Interview Day Essays???

[ericflem4286]

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I have seen on the schedule for a couple of my interviews, questionnaire and essay. Has anyone seen this before? I am just curious what types of questions they will be asking so that I could be somewhat prepared for them.


Any help would be appreciated...

 

[NickNaylor]

What school would want you to write an essay? 😕

 

[ap594]

What school would want you to write an essay? 😕

I know Drexel does something like this, and I'm sure some other schools would want students to do it too. Why is that confusing? It seems like a good way of getting the students' impromptu thoughts fresh on paper instead of in an essay that has likely been mulled over/edited for days.

Check the Interview Feedback (top of the SDN website if you haven't gone to it yet) for the schools requiring an at-interview-day essay. If it's not there, I'd say just wing it. I doubt they're going to harshly critique your essay; they probably just want some perspective on you as a person. As with the interview, just be yourself.

Good luck.

 

[tabascosauce]

I think a lot of pharmacy schools do this for their interviews. Maybe you can check there.

 

[Bravetown]

Interview day essay that's gotta suck, but like ap594 was saying it's probably just to get some feedback on their school or presentation or staff. I would doubt that they would actually use this in their decision making process considering how stressed everyone usually is, so I really wouldn't sweat it.

...Or maybe you should I'm not a mind-reader.

 

[gravitywave]

i do believe it becomes a part of your file at Drexel.

just sayin'. i didn't apply there for exactly this reason. the idea of an essay that "counts" on interview day when people are nerved up to begin with - that's really really dumb.

 

[NickNaylor]

i do believe it becomes a part of your file at Drexel.

just sayin'. i didn't apply there for exactly this reason. the idea of an essay that "counts" on interview day when people are nerved up to begin with - that's really really dumb.

Agreed - why would you waste time writing an essay when you can simply ask someone a question during the interview?

 

[chrisoc13]

i do believe it becomes a part of your file at Drexel.

just sayin'. i didn't apply there for exactly this reason. the idea of an essay that "counts" on interview day when people are nerved up to begin with - that's really really dumb.

If I found out now that an interview had an essay and it wasn't my top choice school I would probably withdraw. No thanks.

 

[orthomyxo]

That's extremely stupid. You think after all the other crap they expect us to do they'd give us a break once we got to the point of interviewing.