How many people interviewed you?
Response Average | # Responders |
---|---|
1.66 | 291 |
Response | # Responders |
---|---|
Positively | 228 |
Negatively | 17 |
No change | 39 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
---|---|
2.67 | 276 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
---|---|
7.65 | 210 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
---|---|
8.23 | 184 |
Response | # Responders |
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In Person | 0 |
Virtual | 1 |
Response | # Responders |
---|---|
5 minutes | 0 |
10 minutes | 0 |
15 minutes | 3 |
20 minutes | 3 |
25 minutes | 12 |
30 minutes | 47 |
35 minutes | 11 |
40 minutes | 23 |
45 minutes | 81 |
50 minutes | 31 |
55 minutes | 5 |
60+ minutes | 77 |
Response | # Responders |
---|---|
At the school | 289 |
At a regional location | 0 |
At another location | 2 |
Response | # Responders |
---|---|
One-on-one | 290 |
In a group | 0 |
Response | # Responders |
---|---|
Open file | 261 |
Closed file | 14 |
Response Average | # Responders |
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1.66 | 291 |
"What is the most important quality of a physician?"
"How would your friends and family describe you?"
"Why did you choose to attend [my undergraduate institution]? Why do you want to become a physician? If I asked your friend to describe you, how would they describe you?"
"What’s one thing on your application you think you could have done better?"
"What is something that surprised you about medicine?"
"What is one misconception you think some people have about you?"
"How did you find out about Case?"
"How do you work in group settings?"
"What would you tell a nervous person on a plane to help calm them down?"
"How would you work in a group environment?"
"Tell me about XYZ activities on your application"
"What do you like to do in your free time?"
"They asked about my research, and how I liked my research experience."
"Why would you go to X school? (undergrad Ivy college) I really don''t like it."
"Why medicine? Why Case?"
"How do you work in teams? (related to Case's IQ curriculum)"
"Tell me more about your research."
"Tell me a time when you received criticism."
"What were the "good" characteristics of the physicians you shadowed?"
"Just general questions about me, my background, experiences, etc. Know everything on your application and be ready to discuss subjects related to your experiences (e.g. working with others, ethics, etc.) Be ready with examples of different types of situations you've been in"
"Why do you want to stay in Cleveland? (I am from here. It kind-of caught me off-guard but I was able to come up with an answer.)"
"What was your biggest challenge in college? Tell me about a time when you worked with small groups in an academic setting. (This was my student interviewer. These were the two hardest questions he asked, after that we just had a conversation)"
"Why do you want to practice medicine?"
"The only real question was "Why case," and the rest was mostly conversation."
"Tell me about yourself. (It seems like interviews always start with this one, so I was pleased to have worked out a solid answer during my mock, which also helped me to feel comfortable and to keep in mind the points about myself that I wanted to highlight)"
"Why did you choose to forego pursuing an engineering career with your degree in favor of medicine?"
"Do you have any role models?"
"What's one thing you see as a negative aspect to this school or to the area of Cleveland (I've lived in Cle for 4 years now, going to undergrad at CWRU)?"
"What makes you think you're ready to commit to medicine?"
"Faculty: Basic stuff about my experiences. Why medicine? What are you looking for in a medical school? Do you really think early clinical experiences make better doctors? Note: This was supposed to be an open file interview, but my interviewer either hadn't read my file or was pretending (s)he hadn't. Very hard to read reactions, asked me some questions that I felt were just testing me."
"From the faculty interview: Why Case? Who have been some of your favorite professors in _________ [your area of academic concentration]?"
"why medicine"
"Why Case/Why Medicine?"
"What do you do to relax/relieve stress?"
""This compound your research in college had to do with--what form is it administered in?""
"All the questions from the faculty member were specifically about my file and application. "
"asked about several courses on my app. the interviewer showed up late grabbed my file from the admin committee read it really briefly and then discusses some of my activities and so forth. pretty standard low pressure."
"What do you do for fun?"
"What are you most proud of?"
"What are you looking for in a medical school?"
"How can I prove to the Committee on Admissions that you're serious about a career in medicine? "
"What would you do, as a 4th year student, if a fellow 4th year came in and you smelled alcohol on your breath?"
"Faculty: What do you want to talk about? Student: Tell me about yourself."
"Tell me about your family/yourself."
"the student asked me more : why medicine, what do you do for fun etc."
"Faculty: What do you want to talk about? Student: Where are you from?"
"There was a faculty interviewer and a student interviewer. Have you ever been outside the country?"
"everything they asked was mostly tailored to own application."
"Just really general questions, everything from my app and essays. KNOW THOSE WELL."
"Looks like you did some teaching. Why switch to medicine?"
"Open file for first interview with faculty, closed file for student interview. The questions were generally pretty conversational and nothing too intense. I think they really did just want to get to know you as a person/future physician, with one minor caveat: just because it's conversational, doesn't mean you should stop selling yourself. In fact, I would ensure that you work extra hard to sell yourself. Personally, I find that with interviewers that are super-nice, I have a tendency to assume, oh hey, we're all buddies and since we finished on such a happy note, I'm sure the interview went well. Make sure you leave that interview showing them *exactly* why you think you'd be a great fit at Case, and keep repeating that over and over, no matter how many laughs/giggles you guys share."
"Tell me about your motivation"
"Tell me about your family...."
"If you couldn't be in medicine, what else would you do?"
"what is professionalism?"
"Tell me about Evangel University (my undegrad instituion)"
"What do you think about about Case's curriculum? "
"What do you think the hardest thing in med school will be?"
"generic ''why'' questions e.g. why case? why medicine?"
"Why medicine, why Case, why Cleveland. "
"Why do your friends like you?"
"A ''how do you deal with academic stress'' type of question"
"How did your childhood influence you in medicine?"
"tell me about an experience"
"Tell me about this experience on your AMCAS."
"What are the traits you are looking for in a thesis advisor?"
"what else do you want to know about case"
"What schools did you apply to and why?"
"What made you pick the schools you applied to?"
"Have you had clinical experience where you witnessed human suffering/anguish?"
"why Case, why medicine?"
"Tell me about X research project."
"What can you tell me about your research?"
"Why did you pick your undergrad?"
"I have it on paper, but why don't you tell me your life story from college until now."
"relaxation activities?"
"If you found out that your roommate was using drugs, what would you do?"
"(paraphrasing) How do you plan to balance research and patient care in your career?"
"If there were no careers in medicine available, what would you do?"
"What's wrong with US health care?"
"Say you just had to tell on of your patients that she has three months left to leave. As you are walking out of the room a group of people claiming to be her family ask you about her, what do you do?"
"What's your biggest failure?"
"Tell me about yourself. Tell me about your research."
"My student interviewier asked about my undergrad experience and what I was involved in."
"Tell me about this experience..."
"what's [your undergrad institution] like?"
"Describe how you chose medicine?"
"Specific question about research?"
"what's your impression of our new curriculum?"
"What do you think are some of the biggest problems in medicine today and how can they be resolved?"
"Is there anything not on the application that I should know about you?"
"Why medicine?"
"Have you done research?"
"Tell me about your jobs."
"Do you know what cyclic AMP is? (of course I did)"
"Questions were standard."
"Do you have any brothers"
"With your engineering background, how will you adapt your studying habits when entering medical school? What difficulties do you envision having as a medical student (personal or educational)?"
"I took a look at your grades. What happened there?"
"What is the most recent book you have read?"
"Tell me what you would like to get across during this interview so that we make sure to get to those points."
"Are you interested in global health?"
"What do you think about the MD thesis requirement? (I guess this scares a lot of people off, but it's really not bad. You get four months to work on it exclusively, and all they want is to make sure you understand how to go about the research process. Everyone should do something like this anyway, required or not.)"
"Why would anyone want to be friends with you?"
"What brings you to Case?"
"Why would anyone be your friend?"
"Why medicine, why case, etc."
"what do you collect anything?"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Why MSTP?"
"Tell me a little more about your research."
"How do you think you would manage the cold weather, being that you are from the South?"
"How will you fit in with the new curriculum?"
"How would you react if you failed your first exam in med school?"
"What is the relationship between medicine and science?"
"Tell me about your research"
"Why is there such a discrepancy between your MCAT and undergrad GPA?"
"Assuming your sitting down in April with a list of schools you were accepted to how would you rank them specifically?"
"Explain the trend of your transcript? It seems like two different students went to school under the same name."
"Tell me an ethical decision you had to make."
"Why do you want to be a doctor? "
"the basics"
"So tell me about your university."
"Do you have any siblings?"
"Why do you want to become a doctor?"
"Why Case? Is this the only school you applied to that is not on the east or west coast?"
"What would you do if you didn't go into anything medically related?"
"What makes someone want to be your friend?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"There is a HPV vaccine...should we vaccinate all girls? When should we vaccinate them?"
"Research oriented questions in detail. But if you know your stuff even on a basic level, you could answer these types of questions easily. "
"Do you have any siblings? "
"all off of my AMCAS and my Case essays - a few questions about my reasearch etc."
"why case/cleveland?"
"Why didn't you have _________ submit a letter of recommendation?"
"What is the main thing you want to convey when your file is presented to the committee? (asked at the end of the interview)"
"Tell me about your research."
"Are you going to vote tomorrow?"
"When is a time you had to choose between two outcomes that were both negative and what did you do?"
"Why medicine? see interesting question? tell me about your background....family.....tell me about yourself?"
"What type of research would you like to do, & have you considered a dual-degree program?"
"where do you see yourself in 15 yesrs?"
"What's the very first thing you want to let me know?"
"Tell me about your family and growing up in XX"
"We look for diverse students, what makes you different than everybody else?"
"Why do you want to go into medicine?"
"Tell me about yourself. (The entire interview consisted of expanding on things that I mentioned along the way.)"
"Tell me about your study abroad. "
"Why Case Western? Why Medicine? Tell me about your family, what do they do? What questions do you have for me? No tough questions (according to my fellow interviewees, also)"
"Why did you choose CASE??"
"Why do you want to attend Case?"
"Tell me about your sisters/brothers"
"A) I've never heard of your major - explain it to me B) What would you say is your biggest challenege?"
"Tell me your story, pretend that I have not already read your application"
"Why did you move to Cleveland?"
"What can you offer the incoming freshman class?"
"Describe problems with the healthcare system and how you would fix them."
"Most questions were regarding the specifics of my AMCAS application"
"What have you been doing in the time you took off from school?"
"How did you choose your undergrad college?"
"Do you have any questions?"
"Summarize your story. . ."
"What lead you to medicine?"
"Is there anything you want to ask me? (This was one of the first things he asked)"
"Why would someone want to be your friend?"
"Why did you transfer from [an ivy league] College to a [less reputable] school?"
"What specifically interests you about our program? "
"Do you have any brothers or sisters? Tell me about them."
"What is your relationship with your siblings like?"
"What attracted you to Case?"
"why didn't you take the mcat again?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"see above"
"Tell me about your mother"
"What do you do with AmeriCorps?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"Why Case? "
"Your grades are much better your junior and senior year as opposed to your freshman and sophomore year. Is there a reason for this?"
"Tell me about your research. Do you have any publications?"
"Tell me about your family"
"Why case"
"How did you decide to major in economics?"
"Why did you write about IQ tests in your supplementary essay?"
"When did you decide you wanted to be a doctor."
"Do you have any brother's or sisters?"
"Tell me about your family."
"Why Case Western?"
"I was not really asked any specific questions, we just talked."
"What does your younger brother study at school?"
"How would you effectively communicate in a group? aka IQ groups"
"What is something that surprised you about medicine? What are some of the challenges you'll face in becoming a doctor/as a doctor?"
"What’s something about you not on your application?"
"Is there anything else you would like to let me and the admissions committee know?"
"What would your friends say they admire about you?"
"What is one prejudice you have overcome?"
"Tell me about your journey to this table today."
"Most meaningful experience?"
"You have worked in research for several years, why not get a phd?"
"How do you respond to feedback?"
"If you were a cookie, what kind of cookie would you be?"
"They asked about my collegiate background and how that might affect my interpersonal interactions with students from different backgrounds."
"Why would you work in X (health care related) program? That's useless."
"How did you come to medicine?"
"What are three words your friends would use to describe you?"
"They had a script of questions to ask but my faculty member just ended up mostly questions about my application."
"Tell me about a time when you showed leadership."
"What are your weaknesses/what do you need to work on?"
"Tell me about activity X"
"What was your biggest academic achievement in college and what was your biggest personal achievement in college?"
"How do you feel that some fools in washington might make physicians lives more difficult by saying you are only allowed to treat this under condition x, y, z, and taking control away from you to use your best judgement, often putting you in the position to treat in a way you do not agree"
"What specific quality about a physician impressed you?"
"What do you think about X approach to malaria prevention as opposed to Y approach? (Related to my overseas experience)"
"Tell me about this volunteer activity"
"Do you work well in groups?"
"If not medicine, what would you?"
"If you didn't get in what would you do?"
"If you couldn't do this, what would you do?"
"How well do you think your major has prepared you, not only for medical school but also if you had chosen to go into industry (I majored in BME)"
"How do you think the business considerations of medicine affect quality and availability of care?"
"Student: Just talked about my experiences and the school."
"From the student interview: What experiences have you had that have prepared you to work well in small groups?"
"why medicine again, later. Had to go beyond prepared schpiel, which fortunately revealed important experiences I had forgotten to discuss."
"Tell me about activity "x""
"What do you think of Cleveland?"
"Explain about your research?"
"How will it affect your med school performance if your father's long-term illness becomes difficult to control?"
"Some about my personal file, secondary app, questions about my essays."
"The student interview is pretty generic. As my host student told me, they are pretty much trying to make sure you are normal. "
"How would your friends describe you?"
"Specific application questions. Interviewer knew my application WELL. "
"How do you learn?"
"Do you think being away from you family would be hard during medical school?"
"Of all your research experiences, which one project would you say that you enjoyed/valued the most?"
"Both: First step to fix healthcare system?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"If you were facilitating an IQ group discussion how would you encourage different personality types to participate equally?"
"Why Case / Cleveland?"
"Do you think it is fair if I were to look up applicants on facebook?"
"Faculty: What are some challenges you've seen physicians deal with where you work? Student: What do you do in your free time?"
"What is your three-word motto/catch-phrase/etc?"
"tell me about your research."
"Student interviewer was pretty chill and laid back too"
"How did you cope with terminal patients at your nurse's aide job?"
"How did you get these grades/scores"
"what do you do in your spare time?"
"Do you have any teaching experience?"
"what would you like me to tell the adcom about you?"
"What other schools are you looking at?/ How many schools did you apply to? (Ick I do not like this question)"
"What are some of the biggest problems in healthcare today?"
"What sparked your interest in medicine?"
"Tell me about your research?"
"what do you for fun? - i think they just want to make sure you have a social life :P"
"What research interests do you have? [note that this interviewer said that he rarely gets update letters; he would have known the answer to this if he'd gotten it]"
"What about you would make you a great doctor?"
"What kinds of things did you see in your clinical experiences that you didn't expect?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"how do you deal with stress"
"So why Case?"
"see above"
"Why medicine, why Case; how do you fit within the new curriculum?"
"How will you be a productive student at Case?"
"Do you speak any other languages?"
"How did you choose what schools to apply to, and why Case?"
"Please describe a problem you faced while doing research and how you solved it."
"Do you have any brother or sister?"
"What would you do if you didn't get in?"
"how did you choose your undergrad school?"
"Why Case? Why Cleveland?"
"A few cursory Qs to verify info on AMCAS."
"Tell me how your experiences teaching Karate will enable you to be a better physician? Also, what belts do you have?"
"Do you feel we should treat illegal immigrants?"
"What have you done since graduating?"
"What's your biggest accomplishment?"
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years?"
"Why medicine? Why case? Any questions?"
"What I've been doing now that I'm done with my sport that I played in college."
"How do you study and like to learn?"
"Describe your research"
"tell me about your research"
"What has been your greatest achievement?"
"What has been your biggest hardship?"
"How will you time manage all that you hope to take on as a Dr? (Academia, research, practice, family, etc)"
"What do you think about this school?"
"Describe your research."
"What was your most interesting medical experience?"
"Do you talk to any of them"
"What do you do for fun? Do you go out to the bar a lot?"
"How did you decide on (place where I'm doing research)? Explain your research project?"
"Why not pursue psychology?"
"What does empathy mean to you?"
"Would you consider taking the MCAT again?"
"What type of medicine do you see yourself going into?"
"What other schools did you apply to?"
"Where would you say you stand on the research spectrum, from wanting to be devoted entirely to research to wanting to be devoted entirely to the clinical aspect of medicine? (They are very into research, but they understand not everyone will devote their lives to it. In fact, they actually WANT some clinicians.)"
"How have you educated yourself about medicine?"
"Why med?"
"Why the medical field?"
"Transition form athletics to obesity clinic (as stated above)."
"What made you decide to be a doctor?"
"How do YOU define empathy?"
"From my student interviewer: what's my favorite non-science class and why, do I think non-science majors (I am one) can compete at the same level in medical school? "
"Who is your greatest inspiration? "
"how much research do you plan on doing/how big a part of your career will it be if you had to guess now"
"What was your GPA in grad school? "
"What is your Plan B?"
"Was there an ethical issue you encountered in your shadowing experience?"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 yrs?"
"Why were you interested in CWRU?"
"Tell me about your research experience and what laboratory skills you have learned from them?"
"What area of medicine have you considered?"
"What do you think are costs and benefits of pass/fail grading?"
"How do you think you will adjust to med school and the work load? What are some of the problems you think you will encounter in your practice of medicine?(i want to do primary care w/ underserved pops.)"
"Are there any factors that would contribute to your decision of where to live?"
"Tell me about your trip to [insert exotic locale here]"
"How do you feel about the medical care being given to the victims of the Hurricanes?"
"Why did you choose your undergraduate institution?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"what's the most recent book you've read"
"You had a long and varied road to medicine- tell me about it."
"Tell me about your current job."
"Why Cleveland? Why Case?"
"What is the area in which you live like?"
"Why did you apply to Case?"
"Give me an example of your altruism."
"random app stuff"
"Do you use computers a lot for school?"
"Tell me about your volunteer experiences."
"Why CCLCM? (I said I loved it and I said it was my #1 choice)...So then they asked "Why is it your number 1 choice?" Why Cleveland? etc."
"Questions about study abroad"
"Was the research you completed through a course requirement or was it an independent work? "
"asked about my application a lot"
"How would you solve some of healthcare's current problems?"
"How would you feel about living in Cleveland compared to Chicago"
"What questions do you have for me?"
"So tell me about yourself...and variations on this"
"What is a major disappointment you have had in your life and what did you learn from it?"
"How does your family thik about you pursuing medicine now? (I am non-trad)? Do you think you are ready? How? Why Case?"
"What specialties are you considering?"
"What kind of medicine are you thinking of practicing?"
"What do you think is responsible for the increase in the number of patients with mental illness and how would you change things to stop this trend?"
"I really enjoyed reading your essay, tell me more about...."
"Tell me about your current graduate program."
"What did you learn from post-undergrad experiences?"
"Tell me about your family. "
"What made you decide to apply to medical school?"
"Describe your experiences overseas."
"Why medicine"
"A) How would you say you work in groups? B) same as above + how are you with authority?"
"explain your first MCAT scores"
"What are you studying right now (research)?"
"Why haven't you done any research?"
"Which state has implemented a relatively socialized healthcare system (or something to this effect)? -- oregon"
"How did you choose your major?"
"You have done some research? Tell me about that. ."
"Why did you choose your undergrad?"
"A lot of specific questions about my research."
"Why do you think orthopedics is such a male-dominated field?"
"Do you have any other questions for me?"
"What do you see yourself doing in ten years? "
"Why do you want to live in Cleveland?"
"Why medicine?"
"do you have any questions about our program?"
"Tell me about what you do at work (I work in a hospital)"
"Why case?"
"Why did you choose Smith?"
"How did you come to the decision of becoming a doctor?"
"Why do you study spanish (my second major)?"
"What role has playing soccer had on your decision to become a doctor."
"Do you have any relatives or friends that are dentists? Tell me about your exposure to dentistry."
"Why do you want to go into medicine?"
"plans after school"
"The rest was conversation..."
"Have you considered research as a career? What specialties are you interested in?"
"Tell me about your volunteer experiences that have confirmed your desire to practice medicine. "
"What motivates your Dad in medicine today (my father is a physician)?"
"Have you thought about our MD/PhD Biomedical Engineering program?"
"Considering that your father is a physician, has he effected you in any way in your decision to go to medical school?"
"How did you hear about Case Western? How will you manage your time as a medical student?"
"What brings you here to Case? Why Case?"
"What is something that surprised you about the field of medicine?"
"Who do you "champion"?"
"Any particular research interests?"
"Tell me more about xyz from your personal statement?"
"What are some qualities that you believe a physician should possess?"
"What's the difference between empathy and sympathy?"
"Do you know any jokes? Tell me one."
"What did you think of the Dean of Admissions?"
"Tell me about your experience abroad."
"What do you do in your free time."
"tell me about yourself"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"Why Case? What did you learn more about today that made a positive impression?"
"Faculty interviewer asked me a few questions, but mostly just tried selling the school to me."
"What would your best friends have to say about you?"
"Why Peace Corps?"
"How much shadowing have you done?"
"Why doctor?"
"What was it like moving to the US in 7th grade?"
"Asked me what I did at my place of employment."
"Do you have any teaching experience?"
"Why did you choose to come to CWRU undergrad?"
"Tell me about [X on application]."
"ethical scenario-patient's family arrives from out of town-do you let them in the room?"
"What was your research about? What do you think about the current health care situation?"
"Do you have experience in a small-group learning environment?"
"What would your best friend say about you?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What would you do if a resident asked you, as a med student, to perform a procedure you thought was medically unnecessary, simply because he or she thought it would be a "good learning experience" for you?"
"Tell me about X activity?"
"What are the problems with healthcare, what solutions do you propose?"
"What have you done since you submitted your application?"
"What is your type of learning style?"
"Tell me about why you want to go into medicine."
"Faculty: Why Case? Student: What do you think of Cleveland?"
"Examples of research? Shadowing docs?"
"What would you like for me to convey to the admissions committee?"
"Faculty: Tell me about your family. Student: Are you a [college football team] fan?"
"Gave me a bunch of "so you're a doctor. what would you do in this situation: _____" questions"
"what is a recent book that you read that you liked? "
"Describe a situation in which you had to work with a difficult person and how you handled it."
"Tell me about your familial influences"
"don't remember"
"What clinical experiences have you had?"
"So where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Define empathy. "
"Why Cleveland?"
"can you tell me a little bit about... (something from AMCAS)"
"What would make you come here?"
"What do you like to do in your free time?"
"Do you have any brothers or sisters? (listed on AMCAS)"
"Where do you want to practice?"
"describe a stressful time"
"Describe a stressful situation. follow up: how do you deal with stress?"
"Specific questions about my research. It's helpful to think of future directions for your work. "
"see above"
"What extracurriculars have you been involved with and what do you do to relax?"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"what kind of program ''flexible or unstructured'' works best for you?"
"What do you do to relax?"
"What is the biggest problem with American healthcare today?"
"What do you do on your free time?"
"Why medicine and not some other career?"
"How interested are you in research?"
"strengths/weaknesses?"
"Do you have any siblings?"
"Do you still practice your drawing?"
"Tell me something that I don't read here in your profile."
"What do you do to wind down and relieve stress?"
"Tell me about yourself. (I hate this question!)"
"Tell me about yourself. (ick, I hate this question, so open-ended.)"
"The usual questions: Why medicine, Why case etc"
"What aspect of medical school do you think will be difficult for you?"
"Do you like lectures?"
"any questions?"
"what else are you interested in?"
"Do you have a support system?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"Any questions for me?"
"Do you have any questions?"
"How would you contribute to the diverse personality of the medical school class? (or something like this)"
"What does your brother and sister think of this decision?"
"Question about my personal statement."
"What are your non-academic interests?"
"How do you learn?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What are your views on how the government is handling the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and health care in the United States? "
"Why medicine?"
"Explain to me what you understand of the new Case curriculum?"
"What do you feel is the biggest challenge to medicine today?"
"Would you consider research?"
"Why medicine?"
"If medicine weren't in the cards, have you considered other fields that would be stimulating and fulfilling to you?"
"What hobbies do you have?"
"Tell me about your research experience."
"Having been out of school for 7 years, how will you transition back in to an academic environment?"
"Tell me about yourself..."
"Do you have any biases?"
"how's your day going"
"What do you think should be done to improve upon health care? A good answer is usually something about preventative care."
"What is a personal problem you see yourself dealing with in medicine? What is a global problem?"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"How much research do you anticipate incorporating into your career?"
"What was your favorite science subject in college?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"What should be done about healthcare in the US? Prescription drug costs?"
"Why Case? Why medicine?"
"How do you nuture your interest in medicine?"
"Why Case? Why Medicine?"
"What else?"
"What are you looking for in a medical school and how does Case measure up (rephrased version of 1 above)."
"Not in these words but...Why Case and why medicine?"
"What is your biggest disappointment?"
"What are the side-effects to the drug you worked with in your research? Aren't those systemic, rather than focused?"
"What made you choose your undergraduate institution?"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"What have you researched in the past? What are you interested in today? Why? "
"Questions about views west coast, where I've been. "
"How did you get your job at the hospital? "
"What other schools did you apply to? How will you decide if you get into all of them?"
"Why did you choose Case?"
"Why Case."
"What should we do about the amount of uninsured people in America?"
"How did you decide what medical schools to apply to? What specialty are you thinking of going into?"
"Biggest problem in healthcare? how will you solve it? and rest of the other questions are from my secondary and primary application....tell me about blank experience? lot of questions from my aplication.....so read it carefully people....I knew mt application well so was not a problem"
"Do you know anyone here at Case at the medical school?"
"I am a non-traditional applicant, so he wanted to know how I arrived at my decision to go back to medical school. "
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school this time around?"
"Tell me about the your research."
"Tell me about what you have been doing since graduating. "
"Any questions for me? come with lots of questions!!"
"What have you been doing since graduating college?"
"What do you do for fun"
"A) What do see as some major problems with healthcare? B) Where do you see yourself in 5 years? -they both also asked about my research, of course."
"what activities have you been involved in outside academics?"
"I was asked about the neighborhood I live in."
"Your grades and scores are good, but that doesn't really matter to me. Your file is weak. Can you explain this? (who asks that?)"
"What specialty are you interested in?"
"Why Case?"
"How can world conflcits be solved?"
"What do you want to know about our school? How did you hear about us?"
"What do your parents think about you potentially moving so far away?"
"How do you see yourself fitting with Case?"
"So, you're a softball player?"
"He seemed very interested in talking about Iraq and the Bush administration."
"What are you looking to get out of your graduate training? "
"Why CWRU?"
"Why did you look into Case Western?"
"Tell me about your family."
"do you have perfect pitch?"
"What questions do you have for me?"
"What will you look for when choosing a medical school?"
"Tell me about your dance experiences. (I coach two dance teams)"
"What type of program are you looking for."
"More conversation..."
"Tell me about a difficult situation you have encountered and how you handled it."
"Tell me about xxxxx. (Activities, employment, etc.)"
"Why Case Western?"
"What are two of your favorite classes that you've taken?"
"I see that you are a co-author on a paper. Walk me through the process of how you go about putting together a paper. Where do you begin? What sections do you write first? etc."
"What is something that surprised you about the field of medicine?"
"How would others feel your empathy?"
"Where do you see medicine heading in the future?"
"What is cultural competency to you?"
"Student interviewer asked a probing philosophical question about my senior thesis on mechanistic determinism in the philosophy of science."
"Unique--the joke question."
"You are sitting next to a nervous passenger on an airplane. What do you say to them to console them?"
"What do you think of the Affordable Care Act?"
"None too unusual"
"The interviewer asked me if I could "teach her something." I had to come up with something creative on the spot!"
"Teach me something."
"Not really that interesting, but I'll post it anyways: "It seems like you are close with your family, so how would you deal with being away from home?""
"if a family member wanted to receive a nonwestern medical treatment (homeopathy, herbal medicine), how would you handle that/what would you do?"
"What is your novel about? (I said I liked writing and am working on a novel. I was so excited to get asked this because I love talking about it and it helped me relax.)"
"How do you feel that some fools in washington might make physicians lives more difficult by saying you are only allowed to treat this under condition x, y, z, and taking control away from you to use your best judgement, often putting you in the position to treat in a way you do not agree"
"Who is your inspiration?"
"What is one misconception about you?"
"How did you handle teaching a class with 150 students? (Interviewer was also a PhD lecturer who deals with large classes)"
"Do you like classical music? This led to a 20 min conversation about sexism in the orchestra auditioning process"
"What are your life goals?"
"If you could do your undergrad years over again, what would you do?"
"Question 1"
"none really, mostly conversational"
"What's the most important thing you learned in your clinical/shadowing experiences?"
"#2"
"How did you like the other schools you've interviewed with?"
"Student interviewer asked what is your favorite medical TV show? That was fun."
"Nothing out of the ordinary"
"Why didn't you pursue pharm or dental school?"
"What would your best friend say about you? Example, xxxx is a great person but -----?"
"What do you do to unwind?"
"Ethics question"
"do you believe in moral absolutes? (wasn't randomly thrown out there, we had been discussing a theology course I had taken)"
"Asked about the governor situation in Illinois."
"nothing unexpected"
"They were all interesting for the most part."
"Nothing, really. Both interviews were conversational and friendly."
"If you were facilitating an IQ group discussion how would you encourage different personality types to participate equally?"
"They just asked me a lot about my research. "
"Examples of Community service?"
"What do you think about the Olympics scandal with the Chinese gymnists? Should their medals be taken away?"
"Faculty: What's a common misconception people have about you?"
"What are two personality traits that are important in being a doctor."
"He asked me why medicine in a very interesting manner."
"All pretty basic."
"Who are you most proud of? Just didn't see this coming, kinda threw me for a minor loop."
"How would your teachers describe you if they were here?"
"again, these were just conversations. nothing major here."
"none"
"How do you know this is what you want to do?"
"There are a field of doctors who are so evidence based and others who believe miracles can happen. How would you reconcile those two parties?"
"What would you if one of your friends in medical school starting using drugs?"
"Describe how you would resolve a conflict with someone you didn't agree with."
"How do you define professionalism?"
"all the questions were generic."
"What kinds of things worked and didn't work in making you successful in those environments? [follows the question, what small-group experiences do you have? to which I answered lots of stuff about software management and musical groups]"
"What do you think about the report that said that birth defects in China increased by 40% in the last 5 years?"
"Nothing really stood out, very basic questions."
"everything was pretty typical, but I did have an interesting conversation"
"Nothing. "
"What do you think makes a good doctor? "
"Would you prefer to be a grad student in a the lab of a big shot or a relative nobody? Why?"
"No real questions were asked"
"Name the top 3 problems in our health care systems."
"If you could change something about yourself what would you change?"
"What aspect of attending Case would be hardest for you?"
"what has been your biggest regret?"
"Nothing that interesting or out-of-the ordinary came up. "
"What were your impressions of the medical students when you were in the hospital? (I know, not really helpful to anyone who didn't have cancer)"
"nothing "
"How are you going to be able to stick to your focus on patient care while you're in medical school?"
"iraq opinion"
"Nothing very interesting..."
"What classes are you taking now?"
"Where would I place myself on the scale of being primarily focused on research or primarily focused on clinical work and why?"
"If science did not exist at all, what would you choose as your profession?"
"nothing really interesting per se, just good conversation."
"I was essentially only asked one big interview-type question, about how I planned to balance research and patient care in my future career. "
"Why do you think The Odyssey still appeals to readers? (I wrote an essay about it)"
"Why medicine. Why case"
"You are from Arizona, why did you apply to a school in the Midwest?"
"Do you think you might be the kind of person who'd participate in Doc Opera? (that's their student variety show of sorts) "
"What do you think of the mind-body connection? (We were talking about alternative medicine)."
"n/a"
"How would you address working with someone in a small group who wasn't doing their share of the work?"
"What do you think about Wal-mart selling prescription drugs for $4?"
"give me an example of altruism in which you were the donor"
"The two interviews were both incredibly relaxed. All the faculty interviewer did was read over my AMCAS app and ask if I wanted to update any of the info."
"What has been you greatest achievement to date? "
"How would your friends describe you? Nothing really too out of the ordinary was asked..."
"None."
"Assuming that you are working as a physician, what would you do when you see a fellow physician making bad judgement (violating ethics standards, etc.)?"
"If you failed your first exam as a medical student, what would you do?"
"What does your family (brother, sister, not parents) think of you going to med school?"
"[Faculty interviewer] What do you hope to achieve by going abroad (for your research thesis)? [I'm interested in global health, health policy, and perhaps epidemiology/infectious diseases - upon answering, he helpfully referred me to a couple researchers in infectious diseases that travel frequently to Africa for their work, saying "
"Do you have an interest in radiology?"
"Most difficult experience."
"From your background, what do you think most influenced your decision to become a physician?"
"What do you think of America's healthcare system?"
"How will the admissions committee know you won't regress back to your former habits ( i had a run of glory-defying grades as an undergrad)"
"What are your views on how the government is handling the war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, and health care in the United States? (All in one question.!..AAHH!)"
"Why didn't you pursue psychology as a career if you earned a certificte in that field?"
"What would you do if one of your fellow students fell into trouble with drugs?"
"From my student interview: "If you could have one super power, what would it be?" "
"Do you think that Case's curriculum and emphasis on independence fits you?"
"Nothing interesting."
"It's been said that laws, without morals, are nothing. What do you think?"
"What was your favorite non-science course during college?"
"If I could change one thing about a volunteer program I participate in, what would that be?"
"Having been an elite athlete, what was it like to transition to working in a weight loss surgery clinic?"
"Why would anyone be your friend?"
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years?"
"Nothing beyond the basic: why medicine, why case, describe your extracurriculars. We ended up talking about interesting topics but I wasn't asked anything out of the ordinary or hard."
"Tell me about yourself- how you got to where you re right now. "
"Do you collect anything? What are your weaknesses and strengths? "
"Why does your family suggest persuing a career in business instead of medicine? "
"If you could choose a question to ask yourself what would it be?"
"Was there an ethical issue you encountered in your shadowing experience?"
"Only asked a few questions, none interesting."
"How has your experience in the arts accompanied your medical/science exposure?"
"Most interestingly, I was NOT asked why I wanted to be doctor or why I wanted to go to Case."
"What is the most pressing problem facing American medicine today?"
"Give me a summary of how you ended up sitting here - from birth to now. "
"What should be done about the rising costs of prescription drugs?"
"What would you do if someone in your group refused to do their homework? (from the student)"
"Since I applied MSTP, 80% of the questions were about my research. I had one ethical question about what to do if a critically ill woman's family comes and what you're supposed to do. "
"What do you think about alternative and complimentary medicine?"
"What do you think about the obesity epidemic in America?"
"What is the most exciting aspect of doing research to you during medical school?"
"My favorite question was what is my biggest problem with healthcare, and how would I fix it"
"What three reasons should I give to the committee to accept you into our program?"
"Tell me about an ethical decision you have made"
"Very conversational - no direct questions"
"Honestly, I didn't get many questions, mainly clarification on my ECs. So I did a lot of describing some of my experiences in promoting tolerance and diversity."
"nothing out of the ordinary- the big ones- why case? why medicine?"
"every family has a central theme that they work around. for my family it was swimming. we went to swim meets on weekends, took swimming vacations, etc. what was the central theme of your family. "
"No part of the experience was interesting."
"If you were not going to be a doctor what would you do?"
"Why do people want to be your friend?"
"Why did choose your undergraduate institution?"
"Nothing. My interviewer asked me the Big-3 and nothing more."
"How do you calm a patient who thinks that the medicine you're giving him is a poison?"
"What was the most negative learning experience you've had?"
"The governor of Kentucky, who is a physician, recently signed the death penalty for an obviously guilty man. Some are asking him to resign his medical license, what do you think about that?"
"Tell me about your volunteering"
"There is a HPV vaccine...should we vaccinate all girls? When should we vaccinate them?"
"Mainly questions about my research. The person interviewing me had a strong past and wanted to gauge my knowledge level of my work. "
"Why are you taking a Japanese course? (I am Japanese) "
"Nothing much beyond my AMCAS"
"He gave me a broad spectrum of types of physicians, ranging from pure researchers, to clinicians, to grant writers, to professors, and asked me where I see myself on the spectrum."
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"What would you do if you were on rounds and an attending yelled at you for a mistake in front of all your peers?"
"What have you learned in your Classical Mythology class?"
"Ethical questions regarding my research - ah stem cells..."
"If I was going to vote, one day before election in a swing state everyone was talking about the election"
"When is a time you had to choose between two outcomes that were both negative and what did you do?"
"You are interested in primary/rural care and we have a research thesis requirement ... how do you think this research experience is going to help you as a rural/primary care physician ...All other questions were related to what I wrote in my application.. "
"None really -- everything was very open-ended & based on the materials that I'd turned in. It was more like a conversation."
"Don't remember; much more of a conversation. The interviewer had been a child actor and I had acted before deciding to go to med school. So, we chatted about that."
"What do you think is responsible for the increase in the number of patients with mental illness and how would you change things to stop this trend?"
"Have you seen the musical Rent?"
"We had a nice conversation. It was not rote question and answer so it is hard to pick out one question. It was not a real interesting conversation so...."
"What qualities gained from your post-college experiences will help you be a better doctor?"
"Tell me about your family. What are your parents like. "
"hmm. none really"
"None, it was a purely conversational talk that ran the gamut from obesity in the US and health disparities to high school sports."
"My faculty interviewer was a PhD faculty member who spent most of two hours trying to convince me that I should apply for an MD-PhD. "
"how do you think nationalized health care would work better in the united states? (this wasn't the most difficult just because, luckily, i had read up on it a bit beforehand)"
"About my track and field experiences. He compared it to his own years ago."
"I mentioned my grandmother in my AMCAS, and the interview asked me how she impacted my life."
"nothing interesting. very conversational"
"No difficult questions really. Just why I moved to Cleveland (I moved recently from DC)."
"What can you offer the incoming freshman class?"
"how has your work experience prepared you for medical school?"
"What are the biggest problems facing health care and what can we do to address them?"
"What was my least favorite class I've taken?"
"Questions about my secondary essay."
"very standard questions"
"What do you think about the war in Iraq?"
"During this interview, the old doctor I interviewed with did most of the talking. I could barely get a word in edgewise! He was really nice and all, but I couldn't figure out if I needed to interrupt him and plug myself or just let him go on."
"Are you a dog or a cat person?"
"Just a conversation - no real questions asked. "
"Have you ever had a problem person in a small group you've worked in?"
"Is Kung Fu offensive or defensive? (I wrote about it in my secondary essay.)"
"I think I had the same interviewer as a previous poster and got the "What do you think about Bush's actions in regards to Iraq." I was also asked about the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and the CA recall election."
"I dunno. It was all stuff related to my AMCAS application."
"What don't you like about yourself?"
"Explain to me what relationships you see between the different world religions (I love religion and the humanities)."
"Explain your most exciting research project to an intelligent non-scientist in exactly ten words. "
"Interview was conversational, very few specific questions were asked."
"Nothing really jumped out as interesting, it was pretty much standard background stuff."
"Why don't we get more applicants from your school?"
"how DO you make jambalaya?"
"My interviewer quoted both my AMCAS and my Case Western essays and asked me about my writing style (I was an English major)."
"Tell me about the trip you took recently?"
"What other schools have you applied to (he seemed to be questioning my motivation behind applying to the school)?"
"A question about an experience I had while doing undergraduate research."
"What Kind of doctor do you want to be"
"Where do you see yourself 15 years down the line?"
"What is the most difficult thing that you have had to overcome in your life and what did you learn from it?"
"How would I inform a terminally ill cancer patient that they don't have long to live."
"How would you tell a patient that they have been diagnosed as terminally ill?"
"What were your intentions of entering a masters program?"
"Didn't really get asked many questions, basically just chatted"
"He basically just asked me questions about my backgound and application."
"The AAMC requires that the Dean's letter specify which tier you rank in your class? What do you think of that in light of our Pass/Fail grading system."
"Not applicable. See interview summary."
"Have you thought about what life will be like as a physician?"
"It was open file, so the interviewer asked me to comment on and elaborate on specific experiences I had and listed."
"My interview was conversational- so there were no really tough or interesting questions. I'm wondering if I had the same interviewer as another person who posted feedback recently- a PhD in pediatric research- she was so warm and easy to talk to! We talked a lot about challenges I will face as a physician, and she wanted to know my stance on the growing childhood obesity crisis- it led to a really interesting discussion."
"Why do your friends like you?"
"What is the best part of your job? (I'm an RA)"
"No really intresting questions"
"He didn't really ask me questions, it was mostly conversational."
"None!"
"How far can you hit a wedge?"
"What is a quality to hold that will make you a great doctor?"
"Why medicine? Why Case? Cleveland?"
"Nothing really stood out, just pretty generic. They focus a lot on what you plan to do OUTSIDE of medical school, ie, what will you bring to the community."
"I was asked about my research was about. They seemed interested in my research and my experience in the Navy."
"What is an example of a time where you received criticism?"
"What is something that physicians struggle with that you've witnessed in person in your shadowing experiences. (particularly difficult because I know and have read a lot about what physicians struggle with, but I haven't seen much of it in person)"
"What is one misconception you think some people have about you?"
"They asked me for a potential research project design (building off of one of my answers previously)"
"Medicine is often called a science and an art, how do you think practicing medicine could be considered an art?"
"Explain your grades to me."
"What role would you play in a PBL group session?"
"Why that school? Why that program?"
"What role would you play in a small-group team situation?"
"None very general"
"What are some challenges you anticipate in medical school, and how will you address those?"
"Do you collect anything?"
"None. They were pretty straightforward."
"What have you done? (Faculty interview was supposed to be open-file but she hadn't read my file at all and was reading it during the interview. I started to talk about something and then she asked me questions about it so I didn't have time to elaborate on my other activities. I mostly asked her questions during that interview.)"
"Quetiosn about hypothetical changes to the healthcare system and the intertia/momentum/general trend of things going further in that direction in the future"
"What is one regret you have?"
"My interviewer and I had a difference of opinion on the relationships surgeons have with their patients and how patients are affected. I left with quite a bit to reflect on, and while I wasn't sure how well I handled it, I was accepted a week later, so I guess it went alright."
"Why haven't you published anything? (I have 3 years worth of research, just never was in the right place at the right time)"
"What would happen when patients don't respect you?"
"What would you do differently for your undergraduate years?"
"Nothing really - friendly interview, the student interview was definitely harder than the faculty seeing as it was closed file"
"The business/quality question; my business experience is minimal, and I didn't want to make claims I couldn't support."
"Faculty interviewer probed gaps in application- tough but fair questions. But on follow ups to my answers to the scenario-kept pressing the point. I managed to keep my composure but felt a bit flustered. That was the most stressful part for me-I wasn't sure if I was being tested to see how I would react to stress, or if my answers really weren't adequate."
"What was the most difficult thing you've had to overcome?"
"Everything was pretty straightforward. Only weird thing was that the faculty interview was a lot more chill than the student interview, but that was just my draw."
"What's the difference between wet and dry AMD (age-related macular degeneration)? (I work in an AMD research lab.. so it's not random)."
"How do you handle stress? (No question was very difficult.)"
"The escalating ethical scenarios that the interviewer proposed after I gave each answer (for example, "Ok, now what if the *patient* didn't think it was necessary?")"
"What will you do with your MD? I'm not asking your specialty, but what will you do with it."
"None, very very straightforward. Basically just going through my activities."
"What are you looking for in a medical school?"
"Mainly just the 4th year student with alcohol on his breath question."
"How to fix healthcare system?"
"I wish they had asked me more... The faculty guy asked a lot about my research. The student and I just talked... no formal questions. "
"Do you think students who score below a 10 on the verbal section in the MCAT should be allowed to go to medical school? (I didn't score below a 10)"
"Faculty: What's a common misconception people have about you?"
"this wasn't hard... but i guess i would say what do you think would be the greatest challenge in working in a team?"
"Nothing really...oh yea, if you caught your friend cheatin in an exam, what would you do? I think that was at case...hmmm...lol"
"No real difficult questions...just come prepared to talk more about stuff in your personal statement/secondary. They seemed really interested in my psych research, which I was a little surprised about, seeing as how it's psychology-based, not science-based. I honestly found the student interview a little more difficult (which is extra ironic considering my faculty interview was with the director), probably because I dont think it really flowed that well, and my interviewer (although she was super nice after the interview) really fluctuated between animated and deadpan a lot..was pretty interesting."
"What do you want to talk about? (About half of the time was spent doing what I mentioned)."
"none"
"What is professionalism?"
"It sounds like you are pretty sold on research why not just the PhD?"
"How would respond if a patient asked you to do something that was against your beliefs?"
"How do you define professionalism?"
"Why Cleveland?"
"Tell me about your extracurriculars (open file interview...)"
"Why do you think you would make a good doctor?"
"No difficult questions. Interview was not structured. "
"Why do think you're grades were so much better in your post-bac program?"
"Nothing was really out of left field or difficult. "
"What else do you want to know about....this question was asked about 5 times."
"What has been your biggest disappointment in life?"
"He mentioned my low science GPA, but then kind of answered the question himself by considering my MCAT science scores. "
"nothing really difficult"
"What do you hope to get out of your medical school education? (ummm...a degree that allows me to practice medicine?)"
"What challenges will you personally face during your first year of medical school?"
"nothing"
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school?"
"Tell me your life story from college until now. (He then looked down at the paper and gave no sign of response to anything I said.)"
"iraq opinion"
"Nothing difficult."
"Same as my interesting question"
"They were all light hearted"
"Why not psychology? Or something else that works with people?"
"What does empathy mean to you?"
"my future career timeline, all the way to 50 years from now!"
"Wasn't asked anything difficult."
"Besides dropping out of college, what do you feel was your greatest disappointment? (This was specific to my situation and he took away my prepared answer)"
"Why come to Cleveland? (shouldn't be hard but I was really turned off by the area)"
"What is your biggest failure?"
"nothing really . . . my interviewer did most of the talking. "
"What do you think I should know about you that we haven't discussed. "
"Do you think you could learn in a small group setting such as the one that is used in the new WR2 curriculum?"
"Specific question about my research"
"hypothetical situation- you're a doctor who has just told an elderly patient that her latest lab results show she has three months to live, you leave her room after telling her to find a group of people who say they are her family and want to know how she is doing. what do you do?"
"There were none"
"Didn't have any difficult questions."
"How well do you feel like your learning style fits in with Case's curriculum? (Their curriculum is very different than other schools, and I hadn't learned about it much before I got there.) "
"What has been your greatest NON-ACADEMIC failure/success in life?"
"Do you have any prejudices or biases? Please explain."
"If someone came to you for treatment and could not pay, would you still treat them and why?"
"None."
"[Student interviewer] You mentioned your interest in health law and policy. Why not simply pursue that? Why do you feel the need to become a physician to do what you want to do?"
"It was very open ended, my interviewer talked pretty much about the school and his dept. "
"Suppose you are a doctor. You just got test results back for an elderly female patient and the prognosis is not good. You finish telling her that she has 2 months to live, and when you leave the room, a group of eager people approach saying they are the family and asking you what the status is. What do you do?"
"None of the questions were really difficult."
"How do you feel about doing required research?"
"So what happened in college? - see above"
"Why was your MCAT verbal score so low? What happened in your thermodynamics course...you got a C?"
"None were hard. Perhaps why Case?"
"What are the top three problems with our health care system?"
"What are the top three things about yourself that you hope to get across in this interview?"
"Why should Case choose you?"
"Describe a challenge you have faced and how you dealt with it."
""Tell me about a disappointment in your life and how you handled it." I could not for the life of me come up with anything worthwhile to talk about."
"What was one problem you have overcome and how did you go about doing it?"
"What do you want to convey in the next 45 minutes?"
"None of the questions were overly difficult. They were all very fair and well though out."
"Same as above."
"Name the three biggest problems in U.S. Health Care right now. (I HATE healthcare questions...they're so subjective)"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? "
"Same as most interesting question."
"Was there an ethical issue you encountered in your shadowing experience?"
"Why did you apply to Case?"
"none. They were all very warm and friendly."
"How would you react if you were working with a group in a clinic/hospital and someone scolded and insulted you in public?"
"How do you think you will handle being back in school?"
"Do you think that you will adjust well to medical school and especially to the new curriculum at Case? How will you handle the workload?"
"None really."
"Probably about my research. One of the Ph.Ds got a little picky about it. Not too much though. "
"How do you feel about the medical care being given to the victims of the recent hurricanes?"
"I am really bad at the tell me about yourself question."
"Explain your grades after your junior year?"
"What else do you want to tell me?"
"It was all pretty straightforward"
"we had a discussion on medical malpractice and the ways in which the legal profession impacts the medical profession but this comes from my background as a lawyer."
"what is it about becoming an doctor that excites you? "
"I was asked to account for a percieved lack of extracurricular activities on my AMCAS app."
"Honestly, it felt just like talking to a good friend. The interviewer was very relaxed and seemed intersted in me attending Case."
"What happened on the verbal section? (I did really well on all the other parts of the MCAT and bombed this section comparatively.)"
"no difficult questions really "
"Nothing."
"From what plant genus can you obtain the drug you worked with in your lab?"
"same as above"
"No question proved to be especially hard"
"See above."
"How can Case teach you to become a successful doctor? "
"ditto"
"Same as above...it was tough to follow what he was saying because he went on for a few minutes about these different types of doctors and wasn't too clear."
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"Medical school is very difficult. Do you think you can really handle it? The question itself wasn't that hard, but after I explained why I thought I could handle it (I thrive in academically challenging situations, I'm good at prioritizing what is important to me, I have a good support network), he said, "Yeah, great. But do you really think you can handle it? It seemed as though he didn't think I could, which didn't make sense considering my stats and my academic record."
"Lots of questions on detailed background information on research that I had done a year earlier. How the hell should I know??"
"Mostly very detailed questions regarding my research"
"nothing really that I hadn't gotten before"
"When is a time you had to choose between two outcomes that were both negative and what did you do?"
"none realy.....all questions came from our conversation or straight out of application (AMCAS and secondary.....so read over them before coming)"
"Why aren't you using your degrees? (I have a BS in biochem and EMT-B certification and I do clerical work at a doctor's office.)"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years. I cracked a joke and asked, "emotionally?" I know you are supposed to be serious, but I couldn't resist."
"Above"
"What is one thing that you regret doing?"
"no difficult questions."
"What happened with your MCAT scores?"
"You are coming from California. Why move to Cleveland?"
"N/A"
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years? - this was tough because my answer would have been different if i was talking about this school or the other 4-year schools. I kind of wish it had been "15-20 years""
"What did you learn about physicians and their patients from volunteering in the hospital?"
"can't remember so much, they were all so bland"
"Why haven't you done research?"
"none- there were very few actual questions, it was truly just a conversation"
"same"
"What was my least favorite class I've taken?"
"very standard questions"
"How are you going to decide among medical schools?"
"What does your GPA tell me about you?"
"Did you ever face an academic problem and how did you handle it?"
"No difficult questions really, very relaxed."
"He asked if I knew the name of the guy who discovered this family of proteins. It was related to my research, but I had no idea."
"What's a disappointment you've had and what did you learn from it?"
"What's your opinion on the Bush administration's involvement in Iraq?"
"Detailed questions extrapolated from my research experiences"
"I don't think any were too difficult to answer."
"none were difficult; interview was conversational, so besides the standard questions, we talked about sports, exercising, and my being bilingual"
"why would you be willing to float the extra $ to go to case?"
"My interviewer went through my file very meticulously, asking about every line of my AMCAS application: every grade, every date (submission dates, etc), every word."
"Why medicine? "
"Why do you want to be in Cleveland?"
"The most difficult was a "why case?" question which wasn't really difficult at all. "
"None: It was all about me and what I'm doing"
"What is your stance on the US vs Iraq and US vs Korea situations?"
"none really the questions were basically conversational. The questions were geared towards a better understanding of how you interact with people in general, not about your credentials or what you have done thus far."
"The interviewer asked a lot of political questions regarding the U.S. stance against Iraq, N. Korea, and current conflicts in the middle east. I found this question difficult because I did not want to offend the Interviewer's personal political stance. Although I was able to walk the fine "middle" line, I thought it was a bit unfair..."
"The most interesting question was the same as the most difficult."
"Before we end the interview, is there anything else you'd like to tell me about yourself?....I felt like I should say something."
"Biggest challenge in medicine"
"None really..."
"Not applicable. See interview summary."
"Why Case?"
"Nothing really, though she asked about what I considered to be the biggest problem in healthcare. As long as you've thought about that, you should be fine."
"no difficult questions!"
"What is the most difficult part of your job? (I'm an RA)"
"Why did your sophomore year grades suck?"
"How did you choose which schools to apply to? And why Case Western?"
"Why dentistry?"
"See above"
"None, really, the interview is what you make of it considering that they only ask you these questions. The rest of the time is conversational and you are asking the questions about Case."
"Why do you want to be a Dentist. Although you know why it is hard to tell others, I had to work alot on this one before I went."
"Researched the school, mock interviews"
"Mock interviews &"
"Practice interviews"
"SDN interview feedback, read over application and my research"
"Read over my application and researched the school"
"Mock interviews with other pre-meds"
"Read this page"
"Reviewed application, read about the school."
"Re-read AMCAS."
"I read my application, practiced talking about my application out loud (to my dog), did a practice interview with a mentor, and read up about the school and the program to think of questions to ask them"
"Read app, asked my host questions"
"Looked over my app"
"I looked over my AMCAS application."
"Reviewed my application, had a beer and relaxed!"
"Read, practiced, talked to current students."
"Reread AMCAS, secondary; looked up information about the school"
"Re-read my essays"
"Visited the associated hospitals the weekend before, re-read my secondary application questions, read about the schools WR2 curriculum, etc."
"Read this website, thinking about why I want to be a doc, etc"
"I read about healthcare, including the Affordable Care Act, but I wasn't asked anything about it by my interviewers. I also went over my application."
"read over the interview feedback here and made a list of frequently asked questions, read over my primary and secondary applications a lot, reviewed my research"
"Looked over these surveys, prepared answers for basic questions, read over my application materials, researched the school"
"I have responses typed up for standard questions so I reviewed those, and looked at Case's website."
"Not much, I wasn't extremely excited about this interview so I briefly looked at interview feedback and went on the website so I could answer "why case" and "any questions""
"My application, school website, sdn."
"I read SDN, looked at the Case website and looked over general interview tips."
"I prepared pretty thoroughly, preparing answers for a lot of the questions listed in this website. But I really could have prepared much less for this particular interview."
"Read about the school, went over my AMCAS, mock interview (with video and feedback, best prep in my opinion)"
"read up on the school, on health care, reviewed my AMCAS"
"SDN, primary, secondary, website, students"
"Looked up Case and compiled a list of reasons why I'd want to go to Case as opposed to other schools."
"SDN, reading about school"
"Re-read app, reviewed website, freaked out, etc."
"SDN forums, read over application."
"Read over app, read school's website, practiced with questions from SDN and other sites"
"Reviewed the material on the Case website, reviewed studentdoc comments, prepared answers to the questions "why Case?" and "why do you want to be a doctor?""
"SDN-thank god for it. re-read apps. rehearsed "why medicine" and "Tell me about yourself" in front of mirror. re-read old academic articles. good night's sleep."
"Researching the school, refining interview skills at other interviews"
"SDN, health care reform papers, UWashington bioethics"
"Read SDN, talked with student host, looked at school website."
"Nothing. Already seasoned from previous interviews."
"Reading over SDN, the Case Western site, etc."
"mock interviews, browsed the school's website, prepared questions to ask"
"Re-read application, essays, SDN, arrived a day early to check out the area"
"SDN, review app, consider sedative (unnecessary)."
"Re-read my AMCAS and secondary application and researched a lot about Case online."
"read over app, read their brochures"
"SDN, Read my AMCAS+secondary"
"Read AMCAS, SDN, interview feedback."
"The school's website is full of useful information"
"Reread my application, practiced questions, used SND, talked to my student hosts about the school."
"reread application materials, SDN, read website"
"SDN, checked over my application materials"
"Researching the school on the site, talking to my student host, emailing a 4th year student with questions."
"SDN, Case website, re-read my file, asked student host and 4th years a ton of questions, Zen meditation"
"Read student doctor forum, read about Case Western online"
"SDN, mock interviews"
"Website, SDN Interview feedback, talking with my host Med students. Staying with a host was EXTREMELY helpful. They gave me much more insight into the school."
"SDN Interview feedback, recorded myself in a practice interview, read up about healthcare policies and bioethics, researched about the school, talked to the med students at case"
"Sort of read website, some SDN, reread primary and secondary apps"
"Didn't really"
"School website, review both secondary and primary, SDN, get a good night's sleep"
"Read over website, read bioethics book, read up on health care and current events, SDN"
"Usuals...sdn, amcas"
"Read over my AMCAS app and secondary. Read about research topics. Researched the school via website."
"Talk to students, talk to faculty, read up on their curriculum, their website."
"SDN Reviews, looked over application and essays from all of my schools, read up on possible questions and tips, mock interview, prayed."
"nothing"
"The school's website, sdn, amcas and secondary app, mock interviews."
"SDN, mock interviews, practiced questions"
"Read ''Better'' by A. Gawande and ''The End of Medicine'' neither of which go over interviews in the slightest, but I figured both would solid up my understanding of the medical field and how research fits into it."
"Prayed, read AMCAS, looked at website"
"SDN, reviewed AMCAS"
"Books, mock interview, thorough review of their curriculum from their website."
"SDN interview feedback, mock interviews, school website"
"AMCAS, Secondary, Bioethics text, CWRU Website"
"1) read sdn, amcas, my research papers and their website 2) talk to my friend at the school 3) went to my faculty interviewer's personal website - you should definitely do this. i got to ask questions about his research a little bit, and he seemed impressed about how prepared i was :) "
"mock interview, sdn, case website, re-reading amcas"
"SDN, website, practiced with friends, reviewed AMCAS and my research papers"
"SDN feedback, reading the school website, writing up questions to ask"
"read this site, read AMCAS, looked at school website"
"Case website"
"SDN, interview book, practice interviews with my girlfriend."
"SDN, school website, reviewed abstracts of PIs with whom I interviewed. "
"read over sample interview questions. really thought about my motivations for applying - both to CASE and med school in general. read new york times"
"SDN, reading the news, case website"
"SDN, website, mock-interview, reviewed my application"
"Useful preparation: SDN interview feedback, talked to friend at Case, Case website. Not useful: reviewed basic biochem, read some articles about my previous research. "
"SDN interview feedback, reviewed AMCAS and sedondary application, reviewed my research (it's been awhile since I've done any), explored their website"
"Researched the school through their website and SDN."
"read my application and looked at the school website"
"SDN, school website, friend already at school"
"AMCAS, SDN, read through Case website"
"sdn, case website"
"Mock interview, previous interview, SDN, reviewed secondary, read materials."
"reviewed AMCAS, SDN, read up about health care crisis and other health issues."
"Reviewed my research"
"SDN"
"SDN, career center questions"
"SDN feedback, school website, Wikipedia, Google."
"Read interview feedback, practiced mock interview questions, read application, stressed out a lot as this was my first interview."
"SDN, website"
"this website, school website, reviewed my application materials"
"read SDN feedback and Case site"
"SDN, read my AMCAS, reviewed health care class notes"
"Went to the Case website, read the brochure, looked on sdn etc."
"SDN, previous interviews"
"SDN, Case website, reviewed my application"
"read over case website, interview feedback"
"Interview feedback, reviewed AMCAS, googled my interviewer"
"SDN, AMCAS application, secondary, internet, etc."
"Read SDN, read through Case information, re-read my secondary application."
"Studied apps, had friends ask me sample questions."
"Looked at www.interviewfeedback.com, re-read my application, and read the mailed materials."
"SDN, interview feedback, school website"
"SDN, MSAR, AMCAS, secondary essays, student host, website, materials given by mail and before interview, Economist (my scheduled faculty interviewer is a researcher in the Dept of Global Health, and I have a degree in Economics), listen to NPR daily"
"SDN, School website (school brochure they gave me had all the information that was on their website), a good night's sleep"
"Read practice questions on the internet."
"I read their brochure."
"studied website, AMCAS, secondary"
"SDN and reviewed application material"
"website, google, reread app"
"Read over all questions posted on feedback from this cycle. Scan my secondary essays. Prepare answers - most of the time to questions that are never asked. Spend 10 minutes in the mirror psyching myself up. You are the Man - is my mantra"
"Read my secondary essays, looked at the Case website."
"SDN,read over secondary and reviewed my research "
"It was my first interview and I prepared as much as I can but the interview turned out to be very laid back and all that preparation wasn't really necessary. Just be prepared to answer the question - why Case?"
"SDN, school website"
"Read my application, Case website, and studentdoctor.net"
"Read over essays and application and Case's website"
"read AMCAS, secondary essays, Case website"
"SDN, read interviewer bio, Case website"
"sdn feedback, read the website, reviewed my secondary"
"Read application, SDN, experience from previous interviews"
"reviewed essays and bio of interviewer"
"Read AMCAS, student doctor feedback, helath policy book, current events arrticles, info about school."
"Read amcas, etc. Looked up interviewer's bio."
"SDN, reviewed my app, read about Case"
"SDN interview feedback, read over my application & supplementary essays"
"students, AMCAS, secondary. "
"SDN, prior interviews, secondary, amcas, school website"
"read a bit about the school"
"Read everything from the Princeton review medical school book to interview advice on monster.com"
"Look at school website, SDN Interview Feedback, and I also had a strong background in US Health Care Policy."
"got sick and didn't sleep well"
"sdn, intransit, reviewed research"
"Read my application, SDN, read current event articles, CWRU website."
"Student doctor.com, read my AMCAS and secondary"
"Look over everything. Oh yeah, for anyone going on any interview: you don't need a prada suite to impress your interviewer. For the most part, no one even looked at what I was wearing."
"read the website, my essays"
"Case website, info they mailed, talked to a doc who went there."
"this website, case's website/info, friend"
"SDN, school website, re-read AMCAS and secondary applications"
"Read over my research, essay responses, answered interview questions online, practiced in front of a mirror. "
"This website, reviewed my research and secondaries"
"SDN, reviewed AMCAS and secondary, reviewed my research articles, read several healthcare related books."
"SDN, talked to students, read, website"
"Looked over AMCAS, secondary, and reviewed my research."
"I researched the school and found different practice questions"
"Browsed SDN and school website, read over my personal statement"
"schools website, SDN"
"reviewed application"
"Read up on my app and research. Looked up the school's site, SDN"
"reviewed app, read SDN and case websites"
"school website. studies my amcas application. went to the rock and roll hall of fame! its awesome! you gotta go if you're in cleveland!"
"SDN, school's website, prayer."
"Slept."
"SDN, Reviewed App., web-sitee "
"Looked over Case's website, read sd.net."
"Re-read my statements. Should have spent much more time reviewing my research."
"read my app, looked at case's website"
"SDN, Case webpage, read application "
"Reread application. Psyched myself out -you're the best you you can be!"
"Read everything I could about the school, the hospital. Looked over all my research, re-read all of my publications (i hear ppl are skipping this? DO IT!!!), read my CV and read my AMCAS and their application...."
"SDN review questions"
"I looked over the Case website, AMCAS app, Secondary App, my research work, feedback questions on this site, informational sheets provided by The Career Center at U of M, and a website on my interviewer (they tell you who you are interviewing with). I was also running out of time, so I voice recording important info. into my MP3 player to listen and memorize during my 3 hr. drive to Case (yes, I give you permission to laugh at me, but it honestly helped)."
"read over application and SDN"
"this website, the case website, spoke with a case grad who works at the cleveland clinic"
"read SDN, read my AMCAS, the secondary, Case website, etc."
"At CCLCM the previous day. Little additional preparation."
"Read over my essays, looked at Case's website, read SDN."
"Med school info books, asked student host"
"read Case website, SDN interview feedback"
"Read the school's MSTP site - it's probably one of the entertaining out there. Reread applications."
"This was my fourth interview - I read the news, mock interview"
"Read SDN, Case's website, talked to and e-mailed students, read up on healthcare issues, watched news for current events."
"I was there for the summer program so already knew pretty much everything bu talking to students at that time ...visited this site, Case's website "
"this site, reviewed my app and the SOM's website, mock interviews (one with a friend and one with a friend of my parents' who interviews for a different med school)"
"I read their website. Spoke to a student and stayed with a student the night before so that helped me think of some questions."
"Read feedback and forums, Case website, contacted students"
"SDN, website, etc."
"Reviewed my AMCAS and Case secondary. I had a hard time finding info on the school other than provided by MSAR"
"I'd like to say I went to the flats but I was on my best behavior, as my family was there, so I had a giant piece of chocolate cake the night before"
"Studentdoctor.net, I met with current medical students that attend that school, I looked over my amcas application"
"Case website, MSAR, SDN"
"SDN, AMCAS and Secondary essays, Reviewed health-related current events, Reveiwed CWRU web site, Researched the work of the interviewer."
"Talked with my student host the night before."
"Reviewed my file, talked to current students I know. "
"peruse the website"
"I read SDN, skimmed my personal statement, spoke to current students, & read the CWRU website."
"Reviewed my AMCAS and supplemental applications"
"Read my secondary, had my CCLCM interview the day before. "
"Read about their different programs on the internet and pamphlets given to me"
"CCLCM brochure, website, SDN"
"School website, talked to friend who goes there, review AMCAS app"
"Reread my AMCAS and secondary, Case website, went over the details of my research, SDN"
"talked to a case med student"
"Read SDN and looked at Case's website. "
"SDN, website, viewbook"
"read website, SDN, etc"
"Reviewed my application materials and searched SDN."
"website"
"SDN, school's website."
"read SDN, read school website"
"talking to case students, apps (1ry, 2ry),sdn"
"Read brochure in mail, emailed med students, reviewed AMCAS"
"This website, Case's website, talked to my student host."
"read interview feedback. read over application."
"read over my application"
"Printed directions to Cleveland."
"Didn't really. For the politics questions, I inadvertently prepared for those by listening to NPR while at work."
"I looked over my AMCAS application, read an article that my interviewer wrote, and made sure I understood the school's basic info (curriculum, etc.)."
"sdn, case's website, read up on current issues in medicine"
"Mock interview; Following the news; SDN website; Case's website; Talking to students from Case"
"Read papers of my (PhD) interviewers, reviewed my research, practiced answering typical questions"
"Reviewed AMCAS (he knew my personal statement pretty thoroughly), CWRU website, SDN."
"Reading this site, reading anything I could find on medical school interviews, thinking about how to make my responses very positive and confident."
"SDN, website, reading over my application, practicing answering questions"
"coffee and oatmeal"
"Read up about my interviewers, asked my boss what he thought about the school/people there (he finished his PhD there). "
"Case Western web site, student doctor"
"Read SDN, MSAR, Mock interview. "
"website, literature/viewbook"
"Looked at info on their web site, looked over my personal statement and read Sir Theodore Fox's "Purposes of Medicine" sdn was down before my interview :("
"Read SDN feedback, read up about the school, reviewed my secondary"
"Their web site isn't up yet, so I just reviewed my application and talked with my host a lot to learn more about the school"
"I go to Case undergrad so I already knew everything about the school, so I just reviewed the web page, looked over my app and got a good nights sleep."
"The CWRU web site, this website. "
"SDN, read over my AMCAS, website"
"Read the website. Read over my AADSAS application the night before."
"Read site + secondary"
"Called and spoke with Case Western med. students"
"Reviewed everything about the school to prepare for the question "Why Case?""
"Read the CWRU website thoroughly, SDN postings, interview feedback "
"Read over my AMCAS and application, SDN, read over a list I made of my strengths and weaknesses, looked at the school's website"
"Not much--reread my supplemental, relaxed."
"I just read about Case's curriculum, why it was for me. "
"I'm from Cleveland originally so I know a lot about Case already. I looked at the website extensively and I know some current and former students. In general, I made sure I could answer the traditional questions they're known to ask: why medicine, why case, why cleveland..."
"internet, read about Case"
"checked interview feedback, got a good slee
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?