Kansas City, MO
Osteopathic Medical Schools | Private Non-Profit
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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 topics such as personal motivations for pursuing medicine, experiences demonstrating empathy and ethical decision-making, challenges faced in academics or extracurriculars, and the integration of preventative medicine in underserved areas. Some interviews were conducted in an MMI format, with questions ranging from ethical dilemmas to discussing specific application details, possibly under a nondisclosure agreement.
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What does empathy mean to you and tell me about a time where you properly displayed empathy.
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How would you explain the color of the sky to a middle schooler? Follow up - to an elementary school kid?
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you are last person on earth, what would you do?
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Why medicine?
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They just started their new adapted-MMI format this year (2018), so I can't say the specific questions that were asked. But one was a completely out of the blue question and the other two were ethical. Then it was a "group project" for the last part.
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What was your worst subject in undergraduate school?
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Why DO?
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Tell me a little about yourself
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Tell me about yourself.
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Challenges associated with a leadership position.
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They only had access to my secondary application and they asked me about a few specific things I had mentioned.
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Why do you want to practice osteopathic medicine?
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Why medicine? Why DO? Why KCU?
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Explain a time when you experienced failure?
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How were you introduced to osteopathy?
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How do you plan on integrating prevention techniques in underserved areas? (I had talked a lot about preventative medicine)
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What do you do for fun?
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Why DO? Why KCUMB?
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What worries you the most about starting medical school?
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How did you prepare for your MCAT?
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Why this school? This was the only question I was asked.
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Why [insert country where I studied abroad]?
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several ethical questions
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Why KCUMB
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What makes you unique?
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Why do you want to climb Mt Everest? (application specific obviously) They followed by "Oh you should read this book and that book!" Awesome guys.
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Why do you want to be a doctor, DO, go to KCUMB?
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There was an ethics question, the rest were about my file.
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How has your previous career prepared you to be a doctor?
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List three current ethical issues within the medical profession.
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What would you tell a mother of a withdrawal baby?
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about my experiences shadowing.
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What was your favorite subject in college?
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Tell me about how you think (my current job) will help you become a better doctor?
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Name an ethical issue in health care and discuss.
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Asked about my hobbies/interests (the unique ones that stood out on my application) to make for friendly conversation.
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Why do you want to be a doctor and why D.O.?
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You seem to do so many extra-curriculars on top of school work. How do you balance it all?
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How would you control health care costs?
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What lead you to medicine. Why DO? Why KCUMB?
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Why do you want to be a doctor? Why KCUMB?
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Pick a issue facing medicine, present the two opposing argumentsm pick a side you agree with most and explain why.
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Why Medicine/Osteopathic Med. / KCUMB?
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What role does prevention play in medicine?
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Who will your support group be?
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Tell me about a person that made you change the way you think about something that is important to you...
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I am out-of-state and somehow it came up that I was applying to my state-specific schools as well. They asked me if I was accepted to KCUMB and an in-state school, which would I choose?
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What is it about KCUMB will help me get into rural medicine?
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Why KCUMB? Why do you want to be a doctor?
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Ethics in medicine
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Why doctor? Why osteopathic medicine?
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Why KCUMB and why DO?
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Tell me about yourself?
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What three things are important to have when establishing a good relationship with you patients?
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If you had to name one reason why you wanted to be a doctor, what would it be and why?
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Tell us about yourself
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Why Medicine, Why DO, Why KCUMB
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Why Osteo, and why KCUMB?
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What is one thing you learned from your shadowing experiences?
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Why do you want to pursue medicine?
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Tell me about yourself. Why osteopathy? Why you want to be a doctor?
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Why do I want to be a doctor, what events in my life led me to this, etc
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Why do you want to be a doctor and more specifically an osteopathic doctor?
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why DO? why medicine?
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Tell us about yourself. Why medicine? Why DO?
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Why D.O.?
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"I want you to pick a medical ethical issue, describe both sides of that issue, and come down hard on one side with your personal opinion."
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If I say ''ethical medical controvery,'' what is the first issue that comes to mind? (I stated both sides of the argument but didn't have to defend a stance.)
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Tell me about your experience as a volunteer at the Memphis Animal Shelter.
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How do you feel about preventative medicine? How will you incorporate it into your practice?
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How I got to that point in life where I would be applying to osteopathic colleges, and in particular KCUMB.
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Why do you want to be a doctor? (duh... and don't say 'cause I want to help people'.)
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Why do you want to be a doctor?
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Why do you want to be a DO? Why do you want to come here?
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Why this school?
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Why KCUMB?
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Why do you want to be a physician?
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How has your family member who is a physician been an inspiration for you?
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What are your strengths/weaknesses?
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Tell me about an ethical situation you might encounter as a physician and how you would deal with conflicting philosophies between yourself and your patient.
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Why was your MCAT low?
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''Why medicine? Why osteopathic?''
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Why osteopathic medicine?
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So why D.O.?
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talk about your experiences
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What was your favorite non-science class?
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How do you like Kansas City?
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Is this your first time out to KC? What do you think of it?
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Why Medicine? Why KCUMB? Why D.O.?
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About the time I spent in NY
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What has brought you here? (very vague)
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Tell us about yourself.
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Tell us about your educational path to get here.
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Why are you here today? (yes, really vague)
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What do you like about our school?
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Why medicine, why DO?
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Ethical questions.
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How can we get you to come to our medical school?
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Why medicine, why D.O., why KCUMB?
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Whay do you want to become a physican and why D.O.?
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Tell me about yourself
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How does your Medical Anthropology allow you to communicate between cultures?
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What do you do in your free time?
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What do you think will be your biggest challenge for getting through medical school?
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What did you think of the health care system in Mexico and how would you compare it to ours?
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Tell me why you travelled so much. Do you think you can stay in one spot for two years? (I've gone to school for two years in one place in NY?)
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Hospice experience?
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What was your favorite science and non-science class?
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Name a bioethical issue and tell us about it.
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Why DO
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tell us about your decision making process to become a doctor and what other medical professions have you looked at?
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Why osteopathy?
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What type of patient would be most difficult for you to treat and how would you deal with it?
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Why medicine, osteopathy, KCUMB? (all one question)
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Why do you like to be a physician, why did you choose osteopathic medicine, and why did you apply to KCUMB(this was actually asked as one question)?
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If you had a 19-y.o. girl who wants an abortion come into your office -- what would you do? (I was asked this because of my stance on abortion -- pro-life)
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How did you improve your MCAT?
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Describe a current ethical dilemma and how you feel about it?
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Tell us about yourself?
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Asked me a question about my study abroad program.
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tell me what you know about DO
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We want to get to know you. Tell us some things about you?
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How do you handle stress?
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Define "honesty" and how it relates to you as a medical student and as a physician.
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Discuss your opinion about cloning.
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Why do you want to attent medical school? Why do you want to be a DO? Osteopathic medicine why?
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How will you deal with the workload and stress of med school?
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Why DO and why KCUMB?
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Tell me about yourslef?
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Why medicine? Why osteopathic medicine? Why did you choose graduate work in anatomy? What happened to your grades sophomore year?
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Why medicine, why osteopathic medicine?
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Why, Medicine, why here? Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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What is your opinion about embryonic stem cell research?
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Why Kcumb, talk about research, tell me about this course you took, and why? (non-science course)
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What brings you to the desire to become an Osteopathic physician?
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Tell me how you have self motivation. Tell me how you use teamwork. Tell me about your internship this summer.
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Can you explain your poor grades in your freshman year (over 10 years ago)? This question was asked in a nonjudgmental tone.
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Did 9-11 affect you and if so, how?
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Explain how you juggle your school work and all your extracurriculars. Follow-up question: So if something came up that was not on your aganda, you would not be able to hanlde it?
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Why medicine, why osteopathy, why KCUMB? (Believe it or not, this was all one question! I felt as if I were talking forever)
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Why medicine? Why DO? Strengths/weaknesses? Just general stuff.
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Why D.O.? Why KCUMB? What are your goals as a physician?
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Tell us about your research.
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What do you want to be a doctor, why DO, why KCUMB?
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You have a couple of withdrawls on your transcripts, explain those.
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Why do you want to go into osteopathy? Explain an example of when the osteopathic physician you shadowed used OMT.
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What stresses you and what do you do about it?
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how i felt about fibromyalgia (i work for the insurance industry)
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Tell us alittle about your research.
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What are the three top things you are looking for in a medical school?
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What would you do if you had a patient in his 80's in full metal capacity who was terminally ill and didn't want to be on life-support (wanted to die). What would you do if he asked for drugs to overdose on? (I can't remember word for word but this is the gist of it)
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Tell me about yourself and what led you up to the point of wanting to become a doctor, especially an osteopathic physician.
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Name 3 ethical issues in medicine. (I named 3 and described them, which I would suggest b/c they seemed impressed).
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Tell us about working for a poultry company.
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Tell me about your family and support system?
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How do you deal with stress?
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Tell me about your experiences guiding your decision into becoming an osteopathic physician.
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So tell me about yourself.
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Why do you want to be a doctor and why osteopathic medicine?
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Tell us about your hospice volunteer experience.
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Tell us about your work.
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Why DO, Why KCUMB....
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If you were practicing in a state that participated in lethal injection and do choose which physician will do it your name is put in a hat... your's is picked...if you don't do it, you lose your license. what do you do?
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What do you look for when you select a medical school?
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Tell me about yourself. Why medicine? How will you handle the volume of information you will be required to learn in medical school? How do you spend your leisure time?
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Tell me a bit about yourself.
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What was the hardest non-science class that you took? What faculty member left the greatest impression on you and why?
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With limited resources in ER's and hospitals, how do you feel about treating illegal immigrants when citizens need care?
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How will you handle the stress of medical school?
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Why do you want to become a DO?
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Why a doctor, why D.O., why Kansas City?
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Why a doctor? Why DO? What influenced you to go in this field?
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Explain why you took Calculus I-IV AFTER you had already completed your undergraduate degree?
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Why did you choose a DO school?
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same as above.
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Tell us about yourself? Tell us about the support system you had in college.
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Describe your research.
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Tell me about your self.
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How do you relieve stress?
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Your father is an MD, why DO?
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I don't see evidence of pre-med here. You took X and X and more X and X.....
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What first interested me in Medicine?
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Tell us about yourself and why you want to be a DO?
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Have you considered having a dying patient who refused further treatment? If so, what would you do?
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All of the questions listed under interesting questions
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Why medicine, why osteopathic med?
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Where do I see myself in ten years?
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Have you ever been to Kansas City?
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Questions specific to my file and my DO philosophy
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when did you graduated from University?
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Which research experience did you enjoy most and why?
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What are these classes you have taken? meat science, food science? I elaborated on my major.
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Why DO? Why do you want to be a doctor?
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What do you think about Kansas City? How did you become acquainted with osteopathic medicine?
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What do you do to relieve stress?
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Do you think you are prepared for the intense schedule, and explain your mcat scores... mine were pretty low.
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What do you do for fun, tell me about your family, tell me about your experience as a Radiology tech.
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Tell us about yourself??
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How were you able to take two years off while attempting to complete a degree in Biomedical Engineering?
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Please explain what brought you to want to be a doctor, specifically an osteopathic doctor, and specifically at UHS.
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why medicine, osteopathy...
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Why medicine/DO/UHS?? At the end they also asked for me to tell them anything else I wanted them to know about me that was not included in the interview.
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Why medicine? Why DO? Why UHS?
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If a 13 year old girl came in with her mother and both seemed agitated and the mother insisted on the daughter having an abortion, what would I do.
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The same old, why osteopathy, why UHS etc etc
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tell me about yourself
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Why did you apply DO? What schools did you apply to? How do you handle or deal with stress? Did you apply to any allopathic programs?
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Tell us about your path that brought you to be sitting here today. Basically wanted to know everything, Why medicine, Why Osteopathic medicine, Why UHS in particular. A good place to tell them a lot of different things about why you want to be a doctor... See the two questions above. Those were asked to a number of the interviewee's.
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See above. Also, why osteopathy?
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Why osteopathic medicine? What issues do you think doctors will be facing in 10-15 years?--and don't talk about managed healthcare!
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why osteo. med? what stressed u out? what will you take from your undergrad to med school? have you ever shadowed any doctors (md/do)?
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what do you do to relax?
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How do you like Kansas City? Why DO ?
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why did you choose osteopathic medicine
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Why medicine? Why osteopathic Medicine?
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Why D.O.? What community service have you done? Explain MCAT score.
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Why have you attended four secondary schools during your educational career?
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where do you want to practice(rural or urban)?
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Do you feel that you can handle the load?
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Why do you want to be a D.O.?
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Choosing either abortion or euthanasia, discuss why it is an ethical dilemma, the types of issues involved and your stance on the issue.
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How did you get here? (Why DO and UHS combined)
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Why are you considering DO?
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What about your low MCAT scores?
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If I asked a patient of yours, "What would you say about Dr. Me," what would he/she say to me?
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What is your most significant accomplishment.
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Tell me about yourself? Why a D.O. degree? Why UHS?
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Tell me about yourself. What is your background?
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Why should we accept you over the other qualified applicants?
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Why medicine? Why DO? Why UHS? You're only applying to DO schools?
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When did you arrive in Kansas City? Where did you go last night? What did you eat? Why UHS? Why both M.D. and D.O.? Where would you go if you got in everywhere you applied? Why?
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Why do you want to be a doctor? Why a DO?
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What is your greatest accomplishment in college? Biggest medically realted problem you will face whenyou become a doctor
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Have you enjoyed Kansas City so far?
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How I felt about euthanasia.
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Do you think the MCAT is a good measure of a students ability to succeed in med school?
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In 10 years, what ethical concerns will affect you as a physician?
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What makes you think you will be able to jump back into studying after taking 5 yrs off?
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Why medicine? Why osteopathy? What are your thoughts on Kansas City? Any ideas on speciality?
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How do you study?
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If you were an advisor to the president, what advice would you give him on Iraq?
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Tell us about your background.
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How do you learn: group or individual and what do you expect from each?
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Why do you want to be a physician, specifically DO?
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Tell me about yourself and why UHS? (must know those two and try to include why DO in your answer)
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What do you see as the difference between a private hospital and a public hospital? How would you change these differences?
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DO YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU CAN HANDLE THE WORKLOAD?
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How did you decide to go D.O.?
What was the most interesting question?
Students said most interesting question asked at Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine discussed a wide range of topics, including handling patient cultural differences, identifying physician qualities, sharing favorite mnemonics, discussing ethical dilemmas in medicine, and evaluating personal experiences related to patient care and decision-making. While the interviews encompassed various standard and conversational questions, some responses indicated a conversational MMI format with engaging inquiries, and respondents may have been under a nondisclosure agreement regarding specific questions asked during the Multiple Mini Interview process.
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How would you approach a situation where a patient had to undergo an important procedure but was hesitant due to cultural reasons?
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5 qualities you think a physician should have
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N/A
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What is one of your favorite mnemonics?
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What did the ambassadors talk about me (the interviewer)?
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What is a question you prepared to answer in this interview?
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What are 3 qualities that would make you a good physician
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Tell me about a time when you went into something confidently and had a successful outcome.
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What is your teaching style? (related to community service listed in file)
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Tell me about your undergraduate program and the area (I attended a small liberal arts college)
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If asked to submit a document that best describes yourself, what document (that you wrote) would you submit to us?
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How did you learn French/did you feel you learned it easily?
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How do you define 'quality of life?' (This was a follow-up question to something else I said)
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What is a story you have been following lately on the news?
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How do you decide if a child should be taken from their parents? (abuse/neglect situation-I have a lot of experience with foster kids.)
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nothing too interesting. pretty straight forward.
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Are you familiar with the jazz heritage in Kansas City?
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Do you think you have TB? (tuberculosis) I couldn't make this up if I tried & I swear it must have been a stress interview question.
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How do you feel about assisted suicide?
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Hobbies/interests
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How would you respond to a particular situation (life/death situation for patient)
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Of all of your activities/hobbies, how do you decide what makes you happiest?
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What would you say is the biggest health care problem faced by Kansas City residents?
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What are you looking forward to and what are you worried about if you are coming here in August?
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"I read from one of your recommendation letters that you life to read?" Can't remember if there was a question after that but that was cool because I had no idea what my letters said.
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Your sister is a DO, has she encouraged or discouraged you in your career path?
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Describe an ethical issue in medicine and your view on it.
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The interviewers said this was not part of the interview, but they asked if I had heard any recent news about the school and if so if that made me view the school differently.
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Do you think making flashcards is beneficial?
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How will having a year off school affect your ability to learn in a classroom again?
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The question about most influential person.
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I have had previous research in ADHD, they asked how I felt about treatment of ADHD and what I would do in that situation.
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The whole interview was really more conversational than question based, they seemed to be playing good cop/bad cop, and the bad cop always wanted me to elaborate on my answers
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Ethical question
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They just asked a lot of questions about me.
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The ethics in medicine question turned out to be interesting because after I gave me answer, I was asked how I would approach a patient regarding the subject and then one of my interviewers pretended to be a patient and we did a little back-and-forth role play. Very laid back and fun though, not nerve-wracking!
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tell us about your support system and how it will be affected in medical school moving far away.
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Nothing
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question 3
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ethical issue
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Why did your submit a letter from a landlord?
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How would you respond to a person coming up to you in a grocery store and asking your opinion on a controversial medical topic.
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They were all pretty basic.
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How did you prepare for MCAT? Did you feel your practice scores were similar to your real score?
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One interviewer asked if I would recommend that his daughters play lacrosse (I played lacrosse middle school through college)
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How do you manage your stress? (after which she gave me a bunch of useful advice!)
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nothing really
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You've had some interesting work experiences. What experience have you gained from these that will benefit you in your medical career?
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None
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The question I asked them was the most interesting one: "You changed to this new curriculum called the Genesis curriculum. Does it work well? If I'm going to give you ~$200,000 and four years of my life I want to know that what you have works, and works better than other programs."
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What do you think was the two most prominent problems in our healthcare system?
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How would you respond to failing your first exam here?
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Regarding the ethics surrounding a treatment option, if you and one of your colleagues had a difference of opinion, which option would you choose for your patient?
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I see that you have had experience in various health care positions, tell me about them.
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The future of medicine could be in pharmacological genetics. How would you deal with the ethics involved in treating someone based on their genetic makeup?
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Questions about my work experience
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Why am I a Red Sox fan?
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I was asked no interesting questions.
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How many schools did you apply to?
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Do you think your chronic illness will affect your performance in medical school?
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What is the biggest problem in health care?
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Why is culteral diversity important for a medical school to have.
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You just recently moved to Kansas City. Why did you decide to come here?
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What do you do for leisure?
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Tell us why you want to become a physician?
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what are my 3 weaknesses and 3 strengths
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What do you do for fun?
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''What is an example of a doctor-patient relationship where the patient is non-compliant and how would how does that affect the relationship?''
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Name one positive thing about the U.S. health care delivery system and one negative thing.
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Do you think that bedside manner is innate or is it learned?
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What was it about my character that brought out really nice comments in my letter of recommendations.
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Tell me about your Death and Afterlife class? (religion course I took sophmore year)
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The interviewers seened bored. The whole conversation was more like a drill session. Question 1., Question 2. etc....''Why do you want to be a doctor, why Kansas City, tell us about what college is like for you.''Blah, blah, blah...
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I was asked my thoughts on cultural competency with regards to medicine.
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Is there a specific instance that made you realize ''Wow, I really want to do medicine''?
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Questioned me about my ethnic background. Nothing too out there. Just wanted to make sure I was normal.
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Specific question from my file. The interviewers obviously knew my file well.
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I have a degree in music, so one interviewer asked me what I thought about music therapy.
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I work in a pharmacy, so they asked me a hypothetical question about dispensing an incorrect dose of Coumadin, and the patient came back with an INR that was fine. They wanted to know if I would tell the patient.
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I can't really think of anything right now.
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As a mental health worker, explain what a ''code white'' is like in a mental hospital.
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? Questions were very polarized into the standard questions and questions out of left field.
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Why should we choose you?
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''I see that you played basketball in college...were you any good?''
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from file - about how much to trust patients
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Ethical questions.
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As a psychology major, do you consider procrastination to be innate or something we acquire overtime?
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''What do we have to do to get you to come to our medical school?''
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How did I celebrate my 21st birthday?
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Any thing we didn't ask you that you would like to discuss?
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Do you think the health care system in the US is functional, semi-functional, or non-functional?
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Compare the health care system in India and the US (since i grew up in India)
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How would you improve communications between cultures as a physician? I talked about it in my personal statement.
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What do you wish I would have asked you?
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Why medical school, and why did you decide to aplly to a DO medical school?
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So you grew up in the military, how was that?
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if you were accepted at multiple schools, how do you decide where to go?
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Would you be alright with a patient refusing care that you suggest?
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Do you dream in Spanish (I am a Spanish major)
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How is your Russian and Soviet Literature course going...why did you take it?
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If you were the czar of America's health care system, what would you do to fix it?
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What have you learned from your hospice experience?
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Do you have any pets?
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nothing really, everything was pretty typical.
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Name a current bioethical issue in medicne and tell us about it
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You are the only doctor in a rural town and you were crossing the street when someone fell unconscious. When you run to the patient and roll him over, you see that it is one of your patients you are treating for AIDs. What do you do?
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how do you feel about pharmacists refusing to give out birth control prescriptions?
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What type of dogs do you have?
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they asked about the method used in our research lab.
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What do you plan to take into practice from your shadowing experiences?
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What type of patient would be most difficult for you to treat and how would you deal with it?
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Nothing was really interesting. I was asked to name, but not discuss, 3 hot topics facing medicine today. I thought the lack of discussion was weird. Any idiot can name issues.
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No question seemed to stand out. All of them were basic like why you choose osteopathic medicine, why you choose KCUMB, or what were your research experiences.
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What qualities/characteristics do you have that will help you complete the program?
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What other schools I applied to. I hate this question!
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What specialty would you choose if you had to decide today?
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Asked about balance between medical school and family life.
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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question about my time living in KC when I was young
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Tell us about you as a person?
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You've lived on both east and west coasts, how do you think you will adjust to living in the mid-west?
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"What question do you want me to ask you to get a good idea of who you are?"
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How have you discussed, with a doctor, the changes in healthcare?
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What do you do for leisure? What is your enery level within any given day?
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Why do you want to attend medical school, why KCUM?
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Tell us about your clinical research.
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What do you think will be the hardest part of being a physician?
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Why DO, and why KCUMB?
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Why medicine, DO, KCUMB?
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I thought all of the questions were pretty standard interview questions
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How did you learn of Ostopathic Med?
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The interviewers were very relaxed, and it was just like having a conversation. The most interesting questions
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Got asked a few questions about Stem-cell research, which led to "what is the difference between moral and ethical."
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Why KCUMB, why Medicine, why DO? (all in the same question)
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Why Kcumb, why so far away from home
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Choose one and tell me why it is an ethical issue, explain the components, and take a stance (euthanasia or abortion).
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Explain the quote you used in your personal statement and how it pertains to your life.
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Is there anything you could not do as a physician> (ie,euthanasisa)
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All the questions that have been posted on this website I was asked. The only different questions that I received were specific to my own activities and experiences.
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In the medical field, trust between patient and doctor is very important; tell us about a time when you needed to obtain trust from someone who was unwilling.
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What is an activity or a hobby that you have that you think really contributes to/defines your personality.
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What ever happened to the bonfire at your school? (I graduated from Texas A&M)
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Tell me about your experiences with the Circle School unit (where I've volunteered). Or, what do you think is more important in a physician- academics or bedside manner?
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everything was pretty conversational, there wasnt really a difficult or interesting question per se.
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Why did you choose to interview at KCUMB?
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Nothing in particular. It was mainly a conversational interview with the basic questions.
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Give me an example of a group situation you have worked in the past and what part you played in that group.
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Have you ever thought about any other type of profession besides becoming a doctor?
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What time did I leave in the morning to get to the interview on time; not particularly interesting but it caught me off guard as it was the very first thing said when the interview began.
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how i feel about fibromyalgia
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Nothing really, it was very conversationsal.
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Have you previously worked with cadavers? I am an anatomy TA, So I am guessing this is where the questions stems.
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What do you like most about our school?
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So you're from Florida.. did you follow the Terry Schiavo case? Explain both sides of the case to me, but do not take a stance.
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I worked as a dental assistant for my Dad, so after describing my duties to the interviews they questioned me on whether I ever wanted to be a Dentist. I said no and they asked specifically why not.
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Tell me about something ethical in medicine. (Very broad question)
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Talked a lot about my experiences, as well as my family.
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What do you do to relieve stress?
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Mainly just normal stuff. They did ask to rank your priorities. I enjoyed asking them questions because it really sparked some conversation.
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For the most part they just asked me questions about myself based on my application.
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None were interesting. Every question was basic and what you would expect in an interview. However they did ask me about wakeboarding, which was interesting because I doubt they even knew what wakeboarding is. I was sponsored before by numerous companies so I guess it was a conversation starter?
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What would you want your patients to say about you?
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What do you do in your spare time?
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Tell us about yourself.
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Nothing really...all the questions were pretty basic
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One of my interviewers liked my name, so we talked about it for a bit.
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So your dad is a professional fisherman, tell me about that.
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Which is more important, bedside manner or G.P.A.?
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I don't know much about osteopathic schools, can you tell me if there are any in (Your State)?
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What do you think is the place of Osteopathic medicine in the modern medical world?
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Honestly, I can't remember. There were no real questions. Nothing about ethics, no hypothetical situations, just going over my experiences. Why I wanted to be a doctor, What were my weaknesses/strengths...nothing hard. They were really very nice and when I walked in they told me to just sit back and relax. They also had read my entire file and were familiar with everything so make sure you know what you said about yourself.
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If I as a physician would perform the lethal injection of a criminal sentenced to death.
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treating immigrants (see Q1)
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Discuss a major medical ethics issue.
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You have an 80 year old patient who is living on machines but is totally aware of his status. He tells you he doesn't want to continue anymore, what do you do?
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In your opinion, what qualities should a leader possess and what have you done to expand on your leadership abilities?
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Your friend's 14 year old daughter came to you for birth control. Would you give it to her? then the reasoning behind it.
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What are your views on cloning?
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What will you do differently than your father did?
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Why did I take four semesters of Calculus?
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If you had a dilemma, if a woman was in your office and her husband wanted to get her tubes tied against her will, waht would you do?
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How do you feel about treating illegal immigrants?
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Tell me about your support system.
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You are the only doctor in a small town. You get your wisdom teeth taken out. When walking home from the office, you see a patient of yours crossing the street. They grab their chest and fall down. You turn them over and see they are bleeding from their nose and mouth. You realize it is one of your patients who has AIDS. Do you administer CPR?
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why did you choose the undergrad school you went to?
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The difficult type of questions as stated below.
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What was the hardest class you took in college and how did you manage?
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How did 9-11 effect me?
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Tell me about yourself....
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What would you do if an angry mother dragged her 13 year old daughter into your office and demanded an abortion?
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The subject of the question, stem cell research, was interesting and thought provoking, but the interviewer was extremely inept in phrasing the question. Essentially, he asked if I thought stem cell research was "relevant" to medicine (??? DUH???) and what my personal opinion was about it.
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What are the pro's/con's of an ethical situation?
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What was the last movie you saw?
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It was all normal, how was your day? Tell me about yourself. Tell me about your research. What do you do in your freetime?
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I was given 3 different ethical scenarios - all of which were really interesting.
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How would I handle doing poorly in a medical school class?
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How did I make the switch between theater/art and science?
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Tell us about your clinical nursing experience.
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talk about yourself for 5 minutes
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How would you react to a DNR order?
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If a patient came in with a piece of paper and said i have this, give me medicine, what do you do. just do your own assessment and take the paper into consideration.
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How did your research experience affect you?
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All standard questions
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If one of your intubated patients wanted care withdrawn, but the family did not, what would you do?
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what's the degree level you did?
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What would a friend say are my weaknesses?
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You are treating a terminally ill cancer patient. You are prescribing the maximum recommended dosage for pain medication. This patient is progressively experiencing more pain. His family wants you to increase the medication dosage. What would you do?
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How does life and golf relate?
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How did Sept 11 change my life.
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Was there ever a goal you set for yourself that you were unable to reach?...I ended up saying no and that I achieved everything I set out to do thus far...heehee
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Which courses have you enjoyed the most, the least.
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Tell me about a time in your life when you have felt overwhelmed and how you handled it.
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Did you ever play hoops against the Lady Vols?
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From a student's point of view, how can our school impliment ethics into the curriculum?
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You're treating a patient. You determine that one specific treatment would be the best for this patient. However, when you look at the insurance chart, you see that it's not covered, but something else that you feel would be less effective is, and getting the patient to admit to one more relatively small symptom would be enough to get the treatment you desire covered by the insurance. What would you do?
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its funny. you spend all of your time researching questions, then figuring out answers. just speak from the heart. the question asked of me was tell us about ethics issues going on. i named a few, and then got pointed answers for the few i named. point here, is that i totally directed the interview. if i really had thought about it, could have done anything i wanted, and totally controled it to go as i wanted.
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Give an experience where I went into an exam where I felt very uncomfortable (unprepared), my reaction, the result and what I did about it.
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Nothing really too interesting, mostly converstational questions.
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A 14 year old girl is pregnant and her mother wants her to have an abortion but the girl wants to keep the baby. What do you do?
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there were not really any mind blowing questions. i think if i had to choose it would be, " name two people in your life who have the biggest influence on you."
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Judging from your recommendation letters, You seem to have an obssessive compulsive personality, how do you think this will affect your ability as a student? I don't actually have OCD, but I am borderline anal-retentive. I actually laughed at this and responeded with my comment that I am merely structured and organized, and it simply depends on your perspective. I had them laughing at my answer, and I was accepted, so I guess it wasn't a bad answer after all.
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Take either Euthenasia or Abortion. Talk about it in first the Global context, how does it affect the whole world, then talk about some specific issues surrounding the topic, then talk about your personal feelings about it. Wanted to see if we could organize our thoughts properly.
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Did you get to try any BBQ while you were here in Kansas City?
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We talked about my undergrad. research a lot.
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A heavy fog surrounds the hospital. An elderly man on the only ventilator. A teenager in a car accident needs the ventilator. The elderly man's family refuses to disconnect for another patient. What do you do?
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What criteria do you consider going to a medical school?
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I wasn't asked anything incredibly surprising. I was asked about a mediocre grade that I had gotten in mathematics. This was a little weird since it wasn't a required class for admission to UHS. It seemed a little nit-picky to me.
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what do you do to relax
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If I would administer lethal injection to a prisoner if I was a physician
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not applicable
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What do you think of Kansas City? What do you do for fun? Nothing mind provoking.
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If a patient came to you with a printout from the internet of some disease and was convinced that they had it, how would you handle it?
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What are some examples of advances in the microbiology field that benefit us?
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Do you have any literary skills that set you apart from others (I still am questioning the true meaning of this question, and should have asked for a better explaination but I answered it anyway).
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none.was asked an abortion/ethical scenario type question.
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Where do you think medicine is going and give me some ethical dilemas that may arise from this?
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My computer isn't working--can you have a look at it? (I work in computer support.)
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What are some of the problems you will experience while practicing medicine?
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How'd you feel about organic chemistry? Were you going through difficulties while taking this course?
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How do you perceive fear? And how would you handle it?
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Tell me about Cottey (which is my alma mater and also where I am currently working--I didn't expect to be asked this).
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What do you think about stem cell research?
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Do you think you will have problems dealing with ethical issues such as abortion/euthanasia/physician assisted suicide etc?
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With all the online drugs, how would you talk to a patient who has a self diagnosis of what drug they want?
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With regard to euthanasia, I was given scenarios of a patient on/not on a ventilator and asked what a physician should do. What is the family’s part in the decision? Where do we draw the line?
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Do you think Dr. X is a better doctor because he is a D.O? Why?
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One of your patients, who is HIV+, collapses across the street from a heart attack. You just had oral surgery done. Would you perform mouth to mouth?
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What extracurricular activities do you plan on doing later in life?
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Where did you eat for dinner last night in Kansas City?
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How did the events of September 11th affect you?
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A couple of the ethical questions
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Why should we choose you over the thousands of other qualified candidates?
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If two patients needed an organ transplant how would you decide which one to give it to?
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What are your feelings on euthanasia?
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How did physical chemistry prepare you for medical school?
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What if you were working at hospital where a patient was just rushed to the emergency room requiring a ventilator? Problem is, the power goes out when you get one to the patient. The only one working is the one hooked up to a patient with a terminal disease and told by the family not to pull the plug. What would you do?
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What are some current ethical concerns facing the nation? Choosing either euthanasia or abortion, describe how societial factors can influence an individual's decision to have an abortion (for instance)?
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What responsibility do you have to those applicants who do not get accepted?
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What has been/was the most stressful time in your time?
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They said, "You do realize that their are advantages and disadvantages to being denied acceptance? Are you sure your ready to give up your life?"
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Is there anything you (the applicant) were hoping we would ask you about? They made sure that I got the opportunity to tell them everything about myself that I had hoped to be able to.
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Do you study in groups or on your own?
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Just questions regarding my application
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If you don't get accepted into medical school, what will you do and how will you improve your application?
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One interviewer asked me how I would handle a bad employee when I was a doctor.
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WHAT ETHICAL ISSUES DO YOU FORSEE AS BEING IMPORTANT IN THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE?
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What book or movie have you seen recently that made you think deeply?
What was the most difficult question?
Students said most difficult question asked at Kansas City University College of Osteopathic Medicine discussed ethical issues in medicine, with a focus on scenarios like handling patient requests, ethical dilemmas, and societal impacts. The interview format seemed to include a mix of general questions, ethical considerations, and personal reflections, with some respondents mentioning an MMI format and potential nondisclosure agreements.
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None
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If you were responsible for creating the new health care system in this country, what would be your main 3 parts of the plan?
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How did COVID-19 affect healthcare and how will the pandemic shape future healthcare?
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really broad/vague "tell me about a time" question
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N/A
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What would you do if you were the worst in your class?
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None. My interview was very casual and conversational.
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What is a situation where you had to work with a group to accomplish a goal?
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All questions about failure.
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Name one medical ethics issue. He then told me to talk about how I feel about it.
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Describe one ethical problem in medicine and argue both sides.
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No difficult questions it was all very conversational and I was able to steer the conversation to what I really wanted to talk about.
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All were easy and conversational. I did not have any ethical questions like they said we would have.
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Tell me about a time when you went into something without confidence and had an unsuccessful outcome.
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What is the hardest thing you've ever gone through, and what did you learn from it?
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What do you think about the Affordable Care Act?
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What causes you stress?
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Why did you go in your (undergrad major)?
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Explain why and you started this club at your school, what you have learned from it and accomplished, and what you wish you had accomplished that you have not yet.
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The vague ethics question.
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NONE.
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Why did you take the MCAT so many times? Your second to last score was fine.
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what i would do if i had an 80 year old who didn't want medical care anymore.
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None were difficult.
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How do you feel about assisted suicide?
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They caught me off-guard by asking about the other osteopathic schools to which I applied. This information was provided in my file and one of my interviewers asked me if I had already interviewed at any of them. He asked me why I applied to Touro, I shrugged and honestly answered that I applied mostly for the location but was disappointed when I actually visited the campus. Meh.
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Describe ethical issues you may encounter
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Tell us about a time when you were in a group and there was tension or a disagreement. How did you handle it?
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What are ethical situations in medicine? (followed up with another ethical question based off of my first answer)
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name an ethical situation - there are just so many to choose from!
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On what would I base my decision about which school to attend.
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Describe an ethical issue in medicine and your view on it.
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Research issues within the state I did my undergrad?
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Why did you apply to allopathic programs if you are interested in osteopathy?
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None, very conversational interview.
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None of them were difficult, but I was told that I received the luckiest draw as far as the two interviewers go. Apparently one of the other interviewers that I did not have was notorious for asking why questions (why did you do this instead of that in your app) with the sole intent of seeing your response and how you handle the question.
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What is it about KCUMB's curriculum that I think will help me in rural medicine?
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I dont think anyone was all that difficult. If I had not had a working knowledge of stem cell research the ethical question would have been much more difficult.
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There really weren't any. As long as you're honest on your application, the questions are fun to answer! You just talk about yourself.
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I guess the back and forth made me a bit nervous, but really, nothing was difficult. They really do want to get to know you. They're not out to trick you or stump you with unusually tough questions. I thought my interviewers were great! They put me at ease right off the bat!
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Specific ? to application
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The ethical issue one because KCUMB seems to put a lot of emphasis on ethics and I didn't want to screw it up!
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Why KCUMB?
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What three things are important to have when establishing a good relationship with you patients?
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Do you think it is ethical for parents to choose an embryo that is a match for one of their other children for the purpose of using that embryo/child's bone marrow to treat the disease the older child has?
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not really one
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ethical issues
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I was asked to discuss and ethical topic of my choosing. Not tough though. It was pretty open-ended
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Same as above
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What life experience most influenced your decision to pursue medicine...not that hard, but there are so many it was difficult to narrow down.
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The first one, because it was my first question at my first interview so I was terribly nervous...
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none...all SUPER straightforward
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give three words that describe you and then explain
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None - all were general interview questions.
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None. The interviewers just had a relaxed conversation with me. However, there were 20 different interviewers (10 groups of 2) that interviewed ~33 applicants.
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There were no questions that took me by surprise, and the interview felt less like an interrogation and more like talking with my professors or family doctor.
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What do you feel will be your greatest challenge during your years as a medical student?
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I didn't have any difficult questions; the interview was really laid back. It felt more like conversation with a teacher than an interview.
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How would you deal with a patient suffering from a disease caused by their lifestyle (ie smoking/drinking) who wouldn't take your advice?
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What have I learned from my brother's death?
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Why do you want to be a doctor? The first time I answered it apparently wasn't good enough, because he asked it twice.
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none were hard
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Something ethical involving treating someone because of family pressure even though you knew the person requested no treatment
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How do you think you're doing (in the interview)?
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I wasn't asked any difficult questions. All the questions were the generic ''why do you want to be a doctor, why do you want to go here'' etc.
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Should America adopt socialistic medicine. It was difficult because I felt that they didnt like my answer, yet I stood firm on my position.
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If a mother comes into your clinic 15 years from now, with her 13 year old daughter who is pregnant, and asks for help getting her an abortion, what would you do?
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What characteristics do you think are important as a physician?
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Do you want to attend this medical school?
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none really
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You've struggled in some science classes--how do you plan to improve in medical school?
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Nothing
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See above.
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What about you will make you a successful physician?
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What haven't we asked you that you came prepared to talk about? This was at the very end and I felt we discussed everything I wanted to so it was somewhat tough to come up with some good info here.
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Medical ethics are becoming more and more important in the field of medicine. Please choose and talk about an ethical issue that is of particular interest to you.
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If 3 of your friends were here, what would they say about you?
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A basic ethical question...(don't want to be too specific, I was told the school warns students not to post negative feedback.
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None were really all that difficult. The interview was very conversational and they really knew my file! The interviewers almost seemed tailor-made for me.
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None were too difficult, just talked about my application. Both of the interviewers were very easygoing and actually fun to talk to.
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Nothing difficult
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If someone you have known for years asks you to prescribe medication that you suspect he will purposely overdose on, what would you do?
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If you are accepted here and at other places, why would you choose to come here instead?
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In Missouri, there was an amendment on the ballot to protect human cloning from being banned under the guise of promoting stem cell research. They asked me if I had seen the commercials and how I felt about the debate.
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What is one of your weaknesses - this is always a hard one for me because it is hard to think of how to answer without feeling like you are hurting your chances at getting in.
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Do you think attitudes about extended life will change in the future. (After some clarification I believe the question was reguarding the low quality of life at the end of life and opinions on assisted suicide).
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see above
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''So, what school do you want to go to?'' This question just caught me off guard.
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from file - about how i got along with someone i didn't ask for a letter from
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Ethical questions.
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See above :)
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''If you graduated in 2001, why have you waited until now to apply?''
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A woman with cancer wants to quit treatment. What do I say?
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What is a current ethical issue today, discuss your view and how that will influence you as an Osteopathic Physician.
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The health care question
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Compare the health care system in India and the US (since i grew up in India)
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None really.
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What do you wish I would have asked you?
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Nothing. The questions seemed dull, uninteresting. Very generic.Not very challenging.
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How do you feel about stem-cell research and why is it controversial?
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If you had a terminally ill patient that wanted to give up and die, what would you do?
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Explain the research you did (my research was in pharmacology a year ago and the interviewer was a professor of pharm, so he asked details). Also, out of 3 pressing issues in medicine currently, discuss one of them (I spoke about stem cell research).
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Do you feel that you as a physician should give services to uninsured people?
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What brought you into medicine? (easiest...but hardest)
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Various ethical questions.
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again, nothing was too difficult. the worst one was probably "why DO?"...but everyone knows to expect that.
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How would you handle a patient that brought you a printout of a drug they saw on t.v and said they wanted this drug.
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somehow i walked into all the ethical questions- how do you feel about stem cell research, genetic mapping, abortion, etc.
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"If you are a family medicine physician and one day, a mother comes in with her 13 year old daughter and the mother wants to get an abortion, how will you solve this problem?"
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They kept asking why I wanted to be a doctor instead of other healthcare professions (like nurses)
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What do you think the challenge will be for physicians in 10 -15 years?
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Same
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I was asked what someone might say are my #1 strengths and weaknesses. Also explaining a certain Physics grade on my transcript.
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If all the schools you applied to accepted to you, where will you go and why? I was tempted to say KCUMB, but I chose to say MSUCOM b/c it will grant me in-state tuition.
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Name a time when you have to had a confidence problem and had to overcome it -- what did you do?
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There were not that difficult of questions. I was asked to describe a difficult time in college and how I dealt with it. This was hard, only b/c I havent been in college for 4 years.
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None were difficult. Mainly just required honest answers.
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One person was asked how would you fix health care and when their answer wasn't what the interviewer was looking for they kept asking the same question over and over.
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Why are you interested in medicine? (Why does anything interest you? That's such a hard question to answer)
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nothing. They barely asked me ANY questions, just conversated for over half an hour!
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"Tell me about yourself." I hate this question and never know when to stop talking!
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If you were a doctor, what would you do to overcome the healthcare crisis and how would you promote this among other doctors?
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There was some type of ethical question. I don't remember the specifics.
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Tell us a little bit about yourself (just because I think this is too vague and I never know what to say)
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Nothing really.
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You are interested in KCUMB because of our incorporation of spirituality in medicine, how do you plan on incorporating spirituality in your pactice?
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I was not asked any difficult questions at all. The interview was purely conversational and very low stress.
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No real difficult questions, though I did get asked the ethical question. The question was to name an ethical issue and take a stand on that issue. I was probed further with a twist in the ethical issue I proposed but take comfort in the fact that it is acceptable to say "I don't feel that I can honestly answer that question". I think they just wanted to see that I knew what was going on in medicine and had an opinion on it. They also seemed to be OK with me saying that I don't have all the answers.
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How do you see yourself as a student at KCUMB?
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They asked if I had applied to both MD and DO schools, and whether I would go to a DO school even if I was accepted at an md school.
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What is your greatest flaw/weakness? or the ethical/ moral one.
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When I say the words "ethical issues" what thoughts come to your mind?
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nothing difficult at all
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Name the top 5 problems with medicine today.
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None were difficult. Thay used my personal statement and wanted me to back up my claims for self motivation and teamwork with real examples.
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Would you prescribe birth control to adolescents and why?
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I see here that you are a science major; explain a non-science class that you have taken that was difficult for you and why you thought that was.
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What are your thoughts on the Terri Schaivo Case?
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How did 9/11 affect you?
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Nothing too bad, but maybe name and explain an ethical dilemma.
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How would you deal with all the information that will be thrown at you during med school?
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Are there any ethical issues in the news today that you feel are important?
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Have you ever thought about any other type of profession besides becoming a doctor? (I hadn't ever thought about any other profession outside the healthcare field so it was hard to explain myself)
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There were no difficult questions... the whole interview was very conversational.
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nothing really difficult was asked -- no ethical questions. the most difficult question was probably about a time when i failed at work and what i learned from it.
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What types of situations at school bring up your stress levels?
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Name 3 problems facing healthcare today and discuss one of them.
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Describe an instance when you did not get along with a coworker and how you resolved the issue. (Only difficult because I did not prepare for the question and described an instance where nothing was really resolved so it was spur of the moment thinking)
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Nothing too hard just mostly things from my file: tell me about your mission trip in Cuidad Juarez (what neighborhood where you in?).
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Something ethical in medicine.
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How did 9/11 effect you? I felt like I really bombed this question and danced around it and in the end I don't know if I even answered it.
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What do you do to relieve stress?
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There was one question in which I wasn't sure what he wanted. He was asking what I would do if someone around me was doing something unethical. I answered as if it were a friend or colleague doing something. But I think he meant it more geared to patients. They then asked if there was anything I wouldn't do as a doctor because it was unethical.
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Tell me about yourself. I hate open questions!
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Why didn't you have a DO write you a letter of recommendation?
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What kind of doctor do you want to be? (I applied for their Masters program) Why did you move to Kansas from Colorado?
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Your father is an M.D., why a D.O. program?
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Know your strengths and weaknesses.
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Nothing to hard, explain why you chose to be a bartender for a year.
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What does society think of the medically uninsured?
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There are many ethical issues in medicine today. Discuss one of them and explain to me your stance on the issue.
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What are your weaknesses? Know what your strengths and weaknesses are!!!
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future of medicine (see Q2)
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Medical school is an academically very challenging endeavor. Explain to us how we will know that you will succeed?
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Follow-up to previous question...Now your patient asks for euthanasia, what do you do?
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Could you tell me a little about your first three years of elementary school? (What? - this one threw me for a loop)
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What do you think about stem cell research?
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Why would you choose to go here as opposed to other schools you are accepted to?
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What are your feelings on cloning?
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Nothing difficult. Just know yourself and be genuine in the interview.
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How would you deal with patients from another culture if they did not wish to receive treatment based on personal or cultural beliefs?
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Tell me about yourself. What do you like to do for fun? Why osteopathic medicine? Why Kansas City? (All one question!) He told me to talk about myself for about 10 minutes.
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There werent any difficult questions
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How I would handle certain stressful situations with patients. Just be yourself, and stand by your answers.
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Describe the two main positions of the issue of embryonic stem cell research.
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None really, they were all fairly easy questions.
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How do you feel about Good Samaritan Laws?
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What are your strengths?
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The most difficult question I received was a non-question. The interviewer was unprepared and did not seem to know what to ask me, so he fixated on something irrelevant , kept repeating himself and looked at me inquiringly without ever having asked a question. I should have asked what, exactly, he wanted to know.
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What are the pro's/con's of an ethical situation?
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You have excellent grades, however, you got a "C" in organic chemistry. Can you explain that?
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Explain how your experiences on your mission relate to medicine.
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You are a family practioner, and you have your wisdom teeth pulled. On the way home, you see one of your patients hurt and bleeding. You know the patient is HIV-+ and needs mouth-to-mouth rescuscitation - do you give it?
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Same as above.
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What is the major problem facing medicine today, and how will I contribute to correct it?
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How would you tell a patient if you discovered that he had a terminal illness?
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None were really difficult.
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Nothing was really difficult. Strengths and weaknesses, if i am going to retake the mcat, my scores were low, but my gpa was high enough they just want to get to know you. Nothing was hard. Just know who you are and it will shine through
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Tell me about yourself.
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What are your thoughts on euthanasia?
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Have you ever work in the hospital?
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A specific question about physiology that pertained to my research. (The interviewer was a physiologist)
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Why DO? Why do you want to be a doctor? There were no ethical questions asked
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What kind of issues do you see yourself facing as a physician within the next ten years?
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Ethical question: If a heavy fog surrounds the hospital and a young boy (14 yrs. old) was admitted to the hospital. The boy needs a ventilator and the only ventilator in the hospital was being used by an older man who is in a coma. The family members of the older man did not want to disconnect and give the ventilator to the young boy. What would you do?
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In light of my low undergraduate GPA, how do I expect to handle the rigorous classes in medical school.
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Nothing really difficult because I expected the worst, but one asked if I ever dealt with an ethical issue myself and how I handled it.
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Why D.O. when you have a M.D. father.
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Do you think you will have any problems keeping up with the rest of the class in med school?(I am a non-traditional)
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What is the most pressing issue in medicine today?
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No question was difficult because the interview really was conversational.
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Probably getting through the first question of why I want to be a doctor/DO/UHS student. It was my first interview and I still found it tough to enunciate.
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nothing really hard at all to be quite honest. you hear that a lot from here im sure, but that is the truth.
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Give the global consequences of either euthanasia or abortion, the societal impacts and then my personal opinion. Very difficult to answer on the spot.
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None of the questions were very difficult to answer.
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If an elderly patient of mine was terminally ill and he and his family were asking me to increase his pain medications, and I was already dosing the maximum recommended, what would I do?
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Nothing difficult. If you get an ethical question just stick to your answer and you'll be fine.
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what do you see as the biggest problem facing medicine and where do u see medicine heading in the next ten years?
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What are some moral/ethical issues facing doctors in years to come. Didn't want to know anything about them, but it was still hard to think. I just said, Abortion, Euthenasia, HIPPA (Information privacy), and stem cell research. I wish I could have had more, that's what made the question so hard.
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Why should we pick you?
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Ethical issues in medicine - what comes to mind? It's hard to pick just one issue and go with it. I talked about abortion.
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Don't you think it will be difficult to go back to medical school with students that are younger than you? What difficulties do you think you'll face and how will you overcome them? (I'm in my 30's.)
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Why don't you want to go into dentistry?
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I was asked what I had thought about the Florida woman situation. It was very broad so I didn't know if they were asking about the ethics of the situation or the legality of state intervention. However, I just gave my opinion on both. There isn't really a right or wrong answer.
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pick an ethical situation and describe the arguments
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What would I do if I was a physician and I had just had dental surgery and I saw one of my patients who was HIV+ collapse and they needed mouth to mouth...
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all questions were pretty easy. If you are invited for an interview, there's a good chance that you will be accepted because you are qualified. they just want to see if you have some degree of intelligence, normal, and carry on a conversation.
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Nothing Really. I was asked why it took me 4 years in college to realize that I liked medicine. (I was a computer science major and switched to molecular biology before I graduated. I found out I loved medicine when I became a paramedic.)
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Nothing at all
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Not really difficult--but how would you advise parents on a child being mentally and physically impaired.
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Regarding architecture and medicine, which is science and which is art?
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same as above. mostly get to know you sort of questions.
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What do I think of stem cell research
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None of them were hard. I did hate getting asked where else I had interviewed and what the outcome was.
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As someone who has come from the former Soviet Union can you compare and contrast their system of providing medicine with our system?
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Is there anything else you think we should know?
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There wasn't anything that was too difficult.
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What would you like us to know about you that we haven't talked about?
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What do you think about Euthanasia? What do you think will be the biggest health care problem in the future?
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Where do you see the future of medicine heading?
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I told them about me being a caring person that wanted to care for my patients in the best way possible. They then asked what I would do if my favorite patient died.
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I was asked an ethical question regarding whether or not to give mouth to mouth to an AIDS patient with a head wound.
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My Opinion on physcian assisted suicide
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None really!
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What do you think will be some ethical concerns in the future?
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If an 84-year old female patient of yours has cancer and is expected to pass away within 3-6 months, how do you advise her family members on whether or not to sell her home and car?
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None were difficult. Nearly all the questions were about my file.
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Nothing really
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None really. THey were all thought provoking and the interviewer was kind enough to acknowledge straught from the beginning that there was no right or wrong answer to any fo the questions that she was about to ask.
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What are you going to do if you fail the first semester? answered completely and then asked what I would do if I again failed the next semester.
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What are your weaknesses, how do you think you will overcome them?
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NONE! They really make an effort to make every individual candidate comfortable and NOT stressed. Although I did have a major RED FLAG in my application they did not specifically asked me about it. I was given a chance to discuss any points I wanted to bring up and I thought I'd better address the red flag since they didn't!
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What is the most important ethical issue facing America today?
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What comes to mind when I say the words "ethical issues"?
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Hyp: "Woman and man walk in to your office with a 3 year old boy who needs a tissue transplant. The woman happens to be pregnant with a second child. They want you to test the amniotic fluid to see if it's going to be a match. If not she wants to abort. What do you do?"
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None were difficult, I was very lucky...
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Given the large number of applicants for each seat, why should we accept you?
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none, they were all get to know you questions!
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Name one of the most challenging situation in your life and how did you overcome it?
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He asked me what was the difference between doctor-patient relationship now and 15 years ago? And if the relationship now was more negative, why I wanted to be a doctor?
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WHAT IMPRESSION OF YOURSELF DO YOU WANT TO LEAVE US WITH
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Choose one current topic of controversy in medicine today and give us your opinion on it.
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼
How long was the interview?
Most respondents had an interview of 20 - 30 minutes.
How did the interview impress you?
Most respondents felt positively about their interview.
How many people interviewed you?
Most respondents were interviewed by 2 people.
What was the stress level of the interview?
How you think you did?
Most respondents thought they performed well at the interview.
What was the style of the interview?
Most respondents had a one-on-one interview.
What type of interview was it?
Most respondents had an open file interview.
Was this interview in-person or virtual?
Most respondents had a virtual interview.
Data includes both pre- and post-COVID interviews.
Where did the interview take place?
Most respondents were interviewed at the school.
How did you prepare for the interview?
Most applicants prepared for the interview by utilizing resources such as SDN for feedback, mock interviews, and practice questions. They also researched the school, reviewed their application materials, and familiarized themselves with ethical issues and current healthcare topics.
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SDN questions and tons of practice mock interviews with kcu students recently accepted
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SDN interview feedback and other interviews from schools.
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SDN, MMI prep
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MMI online prep
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Practice MMI questions
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Mock interviews
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reviewed my app and secondaries
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SDN, practice questions
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Watched MMI videos on youtube, talked to friends who had done MMI's.
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SDN, MMI questions, reading application, practicing top medical school interview questions
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Studied the school and my own written answers, searched up interview questions and came up with mock answers.
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Practice interview general questions, SDN
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SDN, carefully reading through the site learning more about the campus and school, mock interviews
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Read secondary responses, researches school website.
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SDN interview feedback questions, mock interviews with friends, online research on KCU
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Reviewed the KCU website relentlessly.
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SDN, spoke to alumni
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Read my application, researched the school, practiced interview questions.
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SDN
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Read sdn interview feedback, practiced questions out loud, stayed calm
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Interview feedback forum, studying schools website
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Practice questions, SDN
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Read the website
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KCUMB web site, SDN, review primary & secondary applications, review research material
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Much deep introspection and some mock interviewing.
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Read the website and reviewed my secondary/primary.
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Researched the school and the city, mock interview, practice questions
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Questions on here... That's it!
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Reading through the feedback on SDN.
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Watch/read news. i went on CNN.com and read some articles under "health" tab to gain some info about any current health issues.
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Read up on the school on its website and SDN
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Reviewed interview feedback on SDN, reviewed my AACOMAS application and secondary application, and visited the school website.
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Researched the school, went over my application, looked on SDN.
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researched the school, looked up interview questions online.
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No special preparation.
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Reviewed basic interview questions on SDN.
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Went over in my head and spoke out loud about why I want to be a doctor, what kind of doctor, why DO over MD, what I'm looking for in a med school, why KCUMB, and what I'll be able to contribute with a D.O.
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Researched school online, read brochure, spoke with friend who goes to school
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Looked over questions that other interviewees listed on studentdoctor.net, read up on ethical issues, current issues in medicine, made sure I could explain my research well.
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Practice interviews, reading SDN, researching health reform, ethical issues, etc.
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SDN, questions, interview book
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Read SDN interview feedback. Made up my own questions and answered briefly on Word document.
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Researched the school, mock interview, studentdoctor.net
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KCUMB website, my app, secondary
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Mock interview and discussions with other candidates from previous years.
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SDN feedback, Healthcare news, and looked over my research and application.
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Researched questions asked, health care in MO, Medicare and Medicaid.
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SDN, KCUMB website and catalog, review applications
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SDN, mock interview with friend with practice questions. Talk in front of the mirror to examine facial expressions. I knew that the interview format would be a 2 of them one of you format (2-1).
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Researched school website, reviewed application materials.
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Looked over application, SDN, mock interview and researched school. Honestly, didn't put much time into preparation, probably should've done more.
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SDN/Mock interviews/researched KCUMB site/and had a working knowledge of my application
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Mock interviews, read ethics/health reform/health news articles, SDN
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Read over my application material
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sdn, reviewed biomedical textbook, a student gave me some background about who interviewed me
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Reread my application/essays, SDN, looked at their website. Talk over some example questions with my parents the night before.
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didn't
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SDN, school's website, reading over my own materials
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SDN, read the website, read through my primary and secondary apps
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sdn, another interview, the medical school interview
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SDN, my app, health policy/ ethics news articles, school website
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Took inventory of myself, mock interviews, SDN, read-up on health policy and medical ethics, and talked with an advisor.
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Read up on the school
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Read about osteopathic med, read about the school, reviewed secondary.
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read over my application
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Read SDN, read KCUMB's website, researched and thought about healthcare and ethical issues, and asked my student host about her experience.
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SDN, Secondary, Ethics Website
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looked over my application materials and read about osteopathic medicine
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SDN, KCUMB website, read up on political candidates, healthcare topics, and ethical issues.
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I read my application, recited my answers to some questions in a mirror, and read up on KCUMB's history, research, etc.
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For this particular interview, I over-prepared. I studied the SDN interview questions for this University and then made sure that I knew the answers to all of the questions that had been asked of previous students. Know your medical politics, especially with regard to healthcare in the US and Canada. Also, I studied my application materials so that I would know what topics they could draw questions from.
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Mock interview
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Read over my AACOMAS, personal statement, and SDN.
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Read SDN, my AACOMAS application and my second personal statement that I wrote for KCUMB.
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My file, SDN, studied current hot topics in medicine and healthcare
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SDN, reviewed ethical topics online, reviewed my essay and experiences, went to bed early the night before
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I didn't prepare. I just went it and treated it like I was testifying in court (that's actually a part of my job).
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SDN, School Website
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student doctor.net
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SDN feedback, committee interview at undergrad institution, reading over secondary application
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SDN feedback, reading online about the school
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SDN, school website, looked over essays written for application
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I have been to an open house, sat in on lectures before. So that really helped. Other than that I read their website. SDN.
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SDN, School Website, Looked over my primary/secondary apps and personal statements
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SDN interview feedback, read over AACOMAS and secondary applications, wrote answers to common questions, reviewed material sent by the school, talked to current students.
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No prep. Except for logging onto SDN and reading the posting.
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reviewed my file, interview feedbacks, info about osteophathy and the school
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SDN, read my essays and applications
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SDN,read file
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Student Doctor Net, KCUMB website, reviewing my application materials, and pre-interview with my undergraduate pre-med advisors.
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SDN, mock interview, looked at the school's website
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sdn, schools website, talked with current students
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aacomas application, interview workshop, practice questions, read secondary, and SDN.
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School's website, pre-med committi interview
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On-line review of material. I found out the President of the school is a lawyer who makes close to a million per year. Her actual pay is $948 K per year. No wonder why the tuition increase every year.
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SDN interview feedback, read over my file, searched hot ethical topics
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Read through my application, SDN, KCUMB website, spoke with alumni.
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SDN. Other interviews.
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SDN, school website, read file
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Read the school's catalog, read over my application, prepared a few questions in advance
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Read Interview Feedback. Searched the internet for common interview questions and wrote down answers to them. I rehearsed the answers I wrote, and then did a mock interview with my university's career center.
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SDN website and KCUMB/COM website
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SDN, read about the school, reviewed possible questions on various web sites.
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Studied the school and D.O. history
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SDN interview feedback
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I went over my AACOMAS application, supplemental application, went over questions people posted on this website, and had a mock interview.
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read SDN feedback, stayed with a student, emailed with current student, read KCUMB website, read book on DOs read book on medical ethics
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Researched Osteopathic Medicine, SDN
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Read over my application, reviewed ethical issues, KCUMB website, e-mailed current student at school
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Reviewed viewbook, website, SDN, personal file.
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Read SDN, KCUMB website, Personal Statement, The Difference a D.O. Makes, etc.
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SDN and School's website
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read this website, looked at the schools website
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Read personal statement, SDN, a book about Osteopathy
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Student of KCUMB that is a friend of mine, SDN, Personal Statement, Interview feedback, KCUMB website.
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This site, reviewed primary and secondary apps, school website.
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Read about the school on the www. Used this site.
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SDN, look over my primary and secondary app., mock interview, practice questions
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school website, SDN, osteopathic literature, researched publication on ethics in medicine
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Read the components of my file again, researched the school and state, prepared
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sdn, KCUMB website, AACOMAS application
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Looked at practice interview questions, interview skills workshop, read about controversial issues in medicine.
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Read SDN, KCUMB website, and interview feedback.
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SDN, Websites, mock interviews, kept current with news
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Reviewed school website, and SDN.
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reading up on the school, checking out this site
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SDN, School website and materials, aacom.or stuff on osteopathic medicine
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Studied recent ethical issues. Re-read my personal statement and secondary application.
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Read my essays, researched the school, SDN
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read over my application, this website, and the school's website and DO history stuff.
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SDN, their website, reading journal articles. Its funny I read many articles about end of life and only one on abortion and I got asked a question about abortion.
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I read over this website and noted down the important tips. I read over all of my application. I also called in to double check my interview day and my application (it got there the day before my interview day)
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Contacted current students, looked at sample interview questions, had a mock interview, looked at the school's website
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SDN, talked to students, read school website, studied osteopathy history.
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SDN, school website.
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I read my primary and secondary application, had a mock interview, and read KCUMB's school catalog.
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SDN, mock interview, read A.T. Still Autobiography
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this site, practice questions
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I didn't really prepare. My previous interviews at other schools served as adequate preparation.
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Reviewed SDN, secondary, info about the school.
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Read stuff on here, read over my application and school website, looked over healthprofessions.org
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read stuff online, SDN
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Read the blogs about the school. Used this site.
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SDN site, read my AMCAS personal statement, practiced answering basic questions, talked to a couple of current students and asked them tons of questions
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SDN, mock interview, reviewed application and practiceed questions.
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The school's website, SDN, mock interview, reviewed my applications, thought of possible questions
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SDN website, school's website, researching medical school interviews, reading over supplemental application, etc.
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Student interview feed back provided here. Readthe student guides the UHS sent to me.
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SDN, read AMCAS application
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sdn, website, applications
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I looked over the info. on line, and talked with my sister's college roommate, and her friends who attend KCUMB.
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SDN, Research school website, read over my personal statement etc.
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I shadow an alumni of KCUMB so I asked him tons of questions. Read through SDN. Read over my application the night before and researched the schools website.
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I read this website and thoroughly took notes on difficult questions, had a mock interview, talked with a current KCUMB student, and reviewed the information I sent in with my application.
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Student Doctor forum, interview critiques, reviewed application.
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Read the website, this website
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sdn and lotsa booze the night before.
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SDN, primary/secondary application, school web.
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read about ethical issues, news, SDN feedback, student forum
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It was my first and was scheduled very fast. I read through every page of the website I could dig up. Read SDN.
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Read my file, met with two physicians that helped me brainstorm, had friends ask me questions.
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SDN, etc.
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SDN, reread applications
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SDN, friends
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My primary and secondary applications, the schools website, SDN, and I researched the history of and principles for osteopathic medicine.
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sdn, looked at the website, mock interview
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Read SDN, looked over KCUMB website.
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SDN, read my application, mock interview
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studentdoctor.net, read KCUMB's website
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Studied up on the school, its curriculum, facilities and did a mock-interview.
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I read over my application and the school website. I also read the feedback here from other interviews.
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Read about DO history
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I read questions on Studentdoctor.net, current issues on the net, and read over my application
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SDN, read over my file, studied up on the DO philosophy and Hx.
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read the school's website
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SDN,KCUMB website, AACOM website
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SDN, Reviewed my application
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Read SDN and looked over applications.
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Read SDN, read my application over
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I looked at profiles on SDN and prepared answers to the questions. I also had someone ask me some of the questions from this site. Earlier I had an interview with my premedical committee. Lastly I just read over my personal statement, my information, and ethical issues that I found on the internet.
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SDN, looked at the school's website
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I didn't prepare as well as I should have. Needed to read a little more about osteopathic, and have my answers about it more succinct.
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I read the web-site a little.
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SDN, Mock interview, reviewed my apps.
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Read SDN feedback responces. Went over my application. Rehearsed mentally during the car ride.
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I read over the schools website. Talked to current students. Read feed back on this website. Prepared some answers to general interview questions
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Two mock interviews, researched osteopathic medicine, read all these comments here at studentdoc.net, and ate a lot of raisins.
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I read the postings on here, went over my application.
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read this website
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I talked to one of my friends that had already received an acceptance letter from the school about his interview.
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Didn't. I had two previous interviews so I kind of went with that. Look at this site, a bit at the school's website.
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Thoroughly researched D.O. history, philosophy, studentdoctor.net, went over experiences, mock-interviews, and read a Barons book on how to interview well.
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Read my file, looked over all my extracurriculars and research, went over SDN Interview Feedback, and prepared my answers mentally
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SDN, reviewed my secondary application, read over their website, and spoke with a KCUMB student before interview day
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KCUMB website, SDN (Great resource), other internet websites about ethics and such.
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SDN, KCUMB page, researched ethics topics, read over my application
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SDN, KCUMB homepage, read up on osteopathic timeline, reviewed aacomas form
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Looked over my application, SDN, and KCUMB website.
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Read over application, SDN.
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SDN, website, talked with a student I knew there
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schools website, SDN
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SDN, KCUMB website, reviewed my AACOMAS
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I read and prepared on the philosophy of Osteopathic Medicine
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this site
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KCUMB website, review my applications, this website.
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Read packet they sent us, Read SDN, Re read my application, essays, personal statement, etc.
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This website
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Studentdoctor.net, previous interviews
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Reread my essays and browsed the various interview feedback postings about the school pertaining to the type of interview and commonalities of questions asked.
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SDN, read apps., talked to a friend who is currently in the school.
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Reading posts on SDN, reading KCUMB website, talking with current students
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SDN, KCUMB website,and reading over my applicaiton materials.
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Read SDN interview feedback; prepared list of many anticipated questions and answered all of them so I would not be caught off guard; reviewed osteopathic history & philosophy; knew my file contents; personal reflection on my background and motivation.
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SDN, Mock Interview with University Faculty, Read up on the Osteopathic Profession, Watch CNN regularly
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studentdoctor, my AACOMAS and my secondry
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KCUMB website
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SDN, school site, read common interview question book for med schools
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SDN website, read over my application
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studentdoctor.net, read my file, reflected on meaning of life
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SDN website, read up on the definitions of D.O., re-read my application essay.
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Attended the all-day sales pitch and attended guest night the night before.
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This site, my application, talked to others who had interviewed there.
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Talked to others looked at my essays looked at this website.
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Student doctor network, talking to UHS alumni, reading about osteopathic medicine.
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SDN, my application, other interview experiences
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Researched school history.
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not exciting and answer clearly
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Read SDN, read over my secondary. It was my fourth interview so I felt pretty prepared.
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SDN, read my personal statement, knew my motivations for medicine, osteopathic medicine and UHS
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studentdoctor.net, reviewed ethical questions, talked to doctors I know
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Studying interview questions posted on studentdoctor.net by students that had interviewed at UHS. Of course, my primary and secondary applications. Also, researched UHS's website.
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Studentdoctor.net, school web site, practice interview questions.
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Student Doctor Network, talking with residents in the hospital I work, practice interviews.
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Copied interview questions from the internet and had people sit down and ask me them. This website was great too. I also bought new dress shoes, those little heels made me feel so confident.
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Reviewed info. on school, reviewd info. on osteopathic medicine.
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Studied the university catalog, spoke with students, read interview questions on student doctor.net
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SDN, UHS-COM website, primary and secondary applications
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SDN, Ethics Case Studies
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this site, read about the school, their curriculum, read up on osteopathic medicine, and studied my essays that I had written for the applications.
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sdn, adcomm, talking, writing, thinking, researching.... getting a new suit! hah
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Looked over application, SDN website, practiced questions
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SDN, read book on ethics in medicine.
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Student Doctor, spoke with osteopathic physicians, reviewed my essay
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Read my application, SDN, read a book on Osteopathy.
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i went through this database of questions and picked all the questions people were asked and answered them ahead of time. i also found lists of commonly asked questions. also i read alot on common ethical situations, there are alot of good websites out there.
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I printed out all of the questions from this website (I guess this reinforces my interviewers observations of my so-called-OCD)! I read an ethics book and discussed questions with fellow applicants (not at the interview, but just general conversations on ethical topics). It helps to hear other people's opinions on ethical dilemmas.
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SDN, asked the students questions while I was there waiting to go up.
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SDN, read school's handbook ahead of time.
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SDN, school websites, mock interviews, read book on osteopathy
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Read SDN's interview feedback, reviewed my application and essay questions.
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college catalog, talking with students at the school during the interview day.
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UHS website, SDN, reviewed books on ethics and health care issues, looked over primary and secondary applications
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website, personal statement, do hx
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SDN,Books and articles on current medical issues & ethics, AOA Website,supplemental application
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studentdoctor.net
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SDN (almost everyone that was interviewing was on here), Read the catalog, interview forums, my application, and I stayed with a student at the school to learn more about Kansas City and the program.
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Read SDN, knew my file both primary and secondary very well, read online about school, researched osteopathic medicine as much as possible, but SDN was the KEY to preparation!!!!
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SDN, my school's feedback forms, reading the school catalog, looking over my application
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SDN, school's website
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read their website, DO books, ect...
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Read up on the school and the Osteopathic scene.
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this web site, practice interviews
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Read feedback from this site, read "The D.O.s", re-read my essays, read up on current events, reviewed UHS's website, talked to current students.
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I read the college's catalog book and matterials on the college's website. I also practiced answering some of the most common interview questions.
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This website, talked with a resident doctor, relaxed and prayed.
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SDN, Read college catalog and my application.
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Read this site's interview feedback, read the school's website, read my AACOMAS and secondary applications, had mock interviews, and was sure to be up on current events, especially in health care.
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Reviewed my secondary and personal statement
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interview books, websites, other pre-med students
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SDN, talked with friend who attends school, read up on current issues in medicine
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SDN, previous interviews, Kaplan med school workbook
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feed back, knew myself
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school's website, reviewed my app
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The school's website and info they sent me, Kaplan, Pfizer guide,SDN, and other websites
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SDN, UHS Website, D.O. Mentors
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SDN network
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SDN, Gevitz's book
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SDN, talked with friends about ethical issues and the current healthcare situation in America. I also re-read my application answers and printed out a lot of literature from the internet regarding ethical and medical issues today.
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Read over the web site and the book they sent and also looked at some potential interview questions on SDN and other interview sites.
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SDN, practice questions, applications, UHS website
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SDN; past applicants
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SDN, other websites that listed mock interview questions, re-read my personal statement, and kept up on current events
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SDN- read up on school, dredged up and reviewed primary and secondary apps and statements. Read Norm Gevitz book on D.O.'s.
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SDN forums, interview feedback, all the usual.
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SDN, research on the school, mock interviews, compiling other interview mistakes and strengths
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SDN interview feedback questions and forum. Read the UHS catalog in addition to all the other useful information the school sent with the interview letter.
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SDN interview feedback and posts, read UHS website
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reviewed my application
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SDN, Kaplan interview book, and several mock interviews
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Visited the school several times, sdn, the usual stuff.
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SDN of course! Read through the website and reviewed my application.
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Read my applications
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read this and asked questions on the forum.
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Read about the school and read everything I wrote in my essays. Know myself and my motivation well.
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Mock interviews and online resources
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ASKED PEOPLE ON THE SDN FORUMS FOR POINTERS, WENT OVER THE USUAL LIST OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE COMMONLY ASKED
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Read up on current medical topics. I prepared for questions as to why I applied to both MD and DO, but they didn't ask.
What impressed you positively?
Applicants were overwhelmingly impressed by the friendliness and warmth of the staff, faculty, and students at the school. The positive and supportive atmosphere, state-of-the-art facilities, innovative curriculum (especially the Genesis curriculum), and the emphasis on work-life balance, family, and community engagement were highlighted as key positive aspects. Additionally, the organization of the interview day and the enthusiasm of everyone involved left a lasting positive impression on the applicants.
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they made us feel very carefree and at ease despite me being nervous.
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Faculty were all friendly and kind.
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All of the faculty were so nice and welcoming even during the MMI
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Culture
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Super organized interview day
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The interviewers were great, easy to talk too and overall seemed excited and happy to be there.
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faculty stepped away for student/applicant only time, asked more difficult questions about school here
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The campus/facilities are nice, cost of living is low, people are very friendly, students seem happy there.
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The food, Joplin campus, diversity of students, super nice people there.
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The organization and the enthusiasm of everyone
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School has great facilities and is very student-centered. Student panel was well put together, having some M1's and a decent amount of M2's. All very knowledgeable and easy to talk with. Campus was an actual campus and was beautiful.
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Board scores are great, campus is really nice, everyone I meet was really friendly
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The campus is very visually appealing and the students were very friendly
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The people and facility leading up to the interview.
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Honest and open student ambassadors, focus on patient care
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The new Joplin campus and how excited the staff, current students, and community seems to be about the campus
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Welcoming students and faculty.
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The ambassadors were very informative.
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Very nice campus and facilities, great student ambassador tour, friendly interviewers
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The school has a lot to offer its students.
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After the information session, we spent the rest of the day up until the interview with student ambassadors who were so helpful in answering questions and making the school more personal
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The staff and students were very organized and friendly. They answered all my questions candidly. I also liked the facilities.
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Faculty, facility
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VERY CONVERSATIONAL. No big pressure put on you.
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Everything!! I loved every minute I was there. The admissions staff was beyond friendly and helpful and made us feel comfortable through the entire process. Everyone I met, especially the med students who gave us the campus tour, was so nice. They made me really want to be a part of their school. The whole day was very impressive and the new dean seems very enthusiastic and hopeful about the new curriculum in terms of increasing board scores. I explored kansas city the next day as well and I think it would be a great place to live. Has some really nice areas and a huge farmers market. After interviewing at other schools, I see the difference between the schools and KCUMB definitely rose up quickly as my first choice. I feel like I will be supported here and this will make the transition into med school a lot easier. Overall, loved this school.
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Great facilities, friendly interviewers
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The interview was incredibly conversational, and my interviewer was an amazingly interesting person. Campus is beautiful. Students are down-to-earth. Dean Dubin seems to be a powerhouse with a strong personality and fantastic track-record. New curriculum is a combination of PBL and systems, everyone seems really excited about it.
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The laid back nature of the day and friendliness of everyone at the school.
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Student ambassadors, nice facilities, warm and welcoming students in general, admissions gives you kcumb swag
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Friendliness of admissions office, M1 students, and faculty. Commitment to academic excellence. There is a new dean that seems extremely down to earth and is commited to improving the school. The admissions director is now personally calling each student once their admissions status has been determined.
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The friendliness and attentiveness of those who I interacted with from the school. Students were also on hand to answer any questions.
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facilities
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It was obvious that my two interviewers reviewed my application extensively. They knew every detail about my primary and secondary, even incorporating a lot of these elements into my interview. I genuinely felt like I experienced a "holistic" review if such a thing exists. They even commented on positive aspects of my application that they enjoyed reading.
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The community at the school
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I LOVE the curriculum. I LOVE the fellowship opportunities and facilities. I just got that feeling like this is where I'm supposed to be! Hopefully my interviewers get the same feeling. Also I liked the gym/student center.
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Everyone one made an obvious effort to make the whole day relaxing and to help all of us feel as comfortable as possible.
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Both profs that interviewed me were very professional and nice.
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The capital investments the school has made, happiness of students, curriculum, number of clinical rotation sites.
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The friendliness of the students and staff.
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The people (students, admissions officers, interviewers), the facilities, the ridiculous amount of LCD tvs
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the students were nice, all my questions were answered.
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The friendliness of the students.
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The facilities seemed pretty good. There are opportunities to research, which is unique for a DO school.
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The facilities and the student tour guides.
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The interviewers were very friendly, and genuinely interested in my previous experiences and why I applied to KCUMB. One of them handed me his card as I was leaving-- I could tell immediately that KCUMB staff are very approachable and supportive. Also the tour of the campus (although small) and Century Towers was very impressive.
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students, friendliness of campus, can't wait to see what the new buildings look like
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My interviewers made me feel at ease as soon as I walked in the room and it was very conversational. They made me feel like they really wanted to talk to me. Also, the student ambassadors were so friendly and helpful. They made me feel welcome.
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The simulation lab was really neat.
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Cadaver lab and Simulator Dummies
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the campus
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The campus is beautiful and the student ambassadors were very nice.
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Schools close proximity to city, Century Towers
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They have plans for improving the facility even more.
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The nice personality of the interviewers and students.
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The facilities and how kind the students and staff were.
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Campus and facilities are immaculate
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In general the campus is way prettier than I thought. It was a sunny day with temps in the mid 50's in KC after a whole week of rain so I lucked out. But the overall campus has great facilities. I like the dress code, which is scrubs or professional dress, so 99% of students are wearing scrubs. The thing that impressed me the most was the curriculum and testing process. 6 week sections (essentially one subject in six weeks). With two tests (mid term and final) during the six weeks. Each section is systems of the body but incorporates all basic science in a more clinically oriented presentation.
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Everyone at KCUMB is extremely helpful and friendly. The interviewers were genuinely interesting in getting to know me as a person.
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The campus is gorgeous, very low key, low stress interview day. Students and faculty seemed very happy to be there and not that stressed out. Seemed like the minute you get there they are trying to get you to come there, not the other way around.
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I really enjoyed the faculty members and student atmosphere
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Students very friendly. Facilities were nice.
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Everything! I love their curriculum and I love that they're honest with you about the pros and cons of the school. I didn't get the feeling they were trying to "sell" me on the school, but rather that they were telling me how it was.
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School was very open about positives and negatives about school. Everyone was so friendly and had trouble finding anything wrong with it. Kansas City rocks!
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Their curriculum and how positive all the staff and faculty feel about it. Everyone spoke very highly of it.
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getting measured for a white coat
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Good balance of questioning from the admissions representative and the faculty interviewer.
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The campus was nice (even though it was raining) and the students spent an extended period of time with us compared to other schools I have been to.
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most everything, campus, people, genesis curriculum, fellowhisp where you can be bascially a TA for year, get paid then get a year or 2 of tuition ( adds a year tho)
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the friendliness of the students, the campus (beautiful landscaping and KC skyline view) and facilities, proximity to the city.
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The students seem pretty stoked to be there!
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The facilities
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The campus was beautiful and their curriculum is unique.
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sim center, genesis curriculum, board scores, how nice everyone was
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Everyone seems very supportive and nice, the campus actually feels like a little campus, the facilities are all very new, the faculty and staff seem to make students their number one priority, and I like the integrated curriculum.
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Not much.
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The facilities, the people, the curriculum...everything really
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Nice people overall. Also, the availability of affordable housing close to the school is a big plus.
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The campus is beautiful, the friendliness of the interviewers.
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The nice facilities, the fact that they do a lot of research, have good residency placements, the Genesis curriculum seemed to be extremely effective.
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This school prides itself on having very laid-back interviews. The reason they give is that they don't want to create an artificial environment where you feel compelled to perform, since this will not give them an adequate opportunity to observe who you really are. This makes perfect sense to me, and although they can put some pressure on you, it is only to ensure that your personality would be a good fit with the rest of the campus. They tell you that on paper, you already have the qualifications to be accepted, else you wouldn't have received an interview. During the interview, they're just out to discover how you think and what kind of personality/people skills you have. I have heard that the top academic third of med school applicants make the top third worst physicians. If this is true, this school takes measures to combat that statistic by seeking to offer positions to individuals who, having met the minimum academic requirements are then evaluated using criteria that we ourselves employ when seeking for a knowledgeable, compassionate physician: personality, critical thinking and people skills.
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Friendly students and staff, Patient Sim Lab
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Hearing more about the Genesis (systems based) curriculum.
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The students seemed to be really enthusiastic about attending KCUMB. The buildings are beautiful and the facilities are modern. Kansas city is also a big town so there are plenty of things to do.
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New facilities, curriculum, laid-back atmosphere, enthusiasm of students, approachability of the faculty
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The facilities including the anatomy lab and the simulation labs, the students, the availability of lecture handouts and audio versions of lectures, the residency match rates, rotation opportunities, and the faculty
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The warmth of the student body. I loved the feeling of family. The school itself seemed to provide countless opportunities for the education I will receive.
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Great systems-based curriculum
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The school is very well established, and the professors are generous with their time.
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Everyone was really nice and happy to be there
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Everything! the rotation sites, the board scores, the facilities, the staff and students are very friendly, the curriculum is awesome
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They have amazing facilities to train you to be a physician that can communicate well with patients, everyone at the school was very enthusiastic to be there, their teaching faculty is full time, the system based learning curriculum.
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The Clinical competency center. WOW.
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The attitudes of the tour guides/students/faculty were very enthusiastic. I was also impressed by how quick/laid-back the interview was.
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Everyone was so friendly!
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The combined efforts made by the admission staff in selling KCUM. Before the individual interviews,we were given a presentation about the school and Osteopathic Medicine (it was like a sales pitch for buying a time-share in Las Vegas). The guy next to me kept nodding off. Overall it was alittle lengthy.
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students seem to be very happy to be there. top nothch equipment ( they even have simulators that give birht)
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Facilities are very high tech, 8 patient simulators. There's an apartment building across the street with beautiful facilities, is quite inexpensive, and houses mostly med students.
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How nice everyone was
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The enthusiastic nature of the students, the facilties, and the curriculum.
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Students were very enthusiastic and said they enjoyed going there and had time to do stuff for fun.
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The school has great facilities and the people there seemed very positive about their experience.
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I came away feeling the school has a very solid and established program, there is extensive clinical experience, and abundant opportunity and exposure to many different fields of medicine. Also, the anatomy, micro, and OMT labs are state-of-the art!
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They scheduled me for the wrong day (the interviews were actually supposed to be the next day) But they accomodated me and were very nice about showing me the school and giving me an interview.
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The students did not seem too stressed out.
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Everyone was really pumped about the school and the systems based curriculum. There's a new auditorium being constructed, one of the many examples of the institution's constant improvement and self reflection. The Clinical Competency Center was really nice - they have adult, child, and prego mother simulators. I was definitely impressed with this school. My interview group also jived pretty well together.
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The student's and faculty's enthusiasm about the school, its curriculum, etc.
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The facilities (almost no smell in the anatomy lab). Students seem very happy the the curriculum and the faculty.
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The facilities were by far the best that I have seen. Every student I met (including someone on my flight to Denver) loved the school and had nothing but good things to say about it. The student that I stayed with let me look through his curriculum overview and notes, I am really excited about the curriculum here. This was also my first time in KC and it seems like it would be a great place to live.
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The facilities were really sparkling and the students seemed very satisfied with them. Everyone seemed gung-ho about the school and its vision.
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The friendliness of the staff and students. The state of the art facilities.
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Everyone was very friendly!! Even the staff at our hotel was friendly. I felt very comfortable with everyone I met on and off campus. Two professors sat with us at lunch and talked with us the entire time, med students were stopping by all day to say hi and ask us if we had any questions. Our two student ambassadors who spent the day with us were great resources, very open and willing to answer any questions we asked them. It was also really nice that the ambassadors told us a bit about our interviewers before we went in and I thought it was really nice that we got a tour of an off campus apartment complex and we were fitted for our white coats during the interview day.
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The new facilities, and especially the genesis curriculum. The students were all helpful, happy, and down to earth.
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Great atmosphere on campus.
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the facilities, the curriculum
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Surprisingly, this school was very impressive in all aspects. Their flexible curriculum that introduces clinical exposure since day one was good to see. And the amount of money they've recently spent on new facilities showed. They have an entire psuedo-clinical building devoted to practice clinicals. Plus, the hosts seemed really enthusiastic.
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high tech campus. nearly *smell-less* anatomy lab. students seemed happy. factulty seem to really be there to teach (rather than research, etc) and are very open door.
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The facilites are great and the students seemed very excited to be there.
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#1-THE PEOPLE! :) Seriously, everyone was SO kind...the place felt very welcoming and 'homey' #2-68% of graduates go into specialty areas. Although I asprire to be a pediatrician, I don't want to attend a school that will shove primary care down my throat. KCUMB gives you the opportunity to explore other options in the healthcare field for DO's :)
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Great OMM labs and anatomy labs. They have 4 regular adult patient simulators, 2 infant, and 2 obstetric. Students loved the curriculum and said administration was really responsive.
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The facilities and the fact that the school is there for the students.
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The aproach of teaching SBL in the first two years. They really inform you about their school and anwer all of your questions.
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The new training facility and the anatomy lab.
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All the students were really happy to be there and enjoyed their school and the classes - Their anatomy lab was good and not smelly
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Everything. BUT, especially how the school is always actively concerned about students and making the school better for the students.
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Students were enthusiastic, school has great facilities, student housing.
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Very Little. The school is like a small community college.
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the overall atmosphere
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friendly, lay-backed staff, faculty, and students
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The city isn't nearly as bad as I expected. It's very navigable. Also, the area surrounding the school wasn't as
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The facilities were very good. I really liked the simulation lab. The campus is very nice.
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The students and staff were extremely friendly! The campus was nice and is solely a medical school, and you get some clinical training early on. The curriculum is called the GENESIS system and is systems-based.
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Super new facilities, 8 simulated patients. State of the art simulated patient interview rooms and OR.
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Friendliness of everyone there. Great community feel...great campus...great curriculum...awesome board scores...great rotations
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Faculty, students, and the campus.
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the people were SO nice! everyone seemed genuinely happy to be there, and it seemed fairly stress free. although the school is in a crappy part of town, the facility is pretty nice and definitely makes up for it.
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The place felt like a community. It was small and everyone was quite friendly. After the pre-interview 'thing' the night before, I was waiting with a few people for the shuttle back to the hotel and there was a local meandering around (he truly looked to be in need of a case worker). Security was patrolling in his truck and stayed parked next to us. Even though he (security) didn't speak to us, it was clear he was there to make sure we were safe. There are a large number of wonderfully friendly middle eastern cab drivers in KC. Their admissions person who spoke to us in the morning was animated and made me quite excited about the school and about medicine in general. (be ready to be put on the spot, though)
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The student ambassadors were enthusiastic and their class seems to have a lot of collaboration with one another.
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The campus is really nice and the buildings look new inside. The students and faculty are very welcoming and willing to answer all of your questions. Also the dual MBA degree program plus they are adding another program for next year.
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the campus is really nice and the students seemed to enjoy it there.
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The school was really nice. The staff were very friendly towards us for they picked us up very early. The students were very nice and friendly, not to mention that all three were good looking. They were very enthused about their school and it was quite infectious.
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The whole process was very organized. The interviewer were very nice; the student ambassadors were super nice and they told us about the personality of the interviewers :)
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The enthusiasm of the students.
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Good facility. Nice staff. Laid-back interview. Students liked their school.
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The curriculum is systems-based which is cool, the facilities seem nice and modern, and the patient-simulator lab that will be up and running in August sounded pretty bad-ass. The whole day was laid back. Proximity to Kansas City. Parking.
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The students were enthusiastic, but honest. The facilities were impressive, and I particularily like the study halls which have study rooms with plenty of room and a computer. The apartments located nearby (which they gave me a tour) were impressive as well (they had an excersise room, study hall, and the rooms were cute).
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Nice facilities, up-to-date
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everyone was really nice, they gave of tours of all of the labs (some medical schools will not show you everything)
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Enthusiasm of students and faculty as well as the quality of the facilities.
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The building are very nice and everyone just seemed very down to earth.
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The students that gave us the tour had a lot of positive things to say about the school. One of the guys on the tour had a twin brother going to the allopathic medical school and he pointed out many more advantages for KCUMB than KU. They are also building two new buildings at the school and one is supposed to be ready in August 2006.
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students and faculty are excited about their school, their curriculum
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You can wear scrubs!!!!! The medical students walk around looking like they just got out of bed. "Looks very comfee" One big pajama party. (Really it looks kinda sloppy). The other schools I applied to have a dress code. No dress code here. Don't really know if this is a + or -? I am thinking a "+."
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The students I stayed with were the nicest people- they were realistic and didn't hide anything- they told me the good and the bad. I appreciated that.
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Student ambassaders were very positive about the school, nice campus, nice facilities, very friendly people.
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The people were so nice. The school was in excellent condition and we were treated very well. They also had us tour the apartments that were right across the street from the school. That was nice to see that housing option.
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That although the class size is 250, the campus is small and seems like a friendly community.
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Really nothing. It is my safety school. I received an acceptance letter 2 weeks after the interview. The student who lead the tour was upbeat nice. The school is just mediocre. Not good not bad.
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Everyone at the school was very happy to be there and proud of their program. I got a comfortable "small town vibe."
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The Cirriculum is amazing and the pass rates are great! The students seems really happy.
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The campus is new looking. It is very small. You only spend 2 years at KCUMB's campus. The students tell me this is the biggest plus.
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The amount the faculty cared about you! They really wanted to make you feel comfortable. Also the students were very happy at the school. They were genuninely happy with the school and their academic and social lives.
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Everyone at the school is very happy. They are not typical med students. Although they are very buisy studying there lives don't seem to be as stressful as other med students I have spoken with.
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Everything impressed me postively. The students had nothing negative to say and the school seemed to work on helping students get the best education. I also was impressed by the school's sincere interest in family first and spirituality. I also loved the parking because at my current school you could spend over an hour looking for a parking space.
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The students, the laid back environment, the very friendly and at-ease faculty and staff interviewers.
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The facilities are excellent, beautiful campus, great apartments across the street, and really GREAT people. At this school, I met a ton of people that were looking forward to being doctors and treating patients. I don't get that feeling from all my pre-MD friends.
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Students were all cool as hell. Faculty and interviewers were very friendly.
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Everybody was REALLY happy. Every student said hi to you or introduced themselves, asked questions, looked like they were having a good time, etc. The facilities are excellent, and quite new. The curriculum setup and the small amount of time spent in class, and more free study appealed to me. The area is great, I felt very safe, and I'm from one of the safest towns in the U.S.
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Beautiful campus, friendly students, REALLY REALLY nice faculty, especially both of my interviewers.
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The campus, the student ambassadors as well as other students, the kindness from faculty and staff
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It was very upbeat and the students were positive and friendly. The OMT lab has TV's that show the instructor from 3 different angles when he is teaching OMT.
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The students seemed relaxed and not like uptight med students.
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The facilities and how friendly and happy the students and faculty are. The systems based program sounds like it will be really effective.
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The systems based program, the enthusiastic students and faculty, and the campus.
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1. Patient-Centered Curriculum (System- Based Learning)2. The dress code (either scrubs or dress casual with your white coat, no jeans here folks) 3. The study facilities in Smith Hall 4. The campus is beautiful (all brick buildings)
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the curriculum--I know everyone says it, but it is very logical and impressive. All the students were extremely supportive of it. The anatomy lab is very clean and odor-free as well.
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Everyone at this school is so nice and down-to-earth. It seems like everyone is involved in clubs and community service, but no one complains about how much work they have to do as long as you budget your time wisely. The facilities are great despite edging on an almost okay neighborhood. Everyone seems to really care about the students and do everything in their power to help. The systems based learning seems pretty cool- no having to deal with 5+ subjects at the same time. Also, they have a dual D.O./M.B.A. program that is designed to be completed in four years (taking night/summer classes mostly).
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How friendly the students were. Great community atmosphere. Great facilities. Everyone was so nice. I really like their systems based curriculum. Nice apartments right across the street.
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The student ambassadors were nice.
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How happy the students were. The overall attitude for both faculty and students was very positive.
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The school is beautiful and the facilities are impressive. The student ambassadors didn't hesitate to take us everywhere from the library to the OMT and anatomy lab (which by the way doesn't smell because of there state-of-the-art ventilation system). The faculty, staff and students were so nice and very willing to answer questions and even gave us advice about questions to ask once we found out who our interviewers were.
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The people were extremely nice and they wanted to make sure not only that you were fit for their school but that THEY were fit for you which I liked. The med students that guided us around were very helpful and gave us honest answers.
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What didn't impress me! The campus is very nice and not spread out over 4 square miles (my undergrad school is rather large). The students are extremely friendly and there wasn't a general gunner attitude on campus. The school explicitly states that family and religion is more important than school… I was generally impressed. The location of the campus is not the greatest but it was much better than what I was expecting from previous posts on this site.
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the students seemed really nice and enthusiastic. they all emphasized that you have to have a life outside of school and that it's good to place things like family above school.
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I thought the facilities were amazing, with more additions on the way. Also there is alot of flexability in the 3rd and 4th year clerkships.
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The Genesis curriculum seems to be great. Students all seem to be happy at the school.
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Genesis curriculum, and also to find the area was not nearly as bad as I had heard. If anyone thinks this is ghetto they have never seen a real ghetto.
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The school itself is amazing judging by appearance, the curriculum is top notch, the faculty and student body are incredible and the facilities can't get any better
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Everything! The school is state of the art, the curriculum is innovative and effective, the students seem to love being there, the environment is laid back and positive, and the school is growing at an exponential rate.
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The students and faculty are great. I love the curriculum and early patient interaction. The facilities are very nice.
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I really liked the campus and the buildings. A lot of newer buildings and very nice. Students were nice as were the faculty.
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Awesome facilities and staff
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The genesis program. The fact that there is immediate patient contact. I also liked the level of involvement allowed in both research and in the community.
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There was definately some major pros and cons with this university. I really liked my ambassadors who were really enthusisastic about the school. I really like their curriculum which is a systems based approach that emphasizes early pstient exposure, etc. They have a bunch of brand new facilities. They also have a higher-than-average pass rate on the boards.
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The school itself and especially the curriculum. I think systems based is the only way to go.
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The fabulously huge oak trees on the campus were breath-taking, but more importantly the curriculum was fundamental, the students were open and the opportunities were encouraging.
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The general friendly atmosphere of the campus. Also they are in the process of building and renovating several buildings for next year.
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The friendly students.
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The students/staff seemed to genuinely care about the students. They are really concerned with keeping their students and making sure that each student is successful.
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How friendly everyone was. All of the student ambassadors were really excited about osteopathic medicine. Century Towers located across the street is also a bonus. The other individuals being interviewed were also an extremely diverse and lively bunch.
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Century Towers, the apartment complex across from the school. You can have pets there.
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KCUMB had excellent facilities, great curriculum, and friendly staff/students.
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The curriculum is systems-based, consists of an integration of basic and clinical sciences, board scores are extremely high (~98%), the fourth year is flexible in terms of clerkship locations and electives, examinations are given at the end of each section (usually a month time lapse), the attrition rate is low, facilities were new, the school has an extensive amount of funding and is in the process of creating a new research building, the students all seemed to be very supportive of each other, and the faculty were also very nice. The anatomy lab is also equipped with good ventilation and many screens for viewing.
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The facilities are amazing. The people are very nice and from all over the country.
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Coming from new york city I did feel that everyone was a bit more conservative than I was but that isn't really a big problem for me just be aware of it. Also, this whole dress code thing is overblown. Its a no jeans thing but scrubs are always permitted and most of the guys just wear scrubs if they don't want to throw on some pants. As for the city being a little unattractive, at least it is still a city. You could be in a school in a much smaller place...
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Facilities, study rooms, anatomy lab, curriculum. The school does a lot for the community.
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Everyone was very friendly and energetic about the place.
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The organization and presentation of the entire program.
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The students were very energetic and loved the school, the campus and facilities are great
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The students were super friendly and everyone seemed really happy to be there. The campus and buildings were very nice.
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The school as a whole was very state-of-the-art and had very nice facilities. Everyone was very helpful and happy to be there. The school definitely reinforced that they are there to help each student become successful and the students are not in a competition with each other they are there to become physicians.
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The facilities were very nice. The students were friendly and seemed happy to be there. The campus apartments across the street were nice, cheap, and convenient.
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They really know how to sell the school and they stress putting your family and faith before medical school. Almost every building we entered was brand new and they have state of the are resources. The DO/MBA program sounds great. Their goal was to accept every single student that was present that day.
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The students took time out to talk to us and everything was so well planned.
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The facilities were all very modern and at least as good as anything I've seen at other schools. The student ambassadors wer all very helpful and ready to answer just about any question. The joint D.O./MBA program looks like a good opportunity and seems to be very well integrated into the overall curriculum (i.e., they schedule classes in the summers so as not to interfere with your regular classwork).
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Facilites
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everyone was extremely warm and helpful! they were all very excited to be part of KCUMB. the students all seemed happy. one student let me borrow his cell phone.
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The students are really awesome and LOVE being at the school. They couldn't stop talking about how great it was. They also stress the importance of family. People can come in married, with children, expecting, and they provide a very welcoming environment. One couple is able to bring their infant to class with them. The school made arrangements to have the lectures projected into a special room for them.
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The students were amazing! They were so nice and outgoing and friendly. The curriculum is awesome as well. Instead of teaching you by subjects, they teach you by body systems. That way, if you're bad in one subject, you can't fail it becuase you have the other subjects in that section to save you. The facilities are nice.
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The interview was relaxed
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The students helping us were very positive and helpful. The school is very nice. They have just added a new clinical research center. The school has a good service oriented focus. In addition, they've earned some awards for spirituality in medicine.
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The administration responds well to student feedback. They recently added several more computers for students to use based on last year's feedback. The admissions staff who briefed us in the morning went out of the way to stress values to us. They stressed having highest priorities on religion/belief system and family before medical school. This is what they said will help you become successful. The curriculum doesn't include a biochemistry or genetics courses because they expect you to have this knowledge from your undergrad. course prerequisites.
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EVERYTHING - this was just such a night and day difference from my hometown school interview. Everything about this school was organized and professional. Everyone had answers and was willing to help!
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I really like their curriculum. It is called Genesis which is a systems approach. Rather than studying anatomy, histology, pharm. separately, they integrated it all and you study each system at a time (ie. cardiovascular, renal, etc)
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I liked the fact that the second year students went out into the communtity to do health screenings on elementary age school children. Everyone was very nice.
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Everything about the school exceeded my expectations except two things (noted below). The campus is beautiful, with old & new red brick buildings and nice green spaces. The facilities are modern, clean and inviting. Anatomy lab is in a "basement", but it is NICE--good ventilation, ample space, numerous large video screens. The people (students, faculty, staff) are very friendly, encouraging and helpful. The school emphasizes community service and outreach (check out Score 1 and DOCare on their website).
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It was a very nice campus, they have a good ciriculum the first 2 years, and the have a lot of private study places.
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The staff and students are extremely friendly. Beautiful campus. nice facilities.
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Great campus and facilities, friendly students and faculty, quick response of acceptance, relaxed atmosphere and no trend of competitiveness, and the Genesis curriculum. Many aspects were attractive.
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EVERYTHING! The facilities were amazing. They are building a new research facility, auditorium, and library. Everything else seems new too. I loved the students, all were so friendly and treated us great. Also, the curriculum is excellent. The genesis curriculum is systems based and has helped them obtain a 96% pass rate for boards!!! They stress faith, family, THEN school and I really liked that philosophy.
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The whole layout of the day, friendly students, pretty campus and Genesis curriculum.
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The staff and students were open and honest. They didn't paint the medical education rose colored but rather they talked about sacrifice and difficulty. Also, the students seemed really supportive. The school is expanding. My interviewer was a pediatrician and he was awesome!
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The other students were incredibly friendly. No one made you feel "weird" for being there. Everyone seemed able to relate to my experience. No one hesitated to be nice, including faculty.
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The campus was pretty outdoors and the students were friendly. The first year students were open to questions in a panel.
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EVERYTHING!!!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SCHOOL! It was on my last choice list, but now it's my #1 choice. I hope I get in.
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Everything.
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THe people were great. Students really seem to get a long even though they have a big class. faculty are commited to students they want you to succeed. and the campus is big, not just one building. Trying on White Coats
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The GENESIS curriculum is fantastic.
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the genesis curriculum, the STUDENTS (everyone seems genuinely happy and the overall atmosphere is so laid back--but the school has one of the highest board pass rates so don't get me wrong here and think these students are slackers). And Kansas City--I know this is contrary to what other have been saying about how the KC is a slum or whatnot...but it's a typical city what do you expect. PLus it's not as bad as some of the cities I've lived in. I think KC's got rich culture. I wouldnt mind living there. 10 minutes of driving distance from the school there are some nice areas with good-looking apts.
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Tour of the facilities.
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patient
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How all of the students were so pleased with their curriculum. Genesis seems to be very effective.
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Staff, students are very friendly. They make you feel welcome and comfortable. The interview was conversational for sure and didn't make me nervous. It actually put me at ease. I was also very impressed with the nice facilities and curriculum.
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The facilities are great. The students that showed us around were very informative and helpful.
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The facilities are very nice. They are constructing a new clinical research center, which will open in April, 2004 (or around that date). The students also impressed me. They are very positive and happy with their school. Students from last year had a 97% pass rate on COMLEX part I. The curriculum is sweet. They teach you in sections. For instance, the second section of your first year is the musculoskeletal section. In this section you will learn anatomy, physiology, pathology, etc. associated with this system. The impression I got is that students are better prepared for their clinical rotations, because of this method of teaching. An overall positive feeling at this school.
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How structured and organized the interview day was.
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The curriculum, the students attitude toward the school.
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How nice everybody was, you can ask students anything about the school (good and bad) and they are very honest in their answers. The interview is very easy going, I felt like I was there for 5 minutes when it was actually 30-35. Also, the school is not in the best neighborhood but once you step on campus, it is beautiful, they really take care of their facilities. The school was quick to send information and answer any questions you had in the meantime after the interview. I found out that I was accepted by one small letter in the mail a week later. Oh and I forgot, I loved being fitted for my white coat before the interview, talk about motivation....:-)
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Everything about the school was very impressive except for the location. People (including interviewers) were very nice. The assistant dean gave a speech at the beginning of the day and it was very helpful. Most of his speach was to fill in any knowledge gaps that we had regarding osteopathic medicine and the school itself. Everyone there treated you as though you had already been accepted. I got a very warm feeling from them.
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The atmosphere, everyone is friendly and make you feel like they really want you to go to school there. They tell you first thing in the morning that you have been choosen because they think you would fit in at their school, like you are already in before the interview even starts.
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How friendly and family oriented everyone seemed to be....also the Genesis curriculum sounds great and is more or less in the same type of format as the COMLEX.
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The positive attitude of the students at the school. I had the opportunity to stay with a second year student, which allowed me to gather "insider information" about the curriculum without getting a faculty bias.
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Very nice campus. Very nice students (of course, why would disgruntled students volunteer to be our tour guides?). Staff was very friendly.
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everything. i love the school and hope to go.
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The school's curriculum...the campus...
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How everybody there put us at ease. The students were all willing to offer advice even if they weren't involved in helping with our day. The facilities are all very nice, it's a very comfortable atmosphere.
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Everyone was so friendly and genuinely happy to be a part of the University. I was also impressed with the curriculum.
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The students were all very happy with their education and it shows with their high board scores. The school has been around for a while so it has that traditional feel to it while at the same time incorperating modern technology.
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the friendliness of the interviewers and the comfort level. they really go out of their way to help you understand what youre getting into. the tour guides have a q&a session and they tell you about your interviewers as you walk over to the interview building. also people talk about diversity as a problem here but i saw asian, indian, african-american students. i mean come on you cant expect it to be half and half, thats not the way any school is.
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The students were all very friendly. I even had a student join our group for lunch and volunteer to answer any questions I had, not to mention, he was cute too :) ! The genesis curriculum sounds great, but a final for each system that's worth 70% of your grade is abominable compared to how other schools weight your exams! Problem-based learning seems like a good idea since it exposes students how to think like physicians from day one as opposed to doctorate students.
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Love the facilities, brand new academic building, almost done with a new research building. All the students get to/have to wear scrubs to class. (you get to go to class in your pajamas!!) They let you get anything you want in the cafeteria. That was really nice.
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Very nice buildings, clean campus, and friendly students.
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EVERYTHING! I could not have been happier with my experience at UHS. The school is very organized, but laid back. I received my acceptance letter 5 days after my interview! They also have some awesome research possibilities for students! If you interview there you'll get to see apartment acorss the street which were really great and convenient too. UHS's board pass rate for COMLEX I last year was 97%!!!!!
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For people who have families: Everyone, from the Vice President of Institutional Development and Corporate Planning and students, stressed the importance of keeping your family involved in your life. While school is a priority, your family should be first and foremost. There was a spouse/significant other get together the night before the interviews and two interviewees brought their spouses the day of the interview. The friendliness of the administrators, students, and anyone else that I met.
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The newness of the facilitites, the new research facility to be finished in Jan. 2004, the nice student dorms.
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The facilities were very nice. The students and faculty were really amiable. The students seemed happy to be there. I really liked the curriculum since it was a systems-based approach. Also, I also thought that Kansas City was a very nice place. Many people had commented that the school's location was rather dangerous. Being from an urban area, I didn't consider the school's location to be problematic in any way. Cost of living is cheap compared to where I'm from.
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the family atmosphere.
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WOW!! Too many things to list...The student tour guides were very friendly and helpful. I felt the interviewers really wanted to get to know me as a person. Everyone I met from the school (students, faculty, interviewers, admin) were extremely enthusiastic about the school. The "GENESIS" curriculum is awesome it combines everything into a systems based approach. The board pass rate is one of the highest for schools (something like 98%). Getting my acceptance letter within 4 days of my interview.
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pros: caring atmosphere, happy professors, happy students, established school, buildings are pretty big and many floors, the alumni center (awesome, looks like a resort in the mountains, or that new hotel at disneyland made out of wood), genesis curriculum (very practical!), has a bookstore, school atmosphere is extremely professional, lots of help - support sys. I like trying on the white Dr. coat. the student lounge where you wait before interviews /it had a big-screen TV, computers, pool table. Anybody that goes to this school WILL receive one of the best medical education anywhere and will be worth every penny. Gym was Ok, not 2 small and not too big
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WOW. The students were really, really happy and friendly. The interviewers were very nice as well. They do not interview everyone and are very selective in issuing out interviews so everyone already was acting like your golden. Brand new facilities and cannot argue about the city when it comes to culture and sports. Also, they let us know within a week of our status. That was sweet.
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How nice ALL the people were. The feeling that you get at this school is just great. They are very welcoming and accept you as soon as you get there. Also the cirriculum!!! Genesis is AWESOME, they really try to make you feel like a physician from the day you enter medical school, making all the info you study relevant to your career.
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The students seem to be happy about their school. I liked the study rooms that you can reserve all day. The curriculum seems pretty solid. Everyone was very welcoming.
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The friendliness of the students and faculty, they really go out of their way to make you feel comfortable.
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overall feeling of the campus and the people. very good vibe.
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The interview was an extremely challenging, thought provoking conversation without being malignant. KC has great nightlife.
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availability of student ambassadors
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The campus is pretty, the facilities are very nice and they are building a new life sciences research building (it's encouraging to see the campus growing even though the economy isn't doing so great). The students were very friendly and the student ambassadors who led the campus tour were very helpful and positive. The board pass rate under the new Genesis 2000 curriculum is impressive--97.6 pass on the first try.
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The warmth of the faculty and students was unsurpassed by any other osteopathic school that I interwiewed at. I feel that the school will provide the support and encourgament throughout your years at their school.
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The fact that every student that walked by stopped our tour to tell us how great the school was and that they were all there to help when we needed any help.
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The curriculum and pass rates for the comlex
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The faculty, the admissions staff, the student ambassadors, as well as the students, the facilities, their view on the role of doctors--everything.
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Campus was beautiful, EVERYONE was friendly and willing to answer all questions.
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The students were really happy there and they were very honest and down to earth. The facilties were very nice. Plus they are building two new buildings which is always encouraging to prospective students
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The facilities were wonderful - very modern and high tech.
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The facilities were great, and the students really, really love their school.
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Nice campus, some people say its in a bad area, I don't think so but hey I'm from detroit. I was extremely impressed with the staff, and their follow-up, after you get in they really want you, they sent videos, and called. KC is nice, the students seemed friendly, great atmosphere.
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The staff and students were all very helpful and nice. The OMM and Anatomy labs were both very nice.
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The students. They love their school and were very helpful
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The Curriculum. Case based learning eliminates the need to assimilate all the information learned in the first 2 years of education when the student needs to apply during the clinical education. Also, USMLE and COMLEX exams are case based. You are prepared for these exams from the beginning of your medical education. Students and staff are supportive of the students. They want you to succeed.
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The campus is very nice and clean. The people were very friendly and I felt like I was very important to them.
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The curriculum and how happy all the students were to be there.
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Everything: campus, buildings, curriculum, friendliness of students/faculty, and I liked Kansas City
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The staff and students were amazing! They all went out of your way to make you feel comfortable and relaxed and to answer all of your questions and concerns.
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Nearly everything. The staff and faculty are amazingly friendly. They went out of their way to accomodate us. They really place you first while you are there.
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Everything! The faculty and studnets are sooooo nice! It seemed as if everyone really enjoyed the school. The new curriculum is very impressive
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The students, faculty, and staff seemed very happy and pleased with the school. They wanted to make sure that every interviewee felt the same.
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the new genesis curriculum is absolutely AMAZING! UHS is my first choice because of this! The students and faculty are really nice too. At one time I was roaming around the building and a random admin member came up to me and asked if i was lost. When i told her where i wanted to go, she actually walked me up the stairs and to the door of the office that i needed ot be in! I've never met such friendly people in my life! The student ambassador was sooo sweet.
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How supportive faculty is of students and comeradery of students-no competition. Genesis curriculum is awesome. VP says faith, family, and then school-in order of importance.
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The campus was really great.
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The facilities are great, the students and faculty are all very friendly, Kansas City is not rural as I thought. The interview was low stress...they just want to get to know you. No grilling here!!
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The facility is comparable to other schools. The new genesis curriculum is fasinating amd seems to be a positive transition from the traditional curricula common at most schools. What really had a impact on me was the overall WARM feeling you get as soon as you arrive at the school. The students, faculty and even the community were all FRIENDLY and easy to approach. Students are certainly their priority.
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The students seemed to be very happy with their school, whole building of study rooms with a computer in each, laid back atmosphere, the new Genesis curriculum
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I was impressed with the widespread use of technology in the classrooms and the sense of community and camaraderie among the students.
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The students love their school
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Excellent social atmosphere, students love their school, very friendly place to be.
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The happiness of the students was remarkable along with the recent board scores. This school displays a high level of professionalism across the campus.
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The family-like atmosphere
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The facilities and the way the faculty and students made us feel. We felt wanted and it was great to know that they are trying to win us over, just as much as we are trying to win acceptance!
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Everything!!!!!!(facilities, staffs, and curriculum)
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I liked the way that they structured their curriculum.
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THE FRIENDLINESS OF EVERYONE AND THE AMMENITIES THE SCHOOL OFFERED TO ITS STUDENTS. EVERYONE WAS EXTREMELY HELPFUL, AND THE INTERVIEW WAS VERY CONVERSATIONAL
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The facilities are awesome, the staff is really helpful, and they kept you busy all day. They treat you as if you've already been accepted.
What impressed you negatively?
Applicants commonly expressed concerns about the lack of set notification timelines, long and overwhelming interview days, unimpressive campus facilities, difficulty communicating with administration, early interview start times, lack of hospital affiliation, housing issues, campus location in a rough area, short interviews, impersonal interview experiences, large class sizes, outdated facilities, lack of financial aid presentations, and safety concerns in the surrounding neighborhoods. Suggestions included improving communication, streamlining the interview process, enhancing campus facilities and security, providing more information on hospital affiliations and fourth-year rotations, and addressing concerns about the surrounding areas.
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they did not give a set date of when we will hear back, some people hear back in a day some days and some in 4-6 weeks
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Long and dragged out interview day with little shown about the campuses.
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They make you sit through the info session before your interview. So you're hella nervous
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Student panel stated difficulty communicating with admin
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our year it was zoom and the start time for west coast applicants is pretty early (6am)
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Wish they had an affiliated hospital. Everything else about this school was awesome.
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Housing
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nothing!
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the campus is in a bit of a rough area, but its not that bad
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The interview was a bit too short.
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The actual interview.
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The campus is beautiful but is in a questionable area of town.
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n/a
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Didn't introduce much about the new Joplin campus.
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The number of students in attendance at a time.
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The information session had no visuals, papers (which I respect bc they want to be green), but it would've been helpful to see/have some stats at hand.
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The interviewers were not very responsive to my answers.
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Not enough time talking to the interviewer :)
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Nothing! Everything was amazing.
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Lots of walking up and down stairs
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Lack of Fin Aid presentation.
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none
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The mass need for security because of the area. Also, I didn't like the space available in Century Towers (where most of the medical students seem to live).
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Kansas City, it's too big for this country bumpkin!
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Nothing honestly. Everyone says the area is crappy, and I didn't think it was bad at all! I would say the cold winters are what I'm dreading!
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Nothing.
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The tuition
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the area isn't the greatest. its not the worst i've been in, but that's because i lived in new orleans for over a year. plus some of the buildings weren't the nicest.
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The location of the school is in a very run down neighborhood.
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The students were lackluster. They tried to sell the school, but they did not do well. I was in an interview group that had a couple girls from Central Missouri University(?) who had been admitted early and were just there to check it out. They were way under dressed and were talked through most of the morning lectures. This was incredibly rude. It really took a lot away from the interview day.
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The rough area surrounding the campus.
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building up IT department but didn't always see it in action, surrounding area,
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I can't think of anything...I loved the school!
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The large class size (230) and the fact that you might not be able to stay in KC for years 3 and 4 (although they said about 90% of people get their first choice clinical spot).
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Wish it had better surroundings and more information about 4th year rotations.
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Wish Century Towers was a lot nicer.
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The class size intimidated me.
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Location of school is a little sketchy, weird dress code
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The interview felt very impersonable and more like I was on an assembly line.
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The class size, location, and some of the facilities seemed dated.
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My interviewers played good cop/bad cop, failed to introduce themselves, and were wearing jeans and t-shirts.
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Neighborhood around school isn't the greatest
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They have a brand new auditorium but since they are going to be adding a library and student center to it we were unable to see it.
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Pretty expensive, very urban setting (i'm a small town person) but not that bad. Part of the day was kinda boring and lagged a little
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Not in a great neighborhood. A police officer in the area said there were problems all over Independence Avenue.
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About the school, nothing. As far as other stuff goes, it's my own fault I'm disappointed about this, but I didn't like Century Towers. I was really looking forward to the CT tour because I thought it sounded great from everything I read, but it turned out not to be what I was expecting.
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honestly, nothing.
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campus in the middle of the ghetto, university did not stand out in any way to me, kind of unorganized interview
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Didn't seem to know much from my file.
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Cost of attendance, fact that they didn't have stats for their pass rates on COMLEX
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area around school, no hospital
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the large class size, but this was not a huge negative.
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The shear volume of students there
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The location
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The cost and the large class size.
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The neighborhood around the school isn't the greatest (but you can say that about a lot of schools), and I'm not sure how I feel about having to leave KC for rotations (there are good and bad things about it).
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The facilities seem to lag top-notch DO schools like DMU and UMDNJ in quality. Perhaps most importantly, however, the neighborhood is totally ghetto and feels very threatening - don't let anybody tell you otherwise. It scared my wife to the extent that I was considering ditching the interview altogether.
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The class size is pretty big, but they accommodate it well
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I was disappointed with the students' inability to express themselves well using words. Most of them kept inserting "it's like" and "you know" all the time which was annoying. My hotel: Holiday Inn Express -- after staying at other places after this one, I can say it's pretty good and they serve breakfast in the morning. It cost me about $100 to stay there which feels expensive now. Maybe it's the hotel's location, but I somehow didn't see anything special about it.
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The school is known for having received a spirituality in medicine award but there was no mention of this or how they incorporate spirituality into their teaching/values AT ALL. I really thought this would have been a strong focus. Also, very little mention of OMT other than seeing the OMT lab.
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The anatomy lab was not that great (very small). The entering class size is 250! Wow. Also, the simulated patients were not that high tech, but they had a lot of them.
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The hotel I stayed in. DON'T stay at the Royal Inn, the Admiral Hotel, or any other such nasty place. In fact, don't stay in anything on Independence. Stay with a student if possible, or go to the Holiday Inn Express near the Country Club Plaza. They offer discounts to students staying there for interviews ($40 discount).
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nothing
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Location in KC, Facilities are average, Largest class size I have seen
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The area surrounding the school.
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The gym is small and the free weights are not that good. I wish they had better equipment at the gym.
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small campus
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The surrounding neighborhood, though with it being in a big city I wouldn't use it as an excuse to not go there. There are plenty of nice areas to live in with a quick commute.
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The location was a little shady. Other than that, nothing.
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Kansas City is not a great city.
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There are very little research opportunities,and they let us out at 1:30 not 4 like we were told, so i had to wait a long time for my flight which they told us to schedule after 6:30!
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Nothing really