How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.70 | 236 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 184 |
| Negatively | 14 |
| No change | 36 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.88 | 233 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.67 | 177 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.71 | 145 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 1 |
| Virtual | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 1 |
| 15 minutes | 1 |
| 20 minutes | 13 |
| 25 minutes | 35 |
| 30 minutes | 130 |
| 35 minutes | 32 |
| 40 minutes | 12 |
| 45 minutes | 11 |
| 50 minutes | 1 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 229 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 6 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 106 |
| In a group | 122 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 54 |
| Closed file | 173 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.70 | 236 |
"Why medicine, Why DO, what experience with DO showed osteopathy"
"Why do you want to go into osteopathic medicine?"
"tell me about a time you observed and served underserved communities"
"If you had to pick one quality, whats the most important quality of a leader?"
"Tell us a little bit about yourself."
"Make a rubric that can allow you to assess your weakness"
"What do you think the best part of working in a team is?"
"Why CCOM"
"What is the last book you've read?"
"(Piggybacking off Why DO answer) Generic question about patient autonomy / refusal of care"
"Say you were a physician in Oregon (where medically assisted suicide is legal) and you had a women who was recently diagnosed with ALS (incurable, debilitating disease), and she wanted you to prescribe medications so she could end her life when the disease became too bad. How would that conversation go with her?"
"Tell me about yourself and your journey to here"
"Why CCOM/Why osteopathic medicine?"
"Literally read off resume and asked "tell me about this and that (from resume)""
""Why would you be a good fit here at CCOM?""
"Why D.O and Why at Midwestern?"
"why medicine"
"Why Midwestern? Why DO?"
"What brings you to Midwestern and why you choose to pursue osteopathic medicine?"
"How do you deal with conflict?"
"Why DO/ Why Midwestern?"
"How do you resolve conflict?"
"Tell me more about your research findings."
"How will you react if you fail your first test in medical school?"
"Why Midwestern?"
"What was a time you took a chance and you were happy with the results?"
"Why DO? Why CCOM compared to the rest of the schools I applied to?"
"Why Medicine, why DO?"
"Talk about a clinical experience that made you want to be a doctor."
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why CCOM?"
"Tell us about your research."
"Why DO? (though neither of my interviewers where DOs); why CCOM?; Why medicine?"
"What experiences influenced your interest in osteopathic medicine?"
"Why did you move around so much? I lived in several locations because of work, which forced me to attend a few different schools during post-bacc. Why did you attend so many schools?"
"Tell us about yourself and what has brought you to CCOM."
"Tell us about you and why you want to come to CCOM?"
"Tell us about ion channels (I do research in that area)"
"Please describe an ethical issue you will face in medicine."
"What are the ethical and financial constraints in patient care and what did you learn about that in your shadowing experience?"
"Why did you get a masters in anatomy?"
"Why do you believe that CCOM will be a good fit for you?"
"Tell me about yourself and how you ended up on this path."
"An instance in which you were a leader and what did you learn?"
"Why are you in current job (non-medical)? Did you decide to switch paths?"
"Tell me about yourself. Why osteopathy? "
"How would you react if you failed your first anatomy exam? What would you do about it?"
"Why Medicine? Why DO? What should CCOM accept you over the other 500 interviewees?"
"Why DO? Why medicine? Why CCOM?"
"If I had a specific cultural or moral disagreement with someone and how I handled that situation."
"Tell me about yourself; Why did you choose this profession, specifically DO; What do you know about osteopathic manipulations"
"What do you suggest the candidates do to improve health care? Describe how you are a leader. Tell me about yourself and how you ended up choosing medicine. Why should we pick you over other candidates. Say you fail your first anatomy exam; what are you going to do about it? "
"Tell us about yourself, why DO and why CCOM?"
"Why medicine, specifically Osteopathic Medicine? "
"Why DO/CCOM?"
"Strengths/weaknesses"
"WHy do you want to become a physician?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem in health care today? "
"See above"
"What is one of your weaknesses?"
"tell me about yourself?"
"How do you deal with difficult patients?"
"Why you over the other 500 people?"
"Why D.O.?"
"Why DO? Why CCOM? You live close to CCOM, have you visited the campus before? Ethical question: If your preceptor during clinical rotations asks you to prescribe medication for a patient, how would you deal with the situation?...What if she insists that you do it, even if you say no?"
"Tell us about a clinical experience that had a profound effect on you."
"How were you able to get in touch with so many doctors to get your extensive shadowing experience?"
"Where else did you apply?"
"What about MSU-COM? (I'm from Michigan)"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why CCOM?"
"Ethical types: 1) Is you saw a fellow student cheating on a test, what would you do? 2) If you were chief resident and a resident came in with alcohol on their breath, what would you do?"
"Generic- Why DO, why medicine, more about yourself, if not accepted what would you do?"
"What did you do this weekend? (in chicago, I am from out of town)"
"Tell us about your college experience."
"What motivated you to become a DO? Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"where do I see myself in 10 years"
"What is Osteopathic Medicine?"
"What are your strengths/ weaknesses?"
"Are you currently reading any books? If not, what was the latest book you have read?"
"You stated on your secondary application that you enjoyed wine. What type of wine would you recommend? Also, you stated that you enjoyed traveling. Where have you traveled?"
"Tell me about your interest in DO program and how do you relate it to other alternative medicine practices in your country."
"What do you think about malpractice?"
"What do you do for your health? How hard do you think medical school will be?"
"Tell us a little bit more about this activity (they have your resume and pick a few things to ask about)."
"Describe a time when you took on a leadership position and tell us the advantages and disadvantages to being a leader. "
"What is the major problem in healthcare today? How would you deal with it?"
"the whole stress thing"
"Why medicine"
"what are you passionate about?"
"Why medicine, why osteopathic"
"Explain a situation in which you have had a lead role and can you please walk us through exactly what you did?"
"Why medicine, why osteopathy, why CCOM?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor, osteopathic physician, and why CCOM?"
"Tell us about yourself./Why physician? Why D.O.? Why CCOM?"
"Why physician? Why D.O.? Why CCOM?"
"why osteopathic medicine, any specifics from shadowing DO, "
"At What age did you start thinking about becoming a Doctor? I anticipated this question because of my background Registered Nurse. People often wonder why nurses would want to go to medical school."
"What would you do if the 14 year old daughter of your best friend came to you for birth control pills?"
"why medicine, why DO, why chicago"
"If you could sit down with anyone for dinner who would it be?"
"If you were a doctor on a rescue boat after hurricane katrina, and you came upon a house where two people were trapped in an attic and you could only save one, who would you save (25 yr fem. severely injured or 60 yr old healthy male)-- water is rising and there won't be time to come back for the other one."
"Handling stress"
"3 problems in healthcare today?"
"Why do you want to be a D.O. and why CCOM?"
"How do you think you will be able to handle the stress of medical school? What do you do to relieve stress?"
"How you deal with stress."
"What about my osteopathic shadowing experience made me like osteopathic medicine more."
"Why DO? Why CCOM?"
"Why CCOM? Why DO? Tell me about your research experience. "
"Tell us about the most interesting patient you have ever worked with."
"What unique characteristic would you bring to this school?"
"Why medicine, why DO, why CCOM?"
"best friends 14 year old daughter needs birth control.. what do you do?"
"What do you feel to be your greatest accomplishment?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? Why CCOM? What the difference between allopathic and osteopathic?"
"Tell me about your masters program. "
"why medicine, why osteopathic in particular"
"If any, what reason will prevent you from getting into medical school?"
"Who are you? Why doctor? Why CCOM? What do you know about osteopathic medicine? Has anyone done OMT on your or have you ever seen it?"
"Why Medicine? Why Osteopathy?"
"why medicine and not research?"
"A couple questions about my major in college (they were confused and thought I only got an economics major and missed my biology major)."
"Who are you? Why are you here? Why CCOM, why DO? "
"How do you deal with being a subordinate since you have been in so many positions of leadership?"
"What experience have you had with DO (in long term prior career listed on my resume)? Have you ever seen OMM?"
"Why osteopathic medicine? Why CCOM?"
"If a fellow M3 showed up during rotations with a hangover, what would you do?"
"Questions about research experience."
"Why DO?"
"with all your clinical/ shadowing experience, was there one paticular event that stood out in your mind?"
"What would you do if you caught a classmate cheating?"
"What's going to be the hardest part of med school?"
"Tell me a time when you were a leader."
"You went to Cuba? Why? Wasn't that illegal?"
"the last book that you read"
"TEll me about yourself"
"What was the most difficult time of my life and what did I do about it?"
"Do you have children?If your husband supportive? Is he willing to move with you? Does he realize that he won't see you for two years? What does he do for a living? What will he do if you move here?"
"Tell us about yourself. "
"why medicine/DO/CCOM"
"The HMO one..."
"If a friend's 15 year old daughter came to you and said she wanted BC pills, what would you do? "
"How do you like the Downers Grove area? Do you plan on practicing as a physician in the area?"
"How would you respond in an ethical sitatution? Say your friends 14 yr. old daughter asks you for birthcontrol pills outside of your clinic?"
"What came of your anesthesia research? (note: if you've been published, it's a good idea to bring a copy of the article to give the interviewers)"
"why do? why CCOM? why medicine? "
"Explain my thoughts on medicine and any changes that might take place in the future that would benefit medicine."
"Did you have a DO mentor?"
"Tell me about your tennis abilities? "
"How do you handle stress?"
"Why CCOM?"
"What do you do now?"
"A fourteen-year-old daughter of a family friend comes into your office and asks for birth control. What do you do?"
"What was a past academic challenge and how did you get through it?"
"From your experience volunteering at a hospital, is there any single patient that sticks in your memory and influenced you to pursue medicine?"
"What did you like/dislike about your undergraduate experience/"
"How has diabetes helped you in your decision to become a physician."
"Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician?"
"What is the last book you read?"
"How do I deal with stress?"
"Why D.O.? Why Midwestern University?"
"why did I chose my undergrad institution."
"Tell me about yourself."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What specialty are you interested in?"
"tell us about your out of school expereinces"
"Tell us about yourself."
"What do you do for fun?"
"decribe a sitatuion in which you failed and how you dealt with it?"
"Why medicine, why osteo med, why Midwestern? All separate questions. What other schools did you apply? Where else have you had interviews? "
"why do over md?"
"Tell me about your past job and how it relates to medicine. "
"Why medicine, why D.O., why CCOM?"
"Do you think you'll have a hard time getting back into studying? (I've been out of school for 2.5 years)"
"How do you keep your patient's best interests in mind when you are dealing with managed care?"
"Why medicine, why D.O. and why CCOM? How do you handle stress? Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"Is there a specific reason why you want to practice Osteopathic Medicine? "
"Why Osteopathic medicine and not allopathic?"
"Why medicine...and more specifically why DO?"
"If you saw someone cheating, what would you do?"
"Tell us how you got to this point."
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"what DO? why medicine? Asked about my research"
"Why Medicine?"
""Tell us about working for the catering company." (the PhD worked as a waiter when he was younger too)"
"Why osteopathy."
"Your best friend's 14 year old daughter comes in to your clinic asking for contrceptives. Do you give them to her, and do you notify her parents?"
"Why doctor? Why d.o.? Why CCOM? "
"Why DO? What do you know about osteopathy?"
"why you wanna be a doctor."
"Look at step 3, second part."
"Why Osteopathy and why CCOM?"
"What was the last book that you have read? What's your favorite author"
"What would you do if you did not get into medical school?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor and why Midwestern?"
"What would you do if you saw a class mate cheating?"
"What made you want to become a DO and why at Midwestern University?"
"tell me about a time: leadership, differing backgrounds,"
"What do you do for stress relief?"
"Tell me about a time you experienced a problem and how you addressed it."
"why DO"
"How would you go about delivering bad news to a patient or a family's patient?"
"Why medicine?"
"Tell us about a meaningful clinical experience you had recently."
"Why DO/Medicine"
"What is your most meaningful clinical experience?"
"What was one meaningful moment from your volunteering?"
"What are 3 qualities that you believe make a good physician?"
"They liked a specific component of my secondary essay and asked me to further elaborate on that concept"
"General questions about resume activities"
"Why Midwestern? (and why not x school closer to your hometown)"
"If you are overwhelmed by your emotions in front of a patient, how would you handle the situation?"
""Why did you choose a career in medicine?""
"Tell me about x,y,z on your resume"
"what is your greatest strength/weakness"
"Give an example of a patient encounter that left an impression on you?"
"Why CCOM? Why DO? Why Chicago? (I was and OOS student)"
"Why Midwestern (Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine)?"
"Please elaborate on a patient that stood out during your shadowing experience."
"Why osteopathic medicine? Why CCOM?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"How do you manage stress?"
"What is the most important attribute you believe a doctor should have? How do you exemplify that attribute?"
"Tell me a story how a patient has impacted your life."
"How will I handle the stress of medical school? What will I do to relieve that stress?"
"What was a situation in which you had a disagreement with a patient or someone you worked with?"
"Talk about a conflict you had and how you resolved it."
"Question about an older woman with a terminal illness seeking assisted suicide (and we are in Oregon)."
"Do you feel prepared for medical school?"
"Why DO/Midwestern?"
"What is one thing about people or patients that bothers you?"
"Strengths/weaknesses?"
"Why/how did you make the transition from communications to medicine?"
"You have a lot of veterinary experience, why did you do so many different volunteer experiences? I considered areas of medicine I was interested in prior to settling on Med School. Vet Med, Research & Teaching were the areas that I had considered prior to committing towards Med School as a program. One of the interviewers said that I seemed interested in Vet Med more b/c of all of my experience, and that I should apply to Vet School. Not sure why he got that impression, considering I had a large amount of physician shadowing and patient care experience at the P.T. clinic I work at. Other question was who is your best friend? and what would she say you need to do?"
"Describe an ethical situation you were in. Discuss the most interesting patient you encountered while shadowing a D.O."
"Tell us about your research and why you want to pursue medicine instead."
"Give us an example of a leadership experience you have had."
"Tell us about a leadership role you held what you learned from it"
"Why DO? Why medicine?"
"Describe a time where you failed to achieve a desired goal."
"How would you decide how to respond in a tough situation you came across."
"If one of your family friends had a severe brain injury, how would you deal with it?"
"How are you going to deal with failing a class when you do (because everyone does)?"
"Favorite place you have traveled and why?"
"Tell me about sig. healthcare experience."
"if you saw a friend cheating on an exam, what would you do?"
"Example of a leadership role."
"What is your father's influence in your decision to go into medicine?"
"How do you handle stress? Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"something specific to my CV"
"Why DO, why CCOM? Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Tell us one time you were at fault and how you handled the situation; What do you do to de-stress"
"How do you destress? Where do you see yourself in 5 years? Why did you decide to do DO and what is your understanding of DO? Why CCOM?"
"What are your best qualities and weaknesses?"
"Tell me one strength and one weakness."
"Describe an ethical situation you were in."
"What is the biggest healthcare problem today? What will be the biggest problem in 10 years?"
"What times have you shown leadership qualities ( volunteering, etc.)"
"Do you consider yourself a leader?"
"Why do you want to pursue osteopathic medicine? "
"See above"
"how would you describe osteo med to a pre health organization you are in?"
"Tell me about your job as a lab assistant/other medical experience."
"Tell me about hobby X?"
"Why are you pursuing medicine now?"
"How'd you set up a particular volunteer experience (from my AACOMAS)? What did you gain from it? Are you able to discern different pitches just by ear (I play acoustic guitar, keyboard)? "
"Why DO? What is so appealing about it?"
"What is something that intimidates you?"
"As a PhD student you tend to become a leader of one (yourself); what experiences have you had in leadership roles and what characteristics do you think helped you the most in those roles?"
"What's the most challenging aspect of your job?"
"How do you de-sress?"
"How would you handle a situation in which the patient's beliefs/values were completely opposite of yours?"
"Asked everyone: Why med. school/DO/CCOM? and How do you relax/deal w/ stress?"
"Compare the health care systems of India and US (since i grew up in India and had a lot of volunteer experience there)"
"What do you know about D.O.s?"
"Tell us about your healthcare experience (I had volunteered mostly, but have spent 70+ nights working at a homeless shelter)"
"What are you strengths and weaknesses? How do you handle stress?"
"Tell me about your undergrad reseach/graduate research."
"What do you do in your free time? "
"Why medicine and not pharmacy? Why not teach? (I am a teaching assistant)"
"Would you administer birth control to a fourteen-year-old if she asked you to without her parents consent?"
"If asked to write an article about medicine, what will I write about."
"What do you think about socialized medicine?"
"Did you apply to allopathic schools as well?"
"Tell me about an ethical or maral dilemna you have been inand how did you handle it."
"The failure question..."
"Why DO? Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Suppose you are a pediatrician and the mother of your child patient is very angry and opposed to the treatment you recommend for her son or daughter. How would you handle this situation?"
"Why CCOM? Why osteopathic medicine?"
"why DO/why medicine"
"Whats 1 problem with being a doctor"
"why medicine? Why CCOM?"
"Explain how being X student volunteer helped you"
"What book are you reading now?"
"Tell us about the last book you read."
"Describe someone in your life who has influenced you."
"Tell us about your research experience/Tell us about a crisis in your life and how you handled it"
"What do you do to relax when you are stressed? Tell us about a situation when you failed, and how did you handle the failure?"
"tv question, as seen above"
"Euthenasia/Blood transfusion"
"Why CCOM? Why medicine specifically why DO?"
"If you like infectious disease, how will you bare with other rotations that may not interest you."
"was there a moment where you knew medicine was what you were going to pursue"
"Why CCOM, why DO?"
"Why osteopathy/medicine, why CCOM"
"Why CCOM"
"What would you do if you smelled alcohol on the breath of the attending doctor?"
"What is the #1 problem in healthcare today and how would you solve it? What are the cons of socialized healthcare?"
"Dealing with flue vaccines and how you would deal with family members needing it along with other very succeptible patients. "
"Many questions on my background: shadowing, volunteer experiences, etc. "
"Strengths and weaknesses?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years"
"Are you comfortable with responsibility and leadership?"
"How do you deal with stress? "
"What would you do with a patient that loses his job and no longer has insurance? What if he starts to not pay for 6-8 months? "
"You have been shadowing an MD, did she ask you why you only applied to DO schools? How did this make you feel?"
"Why doctor? why Do? why ccom? what do you know about OMM?"
"Why do you want to be a D.O.?"
"What are your opinions on euthanasia? What would you do if your friend's 16 year-old daughter came to you for birth control pills?"
"Talk about your abroad experiences."
"What was your hardest class and how did you study for it?"
"have you ever had omm preformed on you, have you seen it done"
"Your best friends 14 year old daughter came into your office asking for BCP...what do you do?"
"why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Ethical stuff, like 14 year old girl needs birth control, she is your best friend's daughter, what do you do?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"what adjustments would you make before beginning med school?"
"If you were a DO with MDs in a rotation..."
"Other random information about leadership, etc."
"Three problems with medicine? How will your experiences help you as a physician? "
"Why MSU? "
"Do you really think you are prepared for the rigors of residency training? ( I am a non-trad with children) How does your spouse feel about your plans? Your children? Moving? Who takes care of you (see above) ?"
"Why med school and why DO?"
"Why DO? What is a DO? Allopathic Vs. Osteopathic"
"What area do you want to go into?"
"why DO? why CCOM?"
"How do you deal with difficult people?"
"Tell me some good and bad things you encountered as a leader."
"How do you handle stress"
"Should it be a physician's job/responsibility to determine who should get a flu shot?"
"What do you want us to know about yourself"
"You seem like a practical person, why go from a degree where everything is settled to one of chance and large debt (after my discussion on changing to pre-med later in my education). This proceded with, then why osteopathic"
"Where did I see myself in 10 years and what wil I be doing?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"Personal questions about living in Chicago"
"tell me about your research/publications/clinical exposure"
"The accident one..."
"What do you like about CCOM?"
"What are some of your hobbies? Please describe some of your medical experiences. "
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What is the difference between an M.D. and a D.O.?"
"How have I helped the native americans I have worked with"
"Describe your work experience (3 years in a leve 1 trauma center)."
"Tell me about your research in laymens terms"
"What is this about rifle team? Do you believe in gun control? Are guns safe? What are guns? Do you like guns?..."
"How do you study?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Have you ever received treatment from a DO? What is OMM?"
"What do you do to relieve stress? What do you do on your down time?"
"What are some issues that you would have to face as a physician?"
"What are you looking forward to specifically studying...like which basic sciences?"
"Tell me what specifically appeals to you about the DO philosophy, and how you were first introduced to it. Make sure to have a good answer for this, b/c it is probably the most important question they ask(in my opinion)."
"Where else have you applied, and what are you looking for in a campus. Why CCOM, why DO ect."
"Tell us about your clinical experiences: work/shadowing in my case."
"Why CCOM?"
"What would I do if I failed a test and noticed another student cheating on the same test and that student got an "A"?"
"What previous exposure have you had to osteopathic medicine?"
"what specialties i would be interested in...what will i be doing 10 yrs from now."
"Wanted to know about my study abroad in Spain."
"What has attracted you to our college?"
"Why DO? "
"why did you take time off"
"Why do you want to come to CCOM?"
"What was your hardest class and how did you cope? How will you handle the amount of material?"
"as a physician you witness an argument among a fellow doctor and nurse. other patients and staff notice and can overhear their argument. how do you handle this sitaution? "
"Who was your greatest inspiration? What are your priorities? How do you handle stress? "
"ethics question. see above."
"why CCOM, in particular why medicine? "
"Describe some stressful situations you have been in and how did you deal with them. What do you think your biggest challenges will be during medical school?"
"Tell us about your research."
"Do you think you will be able to handle medical school with everything going on in your life (I am soon to get married)."
"A D.O. doesn't practice OMT. Do you believe he should still be considered an osteo physician? Tell us about a memorable patient."
"How does osteopathic medicine fit into the rural community?"
"Tell me about your work with children in the Tourette's Association and how the trips you organized helped them interact with other children."
"Explain my leadership roles?"
"If not medicine...then what?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"How would I deal with irate family members after a bad outcome with a patient?"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"The last book the interviewer read was (I forgot the name he asked me). Then he asked so what do you think the book was about based on the title?"
"See above."
"Why do you want to come to Chicago"
"What are your weaknesses?"
"How do you resolve conflict? How do you take criticism? What is your worst quality? What was the most difficult time/thing in your life? What did you do about it?"
"What do you do for fun? In times of stress?"
"Tell me about your research."
"how have your interview experiences impacted you decision to enter medicine. "
"You see a fellow student cheating on an exam. What do you do?"
"Describe the differences between allopathic and osteopathic medicine"
"Importance of integrity and honor in the medical profession?"
"What's wrong with the healthcare industry today and how would you fix it?"
"What was the last book you read?"
"Describe a trying situation in your life and how it has effected you."
"Greatest strength/weakness, what's a decision you regret/proud of"
"Why medicine, in general?"
"tell me about a specific patient interaction that made you choose medicine"
"How do you go about making tough decisions when you don't have much time?"
"Why osteopathic medicine specifically?"
"If you had a friend in biochem class who mentioned to you that they were cheating, what would you do?"
"Tell me about [volunteer organization I was involved in for 4 years]"
"Tell me about your grades"
"Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician specifically?"
"Hobbies"
"What has soccer taught you about teamwork?"
""Why did you choose osteopathic medicine?""
"what do you like to do in your free time"
"Describe a time when you got into a conflict with someone in the workplace?"
"If a patient was yelling at you, how would you help calm them down?"
"As a leader of the group, what was the biggest impact you have in your group?"
"Could you describe a class, maybe an upper level science class, that was difficult but you overcame this. What did you do to improve your performance."
"What is the most influential experience in your life?"
"A time when you had to go along with a decision you disagreed with"
"Why medicine, what brought you to osteopathic medicine, why CCOM?"
"Describe a situation where you have experienced conflict, and how you dealt with it."
"If i failed a big test how would I react."
"What will be your biggest adjustment when you go to medical school?"
"What is your favorite city to live in, and why? (since I've lived in 14 cities)"
"Where do you see yourself in the future?"
"How are you going to manage medical school?"
"How will you cope if you fail academically?"
"What is your biggest regret?"
"How I will build a social support system"
"Do you feel you can handle the workload of medical school?"
"As a future doctor, what are your views of Obama's Health Care Plan? "
"What field do you want to go into? Why did you change your major? What is the last book you read? (many questions were specific towards my app)"
"What other schools did you apply to, specifically?"
"What brings you to Midwestern?"
"Becoming a doctor will be very difficult. Why do you want to add extra material by including osteopathy as a part of your course load? "
"Specific activity on my CV and how can i relate this completely medically unrelated activity to medicine practice"
"Would you still want to be a doctor if Obama's health care plan passed?"
"Tell me about a couple of books you've read recently (I mentioned I enjoyed reading in my secondary)."
"What was the most difficult volunteer experience you encountered and how did you deal with it?"
"Why CCOM? What brought you here in life?"
"Tell me about leadership role."
"what besides omm do you think sets osteopathic medicine apart from allopathic?"
"Why CCOM?"
"Questions about my secondary app"
"What would you do if a classmate showed up to rotations drunk? What would you do if a patient could not pay for a medication and asked you to supply her some informally?"
"something about my clinical experience"
"What was the most trying experience you have had volunteering in an ER? What do you do to relieve stress?"
"What are the three biggest problems with our health care system; What would you do if a fellow student came to the rotations and you could tell they were drunk; some questions about my activities"
"Examples of leadership"
"Tell me about a time where you had to make a quick decision and you were proud of the outcome."
"Describe a leadership role."
"What do you know about the history of osteopathic medicine"
"Describe your leadership activities and what are advantages and disadvantages to being a leader?"
"What is one experience that sticks out the most from volunteering or shadowing?"
"If we had to remember one thing to about you, what would you want it to be?"
"How will you deal with your first "F"? How will you deal with the difficulties of medical school? "
"What I could contribute to the school?"
"What do you think would be the most difficult kind of patient to treat?"
"how do you handle stress?"
"What quality do you have that will get you through medical school?"
"Did you apply to both MD & DO?"
"What do you see yourself doing in 5 yrs?"
"How do you handle stress? How do you relieve stress? Give us an example of a stressful situation."
"You're not from the Chicago area, so what kind of support system would you have as a student here?"
"What would you say is a big weakness in your personality? "
"How do you relieve stress/What do you do for fun?"
"How do you relieve stress? What do you do for fun?"
"Do you have any questions for us? And I had plenty considering I've gotten in at several other osteopathic schools and am now trying to weigh pros and cons of other programs."
"Say in 10 years you have a busy practice and a mother walks in with her 2 yr old daughter who has an ear infection. Mom has been up all night researching antibiotics and wants a prescrition right away so you don't have to waste time. What do you do?"
"Your best friend's 14 year old daughter asks you to prescribe her birth control and to not tell her mother. What would you do?"
"File specific questions. They have your C.V., primary and secondary essays in front of them."
"If one of your patients is taking a medicine that has been discontinued in the US and he is buying it online from Canada. The medicine is really helping him as well. What do you do?"
"Questions about my reserach."
"They will definately ask you why D.O. and why CCOM. I believe everyone in our group was asked that."
"How do you de-stress?"
"What would you do if you didn't get into medical school this year?"
"Why DO and why Midwestern?"
"Why did you apply to MWU-CCOM? How would you adjust with the move to Chicago, being an out-of-stater? "
"What field of medicine would you like to enter?"
"What do you think osteopathic medicine consists of?"
"In what way my past experience as a software engineer help me in my future career."
"They asked me much more about my past experiences than previous interviews."
"Tell me about being a leader."
"Why DO? Why CCOM?"
"How will you deal with stress during your medical education?"
"A bottle of pain pills goes missing from the inventory and you find it in your colleagues bag later that day. What would you do?"
"How do you handle someone who has completely opposite political and religious views than you? "
"What were your experiences in healthcare? What was the hardest thing to do as a volunteer in the ER (I volunteer in the ER). What was the sadest thing you came across in your experience in healthcare?"
"tell me about your shadowing"
"Tell me about music (my extracurriculars were related to music)"
"what question do you want us to as you?"
"How does a Jesuit Education impact your learning?"
"Why did you get a master's degree?"
"How would you react in a situation where you had moral or ethical differences with the patient?"
"Did you apply to Allopathic schools also?"
"What are three major problems in healthcare today?"
"A little girl in Florida had cancer and needed Chemo but her parents refused for religious reason. How would you handle this situation as a physician?"
"supreme court decision question"
"What leadership position have you held, and what was your role? "
"What is your strength and weakness?"
"How do you plan to use OMM in infectious disease?"
"specifics on random volunteering i did"
"If given the opportunity, what would you ask govenor Doyle (because I'm from Wisconsin)?"
"What do you do to relieve stress? Tell us about your research. Asked about some of the activities on my resume."
"Describe healthcare experience"
"what do you do to relieve stress?"
"What do you want us to remember about you?"
"If your best friends 16 year old daughter came in for birth control pills how would you handle it? Would you tell her mom?"
"The anatomy question about the upper right abdominal cavity. And about Euthaniasia being legal in oregon."
"Describe a conflict I have had during one of my internships and how I resolved it."
"What would you do if a 14-year-old asked you for birth control pills?"
"Tell me about your work as a scribe in the ER. "
"What were the challenges of moving frequently as a child?"
"What sort of health care experience do you have?"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"asked me to explain things on my resume, then hassled me about various weak points"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"What do you see yourself doing in 10-15 years? Explain experiences."
"Do you feel ready to handle the stress of medical school?"
"Tell us about your work as an AIDS advocate."
"What do you think the differnt is between Osteo and Alleo?"
"if you had the opportunity to speak to a state representative what would you ask"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"tell me about your job"
"How do you relieve stress? Name 3 things that can cause belly pain. What's the last book you read. The young cute med student asked me about sports. If you speak Spanish, they like it."
"How many of your family members are physicians?"
"if you could sit down to lunch with anyone living or dead, who would it be?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"What problems do you see in the medical profession."
"Any questions? "
"Why ostepathy?"
"Be prepared for ethical/practical questions. They WILL ask at least one, if not more. I got "best friend's 14 y/o child comes to you for birth control" and the astronaut question noted above."
"Describe a leadership role and an important contribution that you have made in that leadership role."
"Are you familiar with OMM?"
"What is your favorite class?"
"How will you handle the stress of medical school?"
"tell me about yourself"
"Why DO?"
"Why do you want to become a doctor? Why a D.O.?"
"If you caught some of your fellow classmates cheating what would you do"
"Why D.O.? Why do you want to go to school in the Midwest? Where do you see yourself in 20 years?"
"Specific questions regarding my experiences"
"How would you deal with the death of a child you were treating?"
"What is my pet peeve and how do I deal with the frustration it may cause me?"
"Ethical questions mentioned above. "
"strengths and weaknesses"
"Why CCOM? Why Osteo?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"A patient comes to you with a certain condition. You prescribe him the best drug available for that condition but you find that he cannot pay for it. What do you do?"
"How well do you handle stress? "
"What do you bring to this school?"
"What are three things that you want us to know about you?"
"Describe the Adolescence Subtance Abuse Prevention program and what you like best about the program."
"why DO"
"Do you have anything else to add? (yeah see ya)"
"How would change your study style if you failed a test?"
"What specialities do you want to go into?"
"How will you decide between our school and others you are accepted to everthing else being equal?"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Do you think your art background would help you as a doctor?"
"Everything else was predictable questions: why DO, what will you bring to the school, and everything else off of my resume."
"What do you do when you are not working/taking classes/"
"How has your community, friends, and family helped you in coming here today."
"How have you been a leader? What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"What would your best friend say is a strength and weakness about yourself?"
"Questions about my volunteer work."
"Most questions are specific to your application. The interviews are closed file in that they don't have your scores, but they do have your essays and letters of recommendation, etc. The interview was really laid back and became more of a conversation than an interview."
"since i was a psych major why don't i want to go into psychiatry."
"How do I handle stress?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What are your strongest qualities? Weakest?"
"specific application/personal qestoins"
"Tell us about an expereince that you feel you truly helped someone."
"Why osteopathic?"
"describe a life in which you have impacted and descirbe the impact you made?"
"What leadership experiences have you had? What medical experiences have you had?"
"what would you do instead?"
"What leadership, volunteer, or influential experiences have you had? What specialties do you think your intrested in? What are you hobbies and what do you do for fun?"
"What have you learned about people and life in general through your work as a paramedic?"
"How do you plan on managing the high level of stress you encounter during medical school?"
"Why DO, why CCOM, etc."
"How would you like us to remember you? Do you feel you can handle medical school? Someone thinks DO is bone doctor. How do you correct them?"
"questions about my work experience and home experience, mainly"
"What was the worst part about being an athlete in college? "
"To explain my research"
"What do you like to do for fun"
"How will your previous career (software developer) affect your practice of medicine?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Ethical question wanting to know if I would be willing to bill a home injury as work related if my patient did not have to means to pay for the required treatment. "
"How do you relieve stress. Who do you go to for emotional support."
"What are your pasttimes?"
"What makes you better/more qualified than all of the other canidates we interview? How should I remember you next week at the admissions meeting?"
"What makes you a great candidate for admissions to our program? How do you want us to remember you?"
"How do you want us to remember you?"
"Describe your shadowing experience"
"Why did you get "_" on your MCAT's Verbal section?"
"What moral dilemna have you been faced with and how did you deal with it?"
"How would your best friend describe you"
"What would you do if you didn't get into medical school?"
"Thoughts on physician-patient relationship."
"Before you walk out of this room, what is one thing you want us to remember you by?"
"If you had to pick just one quality, what is the most important of a physician?"
"tell me about a time you showed leadership"
"What's a time you had to stick with a decision you disagreed with?"
"Why osteopathic medicine specifically?"
"What is a quick decision that you made and were you proud or did you regret your decision"
"What is a downside of working in a team?"
"Was there a patient interaction that sticks out to you from your time working in the hospital?"
"What would you do if a fellow resident was drunk?"
"What is the last book you've read?"
"(This piggy backed off of the question about 3 qualities of a good physician) What is one quality you would like improve during medical school that you think would make you a better physician?"
"At the end of the day, how would you like us to remember you?"
"What do you think will be the worst part about going through medical school and becoming a doctor?"
"Describe a time you dealt with challenge"
"How do you feel right now?"
""If we were both doctors and you saw me doing drugs at a party, and the next day I was making some bad calls in the hospital what would you do?""
"Tell me what you know about vaccines. How would you speak to a parent who does not want to vaccinate their child?"
"Tell me about League of Legends (I mentioned I like playing video games and that I was ranked in the top 1% for LoL)"
"What do you think you will struggle with the most in medical school?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"How did your patients impact you?"
"Ethical senecio, you are a M3 or M4 on a rotation and you notice a fellow classmate acting weird. You notice he has alcohol on his breath. What do you do?"
"If you found out that one of your patients had AIDS but refused to tell his wife, what would you do? What would you do if the wife was also one of your patients?"
"Nothing"
"How do you resolve conflict?"
"How do you feel about small medical facilities opening up in drug stores such as Walgreens and CVS?"
"What proteins did you find in your research?"
"Which patient do you remember most from your mission trip?"
"How would you deal with a student who wasn't contributing to a project you were both working on?"
"The med student asked me what is the one question you wish we asked you.."
"Ethical question about assisted suicide. What would I do if a patient is in end stage cancer, in extreme pain and asks me to take his pain away through ending his life?"
"If your peer came to work in the ED drunk, what would you do?"
"Should healthcare staff use checklists to ensure medical safety? (based on my previous work in that area)"
"How will you help to diversify the student body?"
"If your state governor came to your school and had a few minutes to talk to you and some of your fellow students, what issues would you ask them about?"
"Provide an example of one patient that made a profound impact on you and your decision to enter medicine."
"ethics questions related to my background (they don't appear to ask the same ethics question to every student, so I would become comfortable with the general base of medical ethics issues)."
"The ethical question about the 14 year old wanting birth control behind her parents' backs"
"Through your shadowing, clinical, or volunteer experience, can you describe a patient or case that you found particularly intersting?"
"These were all the questions I was asked during my interview. So I was surprised I wasn't asked similar questions to other applicants, such as Why CCOM? Or anything regarding the D.O. profession? However, I have had significant experience in alternative forms of medicine via my veterinary experiences, shadowing of a D.O., and working in a P.T. clinic."
"Since you have not shadowed a D.O. that uses OMM, why would KNOWING OMM still be beneficial?"
"Argue the health care debate from both sides. "
"What will you do in the (little) free time you have during medical school?"
"ethical questions"
"We got way off topic..."
"What did i like about a specific science class i took in college last year which i mentioned in my CV."
"How did a girl like you end up enjoying anatomy?"
"Say you were on a rotation in a hospital alongside of M.D. students. What would you say or do about an M.D. student who was condescending toward D.O. students? How would you resolve this conflict?"
"They were all pretty straight forward - nothing was out of the ordinary or strange."
"Who would want to have dinner with? Anyone from mankind?"
"nothing really."
"Describe a situation where you saw something or experienced something that helped define who you are today."
"NA"
"something about my CV"
"If I had a specific cultural or moral disagreement with someone and how I handled that situation."
"What would you do if a fellow student came to the rotations and you could tell they were drunk?"
"What do you do if your friend's 15 year old daugther comes to you asking for birth control pills?"
"Tell me about a time where you had to make a quick decision and you were proud of the outcome."
"Probably the ethical question."
"Nothing really interesting"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"If a 14 yr old girl came to you and asked for birth control and you were good friends with her mother, what would you do?"
"If you could fix the state of healthcare today, what would you do, within reason?"
"What's your favorite movie? What book are you reading right now? If you could meet one person (living or dead), who would it be? "
"If a fellow MS3 showed up hungover/still drunk to rotations with you, how would you handle the situation?"
"What is the biggest problem facing our healthcare system today?"
"in today's society what do yoy think is the biggest problem in terms of healthcare?"
"I'm sure working in a doctor's office, you have doctors who are not easy to work with. . .how do you deal with it? "
"Why do you enjoy hobby X?"
"Why are you changing your career now?"
"none really"
"Tell us about [something I wrote about in my AACOMAS essay]."
"Who are you most like your mother or your father?"
"Having been an engineer, don't you feel you'll have left a significant part of your previous training behind?"
"Tell me more about how you intend to complete your current degree program before the next med school class starts (I'm currently a PhD student and I'm intending to graduate next summer)."
"Asked about my time working in New Zealand and what it was like."
"So you pheasant hunt... tell me about that."
"What is your opinion of the bird flu and what is currently being done about it?"
"Your best friend's 14 year old daughter asks you to prescribe her birth control and to not tell her mother. What would you do?"
"Share with us a time you had to make an ethical or moral decision."
"If you were stuck on a deserted island and could only take a book, a cd and some music with you, what would you take?"
"Ethical situation/question."
"None of the questions was interesting, in my opinion"
"What do you think the most enjoyable aspect of medical school will be? The most challenging? "
"Explain how having family in the area is a double edge sword."
"What do you do to relieve stress in your free time?"
"They were all basic interview questions. What are your strengths/ weaknesses?"
"If you could meet anyone, living or deceased, who would you meet and why?"
"Ethical question: What would you do if a friend came up to you and asked for a script for a sore throat? How would you handle the situation ethically?"
"I had a story about how I developed an interest in DO program. They asked me about that."
"What kind of music do you like/what is the one type of music that you hate?"
"What is your favorite kind of music?"
"Why did you pick UIC for undergrad?"
"Tell us about a time when you failed to perform a task and how did u handle that failure"
"How would you explain osteopathic medicine to someone who knew nothing about it?"
"What did you gain from working at [retail store]?"
"What is healthcare like in Russia? (I am Russian so the question was relevant-except I moved to the states when I was 11 and have no recollection of medicine in Russia)"
"More of the fact that the MD in my interview decided to lecture me about the stress levels of med school and then asked me how I planned on dealing with it."
"You are the attending physician... you have 3 patients all enter at the same time, 1 you prescribed the wrong medication to, a drunk, and a baby. All have lethal conditions. Who do you treat first and why?"
"what question do you want us to ask you? "
"Why medicine, why osteopathic?"
"What was your MCAT score?"
"How do you think your experience in theater can relate to practicing medicine?"
"Ok...you sit down to read and try to turn on the lamp and it doesn't work, what do you do?"
"Tell us about a crisis in your life and how you handled it."
"nothing really interesting...just basic interview questions..."
"say you were watching tv and all of a sudden it goes black. what do you do?"
"Discuss a time when your opinion was challeged by someone else?"
"I had two ethical questions back to back. Euthenasia: a patient who is suffering request your assistance to end his/her life. What would you do? What do you do about a patient who is refusing blood transfusion?"
"If the 14 year old daughter of your best friend came to you for birth control pills, what would you do?"
"When living in other cultures can we impose our values?"
"About the medical implications of Hurricane Katrina and how to prevent problems in the future"
"They asked about my years working at a nursing home and how I handle losing one of my residents."
"Did I apply to MSUCOM (because I'm from Michigan)?"
"Can you think of an event or occurrence that you would like to have taken back, or regret?"
"What did you learn in Australia?"
"1) What are the cons of socialized medical care? 2) If your friends 16 year old daughter came in for birth control pills what would you do?"
"A patient comes in with pain in there upper right abdominal cavity, whats there and what could be wrong?"
"What would you do if a 14 year old asked you for oral contraceptives?"
"(at the end of the interview) Sum up your interest in osteopathic medicine and CCOM and your background; what do you want us to remember when we think back on this interview? (something along those lines)"
"What I would do if a fourteen year old girl asked me for birth control pills?"
"Honestly, all the questions were standard questions...I know that most of the other students had ethical questions. "
"As a non-traditional student, why are you choosing to pursue medical school and why now?"
"What accomplishment are you most proud of?"
"What DVD, CD, and book would you bring if you were stranded on a deserted island?"
"I actually posted the one before this, but made some mistakes in posting and failed to revise it before posting, so the questions are identical to the last post."
"In Britain, they have socialized medicine. They do not permit bypass surgery in anyone over the age of 65. What do you think about that?"
"What are you going to do if you get rejected?"
"What was the biggest mistake you made in your life and how did you deal with it?"
"What's a huge event in your life that directed you onto a certain path?"
"What patient in your volunteer experinces stood out to you?"
"Tell us about your work as an AIDS advocate."
"Is there anything else that you wanted us to know about yourself?"
"situational/moral dillema questions"
"Tengo una amiga "name"que trabaja en la republica dominican, le concoces ?"
"a question about alzheimer's disease and what i would do to prevent/delay its symptoms"
"If you were Terrell Owens, and teh docs are sayin don't play in teh superbowl cuz you might get injured more, and you had a chance to talk to him, what would you say?.... Then if you were Terrell Owens, what would you do? Would you play? I am from Philly, so that's why. But it was fun and friendly."
"Where do you see yourself in ten-fifteen years from now?"
"nothing too interesting--typical questions."
"If you were at a rotation full of MDs and you were the only DO, how would you distinguish yourself from everyone else?"
"What problems do you see in the medical profession."
"How much money does a chicken farmer make? Just kidding..."
"If you were representing the city of Boston, how would you describe it to me?"
"You are an astronaut and alone on a space station. There is a malfunction. You have only ten seconds of oxygen left. What would you do? Whosh, didn't expect this one. The DO interviewer seemed to want to test my ability to think and react quickly. (This was near the end of the interview, so I was pretty relaxed. I just tried to handle the question with a bit of humor and a calm sense of realism)."
"I really wasn't asked any "interesting" questions. Just the stereotypical stuff."
"If a woman comes into the hospital complaining of upper right abdominal pain, what are 4 possible diagnoses you would come up with?"
"If fellow students were drinking to celebrate the completion of an exam during the next lecture, what would you do?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"If you were a MS3 and during one of your rotations a friend, also a MS3, showed up hungover, what would you do?"
"What is the question that you were just sure we were going to ask that we haven't asked? (But when I told them they did not ask for an answer to it)"
"Let's say you've been treating a family for many years, and the daughter is now 15 and wants birth control, do you give it to her?"
"A question about why i picked my email address (I have a unique name i suppose)"
"What is electrofishing? [Related to a job I had.]"
"I write poems so the interviewer asked me: What inspires you to write poems? What kind of poems do you write? Do you think of a topic and then write or does it come with flow?"
"I am a talker, so it was an open discussion for most of the time. Simply who are you, and how did you get here sort of questions. "
"If you were a family doctor and a family that always came to you was 6 months behind on their bills what would you do?"
"If you could be on any reality television show, which one would you pick and why?"
"If you had a young lady who had terminal brain cancer and she was screaming in pain on the ward, how would you handle it?"
"Do you think you can handle the stress of medical school?"
"nothing really hard. no ethics at all. just wanted to know what experiences i had."
"If you had a patient on an HMO who wanted to see a doctor (be referred to)not on the plan, what would you tell them?"
"Tell me about your ambulance experiences that most stand out for you? (application specific)"
"What was my favorite video game?"
"Who was that one person you touched in your volunteer experience? "
"How would you incorporate your philosophy background into your practice of osteopathic medicine?"
"Explain my thoughts on medicine and any changes that might take place in the future that would benefit medicine."
"After working with cancer patients, what are your feelings towards euthanasia?"
"Can Andy Roddick bring back men's tennis? (answer: only if he is Pete Sampras in disguise)"
"How much of the responsibility is the patients and how much is yours when it comes to patient education?"
"If a friend's fourteen year old daugther comes in and ask you for birth control what would you do?"
"Where do you tell a homeless person who needs medical attention to go when he's standing right outside a private hospital?"
"Case scenario: patient won't take prescribed meds...what would you do?"
"So with all your experiences, what is the biggest problem facing healthcare today and how would you solve it?"
"Why did you decide to become a CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant)?"
"Suppose one of your patients is overweight and a smoker and so at higher risk of heart disease and other problems. You have been seeing this patient for a few years now and he does nothing to improve his health. How do you deal with him?"
"Was there ever a situation in which you felt stressed?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"How my previous experience as a mechanic will help me to be a better doctor."
"nothing too interesting. interview was relaxed, talked about info on my resume' mostly"
"Have I ever been in a conversation with someone about my religious beliefs and if so how did I handle it?"
"Case scenario: you diagnose a potentially life-threatening illness in your patient, who is a child. The child's parents do not wish the child to receive the course of treatment you prescribe due to their religious beliefs. How do you handle the situation?"
"A terminal patient asks you, "When am I going to die?". What do you tell her?"
"What do you think about the growing number of non-English speaking patients, and what woudl you do about it as a doctor"
"Nothing that out of the ordinary. A lot about my background and activities."
"I talked about volunteering abroad so they asked if the people there resented an American in their clinic"
"What my stance was on the use of animals for research."
"What would I do if my boss submitted false information about our research to the sponsoring agency?"
"You are a physician at a high school health fair. What would you want to talk about and why?"
"If you could be any historical figure, who would it be and why?"
"Nothing super interesting, but there were two or three ethical questions."
"How do you keep your patient's best interests in mind when you are dealing with managed care?"
"Nothing really that interesting."
"How can osteopathic medicine fit into the rural community?"
"Have you ever failed at anything?"
"What is my stance on managed health care?"
"If you caught someone cheating what would you do?"
"How did you become interested in osteopathic medicine?"
"How would I deal with irate family members after a bad outcome with a patient?"
"Have you noticed any trends in illnesses within the population you've been working with?"
"cubs or sox? (if you say sox, you're automically out, just kidding :)"
"What could you bring to CCOM if accpeted"
""While working at catering company X describe a time when you had to hold your tongue when responding to a client or guest?""
"If you could spend an Hour with someone, who would it be"
"Explain your political activism."
"Would you tell a terminal elederly pt. that they only had a few months to live if the family begged you not to? Lots of ethical questions."
"Pretty standard hypothetical questions"
"If the 14 year old daughter of my best friend came to me for birth control pills, what would I do?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"What was a stressfu situation and how did you deal with it?"
"If you were to describe Jazz music to someone, how would you describe it?"
"If another doctor's patient came to you for a prescription refill that he had no medical indications for, what would you do?"
"If I think in Russian (my mother tongue)or English. "
"Ethical: You have a homosexual patient whose mate wishes to see the patient. However, the family disgusted by such a relationship refuses the mate's wishes to meet the patient. The mate comes to you, what do you do?"
"What are some problems with the healthcare system today and how would you go about in solving it?"
"How do you deal with death"
"Thoughts on physician-patient relationship."
"Are you worried about your extracurriculars getting in the way of your studies?"
"tell me about a time you have to make a quick decision"
"If there's one thing you'd want us to remember you by, what would it be? (yikes for me)"
"Create a scenario and describe a conversation you would have with someone with different religious or political beliefs then you"
"What is a downside of working in a team?"
"What are some leadership experiences you have had and what did you learn from them?"
"What is the most meaningful patient interaction you ever had?"
"(This piggy backed off of the question about 3 qualities of a good physician) What is one quality you would like improve during medical school that you think would make you a better physician?"
"If your friend were here, what would they tell you not to do?"
"(I played D1 soccer in college, said was used to stress from this environment) Playing sports is stressful sometimes, but saving a patient's life is a much different stress, how would you deal with that stress?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? ( I hate these standard types of questions)"
"Have you had any conflicts or issues you have had to overcome? Any disagreements with another person?"
""If we were both doctors and you saw me doing drugs at a party and the next day I was making some bad calls in the hospital what would you do?""
"Weakness?"
"All questions were pretty predictable. Although I didn't get any medical ethics questions, I know some of my peers did, namely what you as a physician would do with a parent that was refusing to vaccinate their child."
"If you got accepted into an MD school right now and not any DO schools, would you go to the MD school?"
"Tell me about a time you had to deal with a stressful situation with a coworker and how you handled this situation."
"Name a time when you failed, and what did you do, so the next time you were able to conquer it? (No academic related examples)"
"How do you deal with conflict?"
"Ethical question regarding contraception, however with a slight twist."
"The first general, why CCOM, why medicine, why Osteopathy?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? (it is just so generic!)"
"They kept probing after I answered how I handle stress, and specifically asked how I would handle an unexpected stressful situation in the moment."
"Same as the above question."
"A question concerning what I would do if someone in my group was not pulling his/her own weight."
"If your peer came to work in the ED drunk, what would you do?"
"Can, and should, healthcare staff multi-task? (based on my related research in this field. What was hard about this Q is that I only had "related" research in psychology, and I felt like I didn't know the topic well enough to give a solid answer with significant examples)"
"What is the biggest problem facing physicians today?"
"If you had a couple come in and the wife was pregnant and it turned out to be a case of fetal death, how would you handle telling them?"
"What qualities of an institution do you look for in applying?"
"What stresses you out and how do you handle it? It was a work related question (they were not looking for answers such as "go for a jog." Rather, they wanted to know how I overcome stressful situations on the job)."
"What questions do you have for us? (they left 10 minutes for me to ask them questions---I didn't really have any, so I just re-asked some questions I already knew the answer to so that I didn't seem disinterested)"
"The subsequent question to who is my best friend? What would she say you need to do? I took it as identifying a weakness. I chose my mom as a best friend. I said that I need to stop second guessing things I do. I turned it around by saying that doubting decisions we make as a physician can be beneficial in the clinical setting. It allows you to I.D. alternatives to a clinical problem, and recognize common errors that you make when treating a patient. I had been reading "How Doctors Think" by Dr. Jerome Grooopman. That book sort of put that idea in my head. Recommend reading it, really informative book for both patients and health care professionals."
"none were TOO difficult."
"Nothing too difficult, but overall the questions required a little more thinking than other interviews I have attended."
"Mine were pretty straightforward - no off the wall ones..."
"They will ask ethical questions, so be prepared"
"The interview was casual. Very, very casual."
"Almost Half the questions required thinking on the spot"
"If one of your family friends had a severe brain injury, how would you deal with it if you were a DO?"
"None really. They were all fairly standard."
"How are you going to deal with failing a class because you will?"
"none. Very laid-back interview. Nothing to worry about...I think."
"see the above cheating question."
"What would you say if a terminally ill patient asked you to assist them with suicide? "
"NA"
"If I had a specific cultural or moral disagreement with someone and how I handled that situation."
"Tell us one time you were at fault and how you handled the situation"
"What does being a leader mean and how did you represent that?"
"Name one thing you want us to remember (This wasn't difficult. I wanted to say more)"
"Tell me about a time where you had to make a quick decision and you were proud of the outcome."
"There weren't any difficult questions. All the typical stuff."
"History of osteopathic medicine"
"What are your weaknesses? What are your strengths?"
"Describe an experience from a leadership position and what you took away from it. "
"If a person refuses a life saving treatment due not to ignorance, but religious beliefs, what would you do?"
"what are your weaknesses?"
"No difficult questions. All questions were about my essays/CV."
"What is osteopathic medicine?"
"None."
"no difficult questions"
"Is there any sort of lasting impression you would like to leave with us?"
"How do you handle witnessing a doctor breaking difficult news to patients? (It seemed so easy but hard to answer on the spot)"
"Talk about a time you have been in an ethical dilemma."
"What do you think will be the future of medicine?"
"Why DO? (seriously it was a laid-back interview)"
"Tell me about yourself (seriously, because they were all easy)."
"none really"
"Why I didn't go into medical school earlier if medicine is what I really want to do? (I've been out of school for several years and have been working full-time in a non-health related field.)"
"What do you want us to remember you by?"
"If you were stuck on a deserted island and could only take a book, a cd and some music with you, what would you take?"
"non"
"How do you go about solving a conflict when the other person is unwilling to listen."
"Describe a situation in which you had to overcome differences with someone."
"If you were only accepted to allopathic medical schools, would you attend? Not really difficult, but unexpected."
"What are two major issues facing healthcare and why?"
"I see that you're out-of-state and you mentioned that you're engaged. Is this a concern for you should you be accepted to MWU-CCOM and have to relocate? (paraphrased)"
"I did not have any ethical questions. I was asked to talk about my research experience and what field I would like to enter. I was also asked why I was choosing to enter medicine and not pharmacy becasue I worked as a pharmacy tech a few years ago."
"What was a major struggle you encountered during your preparation for medical school? (It was more difficult to answer than I had anticipated)"
"What I believed osteopathic medicine consisted of? (I know what it is, I just didn't want to give a poorly stated, fluffy answer)"
"None, All were pretty standard questions."
"What do you have to offer to CCOM?"
"Why DO?"
"Tell us something to remember you by"
"Tell me about yourself"
"How do you know you can do this? "
"Describe an interpersonal conflict that you have faced and how you dealt with it."
"Tell me your strengths"
"If you were on rounds at the ER and a man came in with a fast heartbeat what would you do?"
"None really."
"What do you think about people going over to Canada to get prescription medications? What do you think of socialized medicine?"
"Describe a situation in which you had a conflict with someone outside of work. How did you resolve it?"
"What do you want us to remember about you?"
"What are three major problems in healthcare today?"
"Tell us about a situation when you failed, and how did you handle the failure?"
"what do you think of the supreme court decision handed down yesterday? (it was a reference to doctor-assisted suicide. only difficult because i had no idea what they were talking about at first!)"
"I really didn't have any difficult questions"
"The Euthenasia question what a little bit challenging."
"Given you lived in Africa for two years, will you come back to the states? What is the connection between your experiences in Africa, your interest in D.O and infectious disease medicine"
"None, they were all straight forward and easy. I had no ethical questions, but I know the other group of interviewers asked a lot of ethical questions."
"Name three major problems in healthcare today."
"None, really, because I didn't have any ethical questions, but I know that other interviewees had tough ethical questions...for example, referring to hurricane katrina: you see two people on a lifeboat, one is an injured 25 year old female and the other is a perfectly healthy 60 year old male, but you can only save one of them...who do you pick and why? (hahaha, have fun with that one)"
"none, really"
"Nothing really - just some questions about research/work experience on my resume that I had to remember since it was so long ago."
"1000 people need the flu vaccine and only 100 are available. Two of the people who need it are you grand parents, and then theres a family with a single mom and 4 kids that need it as well. How would you deal with this situation?"
"What would you if confronted with a conflict? I asked for clarification because the question was vague."
"Above. There were no "difficult" questions really."
"Nothing really difficult -- the one ethical question above and a question about my weaknesses."
"Who was your most memorable patient? "
"None were difficult"
"What accomplishment are you most proud of?"
"There were none."
"If you had to choose one medical specialty that you know you don't want to go into now, what would it be and why."
"One of your classmates shows up to clinical rotations hungover... but they could still be drunk... you dont really know... what do you do? "
"None really- all questions were personal and seemed easy to me. Other applicants had ethical questions, while I had none."
"A female patient comes in complaining of upper abdominal pain. What could be some possible causes?"
"same as above, I really didn't have a patient that came to mind and I had to think about the answer for a while."
"Why CCOM?"
"None really. They were all very open ended and about myself and my experiences."
"very traditional interview... nothing too dificult."
"What negative things would your parents say about you?"
"what question would i ask california governor arnold schwarzenegger?"
"None really, these guys really seem like they just want to get to know you and get you talking. Very friendly."
"How would explain to a high School student the Pros-Cons of your undergraduate institution?"
"why medicine and not research? fairly straightforward--was the first question i was asked and i was a bit nervous and fumbled my words."
"Same."
"If an 70 year old man was at the top of the kidney recipient list and a 30 year old man with 2 children needed a kidney to survive, what would you do?"
"How would you use Osteopathic medicine to help with patient non-compliance? "
"See above."
"Reading your file and talking with you, it is clear that you are a person who takes care of people. Who takes care of you? (This was difficult for me at it was phrased in a very personal way and was an unexpected question, and also because I am very independent.)"
"What is one thing that you want us to leave here knowing about you."
"If the head faculty of a department was very difficult to the point that it detracted from your studies, what would you do?"
"In depth questions pertaining to a research experience 4 years ago."
"What would you do if you caught a fellow student cheating?"
"Let's say you've been treating a family for many years, and the daughter is now 15 and wants birth control, do you give it to her?"
"nothing, pretty much all the standard questions found on SDN"
"Should it be a physician's job/responsibility to determine who should get a flu shot?"
"Have you ever been a leader? how do others look up to you when you are a leader?"
"How would you deal with the death of a child you were caring for. You can think about that question beforehand on every interview and its still difficult every single time."
"see above or "if you had a conflict with one of the residents as a medical student, what would you do to resolve that confict?""
"One of the interviewers said, "I am sure you have one question that you are so prepared to answer you wish we would have asked it. What is that question and your answer to it? Now is your time to shine. Wow us.""
"If a 13 year old girl came in and asked for birth control, what would you do?"
"If your best friend's 15yo daughter asks you for birth control, what do you do?"
"what is your weakness in a career in osteopathic medicine"
"If you came to the scene of an accident, car with mother and child -vs- motorcycle with male driver, what would you do?"
"nothing really"
"What are some personal adjustments you'd like to make within yourself that would better prepare you for medical school."
"What is you strongest and weakest point? (For some reason I always feel weird about this question.)"
"Since you're from the east coast, where there are plenty of good schools, why would you want to go to school here? (Also a tough one: what do you bring to this school?)"
"Can you name a time when you had to make a split-second decision that you weren't proud of. "
"How do I handle a request I cannot satisfy"
"see above"
"What would you do if asked to participate in physician assisted suicide? (basically told him he was crazy for even asking)"
"above"
"A 14 year old girl asks you for oral contraceptives. Would you give them to her?"
"Have you ever encounter a situation were people have different religious or political views? How did you handle it?"
"What is the one thing that you want us to remember you by after you leave?"
"none"
"A child shows up to the ER with no insurance. What would you do? Classical ethical question, which I was prepared for."
"If you were working in a rural hospital and a migrant worker came in after hours and requested that you please help him even though he did not have an money or insurance. And you did help him. Then a couple days later he came back but with 7 or 8 of his friends also needing medical treatment but had no way of paying for it. How would you deal with the situation. "
"same"
"What is a problem in today's healthcare system and how would you fix it?"
"It was pretty easy- nothing hard."
"The 14-year-old daughter of a good friend comes into your office asking for birth control. What are your ethical obligations in this situation and how would you respond?"
"nothing difficult as well, just your standard questions...no hypotheticals"
"Same as above."
"Tell us about yourself. (so open-ended)"
"What do you do if the parents of a child refuse potentially life-saving treatment for the child?"
"If you were taken to court for malpractice, how would you deal with the stress"
"Why should we admit you to CCOM as opposed to the other candidates?"
"What is an ethical dillema you have faced? I was expecting a hypo question"
"what is it about you that will set you apart from the otehr applicants?"
"No questions were unexpected."
"Why DO over MD?"
"Actually, nothing tough. (I just answered why I liked medicine and autonomy was one of my answers.) How will you feel and what do you think you can do about HMO's and the like telling you what you can and cannot treat."
"An immigrant comes to your practice after hours and you treat him for free. He then repeatedly returns with more and more immigrants who expect free medical treatment. How would you handle this situation?"
"No difficult questions. They covered all the basics: why medicine, why osteopathic, why CCOM, what are your strengths and weaknesses. Plus, I was asked a few hypotheticals."
"Explain ... (a specfic failure in my past)"
"None were difficult."
"You are a family physician. Your friend's 13 year old daughter comes to you with a request for birth control. What do you do? "
"If I saw my friend cheating what would I do?"
"Same as above"
"How did you become interested in osteopathic medicine?"
"I talked most of the time so only one or two questions were asked."
"How will you combine your teaching experience with medicine?"
"nothing too difficult."
"If a colleague was cheating his patients out of money what would you do and would you still refer your patients to him/her"
"I did not feel that any of the questions asked were difficult. They asked a couple of ethical questions, which were not really tough. "
"If your colleague had a different opinion than you, what would you do"
"What are your weaknesses"
"There is a woman who is 36. During her twenties she was coked out and drunk. She had 5 kids with 5 different men during that time. After the fifth she got her tubes tied. All of these five kids have been taken away from her by CPS. she is now sober for 6 years and wants her tubes untied. What do you do?"
"If I double-dosed a patient who also happened to be a lawyer, would I tell the patient even if there was a 99% chance that there would not be any adverse effects?"
"What ethical problem have you encountered?"
"Why do you want to be an Osteopathic physician at CCOM?"
"Nothing that I couldn't handle. Just make sure you can answer the following questions, as they seem to have been asked of all the applicants: 1) Why DO? 2) Why CCOM? 3) Why should we accept you? 4) How do you handle stress?"
"Nothing too difficult. See question on prescription refill."
"Not difficult, but long. Why DO, why Midwestern, and why do you want to be a doctor"
"Philosophical and Scenerio based: While attending lecture, you notice that the student next to you is under the influence of some sort of narcotics. Later you find out he/she abuses drugs. What do you do?"
"What moral dilemna have you faced and how did you deal with it?"
"Tell us about your self, why medicine why osteopathic medicine, all in one question."
"SDN + basic med questions"
"SDN, reddit, practiced questions with advisor and friends."
"SDN, primary and secondary apps"
"reviewed application, practiced answers, reviewed this forum and other general interview resources"
"Went through sdn interview answers, read through my primary and secondary essays and work and activities sections."
"Just did general prep from the interview feedback question bank but still they asked me different questions."
"Practicing the questions on this website (very helpful)"
"Basically just did basic research on the school and reviewed the answers from my secondary application."
"Read over my AACOMAS application, secondary essays, CCOM overview on website. and SDN"
"Not a lot, just reviewed what I put on my ACCOMAS application and reviewed some facts about the school and Chicago area."
"Mocks and wrote answers for Why DO, Why medicine, and Why CCOM"
"Read over primary, secondary, resume, interview feedback on SDN, practiced potential questions and answers..."
"Studied the school quite a bit, what they have to offer for me and truly why I would want to attend."
"Read my file, read up on the school, spoke to students I stayed with"
"I wrote bullet points to questions I thought would be asked and thought through several ways to ad lib between them."
"Reading practice interview questions online, reviewing secondary essays"
"SDN, mock interview with pre-med adviser, read personal statement/secondary app again"
"Looked over some interview questions, especially basic interview questions like, "Why medicine?" Also, reviewed personal statement, CV, and secondaries."
"Wrote out answers to about 100 questions. Discussed answers with family and friends."
"SDN, prepared answers to questions I thought interviewers would ask"
"Make bullet points for the most common questions. Make sure you have a "story bank" that you can pull from when they ask you situational/behavioral type questions."
"Read the school info, talked to previous interviewees, asked alumni."
"I just looked over my application (they have most of the application there - just not MCAT scores and GPA) and prepared for the obvious questions - why do you want to be a doctor and why osteopathy"
"Went over supplemental application"
"SDN interview feedback; reading school-specific forum; meeting with instructor who prepares many students for interviews."
"SDN, talked to friends about the school"
"I reviewed my personal statement and secondary essays. I also read the SDN interview feedback, printed out all the possible questions, and went through each one, audio recording myself."
"Reviewed my file, thought of questions to ask, reviewed in the Interview Feedback here."
"Purchased a DVD and a book on medical school interviews, practiced with a counselor, read SDN and extensive research on the MWU website."
"sdn, mock interview, other interviews, research"
"Re-read personal statement and essays, practiced SDN questions"
"SDN Interview Feedback, CCOM website, SDN CCOM forum"
"read their website; SDN; review application; they are big on ethics questions, so I read all about medical ethics/bioethics on wikipedia to have a general base of knowledge."
"Read application, talked to current student I know, SDN"
"Already had gone through a couple, so didn't do much. Just checked SDN."
"Read my C.V., all secondary applications, used questions from SDN from previous applicants. Just because they say an interview is casual and stress free, doesn't mean that is how it will be. Be mentally prepared for anything in an interview. The cold/unfriendly stress interview is a common tactic, don't mistake it for something else. I have relatives that were on Med School admission committees in the past, and that is exactly what they intend to do!"
"SDN, e-mailed students from the school, read interview book, wrote out 50 interview questions from this site and gathered my ideas/thoughts on paper. I think this is what really helped me out. My responses weren't concrete or reherased, but it definitely made it easier for my ideas to flow easier."
"Read over secondary application. "
"SDN, School Website, Alumni Reviews"
"SDN, mock interview, read over secondary and resume, practiced with my family and friends."
"I reviewed the resume I submitted. This is what they will have with them. "
"Read my CV that I turned in with my secondary."
"Looked over supplemental application b/c interviewers just have your resume and supp"
"SDN, reread my secondary and resume."
"SDN, mock interviews w/friends & family, research."
"SDN, read my essays to them, reviewed my personal statement, practiced with friends and family."
"SDN, and thought of generic questions they could ask."
"read sdn, ccom brochure and guidebook"
"read over my application"
"SDN, went over my application material"
"SDN. Read over secondary. Did research on the school and on the history of osteopathy."
"I looked over my application materials."
"Re-read essays, re-read resume, read questions on SDN"
"Re-read my materials, practiced typical questions"
"SDN, previous 3 interviews, reread personal statement and secondary application"
"SDN feedback (all the questions are here)"
"SDN, mock interview with wife"
"SDN, went over my application"
"practiced, read over cv and secondary"
"Read primary and secondary applications"
"Looked over my secondaries and resume, read up on important current events and health issues, and of course: SDN :) "
"SDN, friends"
"Reread my personal statement, essay to CCOM, resume, application, Read feedback on SDN, and practiced answering questions."
"SDN, writing out responses, researching the school"
"sdn, fomer CCOM interviewer, frnds at CCOM"
"Looked over my full application."
"SDN/AMCAS/School Web site"
"Read my secondary application to CCOM."
"SDN, CCOM website, secondary application, AACOM website"
"SDN interview feedback, CCOM's website."
"Read SDN questions and my personal statement"
"DSN, CCOM website, mock interview"
"Read CCOM's website as well as several other websites on osteopathic medicine, SDN, underwent an informal mock interview."
"SDN, CCOM website, reviewed my application materials."
"Other interviews. Read SDN, the school's website, pamphlets."
"SDN, AACOMAS primary essay, secondary essay and resume, Midwestern website"
"Put together a list of possible interview questions from SDN and practiced answering them, watched the DVD that the school sent, read about the DO program on the school's website, read about the history and philosophy of osteopathic medicine on AACOM, reviewed what I wrote in my primary & secondary essays & what I had on my resume"
"SDN, read and reread my PS, resume and secondary essay, eatched the dvd they sent"
"SDN, mock interview, read my app"
"SDN and read all of my essays."
"Having had 3 interviews previously, I didn't really prepare for this one"
"SDN and MWU website"
"SDN, mock interviews, asking other students on campus, practicing answers."
"SDN, Cheeseburger & Paradise"
"SDN, spoke with second year medical students who attend Midwestern, read over AACOMAS and secondary application"
"I had my roommates drill me and I also had my girlfriend ask me questions over the phone."
"sdn, reviewing my primary and secondary applications, practicing interview questions with my significant other, practiced speaking clearly and without ''ums'', ''uhs'', ''likes'', or pronouncing words incorrectly."
"SDN Website. "
"I actually completely forgot about this site until someone in the interview group mentioned it so I didn't really do any prep"
"I got up and got dressed and drove to the school...I am just myself, no preparation."
"SDN, mock interview."
"SDN, Gevitz's book, previous interviews"
"Mock interview, sdn, reviewed my application, watched their DVD, reviewed their website"
"SDN, read over my application, school web-site, mock interview"
"CCOM website, sdn, read over my essays"
"This site, website, reviewed application"
"Mock, SDN, review resume, accomas"
"Read sdn, reviewed resume & common questions"
"SDN, looking my resume/applications."
"SDN, mock interview, read apps, watched DVD"
"sdn, read over my secondary app., mock interview"
"read sdn, school's website, my aacomas"
"SDN, Website, DVD, Personal statement"
"Reviewed questions on SDN webpage, reviewed my primary, secondary application and resume."
"Read up on the school, look at SDN, look over my application and essays"
"SD, mock interviews, practice questions, positive self-talk"
"read these postings, watched dvd, checked out website"
"Read SDN, mock interviews, read over entire application."
"SDN, mock interview, read my resume"
"Read about the school and did the typical stuff. The best preparation has been going to other interviews though."
"looked at this website, looked over my secondary essay and resume, because they'll ask you questions about it"
"looked at the school's website (not really that great), mock interviews, SDN"
"SDN, school website, went over resume, secondary. Really know you resume and secondary because they will ask you questions about it"
"Read my Resume that i proved for them. Read the essay of why i chose the school. Checked StudentDoctor. "
"School website, SDN, re-read my application materials."
"Briefly read SDN's interview feedback and searched the archives for posts on CCOM. Watched the school's DVD and read all of the brochures they sent me. Other than that, I relied on my previous interview experience. "
"Read SDN, researched the school on its website."
"Read SDN, talked to current students, looked at the website, watched the DVD the admissions office sent me, relaxed"
"SDN, application"
"Read website, wrote out some thoughts/questions, read SDN extensively, and talked to students at the school."
"sdn, school website and info sent, read over my statements"
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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?