How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.20 | 364 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 239 |
| Negatively | 51 |
| No change | 84 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.05 | 370 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.32 | 245 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 221 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 2 |
| 20 minutes | 2 |
| 25 minutes | 20 |
| 30 minutes | 52 |
| 35 minutes | 40 |
| 40 minutes | 48 |
| 45 minutes | 128 |
| 50 minutes | 39 |
| 55 minutes | 5 |
| 60+ minutes | 39 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 369 |
| At a regional location | 1 |
| At another location | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 367 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 55 |
| Closed file | 303 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.20 | 364 |
"MMI - Be prepared to discuss ethics, situational judgements, and your application"
"MMI"
"MMI- 3 standard questions, 2-3 ethical questions? Pretty standard, they didn't want us to give out specfics"
"Are there any red flags in your application you'd like to talk about? (the questions was expected prior to the interview they warned us it was coming"
"How did you hear about NYMC?"
"after talking about one of my volunteering experiences.... What was the most meaningful experience (patient encounter)?"
"Describe your research in detail"
"What kind of clinical experience I have"
"Tell me about your activities."
"Asked about activities."
"Tell me about all of your relevant extracurricular activities, in chronological order."
"Any red flags - to everyone"
"What is something you would do differently?"
"Tell me about your family/parents. (They asked everyone in my group this)"
"What are the major healthcare issues facing us today?"
"Any red flags I should know about?"
"Tell me about your diverse cultural background."
"Why did you pick NYMC?"
"Tell me about yourself and the things you've been doing since high school."
"What made you decide to be a doctor?"
"Tell me about your research (super in depth, and then asked me the conclusions / outcomes of it, and how it related to medicine)"
"Tell me about your AMCAS activities which you believe exhibit leadership and initiative."
"What aspects of medicine interests you?"
"Red Flags"
"How would you teach people about preventable diseases?"
"Several questions about my research, including how I could apply what I've learned from it to practicing medicine."
"Are there any red flags in your application?"
"Tell me about your life chronologically"
""Tell me about your AMCAS activities""
"Tell me about your research... Do you enjoy research?"
"Why did you choose your undergraduate college / major?"
"What are you most proud of/ disappointed in"
"Interviewer had read and marked up personal statement and list of extracurriculars beforehand. "
"Where did you go to school? What did you major in?"
"Any red flags or anything you would like to tell me about so when the admissions committee brings it up I can explain it for you?"
"Any red flag?"
"Tell me about your family background."
"Why NYMC/What do you like about this school? Tell me about your research. "
"Why New York? (for Undergrad)"
"Why do you want to go into medicine?"
"Red Flags?"
"Why do you want to go to NYMC?"
"Tell me about your life.. start from the beginning."
"Why medicine? Why NYMC?"
"Just went down the list of my activities and asked me to explain."
"mostly conversational but with "any red flags?" a required question"
"Any "Red Flags" on your application?"
"Are you interested in primary care or becoming more specialized?"
"do you like the east coast? and other very conversational type questions"
"What did you do during your summers?"
"What kind of activities were you involved in your first year?"
"Did you apply to any off-shore medical schools?"
"What clinical experience did you get as an undergrad?"
"Tell me about your family. What do your parents do?"
"Very conversational, would lead into questions based on what we were talking about: why medicine was snuck in."
"Why did you choose Berkeley for undergrad?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"When did you decide you wanted to become a doctor?"
"Tell me about yourself: birthplace, schools you've attended"
"Any red flags - everyone is asked this"
"Any red flags?"
"Tell me about your research"
"Nothing specific really. We spent most of the time talking about things I had done (I had a relatively unorthodox educational path) etc. "
"Tell me about your high school education"
"What medical specialty are you interested and why?"
"None really... just conversed about both our lives, etc."
"do you have anything negative in your file we need to know about?"
"Some random question about canons and the Battle of Gettysburg."
"What made you decide to go into medicine?"
"Tell me more about this activity you were involved in."
"Why did you go into medicine and what have you done to support it?"
"Basically just asked about my experiences."
"I had to give a chronological life history of where I've lived and gone to school."
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Why do you want to go to our school?"
"Tell me about this medical experience . . . basically went through the timeline of my jobs/research/extracurriculars through and since undergrad. "
"Usually where you from where do you studying any siblings what do your parents do stuff..."
"Why do you want to study medicine?"
"weakness"
"WHo do you admire?"
"Asked about extracurricular activities."
"What are your red flags?"
"What speciality are you interested in and why?"
"research experience"
"How would your friends describe you?"
"What are you most proud of? Most disappointed about?"
"All the questions were very standard. Basically the interviewer just went through my file and asked me to explain everything I did (volunteer work, etc.)"
"Would you go to Cornell if you got in there?"
"90% about my ECs. Not a whole lot of other stuff, except for the interesting question asked above."
"What am I most proud of accomplishing? Ashamed of?"
"The generals: Why NYMC? Why Medicine? What specialty are you interested in?"
"What did you do in high school?"
"tell me about your family?"
""Now, you went to college where?""
"the physician-assisted suicide question listed twice above."
"About my major"
"Tell me about research activities."
"Are there any red flags in your file?"
"Why NYMC and not other NYC schools? Then a followup question about why I moved from Brooklyn to Cali."
"Wut research have you done?"
"Do you have any questions about New York Med?"
"is there anything else you like to add about your self?"
"how did you find [your undergraduate institution]?"
"1) Why medicine? 2) Why New York Medical College? 3) How did you choose your college and major?"
""Tell me about your research (or insert one other activity listed"?"
"How did you choose your undergraduate school?"
"Pretty much asked to talk about all experiences since interview was closed file."
"Why NYMC? Why not a school in Michigan (my home state)?"
"Tell me about your undergrad experience"
"red flags (the interviewers have a basic set of questions they have to ask and are basically just going down the list and jotting things down in the beginning...)"
"Why am I better than my undergraduate grades?"
"What did you do during your [first, second, third] year?"
"What is a current topic of importance in medicine today?"
"Where else have you applied and have been interviewed at? Why would you chose NYMC over X Medical School?"
"Tell me about your extracurricular activities during college."
"Why am i the best candidate for med school"
"all amcas stuff (nothing remotely stressful or difficult)"
"Literature stuff. Ask me essentially to justify my PI's research projects (I work in HIV/AIDS clinical trials). "
"Explain your research. Be prepared to answere ANY question about it."
"What do you think about the Social Security issue?"
"Have you done research? Are you thinking about continuing?"
"Tell me about a problem in medicine and give me all the sides to it."
"Questions you'd expect about your family, activities, undergrad major and experiences, personal statement (which you hand to them right before your interview), and interest in medicine."
"what/who influenced your desire to go into medicine?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? Why New York Medical College?"
"How else could your research have been conducted? (faculty)"
"What are you looking for in a med school?"
"You don't like someone in your gross anatomy group. How do you deal with this?"
"what ugrad school, what was your major, explanation about a history/biology connection"
"Tell me about the research you do. "
"Why do you work in genetics if you crashed and burned in your genetics course?"
"any red flags"
"What have you been doing since you graduated?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Would you assist your patient in terminating his/her own life?"
"Why NYMC"
"So tell me about yourself."
"How did you decide where to go to college, and how did you like it?"
"Tell me about some of your extra-curricular activities. "
"Tell me about your activities during your undergrad experience."
"What is your name? (They have closed file interviews. Also, there had been some scheduling changes, and I was the doc's first interview of the day, so I actually brought her the list of her interviewees for the day.)"
"What experiences in your life steered you to becoming a doctor?"
"What is your background? Where are you from?"
"Whats your role in your family"
"tell me how you chose your undergrad."
"What do you think will be your biggest challenge in medical school?"
"what do you do for fun?"
""Tell me about yourself.""
"Tell me more about a specific summer activity you participated in."
"What is a current issue in the health care system today?"
"questions pertaining to my research"
"So where did you grow up?"
"How would you describe yourself?"
"Why did you major in European History?"
"Questions specific to my transcript."
"So what do you want to know?"
"Tell me about your experience with HIV/AIDS in Asia."
"Talk about your family"
"what was your best leadership activity"
"Please see most interesting and difficult question."
"What have you done?"
"Where are you from?"
"about extracurriculars"
"Describe all your research experiences."
"family questions- do you have siblings? how was it growing up in your area? what do your parents do?"
"Why NYMC? What are some UNIQUE aspects of NYMC that are attractive to you?"
"Talk about strengths?"
"Describe yourself. "
"The type of questions you'd expect from a closed-file interview: why NYMC? why medicine? how did you learn about us? what are some of your ECs? "
"What is your family like?"
"How did you decide to be a doctor?"
"What red flags are there in your application that you would ike to talk about and clarify."
"What do you do for fun? What do you study?"
"tell me about your family"
"Specific about my personal statement"
"Tell me about your family. How do they feel about your decision to go into medicine?"
"Are there any red flags on your application?"
"Have you done any research?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor. "
"Did you have any difficulties while you were in undergrad? Any red flags I should know about?"
"Why medicine"
"What extracurricular activities did you do in high school?"
"Why medicine?"
"Why dont you want to practice rural medicine?"
"What elementary school did you go to? What did you like most about growing up? How do you feel about sick people? How do you think you will react to sick people? What kind of work do you do at your current job? Do you like working in a lab? What have you learned from working for a year? "
"What is your hometown?"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"I was asked about specific things in my personal statement as he read through it."
"Why NYMC?"
"do you have any red flags?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"What questions do you have about our school? (This was the first question I was asked)"
"when did you realize you wanted to do medicine?"
"MD: I gave the Dr. my personal statement just prior to my interview. I see your step-father attended here, tell me about that. What was it like growing up in the Dominican Republic? Who raised you? When did you arrive in the US? What was it like seeing you parents for the first time? Clarify the time between your parents divorce and your mother's remarriage. (This was in context of the conversation.) At this point I asked if there would be any questions about my academics, but he only had a list of activities with him and stated that he just wanted to get to know me. (I was so at ease!!)"
"In my interview, all the questions were based on previous experiences (school, volunteer work, research). So relax and enjoy your time out there. "
"tell me about a memorable ambulance experience"
"What do you think is the biggest issue facing physicians?"
"Tell me about your family."
"Why did you pick your undergraduate university? Tell me about your research. "
"See above."
"Why NYMC? Why Medicine? Tell me about yourself and family?"
"Why did you choose your undergrad?"
"Why medicine and not research?"
"What do your parents do? Any physicians in family?"
"Are you interested in any specialty?"
"Why NY Med?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor"
"See above"
"How do you feel about the political situation in the world?"
"* When did you decide to be an MD? <br> * What was my major? <br> * What kind of volunteer work have I done?"
"Why do you want to come to New York Medical College?"
"Why did you apply here?"
"MMI"
"MMI- 3 standard questions, 2-3 ethical questions? Pretty standard, they didn't want us to give out specfics"
"Why didn't you apply to NYMC the first time you applied? (second time applicant)"
"Any Red flags on your application?"
"How did your transition from (country/city of origin) to New York City (i go to NYU)?"
"Open ended: Tell me about (activities listed on AMCAS)"
"What is your volunteer experience?"
"Is there one particular patient experience you had that stuck out to you?"
"What she should tell the comitte about me"
"Where else have you interviewed?"
"Out of all of your activities, which one has been most meaningful?"
"Asked for more information about different ECs"
"Describe a time where you worked in a group. What were the challenges and how did you work through them?"
"What country would you go to if you could go anywhere?"
"What are you most proud of?"
"Any red flags i should know about?"
"What aspect of your application do you want me to stress to the admissions committee?"
"Tell me the activities which you are currently involved in."
"Tell me more about this volunteer experience you had."
"Tell me more about your family background."
"Any siblings? Where are they and what do they do?"
"Asked for literally everything that was already on my AMCAS: (since it was closed file, he had no idea what my background was) "So tell me about this activity, then what did you do, okay, and then what..", etc."
"What is the most rewarding experience you've ever had (in any area)?"
"Explain your research"
"Describe Undergrad Experience"
"Why did you pick your undergraduate institution? How did you pick your major?"
"What do you like to do in your free time?"
"What skills do you have that you believe would make you a good physician?"
"Why medicine/why not another career?"
""Any red flags?""
"General questions about my application"
"What negative things have you heard about NYMC?"
"Would you be comfortable at this school?"
"Why did you choose your undergrad/ major?"
"Why do you like NYMC?"
"What is a good book you have read"
"Tell me about each activity on your AMCAS app in chronological order. Why did you do each? Why did you... Why didn't you..."
"Tell me more about _______. (This went on for all of my AMCAS ECs.)"
"Tell me about this experience on your transcript... 1. 2. 3."
"What was your favorite class?"
"What specialty are you interested in? Asked about interests. "
"What do you do besides medically related stuff?"
"I'm trying to fill in a timeline to figure out your journey - can you tell me about what you did during (this time), and (this time), etc."
"Why a doctor?"
"What community service have you performed?"
"Red Flags?"
"Tell me about this experience, now this one, now this one..."
"Why did you go to your undergrad?"
"Are there any Red Flags?"
"What field of medicine are you interested in?"
"What is your greatest accomplishment?"
"Tell me about _________ (picked from a list of my known activities)"
"any "red flags" in your application? They pretty much ask everyone this question"
"Approximately how many schools did you apply to?"
"what field of medicine was I interested in"
"Any "red flags"?"
"Tell me about your research."
"Why did you choose your undergrad institution?"
"What do you do now?"
"What kind of activities were you involved in your second year?"
"Specific questions about my research."
"Is there anything in particular that attracted you to NYMC?"
"What would you change about health care in America? "
"How would you fix the healthcare system?"
"What do your parents do?"
"what would your sister say is your greatest weakness?"
"Community service/job shadow experiences (tell me about them- it's a blind interview so they haven't read your file yet so you can elaborate in great detail about experiences that you enjoyed and not feel like you're being repetitive)"
"Anything else you want me to tell the admissions committee?"
"Who do you admire?"
"What impact do you want to make on the medical community?"
"Explain some of these activities and the meaning you go from it"
"Tell me about your clinical experience"
"What are your best qualities?"
"What kind of person would your friends decribe you as?"
"random trivia"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Have you ever shadowed a physician or worked in an emergency department?"
"where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Why did you choose to go to your undergraduate college?"
"How were you involved in your undergraduate college?"
"Tell me about your research. What tasks exactly do you do? How do you like your research facility?"
"What other schools have you applied to?"
"Ask me a question."
"Do you have any research experience?"
"Any red flags in your application I should know about?"
"Why medical school?"
"Do you have any questions?"
"What was your favorite/least favorite class?"
"Why do you want to go to our school?"
"Tell me about your clinical experiences"
"What is your definition of physician assisted suicide?"
"Explain these extracurricular activity."
"How do you relate to the rest of your family?"
"tell me about your family"
"What have you been involved in/leadership activities?"
"What are your weaknesses?"
"Why New York Medical College? "
"Research"
"The personals: Tell me about yourself. Oh! You're hispanic? You don't look it - tell me about how that's influenced you"
"What are you doing right now?"
"what are you involved in extracurricularly?"
""But it says here you've listed X school as a place where you took undergrad courses. Where did you say you went to college?""
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"What can I tell you about NYMC?"
"Overview of college activities"
"Explain research experience."
"What research/clinical experiences do you have? A little bit about patient care and some more specifics about my research. Why medicine? "
"What types of clinical exposure do you have?"
"Who is your favorite composer and why?"
"what is your favorite major?"
"4) Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 5) Tell me about ________ activity on your application."
""Is there anything else about yourself you would like to add that we haven't discussed?""
"Where do you see yourself in fifteen years?"
"Books you have recently read"
"Describe an ethical issue facing medicine today (followed by moral/ethics questions above)."
"Any red flags?"
"Why NY med? Why medicine?"
"So what exactly do you do (I'm in business)"
"What's the biggest problem facing medicine today? Can you think of anything else? (and who said we didnt have to know anything besides the basics (our apps) for this interview?)"
"What is the physician's role in physician assisted suicide? (This branched off into a long discussion/debate in which my interviewer was obviously pushing for a specific answer)."
"How was [that year] for you?"
"why you?"
"How did you decide on medicine/ when did you decide?"
"What do you think differentiates you from the rest of the candidates?"
"Describe what you know about the Human Genome Project. Based on this how many genes were humans found to have? "
"What have you done for community service?"
"What are you doing in your year off"
"Why NYMC? What would you do if you didn't get in this year? "
"Why do you want to be a doctor, rather than a teacher?"
"Why did you take a year off? what did you do, how was it helpful?"
"What does medically underserved mean to you?"
"Tell me something in your application that you think I would want to know more about (since it is closed file)."
"Of course, the red flags question"
"how did you choose your undergraduate school?"
"Tell me about: a) your family, b) your research (in-depth) and Master's program, and c) your clinical experience (asked me clinical questions relavant to what I discussed in my essay)"
"Why didn't you get into medical school last year? (student)"
"What is one word a friend would use to describe you?"
"What was the last movie you saw? Did you like it?"
"Where are you from? Tell me about your family?"
"What's the hardest piano piece you've ever played? (What, was he trying to test me on my piano playing prowess? This was at the end of the interview when I was visibly upset from his unrelentless beating of my application and credentials). "
"if you're an ER doctor and you witness a car accident, what would you do?"
"Tell me about _____ in your personal statement."
"Tell me about your research"
"Tell me about your experience overseas."
"Tell me about your family and background"
"why NYMC"
"Why did you decide to go into medicine?"
"Do you have any red flags?"
"What do you think is the greatest problem in the health care system and how would you fix it?"
"Why NYMC."
"Tell me about your work experience right now."
"Describe your research."
"Tell me about yourself/Why do you want to go into medicine? The rest of the interview was me telling my life story, with the interviewer jumping in now and then to ask more about some of my experiences."
"What do you do to relax? Why do you want to go into medicine?"
"How would you improve access to health care?"
"Not a lot of questions, just more of a flow to the conversation..."
"Pick a medical issue, give different points of view"
"what are you doing now?"
"What are the weaknesses in your application? Strengths?"
"what will you do if you don't get into med school this year?"
""Do you have any red flags?""
"What is your greatest weakness"
"What will you do if you are not accepted into medical school?"
"what is the major healthcare problem currently and in the next year...?"
"Tell me about (insert activity here)"
"What brought you to the east coast for college? (i'm from oregon)"
"How would your best friend describe you?"
"Are there any red flags in your application?"
"Which strengths would you bring to NYMC"
"Questions about the post-bac biology courses I have taken"
"Tell me about a specific case/person that affected you in your volunteer work."
"The end of life question, which took up a lot of time."
"What have you been up to since graduation?"
"Why choose your undergrad"
"what do you do outside of studying"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Why med?"
"How did you do such and such diagnosis?"
"favorite class"
"Why and when did you decide to do medicine?"
"What extracurricular activities did you participate in during college."
"where else have you applied, interviewed?"
"Can you explain what Civil Air Patrol is?"
"Talk about weaknesses?"
"Did you like your undergraduate school?"
"What classes have you taken outside of your major requirements? (I have a ton of science background)"
"Why medicine? NYMC?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"What is the biggest problem affecting the health system is?"
"extracurricular activities, and what did you learn from them?"
"tell me about your summer experiences"
"the future of medicine"
"Why medicine? Why NYMC?"
"Do you have any volunteer experiences? Tell me about this particular one. (Remember, it's closed file)"
"What non major classes have you taken?"
"Tell me something about yourself that you would like me to know. "
"How do you see yourself helping people in 10 to 15 years? What is the most devastating thing that has happened to you? "
"Why do you want to be a doctor? "
"What did you learn about your experience working at this clinic? How will this impact you when you're a doctor? "
"tell me about yourself"
"Why do you want to go here? Traditional education schedule (normal 1st year and abnormal 2nd), small group studies 2nd year, progressive-first college to graduate female. "
"Tell me about yourself? Strengths/weaknesses?"
"What do you want to be when you grow up?"
"What is your role in your family? What does your family think about your decision to pursue medicine? What are you most proud of in your life? What are you most apprehensive about in terms of medical school? "
"What did you enjoy most about your undergraduate institution?"
"How would your friends describe you? Are they right?"
"what do you like to do for fun? what other interests do you have?"
"What's the biggest problem in healthcare today?"
"why NYMC?"
"what can i say to help the committe make a decision about your admission"
"You're asking me a lot about the cirriculum...are you shopping around? Have you been accepted elsewhere? What's your top choice school?"
"if your bestfriends can describe you, what would they say?"
"So your grandmother passed away? Did she live here? (I was very close to my grandmother, but the family divorce was not very pretty.) Tell me about high school. (I moved to the suburbs and went to two different high schools because of my parent's divorce and spoke of my excitement towards biology. When did your parents marry? (My step-father and mother) Why did you attend your undergraduate institution? Did you enjoy your time there. So you've been at the NIH for this long and the we corrected some information on my file. What is proteomics? Tell me about your research. Would you pursue a PhD? (I really want to study human biology and human disease and I'm also interested in " translational research." I answered along those lines. Do you have any questions for me? "
"tell me about your work during your year off"
"What is your top choice school right now?"
"What was your major?Why?"
"Tell me about one particular experience in your clinical experiences. "
"What extracurricular activities did you do during college? "
"Why medicine?"
"What is the biggest problem in healthcare and how would you propose to solve it?"
"why did you choose that major?"
"Do you see yourself working in a rural setting?"
"I am your voice to the Admissions Committee. What do you want them to know about you?"
"Long discussion about anthro and evolution...see above."
"Why did you pick your undergrad school?"
"Tell me about your family."
"Why medicine? Why New York Medical College? Have you interviewed elsewhere? "
"see most interesting question"
"What is one definite weakness about yourself?"
"Where do you see yourself 5 years after finishing school/residency?"
"is there anything else you'd like to talk about?"
"* Where do I see myself in 15 years? <br> * How do I think HMO's will affect where I'm at in 15 years? <br> * Any red flags in your app to defend?"
"why your major and undergrad institution"
"What do you do in your spare time?"
"MMI"
"MMI- 3 standard questions, 2-3 ethical questions? Pretty standard, they didn't want us to give out specfics"
"How did you get here? (we basically went through the important points in my timeline and he asked me about them"
"How many hours a week do you currently volunteer?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor"
"Who was the most influential person in your life?"
"Who makes up your support system? Family? Friends?"
"Details about my research"
"What is a bad quality that you possess and can improve on to become a better doctor?"
"why do you think you would be a good fit here?"
"Are there any red flags in your file that you would like to explain?"
"Tell me more about your research in detail."
"Describe your research?"
"Do you have any acceptances? (awkward)"
"Asked about my research."
"Why NYMC when you live so far away?"
"What do you like to do that's no academically/medically related?"
"What qualities do you believe are crucial for a successful career as a physician that you feel you still need to work on?"
"What field do you want to get into?"
"Tell me more about _____ activity."
"Any red flags? (They tell you about this even before the interview)"
"Where else have you interviewed? How did you like School X?"
"Why did you decide to become a doctor?"
"Tell me more about yourself."
"Why did you choose your undergrad"
"What do you do in your free time?"
"Tell me about the influence of person X on you."
"How do you know what a career in medicine entails? How can we be sure you are ready to enter medical school?"
"What would make you a good addition to NYMC?"
"I haven't seen anything on your application other than the schools you have attended - I don't know your scores or grades, activities, etc - So is there anything you want to explain or any red flags?"
"Why specific major?"
"Why did you choose us?"
"Give me some details about this extra-curricular activity..."
"Would you be willing to leave your current state?"
"Tell me about x (from your file)."
"What do you like about this school?"
"Are there any gaps or miscommings in my application?"
"Tell me about your research"
"How many schools did you apply to?"
"questions just to get to know you as a person"
"where in general were my other interviews"
"What brought you into medicine?"
"How did you pick your undergraduate school. (I was surprised that I wasnt asked the question "Are there any red flags in your application?"...it seems like everyone was asked that)"
"Why do you think you'll make a good doctor?"
"What would you like to go into?"
"Question about each and every activity on the primary application."
"What kind of activities were you involved in your third year?"
"Any academic red flags?"
"Do you have any hobbies?"
"Why new york med?"
"??"
"Any question you want to ask me?"
"Are there any red flags? "
"Discuss current health care issue."
"do you think you could handle med school? why?"
"Have you interviewed/been accepted at any other schools?"
"What undegraduate schools did you apply in high school? Tell me about this experience in your application. What have you been doing since you applied? What possible hormones, peptides, steroids have been identified in the brain developmental process of the brain (we were talking about my research)? Do you have any questions for me?"
"why did you decide to commute instead of living on campus during your undergrad years?"
"Why did you go to the college you went to?"
"How were you introduced to medicine."
"Have you applied to medical school in the past? "
"What led you to wanting to become a doctor?"
"Asked about each experience that I had on my AMCAS, including all jobs and ECs. Made for good conversation starters!"
"Have you interviewed anywhere else? Have you been accepted?"
"Do you have any questions about the school?"
"what do u do for fun?"
"As a native Californian, why would you want to come to NY?"
"Describe your research experience."
"There really weren't a lot more atypical questions. It was more of a conversation than anything else. Very laid back."
"any red flags"
"How did you come upon medicine? (Decide on I guess)"
"When did you know you wanted to go into medicine?"
"Why do you want to go to our school?"
"Any red flags in your app?"
"What kind of medicine do you see yourself getting into? What do you think is the biggest problem in health care today?"
"Why did you decide to teach/tutor?"
"What questions do you have for me?"
"What do you think of New York?"
"Why do you want to study medicine? "
"Have you had any non-clinical volunteer experiences?"
"What would you do if you didn't get into med school this application cycle?"
"What made you realize you wanted to go to medical school?"
"Anything else you want to add?"
"Describe your research, your clinical experience, and your community service. Describe your leadership roles. What will you do if you don't get in? ETC. ETC. Questions that could have been answered thru my AMCAS..."
"Ask me a question."
"why med"
"Explain your research."
"Why NYMC specifically? Don't all schools boast about preparing good physicians?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"You've been accepted at another school and you still came here..?"
"Tell me about a life challenge you have overcome and how the affected you."
"Read any good books lately? "
"Are there any red flags on your application? (which was the MCAT question)"
"How would you tell the parents of one of your patients that their child was going to die in six months? (I told her i was interested in Pediatrics and this was her response)."
"Artistic Endeavors/ outside of school activities."
"How did you become interested in medicine?"
"And the activities-related: So what exactly is water polo? What is your season like? Did playing help you get in? (No - I'm DIII which means no scholarships)"
"Why did you apply to this state?"
"are there any red flags on your application?"
""Ok, so you're telling me you attended Y university for your undergrad, but it says here you took college level courses at X college?""
"What can you bring to NYMC?"
"Any red flags? (The interviewer was really nice and gave me as much information she could.)"
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
"Red flags?"
"Explain volunteer experience in/out of the medical field."
"Do you have any questions for me? What books have you read lately? Who is your greatest role model? "
"What are your hobbies? (see? very generic)"
"What do you think of physician-assisted suicide? If you were on a jury, how would you vote and why?"
"6) What is your best accomplishment? 7) What is your biggest failure? 8) What is the stupidest thing you've done? 9) Any red flags?"
"Any red flags on your application?"
"Thign that you are most proud of? Thing that disappoints you most about yourself?"
"What is the biggest problem facing medicine today and how would you fix it?"
"Biggest problem with health care today?"
"Why the switch to medicine"
"What's the biggest problem facing doctors today? What else? More? (again...know your shit)"
"Any red flags on my application?"
"Whatwas your involvement with your research?"
"tell me about an ethical issue. "
"Various questions about extracirriculars, hobbies, research etc."
"Describe an ethical issue facing physicians today."
"The HMO crisis question described above. "
"Why medicine and why NYMC?"
"Any red flags? (things in your application that need further explanation)"
"What's the biggest medical ethics issue facing doctors today?"
"What questions do you have for me? (I was asked this about 4 times)"
"Talk about a hot topic in medicine today."
"Anything else you want to tell me that you think might not be reflected on your application or essay?"
"If you didn't get into med school this year, what would you do to help improve your chances next time around?"
"how did you choose your majors?"
"Discuss: a) an ongoing issue in health care and b) an ongoing controversy in health care."
"What do you bring to the medical profession that other people might not?"
"Do you go to museums?"
"What is one of the major problems facing medicine today?"
"How would you fix the insurnace crisis in this country? No, that's wrong. What else can you think of to fix it? NO, that's wrong. You're naive. Any other ideas? NO? Okay, you suck."
"did you take any classes outside of science ones?"
"Any red flags?"
"Are there any red flags in your application"
"Tell me about your research."
"red flags"
"Tell me about your research experience and extracurricular activities"
"Tell me about your family."
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Why New York Medical College?"
"Why specifically do you want to attend NYMC?"
"Any Red Flags on your Application that I need to know about?"
"What did u learn from your experiences as a medical assistant and how does that support your goals of becoming a doctor. Why do u want to be a doctor?"
"what are your activities now and past activities?"
"How can you be sure you want to be a physician?"
"are there any red-flags that i need to know about?"
""What sort of things do you do in your spare time, things that make you, you?""
"Why medicine"
"How many other schools have interviewed you?"
"what do i do for fun..?"
"Is there anything in your personal statement that you want to talk about? (they recieve your statement at the beginning of the interview and so probably won't read it until after, though i heard some skimmed it quickly)"
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school this year?"
"Tell me about your thesis."
"Why NYMC"
"Tell me about your volunteer experiences with children with disabilities?"
"What have you learned in your job"
"So what do you do for fun?"
"Are there any red flags in your application?"
"What sorts of activities did you do in high school and undergrad."
"see above"
"Do you have any leadership experiences?"
"How could we solve some of the problems of many of the poorest contries?"
"Do you speak any foreign languages?"
"How do you think you would cope living somewhere so different from where you grew up?"
"Do you mind if I turn on the heater?"
"Why did you pick your undergraduate school?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"How would your best friend describe you?"
"What kind of doctor do you want to be?"
"How do you like your school (undergrad)?"
"why did you choose your undergraduate school"
"my weakenesses"
"Tell me about your research (both interviewers asked about this). Tell me how you ended up choosing your undergraduate school."
"Why is practicing rural medicine important to you? "
"What are you going to do for the next year while you're out of school?"
"Why NYMC?"
"Some very specific questions about my essay? (like my parents, my undergrad institutions, etc.)"
"What do your parents do? How do they feel about your choice to pursue medicine? "
"Why are you interested in entering this particular specialty?"
"what do you do for fun"
"Is there anything else you want to tell me? I prepared for this question by driving home a few qualities about myself. Leadership, ability, caring."
"Any potential problems you percieve during your medical education?"
"Do you think your life is going to change in the next few months?"
"Are there any red flags I may need to explain to the admissions committee? "
"Why medicine?"
"No ethical or situational questions, also no "why do you want to be a doctor" questions."
"Any red flags? (it seems they ask this to everyone)"
"Why NYMC? How did you choose your college institution?"
"tell me about your family"
"I felt the interview was a bit short. I did manage to say I have a renewed appreciation for knowledge and that I really want to use medical knowledge to help others. I also said that I had a wonderful time at NYMC, and that it was an honor and privilege to interview at NYMC. Then the Dr. escorted me out and the interview ended. "
"See above."
"Any red flags in your application that you want to clarify?"
"Any red flags in your application that you want to explain?"
"Describe family."
"Any red flags to defend? What do you have to offer to NYMC class?"
"why would you choose NYMC?"
"Do you have any questions for me?"
"Any 'red flags' on your application that need to be explained?"
"Any questions for me?"
"Do you have any red flags?"
"What are some of your experiences outside academics? "
"see most difficult question"
"Tell me about yourself (where you come from?)"
"what are the "red flags" in your application, if any."
"* Have you done any research? <br> * What kind of work experience do I have? <br> * Any ?s for me?"
"MMI"
"Why didnt you apply to NYMC the first time around?"
"I have to present you to the committee. Is there anything you want me to tell them about you?"
"no interesting questions...all basics"
"Tell me about your volleyball club. I told her I hardly played once I got to college because I wasn't very good but loved the sport. I played abroad at a social club instead. She told me she is just like me. We had a good laugh."
"Tell me something funny about yourself"
"Why I thought opioid abuse was prevelant in rural areas (taken aback by this question but was on topic)."
"Tell me about how you fit into your family."
"none, conversational"
"How would I get a patient to trust me"
"Tell me who or what was your influence into medicine."
"just a casual conversation"
"Something you would do differently"
"Any red flags?"
"Tell me about your experience of moving to this country. Was it different? How did you adjust? (basically, an 'overcoming adversity' question)"
"Do you consider yourself more of a cook or a baker? (We talked a lot about my passions for cooking and baking)"
"What is the most rewarding experience you've ever had (in any area)?"
"Any red flags on your application that you want to explain?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"What have you disliked about NYMC so far?"
"The questions about my family."
"What skills do you have that you believe would make you a good physician?"
"Who is your role model?"
"None- it was VERY relaxing. My interview really wanted to get to know me and really wanted to answer all of my questions. This was a GREAT interview experience"
"How do your and your husband's views on healthcare reform differ?"
"Nothing......what do you do in your free time?"
"Have you heard from any other schools?"
"None really, pretty standard. "
"What do you do besides medically related stuff?"
"Questions he asked about my research..."
"What other schools did you interview at?"
"none."
"About my research"
"Who is the one person you admire most and why? Do you have any regrets?"
"How does your mom feel about you coming to NYMC?"
"None, all basic."
"A lot of probing questions about my application, since things are totally blind (the interviewer doesn't see your file at all until they adcom meets, as far as I understand it), so they really seem to try to get to know you."
"How do you plan to pay for medical school?"
"Just questions about myself and what I took away from those experiences."
"Why do you think dying patients are able to talk to you?"
"Nothing too radical- favorite class in college, what I consider to be the negative aspects of medicine"
"No ''interesting'' questions "
"If I followed my parent's religion. Kind of an uneasy moment...Don't think they are supposed to ask you that one."
"There were no interesting questions."
"The interviewer was very interested in my current graduate school program and asked a lot of specific questions about the coursework and class attendance."
"Was an interesting interview, pretty relaxed and straight forward. Most people had an interviewer who asked questions verbatim from a sheet of paper. Mine was just a conversation and he didn't fill anything out. Not sure what that means... "
"Basically all normal questions, Why NYMC? Why Medicine? Describe Research and Activities..."
"Why did you chose your undergraduate institution?"
"what is the difference between ethics and morals?"
"All the questions were expected and if you read the other interview questions for NYMC, you should be ok b/c since this is a close filed interview, you spend most of the time talking while the interviewer jots down notes."
"In your opinion what is the most significant current health care issue."
"Interview was highly conversational. I was asked about my stint as a restaurant manager and how I thought what I learned would apply to medicine."
"not really interesting questions"
"nothing too interesting... mostly just going down his page filling in the blanks"
"What is your favorite book?"
"What is your role in your family?"
"Why New York Med College?"
"The difference between research and medicine, the limitations of each discipline. It was more of an interesting conversation."
"Nothing really out of the ordinary. What specialty?"
"The questions were all pretty standard."
"The interview was highly conversational. However, the most interesting question was: ''How would you integrate public health principles into a medical practice.''"
"It was really a conversation- it was amazing for a first interview experience!"
"Do you think that mentoring kids in the projects for periods close to 1 year actually positively affect their lives? Or are the relationships too short to have lasting impressions?"
"all standard questions"
"Nothing really, typical stuff..."
"nothing really interesting. the interview was more like a conversation. the guy was just trying to get to know me. "
"When did you first decide that you wanted to be a doctor?"
"I interviewed a long time ago but forgot to post. No specific questions really. Asked about why I minored in sociology, my favorite sociology course. Mostly conversational... constant dialogue with few direct questions."
"none..no ethics questions"
"I wasn't really asked specific questions - I talked a little about my personal statement and my activities. My interviewer and I made sure she understood each of my activities."
"Why do you think some doctors are bad at their profession?"
"Any red flags about yourself?"
"n/a The interview was almost more like a discussion really"
"Tell me about your high school education ( I think this was in reference to something I had written on my AMCAS essay)"
"nothing"
"nothing interesting"
"Are there any red flags in your file I should know about?"
"A few questions specific to my app."
"There wasn't anything out of the ordinary. The questions were all very bland. "
"Why are you not doing anything medically related this year?"
"when did you actually know you wanted to be a doctor? (I grew up with a family of doctors)"
"How was Ecuador?"
"I asked most of the questions! The interviewer only asked me a few questions at the end of the interview. They were very basic involving my research I had already mentioned and my involvement in college."
"Why doesn't your boyfriend like pasta? (Haha it was very comfortable and conversational and we chatted about a variety of aspects of my life)"
"What was the msot intersting/memorable case you saw while in the PICU? while in the orthopedists office?"
"talk about some recent news in science and medicine?"
"N/A"
"He didn't really ask any "
"Nothing interesting."
"Let's talk about CPR."
"Define diff between ethics and morals"
"Are there any red flags that I should tell the admissions commettee about you. "
"It was more of a conversation rather than a Q & A"
"What do you think you will bring to NYMC? How does NYMC relate to your future goals?"
"nothing really"
"Did you consider taking a year off?"
"None, the questions were standards. She just wanted to get to know me and my accomplishments."
"If you could cure any one disease, what would it be and why?"
"He asked me something about football and how my school's team had a surprisingly good season. I forgot what the questions were, we were just talking about how underappreciated college football is in the northeast. "
"Do you consider yourself a curious person? "
"If your major is economics, why do you want medicine?"
"Have you ever done anything dumb? (this was asked totally out of the blue, and was done intentionally to throw me off. It didnt work :)"
"What is your ideal vacation?"
"Explain water polo - I have never heard of that sport!"
"Nothing."
"we spoke a lot about my thesis, and she asked some really interesting questions."
"Tell me about your X research project."
"My opinion on physician-assisted suicide. "If a patient asked you for this, what would you do? Would you do it?""
"What field of medicine will you be in in 15 years?"
"Where do you see yourself in 15 years?"
"How come you want to leave the West Coast?"
"You are a rural doctor and a patient approaches you about physican assisted suicide, what do you do - (this was done in role play format, my interviewer was the patient and I had to act as the Dr.)"
"Why NYMC?"
"Nothing really, the questions were all pretty straight forward."
"None, very standard questions, but the interviewer kind of wanted me to initiate telling him about myself since the interview was closed file"
"Who is your favorite composer?"
"which is your favorite major?"
"Nothing too interesting"
"none- asked about my activites straight off the summary sheet he was given"
"What leadership skills have you gained from being director of this student organization?"
"Tell me the most interesting thing you learned in ____."
"If you had 2 patients waiting for a kidney transplant, both would die without it, were the exact same age, gender, etc, etc, except one could pay for the procedure and one couldn't, who would you give the kidney to and why?"
"None really"
"Tell me one thing that you enjoyed during your time at (school)?"
"Nothing really, it was very conversational and since it was closed-file I directed the interview with my experiences. "
"If a 12 yr old girl has osteosarcoma in her right leg and it had to be amputated, what kind of problems could you run into?"
"What is a doctor's place in physician assisted suicide?"
"so you're from the midwest? (it seems uninteresting, but it got us started on a discussion of camping since it turns out my interviewer is the leader of a boyscout troupe and i just like camping)"
"What role does family play in your life/Do you have any siblings?"
"Nothing unexpected."
"Nothing interesting... "
"We had more of a conversation then real questions."
"Why not pursue a career in music (my other serious interest)?"
"Pick an ethical issue facing doctors (i didn't even have to explain that much about it)"
"Is this your first time applying? How come you didn't apply last year?"
"only amcas stuff"
"Was there literature before the Guttenberg Bible?"
"Why NYMC"
"Tell me about a controversial health topic today."
"What does the term 'medically underserved' mean to you?"
"What cities did you travel to on your W. European traveling seminar?"
"Most valuable volunteer experience"
"Are you sure you did ________ extra curricular activity?"
"What is the difference between morals and ethics? (This turned into a chicken/egg-type conversation...)"
"why did you choose this particular method over the other? (regarding some research i had done)"
"No questions really stood out; it was a casual yet in-depth discussion of my expereinces and my endeavor to become a physician."
"The interview was closed file so it was really much more of a discussion about my family, experiences, etc. "
"What was the last movie you saw? Did you like it?"
"about the middle east"
"None were interesting, the guy was just concerned with humiliating me as much as possible."
"tell me something embarassing that happened to you and how you handled it."
"How are the results from the research you conducted applicable to every-day life?"
"How are the huskies doing (horribly)"
"How does religion affect your daily life?"
"Why would you travel this far for your medical education?"
"pretty standard. "
"Everything was pretty standard (i.e. why do you want to be a doctor; tell me about yr research experience, extracurricular activities; follow up questions to my answers)"
"Discuss the pros and cons of universal healthcare."
"Why Medicine?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Why do you think the patient kept coming back to the ER? (regarding a recurring patient who has psych problems at the ER where I volunteer)."
"What were any "red flags" in my application"
"What do you think is the greatest problem in the health care system and how would you fix it?"
"None. They were all pretty standard."
"The 'questions' were directed at listing my experiences and background."
"Why New York Medical College?"
"None really."
"Standard stuff."
"So, is that the biggest red flag on your application?"
"Nothing stands out that I remember."
"none (mostly standard)"
"What did you take away from your volunteer experiences? Why were they positive?"
"they just asked me about my life- and my medically related experiences..."
"what would you do if a patient was dissatisfied with your service?"
"what was the dumbest thing you've ever done?"
"If you had the resources to start your own healthcare-related grassroots campaign, what would be the focus of your campaign?"
"it was a closed file interview...so it was mostly a "tell me about yourself" type interview. the interview was all about my app and my personality/character. "
"nothing all that out of the norm, standard questions involving my activities and red flags in addition to "tell me about yourself""
"How would your best friend describe you "
"Besides medicine, what other career paths did you consider?"
"what is the biggest problem facing health care today?"
"What were the reasons for chosing my undergrad institution?"
"What's the difference between sympathy and empathy?"
"Why did you decide to do research as an undergraduate? "
"What do you think will be the hardest for you in the transition between college and medical school?"
"Are there any "red flags" in your application that you would like to bring forward?"
"What scares you the most about medicine?"
"What would you say is the cause of teen pregnancy, ie parents' or school's fault?"
"Since you are from the West and are active in outdorr athletics, how do you feel about moving to the East?"
"How would you go about calculating the number of gas stations in America?"
"none, really. interview was fine. very relaxed."
"My interview felt like a conversation, so specific questions don't stand out. We talked about my undergrad experience and family life and motivation."
"What do you think the role of a physician is at the end of life?"
"nothing too out of the ordinary, we mainly talked about my extracurriculars and women's issues in Asia since I have a strong background in international service outreach. "
"nothing surprising; they only see a brief summary of your AMCAS file, which they get the day or your interview, so you spend most of the time recreating your file and going more in depth here or there."
"i used to play raquetball and he played 3-4 times a week and he asked if I wore goggles which I didn't... I was then advised to :)"
"I was asked to pick a topic of concern in our society and to examine both sides of the issue."
"Nothing unusual"
"Have you ever done anything dumb?"
"What do you read?"
"all the questions stemmed from my application( ie about extracurricular activities). nothing too interesting or difficult. "
"Nothing in particular. Because my interviewer didn't get my file until I handed it to him, we talked about very basic things like where I went to school and what sorts of activities I did. "
"many questions about my family life"
"What was your favorite part of the ballet "Gizelle?""
"Talk about your research in SOCIOLOGY?"
"Tell me about your family"
"He really wasn't trying to be interesting or challenging, they were basic questions about my life."
"What do you think is the hardest thing about being a patient?"
"Describe a time when you faced some difficulty or challenge."
"the questions were pretty standard."
"some stuff about rural med"
"How should the medical community respond to undocumented aliens seeking care that they are unable to pay for? (In reference to my experiences)"
"What was the best/worst decision you ever made?"
"How felt being an only child had affected me"
"I am seeing a connection between your switch from music to speech/hearing sciences and then your interest in medicine. Do you? Can you explain that?"
"Tell me about your siblings."
"How do you handle a patient who refuses to follow your advice?"
"Since it's a closed-file interview, my interviewer spent a lot of time asking me questions about where I was born, what my parents do, where i went to school etc. i guess that's one of the downfalls of these type of interviews, but then it's a good opportunity to break the ice. the most interesting Qs came when my interviewer started asking questions based on my answers."
"nothing really out of the ordinary, very conversational since its closed file (interviewers don't even read our Personal statements beforehand)"
"What part of our healthcare system do you think needs to be changed?"
"Standard questions...nothing to out of the ordinary. Why medicine? How do you see yourself helping people in 10 years?"
"nothing interesting... standard med school questions (ie why medicine? why nymc?)"
"How is the geography in Chicago laid out? Where did you work relative to the rest of the city? Where did you go to school?"
"I wasn't really asked any questions."
"What are the problems with healthcare in the US? (I talked about access, malpractice insurance, and for-profit insurers)"
"None. Standard Med School interview questions."
"No interesting questions."
"What did you like most about elementary school?"
"What did you enjoy most about your undergraduate institution?"
"What do you do for fun? "
"How do you think your life will change in the next three months, in regard to the war with Iraq?"
"What is the toughest thing that you feel patients must face?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor"
"standard questions"
"What is the controversy regarding abortion? (Good thing I'm taking a healthcare and ethics class)"
"What do you think the names on my calendar represent?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"none. very standard questions"
"I was quite surprised by the friendliness of the admissions staff, the students and my generous hosts. My whole interview was interesting. My interviewer just wanted to get to know me. He made this clear. All of the questions pertained to my life experiences. I'll list the questions below. He also asked me "What is Proteomics.""
"it was very unstructured..talked about my research and current job. be prepared to do the work and bring out diff parts of your app on your own. some ppl were supposedly grilled by diff interviewers, so really it depends on your luck!"
"Got into a discussion of ethical concerns regarding clinicians prescribing medications for patients and holding some financial interest in a pharmaceutical company. "
"typical questions, nothing too difficult. "
"If I were to ask your best friend the best/worst thing about you, what would it be?"
"If there were someone that didn't like you, why would that be?"
"none"
"What do your parents do?"
"Name your two greatest strengths, and don't be modest."
"Nothing very interesting was asked, only very typical interview questions."
"Why did you choose your undergrad school? -> this led to a really nice discussion as to what I look for in schools"
"Do you think it's ethical to kill animals for the purpose of research?"
"From an evolutionary standpoint, why do you think some tribes have monogamous marriages, when humans are naturally inclined to be polygamous? (Obviously, this guy is a PhD, and was referring to a single intro to anthro course I took in summer school nearly 3 years ago...sheesh)"
"What is the connection between your major and medicine?"
"What is the biggest problem with the current health care system? how would you solve it?"
"Just general questions. Tell me wbout yourself."
"Nothing unusual - why medicine? why NYMC? That kind of stuff."
"Very typical questions. "
"What was the dumbest thing you ever did?"
"What would you do if you didn't get in to any medical school?"
"Interview was conversational. We talked about my research and clinical experiences. Closed file interview but they have a sheet of your activites."
"What is something that you've had much trouble learning?"
"How do you feel about the political situation in the world?"
"How do I think HMO's will affect where I will be in 15 years?"
"Nothing really. All the questions were very straightforward getting to know you type things."
"standard questions, nothing too exciting"
"The interview was very low stress. I interviewed with a physio faculty member, Professor Levine(?), who was very nice and pleasant to talk to. We had a infomal discussion about basic questions, like why you want to be a doctor and why this NYMC. I don't recall any interesting question."
""If your dad is a doctor and your mom stays at home, why aren't they paying for medical school?" How did you fund your undergrad education? (I went to a private college.) Is this your first interview, you seem kind of jittery? (When I told her it wasn't she asked where else I had been interviewed.) Why are you here then if you've already been accepted?"
"So, tell me about current political system? - that was the very first question he asked."
"MMI"
"Why do you think your MCAT was so low? (I didnt do very well on the MCAT and I chose to bring it up when asked about red flags in my application"
"no hard questions...all basics"
"None. All reasonable. I just couldn't recall my grades when she asked.. so I confused my C+ in Arthurian tradition and said it was in Orgo II... bad call."
"What in your extracurricular activities and clinical volunteer makes you think you're ready for a career in medicine? How are you prepared for medicine?"
"Why I thought opioid abuse was prevelant in rural areas (taken aback by this question but was on topic)."
"Why us?"
"What is one thing that you worked so hard for and when you finally accomplished it, it was the best feeling you have ever felt?"
"What was the most challenging part of your research?"
"Nothing was difficult"
"no difficult questions. I was interviewed by one of the admissions people, so the questions were mostly about my experiences."
"What did you learn about your [humanities major]? I wish I'd prepared more for this question because even though I thought I gave a pretty cogent answer, my interview literally asked this question of me two more times before the interview was over."
"none, it was very conversational"
"What is the most difficult experience you've had (in any area), one which truly showed you what you were made of as a person?"
"None really very conversational and the interviewer was quite possibly the nicest doctor I have ever met."
"How do you feel about the healthcare issue?"
"What makes you cool?"
"Applying my research to practicing medicine, since my research isn't in a natural science."
"Tell me about your life chronologically"
""What do are the bad things you have heard about NYMC on the internet?""
"Nothing too difficult."
"Impact of health care reform on my future as a physician..."
"I was asked what the results of my research were. I answered. Then he asked me again. I wasn't sure what to do."
"None really...very conversational"
"What will be the most difficult thing about medical school? (Not a very hard question, but the hardest of the ones asked)."
"Any red flags?? "
"Why do you want to go to NYMC?"
"nothing special... "
"What would you do to fix healthcare in the US?"
"None! It was relaxed."
"None, all basic."
"Nothing particularly hard, just make sure you know your application inside and out because you'll have to give lots of detail on things your interviewer finds interesting."
"Tell me about some issues in medicine today."
"Probably the above."
"Negative aspects of medicine. "
"No ''difficult'' questions"
"What will you do next year if you don't get into medical school?"
"We started talking about rural medicine and the interviewer wanted me to check out his calendar to see if I noticed anything. Really nothing was hard, no ethical/state of medicine questions."
"Are there any red flags in your application?"
"talk about an ethical issue in healthcare right now"
"Describe what you consider to be the most pressing problem in healthcare and demonstrate your understanding of the opposing views on this issue."
"not really hard questions"
"nothing much- Why medicine? "
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"Questions were expected. But what was difficult about the whole process was that the interviewer kept taking down notes and I felt I should slow down for him to write . In addition, it seemed my interviewer was trying to gauge whether I would want to go to NYMC considering I am from California, so there seemed to be doubts already."
"very conversational, no difficult questions"
"Why medicine?"
"If you've done so much research, why do you want to be a doctor? Obviously, he wasnt looking for the generic ''because I care about people'' answer."
"Tell me about your research. And.... so what exactly are you testing (it should have been easier to answer)."
"Again, the questions were typical - tell me about yourself, your research, your activities, why med school, why NYMC. Nothing very difficult"
"What would you like to see change in our health care system. "
"I know the problems with the healthcare system...how would you fix them?"
"see above"
"Why would you choose NYMC over other New York schools?"
"Why do you think you were waitlisted at another school?"
"Nothing too difficult. Asked me the name the professor of my favorite sociology class and it took me a second to remember it. (He wanted to possible contact her about giving a lecture on sociology of health)."
"Problems in healthcare and how to fix it"
"Do you think the current medical education system works well for training physicians? Uh sure, how am I supposed to know? I haven't actually taken part in the medical education system...I'm at a med school interview here... "
"Tell me about your family...any red flags...tell me about your reserach/volunteer...what is the worst problem with healthcare today (I started to give my ansewr and interrupted me to tell me what she thaought...then I continued to give my opnion and she wouldnt let me talk until i agreed with her)"
"Where do you think medicine is headed in the next 10 years?"
"Red Flags?"
"None of them were really difficult or out of the ordinary. "
"nothing difficult"
"None really, as it was 100% conversational. The interviewer had not read anything about me, so we started from scratch."
"Most of the questions were completely random, pointless questions to which the interviewer expected me not to know the answer. It was a very unpleasant experience."
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem in health care? I felt like this was the only thing my interviewer could think to ask, as if she ran out of things to talk about. As I explained what I thought was an adequate answer to that question my interviewer proceeded to interupt me to tell me what she thought. Aren't we going to the interview for them to get to know us?"
"Tell me more about your clinical experience. (This interviewer was really focused on clinical experience/research.)"
"i guess the same"
"What will be the hardest part of medical school for you?"
"Any red flags?"
"What will you do after becoming a doctor?"
"Details about my research. She started critiquing some of the things we did. "
"What was your proudest moment?"
"Why are you better than the other applicants?"
"Define diff between ethics and morals"
"No difficult question"
"What is your definition of physician assisted suicide?"
"What are your red flags?"
"What did you learn about yourself from working at a soup kitchen?"
"Nothing. Except a question concerning my feelings during an obstacle I overcame in life. Made me kinda emotional. "
"Tell me about your low MCAT score. (Though he followed by saying that the section I did bad when was "A good one to mess up"). "
"Do you want to get married and have kids (I think this is inappropriate)"
"Tell me about your life as a child."
"What is one of the dumbest things you've ever done? (Of course there were many things I'd never dare answering at a medical school interview. ha!)"
"So why did you transfer from UCLA to Scripps?"
"Nothing."
"questions about medical experiences preceeding college (who does anything more than volunteering in a hospital, really? they don't let you do much more) it was kinda annoying."
"The questions themselves were not difficult, rather it was difficult to successfully clarify for my interviewer basic chronological facts in my file."
"My opinion on physician-assisted suicide. "If a patient asked you for this, what would you do? Would you do it?""
"None were difficult."
"same question"
"If I knew who my state representative was."
"Tell me about research. It's closed file, so the interviewer did not know that I had worked in 8 different labs...so almost the whole time was spent recapping what could have been read ahead of time. But that is just the format they choose for the interviews."
"Anything u wanna explain about your application? (red flags)"
"Do you think it is ethical for premed students to job shadow?"
"Nothing too difficult. Pretty standard."
"None were really difficult, pretty straightforward."
"None too difficult."
"What is the difference between morals and ethics?"
"nothing hard. Just questions about myself, my family, my decision to be an MD, etc"
"Tell me one thing you disliked about (your school)?"
"Have you done any research?"
"What would you do if you didnt get into medical school this year?"
"About physician assisted suicide."
"If i got along with my sister, b/c I don't. It was difficult to lie about that."
"out of 9000 applicants and 1300 interviewees, why you?"
"Is there anything lacking from your application that makes you a weaker applicant? (basically, What should you have done before you applied, but didnt?)"
"Describe an ethical issue facing doctors today."
"The human genome project question, I knew the answer but the interviewer just didn't seem to like me and she made the question a lot more difficult to answer because she kept interupting me."
"Why do you want to become a doctor?"
"How have you improved your application in the year off."
"What's the biggest medical ethics issue facing doctors today?"
"Why would you want to leave California for medical school?"
"What do you think about the Social Security issue?"
"How would you fix the health care system? I started out by suggesting an increase in taxes (one ideas of many); however, the interviewer just snapped "NO THAT WILL NOT DO ANYTHING!" I think she was already against me after I told her where I was employed."
"I didn't think anything was THAT difficult. "Name one pressing issue in health care today" was tough for me b/c it was so open-ended. I was prepared to speak about an issue if I was presented it, but I wasn't as well prepared to present an issue if given a choice."
"why didn't you apply earlier? (i graduated from undergrad in 2000)"
"Discuss a health care controversy. Not to hard if you follow up with the media but one of the more trick questions."
"Student-Teach me how to do something non-science, non-academic, right now. "
"What is going to be the hardest adjustment for you when entering med school?"
"If you didn't get along with a person in your gross anatomy group, how would you respond? (Note the gender was left unspecified.)"
"i really think we had more of a conversation than anything else"
"Why would we choose you out of all the other applicants?"
"Why did you bomb your genetics class? And why do you work in a genetics lab if you "crashed and burned" in genetics? This was after I had been asked what my worst grade was, and I replied B- in genetics. So I told this guy that at my college, genetics is the hardest class you can take, it's notorious for being ridiculously hard, and I don't consider B- crash and burn. He asked what was hard about it, and I said, the level of detail they expect undergraduates to know was a little unrealistic. He snorted and said, "What do you think medical school is like?" To which I replied, "there's a difference when you're an undergrad and have four other courses to worry about simultaneously." He snorted again, shook his head, sighed, rolled his eyes, and finally moved on."
"As a physician, would you ever assist your patient in obtaining medication that he/she can use to terminate his/her life?"
"What is your role in your family?"
"pretty standard."
"Are there any red flags on your application? This means explaining any gaps in your record, bad grades, unusual circumstances, etc."
"Discuss the ethical implications of a 50 year old married woman with end stage lung cancer."
"What are your weaknesses?"
"There were no difficult questions. "
"Why do you think the US healthcare system is having the problems it is currently having (regarding access to healthcare)?"
"What colleges did you apply to undergraduate, and why?"
"Are there any red flags in your application."
"How should we (society) improve poverty? "
"Why New York Medical College?"
"None."
"Why do you want to go into medicine?"
"Whats the biggest problem facing medicine today and how would you go about fixing it?"
"none (mostly standard)"
"Why I kept with an extracurricular program even though it negatively affected my grades."
"pick a medical issue and give me supporting views and disagreeing views."
"what was the dumbest thing you've ever done?"
"How do you work in a group setting? (My interviwer noted that most of my jobs/experiences were independent and not affiliated with school clubs, etc. and wanted to know why that was. I felt slightly defensive, as though she was perhaps implying that I was antisocial or perhaps didn't work well with others.)"
"not any really any difficult questions. I guess the hardest thing was to explain the "red-flags" of my application. "
"no question was particularly difficult, all were standard closed-file questions as other reviews have mentioned"
"What is your solution to the current problem of "access" in the health care industry today?"
"what is the biggest problem facing health care today?"
"What solutions can I suggest to the healthcare problem that I had suggested?"
"So what is going to really make you stand out against the other applicants?"
"What is the worst thing you have done?"
"What scares you the most .."
"Why did you not get in last year? "
"The first interviewer asked a LOT of questions. It's not that any of them were particularly difficult, but there were simply a lot of them. Be prepared to answer to any inconsistencies/weaknesses in your transcript."
"What other schools are you interviewing at and how interested in them are you? "
"Nothing, the interview was very relaxed and conversational. An extremely pleasant experience."
"none realy, very conversational interview, he asked me questions about where i was from originally since he had visited the area. My family history is kind of complicated and he asked me to delve into this."
"Any red flags in your application? What will be hardest for you in medical school? Why did you choose your undergrad school?"
"N/A"
"How will we improve health care where people are in poverty?"
"What makes you a strong candidate?"
"Again, we really just discussed very standard, neutral things."
"nothing"
"Do you really think this is the right school for you? Can you convince me that you would actually come to this school of you were accepted?"
"Talk about a subject in science that has intrigued you so much that you have done some research on it aside from the laboratory research."
"Why do you want to go here?"
"Any red flags (I have quite a few)?"
"Why NYMC? (difficult because I'm not so interested in going there)"
"same as above."
"(i had volunteered at a free clinic): how do you feel about people who take advantage of the system, i.e. people that would rather pay for luxury cars than health insurance so they come to your clinic. aren't you encouraging people to avoid the insurance system by offering a free alternative?"
"If I could fix one thing in our healthcare system what would it be?"
"none really. most were about my family, undergraduate experiences, volunteer, research, etc. nothing that I had to dig deep for."
"So, tell me about yourself . . . "
"Same as above"
"to recall what i've done every summer while in college and if there are any red flags in my application (time unaccounted for in AMCAS, particularly low grades, etc)"
"red flags in application?"
"See most interesting question asked"
"What is the most devastating this that happened to you? (This was difficult only b/c during preparation for the interview, I had prepared an answer to: what is the most DUMBEST thing you've ever done? So when he asked what is the most devastating thing you've done, I heard what is the most dumbest thing you've done. After I started to answer the wrong question, I was able to turn it around and still save myself.)"
"nothing too difficult or off the wall. be prepared to talk about yourself and the activities you have listed on your AMCAS application in depth."
"none, this was a very easy interview, once we got past the introductions--but introductions took a LONG time, since this was a completely blind interview--he barely even knew my name before the interview."
"none"
"How many times have you applied to medical school? "
"Why are most medical students so self-centered?"
"What do you think patients feel when they are lying sick on the hospital bed? What emotions?"
"What is the difference between Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia? (Unfortunately, I walked right into this one!)"
"Why Valhalla? (good question, considering it's close to the middle of nowhere)"
"What do you think of doctor assisted suicide?"
"There were none."
"none really"
"Why NYMC"
"Nothing really"
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?