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How did the interview impress you?
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What was the stress level of the interview?
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How you think you did?
Most respondents thought they performed well at the interview.
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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 revolve around personal attributes, motivations for pursuing medicine, experiences working with others, handling stress, facing failure, contributions to diversity, healthcare challenges, leadership qualities, and future career goals. Some respondents mentioned being asked about their family background, weaknesses, clinical experiences, research projects, hobbies, views on healthcare, and specific interests in medical specialties. It appears that the interviews were diverse, ranging from standard questions to more personal and scenario-based inquiries.
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Why George Washington?
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Why GW?
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Why are you interested in GW?
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Tell me about yourself.
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Why do you want to come to GW?
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Why do you want to go into medicine/why do you want to attend GW?
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tell me about yourself/why medicine
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Tell me about yourself/why medicine/why GW
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What is your back up plan if you don't get into medical school?
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Describe your path to medicine / Why do you want to be a doctor
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Why medicine?
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Tell me about yourself and why you want to be a physician.
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A lot of questions about clinical experience
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How do you lead others?
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Where have you encountered diversity in your experiences?
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Tell me about yourself
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Why GWU?
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Why do you want to be a doctor?
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Why GWU
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Why GW? Why Medicine?
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So, tell me about yourself.
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Standard questions.
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Tell me about a time you failed in your personal life.
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Why do you want to go to school in DC?
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What is the source of your desire to go into a career in service of others?
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How will you pay for medical school?
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why gw
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Personal Weakness
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If I asked your friends to use three words to describe you, what would those three words be?
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Time you failed and what you learned from it?
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Tell me about yourself?
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Tell me about yourself...
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What is one quality you have that will help you as a physician?
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Tell me about yourself. (close file interview so be prepared for this question! it's usually the first thing they ask)
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Why do you want to be a doctor
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Tell me about your journey to medicine including any mentors you've had
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what hobbies do you have
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Though this was a closed-file interview, the professor asked for my GPA and MCAT scores, which I found offensive.
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Describe yourself?
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What are three of your strong points that will contribute to your work as a doctor?
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Tell me about a time that you failed.
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What are your strengths and weaknesses?
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Who are you?
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Who are you
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What is your biggest weakness?
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How did you get to this point?
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Why are you interested in medicine?
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What qualities will make you a good physician?
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Something you would like to improve about yourself
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How did you get here? (i.e. decide on medicine)
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Tell me about yourself and why you want to be a doctor
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What leadership experiences do you have?
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Describe a time you failed or were disappointed. How did you deal with that?
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What is one thing you'd like to improve about yourself, and why?
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Describe your research.
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where are you from?
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Tell me about a time when you learned something the hard way
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How did you get here?
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what accomplishment are you most proud of?
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Why medicine? Why attracts you to GW?
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how do you think you have changed in a year away from undergrad
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What has been the hardest decision you had to make?
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How do we fix the current healthcare crisis?
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What are 3 strenghts and 3 weaknesses?
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What would make you not attend our school?
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Why GW? Why medicine? How do you handle conflict? Do you study more by yourself or in a group?
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Why GW? Why medicine? What area of medicine do you want to go into?
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So tell me about yourself
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With so many people around you telling you healthcare has ''changed'' why do you still want to go into medicine?
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Why MD? Why GW?
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When you filled out your AMCAS, why did you select GW?
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why medicine?
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describe your undergrad
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Talk about a time when you failed.
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Role of Physicians in Society.
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all typical questions.
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why medicine
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The ususal stuff...
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Why do you see GW as a part of your continuing education?
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What do you think is one of the most serious problems facing health care today?
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What do you do for fun?
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What is an example of a time you failed?
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Describe one strength and one weakness.
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Tell me about yourself. One of the hardest because I had so much to tell and so little time. I should have practice interviewed a little more with friends and family instead of gunning it.
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Tell me about yourself. One of the hardest because I had so much to tell.
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What character trait do you think will serve you well as a physician? Which will hinder you?
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I don't know anything about you except for your name. Tell me a little bit about yourself and who you are.
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Tell me something about yourself.
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Student: Tell me about yourself, interests and hobbies, what would I do if I could not become a physician or enter medicine? (all very conversational)
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Where are you from? Why GW? Why DC? What do you do for fun? Tell me about your volunteer experience. Tell me about your research. Would you continue doing research?
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Tell me about yourself? Why have you chosen medicine as a career?
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What support systems do you have in place?
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Tell me about volunteer experience.
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If you couldn't be a doctor, what would u be?
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How did you grow up?
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Tell me about a time you failed. What did you learn from it?
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Why do you think that you would be a good doctor?
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Coming from the Midwest, why do you want to attend GW?
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How would you fix the health care system?
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Why do you want to be a doctor? Typical day in your practice? Role of physicians in society?
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What do you like about GW?
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Why do you want to go to GW?
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When you've experienced failure, what happened and what did you learn from it?
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Describe a time you failed and what you learned from it.
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What did you do this summer?
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Why medicine instead of social work?
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Tell me about your service and leadership activities.
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Why do you want to become a doctor?
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Why Medicine? Why GW? Why D.C.?
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What characteristics do you have that will make you a good doctor?
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What leadership experience have you had while in college?
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What kind of obstacles do you think you'll have to face while in med school? What will you do if you don't become a doctor?
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describe a time you failed and what did you learn from it
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Why Medical School?
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Where do you see yourself 10/15 yrs from now?
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How do you perceive physicians? What kind of people do you think go into medicine?
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Tell me about yourself. Why GW? Why medicine?
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Where do you see yourself in ten years?
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If I came to your house and looked on your bookshelf, what kind of books would I see?
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My favorite question - What will you do if you don't get accepted into med school. This question makes me angry because I've already been accepted and even though I told them that, they still wanted me to answer the question.
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How do you handle stress?
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what are your hobbies?
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What's been the greatest challenge you've faced in your life?
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How many schools did you apply to?
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Why DC/GW
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How do you respond to a family that blames you when a family member (your patient) dies?
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What personal strengths do you bring to medicine?
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all personal questions, about my life, my experiences..
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Why DC?
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What are your strengths? Weaknesses?
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Why GW/DC?
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What is your greatest failure and what did you learn from it.
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What was a defining moment in your life? One from which you feel shaped your personality?
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The one above with the alcohol abusing colleague.
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Any questions for the interviewer? (Make sure you have at least 2-3 questions for your interviewers)
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What would you do if a colleague was obese and smoked a lot?
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What you do for fun?
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Where is GW on your list (1st choice, last choice, etc)?
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why med
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Tell me a little about yourself
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Tell me about yourself. Hobbies? Why medicine?
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Why do you want to practice medicine?
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Describe any leadership experiences you have held.
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Why do you want to come to school here at GW?
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questions about the grad program I am in
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What is your personal definition of what a doctor is?
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why do you want to go into medicine? what are some of your strengths/weaknesses?
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What are the positive aspects of medicine
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What sorts of volunteer work have you done?
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What is your greatest strength?
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Why medicine? Why GWU?
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Why medicine? Why GW? What do you think about the current health care system?
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see above
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What about yourself do you think you can improve on?
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Why medicine? When did you know you wanted to be a doctor?
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Name a time when you failed
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What would you do if you do not get accepted into medical school?
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What exactly do you plan to do in health policy?
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Most people apply to at least 15 schools, why did you apply to GW? Why are you interested in medicine?
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What will you do if you are not accepted into medical school?
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When did you start school? 1999. What are you doing right now? I am finishing up my last semester. Why in the world would it take you five years to complete a four year degree? Because I started majoring in computer science.
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What community service have you done?/Have you done any research?
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What would you like the admissions committee to know about you?
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they seemed to be asking to fill out a form, and both interviewers seemed to ask the same questions...1) what would you do if you were not accepted into medical scchool 20 why medicine 3) why GW
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greatest strength/greatest weakness right after one another
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What would you do if you weren't accepted into medical school? (I went with it and answered the question, even though I've been accepted elsewhere.)
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Describe yourself.
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what specialty would you choose and why?
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talked about clinical experiences - why I stopped and why I want to be a doctor
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what is your best asset?
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Where are you planning to go to residency and practice?
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What are your strenths? Weaknesses?
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tell me about your clinical experience?
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What do I do on my spare time.
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What motivates you to become a doctor?
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What brought you to decide on medicine?
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Like I said, no real questions- just the basics tell me about yourself, why did you choose your major, strengths and weaknesses etc.
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Describe what you do in your job.
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Why do you want to be a physician?
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Tell me about yourself. (since it's closed, this was kind of hard to answer)
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Strengths/weaknesses
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Tell me about your self
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Why medicine? Why not stay in public health or teaching?
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could you describe yourself to me?
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What would you do if you were really stressed out?
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what makes a good doctor?
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What had led you to medicine?
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Tell me about your family.
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family
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wish I could say something specific--why medicine? why GW? tell me about yourself.
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What do you think of GW so far? (faculty)
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So how was the difficulty level of the classes b/w the community college and the 4 year school you attended?
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Why medicine? Why GW?
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Why do you want to go into medicine? Standard interview stuff, but no hard questions!
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Why Medicine and GW?
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if there were no medicine in the world what would you want to become?
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where did you get your shoes
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Why MD as oppose to RN or PA?
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Tell me about yourself type of interview
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What do you like to do?
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what are you looking for in a medical education?
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Tell me about yourself What you do for fun?
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it was a very get to know you type thing... What are your interests, why GW, what do you do for fun, tell me something about you
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what experiences led you to want to become a doctor
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What are you looking for in a med school?
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It was kind of a "Tell me about yourself," interview.
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Why medicine now when not so traditional a student? (Mid 30's)
What was the most interesting question?
Students said the most interesting question asked at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences discussed a range of topics including ethical dilemmas, healthcare system improvements, personal changes, diversity interactions, and reasons for pursuing medicine over other healthcare professions. While the interviews were conversational, some respondents noted standard questions, with a mix of personal, ethical, and healthcare-related inquiries, reflecting a diverse set of considerations for aspiring medical students.
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Tell me about an ethical dilemma you faced
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How do you handle difficult and stressful situations?
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What would you change about the healthcare system in the US?
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What are some ways that the healthcare system can be changed to help your community?
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What is one thing you would change about yourself?
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What do you feel is the most pressing issue in healthcare now?
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What question would you want someone to ask you right now? (this is nice bc it opens it up for you to mention something you haven't already!)
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Why MD specifically? (as opposed to PA, NP, RN)
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Describe a time when you interacted with a diverse population that was different from your own. At the end of the interview, they asked me is there anything else I want to mention about my app that hasn't been mentioned thus far.
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What are you most proud of?
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How do you de-stress and make time for yourself
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Do you know what kind of medicine you're interested in?
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What attracts you to study medicine in DC?
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What do you do to decompress throughout school?
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Which class did you take, not required for your major, did you enjoy the most and why?
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If the interview ended now, what would have been sad we didn't talk about?
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What can you bring that is unique to GWU?
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What is your favorite team activity?
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What do you think makes a good leader?
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What is your opinion on the US and Canadian health care systems? Which is better and why?
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How do you maintain personal wellness?
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What interactions have you had with cultures outside your own?
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What do you think is more stressful, being a resident or a physician in practice?
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My student interviewer asked if I had applied to any other schools, and if GW was my top choice. Neither of these are generally permissible questions.
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What role do you think a physician should play in a community?
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Tell me about a time you failed in your personal life.
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If you were a kitchen utensil, what would you be and why?
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What is one thing you want to tell me not on your application?
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What do you see the role of physicians in society as?
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What is your favorite food?
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What traits you have that you will need to be a doctor
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It was very conversational and flowed more than questions and answers
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What do you think will be the hardest thing about medical school?
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Why do you want to become a physician instead of becoming a nurse? (Related to past work as a nursing assistant).
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How would you pay your tuition?
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Tell me something about yourself that many people don't know and you didn't include in your application.
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What do you like to do for fun?
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Tell me about a time you've failed. What are some of your leadership experiences? Tell me about your path to medicine. Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What do you see as your biggest challenge as a physician?
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describe what a perfect day in your life woud be like
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Tell me something in your life you are most proud of?
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If you had an epiphany and decided that you wouldn't or couldn't be a doctor, what would you do?
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where do you see yourself in 20 years?
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What is the most interesting thing about you?
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what questions do you have for me?
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In your opinion, what are the 2 most significant achievements in medical history?
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What book are you reading right now?
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What do you think is the biggest problem w/ health care system?
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What does "health" mean to you?
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They were all pretty standard
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There were two separate interviews, one with a student and one with a faculty member.
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Describe one of the stories of the refugees you worked with that most impacted you.
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Do you think doctors should be allowed to influence the policies and law-makers?
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All of the questions they asked were really general interview questions, both interviews were really more like conversations than anything else
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What is the role of a physician in society?
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If medicine did not exist, what would you be doing?
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I didn't think any of the questions were particularly interesting. They were standardized questions from a sheet that the interviewer (who is most often NOT on the admissions committee) reads off of and fills in.
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medicine is very difficult and extremely long, are you sure this is what you want to do?
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One specifically about a medical mission I went on.
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What would your friends say is one of you weaknesses?
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describe a time you failed
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Tell me about a failure and what you have learned from it.
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How many HIV patients do you interact with on a regular basis? (I was interviewed by a pathologist and we discussed the prevalence of HIV/AIDS patients in DC.)
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Why do you believe that GW is a perfect match for you?
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Are your parents doctors?
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Nothing too interesting. It was very conversational, just have to be sure to make all of your positive points make clear.
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none particularly
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none
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How are you different/how have you matured since you started undergrad?
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Compare yourself to who you were when you started college. What are the differences?
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Compare yourself today to who you were when you entered college: what are the differences?
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How I felt about the level of memorization medical school will require. (I wasn't a bio major)
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Nothing out of the ordinary.
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Standard questions
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They asked standard questions.
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What is the physician's role in society?
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What would you do if you did not become a doctor?
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Do you think you're going to go into clinical practice or research after med school?
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Give an example of a time that you've failed and what you learned from it.
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tell me about yourself. :) They don't ask many interesting questions.
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They didn't really ask me any questions, except, "why medicine?" (by faculty), and "tell me about yourself" (by student).
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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Have you ever considered becoming a lawyer or going into business?
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How have you matured since you started undergrad?
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What my dad does in his free time. I mentioned he's a doctor so maybe he wanted to see if I've witnessed doctors who have lives outside of medicine...
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In what aspect of medical school do you have an advantage over your classmates?
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How much do you think physicians should be involved in healthcare reform?
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Discuss a health policy issue pertaining to one of the areas you've lived in. (This was due to my personal interest in health policy.)
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I was asked about an international volunteer experience I had
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What are your thoughts on mandatory health insurance?
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what do you do in your spare time?
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Describe your biggest accomplishment? Describe your biggest failure?
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What would you bring to our school if accepted?
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Not anything out of the ordinary.
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What is your biggest weakness?
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Nothing out of the ordinary
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None, they were all prettys standard.
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What is the role of physicians in society?
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none, really.
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What do you do to relax?
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Travels
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You seem very committed to global medicine. Have you had the opportunity to experience any type of medical trip to another country?
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So who have you read in your Literature and Medicine class?
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What is your favorite medically related tv show?
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What would you change about yourself?
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Nothing too uncommon. Mostly just trying to get to know who I was and why I might make a good student.
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Suppose, for some reason I do not get into medical school, what would I do?
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Why I wanted to be a doctor
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The student interview actually extended our interview so that he could really get at the heart of my motivation for being a doc. Intense, but great, interview.
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Nothing interesting
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If you could have dinner with anyone tonight, dead or alive, who would it be and why?
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n/a
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If I were to bring your best friend into the room and send you out, what will she say about you?
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Nothing particularly...standards slew: tell about self, what you do for fun, problem with US healthcare system, details about my various pursuits.
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Did you see the movie Stomp the Yard?
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What do you think the underserved community will be like in the future?
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How have your leadership experiences prepared you for being a physician?
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What sort of support systems do you have in place.
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Where else are you interviewing?
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Tell me about yourself? What recent movie have you like, why?
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If I were to listen to your mp3 player now, what music would I hear?
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why geore washington?
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What medical tv drama do you watch, why?
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How did you grow up? (i love talking about my family)
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What is the last novel you read.
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After we already covered why I wanted to be a doctor and that I was a phil major, the student interviewer asked for the source of my motivation
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How do you think a doctor contributes to his or her community?
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How are you unique from every other student applying here?
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Nothing really. Totally standard questions.
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What other things do you do for fun?
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After seeing the limitations to medicine that you have [in South Africa], what makes you still want to go into medicine?
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Nothing out of the typical questions they ask, describe yourself, volunteer experiences, why you want to be a doc, etc.
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How should other countries react to the North Korea nuclear weapon situation?
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How will you handle coming to DC from a small town?
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Tell me about yourself.
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What would you like for me to tell the admissions committee?
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What is your definition of diversity?
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Do you turn to others when you need help?
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If you could have any three wishes come true, which would they be?
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why medicine and not social work?
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How will you use your public health background in your medical practice?1
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What characteristics do you have that will help your interpersonal interactions with patients?
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What is your biggest faliure?
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If you don't get into medical school, what would you do?
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what do you like to know about GW?
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Do you watch Days of Our Lives? I was definately caught off gaurd by this question bc I did not understand how this related to anything but in a round about way it kind of did.
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Why medicine instead of social work
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If I got ten of your closest friends together what are the things they would say drove them crazy about you? Translated: what are your character flaws, or as I like to think of it, my character strengths presented as flaws when they are actually strengths ;)
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What qualities do you have that will make becoming a doctor difficult?
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They were all very standard. Just prepare for the most commonly reported questions from GW that are posted on SDN and you will do great!
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None-they were all pretty standard.
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If you could be a pediatrician or a pathologist, which would you pick and why?
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All were pretty standard.
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how would you incorporate your backrgound in religion with medicine?
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If you could have dinner with two historical figures who would they be and why
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What was your most challenging experience.
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Where do you see yourself 10/15 yrs from now?
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What qualities make you a good candidate for the program?
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None - all of the questions were pretty straightforward.
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If you were to lose your arms or legs, which would you choose and why?
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None--one interview was a conversation, the other was by-the-book (Tell me about yourself; Why medicine; Strengths; What you would fix about health care; Volunteer work...)
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Tell me about where you grew up.
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Nothing really interesting
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How will you deal with time constraints of having a family and being an MD.
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Questions were very straightforward and the same as ones previously posted on the feedback website.
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You strike me as a very non-arrogant person but if you could allow yourself to be arrogant for a minute, tell me something you're good at.
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Asked about what inspires me to write music.
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Nothing too interesting -- just a general conversation about my background and my motivations for becoming a physician
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What has been your biggest failure?
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What do you want me to know that is not evident on your application?
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What would your friends say is the most annoying thing about you? What about you really bugs them?
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What achievement in life are you most proud of?
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what traits do you have that would make you a good doctor?
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What would you say is your biggest fault?
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What do my parents think about me applying for medical school?
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What do you think makes a good Dr.
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Typical questions but the conversation was interesting - philosophical topics not necessarily related to medicine.
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Tell me about someone you don't know who influenced your view of the world.
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Nothing struck me as interesting or off the wall--it was just getting to know YOU as a person so they can present you to the admissions board. Typical personal questions apply.
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nothing
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what was your favorite class?
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If you had the choice of loosing either both arms or both legs which would you choose and why?
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What career would you choose if not medicine? (I know, not very interesting, but the whole interview was very straightforward)
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All the questions were pretty basic. I spent a fair amount of time with the faculty interviewer going over my research.
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Tell me about you greatest failure and what you learned.
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Asked some in-depth questions of a non-science research I completed as an undergrad.... nothing invasive, more out of curiosity.
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What was a defining moment in your life? One from which you feel shaped your personality?
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Can you cook? (We were in the subject of talking about Korean dishes.)
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What makes you unique?
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Is Albert Einstien in heaven or hell?
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Basically, they wanted to know why I wanted to come to GW and tried to sell me on their school
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What would you do if you could not be a doctor?
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Do you think there are any problems facing healthcare today?
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So listen up. First interview with med student. Casual. know why you want to go there. Second interview with a Doctor also laid back. Has set questions. One falure and what you learned, weakness and how your trying to better yourself, volunteering stuff, i mean standard stuff.
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Describe a situation where you failed and how you overcame this.
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nothing really, just the basic stuff.
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What is the hardest thing you had to do and what did you learn from it?
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I see you're from a small town--could you handle living in the city?
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Questions were exactly what I expected for a closed-file interview - "Why you?", "Why us?", "Why medicine?"
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Tell me how your interest in medicine developed.
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What do you do for fun
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Describe your daily schedule in 15 years.
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very basic questions because all they have is your name
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What is the definition of a doctor? (My interviewer was the dean of public health...btw, the answer he liked best was a teacher, he didn't seem to fond of 'healer'...)
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nothing terribly interesting. the questions were really standard, and the most interesting parts were when the interviewer and i digressed into normal conversation outside of the "set list" of questions.
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What are your top choices?
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Nothing really interesting.
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None really. I was mostly asked why I wanted to be a physician, etc.
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none. it was a regurgitation of my application.
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Describe a time when you failed, what you learned from it, and how you handled that failure (or something along those lines).
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Nothing was really interesting or out tof the ordinary. Very easy going interviews.
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How woul you respond to a group situation when you recognize that a student in the group is resevred and shy and not contributing greatly?
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Do you think that leaders are followers as well?
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tell me about a time when you failed
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Do you think poor people should get to go to the most expensive restaurant in town? No? Then why do you think poor people should have access to the best doctors?
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If I gave you a million dollars, what would you do with it?
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What I would do with $10 million
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Ask me a question.
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No questions were really asked, accept the standard, the interviewr and I went off on a tangent.. very quickly
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What exactly do you plan to do in health policy?
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What characteristics do you posess that will make you a good physician? What do you think that you as a person will get out of medicine?
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What are your motivations for going into medicne?
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Why in the world would it take you five years to complete a four year degree?
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Since the interview was blind, there really were no interesting questions.
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What did I like to do for fun?
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what is the role of the doctor in the community
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spend about 15 minutes telling me about yourself
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All questions were fairly standard.
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What is your definition of success? (by the student interviewer)
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How did you choose your undergraduate school?
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There were no interesting questions, only general questions
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What do you think is the biggest problem in medicine? What do you think is the role of a doctor in society? What are the downfalls of being a physician?
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why not engineering?
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Standard get to know you questions, what is the biggest challenge facing medicine etc.
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We talked a lot about what I thought about my research - which actually isn't very extensive at all.
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I wasn't asked any interesting questions.
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What is the best/worst thing that I as an interviewer could do to/ask you?
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None were interesting. The interview was boring.
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What do you think the physician's role is in society?
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How did you pick your schools? why do you want to come here?
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What general area of medicine do you see yourself being best suited to? (a personality question- do I like to go in, fix things and get the job done or do I prefer to establish longer term relationships...)
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all the usual ones
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Do you think homosexuality is on the rise?
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What is your best attribute? What is your greatest weakness?
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All of the questions were standard. Nothing different.
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No interesting questions were asked.
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What are your views on the AARP vs Senator Kennedy issue? (Medicare Prescription Drug Bill) b/c I mentioned serving an elderly population
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There weren't any particularly interesting questions asked. The interviewers basically just wanted to get to know you. The student interviewer asked me: What do you see as the biggest non-medical problem in the world today? He also asked me what the biggest problem in healthcare was in the United States. However, most of the questions were just to get to know me and to get a feel of my personality. Both my interviews lasted over the 25 minute time allotment. That was good because I didn't run out of things to say, and both interviewers seemed to really love talking to me. They found my personality very interesting.
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Who will provide the emotional support you are going to need in medical school? I thought that one was a little odd.
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nothing really...all standard questions.
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Who are your heros or role models?
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If you could go to school anywhere where would you go? Why?
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pretty standard stuff
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Have you been in a situation that was an ethical dilemma?
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none, all standard questions
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What is the responsibility of a physician?
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Nothing out of the ordinary asked. One interview is conducted with a student and one with a faculty member.
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What would you do if there was no field of medicine, what profession would you pursue?
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What do you do outside of class?
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who would you consider to be your role model?
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What is the biggest non-medically related problem in the world today?
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Why did you choose to switch from social work to medicine?
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no questions i hadn't prepared for
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You know you will give up everything...social life, family life, friends...for medicine, are you willing/ready to do this?
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Nothing really
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if i knew who the baby was in a virginia woolf story
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Nothing out of the ordinary asked. On the other hand, my faculty interviewer did have a lot of his own interesting experiences to share, which was cool.
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None really interesting since it was closed file.
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current events question
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nothing specific, just a get to know you, super low stress conversation
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Why I chose my major
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What hobbies do you hope to continue to pursue during medical school
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What do you think is the best part of being the doctor? The worst?
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Since it was close-file, nothing too out of the ordinary. No ethics questions.
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So what about boys? I mean do you date? This question didn't seem too kosher but I answered it anyway and it led to a pretty interesting discussion of the arranged marriage system stereotypes.
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What do you think are possible barriers to communication between patients and physicians?
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Why George Washington? What are you looking for in a medical school?
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If I could have a conversation with 3 individuals from the past who would they be and what would we talk about?
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I wasn't really asked any questions, we just chatted.
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Nothing really. Pretty generic. It was totally conversational. Where are all the stress interviews I've been reading about?!
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What was your greatest achievement in college? High school?
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Inteviews were very conversational...all the questions came from the subject material of our conversation.
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all very standard question
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What can you tell me that would convince me to admit you to my medical school? (by a graduate/physician) What do you do to relieve stress? (by MS2 student)
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no questions that went beyond why medicine, and what i think of the health care system
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What do you do for fun?
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What does GW and DC have to offer for your medical education?
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What do you think the hardest part of medical school will be for you?
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None, all basic stuff
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How would you approach the healthcare crisis?
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What do you think the hardest thing about medical school?
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where did I get my shoes
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Nothing - it was closed file so I basically guided the entire interview
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Nothing too different.
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Pretty typical questions for someone trying to get to know a person...where are you from, why do you want to go to GW
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If a patient was definately going to die in the next 5 days, how do you treat him/her and what do you tell him/her?
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faculty: can you cook? do you know my grandson's girlfriend? can you guess how many years i've been doing interviews? do you have a boyfriend? student: what specialty do you think i should go into?
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Describe your ideal of a doctor's visit. Describe the reality of a doctor's visit. Why are these two scenarios different?
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Why did yuo leave your former country?
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What separates you from the other people who are interviewing today?
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My first interview was with the Dean of Admissions, but was still very laid back and friendly. Her questions were very general and straight forward with no surprises. My second interview, which was also very relaxed, was with a second-year and she asked a lot about my experiences and interests outside of medicine, then asked, "If you met a stranger and had to tell them one thing about yourself, what would it be?"
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Will you be continiuing you extra-curiculars at Medical school?
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Get me really excited about your hobbies.
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What role does spirituality play in your life?
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What is the best movie you have seen in the last six weeks?
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how will you cope with friends and family members who feel neglected while you are busy with work in med school.
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why are the number of medical school applicants dropping?
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Who is the president of Ukraine? (I'm originally from Ukraine)
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Nothing really.
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why do you think you will be a good doctor
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tell me about your research (i.e. the questions were not all that interesting)
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What are you doing next summer? (by the student interviewer, of course :) )
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Nothing really, the interview was mostly a conversation asking about my activities, and since I was interested, his work as a pediatric oncologist.
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How do you feel about the events of 9-11? Would you be comfortable in coming to DC? What are you view points on bioterrorism and the role of physicians?
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What is the single most overlooked failure in the current healthcare system.
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Where do you see yourself in 15 yers? (nothing very interesting)
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The interviews were get to know you questions, Why medicine, why GWU etc
What was the most difficult question?
Students said most difficult question asked at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences discussed a wide range of topics including ethical scenarios, leadership traits, challenges in healthcare, coping with failure, and reasons for pursuing medicine. Some responses mentioned an MMI format, indicating a structured interview with questions on ethical dilemmas and leadership styles, possibly under a nondisclosure agreement.
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Tell me about an ethical scenario you faced.
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Tell me about a time when your performance was criticized/critiqued
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When was a time you received criticism for your performance?
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Tell me about the traits that make a good leader in healthcare?
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Tell me about an ethical dilemma that you faced
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Explain a time where you intervened during an ethical conflict/ describe a time where you handled conflict on a team (it was difficult because I struggled to come up with an answer on the spot).
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Describe a time you challenged authority.
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What is your listening style? (I just was thrown bc I didn't know what context they meant lol)
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How would you describe your leadership style?
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When was a time you were on a team and challenged the leadership or decisions of the group?
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What is one thing I would change about medicine?
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What challenges will you face as a physician in a changing medical field?
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"Tell me about yourself. Impress me"
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How do you handle stressful situations?
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Explain a time where you did not listen to instructions correctly and how you handled that.
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Why GW
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How did you cope with a failure?
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What is the hardest challenge in your life that you have had to overcome?
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What about medical school are you nervous about?
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What has been your biggest failure and what did you learn from it?
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None. All straight forward questions about you, so you can basically just talk about stuff mentioned on your AMCAS cuz they haven't looked at it.
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Describe a time you failed, and what did you learn from that experience.
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My faculty interviewer really pushed on "why medicine". He seemed to be looking for a specific answer that I wasn't providing, although I had prepared extensively for the question.
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What is your greatest intellectual achievement?
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Where do you see the state of healthcare going over the next 10 years?
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What was your greatest intellectual achievement? (not scholastic, but new personal ideas in a research-sense)
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What do you think accounts for the high cost of healthcare?
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What is the biggest issue, as you see it, with healthcare in the U.S.?
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Why would you be fit to be a doctor? It wasn't supposed to be particularly hard to answer, but then once I told him why, he wanted more.....
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Don't really remember. Nothing was all that difficult
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Personal Weakness
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Nothing- it can be hard to answer the tell me about yourself but I had prepared this in advance
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How do you cope with stress?
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No questions were particularly difficult.
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Tell me about yourself.
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Tell me about yourself. (summarize but nake sure to present yourself as well-rounded)
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Tell me about a time that you had a positive patient experience. Why?
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Why wouldn't you complete all the pre-reqs during your undergraduate degree?
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What do you think is the biggest challenge to healthcare today? How do you think this will affect your practice as a physician?
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What do you think about Obamacare
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what are your weaknesses/strengths
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None of the questions were very difficult.
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Tell me about a time you fail? and how you overcame it?
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Name three things that the U.S. health care system does well. --THEN-- Name three things that it could improve upon.
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What qualities do you have that would make you a good doctor?
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What is the best thing you've done in the last five years?
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Who is your favorite author
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What will you do if you don't get accepted to medical school?
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nothing out of the ordinary...
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You know that medical school is hard, right? (SERIOUSLY?! Are you kidding me??)
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What was your GPA and MCAT? (closed file, but I was surprised my interviewer asked me)
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None. (But it would have been possible to ramble on any of them.)
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none really
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Tell me about yourself. (So vague!)
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What would you want to change about yourself to prepare yourself for medical school?
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Tell me about a time you failed and what you learned from it...(i knew this question was coming, but I could not come up with a concrete example, so I just answered abstractly)
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Whether or not I should answer this: What is your MCAT score?
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There weren't any difficult questions, really. They were the usual. Very low key and conversational.
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Tell me about yourself? Why are you here?
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tell me about a time you didn't do well/ failed (forgot exact question but essentially asking that)
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You've only been in the medical field for x # of years, how do you know this is what you want to do for the rest of your life?
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NONE!!
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How would your mother describe you?
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describe a time you failed
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The faculty interviewer asked some questions about my MCAT
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None. It was very conversational.
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how do you see your practice in the future
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nothing out of the ordinary, very common questions
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Please tell me what you think about each presidential candidates platform.
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So what brings you here?
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none
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How are you different/how have you matured since you started undergrad?
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What was a time that you failed? What did you learn?
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How have you failed and handled it?
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none really- they kept it pretty low stress to just try to get to know you.
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What are some of the challenges you think you will encounter as a physician practicing with the current health care system?
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What do you think will be a great challenge in medical school or in your medical career?
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What is your weakness?
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Why didn't you apply for the MD/PhD program since you have a strong interest in research?
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Pretty standard questions: Why GW? Why Medicine?
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probably the same one as above
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See above.
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tell me about yourself. They don't ask many difficult questions.
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years (I'm still not totally clear on how I can tie my education experiences together - something I'v GOT to clarify soon :/
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So tell me about some controversial issue in health and your position on it.
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What part of your life would you improve on right now?
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What would you change about yourself
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They were all pretty straight forward
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What aspect of your personality might pose a challenge to your success as a physician?
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How much do you think physicians should be involved in healthcare reform?
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Given the salary doctors earn today, how are you planning to pay for medical school? ?????
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Nothing too difficult--mainly just getting to know me.
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Nothing difficult, just trying to get to know you.
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how do you handle stress?
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Give me 3 characteristics your friends would use to describe you.
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If I asked your friends what quirk bothers them the most about you, what would it be?
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Not really anything difficult either.
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Take me 10 years into the future. Where are you and what are you doing?
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Nothing
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same
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what schools did you apply to
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Nothing too difficult
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Tell me about yourself/ what do you like to do for fun.
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Research
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Tell us about yourself (its so open ended you needed to have something written down for this and practice it)
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Are you sure you want to be a doctor?
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Both interviewers asked about a challenge or weakness I had - but it was conversational, and not difficult at all.
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What do you think medicine will look like 10-12 years from now?
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What is an example of a time you failed.
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Tell me about yourself. So much to tell and so little time
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''why GWU'' by one of the admissions deans in passing after my tour (took me off-guard). At a place like this, you are *always* being vetted by everyone you meet during the day.
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Nothing difficult
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Tell me something about yourself (a fact, a story, an experience) that I wouldn't be able to see on paper if I were able to open your file and read it right now.
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Where do you see yourself in 15yrs?
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Nothing really, the interviews were very laid back and conversational.
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If you could not enter medicine or become a physician, what would you do? (just be honest and throw a couple of interests out there)
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None were difficult. They weren't trying to stump you and I really felt they were trying to get to know me as a person and not necessarily how much information I could spout off.
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What do you think the underserved community will be like in the future?
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Nothing out of the ordinary. I guess just explaining the reasons why I chose to apply to GWU, because there are so many. When I mentioned the TRACK Program my interviewer was pleased that I had really researched that aspect of the curriculum.
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What challenges will medicine present to you.
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What number author were you on your published paper?
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What is the future role of physicians in politics?
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Nothing... questions were meant to get to know you as a person, not to stomp you on some vague medical subject
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they were all pretty conversational - nothing too difficult,
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What quality do you possess that would make it difficult for you to be a doctor?
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maybe what are the problems with healthcare in the US (because he disagreed with my answer)
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None, really.
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Ditto
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What are your strengths and weaknesses?
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Tell me something that is not in your AMCAS file or application that I should know. (I was caught off guard here)
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Tell me about yourself...(so general, so vague, and so much that you could say!)
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How will you handle being overwhelmed while in medical school?
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When did you decide you wanted to become a physician? (no hard questions!)
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What do you think make yourself different from other 9,900 applicants?
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Failure, and how you dealt with it.
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Do you have any other questions?
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Nothing really difficult......
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What is your biggest failure/something you have failed at?
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What is your definition of diversity?
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What other schools did you apply to?
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If you could have any three wishes come true, which would they be?
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why medicine and not social work?
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How would you fix the health care system?
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What is wrong with the US healthcare system and how would you fix it?
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No difficult questions
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What is your biggest failure?
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What should I write on this piece of paper for the admissions committee?
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Probably the days of our lives question. The questions were very straight forward, they just seemed to want to get to know me.
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What else should I know about you?
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Tell me about a failure you had and what you learned from it.
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None. There were no ethical questions or any HMO/PPO pop quizzes.
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None were difficult because I prepared for the most common questions posted on SDN for GW.
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How intelligent do you think you are?
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why are you doing research right now?
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Where do you think you'll be 15 years from now.
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How do you think your bioethics background will be useful in medicine? (it was with a tone that implied that it would not useful)
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nothing...everything was pretty straightforward
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What are your weaknesses?
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Nothing difficult (it was def a stress free interview)
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Name 3 things that you have done that you normally wouldn't want me to know.
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How do you plan on handling medical school with a family?
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There were no difficult questions.
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What will your greatest challenge be in medical school?
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How would you design the ideal medical system?
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Typical question, but still difficult -- What negative qualities will you have to work on while training to become a physician?
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What has been your biggest failure?
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Why not become a nurse practitioner or nurse?
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What are you going to do if you don't get into medical school?
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why medicine?
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No real difficult questions, both interviews were very conversational.
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What has been your biggest failure thus far?
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who is your role model?
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How would you contribute to the diversity of the class?
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Name some characteristics of mine that will make me a good doctor and name specific examples of when you have shown these characteristics in the past
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Tell me about a time you failed
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What would you do if you didn't become a doctor?
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What is your greatest failure
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What aspects of the health care system do you foresee being a problem for you as a physician 10-15 years from now? (He told me this was an experimental question that he hadn't decided about keeping or not)
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none. it was all about me.
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It was very straightforward, not really difficult questions
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what do you consider to be your biggest failure?
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What is a defining moment in your life?
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As a physician, what type of skills do you think you, personally, will have to improve upon?
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What would you do if you couldn't be a doc?
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What are your three biggest weaknesses?
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Tell me your three biggest faults.
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the above question
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If a colleague (physician) started abusing alcohol and nicotine, what would you do if it started effecting your practice?
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Give an example of a time you failed and what you learned from the experience?
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What do I think about socialized health care?
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Just the standard questions. Why do you want to be a doctor. Why do you want to come to GW? The student interviewer read from a sheet.
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What unique quality do you have to contribute to medicine?
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Where is GW on your list?
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What is your weakest quality and how would you improve upon this to make you a better physician?
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they were all straight forward. if you honestly know your self and motivations the it should come to you easily.
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Why GW?
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Describe a time you failed. What did you learned from it?
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Nothing too difficult.
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I mentioned I would be interested in expanding my expertise with an MBA or an MPH in the future. The faculty interviewer proceeded to grill me on the areas of health care management and public health.
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greatest weakness and plans to improve this weakness
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nothing too difficult; as with any school, just do research on why you want to go there and how you see yourself fitting into their lifestyle
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What is the definition of a doctor?
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why do you want to go into medicine? it's not an inherently difficult question, but you've got to nail it when they ask you....and they will ask me. both the student and doc asked me that.
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Is GW one of your top choices?
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Where I saw myself practicing? I have no idea and don't want to limit myself.
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Name a time you failed and what did you learn from it?
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none.
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Describe a weakness.
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Describe a situation when you failed.
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Where do you see yourself in fifteen years?
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How would you solve the healthcare crisis?
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GW is an expensive school - can you afford to come here?
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None really.
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What was the title of your thesis? (I couldn't remember!)
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Describe a situation where you failed.
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see above
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My favorite philosipher....What about him did you like? I don't know much about philosophy!
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If I would ever go back to the country I am from and practice medicine.
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Nothing really that difficult. However, the deal I interviewed with asked me, Give an example of when you acted as a leader and an example of when you acted as a follower.
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is there anything else you want me to tell the admissons commitee?
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none were really difficult
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Tell me about yourself. (I can't stand these.)
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none because no surprises
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Why do you want to be here? (because by then I did not and I had to make up something)
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What are your weaknesses? What is the role of a doctor in society?
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What is the biggest challenge facing medicine today
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Got the basic questions about myself although the Dr. joked about it being kind of cheezy to ask questions like what are your greatest strenghts, weaknesses...
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NO difficult questions...maybe why did I want to go to GW because I really didn't want to go there. That made it difficult to answer.
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What is your greatest asset? Since most of the questions were very conversational, this was really the only one that was actually asked and i had to take a minute to think about. Not difficult though, one of the ones we prepare for.
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What is your stance on abortion, how would in intergrate training into a curriculum?
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Why didn't you apply to Georgetown? What do you do when you are stressed out? I wasn't prepared to answer because I hadn't thought about it.
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Nothing difficult - everything was very straight-forward. If you know yourself, you will be prepared to answer anything they might ask.
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Tell me a joke
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Same as above. I have a variety of interests in medicine so it is difficult to gauge just where I might end up.
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Where do you see yourself in ten years?
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Is there anything else you want us to know? Because the interviews were closed file, they did not ask specific questions about my experiences and background, and it was difficult for me to figure out what to tell them.
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What is the biggest healthcare problem today and how can you solve it? That's always a tough one.
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No difficult questions were asked.
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What past experiences or mistakes have changed you for the better?
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What are your weaknesses (I hate this one!)
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nothing really
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I was kind of put on the spot about taking time to work after my undergraduate years. My interviewer kept asking why I had chosen that route, what purpose that served, etc.
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...
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Nothing really. Just open-ended, tell me about yourself, why medicine, etc.
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above
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who is your role model
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Do you identify with (the main character of a book I mentioned)?
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Tell me how you dealt with a dilemma in your life?
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How would you solve the problem of medicare and medicaid being maxed out?
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What stressful and/or difficult situations were you in personally and academically, and how did you cope with them?
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How do you see your life in 10 years?
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nothing really, all the question were really straight forward.
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nothing really...they just wanted to find out more about the applicants.
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How do you think it will be from you to go from being a New york city native to a "Washingtonian?" Apparently this has been an issue for many people
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What makes you different than all of the other applicants?
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Nothing really...honest.
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same as above
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Hmm, nothing out of the ordinary again. What would you do if you couldn't get into a medically related field?
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What was my greatest strength and weakness.
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Why medicine versus banking or international finance
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What persistent negative traits have you noticed about yourself
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Do I see myself as a long-term care provider or in a specialty that does not have continuation of care?
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It was mostly basic.
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Would you agree that most doctors from other countries come to the U.S. only for the money? This was interesting because I strongly disagreed with my interviewer's view point on the issue but he seemed to like that I was sticking up for my stance.
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I really wasn't asked any very difficult questions. The interviews were conversational and the faculty really acted like they were enthused with their school and dedicated to teaching.
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I really don't remember a single interview-based question. Just questions like, oh yeah? Why? etc...
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Nothing.
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Why should you be chosen over the next person?
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Would you rather have long term relationships with patients or see more people on a short term basis?
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Do you really know what it takes to make it through medical school?
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What was the most significant part of undergrad education?
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How do you think you will cope with the rigors of medical school? This one was given by the student interviewer who prefaced it with examples of how being a med student is very demanding and how you lose out on certain life experiences(ie missing bdays, weddings, not enough time for hobbies etc.)
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Why GW? Does it matter that it is so far away?
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same as most interesting
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Why GW? I hate those questions.
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what time is it? (I didn't have a watch)
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Nothing too bad.
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Tell me three of your strengths and three of your weaknesses
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What is the difference between you and me? (I so wanted to say...well your the doctor, and I am trying to become one).
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nothing really... i guess relative to the other ones asked, "why medicine" maybe
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Why an MD versus an RN or a NP?
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None!
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How will you differentiate between GW and Georgetown (I was interviewing at Georgetown later that week, but had only seen GW, had no basis of comparison)
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Talk about your three strengths and your three weaknesses
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What would be your policy for reforming health care in the US?
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what would you do if you didn't go into medicine?
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What would you like me to say to the admissions committee?
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really, there were NO difficult questions
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What made you want to be a doctor and when?
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N/A
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What would you do with a non-complient patient?
🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼
How long was the interview?
Most respondents had an interview of 20 - 30 minutes.
How many people interviewed you?
Most respondents were interviewed by 2 people.
What was the style of the interview?
Most respondents had a one-on-one interview.
What type of interview was it?
Most respondents had a closed 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.
📍 On-Site Experience ▼
Who was the tour given by?
Tours were most commonly given by Admissions staff personnel
How did the tour guide seem?
Most tour guides were enthusiastic about the school.
How do you rank the facilities?
Most respondents rank the facilities as above average.
What is your in-state status?
Most respondents rank the facilities as below average.
What were your total hours spent traveling?
Most respondents spent 4-6 hours traveling to the interview.
What was your primary mode of travel?
Most respondents traveled by airplane to the interview.
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
Most respondents spent less than $100.
What airport did you fly into?
Respondents who flew to the interview generally used Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
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jfk
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WAS
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Ronald Regan
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Regan
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Reagan National
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Reagan (has a Metro stop)
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Reagan
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REA
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Ottawa
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N/A
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IAD
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Dulles (far away)
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Dulles
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Detroit Metro Airport
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DUL
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DCA- Reagan Natl
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DCA- Reagan
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DCA - Reagan National Airport
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DCA
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Baltimore
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BWI, then DCA
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BWI
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BOS/DCA
Where did you stay?
Most respondents stayed either with friends or family or at a hotel.
What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?
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river inn
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gw inn, a little expensive
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extended stay america Alexandria, VA
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doubletree inn
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Westin Grand - 2 nights
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Westin Embassy Row
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Washington Suites Georgetown
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Washington Court Hotel
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The River Inn
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The Melrose Hotel
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The Melrose
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The George Washington University Inn
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Stayed at my apartment
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State Plaza Hotel
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State Plaza
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Red Roof Inn
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One Washington Circle Hotel
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N/A
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Melrose
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Marriott at Metro
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Marriott Wardman Park
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Marriot
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Latham Hotel
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Inns of Virginia - Arlington
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Inns of Rosslyn
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Inn of Rosslyn
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Hotel Lombardy
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Holiday Inn Georgetown
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Holiday Inn - Georgetown
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Hilton (dupont circle) got a deal at hotwire.com
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Harrington Hotel
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Georgetown Holiday Inn
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George Washington University Inn
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George Washington Univ. Inn
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George Washington Inn
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George Wash. Univ. Inn
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GWU Inn
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Doubletree Guest Suites
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Double Tree
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Days Inn on Connecticut Avenue
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Days Inn
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Day's Inn Pentagon (in Arlington Virginia)
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Comfort Inn
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Club Quarters (small room, good for price)
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Circle Inn
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Best Western Georgetown Hotel & Suites
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Best Western Capitol Skyline
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An Overpriced Best Western
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An EXPENSIVE one...
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?
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1 Washington Circle Hotel
How would you rate the hotel?
Most respondents rated their hotel as good.
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
Would you recommend the hotel?
Most respondents would recommend their hotel.
What is your ranking of this school's location?
Most respondents rate the school location as good.
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
Most respondents rate the area’s cultural life as good.
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What are your comments on where you stayed?
No responses
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼
How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
Most respondents said the admissions office was friendly.
How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
Most respondents said the admissions office was responsive.
How did you prepare for the interview?
Most applicants prepared for the interview by reviewing their application materials, practicing mock interviews, researching the school's website, reading interview feedback on SDN, and familiarizing themselves with common interview questions. It was also common for applicants to brush up on healthcare policy, current medical news, and ethical issues.
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SDN, GW website, mock interviews
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Read mission statement, reviewed primary and secondary.
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Did mock interviews, looked at SDN, went over my file, wrote out points for common questions like why doctor, tell me about yourself and why us.
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Researched about the school, looked at interview questions in SDN, and watched YouTube videos.
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Mock interviews/sdn/interview prep book
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Mock interviews, SDN
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Mock interviews, researched GW website, practiced common interview questions on my own
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Reviewed SDN interview questions for GWU
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Did a lot of research on the school
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SDN, interview book, GW website
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SDN, practice
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Mock interviews, watching informative videos, asking friends who have interviewed for medical school before
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SDN, Reddit, Youtube
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Website, SDN, reviewed my C.V., primary app, secondary app
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practice questions/mock interview style, researched school, reviewed application
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Looked over their website
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Read the website
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Mock interviews, preparing answers to common questions
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Read up on the school website
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This site, GW website.
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Researched info on GW website, watched videos from the school online, etc.
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GW website, SDN, practicing questions
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SDN, Practicing with friends familiar with the process
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SDN
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Reviewed AMCAS, secondary, GWU website.
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SDN, reading interview prep books, mock interview with a physician and a friend.
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Reading this site, having answers to common questions prepared
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Researched questions online, wrote out notes on possible answers
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Research, friends who had interviewed there, SDN, mock interviews
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Looking at other questions interviews asked as posted on studentdoctor.net. There were many of the exact same questions asked.
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Reading through SDN. going through some interview prep books, going over my GW secondary essay, practiced saying my interview questions, etc
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Primary, Secondary, School's Website, Interview Feedback
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SDN (feedback questions were the most important!!)
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interview feedback, GW website, read over my application, mock interviews, practiced 'tell me about yourself'
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SDN, research school, review AMCAS and secondary, know my volunteering and shadowing with specific examples
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Extensively studied GW online, read the interview prep on SDN.
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SDN interview surveys, healthcare policy refresher, mock interviews with relatives.
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Student doctor, read my AMCAS and secondary application, mentors
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mock interview, SDN feedback surveys
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Reviewed school's website, interview feedback
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Make sure you can answer "tell me about yourself" and "why medicine". review health care reform, review PS and secondary application, look over GWU website for curriculum info and specific reasons I applied to/want to attend GWU
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SDN, website, my application
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Mock interviews, and SDN
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SND interview feedback, Interview skill books, Friends, and Family
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SDN interview feedback, "The Medical School Interview"
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practice questions w/ friends
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Read SDN questions
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sdn interview feedback, school mock interview
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SDN, and made a list of questions about the school
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Because it was a closed file interview, I expected to answer "Why do you want to be a doctor?" "Tell me about yourself." "Why this school?" etc I read all the information about the school on their website.
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SDN, reread my application materials, read the newspaper
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SDN, career center at my school
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Read over AMCAS and secondary, practiced in front of a mirror, read SDN forums
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SDN feedback
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SDN, school website, practiced answers aloud
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SDN, mock interviews, school's website
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Thoroughly read the GWU website, reviewed interview info on SDN, and reviewed AMCAS and secondary applications.
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SDN, made friends and family interview me
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SDN, taking a shower beforehand
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website, read through secondary, primary, reviewed my research experiences
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SND Interview feedback!!! (3 questions were verbatim). GW website & info they provided with interview invitation....MAKE SURE you know about the track program, they love it! Reviewed primary and secondary apps, emphasizing extracurriculars & current activities. CHECK THE WEATHER!
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SDN Interview feedback, GWU website, talking to a GW med student, GW Viewbook
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Reviewed the website in effort to find valid reasons for why I want to go to GW.
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SDN, school website, jotting some notes down
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Reread secondary. As this was my 4th interview in 2 weeks, I had already reread my amcas and interview prep questions.
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Went over my personal statement, resume, etc.
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SDN interview feedback hands down is the best/ looked over AMCAS and PS/ practiced responses w/ friends/ anticipated questions
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SDN/Interview Feedback, AMCAS, current reading on health issues, medical journals, school website, exercise & sleep!
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SDN, AMCAS, student hosts
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Re-read secondary and primary apps. SDN interview feedback.
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SDN, practicing answers with family and pre-med advisor, talking out loud in my room and my car (seriously...it really helps to hear yourself out loud)
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sdn, amcas
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Mock interview, SDN
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SDN Interview feedback, read two current books on state of health care, read over GW and AMCAS applications, researched info on their website, talked through 'common interview questions' with family/friends
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read SDN mock interview (which helped alot)
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SDN, AMCAS.
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Read up about the school on websites and in books.
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Practice. SDN, Mock interview
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read brochure, website, my AMCAS, CNN, ethic topics
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Read over AMCAS and SDN - made sure to have answers to he basics "what are you strengths, weaknesses, something to improve on in med school"
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sdn, application, other interviews
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The GW website, viewbook
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Reviewed my AMCAS notes, research the school online
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Looked over SDN interview feedback for past year or so, and practiced answers to questions. Some of them were verbatim!
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sdn, mock interviews, read GW's website
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GW website, MSAR, SDN interview feedback, read up on current events & bioethics
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Looked at this website, read over application, read school's website.
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read SDN interview reviews, glanced over my AMCAS and GW secondary, looked at GW website
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Read this site, apps, and school internet info.
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sdn feedback, my application, school website
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SDN, mock interviews, school website, and MSAR.
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SDN, school website, spoke with current MD students, mock interviews with friends
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SDN, school's website, read over AMCAS and secondary applications.
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I read the admissions pdf, and browsed the website. I also read the SDN feedback here, as well as the interview feedback in the pre-professional office.
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read over AMCAS, secondary, and school website.
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read up on the school (website, MSAR), looked over my resume, slept
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SDN advice column, SDN interview feedback, thinking through answers to common questions on here, mock interview with med student friend
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Website, became familiar with my responses to most common questions asked at school (thanks to this site)
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SDN, practiced with family members
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sdn, website
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UofW bioethics, sdn, asked my brother questions (he's a first year here).
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SDN, website, talk to friends who interviewed there in recent years.
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SDN, read about school, practice
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SDN, AMCAS app, GW app.
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SDN, GWU Website
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Read AMCAS and secondary to figure out what I wanted to talk about since the interviews are blind, GW website (very informative and dropping the names of programs they have helps), SDN
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GWU booklet online, mock interview, SDN
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SDN and AMCAS.
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Read the sdn interview feedback, used mock interview service at career center, reviewed AMCAS
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reading other's feedback, experience from other interviews, etc.
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amcas, student doctor, gw handbook
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Mock interviews, MSAR, school's website, SDN
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SDN, read AMCAS and secondary, researched school
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mock interviews, sdn and reading health care articles.
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wedsite, sdn
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SDN, looked over healthcare issues. Reread my personal statement. I was probably overprepared since the interviews were entirely closed file.
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my primary and secondary, SDN, and GW website (which is really good)
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I prepared fairly well. Since the interview was closed file, I was expecting a very conversational ''get to know you'' type interview.
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GWU handbook, SDN, a few books on doctoring and health care
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School web site & SDN.
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SDN, school website, I had visited GWUSOM earlier this year.
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Schools website, SDN, spoke with other students at the school.
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AMCAS application; secondary application; School's website; thought over practice interview questions online; talked to med students at the school
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Book about the US health system and a book whose title was ''get into medical school: a guide for the perplexed''. I thought this was fitting book because I was indeed a little perplexed at the beginning of the medical school application process.The latter book was a good reference guide.
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SDN, website, re-read AMCAS, read healthcare news
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SDN, school website
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SDN, brochure, website
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SDN interview feedback was EXTREMELY helpful, GWU website, practice questions with friends currently in medical school.
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SDN, reviewed my application(s), school website, friends who are students at the school
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School website, mock interviews, ''standard'' interview questions, this website.
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Reviewing application, reading info on their site, mock interview, reading current events related to healthcare
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SDN, reviewing AMCAS, secondary application, personal statement, mock interviews, researching school and D.C. area, curriculum, health care policy, medical ethics, current medical news, outlining key points for answering questions
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Looking through studentdoctor.net, reading school website.
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SDN, website, mock interviews
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Read GW website, looked at its publications, read about U.S healtcare, reviewed some medical ethics, read sdn questions and thought about responses. Thought about how to sell myself, ect.
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AMCAS application, SDN, school website
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SDN, george wash. website, read over amcas and secondary
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SDN, GWU website, AMCAS app
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interviewed elsewhere, read the website
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Lots of mock interviews, read the GW handbook and website, did online research on the U.S. and Canadian health care systems, SDN
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thought about the usual questions beforehand, read over GW's TRACK program and website, SDN
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I read through the website's curriculum overview and program descriptions.
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read GW website, looked at AMCAS
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SDN, Read Viewbook, Studied Website, Talked to friends about their interviews, Reviewed ethical issues and healthcare policy book.
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Mock interview, questions from SDN feedback, research from the school's website
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Read SDN, my secondary application and my personal statement, read up on recent medical news
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sdn, looked over amcas appl and secondary
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Read sdn interview feedback, school interview workshop, mock interview with my mentor, read about my research area
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SDN, previous interview experience,
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SDN, AMCAS, 100 Interview Questions via the internet
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SDN, school website, school feedback site
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SDN, secondary, looked over school's website
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I went thru the school website and made sure I knew about the features of the school and its program that I was most interested in, SDN, my AMCAS and secondary, talked to a friend who has interviewed their 2 yrs ago
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Read website, re-read secondary, SDN
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Looked over the school's website, read SDN feedback, read some ethics, etc.
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reading application, thinking about possible questions, reading website
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AMCAS, secondary application, SDN feedback, read up on health care system, re-read parts of Mountains Beyond Mountains
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Read SDN, Healthcare Meltdown and other healthcare websites/books, 2 mock interviews, researched GW, re-read AMCAS and secondary.
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Read SDN, read AMCAS, prepared answers to questions asked on SDN
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read school's website, SDN, MSAR, reread my secondary application and my personal statement
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Read SDN, AMCAS, GW website
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SDN, moc interview @ my university, reading about healthcare issues
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SDN site, GW website, my application, ethical and current events (not needed), health policy issues (also not needed here)
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SDN, Reread AMCAS and the secondary
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Read Newsweek, reviewed school website, did mock interview with co-worker.
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SDN website and reviewed my strengths weaknesses and the usual tell me about ourself response.
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SDN, GW website, my AMCAS application
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Prepared for the most commonly reported questions from GW that are posted on SDN.
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School's website, SDN feedback
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SDN, website, read over application, current events
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read other interview feedback on SDN, browsed gwu website, looked over amcas
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read website, amcas, spoke with former students
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Talked students there. Read up on their website
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SDN, read application, read ethics book, looked at website
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SDN, Personal Statement
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Read my AMCAS application and the school's facilities and program.
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Read SDN, reviewed AMCAS and secondary
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SDN, GW website, AMCAS
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SDN, GW website, list of most frequently asked interview q's
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Practiced briefly for stock questions. Hot bath the night before the interview.
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SDN.
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GWU Website, SDN
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SDN, AMCAS, School's Website, CNN.com, info from my Premed Office
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I didn't really
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AMCAS, GW secondary, read over website. Knowing it was closed file helped direct the focus to more inward questions (Why medicine, plans if you don't get in)
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SDN, looked at school website, didn't sweat it much.. had heard GW interviews are not meant to be stressfull. So everybody relax
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SDN. GW websight.
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I thoroughly examined everything on the website, including the school of public health.
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Reviewed GWU's website, my application, and the SDN interview feedback.
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Interview feedback, school website
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SDN, read over my AMCAS and GW secondary, read the GW website material
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Reviewed application, viewbook, general medical/ethical topics
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SDN, reviewed application, looked at GW application and website
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read over amcas, sdn, their guidebook
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read their website, other interviews
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Looked at GW's website, read SDN
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SDN, GWU Website.
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SDN, school website, my AMCAS statement
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Read SDN feedbacks, read brochure, mock interview.
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This website, GWU website, looked over application
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SDN, med school book, their website
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SDN, my AMCAS and secondary applications, read up on the school and its program, read up on healthcare issues on an "hot topics" in ethics
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this website, school's website, handbook provided by my college
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re-read my AMCAS and secondary, SDN, school's website
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read over application, school website
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SDN, GW website
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SDN, looked over school brochure.
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This site, read the school's site, reread my application
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didn't... just relaxed. you learn pretty much everything about the school during the interview day.
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SDN, looked over researh and applications, school website
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Student doctor net AMCAS practice interview
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SDN interview feedback, GW website, GW brochure, AMCAS personal statement, reviewed my research.
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sdn. no true preparation.
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sdn and school website.
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SDN, Read over my AMCAS application and secondary application
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sdn, read about the book via internet
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Read SDN, reviewed AMCAS and Secondary, read GW materials.
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Reviewed the website. Used this website.
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AMCAS application, talking to GW students
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website, SDN, application
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SDN; Website; Journals; Newspapers
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Read this site.
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SDN, mock interview with faculty member, school website, good nights sleep.
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a couple mock, talked to current students, looked at the curriculum, read over amcas, and this site of course
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Website, SDN
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Admissions brochure, SDN, school website
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Read up about the school on the web
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SDN, school website, admissions bulletin
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SDN, meditate, pray, review secondary, became very familiar with material on the GW website
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this website, GW website, reread AMCA and secondary application, reviewed government healthcare policy, mock interviews
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MSAR, sdn, reviewed application, gw website
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school website, sdn
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This site, GW site, read over amcas essay.
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reviewed website, read app
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AMCAS, SDN, primary/secondary apps, health policy books and articles, GW website and their mission
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read over my amcas, this website, had my friends ask me interview-type questions, wrote down questions i had for the interviewers.
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Mock interviews, this website, school webpage
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SDN, gwu.edu, AMCAS application
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gwu website
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Just read this site
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SDN, read over AMCAS application and secondary, Read up on current health issues
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reread all my applications and essays.
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Not a lot...read GW's website, read this website
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reviewed my application, enjoyed the city
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Read the George Washington University Website, SDN
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This website, GWU website, practice interviews, research on health care and current issues
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SDN, school's website, AMCAS appl.
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Reread GW secondary and AMCAS, looked up postings from SDN, explored GW website.
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read secondary, amcas, admissions handbook
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Went to a few interviews before this one, read the GW website, read SDN
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Practiced w/people I knew, SDN website, read AMCAS and GW applications
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Studied interview feedback on SDN, reviewed the school's website
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Read reviews and on the website.
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slept well, read up about GW
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Read GW website, AMCAS application, GW secondary, SDN Feedback, some health policy websites
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Studentdoctor.com.....most of the questions I was asked were posted here from last year.
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SDN, school's website
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read my app
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SDN, Read AMCAS, looked at GW website and pamphlet
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the usual
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sdn, read the website, read everything they sent me
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SDN, went over my application
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this site, read my application
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website, my application
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I read the web site and SDN
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I went through this website, read over my application, had a few practice interviews.
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wash bioethics site, reviewed amcas, SDN interview feedback site- looked through all the interviews posted, typed down questions asked and answered them.
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read app, web site
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this website and mock interviews
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Read about the school
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GWU website, SDN, AMCAS
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looked over my file
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Read over my AMCAS app, SDN
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read application/ website
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Relaxed. Just know yourself and your reasons for the choices you've made.
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Perused SDN and read my amcas application. I also watched the news for current events and read a medical ethics book.
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Read the GW website, this website, and a book about healthcare. I also had a mock interview, which was very helpful.
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Reviewed my application, their school website, MSAR, and just thought about adjectives to describe me.
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Read my AMCAS application, and my personal statement.
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GW website, SDN
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This website and talked with my doctor who went here for med school
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I looked over my AMCAS application, did a mock interview with my advisor, and looked at this site to see what kinds of questions were asked by interviewers at GW.
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I did a practice interview using questions I found on SDN.
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msar, sdn, amcas
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The usual - read catalogue, here, etc.
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This website, ethics, newspaper...all a waste they just want to get to know you, its easy....
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what you are doing now
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this site, looked over my applications, looked at the school website
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This site, talked with other doctors/med students, looked at most commonly asked questions online, researched school website.
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Read this site. Practiced standard questions, almost all of which I was asked.
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Review common questions asked during interviews from my premed office, reviewed application, and researched school online.
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AMCAS, read about the school. It is not necessary to read to much about the school, because the day begins with a tour and an information session...and they tell you esentially everything you need to know about the school
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GWU website.
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students at GW, GW admissions handbook, sdn site, interview books
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Read feedback on this site, practiced answers to typical questions, looked up info on GWU
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Read the web site, brochures, my application, read SDN
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read this website, prepared answers to typical questions, looked over my application
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This website, prepared answers for "typical" questions, practice interview workshops.
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Read this site, went on their site.
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this website, GW's viewbook
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GW website, Interview feed back on sdn, knew my application very well, knew my responses to traditional interview questions very well... the interview was unbelievably LOW STRESS... so needless to say, I might've overkilled the preparation a bit :-)
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Here, GW website
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interview feedback, but knew it would be conversational
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read this web site, the GW web site, mock interview
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Read responses posted here, talked with medical students, read about health-related news, and read school website
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GW Webpage, went over my application
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Read about 5 responses on this site
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their website, this website, and viewbook
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Read school's prospectus, went over my personal statement, went for a mock interview session at the career center.ouls
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looked at viewbook, read over amcas essay and other app essays.
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This website and reading professional medical journals.
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didn't
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Read pamphlet and website
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Read AMCAS, Secondary, Viewbook.
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this site, website
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this site, GW viewbook and website, other interviews
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re-read AMCAS personal statement, read GWU brochure, interview feedback, several health care policy sites
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Read GW website and related med school books.
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read my amcas personal statement, read up on gw, read a bit about hmo's, defined my stance on certain issues like abortion, euthanasia, etc. (not necessary for this int since it was very laidback).
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this site, their brochure, website
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read my AMCAS, GW website, recent NY times articles
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nothing
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Go over my AMCAS, secondary, school website.
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reviewed their website, this site, and my application
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interview feedback, other interviews
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this site, my app.
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Read the school bulletin, this website, and my amcas application.
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Review material from school, own app, past interview feedback
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Read my application over and went over sample questions.
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it was my first interview, i did way too much for how much relevant stuff they actually asked. reviewed website, this feedback site, my apps.
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Read through my AMCAS and secondary application, and read through the GW brochure I was sent in the mail.
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This web site, GW web site, reviewed my application and research, read commonly asked questions.
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Read up on current health issues, read my AMCAS, and read GW's website and guidebook.
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Reading about the school in their handbook and website.
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I did too much. This interview was very laid back- a friendly conversation.
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Read up on website, admissions handbook. Practiced standard interview questions, read up on healthcare issues.
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Looked over GW's website and handbook. I knew it was closed-file.
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Read their website, and reviewed my AMCAS and other material
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read the admissions pamphlet, went to their website
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gw website, amcas application, internet for health care issues
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admissions booklet, my applications, internet
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interview feedback, got on the website, looked at their admissions prospectus, etc
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read the health news, read about the school and the program
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This site, practiced answering general questions, read up on GW from thier handbook
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looked over internet, read handbook
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this site, amcas application, school publications
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Read over mailings and website
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read over my application, read interviewfeedback. I had also heard that Georgetown liked to ask lots of medical ethics/healthcare issues questions so I read up on that some, but my interviewer didn't really ask anything along those lines.
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Looked at school's website, searched interviewfeedback.com, talked to current students, read over application material
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reading a file passed around the internet on typical questions usually asked in med school interviews.
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interviewfeedback, sdn, ead website, ethics, health care
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Re-read my app, and interviewfeedback.com
What impressed you positively?
Applicants were positively impressed by the laid-back and supportive atmosphere at GW, the strong sense of community, the extensive opportunities for involvement in DC and beyond, the new and impressive hospital facilities, the emphasis on clinical training, the friendly and happy students and faculty, and the location in DC. They appreciated the relaxed and conversational interview style, the diverse student body, the variety of tracks and opportunities available, and the focus on developing well-rounded physicians. Overall, the facilities, location, and supportive environment were highlights for many applicants.
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Very chill, laid-back, interviewer offered positive feedback throughout
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The small group cohorts with faculty mentors
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It was very low stress and I did not feel like I was being judged.
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I was really impressed by the strong sense of community and support at GW, as well as the unique opportunities that medical students are offered in DC (working with the NIH, talking to policy makers on Capitol Hill, etc.)
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My student interview was so laid back and kind. She was really easy to talk to and gave me a lot of great answers to my questions
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Both super kind. Student told me their experience and the school seems great. Student camaraderie, amazing opportunities.
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Student interviewer was very friendly and spoke positively about the school's response to student feedback.
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The interview was very laid-back. The faculty interviewer was nice and friendly, and the student interviewer was extremely casual, making it feel more like a conversation than an interview.
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Interviewers were very conversational and my interviewers were encouraging, smiling often and asking enthusiastic follow-up questions
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Everyone was very nice!
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The Office of Diversity and Inclusion presentation was incredible. We got to see the Sim lab on the tour which was awesome. The lunch was also really good.
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The seriousness with which the school takes its mission of developing "citizen physicians" through the integration of "clinical public health" content into its MD curriculum
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The hospital system
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The friendliness of the staff
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Very organized, no waiting in between talks or activities - ran like clockwork. The lunch was great. Really great facility with a building completely dedicated to the school: lectures, sim labs, cadaver labs, financial aid - everything is in that building. And it's on the campus (right across a patio from) the front entrance of GWU Hospital. Everyone was also really kind.
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The interview with the medical student was really relaxed and conversational.
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location, friendliness of staff, happiness of students, students engaged in so many extracurricular pursuits
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They have classroom work for 18 months, a designated time to take the boards, and more time for rotations.
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The students seemed genuinely happy and laid back.
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Students were very friendly and wanted to answer questions, specialized tracks for areas of study
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The environment, students, and commitment of faculty for their students.
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Students seemed happy with the new curriculum.
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Beautiful campus, hospital, and great area of DC! Loved the simulator facilities! Most schools I have interviewed at did not show us the sim labs so I thought this was great!
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How great all the other interviewees were and the diversity of the GW Med School student body
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The student interviewer was AWESOME! And those cookies….those sweet delicious cookies. And oh the laid back style of most of their students! The day I went was exam week, but all the students looked normal & refreshed!
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The sense of community among students. And the involved, caring faculty.
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Students were very friendly and down-to-earth.
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The facilities and general program are all very impressive. The students themselves were also very willing to talk and had little negative to say about the school.
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The location, amazing!
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They had board games in the library! And the facilities in general were really nice. And the interviewing group was super nice and friendly. The students were super laid back.
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The variety of resources for students and help in pursuing "tracks" during your education- a more personal education experience
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The GWU medical center, Washington DC area and unique opportunities to engage in the community and health policy
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The casual yet professional atmosphere.
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I love that they have a big sis/lil sis program!! Didn't know that before coming here! The facilities are also really nice and I LOVED their simulation center. I LOVE the location of the school as well ugh I'm such a city person so I would love it there.
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The students seemed very happy. Awesome facilities
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Everything (almost). Loved the city, loved the school, loved the interviewers (the student was a tiny bit uptight?) and the students that stopped in. everyone had a great sense of humor and the day was just really upbeat. My day ended by 1pm! Facilities were top-notch!
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The students seemed laidback and happy
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Everything--location, opportunities, curriculum, proximity to hospital, tour, lunch was AWESOME!
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Incredible location, right in the heart of DC and just a few steps away from a Metro stop. The students seemed quite enthusiastic and engaged. Abundant opportunities through the Track Program and Office of Student Opportunities. If you are interested in policy, this is one of the best schools you could hope to attend, as GW partners with many organizations in and around Washington DC.
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Global health programs, area
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The facilities, the staff, the overall environment.
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Location was great! School seemed very low stress
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The attention to detail and the helpful demeanor of the students and staff.
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The 6th floor of the hospital. Great students and faculty.
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Great teaching facilities, location, parking subsidies for rotations, note-takers, relaxed atmoshpere, focus on clinical medicine
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Really impressed with the diverse and interesting student body. They were all so willing to talk with us [the interviewees] and answer all our questions. There also appeared to be a lot of camaraderie and collaboration between the students. Everyone seemed really happy with their choice. I also thought the sim lab was impressive. LOVED the schools location and the fact that the hospital is right across the street
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Hospital, track program, the student's attitude, level of hospitality. They look at people rather than numbers (as per med student interviewer)
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teaching facilities, teaching hospital, diverse patient population, really amazing track programs, extremely friendly student body and faculty
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Happy students, great neighborhood.
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Being in the middle of D.C., the amazing hospital, and the willingness of the students to assist me.
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Location and the Hospital
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Where to start? GWU is in a great location, has great programs and resources, and is committed to diversity and in depth clinical experience.
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The multitude of special programs and opportunities.
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The 6th floor of the hospital- is dedicated entirely to teaching med students
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The flexibility students have to pursue their areas of interest
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The stress-free experience
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The track program
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Opportunities at the school, location, clinical training
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The interview coordinator was extremely friendly and helpful.
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Meeting with so many current students and seeing how friendly and willing to talk to interviewees they were. Plus, the diversity of the pool of students with which I interviewed. People from all over the country, all sorts of different ethnicities/cultures, with varied professional degrees/experiences. Really inspirational!
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The familial atmosphere. The Dean talked to us about the importance of maintaining a balanced life while in medical school which was really nice to hear. The staff and students seemed really supportive of one another.
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Everyone was really nice and laidback, including the deans. Campus is in a great location.
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location, facilities, students seemed nice
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Track programs, Location, opportunities available to students, Student seem happy
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Very friendly and enthusiastic admissions staff, approachable (and seemingly happy) med students, cool location.
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Curriculum, attitude of students, area
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Student's attitude towards collaboration, friendliness of staff, histology lecture hall was all digital
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Global health and policy opportunities available to medical students and the institutional focus on training socially engaged physicians.
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The hospital, simulation models, students were friendly and seemed relatively relaxed, the wealth of opportunities the schools provides, location, really well done tour
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Track program, excellent clinical training, grading and student cooperation, international programs, location in DC, excellent hospital right next door, simulated/robotic patient facilities, overall strength of the program.
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urban location, campus was small but nice, students seemed well-rounded and very friendly
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hospital, histo & simulation labs all modern and high tech. (no microscopes in histo lab, its all digital). 8 blocks from the White House Very student-focused curriculum (honors/Pass/Fail w/ no curve) The dean and students were very enthusiastic. Interview/whole day was very relaxed Track program sounded cool.
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How many opportunities are available to students outside of the classroom. Their CLASS lab is pretty cool too. The school just renovated their library and student lounge. Every student I interacted with, whether they knew I was interviewing or not, was really enthusiastic about GWU and legitimately enjoyed being there.
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Cool location near Capitol Hill. Good Sim lab. Buildings were ok.
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The Clinical Simulation Center is awesome. The area is fantastic (I'm from nearby, so I know I'd love to live here). The facilities seem nice and they're working on building more study areas.
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Location! Being in DC exposes you to health policy opportunities and to instructors who are involved in global health organizations.
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Digitalized portions of education, i.e. no microscopes, all digital.
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the location was incredible/ GW really does their best to create an incredibly comfortable and friendly environment on interview day, which helps out a lot in terms of stress since the interviews were at the end of the day
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Clinical Skills Center; emphasis on clinical medicine from beginning. GW also seems to work very hard to personalize each student's medical education through "track programs" so that you can make the most of your time there. They also have an entire office devoted to Student Opportunities.
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EVERYTHING!!! I'm in Love with that school now. Even though it costs alot.
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Opportunities for medical students. This school really capitalizes on its location and takes full advantage of it's resources. They work really hard to personalize your medical education.
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Office of Student Opportunities and the the location of the school offer unparalleled learning experiences outside of the classroom.
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The facilities were awesome, they definitely make it a good day for you.
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location, happiness of the students, track programs, focus on students & helping them do what they are interested in, the hospital, the location
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The whole school, the location
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Track programs, Office of Student Opportunities (availability of Global Health options and medical missions trips), no microscope work (histology is on computers!)
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the hospital and the people...all great people it seems
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Location of the school, the concetrations that you have to do as a medical school student. The OSO office that helps you with different programs. Early clinical exposure.
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Hospital
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Everything
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Newer facilities, 4th year International program, emphasis on clinical medicine from Day 1, you dont have to go to lecture.
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THE HOSPITAL (brandnew), laid back atmosphere, the city
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everyone was so enthusiastic
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The facilities - they REALLY cater to their students. Awesome hospital - brand new. A WHOLE FLOOR dedicated to med student clinical learning. They also have this awesome 'track' program where you sort of have an emphasis in a medical aspect. They give you tons of internship/volunteer opportunities.
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The new hospital
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Student body seemed very diverse; strong emphasis on internationalism
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Everything! GW is definitely my dream school! What an awesome place!! The hospital is extremely new, the entire 6th floor is dedicated to student education, and you get to actually use it about a few times per week, rather than just once or twice a semester like other schools (or none at all!). The students seemed really cool and laid back, and it was great to see that they actually took advantage of all the great things that GW and DC have to offer!
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the new hospital, all of the resources and opportunities for students (track program), the enthusiasm of all the students
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all presenting faculty and staff were jovial, welcoming and relaxed
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Almost everything. The students were extremely friendly and willing to help. Many of them seemed like cool people and not dorky like at many other schools. Ross hall where the med school is located was not bad at all, I expected worse from what other people have said on this site. Definitely not "dingy 70s style". There new hospital is amazing and the access to technology is one of a kind. Also, you can't go wrong with the location. It's in a very nice part of DC and you get exposure to people from all types of backgrounds i.e. poor all the way up to presidents.
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facilities - brand new hospital students - very happy, normal, diverse group tons of curricular and extracurricular opportunities
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GW's location is in a very fun part of Washington DC. The hospital is great and the clinical skills center is the nicest I've seen.
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The facilities - GWU has a new hospital in which some of the teaching areas are located, such as rooms in which standardized patients are seen and the SIM man. The curriculum is set up to make students good clinicians. The dean, rep from the student activities office, and clinician I interviewed with were very friendly and enthusiastic. Faculty were incredibly
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The facilities, the histology lab, simulation lab,kindness of admissions staff, and the students were happy with the school.
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the track programs, outside opportunities, students stressed that the work hard but seem to have a life as well
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The location is awesome. There are so many opportunities for international travel, getting involved in politics, tracks program, etc. The students seem to love the school and are pretty laid back.
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Simulation room!
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the facilites, the students, the enthusiastic dean
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The hospital is incredibly new. The facilities are amazing, the classrooms are really advanced technologically.
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Washington, D.C. This would be a great place to practice medicine. The beautiful hospital and the metro rail (very convenient).
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The program is integrative, great for primary care, everybody had positive things to say, students were very cool.
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Everything. I am dying to attend this school. The facilities were amazing, the track programs, the enthusiastic students.
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My faculty interviewer was incredible. The school is really dedicated to serving the underserved. There is a lot of opportunity for international work.
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facilities, location, the great opportunities students have especially through the track program
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The opportunities off campus- track program.
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The cooperative environment and how students were encouraged to pursue their interests.
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Great hospital; new technology so you don't have to use microscopes in lab--it is all computerized; the students seemed genuinely happy to be there (even though they were in the middle of exams). Several students just stopped by unofficially during lunch (in addition to the 3 who were supposed to be there) and they all were really friendly and seemed really excited for us and really happy to be at GWU.
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The brand new hospital is amazing. Also, both of my interviewers were really warm and encouraging.
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The facilities for sure. Everything is brand new and gorgeous. The technology is also awesome... loving the computer-run histology labs. The students are so friendly and helpful as well. Oh and the dean is amazingggggg... I pretty much liked everything!
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students seemed enthusiastic, early clinical exposure, potential to study overseas
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Dean Scott was sooo enthusiastic, he really had a lot to share and portrayed the school the way it actually is ("to not train you to be just an ordinary doctor, but someone who is going to be leading the healthcare decisions in our country"). The students during lunch were all really nice and liked it there a lot.
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The Track programs and the GW hospital.
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The admissions staff was very cordial and the students appeared very happy.
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1. the location! 2. the facilities! the GWU hospital is new and awesome 3. students were encouraging, positive and interesting 4. various opportunities to participate in policy, ISCOPES, urban and global health
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how laidback the interview was... i was really stressed comin in.
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The facilities are great. The patient simulation lab is really cool. The teaching hospital is new. You have access to several other hospitals in the area. The culture is very laid back and non-competitive.
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Hospital is very nice and new, location is excellent
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the niceness of the students and the facilities seemed in shape. yet, the ross library looked dated.
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there's a sixth floor in the hospital designated for simulated patient care
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The facilities are really nice and the hospital is very new. there are no microscopes in the histolab and slides are entirely viewable and modifiable on computer. The hospital is right next door and entirely paperless. The POM program is really interesting and the ''tracks'' programs seems like a good opportunity. Students are in lecture 3 days a week the other two days focused around the practice of medicine program and time spent with a clinical preceptor. It seems very noncompetitive and students truly seem happy and well rounded. Lots of opportunities for international medicine. Truly exceeded my expectations
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The awesome facilities. I can see why the school is so expensive, but it seems like they are putting the student money to work for the better. The students were really friendly and CHILL. DC!!!
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Students are amazing and very friendly and low key. You could immediately sense that all sense of competition with each other stopped and the students viewed each other as colleagues.
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The amazing facilities. There is definitely money in this place and they're using it.
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The amazing health policy track where you could do internships in legislative and political offices, and the international opportunities (both in the international make-up of the patients (from embassies, etc.), and in opportunities abroad (35 students went abroad last year)). The Office of Student Opportunities helps match your interests up to programs, and really take advantage of the resources in D.C. I'm not interested so much in research, but there are apparently great opportunities at NIH that you can take advantage of through GWU. Also, your fourth year you only need to be at GWU for 3 months, so students match with incredible residencies by going to those hospitals during their fourth year and making connections while they do a rotation there. Also, the student body is incredibly laid back and diverse in age. They really like non-traditional students. And the new hospital and simulation lab on the top floor were very nice. Finally, the interviews were laid back and conversational, as advertised. Just be yourself - don't sweat it.
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The people.
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It was clear that once you are in the school will do anything to help you. They have a great network of resources to study abroad, do outside rotations etc. Really student focused
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People were very nice and the med students loved their school
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The whole sixth floor of Gwu hospital is dedicated to medical education.They actually had simulation rooms with dummies that could mimic various medical conditions.
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facilities are amazing and happiness of students
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the Foggy Bottom area, my faculty interviewer
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The interview day was very relaxed and well organized. The facilities are pretty amazing and the students were enthusiastic/informative when we had lunch with them.
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New Hospital. It is beautiful with state of the art technology.
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First of all, they tried to make the interview day as stress free as possible. Secondly, the facilities are first class!! The hospital is completely paper-less and the entire 6th floor is dedicated to medical education.
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very friendly staff and students, great hospital facility
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The facilities are AMAZING! Everything is state of the art in their entire floor of the hospital devoted to the medical school; clearly committed to educating future physicians well. The students were VERY personable and ''normal.'' A diverse student body...from ethnicity to age to interests.
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The facilities
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The hospital is very nice. The simulation rooms on the 6th floor (dedicated strictly to medical education) are impressive, as well as the lecture rooms, the histology course is computer based and utilizes new technology for the classroom, all the students were really nice during the lunch Q&A, they were honest and really helped me relax before my interviews, it was cool to hear about how much they like the school, faculty, fellow classmates, and the D.C. area, all in all the day was pretty great!
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The hospital is brand new, the teaching facilities are up to date and use great technology. Everyone seemed very down to earth and enthusiastic about the school.
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Amazing facilities
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6th floor, really nice friendly students, really cool dean who came to speak with us, great views, great facilities, free mug
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The new hospital built in 2002, and the fact that the 6th floor of the facility is dedicated to medical education.
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the medical center is only 2 years old, we were only there from 10-1pm - they were really efficient
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The students and staff were very friendly. I really liked the simulation lab in the hospital.
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the high-techiness. they have constructed a new hospital with an entire floor devoted to student learning (microphoned walls and videocameras and mechanized manequins)
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Almost everything. The hospital and simulation lab facilities are amazing, and all the equipment was state-of-the-art. The students were extremely friendly and seemed to really enjoy their experience at GW. Also, the location is great - right in the middle of D.C.
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facilities are amazing! also, it's tough to beat the location and the students seemed very down-to-earth and happy
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The facilities are great. Beautiful hospital. Everything's clustered together in a nice part of the city. Public transportation to GW is a breeze.
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the facilities were very nice, and the location in D.C. is amazing
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The facilities and the enthusiasm of the students and faculty - everyone seemed happy to be there. DC is a perfect location for medicine. The hospital is so nice.
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Everything about this school is NEW, and I was very impressed by the facilities. The first year medical students that came by to visit also seemed really happy and enthusiastic about being there, not only to answer our questions, but also in being at the school in general.
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The school and its facilities are amazing, the students who came to eat with us were very down to earth and showed us just how un-competitive they were with each other, the schools record and all the opportunities it offers you for international and political involvement, etc.
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Very high-tech facilities, brand-new hospital, students were friendly and helpful
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Great facilities, personable students and faculties
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the facilities, technology, students, environment, so many opportunities - abroad, preceptorships
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The facilities are very nice/new and the students were extremely welcoming (despite the fact that most of the first years had an exam the following day). Also the people I was interviewing with were extremely friendly, I really enjoyed their company. It was my first interview and being able to come in and talk with each other helped us all relax.
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The quality of the rotations 3rd and 4th year, the GW hospital facilites, the shadowing program first and second year, the opportunity to do rotations abroad, and the lab facilities.
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The students at the school seem happy and the facilities were really nice. The track program also was very appealing to me.
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GW has really amazing facilities--a great Peds hospital, an excellent simulation lab (where first yrs get to spend regular hrs practicing--unlike many schools with a sim lab where you spend only a few hrs there in your whole first yr), they have an excellent new track program that allows you to focus your medical education on a particular area that interests you (i.e. global health), b/c of it's location there are countless opportunities open to you to get involved with community activities (medical, political, etc.), the interviewers were very relaxed and just wanted to get to know you, and the students we spoke with seemed very down-to-earth and were very enthusiastic about their reasons for having chosen GW (they seemed like people I would feel comfortable having as my peers)
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The facilities, esp. the 6th floor
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The facilities... the hospital is absolutely amazing.
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teaching hospital built particularly for students.
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So many opportunities outside of the classroom to pursue what you're interested in: policy, public health, global health, econ policy, etc. I really liked the new track program that lets you have a
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Amazing facilities, CLASS on 6th floor of hospital with SIM man and standardized patients, new hospital, endless amount of opportunities and living in Washington, DC.
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Everyone was very friendly, the program was very impressive, the students seemed very happy.
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the other interviewees and the medical students all seemed like people i would want to be around, the parts of the hospital we saw were great, and DC is AMAZING
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Everyone was so friendly and nice, and the facilities are amazing.
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facilities students are super laid back and friendly the bookstore looked impressive
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The facilities are amazing!! The CLASS on the 6th floor was awesome...100% state of the art.
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The way the high-tech facilities still focus on producing good clinicians. And the students seemed pretty chill.
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The school is very focused on it's students and making the educational process the best possible. The facilities are beautiful, the students fun and involved in many activities (but still care very much about their studies).
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The laid back nature of the interviews. The Office of Student Opportunites' committment to helping student find opportunites.
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The facitlies were all new, you start clinical experience your first year, the students were friendly, helpful & honest, GW was focued on preparing good clinicians. Also, they enocourage community service and help you find summer internships after your first year.
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The new GW hospital and the medical school facilities.
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The facilities are amazing, the curriculum is very hands-on and provides the students with tons of different opportunities (clinical/research/volunteering/etc.). The staff is very friendly and they really take care of their students. The area where GW is located is fantastic.
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Brand new hospital, stellar location, friendliness of students/faculty, computer based histology labs
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the whole thing was pretty laidback, the facilities are state of the art, and the people there are all very friendly and helpful; not to mention the huge amount of opportunities available in a city like D.C.
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everything! great facilities, students, staff, etc
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The facilities were amazing. The hospital is brand new, so ridiculously high tech. The location is great its a few blocks away from the white house. The students were friendly.
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The facilities are awesome. The students were very nice and enthusiastic about the school.
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The new hospital; Facilities are awesome! Students are very very happy with their choice.
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The facilities here are amazing. Very high tech - you will feel like you are on the cutting edge of medicine.
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Everything - this school has everyone I want in a medical school and more. I was very impressed. Also you can't get any better than DC.
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The facilities are amazing. New hospital really added to my interest.
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The facilities, location, ties to government and other major world organizations
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The facilities, the congeniality of the staff and students, and the classrooms. Did I mention the shiny new hospital and the entire floor dedicated to student clinical skills?
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The attidutes of the students and faculty, the lab full of computers instead of microscopes, and the paperless system at the hospital.
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The new hospital and clinical skills center. Other opportunities available to med students in addition to the normal medical school curriculum.
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Facilities are amazing, opportunity for international experiences, lots of access to other physicians, Pass/Fail grading, emphasis on pt-care
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The hospital/facilities in general, clinical experience, location, non-competitive vibe
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The facilities were great and the students I met were really nice too, and seemed pretty relaxed despite the fact that finals were coming up. Finding out that grading is not on the bell curve also helped (ie: everyone can Honor a class, and likewise everyone can fail)
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Facilities, location, location
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Brand new university hospital is great. DC is fabulous.
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I was very impressed with the new hospital, the clinical and surgical simulation training rooms, and the new computerized pathology/histolgy lab.
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The opportunity for early clinical experiences, the new optional track programs offered, the support offered by the faculty and current students, the facilities.
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Facilities. Dedication to education.
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The medical student who interviewed me was kind and a great listener. I felt he would represent me well.
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The Simulated Surgery room and the clinical skills practice program were very impressive. The students were very friendly and willing to share their likes and dislikes of GW.
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Hospital is nice, the students are friendly, Lots of international health/research/policy opportunities and an office that helps students find the right one to pursue. Also, very convenient public transportation.
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Learning facilities, volunteer opportunities, student-body enthusiasm
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the clinical training in the first two years of medical school, they had great facilities. foggy bottom is also a great area of dc, very accessiable
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the other interviewees, the students seemed awesome, dc is great, their standardized patient area, the humanities tracks
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The GW hospital (opened in 2002), the clinical skills facility, the supportive faculty, the rec center (I checked it out on my own time, it's really nice!), the students seemed very diverse, the tracks program seems like a great new thing they offer- you can "minor" in one of six interesting topics in medicine
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The organized and informed day. The talk by the dean in the morning. The organized and informative tour. The facilities are amazing. The number of students that stopped in to talk to us.