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"When I came for the interview I was excited to learn more about their research opportunities. However, I could not get a solid comment from either faculty or the students as to the specific projects and programs that are available."
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"Nothing, keep being amazing and friendly. It was such a great environment on my interview day."
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"Students should be prepared to give tour. They were quite confused about which floor is which."
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"If tour guides could speak up, that would be awesome so everyone could hear! Otherwise it was a great experience"
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"Wished interview was 30 minutes instead of 20, felt like I could have said more about myself if interview had been a little longer"
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"Better subject titles in emails"
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"None. Very up front. Explained when committee was meeting and when you would receive a response. Was told that they are meeting a week from interview and will have answer the following week on acceptance."
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"Provide more extensive information or presentation regarding the three campuses, financial aid, etc."
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"none"
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"Verify the receipt of the part of the application that is mailed in."
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"Coffee and water during the waiting periods would be very nice! Also, having the schedule available"
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"Have signs to guide people to the admissions office since it isn't exactly easy to find."
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"Perhaps provide an overview of the curriculum, highlights of the school, financial aid info during t"
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"Please, give some info on Fin Aid during the interview."
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"Financial aid presentation would be great."
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"They asked me a lot about unique aspects of my application, including hobbies and research unrelated to medicine which was cool"
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"None. It was mostly standard questions."
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"Favorite part of the body?"
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"Honestly it was pretty dull, boiler-plate stuff"
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"n/a"
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"What one experience have you had that made you say "that's how I want to treat me patients""
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"If you could have your ideal practice, where would you practice medicine?"
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"Why WVU?"
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"What is your favorite part of the brain and why? (I majored in Neuroscience and one of my interviewers happened to be a PhD who studied neurophysiology and neuropharmacology)"
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"Why write poetry?"
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"What is your favorite part of the human body"
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"They asked about my thesis defense for undergraduate degree."
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"If you could sit in front of all 20 people in the admissions committee, what would you want them to know about you?"
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"Why did you go here for college?"
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"How do you plan to reconcile your interest in evidence-based medicine with the realities of clinical practice?"
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"Explain the gap in your education and your choice of majors. What happened? Why are you graduating just now?"
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"why do you want to go here?"
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"Asking about my fiance's background (in WV--the reason I applied here)"
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"When you become a doctor and you make a mistake with a patient, what do you do?"
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"Where/How do you see yourself practicing in the future?"
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"How do you see yourself practicing medicine in 10 years?"
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"They were not really interested in my research, but extracurricular activities such as art and dance."
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"If you couldn't work in the healthcare industry, what would you do?"
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"Who was the biggest surprise in the Mitchell report?"
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"What is something that describes you, which we wouldn't get just from today or reading your file?"
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"What your best friend would say was your strength/weakness."
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"Nothing"
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"What qualities should a doctor possess? What role should a physician have with patients?"
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"We talked about my favorite sport for awhile, which was comforting."
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"Why did you decide to leave West Virginia for college?"
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"what do you like to do for fun?"
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"I see you were involved in chorus. Sing us a song........."
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"Because your parents are both research scientists...what do they have to say about you going towards medicine?"
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"Tell us about your visits to Pakistan."
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"What was the most interesting class you have taken?"
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"What volunteer or service opportunities would you like to continue?"
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"nothing much, routine questions."
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"Why would a New Englander want to come to West Virginia?"
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"Do you see health care in the nation as a right or a privilage?"
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"If money was not a factor, and you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?"
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"What do you see as the greatest challenges in healthcare today?"
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"Tell us about Sheetz (where I worked for a few years previously)"
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"What did you learn about yourself it the time between high school and college (6 yrs.) and how will it benfit you as a physician?"
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"nothing out of the ordinary"
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"On my AMCAS I had lots of extracurriculars and they pretty much had researched them well and just asked me about all of those."
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"Tell me about this class: "Death, Myth, and Reality""
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"Give us an example of a situation where you displayed leadership."
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"Are you satisfied with your MCAT score?
Can you sing a song for us?"
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"Convince me to move to Parkersburg, WV."
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"What is a visa, what process did you have to go through when you moved here?"
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"What do kidneys do that dialysis machines don't? (since I volunteered in the Kidney center in college)"
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"Nothing extremely interesting. Maybe, "What was the hardest merit badge to earn on your way to Eagle Scout?""
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"what is the oldest animal alive on earth today?"
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"If I'm lost in the woods what should I do? (I was an outdoor guide in college)"
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"Have you ever watched Nip Tuck? Which doctor would you be like?"
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"why did you transfer schools? how are you going to deal with the distance from your family? interviewer started asking calculus, organic chemistry structures (cholesterol) and physics questions. very intimidating. "
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"pretty much just asked me to talk about a few things that were in my application, i.e. work experience, hobbies"
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"They asked about a really random scholarship I received about three years ago. They also asked if my mom made a certain kind of Slovak cookie :)"
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"What I enjoyed most about my abroad program"
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"nothing interesting"
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"Was it difficult getting into my undergradate institution and why did I choose it?"
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"the questions were pretty standard"
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"What do you do for fun?"
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"Do you think you could adjust to life in Morgantown, WV (vs my very urban current residence)?"
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"What was your favorite class?"
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"How would you feel about living in West Virginia?"
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"So tell me about (your hometown)"
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"Who was your most interesting patient during volunteering?"
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"None of the questions were real brain-benders. Pretty standard stuff, no complicated ethical questions like at some of the other schools."
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"All questions pertained to my file, so all were as interesting as I could create them to be for me! Your activities are too excessive, you've accomplished so much in your life, how can you guarantee us that you will not go overboard with your level of achievements and activities in Medical School???? hehe!"
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"I went to a junior college and they asked if I felt my education was compromised."
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"What is your favorite key? (As in musical key to play the piano in)"
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"I was asked a lot of questions about my background and experiences, which are not typical of most med school applicants."
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