University of Maryland

The best institution that I have interviewed with thus far. Everyone is exceedingly polite, jovial, and genuinely passionate about the University of Maryland. With no holds barred, one of the best schools you can go to on the east coast.

Be prepared to sit for a long while

The process itself was quite long, with the interviews taking place on the admissions day.

School was very communicative, and the interviews felt absolutely wonderful. It felt more like a casual conversation than a typical grilling.

Spoke with students from the school, researched heavily into its programs

2 interviews, each an hour (1 student, 1 faculty)

virtual tour was blah - slideshow with blurry pictures??

the school seems to really appreciate and act on student feedback (multiple students said this)

2 mock interviews

1 mock interview

Tiered pass/fail system is probably not the best way to manage stress, but I do understand wanting some sort of competition now that Step One is p/f.

Students speak so positively about the school, and my interviewers' interests and identities were very closely matched to myself and my application.

SDN, mock interviews with friends and college career center.

Everyone was super helpful. I received directions for the interview sites and was even walked to each location by the tour guide or secretary!

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Baltimore has the reputation of being dangerous in some areas.

UMMC, Hospital, Research, Kindness of students and faculty

Reviewed the SDN interview feedback page, read about the school.

one of my interviews (With a student) was easy and relaxed; the faculty interview was very difficult but i got in so it was okay

that one of my interviewers would be very intense (a psychologist) and would ask me very difficult questions and when I responded she would be aggressive in her responses