How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.48 | 372 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 311 |
| Negatively | 35 |
| No change | 27 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.86 | 368 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.66 | 295 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.70 | 265 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 3 |
| Virtual | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 8 |
| 15 minutes | 86 |
| 20 minutes | 112 |
| 25 minutes | 65 |
| 30 minutes | 63 |
| 35 minutes | 13 |
| 40 minutes | 11 |
| 45 minutes | 10 |
| 50 minutes | 2 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 368 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 210 |
| In a group | 153 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 361 |
| Closed file | 4 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.48 | 372 |
"Tell me what you changed specifically to increase your MCAT by 9 points"
"Tell me about your "C" in class X...."
"How I managed my time between school, athletics, work, and community service."
"What is one thing medicine is doing wrong, right now?"
"They asked specific questions about weaknesses in my application. If you think something is a weakness in your application, be prepared to talk about it."
"What exeriences have you had that exemplify your leadership style?"
"So tell me about yourself?"
"Tell me anything... then he proceeded to clarify tell me about yourself for me to get to know you better"
"Tell me about yourself. Why DO? Why NSU? Discuss a healthcare issue we're facing today. Talk about your leadership experiences. Describe your shadowing or volunteering experiences."
"Asked about random things from my primary app. He was just looking through and was like what about this and just kept going on. Apparently others had the more common interview (2 on 1) and were asked more standard questions."
"What I felt about our current healthcare system"
"Asked about my lowest grade (a B-), follow up with how do we know I can handle medical school curriculum"
"Tell me about yourself and why you want to go to NSU?"
"Why do you think you were a good fit for Nova?"
"Your undergraduate degree work was in Psychology. What made you decide to pursue medicine?"
"What's Your Learning Style? how do you resolve conflict? How do you handle difficult courses? tell me about yourself? how did you improve your mcat? do you have any questions for us?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Why Florida?"
"How would you fix the heatlhcare system?"
"Tell us about yourself in 2-3 minutes"
"What is wrong with healthcare in the U.S. and what would you do to fix it?"
"We're appointing you the health care czar, how do you fix health care in America?"
"Tell me about what you did after graduating?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem with the American health care system?"
"Why DO and why NSU?"
"Tell me something about yourself that's not in your file?"
"Whats something thats not in your file"
"Why should we pick you over all the applicants waiting outside?"
"What do you think about health care in America?"
"How do you deal with tough classes?"
"Describe yourself"
"Introduce yourself in about 60 seconds"
"Tell me about your self"
"How will your study skills from high school transfer to undergraduate and medical school?"
"Tell us who you are in 2 to 3 minutes"
"If I were the Healthcare Czar, what are the top 3 things I would work to improve in the US healthcare system?"
"No specific questions. Attended Medical School Experience Day."
"They said they were looking for examples for the questions: (1)Tell me about yourself (2) What are some problems with the health care and how would you resolve them (3) How are you involved in your community (4) Why NOVA (5) What do you do for fund (6) Describe a time when you had a difficult in a class and how you overcame it"
"What is something we don't know about you?"
"Why did you do so poorly in certain classes?"
"Here are the questions they asked me: 1) Describe yourself in 2 minutes. 2) We see you've wanted to be a physician for some time, what qualities would make you a good physician? 3) How would you fix healthcare? If we line up all of the applicants, why should we choose you? 4) What other schools have you applied to? 5) How did you prepare for this interview? 6) Describe your toughest class in college and how you overcame it? What made it tough?"
"How did you prepare for the interview?"
"Describe leadership in your community."
"Tell us about yourself. How many D.O./M.D. schools have you applied to? How did you prepare for today's interview?"
"Why medicine and why DO?"
"Why Nova, Why medicine...where do you see yourself in 10 years."
"What community volunteer activities have you participated in?"
"Tell me about your self in 2 minutes or less."
"What can you offer NOVA and what can NOVA offer you?"
"Would you like a cookie? "
"(Question 0: Would you like some water or cookies? Then,....) Tell me about yourself."
"How would you fix the healthcare system in this country?"
"What was one class you struggled with, and how did you overcome it?"
"How do you find the time to stay involved in all the activities you do?"
"Why osteopathy? What makes you think that you're well-suited for medicine?"
"Tell me about yourself in about 2 minutes."
"Tell us about your self"
"What is your oppinion of the proposed healthcare changes?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem with healthcare and how would you fix it?"
"What is your oppinion about healthcare reform?"
"Tell us little bit about yourself? "
"How have you improved on a rocky freshman year?"
"Tell me about DO? What are the strengths and weaknessed of being a DO?"
"What is something you do not want us to know about you?"
"Whats up with (specific part of application - low science GPA, etc)? How will you handle harder science courses in med school?"
"They asked about weaknesses in my application (grades, MCAT, etc)."
"Tell us about yourself? What makes you unique among other interviewers? What can you bring to Nova? "
"What are your three best and three worst characteristics?"
"How do you think D.O. compares to M.D? "
"How does D.O. compare to M.D.?"
"Tell us about yourself, why DO? "
"Why Nova? How will Nova help you to Succeed as an Osteopathic Physician"
"Tell me about you/anything you'd like us to know about yourself, why osteopathic medicine, etc."
"Why Osteopathic medicine? Why Nova? "
"Almost all specific to my file, which they obviously read closely. This impressed me. Some schools clearly had NOT read my file. "
"Why D.O.? Why Medicine?"
"Tell me your story, how did you end up here today?"
"They gave me a free response to speak about whatever I felt necessary to tell them in regards to my application"
"After reading your personal statement, tell me more about your rural shadowing experience with a DO."
"Tell us a little bit about how you ended up sitting here at this table with us."
"What was the problem with chemistry?"
"Why medicine, why DO, how did you hear about NOVA?"
"who founded osteopathic medicine, why did he do that, what event in his life made him do this?"
""If it came down to you and one other student with the same GPA, MCAT score, and extracurriculars, why should we choose you?""
"Where do you see yourself in ten years? "
"Describe yourself."
"Why medicine, why DO, why Nova?"
"What do you want us to tell to the Admissions Committee?"
"Why did you decide to pursue medicine over all other health professions you have experienced? What got you interested in osteopathic medicine?"
"You did very well in all of your biomedical/bio classes--what class did you have the most difficult with and how did you deal with it?"
"why DO, what is osteopathy?"
"Tell us what you want us to know about you."
"Given all the activities and work you are involved in, what time management strategies do you use?"
"why do? what specialization? why rural medicine? if you and your dad had a fight what would he say are your strengths? what do you do for fun? would you stay in the us to work after med school (i was asked this bc i am an int'l student)"
"Tell us about your research"
"How did you prepared for the MCATS"
"Tell us about the research you did with surgical hernia repairs."
"What made you come down to Florida?"
"Mostly related to my application - grades, MCAT, personal experiences, work history"
"why medicine? why DO?"
"Why Osteopathy?"
"Imagine yourself in a large library with many sections. Which section or genre would you find yourself gravitating towards?"
"Why NOVA? (when i gave a general answer, they asked what specifically about the DO program attracted me..like what certain things about the program specifically that attracted me). Why applied to like 20+ MD programs, and only 7 DO programs? What is the status of your applications at all those other schools that you applied to? Why DO, and not MD? (hard cuz one member on the panel was MD/JD)"
"Why NOVA?"
"Why did you apply to NSU?"
"Tell us how you got here."
"How did you find out about Nova?"
"How was your trip?"
"If you went to the library (non-medical), which section would we find you in?"
"Tell us about yourself what are you doing currently? Why DO? "
"What brought you to DO and NOVA? and how do you compare DO to MD? How would your friend describe you? What would you do if you didnt get into med school this year?"
"Why the discrepancy between your grades and MCAT score?"
"What your best friend would say as a positive and negative trait about you"
"Why med? Why DO? Why Nova?"
"Have you thought about specialties at all?"
"Pretty standard except for inquiries about hobbies and other interests."
"Where do you see yourself in a decade"
"where i see myself in 10 years"
"Why do you want to be a DO?"
"how did you improve your mcat score by so much?"
"How would you define a DO in america?"
"What do you know about Osteopathic Medicine?"
"Before we start, is there anything you would like to tell us about yourself?"
"Tell us about your MCAT performance."
"If we brought your best friend in here, what would she tell us were your pros and cons?"
"Why medicine? What do you know about osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell us about yourself(very general) "
"Why medicine? why D.O.?"
"How did you decide that you wanted to become a D.O.?"
"why become a D.O."
"Tell me about yourself. What events led you to want to become a doctor? Why did you decide to apply to only DO schools? "
"Why DO? Medicine?"
"Why do you want to be a DO"
"With all your extra-curricular activities, how will you balance your school work and social life?"
"What is the hardest thing about being a physician?"
"Why this C? You think you can handle the tougher curriculum?"
"What type of doctor do you want to be and where would you like to practice?"
"Why DO? what are you doing now?"
"Is there anything you want to tell us about yourself? "
"Why do you want to go into Osteopathic Medicine?"
"Give us someone that has been a role model for you that we would recognize as well and expain why you chose that person"
"Why did I pick my undergrad school?"
"Tell me about yourself and Why do you want to become a DO?"
"Why Did you take German Film?"
"I am not convinced you can handle med school with your undergrad GPA, convince me. (this is kind or a trick because if you think about it, they would not invite you to interview if the school did not think you can handle med school)"
"Give a personal statement as to why you would like to become an osteopathic physician. Why NOVA?"
"I see you were an EMT in high school. Did you always know you wanted to be a doctor?"
"I see you have volunteered at Camp Boggy Creek. Tell me about that experience and how you have changed from that experience."
"What have you done that has prepared you the most for medical school?"
"You applied to several MD schools, why are you applying to D.O. school?"
"What have you observed a doctor do that impressed you positively?"
"If we talked to your best friend, what would she say is your greatest strengths? Your biggest weakness?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses"
"Tell me about yourself?; Briefly discuss the history of osteopathic medicine.; Where do you see yourself in a decade?"
"Ha! you chose XXX school to go to undergrad because of the academics?!?!?!"
"Why osteopathy? "
"I see that you were a very good athlete, will you be a better doctor or a better athlete - and why?"
"How are you doing today?"
"Where you see your self in say 10-15 years?"
"Why Osteopathic Medicine? (One interviewer always asks who founded Ostepathic Medicine, I didn't have him, but in case you do it was Andrew Taylor Still)."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 yrs?"
"Do you read any books"
"talk about yourself"
"how are you today? tell me about yourself and why you want to be a doctor, how do you handle stress, what do you do for fun"
"why i applied to so many schools (returning student.. i was advised to do so)"
"why major in economics?"
"So, what do you know about Herceptin? (in reference to cancer research I've done)"
"Why medicine?"
"Explain your experience shadowing a doctor."
"Tell us about yourself and how you ended up where you are today; what are your strengths and weaknesses?; What was your most significant volunteer experience?"
"Why medicine ?"
"Why do want to become a doctor?"
"What is your main weakness?"
"why did you apply to both MD and DO programs, what is the difference between MD and DO?"
"How would you react in an academically challenging situation?"
"Tell me about your strengths and your weaknesses."
"Who other than a family member do you admire and why?"
"Why Do, why NSU?"
"What's your biggest weakness/strength?"
"What are you hobbies?"
"Specifics on Spanish poetry, film, literature of which I've taken one class on each."
"What will be the hardest part of medical school?"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"How does your father (an MD) feel about you becoming a physician?"
"Why did I choose the my major, and how is that going to help me in medical school? I was a anthro major."
"Since you did not do well in class X in college, what makes you think you will be able to do well in that class in medical school?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What do you know about DOs?"
"Tell me about your achievements in college."
"Why did you apply to both allopathic and osteopathic schools?"
"Why were your grades poor early in some classes? Why are your MCAT sciences strong and your verbal low? Tell me about your research and teaching?"
"What is the history of Osteopathic Medicine?"
"What have you learned from your time at hospice about end of life care? Where do you see yourself in 10 or 12 years? What field are you interested in? What are you strengths and weaknesses? (1st Interviewer)"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Biggest strenghts and weaknesses? "
"How have experiences in your life prepared you to come to this medical school? Tell me about them."
"How did you find out about osteopathic medicine?"
"Who is your favorite character on ER?"
"Basic stuff... Tell us about yourself? Why DO? "
"I hear you're a musician?"
"Tell us about yourself"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Explain differences between Do and MD schools. "
"Are you the first woman in your family to go to med school?"
"y do u have a masters"
"Tell me about this grade... and this grade..."
"Name a person who positively influenced you during your undergraduate years and why?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"What do you do to manage stress?"
"Explain why your freshman year grades are so much lower than later years."
"What do I know about Osteopathy?"
"strenghts/weaknesses"
"What are your hobbies?"
"Describe yourself, choices in schools including reasons for attending NOVA?"
"Do you like Florida? "
"What is the difference b/w MD and DO?"
"Give us your sales pitch to accept you into the osteopathic school at Nova."
"They really were generic."
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"tell me about semester at sea"
"Why did you get this grade in OChem? What experiences have you had from working in a hospital setting? "
"Why did you have some many withdrawals? Why did you receive _____ grade?"
"What would you best friend say is you best and worst qualities"
"If you got in MD and DO, how would you make your decision?"
"Why did you get "this grade" in "this class"?"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"exp. verbal score./tell us about yourself/"
"Why is your verbal score lower than your science scores (my science scores were an 8 and 9 and verbal was 7 so I was surprised at this question)? With all your experience do you know what medical area you are interested in?"
"You applied to osteopathic schools as well as allopathic. What is it about osteopathic schools that made you apply to them?"
"Best friend would say best and worst character?"
"With all the schools that you applied to what will make you come to NSU? "
"Explain tell a little about the PA Governor's School of Excellence."
"Why only the minimum science requirements? We see you had good MCAT scores, did you prepare with Kaplan?"
"Stregnths/Weaknesses"
"Why NSU?"
"How is it that you got a better grade in P-Chem than O-Chem."
"What are your greatest strengths/weaknesses?"
"What have others said are your strengths / weaknesses?"
"Tell me about yourself Did you apply to M.D. schools?"
"What are your weaknesses?"
"What do you know about DO?"
"How do you know the DO that wrote you letter?"
"Why DO? Why NOVA?"
"Tell me about yourself, from birth to now."
"Discrepancy between my GPA and MCAT."
"Why a D.O?"
"Why did you decide to leave Ponce School of Medicine?"
"What do you think would be your biggest obstacle in med school?"
"Tell us about yourself. (Be ready to talk, and you should definitely rehearse this ahead of time.)"
"Explain why there was a decline in grades from Freshman to senior status"
"You have been involved with ***** for so long. I am very interested in it. Tell me about it."
"You're from out-of-state; what attracted you to NSU-COM?"
"Tell us about your interest in medicine?"
"Why medicine. Why DO? What drove you to the the path your on today?"
"Why DO? When did you decide? Do you know any DOs?"
"What makes you think you can handle medical school? What is DO to you? Who founded DO?"
"Your essays have shown us a lot of your strengths, but what would you consider are your weaknesses?"
" Why did you major in psychology in undergrad?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Tell us about yourself."
"In what area of medicine would you like to practice?"
"What brings you here? ie Why DO? Why NSU?"
"Why D.O.?"
"Hobbies, sports"
"Why did you apply to so many schools?"
"Job at NASA? How it will help me during medical and in the medical profession? "
"What will be the three hardest things about being a doctor."
"read the comments from above!!"
"i can't remember word for word so i will give you a general idea: why DO if you are applying to so many allopathic?"
"Where is _________ ? (Small town that I was raised) Was _________ a hard school? What specialty?"
"Why do you want to be a D.O.?"
"Why NOVA"
"Talk about your shadowing experience. Did you see any Osteopathic principles applied there? What language do you speak at home? (hinting at my verbal score on MCAT)."
"Why DO?"
"Why DO? Why Nova?"
"Explain low grades"
"Dr. Terry asked: Was English spoken as a second language at home? He was trying to get at my verbal score"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"How do you handle individuals who are negative about animal research (my research utilizes a rat model); They asked if I wanted to be a surgeon (relating back to my research)"
"Why DO and Why NOVA?"
"Do you play basketball? (the very first question they asked)"
"Are you aware of the current situation with HMO's? What do you fear about being accepted into medical school?"
"Are you dissatisfied with the US Government in any way?"
"If the D.O. I shadowed used manipulation on her patients."
"Explain your low GPA."
"Tel me about yourself."
"What is the biggest challenge you're going to have to overcome while studying medicine? Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Why should I see you as a doctor? This is the opportunity to sell yourself to the interviewers."
"Where do I see myself in 10 years?"
"Three main questions from all my interviews are :1) tell me about yourself. 2) Why DO? 3) Why (school)? So, know yourself and your motivation well!!!! BEST OF LUCK!!!"
"Where do you want to practice are you going to stay in Florida?"
"Do you know or have you worked with any D.O.'s"
"What makes you think you can handle medical school?"
"Can you explain why your lowest score in the MCAT was where you got the strongest letter of recommendation from a professor?"
"What, besides geography, make you think NSU is the right school for you? (I am from Florida) (Know a little about the school before you go)"
"How big a role does academics and compassion play in family practice?"
"Tell me more about your MCAT."
"What I thought about the U.S. healthcare system."
"Tell us about a time where you struggled in school."
"Where were the other medical schools I applied?"
"What was my path to medicine."
"Why did you get the grade that you got in Ochem?"
"How do you manage school work and what do you do to for fun"
"Tell me about your research."
"How I manage my time"
"Parents aren't in healthcare, why do I want to go into healthcare."
"They brought up a volunteer experience that I had very little hours in and asked how I thought it will make me a better doctor."
"Do you have any weaknesses?"
"What was your most meaningful community service experience?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"what role do you play in a team"
"So it looks like you got a C in organic chemistry. Tell me about that."
"What type of medicine are you interested in?"
"Why Nova"
"Why NOVA university?"
"How do you study and organize your time?"
"What is wrong with the healthcare system in America today?"
"Tell us something about you that isn't already in your file."
"Have you accomplished ____? (a goal I listed in my personal statement. My response was "not yet" and they loved that it showed it was still a goal of mine)"
"How have you improved your study habits?"
"Asked about a rough semester in undergrad."
"What characteristics does a doctor need to possess"
"What would you do to improve medicine?"
"Why medicine"
"What is one thing you would change about healthcare?"
"How can you fix healthcare"
"If you were accepted into your top 5 schools, what would be important in choosing your number 1 school if finances and location were not considered."
"Was there a physician mentor that you looked up to?"
"Describe yourself in three words."
"What are you doing to be active in your community right now?"
"Why DO and why Nova?"
"Why did you choose to write about what you did in your personal statement?"
"What are examples of when you were a leader in community service?"
"How do you deal with difficult classes?"
"What do you consider as one of your weak points? What medical-related service activities have you participated in?"
"Tell us about yourself."
"Tell us about a specific experience that occurred in the ER where you volunteer."
"Tell me about yourself. "
"What does your spouse do? (plus several follow-ups on the topic)"
"Tell us about you."
"Biggest healthcare problem and how would you solve it?"
"Tell Us About Yourself. What is one class you've struggle in and what did you do succeed in it? Tell us about a time when you've taken a leadership role in a community service activity? Is there anything you would like to add to your application that you haven't had the chance to say? How would you reform health care (without talking about tort reform)? How did you prepare for today's interview?"
"What is your learning style?/ Tell me about a time when you struggled in a class and how did you overcome it?"
"Why Florida? (I'm out-of-state)"
"What experience in your life helped you become the person you are?"
"How would you fix healthcare?"
"Name a problem that you see in the health care field."
"Can you tell me about a doctor that inspired you to pursue medicine (or perhaps one that dissuaded you)?"
"What was a class you struggled in and what did you do to overcome that."
"How would you contribute to the diversity of the incoming class?"
"What do you think the biggest problem with healthcare is and how would you fix it?"
"Give us an example of how you are a self motivator."
"What do you think of the current healthcare system and how would you fix it?"
"What has been your favorite/most meaningful activities?"
"Did you ever work with a doctor that you did not respect? Why?"
"What is one class that you struggled in and how did you get through it?"
"Which is the most respected/important physician you have shadowed/met so far? Follow up question, can you give us characteristic about your doctor that you shadowed? "
"What would you bring to NSU?"
"very file specific"
"Out of the 15/20 people here, only 2/3 will be selected. Why should we pick you to come here out of all of these people?"
"Why Nova? Why DO?"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why primary care? What do you think you'll be doing in 20 years?"
"Tell us about your "Big Brothers experience"? Do you think his ADHD was due to nutrition?"
"What would your friends say are your best qualities?"
"Do you know what kind of medicine you'd like to practice?"
"How did your college activities help prepare you for osteopathic school?"
"More question pertaining to my file. "
"Why did you only apply to Osteopathic? Is it because your Father is a DO? "
"What's up with your low science GPA"
"What's up with your low bio score? "
"Why osteopathic medicine? What do you know about D.O.'s? Have you ever been seen by a D.O.?"
"Why medicine, if you were not a science major?"
"the ole best and worst qualities question..."
"How do you deal with stress? (I think they asked me this in order to make sure I wasnt some sort of book worm.."
"Why do you think you have had interest in a specific type of medicine?"
"basic questions about part of my application"
"Within the past year who has been an inspiration in your life?"
"Why DO? How do your activities help you understand what it means to be a physician?"
"We have reviewed your file and are curious about your freshman year performance. How were you able to turn things around? How were you able to do all of the things that you did well?"
"Why DO? Why Nova?"
"Explain your low MCAT verbal score"
"You only took 15 - 16 hours a semester in college. How do you expect to cope with the equivalent to 32 hours a semester here?"
"Do you think you will be receiving an equivalent quality of medical education in a DO program compared to a MD program? Why?"
"what would i do if didn't get into medical school this year? *asked this twice*"
""Tell me about yourself""
"Florida has a very diverse population, how do you think you would deal with this?"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why Nova?"
"How did you adapt when you moved from a small city to a large city?"
"Tell us about your research."
"what is wrong with healthcare and how would you fix it?"
"Most of questions were about my unusual major and career."
"Describe a typical week for you? What do you do to relax and help you stay balanced?"
"You seem to be pretty busy and involved, what is one way that you "unwind"? "
"tell me about yourself"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"When was the specific moment when you decided to pursue medicine (answer can't be related to a person who influenced you)"
"Why DO?"
"Of your volunteer work, was there a situation where things were going south and you swooped in and rescued everyone?"
"Your science gpa isn't stellar, tell us what happened there"
"Tell us about your low undergrad GPA"
"What would it take for you to come to Nova over other schools?"
"why would you choose nova over other schools"
"What do you do for fun/to relax?"
"if your bestfriend was here, what would he/she say be your best and worse quality?"
"What field of medicine would you like to go into? (You pretty much have to say general practice)"
"Explain your poor academic performance during your freshman year of college."
"How does [specific volunteer experience] relate to you becoming a physician? What kind of social contexts have you worked in to help you understand what medicine is all about? Tell us about your childhood in the foreign country you used to live in (they got that from my aacomas essay). How has that contributed to your desire in medicine?"
"You seem to have a great interest in OMM. Elaborate. "
"What did you do between your 1st and 2nd MCAT to improve?"
"How did you end up overseas?"
"What did you choose DO over MD?"
"What type of doctor do you want to be?"
"How did u find out about NOVA?"
"What specialty are you considering? "
"What would be the hardest part of being a doctor? The salary of a doctor is not as high as they make it seem, what do u think of that? Name some qualities that a doctor should possess. What are you positive and negative qualities? "
"What is your interest is Osteopathy and what do you know about it?"
"How would you perform well in a class 3X harder than any you've had before"
"What is your most meaningfull activity and why?"
"Do you feel that being a DO will limit your chances of getting into non-primary care specialties?"
"Strenths/weaknesses, why DO and medicine in general, difficult situation in my healthcare experience, early academic difficulties, why NSU, etc."
"what is osteopathy?"
"Why DO/NSUCOM"
"why DO, why NSU?"
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
"what would you do different in med school to get better grades in science classes"
"Why did you choose your major?"
"Why are there so many withdrawals in your transcript?"
"Why do you want to become a doctor?"
"Tell us more about your Red Cross work."
"Tell me more about *** extra-curricular activity, and *** volunteer experience. (there were a lot of questions about my personal file.) "
"What will you do if you don't get accepted to medical school?"
"Describe your clinical medical experiences"
"What attracted you to DO Programs?"
"What do you know about DO? "
"Tell me about your research and volunteering experiences."
"Why did you applied to D.O. and M.D. schools?"
"name any person you would meet if you could"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years? Why are your grades so high and your MCAT scores average? (I have been out of school for 10 years)"
"Explain different extracurriculars I did, such as volunteering and shadowing."
"Explain Organic Chemistry grades (i got C+s because it was soph year and i was pledging a fraternity)"
"What did you do to improve your MCAT score the second time around?"
"your gpa and is lower than the avg. (by 1 tenth, ridiculous) what could you bring to the school?"
"How did you prepare for the MCAT? "
"You got a C in this class, do you think you'll be able to handle the tougher curriculum?"
"What would you do to better prepare for exams?"
"How many people are in your hometown"
"What happened with a couple low grades?"
"WHat is the difference between MD and DO in 2 sentences or less?"
"tell me your biggest strength and weakness."
"Tell us about Dr. (my do shadower)."
"Why are you interested in NSU COM?"
"How did you learn about osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"What caused the delay between undergrad and grad school"
"What do you think will be the most difficult part of becoming a physician for you?"
"Tell us about your undergraduate degree. Tell us about your graduate degee."
"How many schools did you apply to last year and how many are you applying to this year?"
"If you do not get in this year, what would you do?; I see that you took a class on terrorism...; what would your girlfriend tell me was one of your weaknesses/strengths?; what does she think about this school? (i have no idea how she came up...)"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"Why should we accept your to our medical school?"
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school?"
"You applied to 16 MD schools last year and were rejected. How did you deal with that?"
"What do you plan on doing if you don't get in this year?"
"During a particular semester my grades had significantly fallen, and I was asked to explain why."
"Why medicine?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years"
"why do you think research is important"
"why osteopathic medicine, where do you see yourself in 10 years, "
"what do i think i'll be doing in 10 years"
"Why are you interested in Nova, DO?"
"You applied to both alloptahic and osteopathic, how will you choose?; When did you first decide you wanted to become a physcian?"
"Why DO ?"
"Weakness?"
"What is your main strength?"
"tell me about what you have been doing this year (since I took this year of to work)."
"Do you think you can handle the course load( this being said because I was currently taking only one course)?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Why did you apply to both osteopathic and allopathic schools?"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"What was your most difficult subject in undergraduate? If you were to take subject ten times harder then that class here at Nova, how would you approach it differently to ensure you succeeded in the course?"
"How do u know u want primary care?"
"When have I been in a situation in which I've been very impressed with what a doctor did or very disturbed by what he/she did?"
"Why shouldn't I just go ahead and kick you out of this office right now. You should never come into an interview with a smirk as nasty as that on your face. Just kidding. I totally made that up. Nothing too hard or unreasonable. See most difficult and interesting."
"Since you applied to 36 schools in total (MD schools included) are you sure you know what the DO philosophy is about?"
"Why NSU? If you get accepted to other schools, how will you choose which one to attend?"
"How have my life experiences encouraged me to apply to medical school?"
"Why do you want to become a DO even though you come from a family of MDs?"
"Why did you get this grade in this class."
"Explain stuff, which are specific for my application."
"Why should we pick you?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Say you get many acceptance letters, how will you decide which school to attend?"
"Why medicine? Why Master's degree and not straight to medicine? What is your status at other schools? What criteria would you use to choose your school?"
"What would your best friend say if asked are your weaknesses and your strengths?"
"Why do you speak so articulately, but have a low verbal score on your MCAT? You seem to be introverted, but speak about being extraverted... how do you resolve this discrepancy? (2nd Interviewer)"
"Why are you doing research?"
"What is a positive and a negative experience you have had with a physician?"
"What is the most rigorous semester you have taken? How did you manage your time for this?"
"What have you been doing in the last year?"
"Why Nova?"
"Explain to us your scouting (Boy Scouts of America) experience."
"Graduate school stuff. Handle work load? Family concerns? What to do if your daughter wants time with you and you have to study?"
"Why do you think you did not get in last cycle?"
"Tell us about you breaking your dads computer"
"Do you have any idea what field you'd like to go into?"
"What is OMT? Can it affect multiple systems?"
"About yourself?"
"Do you want to specialize?"
"good mcat score, so y not md"
"What do you know about DO?"
"Tell me about DO."
"Tell me about your research and hospital experience."
"How do you study? Do you think you can handle the med school load?"
"What do you do to relax? "
"What do I know about Nova Southeastern?"
"If your best friend were here, what would he/she say was your best quality?"
"why go to med school? why not do what i am doing now?"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"What did you do while studying at the World Health Organization?"
"Why did you take classes at a community college? / Healthcare issue"
"Tell us about osteopathy. or os-te-O-pathy like the guy corrected me..."
"What do you do for fun? Tell me about your volunteer experiences. What was the last book you read?"
"Can you explain your grades in such and such a class?"
"Describe in your own words the basic philosophy of osteopathic medicine."
"tell me about dance marathon"
"Have you had any one on one patient contact? I dont know why I was asked this since they could see I had from my file."
"Why is your verbal score so much lower than your science scores? What did you think of the MCAT?"
"What is DO? "
"why D.O.?"
"Why did you garner low basic science grades early on in College?"
"what support services do you see at nova"
"Tell me about yourself. Why DO? What is your greatest accomplishment, non-academically related?"
"What is a pro and a con of becoming a D.O.?"
"What field do you want to go into? What made you want to go into that field?"
"Why DO when you have never been treated by a DO? If you where accepted here... tomorrow would you choose us and come here. I said non! That would not be fair to the other schoos. I did not even visit there yet."
"why your second major in philosophy?"
"Do you think you can manage medical school while raising children?"
"What was your most difficult class and how did you get through it? How do you think the transition will be from a small classroom size to auditorium seating?"
"Why Osteopathy? Tell us about your relationship with Dr. So-and-So (my referring D.O.)."
"Elaborate on what lead me to medicine (which I discussed in my personal statement and secondary essay)."
"Which degree would you prefer, MD or DO?"
"Why does your VR score differ so much from your science scores? Do you have trouble with reading? What was the last book you read?"
"What skills do you posses that allow you to communicate well with the public?"
"What is one characteristic you pride yourself in? "
"Why DO? Why NSUCOM?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What branch of medicine do you want to practice and where? "
"Tell me about your volunteering."
"What is something positive that your best friend would say about you?"
"Why you think Nova is the school for you?"
"What kind of medicine would you see yourself practicing in 10 years."
"What will be your speciality ?"
"What do you know about Osteopathic medicine?"
"how do you plan on doing with time mgt in med school?"
"Why did you chose chem as your major when you had a hard time in adv org chem"
"You live in [State], so would you go to [In-State School] if you were accepted there? This was easy for me because I really do want to leave my current state to move to Florida. This is where showing your interest in NSU will pay off."
"When I decided I wanted to become a Physician"
"If you were to get involved in outside activities how would you balance the time."
"Since your science GPA is "X" do you feel you will be able to handle the science classes here? NOTE: you really should expect to explain ANYTHING on your transcript that isn't an excellent mark!!)"
"How would you include underserved segments of the population in your practice as a physician?"
"What has been your greatest challenge?"
"Did you apply to other schools? Why? If you applied to both allopathic and osteopathic why? "
"How has being a family nurse practitioner affected your decision?"
"Discrepency between numbers; GPA and MCAT. (A word of advice from an MS2 who went to law school prior to this: DONT DEFEND YOURSELF> Accept it and make a positive productive turnabout! "
"Why NSU? "
"Why did I take certain classes that were oriented toward another major at the beginning of my undergrad education?"
" What do you see yourself doing in the future?"
"Why did you apply to both MD schools and DO schools?"
"What kind of volunteer experiences have you had?"
"Have you interviewed or been accepted to any other schools?"
"Tell us about your research?"
"Where do I envision myself in ten years?"
"Asked about ECs and volunteering. You could tell they had looked at my file before the interview because they asked specifics. "
"Strengths and weaknesses"
"Who founded the D.O. profession?"
"Tell me about yourself? Asked specically about sports and what it taught me?"
"What will you do if you are not accepted?"
"What is your greatest accomplishment?"
"Why was your application completed late? Where else did you apply? Have you heard anything?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"What do you see yourself doing in the future?"
"Why should we see you as a doctor? Why did you apply so late? (My file was complete on Nov. 27th). How was your research experience? "
"Be critical of your volunteer experience."
"Where else I applied? Did I apply for MD?"
"Why DO"
"How did you learn about osteopathy?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"What do you do in your spare time; Where do you see yourself in 12 years; How would your friends describe you"
"What do you think about our dress code?"
"How long of drive was it for you to get here? Why DO? What are your good qualities? Read any interesting books recently?"
"Why didn't you take any science courses your first year of college. What would you do if you were not accepted? Why osteopathic medicine (I only applied to Osteopathic schools)? "
"What do you know about Osteopathic Medicine, and if you like it so much, why did you apply to so many MD schools?"
"Why did you change your major from physical therapy to biology."
"Explain your low MCAT scores."
"How did you get your GPA and MCAT score?"
"Why did you transfer from UM to FIU your sophomore year?"
"What do you see yourself doing in 10 years?"
"Where do you see yourself 10 years from now? This is the opportunity for the admission committe to see whether you fit to their school body."
"How did I do so well in such hard classes in undergrad school?"
"How are you going to get through medschool?"
"Why is this class grade lower than others?"
"When did you realize you wanted to become a physician and what do you know about osteopathic medicine."
"You had 2 opportunities to retake the MCAT after your first attempt, but have not. Are you afraid of the test?"
"What will you do if you don't get in this year? (I'll be back next year)"
"you did academically well, but there is a discrepancy with your mcat - why? a great answer is to say that you were happy with your score and also that numbers are not the most important thing in an applicant. otherwise you would not have been invited."
"How have you learned to manage your time?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Tell me about your leadership experiences."
"What is one thing healthcare can improve upon?"
"Why they should choose me."
"What would be the hardest adjustment to medical school?"
"What are my study habits"
"What was your hardest year?"
"What else would you like to add about yourself"
"What was a difficult class I took and how I studied for it"
"The last question of the interview was they asked "why should we accept you over any other students interviewing"?"
"What do you do in your spare time?"
"What is the biggest problem in health care right now?"
"How do you manage your time? How do you make time for all your responsibilities?"
"why DO"
"Tell me about your community service involvement."
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"What difficulties have you seen during your time shadowing a primary care physician?"
"Tell us about yourself and why you want to be a doctor."
"Tell me about your study habits."
"Why should we accept you over everyone else here?"
"If your best friend was sitting next to you, how would s/he describe you?"
"How will you manage the rigors of medical school with your wife and child?"
"How would you handle three exams per week?"
"Name a time when you had a lot going on and how you prioritized."
"If you could fix one thing about healthcare, what would it be?"
"How did your shadowing experience inspire you?"
"Why Nova"
"What do you think is the biggest issue in healthcare today?"
"App-specific questions..."
"What are your leadership positions"
"Do you have leadership experience?"
"Why DO?"
"What would you change about healthcare?"
"Tell us about a class you took, not necessarily a science class, that you struggled with and how you worked through it"
"What will be your biggest challenge in attending Medical school at NOVA"
"How would you change health care?"
"Why did you only participate in this activity for a semester?"
"What are your opinions of health care reform?"
"What are learning strategies you utilize in a difficult course?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What will you do if you have trouble in a class?"
"Asked about my verbal score."
"What is the most pertinent problem facing health care today."
"Tell me about your experiences in the healthcare setting."
"What specifically made you interested in Nova?"
"Why Nova?"
"What did South Africa teach you? (Did a medical internship there) "
"Most challanging course? What did you learn?"
"Tell me about a leadership activity."
"(More questions specific to my file)"
"What needs to change about health care in America? Do not mention medical malpractice or lawsuits."
"Tell me about this leadership experience."
"Why should we accept you to Nova?"
"What is wrong with healthcare in America and how would you fix it?"
"What do you believe is the biggest problem in healthcare and what would you do to fix it?"
"Tell us about a time you displayed leadership qualities."
"Specifics about my file"
"How do you organize yourself with multiple priorities?"
"Have you had any leadership experience in your community?"
"How do you manage your time?"
"Why D.O.?"
"What made you decide to apply/interview at NSU?"
"What do you think is wrong with the health care and how would you change it?"
"What do you think of the present state of health care?"
"Do you know florida well? i am out of state and did not know it well"
"You and your sister get into a fight. You both are still in a bad mood. At that point, what would your sister say is the best quality about you? Your worst?"
"Have you interviewed at any other schools? How did you do? Why do you think that?"
"Why DO over MD? Why Nova? Why did you apply to both DO and MD? "
"Tell me about *school I attended*."
"How do your activities help you understand what it means to be a physician?"
"What specialties do you want to go into? "
"What specialties are you interested in? What do you see yourself doing in 10 years?"
"How did you hear about osteopathic medicine"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"Why do you want to be a D.O.?"
"How do you know you can handle medical school without having taken a lot of upper-level science courses?"
"Do you have any questions for us? (make sure you ask them questions!!!! this is a common pitfall amongst students)"
"What do you know about Osteopathic Medicine?"
"Tell me about your experience with Dr. Stein."
"Would you like to explain any difficulties you had in classes?"
"What would you do if you didn't get into school this year? "
"If we had lunch with your mother what would she tell us to look out for about you?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Name two strengths and two weaknesses."
"How do you explain the increased number of diagnoses of autism?"
"How do you see yourself in 10-15 years from now?"
"if my 'twin' was applying and it came down to just us, why would i be the better candidate for NSU?"
""What do your parents do for work?" and then specific questions about my file"
"questions about my life and my research"
"How would a friend describe you? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What do you do for fun? If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be and why? Specific questions about my file"
"I can't think of any other questions: We really just chatted, I told them about my research, international work/volunteer, and current status in my MPH program."
"Why do you want to come to Florida (I was an out of stater)"
"questions specific to my file"
"What would you tell us to relay on to the admissions committee about yourself? Where do you see yourself in the future in the field of medicine? Any specific specialties you are interested in? "
"What has been the most stressful situation you have been in and how have you dealt with it?"
"The expected ones (that made up most of the interview): Tell me about your self. Why medicine? And not psychology (my major)? Why DO?"
"name strength and weakness"
"What are you looking for in a medical school?"
"How did you learn about osteopathic medicine? "
"Why Nova? Literally that was about it."
"Given complete power, what, if anything, would you change in the delivery of health care?"
"Why your major?"
"What would you consider to be your weakness "
"Describe a typical work day"
"What specialties are you considering?"
"What would you want to specialize in"
"Do you have any question for us?"
"You grades are good enough for a strong MD school; why do you want to be a DO?"
"tell us about your experience working in the ER"
"Did you like your undergrad?"
"Where else have you applied?"
"You wanna go into medicine, but you got C's in Orgo and another bio class...what do you say about that? You play all these instruments...which one are you most talented at? Why did you stop playing the other instrument? What did you do differently between the first and second MCATs? How do you deal with stress? How will you handle stresses of medical school? What research are you interested in? Where do you see yourself in ten years? What do you want us to tell the admissions commmittee about you, in one sentence?"
"They really did a lot of the talking. They also said my responses were the ''right'' responses. "
"What specialty are you interested in? (be honest, I told them I liked Ortho and they had no problem esp. since one of my interviews was head of surgery dept.)"
"How could you contribute to Nova's international program?"
"What did you do at ____ job? (It was a non-medical job)."
"What type of field do you want to go into?"
"Tell us about your volunteer experience with senior citizens"
"What is something negative u have seen about medicine during your clinical experiences?"
"Tell us about your volunteer experience"
"What do you do for fun? Follow up question after I said I play soccer: What do u think of Beckham coming to the US. How do you think the canes (Miami hurricanes) are gonna do this weekend?"
"What do you see happening with your career in the next 10 years?"
"Follow up question about the negative trait"
"How's your day going so far?"
"how do you prepare for exams? describe your work ethic."
"Why have you only applied to three schools"
"if i had a class 3x harder than any other...how would i deal with it?"
"Briefly describe yourself."
"what is difference between MD and DO? why did you apply to both?"
"What makes you angry?"
"How do you deal with stress in your life?"
"Personal questions from application."
"Think of the hardest class you ever took. How would you prepare for one 3 times as hard?"
"Why D.O.? Why medicine? Your father is an M.D., what does he think about your applying to D.O. schools?"
"Describe a time in which you had a leadership role. Who would be your contemporary hero and why?"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Why did you get a C in Gen Chem and A's in Organic Chem? "
"What do you see yourself doing 10 years from now?"
"name three characteristics of a leader"
"What are you hobbies? Any questions for us?"
"Tell me why you had mediocre science grades? (interviewer did not notice that my grades had a definite upward trend)"
"Specific questions from my application"
"what are you doing now?"
"What do you like to do to relax?"
"what specialty are you interested in?"
"What is the most challenging thing you have ever done?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?"
"What are the 3 most important qualities a doctor should possess and explain your reasoning"
"where do I see myself after residency?"
"Tell me about your shadowing experience"
"What do you think is the role of Public Health in Medicine. "
"do you do snipe bidding? (I buy and sell clothing on eBay and sniping is a term that describes placing a high bid in the last seconds of the auction to win an auction, I was quite impressed that an interviewer asked me this :) )"
"What would you tell people about osteopathic medicine to educate them?"
"What kind specialty are you interested in?"
"Your parents own an Italian restaurant, how did that come about?"
"Tell us a little about yourself"
"How did you get to where you are today? (I babbled because it was so open-ended)."
"If you could not become a physician, what would you do?"
"Why medicine?"
"I see you applied to 10 other schools. What have you heard?; what sets you apart from the other candidates that came here today for interviews?; what should we tell the admissions committee on your behalf?"
"What kind of medicine do you want to go into?"
"Tell me about a life-altering experience."
"Why such a low verbal score, and such a high writing score?"
"You seem well-spoken, how did you score low in the verbal section of MCAT the first time and how were you able to raise your score 5 points?"
"Can you tell me who's the founder of Osteoapthic Medicine? ( Be sure to fully explain the history of how Osteopathic medicine came about)"
"What would you do if you don't get into medical school this year? (They then assured me that my interview was going great, and that I shouldn't think that that meant they thought I wasn't going to get accepted)"
"What was your favorite aspect of the tour and why? ( I toured before the interview)"
"How will you contribute to the student body"
"any questions for us?"
"why i got a certain grade."
"tell me about your doctor-patient interactions?"
"In this technologically-advanced age, how are you going to apply the knowledge you learn in med school to medical work in developing countries that have little infrastructure?"
"What would you change about yourself."
"Who was the founder of osteopathic medicine? (elaborate in detail)"
"What is the challenge for you to study medicine compare to engineer ?"
"Strengths?"
"The rest were specific to my application as yours will be?"
"one interviewer asked who is the founder of Osteopathic medicine, he warned the group he was going to so noone was caught off guard."
"What did I want to ask?"
"Tell me about some community service that you did."
"What volunteer experience do you feel has helped others the most?"
"What will lead you to your decision if you get accepted in to both schools?"
"Did you apply to any MD programs?"
"Medical school can be a really stressful time, who in your life will be there for you during those tought times? In other words, who makes up your support system? "
"What's my relationship with the DO that wrote my letter?"
"Explain weakness/strengths in 1 to 2 words."
"See above."
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Why did you apply to both MD and DO schools? Which do you prefer?"
"Asked about community service."
"Why should we accept you when most of the people on your commitee letter did not recommend you as a good candidate for medical school? "
"What do you know about osteopathic medicine? Why do you want to go to Nova?"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"Tell me about the DO you had as a child."
"Tell me about Osteopathy?"
"Why Osteopathy? Strengths/weaknesses? What area of medicine would you like to practice in?"
"What questions do you have for us?"
"Tell me what you've learned from your research? (3rd Interviewer)"
"Why did you take class X?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"I see that you've applied to 8 Osteopathic schools, how will you decide which one to attend?"
"Tell me about your job experience and papers that you co-authored"
"Why osteopathic?"
"How would your friends describe you on a very stressful day?"
"History questions. Micro questions. Music questions. Will question you about specifics from you class work (hope you paid attention in school). Wants to see if you can think on your feet."
"Who is the founder of Osteopathic Medicine?"
"Tell us about your research. Whats a weakness you have? What's a weakness your friends would say you have? What's a strength you have? Tell us about your shadowing experience and where you learned about osteopathic medicine."
"Do you have any preference of location?"
"Why are you applying to DO school now?"
"What is your application status at other schools you have applied?"
"wat did u have for dinner"
"You say Nova is your number one choice, why?"
"How would you choose between MD and DO? What are your goals?"
"What do you do for fun? Why did you apply to allopathic schools? Have you interviewed anywhere else/why do you want to go there? Explain your grades for these courses. "
"Why is your science gpa so low?"
"Since this is your 3rd year applying to medical school, why dont you think youve been accepted to an MD school?"
"Why did I get a C in biology? (I got a C+ and it was my only C ever)"
"How will you handle taking so many hours per semester, after taking a regular undergraduate courseload?"
"personal support system? what do you think is the most philantrophic act you have done?"
"Explain your grades."
"Describe your volunteer experience at Vera House, a battered womans shelter?"
"Weaknesses? What area of specialty? "
"what will you do if you dont get in this year?"
"How did you become interested in medicine? Why should we tell the admissions committee to accept you?"
"How would you decide between an allopathic and osteopathic program if accepted to both?"
"What do you feel has been your most important achievement?"
"why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What will you do if you don't get in to med school? Will you reapply? Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What would your best friend say is your best and worst qualities?"
"Why Nova Southeastern?"
"how was your experience working in a pharmacy?"
"Why NSU-COM?"
"why applied allo? why applied other osteo? which one would you choose if accepted?"
"What would you do differently to improve verbal score? Greatest strength/weakeness? Most Difficult class? With all of your teaching experience, is that something that your enjoy? Why the drop in QPA your second year?"
"Why is your VR score so much lower than your Bio and Physical scores? What happend?"
"How did you get to know about osteopathic medicine?"
"Do you want to work in Rural area... I don't think so... not sure. What specialty... I am not sure. Don't have exposure to everything can't make judgement."
"why nova since you applied to a bunch of schools back north?"
"Is there anything you want us to tell the admission committee on your behalf?"
"What was your most significant volunteer experience?"
"Greatest strength and greatest weakness? Where do you see yourself in 15 years? "
"What's the difference between MD and DO. Why did you apply only to DO schools?"
"Where do I see my career in 10 years? Strengths and weaknesses."
"What skill do you think you'll need to make it through medical school."
"Why NSU? Do you like Florida?"
"How do plan to handle the stressors of medical school?"
"I see you applied to many DO schools, why NOVA (good answer here is so that you can increase your probability of getting into osteopathic school, because you believe at least getting a DO degree is better than not getting one at all)"
"Tell us about your volunteer experiences/experiences that made you want to be a doctor/personal story?"
"How did you get to this point (professionally)? What will be the deciding factor in where you decide to go to school?"
"Why did you apply here, why should we except you, why do you think you can pass med school?"
"Talk about my educational past experiences."
"What is something negative that your best friend would say about you?"
"What positive and negative things would your friends say about you."
"How you handle stress ?"
"What would you like the committee on admissions to know about you? I was asked to sell myself to the committee"
"what do you do for fun"
"Why NSU. Your science scores on the MCAT are great (11 11), how come your verbal (7) is a little lower than the others. "
"All of the rest of my questions were pretty basic. Just rehearse all of the other potential questions that you see on SDN. Although I hear that they may hit you with the ol' "what will you do if you don't get accepted." At which point, you should have some kind of response that includes re-applying until you get in."
"Why I wanted to become a Physician"
"Tell us about your volunteer experiences in oncology. Why did you do poorly in your orgo chem classes?"
"Talk about your MCAT. Any questions for us?"
"From here on it was mostly free floating conversation with varied questions asking about me and my personal history"
"What do you foresee as being your biggest challenge in becoming a doctor?"
"What would you have us tell the commitie?"
"What do you think of the current health system? What are some health topics that you think need addressing? "
"Tell us about yourself."
"If we had your friend sitting here, what would they say about you. Why should we accept you?"
"Do you have any questiuns for us?"
"Why have you choosen NSU? (have a long, detailed answer prepared for this one)"
" What brings you here?"
"Talk about your MCAT score."
"What kind of medicine do you see yourself practicing?"
"Is there any part of your academic history that you feel is weak?"
"Tell us about your clinical experience?"
"What hobbies do I have?"
"You said in your app that you heard about DO at a presentation, how did you go from not knowing anything about it to only applying to DO schools?"
"what would your best friend say is the best and worst thing about you?"
"Why DO? Why NSUCOM?"
"Why NSU?"
"if a student was the same as you on paper why should i choose you?"
"Why osteopathy? (I only applied to DO schools) Asked about my biochemistry class. (currently taking it) Asked about my hobbies."
"Would you change the way doctor's now treat patients?"
"Do you think you will settle in the state you are from ? California?"
"What did you do to improve your chances of getting in at Nova this year that you didn't last year? (I applied last year as well). What would you do if you don't get in this year? "
"What kind of speciality?"
"Have you had other interviews?"
"Talk about your reserach and are you interested in research as part of your career?"
"Why these bad grades in 1993?"
"How will you integrate your undergraduate major into your future practice in medicine (I majored in nutrition); What is the one thing you want us to tell the admissions committee about you."
"What is this volunteering experience about.....etc....?"
"Why did you apply to an allopathic school? Do you have any questions for us?"
"How do you plan to make it through medical school? How would a friend describe you? "
"Where did you get that tie?"
"Where do you see yourself practicing medicine after school and residency?"
"Why didn't you do better in Physics?"
"Tell me about a medical experience in which physician behavior was horrific vs wonderful."
"What do you do for fun?"
"1)Explain why your GPA drops in the sophomore year of your undergradute. 2)The medical school curriculum is very challenging, at least 26 credits hours per semester. How do you plan to handle that vigorous curriculum?"
"Did I know the advantages of gradutaing from their school?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"How can you guarantee that you will succeed in medical school with such a low MCAT section score? "
"the good old - where do you see yourself 10 years from now"
"How would you go about improving the US healthcare system?"
"What have you done since graduation?"
"What are 3 things you would change about yourself?"
"How I managed my time."
"How do I think I would relate to patients as a physician but ignore what I learned in my prior career."
"If i was taking a friend to the ER, what traits would I value in a physical seeing her."
"If I was not going to become a doctor what would I want to be?"
"N/A"
"How can you demonstrate your leadership abilities"
"Asked me about my most meaningful volunteer experience."
"Do you like to read?"
"What is the biggest problem in health care right now?"
"How did you come to medicine?"
"If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?"
"About tropical medicine."
"What qualities do you think an outstanding physician should possess?"
"Wasn't Mitt Romney's idea for solving the healthcare problem that it's ok for people to use the ER for primary care?"
"What makes a good doctor? (they kept pressing)"
"If your best friend was sitting next to you, how would s/he describe you?"
"How did ____ job from when you were 16 help you get here today?"
"Tell me something about yourself that's not in your file?"
"How do you think you can change people?"
"Has your outspoken nature ever gotten you in trouble?"
"What is the one thing you would change about healthcare?"
"If you had a class you were doing poorly in how would you adjust"
"How do you organize and prioritize your time? How did you do this in the past?"
"How will your study skills translate to medical school"
"Nothing was all too "original" but the conversational style was nice and fresh, and it was evident that everyone knew what was going on."
"Tell us about a time when you had to prioritize multiple responsibilities and what you did to take care of them all."
"How do you intend to overcome the challenges that NOVA presents?"
"No specific questions. Attended Medical School Experience Day."
"Explain a time you had a difficult class and how you overcame it?"
"What do you consider the biggest problems in our health care system? How would you fix the shortage of primary care doctors? Tell me about the surgery you observed. Tell me more about your research project abroad."
"What kind of music do you sing?"
"When do you think there will be a HIV vaccine?"
"What is your biggest weakness?"
"Tell us about a specific experience that occurred in the ER where you volunteer."
"Why is it that you applied to only MD schools in the past and only DO schools this year? (It was interesting because I have great reasons, and he responded very well to my answer)"
"Why do you think you did poorly the first time you took x class? This was interesting because one interviewer said that my answer wasn't the same as the explanation provided by the professor in his letter of recommendation (my bad I guess...?). He then told me some of what was in the letter - are they supposed to do that? Lol."
"See 3"
"Two questions sparked some genuine conversation: Who is one doctor you look up to? and What is your ethnicity?"
"Sell Yourself."
"Talk about a time in which you held a leadership position in your volunteer experience."
"Would you like a cookie?"
"How do you stay positive?"
"How would you contribute to the diversity of the incoming class?"
"Oppinion on healthcare reform. Most of my questions were about my oppinions and ideas."
"How you would you fix the US healthcare system?"
"What is the most important healthcare issue minus legal. "
"Did you ever work with a doctor that you did not respect? Why?"
"What is your oppinion about healthcare reform?"
"None, they were pretty standard questions, everyone was asked the health question in our interview session."
"What question are you glad we didn't ask?"
"you applied to MD and DO? Why"
"Nothing really interesting..."
"You do realize you applied here really late?"
"*Hypothetically Speaking* If you knew a patient was going to die in 6 months how would you break the news to them? "
"What would your friends say are your best qualities?"
"Name two of your weaknesses."
"Name two weaknesses that you have."
"What about other medical systems interests you (in response to my questions regarding their DO/MPH)"
"Nothing particularly interesting, probably the 1st question, because it was so open-ended and took up a lot of the interview"
"If your enemy were to describe us to you in a sentence...."
"If you were to go into a library, what would be the first section you would go to? "
"None..."
"What drove you to choose a specific job while in high school?"
"the free response to basically approach whatever way I wanted"
"If you were working in a prison and asked to perform lethal injections what would be your stand on the issue?"
"What did you find most fascinating since you started shadowing a DO?"
"How would you explain the inhumane acts people commit against others?"
"How were you able to keep up all of your school activities and still perform well in school?"
"We see here you have applied to X number of MD schools and X number of DO schools... where are you at in the interview processes for all of these? Any acceptances? Also asked some personal questions about my file and what I've been doing in my year off since graduation to prepare for school."
"If we had coffee with your best friend what would he/she tell us about you?"
"You've applied to many allopathic schools last year and this year you've applied to many DO schools. Why? "
"How do you explain the increased number of diagnoses of autism?"
"Do you read Chinese? (I'm Chinese)"
"explain an experience i've had that has motivated me to become a physician"
"if you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be"
"At my 30yr highschool reunion, how will the students react when they find out I am a physician?"
"What was your hardest/most challenging class and what did you do to succeed?"
"What have you learned from you life experiences?"
"none really, they were all expected"
"None in particular"
"Tell me about your experience in XXXX (part of personal statement)"
"How do you stay sane?"
"typical interview questions."
"If you could select a specific medical journal to browse which one and why?"
"Tell me about your research experience"
"describe your typical work day"
"What did you eat for breakfast?"
"Tell us about your experiences in EMS."
"what would make you choose nova over another school"
"If I were your close friend, how would I describe you?"
"What do you do to relax?"
"Are you on any kind of diet?"
"Are you on any special diets or fad diets?"
"Imagine you have an argument with someone about a task that he/she was supposed to do in your organization, but they didnt do it. At the end of the argument, what would that person say was your one strength and one weakness?"
"Tell us about the Alternative Medicine class you took?"
"What do you work on?"
"My questions were pretty stock. "
"Do you like to cook?"
"why are you interested in coming to florida?"
"Why your verbal score on the MCAT was low, compared to your really high writing sample score"
"Would you treat a patient if you knew they had an infectious disease like AIDS or TB?"
"nothing particularly interesting"
"Are you interested in the Biochemical aspect of food??? (that one got me for a second, but I answered back intelligently)"
"What will you do in Florida wihtout being able to rock climb or ski?"
"Do you think the only reason you want to be a doctor is from your own personal experience?"
"Tell me about the weather where you are from?"
"Many students' perceptions of being a physician are colored by physicians with whom they are acquainted. Tell me about a physician with whom you are acquainted."
"To explain the difference between a high MCAT score and a mediocre GPA."
"I honestly was impressed that they took the time to inquire about my musical endeavors and time studying abroad. Most schools would not take the time. Drs. Snyder and Rokusek were very pleasant to talk with."
"(This was an interview for the BS/DO program) If you were to go into another field other than medicine, which would you go into and why?"
"Why did you only apply to three schools"
"if i was in a class 3x harder than any class I have ever been in, how would i handle it"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"Tell us your strengths and weaknesses in less than two words each."
"What book did you read for pleasure most recently? Why and how would I rate it compared to others of similar type and by that author?"
"Why are there so many withdrawals in my undergrad time?"
"Just general stuff from my file"
"Tell us how you got to this point in life, in regards to your interest in medicine."
"What was the last book you read for fun?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"I notice that you are a substitute teacher. How will you use this educational background as a physician?"
"Why military medicine?"
"What kind of surfboard do you have?"
"What do you want us to tel the admissions committee on your behalf?"
"What do you see yourself doing in 10 years?"
"they asked me why I wanted to become a D.O. twice. I don't think they were paying attention."
"All the questions were directly related to my personal file. I didn't have any difficult ethical questions like some of the other applicants."
"What do you think can be done to improve healthcare in US?"
"An MD asked me why i wanted to be a DO so be prepared for that because I was only prepared to tell a DO why i thought the profession was amazing, not tell an MD why i wasn't choosing the same path he chose."
"very standard questions"
"What do you think would be the hardest thing about being a physician?"
"none really, they were all standard. About my file, etc."
"Why did you apply only to MD schools last year and now only to DO schools this year and what do you know about DO?"
"Compare and contrast MD's and DO's."
"Everything was pretty basic, nothing not posted on SDN."
"Why did you choose to go to your college (my school is in a small town in IL and Im from Florida)"
"if you had to choose between anatomy/physiology, microbiology, and biochemistry and could only take one, which would you choose and why"
"Why did I choose my undergrad school?"
"How has your father's death contributed to your decision about going into medicine? "
"Do you have any experience with other ethnic groups."
"What is your greatest strength and weakness?"
"Which do you believe is more vital to the practic of medicine, knwoledge or compassion?"
"Tell me in three words how you would describe a successful physician."
"How do you feel about the health care system in the United States? ( I think the only reason why they asked me this question was because I work in the insurance department at the doctor's office)"
"What have you done that has prepared you the most for medical school?"
"Nothing particularly out of the norm"
"Have you ever observed a doctor doing something that impressed you positively?"
"How does a dog get ulcers? -- It was a joke that Dr. B made at the end. Some would try to actually answer that! "
"nothing- basic questions"
"No surprises if you check out this website and know what you wrote in your application."
"I see that you were a very good athlete, will you be a better doctor or a better athlete - and why?"
"It was a very conversational interview. They asked me to explain some of my research projects."
"I see that your sister is an MD- how does she feel about your decision to apply to medical school?"
"Consider your most difficult class during undergrad and imagine the anatomy class you take in med school to be 30 times harder. How would you change your study habits? What approach would you take?"
"Name a mentor of yours that is not related to you...and explain why?"
"nothing unusual"
"nothing really interesting"
"all questions were very standard"
"why did you major in economics?"
"Who is the founder of Osteopathic medicine? "
"In this technologically-advanced age, how are you going to apply the knowledge you learn in med school to medical work in developing countries that have little infrastructure?"
"What, if anything, would you change about yourself."
"What was the most significant volunteer experience you've had?"
"Why did you have a successful career and change to medicine ?"
"Nothing in particular, all questions were pretty standard."
"I was asked to explain why I wanted to attend NOVA given my research background which was very strong and atypical of a NOVA candidate."
"so...you are well spoken in person help me to understand your verbal score."
"To ask them any question I had about the school"
"What class did you have the toughest time with in undergrad?"
"nothing. The questions were all incredibly basic and impersonal."
"I had said that I was creative for a previous question. They asked me to give them an example."
"Tell us which is a character that you admire, make sure that we know this character."
"How was your drive to Fort Lauderdale?"
""I'm and MD and I see you're dad is also, so why didn't you apply to any MD schools?" If you get that questions... no matter where u are... tell them that it's because of the philosophy. Some people will say because of grades but if you say that it's pretty much over for u... they don't want to be sloppy seconds!"
"The first person who interviewed me clearly had some kind of chip on his shoulder. He basically set out to humiliate and insult me. He asked obscure questions about classes (literature, film...) I had taken years ago. He got frustrated when I couldn't remember specific names of authors and film producers and even raised his voice to me! I'm not sure what recalling names of Spanish poets had to do with becoming a physician, but I do know that he succeded in making my decision easy about NOVA. The other 2 interviewers asked me normal questions (ie. my weaknesses, strengths etc), but it did little to make up for the first guy."
"How do we know that you are a caring person? Give me an example of how you are that way. "
"Where do I see myself in 10 years?"
"What do you think of the political situation in Cuba right now? (I studied there)"
"What is a positive experience in the medical field that I have witnessed that has inspired me to pursue medicine?"
"They did not ask any interesting questions, they basically just grilled me to see if I would break."
"What do you think will be the most difficult thing you'll have to learn in becoming a physician?"
"The questions were pretty standard?"
"If you could go back to start college over again, would you do things the same, or differently?"
"What was the most irritating customer you have had at your work?"
"Do Osteopathic Manipulative Treatments do anything else besides correct spinal or back problems? (I gave the example of frequent improvement in chronic asthma)"
"What is the significance of one of your research projects? "
"A question that came straight out of my personal statement...so be prepared, they read everything! IT'S OPEN FILE"
"just basic stuff off my application"
"Have you ever seen anyone die?"
"basic questions, nothing too interesting. Why medicine, why DO? What is your biggest weakness and biggest strength? "
"What would make you choose NSU if you were accepted at every school you applied to?"
"When applying OMT we use our hands to manipulate the skin and the underlying tissue; How can this create an effect in other areas?"
"So what do you think about what is going on in New Orleans? Having a public health background what would you have done?"
"Who is your favorite character on ER?"
"Tell us about these religion classes you have taken."
"History questions...WTF?"
"So you work on classic cars?"
"So, you broke your dads computer at the age of eleven? You know computers cost a lot back then...."
"what type of music do I play on guitar."
"Why are you applying to DO school now when you haven't in the past? "
"What have I done that has been significant that is non-academically related?"
"They asked me about my religion which I felt was outrageous."
"why nsu? "
"Name a person who positively influenced you during your undergraduate years and why"
"Do you believe individual's with Bipolar disorder should be allowed to enter medical school?"
"If your answers matched and that would determine whether or not we let you into medical school, what would your best friend say are your best and worst qualities?"
"None"
"None, all of the questions were pretty standard."
"What was the last book you read?"
"nothing to shocking or interesting"
"Nothing really. Like previous comments, the questions were very generic (ie. why medicine?)"
"Being that you have an overseas background, how would you use osteopathic medicine in countries/areas where it is less known?"
"What do you think is the most important healthcare issue in the media today?"
"NA - all questions seemed generic"
"How did your LDS mission to Russia affect you."
"Wasn't teaching junior high a little like babysitting?"
"Why didn't you mention this aspect of your application in your personal statement?"
"Why do you want to change careers and get back into school?"
"What did I think of the MCAT"
"If someone came in for an abortion, how would you handle it?"
"What is the most difficult part of being a physician? "
"where are your parents from? It is an easy question, just not something I expected"
"Did you feel accepted by the Japanese while living in Kyoto?"
"nothing"
"If I asked you and your best friend what your greatest strength and weakness was, and if your answers matched you would be admitted into nova, what would he or she say?"
"Name one of your role models, not related to you. Explain."
"Eh, they weren't too interesting. Probably, "what was the last book you read?""
"what was your biggest weight and how many cigarets a day where you smoking. It takes BALLS to ask personal questions. Only the younger guy asked... it turns out he was a smoker. "
"They saw i was going to take a theology class this semester (keep in mind I hadn't started classes yet)and quoted a verse from the bible and asked if i knew where it was from."
"With all of your unique experience with surgery do you think you would want to be a Surgeon?"
"Does the DO that you shadow use manipulation? How often?"
"What were your plans when you decided to major in (non-science area)? Did you plan on being a doctor at that point?"
"My questions weren't really that interesting. Just basic strengths and weaknesses, 10 years from now, etc."
"Why did I decide to get a math minor?"
"None of the questions were interesting, therefore I don't think they really got to know me as a person, but part of this was my problem not taking control of the interview."
"If we brought your best-friend in, and asked him/her what your best quality was, and your reponse had to match his/hers to be accepted into our school; what would they say about you? "
"Why did you apply to so many schools in the geographic north?"
"Tell me about yourself. Talk about vague! It was the first question I got and it threw me off. The funny part is, I knew it was coming because of this website, but my nervousness still took over. "
"mostly from application"
"Why do you believe there is a nursing shortage in the United States?"
"Nothing stimulating was truly asked. You really needed to incorporate outside information into standard questions to make your answers seem more exciting. "
"The most interesting question I was asked was "What one thing/event in my life has presented the greatest challenge"?"
"What does CODEH (Volunteer group) mean and what did you do? "
"If I was happy doing what I was doing, why would I like to go to medical school."
"Why I decided to pursue medicine instead of Ph.D."
"There were not any interesting questions asked of me, just your run of the mill questions, which I was expecting."
"What do you do for fun?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary, just how come I only applied to NSU"
"All the questions were pretty basic. I was a nervous wreck walking out of my interview, because the questions were (in my opinion) sort of boring. I thought they didn't like me, but I must have been wrong. I found out today that I was accepted!"
"When I decided I wanted to become a Physician"
"Why have you chosen NSU since you live so far from here?"
"i was asked the details of my eagle scout project"
"Nothing out of the ordinary. They started out by asking me about my EC activities, which really put me at ease."
"At what point did you decide you wanted to be a physician?"
"What do you think makes a good doctor?"
"What would I do different in the past?"
"How has your interest in music influenced your life?"
"What would you want us to tell the commitie concerning your application?"
"How do you want to use your MPH in dealing with medicine? What topics drive you?"
"You went to a community college first. Why did you stay there so long? (I started college classes while in high school)"
"What does Zorba (greek word) mean?"
"What undergraduate course inspired you to pursue medicine?"
" What has been the most significant experience working at ************* ?"
"What are two things you are the most proud of?"
"Nothing. It was very straightforward....Questions regarding my application (grades, volunteer, etc.)"
"Do you think health care is a right?"
"Tell me about your extensive research background."
"How did I manage to get a good letter or rec. from an organic professor?"
"Where do you get your enthusiasm from? "
"Questions about a project I had done were very probing, there was no way to know the "right" answer so they expected me to wing it."
"They were all pretty straight forward."
"Nothing interesting or out of the ordinary"
"Nothing really interesting, pretty straight forward."
"If a person had aids and were involved in a car accident and were not breathing with blood everywhere, what would you do?"
"They asked me about growing up as a vegetarian ... this sparked a very interesting conversation! "
"Since you father is an MD, has he advised not to go into medicine now a days with all the problems with HMO's and insurance?"
"BTW--this is a dental school interview Nothing too interesting asked...plain and simple questions"
"How was the experience growing up in a different country? Any childhood memories?"
"I noticed that you took a class on Child abuse in undergrad. Tell me what you learned."
"Why DO?"
"What's the most difficult thing you will encounter as a physician."
"how can you be so sure about ostepathy when you also applied to allopathic school?"
"Would you do a specialty?"
"How does the son of an allopathic physician become interested in osteopathic medicine?"
"Most my questions were related to my application, but the most interesting one was "Imagine you are on a camping trip with two friends of yours in the remote woods and mountains somewhere...all of a sudden your friend goes into cardiac arrest and drops down...then your other friend tells you that the friend who just went down has HIV....how do you handle that situation(you have no cell phones either)?"
"Not too many interesting questions. It was basically a conversation between the four of us. They wanted to know if I played basketball?"
"You just diagnosed a 66 y/o with cancer of the lung possibly metastatic disease. The family has asked you not to tell the patient what is wrong with him. They state that his son is an attorney and he will sue me if I tell him. What would I do?"
"Are you in anyway dissatisfied by the US Government?"
"Questions about my volunteer work with children."
"None."
"The questions really wern't interesting, they were more generic if anything"
"Why should I see you as a doctor?"
"Do you the know the advantage to graduating from our program vs. the MD programs? "
"Do you worry that patients might view you differently since you are Asian?"
"Tell us about yourself in a nutshell"
"I had Dr. Terry...I didn't find him intimidating, he was very nice. But it is an uncomfortable setting with 3 people spread out around a table staring at you(= I didn't have any extremely interesting questions."
"Whether I had planned on going into medicine when I graduated with a degree in philosophy."
"The old compassion/intellect question. "
"Which is more important to a doctor - compassion or intellectual ability? (I don't recall how they exactly put it, but that's the gist of it.)"
"Tell me where your hometown is located (The Rock) which is in Georgia, south of Atlanta"
"Tell me about yourself."
"What are your hobbies?"
"Any conflict that I had during community service and how I resolved it (did not have any so I gave something non-community service related)."
"Why Nova?- I kinda knew before the interview started I don't go there."
"explaining a weakness in my application"
"Why did you get the grade that you got in Ochem?"
"What is your learning style, break it down?"
"ACA"
"They kept asking me two questions at the same time."
"What will you introduce to our school?"
"Which physician (that you shadowed) had the biggest effect on you and why?"
"Why do you want to come to our school? Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What would you do if you could change any one thing about US Healthcare?"
"Are you happy with healthcare, and if not, what is something you would do to fix it?"
"The one about our heatlhcare system."
"Talk about a leadership experience you had as a volunteer. (They were all very straightforward questions)."
"In one sentence, fix the US healthcare problem."
"We're appointing you the health care czar, how do you fix health care in America?"
"If your best friend was sitting next to you, how would s/he describe you?"
"What do you think about the future of healthcare?"
"Tell me something about yourself that's not in your file?"
"Healthcare"
"Asking to explain how I improved my MCAT score."
"If accepted to top DO and top MD school and location isn't a factor what are you choosing and why?"
"My interviewer had a rapid-fire style, where one question came after the other and there wasn't much time to compose myself in between. However, I stayed calm and was able to answer them well in the time given. Additionally, all of the questions were very specific to my application and my personal history (from my answer to the tell me about yourself question). That being said, there weren't any "difficult" questions exactly, but the style of the interview was more difficult."
"What changes do you think should be made to the healthcare in the US?"
"None, everything that came up was on the interview feedback."
"How will you fix healthcare? Where do you propose we start fixing healthcare?"
"tell me about healthcare"
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"Describe yourself in three words."
"What in your opinion is one of the biggest problems with health care today and what are some of your thoughts about this problem?"
"No specific questions. Attended Medical School Experience Day."
"How you are involved in the community?"
"Why should we accept you?"
"Why should NSU accept you?"
"What is your back-up plan if not accepted?"
"Since you have had academic difficulty in the past, how do you plan to handle the rigors of medical school?"
"none the interview was very conversational"
"What would you do to improve the healthcare system."
"Tell me about your community service experience and what your leadership roles were. (This was only difficult becaue I didn't have much to say on the specific part about leadership, and he kept trying to probe it)"
"Nothing unexpected or difficult. They did ask a question about health care though."
"How did you prepare for this interview? (I said mock interviews, SDN, etc, but my interviewer kept asking "anything else?" Think he was fishing for something school specific, which I gave him.)"
"What is one thing you would fix about Health Care Reform? Do not discuss legal issues."
"Sell Yourself. "
"What's the specialty of the relative who wrote your letter? (Totally blanked!)"
"What do you believe is the biggest problem in healthcare and what would you do to fix it?"
"Tell us about a time when your priorities were out of order and what you learned from it."
"What do you think the biggest problem with healthcare is and how would you fix it?"
"the ever popular - tell us about yourself. It is good to have an idea of what you think would be good to include here. No need to memorize a script but such a broad question requires a little planning."
"None really"
"Tell us about a time when your priorities were off. "
"What physician do you look up to and why?"
"Is there anything that you know but you don't want us to know?"
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years?"
"do you know florida well? i didnt know how to say no, so i just said no,not really"
"You and your sister get into a fight. You both are still in a bad mood. At that point, what would your sister say is the best quality about you? Your worst? (this question totally threw me off)"
"Medicine is not an option. What will you do?"
"What would you say is the difference between an allopathic physician and an osteopathic physician?"
"None really, all the questions that were asked I saw on SDN, except the personal ones from my file."
"None, read most of them on the SDN website and the new questions were right out of my file."
"None really, perhaps the most pleasant and stress free interview I have ever had...for anything."
"Science GPA question"
"If your enemy were to describe us to you in a sentence...."
"Where do you see yourself practicing in 10 years? "
"Tell us about yourself. (It was also scary when one said, "I have no other questions" right after asking this one.)"
"file specific: discuss how I will overcome lack of science background--I'm not a science major and had just met the basic science requirements. But, I knew that question was coming and we discussed it and moved on...Some schools are just plain rude about it, and I wonder why those schools invited me, but the Nova interviewers understood my potential b/c of my work in other areas...."
"there really wasnt any difficult questions.. i knew pretty much my application was good and it would generally be character questions.. the interviewers were VERY welcoming and nice...awesome people and completely different attitude than MD.."
"N/A"
"I didn't have any they weren't there to scare me or make me fumble they were just looking to further understand how I was as an applicant"
"All of the questions were straight forward"
"See above."
"None, all were expected. The most difficult thing was that they tried to play "good cop/bad cop." One person was all smiley and the other seemed very critical. But it was also obviously an act, and if you can break them and stay confident, you'll have 2 good cops at the end!"
"If we had lunch with your mother what would she tell us to look out for about you?"
"Name your weaknesses."
"What will you do if you are overwhelmed by the coursework?"
"Do you think you will be receiving an equivalent quality of medical education in a DO program compared to a MD program? Why?"
"nothing really just a little distracted because 2 of the interviewers were texting during the interview lol"
""Who founded Osteopathic Medicine and What event in his life prompted him to found it""
"They asked me where i see myself in ten years twice and two different points in the interview"
"none, all were expected"
"Why osteopathic medicine? Have you shadowed a DO. What do you know about DO"
"What would you bring to the diversity of our school?"
"Why would you switch from you current field to medicine?"
"I guess Question 1 kinda threw me off:)"
"nothing hard."
"Why did you do poorly in this specific class?"
"What are your weaknesses "
"GPA question"
"None of them were very difficult!"
"If you were a doctor, would you provide health care to a patient without any health insurance?"
"Why did you take the MCAT twice? "
"what do you think about the current global warming issue?"
"Any questions for us?"
"Started off the interview with: So tell us about yourself."
"No difficult questions...just that they drilled me and it felt like they dint believe anything I said. Anytime I would respond to a question, another one of the interviewers would cut me off and drill me on a small aspect of my response...and while responding to that, i'd be attacked again."
"Why NOVA?"
"Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?"
"How have your study habits changed since you did your BS?"
"A specific question about the research publication I gave them prior to the interview "
"nothing really... just be yourself"
"What differentiates DO's from MD's (only tough because I felt like I had to repeat some of a previous answer)"
"Are you interested in the Biochemical aspect of food???"
"What proof do you have that you have improved your ability to do well in classes?"
"So I see in college you got sick and had to withdraw for a semester. That was probably due to a lot of stress. How then, could you handle the stress at medical school? (It wasn't the question that was tough-- but the fact that he was making a statement rather -- something I had to stand up to and dispute."
"Non"
"Why did you apply to so many schools?"
"To explain the difference between a high MCAT score and a mediocre GPA."
"Nothing really."
"Something along the lines of ''Are you just going applying here to make your parents happy''"
"Where do you see yourself a decade from now"
"same"
"Why do you want to be a DO? (Tough because I didn't notice that the guys interviewing me were MDs and one jokingly quipped ''So MDs don't do that?'' to some of my answers)"
"Tell us about your analytical skills."
"nothing"
"What it was like playing football while being in school? or What makes you angry?"
"Why so many withdrawals?"
"None, they were not difficult. JUST BE YOURSELF!! I was nervous, but that is ok; just answer honestly and straight forward. They just want to get to know you. "
"Why did you also apply to so many allopathic schools?"
"none were difficult"
"Tell us some of your strengths and weaknesses."
"Think about the most difficult class you have taken. what if you had a class here 3 times harder? How would you pass the class?"
"What brought you to us?"
"What would your brother say are your pros and cons?"
"What was one thing difficult in your life personal or academic that you have delt with?"
"Nothing."
"the second time they asked me to say why I wanted to become a D.O."
"Explain why you attended so many different schools? (I transferred universities twice for personal and financial reasons)"
"explain the C in organic. Do you think you'll handle the heavier workload?"
"Same as above."
"Tell me about the History of Osteopathic Medicine: I wasn't ready to recite it verbatim, so I gave them my understanding of it."
"I was asked to explain a low score on a section of the MCAT"
"what can you bring to the program?"
"What can you bring to this program and why should we tell the committee to accept you?"
"At the beginning of the interview they asked me if there was anything I wanted to say about myself. "
"Why were your MCAT scores so low?"
"convince us that you are ready for medical school course work"
"none really. everything was pretty generic and straight forward."
"Why is your gpa low when you have such a high MCAT score."
"My GPA was around a 3.0, one of the interviewers asked: "
"Same as most interesting question- this one slightly threw me for a loop"
"Nothing really difficult; I didn't get any questions I wasn't expecting."
"How do you feel about the health care system in the United States? "
"What happened to cause the delay between undergraduate and grad school. (druing those 2 years basically I got married and then divorced)"
"Why is one part of your MCAT score significantly lower than the others?"
"We noticed you had some challenges during undergrad, specifically with organic chemistry. Can you explain that?"
"Nothing difficult"
"If your girlfriend was here, what would she say was one of your weaknesses? (i really considered saying that im not very romantic....i eventually decided to go with the let's try to turn it into a positive trick...)"
"So you got weak grades at a weak college, how did you end up at XXX for graduate school?"
"What do you think is the most difficult thing in managing a private practice?"
"Why should we accept your into our medical school?"
"Asked about a prior minor conviction of mine. Then reassured me that the incident was insignificant."
"Your mom is an RN- why didn't you go that route?"
"Nothing too difficult..but these questions I wasn't expecting: I see that you took Eng Lit (like in freshman year!) can u name me an author that you liked and why? (I think i had the most blank look on my face haha) Can you tell me a little about a parasite that you studied? (Im a microbio major) "
"nothing unusual again. everything asked was standard Q and A"
"nothing too difficult"
"where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"None were that difficult..."
"Compare and contrast two theology classes that I took."
"How did you end up where you are today?"
"What is the challenge for you to study medicine compare to engineer ?"
"Explain your undergraduate record. This question was specific to my situation."
"nothing too difficult, just asked about some flaws in my GPA wanted to know what happened."
"above"
"I see you applied to both MD and DO schools. Why?"
"What would you change about yourself?"
"I see that you got a C in organic. Do you think this will affect your performance in medical school, why or why not?"
"Keep in mind there are about 7 MD's in my family. So they asked with all that MD blood, why DO?"
"What is your biggest strength? Weakness?"
"Same as above just because it was hard to brag about the advantages of DO to an MD without insulting him."
"What can you say to me to prove that you really want to be a doctor?"
"Why do you want to be a physician? (it seems easy but difficult to answer)"
"If you become a physician and are asked to treat a patient by doing something that is against your religious beliefs, what will you do?"
"Do you think you will be able to handle the stress and tough education of medical school since you have not taken any science courses besides the reqired pre-medical classes?"
"Why should we accept you when the majority of the people on your premed commitee did not recommend you? (which I found out later was a blatant lie)"
"What do you think will be the most difficult thing you'll have to learn in becoming a physician?"
"The questions were pretty standard?"
"What are your weaknesses?"
"How will being a musician affect you as a physician?"
"So you applied to both allopathic and osteopathic programs. How will you choose and why would you choose NOVA?"
"What is your weakness?"
"What is the history of Osteopathic Medicine?"
"No tough questions"
"What is your biggest failure?"
"nothing really. They were very nice and friendly. HOWEVER there were other students who interviewed with 3 other interviewers who played "ggod cop, bad cop" with them, I was lucky I had real easy going interviewers."
"When have you had to help a person, despite their personal life being contrary to your belief system?"
"So,you're not great at chemistry. Why?"
"You applied to allopathic and osteopathic schools last year - why didn't you apply to NSU? (didn't have a DO letter)"
"In a stressful situation, how would your closes friends describe you?"
"Multiple questions about specifics on my application. (I took a lot of Micro, history etc. and they grilled me on specifics from each topic)"
"Who founded osteopathic medicine? (not hard A.T. Still just very unexpected)"
"I don't really understand your hypothesis in your research, could you please explain?"
"What the difference between DO and MD and what's OMT? Can it affect multiple systems when treating one system? "
"Standard questions"
"What other schools I was applying to adn have I been admitted there....kinda strange to ask."
"No difficult questions, just a lot of questions I thought were not related to my application."
"why nsu?"
"all were equally thought provoking"
"If you really want to be an osteopathic physician, why did you apply to so many allopathic schools? "
"Why are your science grades lower than your average?"
"What was one single moment working in medicine that made you decide you wanted to become a physician?"
"What do I know about Osteopathy after I told him all that in his first question what do i know about Nova."
"None, all of the questions were pretty standard."
"Your MCATs don't reflect grades, etc; why?"
"Tell me about yourself, high school, why i chose a certain college and why i want to attend NOVA in particular?"
"What do you think is a major healthcare issue in today's society and how do you plan to change it? "
"Tell me everything you know about osteopathy. (It was weird cause I didnt want to ramble on with the history etc...I dont know if I said enough I guess)"
"How I would choose between an allopathic and osteopathic program if accepted to both?"
"There weren't any difficult questions. They were generic. However, I felt that I appeared nervous."
"none very difficult, but a few I had to think about b/c they were a bit unexpected"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? "
"What makes you a good candidate for this school? I hate these types of questions, so that's what made it challenging for me."
"What did I think of the MCAT"
"The questions asked for straight forward and expected."
"tell me about yourself ~ it was so vague, I was unsure about what exactly they were looking for ~ where I was from, my personality, jobs, et cetera"
"Tell me about yourself..."
"what makes you think you'll get through med schol"
"What is your greatest accomplishment, non-academically related?"
"Name one of your role models, not related to you. Explain."
"None of them were too difficult. "What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?" (Because I think that's a rather pointless question.)"
"Was there a single turning point that made you decide to go in to medicine. Of course also that stupid one about your best friend and what he or she would say about you. I answered I hope they will say a good guy and great friend to have. I wanted to answer.. well my imaginary friend thinks.. sos sososososo... but my other imaginary friend things I am imaginary."
"where do you see yourself in ten years professionally and socially?"
"Tell us some positive and negative things about you."
"Tell us about yourself."
"None seemed all that difficult."
"Rate your confidence level on a 1-10 scale. This question wasn't difficult, but threw me off a little bit because I used to have a bit of a confidence problem. "
"Strengths and weaknesses, although that wasn't really hard either."
"What's the difference between MD and DO. I hate this question in that I always feel like I'm just reciting some discription that I read somewhere. Because I don't feel comfortable with this question, I always fumble with it."
"Why did you only apply to Allopathic schools last year and so many osteopathic schools this year?"
"Why are your MCAT scores lower in comparison to your Science and Non-science GPA's?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"You say you loved this volunteer experience. But why? Tell us more... (I had no idea what else I could say, since I had already told them about it...)"
"Why DO? (not really a difficult question, just one that has the potential to have a very broad answer)"
"You scored so poorly on the MCAT, what makes you think you can pass medical school?"
"Strengths and Weakness....Wasn't anything more difficult than this asked."
""Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician"? It may seem easy to answer at first but I have so many reasons for choosing the profession that it was hard to narrow it down to a few key factors."
"Why DO? "
"Nothing difficult, although one interviewer walked in during my interview, in the middle of a response. "
"Why my MCAT score is not that great"
"Why I decided to leave Ponce School of Medicine and apply to NSUCOM."
"Why were your grades this/that? dont swear it they're not trying to attack you, probably just wanted to know how you'd react under pressure"
"Why is your major chemistry when you had a hard time in Advanced organic chemistry"
"Nothing too difficult, but this was my third interview. Just relax and be yourself. I ranked the stress level at 5 just because I wanted to go to NSU so bad, but if they can honestly see your interest in their school, it should actually help."
"Explain why there was a decline in grades from Freshman to senior status"
"Why did you do so bad in Orgo Chem?? Do you have trouble with chemistry in general?"
"nothing was exceptionally difficult"
"I was so prepared for even the most difficult questions that I could imagine, but they were not there to put me on the spot. They even said we are here to try to get to know you a little bit more. I suppose the most difficult would be when they asked me about my MCAT..but again, if you go in prepared, nothing will catch you off-guard."
"What do I think of family practice as a career. I didn't like being put on the spot to either confirm or deny wheather or not I would be interested in family medicine."
"What would someone who knows you say negative about you."
"What is the function of the Vpr gene in HIV? How many codons are there in HIV? (Don't freak out--this is related to my undergraduate research...apparently they had read over that part of my application very carefully! The question really took me by surprise!)"
"What would you consider to have been your greatest challenge? Also what to tell the commitie?"
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?