How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.10 | 349 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 253 |
| Negatively | 42 |
| No change | 54 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.72 | 342 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.33 | 229 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.34 | 203 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 1 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 5 |
| 25 minutes | 9 |
| 30 minutes | 39 |
| 35 minutes | 24 |
| 40 minutes | 35 |
| 45 minutes | 67 |
| 50 minutes | 46 |
| 55 minutes | 3 |
| 60+ minutes | 122 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 245 |
| At a regional location | 54 |
| At another location | 48 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 346 |
| In a group | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 313 |
| Closed file | 29 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.10 | 349 |
"What's the biggest challenge you've had to overcome?"
"Asked further about my background as a soccer coach."
"Don't you think your research is unethical?"
"What is the difference between empathy and compassion?"
"What skills I have learned to recover from a rough start academically."
"Only asked one, tell me about your journey to medicine. Rest was a conversation."
"What do I like to do for fun"
"What have you learned in your current job?"
"How did you like your undergraduate institution?"
"What high school did you go to?"
"Many questions about the extracurriculars listed on my resume."
"Tell me more about said work/volunteer experience. My interviewer did not really ask generic interview questions. Instead, we talked about my experiences and passions."
"Why did you choose to go to your undergrad?"
"What do you consider to be your greatest achievement/most proud of?"
"Tell me something about yourself?"
"Why are you interviewing so late."
"Why do you want to go to medical school and not pursue a PhD?"
"Why should we admit you?"
"What do you do in your spare time?"
"Besides the fact that your parents are both doctors, why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What about Einstein interests you?"
"Started off asking questions about my background - where I'm from, my family members, undergraduate career, what I'm doing during my year off, what I like to do for fun."
"What patient interaction stood out in your mind and why?"
"Is it going to be difficult to get back into studying [non-trad student]?"
"Which other schools have you applied to?"
"What were some things about Einstein that impressed you?"
"What exactly do you do in your work?"
"Icebreaker: Tell me about yourself."
"If Albert Einstein was theoretically your first choice school, what would be your second choice school of the schools you applied to?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor"
"Looking back on all of your experiences, what have you seen in the world of medicine?"
"Icebreaker: tell me about your hobby"
"no real questions, just a conversation"
"there weren't really specific questions; it was all about the flow of the conversation."
"Have any doctors you've shadowed or talked to tell you NOT to pursue a career in medicine?"
"What do your parents do?"
"Asked a lot about my family."
"Question about abortion. What test would I give to a teenage girl who wanted an abortion?"
"Tell me about yourself? Where do you see yourself in ten years"
"Tell me about your journey starting from high school in your own words?"
"Tell me about your father (pertained to my application and my life experiences)"
"This was the most conversational interview in the world. He started by explaining an EKG he was looking at to me, and we just dropped into this totally non-stressful conversation that covered topics like our hobbies/travels as much as medicine. Asked a lot about my hobbies."
"Why do you want to do medicine instead of research? (due to my extensive research experience)"
"Tell me about your research; a number of follow-ups asking for details and clarifications."
"What do you want to talk about?"
"very typical questions..tell me about yourself, why AECOM?, why become a doctor?"
"Entire interview was very conversational and relaxed. No difficult or unusual questions."
"["I think your application is excellent"] So how did AECOM get on your list of schools to apply to?"
"mostly just asked me about all my extracirriculars"
"tell me about your path to medicine"
"Tell me about your family and when you immigrated to the United States?"
"The interview started with a question about one of my volunteering experiences and developed into a really calm and engaging discussion about my life, healthcare, and just medicine in general."
"How did you coming from (insert place far from NY) end up applying to a school in the Bronx?"
"Do you see yourself getting involved in the research and use of nano-technology?"
"where do you see yourself 10 years down the line?"
"tell me about yourself-start from when you were born, and get me to ''today.''"
"other schools you've applied to"
"Tell me about urself."
"no real questions were asked"
"Tell me your path to MD."
"Why Medicine? "
"Do you think a quadraplegic can be a doctor?"
"What does your brother do?"
"Who is Howard Dean?"
"Why Einstein"
"You didn't originally plan on studying medicine. What changed your mind?"
"What are you looking for in a medical school?"
"Normal stuff."
"Why was I in two colleges at once?"
"Why do you want to come here?"
"Why on earth do you want to leave California to go to AECOM in New York?"
"what do you see yourself doing in 10 years?"
"Tell me about your dad."
"have you considered other fields?"
"Have you been to the Bronx before?"
"What is the healthcare system like in your home country?"
"If a 13 YOF came to you asking for an abortion, what would you?"
"What would you like to talk about? (REally, it was just a conversation that went on tangents.)"
"How are you feeling? Are you liking our school?"
"only asked questions specific to my application, nothing difficult (i.e. did you like studying abroad?, have you been to the bronx before?)"
"What did you do during your year off?"
"How do I know you won't change your mind and go into another profession?"
"How do you deal emotionally with working in Chad?"
"What was this sociology of the police class all about (as i mentioned, i took it in my fall freshman semester)?"
"what would you do if you were unable to practice medicine?"
"All your dreams came true. When you're older, you write an autobiography. You finish it and it's 300 pages long, what would be on page 200? (This is a UPenn undergrad admissions essay)"
"I was asked about my service involvement, my research, my experience at college."
"Tell me about your acting expereince."
"How did you get interested in ... (I was asked this for every activity I listed on AMCAS)"
"What was the last thing you read? And before that? And before that?"
"i was asked specifics about my application/research experiences"
"Why the low verbal score?"
"Why did you leave your graduate program to pursue an MD?"
"Why are you not pursuing an MD-PhD program?"
"Tell me about your interest in research."
"how did you become interested in health disparities?"
"Do you think the pre-med curriculum needs to change?"
"Why did you major in X?"
"I see you majored in x... why the switch to medicine?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem in a hospital?"
"My interviewer mostly kept asking me "Do you have any questions for me?" and "What do you want to talk about?" So be prepared to ask questions--your interviewer is a good resource to find out about the health care profession."
"Well, What should we talk about?"
"Tell me about yourself. "
"What are some of your hobbies?"
"Which schools are you already in?"
"(1st question) Do you have any questions for me? Anything else? Anything else? Anything else? Anything else? (seriously)"
"How many interviews have you had so far?"
"How did you get this job? (in reference to a summer job)"
"when did you realize that being a doctor was what you wanted and not just what your family wanted"
"Why didn't you decide to apply for an MD-PhD program?"
"What would I do if I had a patient who was 13yrs. old and pregnant. What would I do if I had a patient who was elderly and had cancer and refused chemo?"
"Where do you see yourself 10 years from now and are you leaning more towards research or clinical work?"
"opinion on current healthcare"
"Just some questions specifically regarding to my application. But be prepared to answer why MD and not other else? "
"Tell me about your research?"
"What do you think of New York and the Bronx?"
"Why haven't you published any of hte books you have written? YOu should!"
"what happened with your physical sciences score on the mcat"
"Tell me bout your research."
"What patient contact have you had that influenced your decision to go into medicine?"
"Is the city and the Bronx a beckon or something you'll have difficulty adjusting to?"
"describe you most important research project?"
"What would you like me to know that's not in your application?"
"Why do you want to become a doctor?"
"Tell me about X experience."
"Tell me about the research you are doing."
"What do you do for fun? So, you grew up in X city?"
"Tell me a little about your study of languages and your study abroad experience."
"Question about a sentence from my personal statement."
"First question asked "So, tell me about yourself." (deer caught in headlight)"
"Why Arabic??"
"Do you have any questions for me about the school?"
"Where are you from? What's it like there?"
"asked to discuss problems w/ HMO as health care delivery mode"
"Why medicine"
"What are your hobbies? What did you learn from your work experience?"
"Do you think HMOs work? What are their advantages/ disadvantages? What do you think is wrong with our current health care system?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"just my background, real easy stuff"
"What brings you to medicine?"
"What would you do if you didn't get into med school? (I told her that I was already in at places and she asked me where, then asked me again what i'd do if i didn't get in anywhere). "
"Why AECOM?"
"How did you arrive at your decision to pursue medicine?"
"What do you know about the population of the Bronx?"
"Tell me the chronology of your life from where you were born until now."
"Tell me about --- activity on AMCAS app."
"Why did you choose the major you did?"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"Tell me about your reserach experience?"
"standard questions"
"How did you hear about Albert Einstein?"
"What questions do you have?"
"What if you don't get into medical school?"
"How did you decide to become an EMT"
"Who are you voting for in the presidential election? "
"What pushes your buttons about medicine?"
"Tell me more about your family (relating to disease in my family and my personal statement)."
"How did you like your undergraduate college?"
"where else did you apply"
"why einstein? also see two questions above."
"Where do you see yourself in ten years? "
"Where are you from?"
"Why medicine now? (I'm a non-trad, so this is ALWAYS the first question.)"
"Talk about your hobbies/ what you do in your free time."
"when did you want to be a doctor?"
"If there were no medical schools, what type of profession would you be most interested in?"
"Read above"
"Questions about language, was it hard for your parents to learn english, is it hard for you to learn vietnamese."
"Would you really consider moving to the bronx?"
"Since you have been successful in your present career, why switch? "
"What kind of doctor do you want to be?"
"Tell me about yourself and how you got interested in medicine."
"The usual stuff that everyone else posted."
"Some easy ethical questions where she asked what would I say to a 13 year old girl seeking an abortion or an old man that refuses chemotherapy."
"Tell me about yourself..."
"Is your sister like you?"
"typical questions...above "
"What was one patient with whom you've worked who stood out in your mind, who you'll never forget?"
"Tell me about your family."
"How would you get students to utilize services available to them? Services referred to: tutoring, personal leave etc."
"What do you think about HMO's and their effect on healthcare?"
"With both of you parents as doctors, what makes you want to go into medicine?"
"No particular questions, just conversation about research and the school. "
"See comments"
"Describe your research?"
"what kind of research did you do"
"Tell me about your research."
"Tell me about yourself. If we have to hand in our application to the interviewer, this question is inevitable."
"Do you know Spanish?"
"see above."
"What do you do for fun? "
"How did you hear about Einstein?"
"What have you done since graduating from college? (I'd been out for about 5 months)"
"What other schools did you apply to?"
"Explain your family situation."
"How has your work in the WIlliams community impacted your view on medicine?"
"If you don't get into any med school this year, what would you do next year? "
"What do you do for fun. "
"what are your strengths/weaknesses"
"How did you like working in the homeless shelter?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Please describe your most current research experience for me. (or some variation on that theme)"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Tell me about your clinical experiences"
"How did your parents influence your choice of medicine?"
"tell me about your family"
"Is your family supportive of your decision to go into medicine? Why Einstein? How do you like the Bronx?"
"How would your friends describe you?"
"Why Einstein?"
"What aspects of medical school will be easy for you to adjust to? What aspects will be difficult?"
"Do you plan to work for the Chinese American community? "
"Why New York? Why did I go to Costa Rica? What did I learn in Costa? What do you do in your spare time? A thirteen year old comes into your office for an abortion. What do you do?"
"Tell me about growing up with your grandmother and how this shaped you as a person?"
"Why did you drop your previous career to pursue medicine?"
"What do you think where the motivations of jack kevorkian's practices?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"all personal application questions"
"Why did you withdraw from these classes?"
"Do you have any questions about the school?"
"The interview itself was very conversational. Many of the interviewer's questions were about the city I live in and about a hobby."
"Why did you withdraw from a certain course?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Why did you choose the college you went to?"
"Comment on my academic record"
"How do you like [my undergrad school]?"
"was your undergraduate university competitive?"
"Why medicine?"
"Asked if any physicians in family and about my family."
"my opinion on abortion with some hypothetical situations"
"What are you doing next summer?"
"* What do I look for in a school? <br> * Where do you see yourself working? <br> * Do I have an interest in any specific field? "
"What was the most exciting experience you had as an ER volunteer?"
"What type of doctor do you want to be?"
"Do you like your current job? (I am currently working while taking a year off)"
"How would you describe yourself?"
"Why Albert Einstein?"
"What field of medicine interests you? How do i feel about our healthcare system?"
"What do you do at school? "
""Do you work out at a gym?" (Asked in a vaguely disapproving tone of voice, as if she would expect someone like me to do something like that. I don't go to a gym, in fact. Weird woman.) "
"Why NYC?"
"The questions were mostly all non-academic (i.e. what do I like to do for fun etc)"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"Tell me about your research, your internship, [something interesting from your AMCAS activities list]"
"What role do you think spirituality plays in healthcare?"
"Why Einstein/ Bronx?"
"Why not just research?"
"Why didn't you apply to medical school sooner?"
"What do you think will be challenges you will face as a physician?"
"Have you gotten any other interviews?"
"During your research of the school, did you find anything negative about it?"
"What are you doing during your gap year?"
"why wouldn't you do something else"
"What was your SAT score?!"
"What is your greatest failure?"
"Why do you want to go to Albert Einstein?"
"Questions about music"
"Why I went to the college I did. (not many become physicians from there."
"Tell me about your film class? What was your favorite movie and why?"
"What is your favorite class from undergrad?"
"What were you specifically doing while volunteering in this lab?"
"Asked about some of my activities."
"Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?"
"When did you realize you wanted to pursue a medical career. Why Albert Einstein and what schools have I applied/accepted to? Where do you see yourself in 10 years (both family and career wise). My view on the current medical system."
"Problems in health care"
"What is it about research you enjoy?"
"How do you deal with the stress of bad things that happen in the ER (where I volunteer)?"
"Specifically why this school? Why that school? Do you think you'll get in?"
"What aspect of medical school do you think will be the most difficult for you?"
"The Bronx is a unique neighborhood. Do you think that you could live here?"
"Why do you choose medicine?"
"What do you like about NYC?"
"Tell me about a book you've read"
"Why are your MCAT scores so low?"
"Describe your study abroad experience?"
"Any specific patients from shadowing/volunteer experiences that were particularly memorable or made you especially want to go into medicine?"
"In reference to something I wrote in my essay, she brought up the topic of alternative medicine."
"How did you discover that you wanted to be a doctor?"
"How many hours a day do you study?"
"Question about patient refusing treatment."
"What ddid you think about obama's latest speech on health care reform? (i mentioned watching it day before)"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses"
"Why medicine, why Einstein, do you have any questions for me? What is the main problem with health care today?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"AECOM is great because... XYZ"
"If the president were to call you today, and ask you about health care and how to fix it, what would you tell him? "
"What kind of medicine are you interested in?"
"Tell me more about music performance experiences [and other questions that expanded on that]"
"asked me to give a timeline in college of how i chose medicine"
"telll me about your research"
"how does your family feel about your decision to pursue medicine?"
"tell me about your research/clinical experience"
"what are you doing now (post-grad)"
"Who was your mentor during college?"
"What will be your greatest challenge in med school?"
"Tell me about your research"
"Who is Howard Dean?"
"Where were your parents from?"
"Tell me about this experience...."
"why medicine?"
"Specific question about my research, since she had read nothing on my application. "
"Where do you see yourself in ten years? And in what setting do you see yourself working?"
"Have you been accepted?"
"Why did you majoir in Political Science? "
"Where else have you interviewed? ( i never like that question)"
"Why are you wearing a brown suit as opposed to a black one?"
"How did your immigration impacted your life?"
"Tell me about this experience."
"why medicine"
"Asked to elaborate on my clinical experiences."
"Tell me about X experience? This repeated several times with different parts of my application..."
"If you couldn't ever become a physician, what would you be? "
"What do you think about sending more troops to Iraq?"
"What do you want to know about the school? "
"How was the _____ experience for you?"
"What kind of work did you do with your peer counseling group?"
"Should students do international work? Is there any value in it?"
"why do you want to go into _______ (specific practice area)?"
"tell me about your experience in bioethics. (i was a chair member of our bioethics society)"
"You stumble upon a genie and he gives you one wish, what would you wish for?"
"Questions seemed to follow the conversation. "
"Tell me more about your research."
"How's the football team doing this year?"
"What are the characteristics of a good physician?"
"Tell me about yourself as person, not as a med school applicant."
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"what do you like to do for fun? "
"how did you turn around poor academic performance"
"How would you differantiate between a good change and a bad change?"
"Explain some of your bad grades"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What do you look for in a school?"
"What did you when you studied abroad in Italy?"
"Tell me about a particularly meaningful experience in your volunteer work (asked for two different activities)."
"What should I look for when examining applicants?"
"Why did you decide to do pre-med? "
"Why AECOM?"
"What were these e-mails with Noreen about? (he had a copy of all of my correspondence with the school)"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Any rejections yet?"
"What kinds of questions did they ask you at your previous interviews? "
"during your volunteering in hospitals, who you thought you would want to be like, and what was a doctor you thought you didn't want to be like, why?"
"Explain some of your volunteer experiences."
"You talked about the importance of healing and touch in your essays, that sounds like nurse's work. Are you sure you don't want to be a nurse? (this was said very provocatively, but in hindsight I think she was just trying to see how I'd react)"
"Have you read any of my published articles?"
"Where else have you applied?"
"What books have you read?"
"Tell me about your research and volunteer experiences."
"Why didn't you any research (a favorite question among interviewers)?"
"is there anything else you want to brag about, because this is the time! any nobel prizes?"
"Tell me about your clinical experiences."
"What made you interested in applying to AECOM?"
"This school is located in a very diverse community, is that something you're looking for in a school?"
"Why is your best friend your best friend?"
"Why are you interested in New York? (I'm a Californian resident)"
"What do you want to know about Albert Einstein?"
"Describe your volunteer work."
"How did you choose your undergraduate major (he majored in something similar)? What did you like about it?"
"So, tell me a little about your music."
"Repeatedly asked if I had any questions for her."
"Where do you see yourself in ten years."
"Tell me about your childhood."
"What should I tell the committee about you?"
"What are you looking for in a medical school? I wish I could think of more questions, but truthfully she didn't ask me much. We just talked."
"no time for any more questions"
"explain your research"
"What was your favorite subject in school? Why? Why did you not take any courses in any other subject areas? "
"what would you gain from living in this area?"
"What is your stance on euthanasia?"
"What qualities do you possess that would make you a good candidate for our school?"
"What are your experiences outside academics? Tell me about your leadership in the military."
"Explain your grades in the beginning of college? (All interviewers must ask if there's some discrepancy- usually they are very understanding with an honest answer)"
"So tell me about your life"
"How would your friends describe you?"
"Why didn't you go to medical school immediately after undergrad?"
"Explain inconsistency in MCAT scores"
"What do you think of Jennifer Lopez? If you were her, what would you do differently? Do you think she is a good role model? Who is your role model?"
"Tell me about what you've been doing post-college for the past few years."
"Did you like your undergrad college?"
"What did you like most about the high school and college you attended?"
"Tell me about your family?"
"I see you are from California, do you think you would be able to adjust to the East Coast and why?"
"tell me about what you do for fun"
"Did you like your experience in ......?"
"What do you think about the Bronx and NYC in general?"
"Any questions?"
"Tell me about your work?"
"What are your weaknesses"
"What do you think are the most important personality traits for a doctor to have? "
"What are you looking for in a medical school?"
"Explain your research."
"Does your sister want to be a doctor?"
"Why Einstein?"
"Why would you want to go to school in New York?"
"where else are you interviewing"
"tell me about yourself"
"What do your parents think of you applying to medical school? "
"why not be a social worker if u want to help society"
"Has your family been supportive of your return to medical studies?"
"Health care/liability, as above."
"What questions did I have about the school?"
"what do you do in your spare time?"
"Specific questions regarding my research."
"is it right to use data that was obtained unethically? What are some issues with using data research data obtained by the nazis."
"Where did you apply?"
"Where did your grandfather come from, and why did he go to Hawaii?"
"what do your parents do? "
"Where do you see yourself in 15/20 years?"
"What do you want to specialize in?"
"Tell me about your volunteer work?"
"What experiences have you had with the healthcare system here vs. Canada?"
"if you could be any animal what would you be and why"
"What kind of community service?"
"What do your parents do?"
"Where are you staying?"
"How do you think the face of health care is changing?"
"What do you think about students watching doctors interact with patients about there most private issues?"
"What can you say to prove to the Admissions Committee that you are a 'worthy' risk for the Medical School?"
"What kind of practice do you see yourself in?"
"Asking about the extracurriculars on my application. "
"What's this?"
"why ae"
"What will you get out of medicine?"
"Why did you go to (my undergrad institution)?"
"Tell me about your major and your experience in college."
"Where else did you apply?"
"What are your strenghts and waeknesses"
"Where else did you apply? Just list them off."
"So you play piano? Did you know we have an entirely student and faculty run orchestra? We also have Yo-Yo Ma's sister who's a violinist."
"Why did you choose this school?"
"Any questions for me?"
"Do you like New York? More than L.A.?"
"How do you deal with stress. "
"where do you see yourself in 10 years"
"Did you know that our school owns a box of 4 seats at both Yankee and Shea Stadium and 2 seats to every NY home game are given free to any student that wants them. The 2 other seats are given gratis to faculty - and they all sit together - adding to the friendly student faculty relationship. After last year, we were reluctant to encourage students from Oakland to go to Yankee games, but this has passed."
"Did you always know you want to be a doctor?"
"Why MD/PhD and not just PhD?"
"Do you have questions for me? "
"What are some of the biggest problems facing healthcare"
"Tell me a volunteer experience that you enjoyed the most."
"what u do for fun"
"How can we fix the healthcare situation today? Tell me about your job at the hospital. Tell me about the death you witnessed."
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"Tell me about an significant extracurricular of yours."
"If I were to go to your Admissions office and ask them the most important characteristic of you, what would that be?"
"Tell me about your research."
"Is affirmative action appropriate for a graduate school?"
"what kind of difference do you think you will make as a doctor?"
"Talk about your values."
"If a 14 year old girl was dragged to an abortion clinic by her parents, and she didnt want to have one but her parents wanted her to, what would you do?"
"Do you feel your upbringing was sheltered?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Do you have any other questions about the school?"
"What do you do for fun? What is your biggest strength and weakness? Relate a research experience and explain what you did."
" Discuss your research project and volunteer experience. "
"Why did you originally apply to Einstein?"
"Some ethical questions"
"Out of all the classes you took in college, if you could take one of them again, which one would it be?"
"When did I decide I wanted to be a doctor."
"What are you looking for in medicine?"
"why albert einstein?"
"How many C's did you get!?"
"Asked if I thought there were any physicial handicaps that would prevent you from going to med school. I thought he meant me personally, but he meant in general...then he proceeded to tell a story."
"my opinion was on animal rights"
"How do you feel about the sniper shootings?"
"* What do I do for fun? <br> * Do I know anything about managed HMOs? <br> * Do you have any ?s for me?"
"What was a bad experience you had as an ER volunteer?"
"Why don't you want to be a politican? You can also help people as well. "
"What extracurricular activities did you do in high school?"
"Tell me what a regular day was like during your trip to the dominican republic."
"Tell me more about your research experiences"
"How does your family feel about you going into medicine? What are their occupations?"
""How do you feel about your MCATs?" "
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Can you really feel empathy for someone who has had different life experiences than you?"
"What would you change about the healthcare system?"
"What makes you interested in X field?"
"Would you like to work with low-income patients?"
"Why do you want to go to Einstein?"
"Are you worried about anything in terms of med school?"
"what do you want out of medical school"
"In your opinion, what is the most important thing that you have done that has prepared you for a career in medicine? Why?"
"What are your study habits? (crammer, group, individual)"
"the interviewer wanted me to elaborate on something I mentioned in my essay."
"What has been your greatest challenge in your undergraduate career?"
"Why was your writing score so bad on the MCAT?"
"What specialty?"
"How did you decide you wanted to become a doctor?"
"Questions related to my application - my study/travels abroad, medical experience, volunteering experience etc"
"Tell me about (whatever activity I wrote on AMCAS)."
"What are your strengths/ weaknesses?"
"What is Hong Kong like? (my birth place)"
"You seem to have the qualities we are looking for in a candidate, so what are you looking for in a school?"
"Tell me 5 characteristics about yourself"
"What have you been doing since you graduated?"
"How do your parents feel about your decision to go to medical school?"
"Based on the student you met and your fellow interviewees, how diverse do you think AE is?"
"Have you ever been to New York before?"
"Talk about your research."
"What is your best/worst attribute?"
"How did you study for the MCAT?"
"Question about euthanasia."
"Why Medicine? Why Einstien"
"How did you find out about Einstein? (I think because I'm from the W coast)"
"What would your best friend say about you? I figured out this question is just to make you feel less awkward about "tooting your own horn""
"Questions about my AMCAS"
"AECOM is great because... XYZ... lol"
"Tell me about your dad."
"Why are you leaving your family over there and coming here? how do you plan to support them?"
"Where would you like to volunteer for global health services? (because I've mentioned my interest in global health)"
"So why medicine?"
"ended with: give me a little closing statement of why medicine"
"what do your parents think of you wanting to go into medicine"
"I see that you're interested in the environment and nature. Can you tell me how you acquired this passion and what have you done to explore this passion? (this was an application-specific question)."
"Why are you leaving engineering to pursue medicine?"
"how do you feel about the bronx?"
"Any questions about the school?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Where else did you interview?"
"your thoughts on drug eluting-stents (specifically paclotaxil) and the current state of affairs of their use in the clinical setting (info. on my amcas would make this question reasonable to ask)."
"What languages do you speak?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Tell me why you care about international health and why do you want to be a part of it?"
"What do you anticipate being the toughest part of being a physician?"
"Tell me about your research...."
"What do you think about US News Rankings? How you measure reputation? Is that a valid parameter? "
"any questions for me? anything that i didn't ask that you want to tell me more about?"
"Explain your role in this activity. "
"What type of medicine do you want to practice?"
"My interviewer didn't ask many questions, he told me that he didn't think he could get much out of interviews, so he just talked to me most of the time."
"Where do I see my self ten years from now? "
"Tell me about such experience"
"What do you want to talk about?"
"What is your biggest flaw?"
"what shud i know about u thats not on ur app"
"What do you do for fun/to relax?"
"Tell me about your current work experience."
"Any questions for me?"
"What was your experience like working abroad?"
"some ethical questions (see above)"
"How do I explain your weaknesses to the admissions committee?"
"You're sitting at a camp fire with your grandchildren and they want to hear a funny story about your childhood, pre-teen years. What would you tell them?"
"Why Albert Einstein?"
"Have any questions about Einstein?"
"How will you make sure you are and will always be a good physician?"
"How would you describe yourself?"
"Do you have any questions"
"Why AECOM?"
"what volunteer activities have you engaged in?"
"what did you like about your tour of the facilities"
"How could you tell a well-educated doctor from a poorly educated doctor?"
"Any questions? any more, any more?"
"What happened with your physics section on the MCAT?"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"What does your mother do?"
"Why did you apply here? "
"What does your brother do?"
"What other schools have you applied to/interviewed at?"
"What will you do if this doesn't work out? And what if it doesn't work next year?"
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"Why did u get rejected by those schools? You think they don't like you?"
"Have you been accepted at any other schools? Where?"
"other things you want me to know? hobbies?"
"Tell me something about yourself that I can't learn from reading your application."
"Explain your low gpa, do you think you can handle med school work, what about your weakness in math? (I got grilled!)"
"Give me a little bit of background about your interest in medicine and research."
"Do you have any questions about the school or medicine in general?"
"Tell me about yourself/birth-country"
"How do you feel about being so far away from your family?"
"When did you realize you wanted to go into medicine?"
"why medicine?"
"Tell me about this extracurricular activity (referring to my application)"
"what type of doctor do you want to be"
"Tell me about yourself."
"talk about your study abroad experience?"
"Tell me about a surgery you watched?"
"What other schools in New York did you apply to?"
"What did you learn about the medical field from working in a physician's office?"
"How did you know you wanted to go into medicine?"
"Talk to me, tell me what you think I should know."
"She asked many questions regarding family and basically where i come from. "
"Did you feel particularly attached to any of the people with whom you volunteered? (No I'm a non-emotive robot!)"
"Tell me about your current research."
"Do you have any questions for me? She also told me to contact her at any time if I have questions, and she was awfully nice."
"Why medicine, why not something else? If you did not get in this year, what will you do? What would you change in your application to medical school if you re-applied next year? "
"What is the most challenging experience you've ever had to deal with?"
"Why should we choose you over someone who has a 3.75 GPA?"
"What stood out to you about Albert Einstein? "
"What do you do to relax? also, Why did you have so many jobs in three years? "
"What do you do to relax?"
"What was the last book you read?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"Why I picked my undergrad institution"
"Is English you first language (asked in a non-enlish language my interviewer assumed I knew)? I was like "can you rephrase that please," haha."
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school?"
"Tell me about your study abroad experiences."
"Why did you not conduct any research in college?"
"How do you think obtaining a dual degree will help your career goal of helping the hispanic community?"
"Recommend a good book to me."
"tell em about your research"
"What are you doing on your year off?"
"Why this school?"
"Have you talked to any doctors about the issues that they face with the state of health care in this country? Why do you think they feel this way? "
"Give me an example of your strengths. "
"What field of medicine are you interested in? "
"Are you prepared to move away from California?"
"Did I ever think of majoring in physics?"
"Volunteer experiences?"
"What do your parents do?"
"any questions?"
"what makes you unique? what makes you stand out amongst all the other applicants from your college?"
"How would your friends describe you? What do you think of the campus neighbourhood? "
"have u gotten into any medical schools? why Albert einstein?"
"What was the most formative experience you have had?"
"Do you have a good support system in place to handle the stresses of medical school?"
"Mets or Yankees?"
"is it okay to research on animals."
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"How did you arrive at the ethnic mix that you are?"
"how did you manage full time work and school?"
"Why are you doing what you're doing now? (I'm working for a year between college and med school)"
"Tell me what kind of doctor you want to be?"
"Why are you pursuing the MD now, after your graduate training?"
"What hobbies?"
"Why did you take a break from school?"
"What was the population like at the clinic you volunteered at?"
"Why don't you continue your successful research career and get your PHD? "
"Should alternative medicine be subject to the same scrutiny as normal medicine?"
"Explain some of your hardships during undergraduate years."
"what do you do for fun"
"Do you like it in NY?"
"Is there anything else you would like to add? Do you have any medically-related experiences and please discuss them?"
"Why Einstein, why medicine?"
"Where else are you interviewing?"
"Tell me about the research that you're doing now."
"Why Einstein? How do you like NYC?"
"Where else have you interviewed? Any acceptances?"
"What other schools are you looking at?"
"How many hours a week do you study. "
"Have you walked or driven about the neighborhood yet? Please do so before you return to sunny California. I think you will be impresssed by what you see around the medical school"
"Do you want to travel to other countries to work?"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"Why Medicine? Even with its flexibility, other degrees may offer the same flexibility."
"why did u like research"
"What's not in here? (see above) What do you think about being a woman going into medicine? (I thought that was odd)"
"Who do you think will win the California recall election?"
"It was a thoroughly conversational interview. 80% of it was a conversation about my background and his. "
"So what else am I supposed to ask you? (That was kind of strange)"
"Why Einstein? "
"I asked my interviewer what he looks for in an applicant. He said that they are not looking for nerds. "A- students are a dime a dozen." He referred to the web site's profile of the student body section. He said that there are all kinds of people here. "Phd physicists to former firefighters." They pride themselves on having different and open-minded students. "
"What specific field of medicine are you interested in?"
"What do you do ouside of work, for relaxation, etc.? "
"Do you feel affirmative action is fair? and, a host of other very controversial questions........"
"What do you do for fun."
"What do you want to do?"
"Please see above."
"Is anyone in your family a doctor? How many schools have you applied to? What were some of the things you didn't like about schools that you've already interviewed at? What were things you liked? "
"What was your first impression of the Bronx? Would you be able to live here?"
"During your clinical experiences, did you witness any doctor-patient interactions that stuck out in your memory?"
"do you have any questions?"
"Just conversational. Told lots of stories. Hardly asked any questions."
"my opinion on affirmative action"
"?s a bit more specific to my app <br> * What was my most memorable experience as an EMT? <br> * Why did I take a year off? <br> "
"What questions do you have for me? "
"How did you choose your undergraduate school? Did you like it?"
"What was your favorite class at MIT?"
"What do you do in your spare time?"
"how did i feel about sept. 11?"
""Where is the list of other med schools you're applying to?" She was under the impression I was supposed to provide this. WTF?"
"What scares you most about starting medical school?"
"How would your friends and family describe you?"
"What role do you think spirituality plays in healthcare?"
"How does mental health of underserved affect physicians?"
"What is one thing that you would change about the medical system?"
"None really."
"Did your parent's death affect your decision to go into medicine?"
"Do you think black doctors should only treat black patients, asian doctors treat asian patients, white doctors white patients, and hispanic doctors hispanic patients?"
"What do you think [your field of choice] will be like in 10 years? 20?"
"Name a question that has caught you off at guard at your previous interviews. Then I had to tell him my answer to said annoying question haha."
"Fairly conversational, nothing too out of left field."
"From a discussion concerning dying in america."
"What I thought about genetic testing for gaucher's disease."
"I was asked to explain my moral feelings about a theoretical drug that destroyed memories to help people with PTSD."
"Have you read ________? I think this book is in line with what you would like to research in the future."
"When you volunteer with very sick patients, how do you handle seeing patients who are in pain and you are unable to do anything?"
"Would I recommend one of my activities to other people?"
"Would you prefer to go to medical school in Canada or the US ( I am from Canada) ?"
"Where do I see myself in 10 years."
"Why do a lot of doctors kick drug addicts out?"
"How did you prepare for this interview? I think he was privy to sdn, he was quite sharp."
"What's your favourite country?"
"Do you have a spouse or family that will be moving with you?"
"How would you like to join my clinical research in depression/schizophrenia?"
"Where did you go for breakfast? Were they friendly?"
"What is the best advice you have ever been given?"
"Do you think Mother Theresa is a saint?"
"talking about pros and cons of health care reform and how i'd do it if it were up to me"
"Do you think acting is applicable to medicine? (because I have lots of acting experience on application)"
"She was interested in my artwork and asked me for the URL to look at some images I had online."
"None."
"The interviewer asked me to do some role playing. I was pretending to be the physician and he was the patient I was diagnosing with HIV and he didnt want to accept treatment."
"How does leaving Seattle affect you? (since it's be a coast to coast move)"
"What kind of camera do you want to buy?"
"i see you have X interest... (very subtle from my app, interviewer knew the file well)"
"What do you think of the drug regulations in China? (based on my experiences, not totally random)"
"nothing really, very standard format"
"Do you think we are setting up segregation by creating ethnic specific clinics go to certain patients? weird question, basically he ask if you are a hispanic doctor, getting hispanic patients only would be like creating segregation. "
"Why New York City?"
"eh nothing really"
"Why did you intern with the Forest Service? How does this relate to medicine. (Interesting back-and-forth conversation)"
"See above."
"How much will money affect your school selection?"
"Will you be scared or uncomfortable studying with students who are 22 years old. "
"Where in the world have you traveled?"
"Project 10 years into the future: what do you see yourself doing?"
"tell me about a particular experience you had while working in a hospital or shadowing a dr that has impacted you"
"how do you feel about being put under the pressures of not being a son?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"what other schools did you apply to/interview at"
"Who was your mentor during college?"
"no real questions, it was very conversational"
"What do you think will be your greatest challenge?"
"Standard interview questions"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"Do you think a quadraplegic could be a doctor (ans: yes, AECOM alum, truly amazing story!!)?"
"what do you do for to relax? it was mostly conversational..."
"Who is Howard Dean?"
"What do you think of US News Rankings?"
"it was just a conversation, really. so i guess ... "why medicine?""
"It was all very conversational. "
"''Give me a chronological account of your life from birth.''"
"Tell me about your family."
"All normal."
"Why do you think you were rejected from other schools previously?"
"Nothing really."
"not really anything out of the ordinary, looked over my file and activities... i have done some ethics research so i was asked if am an ethical person"
"Do you think there is any disability that an applicant could have which could preclude them from attending medical school?"
"nothing interesting"
"Nothing in particular--just a normal conversation."
"nothing too scintillating"
"I interviewed with a psychiatrist and she began the interview with specific questions about my family. I think she wanted to get a feel for my background and all that."
"Did you consider going to psychology graduate school?"
"Why Einstein?"
"Question about how healthcare works in my home country."
"What do you think about Bush and Iraq?"
"What would you like to talk about? (Question is harder than it seems)"
"How are people in NY different from people in your native country?"
"I was only asked questions about my application, nothing difficult, interview was very friendly/conversational/interesting- I genuinely felt that I learned something from my interviewer."
"How did you become interested in photography?"
"A 13-year-old girl walks into your office and asks for an abortion. What do you do?"
"Do you think it is beneficial for students to do international work?"
"I am a post-bacc student and she asked me about sociology class I took my freshman year - which was in fall 99."
"what would you do if you were unable to practice medicine?"
"What 4 people would you send to this interview on your behalf if you couldn't make it?"
"Nothing struck me in particular"
"What are you planning to do this summer?"
"What are your thoughts on the importance of ethics in medical education?"
"What would you do to prevent patients from suing you?"
"ethical question about stem cells"
"If you could be any animal, what would you be?"
"What is the most recent book that you've read? "
"What was the hardest part of X extracurricular activity?"
"Questions about Howard Dean...he's an alum @ Einstein. And also asked if I knew what SDN was...he knew the people he interviewed from their posted feedback. Amazing interviewer...hands down. "
"What aspect do you find most exciting about your research?"
"n/a"
"Address an issue in healthcare."
"what do you find not attractive about medicine"
"BCPM. Do you think Calculus has any place there? How would you change the pre-med curriculum?"
"hmm..nothing really"
"I wasn't asked any specific questions"
"What is the origin of your last name?"
"Who is your pick to win the Texas/Ohio State Game?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem in a hospital? (Asked in the context of discussing my job at a hospital)"
"If you were on the admissions committee, are there any physical or mental disabilities that you think would automatically disqualify an applicant?"
"If I called your roomate what would he tell me about you?"
"No questions, just had a conversation."
"none really"
"What field do you see yourself practicing in?"
"What exactly is hip hop?"
"Ethics, ethics, and more ethics!"
"We talked about snowing in the South vs. in the Bronx. We talked about NYC and the Bronx's cultural life. He asked about a dorm of open-minded people I lived in one year."
"All were standard."
"Tell me about an experience you had as a patient where you had a hard time getting a hold of a doctor to answer your questions. (not really posed as a formal question but came up in conversation)"
"what were two most impactful experiences you remember from your hospital volunteering?"
"How likely do you think it is for the U.S. to elect a woman president in the next election? What do you think of Hilary Clinton's chances?"
"What did I think of Dr. Kevorkian, and of him going on television? (I really know nothing about Kevorkian besides that he did assisted suicides, and had no idea about the tv question so I had to ask the interviewer for more info. All in all I think I was able to craft a good response about assisted suicide)."
"Do I see myself leaning more towards research or clinical work after obtaining the MD/PhD?"
"Questions were very basic and very laid back. Mostly discussion style."
"Nothing unusual"
"nothing out of the ordinary..."
"Why did you not consider going into MD/PhD program?"
"I have to say that my interview was entirely conversational. I was expecting standard questions but there weren't any. She did ask me about specific clinical experiences i've had, but they weren't directed questions. I was to talk about whatever I wanted to talk about - with regards to the experiences. She asked me what questions I had probably 4 times and this is what really directed my entire interview. So it's a good thing to have open questions that could stem a good discussion!"
"None--the interviewer told me that med school interview questions were worthless and unimportant. we talked about politics and the types of physicians who graduate from Einstein"
"Nothing out of the ordinary"
"You've had diverse experiences in science--clinical, research--how have they contributed to your decision to enter medicine?"
"Nothing really interesting"
"how will you deal with the influence and control of HMOs and business models in medicine?"
"what have you been asked at other interviews"
"Nothing, it was all pretty generic."
"If you couldn't make it to the interview today, what four people would you send to represent you, and what would they each say about you?"
"How do you think you will adjust to the transition of coming to medical school and of living in a city?"
"Who is your best friend? How would she describe you? How would she change you if she could?"
"How did you end up with your name?"
"Nothing really out of the ordinary."
"Nothing really out of the ordinary. Mostly straightforward questions about my application."
"My interviewer gave me a speech about how AECOM performs the academic cut-offs and his job is to simply get to know the applicants. After this he just opened up with "just talk, tell me what you think I should know." This would have been a little stressful if it had been my first interview, but luckily I was a little prepared. "
"I see that you are studying multiple languages, what is your motivation for doing so?"
"Nothing too surprising. Just basic conversational questions."
"nothing much, typical questions: tell me about yourself, where do you see yourself in 10 years, why medicine, would you move from CA to NY.."
"Why Arabic???"
"tell me about your parents"
"What was it like to return from Israel to the States?"
"We had an interesting discussion about poverty and obesity, and about Hurricane Katrina (aspects of poverty involved)."
"Where did you come up with the idea for your personal statement?"
"nothing really...he just looked over my file and asked questions of it as he read through the file"
"What's different about you than the average medical school applicants?"
"What would the title of your autobiography be?"
"If you were a doctor and a pregnant 13- year girl came into your office wanting an abortion, what would you do?"
"What was the most difficult question you've been asked at any interview?"
"What will you do if you don't get into any schools?"
"What change in me allowed me to do so well in my Junior and Senior years?"
"An ethical case involving a vegetative minor and her mother's right to harvest her eggs for artificial insemination in producing another baby (this stemmed from a previous question about medical ethics, which I had on my AMCAS)"
"past history questions."
"What was the last book you read?"
"What do you do to handle stress?"
"What do you know about the Bronx?"
"What was the worst question you were asked in another [med school] interview?"
"Questions about research, athletics."
"What did you like most about the high school and college you attended?"
"Why do you travel so much? Why are you interviewing so late?( I didn't realize this was late- it is early Jan)"
"none in particular"
"all questions pertained to my AMCAS application. no ethical scenarios or questions concerning current issues in health care (like HMOs, PPOs, and third party pay systems)"
"What do you want the admissions committe to know about you that is not in your file?"
"They were all fairly standard- but some interviewers (according to other students interviewed that day) ask hard questions like "What would you do if a 13 year old needed an abortion?" I guess I got lucky with a relaxed, nice interviewer..."
"What did you like best/least about high school?"
"Why do you think some doctors have stayed positive and others are discouraging you(based on the current state of health care)?"
"What do you find hard about working in the hospital?"
"How do you deal with a patient who needs treatment but can't afford it? (This was relevant because I work in a pharmacy and wrote about this in my personal statement)"
"I wasn't asked too many questions, so none were particularly exciting."
"With regard to any interactions you may have had with older physicians, have any of them discouraged you from pursuing medicine?"
"How did you like going to a public high school?"
"Would you like to see the new facility? He then proceeded to take me to the dialysis unit and introduce me to some transplant patients! "
"Tell me about your research."
"about my research in alternative medicine, asked questions about my hamsters"
"What did you expect the Bronx to be like? What were your impressions when you actually saw it?"
"The interview was very conversational. He asked me about my favorite detective authors."
"Wasn't asked much. What are my plans for this summer."
"What do your parents think about you applying to medical school?"
"With so many doctors exiting the field due to monetary concerns, what are some suggestions to entice doctors to stay in the field? "
"talk about one your extracurricular activies"
"How did you get from studying philosophy to pst-bacc premedical studies?"
"What do yu think about the state of health care in this country--liability, managed care plans, etc."
"She wanted to know about what I'm doing during my year off."
"Tell me anything about yourself"
"What are my father's feelings about me going into medicine with healthcare in its current state?"
"How would you solve the situation in mid-East/Israel?"
"Do you think its okay to use research data that was obtained unethically (ie during WWII with Nazis)"
"Why do you feel that people with mental illnesses are looked down upon? (My interviewer was a psychiatrist)"
"Why NY since you are coming from LA?"
"Basically, there were several questions regarding my ancestry and ethnic background that I found interesting, and was eager to answer."
"She asked me how I would handle a 13 year old wanting an abortion"
"The question that we ask reapplicants, if you didn't make it last year, why should we accept you this year? He was blunt--not hostile."
"What would you want me to tell the Admissions Committee about you?"
"Are your parents supportive of your decision to become a doctor?"
"What are you doing now?"
"Lots of questions regarding my background; the type of things not in the AMCAS application"
"What company does your sister work for?"
"nothing surprising"
"All of my questions were related my file."
"if you could be any cell in the human body which would you be and why"
"How do you have fun?"
"If all medical schools were closed for ten years, what would you do?"
"What did you think about the other schools you interviewed at?"
"The applcant pool for med school is changing (more women and minorities), how will this changethe face of medicine?"
"Do you know how many Chinatowns there are in New York?"
"Is this what your other interviews were like?"
"How would you get students to utilize services available to them? Services referred to: tutoring, personal leave etc."
"What do you think of Arnold as governor?"
"Nothing especially remarkable--just discussed my file. "
"what do you do for fun?"
"None. See comments."
"nothing too interesting"
"How my family supported my decisions to apply to medical school?"
"Do you speak Dutch?"
"Specific and personal questions about my family."
"none really, just basic questions"
"Nothing too out of the ordinary - How did you get to where you are now? Why NY? Why the Bronx? Could you live here? Why Albert Einstein? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? With a physician for a father, how much did that influence your decision to enter medicine? Are you happy with your application? Overall, he seemed to be testing (in a nice way) my resolve to attend Einstein. "
"No particularly interesting question. We just had a nice conversation, everything from my family to school and my various activities."
"Almost all my questions were about my research. Also got: How did you hear about Einstein? Where else did you apply? Where else are you interviewing?"
"Tell me about your research. How did you get introduced to this work?"
"What other schools did you apply to?"
"None - My interviewer asked me a lot of questions about my family life and where I am from."
"So what else do you want to talk about? My interviewer asked this about twenty minutes into the interview."
"The interviewer asked me how my work in running workshops on issues of community, difference and diversity shaped my world view."
"If you don't get into any med school this year, what would you do next year? "
"My parents are both doctors and they asked me to compare the differences between their two professions. "
"Give me an example of one of those ethical situations(I had said that while shadowing a doc I came upon some). So basically I brought up the ethics on my own."
"Hailing from southern California, where there is little rain and brownish grass, did you know the real color of grass? Look at our beautiful campus!"
"Not many interesting questions unfortunately. I brought the doctor my file, so she had 5 minutes to look it over. She really did not know much about me. She spoke most of the time. I wonder how she will be able to evaluate me???"
"I'm paraphrasing here, but: "How do you expect to split time between research and clinical practice without sacrificing quality in either?""
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school?"
"Why do you think we encounter some doctors today who are so arrogant? "
"I told her about my interpreting experience in the hospital... she asked, "How would you deal with this cross-cultural misunderstanding""
"Most of the questions were interesting and thought-provoking. We discussed politics, philosophy, language and other topics that emerged. I truly felt like the interviewer was able to enter my mind and get a better feel for who I am. He didn't bother asking the standard "why med school" type interview questions, which I appreciated."
"So tell me what's NOT in here... (pats my file)"
"Compare a patient's view of a private practice experience vs. an HMO experience"
"What's your favorite part of my undergraduate college? My interviewer was a Darmouth alum and was excited to interview another ivy leaguer. "
"Most of the interview was very conversational. The interviewer was very nice and laid back. She seemed to be more interested in my personality, hobbies, and research than my views on health care or ethical issues. "
"Do you plan to work for the Chinese American community? "
"How do you see medicine as an extension of what you are doing now?"
"I was asked to parallel the issue of gays in the Boy Scouts to gay teachers teaching in primary and secondary school. This question is probably pertinent only to me. I do work with scouitng. "
"How did living in Jamaica with your grandmother and having to give up your room at times make you feel...were you upset?"
"Talk about the trajectory of your interest in medicine."
"What did I think of the motivations of jack kevorkian's practices?"
"Nothing really"
"Do you feel your upbringing was sheltered?"
"all personal questions about my application; really very comfortable and friendly interview; non-stress!"
"Can you explain how you are hispanic but also checked black on your AMCAS"
"I was not asked many questions"
"Tell me something that you do that is not obvious from reading your AMCAS."
"None "
"How does the Bronx compare to where you live now?"
"Can't remember. She was obviously very used to interviewing applicants, and made it extremely easy to relax. No hard questions... no stressful scenarios. I think my interviewer just wanted to get a better sense of who I was and how I've come to this point in applying to schools."
"Nothing was too interesting. Just a conversation asking about specific things on my file."
"The interviewer gave me a scenario where a patient was just told that her baby would be born with deformities and she had to decide what to do. The patient asked what the doctor would do in this situation. The interviewer then asked what I would say."
"Not many real questions, because it was a lot of interesting conversation."
"What would you do if a 13 year old girl came in and asked for an abortion?"
"Do you think vaccines cause autism? (One of my EC's was working with an autistic child.)"
"what was it like going to my undergraduate university?"
"Not really a specific question, but the interviewer asked me multiple questions about each word in the opening sentence of my personal statement. KNOW your PS cold and the deep philosophical reasons you wrote each word. this applies to any interview b/c anything you write in your PS is fair game."
"No interesting questions."
"He asked me if I liked trig and geometry (because I am a math tutor...I said I did, but I don't) and gave me a math problem!!! He said it wasn't a part of the interview though...it was fun to hash it out even though I couldn't really solve it."
"A question about euthenasia, that turned into a discussion."
"If you could give a lecture about any topic, what would it be?"
"What do I look for in a school?"
"Have you had any "bad" experiences at the ER where you volunteer?"
"How do you feel about the use of the terminology patient vs. client vs. consumer? How do we make medical student more attune to social issues?"
"The questions were pretty simple. The interviewer basically just wanted to talk to me and get the feel for what my personality was like. He asked me about my background, how I felt about September 11, what classes I was taking now and what was so interesting about them, why I want to go into medicine etc."
"None really, it was very conversational."
"There were none. It was more of a conversation."
"It's sat night and you have no exams, it's in the middle of summer. tell me what you would do? what is your favorite movie?"
"None, just questions about my activites, research etc"
"You just completed your first surgery which was a success. The patient is doing well and ready to go home the next day. The nurse comes up to you and tells you she has checked and double-checked and she is positive you have left an instrument in the patient (who is the president of Malpractice insurance) what do you do?:)"
"We just had a conversation. There were no straight questions. My interviewer was an HIV researcher, so we had a lot to talk about since I want to do ID."
"Nothing was asked in particular, it was more conversational."
"Einstein has a bunch of charmless weirdos doing their interviewing. Mine was no exception. She had the demeanor of someone who would rather be almost anywhere in the world than in a room with me. Her questions were asked in a half-hearted, going-through-the-motions kind of way. At one point she said in a foggy sort of way, "So do you like watching sports on t.v. and that kind of thing." Huh? "
"None! Most of the questions were very straight-forward questions regarding my MCAT scores, how I envision my life as a doctor, etc."
"Tell me about your research....why einstein...typical questions..."
"How did you feel about coming to this country (I was born in London). I told him that as a 10-year old, I was very excited since I was a budding Cabbage Patch Doll collector and that the United States was the official home of the latter - especially multi-ethnic ones. Thankfully, he laughed and that really opened him up."
"Really straightforward interview, no really difficult questions stood out."
"Nothing terribly difficult. Very conversational."
"Don't you think your research is unethical?"
"What is the difference between empathy and compassion?"
"Why didn't you apply to med school sooner?"
"Why didn't you take more humanities courses in college?"
"When something difficult happens in the family, how do you handle it?"
"What do you think about programs that pay for your medical school education if you choose to go into a certain speciality/work into a certain area? Does this result in one unhappily working in a certain field/location just to save money? Is this right?"
"I guess the first one. "Tell me about yourself". I was really nervous and messed up my answer a little."
"What has been you greatest challenge in your undergraduate career?"
"Why MD and not RN?"
"You have a lot of research experience. Why no publications? (note: not confrontational, just curious. He proceeded to offer advice as to how I should obtain some pubs)."
"I am an ultra orthodox jew, so I got some difficult questions about are practices, but the interviewer was very fair about it."
"There are lots of great schools in Boston (my home city), why did you apply here?"
"Give me a pitch for why the admissions board should admit you."
"Why are your second year grades lower?"
"What other schools have you applied to and interviewed at?"
"Have you had any doubts about becoming a doctor?"
"I was sort of shocked when he asked me about my schools and I told him that I had been accepted to a school in the Midwest. He chuckled and told me I could relax, but I had to emphasize that I really wanted to go to New York"
"Nothing, the whole interview was very laid back."
"Why do a lot of doctors kick drug addicts out?"
"Ethical question about covering for a doc who does legal assisted end of life treatment, the patient asks you to perform the procedure for him as he is in agony, how do you approach it? What do you say to him?"
"Drilling me on my school choices and asking me to reveal confidential information"
"None. Everything was very conversational and low-stress."
"Tell me about your family."
"What is the best advice you have ever been given?"
"How do you think we should view those doctors who make medical errors in the field?"
"Just talk about yourself (this is 45 min into the interview)"
"the health care reform questions"
"The one about patients."
"None. She was really easy going and no question was posed in a difficult manner."
"The interview was very conversational, no difficult questions."
"Nothing... It was pretty conversational. I thought this interview went well"
"The role playing question"
"no difficult question, BUT because it was very conversational it seems like the questions would be sidetracked where I wasn't able to completely answer the strengths and weaknesses question"
"Tooting my own horn without sounding pretentious. "
"Nothing difficult - it was more like a conversation than an interview"
"AECOM is great because... XYZ "
"What do you think are some problems faced by physicians today? (After listing about 5 or 6, the interviewer expected more)"
"nothing, very standard"
"Very briefly, why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Who is the one getting socialize medicine in the united states? "
"None, to be honest."
"Tell me how you, as an "international" student, view American culture? [lists some things he thinks non-Americans think of Americans (that I never really thought about)]"
"none really, it was very conversational"
"eh. nothing really"
"Do you see yourself getting involved in the research and use of nano-technology?"
"none really - we just talked. very conversational, very low stress"
"where do you see yourself 20 yrs from now? "
"none... all were pretty general interview questions"
"Where is your other interviews?"
"Tell me about your research"
"None. It was actually just talking about the school, its wonderful alum, and the great programs and the happy students. My intervier cancelled and one of the co-chairs of the committee interviewed me...he already knew my file so he didn't have much to ask me except why I thought I'd fit into AECOM."
"nothing, the interview was conversational, with the typical questions..."
"Explain your research..."
"Who is Howard Dean"
"do you have any questions for me? (seriously, i hate that question)"
"Do you want to go to medical school close to home? I see you have connections at Harvard...(I couldn't believe I was asked this directly)"
"What type of setting do you see yourself working in in ten years?"
"What are some of the negatives of Einstein?"
"Why are you switching careers? How do you know that two years through medical school you want want to become a cook?"
"Nothing Really"
"nothing bad...i guess most difficult was how i would like life in the bronx"
"Who is Howard Dean?"
"Nothing in particular. Dr. Simmons was very nice."
"what do u want me to know about you (first question)"
"Nothing, it was very conversational."
"Nothing too difficult, it was pretty conversational."
"Nothing particularly difficult."
"How do you propose to fix our healthcare system?"
"Same as most interesting"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"Why do you think Kevorkian took his cause to TV?"
"How do you cope emotionally with working in Chad? (also first question)"
"no really difficult questions."
"what would you do if you were unable to practice medicine?"
"What would your mother be most proud of?"
"Nothing was completely unexpected or particularly difficult"
"Nothing! Very conversational"
"Nothing difficult at all"
"What was the last thing you've read?"
"If you could be any cell in the body, which one would you be?"
"questions about my research"
"None really. The interview was very conversational"
"NONE! Stress level was 1! If anyone else says otherwise...don't believe them. Interviewer did not see how difficult or ethically-related questions were going to tell him about how good of a doctor one will eventually become."
"None were difficult."
"n/a"
"what do you find not attractive about medicine"
"How do decide if change is worth doing?"
"Do you think your wanting to be a doctor is environmental or genetic? (my dad is a doctor)"
"Why AECOM?"
"Do you believe in lying about your patients' diagnosis to gain coverage?"
"Can you give me an example of a time when you learned from a mistake?"
"What is your first choice school?"
"Why am I interviewing you so late?"
"Ethics, ethics, ethics."
"NONE REALLY! I'm not sure there were many/any questions. "
"Do you have any questions for me? (started the interview like this. not difficult the first time, but difficult/strange the 4th time.)"
"What are your weaknesses?"
"Explain how you connect to being latina? (it was phrased VERY weirdly, I was unsure what she meant but I talked about everything I do that involves the Hispanic community)"
"Why are you wanting to go for a combined degree?"
"none were really difficult"
"nothing difficult"
"Why are some of your grades so low, when your MCAT scores are so good?"
"Why did you not continue to stay in your master lab?"
"Nothing...I wasn't asked any specific questions throughout the entire interview"
"none were hard"
"Why aren't you a Yankee's fan? (My interviewer was really relaxed)"
"What makes you stand out from the rest of the applicants? What else? What else? What else? Kept at it until I had nothing left to say and then I felt stupid."
"nothing really was difficult"
"Why Einstein? Yea that was the most difficult, since it was all generic stuff"
"What do you know/think about living in the Bronx? (not much; I'd never been there before! If you're not from NYC, be prepared to get this question.)"
"none really."
"How do you explain your experimental results at a molecular level?"
"Tell me the funniest thing that has ever happened to you in your life."
"No hard questions."
"Nothing too difficult that I couldn't answer."
"None of the questions were very difficult. I felt like he was giving me advice on schools and medical schools in general, I almost felt as though I was meeting with an advisor or mentor. He asked at one point what other interviews I had been on and then proceeded to tell me if those were good or bad schools for me. He seemed very honest and open, I really liked him."
"Honestly, can't think of any really tough ones..."
"She was very straight forward and seemed to just want to get to know me."
"Tell me about yourself was the very first question asked so i was kind of caught off guard."
"Explain your childhood for me."
"where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What are you looking for in a medical school?"
"What makes you think you'll be able to live in the Bronx?"
"Nothing was difficult in my opinion, as I answered everything with an honest answer and went toe-to-toe with him in terms of q and a. "
"Why should we take you?"
"Why do you think Dr. Kevorkian went on TV to expose what he was doing?"
"If healthcare did not exist, and there were no such thing as doctors, what would you be doing now? (difficult because I've never considered anything else)"
"Do you have any reservation in going into medicine?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"My interviewer was very nice and knowledgeable, and asked questions only based upon my application"
"Why did you quit pre-med the first time around? (Not b/c this was a difficult question, but that she would not accept my answer)"
"What do you think a physician's role should be in helping America's health care crisis?"
"why medicine"
"How do you view yourself?"
"What are your weaknesses... and how do you get around them?"
"Why would you leave California for this (looks out at cloudy sky)?"
"List three words that describe your positive qualities and three that describe your negative qualities."
"So you waitress as a part-time job. Isn't that demeaning?"
"How do you think obtaining a dual degree will help your career goal of helping the hispanic community?"
"Who would you want to have dinner with if you could eat with anyone in the world and what would you talk about?"
"Why are you taking a year off...they were all fairly standard questions"
"Your MCAT score- What happened? (After a very stimulating discussion he cracked this one out)"
"He asked a lot of 'whys' following my answers, such as 'we moved a lot when i was young,' why and how did that affect you?"
"Weaknesses"
"Nothing that difficult"
"Are there any physical disabilities that would prevent one from successfully becomming a doctor? "
"There weren't any. She was really nice and told me there would be no difficult questions."
"nothing too difficult"
"no questions out of the ordinary, very conversational."
"Nothing dificult."
"None. The entire interview was conversational. "
"none really...it was extremely casual and conversation, my interviewer was awesome"
"If you didn't get into medical school, what do you think would be the reason why?"
"Asked me about research I had done 3 years ago."
"What is the hardest question you have been asked elsewhere."
"How would your friends describe you, your positive and negative attributes?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? "
"None really, the interview was very conversational."
"None, really."
"The interview was very conversational. Her questions were very open ended so I had a lot of opportunities to tell her about myself."
"What do you feel should be done about the situation vis a vis medicine and health care?"
"What makes you mad"
"How would you improve doctor-patient relationships?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? He didn't ask a lot of tough questions, but this one required some careful thought."
"None. I was asked about my family and myself."
"Why I discussed my MCAT scores at all"
"So how do you like New York? yeah...it was not a stressful interview."
"Do you still have interest in economics? (I majored in Economics)"
"Why medicine?"
"What do you think about HMO's?"
"Why medicine now (after pursuing a graduate degree)?"
"ditto"
"if you could change anything about your life what would it be and why/ what regrets do you have about your life...(dude im only 21 chill out)"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"What should someone know about you that they wouldn't find out by reading your file?"
"Same - How are you supposed to answer that?"
"Since you applied to med school before and did not get in, why should we accept you this year?"
"What would your friends say about you if asked?"
"What can you say to prove to the Admissions Committee that you are a 'worthy' risk for the Medical School?"
"She gave me 2 scenarios and asked me to diagnose them"
"Do you really know what it's like to be a doctor? (I guess because I don't have any clinical experience in a hospital.)"
"none were difficult/unpredictable"
"you give interviewer your file, so not too much time for he/she to read it"
"Why do you want to talk with me? (we had chosen who we wanted to speak with based upon our research interests)"
"None. The interview was more conversational and getting to know about my background, education, research and I was asked to add anything else I wanted them to know that's not in my application."
"How would your friends describe you? (I hate this question!)"
"Nothing was overly difficult. He was very friendly, easy to talk to, and peppered me with a lot of questions about myself and my interests. More like a conversation than an interview. Not very structured list of questions so I was able to steer the interview in the direction I wanted it to go. The hour flew by."
"Some questions specific to my research--he decided to grill me on a couple minor details."
"<none really stands out - it was all very conversational>"
"None."
"None- there were no ethical questions during my interview"
"None. It was very conversational."
"In a follow up to my answer about the impact of my community work on my mentality, he asked me if I was ever surprised by the workshop participants' reactions. This is obviously a very focused and student-specific question, but he definitely homed in on specific details and asked me to explain and expound on them."
"Tell me why your verbal MCAT score doesn't correlate with all your other academic accomplishments."
"Do you have any questions? I know it's good to ask questions but man, I didn't really have any--by the time my interview rolled around I knew more about the school than I did my own undergrad campus! Basically all the questions I was asked came straight from my application. "
"Why do 99% of your fellow applicants wear black suits? You are not being interviewed for a position as funeral director."
""Why MD/PhD and not just PhD?" Not really a barnburner of a question, but at least one of the interviewers really pushed for me to be clear about the reasons."
"How will you balance family and career?"
"What do you think the neurological basis for alcoholism is? To what extent is it environment, and to what extent can we intervene?"
"Why Einstein? Because Einstein wasn't my top choice when i went there."
"Why didnt you continue with studies in your major?"
"How do you think we can fix the healthcare situation in medicine today?"
"How would your friends describe you"
"no really difficult questions; just questions about my background. "
"none were difficult"
"Tell me about your research - and she asked me extensive questions about it. "
"None"
"I was asked to parrallel the case brought against mcdonalds by the fat guy that said mcD's made him fat to the lawsuits brought against tobaco companies by smokers. I kind of bombed this question. My answer should have been essentially that the case brought by the fat guy was different and not justifiable because unlike the tobaco companies mcD's does not put addicting additives in their products."
"Nothing too hard... maybe "WHy did you choose to take this year off?""
"see above, i got stressed big time at AECOM"
"Nothing."
"there weren't any difficult questions, he told me in the beginning it was to get to know me, not to stress me out wiht ethical questions "
"How can you really measure someones motivation?"
"I was not asked many questions"
"Is there anything that you think I haven't addressed?"
"Why did you wait two years after college to apply to medical school? Why did you choose to get involved in research? Why your project is important? Be prepared to talk about correlation to medicine; my research has almost none."
"What is your second choice school and why"
"Again,... no hard questions."
"nothing to hard"
"See above."
"About some blips in my academic record."
"same"
"Have you ever failed at anything?"
"how my parents professions affected my career choice."
"question about euthanasia"
""Why Einstein?" (it was difficult)."
"look above"
"What are you going to do next summer?"
"A LOT of ethical questions."
"Do I know anything about managed HMOs?"
"See above"
"What should we talk about?"
"The most challenging question was "If you had a patient who had pancreatic cancer and wanted to end her life, how would you handle it?""
"No difficult questions."
"Anything else you would like me to know about you?"
"None really...the first half of the interview was more like a conversation about stuff in my application..the rest was just talking about our healthcare system, what would i do if i didn't get in, how did i feel about the sept. 11th events, how did my family feel about my decision to go into medicine...but no stress just talking."
"No difficult questions"
"The entire interview was difficult...she clearly was performing an administrative duty that she probably became bored with in, oh, I'd say the late fifties. She should be set out to pasture."
"It seemed that the interviewer was solely focused on finding out why I scored so low on my second attempt at the MCAT, especially my verbal score. Even before I had a chance to answer her question, she rudely interrupted by stating, "Couldn't it be the fact that at one point you were in ESL?!" (FYI, I had immigrated to Canada when I was 10 and yes, I was in the English as a Second Language program for like... what... 1 year?!?!) Come on! By now, I don't think my days in ESL have anything to do with my results on the MCAT! I got a freaking "T" on my writing sample lady, hello??!"
"I can't think of any. The interview was EXTREMELY laidback - he was an awesome guy. Very modest and humble and really just wanted to get to know me. He even gave me some feedback at the end of the interview as to what he thought of me as an applicant. "
"SDN, reviewed my application, read through the slideshow they sent me."
"SDN, researched the school/the Bronx, common interview Qs"
"SDN, google doc of common interview questions + my answers, mock interview, primary/secondary app review"
"Read the feedback and the website"
"Reviewed lists of common questions and practiced answering them."
"SDN and reviewed AMCAS App."
"Researched school, reviewed application"
"sdn and app"
"Sdn, reread application."
"Read up about Einstein."
"researched the school on it's website, read SDN"
"Read my application and basic info about the school."
"researched school's website, read personal statement, went through a list of interview questions"
"practiced interview Qs, mock interview, researched school"
"Read up on the school from their website."
"Read primary, read about the school"
"reviewed my app, researched the school"
"Website, SDN, mock interviews, re-reading AMCAS application"
"I just read through my application, a few interview books, SDN, etc"
"Reviewed SDN comments, poured through the school website, and visited the school during an open house, in addition to reviewing my application."
"Read a lot about the school and the Bronx in general. Thought about the standard questions they could ask and had a general idea of how I would answer them. read my primary application and the secondary i submitted to Einstein."
"Looked over information about the school and thought about why I would specifically want to go to that school. Got a lot of sleep the night before."
"Sdn, school website, mock interview, reading over application"
"Read SDN threads, combed through the website and the brochure that was mailed to me."
"SDN, Einstein website, mock interviews"
"I read these posts and reviewed the school's website. They sent me a pamphlet in the mail, I read that during my flight and found it kinda useful."
"SDN, AMCAS app"
"Read the school's website. Hadn't heard of the SDN feedback site at this point."
"reviewed application, reviewed website, reviewed current topics in healthcare"
"SDN, looked over past interview notes, AECOM website, chatted with my student host"
"SDN, read the information brochure, talk with students there."
"practiced in front of camera then reviewed it."
"SDN, review secondary app"
"SDN, health care books, einstein website"
"Read over my applications, research, the Einstein website, and SDN interview feedback questions."
"Didn't really. Thought about my answers to the "standard" questions, but there's not really a way to prepare for any one interview."
"School website, Einstein's applicant booklet"
"Practiced questions in the car with my dad and had other interviews before. Read the website thoroughly so when interviewer asked what I was looking for in a school I could point out specifics regarding school."
"Introspection, made sure I had thought about a list of interview questions, read up on the health care debate. A lot of my interview prep was for the first interview I had, which was not at Einstein. That interview, I over-prepared like a mother (mock interviews every three days or so, practically memorized responses)."
"Reviewing my application, SDN interview feedback, the website, mock interview"
"Reread primary and secondary, researched the school, its programs and its hospitals online, talked to a recent graduate"
"reading personal statement, SDN"
"SDN, school's brochure that they sent me"
"Read SDN, school website."
"Just knew why I wanted to go into medicine and just went in with a positive attitude."
"SDN feedback, read over AMCAS personal statement"
"SDN, ABC's of Einstein, read over AMCAS."
"SDN."
"SDN, read Amcas file, Read some Health care info stuff"
"SDN, reading over my AMCAS and secondary application, looking on the schools website"
"Mock interviews, SDN interview feedback, reading current healthcare articles, answering all questions outloud lol"
"sdn, read some really basic info on the U.S. health care system, read the school website, thought about answer to "why Einstein" and "why medicine" and prepared questions for the interviewer."
"Read the website"
"SDN, school website, AMCAS application, basic ethics stuff"
"read about school, SDN, ask lots of questions to the student host."
"SDN, talked with students at school, reviewed AE viewbook"
"SDN, Secondary, AMCAS, student hosts, the school's website."
"SDN, MSAR, ABC Brochure, AECOM Website"
"SDN, read primary and secondary, ABC's of einstein pamplet that they mail you"
"SDN, website"
"I quickly browsed the SDN forum, most specifically the interview thread. I also skimmed over healthcare-related books @ Barnes and Noble."
"SDN Interview feedback, Washington University ethics website, talked to parents and friends about my interest in medicine, thought about what my answers would be to basic and expected questions."
"SDN, ethics reading, mock interviews, reread secondary"
"SDN, secondary essays, amcas app., interview book, school's website and info. from tour"
"SDN, reviewed file, read school's info on website and in MSAR."
"this website, review my amcas"
"discussed health care policy issues w/ my dad, to make sure i wouldnt come across to conservative-republican-ish, if i had a liberal interviewer, read over my amcas app, thats it"
"SDN feedback, forums, AMCAS app, secondary, read my research papers, read current health issues, and reviewed bioethics"
"Read Student Doctor, School Website"
"einstein's website, sdn feedback"
"read amcas, sdn interview feedback posts, and browsed ae website."
"sdn, msar, website"
"Read over application."
"Reading school's website and SDN"
"Read over my application, my research notes, material about the school"
"Thought over some basic questions. Read SDN. Read about Howard Dean. "
"SDN, read AMCAS, asked my student host, University of Washingtion Ethics website"
"researched healthcare issues, school's website, amcas app, sdn interview feedback"
"SDN, AECOM website, reread application"
"Website"
"website, SDN, looked over my application"
"Read website, reread my application"
"SDN, school website, read up on current healthcare issues."
"I didn't really. I think I spent about 2 minutes on SDN looking at feedback."
"Read SDNet, looked at the school's website"
"Explained my research to my parents."
"This forum, past interviews, school website, mock interviews, read my application, spoke with individuals."
"SDN, AAMCAS application, secondary application, Princton Reievew interview questions"
"SDN, my AMCAS, my research, looked over the website to make sure i knew exactly why i wanted to go there"
"SDN, School Website, Talked to first year student friends, AMCAS/SEC application"
"Amcas application, read AECOM site, consulted faculty and friends"
"prepared answers for typical interview questions"
"Previous interviews."
"sdn, spoke to students, website, otehr interviews"
"Read the AECOM website, SDN."
"read schools website"
"Reviewed school's literature."
"Read SDN, reread my AMCAS, read about the school online."
"Research on the school, my application, SDN."
"I read a little about the school from the website and the interview feedback on studentdoc. "
"Read over my AMCAS"
"read my application, read school website"
"By reading student doctor.net"
"Read over primary and secondary, school's website"
"Interviewed elsewhere, read the entire website, spent the night with students and grilled them :)."
"read the school website, mock interview, read sdn, researched practice areas that interest me"
"sdn, school website, read over amcas and application"
"AECOM website."
"SDN, AECOM website,"
"SDN Interview feedback, read over AMCAS"
"Read the Einstein website"
"sdn researched the school"
"SDN, read over primary application and school website"
"sdn, looked at website, other interviews..."
"Health care policy reading, AECOM website, read AMCAS, SDN interview feedback"
"SDN, school website, and reviewed my application"
"Student host...tour, spoke to students"
"Mock interview, SDN, practiced answering standard interview questions, AECOM website, reviewed my application"
"website, talking to students"
"SDN, previous interviews"
"SDN, school website."
"Read feedback, books, papers."
"SDN, mock interview, chilled - watched TV, went to Beauty and the Beast on Broadway"
"Studentdoctor.net, school information, "
"Went over secondary, talked to AECOM students, mock interview"
"Interview Feedback, School's website"
"Researched the school, reread my AMCAS, researched ethics and news topics"
"SDN, school website, prepared answers to common questions"
"Asked medical professionals I know about controversial topics."
"Looked up information about the school."
"sdn, read over application, other interviews"
"SDN, AECOM website, reviewed AMCAS application"
"Read SDN, school website, did some mock questions with a friend"
"SDN, Brochure, Website"
"SDN, School Website, typed up responses to general questions (makes me relax)"
"Read all I could find on Einstein, current issues in medicine, and reviewed my application and SDN feedback. "
"Read SDN, re-read my AMCAS."
"SDN, my AMCAS app, AECOM student viewbook"
"sdn, read up on current events, re-read app, bought warm clothes"
"Studentdoctor.net, reread my amcas application, read the news, looked over school website"
"SDN, my amcas app"
"read over sdn, my application and just winged it."
"just read up on the school on their website"
"SDN, review school website, review some questions"
"school website, studentdoctor.net, review my amcas"
"Read over SDN, AE website and my application"
"read SDN, read over the einstein website, spoke to my people who go there, thought about some answers to generic questions"
"AMCAS, school's website"
"SDN, application, list of question"
"I read over my AMCAS application, went through the school's website and looked at the websites of a couple of the hospitals they are affiliated with. Also looked at SDN."
"studentdoctor.net, einstein webstie"
"read this site, other interviews... not much"
"SDN website, Albert Einstein brochure"
"msar, sdn, einstein website, spoke with students"
"Not much, just read up on the school's website"
"Re-read my application, read interview feedback on SDN, read the AECOM website, looked up and read papers published by the researcher I was meeting, practiced answering questions."
"SDN, reading website, reading newspapers"
"Read papers, websites, SDN"
"SDN, website, admissions handouts, review AMCAS and secondaries"
"Read SDN feedback, read admissions brochure, talked to people I knew"
"Looked over SDN interviews, studied the AECOM website like crazy, practiced with commonly asked interview questions, read over AMCAS essay and secondary"
"Read SDN, read the school's website, reviewed my AMCAS application."
"This website, school's website, looked over application."
"I read over SDN, my AMCAS and a list of typical interview questions. "
"SDN Interview feedback, read "Healthcare in America: Can Our Ailing System be Healed," reviewed AMCAS, reviewed thesis proposal "
"This website, AECOM website, mock interviews, read over my materials."
"SDN, school website, there are some good stuff in the pre-allo forum which i printed out like description of healthcare today and its problems and interview advices. i also made a print out of questions i could be asked and wrote out an answer. Also prep questions for the interviewer. This was my first interview and i never practiced talking with anyone so i was very unprepared."
"Read up on research at Einstein, prepared answers to questions."
"this website, schools website, read over application"
"This website, the school's website, AMCAS, speaking to students/profs at school."
"I read sdn feedback, glanced over my AMCAS and college research thesis, etc. Nothing major."
"SDN, school web site, hx of Bronx"
"just be me"
"SDN, AMCAS application, read thru couple of health policy books and articles, went thru Univ of St. Louis ethics page (really good! highly recommend!)"
"SDN, spoke with preprofessional advisor, reviewed questions in my head, and believed in myself."
"SDN, reviewed AMCAS, read medical ethics textbooks, slept"
"um, prior interviews."
"SDN, applications"
"Read SDN, looked at school website, practiced."
"AMCAS, ethics cases, past relevant written materials, any research I did"
"SDN, Other interviews, school website"
"SDN, school's website, read up on faculty of interest, looked over application materials"
"This site, their website, reviewed health policy"
"Read over my essays, checked SDN, looked at Einstein's website."
"sdn, app"
"SDN, school website, MSR"
"sdn.net, talking to current students, Einstein website"
"AMCAS app, SDN, school's website."
"this site, AECOM website"
"SDN. reviewed my personal statement, looked over the school's web site, and cotacted MSTP students about the interview process. "
"SDN, read over the school's website, talk to med students"
"SDN, AMCAS, reviewed Einstein's website, etc."
"This site, the web site, review Amcas and sup. app. for the school"
"skimmed the website, StudentDoctor... This was my fourth interview so I was pretty comfortable with the process at this point."
"sdn, looked over secondary and amcas appl, mock interview"
"Read SDN, read school website, tried to sleep the night before--didn't work much!"
"this website, AECOM website, current health care issues, practice interview, read NY Times"
"practiced, read this website"
"Other interviews "
"Read studentdoctor.com, went over AMCAS application, tried to keep up with current events, talked to friend who goes there, read AECOM website"
"Website, personal statement, SDN interview feedback"
"SDN, AECOM website"
"Website, sdn"
"SDN, read AMCAS, looked over Einstein website"
"SDN, AECOM website, read my AMCAS Application"
"aecom website, amcas app, sdn"
"this website, einstein website, reviewed AMCAS app."
"SDN, School Website"
"SDN, website, etc."
"Read possible interview questions from various pre-med websites, thoroughly reviewed the school's website including history and special research projects. "
"school website, looked at my file thoroughly"
"be yourself"
"Read SDN, very brief practice interview with an MD, read about Einstein on the internet and spoke to a couple of students."
"Read up on the school on the Internet; downloaded papers from the researchers I was going to meet."
"Read the AECOM web site, mock interviews, SDN."
"read their website, kept up-to-date with current events"
"website, amcas"
"Reading this website, the school's website (not that helpful), and my own application (AMCAS application, essays, etc.)"
"This website, reviewed my amcas"
"I didn't"
"This website, school's website."
"UW's ethics website, AECOM's website, reading personal statement."
"Website info"
"Read SDN, looked over the school's website"
"read SDN, read AMCAS, talked to students at AE, brushed up on current events, looked on school website"
"Went over typical questions with friends."
"SDN"
"This site, SDN, AECOM website, my application"
"SDN, read my application"
"Read everything."
"Read about the school on its website, SDN, prepared questions for interviewer"
"Read SDN, previous interviews helped me know what was coming."
"Read SDN, about school"
"this site. reviewed application and research."
"AE, SDN websites"
"AECOM website, SDN, my application, talking to current students"
"SDN, current events, read up on school"
"AE website, SDN, mentally preparing for probable questions."
"Reading website for school, going over my research experiences, thinking about how to answer generic questions thoroughly"
"Read the website and interview feedbacks."
"the usual- sdn, web, etc."
"I didn't."
"Read the Einstein website, SDN, read a little about healthcare, read a lot about my research and looked into my interviewer's research as well."
"Took a nice bath."
"sdn, AMCAS application, school's website, mock interviews, learn about healthcare issues"
"great school website, sdn, talked with current students"
"SDN interview feedback, AMCAS application and secondary aplication"
"Read my application, the Einstein website, should have reread my research description more carefully."
"interview feedback, the Economist and other news magazines, read my application"
"SDN, school web site"
"I reread my AMCAS, read the whole Einstein webstie, and looked at SDN."
"Mock interviews, this site, and AECOM website"
"SDN, website, mentally prepped the usual questions."
"sdn, read over primary app, etc"
"Read this website, mock interviews with everyone, read my AMCAS & research & current events. "
"Read this website, their website, read my app, asked my student host some questions about the day, and learned from this mistakes made from my previous interviews."
"Read the web site and spoke with Einstein students and graduates."
"Student Doctor Network. Kept up on medical issues in the news"
"I re-read anything (and everything) that I had sent to the school, paying specific attention to the descriptions of my research and my MD/PhD personal statement. Then I just relaxed and tried to be myself -- as if that was something inherently difficult to do."
"SDN, Einstein website, AMCAS"
"sdn, read up on healthcare issues"
"Mainly talk to the student guides and my friend who goes there. This is my 5th interview so I didn't prepare much"
"read this website, my amcas, their website"
"this website, school website, having done other interviews"
"SDN, AMCAS apps, AECOM apps, brushed up on a bit of medical current events"
"sdn, current issues in medicine, read einstein's website"
"read over my AMCAS, checked over secondary and thorougly looked at the website. Be prepared to answer Why Einstein, particularly to make clear why Einstein over any other New York school."
"Read previous posts on this site, reviewed AMCAS, talked to students"
"Interview feedback, Einstein website"
"Read recent articles on the human genome project and was prepared to talk at least a little bit about the molecular aspects of medicine"
"Read a couple sort post about docs I would like to do research with on the Einstein web site. Reviewed my app and SDN."
"Read the website and my AMCAS application."
"Read my AMCAS application, looked at Interview Feedback, visited a day earyl to sit in on stuff "
"reread my amcas, sdn feedback"
"Read the website."
"Not much"
"website, read my amcas, talked to friends who interviewed there previously"
"MSAR, SDN Feedback, friend who goes there"
"My previous interviews, reading the web page, books about the school and studying the area."
"Reread my AMCAS and Interview Feedback(SDN)"
"Studied my application, school's web site. Prepared questions and came up with reasons I wanted to go to this school."
"Read website, read this site"
"Re-read my statements, books, internet.... "
"read over my application, looked at their website."
"Checked out website, did a search for articles online about the school"
"I read some interview reports and contacted a first year to talk about the school."
"nothing"
"Read over school's web page"
"read over website and my application. found out what was unique about the school."
"did nothing"
"I did look for directions to the school...."
"CV, primary, secondary, interview feedback, SDN, and talked to a friend who had been accepted there."
"Read about the school on their website, read my AMCAS"
"Read their website, and looked over my app."
"Read about the school, read my file well."
"read website, SDN feedback, my app"
"school website, read my amcas, read my school app, this website"
"Read the website, talked with my student host. "
"I looked at the school's web site, looked over my AMCAS essay, had a mock interview with a friend."
"Reviewed my application, tried to think of answers to commonly asked questions, reviewed my own research, tried to read up on healthcare issues, and read over their website."
"Read up on health issues, reread my application, this website"
"read about the school"
"Read up on health policy, medical ethics, read over my application and looked up some info about the school"
"read through the school website, updated myself on current events, had an outline of what i wanted to say for the main questions, went over my application, the norm...."
"I read interview feedback, checked the schools website, and spoke with a friend in the MD/PHD program."
"Looked at school's website, searched interviewfeedback.com, talked to current students, read over application material"
"Usual stuff."
"Checked out the site, interviewfeedback.com, practiced mock-interviews, read up on current healthcare issues, spoke to different doctors I work with (I'm currently working as a physical therapist in a hospital setting)."
"knowing my application and reading about the school"
"Get sleep!!! It was a LONG day (I was there from 8am - I got there early - until around 4pm). My interview was after lunch, and I actually (I feel terrible) closed my eyes briefly during the interview out of sheer exhaustion. "
"Friendliness of my interviewer and the current students"
"Friendliness and laid back nature of the staff. Also the global health internship and other student resources were interesting to learn more about."
"Student support."
"The friendliness of everyone involved with the school, including the interviewer. The clinical sites."
"School facilities/community"
"Diversity of students and patient population."
"The current students were very laidback while collegiate."
"Students seem genuinely happy and enthusiastic; they went out of their way to tell me how much they love Einstein. Admin seems responsive to student feedback both positive and negative. Admissions staff was super friendly and welcoming. Love that it's *true* P/F in pre-clinical years."
"the students seemed reasonably happy. the student housing was cheap and decent."
"The amazing campus feeling, and the friendliness of all the students I met."
"All the opportunities offered at the school"
"Friendliness of staff and students, sense of community, relaxed nature of interview day"
"Very nice/professorial guy."
"Pass/fail grading system, happy students"
"The staff was so nice and accomodating, and the student tour guides had only positive things to say about the school. It seemed like everyone just wanted you to enjoy your day."
"how nice everyone was, the housing"
"friendliness of students/staff, nice facilities, nice campus"
"The friendliness of the staff, community of the students and school, opportunities for volunteering"
"Everything!! Wow..loved how chill the day was. Having oreos, chips, trail mix, coffee, tea, and water available in morning was awesome! Also love that during the tour, the students actually allowed us to see inside their apartments. They're pretty good for the price! Note: for the price;). I just love the whole campus, oh and the pre-clinical years are actually true P/F so that is amazing:) Lunch was pretty good too. And the 3rd year student we had for the tour was amazingly funny and real about everything about Einstein-the good and the ugly."
"The students were fairly relaxed and did not seem stressed out. They were strong proponents of the pass/fail grading system."
"The diversity, the hospital, ECHO, people were friendly."
"Staff/Students were so friendly, campus was nice, very focused on community development."
"Research, on campus dorms, great community"
"Most everything. The students were VERY laid back, talkative, friendly, intelligent and eager to answer questions; they seemed to absolutely love it there. "True" P/F. The campus was beautiful (even during winter), and the facilities that I saw were nice (including the lecture hall). Housing can't be beat for the price. Very large, impressive network of clinical sites to train in all over NYC, as well as right there on campus. School offers TONS of student support--they seem really tuned in to what students want, and do everything in their power to be flexible, responsive, and make sure students are happy. They also offer amazing opportunities for research and funded international travel (seems to be highly encouraged and easy to obtain). The admissions staff members were incredibly sweet, and my interviewer was very friendly and seemed bright, respected, and hardworking. What I saw of the Bronx impressed me -- quiet, residential, safe, lots of upper middle class neighborhoods and parks. Easy to get into Manhattan (~30-35 min bus ride to UES)"
"Very friendly atmosphere from students and faculty. Really nice, chearly priced housing. I observed a great lecture. Very student oriented. The students want to be the best they can, not neccessarily the best in the class which produces a great close-knit, focused and fun environment."
"Almost everything. The doctor was fantastic who interviewed me. The students were friendly and clearly happier than most, the apartments and amenities were better than expected. I was blown away by this school."
"The housing is very cheap and the rooms are large. Einstein students are charismatic. The admissions team provides snacks for you."
"Their research facilities and affiliated hospitals."
"The faculty seems to really care a lot about the happiness and well-being of their students. The students seemed to be happy and relatively laid back."
"facilities"
"They place a large emphasis on Global health, which is what I'm really interested in. AECOM will subsidize international medical trips between M1/M2 and they're generous with research funding too. The medical students here seem REALLY chill and happy. Each of them said that they found a good balance between study and play which is amazing. Also the housing option is GREAT. $350/month for a three bedroom apartment, right next to campus, and it's guaranteed for four years."
"The interviewer tried his best to make me feel comfortable and making the interview just a conversation about myself and my experiences. On campus apartments are large, extremely cheap, and close to the classrooms. The are surrounding the school is beautiful and suburban, very un-New York yet close enough to Manhattan."
"Dorms are cheap and safe"
"Support from faculties and student centered atmosphere of the school."
"Nice campus, cool friendly students, seems very helpful"
"Location, diversity, cheap housing on campus"
"I liked the students very much and the facilities seemed nice"
"Great housing, everyone was very friendly, students gain a lot of clinical skill, high match rates, pass/fail grading, student run organizations, good research opportunities."
"The students seem very connected and close. The on campus housing is nice, but I don't think that it will work for my unique situation. They have a really nice gym with an indoor pool."
"Dorm was really nice and cheap, Price center is gorgeous, people seem extremely nice and normal. Very close knit school"
"Beautiful campus, friendly people, amazing and cheap housing"
"I really liked the students there. The tourguides were not just MSI's and II's. There were a few MSIII's and IV's. They all seemed to enjoy the school. I personally liked the Bronx, but that might be because I grew up in Baltimore and enjoyed Baltimore. The two seemed very similar to me (even down to being split by I-95). PURE P/F first two years! Students seem very chill and help each other out."
"The students seemed very happy to be there and enthusiastic about the program, and the curriculum"
"MPH option, Dorms, Students, New Research Center"
"Emphasis on clinical research and global health, student housing"
"the campus, housing is great - guaranteed CHEAP apartments right across from campus"
"student body seemed really friendly and community-ish. P/F first two years. my interviewer was so nice, and she took me to see the pediatric ICU just for fun."
"Pass/fail for first two years. Class seems very cohesive. Close to Manhattan. CHEAP housing. "
"How my interviewer stressed that she was there to be my advocate. It really does put you at ease. Einstein has been the least stressful interview I've had."
"Everyone there: faculty/students/staff all seemed really happy to be there. Jacobi is AMAZING and beautiful! The Price Center. The school's attitude of "do what you like/study how you like, we're here if you need/want help". Housing right on campus w/free shuttle busses to the hospitals."
"Curriculum, students, hospitals."
"Facilities are excellent. Students were very laid-back. P/F. "
"The schools campus, the students, the lecture hall, their cheap housing"
"The students were wonderful. They were easy to talk to and really told you the truth about different aspects of their lives. "
"The afternoon tour given by Dr. Dannis, also that the school is EXTREMELY accomodating to the students much more than most schools"
"You get money for international electives, the students were so relaxed and happy (one said his only complaint was that Einstein was "too much fun"), close to NYC, collegial atmosphere, nice lecture halls, true pass/fail, cool interest groups"
"My interviewer was very friendly"
"cards the admissions office handed out with names of our tour group and interviewer, with addresses. convenient."
"all the students live on "campus" very close to the buildings in which they have class; students seem very happy"
"housing"
"Housing is SUPER cheap! Global health program is great, you are relatively close to the city, people seem to be really nice. Great clinical opportunities. "
"social medicine; gobal health program; AWESOME student housing!!!; lunch was really really good also"
"The location is much nicer than expected. The on-campus apartments are very affordable. Students seem very happy and not competitive with each other. "
"The location, hospital affiliations, the cohesion amongst the students. It is an unreal place."
"The students seem happy and friendly. The student apartments are amazing for cheap prize. The Kosher cafeteria wasn't bad. My interviewers was so nice and amazing. "
"Friendliness and the enthusiasm! Also, the new research building and the hospital building are really impressive... take the tour if you can."
"School looks pretty nice, not as bad as the Bronx's rep, great housing size for the price especially!"
"my interviewer was really nice and the housing isnt bad, but worse than i thought. its virtally impossible to get a one-bedroom as a first year, even if you are married. also, 2bedrooms are converted into 3 bedroom"
"The great faculty and student environment. Everyone was super nice! The student hosts were also fun to be around."
"Everything. My interviewer was nice and engaging, making it as calm and non-stressful as possible. I can't say enough about how positive my experience was."
"brand new research building was super nice (go to the special tour if you can), focus on community service, funding for international electives, decent cheap housing is provided, pure pass/fail for first two years, faculty and students seemed happy, my interviewer was VERY enthusiastic about the school, family friendly school"
"Students are enthusiastic and friendly. It is a collegial atmosphere, and the library facilities are wonderful. Also, impressive research and seems to have a lot of funding for research projects at school and overseas. Very cheap housing and parking. Nice community atmosphere for students. "
"The students and staff were extremely friendly and excited about their school."
"friendly students, very enthusiastic. my interviewer was very laid back - seemed interested in what i had to say. made me feel very comfortable."
"all students i spoke to seemed genuinely happy. for real. they enjoyed being there, they enjoyed school, etc. admissions staff were super nice (even though when i called they didnt seem all that organized over the phone) my interviewer (longtime professor) was just so nice"
"Everyone was really nice (esp. the admissions office), the interviewer was a doctor in the Emergency Medicine department and we had a wonderful talk. The facilities are very new and the dorms are supopsed to be very nice."
"Students seemed very happy, the school seemed very laid back. The faculty do everything in their power to make mad school a tolerable and enjoyable experience. There are lots of opportunities for going abroad. "
"housing is cheap, and students seemed pretty happy, lots of funding for seemingly any project you want to do"
"students, faculty seems really like their school. There will be a new Institute of Translation research building with new faculties (40+ according to my interviewer) in 2008. "
"On the whole, I think Einstein is a terrific medical school. Many people have previously complained about the location but I do not think it is that bad. I did my undergraduate work at Stanford (believe me, Palo Alto is as rich as any community on this planet) and was not shocked/disappointed/scared/etc by the Bronx. I think as a medical student, the location is a great asset because you will see cases and patients that you will not see elsewhere. Einstein offers excellent clinical training and a good amount of research opportunities. The students seemed nice. The Pass/Fail grading is a big plus (real pass/fail, none of that H/HP/P/LP nonsense). Residency placement data were fantastic. In past years, people have done things like dermatology at columbia and head and neck surgery at mass general (some of the most competitive programs in the country). More importantly, Einstein's affiliated hospitals are well-regarded and provide the entire spectrum of medical services. And so, you can always get good training/do your residency at Montefiore if you desire. The student housing is great. And for 300/month a bargain you won't find anywhere else. Columbia puts its students up in closets and, I believe, charges more. At least this is the case with Bard Hall facility. "
"the incredible sense of community there (almost ALL students, first thru fourth years, live in the university apartments on campus), campus is compact, very friendly staff and faculty, they have scholarships to fund the pursuit of an MPH at a school of your choice, etc"
"Global health opportunities, incredible emphasis on learning anatomy right, housing."
"Affordability and convenience of housing. Gym membership included. Students seemed happy. Closer to Manhattan than I had originally thought."
"The clinical facilities, the genuine happiness and camaraderie of the class, the location, the most inexpensive housing, especially for NY (280 per month for huge single room)"
"How kind and happy everyone from the students to the faculty to the staff seemed. Everybody was helpful, honest about the school, and seemed to be having a great time there. I attended a couple lectures and felt the same there too. Also faculty seemed extremely approachable. And the Int'l Health program is even bigger and better than I read! Its great, and you're really encouraged to participate!"
"I was a little nervous about being in the Bronx, but the area where AECOM is is pretty nice...and the fact that I am not in Manhattan is great so I can study, but when the urge is there I can go to the city in under an hour!"
"global health opportunities and clinical emphasis in curriculum"
"The attitude of the students, and the huge hospital system. THE FUNDING...YOU CAN DO ANYTHING YOU WANT AND GET PAID FOR IT! The cheap rent for APARTMENTS (not dorms). "
"People. Very much so. They were all happy. and housing."
"nice lecture hall. not a bad neighborhood. nice apartments."
"The students were great people, and they had an all-you-can eat lunch, and it was good that it was after my interview (I was getting tired of the small snack lunches elsewhere, but I guess AE makes up for it in the largest application fee!)"
"Students and staff were super welcoming and friendly. My interviewer was also incredibly nice. The student housing is amazing! It's right across the street from the school, very large, and super cheap. "
"I really liked the person I interviewed with. He was a dean of sorts (assistant, associate, something) of admissions and was very humble about the school. He took an unbiased looked at me as an applicant and let my personality speak for itself. Overall, there seems to be a great community and a sense of camaraderie amongst the students. And the housing is cheap. And the school, overall, isn't as expensive as most (surprisingly)."
"Nice lecture hall. Gorgeous student housing. Students seem happy."
"BIG appartments for very little cost. Integrated curriculum. Relaxed students."
"The school went out of their way to arrange the meetings I requested. Ms Longo was wonderful in explaining and arranging my day. The fact that most students live together in the guaranteed housing."
"The facilities were very nice. The students were great and really showed me why I should want to come to Einstien."
"the interviewer was very relaxed and even had some jazz in the background also the lecture hall is really nice"
"The man who interviewed me had been affiliated with the school since 1956 and loved the school, impressed by the compassionate nature of AECOM, housing facilities."
"The enthusiasm of the students, the professional atmosphere, the kindness and warmth of the admission committee, the construction of a new site, the neat housing, and probably my past experience with the location."
"nothing"
"The students seemed very happy there and they were all funny. The faculty and facilities were also nice (especially the lecture halls). Also, you can't beat the price of the residence complex."
"students seemed tight-knit and happy, housing is even better than the rumors"
"The social medicine philosophy of the school... it matches my own."
"students seemed happy, real community feel between students"
"There are obviously a lot of smart people here with a lot of exciting research. The student housing is a nice perk. I also like the medical spanish emphasis they have, extre appropriate since the Bronx has such a large Spanish-speaking population."
"The student tour guides seemed enthusiastic about their school. The location has its benefits, Manhattan is close enough to be accessible but far enough away as to not be distracting. "
"Amount of funding for international and community programs and research."
"I really like the faculty and students. The apartments are dirt cheap. That is really great for New York."
"Exceptionally nice and enthusiastic students. Nice lecture halls. When sitting in on a lecture, a student played the piano for every one before the lecture began (cooool!)."
"I really enjoyed my interview, lunch was great, students seem very happy and could name several specific things about why they like the school, great community atmosphere"
"The lectures were great and the facilities were nice as well."
"The friendliness of people who worked there -- admissions office, admin staff of interviewer, even random people in the elevators. Nice change from what I'm used to in Manhattan..."
"The dedication of staff and students to the good of their communities, the enormous support and opportunities for students to serve globally and locally. The student apartments and express bus into manhattan (30-40 minutes)."
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?