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Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
  • Year founded: 1824
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Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Allopathic Medical School
Philadelphia, PA
  • SDN RANKING 3
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 5 207 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 5 1 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $61,270
  • Non - Resident Tuition $61,270
  • Application Fee $80
  • AVG MCAT 514
  • AVG GPA 3.8
  • LIZZYM Score 71.2
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Admissions Information

  • Office of Admissions
  • 1015 Walnut St., Suite 110
  • Philadelphia, PA 19107
  • United States

School Overview

Thomas Jefferson University Sidney Kimmel Medical College Fast Facts

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School Info

Founded in 1824, Jefferson Medical College has awarded more than 27,000 medical degrees and has more living graduates than any other medical school in the nation. It offers both traditional medical education programs and innovative joint degree programs to its enrollment of approximately 900 students each year.

Curriculum

Two years of preclinical instruction are provided in areas of basic science followed by two years of clinical instruction. However, there is considerable integration across the four years. For example, the preclinical curriculum includes patient contact in the first year, and the clinical curriculum includes basic science reinforcement in the last year. The entire curriculum is organized to provide our students with the solid scientific, factual and clinical basis to pursue, successfully, generalized or specialized postgraduate training.

Facilities

Jefferson Medical College is situated on a thirteen acre urban campus in Center City. Located in the College Building are the College's administrative offices as well as laboratories, Foerderer Hall, the Herbut Auditorium, small lecture rooms, and the administrative offices of many of the academic departments. The adjoining Curtis Building also houses academic departments, laboratories, and small classrooms. Academic departments and laboratories, the Solis-Cohen and Brent Auditoriums, and three smaller lecture halls are located in Jefferson Alumni Hall in addition to a cafeteria and the University's recreational facilities and swimming pool.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 187
Negatively 5
No change 12

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
2.45 199

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.15 147

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Give more information on interview day. Tours were lackluster." More from this Member | Report Response

"Breaking up the morning session with the tour would be nice. It was a long time to sit in one room and I felt I would have absorbed more had I had a chance to reset." More from this Member | Report Response

"None. Thank you everyone for being so welcoming and receptive!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Amazing admissions office. Really passionate, friendly, and want to answer any questions you have." More from this Member | Report Response

"The school was pitched as having a lot of "students teaching students" and new diversity programs were given more attention over traditional medical education. The former left me worried I wouldn't have good instruction (how can all students be good teachers?) and the latter worried me that the school was too political and optics-conscious at the expense of substance." More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep up the great work!!" More from this Member | Report Response

"N/A" More from this Member | Report Response

"None, they seem to know what they're doing!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Shorten the morning's talk." More from this Member | Report Response

"None" More from this Member | Report Response

"Excellent experience. Only suggestion is to have more opportunities for bathroom breaks and mingling during the morning presentations." More from this Member | Report Response

"I would have appreciated a tour of the hospital, if possible." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing! Dr.Brooks and Dr. Callahan are both extremely warm, approachable and helpful. All other staff I dealt with were polite, interested and helpful as well." More from this Member | Report Response

"The student-run interview day was a hugely positive experience. As much as I trust the expertise of an Admissions Staff, I trust the opinions and anecdotes of actual students even more." More from this Member | Report Response

"The entire interview day is student run. The school itself needs to coordinate the interview day, as I found it to be somewhat disorganized and was not able to hear about or see everything that I wanted to. There were 30 people on our interview day because the students only have one day per week that they can arrange and hold interview day. A group that size is simply too large for everyone to be able to ask questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"Great job!" More from this Member | Report Response

"have program heads of dual degree programs give brief talks. have the dean of the medical college give a talk" More from this Member | Report Response

"No suggestions;They couldn't be more friendly( and they're quick too!)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Vegetarian lunch option." More from this Member | Report Response

"Really nice admissions staff, they did a great job." More from this Member | Report Response

"Cut down on the presentation length. Financial aid and Jefferson legacy talks were both longer than" More from this Member | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"You checked the box on research, right? Tell me about what you did for research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did I attend the undergraduate school that I did?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just to elaborate on extracurriculars, very conversational." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do for fun in Philadelphia?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you had a free weekend?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's a weakness of yours?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you been doing since graduating?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Current healthcare & policy related questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They asked me to piece together a linear story of my application; it didn't make sense to them." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you had a free weekend in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about experience X" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What in your file are you most proud of?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why be a doctor when you could be a psychologist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 20 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you apply to Jefferson?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about X research experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why apply to the Physician Shortage Are Program?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you wanna study medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your AMCAS experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I want to get to know you so I can tell the admissions committee about you, so tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Had my AMCAS on his computer and asked me about each activity" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? x2" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about the activities you're involved in." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is different about Jefferson?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you go to [city]?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where is your favorite place at your undergrad school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What should I tell the board about you when I meet with them to discuss your file?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you looking for in a medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you looking for in a school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself/where you have lived." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to leave Oregon to come all the way out to Philadelphia?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who are your friends? What would they say about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me anything and everything about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me all about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your study abroad experience like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about increasing costs and the effect of managed care on the outlook of healthcare in the future" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you had any international experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go to medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your personal take on the war in Irag?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you decide to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you consider to be important advances in medicine over the last 50 / 100 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There weren't any real questions it was more of a conversation about who I am why I want to go to medical schoo, why I applied to the physician shortage area program and whatnot" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you heard about Jeff?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What questions do you have for me about Jeff?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me a joke." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What questions do you have for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I elaborated on EVERYTHING in my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about the conferences you attended" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why Jefferson?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do your parents and siblings do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about a proposed law requiring every patient at a certain hopsital to recieve an AIDS test?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I felt like my student interviewer was attacking me by pointing out all the reasons why I waould not be a good match for the school." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How was your undergraduate school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why English?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really, we just talked about my life and experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your spare time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"he didnt want to ask me any questions. he just told me that i had the floor to speak about whatever I wanted, keeping in mind this was a medical school interview. he also chose not to look at my file beforehand nor during my interview. i basically just had to talk about myself for 30 minutes while he took notes and made a few comments here and there." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you first become interested in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor? (both student and faculty interviewers)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you think Jeff is a good fit?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you think [this character] learned from [that experence]?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who's your best freind? If she were here right now what would she tell me about you? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer was very challenging, but he made the interview interesting. He had my AMCAS and asked me about absolutely everything on it. I mean EVERYTHING." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Jeff?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was more a conversation: we talked mostly about religion." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"so what do you want me to know about yourself??" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know anything about the Jewish culture? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go to Jeff? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do your friends like you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you decide that you wanted to go into medicine? Any one specific event?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about living in...." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All pretty standard conversational questions derived from my statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interview was mostly conversational, with questions directed at items on my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see you're from Erie. How do you like it? How do you like Philadelphia?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your job? elaborated a lot on this b/c we held similar positions in college" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What inspires you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite book?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you get interested in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Any questions about Jefferson?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about _____ (insert essay-related experience or ec)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"For what reasons have you applied to Jefferson?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you do differently between your first degree and your second that explains the difference in your grades?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you dont' get into med school, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you learn as a volunteer firefighter?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself (I hate this, I never know where to start)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you come to decide on medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many siblings do you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of books do you like to read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have girlfriend? What does your family think about your decision to pursue medicine? Faculty interviewer had some questions very specific to my personal statement (he knew it quite well) and to some of my ECs, however he said he purposefully didn't look at my grades/MCATs." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you go into practice alone or in a group?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why jefferson" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you like Philly?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something you're good at. Tell me something you wish you had done better." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? What area of medicine? Questions about my family." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What skills/talents are you going to bring to Jefferson?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the high tuition costs?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Jefferson?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your clinical experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your bad grades." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Sorry i know this is no help. But i really don't think i was asked many direct questions. I talked, he talked, we kind of just chatted -- I of course tried to get in their why i want to be a doc, why jefferson, etc. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last movie you saw? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is something you are good at? What is something you are bad at?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What geographic location do you want to go to for medical school? What are you upcoming summer plans?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"All of my faculty interviewer's questions were either standard app questions or vaguely confrontational, so none of them." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Only got asked one question before he asked me if I have any questions for him" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about (specific hobby)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Lots of personal statement based questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What books have you been reading lately?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So I see that you worked on [research topic, non-medical]. Why would you do that?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you do if you don't get into medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why aren't there more opportunities to mentor underserved youth in Philadelphia? Obviously the need is there." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the size of the compound that you spent time researching in undergrad?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Was your undergraduate school cutthroat during your time there? I worked there a long time ago and the administration had to talk to the student body about reducing that." LOL I don't think this was a make or break question, they were just interested. Again, very conversational interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer really didn't ask many questions; he was far more interested in the questions I had about the school." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"[You said you like to read], What book are you reading right now? What is it about?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do your parents think of your decision to try for med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could meet anyone, who would you meet?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In conversation I had mentioned staying with family friends in an affluent area outside of Philadelphia so he tried to test my inclination to live in a suburban, affluent area vs rural area by asking me if I saw myself living in a place like that or not." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your best friend describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about the mind-body connection?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite thing about your home town?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Um...it was just a conversation mainly...only the questions stated above were directly asked." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked me about the Superbowl." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What volunteer activities have you been involved in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you solve the problem of so many uninsured people in the United States? We talked about this for sooo long. I loved it. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name a few Nobel Prize laureates at your research institution." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you a Phillies fan?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you more interested in family practice or internal medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The research question - it turned into a pretty interesting conversation." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"More of a conversation than question and answer format. Also some faculty interviewers do a closed file interview (mine) while others do open file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"''Here is a scenario. Say its 20 years from now, year 2028, what woould you be doing, where would you be geographically, what would you be doing for fun, who would your friends be?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The student interview was mostly just getting to know each other and them seeing if they'd like you to be a classmate. The faculty interview was really low-key and conversational. We basically just talked about my undergrad school, sports, and philly." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was pretty much like a long conversation- no one question stands out." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me all about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too interesting, just conversational" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing unusual was asked." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there anything that we haven't touched on yet that you think I should know about you? (A great question!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about the large class size?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about increasing costs and the effect of managed care on the outlook of healthcare in the future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer basically started off the interview with ''Tell me about yourself'' (she sida that although interviews were open file, she prefers to just glance at the app and have the student talk) so there weren't many direct questions, just a true conversation. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can't remember" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"We had a fantastic dicussion about the Iraqi War..he saw from my AMCAS that my brother went to West Poing and inquired whether or not he had been deployed. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think the Penguins will do in the playoffs?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing particularly interesting or difficult. It was mostly just a discussion of my background, experiences, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I were coming over for dinner, what would be on the menu? (after seeing i was a pro cook)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think being a doctor entails, apart from treating patients?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There was nothing too out of the ordinary. I would say ''what do you think is different about practicing in a rural area''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who's your best friend? And what would they tell me about you if I called them right now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about my current research which showed that he had taken the time to study my file beforehand" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your dog." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Wasn't really interesting but it caught me slightly off guard. ''So, what would you like to tell me.''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your parents. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think are the problems in health care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was a convo, she didn't ask any questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I wasn't asked any questions. The interview started with ''Tell me about yourself'' and continued from there. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Bioethics questions regarding my interest in speciality. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you dance (Indian dances)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was really more of a conversation, no real point-blank questions. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So, you're an interesting case...(pretty much just ran from there for the whole time)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"about my background" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's your claim to fame?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing. all standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself... that was the only question." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about the current state of the art in orthopaedics" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, really. It was more of a conversation than anything, without any real "questions"." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your college life" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a time when you demonstrated caring/compassion." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethical question about AIDS, see below." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing that interesting, the interview was more like a conversation" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Faculty interviewer picked a course out of my transcript and asked about it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do in your spare time. (do premeds have spare time??)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Strangely enough, I wasn't really asked any direct questions. We just started talking about a photography award of mine and went from there." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why were you an English major?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing unusual." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Didn't really ask me any questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one quality that you have, that I can share with the adcoms and tell them that they should let you in? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about an experience you';ve had in which ethics was a consideration." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about Tom Stoppard (related to my application)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is your husband supportive of your goal to become a doctor? (faculty interviewer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"it wasnt a q&a type thing. all conversation about my application and my life. she read through my amcas page by page and we just sort of talked about my experiences and i added in other things where i could. i dont think she ever actually asked me any questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if I were not accepted to any medical school this year? (kinda intimidating)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What can I tell admissions about you? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"if everything goes perfectly, where do you see yourself in 10 years? if things don't go well, where then?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a friend of yours was here, what would that person say about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you respond to the Katrina disaster?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Near the end of the interview, my interviewer asked me, "Okay, we have about five minutes left. I will soon be telling the Admissions Committee about you. What do you want me to tell them?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing very interesting. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where have you traveled?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you engaged (wearing a ring)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"some questions about my research and it became a complete different conversation. the doctor i was talking to was reading my file at the same time so we had some moments when he would read and i would just sit there: it did not feel like an interview at all." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The faculty member (combined MD, PhD, MBA degrees) started up a conversation before she even sat down in her chair and we went from there for over an hour." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your guitar what books have you read lately" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know anything about the Jewish culture? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think the biggest problem facing medicine is today? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What does sheep blood taste like?" (We had an exchange about different ethnic foods we've tried.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"i was only asked one question: what inspires me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you think your friends are friends with you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why do you like teaching" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Not a question and answer format. More of a conversation although we discussed attributes of city life. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does your culture & family regard your decision to enter the medical profession?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you think about medical malpractice? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was most important to you as an undergraduate? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My faculty interview was very conversational, but the conversation was directed by questions about my personal statement. It was mainly a discussion of things that I wrote about and how I felt about them." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your experiences abroad." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Not really a question, but at one point, my interviewer told me "Your research ends up being more important than your grades. No one will look at your grades when you are 30, but your publications will follow you forever....kind of like Herpes". It was hilarious and put me at ease. Like I said, VERY LOW STRESS!!!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What inspires you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you do if you don't get in to medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you consider to be a weak part of your character?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What reservations do you have about going into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you regret going to your undergraduate institution?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"do you know how to hang dry wall? we were talking about some volunteer experience" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What do you think caused the shooting at Columbine High School?" " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see you want to be "this specialty" of physician, but what KIND of doctor do you want to be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you most proud of as a Vietnamese person?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to leave California for medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What about medicine will be most difficult for you to manage?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All questions were very basic just explaining the info on my application and telling a little more about myself. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there anything I haven't asked you, that you think I should have or anything else you want me to know about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked about my Russian history class, my hobbies, and if I knew how to be a mason like my dad." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were particularly interesting, I got questions about problems in medicine, and my exposure to the feild." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why the switch from education to medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you think of the california recall (because i'm from california and the election was last night)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would your friends describe you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the last book you've read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Jefferson?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All the questions were fairly standard" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last movie you saw?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"More of a conversational interview (Dr. Fred Markham)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think I should get my kids interested in piano? (because the interviewer knew that I played piano)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer, juding by the patients in his office, a successful clinician, was extremely professional yet engaging and interesting. More of a conversation than an "interview"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about my family and my Italian background. My interviewer was an old Italian physician so we talked about Italy, food, family, etc..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know what the most interesting thing about JMC is?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something you are good at. and something you are bad at." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is Jefferson one of your top choices?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I could describe my perfect/ideal day, what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of malaria were they going to give you? (You had to be there ;)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you feel you know what you're getting into in the field of medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing really interesting, we just chatted." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your parents?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"basically, my student interviewer answered my questions, and my physician was really nice and we just chatted. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do to relieve stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none-my faculty interviewer spent the majority of the time selling the school to me. The few questions that were asked were directly related to what we were discussing at the time and were mostly general questions. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The entire interview was interesting. My faculty interviewer was awesome. He really seemed interested in me and my application. We had a wonderful conversation." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How hard do you want me to fight for you with the admissions committee?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your first choice of medical schools that you are applying to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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What do you like most?

"Jefferson students are very supportive of each other and the school has a very non-cut-throat feel to it. It's connected to a huge network of hospitals and there are plenty of activities to choose from." | Report Response

What do you like least?

"The class size might be intimidating to some people and sometimes there is some red tape to go through." | Report Response

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