How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.29 | 445 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 314 |
| Negatively | 48 |
| No change | 80 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.24 | 441 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.01 | 325 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.49 | 276 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 8 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 1 |
| 10 minutes | 3 |
| 15 minutes | 20 |
| 20 minutes | 57 |
| 25 minutes | 74 |
| 30 minutes | 150 |
| 35 minutes | 52 |
| 40 minutes | 21 |
| 45 minutes | 21 |
| 50 minutes | 4 |
| 55 minutes | 2 |
| 60+ minutes | 53 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 440 |
| At a regional location | 6 |
| At another location | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 225 |
| In a group | 212 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 242 |
| Closed file | 183 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.29 | 445 |
"What skills and attributes do you bring to LECOM? What drives you to seek excellence?"
"What specialty are you interested in?"
"What personal attributes do you have that are similar to LECOM's mission?"
"How do you define professionalism?"
"Why LECOM & Why DO?"
"Why osteopathic medicine"
"Why medicine and why osteopathic medicine"
"What 3 qualities that make a good physician?"
"What's the one aspect of medicine that you find to be an issue? How would you deal with it? (Group discussion)"
"Why are you a better candidate than our many other applicants?"
"If we had one spot left in our class, why should we give it to you?"
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years if you do not ever get accepted to medical school?"
"Why are you here?"
"Why medicine, why DO, why LUCOM?"
"Should medicine be a multicultural approach or is there one glove that fits all?"
"What will be the most challenging part of medical school and most challenging part of being an attending physician?"
"Seton Hill only has group interviews and they asked what is professionalism to you and give an example when you saw unprofessional behavior and had to react."
"Tell me about a time where you disagreed with someone and how you resolved the conflict."
"What was a mistake you made and what did you learn from it?"
"General intro (name, undergrad, what you've been doing since graduation, fun fact)"
"What was the hardest class you had and how did you overcome it?"
"What is your spirit animal?"
"youre doing a group project, someone made a mistake, how do you handle it"
"tell us about yourself (name, where you did undergrad, clinical experiences, and a fun fact about you)"
"There was a scenario about a patient and prescribing him/her medications - group was asked to talk about what they would do."
"If you have any gaps in your application, as in a time you were not attending school, and I know that one of you specifically has a substantial one, explain what you did during this time."
"Group interview: basic introductions, what was the most interesting thing I'd seen as a scribe? who is A.T. Still? How would you react if you caught someone cheating? If you had made a promise to work as an aid in a summer camp for children in need, and your friends asked if you would attend a medical mission trip instead, which would you choose and why?"
"Questions that concern what you would do/whether you can be professional in a given situation"
"If you noticed your classmate was not wearing proper attire (Stained, wrinkled clothing), what would you do?"
"Describe yourself (where you're from, academic background, research, volunteering, hobbies)."
"What is your spirit animal? (I'm serious. They really asked this)."
"What does professionalism mean to you?"
"Do you think it's okay for doctors to have casual Friday?"
"The group portion consisted of an initial introduction, what volunteering/research/etc have you done, and then discussion about a friend you suspect of cheating."
"Standard introductions."
"Name, where you're from, which undergrad you attended, why LECOM?, why osteopathic medicine?, something interesting about yourself?"
"Standard interview style questions - greatest accomplishment, who has influenced you. Some new questions that haven't been mentioned here before. I think they are swapping in new questions because they want on the spot answers... and honestly, those answers really did represent the person better than their rehearsed ones."
"Talk about the best professor you have ever had."
"Who is your mentor?"
"What is your proudest accomplishment?"
"Introduce yourself... Where you are from? What you studied? Why Erie?"
"Do you want to go into medicine knowing that much of your time will be taken up doing paperwork and not treating patients?"
"What is a major obstacle you overcame and are proud of?"
"What is the cause of the obesity epidemic?"
"What was your single greatest achievement?"
"Introduce yourself"
"Talk about a challenging time while working at *blank*"
"what's one thing that your friends wouldn't know about you?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?"
"Tell us about yourself intro?Professor that inspired you? Prof that was difficult and how you handled it? Do you feel that primary care is fairly compensated and how you feel about the short time they spend with their Pt's"
"What would you do with a non-compliant patient?"
"What is a difficult challenge and how did you handle it?"
"If you have a patient who does not comply with your recommendations, what do you do?"
"Now that you are all here sitting in this building, what does the word "still" mean to you?"
"Name a hardship in your life and how you overcame it."
"Are patients "customers"?"
"Introduce yourself (name, school, hobbies, experiences). Greatest achievement. Time you had to overcome a difficulty with a professor/in your life"
"What is something that your friends would be surprised to know about you?"
"Universal Health care?"
"Tell us one thing your friends would be surprised to find out."
"Introduce yourself to the group (suggested: name, school, occupation, HC/volunteer experience)"
"Describe yourself, Accomplishment most proud of, 15-20 years in the future, How should a private practice deal with needing to increase the bottom line, do lazy fat, smokers deserve care and organ transplants."
"Introduce yourself to the group, including an interesting fact that wasn't on your application."
"How do you see yourself using your LECOM education in the future?"
"Describe a challenging time and how you dealt with it."
"Give a brief introduction of yourself to the group and mention one interesting fact about yourself."
"tell me about an experience that will allow you to become a better osteopathic physician"
"tell us about yourself"
"1)Tell us about yourself. 2)Why Medicine?, Why D.O.?, Why LECOM? 3)What qualities does a good leader possess?, What leadership experiences have you had?, What style of leadership do you use?"
"tell me about yourself. why DO? health care experience. 3 positive words, 1 negative. how do you work in a team? what are the characteristics of a leader?"
""Doctors are often type A personalities. What would you do if your ego was clashing with another clinician?""
"Tell us about yourself. Why DO? Why LECOM? Why Erie? Clinical experiences? Leadership role? What do you like to do to relax? Which pathway and why?"
"What brings you to Lake Erie?"
"Basically they asked me the 9 basic questions listed on SDN but that's because I'm a typical applicant. they asked the non-traditional students other questions that are more specific."
"Why are you interested in LECOM if you are from so far away (california) / will it be hard for you to get used to living here?"
"So Describe yourself. "
"Where and when was Osteopathic medicine started?"
"8 questions, identical to those noted by other interviewees. Sweet. "
"Think of a time you had a conflict. How did you deal with it/resolve it?"
"1) Tell us about yourself or something interesting that was not on your application. 2) Why medicine, why DO, why LECOM? 3) What clinical experiences have you had? Have you shadowed a DO?"
""Tell us something that is not in your file" ; "Why Medicine?"; "Why DO?""
"What makes you a unique applicant and why do want to become an osteopathic physician here at LECOM?"
"Describe yourself?"
"what can you tell about yourself that is not on your application?"
"Tell me about yourself..."
"What are your grades and MCAT score? (what si the point of a closed file interview?)"
"How did you come to know about Osteopathic Medicine and why do you want to pursue it?"
"Tell us about yourself and something that your friends wouldn't know about you."
"Tell us about yourself? and tell us something that your friends would be surprised to learn about you?"
"Tell us where you go/went to school, clinical/volunteer service, and something interesting about yourself."
"Tell us a bit about yourself."
"Tell us a little about your background."
"What is one of your accomplishment you would like us to know?"
"Same 9 they ask everyone except they skipped a few at the end because we spent too much time on the first few. Describe yourself. Passions in life. 3 words to describe yourself. 1 weakness. "
"They were all from the previously-listed interview questions. They go down a list of questions. Interview was a 2-member panel. Not exactly sure how long it lasted, def. a little more than 30min, but depends on who interviews you. Some inteviewers talk more. "
"Tell me about yourself. Why osteopathy?"
"Tell me about yourself. Tell me about a time when you needed to use your communication skills. Tell me about a time you had a conflict (with anyone) and how you resolved it."
"All on here but: Tell us about yourself, clinical experience, what do you do for stress relief, describe a conflict and how you resolved it, leadership experience, 3 strengths + 1 weakness, GPA and MCAT scores."
"All have already been listed on SDN but I'm a nice guy so I will let you know them all again"
"Apparently, they're not using the standard list of questions anymore. I, however, was asked those questions and only those. Thankfully, I prepared for those questions!"
"Tell us about you? If we called your mother and asked her 3 strengths and 1 weakness of you what would they be?"
"Is there anything about yourself you'd like us to know that isn't in your file?"
"Really very standard questions and ones that have already been posted but i will list them again. KNOW THESE and you will nail the interview."
"What are your strengths?"
"Which Learning pathway are you most interested in?"
"what is your leadership style? example?"
"What kind of a leader are you. Strengths(3), weakness(1). "
"Tell me about what brought you here, why medicine, why osteopathic medicine"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Tell me about a conflict or disagreement you've had with someone and what you learned from it."
"Tell us something not in your file. Name 3 weakness and one thing you want to work on."
"Explain the processs of how you chose medicine. Why DO?"
"What was the most interesting thing you have scene during your work in the ER?"
"Why DO? What is your leadership style? What are three strengths and one thing that you would like to work on?"
"Tell us about yourself."
"Why LECOM?"
"describe a situation that was stressful and how you handled it"
"why lecom? why do?"
"Why DO? Why LECOM? Tell us about yourself."
"Why DO/medicine?"
"Why medicine/DO?"
"What made you want to become a DO?"
"What is something not on your application that you think would increase your chances?"
"Why Medicine?"
"(1) We looked through your file, is there anything else you want to tell us. (2) What got you into medicine and osteopathic medicine? (3) How do you handle stress?"
"1. Tell us something not in your file 2. Why DO 3. How do you deal with conflict 4. Describe when working in a team is better than individually"
"Why are you interested in osteopathic medicine?"
"How to deal with stress?"
"What do you think will be your biggest challenge in starting med school?"
"Tell us about your Clinical experiences"
"tell us something thats not in your file? why doctor? why DO? strengths/weaknesses? A positive and negative experience from my volunteer work in the ER? how do i deal with stress? how do i deal with conflict and ex.? a time when team work was more beneficial over having a leader?"
"Communication is important for physicians. How are you good at communicating?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses? Talk about your leadership experiences. Talk about a time when you acted as part of a team."
"Give an example of a time you were involved in conflict and what you did to solve it."
"Standard questions. Why DO? Why doctor? Strengths? Weakness? How do you deal with stress? Example of your leadership. How to deal with conflict? What do you do to relive stress? Summerize this article. (ez)"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"Why Lake Erie? "
"Tell us something about yourself that is not in the file."
"How would you describe yourself, both strengths and characteristics you might need to improve?"
"If you were to improve something about yourself, what would it be?"
"Standard 9 questions."
"Why do you want to be a doctor and why do you want to be an osteopathic physician?"
"Why osteopathic medicine."
"specific to the standard questions"
"Tell us something about you that is not in your file."
"Standard 9 questions"
"See 9 questions"
"why do u want to become a doctor"
"1) Tell us about something recent you have done or something you would like to elaborate on? 2) Why does the osteopathic field interest you? 3) Tell us about your healthcare experience 4) How do you handle stress and give an example?"
"What do you think about family practice?"
"The same nine (look them up in a previous feedback)"
"Standard nine, see other postings to get exact questions. I'll paraphrase below."
"The standard ones: 1. Tell us something not in your file or if there is something you'd like to expand on. 2. Why are you interested in osteopathic medicine. 3. What medical experiences do you have?"
"9 standard LECOM questions "
"same 9 questions"
"1. Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2. Why medicine and why D.O.? 3. How do you handle stress?"
"Strenghts/Weakness"
"posted previously"
"Why DO/medicine? What medical experience have you had?"
"Why do you want to be a DO?"
"name a stressful situation and how I responded to it"
"The standard quesitons 1) Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2) Why medicine? [this is standard, but they didn't ask me] 3) Why osteopathic medicine and how do you see it as being holistic and beneficial?"
"How are your communication skills, and what was a situation where you used those skills to help another?"
"Tell us something not on your application. "
"The same generic questions that everyone is asked"
"How do you deal with stress? Explain a stressful situation."
"Standard from questions."
"The same 9 questions they ask everyone."
"When is a team approach called for? Give us an example"
"What is you leadership style? "
"Tell us something about yourself that isn't in your file."
"look through the other feedbacks for the list of 9 questions. they read them off...no tricks, no weird questions."
"Pretty much every question they asked me is already listed on this site."
"Tell us something about you that is not in your file...have a good example that will speak well of your character."
"Tell us something that you've recently done that's not in your application."
"tell us something about you that is not in your file"
"Refer to past feedbacks to get the list of questions."
"Give an example of your leadership skills."
"Tell me something that is not in your file. Describe how osteopathic medicine is holistic and an example of this."
"The same as everyone else wrote. They will just go down the list and ask you and grade your answers right then and there. Make sure you have examples ready"
"What is your leadership style?"
"1) Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2) How do you handle stress? 3) Give us an example of when your communication skills helped you/someone else. "
"These were all the questions I was asked: 1) Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2) Why medicine? 3) Why osteopathic medicine?"
"See above. I listed all nine questions. There weren't any hard questions and you don't really need to prepare anything. I know I didn't."
"Tell us something that may not be in your file. "
"1) Tell us something about yourself that is not on your application. 2) How do you deal with stress? 3) Did you ever have a conflict in your life and how did you overcome it? 4) What are some weaknesses you see in yourself that you feel you should change? 5) What are some qualities you feel you posses? 6) What attracted you to osteopathy? Although they didn't ask me, I have been told by other students that they sometimes will ask you about your MCAT scores and maybe a low science grade. So be prepared. There were a couple more questions but I forget. The other posts have them. GOOD LUCK and be confident. You have been granted an interview. This means that they like what they see on paper, now just show them that's who you are. "
"How do you deal with stress? give an example."
"Why D.O.?"
"I honestly don't remember, but all of them are on someone else's post on this site."
"Why medicine? Why DO? Who or what helped you decide DO? Why Erie? "
"Tell me something about yourself, other than what's in your appplication materials."
"all on SDN"
"Tell me about your communication skills, give an example of how your skills helped you in situation."
"How do you handle conflict? Give an example."
"1. Tell us something that isn't in your file. 2. How do you handle stress? 3. Give us an example of when your communication skills helped you/someone else"
"How do you handle stress? How are you a leader and a team player?"
"How do you communicate? Give an example when your communication skills helped you and someone else. How do you handle stress? How do you handle conflict. What leadership skills do you have? Give an examle of when you were a good leader."
"Tell us something about yourself that we don't know from your file."
"If you could have dinner with three people, past or present, real or fictional, who would they be?"
"describe your DO experience"
"tell us something about yourself not in your file?"
"Weakness/strength? Leadership style and experiences? Example of a conflict situation and how you resolved it. "
"Describe a strength/weakness."
"Describe yourself, tell us about you"
"Tell us something new/ not in your file. "
"What are some of you strengths and weaknesses?"
"Summarize the article you read."
"Tell me something about you that's not in your application. What made you decide to apply to osteopathic school? "
"Tell us something new that's not in your application."
"tell us your leadership style and an example."
"Weakness, Strength"
"Name a conflict and how you resolved it?"
"all standard"
"Tell me something about yourself that we do not know."
"Look on this site, take the time to jot down all the unique question from at least 2 years and you will have all the questions asked. then you can review them"
"What are your strengths? Weaknesses? Why do you want to be a D.O.?"
"Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file"
"Strengths and weaknesses"
"Tell me something about yourself that may not be on your file."
"Please tell us how you deal with stress. What was the last stressful situation you had faced?"
"Explain your leadership experiences. How do you work in groups?"
"Provide something that we do not have about you on our record."
"What conflicts have you been part of and how did you resolve it? "
"who influenced you to become a DO? what does your dad think about it? (my dad's an MD)"
"Name a conflict you recently confronted and how you approached it?"
"What should we know about you that we don't know from your application?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Now that we have discussed the scientific aspect of medicine do you think that medicine is a science or an art?"
"Is there anything exciting or new that has happened to you since your application?"
"Tell us something about yourself that is not on file. When did you demonstrate leadership? How do you deal with stress?"
"What's your leadership style?"
"1. Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file? 2. What is your biggest strenght? What is your biggest weakness? 3. What experiences have you had with communications? 4. What is your leadership style and give us an example of when you feel you acted like a good leader. 5. Tell us a time when group work worked more favorably than working as an individual? 6. Tell us a time when you had to handle a conflict? 7. How do you handle stress and give us an example of a time when you effectively handled stress? 8. When did you first learn about osteopathy? 9. When in your life do you feel that an osteopathic approach would have been better than an allopathic approach?-In my case we had already gotten into a conversation about how my allopathic migraine treatment differed from that of my osteopathic neurologist so he just had me go into detail about what was different about their approach/treatment. "
"Explain a specific time you experienced conflict and describe how you handled it."
"Definition of holistic medicine"
"Why do you want to be a physician, in particular, a DO?"
"How do you deal with stress"
"Before questions were asked they asked me to describe myself, and tell them what I think they would like to know about me."
"Strengths and weaknesses How do you handle stress?"
"Where in your life/social experience do you see Osteopathic Medicine as a benefit?"
"Tell us something about yourself? Why did you decide to go into medicine and not graduate school?"
"How do you deal with stress? Give examples."
"How do you deal with stress? Name a particular instance in which you were stressed, and how did you deal with it?"
"Describe yourself? Strengths and Weaknesses? Why do want to come to ERIE? Why LECOM? "
"How do you display good leadership skills"
"Tell us about yourself. What are your strengths and weakness? Give us an example of a conflict and how you handled it. "
"Tell us something about yourself that's not on file"
"name leadership positions "
"what to you is Osteo. medicine? and why osteo? have a good answer cuz you really want to tell them why you want to go into this field...why primary care..."
"All the questions posted on this site: strengths/weaknesses, how do you handle stress, example of stressful situation, expalin a conflict and how it was resolved, why DO, summarize the article (drug coated stent)..."
"Tell us about you. How do you handle/relieve stress? "
"How did you deal with a conflict? What leadership qualities did you use?"
"What are your study habbits?"
"Why DO? You better know this one or dont show up."
"what gets you stressed and how you deal with it?"
"Tell us something about you that is not on your application"
"Describe Yourself"
"Tell us something about yourself that is not on your application?"
"Name a stressful situation and how you resolved it?"
"leadership position, and any conflict you had to overcome"
"Strengths/weaknesses, same basic ones as everyone else, how do you deal with stress, etc. "
"How do you handle stress....example"
"same like everyone else."
"Why do you want to be a doctor? Why D.O.?"
"Describe a stressful situation and how did you handle it?"
"Strengths/weaknesses?"
"Tell me about your research."
"Tell us something that wasn't in your application"
"Tell us something we don't know about you. Why D.O."
"What questions do you have for us?"
"Tell us something not in your file."
"How you deal with conflict, give us an example?"
"Your strengths and weaknesses? "
"what leadership roles have you done"
"Explain a stressful situation and how i resolved it"
"Tell us anything about yourself you'd like the committee to know."
"What are your strengths/weaknesses? Apparently, being critical of yourself is considered perfectionism, which is not a weakness in lecom's point of view. They wanted a "true character flaw.""
"What are your weaknesses?"
"Same old, same old."
"Would you like us to know something about you that is not included in your file? What that you have done in your undergrad work, volunteer work, and life has made you consider and strive toward a career in Osteopathic Medicine?"
"Tell us about yourself. Anything you want to tell us that isn't on your application?"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"how do i handle stress"
"Tell us something about yourself not already in your file."
"Memorize some stupid article"
"READ AND MEMORIZE THE ARTICLE THEY GIVE YOU."
"What are your strengths and weaknesses? How do you deal with stress?"
"Why D.O.? (slightly difficult because it was asked by an MD)"
"Tell me about your self? What was a conflict you encountered and how did you resolve it?"
"describe a conflict and how you handle it"
"Describe your strengths and weaknesses."
"Tell me about yourself."
"What are u currently doing? "
"Name strengths and weaknesses"
"Strengths, weaknesses."
"Tell us something about yourself not in application."
" why do want to become a D.O. strength/weakness"
"Why do you want to pursue osteopathic medicine?"
"All the same questions as in every other post- strengths, weaknesses, stress, leadership, why d.o..."
"tell us something about yourself that is not in your file."
"Same questions everyone else had. How do you handle stress, describe a conflict and how you resolved it, why medicine (osteopathic especially), describe a leadership role you took...,etc."
"Name a conflicting situation and what you did in that situation."
"(basically same as everyone elses posts)"
"Describe a situation in which there was a conflict, how was it resolved?"
"Strenghts/weaknesses"
"Why Osteopathic Medicine?"
"How do you relieve stress?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"What was the most difficult class you took at your undergraduate university? Why was it difficult?"
"What have you done from volunteering has prepared you for a career in medicine"
"How do you study"
"What was a challening situation you have had and out did you overcome it?"
"tell me something you have been doing since you submitted your application. strengths/weaknesses. tell us an example of a stressful situation and how you dealt with it."
"What do you do to relive stress?"
"Do you feel that your MCAT's put you at a disadvantage?"
"How do i deal with stress?"
"why DO"
"They have a form, so look over the previous interview feedbacks. "
"same as above"
"Describe a stressful situation and how you deal with stress."
"How do you deal with conflict? What's an example?"
"How do you cope with stress? What volunteer/personal experiences led you to pursue D.O.? What leadership roles have you had?"
"Why do you want to be a DO? Summarize the article that you read? Strength/weakness? Biggest obstacle/hardest thing in your life? Anything else you want to tell us about yourself?"
"How do you handle stress and how would you handle the stress of medical school and give an example?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"How do you learn when given new material?"
"What experiences led you to consider DO?"
"Describe yourself."
"WHY DO? WHY LECOM?"
"What are some of your strengths and weaknesses"
"strengths & weaknesses"
"How do you deal stress?"
"Strengths/weakness"
"Describe the time you demonstrated leadership sklls?"
"I had to read an article before the interview on "obese women and the link to heart enlargement." I was asked to summarize this article."
"How do you deal with stress?"
"Name a stressful situation you've been in and how you deal with stress."
"What are you doing now?"
"list 3 strengths"
"See above...Give example of conflict"
"Give an example of when you demonstrated leadership"
"Strengths/Weaknesses"
"Describe any leadership experience you may have had."
"Why DO?"
"How my experiences affected my desire to be a physician"
"Describe the time you demonstrated leadership skills? How would your friends describe you?"
"What specialty interests you? What community do you want to serve in? Why?"
"How do you currently serve your community?"
"How do you currently serve your community and how will you continue to do so in the future?"
"How do you serve your community and how will this impact you as an osteopathic physician?"
"What's something in college that led to your professional development?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"If you could do college over again, what would you major in and what career would you do?"
"How would you be a good fit at our school?"
"What's one dark side of medicine that you have experienced or witnessed and how would you learn from that experience? (Individual Interview)"
"What is one of the worst sides of medicine you have seen or experienced and how has it impacted you?"
"Why should we accept you?"
"What is the most pressing healthcare issue in America?"
"Name a failure, how you overcame it, and how you moved on"
"Ethical discussions"
"How can physicians today treat their patients via mind, body, and spirit?"
"Describe a time you struggled and how you overcame the struggle"
"If we had one spot left, why should we choose you?"
"Why do you see yourself here at this school?"
"The next was one jumbo question: why medicine, why DO, and why Seton Hill?"
"What is a recent obstacle you've faced and how did you overcome it?"
"What do you think about professionalism with respect to our dress code, honor code, and attendance policy?"
"Why LECOM, DO, Medicine?"
"Why did you choose to apply to an osteopathic school?"
"what is the importance of professionalism and how does dress code play into that, whats the impact of your appearance on your practice (or something like that)"
"what does professionalism mean?"
"The discussion begins off with general introductions then they dive into the specific questions the interviewers had in mind. There's a couple of scenario questions and some just based off of your experiences with osteopathy and medicine."
"Why osteopathic medicine and why LECOM - Seton Hill? (Coupled into one question.)"
"MMI - how would you deal with a patient that was noncompliant? Why osteopathic medicine? What would be your super power?"
"What are three important traits in a doctor?"
"Why osteopathic medicine and why LECOM?"
"What is a challenge you have overcome?"
"We know that there is a shortage of primary care physicians in the country. What do you propose to correct this shortage?"
"New for Erie is MMI. We were given a NYT article to read prior, one question was about that, then there were the usual why DO, what else would you do, why should we accept you."
"Tell me about a bad experience you had in medicine"
"Difficult time with a professor."
"Biggest challenge you overcame"
"See above. Questions may vary between interviewers and may or may not be one you have read about here before. They want to see how you interact with one another as much as they listen to the content of your answer."
"What accomplishment are you most proud of and why?"
"Why lecom"
"What is the worst medicine you have seen?"
"Tell us about a challenge and how you overcame it"
"If you have to choose between work or your family, which would you choose?"
"Introduce yourself"
"Why can't we get poor people to come to free clinics?"
"Discuss a time when you struggled, and how you overcame that struggle?"
"what problems do physicians face in health care today?"
"Ethics questions about non-compliant patients, healthcare, should smokers have the same healthcare"
"What is an obstacle that you've overcome?"
"are patients customers? -- be honest with this one, lot of horribly rehearsed answers in our group, and be able to respond to what others in the group have to say"
"What is your greatest achievement?"
"What are you most proud of?"
"Introduce yourself. Say one thing that you do that is not on your file."
"Is healthcare a privilege or a right?"
"If you saw someone cheating on an exam what would you do?"
"Tell me about yourself and a fun fact."
"Define still."
"Ethical Question for the group: what if someone cheated on a test?"
"What is the one thing you're most proud of that you've accomplished?"
"Tell us about a positive experience with a teacher/mentor."
"Tell us about a difficult time in your life and how you overcame it."
"Do you think reimbursements of primary care vs. specialists is upside down?"
"How have the recent changes in health care reform affected your thoughts about becoming a physician?"
"There were 4 questions total they could ask and they asked each of us one of the 4. The above question, "What achievement are you most proud of?", "Describe a positive or negative interaction with a professor." and the last one is escaping me, but it wasn't outlandish."
"What is one of your accomplishments that you are most proud of?"
"Describe a difficult situation in your life and how you dealt with it."
"tell me about your experiences with osteopathic medicine"
"4)What clinical experiences have you had?, Have you shadowed a D.O.? 5)Have you ever had a conflict with another person? 6)What are 3 strengths?, 7)What is one weakness?"
"Why osteopathic medicine."
""If we called your mother right now, how would she describe you in 3 words?""
"How do you deal with stress?"
"3 words to describe you positively, one negative (and explain)"
"What are your strengths (3)? What is your weakness?"
"What are the tenets of osteopathic medicine?"
"3 words to describe yourself. (But don't explain them)"
"4) What makes a good leader, what leadership experiences have you had, what is your leadership style? 5) Tell me about a conflict you have had and how you handle conflicts. 6) What are three things your best friends would say are your strengths and what is one weakness? "
""Which pathway are you interested in? and Why?" ; "How do you handle conflict?" ; "What is your clinical experience like?""
"Have you ever had a conflict and how did you resolve it? With that, what is your leadership style?"
"Three strengths and one weakness."
"learning pathway selection?"
"What are your greatest strengths/weaknesses?"
"What is an example of a task that is better done by a group than by one person? Do you have any experiences leading such a group?"
"How do you deal with conflicts?"
"Tell me about a time you had conflict with someone and how you resolved that conflict?"
"Does the surgeon general's obesity affect the messages she delivers about being overweight?"
"who was your favorite professor and why? who was your least favorite professor and why?"
"Has a professor ever been difficult to learn from or not provided you with a good learning environment? If so, how did you deal with it?"
"Tell us something about you that your friends would be surprised to find out."
"Who was your favorite professor and what did you like about his teaching style?"
"Why did you choose to apply to an osteopathic medical school?"
"Conflict resolution skills. Which learning pathway best fits you.Ability to work in a team."
"How do you handle stress? If we called up your dad, what 3 words would he use to describe your strengths, 1 weakness? Leadership experience? Clinical experience? Why osteopathic medicine? Which pathway do you prefer and why? Tell us about a conflict that you had w/ someone and how you resolved it?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Three strengths? Three weaknesses? What tract are you interested in pursuing?"
"Tell me about your leadership experience and skills. Tell me about a time when task is best accomplished with a team. How do you handle stress?"
"Any questions for us?"
"Why physician, osteopathy? What clinical experiences? What kind of leader? Strengths and weaknesses? Example of when group work is best? What volunteer work? "
"My advice is to do a search, prepare for those standard questions.... but don't be surprised if they don't use them."
"Tell us about a stressful situation and how you handled it? Tell us about a Conflict and what you learned from it? Leadership examples?"
"If we called your mom and asked her to use three words to describe your strengths and one word to describe your weaknesses what would they be?"
"Tell me about yourself. Tell me about your clinical experience. Why LECOM - aka talk about the pathways."
"Have you demonstrated leadership?"
"How do you relieve stress?"
"Why DO "
"tell us something interesting about you?"
"tell me about yourself. "
"What is leadership to you and how have you demonstrated it?"
"Tell me about a conflict youve had and how you handled it."
"Why medicine? Why osteopathy?"
"Talk about a conflict. Tell us about your leadership."
"Did someone encourage you to pick that major?"
"Why D.O.? Why LECOM?"
"I talked about being an RA...and one of the interviewers was an RA so we started talking about that for a while."
"Strengths and weaknesses"
"Why medicine and why DO?"
"What is your leadership style?"
"How did you decide on pursuing a DO?"
"Why medicine, why DO?"
"Describe a non-academic situation where you felt stressed and how do you handle it"
"have you ever observed a do performing omm?"
"Tell us about a conflict you've had and what did you learn from it."
"Why do you want to be a doctor? "
"There are 23 excellent osteopathic schools, so why LECOM? What do you want to attend LECOM and what stands out to you?"
"Why LECOM?"
"What life experiences and passions lead you to become a DO? (Two different interview sessions, slightly modified questions, same answer)"
"Have you shadowed a D.O. and what was it like? Did you get to observe OMM."
"Exposure to osteopathic medicine."
"(4) Has a conflict ever arisen, how did you deal with it etc. (5) When did you have to use communication skills? (6) Describe your strengths in single words or short phrases."
"5. What pathway, why 6. Describe a time when your communication skills helped someone 7. Strengths 8. Weaknesses"
"What quality do you think you have that will make you a good osteopathic physician?"
"What do you do with free time?"
"What is your communication style and a weakness within your communication style. "
"What is the difference between allopathic medicine and osteopathic medicine and why does osteopathic medicine interest you more"
"Why osteopathic medicine? What do you see as the benefits of this approach? How did you first learn about it?"
"Why medicine/DO? How do you handle stress? "
"What do you do to handle stress?"
"Why D.O.? "
"HOw do you handle conflict."
"What other activities and interests have you been pursuing outside of school?"
"Standard 9 questions."
"What clinical volunteer experience was most meaningful to you?"
"Tell us something that is not in our file"
"Tell us how you deal with conflict and give an example."
"See 9 questions"
"tell us about you leadership, teamwork skills"
"5)Describe a conflice you had with someone and how you solved it? 6) How did you use your communication skills? 7) Describe your leadership style?"
"Tell us about your leadership skills. "
"The same nine"
"1) How is osteopathy wholistic? 2) Why medicine/why osteopathy? 3) Which learning pathway do you want and why? 4) Communication skills 5) example of how you handled a conflict"
"4. How do you handle stress, and give a specific example. 5. What communication skills do you have, please give an example. 6. What leadership positions have you had, describe your leadership style."
"9 standard LECOM questions"
"4. How do you communicate and give us an example. 5. How are you a leader/team player and give us examples."
"Intro to Med/Osteo"
"posted previously"
"Tell us about your leadership style, give examples? How do you deal with stress? What are your strengths and weaknesses? Explain a conflict and how you resolved it."
"Give us an example of how you've displayed teamwork."
"leadership and communication skills"
"4) How do you handle stress? 5) Give us an example of when your communication skills helped you/someone else. 6) 3 Strengths and 1 weakness?"
"What is your leadership style? What is an example of you leading this way?"
"Why D.O.?"
"describe your strengths and weaknesses"
"Strengths and weaknesses. . ."
"How do you resolve conflict? Give an example"
"describe a situation in which you resolved a conflict"
"What attracted you to osteopathic medicine?"
"Why D.O?"
"What leadership skills do you possess?"
"Why are you interested in osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell us about your leadership style and an example of a leadership role you have had. Get involved in stuff early in your undergrad...again, have a story to tell."
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"tell us about a conflict and how you dealt with it"
"Any other questions asked were just to get to know me."
"What is your leadership style? Describe a leadership position that you have held."
"Strenths/Weaknesses "
"How do you handle stress and give us an example. What are your strengths and weaknesses? Name a time in your life where you faced conflict and how did u resolve it? "
"Do you have any questions for us. Make sure you do!"
"4) Why medicine? Why DO? 5) Talk to us about what makes a great leader. 6) Tell us about a conflict you have had, and how you resolved it."
"Tell me something I don't know about you from your file."
"4) How do you handle stress? 5) Give us an example of when your communication skills helped you/someone else. 6) Strengths and weaknesses?"
"Since I have no question to put here, let me just say that Erie is a good-sized town. They have all the major retailers and restaurants. I didn't see much in the way of locally owned placed but I"m sure they're there."
"Why medicine and why Osteopathic Medicine. "
"Give an example of how osteopathic medicine is holistic"
"Explain your lower grades and your high MCAT score- "
"What is your leadership style? Your study style? What pathway would you excel in and why? "
"How are you a leader/how do you lead/example?"
"all on SDN"
"How do you relieve stress, give a specific example/Name stressful event and how you dealt with it."
"Give an example of a stressful situation and how you dealt with it. How do you deal with stress in general?"
"4. What was your hardest/most science heave semester and what classes did you have? 5. Why medicine? Why DO? 6. Talk to us about your leadership roles."
"How do you view OMM and how can being a D.O. be more beneficial that other allopathic programs?"
"When have you worked together in a team? Give an example."
"How do you deal with conflict? Give an example."
"Tell us about an experience during your shadowing when a patient would benefit more from a DO then a MD"
"who or what motivated you to pursue a D.O. education?"
"Summarize the article you read a little while ago. Something not on application/file? How do you handle stress? "
"Explain a conflict"
"Tell me a little about yourself that isn't in your file."
"What are your weaknesses?"
"Explain your research/volunteer experince "
"Describe your leadership skills and give and example"
"How has communication helped not only you, but others as well?"
"Give us an example of a conflict and how you resolved it."
"Every question required a specific example: Describe a conflict and how you handled it. How do you handle stress? What are your hobbies, personal interests?"
"Tell me your leadership skills"
"How do you handle stress? Conflict?"
"describe to us how you handle conflict and give an example."
"Tell us about your communication skills and give an example of when they helped not only you, but someone else"
"Describe your leadership skills"
"Have you ever seen osteopathic medicine in action, if so in what cases? Is there a particular case you can think of in which your tratining as an osteopathic physician would benefit the patient more than allopathic medicine?"
"Tell us about a weakness you have. Tell us about your study habits."
"How do you handle stress? Site an example where you handled it."
"What leadership skills do you have?"
"Explain your leadership style/how you handle conflict"
"Summarize an article given earlier in the interview"
"Describe your leadership style. What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"what speciality"
"Could you describe your strengths and also some personal aspects where you feel you still need some work? "
"Why DO? "
"What do your parents think about D.O.'s?"
"Summarize an article that you read earlier in the interview process? "
"describe a conflict and how you resolved it?"
"Describe your experience with a DO."
"When did you decide that you wanted to study medicine? WHy Osteopathic medicine?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Tell us about a conflict and how you resolved it. What is a better decision, one made by an individual or by a group? Who would I invite to a dinner party (3 people)."
"What interests you about osteopathy?"
"10. Please summarize the article that you were given."
"Decision made by a leader or a group?"
"How do you lead, do you know any DO's? "
"What type of leadership experience do you have and how has that assisted your group participation?"
"Name a conflict and how you resolved it."
"Leadership roles? How would you lead a group?"
"Describe your leadership style. Describe leadership positions."
"Tell us your strengths and weakness"
"name a stressful situation and how u handled it"
"Describe your leadership style?"
"Talk about a conflict you've had and how you solved it."
"What or who influenced you to become a DO?"
"Why DO and not MD? How do you cope with stress? Give an example of a situation where you had a conflict with a person and how did you resolved it? What did you learn from volunteering? What did you learn from job shadowing a DO? "
"Name your weaknesses and strengths"
"Tell us what you know about osteopathic medicine. "
"What in your life brought you to osteopathic medicine?"
"how do you handle stress"
"What is one of your weaknesses?"
"Why DO? Define, in your terms, what holistic medicine is?"
"How do you feel about learning in a group?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"How do you handle stress and a example."
"why Do and doctor? anything not on your application that you want to mention?"
"How do you handle stress/conflict and examples"
"Describe a leadership experience you have had in an area other than your professionl or educational life."
"How do you handle adverse circumstances?"
"The same old, Why do you want to be a doctor and why DO?"
"study habits, how you handle stress"
"Low science GPA, can you explain? I was working during my post-bacc but once I quit my grades went up to A's (I had brought my tests, but they didn't need to see them. "
"Conflict and how it was resolved"
"Name a conflict and how you resolved it. How do you deal with stress?"
"How do you study?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"Strengths and weeknesses"
"What was your hardest class?"
"Tell me about a specific situation and how you assumed a leadership role."
"Why did your MCAT score drop the second time you took it?"
"What are some things you do for fun?"
"Tell us something about yourself that you would like us to know that is not in your file?"
"how do you deal with stress/ explain a stressful situation"
"How do u handle stress?"
"what are your strenghts and weaknessess"
"How my clinical experience helped me choose DO"
"Describe a conflict and how you dealt with it."
"Tell us about your leadership roles."
"Stregths?"
"What is a conflict you encountered and how did you deal with it? How you deal with stress and stressful situations, give us an example?"
"Why a DO? Tell us about your volunteer experiences. Tell us about the article you read. How do you deal with stress? A specific situation where you showed leadership."
"Name a conflict you've had and how you resolved it."
"have i had any conflicts"
"Exerpiences"
"Basic Stuff."
"Name some leadership positions you have held."
"What are your strengths?"
"What is a leadership role you have taken? Why DO?"
"how do you deal with stress"
"Tell us about your leadership experiences in the Navy."
"Why do you want to become a DO, and not an MD. "
"Why should we consider u over the other applicants?"
"How do you study/ handle stress"
"How do you handle stress."
"Study habits."
"Conflict you have had and how did you handle it. Strengths and weaknesses. Tell us about your grades from a long time ago."
"how do you relieve stress describe leadership role"
"Describe a situation that involved a conflict, and tell us how you resolved it. "
"Describe a recent conflict."
"Strengths and weaknesses."
"(basically same as everyone elses posts)"
"Anything you would like to add to your file since it was submitted."
"what makes you distinct from other applicants?"
"Describe yourself- something not in your application"
"Strengths/Weaknesses? How have you resolved a Conflict?"
"Strengths/weaknesses"
"Are you going to take the MCAT's again? - I had one score which was significantly lower than the others."
"What are some of your personal strengths? Weaknesses? How do you resolve conflicts? How do you combat stress? What does your wife think of Erie? "
"What is one instance that you have faced a conflict?"
"How do you handle adversity"
"Strengths and weaknesses?"
"how to you deal with stress"
"tell us about your leadership positions. did you apply to allopathic schools? why do? (know this question well!!)"
"Describe a situation in which you overcame a conflict."
"Why do you want to be a D.O."
"why D.O. over M.D.? "
"example of leadership position"
"Tell us something about yourself that we don't know from your application, or elaborate on something that you did state in your application about yourself."
"What things personally and academically do you want to improve on?"
"List 3 strengths. Is there anything you can improve on (weakness)? "
"Why have you chosen to pursue DO and not MD?"
"Have you ever been in a conflict, and how did you resolve it? "
"Describe a conflict and how you resolved it."
"Describe a leadership experience"
"Do you consider yourself to be a leader?"
"STRONG POINTS, WEAK POINTS"
"How do you deal with stress. What's a stressful situtation you've had."
"Name a conflict you have encountered and how you handled it."
"Describe us a conflict & how you handle it? How you handle stress?"
"why do you want to be a DO?"
"Leadership and examples"
"Why DO?"
"Describe yourself; what are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"Strength/Weakness"
"Talk about a conflict you were in and how you dealt with it."
"Tell us about your experiences."
"Name one strength/one weakness "
"Summarize this article, Why DO?"
"Are you involved in any social organizations? sports?"
"Dealing with stress and medical school"
"Describe a conflict you encountered. Why DO vs MD? (Do you realize prejudice you may face?)"
"Tell me about your leadership roles"
"What are things I want to improve on"
"What are some challenges you have overcome and how? How do you handle stress?"
"What learning pathway do you plan on pursuing at LECOM?"
"What unique attributes or skills do you have?"
"Discuss a time when you experienced medicine at its best and how it will impact how you practice medicine as a future physician."
"What is an achievement you are proud of?"
"Tell me about yourself and give me a fun fact."
"What makes you better than the other candidates? (Individual Interview)"
"Why Erie? Why LECOM"
"How will you handle the rigors of medical school/why do you think you will be successful at reading 800 pages in 5-8 weeks?"
"What would you do if a patient was considering an abortion?"
"What does professionalism mean to you?"
"Why should we admit you over other applicants?"
"What do you think is America's biggest health care problem and how should physicians go about alleviating it?"
"Research is important to you; our basic research is scarce, would that impact you and how would you get around it?"
"What suggestions would you make to LECOM to enhance practice in primary care?"
"Cigarette smoking patient, after 10yrs would you stop seeing him if he doesn't listen to you and quit"
"how do you deal with a hard class and how do you relieve your stress?"
"If there are any obvious flaws in your application, now is your time to address them."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Talk about clinical experiences."
"Why LECOM? Why DO?"
"If a prof. told you your MCAT was too low for med school, how would you respond?"
"Do you think it is OK, as a public figure to go out to the bar on Friday and have a few drinks."
"Group discussion question: how do you deal with non-compliant patients?"
"Why LECOM / DO?"
"Talk about a challenging time in your life and how you overcame it."
"Why medicine"
"Do you think the reimbursement system for physicians is upside down (i.e. should primary care physicians get more money than specialists?) (group question)"
"What is your greatest reward/achievement and what does it mean to you?"
"What do you do to handle stress?"
"What is the most important quality for a physician?"
"Should an individual who smokes or does not take care of what they eat receive the same type of healthcare as an individual who does not smoke or eats healthily?"
"How do you deal with a noncompliant patient?"
"Tell me about yourself and one interesting thing about yourself"
"Who is your mentor and why?"
"What is your greatest accomplishment?"
"Why are you interested in osteopathic medicine?"
"What do you think you would do if you found someone cheating?"
"State something interesting about yourself."
"Describe one of your greatest accomplishments"
"What would you do if a doctor prescribed the wrong medication to a patient?"
"Universal health care?"
"Would you consider me obese?"
"Ehtical Question for the group: do people who don't take care of themselves deserve healthcare?"
"At this moment in your life, how would you define Still? (he was referring to A.T. Still)"
"How do you see yourself using your LECOM education in 15-20 years."
"Ethical question about cheating"
"Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?"
"What is a challenging event in your life? How did you handle it?"
"As a doctor, if you ordered Tylenol for one patient, but the nurse accidentally gave it to a different patient, how would you handle the situation?"
"Is healthcare a right or a privilege?"
"3 strengths"
"Why PBL"
"8)How do you handle stress/stressful situations?, 9)What learning pathway would you choose, and why? (LECOM has 3+ learning pathways, look at their website for more details here)."
"What do you know about LECOM and the learning pathways offered here."
"What type of leader are you?"
"Describe your communication style. Would you still be interested in Erie if not accepted into the PCSP? How do you handle stress?"
"leadership style"
"How do you cope with stress? How do you deal with a conflict situation? Questions for them?"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"7) What pathway would you choose and why? 8) How do you relieve stress / what do you do in your free time?"
""What makes a good leader?" ; "How do you think you and your wife will handle the environment change?" - (I am from Mississippi)."
"Tell me about your most memorable experience in the hospital setting you worked..."
"What's your leadership style?"
"Why DO?"
"Describe volunteer and leadership experiences"
"how do you relieve stress?"
"Tell me about your academic research..."
"What are 3 words that describe your positive traits? What is one of your negative traits?"
"Name three positive personality traits each being only one word."
"Where do you see yourself 15 years form now?"
"if you saw a fellow physician prescribe a patient the wrong prescription (non-life threatening) what would you do? "
"If someone is sloppy drunk at a bar after you just passed your first anatomy exam, is it your responsibility to get them home or take care of them?"
"Tell us about an accomplishment or award that you're proud of."
"Tell us one interesting thing about yourself we couldn't learn from your paper application"
"At the end they listed undergrad courses then asked which ones I had taken, then told me how that stacked up to other applicants."
"What is a specific conflict that you have had and how did you resolve it?"
"How do you handle stress? Time when you needed communication skills?"
"Use three words to describe your strenghts and one word to describe a weakness. Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician? Which pathway are you most interested in?"
"If you left here today, what is something that you most want us to know? Describe a conflict? How do you relieve stress"
"What kind of medicine interested in? What pathway are you interested in? (*know this and why you are fit for a certain pathway)"
"How do you handle stress? Describe a time when teams are the best way to handle a task. Describe a time when there was conflict in your life that you resolved."
"What are 3 strengths and 1 weakness? Tell me about your leadership experience. Tell me about a conflict and how you handled it."
"What do you not have on your application that is also important about you?"
"How do you handle conflicts?"
"Tell leadership skill experience/team work experience"
"a time when your communication skills helped you and someone else?"
"what kind of medically related experiences have you had"
"How do you handle stress/conflicts?"
"Which learning pathway are you most interested in at our school."
"What is your leadership style? "
"Why medicine. What to you do to relieve stress."
"What are you most proud of?"
"Do you have any family in medicine?"
"What makes you happy? Tell us about yourself."
"Situations which demonstrate leadership skills"
"Name strength and weakness."
"What are 3 strengths? What is 1 weakness?"
"What are three strengths and one weakness of yours?"
"How do you handle stress/ conflict? What kind of leader are you."
"Do you get stressed easily?"
"Tell us about yourself? Have you shadowed? What questions do you have for us?"
"what specialty have you thought of?"
"When did you know you wanted to be a physician and what was it to drove you into medicine?"
"What activities do you do outside of academics?"
"What do you do in your free time?"
"We looked through your file, is there anything you would like to elaborate on it or do you have any questions for us?"
"How do you deal with conflict? How do you deal with stress? Do you communicate well? Summarize the article you read."
"How do you deal with stess?"
"(7) What are some things you think you need to work on/improve/change (weaknesses)? (8) Tell us about your leadership roles/style. (9) They were going to ask something about a 'team approach' but I apparently answered it already in my previous response. (10) Describe clinical experiences. (11) Tell us about the article you read. (12) Do you have any questions for us?"
"9. How do you deal with stress, tell us a specific situation 10. talk about article (v. easy no sweat)"
"How do you study and handle stress?"
"How do you handle leadership?"
"how has your volunteer experiences influenced you? Leadership experience? When has teamwork worked better? How do you resolve conflict? How do you handle stress? Why Medicine? Why DO? Summarize article. "
"what are your strenghts and weaknesses? Give an example of your leadership skills?"
"3 words to describe you. Biggest weakness. What's not in your file that you want to tell us?"
"Talk about a conflict you had and how you resolved it. Which pathway?"
"Give an example of a time you had to use communication effectively."
"Tell us about one of your health care related expenses."
"Which pathway do you feel your learning style would best match?"
"What pathway do you think you would like to participate in?"
"Standard 9 questions."
"How do you handle stress"
"Which pathway would you like to enter?"
"See 9 questions"
"how do u communitcate, name an example"
"8) Describe a time when your team work skills helped others 9) Summarize the article given to you at the beginning of the day 10) Explain your MCAT score? 11) Do you have any questions for us?"
"the same nine"
"6) 3 strengths, one weakness, etc."
"7. Explain a conflict you've had with someone and how you resolved it. 8. Summarize the article."
"9 standard LECOM questions"
"6. How do you resolve conflict? 7. Summarize the article you read earlier."
"How u handle conflict/give situation"
"posted previously"
"Tell us something that is not in your file?"
"Summarize the article you read upstairs"
"group versus individual work, which is better in my opinion and site a specific situation when one was better than the other."
"7) Talk to us about your leadership roles. How are you a leader and a team player? 8) Tell us about a conflict you have had, and how you resolved it. 9) Summarize article you just read [they give you this almost first thing in the morning, and it's easy]. 10) Any questions you have for us?"
"How do you resolve conflicts?"
"What are your weaknesses?"
"Describe leadership experience."
"How do you use your communication skills?"
"describe your leadership style"
"Tell us something that isn't in your file."
"Do you have family in Erie? (Note: They asked me all of The Nine listed in other people's feedback)"
"Can you summarize the article we gave you this AM?"
"summarize the article you read earlier this morning"
"Can you summarize that article you read for us?"
"What are your strengths?"
"How do you feel about the dress code and attendance policies"
"What can you tell us about yourself that isn't apparent in your application?"
"How you do handle stress? Desribe a conflict and how you resolved it. How do you study? Why medicine, and why osteopathic medicine? Give us an example of where you think osteopathy has its place in society."
"Tell us about a leadership position you've held and your leadership style."
"What do you do to destress?"
"Give us an example of how you dealt with a conflict."
"Descirbe your leadership style and if you can, give and example of a leadership role. When is it better working in a group and give a specific example that you have seen. Summarize the article that you've read."
"Tell us something we don't already know."
"7) Strengths and weaknesses? 8) Summarize article about unnecessary medical tests during annual physicals. "
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"7) Talk to us about your leadership roles. How are you a leader and a team player? 8) Tell us about a conflict you have had, and how you resolved it. 9) Summarize article you just read. 10) Any questions you have for us?"
"If you can, check out Presque Isle. It's beautiful even in all the snow."
"Tell us how you deal with stress and give us an example. (I answered: I like to read, work out and talk to my friends (gave an example of how I was stranded in Australia with no money and no contact to my family for three days) they said: I medical school you may not have time to do all those, so, tell us, what do you say to that.-->Sometimes you get interviewers like this that want to make sure the caliber of students they admit are high, so be prepared to have some of your questions thrown back in your face, dont get angry and just put an even answer out there (mine was: Im not in medicial school so I am uncertain of how much stress I would face. However, once I knew I would have to reassess my coping skills and do differnt things. Talking to medicial students, however, I have gotten the feelig that chaning all of your ways of dealing with stress is not a good plan. Also, from my pshychology background I know that doing anything that is unrelated to what is stressing you is a very effective coping skill, so, just sitting in my room, not reading, may help)"
"Why medicine, why DO?"
"Describe your leadership experience."
"How do you handle stress - on a daily basis and overall? What do you do to relax? Summarize the article for us."
"What learning track do you like? Oh yeah, they make you choose by the end of the day the track you want, but if accepted, you can change it when you make your deposit. Switching between the three isn't too tough as long as there are availabilities and it's early in the semester."
"all on SDN"
"Give me an example of a leadership role you have had, what is your leadership style?"
"Why do you want to do osteopathic medicine?"
"7. Tell us about a conflict you have had, and how you resolved it. 8. Strengths and weaknesses? 9. Summarize article about unnecessary medical tests, and how do you feel about it personally. I think that is it, I might be forgetting something though."
"How do you study? Give an example when team work was better than working alone. How do you work in teams?"
"Why do you want to go into medicine/osteopathic medicine? "
"why DO and who helped you decide to become one"
"Explain your style of leadership/explain a conflict and how you resolved it"
"Why D.O.? How do you work in groups/teams and why is this good? Any questions?"
"basically review all questions on this site -- nothing was a surprise (except the fact that they asked me to give another weakness)"
"Tell me about some of your leadership positions."
"what is something about you that we don't already know about you?"
"How will you cope with being so far from your family? Will this affect your education?"
"Give an example when teamwork worked better than individual working alone."
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell us an example of how working in a group was more beneficial than working alone."
"What is your studying style and which program would you prefer to be in (eg PBL, lecture, independent learning)?"
"Tell me your strengths and weaknessess (you can find all the q's here on SDN, by viewing all the comments for at least 2 years back.)"
"What are your weaknesses and strengths?"
"tell us how you handle stress."
"What/who helped you decide to become an osteopathic physician"
"Explain a situation where you were in a conflict and how you resolved it. "
"Please summarize the article that you read earlier. ****Note: This article is not hard!! They just want a brief overview! Some people in my interview group were taking notes and writing things down. Re-reading 3,4,5,... times. Don't worry about the article. It is very short and not hard to catch the main drift!!!"
"What is a weakness you have?"
"Do you see medicine as a science or an art? Why do you think you will be a good DO?"
"What is your leadership style? Give an example."
"When have you seen a scenario where teamwork worked better than individuals working alone."
"Describe time when group work was better than individual work"
"Why become a doctor? And why DO vs. MD"
"From where did you first learn about osteopathic medicine?"
"technical article summary (one we were given to read prior to interview) "
"Can you think of a real-life situation where your specific training as a D.O. would serve you well? "
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Why are you choosing osteopathic medicine instead of allopathic medicine?"
"What are your leadership skills?"
"the infamous "dinner" question by dr. evans!! he threw it out just as we were wrapping things up and said that he generally likes to throw it in there with a lot of applicants."
"What is the weakest part of your application?"
"How do you feel about health care in America today?"
"How could your experiences help you in osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell us about your strengths and weaknesses. Tell us about a holistic experience you had. Summarize the article we had you read. Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What do you think is the benefit of group learning?"
"11. To get some logistics out of the way, we do instill a professional dress code, we place an emphasis on primary care, and you may need to do rotations out of state. Is this okay with you?"
"Explain your somewhat low MCAT scores when you have an outstanding (summa) GPA."
"Describe your leadership style."
"Summarize the article (given before the interviews)."
"Brief summary of the article (very interesting)"
"How do you deal with stress and what personality skills do you have to help yourself deal with a tough medical school curriculum?"
"Tell about yourself. Why D.O.?"
"Tell us about yourself? (I hate this one)"
"Summarize the article."
"How do you handle stress? Describe how you deal with stress."
"How do you deal with stress?"
"how well do u work in a group? how would u handle someone who didnt want to work in a group setting?"
"Describe a situation in which you had to handle a conflict and how did you handle it?"
"Name a particular instance in which your communication skills helped you and someone else? "
"What specialty would I like to go into? Why? "
"Why D.O"
"Is there any DO that particularly influenced your decision to apply to DO school?"
"What do you think of teamwork versus individual work and which is better in your opinion, compare and contrast "
"strengths/weaknesses"
"asked a question from an article they gave me. in response to my answer asked again, what to you is a holistic form of medicine? "
"Strengths/weaknesses? Conflict you had & how did you resolve it? What do you want to improve upon academically & personally?"
"Give some info pertaining to yourself that is not stated in your application."
"Read an article and asked to summarize it."
"Any leadership skills? "
"what do you do for fun?"
"Summarize the article that was given to you before (about HDL and LDL - they give about 5 minutes to read it)."
"What would you bring to the Medical profession"
"Tell us one of your weaknesses?"
"What do you do to relax?"
"tell us something about you or something you are doing since submitting your application (something not on application)."
"Why LECOM? I explained that while Erie is freezing and the breeding grounds for seasonal affective disorder patients, I was only interested in sunny Florida. "
"How do you study.....and many of the other questions and other people have posted."
"Strengths/weakness"
"What do I do when I do not study or work?"
"How do you handle stress? Tell us an example of a stressful situation and how you handled it. "
"They had you read a medical article that was probably taken from the Readers Digest and had you summarize it."
"Leadership role"
"Is there anything that we didn't ask that you wanted us to ask?"
"Strengths and weaknesses?"
"What are your study habits? Do you learn better in groups or by yourself?"
"how do you handle a conflict/ why are you a qualified applicant"
"Tell us something about yourself that is not on the file?"
"why do you want to go into medicine"
"Summarize an article, which was really easy, the article reads like one in a magazine like people or newsweek, nothing like an MCAT verbal passage!"
"What are your study habits like?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"Why D.O.?"
"Tell us about some of the leadership positions you have held, and how you fell you got your leadership qualities. Is there any questions that you have for us? --This is great opportunity to impress the interviewers with your knowledge and desrie to learn about LECOM, OM, or anything else you are curious about that helps your and their decision."
"What are your strengths, what are your weaknesses? How did you handle a conflict? "
"Strengths/Weaknesses."
"tell us anything else that is not in your application"
"How many schools did you apply to? and Why did you apply to DO schools? Your dad is an MD; does he have a problem with you wanting to go DO?"
"Handling stress"
"Have some good questions for them. If you get stumped, I suggest, "how did you end up at LECOM" and then if that doesn't eat up enough time, ask some of the things they (don't) like about the school."
"Tell us a conflict and how you dealt with it."
"Tell me about your leadership experiences"
"How do you handle stress? and what is a specific situation which was stressfull and how did you resolve it?"
"update us with what you have been up to since we recieved you application"
"Why choose DO school and not MD?"
"Tell me about the article you read. I am still trying to figure this whole thing out. I guess they are looking to see if you are answering the question with scientific terms, or with simple everyday wordage. I recall one of the interviewers shot a look to the other when I said "good cholesterol" instead of HDL. "
"whydo"
"Tell us about the article you read earlier in the day (LDL and HDL cholesterol)"
"Tell us about yourself."
"Describe a stressful situation and explain how you handled it."
"Summarize an article given."
"Tell us your study habit."
"Why D.O.? What made you decide to go this route?"
"What was your most difficult class"
"What do you do to alleviate stress?"
"(basically same as everyone elses posts)"
"Strengths/weeknesses. "
""off the record" why and how did you come to U.S.A. (This is an illegal question)"
"Describe a recent conflict and how it was resolved"
"Leadership Experiences? How do you study (this is more in terms the learning pathways...which would u prefer)? "
"Describe a leadership experience"
"Tell us about one of your volunteer experiences."
"What life experiences have led you to consider a career in osteopathic medicine? What can you tell us about yourself that isn't found in your application?"
"How do you realease stress?"
"what is a strength/weakness"
"How do you study? What are your stress reliefs? Do you really think you can do those stress reliefs when you are in school? Have you ever been overwhelmed as a student and how did you get the work done. (easy for me as a grad student) How you your manage your time?"
"volunteer and leadership experiences"
"how do you handle stress? (as in do you do any activities to release stress.) do you think you will be able to handle the work of med school? how would your friends describe you? please summarize the article you read before the interview. The questions were just like last year's. The interviewers basically read down this list of questions."
"None"
"what are some leadership skills that I have had"
"example of conflict and how you resolved it"
"Tell us your definition of a leader and a leadership position that you have been in."
"What are you doing currently that tells us more about you?"
"How do you study when given new material? Do you have any questions for us?"
"Describe a conflict you had and how did you resolve it?"
"Why do you want to be a D.O.?"
"How do you deal with stress. What's a stressful situation you've had and how you dealt with it. "
"Tell me about a strength/weakness"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses"
"SUMMARIZE ARTICLE"
"How do you learn when given new material."
"Leadership roles"
"Tell us an experience in which you had to show leadership qualities"
"How do you handle conflict"
"Tell us sth we don't know? (think of sth cool and impressive like creative writer or whatnot, like me didn't live in the same place first half or lived in Saudia Arabia)"
"Why do you want to be a DO?"
"Leadership situation"
"Why did you choose osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell us about your interest in DO and LECOM."
"Give an example of a conflict that has occurred in your life and how you dealt with it. "
"How have experiences influenced your decision to pursue medicine?"
"Tell us something about yourself we don't know from your app?"
"Situation dealing with conflict and how did you deal with it"
"How do you combat stress? (when replied running...) How do you think you will have time for this in medical school?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses"
"How I deal with stress"
"Do you think you can handle the stress of medical school? How do you deal with conflict? Summarize the article you read prior to this interview (AIDS virus/mice article given to us during our in-brief)."
"How are you currently serving your community, and how do you hope to serve patients and the community in your future osteopathic practice?"
"What does professionalism mean to you?"
"If a preceptor gave a student an evaluation of "unprofessional" due to their attire while everyone else gave excellent reviews, do you think it's okay to penalize the student?"
"Tell us about a time when you have seen medicine at its worst."
"Discussion about the Veteran Health Administration and Homelessness in the US. (Group discussion)"
"What are the 3 most important traits of a doctor and rank them by importance?"
"Interesting ethical debate."
"What author has influenced your education in medicine?"
"What was the last book you read for pleasure?"
"If we had 1 seat left, why should we give it to you?"
"What's your spirit animal?"
"What is your spirit animal?"
"if we only had one seat left why should we give it to you"
"should a student be penalized because of his attire?"
"Weighing benefits and risks of a medication"
"We had a pretty solid discussion on COMLEX vs. USMLE. What people had heard about the differences, things like that. The question was asked by an interviewee."
"If you noticed your classmate was not wearing proper attire (Stained, wrinkled clothing), what would you do?"
"What is your opinion on opening DO residencies to MDs?"
"None were that interesting..."
"Do you think it is OK, as a public figure to go out to the bar on Friday and have a few drinks."
"If you had $x for a grant, what would you do with it?"
"Something interesting about yourself that doesn't come through in your application"
"All very standard questions"
"If you saw a colleague administer a non-life threatening dose of a medication to a patient what would you do? (group question)"
"Where do you want to be in 10 - 15 years?"
"What would you do for a career if you were told you could never practice medicine?"
"Discussion on what would you do if a doctor gave the wrong drugs"
"If your classmate next to you in lecture (assigned seating) is obese, would you advise him about improving his health?"
"Do you have any questions?"
"Does an unhealthy, noncompliant patient deserve the same care as a cooperative patient? How would you deal with this individual?"
"Should a smoker have the same health care as a non-smoker (made for great group discussion)."
"What is your greatest achievement?"
"Now that you are all here sitting in this building, what does the word "still" mean to you?"
"Should someone on welfare milking the system still have free health insurance."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What would you do if a doctor prescribed the wrong medication to a patient?"
"Are patients "customers"?"
"If Marvin the Martian was to abduct you to put you into a mars zoo exhibit, in the process erasing all your memories except for one, what would that one be?"
"Do people who don't take care of themselves deserve healthcare? It led to a good group discussion."
"Is healthcare a privilege or should you have to earn it?"
"Ethical question about cheating"
"Do you think that the salaries of specialties and primary care should be reversed? Why?"
"Do you think reimbursements of primary care vs. specialists is upside down?"
"The attending on-call leaves the emergency room to have lunch and watch TV with instructions to call him if needed. While he is gone, a patient codes and a nurse resuscitates him. The attending returns and is upset that he wasn't paged. Who is in the wrong?"
"Why did you chose to volunteer outside of the U.S. when there are needy people within the U.S.? 5/7 people in my group had done some sort of international volunteering."
"Should people who do not take care of themselves have to pay more for health insurance or have limited access to healthcare?"
"If I am a second generation slug, I don't work and haven't for years, I just drink all day and get my girlfriend pregnant because with every kid we have we get another check from the government. Do I have the same right to health care as everyone?"
"which learning pathway"
"What makes a good leader? What leadership style do you use?"
"What pathway are you most interested in and why is it the right fit for you."
"what do you do for fun?"
"What type of support system will you have during medical school?"
"How would you approach preventative medicine?"
"none of them really, because i already knew all of them from looking at earlier posts on this forum"
"One interviewer went off the rails and asked me an essay prompt question "what kind of physician do you see yourself becoming?""
"They were pretty standard questions. Nothing very interesting."
"none were all that interesting...All questions were pretty basic."
"None of the questions were very "interesting" per se... So I'll just give you another example of what they asked me: What are three words that describe you?"
"See 3"
"Specific to my strengths/weakness answer"
"Describe your character in just 3 words"
"Do you believe in ghosts?"
"3 words that describe your good qualities."
"n/a"
"eh."
"who was your least favorite professor and why?"
"What would you do if you caught one of your fellowship classmates at LECOM cheating?"
"What would you do if you saw a fellow physician mistakenly prescribe the wrong drug to a patient?"
"Discussion about patient autonomy."
"Tell us one interesting thing about yourself we couldn't learn from your paper application"
"3 words to describe yourself"
"None. Very much conversation oriented"
"What do your parents do? (They asked because when they asked question 2, I said I knew my parents would use words to describe how proud they were of me)"
"What is your golf handicap? - cause I play golf."
"Describe yourself. Very open ended and you can say whatever you like."
"give us a situation where working as a team is best?"
"none really, they were reading questions from a list"
" Do you perfer working with a team? (Not really interesting, but I wasn't expecting this.)"
"Basic interview questions, nothing surprising"
"What was your mcat score? -I totally did not expect this to be asked for some reason, but anything goes. "
"What does leadership mean to you?"
"Most interesting ER experience?"
"None really."
"Nothing really, all pretty generic"
"Nothing stood out."
"Nothing too interesting/unique."
"If you could have dinner with any three people who would they be?"
"Do you like to cook? If you were to have a dinner party and could invite anyone from the past or present, which three people would you invite?"
"None were really interesting."
"tell us what one trait you have is the most important?"
"Tell us about a conflict you've had and what did you learn from it."
"What are your favorite books?"
"All the questions were to be expected"
"How will you transition into studying during medical school? (I have been out of undergrad for four years, and I've been working full-time during these years)."
"None really. They have standard questions that they ask everybody, and they do not ask anything else"
"None were interesting -- everything was what I expected."
"How do you catch a rabbit? lol. I volunteer with a rabbit shelter."
"How do you study and handle stress?"
"What did my father think of me turning to the other side? ( He is an MD)"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"you've had a lot of volunteer experiences..how have they influenced you?"
"Give an example of a situation where you had to communicate to someone and it was difficult"
"Nothing interesting, everything that was asked was expected"
"Use three words to describe yourself."
"Nothing, I was asked the 9 questions posted on the SDN forum."
"Describe your strengths using only 3 words."
"None."
"Why Lake Erie?"
"Nothing interesting very basic question? Oh other than what is the heritage of your name?"
"Which characteristic would you like to improve upon?"
"Why do you believe osteopathic medicine is more ''holistic?''"
"Why did you withdraw from our 3+4 program?"
"Well, it wasn't technically a question, but I thought it was interesting that we were asked to present the article."
"its the standard 9 questions prev. mentioned for this school"
"The questions i asked were verbatim the set questions posted in the previous SDN interview Feedback section"
"Did something realy profound happen in your life that you had such a huge jump in grades from undergrad to grad school?"
"I was asked about grades that were not mine. They had the wrong file for my entire interview."
"What specialty do you think you want to go into? (Not on sheet hey had)"
"none. they were all pretty straight forward"
"Standard questions"
"Describe a situation in which you had to settle a dispute."
"How do I deal with stress"
"see other reviews - standard questions"
"Give an example of how your communication skills have helped you or someone else."
"1. name something we don't have on file all standard interview questions...they don't deviate from the list"
"This is your chance to tell us something that is not in your file or if there is something you would like to expand upon from your file."
"They aske the ''9'' questions. All standard med school questions."
"They wanted me to explain a bad grade in school"
"Name a situation where you witnessed a physician practicing in a way you would like to emulate and vice versa"
"why medicine"
"How well is osteopathic medicine presented at the undergraduate school you attend?"
"Communication skills are very important. Give us an example of how you have communicated effectively."
"tell us something that is not in your file"
"The interviewers are required to go down a list of 9 questions, listed below, so there's not as much flexibility as in other places. My interviewers said they liked my file and that my application pretty much answered all of those 9 questions and seemed like they'd rather talk about some of the stuff from my file, but they had to go through the question list and fill it out anyway. The only unexpected, and therefore interesting question, was how I wound up living in the city where I currently am. "
"Standard questions, nothing too interesting. "
"Nothing really interesting, just the standard stuff."
"There weren't any. They asked standard questions, and seemed to be unaware of the stuff in file/app."
"Summarize a short, 1 and 1/2 page article about some current medical research."
"Nothing really, they just asked the same generic questions that every interviewee gets. "
"They were all the same 9 questions that everyone else has listed. But they really tried to keep it conversational versus just asking 9 straight questions."
"All the standard 9 questions"
"They were all standard from questions."
"The really go through 9 questions as people have previously posted."
"How do you plan on going to medical school with two kids?!"
"Nothing out of the ordinary. Pretty standard questions."
"Has anyone or any event influenced your decision to go into osteopathic medicine?"
"Nothing particularly interesting...standard questions the whole way through."
"Talk about a situation in which two heads were better than one."
"What do you think has been the biggest adversity you have had in your life?"
"none were extremely interesting"
"What is your leadership style and what qualities do you think a good leader has?"
"The dinner question...he told me he was going to describe a scenrio (me making dinner) and then ask me a question (3 people, dead or alive, to invite)."
"When is it better working in a group and give a specific example."
"none of the questions were THAT interesting... just pretty standard"
"Since you love to travel, what would be your next destination?"
"They were all pretty standard. They did ask about a particular class that I had taken in undergrad."
"Tell me something that isn't in your file."
"Describe how your communication skills have helped someone."
"There were no interesting questions asked."
"what is an example of when you have seen osteopathic philosophy used in medicine."
"Give an example of a stressful situation you have been in, and how you handled it."
"Have you had any leadership positions?"
"We see you have a lot of clincial experience, how do you think Osteopahic medicine is holistic and, give us a direct example from your life where you have seen this (Just a question that makes you think a lot, I was stumped for awhile). "
"None of them were all that interesting"
"What did I want to tell them about me that wasn't in my file."
"Tell us about Montana? How is the healthcare system there? (I'm obviously from Montana!)"
"Nothing too interesting, just questions straight off of this website."
"Give an example of how Osteopathic medicine is holistic."
"None were particularly interesting, but they did want examples for EVERYTHING, which I knew going in, and was prepared for!"
"What is your leadership style?"
"If you could invite 3 people to dinner, who would they be and why?"
"The medical school curriculum is very science heavy and difficult. What was your most science heavy/hardest semester? This question isn't too interesting, but it wasn't one that I had seen on the SDN."
"We started talking about football at first! "
"none really"
"nothing too interesting"
"If you could have dinner with three people, past or present, real or fictional, who would they be?"
"we are nearing the end of the interview cycle, why did you decide to apply so late"
"everything was standard. They read from a list of questions, and didn't even pretend to be making these up."
"None really - no surprises (but we did talk for like 15 minutes after the questions were over about things I was interested in - that was nice)"
"When I gave my answer for strengths/weaknesses they asked me to give another weakness bc they had heard that already from others"
"Nothing was "interesting". All questions were standard and read off from a sheet."
"Nothing too interesting. All questions were pulled off of a standard form. YOu can read all of the questions on this site."
"Explain a conflict you've experienced and how your resolved it.q"
"1.what are methods you use to handle stress from day to day and immediate. "
"All of the questions were pretty standard."
"How did you communication style help someone else?"
"Nothing in particular, I was prepared for most of the question, because they are ALL listed here on SDN."
"Everything asked came directly from the questions here listed by the students before you."
"Why do you believe holistic care to be best? "
"tell us how you communicate, and give an example."
"Tell us something about yourself that is not in your file."
"Tell us about yourself."
"If you were to have dinner with three people living or dead,(with one family member) who would they be, and why?"
"There were really no questions that I found to be interesting; all of the questions that I was asked were on this site."
"all pretty standard"
"Tell us something not on your application?"
"All very straight foward."
"Coming from a clinical back ground (i'm an RN), how do you feel you will be able to transition back to the role of a student?"
"What kind of books do you like to read?"
"all were standard questions that every interviewee had to answer"
"They had standard questions, although they asked me if there was anything new to tell them about myself..usually if you can think of something interesting, it helps!"
"How do you handle conflict and provide an example."
"Describe a specific situation in which group work was better than individual work"
"Give an example of why you consider yourself a strong leader."
"None of them stand out in my mind as being very interesting..."
"About my life expereinces"
"None of the questions really stood out in this way. Just general inquiries about my tolerance of stress, why I intend to become a physician, etc. "
"They were all pretty standard...maybe "how do you deal with stress?" - they were more surprised by my answer I think."
"You're on a dinner party and you can invite any three individuals. Who would you choose?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"what's with you and organic chemistry? (needless to say...i didn't do too well in orgo but dr evans smiled after asking me this)"
"None, they were all pretty standard."
"What I was like in high school"
"Did the high school students that you facilitated in PBL get along?"
"Most of the questions were expected, but they did ask to "tell us something about you that we don't already know" "
"Are you planning to attend medicalschool this coming year? I didn't really get this one because I wanted to ask why do you think I'm here."
"The dinner question as posted previously. If I could take any 3 people to a dinner party, who would they be? Living, dead, or fictional. A random question they ask, so prepare in case. I prepared for that question and got it!"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"What type of communications experience have you had?"
"Explain a specific time you experienced conflict and describe how you handled it."
"See the "negative" part below. It was interesting because I've never been asked that in any interview I've been at. "
"If you were the surgeon general, what would you do to curb the obesity problem in the US?"
"Have you seen holisitic medicine applied? and what do you know about DO and why DO? "
"What in my experience has led me to persue a career in osteopathology?"
"What's your leadership style?"
"Describe a situation where you had to work in a group. "
"All questions were off SDN. They take turns reading questions off of a sheet."
"Describe your leadership style"
"How do you relieve stress?"
"There were no real unique questions. The interviewers used a standardized sheet of questions for everyone."
"What makes a good leader? Give an example of a time when you lead well."
"None really. The questions were completely scripted...it was rather silly, actually."
"How did I manage to blend in with differnt culture when I came to this foreign country?"
"What experience did you find that working in a group was better then working individualy"
"Nothing really. Very scripted."
"In your work experience, school experience, life experience where do you see osteopathic medicine as a benefit?"
"what 3 people out of the whole world (including fictional) would you pick to have a dinner party with if it was only you and them 3?"
"I think the most interesting question was along the lines of whats your weakness? I know this is a common question and posted on this website plenty of times but I just don't think I my answer was too too great, at least I didn't feel it was the best answer that would impress someone. so think of something good!!"
"Summarize the article the had you read before the interviews started"
"What is your definition of Holistic medicine?"
"If I was given the chance to choose 3 people to have at dinner, past or present, who would I choose? I thought this question was really interesting because it went beyond the scope of the usual interview questions."
"Tell us something about yourself that we don't already know from your file."
"there was no interesting questions. they were all from a piece of paper and none of the questions were personal."
"Nothing was too interesting. the interviewers asked the standard questions and nothing else. not personal at all."
"none, all of them were very predictable"
"Please give an example in which you have shown leadership in an area other than your educational/professional life"
"Tell me why you are choosing osteopathic medicine instead of allopathic medicine?"
"None of the questions were overly interesting because I had read this web site. "
"handle stress?"
"Where did you first learn about osteopathic medicine?"
"Why would you come to Pennsylvania if you live in California? (The interviewer indicated that he had "lost three brothers" to CA and was curious as to why I would want to come to PA). "
"Q) Who do you like more John Elway or Dan Marino? A) Elway all the way. (I was joking around with one of my interviewers about the Dolphins and Broncos.)"
"nothing"
"most important leadership role?"
"Summarize the article given to you. (the question was given at the end)"
"When do I laugh? "
"Tell us something about yourself not in your application. "
"How will you balance the time needed for your family and school if you were to be accepted?"
"I like the fact that they ask you to tell them something that isn't on your application"
"We see everything about you-- every grade, every MCAT score, and even your personal statement. Now is your time to tell us something about yourself that we don't know... that's not on your application."
"What do you want to improve on? At first I had answered communication skills, and the interviewers were like, no you communicate well, tell us another one"
"How do you study?"
"Since you are a fisherman did the walleye in Lake Erie influence your decision to apply to LECOM? (I'm a bass fisherman, so the walleye didn't interest me, but the proximity to the lake is always good)"
"All were standard as written on this site."
"everything like what was posted before"
"Tell us about a personal conflict that u had to handle?"
"tell me something about yourself that is NOT in your file?"
"How my clinical experience has helped me choose DO"
"Describe a conflict and how you handled it."
"Tell us about a conflict and how you handled it."
"How I would handle a conflict."
"Nothing really, just the standard questions that everybody else got asked in all of the other reports."
"How do you handle stress or stressful situations and give us an example of a stressful situation and how you handled it?"
"Everyone in Erie knows what LECOM is...that one post is just totally off the wall. You probably weren't allowed to peek into the lecture hall because we were taking exams. The micro lab has been in use for the PBL and ISP students. "
"Tell us about the article you read. (Breast cancer research)"
"Tell us a little about your self, something not in your application."
"they made me read this stupid article then summarize it to them. whats the point of that?"
"Tell us about a confict you've encountered and how you resolved it. What do you do to relax?"
"You probably just failed your GI system...that's probably why you are so bitter"
"Have you met any of our LECOM students?"
"How do you pronounce your middle name?"
"I was asked to summerize an article they had everyone read. HINT: remember what HDL stands for."
"If you could ask Mrs. such n such (one of my interviewers that had her own practice) any question...what would it be"
"I was really only asked one question, tell me about yourself. As I brought up different topics I was asked to expound on a certain aspect. Ex. You stated you are a leader, explain one instance when you used your leadership ablilities."
"Conflicting situ and how u solved it"
"If I would not have known this one ahead of time I don't know what I would have said.... Tell us about a situation in which you were faced with a conflict and how you dealt with it?"
"How do you learn?"
"How have your volunteer experiences influenced your decision to become an osteopathic physician?"
"tell us something about yourself not addressed in your file."
"I was not asked any difficult questions i thought that al of the questions were standard"
"Earlier in the morning they gave us an article. I was asked to discuss it during my interview."
"Why you want to become a doctor?"
"Why has your previous healthcare experiences lead you to choosing to attend an osteopathic route"
"What do you think will be the hardest course for you in med school?"
"describe a stressful situation at home and tell us how you handled it."
"Explain your low verbal score on the MCAT and how you might be able to fix that for the licensing exams."
"None...they were the exact same questions everyone else got that reported here."
"Why DO?"
"What do you see as a troublesome trend in medicine?"
"Earlier during the day, an admissions staff member had given us a scientific article to read on the benefits of increasing HDL. During the interview, I was asked to relay some information from that article. It wasn't hard, but I thought that it was a little strange that they would test our memorization skills during the interview. "
"There were not any. The best they came up with was "how will you handle the stress of med school.""
"How do you rid stress"
"(no real "interesting" questions)"
"How will you handle the stress of medical school?"
"Summarize an article we read before the interview."
"The interviewr asked me " off the record: Why did you come to U.S.A." This really was an illegal question"
"Summarize an article we were asked to read"
"Summarize the article given before hand"
"One of your letters says that you often stand up for your beliefs - can you give us an example of that?"
"Questions are straightforward and directed toward getting to know the applicant's personality and capability for academic success."
"What have you done since applying?"
"We were given an article to read before we were called in to interview. The article was about 2 pages, not too diffcult to read, and at the end of the interview the last question was to summarize the article."
"I just got though answering about a challenging sitation I had had as a paramedic and they then asked when have you had a conflict and how did you resove it? (seemed the same to me but made me think hard for an alternative response)"
"any questions about my experiences in and out of the realm of medicine"
"Give us an example of a stressful situation and how you handled it."
"Nothing real interesting, we were asked questions from a form and given a little article that we had to summerize. I actually enjoyed my interview, the interviewer and I clicked, he got the form questions out of the way pretty fast and we just BS'ed for a while."
"What do you think of HOmeopathic Medicine"
"If I was organizing an event with another person, and that person wants to do things their way and I want to organize the event my way...what would I do?"
"How you learn new information"
"What is your favorite hobby?"
"none"
"Describe a conflict and how you dealt with it."
"How do you learn new material?"
"Nothing was out of the ordinary (for interview-type questions). One question was describe a conflict you've had and how you overcame it."
""What do you do to relieve stress?""
"If you were cooking dinner tonight and got to pick 3 people no longer living (one relative) to eat with you, who would it be and why?"
"Tell us something about yourself that is not on your application."
"All the questions were standard, nothing out of the ordinary, everyone gets asked the same things"
"nothing really"
"Tell me something about yourself thats not in your file."
"None, all the questions are from a form, everyone gets the same questions."
"None they were standard questions"
"Nothing to out there or interesting. All questions were standard."
"How would your friends describe you?"
"describe a stressful situation that you had and how you dealt with it"
"Nothing."
"Tell us something about yourself"
"How do justify catching a fish and bringing it in to its death with my desire to practice medicine and help heal humans? (after I tried to sputter out some answer, he told me he was only kidding)"
"Summarize a scientific article read before the interview."
"Before you entered this room you were given a article to read. Could you please tell us what the article was about."
"Everyone in the interview has to recite a short research essay to the interview staff at the end of the interview"
"Not really anything...I felt like they didn't ask anything that could give them a real sense of who I am. The questions are off a paper and the same for everyone."
"Nothing too out there or interesting as far as questions asked"
" What do you do to combat stress?"
"Explain a "D" I recieved over 10 years ago. Honestly I couldn't remember what class it was in!"
"When you are given new things to learn how do you go about learning them?"
"Before the interviews started, the group of applications was asked to read a 2-page article on "AIDS virus utilization for blood-cell diseases in mice." Told we would be asked questions about the article in our interview. At the end of the interview, I was asked to summarize the article. I wasn't impressed with this technique. "
"Anything else you want the admissions committee to know about you that is not reflected on your application?"
"How do you currently serve your community and how will you continue to do so in the future?"
"The "tell me about yourself" question is so vague that I have trouble answering it, specifically knowing what details to include. However, I was asked a question regarding LECOM's dress code that went something like this: "A third year medical student's preceptor evaluated them in their clinical rotations, emphasizing that they were excellent in their work, but did not dress professionally, thus failing to adhere to the dress code. Should this student be punished?""
"Think about a difficult problem you face, what solution did you come to and how was the solution innovative?"
"Why would you be a good fit for our school?"
"How would you deal with a patient who is a parent, has diabetes and refuses to take their insulin? (Group Discussion)"
"How will you measure your success in 15 years?"
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years if you do not ever get accepted to medical school?"
"n/a"
"What course did you struggle with the most and how did you overcome the challenge?"
"What accomplishment are you most proud of?"
"The one about our biggest health care problem."
"PBL tryout"
"What suggestions would you make to LECOM to enhance practice in primary care?"
"none really, but if i had to pick - if we only had one seat left why should we give it to you"
"What was the worst decision you ever made?"
"I don't think any of them were that difficult as long as you knew your application. It was, however, more stressful answering some of the questions in front of other interviewees."
"What are you strengths?"
"They presented a study about vaccines and asked how you would go about proving the efficacy of this study?"
"Why should we accept you?"
"None. Most were pretty straightforward."
"Something interesting about yourself that doesn't come through in your application"
"Which pathway"
"Beyond the touchy-feely and holistic approach to osteopathic medicine, in society today, what differentiates osteopathic and allopathic medicine?"
"All the questions were difficult because the interviewer insisted upon arguing each of our answers, telling us we were wrong, insulting us, and telling us how terrible we all were. Each question only had about 30 seconds to get an answer out before you were cut off. The goal was obviously to make us as stressed as possible. It worked."
"None really."
"None really"
"How would you solve the healthcare crisis?"
"None that were really hard."
"What would you do with a non-compliant patient?"
"Universal Healthcare."
"How would you moderate who should and shouldn't have free health insurance?"
"greatest accomplishments"
"They were all pretty easy"
"In terms of the ascending and descending tubules describe the flux of Na/K."
"Greatest achievement/difficulty overcame. It is always a stinker of a question."
"Is healthcare a privilege or should you have to earn it?"
"Ethical question about cheating"
"Talk about the risk factors of medicine. The term risk is open ended. In context of US versus world wide?"
"Do you think reimbursements of primary care vs. specialists is upside down?"
"If, as a physician, another doctor asks you to cover his patients, do you care for those patients with more, less, or equal importance in relation to your own patients?"
"Would you give a new liver to an alcoholic who ruined his first transplant?"
"Is healthcare a right or privilege?"
"Is healthcare a right or a privilege?"
"which learning pathway"
"Have you ever had a conflict with another person? Have something good for this one or they may make you choose another one to talk about."
"none. all questions were exactly what i found on SDN"
"None, I knew them all"
"Which pathway?"
"All pretty standard."
"one weakness "
"What is a weakness. (Though I already knew they were going to ask this, but might have caught me off guard if I hadn't known)"
"What are the tenets of osteopathic medicine?"
"YMMV"
"One word to describe a weakness you might have. (I was angry with this question because when I answered with a word, they told me to give another one because lots of people say that. Okay, apparently I am not allowed to answer how I want to, that made me angry.)"
""Tell us something that is not in your file" - Between my primary and secondary applications, I pretty much put everything interesting about me."
"What is one of your weaknesses? (One of the interviewers didn't like my response and made me come up with a different one)"
"See 3"
"Nothing really that difficult"
"Out of the three people we interview today, let's say there are only two spots open; why do you deserve one of those spots over one of the other two people?"
"which pathway do you think is best for you and why?"
"Name a negative personality trait and further explain your reasoning."
"Identify three positive qualities about yourself and one negative quality?"
"None were really too difficult. No one had trouble answering any of the questions."
"Do you feel that patients should be viewed as customers?"
"None were very difficult but probably having to come up with something "interesting about myself" on the spot"
"3 words to describe yourself"
"Pretty standard questions. "
"None - Interviewers go from a list of questions. Research them on SDN before hand and don't worry about them writing."
"A time when you needed communication skills.... that seems too obvious to me, I use communication skills everyday... unless I missed the point?"
"All the questions are on here so you should be prepared."
"None, they were all listed here"
"Nothing really, they were pretty standard questions..."
"Describe a specific conflict and how you solved it, preferrably between you and someone else, and hopefully where you were wrong."
"Tell me about a conflict youve had and how you handled it."
"Tell us about a conflict and how you handled it. "
"None. All the questions were standard. "
"Describe a conflict"
"All questions were fairly easy. The interview session was not meant to grill you, it was relaxed and conversational. "
"None. really"
"First question: If there is one thing you want to make sure that we know about you, what would it be?"
"Tell us about yourself. What do they want?"
"The wrap-up: "Is there anything else you'd like us to know"."
"Character analysis."
"The set of "stress" questions because they kept asking for more and more info as if they were looking for a specific answer, and by the third time they mentioned that, I actually began to feel a bit stressed"
"question #2 above."
"Tell us about a conflict you've had and what did you learn from it."
"There really wasn't one. The interview was dull and predictable. "
"None, questions are pretty simple: why medicine, why DO school? how do you manage stress?"
"Tell us something not in your file.. i put everything in my file!"
"How do you study and handle stress?"
"How do you handle rejection? How do you bounce back from rejection?"
"How do you resolve conflict?"
"What do you think will be your biggest challenge coming into medical school?"
"Tell us something that is not in your file. But again, i expected this so it wasn't really difficult."
"what is your greatest weakness? I hate this question!!!"
"Again, nothing, I knew the exact questions they would be asking and they didn't stray from them at all."
"is there anything you would like to say before we start"
"What's your biggest weakness?"
"Name a conflict you had with someone and how you resolved it."
"Name three strengths and 1 weakness. I needed to be careful with the weakenss."
"Same as above, except that when I answered it the first time, the interviewers mentioned that all the other students had given the same answer. So what was another one?"
"What's something not in your application?"
"Well, I didn't think any of them were difficult; they just asked questions about me and my life."
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?