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Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 38% of interviews, indicating it is moderately regarded. They found the interview generally impressive with a low stress level and felt they did okay.
⭐ Overall Impressions ▼
SDN Interview Experience Score
7.2
Good
Generally favorable experience overall, applicants reported positive interactions with some minor issues noted.
Based on 1,907 responses
Score Reference:
9–10 Exceptional
8–8.9 Very Good
7–7.9 Good
6–6.9 Mixed
< 6 Needs Improvement
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💬 Interview Questions ▼
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
The most commonly asked interview questions at medical schools include inquiries about motivations for pursuing medicine, challenges faced in the field, specific experiences like work or research, family background, ethical scenarios, and opinions on healthcare. Some responses mention a conversational tone with questions about interests, extracurricular activities, and personal experiences, while others detail more specific questions related to academic performance, career choices, and hypothetical situations.
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Why Medicine?
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Why Drexel
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Why DUCOM?
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Why do you want to join Drexel?
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why drexel? what do you think will be a challenge for you going to medical school? What kind of doctor do you want to be?
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What do you see as a challenge for your career in medicine?
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tell me about yourself
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Why did you choose to apply to Drexel?
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Tell me about yourself. then after answering, why do you want to be a doctor?
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Traditional - Why medicine, why this specific activity
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Do you have any doctors in your family?
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Why Drexel?
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Why are you interested in Drexel?
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Why Drexel? Then proceeded to shoot down everything I stated. Repeated stated "that is not only found at Drexel, what else" or "yeah that might seem like a good program at Drexel but it's not nearly as good in reality as on paper".
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Tell me about your work experience
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why medicine
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Why are you here?
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What undergraduate school did you go to?
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So you mentioned many doctors have jokingly said turn around now, why do you still want to be a physician?
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What do you think of the Affordable Care Act?
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Assuming multiple acceptances what factors would influence your school choice?
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What is your opinion about humor in medicine?
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tell me about your best friend
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What are the types of problems you think you will face as a future physician?
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He asked about a specific course I took first year "First Year Preceptorial" as it was in a letter of rec, or "Conversations in a World of Strangers" as on the transcript. Probably because of the discrepancy. File specific, but transcript is fair game.
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Tell me about yourself.
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Tell me more about your background and your family
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How do you think (my school)'s basketball team is going to do this year?
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What did you write about (in the essay prompt)?
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What is the hardest thing you've had to deal with academically?
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What does your sisters do?...Kinda random
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What are your interests in medicine?
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Student: Why Drexel? What do you do for fun? What's your favorite movie and book? What questions do you have for me?
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Do you have any questions for me?
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I know this, this and that about you. What else should I know about you?
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In your opinion, what are the top 3 most important advances in medical technology?
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Why do you want to be a doctor?
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What have you done since graduating and now
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Tell me about (resume experience).
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Why a doctor and not a nurse?
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What do you think about the current health care system in the US?
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Which curricula would you prefer once enrolled? PIL (small group based) or IFM (lecture based)?
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Explain what you learned from your clinical volunteer experience...
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So, what do you want to talk about?
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WHy do you want to go to Drexel?
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Tell me about your research?
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Here are the three possible ethical question essay prompts I'm aware of. I may have paraphrased them or gotten the details wrong but if they're close enough that that won't matter. 1) You're a doctor, it's 4:00 pm and time for you to go home. You have long-standing evening plans. Your patient patient is just going in for a diagnostic test for a serious medical condition that will take an hour to complete. Do you cancel your plans in order to be there when your patient's results come back or leave your patient in the care of the on call team? Explain your reasoning 2) You're riding in your friend's car when she runs a stop sign/red light and gets into an accident (no fatalities/injuries/damage of that magnitude). She asks you to be involved in lying about the cause of the accident for insurance purposes. What do you do? 3) Rules exist for a reason but aren't applicable to all situations. Explain a time you've broken the rules and some of the ethical consequences (I forget exactly which they ask for, but if you think about an example and what you learned, why you broke the rules, and other ethical ramifications of such a scenario, you'll be prepared) You have about half of the space on one side of a unlined sheet of standard printer paper to answer the prompt.
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why did you choose to go to (my undergrad school)?
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What is your motivation for becoming a doc.
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What extracurriculars did you do?
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Tell me about what they do at your school for fun
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How do you relieve stress?
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Explain these weaknesses in your application.
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Who is a role model for your medical goals?
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Why are you interested in medicine?
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What do HMO and PPO stand for?
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Did I like my undergrad school
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The student and I had a pretty easy flow of conversation and really wasn't an interview at all. The professor/doctor had me shadow him a bit and then we did the interview in his clinic's break room. He asked me if I was satisfied with my MCAT score.
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What made you decide to pursue a college education? (I'm a non-trad.)
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What impressed you positively about Drexel?
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Drexel had two interviews: student and faculty. The questions that were asked by faculty were very simple and it was very conversational. The student interview for me lasted almost hour and a half, but normally its only half an hour.
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Why were your undergraduate grades so low as compared to your post-bacc grades?
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If you had to teach [skill from application], how would you go about it? Tell me how it all works.
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Without political opinion, how do you think the potential changes, or potential lack there of, in the healthcare system will impact your future practice?
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What kind of clinical experiences have you had?
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Faculty: Tell me about your family. Why Medicine? Tell me about your research. What was your most/least favorite class and why? Why Drexel? How can Drexel help you achieve your goals? Student: Why Drexel? What do you do for fun? What is your favorite book/song?
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What led you to pursue medicine?
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why medicine/medical school
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Why medicine ?.
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Without repeating anything in your file, tell me about yourself?
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Tell me about X activity.
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What do you think are negative aspects of going to medical school? being a doctor?
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Do you think you can handle the stress?
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What was the most difficult medical decision you ever made in your life?
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Who inspired you to study medicine?
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Why Drexel? Why medicine? General questions about GPA and extracurriculars. Questions regarding my graduate program.
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what do your parents think about you going into medicine
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Tell me about your research.
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What specific areas of medicine interest you?
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Why New York? (for undergrad)
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Abortion, which I thought was inappropriate.
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What did you do before you decided to apply to the medical schools?
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Why medicine? How did you get from Cornell to Drexel (I've been out of college for 5 years)? Why medicine and not public health? Have you been discouraged by anyone in persuing medicine? If you were President Obama, how would you handle the healthcare crisis?
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Tell me about yourself ... ... what else ... what else ... what else
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What are the most important qualities of doctors today.
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where r u from? very conversational
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If you do not get into medical school this round, what would you do?
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Quoting from previous poster.. pretty much word for word same question (aka: Same interviewer) Are you ready to pay the price? Your kids are not going to see you, you will miss great part of their life, are you really sure you want to go through with this? And he went on and on saying how his kids still judge him for been missing in their life.
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Why did you get these 3 C's? What makes you think you are ready for medical school? (my GPA is a 3.7 but i got 3 C's) Do you even know your limits?
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Why did you choose your undergrad?
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Why medicine? What type of doctor? What kind of environment would you want to practice?
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What do you think is the biggest challenge your generation of physicians will have to overcome?
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"You've taken a rather circuitous route to medical school...explain"
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Tell me about your research experience.
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Student Interview: Why do you like Drexel? Faculty Interview: Tell me about your research involvement as an undergraduate?
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What are so great about you?
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Why did you change careers?
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why should i help you get into drexel med?
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Tell me a little bit about X (this was something on my app).
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Why did you transfer schools?
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Tell me about this activity?
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Tell me about your childhood, family, siblings.
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Tell me about (such and such activity from my amcas)
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what are your academic strengths and weaknesses?
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Why do you want to go into medicine? Why Drexel?
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Tell me a little about yourself.
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Why didn't you get accepted to medical school the first time?
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What is your greatest strenght? weakness?
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Did you do any research?
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what aren't you looking forward to as a doctor?
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What have you done since graduating from college?
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Say that being a doctor never existed, what else would you do?
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What do you do for fun? How do you relax?
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What are some issues facing medicine?
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Why did you apply to Drexel? Why did you choose to pursue medicine?
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Why didn't you retake the MCAT? What are some academic challenges you have faced? Why medicine?
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Why Medicine? Why Drexel?
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Mostly conversational
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Is there anything you'd like to explain?
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How did you get involved in cancer research?
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Other than medicine, what could you see yourself doing?
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What isn't in your application that you want us to know about?
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How did you pick your undergrad
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Tell me about your experiences and how you were lead to pursue a career in medicine.
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What is the one thing people need to prevent disease?
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What medical specialties particularly interest you?
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What does HMO stand for?
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Typical stuff. Why medicine, why Drexel, etc
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Why medicine? Is it because your father is a doctor?
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positive/negative qualities about you.
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Favorite type of wine? The faculty interviewer asked about the origin of my name and we started talking about French wines.
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are you qualified to study medicine? (assuming b/c of my poor start to my undergrad)
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What kinds of ethical problems do you think you will face as a doctor? How will you handle them?
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Tell me about yourself... including childhood, undergrad, postbacc, jobs, life.
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Tell me about your family, background, why you chose your undergrad school, and how did you got to medicine.
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What's wrong with our health care system?
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The first things she said were: Ok I want to know about you, I want to know about your family, what do your parents do, any siblings, where you're from, where you went to college, how you chose this college and your major, and what made you decide to pursue medicine. This was really intimidating at first but it allowed for a great flexible conversation with a lot of tangent/joke room. If you get Lisa Cifeli, you are in luck. I heard the other interviewers were great too.
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Tell me about your extracurricular activities.
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How did you know medicine was right for you?
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See "immigrant" question above.
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What do you think the biggest challenge will be coming into medical school?
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What else would you do, if it were not medicine?
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Which one of the undergraduate class did you not like the most?
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Asked me about an ethical issue I had faced.
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Why do you want to be a doctor? (The only question asked by the student interviewer)
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Why would you want to move from California to Pennsylvania.
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When did you realize you wanted to go into medicine?
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do you know healthcare issues exist
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do you feel deprived?
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So, I see you've lived in the UK most of your life. Which healthcare system is better? (I answered the US, but I guess my interviewer disagreed, and then proceeded to grill me on my choice)
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the cannibalism thing
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What kind of medicine do you want to go into?
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What was it like being a latchkey kid? (i can't believe he asked this, what a dlckhead)
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Tell me about your MCATs, grades, personal experiences ect...
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What are you most passionate.
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Tell me about yourself.
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Tell me about XX activity.
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Why I picked biomedical engineering as my major
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Do you know if you would rather do PIL or IFM? They have 2 tracks of curricula. You have to pick one.
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Tell me about yourself (where you were born, what schools you attended and why).
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What is your wish list?
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Why did I chose my undergraduate college?
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see above
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what do you see yourself doing in 15 years?
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why did you choose your undergrad school?
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Tell me about your family and friends
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what do you do for fun
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Why did you study abroad in England?
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All questions were specific to my file
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Why did you get a C- in [insert class here]?
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Why don't you just tell me a little bit about yourself?
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how did you choose your undergrad?
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Biggest problem facing medical field today
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What is a pressing issue in healthcare?
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What was your previous career?
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What do you want me to know about you? What else? What else?
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If you were treating a patient who disagreed with your course of action, what would you do?
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Why do you want to go into medicine?
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tell me how you became interested in medicine and why you switched from your original intended career (i definitely like this question better than straight up "why medicine?")
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How do you feel about leaving your family and moving here for medical school? (Im from CA)
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what do you think is the most challenging issue facing health care today?
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what do you do for fun? (it seems like fun is a big deal at drexel, another thing i liked)
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see most interesting question
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How I felt about certain Supreme Court cases concerning euthanasia.
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What was you favorite undergraduate course?
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Tell me about your transition of coming from Hong Kong when you were a kid. (asked by both faculty and student)
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Typical questions
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What was your most challenging course in college? (faculty interview)
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tell me about yourself and your parents.
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What is the worst part about being a doctor?
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You seemed to have a rough start in college, can you tell me about that?
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What brings you to medicine?
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Questions about my work experience
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If your friend was stressed and questioned his or her decision to continue residency, what would you say?
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research
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Why I applied to Drexel.
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Why medicine and not a translator? (referring to my experience as a medical translator)
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Why do I want to be a doctor?
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Was Jane Austen a feminist? (I'd just taken a Jane Austen class.)
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how do you handle stress?
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Your strengths and weaknesses.
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What are some of your hobbies?
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Most questions were about my work experiences: Why did you pursue service work abroad?
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Tell me about your undergraduate research project?
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Explain two classes (took when I went abroad) and describe how they relate to medicine.
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favorite/least favorite class
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When did you decide you wanted to become a doctor?
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She asked me specific questions about classes i had taken in college, like economics and philosophy -- she then linked them to healthcare issues
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How do you know you even like to be around sick people?
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See difficult question.
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How come I did so poor in college, especially my undgrad science, while my postbac grades have been so good.
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Describe your research. Why don't you try an experiment that makes no sense?
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Tell me about your volunteer experience (she referenced my essay).
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Why do you want to be a doctor
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Why did you take the MCAT twice
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tell me about your background
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Why did you decide to pursue medicine as opposed to something else.
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Tell me about yourself (again, because he did not have my file)
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Most were specific to my application
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The doctor only asked one question: Ask me anything you want to know about Drexel.
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Why Medicine/Drexel?
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Explain your verbal score. What's a big problem in medicine today?
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do you think your Christianity will negatively influence your practice of medicine?
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She said upfront that she wasn't going to ask me anything about academics and that she just wanted to know if I was a normal, TV watching kind of person. She wanted to know that I had a life outside of books.
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Motivations for going into medicine
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why didnt i go to medical school immediately following college?
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What healthcare issues do you think you will be facing as a future physician? (Faculty Interviewer)
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Tell me about yourself, Your family
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Why do I want to become a doctor (Faculty Interviewer).
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why do you want to come to drexel?
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Tell me about your clinical/laboratory research experiences.
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Why did you attend a community college?
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tell me about yourself?
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Why med school?
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Have any of the physicians you've worked with in the past tried to discourage you from going into medicine given the state of healthcare?
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Tell me more about your _________. (research, jobs, volunteer work, blah blah blah).
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why med discuss research exp
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Why have you been in school for so long?
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What is the most problematic issues in the field of healthcare today?
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What was your fav/least fav. class?
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Have you shadowed a physician?
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What other professions have you considered? What led you to your decision to pursue a career in medicine?
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Tell me about your decision to pursue medicine.
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See above; also, how does your family feel about you entering medicine?
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What specialties interest you?
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What do you think of the big rat?
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Have you ever been to another country?
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Which country did I think had the highest life expectancy rate?
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what would you do if not med?
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Tell me about your leadership experiences.
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Tell me about yourself. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What would you like me to tell the admissions committee. (faculty)
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"Why do you want to be a physician"
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MCAT Verbal Prompt (Physician Interview)
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Tell me about yourself. (Gotta love that one)
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None were very specific, mostly my faculty interview wanted to verify my activities.
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What are the problems with medicine today? (Followed by) Any other problems with medicine today?
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The interviewer went through my file and asked about the activities, etc. that I was doing. Most of the interview was based on this.
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tell me about a memorable patient experience
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What problems do you expect to face in health care?
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How would your best friend describe you?
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Why your major?
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Why Drexel? What will you bring to the medical community?
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How are you doing in your current courses?
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strength and weakness of our healthcare system. how would you improve weakness
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Tell me about this experience...what did you learn from it? This went on and on..until it was time for the interview to be over!
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What is the most difficult obstacle you've had to overcome?
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Why did you wait to apply? Why go directly to med school after college?
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Basic questions about research, volunteer, working, etc.
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what did you get out of these specific classes? (mine were "the art of war" and "british and irish drama 1956-1965"
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Tell me what you are most passionate about?
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Tell me about the experiences that led you to decide on a career in medicine.
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What motivated you to work with Alzheimer's Dimentia patients?
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Why did you do so poorly your first year of school if you always knew that you wanted to be a doctor
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what do you see are your strengths?
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What was the biggest challenge you have faced?
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why score low on verbaL???
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Have you interviewed elsewhere? What schools? What did you think of them?
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Why medicine? Tell me about your parents. How do they feel about you going into medicine? What was your most interesting class in college? What was your most difficult class? Why did you choose your major?
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Why Drexel? Why Philadelphia?
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What hospital experience do you have?
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When did you decide about medicine?
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Tell me something interesting you've done at work.
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What kind of books do you like to read?
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Explain your research.
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What do you think will be the most challenging aspect of medical school?
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You have a lot of research background, but only a few experiences in clinical medicine. Do you think you should be looking at an M.D. or a Ph.D.?
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By student interviewer: Describe a difficult situation that you have had to overcome. What do you like to do for fun?
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What is the most difficult challenge you have faced (bnoth interviewers asked me this)?
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What would you write on your epitaph?
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Why Drexel/PA?
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Challenge you overcame?
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Would you be interested in joining clubs here?
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Tell me a little about your family background.
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What challenges have you faced?
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why doctor?
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Tell me about yourself type of interview.
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What do you see as the biggest problem facing medicine today? How woudl you solve it? Who do you think is to blame?
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Why do you want to become a doctor and what kind?
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Tell me about a challenge you overcame?
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student interviewer asked if there were any challenges I overcame, what I do in my spare time
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What difficulties have you overcome?
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my medical experience
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what is your biggest accomplishment so far?
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What challenges have you faced and what did you gain from overcoming them?
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My interviewer, although he never asked, mentioned that he was 'supposed' to ask me about the current and future state of health care as it related to managed care, malpractice etc
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If patient wanted you to perform a task that was against your religious beliefs, how would you handle it?
What was the most interesting question?
Students said most interesting question asked at Drexel University College of Medicine discussed a wide range of topics, from personal hobbies to healthcare scenarios. While the questions varied, there were no standout unique inquiries reported, with some interviews being conversational and standard, focusing on motivations for pursuing medicine and experiences outlined in the application.
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What is something unserious that you are passionate about?
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Asked me a question about my hobby
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what will be your greatest challenge at Drexel
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Who is your best friend and what would they tell me are your strengths and weaknesses?
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How would your best friend describe you?
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Is there anything on your app that I haven’t mentioned that you want me to ask you about
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Would you zone out during a lecture on business within medicine? (my interviewer taught that module)
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How do you characterize success?
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Out of all your experiences, which taught you the most about yourself?
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what brought you here today
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Would you attend a business and healthcare course if it was optional? (he revealed that he taught the class after I responded).
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How do non-science (humanities) classes relate to being a good physician
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Very standard
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Why are you here?
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What are the most important qualities of a good physician?
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How would friend describe you
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How do you feel about the current healthcare situation?
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Scenario: You are on your way to visit one of your best friends, who is on their deathbed in the hospital. On the way, you hear the best joke you've ever heard in your lifetime. When you get to the hospital your friend is lying in a bed surrounded by other friends and family and nearing death. Do you tell your friend the joke?
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What do you think of the Affordable Care Act? (interestingly enough, didn't ask "why Drexel?")
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N/A
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The questions were all designed to be open ended to spur on further conversation. Consequently, all of the questions led to interesting tangential topics of discussion which were very interesting. The conversation was very enjoyable and very low stress.
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If you were given a certain amount of money, what would you do with it?
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On euthanasia
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What does your sisters do?
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Do you have any questions for me (the third time he asked).
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So, what kind of food do you and your family like to eat? (In reference to my mixed racial upbringing.)
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What do you think about health care economics?
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How did you feel about seeing the anatomy lab?
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Tell me more about your experience that you mentioned in your personal statement.
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What is your mother doing?
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Which aspect of your application do you believe will help you to be a good physician?
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discuss transitioning from high school into undergraduate...
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What is your best friend like?
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WHat books are you reading now?
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Why do you think the school system here doesn't encourage learning a second language?
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What do you like to cook (I said I love cooking and that is what I do for fun)
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Have you heard of the Graf Spee?
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none
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Have you heard of Yellow? (an techno group- i mentioned that i liked electronic music)
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Who is a role model for your medical goals?
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What did you write about in your essay?
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How can I fit so much into my schedule
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healthcare reform... since he teaches business and policies at the med school.
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Not really anything, it was very conversational.
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The questions were pretty standard, but it was literally a conversation the entire time.
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I see you've been involved extensively in community service. What makes you like it so much?
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The first of these. The interviewer said outright that it was meant to demonstrate my response to pressure.
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If you had a looking glass, what do you see yourself doing 10 years after you graduate from medical school?
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Do you have any question to me? What do you like to know about the school?
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the student asked me 3 words to describe me
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Why MD, not phd ?.
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Are you a follower or leader? Explain. Why are both of those characteristics necessary in a good physician?
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How would you define a "medical professional"?
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What do you think is the weakest part of your application?
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Current state of health care.
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none in particular
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Are you sure this is what you want to do?
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Do you know what is involve in this process?
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What would you do if you don't get into medical schools?
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What would you do if your patient needs a blood transfusion and refuses?
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tell me something about yourself i cant get from your amcas
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It was a very conversational interview...for the most part, I was allowed to drive the conversation and talk about what I wanted to talk about.
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I mentioned that my current job was incredibly challenging and she asked me why and how and we had a really interesting discussion about the nature of medicine today.
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A question about medical practice and ethics.
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what would you do if you don't get into any program in U.S.A. Would you accept a program out of the country to become a doctor?
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If you were President Obama, how would you handle the healthcare crisis?
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what do you do to relax? both interviewer asked
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Are you ready for what you have to give up for a career in medicine?
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How many students in your school are premed?
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Question 1... he just wouldn't let up. I started by mentioning I would talk with my kids about the work "daddy has to do" and that is why he can't be around all the time.. but that wasn't enough for him. He said, "They still don't appreciate it, even though they understand..." I was stuck, and then he told me this is his life.
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Are you ready to pay the price? Your kids are not going to see you, you will miss great part of their life, are you really sure you want to go through with this? And he went on and on saying how his kids still judge him for been missing in their life.
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None really. My interviewer actually told me a lot about the school, especially the curriculum. Otherwise conversational.
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None really.
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Nothing really. Just your standard stuff.
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nothing really
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none, i was only asked 2!!! grrr
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Asked by the student interviewer: ''If you had to pick a theme song to represent you, what would it be and why?''
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Have you ever cheeted
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All of the questions were directed towards my application except a)Why do you want to be a doctor? b)Why Drexel? c) If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go?
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Given unlimited time and money what would you do to better the world?
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Nothing
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nothing really interesting
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tell me something about yourself that's not on your application
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If there is a fairy god mother who will give you a list of wishes, what would be your list?
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Have you ever been in a situation where you observed cheating and how did you handle it? ( asked by the student interviewer)
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Tell me something you'd change about your personality?
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why should i help you get into drexel med?
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No real interesting questions...there just wasn't enough time! With only 30 minutes it was a real no-nonsense interview.
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Describe an example of how you work well in groups.
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What are your hopes and dreams?
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what skills do you have that you can bring to medicine?
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Describe a problem I had overcome.
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Tell me about your best friend
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What are some of the weaknesses of Drexel?
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nothing terribly interesting was asked
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pretty standard questions
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Do you need to become a physician?
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why Drexel and not Temple?
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Tell me why you would fit in with the students here, and what was one important thing you've learned that will help you when you're a doctor.
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What makes you unique?
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How do you think living in LA affected your studies or career goals? What problems do you think you would have adjusting to living on the east coast?
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None.
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Nothing exciting. He flipped through my file and asked me to talk about a few things.
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If we were able to cure all disease, would this have a positive or negative impact on the human race (and why)?
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What are you not looking forward to as a doctor?
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What made you change your mind about going into medicine?
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Nothing really interesting.. a lot about alternative career paths if medicine doesn't work out... think that's a standard question though
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Nothing interesting. It was about a 10 minute interview. He asked me to tell him about myself and then interrupted me to ask if I thought I could handle medical school.
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By Dean of Admissions after learning about my baby-signing experience, 'Have you ever seen Meet the Fockers?' She's a really cool down to earth woman, easy to relate to, but is also highly qualified and accels at her job.
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What are some issues facing medicine? (It was interesting because it was asked a few times consecutively, so I really had to reflect on the answers I gave)
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None of the questions were particularly difficult or interesting. I'm pretty sure that applicants always hear that a school's interviews are conversational but the Drexel interviews were just that. Seriously.
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Are you sure you want to go into medicine? no really, are you sure? you really want to be a doctor?
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If you had all the money and time in the world, what would you do?
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What do you do to center yourself?
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With your limited clinical exposure, how do you know medicine is right for you?
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Mostly just the standard questions.
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You gave me a whole bunch of reasons, but what is single most important reason why you want to go into medicine?
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If I had a fairy-godmother to grant me my perfect life in the future I would ask for...
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What other schools have you applied to?
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it was basically a get to know you conversation. can't remember any specific questions
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Anything you would like to explain in this file?
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Why did you chose 7 year vs. 8 year? (I applied to the Villanova/Drexel combined program)
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What ethical questions do you think doctors face? How would you deal with that?
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None really
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I heard that someone was asked ''how many uninsured patients are there in the US and how would you go about addressing this problem?''
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What is the most important thing people need to prevent disease? (I said nutrition, the answer is clean water.)
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Would you treat an illegal alien? Would you if it was unlawful to do so?
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If you had ten million dollars, how would you change healthcare?
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They were all pretty basic get to know you and why you want to go here questions. i actually enjoyed the interviews.
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Is research important to medicine?
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nothing much. i don't remember.
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What is simple (after a discussion about my complex background)?
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What is your favorite type of wine?
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Do you like Sheryl Crow's music?
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How did my sister's cerebral palsy affect my family's life and my decision to become a doctor?
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How would you react if you were the physician who had to treat the victims of the amish school shooting?
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What do you think of the US Healthcare system
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My interviewer did not ask specific questions. She just told me to talk about my family, background, ECs, why I picked my undergrad school, and why choose medicine.
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Why did you stop pursuing a career in music for medicine?
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So what brings you here (in reference to choosing medicine and Drexel)?
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What do you think of Drexel Med?
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How would I handle a situation where a patient--such as an illegal immigrant-- arrived needing help, but the law forbad providing it...
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If I knew about a George Harrison song called "wa-wa"
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What do you think Freud got right and what did he get wrong? (In relation to an independent study I did on Freud).
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If I were not going into medicine, what would I do instead?
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What do you want to do with medicine
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I got asked a lot about my non-traditional path to med school.
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What do you think about the immigration controversy? Do you think illegal immigrants should be able to get health care in this country?
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What was the reaction of people around you when they found out you were applying to medical school?
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why medicine?
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In 20-30 years tell me what you picture your typical day to be like, start with waking up, breakfast etc.
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fairly standard questions
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What is the biggest problem facing health care today?
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Do you do bharat natayam dancing?
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Nothing... the interviewer asked me only 2 basic questions, problems in healthcare, and why I thought I was waitlisted last year.
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So, I see you've lived in the UK for most of your life. Which healthcare system is better?
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All typical questions
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"There's a lot of diversity here, which should interest you since you've studied cannibalism a lot." "..Wha?" "[rereads my file] Oh. Never mind. I was way off."
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woud your family support you if you did not want to study medicine? (Both of my parents and two of my grandparents are physicians)
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What was it like growing up as a latchkey kid?
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What is so special about you that med school would want you?
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What would you change about the health care system?
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What are you passionate about?
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All the questions were pretty basic, about items on my application and my ideal career. The student interviewer asked me a lot about what I want in a medical school and sold me on Drexel.
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Mostly questions about grades, why medicine, when did you come to that conclusion, what are your strengths, and is there anything else you'd like to add?
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You took the MCAT three times. That's a lot of times to take an exam. (Not a question but this prompted a response).
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How do you know the [educational organization I lead] was successful?
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What do you think one of the most difficult situations doctors face when providing care?
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Tell me about yourself....
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what kind of master's program are you in?
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With all of the new information being discovered in the human genome project, what do you think will be the next big discovery?
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Whats your wish list?
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None too off the wall. We talked about our separate experiences visiting Argentina.
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Because you are a x major, why not enter x field?
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What are you doing right now?
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Where did you get that watch?
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not too intersting...but what I did to improve my mcat score
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Tell me about your family and friends
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tell me about your friends
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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she asked me why I wanted to go into medicine more than once, it was basically the same question, different wording.
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what were the best and worst things to ever happen to you?
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which track (PIL or IFM) would you be interested in?
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overall they were the basic questions, but framed in unique ways. instead of "why medicine" it was "why not nursing?"
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Nothing really unusual
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Did your parents meet when they were doing their residencies? I know...wtf.
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Describe a friends of yours?
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Just standard questions about background
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Tell me about your favorite Science Fiction book.
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What's with your MCAT verbal score? Did you have trouble finishing the passages?
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Among all your extracurricular activities, which one would you re-do.
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Why the career change?
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I wasn't really asked anything interesting. She said, "so, I guess psychology is your thing?"
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What was your "a-ha" class?
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If you were treating a patient who disagreed with your course of action, what would you do?
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Why Philadelphia?
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every question was standard, straight out of the book.
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Is there a story behind the C you received your last semester? (I was happy they asked this b/c I had a chance to explain)
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What is my biggest shortcoming
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I noticed you listed your marriage as an activity on your application - do you care to explain that?
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a lot of personal questions about my family
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hmm nothing too interesting
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If there was some decree that said you absolutely could not practice medicine anywhere, what would you do instead?
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I was asked about a recent Supreme Court case concerning euthanasia.
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What did I see as the shortcomings of my application.
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Tell me about your best friend (asked by student interviewer)
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What are my thoughts of professionlism in medicine, and how would I exemplify them.
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What was your most challenging course in college? (interesting because that depends on how you define "challenging")
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Nothing really. It was just a conversation . Tell me about yourself...your family...your activities...
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The usual healthcare stuff.
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Nothing really stuck out as unusual, it was very conversational she just wanted to get to know me.
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Where do you see the patient physician relationship? Give me an example of a doctor who you think is good at relating to patients and why.
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what lessons did you learn from traveling abroad?
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Most pressing problem facing medicine.
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If you had a 2-seat car and drove by a dying woman, your best friend, and the love of your life, who would you pick up and why?
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about my research
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What is the population of the cities I previously lived in ?
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All were pretty standard questions. My interviewer was a faculty member who wasn't an MD and didn't ask any questions about med ethics or problems in health care (i.e. PA's med liability crisis)
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Nothing really interesting, just the standard fare of personal questions.
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Why do you want to become a doctor?
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What do you think is different between inner-city and rural hospitals?
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Was Jane Austen a feminist?
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i'm a beginner skier, why size skiis should i buy? (i used to ski professionally, so i think they were just getting me to talk)
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He didn't really ask me any questions.
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he barely asked me any questions
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Why Drexel?
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What is the most important aspect of a medical school to you.
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How do you like living where you live? (I'm from a very rural area)
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Routine q's.
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what are the differences in the US healthcare system and the healthcare system in my country? (a question specific to my application)
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What is an ethical challenge physicians face today?
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My interviewer had carefully read my application and asked a lot of questions about classes i had taken, including an essay-writing course. She asked what my favorite piece of writing had been and why.
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I wasn't asked anything I thought was "interesting"
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Was there a non-science course you had that you enjoyed?
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About my graduate research.
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Nothing really. The questions were really basic.
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What characteristic of your best friend makes you friends?
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How would you fix healthcare in the US?
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If I felt it was harder working with children or adults as patients
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A question abou9t my volunteer experiences.
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Sometimes a positive quality turns into a negative one, has this effected you ever?
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what quality is most important to me in selecting a medical school?
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nothing, all boring stuff
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the student interviewer asked "if i were to bump into you and your friend and pull him/her aside ask them to name one thing they like about you and one thing they don't, what would they be?"
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What made you decide you wanted to go into medicine?
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What was the last book you read?
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Did your study abroad change your worldview? What criticisms of the US did you develop while living abroad?
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None in particular. All but one were specific to my experiences listed in my application.
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What do you think of the ethical challenges to your current work and research? (I work on providing cash incentives to schizophrenics to encourage them to quit smoking cigarettes.)
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How to you deal with stress?
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No interesting questions.
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From my student interviewer - "Why are manholes round?". She told me there was no real answer to the question, she was just curious how I would reason the answer.
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Tell me about your best friend.
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none really, all pretty standard
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no interesting questions
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Based on your background in political science, who is going to win the Democratic Nomination? I said Kerry and turned out to be right.
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Why do you want to go into medicine and how do you think you will make a positive contribution to medicine?
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If you could pick one issue in healthcare today and have it solved overnight, which one would you pick.
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why didnt i go to medical school immediately following college?
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The most interesting question I was asked was about how I would make the transition to medical school. (asked by my student interviewer)
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Why should Drexel accept you?
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No question was really interesting. I think that the questions that I asked my faculty interviewer were more interesting than the ones he asked me.
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The interviewer asked, what was the weirdest question you've been asked in other interviews??? (He liked to see if anyone had a horror story)
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All of the questions are your expected, general ones you'd expect at most interviews.
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No interesting questions, most were very standard questions.
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What are some of the best places to eat in Fort Lauderdale?
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There were no questions that pertained to my applciation. They were all general questions
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tell me about yourself?
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Where do you see yourself fitting into medicine?
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Assuming that 20 years from now all of the malpractice and managed care/medicare problems are solved, what do you think will be the most pressing issue in healthcare?
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Have you considered how chosing a career in medicine will affect you financially?
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None really, very conversational
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Nothing out of the ordinary. Very canned questions.
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Nothing too interesting. The student gilled me a bit on health care and the price of medications. He jumped from subject to subject. It felt artificial - not like the natural flow of a conversation.
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Are you aware of the recent changes at the university? All of this info is on their site how it has changed, affiliates....
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Besides HMOs, malpractice insurance, health care system etc. what do you see has the biggest challenge facing medicine?
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The faculty interviewers questions were all personal in nature, intended to examine specific aspects of my application. The most interesting being what I would do for my community if I became a physician. The student interview was odd, my interviewer appeared quite shy, and I asked most of the question.
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As a physician, how would your prevent yourself from getting sued?
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Assuming the insurance issue is cleared up in the upcoming years, what do you see as the most challenging issue in the field of medicine?
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What do you think of racial diversity in the workplace and educational system?
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What qualities do you think define a physician? Watch out, my interviewer wrote down everything I said. The follow up question I did no expect..
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hardly any questions, mostly just discussion
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If you weren't going to medical school, what career would your pursue.
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tell me about yourself -- very broad question that allowed me to pretty much tell them anything i want them to know.
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Nothing was interesting or out of the ordinary. Every question was completely run-of-the-mill.
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The interview was just a conversation geared to get to know you better. All questions related to my application and life experiences.
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If, for some reason, you didn't get into medical school, what other profession would you like to pursue?
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Something about urban public hospitals losing money like crazy.
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What do you think will be the greatest challenge that your generation of doctors will face?
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Tell me what recipes you published in your column? (I wrote for a paper... my interviewer *really* read my application!)
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Why do you suppose the amount of time a patient spends with a doctor is so brief...because of the doctor or the hospital?
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How do you feel about the big rat? (nurses striking outside, 15 foot inflated rat sitting outside)
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None were interesting
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Do you think undocumented immigrants deserve medical treatment while in the United States?
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Given the following scenario: I am a physician and I have two patients, but only enough time to dedicate to one. The first patient listens to everything I recommend and follows instructions about meds perfectly. The second patient never listens to my recommendations and refuses to take meds. Keeping in mind the time constraint, how do I spend my time treating the patients?
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How do you like the weather in Pennsylvania? (I'm from California)
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No question I got was particularly interesting, but the overall experience was really nice. My faculty interviewer was very chill, and it was more like a conversation than an actual interview. He asked me just the standard questions really, such as "Why do you want to be a physician," "Why Drexel," etc.
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She asked if I could remember the MCAT verbal prompt. I scored well and she said most people cannot remember the question.
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What is your biggest obstacle?
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Theoretically, if Drexel were to make you an offer, how enthusiastic would you be?
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What do you look for in a medical school? What is a problem you'll face in healthcare. What do you do on your free time. What are you currently doing at your job.
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When mentioning to practicing physicians that you are applying to medical school what is their response?
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What do you think of the East Coast (i'm from the west)? Why Drexel? What experiences made you want to pursue medicine? Basically, getting-to-know-you type questions.
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None were particularly interesting. I was asked by the student what I would be for Haloween.
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Parlez-vous Francais?(I had listed french as a language that I spoke fluently)
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Have you had any failures or academic disappointments?
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About my religion
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how would a friend describe you
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What's 2 times 2? (My student interviewer needed to assess my "problem-solving skills")
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If you had one year to do anything you wanted, what would you do?
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nothing too out of the ordinary
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Tell me about your research?
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What will be a hard thing you will have to face as a doctor?
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Why do you want to go into clinical medicine?
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How do you feel about needle exchange programs? (and "why are manhole covers circular?")
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I was asked to give an in depth explanation of a particular extracurricular activity that I had. This interviewer was interested in the event and wanted to know more about it.
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Nothing specific. Just an honest attempt to get to know me and the decision making process I used in getting to this point.
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If you were to make an "ideal" medical school, what characteristics would it have?
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Nothing very interesting...
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What makes you want to come to Philadelphia?
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What kind of books do you like to read?
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what would you want on your epitaph?
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none really...very informal...just wanted to know who I was
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None really. Very standard questions like, "How was it having a physician as a father" and "what are you most passionate about." The student interview asks questions off a sheet of paper and the "what are you most passionate about" questions is one of them.
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You are a high school applicant applying for a BA/MD program. How do people respond when they find out you have decided to physician at the age of 17?
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What was your favorite class
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Why do you think infant mortality is so high in Phili?
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very standard questions. interviewer just wanted to get to know me
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-None-
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Do you anticipate having difficulty with the coursework in medical school or do you feel prepared? (student interviewer)
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This is what the typical person would do. Now here is what you did. Please explain this to me.
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nothing interesting...the faculty interviewer was not very nice...she kept asking why i had scored so low on the verbal part of the mcat.
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What was the biggest challege you've faced so far (seems to be a Drexel required question)
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I wasn't even asked questions by the faculty interviewer really. We just talked about him for most of the interview and I asked the questions. The student interviewer asked the standard questions like why medicine and what do you do as a hobby. Here's the thing, I thought my faculty interview went bad because we spent the entire time talking about his life and acomplishments. He was super friendly, but I didn't know what he could possibly write on my evaluation because I never really got asked questions. But I got acepted. Contrast this with Albany's interview in which I prepared so much for ethics questions and talked rather well in my opinion for a total of 3hrs over two interviews only to get put on the alternate list. The interview process in general seems a little screwy to me.
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just basic stuff really
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What was your most interesting class? What was your most challenging class?
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nothing too interesting, pretty standard stuff.
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What would you do if you found out that your parent had HD? (I would have a 50% chance of getting the disease, and the interviewer wanted to know if I would get genetic testing to find out if I had the disease).
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Why haven't you considered military service to pay for med school?
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What would I do if a patient refused a life-saving treatment?
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By the student: What's your favorite vodka? By the doctor: Are you sure you don't want to be a lawyer instead? (apparently I was pretty talkative)
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How do you think research will help you as a doctor?
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What was your favorite class in college?
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What does a medical scientist do?
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Why are malpractice insurance premiums so expensive in PA?
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nothing unusual, "how would your friends describe you", "what obstacles do you expect as a physician"
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What was your biggest obstacle in life?
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What is the one thing I should mention to the committee when I present your file?
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How has Hinduism impaceted your decision to enter medicine?
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A challenge I have encountered and how I overcame it.
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How will your background in research help you as a physician?
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What would you write on your tombstone?
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They were all really straight forward...general questions based on my application.
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The student interviewer asked me to compare the health care system before an after the Soviet Union broke up (I am originally from there).
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What future obstacles do you see for the field of medicine?
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How I felt about the rising cost of malpractice insurance premiums?
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Given the current situation with HMOs, why do you still want to go into medicine?
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All pretty typical.
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all standard questions
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Why did your recommender say this (something)?
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What would like written on your epitah?
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What is the one thing you'd want me to say to the admissions committee on your behalf?
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i didn't think that any of the questions i was asked were particularly interesting.
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Describe your life growing up.
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pretty standard fare
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What is your favorite restaurant in Philadelphia?
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Who is Alice Coltrane?
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What is the thing that you regret most in your life?
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Nothing interesting, we just talked about my extra-curriculars. I was asked if this interview was my first and since it wasn't, where else I had interviewed.
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besides HMOs what is the next big thing facing the medical community
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what am i most proud of?
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Tell me more about your project?
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How do you intend to provide quality care in an HMO environment (or something along that line).
What was the most difficult question?
Students said most difficult question asked at Drexel University College of Medicine discussed a wide range of topics, including ethical dilemmas, challenges in healthcare, personal weaknesses, and reasons for pursuing medicine. While no specific trend emerged, it is notable that the interview format may have included Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI) due to varied questioning styles and the presence of non-disclosure agreements, as some respondents hinted at.
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What do you think is a problem in the field of medicine in general?
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Do you think we should teach business in medical school? Would you take the class/be interested? (personally not that familiar with business?)
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What do you know about (complex medical term I don't remember). Said I don't know but hope to learn about it in the future.
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walk me through some of your poor grades
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What would be your greatest challenge at Drexel?
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What makes an excellent doctor excellent?
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What are some challenges that healthcare faces today?
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What do you think your greatest challenge will be here
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What is the biggest problem facing the healthcare system today?
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Fill in the blank: "I am happiest when ____"
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What is the best quality of a physician
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None, straight forward questioning.
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none
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How does the advancement of technology help dermatology?
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None of the questions were particularly difficult
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How do you feel about the current healthcare situation?
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Judging by your GPA you are a strong student, but why is this not show in your MCAT score?
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What was the hardest part about being a burn victim?
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"So, you don't have much clinical experience?" because I don't have much listed as so on the application. I addressed the point (I do consider it a weakness of my application)- it overlapped with volunteer.
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I don't understand why you are so interested in substance abuse. Was someone in your family incarcerated
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Where do you see yourself 20 years from now?
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None were too difficult. What are some of the conflicts you think doctors face, what are some things that would no longer be a problem?
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A specific case on abortion- if a woman came up to you and said she was going to self abort if you didn't perform an abortion, what would you do?
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Convince me that you can handle medical school.
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None.
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Why were you on academic probation
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Why you?
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If I were to present the committee your file, what should I say about you?
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What would you do if you were not accepted anywhere this year?
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No question was too difficult, it was low stress.
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Why do you specifically like Drexel?
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What challenges do you see yourself facing in 10 years?
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What questions do you have for me? (this was most of the interview)
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after I said that my shadowing helped me learn about the importance of patient-doctor relationship she asked for specific examples... took me a while to come up with an answer.
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The student interviewer liked to ask real interview question despite lacking of experience and grilled me over if I am capable of studying for long periods of time.
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What else should I know? -the interviewer asked me this like 20 times...theres not much to say after that...
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My essay question: Give an example of when you broke the rules? What was the result?
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What other schools have I interviewed at
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healthcare reform
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What do you think should be done about health care in this country?
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See above.
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Why Drexel?
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The ethical dilemma essay prompt you will get at the interview. There are 3 different questions you can receive, and you have about 1/2 a page of unlined paper to write your essay on. It was a little difficult not so much to think of something, but people who finished quickly were surprisingly rudely loud, making it hard to think.
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Again, the first question, mostly because it was unexpected.
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What if you don't get to do what you plan to do? Lots of times people have dreams of what they want to do and cannot do it. How will you deal with the realities associated with your career goals?
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(relating to research experience) What was point of the research?
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probably that one
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what else can you tell me about yourself? (the faculty interviewer asked me this over and over again)
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Nothing really.
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How are you going to balance family?
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How would you define a "medical professional"?
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What would you do to fix the current state of health care as a physician?
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none specifically
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What would you do if you decided this is not what you want to do in the middle of the medical school?
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Which school would you choose?Penn, Temple Or Drexel?
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Who inspire to this path and how?
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What are your greatest weaknesses? What are your greatest strengths?
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none, it was very conversational
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Tell me about this bad grade. (Had one C on my transcript).
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He (faculty) seemed very concerned that I haven't had biochem. He stressed that there is very little time for "catching up" in the med school curriculum.
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Why did your physics grade dip?
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what was the most important medical influence you had in your life?
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This is off the record, but tell me how you plan to pay for med school when you still have grad school loans? Tell me about research job X. What specifically did you do? Tell me abt the specific lab protocol. (This was my first job after graduation so it was difficult to remember the specifics of the protocol we used)
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I'm a non-trad applicant. They asked me what would keep me in medical school rather than moving on to another field, as I had done before.
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[[sprinkled throughout the interview]] Where else did you apply? Where else do you have interviews lined up? In what other cities did you apply to medical schools? Where ideally would you like to be next year? Don't you ever want to leave Philadelphia? (when I said no) Why don't you want to go to Penn? Have you considered Jefferson? I'm sure you applied to Temple and Penn State, too, right?
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Question 1
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Same as most interesting. this topic took about half of the interview.
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None really. It was mostly conversational. I guess I wasn't expecting to be grilled about a particular score.
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The questions were all fairly intense- much more so than I had expected
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None. Just questions about me and I know a good bit about that subject.
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Nothing
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tell me about yourself
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What are some of your concerns about practicing medicine? In regard to my background in research: ''why do you feel you are more suited for a career in clinical medicine as opposed to research?''
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What most contributed to your ethics
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Name three of your best qualities? For some reason I drew a blank and stared into space for a long time :)
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see above
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Why did you take the MCAT twice?
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Why didn't you apply to medical school directly from undergrad?
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Explain your GPA (it shocked me because I realized that the faculty interviewer is reading the wrong file of the other student who will be interviewed half hour after me)
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pretty standard stuff--what's the biggest problem facing healthcare, etc.
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Tell me something you'd change about your personality?
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Why Drexel? This was not made easier by their presentation of the school which really did nothing to distinguish the school from anywhere else.
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Why is there such a large disparity between your GPA and your MCAT scores?
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Why did you get a C in gym?
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What would you do if you couldn't help a patient? what do you think your role would be?
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How would you deal with a given ethical or moral decision? (kinda talked myself into a corner on that one)
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Why medicine.
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why medicine?
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Having to explain a few Bs on my transcript... I wasn't expecting that.
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what are your academic weaknesses?
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With all the negative aspects of medicine, why do you still want to go into medicine?
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Y D not T?
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Nothing really too difficult. Tell me about yourself, why not become an RN like your mother?
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What makes you unique? (The student interviewer wanted to know unique qualities that he could write on his evaluation of me)
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What leadership experiences do you have?
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Nothing difficult.
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What would be one thing on your application that an admissions committe could see as something to not accept you?
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Would you ever recieve gifts from a patient/ what are you not looking forward to as a doctor?
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Why did you come back to medicine after a stint in the business world?
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Do you feel qualified to study medicine?
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What are some issues facing medicine? (Because it was asked a few times consecutively)
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after going through my file in front of me... ''is there anything in here I haven't asked you about?''
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If you had all the money and time in the world, what would you do?
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What area of your application needs most work?
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Why didn't you continue to pursue more clinical experience?
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Again, nothing out of the ordinary.
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none The student asked three ethical-like questions but he was super nice and got really excited (in a good way) about my answers.
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Why should we accept you?
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Explain you're MCAT score
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What do you see yourself doing in 10 years? What specific specialty?
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None, really.
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None were difficult
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What was going on in your life that caused you to perform poorly during your sophomore year and how did you overcome these challenges?
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Why does Philadelphia have such a high rate of infectious diseases?
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What should be done about the high number of uninsured Americans?
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Tell me three positive aspects about yourself.
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So, tell me about the gall bladder, its function and the reasons why you would need to remove it.
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nothing really. both the faculty and studen interviews were very laid back and conversational. The faculty was very interested in my background, while the student asked more typical questions and answered more questions about the school.
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Some questions about my grades during college, I had a few low ones near the beginning.
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Are you qualified to study medicine? If so, why?
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If I weren't to be a doctor or work in health care, what else might I do?
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what do you need to work on as a person?
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Was grilled on the fact that if my parents, who are both physicians, were such positive influences then why am I a non-traditional student who majored in econ. and tried out a diff. career.
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Not really, we ended up talking about rather random stuff like cooking, food, marriage, family, etc.
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(Faculty Interviewer, ice breaker): Because I haven't read anything about you or your file, what would you like to discuss today?
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None. The only thing that could make this interview difficult is if you don't know your OWN activities which ofcourse is virtually impossible.
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What do you think is a pressing issue in medicine today?
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Nothing too difficult..
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What countries do you think provide better medical service than the U.S.? How so?
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We had a discussion about my rural upbringing, the fact that neither of my parents went to college, etc.
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Why MD over PhD?
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all questions were salient and engaging. i enjoyed interview.
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A very specific question about my research that I couldn't remember.
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nothing really
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None really
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What do you think about the immigration controversy? Do you think illegal immigrants should be able to get health care in this country?
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If you didn't have to worry about malpractice insurance and reimbursements, what do you think will be the most difficult challenge you will face as a physician?
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none were difficult, all related to my file
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when did you make up your mind that medicine was the career for you
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What do you do when you are stressed? (I'm sure they didn't want to hear the real answer...and yet, I refuse to lie during interviews)
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Why i chose drexel?
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Why I thought I was waitlisted and not accepted last year
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Should we give healthcare to illegal immigrants?
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what was the greatest struggle you've had to overcome in your life?
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What field would you enter if you did not become a doctor?
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You being work at a clinic where the veteran surgeon is conducting an outdated surgery that keeps the patient in the hospital for 2 weeks. You know a procedure that only keeps him at the hospital for two days. What do you do?
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What are your wishes?
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What would you change about the health care system?
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None, all questions were about my application or common interview questions (why drexel?)
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same, just because I wasn't expecting it.
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My interview was with the dean of admissions, and she asked me a big block of questions all at the beginning and then let me basically give a monologue to answer them all.
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Really nothing too difficult. Questions about me not topics in medicine. Describe your experience in this or that. Very low stress. Really you just discuss yourself.
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Nothing in particular.
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What are adjectives you would like me to use to describe you to the committee?
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The same
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After I told him about myself, he said "Tell me more," so I did...and then he said "What else?" So be prepared to have a one-sided conversation.
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Nothing was difficult
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Tell me one reason that sums up why you want to be a doctor.
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How do you balance studying with your other activities?
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Are you taking any classes? (These were the only questions, the rest was conversation).
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What do you plan to do with your women studies minor?
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Nothing was very tough
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how would your friends describe you - not difficult but the most difficult i guess
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What makes you really angry?
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ditto
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"did you ever think about re-taking the MCAT?"
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Why this school, I mean c'mon I'm from Cali, why do you think?
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Why did you get a C- in [insert class here]? Your bad grades (from 6 years ago) don't match your good MCAT scores (from 6 months ago). Why? Why was your writing section on the MCAT so bad? You know that's like 28th percentile, right?
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Can you explain why one of your references would rate you with low maturity?
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We just talked. No hard questions
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Nothing was difficult, very straightforward
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Why Physician
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None really.
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Why did you do poorly in these classes?
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same
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The above.
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What do you think about healthcare in the United States? What do you think is the biggest problem in US healthcare today?
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what makes you uniquely qualified for medicine? (even though this is a common question, i always hate this one!)
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despite the current regulations and impact of organized health care, why do you still want to be a physician?
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I see you seem to like research. Why don't you just become a PhD instead of a physician? (My interviewer was a PhD)
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what's your mom like?
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explain lack of clinical experience/how will you overcome this
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None were really difficult
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The Supreme Court case one.
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What would I do if I were not admitted to medical school this year.
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What is the biggest problem in healthcare today? (asked by student interviewer)
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What worries you about med school?
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What would you do if you do not get into any medicine? What other careers have you considered?
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What is the worst part about being a doctor?
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Have you had a chance to look at other health care fields (NP, PA), why is MD the better choice for you?
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Do you have any questions about the med school or Philadelphia?
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Nothing too difficult
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The above question.
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None were particularly difficult. Just asked about why medicine, why Drexel, etc.
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Is there anything you would like to add?
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Why do your grades suck spring quarter of senior year?
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Is there anything else you would like to add to this interview?
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What is the big issue in medicine?
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what is the most difficult aspect of medicine you foresee in your medical career and how would you fix it?
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nothing hard
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Hypothetically, would you accept a position here now?
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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None of them were difficult. But as I mentioned below, I think the fact that I interviewed with an administrator made it more of a bulleted list of q's rather than a conversation.
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To talk about my poor grades (but he asked me in a very nice way)
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Same as above
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Your MCAT doesn't really reflect your grade point average. Why is that? Why didn't you retake the MCAT?
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Tell me something interesting about yourself.
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Pretend you are an infectious disease doctor 15 years from now. One of your female patients is in love with one of your other male AIDs positive patient. What do you do?
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Why are your grades lower in your junior year than others? (This one was difficult because it had a personal answer.)
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The current healthcare system, if it continues as it is now, is headed for bankruptcy. How do you think we could improve the system to avoid this situation? How can we functionally tie together economics and healthcare?
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What do I think is going to be the biggest problem with healthcare in the future?
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What do you think is important for me as a member of the admissions committee to know about you?
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none, fairly straight forward questions.
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Again, nothing really.
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Describe your research. Why didn't you try <plug in any experiment that has nothing to do with your research>? Although she was nodding and acting like she was interested, it was pretty clear she didn't follow me , since she followed up with a question/suggestion that made no sense at all. So I just changed the subject to the merits of the new experiment she was suggesting, which she seemed pretty excited about. I think I need to work on how to talk about this stuff so its easier to understand without sounding condescending.
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same as above.
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If the malpractice crisis would affect my ability to be a physician
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None, my interviewer was great and we had a conversation more then an interview.
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what is my opinion of embryonic stem cell research
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Regarding a previous answer I had given, How will you able to spend the needed time and attention to each patient?
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faculty interviewer: what qualities do you possess to become a physician?
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Nothing really. Both interviews were more like conversations than a grilling session.
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Nothing was very difficult, pretty standard stuff.
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What skills from your last job will be transferable to medicine?
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What are your feelings about malpractice insurance? This is a big problem in Penn.
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Honestly, the hardest question was whether or not I had any questions for her...most had already been answered in the informational session and I had to think fast to come up with another one.
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Why did you perform poorly in organic chemistry?
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No difficult questions.
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Why did I receive a low grade in one of my science courses. The faculty interviewer was very nice when she asked me, told me it was just a formality that she had to ask.
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Just had to really elaborate on my motivation to be a doctor.
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what do you want us to konow that isn't in your application
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What do you find most wrong with healthcare in the US?
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Why didn't you get into med school the last time you applied?
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Nothing was difficult. It was a very casual discussion and we were just laughing and talking about TV shows.
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Why become a doctor instead of a nurse?
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none were especially difficult....
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I didn't feel any of the questions were difficult to answer, my faculty advisor did ask me a question about my academic record and my view on how prepared I was for medical school..but I think I handled it well.
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What do you feel you will add to the incoming class?
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What do you see as a problem facing medicine today?
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They were all really easy questions, almost all based on different aspects of my application.
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why do you want to go to med school about 20 times
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All of the questions are your expected, general ones you'd expect at most interviews.
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How do you feel about healthcare in Broward County? Pennsylvania? The nation? How do you intend on fixing it?
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Why do you think you got rejected by other med school?
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What motivated you to apply to medical school?
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Why have you pursued medicine, why are you a qualified candidate?
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See previous
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Why have you taken so many classes in college? -I am a non-traditional student who basically started over as a premed after majoring in political studies for three years.
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How do you demonstrate these qualities?
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Explain an academically difficult time during ugrad.
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Do you think undocumented immigrants should be allowed access to health care? I didn't really want to be pegged as super controversial, so I said that I would personally find it very difficult to turn away anyone who needed health care. And then he said, "But you didn't answer my question, I asked a simple yes or no question." He was basically trying to box me into a corner, because when I said yes, then he said "But isn't it unfair for them to get the same advantages of citizens?" The entire interview was like that....I was so stressed out when we finished.
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what would you do if you had to choose a different career other than medicine?
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Wasn't asked anything difficult.
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Nothing too difficult.
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Why did your grades drop during your sophmore year?
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Why do you still want to pursue medicine with the troubles of HMOs and malpractice insurance?
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How did you get through your difficult undergrad year?
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Nothing all that difficult from the student interviewer...just a few ethical questions...just pick a side and don't change your mind. The faculty interview was extremely relaxed. Just shot the breeze for about a half an hour...no medically related questions.
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How would you fix healthcare
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What I thought about doctors striking (the nurses were striking that day); having to defend myself against an accusing comment.
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Why do you think Philadelphia's infant mortality rate is equivalent to that of a third world country?
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What is your style of leadership?
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None.. all were pretty straight-forward. The faculty interviewer wanted to get to a bit about my background, and if I would like it here in Pennsylvania.
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Honestly, none of them were difficult.
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My opinion on a discussion about elderly patients and end of life issues. My interviewer was a geriatrics specialist.
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I was asked about specific grades and a quarter in school where I had done badly. I was also asked about a low MCAT score. My interviewer was very concerned with the details of my file, rather than getting to know me.
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WOuld i go to a california school if i got in.
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What problems do you see in health care today that need to be addressed?
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What will be the most challenging problem faced by physicians by the time you are practicing?
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Didn't really have any difficult questions
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None were difficult, but I was a little thrown off when asked what the interviewer should say to the comittee.
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What are the problems with medicine today?
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none, really
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how would a friend describe you
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What are some problems you expect to face in health care?
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What do you want me to tell the admission staff
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What questions do you have for me?
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None at all
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To name current problems with healthcare/medical profession. After I named one, I was asked to name another, and then another.
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Where do you see yourself in 20-30 years?
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Why do you want to come to Drexel, as opposed to any of the other schools in Philadelphia?
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How would you like me to write you up to the admissions committee?
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What are some solutions to the problems that HMO's present to physicians and patients?
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I was asked to basically list all of my activities and then tell the interviewer what I learned from each....
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What is the greatest obstacle you have had to overcome?
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Why did you decide to work for a year before applying the medical school?
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what is the most difficult situation you have faced? how did you overcome it? and what did you learn from it?
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Nothing particularly diffult or hyper-ethical.
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Healthcare is a changing field. Can you tell some positives and negatives of managed healthcare?
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what makes you think you can handle medical school (because when I mentioned a class that I did during my grad-work, she cut me off and directed me towards my undgrad classes)
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40% of the population does not have insurance should we treat them. How do we solve it?
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what challenges do you expect to encounter as a med student and as a doctor?
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Where else have you interviewed (!)
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What is the biggest problem with healthcare? How should we fix it? And if that doesn't work? And if that doesn't work?.......She just kept asking until there was nothing else to say. She also answered three phone calls during the intervies, which were just casual calls and really unprofessional.
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what would you think would be the reason you were not admitted to med school if you are rejected from everywhere....why would you think you didn't get in.
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Who are you?
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The most difficult question I was asked was asbout my research.
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not being asked questions leaves one feeling worse than a whole bunch of difficult questions.
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From the stduent interviewer: What do you think of the malpractice situation in PA...wait, do you know about it? (I am not from here, so I really did not know much)
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What did your faculty interviewer ask you?
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none too difficult either. Student interviewer asked me what challenges I have faced and how I overcame them.
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When you're a physician, how would you advise a patient in that situation? (see above)
-
What is wrong with the way rounds are currently done? Who are you?
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By the student: Why exactly are you choosing to be a medical doctor over a clinical psychologist? How are they different? (since I was a psychology major)
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What would like me to say to the admissions committee when I represent your candidancy?
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How do you see our current system of healthcare (i.e. HMO's)? Is this system working? How would you fix it?
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What's your goal in life?
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Strength? Weakness?
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When did you solidify your decision to be a doctor?
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Can you explain *this* on your application?
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Describe the current status of the nation's healthcare system.
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What do you want to accomplish in life? (very general question)
-
My faculty interviewer asked me how do I feel about the fact that medicine has become a business and how do fell about working in a free clinic he has founded. Basically, medicine is a right or a privilege kind of question.
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What do you see as the most difficult part of the transition to medical school?
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none really. spent a lot of time discussing advantages and disadvantages of the PIL/IFM programs. She was a really strong advocate of the PIL program.
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Explain academic discrepancies.
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nothing really difficult
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All pretty typical.
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why was one of my MCAT section so low
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What do you see yourself doing in 5-10 years?
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The questions were not that difficult........but to actually pick one it would have to be "what challenges have you faced in your life"
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What are you looking for _exactly_ in a medical school? (An acceptance? :) )
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usual stuff: why do you want to be a doctor? clarify these extracurriculars?
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What is your biggest weakness?
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How do I know you will be OK working with sick people?
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Specific questions about my academic record.
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What would you do if you were not accepted at any medical school?
-
You have a patient that has emphysema and refuses to quit smoking. What do you do? (Then I gave my reply) What if that doesn't work, what would you do then? He kept asking the same question until I ran out of answers.
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give me 2 weaknesses and strengths
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what do you hope to accomplish in your life?
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Describe a difficutl situation that you have to overcome and how did you deal with it?
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What was your most difficult experience?
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼
How long was the interview?
Most respondents had an interview of 20 - 30 minutes.
How did the interview impress you?
Most respondents felt positively about their interview.
How many people interviewed you?
Most respondents were interviewed by 2 people.
What was the stress level of the interview?
Most respondents rated their interview as low stress.
How you think you did?
Most respondents thought they performed well at the interview.
What was the style of the interview?
Most respondents had a one-on-one interview.
What type of interview was it?
Most respondents had an open file interview.
Was this interview in-person or virtual?
Most respondents had a virtual interview.
Data includes both pre- and post-COVID interviews.
Where did the interview take place?
Most respondents were interviewed at the school.
How did you prepare for the interview?
Applicants commonly prepared for interviews by engaging in mock interviews, researching the school and curriculum, reading over their applications, practicing common interview questions, and staying up to date on current healthcare issues. Suggestions include reviewing the school's website, engaging in mock interviews, and familiarizing oneself with the curriculum and interview questions.
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Mock interviews, research school (SDN and curriculum)
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SDN, mock interview
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SND, mock interview, school research
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sdn
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SDN, Mock Interviews and Reading over my app.
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practice interview services and individual research on the school's resources
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Reading a lot about Drexel and their community and their collaborative vibes
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Practice speaking in front of webcam; traditional
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Reviewing provided information on the curriculum and outlining common interview questions
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SDN practice questions
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career counselor, rereading primary & secondary, online interview questions
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Read the school's website, researched specific programs that I find interesting, reviewed their curriculum
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reading sdn/ regular interview questions
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SDN and practice interview questions online.
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Reviewed application, practice
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Gathered up a list of potential questions and checked this SDN thread for school-specific questions.
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SDN, reviewed personal statement and secondary
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Reviewed the website and my own application
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Researched the history of the college and the programs/services they offer.
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Mock interviews, reviewed my AMCAS essays and the research I was involved with, read through SDN and became familiar with big programs from Drexel's website (ie the IFM/PIL programs however these will not be part of the curriculum as two distinct tracks for students matriculating in Fall 2017).
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Researched the school, read over my application.
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I reviewed health care policy, general ACA impact, etc. I also reviewed my application and my personal statement to ensure that I had a consistent message during my interview.
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SDN, mock interview with boss, Drexel website, reaching out to a friend's friend at the school
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mock interviews, sdn, printed out everything on the website.
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Read Drexel medical school's website and my essays.
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Read over this site and prepared answers to all of the questions that people had been asked previously. Also, tried to talk to lots of people about topics that I thought would come up during the interview, so that I would be used to chatting about these topics and expressing my point of view articulately.
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reading up on current events, ethical issues, healthcare in the US
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SDN, read my application, mock interview
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SDN, MS1's
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Read AMCAS
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Mock interview, School website, SDN
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talked to alumni & current students.
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Researched the school and looked over my AMCAS application.
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SDN forum, interview feedback, pre-medical interview workshop at undergraduate university, tips from a friend who interviewed in the previous cycle
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Reviewed AMCAS, secondary, SDN feedback
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read the interview feedback
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Reviewed Drexel website and my apps
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Review books, SDN, this site
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SDN and interview book.
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Website and mocked interview.
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I stayed with a student host and did research on the school's website. Also practiced interviewing skills and remained confident.
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SDN, practice questions, talking to others...
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SDN, school's website
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SDN, practiced answers to questions found on various websites
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SDN and feedback from other forum members as well as personal preparation with common interview questions
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Talked with students who attend school, read website and my app, reviewed sdn and health policy.
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school's website, faculty profiles, reviewing my own experiences
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Read about healthcare Read about the school Read interview feedback Talked to med school students Reviewed my application
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SDnetwork, mock interview, etc
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Read this site
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sdn, going over amcas app, prior interviews
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SDN, school website
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Read SDN, school website.
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SDN, read over my file, checked out the website.
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School website, talked to others who had interviewed there
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ethics website, interview book, looked over amcas.
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SDN, re-read my personal statement, practiced answering some basic questions.
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studentdoctor.net; read over application; read current health topics/articles; mock interviews with family/friends
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Read over the Drexel website, read interview feedback, practiced responses to standard questions with family.
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SDN, reading on schools information
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SDN. The school's website. Keeping up with the news, especially as it pertains to health care.
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Read SDN feedback, Drexel website, educated myself about the PIL curriculum option.
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SDN, mock interview with career center, website, MSAR
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website
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I should have reviewed my research experiences from 4 years ago.
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MSAR, SDN, school website, asking my friends.
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read the school's website
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sdn interview feedback, msar, school's website
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SDN, mock interview, Drexel website,
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SDN, reviewed application, met with career services interview counselor at my university.
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SDN, read primary and secondary applications
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SDN, Mock Interviews, Read my AMCAS and Personal Statement
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SDN, interview guides, practice, reviewed AMCAS
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sdn, read over amcas, read ducom application and website.
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DUCOM, SDN
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SDN, mock interviews with friends.
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SDN, mock interviews with students.
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SDN, mock interviews with students and mentor, researched Drexel website, interview skills workshop.
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mock interview, SDN
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SDN, Practiced questions
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SDN, mock interviews
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Website, SDN, talked to a 1st year @ the school, brainstormed answers
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SDN, other students, read and researched.
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Talked to friends and associates in the medical profession. Consulted this and other websites. Practiced with other students.
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Read up on materials from the Drexel web page. Read through SDN interview feedback. Mock interview with friends/family.
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Read and reread their website. Come up with questions to ask that I genuinely wanted answered.
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School website, spoke with a current student
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read SDN feedback (thanks guys!), read the website and prepared a good solid answer to why Drexel
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SDN, Mock Interview, Made a list of all possible questions from SDN and did basically all of em... didn't help sadly.
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SDN, AMCAS.
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SDN, read AMCAS app, practiced with mom, read health section of newspaper to try to be up to date with current health issues.
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Read over AMCAS and DUCOM website.
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Looked at SDN although my questions were very different from anything else I saw.
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read over PS and AMCAS app
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Read the feedback on here, mock interview, read over my AMCAS, looked at their website, googled my interviewer so I could talk about some of his interests ;)
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SDN website, school's website
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SDN, AMCAS application, Current healthcare issues.
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First one, so did some research about the school, looked over my app, etc.
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sdn, my app
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Reviewed AMCAS, became familiar with the school and its curricular highlights, mock interview
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read SDN, reviewed my AMCAS and secondary applications, talked to Drexel students and friends who had interviewed there.
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reviewed my application, school info, and SDN website
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sdn and amcas application
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With a stiff drink.
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SDN, my AMCAS, articles about healthcare problems
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sdn, amcas, read a book on bioethics
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SDN, read about the two different tracks online, read a lot about drexel.
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SDN, thought up answers to potential questions, read my amcas
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Interview feedback, looked at AMCAS, browsed SDN
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AMCAS, SDN, mock interview
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Mock interview, checked out Drexel's website.
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eat drink and sleep
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SDN Intereview feedback, School Site, healthcare topics on internet
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Read Drexel website, looked over my AMCAS, reviewed some current issues in medicine
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SDN, reading my amcas, mock interview
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SDN, went over AMCAS, listened to presentation before interviews to ask more in depth questions about curriculum
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read over my amcas, looked on this site for different interview questions and thought up answers, read alot about the school
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relaxed, looked at their website
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SDN, AMCAS App, Drexel website, read NY Times for current events, especially current health topics
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sdn, school website, my app., pray.
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Reading SDN, school's website, AMCAS application, and going over possible questions.
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SDN, online brochure
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SDN, interview book,
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AMCAS app, researched health care issues, SDN interview feedback, school viewbook, talked to students
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Went over some of the basic info. that the school provides online.
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Read over the SDN interview feedback.
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Read SDN feedback, MSAR, school's website
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Website, MSAR
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SDN interview feedback. Read interesting books, read current advances in medicine.
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Read MSAR, looked up some curricular details -- but honestly, not that much
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This website, school's website, read newspapers for current events
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SDN, talked to friends at Drexel, current events
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SDN, current events, read over my primary.
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MSAR, SDN feedback, mock interviews.
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AMCAS, SDN, previous interviews
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SDN, read AMCAS and secondary, research on school
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Read up on my amcas, the school website and brochure, medical ethics and problems with current healthcare system.
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AMCAS, research manuscripts, SDN, previous interview
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SDN, re-read AMCAS application
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mock interviews, SDN, researched school, ethics, healthcare, reviewed AMCAS and secondary, six previous med school interviews
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SDN interview feedback (thank goodness for sdn). Drexel website. Mock interview.
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SDN, school website, previous applications
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looked over AMCAS, SDN feedback
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SDN, AMCAS, practice interiviews, talking to those who have interviewed elsewhere, talking to medical students at the school.
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Student doctor, website, read my application over
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Looked at SDN, reviewed application, got a good night's sleep.
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Reviewed my app, and school's website, SDN postings
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Read the school's website, spoke with current students, read sdn feedback, reread my application
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SDN school website
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studentdoctor, went over my amcas, went over basic questions, researched the school
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Looked over my application, looked over SDN Interview Feedback
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sdn, current events
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SDN, re-read AMCAS, went over common interview questions
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SDN, school website, MSAR, current issues reading
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SDN, re-read entire AMCAS primary, & website
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SDN, Drexel website, mock interview by a peer
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Mock interview, SDN, Drexel website, health related issues
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SDN, New York Times (general reading of the health section), looked over AMCAS
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SDN, Drexel materials...
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SDN, drexel website, current med ethics issues from internet
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SDN interview feedbacks, Drexel website, info on current healthcare system
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Read magazines, newspapers, bought a book on the policy crisis of american healthcare
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Not at all. Basically just gathered up a
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SDN, school website, asked friends at Drexel
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typical answer-re-read AMCAS, secondary, and read SDN comments--make sure to know about PIL v.s. IFM curriculum.
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Reviewed Drexel's website.
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Drexel website, SDN, my application
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SDN, website, health care ethics textbook
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SDN, drexel website...
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SDN, primary and secondary applications, school website
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Read this site, read the school website
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Read the website, SD.net
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SDN, MSAR, Drexel website
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previous interview, studentdoctor.net, browse school website
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AMCAS app materials, SDN, some research on ethical issues
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looked over my primary, secondary, MSAR, SDN, and read up on current health care issues
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SDN, web site
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I didn't.
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application, sdn, viewbk
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Online info
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SDN, read thesis, read website
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Didn't really... had been on other interviews and wasn't expecting to like Drexel
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read over my amcas app, SDN, drexel website
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SDN!!! Read AMCAS, secondary, and the book "Get into medical school!" by Kenneth Iserson . That book is awesome!
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SDN I guess. None really.
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AMCAS, SDN
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Read SDN and the Drexel website
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SDN, AMCAS app, Wikipedia and drexel website
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SDN, my applications, MSAR
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I read over my application, Drexel's website, and this website.
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SDN, Drexel website, MSAR, Applicant profiles, and freemedadvice.com
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Interview Feedback, Drexel's website (the viewbook is specially helpful)
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re-read AMCAS, mock interview, studied up on Drexel website
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Read over my AMCAS, 2 mock interviews, read SDN
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Read about the school, SDN, practiced with friends.
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looked at interview feedback website, reviewed my application.
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SDN, read info on their website
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SDN, read over my amcas
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SDN, School's website, prior interviews
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SDN, Drexel website was very useful, and I acquanted myself with Philadelphia.
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School website, SDN
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SDN, AMCAS app, drexel's website, online brochure
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SDN, read website, looked over curriculum
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sdn, brochure, online brochure, drexel's website
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Looked at drexel website, and the interview feedback
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sdn, read over app and schools website
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SDN, school website, MSAR
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read the viewbook
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this website, the school's website
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read about the school. they have a great curriculum.
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studentdoctor.net, their website
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I read this website's old questions and my AMCAS application.
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SD, web, interviewed a couple students
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previous interviews, nothing specific
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Read the school Brochure, website. Read SDN feedback and thought about the tough questions that are typically asked in interviews.
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SDN, previous interviews
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This website, read my app over, my student host helped me, also
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SDN and School's website
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read secondary, AMCAS, Drexel website
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Read interview feedback, read about the school, read my application
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Probably not enough. There were a lot of ethical and healthcare related questions
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SDN, my AMCAS and secondary applications, read up on our healthcare system and some "hot topics" in ethics
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browsed over the website and talked to a few friends who attend the school
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prepared for generic medical school interview questions; school website (very detail, has a online tour).
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SDN, AMCAS, website
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News
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sdn, reviewed common interview questions
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read over school's brochure, website
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SDN, reread AMCAS
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SDN, research on school.
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SDN, Drexel University Website, Talked with current students, re-read AMCAS app.
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Read over AMCAS, school website, the SDN forum
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AMCAS review, SDN.
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I didn't. I prepared for my first, looked stuff over for my second, and by now I'm just showing up. I feel like there's no reason to prepare. Reading the feedback here is good, though.
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Read SDN and re-read Amcas. I was up to date on current healthcare issues, ethics, and current events.
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SDN interview feedback, MSAR
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Read over Drexel website information on PIL and IFM learning options that are available. Went over my app. Looked over some issues in healthcare
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SDN, reviewed application, practiced SDN questions with friend, read Drexel's website
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read the website, talked to med students at the school
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this site, school website, review application
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SDN, previous interview experiences
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SDN, website, prepared answers to typical questions, read over AMCAS
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Read studentdoctor.net. Read books about interview (Kaplan, and other books at the bookstore). Attend interview techniques workshop offered by the career center at my undergraduate school. Mock interviews. Read about ethics and managed care. Review AMCAS application.
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SDN, Drexel website, AMCAS app
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Drexel website, SDN, read up on current events
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SDN, catalog, website, internet research
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Read over the viewbook, wrote my answers to typical questions, reviewed class notes on bioethics.
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Went through SDN's interview feedback questions. Read through AMCAS application.
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read bioethics, my file, SDN, meditated.
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Reading SDN, read the website, talked to students, freaked out big-time.
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sdn, website
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read SDN, website, spent a day on campus before interview
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SDN!! Also, read Drexel website.
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Website, Admissions brochure, SDN
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SDN, reviewed my applications, relaxed
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drexel website, sdn, read through my materials, net research on medical insurance crisis.
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SDN, read my AMCAS application, secondary appl. and Drexel website
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Re-read my AMCAS, looked over the school's brochure, and SDN.
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Interview and school brochures, talked with current medical students
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SDN, read up on healthcare, school's website
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this site and there website
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Read books on health-care and ethics, the NYTimes, this website
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AMCAS, reviewed my research, SDN, read up on current healthcare issues, news
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This web site
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SDN, Drexel Web site, re-read my application
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Amcas, studentdoctor, interview feedback
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Read SDN, looked over my app, browsed the website.
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SDN, online newspapers, freaking out way more than necessary (I took the august mcat, so this was my 1st interview)
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SDN, drexel website
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sdn, reading
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sdn, Drexel's website, the interview booklet that Drexel emails you
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Student doctor, nytimes.com, application, drexel web
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SDN, school website, read my AMCAS
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read interview feedback, school's website/ info brochure
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website, read my amcas
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website, sdn
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Pfizer manual, SDN
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Read about the school and reviewed what I had submitted in my application.
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Reviewed application and school's website.
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SDN, thought about myself
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SDN, this site, U.S. news, drexel's web site
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This website, the school's website, read my application again.
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this website, AMCAS, Drexel brochure, sleep
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sdn, AMCAS, school website, read some material on bioethics
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Read SDN, read the Drexel Website, relaxed
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Read my primary application, read posts on this website, and read articles about current issues in medicine.
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Read the website, kept updated on current events, read this website.
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Kaplan list of interview questions, brochure, skimmed medical ethics books, took a health policy course, mock interview...had a cheesesteak and brushed my teeth.
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online, sdn, brochure
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this site, Drexel's website, read about healthcare issues
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Read this site, as well as Drexel's website.
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Read over your own application, read their website, and talk to students who have either had an interview there or students who go there.
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SDN, School's website.
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Read AMCAS application and school website
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read journal articles, my Kaplan guide, internet sources, brushed up on health insurance terms....
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I read people comments on SDN, wrote out and answered typical questions, Drexel website (very informative), asked someone who had interviewed a little earlier about their experience, went over AMCAS, resume
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Read this website
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This website, Drexel Medical School website, and websites dealing with current health care issues helped me to prepare for the interview.
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Reread AMCAS, studentdr site, memorized basically their whole website
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read sdn, went over my amcas
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SDN, reviewed MSAR and Drexel website
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studentdoctor.net, read their website, mock interview
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Read SDN interviews, read DUCOM information
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SDN site, books
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I know students that go to school there. They just explained what the school was like and what to expect at the interview
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sdn, drexel's website
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Read this site, drexel's website....no need really. The presentation gives all the information needed.
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School's website, SDN
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Read SDN, mock interviews--Just tried to chill out. I got nervous before my previous interview, so I decided to try one where I waited to feel comfortable before answering questions. It worked. It is my best interview experience so far.
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Read AMCAS, MSAR, interview feedback... The usual
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SDN, spoke with Drexel students I know.
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SDN, reread app, ethics book
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Their web page, SDN, also many online sites have questions
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website, SDN, application, practice questions
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Browsed the Drexel website. Read up in the journals. Did a lexis-nexis search for articles about Drexel and by doctors who taught at Drexel. Reviewed my application.
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SDN, school's website and handbook, news articles related to MCP hospital's closing
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read AMCAS, school website, brochure they sent, current events
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SDN, read Drexel website
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Nothing
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read SDN feedback here and website
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SDN, school's website, reviewed my amcas application and secondary,
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read this site, read over my AMCAS, Drexel brochure
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Read a lot about Penn's medical malpractice problems.
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the school's website
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Mostly I didn't. Read a few links on their website, but that's about it.
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Relaxed, got a good night's sleep, chatted with fellow interviewees.
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Read SDN, school's admissions brochure, and AMCAS application.
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Did not.
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SDN, Drexel website and catalog
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there is TONS of online material! also, read SDN
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This website, mock interviews, and kept up on current events.
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SDN, friends from Drexel
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Read about the school, ate a Philly cheesesteak
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Read SDN interview feedback, visited the school website, consulted my personal psychic advisor. (kidding)
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here
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I read from the MSAR and the website. Also, I made sure I had examples if asked any ethical questions. I was familiar with both IFM and PIL before I went to the interview.
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SDN, current health-care issues, looked through Drexel brochure.
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I read up on the school, did some mock interviews, and reviewed my primary application essay.
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SDN, AMCAS app.
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Interview Feedback, reviewed amcas app, kept up on ethics and current events.
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std, website , reviewed ap
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Drexel website, SDN, look into health care issues
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Read up on health care issues. School booklet.
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I didn't really. I had an interview two weeks previous for which I prepared extensively. All I did this time was browse current medicaly related issues and go over my amcas application. Out of my two interviews so far I have not had a question about the healthcare system in the US. I thought Medical Schools would stress this as it is in bad shape throughout the country especially in Penn.
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Reviewed application, researched about school, talked with my cousin's friend who was a 2nd year at Drexel, Went over some ethics, kept up-to-date on science and non-science current events, keep calm.
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Read the information they sent me, looked on the website and talked to friends who had interviewed there.
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SDN, reviewed school materials
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read application, SDN, school's info
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Everything
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SDN, Drexel's website, brochures, my applications
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This website
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Read up about the school's curriculum in their brochure
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Read SDN, reviewed viewbook and application
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This website, AMSAR, read my app, practiced common questions
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this website, drexel brochure, my application
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Went to the website, went over some sample interview questions.
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looked at SDN, school website
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I just read this website.
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relaxed
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SDN, current events, reviewed AMCAS
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Read the school catalog.
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Their website
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Read this website, read amcas, relaxed the night before.
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Read tons of articles and books, this website, typed up all my answers to potential questions and reviewed them on a regular basis, watched the news, read over my application
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sdn, read over AMCAS
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went to this website, cut and paste all the questions people had previously posted answered them to a certain extent, read articles on medicare, malpractice crisis, etc. and read over Drexel's information booklet...I over prepared a little, but still good stuff
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Read the booklet and SDN the day before.
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read over my application, this website.
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Student Doctor Network, www.review.com (Princeton Review), Drexel Med wesite, www.aamc.org
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This web site and the school web site
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read website
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sdn, drexel website, asked students
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Didn't
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Read website, studentdoctor.net, read materials sent by school
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Read SDN, the website and the application.
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this website, talked to current students, read my application over, school website
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website.
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SDN, interview feedback, school's website
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Read my application and this website
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you're doing it
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Read the information they sent me, this website, read over my AMCAS
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interview feedback, drexel brochures, and keeping up with current events
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SDN, Drexel website: read up on their two different curricula, read through my application
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website, interviewfeedback.com, other websites for interview preparation
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Read about the school (brochure, on-line).
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read website, MSAR, interview feedback
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read SDN, looked at publicagenda.org
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Read this site, went over app, wrote down answers to common questions and practiced them
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This website and talking with the student interviewer. I was fortunate the he and I went to the same undergraduate school.
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SDN network
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looked at the website.
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Interview Feedback (SDN), read through the material that Drexel sent.
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this website, the school's packet
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SDN, Interview Feedback, The Economist and Atlantic Monthly for current event (current events did not come up in the interview)
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primary, secondary, interview feedback, talked w/ friend who goes there, read catalogue, etc.
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SDN, pamphlet
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SDN, booklet they sent was really helpful (about PIL vs. IFM), AMCAS app.
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SDN, school brochure, read over my AMCAS and statement
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website, brochure, interview feedback
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read personal statement, read some health related articles, read the school catalogue
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Interviewfeedback, looked over my application, reviewed Drexel's program
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This site, my AMCAS and secondary applications, general interview questions.
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Reading school website, my application, SDN
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interview feedback, brochure, and website
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Read their website, SDN and AMCAS app.
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Read brochure, school web site, SDN interviewfeedback, cnn.com/health,
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interview feedback sites, went over my application, researched current issues in medicine
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Read the website and SDN.
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SDN, school brochure
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read website, brochures
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Read SDN, read up on bioethics, read school website as well as school brochure
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SDN, read over my publications and AMCAS app, practiced questions
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sdn, looked over amcas app, my undergraduate health professions website, thought about ethical/hmo issues
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I read this website, the school's homepage and read my AMCAS application.
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Read school materials, reviewed WEB, read this site, spoke with medical students from school.
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I read up on the school's website, read the material they gave me, looked up this site.
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Read up on the School, stay up on current events, and review my application (Although my interviewer was just interested in having a friendly conversation about everything but my application).
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Mock Interviews. MCP website (really well done).
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Looked at the school's website, read interviewfeedback.com
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Looked at school's website, searched interviewfeedback.com, talked to current students, read over application material
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I read about the school on the web site, there is a ton of information about the programs, facilities, etc.
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nothing really since interview feedback has been down.
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interviewfeedback.com
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interviewfeedack.com, this place, their website, materials they sent
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Interviewfeedback.com, school's web-site, StudentDoctor.net forums
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Inteviewfeedback.com, the school's website, posts on SDN
What impressed you positively?
Applicants were overwhelmingly impressed by the friendly and welcoming atmosphere at the school, from staff to students. The emphasis on a supportive community, the choice between different curricula options, the modern facilities and technology, early clinical exposure, and the location of the campus in a nice neighborhood near Philadelphia were highly praised. The genuine enthusiasm of faculty members, the commitment to student well-being, and the focus on training clinicians rather than researchers were also highlighted as positive aspects of the school.
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Kind staff and interviewers, conversational and comfortable interview
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admissions staff was very friendly
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All the staff, faculties, and interviewers are very nice and chill. They repetitively emphasized that they are a welcoming and supportive community and all the interviewers volunteered to hold interviews and loved to meet the applicant.
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The school seems to have a lot of great programs and extracurriculars for students to work with.
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the number of opportunities and unique resources offered by the school
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I really liked my interviewer and they were helpful with my questions. The orientation session was well done
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Solid connection with student and faculty interviewers. I was also impressed by the West Redding campus
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Very helpful staff and students; warm personalities and welcoming
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kindness of the staff, emphasis on supportive student community
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The friendliness of both the faculty and student interviewer.
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everyone was super nice
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How genuinely kind everyone was... multiple students who were just studying and had no involvement in the interviews would stop me and wish me luck and offer to answer any questions.
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students, staff, atmosphere
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The student interviewer seemed excited to offer us a tour and talk about Drexel.
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Students seemed great and happy to be there. Facilities were okay. Philly seems like a pretty cool place
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Faculty had a really good impression of the new curriculum. Evidence of change with feedback
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Nothing.
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The cadaver lab was neat.
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Friendliness of the student tour guides
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The positive attitude of the interviewer. Free t-shirt.
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The fourth year students were returning after being matched with their residency programs. A few took some time out of their day voluntarily to come talk to us during our very impressive catered lunch. They spoke very highly about Drexel's professors and students. They were very real.
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The faculty member I interviewed with was kind, jovial, and passionate about his job. The students I met and stayed with were warm, welcoming, and very encouraging. Moreover, the students seemed genuinely happy to be at Drexel and to have a good life/study balance.