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"If I was talking to your best friends, how would they describe you?"
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"Tell me about a difficult time with a patient. // Tell me about a difficult time academically and personally and how you came back from it. // Tell me about when you worked with diverse communities and what you learned from it."
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"They definitely want to get to know you as a person"
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"How would you compare the U.S. healthcare system to other healthcare systems? What are some of the faults of the U.S. healthcare system?"
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"Give an example of being a person for others."
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"What is one of your biggest weaknesses?"
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"What is an example of a time you served and underserved community and how did it impact you?"
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"Tell me about a weakness you have"
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"How do you think you’ll acclimate to living in Chicago?"
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"Why do you think you got the score you did on your MCAT?"
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"Why Stritch?"
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"Coming from your background etc., how will you be able to relate to people/patients of various cultures and races different from yourself?"
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"Complete the sentence: My friends love me so dearly that they put up with my ______."
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"What are your hobbies?"
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"Very specific questions/talking points from my application. They had done a VERY detailed review."
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"How would your friends describe you, and where do those qualities stem from? (i.e. if I said my friends would say I was kind, interviewer would say "what do you think made you kind/why are you kind?")"
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"Why Loyola? It is open-file. Your numbers are secret though (no MCAT/GPA)."
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"A lot about my research; Why do you want to be a doctor?; Why Loyola?"
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"What do you think about France's ban on child beauty pageants?"
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"Why do you want to be a physician?"
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"What stresses you? How would your best friend describe you? How would you deal with (insert medically relevant challenge) as a future physician?"
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"what is my interest in medicine"
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"discuss an ethical dilemma (you chose which ethical dilemma)"
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"Describe your ideal medical school."
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"Why/how would you fit in here?"
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"Tell me about a research project of yours?"
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"Describe X,Y,Z activities"
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"Ethical dilemma "
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"(interviews are semi-open file: no access to GPA/MCAT)
Why medicine?/ Why Loyola?/ Have you thought about other career choices?"
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"Researcher: Why Loyola, How do you think doctors use science and analytical skills to practice. We mostly had an informal discussion about science and how it pertains to medicine. "
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"What are the ethical issues the medical field is facing?"
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"What superpower would you want and why?"
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"Why Loyola, Why medicine, tell me about such and such experience."
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"Tell me about your research."
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"Why do you want to go to medical school?"
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"tell me about your family. How are you going to adjust moving away from them?"
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"What do you want to know?
The first interviewer was very interested in answering any questions I had about the school."
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"Talk with me about an ethical issue in medicine and present both sides"
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"describe any bioethics issue on your mind."
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"Why did you choose your undergraduate college?"
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"Explain shadowing experiences."
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"Tell me about yourself. What led you to Loyola today? Tell me about your family/undergrad/jobs after college. Why did you go to your undergrad? Why did you choose your major? Big focus on talking about my clinical experience, volunteer pursuits and travel abroad."
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"What is one weakness you have that you are trying to change?"
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"What are some other careers you have considered? "
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"Why Loyola? Why medicine?"
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"What do you think about equity in healthcare?"
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"tell me about x, y, z experience"
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"How do you think your friends would describe you if I asked them what you were like and what your strengths were?"
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"Where do you see yourself in 20 years?"
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"What is the biggest problem with the US healthcare system? (Both my interviewers asked this)."
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"why medicine"
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"What are some of the current problems facing medicine?"
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"Biggest ethical problems facing medicine today"
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"What is a major problem facing US health care and what can we do to fix it?"
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"Why Loyola? Why Medicine? ...the obvious ones"
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"Why medicine/loyola?"
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"Why did you take time off after college?"
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"Why medicine/why Loyola?"
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"Why medicine? Why Stritch? Why take you over 3 other candidates?"
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"Tell me a little more about two of your volunteering experiences."
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"what do you do in your free time."
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"Why do you like Spanish?
Are you a published writer?
Why Loyola?"
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"Why Loyola"
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"The illegal alien question."
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"What can be done to help the uninsured children in the United States?"
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"An unconscious Jehovah's witness needs a blood transfusion to live, but the family adamantly refuses because of religious reasons. Do you still do it?"
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"What I've been doing since college."
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"What do you see yourself doing with medicine in 10 years? How do you plan to use your MPH? "
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"You discover a fellow physician is using drugs or alcohol. What do you do about it?"
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"Have you considered other career options? Why didn't you choose them? Describe why you want to be a physician?"
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"Mostly tons of questions about my background from my file (which both interviewers knew VERY well)."
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"Favorite undergraduate course"
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"If you were a psychiatrist and a patient came in for a psychiatric consultation but told you his insurance doesn't cover it and requests you bill the appointment as a diabetes consultation, would you do it?"
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"Describe your research."
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"What do your parents do?"
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"What are your reasons for applying to Loyola again?"
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"Why did you choose to go to (your college)?"
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"When did you decide to be a doctor?"
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"Where are you from originally?"
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"How do I feel about pharmacists being required to fill perscriptions for emergency contraceptive?"
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"What do you think about stem-cell therapy?"
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"About my independent research study on autism."
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"what do you do for fun?"
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"Terri Schiavo case"
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"talk alot about extra curriculars: research, volunteering, jobs, hobbies."
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"Having travelled, what can you say about foreign health care policies? Compared with U.S. healthcare?"
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"Asked to describe personal experiences"
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"So, your interview all comes down to this, Sox or Cubs fan?"
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"What do you think is one of the biggest problems in health care today?"
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"why do you want to be a doctor specifically, and not a member of another healthcare level? (asked by both)"
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"What is the greatest problem in the healthcare system today?"
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"Why do you want to be a doctor/why loyola"
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"Describe how you came to choose medicine."
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"Would you be comfortable going to school in Chicago? "
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"what is the biggest problem facing healthcare in the US (standard question)"
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"If I could guarantee you admissions to the medical school of your choice right now, on the condition that you had to commit to practicing one field of medicine for the next twenty years, what would it be?"
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"Other than the ones mentioned above, why medicine, is anyone else in my family a doctor? How do you like your university?"
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"What is one controversial medical ethics issue that you find interesting?"
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"Basic stuff about my AMCAS"
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"Why did you choose to go to (insert college or university)"
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"What are your weaknesses and strengths?"
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"How did you come about the decision to go into medicine?"
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"Why Loyola, and not a state school that is much cheaper?"
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"They referenced my AMCAS application and my Loyola essays and asked me to explain experiences"
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"Tell me about your family."
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"Why did you choose medicine over research?"
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"What do you think about stem cells?"
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"Background questions"
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"What problems are there in the health industry today?"
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"Tell me a little about (pick an experience from the AMCAS)"
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"What makes you interested in Loyola verses your state medical school which would be cheaper"
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"Why loyola?"
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"Tell me about yourself."
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"Why medicine? Why Loyola?"
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"Why do you want to be a doctor? Why Loyola? What specialty? What other careers have you considered? (The standard med school interview fare.)"
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"see above..."
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"Terri Schavio case: What would I do?"
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"Tell me why you want to be a doctor?"
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"How would you change our medical system?"
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"Why do you want to be a physician? And, what have you done to support your desire?"
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"About the recent Terri Schiavo case and whether to continue keeping her alive and it's cost effectiveness. (Spurred by our conversation on my past economics courses)."
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"Everything pertained to my file."
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"What has been the most meaningful growth experience?"
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"Tell me about how you became interested in medicine."
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"Why medicine? Why Loyola?"
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"Why do I do service?"
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"What do you think is the biggest problem facing physicans today?"
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"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
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"Strengths and weaknesses"
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"Why do you think people choose the medical specialty they do? How do you feel about the space shuttle failure? What are you looking for in a medical school? "
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"Why do you want to be a doctor, and why do you want to go to Loyola? (pretty standard)"
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"all stuff specific to my app besides the general questions asked everywhere"
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"What do you think about HMO's? "
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"Why medicine...why loyola?"
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"Tell me about your extracurriculars."
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"Tell me about your family"
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"How does the weather in Chicago compare to Pennsylvania(where I'm from)?"
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"Tell me about your major and extracurriculars."
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"Why do you want to be a doctor, why not an EMT? Why Loyola? What are you looking for in a med school? What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
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"Tell me your story, and when/why you decided to go into medicine"
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"What is the most important ethical issue doctors face today, and how would you address it?"
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"What are your weaknesses?
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"Where else are you applying?"
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"Ethical question: What would you do if...
You had a 3 year old child who needed a blood transfusion to save his/her life but the parents did not want to proceed with the transfusion because of their strict religious beliefs."
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"Why medicine?"
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"What are some disparities in medicine you have personally witnessed?"
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"If I was talking to your best friends, how would they describe you?"
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"Describe an ethical dilemma you see in medicine."
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"What are some orgs that interest you here at Loyola"
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"If you could choose any famous person to have dinner with, who would it be, why, and what would you ask?"
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"What is the most recent movie you saw?"
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"If medicine was not a possibility, what other career would you pursue?"
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"What makes you unique?"
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"Who are your three biggest heroes/role models? What was the most impactful experience in your life? And how do those two answers contribute to your career choice?"
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"None really...most of my interviews were conversational. Talked a lot about my ECs."
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"How do your family feel about your being a doctor?"
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"Why do you think there are so many dollar stores, liquor stores, etc. in lower socioeconomic areas yet such a lack of real grocery stores?"
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"Some discussions relevant to my background in EMRs"
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"Society does not place importance on X-- so how did you come to hold the value X?"
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"Is there a book you've read that you found inspiring? Why?"
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"strength weakness?"
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"Describe your ideal medical school."
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"Why do you think you didn't get many interviews this cycle?"
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"How would your best friends describe you?"
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"What do your parents think about you going into medicine in light of the current healthcare reform?"
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"How does your dad feel about healthcare today"
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"Would you have a problem treating a patient if it went against your moral beliefs?"
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"The ethics questions. "
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"What superhero power would you want to have and why?"
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"How can I convince you to come to Loyola?"
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"How do you balance a compassionate bedside manner with your other duties as a physician? You're not ordained, are you? "
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"Role play. How would you handle an irate patient?"
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"What do you think about what the US has done to fights Cancer and AIDS (is there really a right answer to this question?? I don't think so)"
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"This was the last question of the first interview: If there was one aspect about your application that you wanted me to remember, what would it be? Pretend I am at the admissions committe meeting and I am about to explain to them why you should be accepted...what would you want me to tell them?
I also like the "what do you do for fun question." We started talkin about the 49ers...haha. it was awesome.
We also talked about osteopathic medicine since I mentioned I applied to both types of programs. It was a very nice convo and the physicians expressed their utmost respect for the DO profession."
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"What is your favorite movie?
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"What's the name of the sword used in fencing? (One of the interviewers was interested in my fencing experience)."
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"Where do you see medicine going in the future?"
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"discuss your thoughts on a major bioethics or healthcare issue.. your choice.
what type of clinical exposure do you have? what did you learn?"
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"What are you taking this semester for fun?"
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"While in this specific x clinical situation, would you defer to a doctor or follow your own instinct if you disagreed?"
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"Discuss the pros and cons of euthanasia. Would you perform euthanasia? PAS?"
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"Just basic questions...had a conversation about me!"
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"pretend you have 3-5 minutes in front of the admissions committee as they look at your file...what would you say?"
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"You're on a 40 foot boat for 10 days. What three books do you bring with you?"
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"What do you think should be changed most about EMTALA?"
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"What is your favorite movie? "
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"Do you agree with the current government regulations on stem cells? "
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"Nothing too interesting, except one of the doctors threw me a curve ball and asked a question about a theory on emotions and the effect they have on your health."
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"Where do you see yourself in 20 years-
maybe some of us are too type A and have it all planned out--while i've THOUGHT about it, I'm not one of them so it was the first time I had to put words to this question for myself."
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"Do you think it's right to do medical testing on humans?"
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"If someone didn't want to hear about your religion what would you do? lol"
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"Why did you learn French?"
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"If a known murderer came in to your ER, would you save his life or let him die?"
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"If you contracted a disease and you could drop dead within 5 years at any time. What would you do?"
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"What do you think is a big problem in clinical medicine? "
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"''tell me about a time in your life in which you failed''"
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"What on earth possessed you to go bungy jumping?"
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"Problems with healthcare system"
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"How do people try to discourage you from medicine and what effect does this have upon you? "
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"Why Loyola? (By both the Dean and my interviewer)."
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"What was the resulting political situation in Mexico? (I volunteered there)"
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"Name all of your past teachers, from pre school through eighth grade."
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"How would you keep from getting burnt out as a physician?"
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"If an illegal alien came to your private office and he was very sick, and his family would sue you if he died, what would you do?"
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"What is your opinion on healthcare as a right versus a privilege?"
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"Do you see yourself having a family? How does being a doctor factor into it?"
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"What is the worst thing you heard from a doctor when you talked to them about going into medicine? How did it affect your thinking?"
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"What was your favorite movie?"
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"Who knows you best? If that person were to say 'that is so * insert your name here*', what would they be talking about?"
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"Well, if you find yourself interesting, the interview will be a breeze. It's a casual conversation about you and why you've chosen the profession."
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"Have you had to deal with patients' families who were difficult? What about patients that are difficult? What is dealing with patients from different religious backgrounds like?"
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"What was my favorite undergraduate course?"
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"Can you understand the Arabic in the Quran?/Do you believe we have a body and soul, just body, or just soul, etc...?/How's the relationship between Iraqis and Kuwaitis seeing as the Gulf War was Muslim-on-Muslim violence (b/c I lived in Kuwait for a year when I was young)?"
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"Do you think you'll have to make personal sacrifices to become a doctor?"
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"What skills from your business experience can you see yourself using as a physician?"
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"With the progression of computers towards becoming self-aware, and the technology of nanobots, being a physician may become obsolete, why be a doctor then?"
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"You look like you are twelve years old in your picture, what year was this photo taken?"
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"What issues are of most importance to you in your life?"
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"Tell me about your experiences with Medicare. Does it work? What would you change?"
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"What is the biggest problem in medicine today?"
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"What would you do if you were the only obstetrician in Nevada and cant afford to practice there bc of malpractice insurance? Do you stay or go?"
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"What would you do if a very depressed patient with advanced lung cancer came to you asking for a medication you both knew he would overdose on to kill himself? Would you prescribe the medication to honor his wishes?"
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"What do you plan to do if you are not accepted?"
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"What am I most afraid of about being a physician?"
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"What potential problem do you see with our curriculum?"
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"how do you feel about this being a jesuit institution?"
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"tell me about yourself... lot of open ended general questions like that since both were closed file. "
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"Having travelled, what can you say about foreign health care policies?"
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"i got the standard, run of the mill all day. "why do you want to be a doctor?" etc."
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"What are you looking forward to most about your years in medical school? What are you looking forward to least?"
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"Did your father push you into medicine?"
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"What do you think about shows like Extreme Makeover? Do you think that's right? (This question didn't come up out of the blue... we were talking about that kind of stuff and I was saying that, as a doctor, I would not perform surgeries for purely cosmetic reasons...)"
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"What are three things you would never do?"
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"What are the steps in starting a business? (I have a business degree)"
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"What was the most important lesson you learned during your undergraduate experience."
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"Describe the similarities and differences among the people in Maine, Montana, and Minnesota (places I've lived). "
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"Why is professional soccer not very popular in the US? (We talked alot about sports during my interview)"
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"Nothing too out of the ordinary-- biggest problem with US healthcare, ethics issue"
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"So how did you feel when Illinois beat Wake Forest?
(I attend U of I -- so we talked about basketball for the first 10 minutes of the interview)"
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"If I could guarantee you admissions to the medical school of your choice right now, on the condition that you had to commit to practicing one field of medicine for the next twenty years, what would it be?"
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"Are doctors who close up their practice and move to another state where it's cheaper to practice bad? What do you do if you can't afford to keep running your practive with patients only on HMOs? Do you shut-down & move?"
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"How will you react when you have 10 patients, in one day, whose pain you cannot relieve?"
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"What is a physician's job in a case like the one in Florida with the woman on life support whose family wants one thing and the husband wants another."
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"How do you think Chinese healthcare is stuctured in comparison to American healthcare? (Related to my application)"
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"I was presented with a hypothetical situation and asked how I would react to it based on my ethics."
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"Nothing very out of the ordinary. Explain stem-cell research, perhaps interesting b/c this was the only school I interviewed at that even touched on any "controversial" ethical issues. Most other places stuck to healthcare policies, insurance, etc."
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"In terms of health policy, which candidate in the upcoming election is the best?"
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"Describe an ethical dilemma you have had or an ethical issue facing medicine."
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"If you were a neurosurgeon treating a patient who was terminally ill and suffering and he came to you seeking your assistance in committing suicide, what would you do?"
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"Differences I had with my ugrad's student body in a medical ethics class."
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"Nothin really interesting... pretty straightforward"
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"Tell me about high school."
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"What was the worst thing about working with cows?"
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"Where exactly do you live? (Interviewer was from the same city I am from)"
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"Why Loyola?"
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"So. . . .tell me about stem cells. (Totally random, thank you God for me watching TLC the week before!)"
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"What do you do in your free time?"
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"What do you think about the University of Michigan admissions lawsuit, and consequently, what do you think about racism? (I'm from the state of Michigan)"
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"Why do you think obesity is a problem in the U.S. today? (Sparked by my research endeavors)"
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"What are your view on universal healthcare?"
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"What time of day do you MOST prefer to study?"
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"If you had to explain to a 4th grader what a gene was and how it produced a protein, what would you say?"
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"There were a couple: If I married someone other than my race (specifically the interviewers) would my parents mind? (This was after saying how traditional my parents were). He asked me how I studied and if I had some notes with me."
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"What are the ethical arguments surrounding the woman in Florida on feeding tube?"
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"Tell me about your values...what do you stand for?"
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"asked about fraternity system at my school"
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"What are your feelings on Euthanasia?"
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"Nothing really that stands out. First interview was basic questions, second was more of a conversation"
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"Are there any issues in medicine today that concern you? "
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"Tell me your stance on physician-assisted suicide (I'm an Oregon resident.)"
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"what do you think are some of the more interesting ethical issues we are facing today"
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"How did you end up doing medical missions?"
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"Talk about your international travel."
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"What is your opinion on euthanasia (I'm from Oregon)?"
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"Who is your favorite violinist and pianist?"
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"Tell me about your family."
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"How do you feel about dogs? Tell me about your dad. How did 9/11 affect him and your family?"
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"Why do you think more women have entered medicine compared to 20 years ago?"
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"What is your favorite restaurant in Chicago? (I'm from chicago)"
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"How did September 11th change your motivation and goals regarding medicine?"
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"Nothing. Just went over application, background."
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"Tell me why you decided to do a study abroad program?"
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"What ethical issue do you find most interesting in medicine and why?"
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"(Based off my secondary) Tell me about this lake you go to w/ your family."
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"What is Bioengineering"
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"Would you perform Euthanasia (if it were legal)."
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