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"I see you are Brazilian..."Do you know 'some city?'" I thought he was talking about somewhere in Portugal since he told me he was of Portuguese descent but he was talking about Brazil since I'm of Brazilian descent. I was all confused."
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"Specifics about my application. She was well prepared."
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"refer to the comments section."
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"Health care questions... they love these type questions be prepared!!!"
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"As above
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"Above"
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"all usual"
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"Since it was the day after the election, we talked a lot about Obama's health care plan and what it meant for the future of medicine in America"
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"I talked about working in a clinic where the patients spoke a language that I did not. He asked how I thought the patients felt."
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"the future of health care reform/possibility of universal health care in the US"
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"It was all good... I dunno about interesting.. Asked me some random bio question?"
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"We talked about my major (kinesiology)."
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"I was not really asked questions. The only thing I was asked was tell me about yourself, which I did. He asked me to expand on one research experience which I did. He then talked for the next 50 minutes about how great Newark was."
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"We talked about football for a while, that was interesting."
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Was also asked if I was a Yankees fan. (not so much an interesting question, but certainly odd)"
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"Just asked me about my application, but nothing really interesting."
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"No one question in particular. I thought the whole interview was a pretty good conversation from start to finish"
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"You've diagnosed me with the disease you're studying (I work in a clinical lab). What do you tell me? I started to stumble on this one, so I deferred to the interviewer which started an interesting conversation on what people do tell patients who have new diagnoses."
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"About my research papers."
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"The interview was great, very laid back, and my evaluator was filling in for someone, although she was on the adcom. She asked very few structured questions, and focused directly on specific things in my application that she wanted clarified. Overall, a great experience. "
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"How to change the health care system and what to do with the increasing amount of malpractice suits."
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"Tell me about yourself. Interviewer went in depth asking about background, childhood, high school, and college experiences."
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"It was pretty by-the-numbers. Why do you want to be a doctor, why did you make the decision to change careers, how will you handle being in med school with a husband. "
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"what would you do for a terminally ill patient, who had lost consciousness and had no hope for recovery if 1. she had asked to be kept alive 2. she left no directives, but her family wanted her kept alive"
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"all questions were about extracurriculars and pretty much just asked to further explain what was on amcas. nothing too dificult."
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"How do you feel about healthcare in America?
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"Nothing, she asked the same old questions, then grilled me to the ground."
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"All the questions were pretty interesting."
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"I was asked what skills/qualities I possessed in terms of wanting to be a doctor and to give examples of things I have done to examplify them."
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"What will you do if you don't get in this year? (I had just been accepted 2 days prior and actually forgot this fact until after I answered, so to me this was really funny knowing that I don't actually have to "work harder and try again next year")"
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"None, my interviewer forgot she was supposed to be on rounds and had to cut the interview short. Questions were very basic: Tell me about yourself, tell me about your family, grade explanation, and that was all."
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"The doctor asked many ethical questions...she gave me multiple cases that had come up in front of the ethics board at the hospital and I had to tell her what I would do in those cases."
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"Why did Abraham choose Isaac and not Ismael, and where was Sara during all of this?
(in reference to a philosophy class I took!)"
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"Ethical questions that were based on real life situations my interviewer had encountered as a physician"
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"Nothing really interesting. Asked about research and grades."
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"What the most important problem in healthcare for society, and what is it from your point of view?"
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"Do you think it's fair for a 60 yr old male to be denied surgery by its insurance company due to his age?"
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"Nothing "interesting." Standard interview questions."
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"There are 3 types of successful medical students - ones who have amazing memories, ones who work extremely hard, and ones who have an amazingly strong science background. Under which category do you fall? (This was from the med student interviewer)"
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"Tell me why you should be accepted to this school."
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"Disadvantages with current health care system, how affects doctors and has this discouraged you?"
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"how did you manage your time between academics and extracurriculars in college?"
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"Nothing too interesting...just standard questions about my
application, academic record, activities, about my research...etc."
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"What is the meaning of your name?"
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"What should we do with the non/underinsured?"
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"How should we deal with those people who can not afford healthcare? Do they deserve it and how should we provide for them?"
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"Why do you like research?"
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"How would you begin to solve the problem of the large population without health insurance. "
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"None really - just very specific to my application. You could tell the researcher had done his homework to find out additional information about my activities. "
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"Tell me about this college class you took in high school?
What?"
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"basic stuff about my activities, jobs, research..."
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"none. just general questions about my application, activities, etc."
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"how would you advise a fellow student who wanted to find a research position? (she's a PhD and even tried to convince me to go into MD/PhD)"
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"standard questions, nothing too interesting"
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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?