lot of questions about my faith since I had that I was Catholic in my application: Can people be good without believing in God, How can you believe in evolution if you believe in God, etc..." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"How would you estimate a person's body fat composition without tools?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"UB website, SDN, read over my application materials" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Clinical experience starting the first week of the first year, new intergrated curriculum, research facilities, tour guide incredibly informative and enthusiastic, the technology (simulated patients, etc)... loved the school." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Parking was pretty tough and lunch wasn't anything too spectacular, but nothing major" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Nothing really, I'm from around here so I knew a lot about it already" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"First interview went about an hour, awesome guy - completely laid back, more conversational than anything. Dropped a few questions here and there. Even gave me a few questions where I could pick from and chose which I could give the best answer for, really worked to get the best out of you. Second interviewer was also a faculty member which is unusual - usually it's a student. He was much more serious but asked me a lot more personal questions and seemed to get to know me a lot more than the other guy did about my family and research. Great experience overall - was a lot happier with the way it went than I thought I would have been." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

10 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

02/21/2007

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?

9 out of 10

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