Anyone feel that didn't have a great interview but still got in?

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Yesterday had my interview at my top choice school. The day was awesome, I loved the students I met, the faculty, the area, and I felt that I REALLY wanted to spend my next 4 years there.

I had two interviews (student and faculty), faculty interview felt GREAT, student interview felt really like a mixed bag, certain things were great, my interviewer was really dynamic, intellegent and pleasant but it seemed that I had a hard time relating to him why I chose to pursue medicine and felt that he could have possibly left the interview kind of confused on that topic.

Long story short, has anyone else left feeling kind of mixed about the interview but still got an acceptance? It has been playing over and over in my head on how I could have related my motivations to pursue medicine better to him and I realize I'm beating a dead bush- i think the whole anxiety part of this process is finally getting to me. I was hoping perhaps some stories would be good for my psyche =). Thanks for any stories to contribute and for letting me get this experience off my chest 🙂.
 
Yesterday had my interview at my top choice school. The day was awesome, I loved the students I met, the faculty, the area, and I felt that I REALLY wanted to spend my next 4 years there.

I had two interviews (student and faculty), faculty interview felt GREAT, student interview felt really like a mixed bag, certain things were great, my interviewer was really dynamic, intellegent and pleasant but it seemed that I had a hard time relating to him why I chose to pursue medicine and felt that he could have possibly left the interview kind of confused on that topic.

Long story short, has anyone else left feeling kind of mixed about the interview but still got an acceptance? It has been playing over and over in my head on how I could have related my motivations to pursue medicine better to him and I realize I'm beating a dead bush- i think the whole anxiety part of this process is finally getting to me. I was hoping perhaps some stories would be good for my psyche =). Thanks for any stories to contribute and for letting me get this experience off my chest 🙂.

I had one really great and one unremarkable (not good, not bad) one when I interviewed at the school I'm at.

At my "top choice" school (this was my 2nd choice) I had AMAZING interviews and never heard from the again.

I wouldn't obsess about it. Just try to relax, you're most likely over-analyzing.
 
My faculty interviewer and I did not really connect at all while everyone else in my interview group said they really connected with their interviewer. I left my interview feeling like I blew my chance at that school but I ended up getting in. Don't worry too much about the student interview. I feel like the faculty interviews are more important anyways.
 
I had one really great and one unremarkable (not good, not bad) one when I interviewed at the school I'm at.

At my "top choice" school (this was my 2nd choice) I had AMAZING interviews and never heard from the again.

I wouldn't obsess about it. Just try to relax, you're most likely over-analyzing.


Thanks for the reply, im definitely trying to just relax (ran 5 miles today). I really think the anxiety of just not knowing where I'm going to be next year is starting to come to the surface, especially now that i actually received an interview at my top choice school (which was definitely a pleasant but unexpected surprise). These forums though are always great for swapping/hearing stories, makes people realize that they aren't the only ones who go through these emotions/experiences, thanks for sharing!
 
Read the threads from previous years and the one common factor is that you can't really tell from your interviews how it will turn out.

Having said that, I have had nothing but great interviews, so who knows?
 
There's nothing you can do at this point, IMO. Just relax and forget about it.
 
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