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Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 37% of interviews, indicating it is moderately regarded. They found the interview generally impressive with a low stress level and felt they did well.
⭐ Overall Impressions ▼
SDN Interview Experience Score
7.2
Good
Generally favorable experience overall, applicants reported positive interactions with some minor issues noted.
Based on 1,859 responses
Score Reference:
9–10 Exceptional
8–8.9 Very Good
7–7.9 Good
6–6.9 Mixed
< 6 Needs Improvement
The SDN Interview Experience Score (SIES) is a composite metric that represents applicants overall impressions of their interview experience, based on multiple factors such as professionalism, facilities, responsiveness, and stress levels.
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Most respondents said the admissions office was friendly.
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Most respondents said the admissions office was responsive.
💬 Interview Questions ▼
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
The most commonly asked interview questions at medical schools include inquiries about skills and attributes, specialty interests, personal attributes aligned with the institution's mission, definitions of professionalism, reasons for pursuing medicine and osteopathic medicine, qualities of a good physician, and handling challenging aspects of medical school and patient care. While some responses mentioned an MMI format and nondisclosure agreements, the focus was on assessing candidates through questions related to personal experiences, conflict resolution, leadership styles, stress management, and motivations for pursuing a career in medicine.
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What skills and attributes do you bring to LECOM? What drives you to seek excellence?
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What specialty are you interested in?
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What personal attributes do you have that are similar to LECOM's mission?
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How do you define professionalism?
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Tell me about yourself.
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Why LECOM & Why DO?
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Why osteopathic medicine
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Why medicine and why osteopathic medicine
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What 3 qualities that make a good physician?
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What's the one aspect of medicine that you find to be an issue? How would you deal with it? (Group discussion)
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Why are you a better candidate than our many other applicants?
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Why Medicine?
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If we had one spot left in our class, why should we give it to you?
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Where do you see yourself in 5 years if you do not ever get accepted to medical school?
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Why are you here?
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Why medicine, why DO, why LUCOM?
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Tell me about yourself
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Should medicine be a multicultural approach or is there one glove that fits all?
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What will be the most challenging part of medical school and most challenging part of being an attending physician?
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Seton Hill only has group interviews and they asked what is professionalism to you and give an example when you saw unprofessional behavior and had to react.
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Tell me about a time where you disagreed with someone and how you resolved the conflict.
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What was a mistake you made and what did you learn from it?
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General intro (name, undergrad, what you've been doing since graduation, fun fact)
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What was the hardest class you had and how did you overcome it?
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What is your spirit animal?
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youre doing a group project, someone made a mistake, how do you handle it
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tell us about yourself (name, where you did undergrad, clinical experiences, and a fun fact about you)
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There was a scenario about a patient and prescribing him/her medications - group was asked to talk about what they would do.
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If you have any gaps in your application, as in a time you were not attending school, and I know that one of you specifically has a substantial one, explain what you did during this time.
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Group interview: basic introductions, what was the most interesting thing I'd seen as a scribe? who is A.T. Still? How would you react if you caught someone cheating? If you had made a promise to work as an aid in a summer camp for children in need, and your friends asked if you would attend a medical mission trip instead, which would you choose and why?
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Questions that concern what you would do/whether you can be professional in a given situation
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If you noticed your classmate was not wearing proper attire (Stained, wrinkled clothing), what would you do?
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Describe yourself (where you're from, academic background, research, volunteering, hobbies).
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What is your spirit animal? (I'm serious. They really asked this).
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What does professionalism mean to you?
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Do you think it's okay for doctors to have casual Friday?
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The group portion consisted of an initial introduction, what volunteering/research/etc have you done, and then discussion about a friend you suspect of cheating.
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Introduce yourself
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Standard introductions.
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Name, where you're from, which undergrad you attended, why LECOM?, why osteopathic medicine?, something interesting about yourself?
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Standard interview style questions - greatest accomplishment, who has influenced you. Some new questions that haven't been mentioned here before. I think they are swapping in new questions because they want on the spot answers... and honestly, those answers really did represent the person better than their rehearsed ones.
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Talk about the best professor you have ever had.
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Why D.O.?
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Who is your mentor?
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What is your proudest accomplishment?
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Introduce yourself... Where you are from? What you studied? Why Erie?
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Do you want to go into medicine knowing that much of your time will be taken up doing paperwork and not treating patients?
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What is a major obstacle you overcame and are proud of?
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What is the cause of the obesity epidemic?
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What was your single greatest achievement?
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Talk about a challenging time while working at *blank*
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Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?
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what's one thing that your friends wouldn't know about you?
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Tell us about yourself intro?Professor that inspired you? Prof that was difficult and how you handled it? Do you feel that primary care is fairly compensated and how you feel about the short time they spend with their Pt's
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What would you do with a non-compliant patient?
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What is a difficult challenge and how did you handle it?
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If you have a patient who does not comply with your recommendations, what do you do?
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Now that you are all here sitting in this building, what does the word "still" mean to you?
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Name a hardship in your life and how you overcame it.
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Why DO?
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tell us about yourself
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Are patients "customers"?
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Introduce yourself (name, school, hobbies, experiences). Greatest achievement. Time you had to overcome a difficulty with a professor/in your life
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What is something that your friends would be surprised to know about you?
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Universal Health care?
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Tell us one thing your friends would be surprised to find out.
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Introduce yourself to the group (suggested: name, school, occupation, HC/volunteer experience)
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Describe yourself, Accomplishment most proud of, 15-20 years in the future, How should a private practice deal with needing to increase the bottom line, do lazy fat, smokers deserve care and organ transplants.
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Introduce yourself to the group, including an interesting fact that wasn't on your application.
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How do you see yourself using your LECOM education in the future?
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Describe a challenging time and how you dealt with it.
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Give a brief introduction of yourself to the group and mention one interesting fact about yourself.
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tell me about an experience that will allow you to become a better osteopathic physician
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1)Tell us about yourself. 2)Why Medicine?, Why D.O.?, Why LECOM? 3)What qualities does a good leader possess?, What leadership experiences have you had?, What style of leadership do you use?
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Tell us about yourself.
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tell me about yourself. why DO? health care experience. 3 positive words, 1 negative. how do you work in a team? what are the characteristics of a leader?
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"Doctors are often type A personalities. What would you do if your ego was clashing with another clinician?"
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Tell us about yourself. Why DO? Why LECOM? Why Erie? Clinical experiences? Leadership role? What do you like to do to relax? Which pathway and why?
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What brings you to Lake Erie?
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Basically they asked me the 9 basic questions listed on SDN but that's because I'm a typical applicant. they asked the non-traditional students other questions that are more specific.
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Describe yourself.
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Why are you interested in LECOM if you are from so far away (california) / will it be hard for you to get used to living here?
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So Describe yourself.
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Where and when was Osteopathic medicine started?
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8 questions, identical to those noted by other interviewees. Sweet.
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Think of a time you had a conflict. How did you deal with it/resolve it?
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1) Tell us about yourself or something interesting that was not on your application. 2) Why medicine, why DO, why LECOM? 3) What clinical experiences have you had? Have you shadowed a DO?
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"Tell us something that is not in your file" ; "Why Medicine?"; "Why DO?"
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What makes you a unique applicant and why do want to become an osteopathic physician here at LECOM?
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Why LECOM?
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Describe yourself?
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what can you tell about yourself that is not on your application?
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Tell me about yourself...
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What are your grades and MCAT score? (what si the point of a closed file interview?)
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How do you deal with stress?
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How did you come to know about Osteopathic Medicine and why do you want to pursue it?
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Tell us about yourself and something that your friends wouldn't know about you.
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Tell us about yourself? and tell us something that your friends would be surprised to learn about you?
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Tell us where you go/went to school, clinical/volunteer service, and something interesting about yourself.
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Tell us a bit about yourself.
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Tell us a little about your background.
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What is one of your accomplishment you would like us to know?
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Same 9 they ask everyone except they skipped a few at the end because we spent too much time on the first few. Describe yourself. Passions in life. 3 words to describe yourself. 1 weakness.
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They were all from the previously-listed interview questions. They go down a list of questions. Interview was a 2-member panel. Not exactly sure how long it lasted, def. a little more than 30min, but depends on who interviews you. Some inteviewers talk more.
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How do you handle stress?
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Tell me about yourself. Why osteopathy?
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Tell me about yourself. Tell me about a time when you needed to use your communication skills. Tell me about a time you had a conflict (with anyone) and how you resolved it.
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All on here but: Tell us about yourself, clinical experience, what do you do for stress relief, describe a conflict and how you resolved it, leadership experience, 3 strengths + 1 weakness, GPA and MCAT scores.
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All have already been listed on SDN but I'm a nice guy so I will let you know them all again
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Apparently, they're not using the standard list of questions anymore. I, however, was asked those questions and only those. Thankfully, I prepared for those questions!
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Tell us about you? If we called your mother and asked her 3 strengths and 1 weakness of you what would they be?
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Is there anything about yourself you'd like us to know that isn't in your file?
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Really very standard questions and ones that have already been posted but i will list them again. KNOW THESE and you will nail the interview.
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What are your strengths?
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Which Learning pathway are you most interested in?
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what is your leadership style? example?
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What kind of a leader are you. Strengths(3), weakness(1).
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Tell me about what brought you here, why medicine, why osteopathic medicine
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Tell me about yourself?
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Tell me about a conflict or disagreement you've had with someone and what you learned from it.
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Tell us something not in your file. Name 3 weakness and one thing you want to work on.
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Explain the processs of how you chose medicine. Why DO?
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What was the most interesting thing you have scene during your work in the ER?
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Why DO? What is your leadership style? What are three strengths and one thing that you would like to work on?
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why DO
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Why do you want to be a DO?
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describe a situation that was stressful and how you handled it
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why lecom? why do?
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Why DO? Why LECOM? Tell us about yourself.
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Why DO/medicine?
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Why medicine/DO?
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What made you want to become a DO?
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What is something not on your application that you think would increase your chances?
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(1) We looked through your file, is there anything else you want to tell us. (2) What got you into medicine and osteopathic medicine? (3) How do you handle stress?
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1. Tell us something not in your file 2. Why DO 3. How do you deal with conflict 4. Describe when working in a team is better than individually
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Why are you interested in osteopathic medicine?
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How to deal with stress?
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What do you think will be your biggest challenge in starting med school?
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Tell us about your Clinical experiences
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tell us something thats not in your file? why doctor? why DO? strengths/weaknesses? A positive and negative experience from my volunteer work in the ER? how do i deal with stress? how do i deal with conflict and ex.? a time when team work was more beneficial over having a leader?
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Communication is important for physicians. How are you good at communicating?
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What are your strengths/weaknesses? Talk about your leadership experiences. Talk about a time when you acted as part of a team.
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Give an example of a time you were involved in conflict and what you did to solve it.
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Standard 9 questions.
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Standard questions. Why DO? Why doctor? Strengths? Weakness? How do you deal with stress? Example of your leadership. How to deal with conflict? What do you do to relive stress? Summerize this article. (ez)
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What are your strengths/weaknesses?
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Why Lake Erie?
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Tell us something about yourself that is not in the file.
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How would you describe yourself, both strengths and characteristics you might need to improve?
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If you were to improve something about yourself, what would it be?
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Why do you want to be a doctor and why do you want to be an osteopathic physician?
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Why osteopathic medicine.
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specific to the standard questions
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Tell us something about you that is not in your file.
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Standard 9 questions
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See 9 questions
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why do u want to become a doctor
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1) Tell us about something recent you have done or something you would like to elaborate on? 2) Why does the osteopathic field interest you? 3) Tell us about your healthcare experience 4) How do you handle stress and give an example?
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What do you think about family practice?
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The same nine (look them up in a previous feedback)
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Standard nine, see other postings to get exact questions. I'll paraphrase below.
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The standard ones: 1. Tell us something not in your file or if there is something you'd like to expand on. 2. Why are you interested in osteopathic medicine. 3. What medical experiences do you have?
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9 standard LECOM questions
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same 9 questions
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1. Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2. Why medicine and why D.O.? 3. How do you handle stress?
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Strenghts/Weakness
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posted previously
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Why DO/medicine? What medical experience have you had?
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name a stressful situation and how I responded to it
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The standard quesitons 1) Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2) Why medicine? [this is standard, but they didn't ask me] 3) Why osteopathic medicine and how do you see it as being holistic and beneficial?
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How are your communication skills, and what was a situation where you used those skills to help another?
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Tell us something not on your application.
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The same generic questions that everyone is asked
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How do you deal with stress? Explain a stressful situation.
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Standard from questions.
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The same 9 questions they ask everyone.
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When is a team approach called for? Give us an example
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What is you leadership style?
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What is your leadership style?
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Tell us something about yourself that isn't in your file.
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look through the other feedbacks for the list of 9 questions. they read them off...no tricks, no weird questions.
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What are your strengths and weaknesses?
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Pretty much every question they asked me is already listed on this site.
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Tell us something about you that is not in your file...have a good example that will speak well of your character.
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Tell us something that you've recently done that's not in your application.
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tell us something about you that is not in your file
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Refer to past feedbacks to get the list of questions.
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Strengths and weaknesses
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Give an example of your leadership skills.
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Tell me something that is not in your file. Describe how osteopathic medicine is holistic and an example of this.
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The same as everyone else wrote. They will just go down the list and ask you and grade your answers right then and there. Make sure you have examples ready
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1) Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2) How do you handle stress? 3) Give us an example of when your communication skills helped you/someone else.
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These were all the questions I was asked: 1) Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2) Why medicine? 3) Why osteopathic medicine?
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See above. I listed all nine questions. There weren't any hard questions and you don't really need to prepare anything. I know I didn't.
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Tell us something that may not be in your file.
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1) Tell us something about yourself that is not on your application. 2) How do you deal with stress? 3) Did you ever have a conflict in your life and how did you overcome it? 4) What are some weaknesses you see in yourself that you feel you should change? 5) What are some qualities you feel you posses? 6) What attracted you to osteopathy? Although they didn't ask me, I have been told by other students that they sometimes will ask you about your MCAT scores and maybe a low science grade. So be prepared. There were a couple more questions but I forget. The other posts have them. GOOD LUCK and be confident. You have been granted an interview. This means that they like what they see on paper, now just show them that's who you are.
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How do you deal with stress? give an example.
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I honestly don't remember, but all of them are on someone else's post on this site.
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Why medicine? Why DO? Who or what helped you decide DO? Why Erie?
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Tell me something about yourself, other than what's in your appplication materials.
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all on SDN
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Tell me about your communication skills, give an example of how your skills helped you in situation.
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How do you handle conflict? Give an example.
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1. Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2. How do you handle stress? 3. Give us an example of when your communication skills helped you/someone else
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How do you handle stress? How are you a leader and a team player?
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How do you communicate? Give an example when your communication skills helped you and someone else. How do you handle stress? How do you handle conflict. What leadership skills do you have? Give an examle of when you were a good leader.
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Tell us something about yourself that we don't know from your file.
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If you could have dinner with three people, past or present, real or fictional, who would they be?
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describe your DO experience
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tell us something about yourself not in your file?
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Weakness/strength? Leadership style and experiences? Example of a conflict situation and how you resolved it.
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Strengths/Weaknesses
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Describe a strength/weakness.
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How do you relieve stress?
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Describe yourself, tell us about you
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Tell us something new/ not in your file.
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What are some of you strengths and weaknesses?
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Summarize the article you read.
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Tell me something about you that's not in your application. What made you decide to apply to osteopathic school?
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Tell us something new that's not in your application.
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tell us your leadership style and an example.
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Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file
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Weakness, Strength
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Name a conflict and how you resolved it?
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all standard
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Tell me something about yourself that we do not know.
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Look on this site, take the time to jot down all the unique question from at least 2 years and you will have all the questions asked. then you can review them
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What are your strengths? Weaknesses? Why do you want to be a D.O.?
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tell us something about yourself that is not in your file.
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Tell me something about yourself that may not be on your file.
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Please tell us how you deal with stress. What was the last stressful situation you had faced?
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Explain your leadership experiences. How do you work in groups?
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Provide something that we do not have about you on our record.
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What conflicts have you been part of and how did you resolve it?
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who influenced you to become a DO? what does your dad think about it? (my dad's an MD)
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Name a conflict you recently confronted and how you approached it?
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What should we know about you that we don't know from your application?
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Now that we have discussed the scientific aspect of medicine do you think that medicine is a science or an art?
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Is there anything exciting or new that has happened to you since your application?
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Tell us something about yourself that is not on file. When did you demonstrate leadership? How do you deal with stress?
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What's your leadership style?
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1. Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file? 2. What is your biggest strenght? What is your biggest weakness? 3. What experiences have you had with communications? 4. What is your leadership style and give us an example of when you feel you acted like a good leader. 5. Tell us a time when group work worked more favorably than working as an individual? 6. Tell us a time when you had to handle a conflict? 7. How do you handle stress and give us an example of a time when you effectively handled stress? 8. When did you first learn about osteopathy? 9. When in your life do you feel that an osteopathic approach would have been better than an allopathic approach?-In my case we had already gotten into a conversation about how my allopathic migraine treatment differed from that of my osteopathic neurologist so he just had me go into detail about what was different about their approach/treatment.
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Explain a specific time you experienced conflict and describe how you handled it.
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Definition of holistic medicine
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Why do you want to be a physician, in particular, a DO?
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How do you deal with stress
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Before questions were asked they asked me to describe myself, and tell them what I think they would like to know about me.
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Strengths and weaknesses How do you handle stress?
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Where in your life/social experience do you see Osteopathic Medicine as a benefit?
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Tell us something about yourself? Why did you decide to go into medicine and not graduate school?
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How do you deal with stress? Give examples.
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How do you deal with stress? Name a particular instance in which you were stressed, and how did you deal with it?
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Describe yourself? Strengths and Weaknesses? Why do want to come to ERIE? Why LECOM?
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How do you display good leadership skills
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Tell us about yourself. What are your strengths and weakness? Give us an example of a conflict and how you handled it.
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Tell us something about yourself that's not on file
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name leadership positions
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what to you is Osteo. medicine? and why osteo? have a good answer cuz you really want to tell them why you want to go into this field...why primary care...
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All the questions posted on this site: strengths/weaknesses, how do you handle stress, example of stressful situation, expalin a conflict and how it was resolved, why DO, summarize the article (drug coated stent)...
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Tell us about you. How do you handle/relieve stress?
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How did you deal with a conflict? What leadership qualities did you use?
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What are your study habbits?
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Why DO? You better know this one or dont show up.
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what gets you stressed and how you deal with it?
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Tell us something about you that is not on your application
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Describe Yourself
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Tell us something about yourself that is not on your application?
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Name a stressful situation and how you resolved it?
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leadership position, and any conflict you had to overcome
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Strengths/weaknesses, same basic ones as everyone else, how do you deal with stress, etc.
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How do you handle stress....example
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same like everyone else.
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Why do you want to be a doctor? Why D.O.?
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Describe a stressful situation and how did you handle it?
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Strengths/weaknesses?
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Tell me about your research.
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Tell us something that wasn't in your application
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Tell us something we don't know about you. Why D.O.
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What questions do you have for us?
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Tell us something not in your file.
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How you deal with conflict, give us an example?
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Your strengths and weaknesses?
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what leadership roles have you done
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Explain a stressful situation and how i resolved it
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Tell us anything about yourself you'd like the committee to know.
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What are your strengths/weaknesses? Apparently, being critical of yourself is considered perfectionism, which is not a weakness in lecom's point of view. They wanted a "true character flaw."
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What are your weaknesses?
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Same old, same old.
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Would you like us to know something about you that is not included in your file? What that you have done in your undergrad work, volunteer work, and life has made you consider and strive toward a career in Osteopathic Medicine?
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Tell us about yourself. Anything you want to tell us that isn't on your application?
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What do you do to relieve stress?
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how do i handle stress
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Tell us something about yourself not already in your file.
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Memorize some stupid article
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READ AND MEMORIZE THE ARTICLE THEY GIVE YOU.
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What are your strengths and weaknesses? How do you deal with stress?
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Why D.O.? (slightly difficult because it was asked by an MD)
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Tell me about your self? What was a conflict you encountered and how did you resolve it?
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describe a conflict and how you handle it
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Describe your strengths and weaknesses.
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What are u currently doing?
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Name strengths and weaknesses
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Strengths, weaknesses.
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Tell us something about yourself not in application.
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why do want to become a D.O. strength/weakness
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Why do you want to pursue osteopathic medicine?
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All the same questions as in every other post- strengths, weaknesses, stress, leadership, why d.o...
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Same questions everyone else had. How do you handle stress, describe a conflict and how you resolved it, why medicine (osteopathic especially), describe a leadership role you took...,etc.
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Name a conflicting situation and what you did in that situation.
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(basically same as everyone elses posts)
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Describe a situation in which there was a conflict, how was it resolved?
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Strenghts/weaknesses
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Why Osteopathic Medicine?
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What was the most difficult class you took at your undergraduate university? Why was it difficult?
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What have you done from volunteering has prepared you for a career in medicine
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How do you study
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What was a challening situation you have had and out did you overcome it?
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tell me something you have been doing since you submitted your application. strengths/weaknesses. tell us an example of a stressful situation and how you dealt with it.
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What do you do to relive stress?
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Do you feel that your MCAT's put you at a disadvantage?
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How do i deal with stress?
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They have a form, so look over the previous interview feedbacks.
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same as above
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Describe a stressful situation and how you deal with stress.
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How do you deal with conflict? What's an example?
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How do you cope with stress? What volunteer/personal experiences led you to pursue D.O.? What leadership roles have you had?
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Why do you want to be a DO? Summarize the article that you read? Strength/weakness? Biggest obstacle/hardest thing in your life? Anything else you want to tell us about yourself?
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How do you handle stress and how would you handle the stress of medical school and give an example?
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How do you learn when given new material?
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What experiences led you to consider DO?
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WHY DO? WHY LECOM?
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What are some of your strengths and weaknesses
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strengths & weaknesses
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How do you deal stress?
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Strengths/weakness
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Describe the time you demonstrated leadership sklls?
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I had to read an article before the interview on "obese women and the link to heart enlargement." I was asked to summarize this article.
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Name a stressful situation you've been in and how you deal with stress.
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What are you doing now?
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list 3 strengths
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See above...Give example of conflict
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Give an example of when you demonstrated leadership
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Describe any leadership experience you may have had.
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How my experiences affected my desire to be a physician
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Describe the time you demonstrated leadership skills? How would your friends describe you?
What was the most interesting question?
Students said the most interesting question asked at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine discussed various topics including community service, professionalism, ethical dilemmas, traits of a doctor, author influences, spirit animals, and scenarios like administering medication or addressing attire issues. The interview format may have involved Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI) based on responses referencing non-disclosure agreements, ethical debates, and group discussions on healthcare-related topics.
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How are you currently serving your community, and how do you hope to serve patients and the community in your future osteopathic practice?
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What does professionalism mean to you?
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If a preceptor gave a student an evaluation of "unprofessional" due to their attire while everyone else gave excellent reviews, do you think it's okay to penalize the student?
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Tell us about a time when you have seen medicine at its worst.
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Discussion about the Veteran Health Administration and Homelessness in the US. (Group discussion)
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What are the 3 most important traits of a doctor and rank them by importance?
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None.
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Interesting ethical debate.
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What author has influenced your education in medicine?
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What was the last book you read for pleasure?
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nothing really
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What is your spirit animal?
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If we had 1 seat left, why should we give it to you?
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What's your spirit animal?
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if we only had one seat left why should we give it to you
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should a student be penalized because of his attire?
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Weighing benefits and risks of a medication
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We had a pretty solid discussion on COMLEX vs. USMLE. What people had heard about the differences, things like that. The question was asked by an interviewee.
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If you noticed your classmate was not wearing proper attire (Stained, wrinkled clothing), what would you do?
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What do you do to relieve stress?
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What is your opinion on opening DO residencies to MDs?
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None were that interesting...
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Do you think it is OK, as a public figure to go out to the bar on Friday and have a few drinks.
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If you had $x for a grant, what would you do with it?
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Something interesting about yourself that doesn't come through in your application
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All very standard questions
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none
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If you saw a colleague administer a non-life threatening dose of a medication to a patient what would you do? (group question)
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Where do you want to be in 10 - 15 years?
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What would you do for a career if you were told you could never practice medicine?
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Discussion on what would you do if a doctor gave the wrong drugs
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If your classmate next to you in lecture (assigned seating) is obese, would you advise him about improving his health?
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Do you have any questions?
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Does an unhealthy, noncompliant patient deserve the same care as a cooperative patient? How would you deal with this individual?
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Should a smoker have the same health care as a non-smoker (made for great group discussion).
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What is your greatest achievement?
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Now that you are all here sitting in this building, what does the word "still" mean to you?
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Should someone on welfare milking the system still have free health insurance.
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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What would you do if a doctor prescribed the wrong medication to a patient?
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Are patients "customers"?
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If Marvin the Martian was to abduct you to put you into a mars zoo exhibit, in the process erasing all your memories except for one, what would that one be?
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Do people who don't take care of themselves deserve healthcare? It led to a good group discussion.
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Is healthcare a privilege or should you have to earn it?
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Ethical question about cheating
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Do you think that the salaries of specialties and primary care should be reversed? Why?
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Do you think reimbursements of primary care vs. specialists is upside down?
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The attending on-call leaves the emergency room to have lunch and watch TV with instructions to call him if needed. While he is gone, a patient codes and a nurse resuscitates him. The attending returns and is upset that he wasn't paged. Who is in the wrong?
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Why did you chose to volunteer outside of the U.S. when there are needy people within the U.S.? 5/7 people in my group had done some sort of international volunteering.
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Should people who do not take care of themselves have to pay more for health insurance or have limited access to healthcare?
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If I am a second generation slug, I don't work and haven't for years, I just drink all day and get my girlfriend pregnant because with every kid we have we get another check from the government. Do I have the same right to health care as everyone?
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which learning pathway
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What makes a good leader? What leadership style do you use?
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What pathway are you most interested in and why is it the right fit for you.
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what do you do for fun?
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What type of support system will you have during medical school?
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How would you approach preventative medicine?
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none of them really, because i already knew all of them from looking at earlier posts on this forum
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One interviewer went off the rails and asked me an essay prompt question "what kind of physician do you see yourself becoming?"
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They were pretty standard questions. Nothing very interesting.
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none were all that interesting...All questions were pretty basic.
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None of the questions were very "interesting" per se... So I'll just give you another example of what they asked me: What are three words that describe you?
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See 3
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Specific to my strengths/weakness answer
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Describe your character in just 3 words
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Do you believe in ghosts?
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3 words that describe your good qualities.
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n/a
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eh.
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who was your least favorite professor and why?
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What would you do if you caught one of your fellowship classmates at LECOM cheating?
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What would you do if you saw a fellow physician mistakenly prescribe the wrong drug to a patient?
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Discussion about patient autonomy.
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Tell us one interesting thing about yourself we couldn't learn from your paper application
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3 words to describe yourself
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None. Very much conversation oriented
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What do your parents do? (They asked because when they asked question 2, I said I knew my parents would use words to describe how proud they were of me)
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What is your golf handicap? - cause I play golf.
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Describe yourself. Very open ended and you can say whatever you like.
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give us a situation where working as a team is best?
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none really, they were reading questions from a list
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Do you perfer working with a team? (Not really interesting, but I wasn't expecting this.)
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Basic interview questions, nothing surprising
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What was your mcat score? -I totally did not expect this to be asked for some reason, but anything goes.
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What does leadership mean to you?
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Most interesting ER experience?
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None really.
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Nothing really, all pretty generic
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Nothing stood out.
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Nothing too interesting/unique.
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If you could have dinner with any three people who would they be?
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Do you like to cook? If you were to have a dinner party and could invite anyone from the past or present, which three people would you invite?
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None were really interesting.
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tell us what one trait you have is the most important?
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Tell us about a conflict you've had and what did you learn from it.
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What are your favorite books?
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All the questions were to be expected
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How will you transition into studying during medical school? (I have been out of undergrad for four years, and I've been working full-time during these years).
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None really. They have standard questions that they ask everybody, and they do not ask anything else
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None were interesting -- everything was what I expected.
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How do you catch a rabbit? lol. I volunteer with a rabbit shelter.
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How do you study and handle stress?
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What did my father think of me turning to the other side? ( He is an MD)
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you've had a lot of volunteer experiences..how have they influenced you?
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Give an example of a situation where you had to communicate to someone and it was difficult
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Nothing interesting, everything that was asked was expected
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Use three words to describe yourself.
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Nothing, I was asked the 9 questions posted on the SDN forum.
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Describe your strengths using only 3 words.
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Why Lake Erie?
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Nothing interesting very basic question? Oh other than what is the heritage of your name?
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Which characteristic would you like to improve upon?
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Why do you believe osteopathic medicine is more ''holistic?''
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Why did you withdraw from our 3+4 program?
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Well, it wasn't technically a question, but I thought it was interesting that we were asked to present the article.
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its the standard 9 questions prev. mentioned for this school
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The questions i asked were verbatim the set questions posted in the previous SDN interview Feedback section
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Did something realy profound happen in your life that you had such a huge jump in grades from undergrad to grad school?
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I was asked about grades that were not mine. They had the wrong file for my entire interview.
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What specialty do you think you want to go into? (Not on sheet hey had)
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none. they were all pretty straight forward
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Standard questions
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Describe a situation in which you had to settle a dispute.
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How do I deal with stress
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see other reviews - standard questions
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Give an example of how your communication skills have helped you or someone else.
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1. name something we don't have on file all standard interview questions...they don't deviate from the list
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This is your chance to tell us something that is not in your file or if there is something you would like to expand upon from your file.
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They aske the ''9'' questions. All standard med school questions.
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They wanted me to explain a bad grade in school
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Name a situation where you witnessed a physician practicing in a way you would like to emulate and vice versa
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why medicine
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How well is osteopathic medicine presented at the undergraduate school you attend?
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Communication skills are very important. Give us an example of how you have communicated effectively.
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tell us something that is not in your file
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The interviewers are required to go down a list of 9 questions, listed below, so there's not as much flexibility as in other places. My interviewers said they liked my file and that my application pretty much answered all of those 9 questions and seemed like they'd rather talk about some of the stuff from my file, but they had to go through the question list and fill it out anyway. The only unexpected, and therefore interesting question, was how I wound up living in the city where I currently am.
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Standard questions, nothing too interesting.
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Nothing really interesting, just the standard stuff.
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There weren't any. They asked standard questions, and seemed to be unaware of the stuff in file/app.
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Summarize a short, 1 and 1/2 page article about some current medical research.
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Nothing really, they just asked the same generic questions that every interviewee gets.
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They were all the same 9 questions that everyone else has listed. But they really tried to keep it conversational versus just asking 9 straight questions.
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All the standard 9 questions
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They were all standard from questions.
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Tell me something that isn't in your file.
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The really go through 9 questions as people have previously posted.
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How do you plan on going to medical school with two kids?!
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Nothing out of the ordinary. Pretty standard questions.
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Has anyone or any event influenced your decision to go into osteopathic medicine?
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Nothing particularly interesting...standard questions the whole way through.
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Talk about a situation in which two heads were better than one.
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What do you think has been the biggest adversity you have had in your life?
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none were extremely interesting
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What is your leadership style and what qualities do you think a good leader has?
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The dinner question...he told me he was going to describe a scenrio (me making dinner) and then ask me a question (3 people, dead or alive, to invite).
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When is it better working in a group and give a specific example.
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none of the questions were THAT interesting... just pretty standard
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Since you love to travel, what would be your next destination?
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They were all pretty standard. They did ask about a particular class that I had taken in undergrad.
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Describe how your communication skills have helped someone.
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There were no interesting questions asked.
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what is an example of when you have seen osteopathic philosophy used in medicine.
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Give an example of a stressful situation you have been in, and how you handled it.
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Have you had any leadership positions?
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We see you have a lot of clincial experience, how do you think Osteopahic medicine is holistic and, give us a direct example from your life where you have seen this (Just a question that makes you think a lot, I was stumped for awhile).
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None of them were all that interesting
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What did I want to tell them about me that wasn't in my file.
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Tell us about Montana? How is the healthcare system there? (I'm obviously from Montana!)
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Nothing too interesting, just questions straight off of this website.
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Give an example of how Osteopathic medicine is holistic.
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None were particularly interesting, but they did want examples for EVERYTHING, which I knew going in, and was prepared for!
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What is your leadership style?
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If you could invite 3 people to dinner, who would they be and why?
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The medical school curriculum is very science heavy and difficult. What was your most science heavy/hardest semester? This question isn't too interesting, but it wasn't one that I had seen on the SDN.
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We started talking about football at first!
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none really
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nothing too interesting
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If you could have dinner with three people, past or present, real or fictional, who would they be?
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we are nearing the end of the interview cycle, why did you decide to apply so late
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everything was standard. They read from a list of questions, and didn't even pretend to be making these up.
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None really - no surprises (but we did talk for like 15 minutes after the questions were over about things I was interested in - that was nice)
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When I gave my answer for strengths/weaknesses they asked me to give another weakness bc they had heard that already from others
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Nothing was "interesting". All questions were standard and read off from a sheet.
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Nothing too interesting. All questions were pulled off of a standard form. YOu can read all of the questions on this site.
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Explain a conflict you've experienced and how your resolved it.q
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1.what are methods you use to handle stress from day to day and immediate.
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All of the questions were pretty standard.
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How did you communication style help someone else?
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Nothing in particular, I was prepared for most of the question, because they are ALL listed here on SDN.
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Everything asked came directly from the questions here listed by the students before you.
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Why do you believe holistic care to be best?
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tell us how you communicate, and give an example.
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Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file.
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Tell us about yourself.
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If you were to have dinner with three people living or dead,(with one family member) who would they be, and why?
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There were really no questions that I found to be interesting; all of the questions that I was asked were on this site.
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all pretty standard
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Tell us something not on your application?
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All very straight foward.
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Coming from a clinical back ground (i'm an RN), how do you feel you will be able to transition back to the role of a student?
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What kind of books do you like to read?
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all were standard questions that every interviewee had to answer
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They had standard questions, although they asked me if there was anything new to tell them about myself..usually if you can think of something interesting, it helps!
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How do you handle conflict and provide an example.
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Describe a specific situation in which group work was better than individual work
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Give an example of why you consider yourself a strong leader.
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None of them stand out in my mind as being very interesting...
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About my life expereinces
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None of the questions really stood out in this way. Just general inquiries about my tolerance of stress, why I intend to become a physician, etc.
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They were all pretty standard...maybe "how do you deal with stress?" - they were more surprised by my answer I think.
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You're on a dinner party and you can invite any three individuals. Who would you choose?
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Why osteopathic medicine?
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what's with you and organic chemistry? (needless to say...i didn't do too well in orgo but dr evans smiled after asking me this)
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None, they were all pretty standard.
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What I was like in high school
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Did the high school students that you facilitated in PBL get along?
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Most of the questions were expected, but they did ask to "tell us something about you that we don't already know"
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Are you planning to attend medicalschool this coming year? I didn't really get this one because I wanted to ask why do you think I'm here.
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The dinner question as posted previously. If I could take any 3 people to a dinner party, who would they be? Living, dead, or fictional. A random question they ask, so prepare in case. I prepared for that question and got it!
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How do you deal with stress?
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What type of communications experience have you had?
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Explain a specific time you experienced conflict and describe how you handled it.
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See the "negative" part below. It was interesting because I've never been asked that in any interview I've been at.
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If you were the surgeon general, what would you do to curb the obesity problem in the US?
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Have you seen holisitic medicine applied? and what do you know about DO and why DO?
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What in my experience has led me to persue a career in osteopathology?
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What's your leadership style?
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Describe a situation where you had to work in a group.
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All questions were off SDN. They take turns reading questions off of a sheet.
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Describe your leadership style
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How do you relieve stress?
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There were no real unique questions. The interviewers used a standardized sheet of questions for everyone.
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What makes a good leader? Give an example of a time when you lead well.
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None really. The questions were completely scripted...it was rather silly, actually.
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How did I manage to blend in with differnt culture when I came to this foreign country?
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What experience did you find that working in a group was better then working individualy
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Nothing really. Very scripted.
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In your work experience, school experience, life experience where do you see osteopathic medicine as a benefit?
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what 3 people out of the whole world (including fictional) would you pick to have a dinner party with if it was only you and them 3?
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I think the most interesting question was along the lines of whats your weakness? I know this is a common question and posted on this website plenty of times but I just don't think I my answer was too too great, at least I didn't feel it was the best answer that would impress someone. so think of something good!!
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Summarize the article the had you read before the interviews started
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What is your definition of Holistic medicine?
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If I was given the chance to choose 3 people to have at dinner, past or present, who would I choose? I thought this question was really interesting because it went beyond the scope of the usual interview questions.
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Tell us something about yourself that we don't already know from your file.
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there was no interesting questions. they were all from a piece of paper and none of the questions were personal.
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Nothing was too interesting. the interviewers asked the standard questions and nothing else. not personal at all.
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none, all of them were very predictable
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Please give an example in which you have shown leadership in an area other than your educational/professional life
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Tell me why you are choosing osteopathic medicine instead of allopathic medicine?
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None of the questions were overly interesting because I had read this web site.
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handle stress?
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Where did you first learn about osteopathic medicine?
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Why would you come to Pennsylvania if you live in California? (The interviewer indicated that he had "lost three brothers" to CA and was curious as to why I would want to come to PA).
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Q) Who do you like more John Elway or Dan Marino? A) Elway all the way. (I was joking around with one of my interviewers about the Dolphins and Broncos.)
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nothing
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most important leadership role?
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Summarize the article given to you. (the question was given at the end)
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When do I laugh?
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Tell us something about yourself not in your application.
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How will you balance the time needed for your family and school if you were to be accepted?
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I like the fact that they ask you to tell them something that isn't on your application
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We see everything about you-- every grade, every MCAT score, and even your personal statement. Now is your time to tell us something about yourself that we don't know... that's not on your application.
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What do you want to improve on? At first I had answered communication skills, and the interviewers were like, no you communicate well, tell us another one
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How do you study?
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Since you are a fisherman did the walleye in Lake Erie influence your decision to apply to LECOM? (I'm a bass fisherman, so the walleye didn't interest me, but the proximity to the lake is always good)
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All were standard as written on this site.
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everything like what was posted before
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Tell us about a personal conflict that u had to handle?
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tell me something about yourself that is NOT in your file?
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How my clinical experience has helped me choose DO
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Describe a conflict and how you handled it.
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Tell us about a conflict and how you handled it.
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How I would handle a conflict.
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Nothing really, just the standard questions that everybody else got asked in all of the other reports.
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How do you handle stress or stressful situations and give us an example of a stressful situation and how you handled it?
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Everyone in Erie knows what LECOM is...that one post is just totally off the wall. You probably weren't allowed to peek into the lecture hall because we were taking exams. The micro lab has been in use for the PBL and ISP students.
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Tell us about the article you read. (Breast cancer research)
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Tell us a little about your self, something not in your application.
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they made me read this stupid article then summarize it to them. whats the point of that?
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Tell us about a confict you've encountered and how you resolved it. What do you do to relax?
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You probably just failed your GI system...that's probably why you are so bitter
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Have you met any of our LECOM students?
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How do you pronounce your middle name?
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I was asked to summerize an article they had everyone read. HINT: remember what HDL stands for.
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If you could ask Mrs. such n such (one of my interviewers that had her own practice) any question...what would it be
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I was really only asked one question, tell me about yourself. As I brought up different topics I was asked to expound on a certain aspect. Ex. You stated you are a leader, explain one instance when you used your leadership ablilities.
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Conflicting situ and how u solved it
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If I would not have known this one ahead of time I don't know what I would have said.... Tell us about a situation in which you were faced with a conflict and how you dealt with it?
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How do you learn?
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How have your volunteer experiences influenced your decision to become an osteopathic physician?
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tell us something about yourself not addressed in your file.
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I was not asked any difficult questions i thought that al of the questions were standard
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Earlier in the morning they gave us an article. I was asked to discuss it during my interview.
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Why you want to become a doctor?
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Why has your previous healthcare experiences lead you to choosing to attend an osteopathic route
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What do you think will be the hardest course for you in med school?
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describe a stressful situation at home and tell us how you handled it.
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Explain your low verbal score on the MCAT and how you might be able to fix that for the licensing exams.
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None...they were the exact same questions everyone else got that reported here.
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Why DO?
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What do you see as a troublesome trend in medicine?
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Earlier during the day, an admissions staff member had given us a scientific article to read on the benefits of increasing HDL. During the interview, I was asked to relay some information from that article. It wasn't hard, but I thought that it was a little strange that they would test our memorization skills during the interview.
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There were not any. The best they came up with was "how will you handle the stress of med school."
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How do you rid stress
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(no real "interesting" questions)
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How will you handle the stress of medical school?
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Summarize an article we read before the interview.
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The interviewr asked me " off the record: Why did you come to U.S.A." This really was an illegal question
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Summarize an article we were asked to read
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Summarize the article given before hand
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One of your letters says that you often stand up for your beliefs - can you give us an example of that?
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Questions are straightforward and directed toward getting to know the applicant's personality and capability for academic success.
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What have you done since applying?
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We were given an article to read before we were called in to interview. The article was about 2 pages, not too diffcult to read, and at the end of the interview the last question was to summarize the article.
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I just got though answering about a challenging sitation I had had as a paramedic and they then asked when have you had a conflict and how did you resove it? (seemed the same to me but made me think hard for an alternative response)
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any questions about my experiences in and out of the realm of medicine
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Give us an example of a stressful situation and how you handled it.
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Nothing real interesting, we were asked questions from a form and given a little article that we had to summerize. I actually enjoyed my interview, the interviewer and I clicked, he got the form questions out of the way pretty fast and we just BS'ed for a while.
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What do you think of HOmeopathic Medicine
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If I was organizing an event with another person, and that person wants to do things their way and I want to organize the event my way...what would I do?
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How you learn new information
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What is your favorite hobby?
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Describe a conflict and how you dealt with it.
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How do you learn new material?
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Nothing was out of the ordinary (for interview-type questions). One question was describe a conflict you've had and how you overcame it.
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"What do you do to relieve stress?"
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If you were cooking dinner tonight and got to pick 3 people no longer living (one relative) to eat with you, who would it be and why?
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Tell us something about yourself that is not on your application.
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All the questions were standard, nothing out of the ordinary, everyone gets asked the same things
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Tell me something about yourself thats not in your file.
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None, all the questions are from a form, everyone gets the same questions.
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None they were standard questions
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Nothing to out there or interesting. All questions were standard.
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How would your friends describe you?
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describe a stressful situation that you had and how you dealt with it
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Nothing.
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Tell us something about yourself
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How do justify catching a fish and bringing it in to its death with my desire to practice medicine and help heal humans? (after I tried to sputter out some answer, he told me he was only kidding)
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Summarize a scientific article read before the interview.
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Before you entered this room you were given a article to read. Could you please tell us what the article was about.
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Everyone in the interview has to recite a short research essay to the interview staff at the end of the interview
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Not really anything...I felt like they didn't ask anything that could give them a real sense of who I am. The questions are off a paper and the same for everyone.
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Nothing too out there or interesting as far as questions asked
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What do you do to combat stress?
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Explain a "D" I recieved over 10 years ago. Honestly I couldn't remember what class it was in!
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When you are given new things to learn how do you go about learning them?
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Before the interviews started, the group of applications was asked to read a 2-page article on "AIDS virus utilization for blood-cell diseases in mice." Told we would be asked questions about the article in our interview. At the end of the interview, I was asked to summarize the article. I wasn't impressed with this technique.
What was the most difficult question?
Students said most difficult question asked at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine discussed a variety of topics ranging from personal attributes to ethical scenarios, with a common emphasis on conflict resolution, strengths and weaknesses, and personal experiences not reflected in applications. While the responses covered a wide range of question types, it's notable that some participants mentioned a stressful interview environment with rapid-fire questioning, indicating potential challenges in articulating responses under pressure.
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Anything else you want the admissions committee to know about you that is not reflected on your application?
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How do you currently serve your community and how will you continue to do so in the future?
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The "tell me about yourself" question is so vague that I have trouble answering it, specifically knowing what details to include. However, I was asked a question regarding LECOM's dress code that went something like this: "A third year medical student's preceptor evaluated them in their clinical rotations, emphasizing that they were excellent in their work, but did not dress professionally, thus failing to adhere to the dress code. Should this student be punished?"
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Think about a difficult problem you face, what solution did you come to and how was the solution innovative?
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Why would you be a good fit for our school?
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How would you deal with a patient who is a parent, has diabetes and refuses to take their insulin? (Group Discussion)
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How will you measure your success in 15 years?
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None.
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Where do you see yourself in 5 years if you do not ever get accepted to medical school?
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n/a
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What course did you struggle with the most and how did you overcome the challenge?
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nothing really
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What accomplishment are you most proud of?
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The one about our biggest health care problem.
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PBL tryout
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What suggestions would you make to LECOM to enhance practice in primary care?
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none really, but if i had to pick - if we only had one seat left why should we give it to you
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none were difficult
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What was the worst decision you ever made?
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I don't think any of them were that difficult as long as you knew your application. It was, however, more stressful answering some of the questions in front of other interviewees.
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What are you strengths?
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They presented a study about vaccines and asked how you would go about proving the efficacy of this study?
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Why should we accept you?
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None. Most were pretty straightforward.
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Something interesting about yourself that doesn't come through in your application
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why do?
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None
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Which pathway
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Beyond the touchy-feely and holistic approach to osteopathic medicine, in society today, what differentiates osteopathic and allopathic medicine?
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All the questions were difficult because the interviewer insisted upon arguing each of our answers, telling us we were wrong, insulting us, and telling us how terrible we all were. Each question only had about 30 seconds to get an answer out before you were cut off. The goal was obviously to make us as stressed as possible. It worked.
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None really.
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None really
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How would you solve the healthcare crisis?
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None that were really hard.
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What would you do with a non-compliant patient?
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Universal Healthcare.
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How would you moderate who should and shouldn't have free health insurance?
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greatest accomplishments
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They were all pretty easy
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Tell me about yourself.
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In terms of the ascending and descending tubules describe the flux of Na/K.
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Greatest achievement/difficulty overcame. It is always a stinker of a question.
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Is healthcare a privilege or should you have to earn it?
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Ethical question about cheating
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Talk about the risk factors of medicine. The term risk is open ended. In context of US versus world wide?
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Do you think reimbursements of primary care vs. specialists is upside down?
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If, as a physician, another doctor asks you to cover his patients, do you care for those patients with more, less, or equal importance in relation to your own patients?
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Would you give a new liver to an alcoholic who ruined his first transplant?
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Is healthcare a right or privilege?
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Is healthcare a right or a privilege?
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which learning pathway
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Have you ever had a conflict with another person? Have something good for this one or they may make you choose another one to talk about.
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none. all questions were exactly what i found on SDN
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None, I knew them all
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Which pathway?
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All pretty standard.
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one weakness
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What is a weakness. (Though I already knew they were going to ask this, but might have caught me off guard if I hadn't known)
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What are the tenets of osteopathic medicine?
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YMMV
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One word to describe a weakness you might have. (I was angry with this question because when I answered with a word, they told me to give another one because lots of people say that. Okay, apparently I am not allowed to answer how I want to, that made me angry.)
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"Tell us something that is not in your file" - Between my primary and secondary applications, I pretty much put everything interesting about me.
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What is one of your weaknesses? (One of the interviewers didn't like my response and made me come up with a different one)
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See 3
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Tell us about yourself.
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Nothing really that difficult
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Out of the three people we interview today, let's say there are only two spots open; why do you deserve one of those spots over one of the other two people?
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which pathway do you think is best for you and why?
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Name a negative personality trait and further explain your reasoning.
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Identify three positive qualities about yourself and one negative quality?
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None were really too difficult. No one had trouble answering any of the questions.
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Do you feel that patients should be viewed as customers?
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None were very difficult but probably having to come up with something "interesting about myself" on the spot
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3 words to describe yourself
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Pretty standard questions.
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None - Interviewers go from a list of questions. Research them on SDN before hand and don't worry about them writing.
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A time when you needed communication skills.... that seems too obvious to me, I use communication skills everyday... unless I missed the point?
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All the questions are on here so you should be prepared.
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None, they were all listed here
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Nothing really, they were pretty standard questions...
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strengths and weaknesses
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Describe a specific conflict and how you solved it, preferrably between you and someone else, and hopefully where you were wrong.
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Tell me about a conflict youve had and how you handled it.
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Tell us about a conflict and how you handled it.
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None. All the questions were standard.
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Describe a conflict
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All questions were fairly easy. The interview session was not meant to grill you, it was relaxed and conversational.
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None. really
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First question: If there is one thing you want to make sure that we know about you, what would it be?
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Tell us about yourself. What do they want?
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The wrap-up: "Is there anything else you'd like us to know".
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Character analysis.
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The set of "stress" questions because they kept asking for more and more info as if they were looking for a specific answer, and by the third time they mentioned that, I actually began to feel a bit stressed
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question #2 above.
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Tell us about a conflict you've had and what did you learn from it.
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There really wasn't one. The interview was dull and predictable.
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None, questions are pretty simple: why medicine, why DO school? how do you manage stress?
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Tell us something not in your file.. i put everything in my file!
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How do you study and handle stress?
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How do you handle rejection? How do you bounce back from rejection?
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How do you resolve conflict?
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What do you think will be your biggest challenge coming into medical school?
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Tell us something that is not in your file. But again, i expected this so it wasn't really difficult.
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what is your greatest weakness? I hate this question!!!
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Again, nothing, I knew the exact questions they would be asking and they didn't stray from them at all.
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is there anything you would like to say before we start
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What's your biggest weakness?
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Name a conflict you had with someone and how you resolved it.
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Name three strengths and 1 weakness. I needed to be careful with the weakenss.
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Same as above, except that when I answered it the first time, the interviewers mentioned that all the other students had given the same answer. So what was another one?
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What's something not in your application?
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see above
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Well, I didn't think any of them were difficult; they just asked questions about me and my life.
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all standard to their set questions
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I was pretty much aware of the questions there were going to ask, but they would often ask questions in response to my answers. Also, discussing the assey they give you was a little tricky, but the article is not diffucult, just don't give your opinions on the article. Just stick to a summary of the facts and keep it short.
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Explain incorrect grades/MCAT score.
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Are you interested in research? (Not on sheet they had)
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explain you science gpa, and convince us why you should go here
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What happened with your MCAT?
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Why medicine?
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None were difficult, since you can rehearse answers beforehand.
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see other reviews - standard questions
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Describe three of your strengths, using only one word each.
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''weaknesses''
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None were too difficult as I knew what was coming, but they phrased them differently than the feedback on SDN which made me answer some on the fly.
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None of them were too difficult since I knew what they were going to be ahead of time.
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ditto
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All were usual questions and none seemed too difficult.
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above
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why medicine
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Nothing was too difficult
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how do you handle with a stressful situation? What if you don't have time to use your typical mechanisms for dealing with stress?
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When asked to describe an example of my leadership style, they specifically said ''and something besides summer camp'', which I've done a lot of and had planned to discuss, so I had to come up with something else on the fly. No problem, just a quick pause.
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To how many other schools I had applied - This was the low point of my interview because I mentioned I had applied to Allopathic schools too, at which point they began asking about my Osteopathic motivation. But I recovered and they didn't seem to care too much.
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No questions were very difficult.
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Standard questions.
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Describe a conflict and how you dealt with it.
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Please tell us something you want us to know about that isn't on your file.
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Explain a situation where you were involved in a conflict and how did you resolve it?
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They were all standard from questions.
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How do you resolve a conflict
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How you resolve conflict.
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How have you used communication to benefit others?
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None were difficult.
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eh they were all pretty straight forward
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Tell us something about yourself that isn't in your file.
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They were all pretty standard...
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What can you tell us about yourself that we can not already see from your file?
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no difficult questions since all were posted on SDN
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Describe a situation in which you had to use good communication skills to solve a conflict.
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Tell me something that isnt in your file (I never know how to answer this question)
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None really. I was familiar with all possible questions as this is a standard format interview...everyone gets the same questions. The only ? came from my file was to expalain my grades. My GPA/Time looks like a V, so I explained it shortly and we moved on.
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Tell us 3 adjectives that describe your strengths and 1 adjective that describes a weakness. How would you overcome this weakness in a real patient situation?
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None of the questions were difficult since they are all mentioned on this website. I read them over first so I could prepare my answers.
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Describe a conflict that you were in and how you resolved it.
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none...they were all pretty standard.
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Nothing that comes to mind.
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Which pathway do you choose. Lecture, PBL or independent study
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Tell us something that isn't in your file.
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describe a conflict and how did you resolve it.
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How do you communicate with others?
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why medicine... some say it is the easiest question... but to say something solid without sounding too rehearsed.. it is difficult
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Name a weakness of yours.
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Tell us something about yourself that is not on your application.
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How do you deal with conflict, and give an example.
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Talk about a stressful conflict and how you resolved it.
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How I handle stress? He then followed up asking how I would handle the stress of medical school.
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Tell us about yourself. I hate talking about myself!
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Again, nothing surprised me, the questions were forthright and pretty standard--they even warned me they'd be reading straight off the prompt sheet.
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same as above
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Which pathway and why. Know your stuff, and be able to defend why you want the pathway you want.
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Tell us somthing about you that is not in your file to get to better know you.
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How do you communicate?
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They were all pretty easy and straight forward.
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how do you communicate?
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how do you deal with a conflict and give an example
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Weakness?
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If you knew you wanted to become a physician your whole life, please explain to me some of your prerequisite grades. I was totally prepared for this question and thought that I answered it well. The doctor that asked the question seemed to like my answer as well.
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They did ask some very hard questions about my research. Ex "How is this made" "How would you do this experiment?" Not bad questions, but not ones that i was expecting to be asked for a DO only prog.
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What is your greatest weakness?
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How will you be affected by being so far from your family given your current family situation? How will this affect your education?
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give and example of a conflicit and how you handled it/resolved it.
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None were too difficult. All of the questions you might get asked are on this site so review them.
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See above. Only I had seen all the questions on this site, so I was prepared either way.
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My poor orgo and physics grade
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Please give us an example of when teamwork worked better than individual effort.
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Please address your sub-par science grades the first part of your undergraduate career.
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we noticed that your MCAT score is not the greatest, is that why you applied to DO school because you think it is easier?
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Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file.
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Give an example when you had to deal with a serious conflict, they wanted a lot of detail. Somehow my whole interview revolved around my extracurricular activites.
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What are your strength and weaknesses? This is a loaded question that they always ask, be sure to have thought of a very good answer before the interview!
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Have you taken classes to improve your GPA?
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"what are your strong/weak points and how do you feel that will affect you as you transition into the role of student doctor?"
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About the article, first I was asked to summarize wich was easy but then they started getting into detail about implications for the future
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describe yourself --way too general
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There were several, but mainly it was focused around my numbers so if you have a discrepancy with your MCAT score, GPA, or both, be prepared to discuss that with them debating your competancy to go to med school!
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Tell us something about you that is not in your file.
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Why I wanted to quit the successful business I run now, in order to persue a career in medicine?
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Describe a conflict you were involved in, and how you resolved it.
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Now that you have graduated as an education major, why are you considering medicine?
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Again, all pretty standard. All the questions are on SDN - pretty much they have a checklist that you can see and they ask you them one by one.
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Give a specific situation in which teamwork proved to be more useful than individual work.
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What are your weaknesses?
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none really....all were here on SDN feedback
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Give a situation where you communications helped you?
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None, they were all pretty standard.
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After answering what the weakest point of my application was, they asked me how I would be able to handle my "weakness" in a real patient situation.
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This had to do with a story I told them (as part of my answer to another question) and they followed it up with asking me how I would test the results/effectiveness of an antibiotic versus a home remedy.
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During PBL there are two students going in different directions what would you do within the group?
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I was asked 10 questions, everything that was posted on this site. I thought they would have only asked me 4 or 5, but I was wrong.
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How have you learned to communicate effectively, and how has it helped you?
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Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file? and Can you give us a time when you had to handle a conflict?
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Same as above.
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No difficult questions. They really focus on group work.Just be prepared to give examples with all of your responses.
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Your MCAT scores are much better than your grades....would you consider yourself an underachiever?
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How do you handle conflict and give an example of when you did resolve a conflict
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what are your weaknesses
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Name a situation in your life where osteopathic medicine could be used as an advantage over allopathic medicine.
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If you're so content with what you're doing now, why do you want to be a doctor? (just caught me off guard the way it was phrased)
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Tell us something about yourself... it was hard to know where to start and what they wanted to hear... but once I started then that got the ball rolling for them to jump in and ask more questions.
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Tell us something about yourself that isn't in your application. That is hard because your application includes your entire life history so what else is left.
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Tell us about yourself, something that's not in your application. I found it hard to decifer what I should and should not mention about my life up until this point. I threw in a very short funny story, which helped me relax.
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Explain a situation in which you enjoyed working in a group (I'm supposed to pick just one experience?).
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Why am you choosing DO instead of MD? Are you aware of the stigma attached to DOs?
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Name a certain conflict you were in and what did you do to handle or solve that conflict
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So, Tell about yourself. I had a compicated history. Therefore it was difficlut to tell what they were looking for.
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the interview was laid back and relaxed. Dr. King and Dr. Kreuger interviewed me and I had listened to a presentation earlier by Dr. Kreuger. Great guy by the way. He noted that I was paying close attention and relating to what he was saying during the interview. during the presentation I was seated the furthest on the table so he is a keen observer and heads up the PBL program at this school. don't get on his bad side, he was cracking jokes every now and then.
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What is better a decision made by an individual or by a group?
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What academically and personally do you need to improve on?
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None were really difficult. But if I had to choose I would say when they asked "How have my volunteer experiences prepared me for a profession as a DO?"
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Describe a conflict and how you handled it.
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describe any conflict and how you resolved it?
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How would you describe yourself
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How have your personal experiences, work experiences and academic background prepared you for medical school?
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READ this web site and nothing should be overly difficult.
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why the switch b/w degrees?
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What are your weakenesses?
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With your low (2.72) science GPA, what makes you think you can handle the rigors of medical school
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There were no real difficult questions.
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deal w/ stress
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how will your family response if you're coming to LECOM?
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What is your weakness. The interviewers didn't think my first one that I gave them was really a weakness, so I had to come up with something else.
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How did a resolve a stressful situation?
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What have you observed from a doctor that makes you want to be a doctor - I don't know, it was worded weird and to me was a dumb question... I dont' know
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What did I find to be the most difficult class that I took?
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Nothing
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There is none if you prepare answers to the questions given on SDN.
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If you could improve what thing about yourself, what would it be?
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What are my strengths and weaknesses?
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summarize the article
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All the questions were from a piece of paper. None of the questions were hard as i had praticed them before the interview.
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why my grades are so great but my MCAT verbal was so poor
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How I handled a conflict
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Tell us something not in your application.
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How do you solve conflicts? --the question was too general to answer precisely.
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What is a leadership role you have taken...
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What are your strengths and weaknesses? Because its always tough to point out your own negative characteristics.
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Are you applying to a D.O. school because MD schools wouldn't look favorably at your X.X GPA and XX MCAT. (they are fine numbers by the way, and the MD schools I'm applying to didn't have a problem with them.)
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Explain away X grade your first semester in your undergrad. institution.
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nothing really. they were standard questions straight off the list with not much time to elaborate.
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If you were accepted into an MD school and a DO school, what would be your primary criteria to help you choose between the schools?
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How would you say your grades were the first three years of college?
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Where do you think you got your gifts of leadership?
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Nothing was really to hard, it was just hard to come up with specific examples of situations.
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None....super simple and the interviewers are just tryin to get to know you..not probe you
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Describe one of your strengths and one weakness.
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Defending MCAT scores that were somewhat low, but they must not have been too terrible since they offer me an interview and acceptance.
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Name a conflict and how did you reconcile it?
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Same as the most interesting
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Tell us something about yourself that is not on the application
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Same as the most interesting question
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Tell us about yourself, something not on your app. All questions that have been posted.
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pretty typical question for example why DO and why LECOM?
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Why should we choose you over other applicants?
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How did you get such a low science GPA and such a high MCAT?
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None really- standard stuff. I think that everyone got asked the same questions. My interviewers had a sheet of questions that they were running through and checking off as we went along.
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Explain a weakness in your application
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Explain a conflict you've been in
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I was asked the same question twice-challenging situation that you overcame-and I didn't want to just say the same thing over.
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Why did you receive such poor MCAT scores? Why accept you over others? Other people were asked to comment on poor grades too, so be prepared.
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If they just could come up with one, I would share it with you.
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strengths/weaknesses
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None were difficult which was scary because they asked such general questions. I thought to myself, "Am I here because you want me or is this a formality (of the ten of us, you already know whos the more likely candidates for acceptance)."
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None were really difficult, but I had to explain two poor grades I received
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A response to the question regarding personal strengths and weaknesses requires tact in order to avoid portraying yourself as overly egotistical on one extreme or too weak on the other.
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Nothing they asked was particularly difficult, but the only thing that I didn't expect was "What did you disect in your anatomy class?"
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Other than the weaknesses you have given me. They could also be considered strengths, please give me another weakness that has could not be considered a strength. (I said I procrastinate too much...dang that discover health channel and the internet)
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a recent conflict and how I dealt with it, it was hard to think of a specific conflict, so I just said what I would do if faced with one
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Can you give us a reason for x low undergrad grades? How do you think you will be able to handle the heavy course load of med school?
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What class I thought was the hardest and which one was the easiest
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How you handle stress
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Questions about my low score in MCAT biological sciences and a couple of science classes my senior year.
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What was the book that I wanted to write.
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Even though I was expecting it, the question asked about my strengths and weaknesses was kind of tricky.
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Why did you make a D in X course. Once I explained they were very cool about it.
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Nothing difficult if you research this site and review your file/the school's website. However, they do ask you to "tell us about yourself...something not in your file"
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I had a bad semester, so they asked about that. I gave them an answer, and that was that. no problem.
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What are you weaknesses?
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Describe a conflict and how you resolved it.
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what are you strengths and weaknesses
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Can you tell me anything else other than what is said in your application?
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no hard questions asked
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Tell me something that is not in your file that could make you a stronger candidate.
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How do you deal with conflicts?
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describe a conflict that you had and how you dealt with it
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Tell us about any leadership positions you have taken - I never had one!
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Why do you want to be a doctor
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See most interesting
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Describe a conflict in your life and how you dealt with it.
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Describe yourself (something that is not in your admissions packet)
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Strengths vs. weaknesses
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Describe a situation in which you encountered conflict and how it was overcome
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Name strengths and weaknesses. Although a relative easy question you don't want to sound over-zealous or cocky nor do you want to sound as if you are helpless child when describing yourself. That was the most difficult thing for me.
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Not really anything too challenging. I think all interviewees recieve that same set of questions. Oh-any be prepared to read a short article which you will summarize during your interview. nothing to stress about, but I found it to be odd.
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What's an example of a conflict you've had and how did you deal with it?
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What are you're strengths and weaknesses.
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼
How long was the interview?
Most respondents had an interview of 20 - 30 minutes.
How did the interview impress you?
Most respondents felt positively about their interview.
How many people interviewed you?
Most respondents were interviewed by 2 people.
What was the stress level of the interview?
Most respondents rated their interview as average stress.
How you think you did?
Most respondents thought they performed well at the interview.
What was the style of the interview?
Most respondents had a one-on-one interview.
What type of interview was it?
Most respondents had an open file interview.
Was this interview in-person or virtual?
Most respondents had a virtual interview.
Data includes both pre- and post-COVID interviews.
Where did the interview take place?
Most respondents were interviewed at the school.
How did you prepare for the interview?
The most common feedback and suggestions shared by applicants on how they prepared for the interview include researching the school and its programs, practicing with mock interviews or interview questions from SDN, reviewing their application materials and personal statements, and staying informed about current medical events or ethical issues. Many applicants also emphasized the importance of being authentic, relaxed, and well-rested for the interview.
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SDN questions, mock interview
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I didnt haha
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Used former SDN interview feedback to prepare for some of the questions.
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SDN
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I googled practice interview questions and watched several YouTube videos for how to go about answering them. I wrote down key components I wanted to include in each practice question... well honestly, I only had time to focus on getting down the details I wanted to include in the more common interview questions, including, "Tell me about yourself.", "Why medicine?", "Why osteopathic medicine/D.O.?", "Why us (LECOM)?", "Explain your greatest strength/weakness."
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Looking up information about the school and watching mock interviews
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I Bulleted out what I was going to say, reviewed what others had posted on SDN, practiced.
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Reviewed strengths and weaknesses.
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SDN, Researched the school via google and their website, practice from prior interviews
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Mock interviews with friends, family, and a physician who I work with.
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I didn't.
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Generic practice questions, reading SDN, researching school online
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SDN, mock interviews
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Mock interviews, sdn
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SDN feedback and Princeton Review 50 questions
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SDN, researched school and history of osteopathic medicine
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Did a mock interview with our campus career development center.
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SDN and LECOM website
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Really reflected why I chose osteopathic medicine and prepared a short statement.
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Read the school's website and my application.
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read sdn and prepared my answer to the introduction question... "name, where youre from, undergrad, clinical experience, experience with DO (how you were exposed and why you like it), one thing on your bucket list.
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i over prepared like crazy but i read through this site (VERY IMPORTANT) and i researched the school and read through my application.
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Read over AACOMAS application, SDN, and LECOM wesbite
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Review of my application, review of PBL curriculum, and just a general look at the location of the school.
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Watched YouTube videos about "successful interviewing" with mock's. Read over C.V., personal statement, application, research, etc.
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Most of the questions were easy and seem to be just seeing how you work in a group. Maybe brush up on ethics/professionalism.
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Read SDN, youtube videos regarding interviewing in general, LECOM description,
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Reviewed my primary application.
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Other interviews, read SDN, talk to alumni
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SDN, talked to friend who go to LECOM
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SDN, interview feedback
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SDN, mock interview at school, read tons of articles...
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SDN.
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Read SDN interview questions, researched school's opportunities, reviewed pathways and osteopathic medicine philosophy.
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Reviewed SDN interview feedback, read latest issue of The LECOM Connection online magazine, checked out Presque Isle day before interview!
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I made sure that my suit fit, my shoes were shined, and my hair trimmed. I studied a bunch of interview questions that I read about on here, agonizing about which historical figures to invite to dinner and what three adjectives best described me... of course, they didn't ask a single question for which I had prepared. I ended up having to answer on the spot, and I think that worked well for me. We will see.
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Practice by myself/with others
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Practice
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I went over my primary application and sdn.
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Mock interview
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Mock interview, secondary questions, and reviewing this forum
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SDN, school website, mock interview, study
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Reviewed the interview feedback. All the potential questions were basically in the last 2-3 years of feedback.
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SDN interview feedback
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SDN feedback (this)
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SDN, LECOM Website
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used the questions on here from previous interviews and practiced one time going thru them with a friend
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Reviewed my app, SDN feedback.
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Mock interviews
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Reviewed AACOMAS application, reviewed school website, reviewed interview feedback
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Looked over the school's website
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By looking here.
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This website.
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Looked up past questions
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Learned about the school via their website. Practiced interview questions
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SDN, read the school's literature.
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Read about the school, interview feedback, forums
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SDN, read my application through, talked about questions found on SDN with my parents, read over online information about the school and program.
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Looked at other students previous questions, reviewed website.
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Review SDN past questions, researched school programs, updated myself on current medical events in the state of PA (just in case).
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SDN questions, and went through my own experiences several times, talking points
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Read SDN
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Read this SDN website (do it, it helped immensely), familiarized myself with the school website, practiced basic interview questions
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Read SDN and the LECOM website. It was really low key and they just want to make sure you fit the school and it fits you.
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SDN interview feedback and studying my primary application.
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Read book on interviewing, reviewed LECOM web site, reviewed LECOM interview feedback on SDN, knew my AACOMAS application backwards and forwards.
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looked at interview feedback on SDN
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SDN! Look at the school's website for the different pathways and for some interesting facts about the school and its extracurriculars.
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Read boards, read over my own essays, read LECOM literature
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SDN interview feedback. researching the school's website.
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I practiced interviewing with my dad.
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Primary application essays; secondary application essays; SDN interview forum
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Went over questions the night before. Pretty much winged it.
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Reviewed my primary and secondary, SDN, LECOM website and handbook
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SDN and I talked to a friend that attends LECOM.
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Read student doctor forum, read learning pathways, and school website
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read all sdn interview feedback, read everything i could online about the school, read the 2010 lecom handbook
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Read over AACOMAS, sdn, already had a previous interview so was prepared
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SDN forums, mock interview with wife, read current topics in healthcare, read LECOM website.
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SDN questions in my pocket, memorized my strength answers and my leadership quality answers and basically spent alot of time talking to myself on my 9 hour drive and in the hotel room. Got 7 good hours of sleep.
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SDN, read my application essays, read up about LECOM, and osteopathic principles.
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The interview questions are standard for everyone. They read off of a worksheet pretty much, so prepare answers for these and you should be fine.
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SDN, Mock Interview, Online research, Talking through the answers to sample questions...
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SDN / Pre-Health Mock Interview
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sdn, mock, lecom site
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SDN interview feedback, LECOM website, re-read my personal statement, serious reflection on my motivations for wanting to be a doctor.
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looked over my application and the school's mission statement
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SDN, LECOM website, recent news articles
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SDN, reviewed application, practiced with others.
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SDN and practicing the questions outloud before I went to know what I might say.
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Read SDN posts, wrote out possible questions and respected answers
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I participated in a mock interview held by my school's pre-medicine committee and researched questions asked in past interviews.
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SDN, LECOM website/publications, mock interviews
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SDN, Mock interview, reading about current topics in medicine
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SDN, 2 past interviews, LECOM's website, interview day info.
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Read SDN, looked at interview books.
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4th interview, 3rd osteo interview so I knew the procedure. Printed out CIB, SDN Pro/Cons, SDN interview feedback and schools notes, AAMCOS and secondaries. Drove into Erie the day before interview. Reviewed some materials and feedback the day before interview, drove past school and built my mental map, see the campus, surprised by health center and clinic!! Paid attention to news (esp medical), develop questions. Check with hotel for driver to campus.
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Mock interview with a physician, used SDN interview feedback to come up with examples before the interview, read as many pages as possible on the LECOM website, and re-read the DO handbook from AACOM.
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SDN forums, read PS and Secondary Essays, LECOM website
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SDN, mock interview, just thought of what they would ask me and my answers to them.
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SDN and read through my application
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SDN feedback, Mock Interview, input from medical students and physicians
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SDN, reflected on what I want and why I want it (sounds silly, but you really need to know yourself when you go into these things).
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SDN, reread my primary and secondary apps., interviewed myself on the way up.
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SDN, asked people who interviewed, reviewed my answers in my head ALOT.
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Read through a lot of these interview feedback questions and printed them out. Wrote down answers to about 9 of the FAQ and then just practiced my answers.
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SDN, mock interview
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SDN, schools website. they are really exciting about their pathways, its important to know that information.
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mock interview (grilling style) with the GF, read the feedback of Erie interviews on sdn, read some medical mystery novels, 2 issues of Newsweek, shadowed a DO and surgeon, looked up ethical issues...
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SDN, Interviewed myself on the four hour drive to Erie.
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SDN interview feedback, Mock interviews, Advice from DO and supervisor.
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sdn and interview feedback, lecom's website, my application
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SDN feedback, Medical Interview book by J. Fleenor, responses from friends and family
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SDN...seriously that was about it.
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Reviewed my personal statement and essays. Looked at the website, and read SDN.
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I drove six hours with five strangers from the Philly airport to Erie, because US Airways cancelled my flight. Apparently there's been crazier stories! The interview was very relaxed.
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Read SDN feedback, met with doc who used to be on an adcom
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SDN, review website info.
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Read LECOM website, SDN feedback and forums
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Read LECOM's site, interview feedback.
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Just be yourself, that's what they are looking for.
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Just as I prepared for my other interviews
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Looked over application. Read through their course book that was on their website. Looked over school mission and volunteer opportunities. Practiced questions.
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read sdn, read lecom handbook, website, talked to lecom student
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SDN, read up about school, looked over AACOMAS and secondaries
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Read SDN, reviewed my AACOMAS and secondary essays, reviewed some current medical ethics literature (which was pointless)
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Researched the different learning pathways, they ask which one you think is right for you, reread my essays, and SDN
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SDN. Looked over my primary and secondary. Researched LECOM's website.
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Skimmed the 152 page curriculum guide to LECOM. Read the DO's by Norman Gevitz. Talked with friends on how their interviews went when they interviewd there two years ago. Studied the LECOM magazine. Studied the ten questions they posted up for LAST YEAR.
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SDN,primary and secondary application.
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Read over personal statement, read up on different pathways.
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I didn't...that was my 4th interview, so I guess just experience from the previous interviews
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SDN thankfully
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Read questions on sdn.. previous bradenton interview, questions are the same.
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Student Doctor Network website, school's website, looked over application and personal statements
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Read the standard questions, thought about my life goals and ambitions.
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LECOM has standard interview questions that can be found on SDN. Find them and KNOW them! They are your whole interview essentially, with some minor detours due to the natural flow of conversation.
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looked at 9 standard questions, thought about examples.
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this website
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reread aacomas application, my secondary essays, sdn, and read up on the school
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SDN, CNN.com, mock interviews
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SDN, read my primaries and secondaries, wrote down answers to ''the 9 questions''
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SDN, mock interview, read school literature
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Read Primary, secondary, SDN and pathway discussion handouts
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sdn, website, reviewed my ps and essays
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Read SDN, their website, spoke to people who attended there.
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Looking at my personal statement, other essays, their website, SDN
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I was a postbacc at the time so I had many resources including mock interviews
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Reviewed a list of standard questions...quickly typed out short answers to keep me focused....
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Interviewed at LECOM-Bradenton, reviewed my application, reviewed the standard LECOM questions.
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SDN, AACOMAS
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I didn't prepare really - I just wanted to be myself.
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SD.net
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SDN interview feedback section (They have a set 8-10 questions they ask every interviewer), read up about the school, talked to a friend who's an MS1 at LECOM, read over my file and essays.
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Mock interview (SNMA), I had taken a two hour medical school interview prep class.
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SDN, my applications
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Planned out answers for 9 questions: 1) Tell us something that isn't in your file. Tell us about something you have recently done or something you would like to elaborate on. 2) Tell us about your healthcare experience. 2) Why medicine? 3) Why osteopathic medicine and how do you see it as being holistic and beneficial? 4) How do you handle stress? Give an example. 5) Give us an example of when your communications skills helped you/someone else. 6) 3 Strengths and 1 Weakness. 7) Talk to us about your leadership roles. How are you a leader and a team player? 8) Tell us about a conflict you have had, and how you resolved it. 9) Which learning pathway do you want and why? Not Asked) What do you think about family practice?
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sdn, mock interviews, application, school's website
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SDN, practiced questions, asked family member for advice
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SDN feedback
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this site
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SDN, mock interviews at school
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read over app... SDN
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SDN, read my applications, practice interviews.
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SDN and reviewed school website.
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yep
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Primary application, secondary application, SDN, and mock interview.
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SDN, website, friends
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SDN, applications, past interview
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I reviewed SDN, practiced answering the nine questions.
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SDN, reading over essays and apps, practicing questions
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SDN, and their website
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Read SDN interview feedback for the past 2 years, reviewed the LECOM website, re-read my personal statement and secondary responses, and prepared a brief outline about my responses to the nine questions so I wouldn't be caught totally off guard.
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studentdoctor.net, reviewed aacomas and lecom apps
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SDN, reviewing application
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SDN, AACOMAS app, essays.
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SDN, practice interviews, read over application, know yourself!
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SDN, reading over my essays, school's website.
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studentdoctor.net reviewed AACOMAS application and LECOM application
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SDN interview feedback, reading their website
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SDN, reviewed my application & secondary application
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SDN, read over essays
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SDN, my primary and secondary.
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Read SDN interview feedback, read SDN threads and PMed peope, read LECOM website, prepared answers for the nine questions they ask
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SDN, LECOM website, information about the field.
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SDN, talking with those who have interviewed before, reading up on the school
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Read school's website, interview materials, SDN.
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SDN, mock interview, looked over my application, and school website
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LECOM website
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SDN, read my apps again, researched the school online
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Read over school info, practiced a few questions with friends, talked to myself on the drive there
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SDN, looked over my app and personal statement, mock interview
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Mock interview with pre-med committee and prepared answers for all possible questions. It's good to have examples, and if you acn tell it in a story, even better.
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Reading over questions on SDN from the past 2 years, writing out my answers to all of the questions, and reading the LECOM website.
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SD.net, my applications
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Read this website, review my apps and essays, and RELAXED!
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SDN, mock interviews, read over application
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mock interviews and sdn
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SDN, mock intervirw, good nights sleep.
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SDN, website, mock interview...i think i was overly prepared
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SDN interview feedback, read application
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read SDN, my application, know the difference between three tracks
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Got directions to the school. Looked a bit on their website.
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SDN, previous interview, application, LECOM website
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SDN.net, mock interviews, talked to anyone who had ever interviewed for a med school.
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Read SDN, LECOM cd that I was sent, and read the website. All of the ?s were right on SDN.
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SDN, School website, potential questions.
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Read Studentdoctor, did a mock interview, and critiqued my previous interviews.
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Read SDN, read over my application materials, kept up to date on current events, reviewed the school website.
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Read SDN, mock interview, practice questions
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SDN, a good night's sleep, and a good breakfast!
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SDN,web-stie,talking to med student prior to interview
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My college advisor held a mock interview, I talked with a current student, reviewed my application, and used the school's website as reference
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I read the entries on this website and practiced saying my answers out loud. Talking with current students helped too!
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SDN, primary app, LECOM website
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sdn, review application
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SDN, LECOM website, mock interview at my school.
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Student Doctor Network, reviewed my file, mock interviews
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mock interview, talk to other LECOM students, and SDN
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SDN, read over interview feedbacks and found all the questions I was asked
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SDN, read over application/file, prepared questions
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SDN, reread my application, practiced interview questions
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Read ALL of the previous posts for this school, practiced with family members
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SDN, school website, people who had already interviewed there
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SDN wedsite
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SDN!!!!school website and handbook. aacomas website , collecting and wording/writing my thoughts prior to the interview.
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Read SDN, reflected on a previous interview and determined how I thought I could answer questions better. I didn't write answers down and memorize them though, I didn't want to sound rehersed.
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SDN, mock interview, got full night's sleep
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This website, review of my application, rest.
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SDN, read over school website, reread my application
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SDN, interview book.
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School's website, other students' postings here, reviewed my essays and applications, did a mock interview at my school.
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SDN, mock interviews, reading essays, relaxed
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Reading questions online
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I read the site for all the questions, and read over my essays.
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This web-site, the LECOM web-site, practice interview with a few faculty members at my under-grad institution, looked over my application and essays.
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sdn, mock interview, looked over all of my stuff
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SDN, other interview reviews.
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Made a list of each unique question posted on this site and reviewed. Mock interviews, scanned journals and national newspapers and discussed them with others.
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Working at a teaching hospital, I took the time to collect interview tips from individuals that have already completed the task. I also took the time to research the school and the program that they had to offer.
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SDN, looked over file, researched LECOM BRADENTON site
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sdn, application essays, I think I was too prepared and that's how I became overly anxious...my advice: relax, and don't stress yourself out the day before.
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I looked on here luckily, did a couple mock interviews with friends, and re-read my personal statement and secondary answers.
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Reviewed the LECOM website and SDN website; mentally prepared for the standard issue interview questions.
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SDN, LECOM website, mock interviews with friends
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Using SDN interview prep. Looking over my application and personal statement. Mock interviews with family and friends.
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Read all of the recent SDN entries and realized that the questions asked seem to be very repetitive, went over my application and my research, read LECOM website, read about osteopathic medicine on AACOM website
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nothing special
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Practiced questions with family, studied the school web site and this site was extremely helpful as well!
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Read the LECOM site, this site, some stuff about osteopathy.
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Lecom.edu, Mach interview with a D.O.
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SDN, LECOM website, and application
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SDN, SDN, SDN, lecom website, talked with lecom student, read aacomas and 2ndary apps, mock interview
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Read feedback here, read over website.
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Reviewed questions posted through this website and similar ones.
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Looked over my research, essays, school website, and read periodicals.
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Stay calm, thinking about my personal essay, and reminding myself of all the reasons I wanted to do this.
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looked over this website
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Read every post on here, even the ones from previous years. Reviewed my essays and practiced interviewing with a family member.
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SDN, school website
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SDN, The D.O.'s, Secondary App, Mock Interviews
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I didn't prepare per se, but I wanted to go into the interview knowing that it's always best to be myself.
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Every question they asked me was on SDN.
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SDN, LECOM website, reviewed application
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SDN (make sure you read all the current posts alot of questions were nearly the same), read over file, LECOMM website, and talking to current students
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Talked with current students, LECOM web site, this web site
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SDN, good night's sleep
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Looked at app, read SDN, school web site.
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SDN, SDN interview feedback, good night's sleep
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This site helped a lot, looked over my application
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sdn, interview feedback, researched pbl, the school, curriculum, mock interview
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I was just myself.
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I read this website, read my application, and researched the school.
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I read this site.
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SDN, Secondary, AACOMAS
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Read SDN, thought over the questions, stayed calm
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SDN, LECOM Web site, The DO's by Gevitz, Watched the presidential debate the night before.
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Read this site, read my file,read some books, practiced some questions to be ready for the day
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i read my old file, read this site
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talked to friends attending, read my application essays, SDN
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SDN, Lecom.edu
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SDN, re-read my application, LECOM website.
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I went over my application, reviewed past research work I had done, and went through many of the questions posted on this web site (this helped the most!)
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SDN, scheduled a tour beforehand with the nice admissions couselor, website
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SDN, lecom website.
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SDN, SDN, SDN, mock interviews
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LECOM Website, SDN,
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Read this website, LECOM home page, secondary application and mock interviews.
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I read this web site, did practice interviews, and reviewed my application. READ all the interview questions it is so helpful. If you know the answers to the questions everyone has posted here then you will do fine. Don't be nervous.
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research on the internet, read books
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mock interviews, school website, talking to current med students, and this website
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Read DO's in America, looked at the school website, re-read my secondary, got into town early, read the questions that they ask everyone
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StudentDoctor.net
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internet
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Mock interviews and this website helps a lot!
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Reread my secondary. (Too bad I did not know about this site it would help a lot)
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SDN, mock interviews, read over application.
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SDN, website, reviewed application/research.
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Reread my application, looked at the school's website, and reading all the responses on this website
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Wrote down interview questions from studentdoctor.net, mock interview with a friend.
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read SDN, talked to current student(who was hosting me), read my application, read over my resume
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SDN, mock interviews, reviewed application and the school website
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studentdoctor.net, reviewed my AACOMAS application and LECOM supplemental, I also looked at the AACOM website
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Mock interviews with my girlfriend, reviewed my primary and secondary apps, LECOM's website, many OM sites.
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this site.. lots of research.. hard work and knowledge about the field
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Talked to lecom students..read interview feedbacks.
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2 mock interviews at career center at school, going over questions with family, read about school through internet, med school books, and going over my file
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Read SDN, my secondary, researched the different learning pathways
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SDN - all the questions people listed here were right on. I just wrote out answers to each, so I would be prepared to respond to them eloquently.
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sdn, aacom application, lecom secondary
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Been to and researched many schools.
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Other interviews, reading this forum.
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Reviewed LECOM's website, my application, many different Osteopathic Medicine websites, this website (SDN) and wrote out answers to all the questions posted on this site, just so I wasn't stumbling over things to talk about.
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This web site helped a lot. Mock interview with a friend. Read Osteopathic Medicine; A Reformation in Progress.
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sdn, read "The D.O's" by Norman Gevitz, great book on the history of Osteopathic Medicine if anybody gets the chance to read it!
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nothing really
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sdn.com (wrote out answers to the questions that were posted on this page -- all of the questions that I was asked during my interview had been posted on this site), interwiew workshop, reviewed LECOM app
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Know about osteopathic medicine...which i hate and wish i did better in undergrad so i could be a M.D.
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This web site.
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SDN, AACOM website, mock-interview on campus
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Looked at this website, and re read my application
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lecom website, interview feedback on here, researched history of DO
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Student Doc Network, reviewing my application, practiced intwerviews with my wife, talking with residents and physicians at my work.
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I came to this web page, and I had a previous interview at another medical school.
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READ LECOM WEBPAGE
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Talked with friends who already went nto their interviews their, this website, reviewed my application materials as well as information from the school.
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Read other feedback from SDN, mock interview, read articles on the internet
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This website and LECOM website
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read SDN, Gevitz DO, review app mock interview
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student doctor, searched the school and knew my application well
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Read this website, school websites, read over my application essays
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SDN, LECOM website, reviewed my essay
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SDN, reviewed my app.
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just relaxed and asked myself questions about why I want to become a DO.
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SDN; LECOM website; review application; talk to others EVERYTHING that is on SDN is right on!
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Read SDN, talked with students I know that go there, reviewed application.
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SDN, other practice questions from the net.
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Didn't really.
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looked at the LECOM website; SDN
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studentdoctor.net
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Read sdn.com, made my own questions
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Read this website and wrote my own questions out that I thought the commit. may ask.
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Interview feedback, mock interviews
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I had an interview before at another school.
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website and this webpage
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sdn, look over application
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SDN,Career Services at my school, friends
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Reading interview feedback on SDN, researching the school, reviewing my application and speaking with current students
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SDN, book on osteopathy, mock interviews, school website
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SDN, LECOM website, mock interview with my Health Advisory Committee, read over secondary and primary applications, and got a good night's sleep.
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I reviewed my resume and looked at SDN...the questions were exactly what was on SDN.
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I talked to classmates who interviewed at LECOM, and I looked over this website. I also typed out my responses to the questions I thought they might ask.
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SDN, interview replies
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talked to a student from the school, mock interview at my current college, school's website and other literature about med school interviews
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Read SDN, knew my file well, knew my strengths and weaknesses well also
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Relaxed, read up on the school from the Web site, and SDN
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Relaxed the night before
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I went onto SDN and researched the school's website...also I looked over my application and extracirricular activities before I went in
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Reviewed AACOMAS app, LECOM supp app, LECOM site, this site
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Looked over this website.
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Re-reading my application, the school website and THIS website (VERY helpful, the questions were just as other students had posted).
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read SDN, LECOM website, interview feedback, 8 hour "Blind Date" marathon on TNN (to take my mind off the interview the night before)
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See above question...review application, essays, SDN, lecom.edu, practice all the possible questions gathered from here.
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I read a book on med school interviewing, and attended a seminar.
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I read the SDN website and my admission's file and LECOM's website.
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SDN, LECOM website, review application
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SDN, LECOM website, AACOM website. If you write down all the possible questions by looking on here, you have all the possible questions!
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Looked over my application, read over some related websites, SDN
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SDN, college website
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SDN, READ BOOKS ON OSTEOPATHY
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Interview feedback at this site. Doing searches through forums and google.
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School's website and reviewed my application
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SDN, research school, AACOM website, asked doctors, coached by residents for interview
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read the reviews at this site and read the website
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SDN interview feedback, read over app, reviewed old inteview questions
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research questions, look at applications, mock interviews, SDN
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read over app, personal journal, and SDN
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SDN, school web site, application
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SDN!!! LECOM web page.
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SDN, schools website
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Read this website...the questions were exactly the ones posted by previous students.
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Stayed with a buddy the night before and watched football. Got about 8 hours of sleep.
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Read about interview, school, and my own admissions information
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SDN, read my app
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Talked to students there, read over essays, SDN
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SDN, Re-reading application, LECOM Website, practiced answering some typical interview type questions
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read interview feedback, mock interview, read application file
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Website, SDN, internet
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Read website, re-read my application, emailed a friend at the school about the format, thought about my responses to possible questions (ie. possible weaknesses in my application).
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Talked with current students.
What impressed you positively?
Applicants were overwhelmingly impressed by the friendliness and professionalism of the staff, faculty, and students at the schools they visited. They appreciated the clean and modern facilities, the different learning pathways offered, the low tuition costs, and the emphasis on student success and well-being throughout the interview process. Suggestions included continuing to focus on creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all applicants and highlighting the unique features and strengths of the school to prospective students.
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Cutting travel costs by having the interview virtual and by having a Zoom prep session beforehand.
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They played a video prior to each question which gave you an idea of what they were going to ask.
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quick interview
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Some of the questions were fun to answer.
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School match rates, facility was pretty modern
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They have great stats (board scores & residency match), also sounds like you can do rotations (3rd & 4th year) in a variety of places, so you don't have to live in Erie for all 4 years if you don't want to. I also like their different pathways and if I went there I would hope to do the PBL pathway.
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The facilities were surprisingly clean and new.
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The physician who presented PBL, the vice president, financial aid presenter, students who we ate lunch with and gave us a tour, the beautiful campus and facilities
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Everyone was very friendly and made sure that we were relaxed before our interview.
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Everyone was cordial and the interviewers tried their best to make every candidate feel comfortable.
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Interview day was very personable and inclusive. Catered lunch in the executive office was a nice touch.
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I enjoyed the tour with the students
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The interviewers seemed friendly and nonthreatening
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Everyone wanted us to relax and be ourselves.
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Everyone seemed to be focused on making the interviewees feel welcome and comfortable.
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The kindness everyone had.
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Staff were all very friendly and seemed genuine. Very low stress day.
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Low stress, seemed like they really wanted to get to know you
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The atmosphere of the Seton Hill campus.
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The security and professionalism of the school.
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Everyone was really nice and the facilities were impressive.
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low tuition, friendliness of interviewers... (talked about sports with me for a couple of minutes after the optional 1 vs2 interview part)
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how fucking low stress the group interview was (I actually really enjoyed it)
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The faculty and interviewers were really friendly
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The staff are great! Every one of them that we got to meet is superb. We also got to experience a PBL session ourselves first hand which was very fun. At Bradenton, we only got to watch a PBL session, not experience one ourselves. It makes you feel like a medical student. Also, the campus is incredibly beautiful.
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I was impressed by the other applicants! Also liked the PBL pathway and the opportunity to not constantly be in class. The lake is beautiful!
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They cared about their applicants getting all their questions answered/ tried hard to make the day low stress to get a feel of us as people.
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Consistent match (100% last year due to LECOMT)
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Health and wellness center, which is not adjacent to the school, was great, probably because it's also open to members from the public.
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Campus, access to instructors, PBL format
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The free lunch
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The program has a good residency placement
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Everyone was very friendly, low tuition, good board pass rates/match performance
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How friendly everyone was
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99% Board Pass Rate.
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How friendly all the staff, professors, and students were.
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Almost everything. The pathways are great. I might love everything about a school, but if it only offered PBL, I would have to pass on it. I picked Erie over Seton Hill campus because of the range of options with regard to learning style. I'm also excited about the 3 year primary care scholars program. The interview was much more relaxed than I'd expected. I appreciated that the presentations addressed "negatives" about the school and the area. They are very upfront about inclement weather, the dress code, etc. I honestly appreciate the dress code. It won't be a lot of fun to comply with, but I do expect to have to dress that way for the rest of my career. May as well become comfortable with it now.
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The school is cheap, and the interview day was nice. Admissions committee stuck closely on schedule. Passing rates are very good, even with such a large class size.
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Students
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Tuition
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Board pass rate, residencies at their hospital, students and facilities
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The school overall, very new, great school attitude, location is very nice, problem based learning...
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Friendliness of staff and faculty
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laid back non-competitive, students know their faculty, PBL means more time for studying and extracurriculars, ability to go all over country for clinical years
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COMLEX scores, match rates, tuition
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I liked the group interview style. Everyone in my group was respectful of each other and allowed everyone's voice to be heard.
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structure, production, and relatively low cost for a private school
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I liked how the pathways were flexible in that you could request a transfer if you wanted to; cheap tuition is definitely a plus.
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the charm of the small city setting. Proximity to the lake.
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The friendliness of the interviewers.
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Cleanliness of the facility, support for students from faculty and administration
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facilities
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Building was new and clean, excellent facilities, also has a pharmacy school. PRICE.
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Ease of interview, friendly
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The people in Erie are friendly. The tuition is low.
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The PBL session.
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Some humor, friendly faculty.
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High quality facilities
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the facility and the organization of the interview day.