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"Started off asking questions about my background - where I'm from, my family members, undergraduate career, what I'm doing during my year off, what I like to do for fun."
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"This was the most conversational interview in the world. He started by explaining an EKG he was looking at to me, and we just dropped into this totally non-stressful conversation that covered topics like our hobbies/travels as much as medicine. Asked a lot about my hobbies."
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"very typical questions..tell me about yourself, why AECOM?, why become a doctor?"
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"Entire interview was very conversational and relaxed. No difficult or unusual questions."
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"mostly just asked me about all my extracirriculars"
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"The interview started with a question about one of my volunteering experiences and developed into a really calm and engaging discussion about my life, healthcare, and just medicine in general."
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"Why Medicine?
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"Normal stuff."
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(REally, it was just a conversation that went on tangents.)"
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"My interviewer mostly kept asking me "Do you have any questions for me?" and "What do you want to talk about?" So be prepared to ask questions--your interviewer is a good resource to find out about the health care profession."
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"What would you do if you didn't get into med school?
(I told her that I was already in at places and she asked me where, then asked me again what i'd do if i didn't get in anywhere). "
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"standard questions"
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"why einstein?
also see two questions above."
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"Why medicine now? (I'm a non-trad, so this is ALWAYS the first question.)"
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"The usual stuff that everyone else posted."
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"Some easy ethical questions where she asked what would I say to a 13 year old girl seeking an abortion or an old man that refuses chemotherapy."
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"typical questions...above "
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"Why New York? Why did I go to Costa Rica? What did I learn in Costa?
What do you do in your spare time?
A thirteen year old comes into your office for an abortion. What do you do?"
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"The interview itself was very conversational. Many of the interviewer's questions were about the city I live in and about a hobby."
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* Do I have an interest in any specific field? "
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""Do you work out at a gym?" (Asked in a vaguely disapproving tone of voice, as if she would expect someone like me to do something like that. I don't go to a gym, in fact. Weird woman.)
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"Name a question that has caught you off at guard at your previous interviews. Then I had to tell him my answer to said annoying question haha."
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"Fairly conversational, nothing too out of left field."
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"From a discussion concerning dying in america."
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"What I thought about genetic testing for gaucher's disease."
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"I was asked to explain my moral feelings about a theoretical drug that destroyed memories to help people with PTSD."
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"How did you prepare for this interview? I think he was privy to sdn, he was quite sharp."
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"Do you think Mother Theresa is a saint?"
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"talking about pros and cons of health care reform and how i'd do it if it were up to me"
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"Do you think acting is applicable to medicine? (because I have lots of acting experience on application)"
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"She was interested in my artwork and asked me for the URL to look at some images I had online."
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"None."
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"The interviewer asked me to do some role playing. I was pretending to be the physician and he was the patient I was diagnosing with HIV and he didnt want to accept treatment."
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"i see you have X interest... (very subtle from my app, interviewer knew the file well)"
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"What do you think of the drug regulations in China? (based on my experiences, not totally random)"
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"nothing really, very standard format"
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"Do you think we are setting up segregation by creating ethnic specific clinics go to certain patients? weird question, basically he ask if you are a hispanic doctor, getting hispanic patients only would be like creating segregation. "
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"Why New York City?"
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"eh nothing really"
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"Why did you intern with the Forest Service? How does this relate to medicine. (Interesting back-and-forth conversation)"
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"See above."
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"tell me about a particular experience you had while working in a hospital or shadowing a dr that has impacted you"
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"how do you feel about being put under the pressures of not being a son?"
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"what other schools did you apply to/interview at"
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"no real questions, it was very conversational"
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"Standard interview questions"
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"Do you think a quadraplegic could be a doctor (ans: yes, AECOM alum, truly amazing story!!)?"
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"what do you do for to relax? it was mostly conversational..."
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"Who is Howard Dean?"
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"it was just a conversation, really. so i guess ... "why medicine?""
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"It was all very conversational. "
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"All normal."
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"Why do you think you were rejected from other schools previously?"
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"Nothing really."
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"not really anything out of the ordinary, looked over my file and activities... i have done some ethics research so i was asked if am an ethical person"
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"Do you think there is any disability that an applicant could have which could preclude them from attending medical school?"
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"nothing interesting"
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"Nothing in particular--just a normal conversation."
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"nothing too scintillating"
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"I interviewed with a psychiatrist and she began the interview with specific questions about my family. I think she wanted to get a feel for my background and all that."
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"Did you consider going to psychology graduate school?"
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"Why Einstein?"
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"Question about how healthcare works in my home country."
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"How are people in NY different from people in your native country?"
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"I was only asked questions about my application, nothing difficult, interview was very friendly/conversational/interesting- I genuinely felt that I learned something from my interviewer."
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"How did you become interested in photography?"
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"A 13-year-old girl walks into your office and asks for an abortion. What do you do?"
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"Do you think it is beneficial for students to do international work?"
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"I am a post-bacc student and she asked me about sociology class I took my freshman year - which was in fall 99."
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"what would you do if you were unable to practice medicine?"
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"What 4 people would you send to this interview on your behalf if you couldn't make it?"
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"Nothing struck me in particular"
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"ethical question about stem cells"
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"What is the most recent book that you've read? "
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"Questions about Howard Dean...he's an alum @ Einstein. And also asked if I knew what SDN was...he knew the people he interviewed from their posted feedback. Amazing interviewer...hands down. "
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"What aspect do you find most exciting about your research?"
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"n/a"
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"Address an issue in healthcare."
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"what do you find not attractive about medicine"
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"BCPM. Do you think Calculus has any place there? How would you change the pre-med curriculum?"
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"hmm..nothing really"
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"I wasn't asked any specific questions"
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"What do you think is the biggest problem in a hospital? (Asked in the context of discussing my job at a hospital)"
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"If you were on the admissions committee, are there any physical or mental disabilities that you think would automatically disqualify an applicant?"
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"If I called your roomate what would he tell me about you?"
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"No questions, just had a conversation."
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"none really"
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"What exactly is hip hop?"
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"Ethics, ethics, and more ethics!"
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"We talked about snowing in the South vs. in the Bronx. We talked about NYC and the Bronx's cultural life. He asked about a dorm of open-minded people I lived in one year."
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"All were standard."
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"what were two most impactful experiences you remember from your hospital volunteering?"
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"How likely do you think it is for the U.S. to elect a woman president in the next election? What do you think of Hilary Clinton's chances?"
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"What did I think of Dr. Kevorkian, and of him going on television? (I really know nothing about Kevorkian besides that he did assisted suicides, and had no idea about the tv question so I had to ask the interviewer for more info. All in all I think I was able to craft a good response about assisted suicide)."
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"Do I see myself leaning more towards research or clinical work after obtaining the MD/PhD?"
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"Questions were very basic and very laid back. Mostly discussion style."
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"Nothing unusual"
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"nothing out of the ordinary..."
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"I have to say that my interview was entirely conversational. I was expecting standard questions but there weren't any. She did ask me about specific clinical experiences i've had, but they weren't directed questions. I was to talk about whatever I wanted to talk about - with regards to the experiences. She asked me what questions I had probably 4 times and this is what really directed my entire interview. So it's a good thing to have open questions that could stem a good discussion!"
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"None--the interviewer told me that med school interview questions were worthless and unimportant. we talked about politics and the types of physicians who graduate from Einstein"
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"Nothing out of the ordinary"
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"You've had diverse experiences in science--clinical, research--how have they contributed to your decision to enter medicine?"
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"Nothing really interesting"
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"how will you deal with the influence and control of HMOs and business models in medicine?"
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"what have you been asked at other interviews"
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"Nothing, it was all pretty generic."
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"How do you think you will adjust to the transition of coming to medical school and of living in a city?"
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"Who is your best friend? How would she describe you? How would she change you if she could?"
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"How did you end up with your name?"
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"Nothing really out of the ordinary."
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"Nothing really out of the ordinary. Mostly straightforward questions about my application."
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"My interviewer gave me a speech about how AECOM performs the academic cut-offs and his job is to simply get to know the applicants. After this he just opened up with "just talk, tell me what you think I should know." This would have been a little stressful if it had been my first interview, but luckily I was a little prepared. "
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"I see that you are studying multiple languages, what is your motivation for doing so?"
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"Nothing too surprising. Just basic conversational questions."
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"nothing much, typical questions: tell me about yourself, where do you see yourself in 10 years, why medicine, would you move from CA to NY.."
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"Why Arabic???"
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"What was it like to return from Israel to the States?"
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"We had an interesting discussion about poverty and obesity, and about Hurricane Katrina (aspects of poverty involved)."
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"Where did you come up with the idea for your personal statement?"
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"nothing really...he just looked over my file and asked questions of it as he read through the file"
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"What's different about you than the average medical school applicants?"
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"If you were a doctor and a pregnant 13- year girl came into your office wanting an abortion, what would you do?"
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"What was the most difficult question you've been asked at any interview?"
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"What will you do if you don't get into any schools?"
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"What change in me allowed me to do so well in my Junior and Senior years?"
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"An ethical case involving a vegetative minor and her mother's right to harvest her eggs for artificial insemination in producing another baby (this stemmed from a previous question about medical ethics, which I had on my AMCAS)"
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"past history questions."
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"What was the last book you read?"
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"What do you do to handle stress?"
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"What do you know about the Bronx?"
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"What was the worst question you were asked in another [med school] interview?"
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"Questions about research, athletics."
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"What did you like most about the high school and college you attended?"
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"Why do you travel so much? Why are you interviewing so late?( I didn't realize this was late- it is early Jan)"
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"none in particular"
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"all questions pertained to my AMCAS application. no ethical scenarios or questions concerning current issues in health care (like HMOs, PPOs, and third party pay systems)"
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"What do you want the admissions committe to know about you that is not in your file?"
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"They were all fairly standard- but some interviewers (according to other students interviewed that day) ask hard questions like "What would you do if a 13 year old needed an abortion?" I guess I got lucky with a relaxed, nice interviewer..."
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"What did you like best/least about high school?"
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"Why do you think some doctors have stayed positive and others are discouraging you(based on the current state of health care)?"
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"What do you find hard about working in the hospital?"
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"How do you deal with a patient who needs treatment but can't afford it? (This was relevant because I work in a pharmacy and wrote about this in my personal statement)"
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"I wasn't asked too many questions, so none were particularly exciting."
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"With regard to any interactions you may have had with older physicians, have any of them discouraged you from pursuing medicine?"
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"How did you like going to a public high school?"
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"Would you like to see the new facility? He then proceeded to take me to the dialysis unit and introduce me to some transplant patients! "
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"Tell me about your research."
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"about my research in alternative medicine, asked questions about my hamsters"
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"What did you expect the Bronx to be like? What were your impressions when you actually saw it?"
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"The interview was very conversational. He asked me about my favorite detective authors."
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"Wasn't asked much. What are my plans for this summer."
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"What do your parents think about you applying to medical school?"
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"With so many doctors exiting the field due to monetary concerns, what are some suggestions to entice doctors to stay in the field? "
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"talk about one your extracurricular activies"
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"How did you get from studying philosophy to pst-bacc premedical studies?"
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"What do yu think about the state of health care in this country--liability, managed care plans, etc."
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"She wanted to know about what I'm doing during my year off."
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"Tell me anything about yourself"
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"What are my father's feelings about me going into medicine with healthcare in its current state?"
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"How would you solve the situation in mid-East/Israel?"
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"Do you think its okay to use research data that was obtained unethically (ie during WWII with Nazis)"
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"Why do you feel that people with mental illnesses are looked down upon? (My interviewer was a psychiatrist)"
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"Why NY since you are coming from LA?"
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"Basically, there were several questions regarding my ancestry and ethnic background that I found interesting, and was eager to answer."
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"She asked me how I would handle a 13 year old wanting an abortion"
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"The question that we ask reapplicants, if you didn't make it last year, why should we accept you this year? He was blunt--not hostile."
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"What would you want me to tell the Admissions Committee about you?"
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"Are your parents supportive of your decision to become a doctor?"
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"What are you doing now?"
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"Lots of questions regarding my background; the type of things not in the AMCAS application"
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"What company does your sister work for?"
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"nothing surprising"
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"All of my questions were related my file."
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"if you could be any cell in the human body which would you be and why"
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"How do you have fun?"
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"If all medical schools were closed for ten years, what would you do?"
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"What did you think about the other schools you interviewed at?"
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"The applcant pool for med school is changing (more women and minorities), how will this changethe face of medicine?"
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"Do you know how many Chinatowns there are in New York?"
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"Is this what your other interviews were like?"
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"How would you get students to utilize services available to them? Services referred to: tutoring, personal leave etc."
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"What do you think of Arnold as governor?"
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"Nothing especially remarkable--just discussed my file. "
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"what do you do for fun?"
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"None. See comments."
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"nothing too interesting"
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"How my family supported my decisions to apply to medical school?"
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"Do you speak Dutch?"
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"Specific and personal questions about my family."
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"none really, just basic questions"
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"Nothing too out of the ordinary - How did you get to where you are now? Why NY? Why the Bronx? Could you live here? Why Albert Einstein? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? With a physician for a father, how much did that influence your decision to enter medicine? Are you happy with your application? Overall, he seemed to be testing (in a nice way) my resolve to attend Einstein. "
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"No particularly interesting question. We just had a nice conversation, everything from my family to school and my various activities."
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"Almost all my questions were about my research. Also got: How did you hear about Einstein? Where else did you apply? Where else are you interviewing?"
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"Tell me about your research. How did you get introduced to this work?"
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"What other schools did you apply to?"
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"None - My interviewer asked me a lot of questions about my family life and where I am from."
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"So what else do you want to talk about? My interviewer asked this about twenty minutes into the interview."
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"The interviewer asked me how my work in running workshops on issues of community, difference and diversity shaped my world view."
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"If you don't get into any med school this year, what would you do next year? "
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"My parents are both doctors and they asked me to compare the differences between their two professions. "
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"Give me an example of one of those ethical situations(I had said that while shadowing a doc I came upon some). So basically I brought up the ethics on my own."
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"Hailing from southern California, where there is little rain and brownish grass, did you know the real color of grass? Look at our beautiful campus!"
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"Not many interesting questions unfortunately. I brought the doctor my file, so she had 5 minutes to look it over. She really did not know much about me. She spoke most of the time. I wonder how she will be able to evaluate me???"
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"I'm paraphrasing here, but: "How do you expect to split time between research and clinical practice without sacrificing quality in either?""
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"What will you do if you don't get into medical school?"
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"Why do you think we encounter some doctors today who are so arrogant? "
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"I told her about my interpreting experience in the hospital... she asked, "How would you deal with this cross-cultural misunderstanding""
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"Most of the questions were interesting and thought-provoking. We discussed politics, philosophy, language and other topics that emerged. I truly felt like the interviewer was able to enter my mind and get a better feel for who I am. He didn't bother asking the standard "why med school" type interview questions, which I appreciated."
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"So tell me what's NOT in here... (pats my file)"
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"Compare a patient's view of a private practice experience vs. an HMO experience"
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"What's your favorite part of my undergraduate college? My interviewer was a Darmouth alum and was excited to interview another ivy leaguer. "
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"Most of the interview was very conversational. The interviewer was very nice and laid back. She seemed to be more interested in my personality, hobbies, and research than my views on health care or ethical issues. "
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"Do you plan to work for the Chinese American community? "
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"How do you see medicine as an extension of what you are doing now?"
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"I was asked to parallel the issue of gays in the Boy Scouts to gay teachers teaching in primary and secondary school. This question is probably pertinent only to me. I do work with scouitng. "
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"How did living in Jamaica with your grandmother and having to give up your room at times make you feel...were you upset?"
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"Talk about the trajectory of your interest in medicine."
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"What did I think of the motivations of jack kevorkian's practices?"
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"Nothing really"
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"Do you feel your upbringing was sheltered?"
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"all personal questions about my application; really very comfortable and friendly interview; non-stress!"
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"Can you explain how you are hispanic but also checked black on your AMCAS"
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"I was not asked many questions"
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"Tell me something that you do that is not obvious from reading your AMCAS."
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"None "
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"How does the Bronx compare to where you live now?"
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"Can't remember. She was obviously very used to interviewing applicants, and made it extremely easy to relax. No hard questions... no stressful scenarios. I think my interviewer just wanted to get a better sense of who I was and how I've come to this point in applying to schools."
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"Nothing was too interesting. Just a conversation asking about specific things on my file."
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"The interviewer gave me a scenario where a patient was just told that her baby would be born with deformities and she had to decide what to do. The patient asked what the doctor would do in this situation. The interviewer then asked what I would say."
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"Not many real questions, because it was a lot of interesting conversation."
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"What would you do if a 13 year old girl came in and asked for an abortion?"
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"Do you think vaccines cause autism? (One of my EC's was working with an autistic child.)"
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"what was it like going to my undergraduate university?"
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"Not really a specific question, but the interviewer asked me multiple questions about each word in the opening sentence of my personal statement. KNOW your PS cold and the deep philosophical reasons you wrote each word. this applies to any interview b/c anything you write in your PS is fair game."
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"No interesting questions."
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"He asked me if I liked trig and geometry (because I am a math tutor...I said I did, but I don't) and gave me a math problem!!! He said it wasn't a part of the interview though...it was fun to hash it out even though I couldn't really solve it."
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"A question about euthenasia, that turned into a discussion."
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"If you could give a lecture about any topic, what would it be?"
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"What do I look for in a school?"
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"Have you had any "bad" experiences at the ER where you volunteer?"
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"How do you feel about the use of the terminology patient vs. client vs. consumer? How do we make medical student more attune to social issues?"
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"The questions were pretty simple. The interviewer basically just wanted to talk to me and get the feel for what my personality was like. He asked me about my background, how I felt about September 11, what classes I was taking now and what was so interesting about them, why I want to go into medicine etc."
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"None really, it was very conversational."
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"There were none. It was more of a conversation."
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"It's sat night and you have no exams, it's in the middle of summer. tell me what you would do?
what is your favorite movie?"
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"None, just questions about my activites, research etc"
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"You just completed your first surgery which was a success. The patient is doing well and ready to go home the next day. The nurse comes up to you and tells you she has checked and double-checked and she is positive you have left an instrument in the patient (who is the president of Malpractice insurance) what do you do?:)"
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"We just had a conversation. There were no straight questions. My interviewer was an HIV researcher, so we had a lot to talk about since I want to do ID."
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"Nothing was asked in particular, it was more conversational."
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"Einstein has a bunch of charmless weirdos doing their interviewing. Mine was no exception. She had the demeanor of someone who would rather be almost anywhere in the world than in a room with me. Her questions were asked in a half-hearted, going-through-the-motions kind of way. At one point she said in a foggy sort of way, "So do you like watching sports on t.v. and that kind of thing." Huh? "
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"None! Most of the questions were very straight-forward questions regarding my MCAT scores, how I envision my life as a doctor, etc."
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"Tell me about your research....why einstein...typical questions..."
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"How did you feel about coming to this country (I was born in London). I told him that as a 10-year old, I was very excited since I was a budding Cabbage Patch Doll collector and that the United States was the official home of the latter - especially multi-ethnic ones. Thankfully, he laughed and that really opened him up."
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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?