How many people interviewed you?
Response Average | # Responders |
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2.05 | 329 |
Response | # Responders |
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Positively | 285 |
Negatively | 17 |
No change | 23 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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2.93 | 318 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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7.95 | 246 |
Response Avg | # Responders |
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7.72 | 213 |
Response | # Responders |
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In Person | 1 |
Virtual | 8 |
Response | # Responders |
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5 minutes | 1 |
10 minutes | 0 |
15 minutes | 11 |
20 minutes | 38 |
25 minutes | 46 |
30 minutes | 102 |
35 minutes | 38 |
40 minutes | 53 |
45 minutes | 25 |
50 minutes | 3 |
55 minutes | 3 |
60+ minutes | 11 |
Response | # Responders |
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At the school | 322 |
At a regional location | 1 |
At another location | 4 |
Response | # Responders |
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One-on-one | 196 |
In a group | 122 |
Response | # Responders |
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Open file | 292 |
Closed file | 28 |
Response Average | # Responders |
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2.05 | 329 |
"tell me about a time you failed?"
"What does empathy mean to you and tell me about a time where you properly displayed empathy."
"How would you explain the color of the sky to a middle schooler? Follow up - to an elementary school kid?"
"you are last person on earth, what would you do?"
"N/A"
"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."
"What was your worst subject in undergraduate school?"
"Tell me a little about yourself"
"Challenges associated with a leadership position."
"They only had access to my secondary application and they asked me about a few specific things I had mentioned."
"Why do you want to practice osteopathic medicine?"
"Explain a time when you experienced failure?"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why KCU?"
"How were you introduced to osteopathy?"
"How do you plan on integrating prevention techniques in underserved areas? (I had talked a lot about preventative medicine)"
"Why DO? Why KCUMB?"
"What worries you the most about starting medical school?"
"How did you prepare for your MCAT?"
"Why this school? This was the only question I was asked."
"Why [insert country where I studied abroad]?"
"several ethical questions"
"Why KCUMB"
"What makes you unique?"
"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."
"Why do you want to be a doctor, DO, go to KCUMB?"
"There was an ethics question, the rest were about my file."
"How has your previous career prepared you to be a doctor?"
"List three current ethical issues within the medical profession."
"What would you tell a mother of a withdrawal baby?"
"about my experiences shadowing."
"What was your favorite subject in college?"
"Tell me about how you think (my current job) will help you become a better doctor?"
"Name an ethical issue in health care and discuss."
"Asked about my hobbies/interests (the unique ones that stood out on my application) to make for friendly conversation."
"Why do you want to be a doctor and why D.O.?"
"You seem to do so many extra-curriculars on top of school work. How do you balance it all?"
"How would you control health care costs?"
"What lead you to medicine. Why DO? Why KCUMB?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? Why KCUMB?"
"Pick a issue facing medicine, present the two opposing argumentsm pick a side you agree with most and explain why."
"Why Medicine/Osteopathic Med. / KCUMB?"
"What role does prevention play in medicine?"
"Who will your support group be?"
"Tell me about a person that made you change the way you think about something that is important to you..."
"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?"
"What is it about KCUMB will help me get into rural medicine?"
"Why KCUMB? Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Ethics in medicine"
"Why doctor? Why osteopathic medicine?"
"Why KCUMB and why DO?"
"What three things are important to have when establishing a good relationship with you patients?"
"If you had to name one reason why you wanted to be a doctor, what would it be and why?"
"Why Medicine, Why DO, Why KCUMB"
"Why Osteo, and why KCUMB?"
"What is one thing you learned from your shadowing experiences?"
"Why do you want to pursue medicine?"
"Tell me about yourself. Why osteopathy? Why you want to be a doctor?"
"Why do I want to be a doctor, what events in my life led me to this, etc"
"Why do you want to be a doctor and more specifically an osteopathic doctor?"
"why DO? why medicine? "
"Tell us about yourself. Why medicine? Why DO? "
""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.""
"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.)"
"Tell me about your experience as a volunteer at the Memphis Animal Shelter. "
"How do you feel about preventative medicine? How will you incorporate it into your practice? "
"How I got to that point in life where I would be applying to osteopathic colleges, and in particular KCUMB."
"Why do you want to be a doctor? (duh... and don't say 'cause I want to help people'.) "
"Why do you want to be a DO? Why do you want to come here?"
"Why this school?"
"How has your family member who is a physician been an inspiration for you?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"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."
"Why was your MCAT low?"
"''Why medicine? Why osteopathic?''"
"So why D.O.? "
"talk about your experiences"
"What was your favorite non-science class?"
"How do you like Kansas City?"
"Is this your first time out to KC? What do you think of it?"
"Why Medicine? Why KCUMB? Why D.O.?"
"About the time I spent in NY"
"What has brought you here? (very vague)"
"Tell us about your educational path to get here. "
"Why D.O.?"
"Why are you here today? (yes, really vague)"
"What do you like about our school? "
"Ethical questions."
"How can we get you to come to our medical school?"
"Why medicine, why D.O., why KCUMB?"
"Whay do you want to become a physican and why D.O.? "
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"How does your Medical Anthropology allow you to communicate between cultures?"
"What do you do in your free time?"
"Why medicine, why DO?"
"What do you think will be your biggest challenge for getting through medical school?"
"What did you think of the health care system in Mexico and how would you compare it to ours?"
"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?)"
"Hospice experience?"
"What was your favorite science and non-science class?"
"Name a bioethical issue and tell us about it."
"Why DO"
"tell us about your decision making process to become a doctor and what other medical professions have you looked at?"
"Why osteopathy? "
"Tell us about yourself"
"What type of patient would be most difficult for you to treat and how would you deal with it?"
"Why medicine, osteopathy, KCUMB? (all one question)"
"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)?"
"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)"
"How did you improve your MCAT?"
"Describe a current ethical dilemma and how you feel about it?"
"Asked me a question about my study abroad program."
"tell me what you know about DO"
"We want to get to know you. Tell us some things about you?"
"Define "honesty" and how it relates to you as a medical student and as a physician."
"Discuss your opinion about cloning."
"Why KCUMB?"
"Why do you want to attent medical school? Why do you want to be a DO? Osteopathic medicine why?"
"How will you deal with the workload and stress of med school?"
"Why DO and why KCUMB?"
"Tell me about yourslef?"
"Why medicine? Why osteopathic medicine? Why did you choose graduate work in anatomy? What happened to your grades sophomore year?"
"Why medicine, why osteopathic medicine?"
"Why, Medicine, why here? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? "
"What is your opinion about embryonic stem cell research?"
"Why Kcumb, talk about research, tell me about this course you took, and why? (non-science course)"
"What brings you to the desire to become an Osteopathic physician?"
"Tell me how you have self motivation. Tell me how you use teamwork. Tell me about your internship this summer."
"Can you explain your poor grades in your freshman year (over 10 years ago)? This question was asked in a nonjudgmental tone."
"Did 9-11 affect you and if so, how?"
"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?"
"Why medicine, why osteopathy, why KCUMB? (Believe it or not, this was all one question! I felt as if I were talking forever)"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Strengths/weaknesses? Just general stuff."
"Why D.O.? Why KCUMB? What are your goals as a physician?"
"Tell us about your research."
"What do you want to be a doctor, why DO, why KCUMB?"
"You have a couple of withdrawls on your transcripts, explain those."
"Why do you want to go into osteopathy? Explain an example of when the osteopathic physician you shadowed used OMT."
"What stresses you and what do you do about it?"
"how i felt about fibromyalgia (i work for the insurance industry)"
"Tell us alittle about your research."
"What are the three top things you are looking for in a medical school?"
"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)"
"Tell me about yourself and what led you up to the point of wanting to become a doctor, especially an osteopathic physician. "
"Name 3 ethical issues in medicine. (I named 3 and described them, which I would suggest b/c they seemed impressed)."
"Tell us about working for a poultry company."
"Tell me about your family and support system?"
"Tell me about your experiences guiding your decision into becoming an osteopathic physician. "
"So tell me about yourself."
"Why do you want to be a doctor and why osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell us about your hospice volunteer experience."
"Tell us about your work."
"Why DO, Why KCUMB...."
"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?"
"What do you look for when you select a medical school?"
"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? "
"Tell me a bit about yourself. "
"What was the hardest non-science class that you took? What faculty member left the greatest impression on you and why?"
"With limited resources in ER's and hospitals, how do you feel about treating illegal immigrants when citizens need care?"
"How will you handle the stress of medical school?"
"Why do you want to become a DO?"
"Why a doctor, why D.O., why Kansas City?"
"Why a doctor? Why DO? What influenced you to go in this field?"
"Why DO?"
"Explain why you took Calculus I-IV AFTER you had already completed your undergraduate degree?"
"Why did you choose a DO school?"
"same as above."
"Tell us about yourself? Tell us about the support system you had in college. "
"Describe your research."
"Tell me about your self."
"-"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Your father is an MD, why DO?"
"I don't see evidence of pre-med here. You took X and X and more X and X....."
"What first interested me in Medicine?"
"Tell us about yourself and why you want to be a DO?"
"Have you considered having a dying patient who refused further treatment? If so, what would you do?"
"All of the questions listed under interesting questions"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"Why medicine, why osteopathic med?"
"Where do I see myself in ten years?"
"Have you ever been to Kansas City?"
"Questions specific to my file and my DO philosophy"
"Tell me about yourself."
"when did you graduated from University? "
"Which research experience did you enjoy most and why?"
"What are these classes you have taken? meat science, food science? I elaborated on my major."
"Why DO? Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What do you think about Kansas City? How did you become acquainted with osteopathic medicine?"
"How do you relieve stress?"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"Do you think you are prepared for the intense schedule, and explain your mcat scores... mine were pretty low."
"What do you do for fun, tell me about your family, tell me about your experience as a Radiology tech."
"Tell us about yourself??"
"What do you do for fun?"
"How were you able to take two years off while attempting to complete a degree in Biomedical Engineering?"
"Please explain what brought you to want to be a doctor, specifically an osteopathic doctor, and specifically at UHS."
"why medicine, osteopathy..."
"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."
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why UHS?"
"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."
"The same old, why osteopathy, why UHS etc etc"
"tell me about yourself "
"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?"
"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. "
"See above. Also, why osteopathy?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"Why osteopathic medicine? What issues do you think doctors will be facing in 10-15 years?--and don't talk about managed healthcare!"
"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)?"
"Tell us about yourself. "
"what do you do to relax?"
"How do you like Kansas City? Why DO ?"
"why did you choose osteopathic medicine"
"Why medicine? Why osteopathic Medicine?"
"Why D.O.? What community service have you done? Explain MCAT score."
"Why have you attended four secondary schools during your educational career?"
"where do you want to practice(rural or urban)?"
"Do you feel that you can handle the load?"
"Why do you want to be a D.O.?"
"Choosing either abortion or euthanasia, discuss why it is an ethical dilemma, the types of issues involved and your stance on the issue."
"How did you get here? (Why DO and UHS combined)"
"Why are you considering DO?"
"What about your low MCAT scores? "
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Why medicine?"
"If I asked a patient of yours, "What would you say about Dr. Me," what would he/she say to me?"
"What is your most significant accomplishment."
"Tell me about yourself? Why a D.O. degree? Why UHS?"
"Tell me about yourself. What is your background?"
"Tell us about yourself?"
"Why should we accept you over the other qualified applicants?"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why UHS? You're only applying to DO schools?"
"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?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? Why a DO?"
"What is your greatest accomplishment in college? Biggest medically realted problem you will face whenyou become a doctor"
"Have you enjoyed Kansas City so far?"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"How I felt about euthanasia. "
"Do you think the MCAT is a good measure of a students ability to succeed in med school?"
"In 10 years, what ethical concerns will affect you as a physician?"
"What makes you think you will be able to jump back into studying after taking 5 yrs off?"
"Why medicine? Why osteopathy? What are your thoughts on Kansas City? Any ideas on speciality?"
"How do you study?"
"If you were an advisor to the president, what advice would you give him on Iraq?"
"Tell us about your background."
"How do you learn: group or individual and what do you expect from each?"
"Why do you want to be a physician, specifically DO? "
"Tell me about yourself and why UHS? (must know those two and try to include why DO in your answer)"
"What do you see as the difference between a private hospital and a public hospital? How would you change these differences?"
"DO YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU CAN HANDLE THE WORKLOAD?"
"How did you decide to go D.O.?"
"diff culture patients"
"Tell me about a time where you displayed resiliency."
"If someone is in a self-driving car and it hits a pedestrian and you can only save one person, who would you save? Why?"
"questions loosely based on secondary responses"
"N/A"
"Why did you go to your undergraduate institution?"
"What do you think will be the hardest thing about medical school?"
"What would you do if you fell behind in a class?"
"Challenges faced while being a COB student."
"Why KCU?"
"In regards to my secondary- you have a lot of research experience, what makes you choose DO verses MD/PHD"
"What would you do if you failed a test?"
"A specific question about what I wrote on my secondary. The interviewer only had access to my secondary essays."
"What would you do if you were struggling in a class?"
"How has your travel experiences impacted you as a person?"
"What is one thing you would want us to tell the admissions committee about you?"
"What do you do when you're stressed?"
"What will you do if you find yourself struggling in a class?"
"Describe three bioethics controversies, pick one and discuss both sides, and then support your personal opinion."
"Explain your research"
"They asked about my research"
"Do you think you would benefit from an extra year off?"
"What are you doing to prepare yourself to climb Mt. Everest? (application specific obviously)"
"Asked about the specifics of my research."
""what were some of your favorite courses on undergrad?""
"What is the most difficult thing you have seen as an EMT?"
"Describe what you have done since high school to prepare yourself for this career?"
"what's a problem facing medicine today."
"What was your least favorite subject in college?"
"Why DO?"
"How many other schools have you applied to?"
"Asked about my experience abroad, the most challenging part of this experience."
"Describe ethical issues you may encounter"
"Tell us about your research."
"I read that you want to open up a low cost clinic. How is that going to fit in your life -- where do you see yourself 10, 15, 20 years from now?"
"Discuss an issue in medicine today."
"Explain your research and the roles you played while doing said research."
"One example of when my leadership was successful."
"What other schools did you apply to?"
"What community activities will you partake in when you are a doctor?"
"Why DO and KCUMB... also hobbies and how those might change once I go into medical school"
"What type of support system would I have during medical school?"
"Why KCUMB? Why Osteopathic medicine?"
"They asked questions specific to my file. Research/extra curric...etc "
"All other questions were regarding my application...questions about research, experiences, etc."
"Why medicine; why DO"
"Pick an ethical issue you might encounter with a patient and discuss it with them."
"What do you do for fun or to relax outside of school?"
"They pulled a lot of questions from my file. Asked questions about the research I had conducted, my EC's and leadership activities and how they would help me in medical school and as a doc."
"discuss ethical issue"
"Study habits, what I do for fun"
"If a colleague doctor disagrees with you, what will you do? What community service have you been involved with?"
"Explain and defend the two opposing viewpoints on assisted suicide."
"What initially sparked your interest in medicine?"
"about my research experiences"
"You've had some interesting work experiences. What experience have you gained from these that will benefit you in your medical career? "
"Why a doctor? "
""Why shouldn't I (asked by a biochemist) use stem cells that are already in storage? It's just a waste to not access those resources.""
"What do you do in your free time?"
"What was the most difficult non-science class you have had? "
"How will your family deal with the time commitment you have to make when you're in med school? (I'm married and have 2 kids)"
"Describe three major health care issues and then pick one and elaborate more and offer possible solutions."
"How do you cope with stress?"
"How will you deal with your struggles with standardized testing? How will you deal with being so far from home?"
"Why osteopathy?"
"What are the top five reasons you want to go to this school?"
"see above questions."
"Questions about my application."
"why medicine?"
"Tell us about yourself?"
"What do you know about DO"
"[Easiest question] ''What were your favorite non-science classes in undergrad and why?''"
"What other schools are you applying to and why?"
"Give us an example of a time when you struggled in life and how you overcame that? "
"they asked questions regarding the different transitions in life"
"Do you like to read?"
"Tell us about what its like being a student at X?"
"Why medicine? Why DO?"
"Do you think that some of your classmates' lack of true clinical experience would hold you back?"
"About my ethnic background"
"Questions about study abroad experiences."
"If you were accepted at KCUMB and another school how would you choose?"
"Tell us about your grades."
"How do you handle stress?"
"Tell us about your psychological research."
"What do you like about KCUMB?"
"Would you consider doing more research while in med school? (my interviewer was the head of research dept. and I had a few years of research exp.)"
"Your father is an MD, why DO? Why did you end up working in the field that you are now?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Is procrastination innate or something we're born with? (Note: I'm a psych major and said that this was my weakness. The interviewer was curious b/c she said that this was her weakness as well)"
"Why have you waited until now to apply?"
"Why not be a minister or someone else that helps other people?"
"What do you do the balance your busy schedule? (school, work, hobbies, family, etc...)"
"The health care question"
"You haven't ever lived away from your family, if you were to move here, how would that affect the support system you had. (I said my family was a great support system for me)"
"The questions were catered around my application."
"What will you miss about your current school?"
"Explain a time when you helped someone."
"Why not pre-med as an undergrad?"
"(Something about the mind-body connection; I don't remember the wording specifically). "
"Why KCUMB, why do?"
"Why do you want to go into medicine?"
"If you had a patient who has undergone a battery of treatments and wants to quit, would you respect his/her wishes? (pretty easy, big proponent of patient choice and self-determination)"
"If you got accepted to all of the other schools, what would be your criteria?"
"If you were chosen to do a lethal injection on a prisoner would you do it? (If you refused, you would lose your license in that state)"
"tell us about your research"
"Tell us about your Cell bio score (it was a C, given by a particularly unfreindly professor )"
"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?"
"What do you do for fun? "
"how does your dad (an M.D.) feel about you becoming a D.O.?"
"What factors were you considering in choosing a school?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"How do you deal with stress? What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Tell us about yourself. What's your greatest accomplishment? Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Explain a difficult time during college and how you got through it. How would you apply that lesson to your future as a medical student?"
"What are your weaknesses?"
"How would you deal/solve a conflict with a coworker or supervisor in a clerkship or residency?"
"When did your interest in medicine start? Why a business degree?"
"Why do you want to become a physician?"
"Why the interest in Osteopathic Medicine?"
"What do you want to know about the school? Make sure and have questions about the school or the city to seem like you're interested."
"Medical school is stressful. How do you deal or handel the stress of school?"
"If you could change one thing about medicine, what would it be?"
"Medical school can be very stressful, how do you handle stress?"
"You have excellent grades. Please tell us your motivation for your school work."
"What qualities do you look for in a medical school?"
"An Ethical question, which I don't remember."
"Why D.O.?"
"How will you adjust to being in Kansas City?"
"One basic ethic question? I don't remember what it was."
"Why KCUMB?"
"What do you do to relieve stress? What do you do in your spare time? What study method have you found works for you and will help you with the medical school course load?"
"How did you learn of Osteopathic Medicine? How do you see yourself as a student at KCUMB?"
"If you were accepted to a MD program, would you still attend here?"
"Explain both sides of the debate on Stem-cell research."
"What is your opinion about euthanasia?"
"Are you going to be home sick? Does your parents support you comming here? "
"Tell me about your research."
"Why did you choose specific quote. How do you feel about your MCAT score? "
"Tell me about yourself."
"What do you do to relieve stress? What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Do you like your undergraduate school."
"List three prevalent medical issues. Expand on the Terri Schaivo Case; what do you think it would by like being her physician? (Serves me right for mentioning futal care as a current medical issue.)"
"What was your hardest class in undergrad, science-wise? I felt like Dr May lead me a bit with this question, because I mentioned biochem and my low grade, and she nodded as if this is what she was looking for as a weakness in my app. She then backed me up by saying most students either don't like biochem or don't perform as they would like. This was a major positive during my interview."
"Name and explain an ethical dilemma."
"Why osteopathy, why CCOM"
"What is your greatest weakenss?"
"Tell me about a non-science class that you took in college that you found challeging and why?"
"How did you know you wanted to be a doctor?"
"Have you applied to other school?"
"what i do for fun"
"Why osteo? "
"What did you like about DMU-COM?... Yes I know this was at an interview for KCUMB, I was a little confused why they cared about that. "
"What factors are you using to determine which school you will choose?"
"Describe the relationship with the student you mentored and how you believe it resembles the doctor-patient relationship."
"How do you work out issues in a group environment. "
"Tell us about something ethical in medicine. How do you think that effects the doctor's patient interaction? Have you ever dealt with anyone who was unethical?"
"Why do yoou want to be a physician when you are already practicing medicine, and why osteopathic medicine?"
"Who influenced you the most in your life?"
"Walk us through your withdrawals. How have you changed?"
"So you were an Eagle Scout."
"Let's get down to the good stuff: What are your weaknesses?"
"Tell us how you managed to get your EMT-B degree while going to school."
"What do you know about KC?"
"Tell us more about yourself."
"What one experience tested you and why?"
"You're a family practice physician and a couple that has come to you for years wants you do clone their recently deceased child (they had problems conceiving and you helped them with fertility docs). What do you do?"
"Tell me about your voulnteer work in South Africa?"
"What osteopathic schools are located in (Your State)? How much is the tuition at those schools? Do you have any state medical schools? Name them. How much are those? Wouldn't it be wiser to attend a state school, considering the difference?"
"What do you think about the time commitment involved in this career? Do you understand how much time it will take from your life? "
"What will be the greatest challenge for you when you begin to practice?"
"Where do you see the future of medicine going?"
"Discuss a major medical ethics issue."
"See above "
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What do you look at when you are choosing a school?"
"What if you failed your first quiz, what would you do? How do you deal with stress?"
"What are three strengths and three weaknesses?"
"Have you only applied to MD vs DO schools?"
"What kind of books do you like to read?"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"Do you feel like you can handle the course load of medical school?"
"How do you deal with stress"
"-"
"Why KCUMB? What is unique to KCUMB that attracts you?"
"What would your best friend say about you if he were here?"
"You have proven to be a leader, How would you lead at KCUMB?"
"Strengths?"
"Why DO? Why KCUMB?"
"What are the pro's/con's of an ethical situation?"
"What did you mean by "quote from my personal statement"?"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"Why should we choose you over another applicant with similar qualifications?"
"Why do you have a W on your transcript?"
"What skills did I learn from my research experience?"
"What led you to choose medicine and specifically a DO? "
"Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician?"
"what's the degree you get?"
"What do you feel like you need to do to get through med school?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What did I do a Johns Hopkins? (summer job)"
"How will you handle the volume of coursework in medical school? How do you cope with stress?"
"What are your strenghts/weakness?"
"Name your strengths and weaknesses."
"What was the most difficult thing you had to do? Why D.O.? When did you first decide to become a doctor? Alot of other open-ended questions for you to sell yourself with."
"Why do you want to be a DO?"
"What do you think will be the most difficult aspect of medical school?"
"From a student's point of view, how can our school impliment ethics into the curriculum?"
"You seem to be very goal oriented. Have you ever had an experience of setting a goal and failing to accomplish it? If so, how have you benefitted from that experience?"
"would you lie about insurance"
"Give some current problems in medicine"
"Describe a difficult time in college, how did I get through it? "
"If a patient came in with a printout from the internet about a certain disease and insisted that they had that disease, what would I do?"
"see above"
"why medicine, why osteopathic, why uhs? "
"Tell me about yourself. What are major issues facing physicians today? Have you applied to medical schools before? how and when did you know that you wanted to become an osetopathic physician?"
"How do you propose you can handle the courseload.; Asked about my ecology course (only because I had mentioned it in the answer to a previous questions). "
"What do you think of Kansas City?"
"Do you think you're ready for medical school?"
"How do you plan to handle the stresses of medical school?"
"tell me about your research. how do you think you would deal with the first year of med school? How do you deal with stress?"
"Questions specific to my UHS personal statement (not AACOMAS statement), which my interviews made clear that they really liked"
"ethics. see above."
"What do feel will be the biggest issue facing physicians in the next 10-15 years ?"
"describe one of your work experience"
"How do you like Kansas City? If your best friend were here what would they say about your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Intersting question from above"
"How do you deal with stress? What three qualities do you have that will make you a good physician?"
"Why did you drop the architecture program and enter a science field and are they related in any way?"
"why uhs?"
"What do you think of stem cell research?"
"An eighteen year old patient who is pregnant comes into your office. She does not want to have the baby. What do you do/how do you handle this situation?"
"What are some ethical situations that doctors and medicine in general deal with?"
"What are the three most important qualities a physician should have and how does your application show that you have them?"
"What do you see as the role of health care in the next 10 years?"
"Why DO"
"Why DO, why UHS...the standards"
"My Opinion on physcian assisted suicide"
"How do you releive your stress? Do you have any hobbies? "
"Why D.O? I talked alot on this one"
"What do you think will be the most challenging aspect of medical school? How do you think you will handle that?"
"Any hobbies? Explain ethical problems?"
"What ethical issue in medicine do you want to talk about? "
"How did the events of 9/11 affect you? "
"Strengths/weaknesses A terminally ill patient and his family want to keep giving pain medication even thought you're alrady up to the cut off for normal amount of medication given..what do you do?"
"Why ostepathic medicine?"
"strengths/weaknesses"
"What I would do if I failed school."
"What about your research experience will help you succeed in med school?"
"What makes you a better medical school candidate?"
"What differeneces did you see in the patient interaction between ER medicine and Internal Medicine shadowing?"
"What was the most stressful period in your life and how did you handle it? How do you currently handle stress?"
"What do you think are some ethical issues that face medicine in the 21st century?"
"How did you come to be interested in medicine? (I'm starting to think they ask this question everywhere.)"
"Describe an ethical situation that occurred while you were employed at XYZ hospital. How did you react?"
"Why medicine, Why DO?"
"What are the criteria that you will use to decide which school to go to if you are acccpeted at all of your interview sites?"
"What can you bring to med school from your undergrad major?"
"A lot of family questions"
"WHAT DO YOU DO TO MANAGE STRESS?"
"Describe to us your motivation for becoming a physician."
"conflit with a co-worker/teammate"
"Why should KCU accept you?"
"Diversity question"
"N/A"
"What do you think would be your worst subject in medical school?"
"If you were to struggle or fail a class, what would be your next step?"
"What class will you dislike the most?"
"My positive qualities that prepare me to be a good physician."
"What is a situation where you had to work with a group to accomplish a goal?"
"Why KCUMB"
"Why medicine, why KCU?"
"When you had to prioritize(secondary essay topic), tell me how you went to that conclusion."
"I have never heard of [your undergraduate institution]. Tell me a little bit about it."
"Why are you a good fit for KCUMB?"
"What was your research about?"
"Are you an athlete? (related to something I said)"
"What was your most challenging courses?"
"Choose one ethical dilemma and discuss BOTH sides of the issue, without inserting your own opinion."
"They asked what I thought about physician assisted suicide"
"What are you doing this year?"
"Think of an ethical issue you have heard of recently on the radio or read about, then present both sides, not necessarily sharing your own opinion. Later asked "think of a medical advancement you've heard about or read about recently and explain why you were impressed by it.""
"Really vague ethics question."
"How would you respond if the family of your critically ill patient were fighting over how to proceed with their care?"
"Why have you chosen the medical schools that you have applied? Why KCUMB?"
"something very specific to my application. they asked me about something i did five years ago and something in my personal statement."
"How do you think you will fit in to the Kansas City area?"
"The standard long, scary one: Why do you want to be a doctor, why do you think KCUMB will help you, and what can you offer to the school/medical community?"
"Ethical question about what I would do in a particular situation"
"If you could pick three words to describe you, what would they be and why?"
"Why KCUMB?"
"What are your impressions of your time at [current undergrad university]?"
"Name an ethical situation and how would you handle it?"
"If you got a call tomorrow and got accepted to each school which you applied, on what you would base your decision to which school you'd attend?"
"Describe an ethical issue in medicine and your view on it."
"Asked me to explain the position I played in volleyball. One of the interviewers was a sports buff."
"How do you learn best?"
"Why D.O., Why KCUMB, etc."
"To tell them about one or two specific activities from app."
"Why D.O.? Why Kansas City? Strengths? "
"Ethical question regarding stem cell research. They wanted to know if I would support the use of such treatments. Why or why not"
"Lots of talk about my previous career (I'm non-traditional)"
"Specific ? to application"
"If you applied to and were accepted into 15 medical schools, where would you go and what would be the criteria on which your decision would be made?"
"relating to my personal statement about climbing and the book "into thin air""
"Discuss 2 ethical issues of choice"
"How will you manage the volume of material presented in medical school?"
"What do you do for fun? Do you have a support system?"
"What am I looking for in a medical school to attend?"
"Tell us about your experience in India"
"about my family"
"Do you want to continue your involvement in research as a medical student?"
"Specific questions to my application."
"What programs did you apply to? Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician? Why did you apply to osteopathic schools? (They all came at once)"
"What is the greatest problem facing healthcare today?"
"How are you going to handle being in a class of 250 since you went to a college with small class sizes? "
"Why DO? What area of medicine do you want to practice? What do you do for fun? What questions do you have for us? "
"A question about how my parents influenced me, which I had stated in my personal statement."
"Describe yourself and your value to the medical community."
"Tell me about the research you have done."
"Tell me about your research?"
"Do you know what area of medicine you want to enter?"
"Why do you do in your spare time?"
"Do you like being involved in sports medicine research?"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"where do I see myself in 10 years"
"How does nursing compare to medicine (I am a nurse)?"
"What is a problem facing medicine today? How would you solve that problem"
"Basically I had to give an example of a non-compliant patient and how it can affect the doctor-patient relationship."
"Compare this school to the others you are applying to."
"How will you handle your first hardship academically in medical school? "
"why and what did you do when you took time off from undergrad until now."
"Why DO?"
"If you were asked to......as a physicain what would you do (ethical question)?"
"What are your thoughts on cultural competency and its place in medicine?"
"How do you handle stress? What do you do for fun?"
"What I want out of a medical school."
"Are you interested in continuing research?"
"Have you been to Kansas City before? What do you think?"
"What will you do if you don't get in?"
"What do you think will be your biggest challenge as a first year med. student?"
"Where all did you apply?"
"What triggered you to wake up and start getting good grades?"
"Do you think you'll fit in the Midwest? (I am from the West Coast but spent last 6 years on the East Coast)"
"''If your best friend was sitting right next to you right now, how would he describe you?'' "
"How will you pick where you go if you are accepted to multiple schools?"
"What is your family life like?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"How does your mom like her job as ___ ?"
"What do I do for fun? How will I choose what school to attend?"
"How do you handle situations in school where you are falling behind or failing?"
"a question about one of my letters in the file."
"Compare health care systems in India and US"
"What was the most fulfilling thing you got out of volunteering?"
"Some ethical questions, which were general in nature."
"Go through a typical day that you would experience."
"Why our school?"
"Name one issue I saw with medicine today."
"If accepted to multiple schools, what is your criteria for choosing one?"
"What was an important factor in the medical schools you chose to apply to?"
"Why medicine? Why osteopathic?"
"How do you feel about stem cell research?"
"have you been to KC before? if not you should definitely go to the plaza! (i told you it was laidback!!)"
"Why should you be selected to our program."
"If you were to give your daughter (I'm a single mother) only 1 piece of advice, what would it be. "
"Where else have you interviewed? What did you think?"
"all the ethical stuff."
"The abortion question. They also asked me about the future issue of health care."
"If you want to help people, you can also be other healthcare professions besides being a doctor."
"If a patient gets on the internet and comes to you with a self-diagnosis, what will you do?"
"What was your hardest class? Why? What did you do about it?"
"Explain your physics grades. (specific to me, I realize, but important nonetheless for any who have a couple not so stellar performances. be ready to explain!)"
"Please expand on your research experience."
"Take us through the process of how you arrived at your decision to pursue medicine?"
"What specialty would you choose and why?"
"What questions do you have for us? "
"Why do you think osteopathy will help you as a physician?"
"what i want to specialize in"
"Why did you choose KCUMB?"
"Why did you pick your major - Kinesiology? They asked this twice, so maybe I was not giving a very good answer. "
"Your MCAT score was not very high, can you tell us about that experience?"
"Have you thought about any ethical issues that you will be faced with?"
"Tell us about you before we get started."
"If you were to be accepted at multiple programs, would you choose allopathic or osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell me about your research."
""You did well on the MCATs, how did you prepare.""
"In you mind what is the most important trait of a good doctor?"
"Describe an ethical situation and take a position on it. What specialty and geographical area do you want to practice? Do you have any questions for us?"
"Why did you apply to KCUMB?"
"What books have you read lately?"
"Nothing not on the site already."
"What if someone asked you to pull the plug?"
"What questions do you have for us? This sparked a bunch more questions from them!"
" Do you have any questions for us?"
"Tell me about X experience."
"Explain a time in school that has been difficult for you."
"Give an example of a time in your academic career that you have felt overwhelmed and explain what you did to help you though this challenge."
"Here they started running out of questions. I got the 9/11 question, which we discussed, followed by the bonfire question. the interview ended a little abruptly after that. Again, not sure if this was good or bad."
"What do you think will be the hardest thing about becoming a doctor?"
"Why is it that you had some C's in college, and how will this impact how you will do in the future?"
"If we had another applicant with the exact same qualifications/application as you, why should we accept you?"
"Give me an example of a group situation you have worked in the past and what part you played in that group."
"Medical school is a challenging experience. How do you plan to get through it successfully?"
"What does your family think of you going to medical school?"
"how i learned about osteopathic medicine"
"Asked about my MCAT"
"not many questions. It was mostly a conversation. They would talk about something and then I would talk about myself and it was back and forth like that. not too many straight out questions. Very laid back. "
"Can't remember anything else."
"What are the chances of you going into academic medicine? "
"Why did you go to the U of Arkansas when you are from MO? Tell us about yourself. Do you have any questions for us?"
"How do you handle stress? What are your priorities now and how would they change if you matriculated here?"
"How did 9/11 impact or change your life? I said it didn't..."
"Tell me about the school you attend."
"Tell us about your support system. How do you rank your priorities? "
"So you served a mission in Uruguay for 2 years. Tell me about that."
"Have you thought about other careers outside of medicine?"
"Why did it take 5 years to get your undergraduate degree? (Double major)"
"Why a DO program?"
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"Do you have any questions for us? Ask questions about the school!"
"An older woman, patient of yours, comes to you with a potential treatment plan for a disease she has diagnosed herself by watching televison programs. What do you do?"
"What did you learn from your work experiences?"
"What do you think of the uninsured patient? What does society think of the uninsured? Have you ever lived away from home? Do you have any more questions about the school?"
"Who is your 'support staff'?"
"Why KCUMB, why DO, how do you handle stress, what will you do if you don't get in..."
"How will we know that you will succeed?"
"Have you given any thought to a specialty?"
"While working in the hospital what observations did you make about the different types of physicians working there?"
"How would your friends describe you (positive/negative)."
"What would a friend say is a negative quality you have?"
"Describe why you wish to become a physician?"
"With all the advances in genetics since you took your undergraduate course, do you think you are ready for the ammount of genetics knowledge we expect of you? "
"Tell me about yourself and your story on why you want to attend KCUMB?"
"Where do you see the US healthcare system going in 20 years?"
"Medical school is hard work. How will you successfully adjust?"
"What is your biggest weakness?"
"What are you going to do if you failed a class in medical school"
"-"
"What non-healthcare-related job would you choose if not medicine?"
"What do you do with your liesure time?"
"How do you get through busy days?"
"Ethical situation described above."
"Opinion on stem cell research"
"What specility I think I would like to go into."
"What has been the most stressful time in your life?"
"Ethical scenarios - see above"
"What do I do for fun/stress release?"
"Other questions, specific to my application essay."
"How will you handle the stress of medical school?"
"why do you want to be a doctor?"
"I see you took the MCAT 3 times with little improvement, can you talk about that?"
"Where are you from? "
"A patient visits you one day and shows you some information regarding a disease he acquired from the internet. He tells you that he thinks he has the disease. What would you do?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"In light of my low undergraduate GPA, how do I expect to handle the rigorous classes in medical school."
"Did you ever have a hard time getting along with one of your teamates (I played basketball in college) or co-workers, and if so how did you handle it?"
"Tell me about an experience where you had to explain something very difficult and scientific to someone who was uneducated or that didn't understand"
"Tell me how image guided surgery works. (Previous employment)"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"You have a history of volunteer experience. Do you plan to continue this in the future, i.e. here at UHS?"
"ethics questioning"
"My learning style?? How do I feel I learn best? Basically, they asked very open-ended questions and I did most of the talking. They questions were so general it provided a way to give an elaborate answer and tell them many things I wanted them to know about myself."
"How would I deal with a patient with different beliefs than me? "
"Everything else was pretty much about my experiences shadowing and my application."
"what do you do for stress?"
"If you had a 14 year old patient who was pregnant, wanted to have an abortion without telling her parents, what would you do?"
"Asked how I liked Kansas City, liked the Mid West Feel (I go to school in Boston, MA), liked the atmosphere of the school. They also at the end gave me a chance to "tell us anything else that you think we would like to know about you and why you want to come here". A GOOD place to sum up why you want to be a Dr, go to UHS, etc. Just to go out with a bang. ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS have questions to ask them about the school, curriculum, etc, that counts no matter where you're interviewing. PM me with any questions at jonb12997! Good Luck"
"Do you have any questions?"
"Why D.O.? "
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Why didn't you apply to med school after undergrad? When did you arrive in kansas city?how did the events of september 11, 2001 affect you?"
"Do you think you're prepared for medical school and why?"
"chatted about my research."
"Do you feel you can handle the load ?What do you do for stress ? What are your strengths and weaknesses ?"
"Tell me about your volunteering experience"
"What do you think makes a great physician? What was a time that you had to make a critical decision and what did you do?"
"Tell us about your shadowing experience"
"What is your impression of UHS? Kansas City? Were you treated well while you are here?"
"Ethical question about a couple having an "abnormal" child that will never thrive as being "normal" and how I would advise them on the issue."
"if admitted to multiple programs where will you go?"
"What undergraduate class did you particularly enjoy and why?"
"Tell us about your research."
"Why do you feel doctors have to contribute to fixing the business side of the health care crisis?"
"What are you looking for in a medical school?"
"What do you think about Euthanasia? What do you think will be the biggest health care problem in the future?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"What do you think of our curriculum and our match lottery system for third and fourth years?"
"Strength and weaknesses"
"Talk about some current ethical issues involving medicine. Do you have any other questions for us? Anything else that you want us to know?"
"Asked questions directly from my personal statement"
"What's your impression of UHS?"
"What was your favorite undergrad class?"
"What do you do in your spare time? What is your favorite system in anatomy? "
"You had some tough times as a child, how did you handle them? "
"How do you know you can handle medical school? How do you deal with stress? Patient comes in with complaints and gives you a list of exactly what he wants you to do...how do you handle this?"
"What did you learn from your volunteering in the ER?"
"A patient comes in and needs a respirator. The problem though is that there is only one in the hospital and it is being used by another patient. The pateint's family refuses to give consent to remove it and give it to teh second patient. What do you do? "
"How I had gotten here after dropping out of High School, didn't I know that dropouts don't succeed in life?(sarcastic)"
"What are some of the characteristics that make a good doctor. Do you think that you have them?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"How do you study the best?"
"What comes to mind when I say the words "ethical issues"? Followed by a couple of ethical scenarios where the interviewer talked more than I did about possible ways to handle the situations. "
"They talked alot as if I were already in???? . . . ."
"Did the students and admissions people describe our Genesis curriculum? (Genesis is a new case-based learning style: the dying patient, the ulcer patient, etc. They introduce a common complaint and then describe the symptoms, diagnosis, imaging, pharmacology, etc. for that particular problem--very practical!)"
"What type of practice do you picture yourself having>"
"If you are accepted to several schools, what factors will you use to determine where you go?"
"What specialty, if any, do you want to go into?"
"Name one challenging ...how did you overcome it?"
"Did you have any challenges in your life?"
"WHY DID YOU CHOOSE YOUR UNDERGRAD/MAJOR/MEDICINE/DO?"
"What is the one thing in your life that you regret the most?"
"How would you approach a situation where a patient had to undergo an important procedure but was hesitant due to cultural reasons?"
"5 qualities you think a physician should have"
"N/A"
"What is one of your favorite mnemonics?"
"What did the ambassadors talk about me (the interviewer)?"
"What is a question you prepared to answer in this interview?"
"What are 3 qualities that would make you a good physician"
"Tell me about a time when you went into something confidently and had a successful outcome."
"What is your teaching style? (related to community service listed in file)"
"Tell me about your undergraduate program and the area (I attended a small liberal arts college)"
"If asked to submit a document that best describes yourself, what document (that you wrote) would you submit to us?"
"How did you learn French/did you feel you learned it easily?"
"How do you define 'quality of life?' (This was a follow-up question to something else I said)"
"What is a story you have been following lately on the news?"
"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.)"
"nothing too interesting. pretty straight forward."
"Are you familiar with the jazz heritage in Kansas City?"
"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."
"How do you feel about assisted suicide?"
"Hobbies/interests"
"How would you respond to a particular situation (life/death situation for patient)"
"Of all of your activities/hobbies, how do you decide what makes you happiest?"
"What would you say is the biggest health care problem faced by Kansas City residents?"
"What are you looking forward to and what are you worried about if you are coming here in August?"
""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."
"Your sister is a DO, has she encouraged or discouraged you in your career path?"
"Describe an ethical issue in medicine and your view on it."
"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."
"Do you think making flashcards is beneficial?"
"How will having a year off school affect your ability to learn in a classroom again?"
"The question about most influential person."
"I have had previous research in ADHD, they asked how I felt about treatment of ADHD and what I would do in that situation. "
"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"
"Ethical question"
"They just asked a lot of questions about me. "
"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!"
"tell us about your support system and how it will be affected in medical school moving far away."
"question 3"
"ethical issue"
"Why did your submit a letter from a landlord?"
"How would you respond to a person coming up to you in a grocery store and asking your opinion on a controversial medical topic."
"They were all pretty basic."
"How did you prepare for MCAT? Did you feel your practice scores were similar to your real score?"
"One interviewer asked if I would recommend that his daughters play lacrosse (I played lacrosse middle school through college)"
"How do you manage your stress? (after which she gave me a bunch of useful advice!)"
"nothing really"
"You've had some interesting work experiences. What experience have you gained from these that will benefit you in your medical career? "
"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.""
"What do you think was the two most prominent problems in our healthcare system?"
"How would you respond to failing your first exam here?"
"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?"
"I see that you have had experience in various health care positions, tell me about them. "
"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?"
"Questions about my work experience "
"Why am I a Red Sox fan?"
"I was asked no interesting questions."
"How many schools did you apply to?"
"Do you think your chronic illness will affect your performance in medical school?"
"What is the biggest problem in health care?"
"Why is culteral diversity important for a medical school to have."
"You just recently moved to Kansas City. Why did you decide to come here?"
"What do you do for leisure?"
"Tell us why you want to become a physician?"
"what are my 3 weaknesses and 3 strengths"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Nothing"
"''What is an example of a doctor-patient relationship where the patient is non-compliant and how would how does that affect the relationship?''"
"Name one positive thing about the U.S. health care delivery system and one negative thing."
"Do you think that bedside manner is innate or is it learned? "
"What was it about my character that brought out really nice comments in my letter of recommendations. "
"Tell me about your Death and Afterlife class? (religion course I took sophmore year)"
"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..."
"I was asked my thoughts on cultural competency with regards to medicine."
"Is there a specific instance that made you realize ''Wow, I really want to do medicine''?"
"Questioned me about my ethnic background. Nothing too out there. Just wanted to make sure I was normal."
"Specific question from my file. The interviewers obviously knew my file well."
"I have a degree in music, so one interviewer asked me what I thought about music therapy."
"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."
"I can't really think of anything right now."
"As a mental health worker, explain what a ''code white'' is like in a mental hospital."
"? Questions were very polarized into the standard questions and questions out of left field."
"Why should we choose you?"
"''I see that you played basketball in college...were you any good?''"
"from file - about how much to trust patients"
"Ethical questions."
"As a psychology major, do you consider procrastination to be innate or something we acquire overtime? "
"''What do we have to do to get you to come to our medical school?''"
"How did I celebrate my 21st birthday?"
"Any thing we didn't ask you that you would like to discuss?"
"Do you think the health care system in the US is functional, semi-functional, or non-functional?"
"Compare the health care system in India and the US (since i grew up in India)"
"How would you improve communications between cultures as a physician? I talked about it in my personal statement."
"What do you wish I would have asked you?"
"Why medical school, and why did you decide to aplly to a DO medical school?"
"So you grew up in the military, how was that?"
"if you were accepted at multiple schools, how do you decide where to go?"
"Would you be alright with a patient refusing care that you suggest?"
"Do you dream in Spanish (I am a Spanish major)"
"How is your Russian and Soviet Literature course going...why did you take it?"
"If you were the czar of America's health care system, what would you do to fix it?"
"What have you learned from your hospice experience?"
"Do you have any pets?"
"nothing really, everything was pretty typical. "
"Name a current bioethical issue in medicne and tell us about it"
"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?"
"how do you feel about pharmacists refusing to give out birth control prescriptions?"
"What type of dogs do you have?"
"they asked about the method used in our research lab."
"What do you plan to take into practice from your shadowing experiences?"
"What type of patient would be most difficult for you to treat and how would you deal with it?"
"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."
"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."
"What qualities/characteristics do you have that will help you complete the program?"
"What other schools I applied to. I hate this question!"
"What specialty would you choose if you had to decide today?"
"Asked about balance between medical school and family life."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"question about my time living in KC when I was young"
"Tell us about you as a person?"
"You've lived on both east and west coasts, how do you think you will adjust to living in the mid-west?"
""What question do you want me to ask you to get a good idea of who you are?""
"How have you discussed, with a doctor, the changes in healthcare?"
"What do you do for leisure? What is your enery level within any given day?"
"Why do you want to attend medical school, why KCUM?"
"Tell us about your clinical research."
"What do you think will be the hardest part of being a physician?"
"Why DO, and why KCUMB?"
"Why medicine, DO, KCUMB?"
"I thought all of the questions were pretty standard interview questions"
"How did you learn of Ostopathic Med?"
"The interviewers were very relaxed, and it was just like having a conversation. The most interesting questions "
"Got asked a few questions about Stem-cell research, which led to "what is the difference between moral and ethical.""
"Why KCUMB, why Medicine, why DO? (all in the same question)"
"Why Kcumb, why so far away from home"
"Choose one and tell me why it is an ethical issue, explain the components, and take a stance (euthanasia or abortion)."
"Explain the quote you used in your personal statement and how it pertains to your life."
"Is there anything you could not do as a physician> (ie,euthanasisa)"
"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."
"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."
"What is an activity or a hobby that you have that you think really contributes to/defines your personality."
"What ever happened to the bonfire at your school? (I graduated from Texas A&M)"
"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?"
"everything was pretty conversational, there wasnt really a difficult or interesting question per se."
"Why did you choose to interview at KCUMB?"
"Nothing in particular. It was mainly a conversational interview with the basic questions."
"Give me an example of a group situation you have worked in the past and what part you played in that group."
"Have you ever thought about any other type of profession besides becoming a doctor?"
"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."
"how i feel about fibromyalgia"
"Nothing really, it was very conversationsal."
"Have you previously worked with cadavers? I am an anatomy TA, So I am guessing this is where the questions stems."
"What do you like most about our school?"
"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."
"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."
"Tell me about something ethical in medicine. (Very broad question)"
"Talked a lot about my experiences, as well as my family. "
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"Mainly just normal stuff. They did ask to rank your priorities. I enjoyed asking them questions because it really sparked some conversation. "
"For the most part they just asked me questions about myself based on my application. "
"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?"
"What would you want your patients to say about you?"
"What do you do in your spare time?"
"Tell us about yourself."
"Nothing really...all the questions were pretty basic"
"One of my interviewers liked my name, so we talked about it for a bit."
"So your dad is a professional fisherman, tell me about that."
"Which is more important, bedside manner or G.P.A.?"
"I don't know much about osteopathic schools, can you tell me if there are any in (Your State)? "
"What do you think is the place of Osteopathic medicine in the modern medical world? "
"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."
"If I as a physician would perform the lethal injection of a criminal sentenced to death."
"treating immigrants (see Q1)"
"Discuss a major medical ethics issue."
"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?"
"In your opinion, what qualities should a leader possess and what have you done to expand on your leadership abilities?"
"Your friend's 14 year old daughter came to you for birth control. Would you give it to her? then the reasoning behind it. "
"What are your views on cloning?"
"What will you do differently than your father did?"
"Why did I take four semesters of Calculus?"
"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?"
"How do you feel about treating illegal immigrants?"
"Tell me about your support system."
"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?"
"why did you choose the undergrad school you went to?"
"The difficult type of questions as stated below. "
"What was the hardest class you took in college and how did you manage?"
"How did 9-11 effect me?"
"Tell me about yourself...."
"What would you do if an angry mother dragged her 13 year old daughter into your office and demanded an abortion?"
"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."
"What are the pro's/con's of an ethical situation?"
"What was the last movie you saw?"
"It was all normal, how was your day? Tell me about yourself. Tell me about your research. What do you do in your freetime?"
"I was given 3 different ethical scenarios - all of which were really interesting."
"How would I handle doing poorly in a medical school class?"
"How did I make the switch between theater/art and science?"
"Tell us about your clinical nursing experience."
"talk about yourself for 5 minutes"
"How would you react to a DNR order?"
"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. "
"How did your research experience affect you?"
"All standard questions"
"If one of your intubated patients wanted care withdrawn, but the family did not, what would you do?"
"what's the degree level you did?"
"What would a friend say are my weaknesses?"
"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?"
"How does life and golf relate?"
"How did Sept 11 change my life."
"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 "
"Which courses have you enjoyed the most, the least."
"Tell me about a time in your life when you have felt overwhelmed and how you handled it."
"Did you ever play hoops against the Lady Vols?"
"From a student's point of view, how can our school impliment ethics into the curriculum?"
"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?"
"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."
"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."
"Nothing really too interesting, mostly converstational questions. "
"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?"
"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.""
"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."
"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."
"Did you get to try any BBQ while you were here in Kansas City?"
"We talked about my undergrad. research a lot."
"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?"
"What criteria do you consider going to a medical school?"
"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. "
"what do you do to relax"
"If I would administer lethal injection to a prisoner if I was a physician"
"not applicable"
"What do you think of Kansas City? What do you do for fun? Nothing mind provoking. "
"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?"
"What are some examples of advances in the microbiology field that benefit us?"
"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)."
"none.was asked an abortion/ethical scenario type question. "
"Where do you think medicine is going and give me some ethical dilemas that may arise from this?"
"My computer isn't working--can you have a look at it? (I work in computer support.)"
"What are some of the problems you will experience while practicing medicine?"
"How'd you feel about organic chemistry? Were you going through difficulties while taking this course?"
"How do you perceive fear? And how would you handle it?"
"Tell me about Cottey (which is my alma mater and also where I am currently working--I didn't expect to be asked this)."
"What do you think about stem cell research?"
"Do you think you will have problems dealing with ethical issues such as abortion/euthanasia/physician assisted suicide etc?"
"With all the online drugs, how would you talk to a patient who has a self diagnosis of what drug they want?"
"None"
"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?"
"Do you think Dr. X is a better doctor because he is a D.O? Why?"
"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?"
"What extracurricular activities do you plan on doing later in life?"
"Where did you eat for dinner last night in Kansas City?"
"How did the events of September 11th affect you?"
"A couple of the ethical questions"
"Why should we choose you over the thousands of other qualified candidates?"
"If two patients needed an organ transplant how would you decide which one to give it to?"
"What are your feelings on euthanasia?"
"How did physical chemistry prepare you for medical school?"
"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? "
"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)? "
"What responsibility do you have to those applicants who do not get accepted?"
"What has been/was the most stressful time in your time?"
"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?""
"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."
"Do you study in groups or on your own?"
"Just questions regarding my application"
"If you don't get accepted into medical school, what will you do and how will you improve your application?"
"One interviewer asked me how I would handle a bad employee when I was a doctor."
"WHAT ETHICAL ISSUES DO YOU FORSEE AS BEING IMPORTANT IN THE FUTURE OF MEDICINE?"
"What book or movie have you seen recently that made you think deeply?"
"If you were responsible for creating the new health care system in this country, what would be your main 3 parts of the plan?"
"How did COVID-19 affect healthcare and how will the pandemic shape future healthcare?"
"really broad/vague "tell me about a time" question"
"N/A"
"What would you do if you were the worst in your class?"
"None. My interview was very casual and conversational."
"What is a situation where you had to work with a group to accomplish a goal?"
"All questions about failure."
"Name one medical ethics issue. He then told me to talk about how I feel about it."
"Describe one ethical problem in medicine and argue both sides."
"No difficult questions it was all very conversational and I was able to steer the conversation to what I really wanted to talk about."
"All were easy and conversational. I did not have any ethical questions like they said we would have."
"Tell me about a time when you went into something without confidence and had an unsuccessful outcome."
"What is the hardest thing you've ever gone through, and what did you learn from it?"
"What do you think about the Affordable Care Act?"
"What causes you stress?"
"Why did you go in your (undergrad major)?"
"Explain why and you started this club at your school, what you have learned from it and accomplished, and what you wish you had accomplished that you have not yet."
"The vague ethics question."
"NONE."
"Why did you take the MCAT so many times? Your second to last score was fine."
"what i would do if i had an 80 year old who didn't want medical care anymore."
"None were difficult."
"How do you feel about assisted suicide?"
"They caught me off-guard by asking about the other osteopathic schools to which I applied. This information was provided in my file and one of my interviewers asked me if I had already interviewed at any of them. He asked me why I applied to Touro, I shrugged and honestly answered that I applied mostly for the location but was disappointed when I actually visited the campus. Meh."
"Describe ethical issues you may encounter"
"Tell us about a time when you were in a group and there was tension or a disagreement. How did you handle it?"
"What are ethical situations in medicine? (followed up with another ethical question based off of my first answer)"
"name an ethical situation - there are just so many to choose from!"
"On what would I base my decision about which school to attend."
"Describe an ethical issue in medicine and your view on it."
"Research issues within the state I did my undergrad?"
"Why did you apply to allopathic programs if you are interested in osteopathy?"
"None, very conversational interview."
"None of them were difficult, but I was told that I received the luckiest draw as far as the two interviewers go. Apparently one of the other interviewers that I did not have was notorious for asking why questions (why did you do this instead of that in your app) with the sole intent of seeing your response and how you handle the question."
"What is it about KCUMB's curriculum that I think will help me in rural medicine?"
"I dont think anyone was all that difficult. If I had not had a working knowledge of stem cell research the ethical question would have been much more difficult."
"There really weren't any. As long as you're honest on your application, the questions are fun to answer! You just talk about yourself."
"I guess the back and forth made me a bit nervous, but really, nothing was difficult. They really do want to get to know you. They're not out to trick you or stump you with unusually tough questions. I thought my interviewers were great! They put me at ease right off the bat!"
"Specific ? to application"
"The ethical issue one because KCUMB seems to put a lot of emphasis on ethics and I didn't want to screw it up! "
"Why KCUMB? "
"What three things are important to have when establishing a good relationship with you patients?"
"Do you think it is ethical for parents to choose an embryo that is a match for one of their other children for the purpose of using that embryo/child's bone marrow to treat the disease the older child has?"
"not really one"
"ethical issues"
"I was asked to discuss and ethical topic of my choosing. Not tough though. It was pretty open-ended"
"What life experience most influenced your decision to pursue medicine...not that hard, but there are so many it was difficult to narrow down."
"The first one, because it was my first question at my first interview so I was terribly nervous..."
"none...all SUPER straightforward"
"give three words that describe you and then explain"
"None - all were general interview questions."
"None. The interviewers just had a relaxed conversation with me. However, there were 20 different interviewers (10 groups of 2) that interviewed ~33 applicants."
"There were no questions that took me by surprise, and the interview felt less like an interrogation and more like talking with my professors or family doctor."
"What do you feel will be your greatest challenge during your years as a medical student?"
"I didn't have any difficult questions; the interview was really laid back. It felt more like conversation with a teacher than an interview. "
"How would you deal with a patient suffering from a disease caused by their lifestyle (ie smoking/drinking) who wouldn't take your advice?"
"What have I learned from my brother's death?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? The first time I answered it apparently wasn't good enough, because he asked it twice."
"none were hard"
"Something ethical involving treating someone because of family pressure even though you knew the person requested no treatment"
"How do you think you're doing (in the interview)?"
"I wasn't asked any difficult questions. All the questions were the generic ''why do you want to be a doctor, why do you want to go here'' etc. "
"Should America adopt socialistic medicine. It was difficult because I felt that they didnt like my answer, yet I stood firm on my position."
"If a mother comes into your clinic 15 years from now, with her 13 year old daughter who is pregnant, and asks for help getting her an abortion, what would you do?"
"What characteristics do you think are important as a physician?"
"Do you want to attend this medical school?"
"You've struggled in some science classes--how do you plan to improve in medical school?"
"Nothing"
"See above."
"What about you will make you a successful physician?"
"What haven't we asked you that you came prepared to talk about? This was at the very end and I felt we discussed everything I wanted to so it was somewhat tough to come up with some good info here. "
"Medical ethics are becoming more and more important in the field of medicine. Please choose and talk about an ethical issue that is of particular interest to you. "
"If 3 of your friends were here, what would they say about you?"
"A basic ethical question...(don't want to be too specific, I was told the school warns students not to post negative feedback."
"None were really all that difficult. The interview was very conversational and they really knew my file! The interviewers almost seemed tailor-made for me."
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?