Interviews

[dudestheman90]

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[PrePodPolice]

Did you ever take your parent to an interview? I told my parents to stay home but this is the 1st time i'm traveling out of state by myself.

I interviewed with an applicant that brought their parent. I don't know how they admissions people viewed this, but they were nice when they said to the parent to get lost until the afternoon.

If your parent goes with you, I would suggest they drop you off and they take a joy ride around the neighborhood. You want to appear like you have big boy pants on, because let's face it, image is everything. Swoooosh 😉

 

[ilovefeet]

I interviewed with an applicant that brought their parent. I don't know how they admissions people viewed this, but they were nice when they said to the parent to get lost until the afternoon.

If your parent goes with you, I would suggest they drop you off and they take a joy ride around the neighborhood. You want to appear like you have big boy pants on, because let's face it, image is everything. Swoooosh 😉

I agree, I would only bring my folks I had already been accepted to a school prior to that, and this was my second interview. They can roam the city while you do your business.

It can be like a family vacation/interview, mix business with pleasure

 

[90watt]

Did you ever take your parent to an interview? I told my parents to stay home but this is the 1st time i'm traveling out of state by myself.

My dad wanted to do the same thing too. I was like 'hell no', argued with him multiple times, and he gave up. I win!

 

[EK18]

I think KSUCPM is fine accommodating one or two guests as long as you let them know beforehand. My girlfriend really wanted to come with me during one of my interviews but I told her no. I think it's fine to explore the campus and ask questions with guests the day before or after the interview but I wouldn't bring anyone to the interview itself. I've went to 4 interviews and I never saw anyone bring a guest with them.

 

[ManUnderFire]

I think KSUCPM is fine accommodating one or two guests as long as you let them know beforehand. My girlfriend really wanted to come with me during one of my interviews but I told her no. I think it's fine to explore the campus and ask questions with guests the day before or after the interview but I wouldn't bring anyone to the interview itself. I've went to 4 interviews and I never saw anyone bring a guest with them.

Exactly. You MUST request permission to bring a guest beforehand-ideally with more than a weeks notice. It's a bit tacky (especially if you bring your folks) but hey, you are forking over 120 Grand (in tuition alone) for this crap...you deserve a second opinion! But NEVER bring a wing-man/wing-woman for a job/residency interview. This is wrong on so many levels 👎

At Kent, I brought my gf and she sat through the whole day with me 👍 The fact that she is a charming/pretty red-head also favoured me because all the admin was quite taken by her 😀. I owe that acceptance to her 🙂

No love at Scholl or NYCPM. They told me she could visit the campus...on her own time

 

[ManUnderFire]

My dad wanted to do the same thing too. I was like 'hell no', argued with him multiple times, and he gave up. I win!

haha...good one!

 

[hughesn2]

If your parents won't let you drive/fly out of the state by yourself then they may want you to pick the in-state DPM school.
I just think that is kinda childish if parents wouldn't trust their young adult go on an interview. I would think that the admissions people won't like this b/c parents tend to ask many more questions than a student would. It is also embarrassing in my eyes.
But I would say, if you do bring them with you it better be just if they want to look around the campus. Just make sure they don't go with you into the admissions office or sit in a chair outside the interview.

If they tell you that they want to look at apartments near by then yeah let them tag with you, but if they insist on being on your side the entire time (even during the interview) then NO!

Just my opinion.

 

[pacpod]

In my personal opinion, I would ask to see if your parents wanted to go check out the town while you interview. I did student tours for a while and it was always a little weird when parents came on the tours.

On the other hand, the parents usually had the best logistical questions and it was good info for the interviewees. If you do decide to let them come, I would let the admissions office know ahead of time like others have mentioned so they can be prepared for more people.

 

[rushrhees]

Did you ever take your parent to an interview? I told my parents to stay home but this is the 1st time i'm traveling out of state by myself.

There is a first time for everything, first time out of state alone was when I was 16. Family was on vacation in upstate NY, but the start of football practice interfered with the latter half of the vacation, so I drove myself back from rural NY to chicago suburbs, also with no cell phone. Only a rand mcnally atlas and a AAA card in an emergency (this was in 2000). My point is I am guessing you are 21 or 22, you should be more than capable to travel on your own.
Seriously do not bring them with to the school, trust me on this. Our company takes certain interviewees out to dinner the night before as a get to know you, and it is just that, we want to get to know you, not your spouse BF/GF. If you bring someone it would be viewed as a lack of independence. Take them around with you to the city, but not the school.

 

[Snowman211]

People actually bring their parents with them to interviews?? How embarrassing. I would think the admins would look at the candidate less favorably for this.

 

[billBOB213]

When I received the email to interview at Kent they said if someone would be accompanying you to please let them know. I was going to have my wife come with me so she could see everything, after all it would be a life changing decision for her too. I let them know she would be coming but after PM'ing some applicants who had already interviewed, I decided not to have her come.

Would it have been fine if she had? Yes, the Kent interview day is very relaxed and enjoyable. But I am glad she wasn't there just because no one else brought anyone, and everything that she would have wanted to know (housing, financing) was laid out in detail for us. They also gave us packets with all the info they had gone over in it. I think it would have been a little awkward, and that is with my wife. Parents would be even more awkward if you ask me but that's just my opinion. Even if I were 25 and applying my parents wouldn't want to come, my dad would probably tell me it would look weak.
Not trying to bag, but just my two cents.

 

[MaxillofacialMN]

I'm personally of the mindset that you need to do this alone. You are going to be a doctor and you won't have mommy/daddy's hand to hold when you're in the interview.

The only exception to this rule would be bring a spouse or fiancé(e) to visit the school for the tour part. Even that is a bit of a stretch in my book....