Florida State University College of Medicine

Awesome experience overall. I started my day at 9 am. Half the ppl come at 9, and the others come at 11. I was glad to get my interviews done in the morning though, because at 11, you go to lunch and meet all the ppl that have not had their interviews yet...everyone is kinda nervous and asking the med school students about their specific interviewers...that would have made me more nervous.. But anyways, both interviewers were realllly nice people. They made me feel very comfortable. They were both very conversational. I wrote down as many questions as I could remember from the "convos" that I had. I hope they help you all prepare for your interviews! Good Luck to you all!! Here are the questions i remember: 1. 63 yrs old patient wants to withdraw from life support...she can communicate thru eye blinks. Her family agrees. You are her doctor. What do you do? 2. B/c of your faith, would anything cause you any discomfort/problem as a doctor? 3. Would you consider going to D.O school? 4. Tell me about your family. 5. what are your strengths and weaknesses 6. Most memorable volunteer experience 7. Most interesting paitent experience 8. What kind of place would you like to work in: small town, big city, etc. 9. Tell me about your research. 10. What field of medicine are you interested in? 11. Why FSU? 12. What do you think is the most pressing concern in healthcare? Basically, know your amcas application well. One of my interviwers focused greatly on my application and asked a lot of questions revolving around my personal statement, while the other interviewer was just literally making conversation. I hope all this was helpful for you guys. I interviewed on Jan 27th, so I should find out by tomorrow or wednesday. Please pray for me!

A dosage question: if a dosage for a medication is 10 mg/kg, and your patient weighs 45 pounds, how much medicine would you prescribe?

If a 17 yr old girl came to you and wanted an abortion, what would you do? Long answer short..i basically told her I would not be comfortable performing the abortion but I would still make sure that the patient is well taken care of by another physician. But then the interviewer asked me, What if you were the ONLY physician on staff at the time within 2 hours?

Not really any difficult questions, but one question that I didn't really prepare for was: what was one of the most traumatic life experiences, and what was one of the most inspiring moment of your life? I also got the dosage question like someone else on SDN. It's not hard..just have to know the convertion of pounds to kilograms.

Read SDN--helped a lot!!, read my AMCAS and secondary questions, did a mock interview with a friend, and prepared my views on ethical questions like abortion, euthanasia, withdrawal, etc.

EVERYONE was so friendly, and you can tell that the students REALLY do enjoy med school at FSU. The school is very high tech. Very nice facilities, especially the LC and the CLC's.

The library is really small...but that's because 95% of the library books are available on the students' laptops. There are not any labs at FSU except the anatomy lab. No teaching hospital...

Trust student doctor...the interview is REALLY chill. I wish I would have known that you can request the morning or afternoon interview time.