Interview at CU

Today was my School of Pharmacy at the University of Colorado's Anshutz Medical Campus.

If I can sum it up in three words it would be: It was looooong.

I was there from 11:30am to 5pm- with no food. During my interview my stomach was growling. I had to leave my home at 10:30am to commute and be there 15mins early, and so I in no way had time to stuff myself for lunch prior to leaving.

When I left this morning I thought there would be zero traffic because it was 10:30am- way past morning rush hour. As I was getting onto I-225 there was bumper to bumper traffic and I was going under 5mph. I started to panic after 10mins of this, but then all of a sudden, those trucks with the signs that have the arrows pointing for everyone to merge into one lane decided to drive away. Phew.

When I got to campus we were given a tour of the huge medical campus which is VERY impressive. There were 2 hospitals, skyscraper research buildings, lots of technology and building construction for more, more, more.

After the interview we had a written exam, financial aid meeting and an overview of the school. Then came the interviews. Mine was a little hairy because they asked such weird questions- like: describe a situation where you dealt with a difficult situation using data and analysis. WTHeck? Another question was: describe a difficult situation in school/work/volunteering where you had to make a decision using morals/ethics. I had a hard time thinking of answers because I've had very minimal experiences where I've had a difficult decision that even needed resolution with morals/ethics.

And then lastly we had a group activity where our group was the pharmacy committee designated to come up with the 10 values we wanted for our company. I took a leadership role and I think this part went really well.

I really really really hope to get, but kind of have an iffey feeling about this one. When I interviewed at Regis and Temple University last year I had an absolute, "I'm getting into this university because I aced the interview feeling." But today I just feel that I hope I get in based off of that interview. Sighhhh.