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very conversational."
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I was asked this by every single one of my professors."
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"Lots of stuff about AMCAS, know your research and if you have any updates about your profile bring it!"
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"the dr. asked about where else i was looking and if i was geographicaly restricted and if I thought i would stay in my homestate (WI) if I get in"
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"They asked pretty standard questions about my background, interest in medicine, what interests I have. "
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"see above. mostly they asked stuff about my own application. The interviews were very conversational and relaxed. :)"
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"-Why did you choose to graduate from college in three years?
-Why Pritzker?
-A few ethical scenario were set up involving dealing with an authority figure that is in error and another question about a friend who cheated to get into medical school."
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what's your biggest weakness?"
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"Question about a very specific sentence I wrote in my amcas. My interviewer found it interesting and asked me to clarify what I meant to say."
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2. What doctor would you want to have lunch with?"
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"the usual"
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"nothing out of the ordinary.
very conversational."
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"pretty much everything was straightforward and off my file"
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"None they were all basically just to get to know me as an applicant."
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"What ties do you have to the Hispanic community? (I am applying as a URM but I got none of my Mexican mother's looks and all of my dad's Irish looks - plus, his Irish last name!)"
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"Lots of stuff about my previous career."
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"hypothetical situation questions asked by the studet regarding reasoning, conflict, ethics, and such"
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"The questions were all interesting, but all directly related to me as a person or to my application. All of my interviewers knew my file inside out."
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"Why and in what ways do you think China's society differs from our own... (prompted because I began studying Chinese) this question led to a 15 minute discussion about international politics, which was interesting!"
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"what books have you read lately for fun?"
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"Why now?"
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"I usually like my interviewees to teach me something. You have 5 minutes to teach me anything you want. [It's hard to come up with something fun and interactive (that you know TONS about) off the top of your head.]"
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"Tell me about your experiences with the doctor you shadowed in Maine. From there my interview developed a conversation about how ridiculous it was that doctors complain about decreasing salaries. "
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"If I were to talk to your best friend, favorite professor, and a family member, how would they each describe you? My student interviewer asked me to just "talk about something.""
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"Everything related to my file and from the conversations I had. The closest would be given your experiences with unethical practitioners in the law (I had remarked about a few cases I encountered but also pointed out that this was not the primary reason for my career switch), how would you react to a situation where you believed a doctor acted unethically or erronously?
Nothing too out of the ordinary- Why Chicago? Why Pritzker? It was clear that they take a lot of time and effort to make sure that the right students are matched up with the school."
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"What do you think your greatest challenge will be as a physician? How will you be able to overcome that challenge?"
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"about community service i guess"
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"A question asking about specifics of an EMT experience I had."
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"Why the rush to enter medical school, is there a reason you aren't taking time off?"
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"Nothing, everything was related to my application."
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"How do you think the peace process is going to change now that Arafat is dead? He died the morning of my interview so I had no idea that he had until asked that question, needless to say I was surprised at first. "
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"A man runs into your house looking panicked. He then runs out and you see him run to the left. Another man walks in with a knife and says, "Where is that guy...I'm going to kill him!" What do you say to the man? (In the end, I was told that the true answer is to tell the truth...) I said that I would like to say, "I DOn't know" but in reality, if I was scared for my life, I would probably tell the truth. (I think they were looking for the idea that you would not lie)"
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"who would you bring on a road trip?"
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"i am a CA resident, so the faculty interviewer posed a good question: i look at CA applicants every year and they inevitably are drawn to CA, even if they get into one of the lower ranked UC schools. why should we offer you admission when I know that you will still choose a UC, even a lower one, instead?"
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"Do you think you'll use biomedical engineering [my major] as a physician?"
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"You are in a windowless room with 3 light switches, labeled A, B, and C, each corresponding to a light bulb in an adjacent room. You may make only one trip to the other room. How can you determine the identity of the light bulbs?"
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"See below."
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"Can you tell me what happened to you during your undergraduate career? (Based on what I had written in my essay)"
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"All of the questions were pretty much based on my file. None of the questions jump out as being super interesting."
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"nothing, pretty standard conversational interview questions"
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"An eccentric billionaire grants you ten million dollars and all the equipment you want. What kind of experiment would you design?"
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"What's the formula for the volume of a sphere"
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"What did you think when the doctor you were shadowing told a mother what her child had told him?"
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"The interview was very conversational. There weren't any questions that really stood out. Of course I was asked why I wanted to go to that school and also why I chose medicine."
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"What are you reading?"
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"Drawing from your experience tutoring, what did you learn that you can apply to your future career/profession?"
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"What is your favorite movie?"
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"What would be your position if the hospital you worked for had severe budget cuts and had to turn away non-emergency patients without adequate insurance?"
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"What do you think of the medicare bill going through the Senate today?"
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"How has your father impacted your life (I mentioned somewhere in my application that I was raised by a single mom)"
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"What was the greatest and most significant moment of your life and why?"
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"You have a lot of clinical research experience, but no lab research experience? why not, and would you be interested in doing lab work? "
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"What would you do if you were an ER doctor in a hospital with a policy to refuse non-urgent care to patients due to budget constraints? (this was a no-stress question because the interviewer told me he just wanted to hear what i thought, since there is no right/wrong answer)"
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"the questions were pretty standard, straight out of my application."
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"What do you think it was like for your parents to immigrate to the US? "
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"What would you tell a high school senior about your major and how it would prepare someone for being pre-med?"
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"what could our current leaders learn from the ancient greeks and romans (evolved out of another question)?"
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"If your AMCAS was blank, no activities, no awards, no scores, how would you describe yourself to me?"
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"All were very standard, ie why medicine, problems in the field today."
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"Why not vet medicine?"
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"What would you change about your undergraduate school?"
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"Imagine you're driving on I-55 and you have no one to talk to, and your radio's not working...what would you think at this point?? (I have no clue what this is supposed to mean)"
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"asked detailed questions about issues with my father, but that was in my personal statement so it was no big deal, "
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"Describe your ideal medical school candidate and where you rank yourself to that ideal."
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"Nothing really interesting, just stuff about my file"
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"There really weren't any questions, mostly just clarification and explanation of things from my application."
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"What kind of things I did in the past 6 month outside of academics? "
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"The medical student I interviewd with asked me to tell him what questions he should ask to get to know me better."
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"who do u turn to in your time of need?"
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"What would your friends say about you?"
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"The faculty member asked me to teach her "something" on any subject I chose."
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"How does your research apply to everyday life?
My response: Ummmm, not at all really. But it is interesting no? (psychophysics is not exactly a useful subject for short term application)"
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"An ethical scenario was set up about a brain dead woman who was pregnant."
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"What do you think about euthanasia? What about abortion?"
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"Given a scenario of how i would handle a situation."
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"How would you improve yourself?"
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"What would you get involved in at Pritzker?"
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"Why do you want to be a doctor and not just an EMT?"
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"What are your plans before you enter medical school?"
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"Would you accept money for Nestles (candy company) to assure that children will have meals to eat at school? (We were talking about childhood obesity.) What's the most populous animal that is the same size or slightly larger than the cat? (Seriously.) "
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"How do I define 'mature'?"
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"The Dean asked me, "What makes you unique?" When I answered the question, he said, "I already knew that but I just wanted to hear you say it.""
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"I asked a question about the participation between the medical school and the surrounding area of Hyde park which has a bad reputation and the doctor looked at me and said "are you asking me if Hyde park is a safe area". He pretty much cut to the chase and I sputtered out a clarification of my question."
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"What do you do if your patients are apprehensive towards you?"
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"What career would I choose if the health fields did not exist?"
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"If you could be any organ, which would you be?"
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"How can you explain/prove how your experiences have affected you?"
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"It was very conversational, talked about books, Sept. 11, etc. I am non-traditional and was asked if I would be willing to take a summer course to get me back up to speed, if the admissions committee required it."
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"what would your parents say if you suddenly decided to become a manicurist?"
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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?