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Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine - KC
Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine - KC
  • Year founded: 1916
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Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine - KC
Osteopathic Medical School
Kansas City, MO
  • SDN RANKING 3
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 5 330 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 3 6 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $49
  • Non - Resident Tuition $49
  • Application Fee $50
  • AVG MCAT 502
  • AVG GPA 3.7
  • LIZZYM Score 63.0
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Admissions Information

  • Office of Admissions
  • 1750 Independence Ave.
  • Kansas City, MO 64106
  • United States

School Overview

Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine - KC Fast Facts

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School Info

Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences College of Osteopathic Medicine has educated physicians, scientists and health-care leaders in Kansas City for almost 90 years. The College was founded as Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery May 16, 1916, in an office building in downtown Kansas City, Mo. George G. Conley, D.O., was the school`s first president. In January of the next year, the College graduated its first student, Mamie Johnston, a transfer student. More than 7,000 physicians have graduated from KCUMB-COM since its founding.

Curriculum

The curriculum at KCU's College of Osteopathic Medicine (COM) consists of four years of structured training leading to the doctor of osteopathic medicine degree. Unlike traditional undergraduate and graduate institutions where students register for individual courses, the COM curriculum is built on continuum blocks that students take as cohorts (with the exception of course electives). The first two years of the curriculum are classroom oriented with clinical presentation enhancements, covering the foundations of basic and clinical medical sciences. During the third and fourth years of study, students receive advanced clinical training through clerkships in a wide variety of medical settings, both in Kansas City and throughout the United States.

Facilities

The Conte Anatomy Lab incorporates 21st-century technology into a traditional hands-on anatomy laboratory with 36 cadaver tanks. Faculty lecturers use an overhead camera system with multiple viewing screens to give each student an up-close look at procedures. The Strickland Educational Pavilion also houses the 250-seat Ricci Auditorium, a physiology lab, an osteopathic principles and practices lab, an extensive medical library, a well-equipped sports medicine facility, office space for basic and clinical sciences faculty and the campus cafeteria. The Dybedal Center for Biosciences Research, a 45,000-square-foot basic and clinical science research center will be the first new research facility to be completed by a private academic institution in Kansas City. The Dybedal Center includes basic-sciences laboratories housing National Institutes of Health-funded research, as well as the only adult academic clinical research center in metropolitan Kansas City, office space for the University's information technology department, and Score 1 for Health, a University program in which KCUMB faculty and students provide free health screenings for more than 13,000 urban-core elementary students each year. In addition to the Strickland Education Pavilion and the Dybedal Center for Biosciences Research, the Mary L. Butterworth, D.O., Alumni Center and a maintenance facility have been added.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 282
Negatively 17
No change 23

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
2.92 315

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.96 243

0 = low, 10 = high

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"None. The guy with the beard was funny - give him a raise." More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep it up!" More from this Member | Report Response

"There should be more time to speak with interviewers." More from this Member | Report Response

"The wait post-interview feels very long, so shortening the length or keeping prospective students in the loop would be nice." More from this Member | Report Response

"Be more transparent regarding the waitlist process." More from this Member | Report Response

"powerpoint with stats would be helpful" More from this Member | Report Response

"Even though it is very eco-friendly to not overwhelm us with papers and pamphlets, I would have liked to receive at least a fact sheet or place to take notes. Luckily, most students were prepared with paper and a pen anyway." More from this Member | Report Response

"The visit was great. I loved the city and everything they had to say. The school has great heritage. HOWEVER, the interview sucked. My interviewer actually FELL ASLEEP on me during the interview. Like WTF. I just spent $600 on plane tickets etc to get to the school, and you're going to fall asleep? WOW. I wasn't sure if he even paid attention to what I had to say." More from this Member | Report Response

"Why snail mail? We live in the 21st century." More from this Member | Report Response

"Send less pamphlets in the mail..." More from this Member | Report Response

"Send acceptance notices through email--I can't stand waiting for snail mail after I know the decision has already been made!" More from this Member | Report Response

"I would really like to have seen the surgical skills lab and the simulation labs. I didn't get to see them on my tour." More from this Member | Report Response

"Maybe a paperless secondary, but otherwise good." More from this Member | Report Response

"Online paperless secondary" More from this Member | Report Response

"I loved the school. I think the admissions office could be a little more friendly, but overall I lo" More from this Member | Report Response

"none. It was well organized compared to other schools." More from this Member | Report Response

"Have some type of presentation where we get to know more about the school. Not just have someone tal" More from this Member | Report Response

"Put a Powerpoint together that includes all the information you share in the introduction. I didn't" More from this Member | Report Response

"lunch kinda sucked but it was free." More from this Member | Report Response

"Have the interviews before lunch. Let the candidates know what time they will be interviewing." More from this Member | Report Response

"After receiving my invitation to interview, I didn't receive an confirmation that my interview date" More from this Member | Report Response

"None here, but I heard that some people have a lot of trouble with the admissions office. I didn't" More from this Member | Report Response

"No suggestions whatsoever. Admissions was very helpful, reassuring and friendly." More from this Member | Report Response

"The people at the office was great and very responsive." More from this Member | Report Response

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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"How would you explain the color of the sky to a middle schooler? Follow up - to an elementary school kid?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"They just started their new adapted-MMI format this year (2018), so I can't say the specific questions that were asked. But one was a completely out of the blue question and the other two were ethical. Then it was a "group project" for the last part." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your worst subject in undergraduate school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me a little about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Challenges associated with a leadership position." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They only had access to my secondary application and they asked me about a few specific things I had mentioned." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to practice osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain a time when you experienced failure?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why DO? Why KCU?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How were you introduced to osteopathy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you plan on integrating prevention techniques in underserved areas? (I had talked a lot about preventative medicine)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO? Why KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What worries you the most about starting medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you prepare for your MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why this school? This was the only question I was asked." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why [insert country where I studied abroad]?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"Why do you want to climb Mt Everest? (application specific obviously) They followed by "Oh you should read this book and that book!" Awesome guys." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor, DO, go to KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There was an ethics question, the rest were about my file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How has your previous career prepared you to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"List three current ethical issues within the medical profession." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you tell a mother of a withdrawal baby?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"about my experiences shadowing." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite subject in college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about how you think (my current job) will help you become a better doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name an ethical issue in health care and discuss." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked about my hobbies/interests (the unique ones that stood out on my application) to make for friendly conversation." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor and why D.O.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You seem to do so many extra-curriculars on top of school work. How do you balance it all?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you control health care costs?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What lead you to medicine. Why DO? Why KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor? Why KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Pick a issue facing medicine, present the two opposing argumentsm pick a side you agree with most and explain why." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Medicine/Osteopathic Med. / KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What role does prevention play in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who will your support group be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a person that made you change the way you think about something that is important to you..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I am out-of-state and somehow it came up that I was applying to my state-specific schools as well. They asked me if I was accepted to KCUMB and an in-state school, which would I choose?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is it about KCUMB will help me get into rural medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why KCUMB? Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethics in medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why doctor? Why osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why KCUMB and why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What three things are important to have when establishing a good relationship with you patients?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had to name one reason why you wanted to be a doctor, what would it be and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Medicine, Why DO, Why KCUMB" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Osteo, and why KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one thing you learned from your shadowing experiences?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to pursue medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. Why osteopathy? Why you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do I want to be a doctor, what events in my life led me to this, etc" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor and more specifically an osteopathic doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why DO? why medicine? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself. Why medicine? Why DO? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""I want you to pick a medical ethical issue, describe both sides of that issue, and come down hard on one side with your personal opinion."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I say ''ethical medical controvery,'' what is the first issue that comes to mind? (I stated both sides of the argument but didn't have to defend a stance.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your experience as a volunteer at the Memphis Animal Shelter. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about preventative medicine? How will you incorporate it into your practice? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How I got to that point in life where I would be applying to osteopathic colleges, and in particular KCUMB." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor? (duh... and don't say 'cause I want to help people'.) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a DO? Why do you want to come here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why this school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How has your family member who is a physician been an inspiration for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"Tell me about an ethical situation you might encounter as a physician and how you would deal with conflicting philosophies between yourself and your patient." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why was your MCAT low?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"''Why medicine? Why osteopathic?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So why D.O.? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"talk about your experiences" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite non-science class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you like Kansas City?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is this your first time out to KC? What do you think of it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Medicine? Why KCUMB? Why D.O.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"About the time I spent in NY" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has brought you here? (very vague)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your educational path to get here. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why D.O.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you here today? (yes, really vague)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like about our school? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethical questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How can we get you to come to our medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine, why D.O., why KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Whay do you want to become a physican and why D.O.? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does your Medical Anthropology allow you to communicate between cultures?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your free time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine, why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think will be your biggest challenge for getting through medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you think of the health care system in Mexico and how would you compare it to ours?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me why you travelled so much. Do you think you can stay in one spot for two years? (I've gone to school for two years in one place in NY?)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Hospice experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite science and non-science class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name a bioethical issue and tell us about it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell us about your decision making process to become a doctor and what other medical professions have you looked at?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathy? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"What type of patient would be most difficult for you to treat and how would you deal with it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine, osteopathy, KCUMB? (all one question)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you like to be a physician, why did you choose osteopathic medicine, and why did you apply to KCUMB(this was actually asked as one question)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a 19-y.o. girl who wants an abortion come into your office -- what would you do? (I was asked this because of my stance on abortion -- pro-life)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you improve your MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a current ethical dilemma and how you feel about it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked me a question about my study abroad program." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me what you know about DO" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"We want to get to know you. Tell us some things about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Define "honesty" and how it relates to you as a medical student and as a physician." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Discuss your opinion about cloning." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to attent medical school? Why do you want to be a DO? Osteopathic medicine why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you deal with the workload and stress of med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO and why KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourslef?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why osteopathic medicine? Why did you choose graduate work in anatomy? What happened to your grades sophomore year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine, why osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why, Medicine, why here? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your opinion about embryonic stem cell research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Kcumb, talk about research, tell me about this course you took, and why? (non-science course)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What brings you to the desire to become an Osteopathic physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me how you have self motivation. Tell me how you use teamwork. Tell me about your internship this summer." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you explain your poor grades in your freshman year (over 10 years ago)? This question was asked in a nonjudgmental tone." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did 9-11 affect you and if so, how?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain how you juggle your school work and all your extracurriculars. Follow-up question: So if something came up that was not on your aganda, you would not be able to hanlde it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine, why osteopathy, why KCUMB? (Believe it or not, this was all one question! I felt as if I were talking forever)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why DO? Strengths/weaknesses? Just general stuff." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why D.O.? Why KCUMB? What are your goals as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want to be a doctor, why DO, why KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You have a couple of withdrawls on your transcripts, explain those." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go into osteopathy? Explain an example of when the osteopathic physician you shadowed used OMT." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What stresses you and what do you do about it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how i felt about fibromyalgia (i work for the insurance industry)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us alittle about your research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the three top things you are looking for in a medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you had a patient in his 80's in full metal capacity who was terminally ill and didn't want to be on life-support (wanted to die). What would you do if he asked for drugs to overdose on? (I can't remember word for word but this is the gist of it)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself and what led you up to the point of wanting to become a doctor, especially an osteopathic physician. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name 3 ethical issues in medicine. (I named 3 and described them, which I would suggest b/c they seemed impressed)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"Tell me about your family and support system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your experiences guiding your decision into becoming an osteopathic physician. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor and why osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your hospice volunteer experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"Why DO, Why KCUMB...." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were practicing in a state that participated in lethal injection and do choose which physician will do it your name is put in a hat... your's is picked...if you don't do it, you lose your license. what do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you look for when you select a medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. Why medicine? How will you handle the volume of information you will be required to learn in medical school? How do you spend your leisure time? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"What was the hardest non-science class that you took? What faculty member left the greatest impression on you and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"With limited resources in ER's and hospitals, how do you feel about treating illegal immigrants when citizens need care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you handle the stress of medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to become a DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why a doctor, why D.O., why Kansas City?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why a doctor? Why DO? What influenced you to go in this field?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain why you took Calculus I-IV AFTER you had already completed your undergraduate degree?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose a DO school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"same as above." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself? Tell us about the support system you had in college. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your father is an MD, why DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I don't see evidence of pre-med here. You took X and X and more X and X....." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What first interested me in Medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself and why you want to be a DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you considered having a dying patient who refused further treatment? If so, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All of the questions listed under interesting questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"Why medicine, why osteopathic med?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do I see myself in ten years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever been to Kansas City?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions specific to my file and my DO philosophy" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"when did you graduated from University? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Which research experience did you enjoy most and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are these classes you have taken? meat science, food science? I elaborated on my major." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO? Why do you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about Kansas City? How did you become acquainted with osteopathic medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you relieve stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do to relieve stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you are prepared for the intense schedule, and explain your mcat scores... mine were pretty low." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun, tell me about your family, tell me about your experience as a Radiology tech." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How were you able to take two years off while attempting to complete a degree in Biomedical Engineering?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Please explain what brought you to want to be a doctor, specifically an osteopathic doctor, and specifically at UHS." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why medicine, osteopathy..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine/DO/UHS?? At the end they also asked for me to tell them anything else I wanted them to know about me that was not included in the interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why DO? Why UHS?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a 13 year old girl came in with her mother and both seemed agitated and the mother insisted on the daughter having an abortion, what would I do." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The same old, why osteopathy, why UHS etc etc" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about yourself " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you apply DO? What schools did you apply to? How do you handle or deal with stress? Did you apply to any allopathic programs?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your path that brought you to be sitting here today. Basically wanted to know everything, Why medicine, Why Osteopathic medicine, Why UHS in particular. A good place to tell them a lot of different things about why you want to be a doctor... See the two questions above. Those were asked to a number of the interviewee's. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"See above. Also, why osteopathy?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you handle stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why osteopathic medicine? What issues do you think doctors will be facing in 10-15 years?--and don't talk about managed healthcare!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why osteo. med? what stressed u out? what will you take from your undergrad to med school? have you ever shadowed any doctors (md/do)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you do to relax?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you like Kansas City? Why DO ?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why did you choose osteopathic medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why osteopathic Medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why D.O.? What community service have you done? Explain MCAT score." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why have you attended four secondary schools during your educational career?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"where do you want to practice(rural or urban)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you feel that you can handle the load?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a D.O.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Choosing either abortion or euthanasia, discuss why it is an ethical dilemma, the types of issues involved and your stance on the issue." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you get here? (Why DO and UHS combined)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you considering DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What about your low MCAT scores? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I asked a patient of yours, "What would you say about Dr. Me," what would he/she say to me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your most significant accomplishment." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself? Why a D.O. degree? Why UHS?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. What is your background?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why should we accept you over the other qualified applicants?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why DO? Why UHS? You're only applying to DO schools?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you arrive in Kansas City? Where did you go last night? What did you eat? Why UHS? Why both M.D. and D.O.? Where would you go if you got in everywhere you applied? Why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor? Why a DO?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your greatest accomplishment in college? Biggest medically realted problem you will face whenyou become a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you enjoyed Kansas City so far?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How I felt about euthanasia. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think the MCAT is a good measure of a students ability to succeed in med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In 10 years, what ethical concerns will affect you as a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you think you will be able to jump back into studying after taking 5 yrs off?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why osteopathy? What are your thoughts on Kansas City? Any ideas on speciality?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you study?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were an advisor to the president, what advice would you give him on Iraq?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your background." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you learn: group or individual and what do you expect from each?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a physician, specifically DO? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself and why UHS? (must know those two and try to include why DO in your answer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you see as the difference between a private hospital and a public hospital? How would you change these differences?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"DO YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU CAN HANDLE THE WORKLOAD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you decide to go D.O.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"5 qualities you think a physician should have" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"N/A" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one of your favorite mnemonics?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did the ambassadors talk about me (the interviewer)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a question you prepared to answer in this interview?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are 3 qualities that would make you a good physician" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time when you went into something confidently and had a successful outcome." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your teaching style? (related to community service listed in file)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your undergraduate program and the area (I attended a small liberal arts college)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If asked to submit a document that best describes yourself, what document (that you wrote) would you submit to us?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you learn French/did you feel you learned it easily?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you define 'quality of life?' (This was a follow-up question to something else I said)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a story you have been following lately on the news?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you decide if a child should be taken from their parents? (abuse/neglect situation-I have a lot of experience with foster kids.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing too interesting. pretty straight forward." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you familiar with the jazz heritage in Kansas City?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you have TB? (tuberculosis) I couldn't make this up if I tried & I swear it must have been a stress interview question." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about assisted suicide?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Hobbies/interests" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you respond to a particular situation (life/death situation for patient)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Of all of your activities/hobbies, how do you decide what makes you happiest?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you say is the biggest health care problem faced by Kansas City residents?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you looking forward to and what are you worried about if you are coming here in August?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""I read from one of your recommendation letters that you life to read?" Can't remember if there was a question after that but that was cool because I had no idea what my letters said." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your sister is a DO, has she encouraged or discouraged you in your career path?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe an ethical issue in medicine and your view on it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewers said this was not part of the interview, but they asked if I had heard any recent news about the school and if so if that made me view the school differently." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think making flashcards is beneficial?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will having a year off school affect your ability to learn in a classroom again?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The question about most influential person." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I have had previous research in ADHD, they asked how I felt about treatment of ADHD and what I would do in that situation. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The whole interview was really more conversational than question based, they seemed to be playing good cop/bad cop, and the bad cop always wanted me to elaborate on my answers" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethical question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They just asked a lot of questions about me. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The ethics in medicine question turned out to be interesting because after I gave me answer, I was asked how I would approach a patient regarding the subject and then one of my interviewers pretended to be a patient and we did a little back-and-forth role play. Very laid back and fun though, not nerve-wracking!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell us about your support system and how it will be affected in medical school moving far away." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"question 3" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"ethical issue" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did your submit a letter from a landlord?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you respond to a person coming up to you in a grocery store and asking your opinion on a controversial medical topic." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They were all pretty basic." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you prepare for MCAT? Did you feel your practice scores were similar to your real score?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One interviewer asked if I would recommend that his daughters play lacrosse (I played lacrosse middle school through college)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you manage your stress? (after which she gave me a bunch of useful advice!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing really" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You've had some interesting work experiences. What experience have you gained from these that will benefit you in your medical career? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The question I asked them was the most interesting one: "You changed to this new curriculum called the Genesis curriculum. Does it work well? If I'm going to give you ~$200,000 and four years of my life I want to know that what you have works, and works better than other programs."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think was the two most prominent problems in our healthcare system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you respond to failing your first exam here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Regarding the ethics surrounding a treatment option, if you and one of your colleagues had a difference of opinion, which option would you choose for your patient?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see that you have had experience in various health care positions, tell me about them. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The future of medicine could be in pharmacological genetics. How would you deal with the ethics involved in treating someone based on their genetic makeup?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about my work experience " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why am I a Red Sox fan?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked no interesting questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many schools did you apply to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think your chronic illness will affect your performance in medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the biggest problem in health care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why is culteral diversity important for a medical school to have." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You just recently moved to Kansas City. Why did you decide to come here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for leisure?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us why you want to become a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are my 3 weaknesses and 3 strengths" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"''What is an example of a doctor-patient relationship where the patient is non-compliant and how would how does that affect the relationship?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name one positive thing about the U.S. health care delivery system and one negative thing." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think that bedside manner is innate or is it learned? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was it about my character that brought out really nice comments in my letter of recommendations. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your Death and Afterlife class? (religion course I took sophmore year)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewers seened bored. The whole conversation was more like a drill session. Question 1., Question 2. etc....''Why do you want to be a doctor, why Kansas City, tell us about what college is like for you.''Blah, blah, blah..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked my thoughts on cultural competency with regards to medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there a specific instance that made you realize ''Wow, I really want to do medicine''?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questioned me about my ethnic background. Nothing too out there. Just wanted to make sure I was normal." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Specific question from my file. The interviewers obviously knew my file well." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I have a degree in music, so one interviewer asked me what I thought about music therapy." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I work in a pharmacy, so they asked me a hypothetical question about dispensing an incorrect dose of Coumadin, and the patient came back with an INR that was fine. They wanted to know if I would tell the patient." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I can't really think of anything right now." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As a mental health worker, explain what a ''code white'' is like in a mental hospital." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"? Questions were very polarized into the standard questions and questions out of left field." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why should we choose you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"''I see that you played basketball in college...were you any good?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"from file - about how much to trust patients" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ethical questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"As a psychology major, do you consider procrastination to be innate or something we acquire overtime? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"''What do we have to do to get you to come to our medical school?''" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did I celebrate my 21st birthday?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Any thing we didn't ask you that you would like to discuss?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think the health care system in the US is functional, semi-functional, or non-functional?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Compare the health care system in India and the US (since i grew up in India)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you improve communications between cultures as a physician? I talked about it in my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you wish I would have asked you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medical school, and why did you decide to aplly to a DO medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So you grew up in the military, how was that?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"if you were accepted at multiple schools, how do you decide where to go?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you be alright with a patient refusing care that you suggest?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you dream in Spanish (I am a Spanish major)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How is your Russian and Soviet Literature course going...why did you take it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were the czar of America's health care system, what would you do to fix it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you learned from your hospice experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any pets?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing really, everything was pretty typical. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name a current bioethical issue in medicne and tell us about it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You are the only doctor in a rural town and you were crossing the street when someone fell unconscious. When you run to the patient and roll him over, you see that it is one of your patients you are treating for AIDs. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how do you feel about pharmacists refusing to give out birth control prescriptions?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of dogs do you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"they asked about the method used in our research lab." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you plan to take into practice from your shadowing experiences?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of patient would be most difficult for you to treat and how would you deal with it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing was really interesting. I was asked to name, but not discuss, 3 hot topics facing medicine today. I thought the lack of discussion was weird. Any idiot can name issues." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No question seemed to stand out. All of them were basic like why you choose osteopathic medicine, why you choose KCUMB, or what were your research experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What qualities/characteristics do you have that will help you complete the program?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What other schools I applied to. I hate this question!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What specialty would you choose if you had to decide today?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked about balance between medical school and family life." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"question about my time living in KC when I was young" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about you as a person?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You've lived on both east and west coasts, how do you think you will adjust to living in the mid-west?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""What question do you want me to ask you to get a good idea of who you are?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have you discussed, with a doctor, the changes in healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for leisure? What is your enery level within any given day?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to attend medical school, why KCUM?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your clinical research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think will be the hardest part of being a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why DO, and why KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine, DO, KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I thought all of the questions were pretty standard interview questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you learn of Ostopathic Med?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewers were very relaxed, and it was just like having a conversation. The most interesting questions " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Got asked a few questions about Stem-cell research, which led to "what is the difference between moral and ethical."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why KCUMB, why Medicine, why DO? (all in the same question)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Kcumb, why so far away from home" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Choose one and tell me why it is an ethical issue, explain the components, and take a stance (euthanasia or abortion)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain the quote you used in your personal statement and how it pertains to your life." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there anything you could not do as a physician> (ie,euthanasisa)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All the questions that have been posted on this website I was asked. The only different questions that I received were specific to my own activities and experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In the medical field, trust between patient and doctor is very important; tell us about a time when you needed to obtain trust from someone who was unwilling." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is an activity or a hobby that you have that you think really contributes to/defines your personality." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What ever happened to the bonfire at your school? (I graduated from Texas A&M)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your experiences with the Circle School unit (where I've volunteered). Or, what do you think is more important in a physician- academics or bedside manner?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"everything was pretty conversational, there wasnt really a difficult or interesting question per se." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to interview at KCUMB?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing in particular. It was mainly a conversational interview with the basic questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give me an example of a group situation you have worked in the past and what part you played in that group." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever thought about any other type of profession besides becoming a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What time did I leave in the morning to get to the interview on time; not particularly interesting but it caught me off guard as it was the very first thing said when the interview began." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how i feel about fibromyalgia" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really, it was very conversationsal." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you previously worked with cadavers? I am an anatomy TA, So I am guessing this is where the questions stems." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like most about our school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So you're from Florida.. did you follow the Terry Schiavo case? Explain both sides of the case to me, but do not take a stance." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I worked as a dental assistant for my Dad, so after describing my duties to the interviews they questioned me on whether I ever wanted to be a Dentist. I said no and they asked specifically why not." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about something ethical in medicine. (Very broad question)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talked a lot about my experiences, as well as my family. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do to relieve stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Mainly just normal stuff. They did ask to rank your priorities. I enjoyed asking them questions because it really sparked some conversation. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"For the most part they just asked me questions about myself based on my application. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were interesting. Every question was basic and what you would expect in an interview. However they did ask me about wakeboarding, which was interesting because I doubt they even knew what wakeboarding is. I was sponsored before by numerous companies so I guess it was a conversation starter?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you want your patients to say about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your spare time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really...all the questions were pretty basic" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One of my interviewers liked my name, so we talked about it for a bit." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So your dad is a professional fisherman, tell me about that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Which is more important, bedside manner or G.P.A.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I don't know much about osteopathic schools, can you tell me if there are any in (Your State)? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the place of Osteopathic medicine in the modern medical world? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Honestly, I can't remember. There were no real questions. Nothing about ethics, no hypothetical situations, just going over my experiences. Why I wanted to be a doctor, What were my weaknesses/strengths...nothing hard. They were really very nice and when I walked in they told me to just sit back and relax. They also had read my entire file and were familiar with everything so make sure you know what you said about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I as a physician would perform the lethal injection of a criminal sentenced to death." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"treating immigrants (see Q1)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Discuss a major medical ethics issue." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You have an 80 year old patient who is living on machines but is totally aware of his status. He tells you he doesn't want to continue anymore, what do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In your opinion, what qualities should a leader possess and what have you done to expand on your leadership abilities?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your friend's 14 year old daughter came to you for birth control. Would you give it to her? then the reasoning behind it. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your views on cloning?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you do differently than your father did?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did I take four semesters of Calculus?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a dilemma, if a woman was in your office and her husband wanted to get her tubes tied against her will, waht would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about treating illegal immigrants?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your support system." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You are the only doctor in a small town. You get your wisdom teeth taken out. When walking home from the office, you see a patient of yours crossing the street. They grab their chest and fall down. You turn them over and see they are bleeding from their nose and mouth. You realize it is one of your patients who has AIDS. Do you administer CPR?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why did you choose the undergrad school you went to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The difficult type of questions as stated below. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the hardest class you took in college and how did you manage?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did 9-11 effect me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself...." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if an angry mother dragged her 13 year old daughter into your office and demanded an abortion?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The subject of the question, stem cell research, was interesting and thought provoking, but the interviewer was extremely inept in phrasing the question. Essentially, he asked if I thought stem cell research was "relevant" to medicine (??? DUH???) and what my personal opinion was about it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the pro's/con's of an ethical situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last movie you saw?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was all normal, how was your day? Tell me about yourself. Tell me about your research. What do you do in your freetime?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was given 3 different ethical scenarios - all of which were really interesting." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would I handle doing poorly in a medical school class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did I make the switch between theater/art and science?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell us about your clinical nursing experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"talk about yourself for 5 minutes" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you react to a DNR order?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a patient came in with a piece of paper and said i have this, give me medicine, what do you do. just do your own assessment and take the paper into consideration. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did your research experience affect you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All standard questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If one of your intubated patients wanted care withdrawn, but the family did not, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what's the degree level you did?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would a friend say are my weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You are treating a terminally ill cancer patient. You are prescribing the maximum recommended dosage for pain medication. This patient is progressively experiencing more pain. His family wants you to increase the medication dosage. What would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does life and golf relate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did Sept 11 change my life." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was there ever a goal you set for yourself that you were unable to reach?...I ended up saying no and that I achieved everything I set out to do thus far...heehee " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Which courses have you enjoyed the most, the least." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time in your life when you have felt overwhelmed and how you handled it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you ever play hoops against the Lady Vols?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"From a student's point of view, how can our school impliment ethics into the curriculum?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You're treating a patient. You determine that one specific treatment would be the best for this patient. However, when you look at the insurance chart, you see that it's not covered, but something else that you feel would be less effective is, and getting the patient to admit to one more relatively small symptom would be enough to get the treatment you desire covered by the insurance. What would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"its funny. you spend all of your time researching questions, then figuring out answers. just speak from the heart. the question asked of me was tell us about ethics issues going on. i named a few, and then got pointed answers for the few i named. point here, is that i totally directed the interview. if i really had thought about it, could have done anything i wanted, and totally controled it to go as i wanted." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give an experience where I went into an exam where I felt very uncomfortable (unprepared), my reaction, the result and what I did about it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really too interesting, mostly converstational questions. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A 14 year old girl is pregnant and her mother wants her to have an abortion but the girl wants to keep the baby. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"there were not really any mind blowing questions. i think if i had to choose it would be, " name two people in your life who have the biggest influence on you."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Judging from your recommendation letters, You seem to have an obssessive compulsive personality, how do you think this will affect your ability as a student? I don't actually have OCD, but I am borderline anal-retentive. I actually laughed at this and responeded with my comment that I am merely structured and organized, and it simply depends on your perspective. I had them laughing at my answer, and I was accepted, so I guess it wasn't a bad answer after all." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Take either Euthenasia or Abortion. Talk about it in first the Global context, how does it affect the whole world, then talk about some specific issues surrounding the topic, then talk about your personal feelings about it. Wanted to see if we could organize our thoughts properly." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you get to try any BBQ while you were here in Kansas City?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"We talked about my undergrad. research a lot." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A heavy fog surrounds the hospital. An elderly man on the only ventilator. A teenager in a car accident needs the ventilator. The elderly man's family refuses to disconnect for another patient. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What criteria do you consider going to a medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I wasn't asked anything incredibly surprising. I was asked about a mediocre grade that I had gotten in mathematics. This was a little weird since it wasn't a required class for admission to UHS. It seemed a little nit-picky to me. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you do to relax" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I would administer lethal injection to a prisoner if I was a physician" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"not applicable" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of Kansas City? What do you do for fun? Nothing mind provoking. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a patient came to you with a printout from the internet of some disease and was convinced that they had it, how would you handle it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some examples of advances in the microbiology field that benefit us?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any literary skills that set you apart from others (I still am questioning the true meaning of this question, and should have asked for a better explaination but I answered it anyway)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none.was asked an abortion/ethical scenario type question. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you think medicine is going and give me some ethical dilemas that may arise from this?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My computer isn't working--can you have a look at it? (I work in computer support.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of the problems you will experience while practicing medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How'd you feel about organic chemistry? Were you going through difficulties while taking this course?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you perceive fear? And how would you handle it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about Cottey (which is my alma mater and also where I am currently working--I didn't expect to be asked this)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about stem cell research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you will have problems dealing with ethical issues such as abortion/euthanasia/physician assisted suicide etc?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"With all the online drugs, how would you talk to a patient who has a self diagnosis of what drug they want?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"With regard to euthanasia, I was given scenarios of a patient on/not on a ventilator and asked what a physician should do. What is the family’s part in the decision? Where do we draw the line?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think Dr. X is a better doctor because he is a D.O? Why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One of your patients, who is HIV+, collapses across the street from a heart attack. You just had oral surgery done. Would you perform mouth to mouth?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What extracurricular activities do you plan on doing later in life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where did you eat for dinner last night in Kansas City?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did the events of September 11th affect you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A couple of the ethical questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why should we choose you over the thousands of other qualified candidates?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If two patients needed an organ transplant how would you decide which one to give it to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your feelings on euthanasia?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did physical chemistry prepare you for medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What if you were working at hospital where a patient was just rushed to the emergency room requiring a ventilator? Problem is, the power goes out when you get one to the patient. The only one working is the one hooked up to a patient with a terminal disease and told by the family not to pull the plug. What would you do? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some current ethical concerns facing the nation? Choosing either euthanasia or abortion, describe how societial factors can influence an individual's decision to have an abortion (for instance)? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What responsibility do you have to those applicants who do not get accepted?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has been/was the most stressful time in your time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They said, "You do realize that their are advantages and disadvantages to being denied acceptance? Are you sure your ready to give up your life?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is there anything you (the applicant) were hoping we would ask you about? They made sure that I got the opportunity to tell them everything about myself that I had hoped to be able to." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you study in groups or on your own?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just questions regarding my application" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you don't get accepted into medical school, what will you do and how will you improve your application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One interviewer asked me how I would handle a bad employee when I was a doctor." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"WHAT ETHICAL ISSUES DO YOU FORSEE AS BEING IMPORTANT IN THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What book or movie have you seen recently that made you think deeply?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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What do you like most?

"A few professors are great and teach well." | Report Response

"They will get you to become a doctor, and some of the professors are completely awesome and deserve the most respect as they gave it right back to us. While there is a lot of things wrong with this school, I have definitely felt that my year was almost a "trial" run for medical school and that they are still making changes to see how to do it right. I hope to hear more uplifting reviews and to see the school rectify itself in the future." | Report Response

"Great prep for boards." | Report Response

"Friendly and collaborative environment, innovative and dynamic curriculum." | Report Response

"The curriculum is innovative" | Report Response

"Curriculum design is dynamic and innovative, ensuring students get exposure to all pertinent systems twice in a step-wise fashion. There is camaraderie between faculty and students that is friendly, cordial , and nurturing." | Report Response

What do you like least?

"Horrible admin, OMT professors" | Report Response

"For a 100+ year old school, you would think they opened two years ago. The first-year curriculum was based on whatever the profs felt was important, and plenty of time was spent determining where to focus your energy. Some of the anatomy profs can take a bit of sadistic pleasure in finding humor in students falling, as during my final anatomy practical one prof congratulated us on finishing while the other said "Unless you fail" and then chuckled. This is not the only time and with his behavior, and I felt at other schools this particular individual would promptly be fired in all honestly. Subjects such as histology are focused on in incredible depth that it just doesn't make much sense, and we were told during our neurology unit that we spent more hours in class with classwork then the average resident spends during a meeting. Code of conduct was immensely hypocritical, as our VP (or whatever he was) gave us a lecture first year that I still remember included him yelling at us like a wannabe step-father and saying "I'll tear you a new one" as he lectured us on his idea of professionalism. He then left his position due to starting a relationship with staff shortly after... Your tuition goes to COMBANK at the end of the second year, so be prepared to pay for resources for boards if that is not to your liking. Finally third year, please just rotate wherever you want based on location. You may not get (and most likely will not get) the rotations you hoped for. If a site offers in-patient/out-patient you have little control over where you'll be placed. If you want to rotate in neuro, you may not get it. Just pick somewhere you want to live for a year and be happy. We also had a mandatory poverty simulator, which tried to recreate poverty complete with drugs (they gave salt packets to students to pretend to be drug dealers), squirt guns (so people could rob each other), and a pawn shop. I don't think I need to comment on how unethical that was...by the way it was for our ethics class. I hate to go public with some of this, but feel like not much of it has been mentioned and almost too much credit is given to KCU on studentdoctor network. I know my class has had a rough time, and also really want to reinforce that KCU has tried to improve, but with my experience, I think its important to note that I have felt disrespected and not adequately supported, and have a certain amount of frustration with this school." | Report Response

"Was enrolled in the transition during Joplin's first year; had some bumps." | Report Response

"Nothing." | Report Response

"The osteopathic portion of the education is undergoing many changes and frankly we don't get a great understanding of the material and our test do not represent what we were taught" | Report Response

"Clinical rotations are quite variable in terms of types of exposure, availability of didactics, and scheduling. These inconsistencies are concerning." | Report Response

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