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  • SUNY - Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine (Brooklyn)
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Brooklyn, NY
Individual Feedback 5 319 Responses
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 211
Negatively 61
No change 40

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.38 311

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.16 218

0 = low, 10 = high

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

Response Avg # Responders
6.17 173

0 = low, 10 = high

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

Response # Responders
In Person 1
Virtual 3

Questions

How long was the interview?

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5 minutes 0
10 minutes 0
15 minutes 2
20 minutes 6
25 minutes 7
30 minutes 25
35 minutes 20
40 minutes 24
45 minutes 63
50 minutes 46
55 minutes 7
60+ minutes 117

Where did the interview take place?

Response # Responders
At the school 300
At a regional location 8
At another location 5

What was the style of the interview?

Response # Responders
One-on-one 310
In a group 1

What type of interview was it?

Response # Responders
Open file 299
Closed file 11

How many people interviewed you?

Response Average # Responders
1.03 311

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

"Describe a situation where you took on a leadership role." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How and how many hours I studied for school, the MCAT, and before an exam" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many hours per week did I study in college" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How I studied for the MCAT" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked about my low GPA freshman year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Reasons why I got 2 B minuses" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Grades, grades, grades" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Conversational style. Asked me about my interests, activities from undergrad, job, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What social support do you have for during medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you struggle in organic chemistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you approach academic challenges" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a stressful situation and what was the outcome and what did you learn from it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you handle living in NYC/Brooklyn? What is your support system/how will you deal with stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Specific questions about some of my activities" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how did you study for mcat" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Specific questions about red flags in my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you see yourself as a leader?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How do you study in college? How did you study for the MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What else do you want us to know?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think medical school is like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Specific questions about my AMCAS" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have a support system in New York City?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about Brooklyn and do you think you will fit in this environment?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Downstate has a book of questions that everyone gets asked. Among them are some very generic questions like: How do you study now? How did you study in college? How did you Study for the MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why didn't you submit your secondary to Downstate last cycle?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Some specific questions regarding my career motivations that referenced my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to come to New York? (I am from California)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research as if I know nothing about science." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why were your grades lower in second year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain the withdrawals on your transcript." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How did you raise MCAT score/Why Medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give an example of a stressful situation and how you handled it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do want an MD/MPH?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What would you want me to say to the admissions board on your behalf?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"How do you handle stress? Have you ever lost control and what were the consequences if you did?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"You got great grades-- how did you study? How did you study for the MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me why you got so so and so grade? (to be expected since my gpa was atrocious.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why do you have 2 W's (my first and only interview where any specific grades were asked about, kind of caught me off-guard)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you extra curriculars? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's an ethical dilemma you've faced? Did you do the right thing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"When did you decided to do medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your greatest weakness?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What was the most stressful experience you've had?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"dont remember the first question... your grades are excellent, as if your MCAT score, how did you study?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you clarify the sequence of some of these classes on the AMCAS application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"how did you study for the mcats? did you think the test was fair? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you consider as an academic strength/weakness?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you study? In a group or by yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your red flags?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Interview was very conversational. I don't remember any specific questions because it just sort of flowed." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a stressful situation and how you handled it? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of Brooklyn?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How do you study/did you for the MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"what do you think you will do as a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Any leadership experiences?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your non-academic interests/hobbies?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about one of your research experiences in detail." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does ___ mean on your transcript?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me about a time when you looked up something scientific for your own knowledge. Don't just tell me ''I looked this up one time.'' Tell me what happened that made you look it up, and tell me what you learned, using scientific terms. It does not have to be health- or biology- related. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What did you do in high school besides study?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me a little about yoursel that isn't on the application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"The second I sat down, my interviewer asked: So, what do you want to know?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your sexual assault counseling experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Explain this aspect of your MCAT. How did you study for the MCAT? Explain this grade on your transcript." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your inspiration to study medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do to relax/out of class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Why the big MCAT score jump?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What was the most difficult thing you have gone through?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"how did u prep for mcat?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about any medical related work you have done?(basically explain the AMCAS application)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"Is religion important in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a stressful situation and how you handled it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Y did u get a C?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why med school? Why downstate? Describe yourself. How did you prepare for MCAT? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about the birth of your child and your difficulties with health insurance." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Clarify what you did between certain dates on your AMCAS." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know what section of the MCAT med schools consider the most important? (He said Verbal Reasoning) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you arrive at medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your international medical experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"He had a very very long and thorough list of questions that he had to ask. He recorded my answers very thoroughly... Describe your research in as much/little detail as you like. Don't go for a lot of minute details since that's boring, but DO talk a lot about your research and show enthusiasm. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you want to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite part of Peru" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want to know about the school?....x4" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How did you study for MCATs." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer asked what school's I applied to and where I'd interviewed, I answered honestly and he told me he knew I'd get in to them and asked me why I would want to go to SUNY-Downstate instead." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you know what you want to do with your life at the age of 21?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how many hours do you study each night?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you decide that you wanted to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your lower grades in ___ semester." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You've applied to a lot of schools in the New York area. Why downstate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain all of your C grades and why you withdrew from your philosophy class. Got me nervous cuz it was at the beginning of interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"why this grade? why the mcat twice?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you study? How did you study for the MCATs? ***Apparently this question is asked in nearly every interview (this is what two Downstate first years told me)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What clinical experiences have you had?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your MCAT score, explain" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"It seems like you had a lot on your plate, how did you handle it? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you study in medical school." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why didn't you become a classics professor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why not piano? Why don’t you teach physics since you’re so good at it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see you were involved in many things during college (work, volunteering specifics, lived at home (distractions)etc..) when did you have leisure time? What did you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are your grades low? Because I work two jobs and help pay my moms rent while living on my own and going to school full time. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"basic. Why being a doctor and not research? I see you are very passionate about what you do" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all questions were speicific to my personal file" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your path to medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do your parents do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how are your study skills?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you study for the MCAT? (the interviewer said it was from a list of questions she had to ask)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Didn't really have specific questions, mostly just chatted about things that were in my file. Talked about books to read etc. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"questions specific to my amcas application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is my support system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How are you prepared to live in this part of Brooklyn?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the difference between education and literacy? Are you literate?...proceeds to prove me wrong with trivia!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you expect to be doing 10-15 years from now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you study for the MCATs" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your interest in Downstate? In medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you decide to pursue medicine as a career? What do you see yourself doing in the future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"How did you study for the Mcat?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Since it was pretty much a conversation, I can't really remember specific questions!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you arrive at the decision to pursue medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you chose to go to MIT? Did you consider Harvard at all? or Princeton?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What stresses you out/how do you deal with stress" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever lived in an urban environment? (What prepares you to live in this neighborhood)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Where have you traveled? (one of my ECs in AMCAS was about my love for traveling)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does your mother do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just get to know you questions like how do you study, how did you prepare for your mcats, some application questions about my grades, community work, volunteer work, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any family members who are physicians? Friends of the family?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you deal with a stressful situation" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you get a B in this class, were you too busy doing wasting time doing other things? What? is this 2nd grade" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Compare your grad and undergrad ;How many hours a week do/did you devote to studying? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? When and how did you know you wanted to go into medicine? Why Downstate? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what other schools are you applying to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you teach following undergrad?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Name a stressful situation and how handled it " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why did you choose your undergrad school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why did your grades drop during your sophmore year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your most memorable/significant clinical experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All related to clarfying things on my AMCAS app. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all of the ones previously mentioned on this site" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Downstate? What do you know about Downstate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you know that you wanted to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"10 standard interview questions: Research experience? MCAT preparation? Studying habits? Hobbies? Why Medicine? When did you decide Medicine? Why Downstate? What are you doing now? Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years? How did you like [undergraduate institution]?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you take time off? Describe your research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"many questions that clearly violate the civil rights act of 1964" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why are your graduate school grades so much higher than your undergraduate grades?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you want to become a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with stress, tell me about a stressful experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I think the first thing on the form is they ask you to explain any poor grades - so don't be shocked if they ask you about your one C+ - it seems like just an opportunity to give an explanation if you have one." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All of the questions my interviewer asked of me were either said in a very angry tone or were very crazy. I know that sounds hard to believe but read the other horror stories about this school above and you will see what I mean." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How did you prepare for your MCATs? Why do you want to go Downstate? What type of medicine interests you? Are you really sure that you want to go into medicine? Tell me about a difficult situation and how you handled it? What do you get stressed out by? How do you relieve stress? Where have you volunteered? Why? What did you get out of it? Why did you choose to go to the undergrad you went to? How do you study (where, how much, when)? What do you do for fun? What do you like to do in your spare time? What are your hobbies?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is your opinion of drug companies in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you prepare for the MCAT? (Apparently, this is a standard question that Downstate requires all interviewers to ask.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why did you choose your high school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a difficult situation (very common question for most Downstate interviewees, apparently)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What was a difficult situation you were in and how did you handle it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"You must be a very lonely person? I would swear on a bible that this came out of nowhere. Im not sure if this was a stress interview ?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Why did you take time off after college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"did you work while attending school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"Why did you take time off?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about (insert experience)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"when did you decide to be pre-med?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"WHy did u chose to go to the undergrad you went to" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Please explain a low course grade." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what was a difficult situation you encountered and how did you handle it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"What made you decide you want to pursue medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you study during undergrad? Did you prefer to study alone or in groups?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about a challenge/struggle" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your clinical experience(s)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did I know I wanted to become a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked about a course I didn't do well in." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked about how I improved my GPA through college" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked me about my job." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a challenge you had to overcome?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How long I studied for the MCAT" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Lets say you're in a high stress situation, with tons of exams in one week, how do you deal with the stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Specific questions about weak points in your application" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"explain a low grade in a particular class" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what did you change to prepare for your second mcat?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a stressful stituation and how did you deal with it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about connections you have to NYC." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you do outside of school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think you are prepared to live in Brooklyn?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you live on campus or at home? (I'm a close-ish NY resident)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you do when you are under stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a stressful situation in your life and how you dealt with it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a challenge in your life, and how did you overcome it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a difficult or stressful situation and how you handled it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your academic record (took a confusing sequence of courses)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked for a detailed summary of the clinical research I am involved in." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you study? How did you prepare for the MCAT? How do you handle stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you list these fields of medicine as your interests?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you improve from applying last year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why do you want to come to NYC (OOS)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you handle stress/What stresses you out" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Describe a time in which you were stressed?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What other NYC schools have you applied to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What are your strengths and weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research/job?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Beside from your academic acheivements what are you most proud of?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your research, leadership experience, and community service." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your research? and follow up ?'s on it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you most proud of?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

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

"Describe you research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you worked in basic science research? Tell me about what you do." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the last book you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you know you wanted to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you sure you want to become a doctor? If so, what experiences have reinforced your decision to pursue a career in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you a good test taker?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your greatest strength?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about ______ (lots of questions about my ECs)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Some trick question about being a doctor and being told by a nurse to not go through with a life-saving procedure. The answer was that the nurse wouldn't have said it in the first place." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a situation where you demonstrated leadership." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"has anyone tried to dissuade you from going into medicine? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have an hesitations in going into medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about Brooklyn?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How has your MPH enhanced your competitiveness?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why SUNY-Downstate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"You were a bio major. Why is your bio MCAT your lowest (not that low, just PS and V were better)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What fields of medicine interest you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you study for the MCAT? Why didn't you apply straight out of undergrad? (I am taking a year off)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you study for the MCAT? (in group, individually)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What EC activities did you participate in during college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What made you decide you wanted to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what types of community service activities have you done" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will your job/ activities/ past expereinces translate to your medical school expereince?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What extracurricular and community service activities have you participated in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of your MCATs?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What happened with phsyics/ochem?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me a time in your life when you experienced a lot of stress. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you prepare for the MCATs? How you study usually?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"I was asked specifically how I became involved in the things I did. As in how did you find out about this or what did you do to get this." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"do you feel high school properly prepared you for downstate in regard to study prep skills." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What field of medicine do you want to go into?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you study? Did you take a prep course for the MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You seem like a soft spoke person, how have you handled all of the leadership positions you've worked in the past?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you study for the MCAT? How do you study in general?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a stressful situation; how did you cope?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your clinical experiences. What motivated you to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you ever seen expert testimony from a physician in a courtroom?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about the classes you're taking." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is your research about?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"Do you have any specific memory from your summer shadowing job?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe an ethical dilemma you faced?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what specifically about downstate do you like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"a few required questions from a sheet with a contemptuous tone aimed at the admissions committee for making him ask them" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Why did you apply to SUNY Downstate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What sparked your interest in medicine? Please describe the defining moment. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Describe clinical experiences?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do outside of work?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 yrs? What happens if you theoretically don't become a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you think you were not accepted at X university?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"What kind of research are you doing? Explain. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is the best way to learn? (He told me it was by teaching) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The researtch question I already mentioned?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How do you study for exams? In groups or by yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the most difficult experience that I've dealt with?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you notice any personality differences between the neurologists and the urologists you worked for" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor, not a nurse, etc.?....this was not an offensive question at all, but actually part of the conversation" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What part of medicine do u want to go into?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Explain why you did not do too well on the verbal section of the MCAT." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes you think that you survive the rigorous medical curriculum?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a standard day at your college. When do you study?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do that's not related to medicine (as in, what do you do for yourself)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the normal temperature reading if it's measuring the ears? I didn't know so he had to tell me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"how did you study in undergrad? how do you study now? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you like your undergraduate institution?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why was your verbal section so much lower than the other sections on your MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I talked of community outreach he said give me example of doing it, I was lucky in that I just started a new project" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"What will you do if you are having diffiuculty with class work or pressures in life." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how did you prepare for the mcat" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you been to Brooklyn before? How did you get here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What community service have you done?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your plans for medical school, live on/off campus or at home?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how will you pay for school? I paid fully for my undergraduate educatioin" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what brings you to medicine and to downstate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If something happened in your family during medical school, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your volunteer activities and your research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why the big change? (I was an engineering major in college)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was a difficult time and how did you deal with it? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about the increasing expenses of medical care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name 2 global public health issues. Influenza and tobacco-use are WRONG?!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

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

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

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

"Specific questions about resume" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a stressful situation and how you responded." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I love this one... Interviewer: I noticed you got a lot of B's sophomore year, I assume the engineering courses you took are rigorous? Me: Yes, but in all honesty I should have worked harder. Interviewer: Well I'd imagine that your course load was very difficult at the time." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How do you study for exams? (How did you study for the MCAT)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how did you study for the mcat" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your teaching for PRILA coming up this winter. (I am going to Fuyang city in Hangzhou province of China from December to April to teach English to kindergarteners)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you been doing since graduating in June?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Trends in healthcare?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you apply so late? What will you do if not accepted?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"When did you first decide that you wanted to go into medicine? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies? How do you study? How many hours a week do you study? Tell me about your family. What do your siblings do for a living? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your undergraduate experience was it stressfull?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you return to study medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"There are a few non-science majors here who are having a difficult time...do you think that's going to be a problem for you? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"where else have you interviewed (i dont really mind, of course)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Activities in undergrad, leadership qualities" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you think about your MCAT score?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you take a prep course for the MCAT? What was the topic of the essay on your writing section?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you double major?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you study/How did you prepare for the MCATS?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go to school in NY?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Rest of the questions were asked by me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"What stressful situation" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"MY strong advice--dont go to this college" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The information that you've given to me is inadequate (this was completely out of the blue and not in response to a specific question)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you work while attending school? Tell me about your research experience. What happened in that class? (I got one C+ and all A's... and he asked me about the C+!) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"What were your contributions to the medical team during rotations in grad school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"explain your weak bio science mcat score (i had an 11!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your interest in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your volunteer and research experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you study (where, how much, when)? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What types of community service & volunteer experiences have you been involved with?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about the surrounding neighborhood? (not in those exact words)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of medicine interests you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you handle the stress at your undergrad schooL? How did you like your undergrad school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"your grades were not stellar, what happened in semester of ....?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are some of my hobbies?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Explain activities..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your community service experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Where have u volunteered.. why .. what did u get out of it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you get stressed out by?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Tell us a little bit about your research and your role in it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your favorite/least favorite course during undergrad?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about your role on a team/leadership" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"How I studied for the MCAT" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked me about my research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I had any additional clinical experience not mentioned in the application" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about a non-medical volunteer experience that you had." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was one challenging course you had and how did you deal with it, if there are any?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Specific questions about some of my activities" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me how you work in a group" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What clubs and organizations were you a part of?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a situation that was challenging and say how you dealt with it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why did you choose to go to your undergraduate college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you study in HS/how did you study for MCAT" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you realize you wanted to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you ready for NYC? What made you apply here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your most significant volunteer experience and what it meant to you." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your free time (if you have any)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies and outside interests?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"What type of doctor might you want to become?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Any specific reasons why you want to be in Brooklyn?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you study for the MCAT? How did you choose your undergrad institution?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What are you most proud of/What do you like to do for fun" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where does Downstate Rank for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One good thing about you? Explain a stressful situation. What do you do for fun? Asked stuff about extracurricular activities. Asked about what I thought about healthcare reform. The rest was just conversational." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you study before exams only or as you go?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you improved since last application(I'm a reapplicant)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Which of your ECs was most meaningful?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you come to decide a career in medicine. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Weak MCAT - So was asked about that" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you need a licencse to be an MA?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Describe your upward trend from beginning of undergrad through grad school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What other professions have you considered? What would you do if not medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How did you get here? What do you think of New York City?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun? What type of books do you enjoy reading?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me about the......[chooses an EC from file]" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your drop in grades freshman year and how did you pick yourself back up?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you study for the MCAT? What is your learning style in general?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Have you done any community service that is not clinical?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"why do you think a background in public health is important in a medical career?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you do if you don't get into any medical schools this year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"General questions/''stress interview'' questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your biggest concern/question about Downstate? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe one of your experiments at work; your hypothesis and how you tested it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you see education as being part of your future career?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about ______ course. (asked about many of the non-science courses on my transript)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to study _? (I'm a Chemical Engineering major, so that might be why)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What kinds of things did you do during your summer internship?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(see the difficult/interesting question session)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how did I end up doing specific activities listed in my record" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What gets you going?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"With such a good GPA why such a low MCAT score?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions that every interviewer at Downstate has to ask: How do you study? How do you handle stress? What do you do in your free time? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go to school here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"She spent a great deal of time clarifying my timeline of education, activites, work experience, etc...all of which can be seen on my AMCAS...rather than asking questions of substance. Enjoyed the tour and student input, but the interview was the strangest I've ever had. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you say are your academic strengths and weaknesses? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do your siblings do? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer asked specific questions about anything he found interesting. From a random class I took in college that I practically forgot about to specific questions about my research." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you get this grade during X semester?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Downstate over ____?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me how you study, how did you study for the MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Please expound on one of your extracuriculars describing your level of involvent, leadership etc. Others I remember: Why downstate? How do you study (big chunks or spread out)? Do you know what specialty you are interested in? Nothing regarding ethics or anything out of left field." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you get involved in this extracurricular activity?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"So, if you came to downstate, where would you live?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what's up with this bad grade?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Have you had interviews before?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"thinking about a specialty yet?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"who do you rely on for support?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What happened in Calculus? What about MCAT score?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the one industry that strictly uses English in their day-to-day operations? (I think this was just a fact that he wanted to see if I knew)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you leader? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do I like to do besides studying?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Made me talk extensively about my research. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you form a corporation if you were already working at another company?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What specialty are you interested in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years -more specifically what aspect of medicine are you interested in (e.g. research, clinical, policy)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What volunteer activities have you participated in? How did you prepare for the MCAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does xxxx in your personal statement mean? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a patient who was reluctant to speak, how would you get them to open up to you? This is after he complained that I wasn't talkative." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a stressful time in your life and how you dealt with it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why are you choosing to become a doctor rather than a scientist" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What will you have to sacrifice to be a doctor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you decide that you wanted to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Do you know what field of medicine you want to go into? (She understood when I said that I was undecided)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the future of medicine? What direction is it headed?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Do you go to a musuem? Do you play musical instruemnts? Tell me about your research and community service. What do your friends do? (not at once, but there was a lot of questions for a 35 min interview, and only a handful of them were answered well by me.) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What field do you want to enter? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you want the committee to know about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what are your clinical experiences? don't you think you should have had more clinical experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Asked me how particular courses were in my transcript." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of physician do you see yourself as in the future? What patient population do you see yourself working with?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"know your application!, look for weaknesses they will ask specifics on grades" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did u prepare for the MCATS?, Why downstate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how did you decide to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"you realize that orthopedic surgery will require high grades and high board scores (said with a condescending tone as if he thought i wouldnt be able to)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Describe some of your leisure activities." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you take the MCAT twice? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Other questions were specific to my AMCAS file, including volunteer experiences and issues discussed in my personal statement (why medicine, who I am as a person and what my goals/life has been like)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you see yourself doing in the future" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Really detailed facts about school, like what was invented in the school, any specific doctors, and other trivial questions that most people don't give a damn about." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What led you to become a teacher?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What kind of research did you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Since you graduated in May from college, what have you been doing since then?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what else would you like the admissions committee to know?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a patient that stuck out in your mind (I do clinical research). " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What was your path to med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Stuff about myself. How much do you study? Why these majors? What specialty? etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What sort of experience did you have volunteering?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What would be your second choice for a career?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was one difficult situation in your life and how did you deal with it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about your research experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many hours do I spend per week studying?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What book and movie has impressed you most and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where on Long Island do you live?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think that there will be a crisis in the future (grandparents dying, etc) that might affect your performance in med school? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me about your exposure to medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you more interested in medicine or surgery? Clinical or research? Why not MD/PhD? How can your learning/memory research be applied to clinical medicine? Do you think the gap in our understanding of L/M is narrowing? What about stem cell research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you study for the MCat? My interviewer liked the fact that i did it on my own and didn't become a Kaplan head. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Other questions pertaining specifically to my application. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your different activities. Clarify what you did during each summer. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me more about "specific experience on your resume" ?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Explain first MCAT score?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what questions do you have for me" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Overall the general line of questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you envision yourself practicing medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you been doing since graduating from undergrad? Exactly how many hours per day (They wanted to know everything)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does your father do for a living? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why aren't you going for a PhD?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about all of the activities that you did in high school and undergraduate and how they relate to the medical profession. Be able to answer about your transition to college and working experience besides medically related. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you learned about Downstate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What volunteer work " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research/employment/volunteer work/etc. What was your goal in these?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Downstate? What do you know about Downstate? - they really seem to like that they had a nobel prize winner in '98, so read about it on their site and tell them that it impressed you and talk about it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your low MCAT scores (I had a 31: 10, 10, 11)!!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What questions do you have about Downstate? What else would you like me to convey to the admissions committee?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"How have you exhibited leadership qualities in your extracurriculars?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me the names of the 10 democratic presidential candidates and the 6 main california governor candidates." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How was growing up in Milwaukee?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What else would you like me to convey to the admissions committee?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What questions do you have about Downstate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When did you realize that you wanted to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why would you want to go to Downstate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you didn't gain acceptance to medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your reason for some questionable grades in college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"do you shampoo or use conditioner? (joke) have you done any research? Alex F." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell about a stressful experience and how I handled it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Why are you interested in our school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how serious are you about going here" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

What was the most interesting question?

"Describe a time when you experienced a lot of stress; how did you deal with it, and did anyone/anything help?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you'd fit in at Downstate and its Brooklyn location?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Asked about my research, why medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really, just focused on grades, study habits, why medicine, talk about a struggle stuff like that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How will my research be used by doctors to help people, and how many people can it help?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What physician has influenced your decision to go medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What personal accomplishment is memorable/valuable? The writing about a picture was also interesting (doesn't affect admissions though)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a lot of money, how would you spend it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"writing a short paragraph about a picture presented on interview day (not during actual interview)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a non academic setting in which you took a leadership role" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You are treating a patient as a successful and competent doctor and a nurse on your team says that they disagree with your treatment plan , what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"the questions were very run-of-the-mill" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you study for the MCAT differently the second time you took it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Hmm..they were all pretty standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your most interesting research project?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you explain your research to somebody who has a limited understanding of science?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You said you read a lot of medical non fiction, have you read any medical fiction?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you define the word 'doctor'" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, very typical questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You now have the opportunity to directly address the adcom, what would you like to say to them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your typical day?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too interesting, it was very conversational" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing was too surprising...they have a form of questions that they have to ask everyone. My interviewer filled it out while talking to me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The most unusual question asked was how I studied for the MCAT. There were no interesting questions though. The interview was easy." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"What are you most proud of?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What defining moment inspired you to pursue medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"How do you feel about the school's neighborhood (Brooklyn)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What role do you think religion plays in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none really, they were standard stuff " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you feel has influenced our perspectives on illness and health, from a sociological perspective" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing. They were straight off of a sheet of paper." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why was calculus so difficult for you? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I thought the questions were fair." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you interested in a particular field of medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me why Downstate without using info from the website." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were at a party with 30-40 guests and you did not know anyone there, how would you behave?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, my interviewer asked about my research and when I tried to explain it, he snapped and said that he knew that already." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Nothing surprising or unexpected. Everything was the usual type of questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There were none." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you like to see healthcare change in the future?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you can call the shots?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You're from a small town, how do you prepare to study in NYC?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why were you unable to complete your application in your last application cycle?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you seen much of Brooklyn?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me about a job/activity you enjoy and why you like it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What I thought of Bourbon Street in New Orleans." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewer was interested in knowing more about my hobbies." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most stressful thing that's ever happened to you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a stressful situation, how you dealt with it , what you learned..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Everyone has a defining moment when they realize medicine is for them. What was your defining moment?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"If you were accepted at all 4 SUNY schools, which one would you choose?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were in the ER as an attending physician, and a patient came in with a life-or-death situation that you knew exactly how to deal with, but the resident nurse told you that she thought what you were about to do wasn't right, what would you do? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"interview was very casual and conversationsal" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Any leadership expereince? Admisions wrote down questions for the interviewer to ask me on my file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? My interviewer did not believe nor understand my response." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Have you ever had second thoughts about going into medicine? Did some other subject ever attract you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked to describe how I spend my free time hour by hour. Not a hard question, but it took me off-guard at first. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the origin of good and evil? ( I am a philosophy major and had just spoke about my interest in metaethical theory)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. The interview seemed completely uninterested from the moment I walked in. Like it was an annoying interference to have to conduct an interview. She asked simple, textbook questions. No follow-ups. Like she had a list to ask and didn't really seem too interested in my response. We were told the interviews would last 45 minutes to an hour and mine only last 20-25 minutes. And she didn't even give me the opportunity to ask any questions. And she was suppose to show me how to get back to the admissions office, but just gave me so short, not so helpful directions so that I wandered around the hospital for awhile before finding my way back. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What does __________ mean (in another language...I wrote that I spoke it on my AMCAS)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was interviewed by a neuroscientist and I have done research in neurology so I was asked a lot of specific questions about my research. I think Downstate tries to match people with the interviewer so make sure you are very knowledgeable about everything you claim to be knowledgeable about!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how well do you think your high school prepared you for college? *(why were we talking about high school test preparation?!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any siblings and what do they do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me a little about your experience with Myers-Briggs, and how you've used it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why didn't you mention your parents on your application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Your background suggests you should be a lawyer, why do you want to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. Nothing from the ''sheet'' just talked." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What I like to do outside of work/school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not social work?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What has shaped you recently in being interested in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most questions were straight off of the infamous ''Question sheet''. We got off topic and spoke about the recent Yankees demise and the overabundance of iPods in America." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not Harvard?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you good with computers?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Recall a stressful situation and how you dealt with it. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why medicine with all the problems and annoyances involved" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What have you learned from living all over the world?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what else would you like the committee to know about you" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? (I was a business consultant before)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think religion is important in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. All questions were fairly straight forward" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"She asked me how I studied (I guess she meant what study techniques I use) and how I studied for the MCAT. This wasn't overly interesting, but then again there weren't too many questions and they were all very standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you are not accepted what will you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe an extremely stressful/painful experience in your life and how you overcame it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I guess I can call all of the questions asked "interesting"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you deserve a spot in the class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, really. Most questions were about clarifying my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer didn't hit me with anything out of the ordinary. Where did I see myself in 10 years? What type of medical work did I want to get into . . ." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the one difference btwn. Mexico and India?(according to him Mexico is not a religious country while india has a lot of faith) Name the top 5 religions. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about the research you are involved in. What is the main question? What mechanisim are you using to obtain data? What have you learned and how is it relevant to clinical medicine." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family situation and family members." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So...I see that your last name is ____[a name that does not seem to correspond with my ethnicity]. He had my last name circled on my AMCAS!!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would your friends describe you as a nerd or the life of the party? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most difficult experience that I've dealt with" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked all about my travels to Peru and Brazil" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor, not a nurse, etc.?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"AMCAS questions, nothing out of ordinary." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No real questions, mainly it was just conversational. My interviewer recited parts of my file from memory. They apparantly hand pick your interviewer based on your application and your interests. So my interviewer and I had TONS to talk about and lots in common. He was soooooo nice and made the whole interview very comfortable. He had gone to undergrad there as well as now being on faculty, so it was nice to hear about the school from here." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think a class that teaches med students compassionate care is a good idea" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing too interesting. we just talked about my application and he asked me to elaborate on the different things I wrote about" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I saw in your recommendations that your teachers describe you as a quiet person, but that's not the impression I'm getting here. How can you explain that?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Very detailed questions about my application, I was surprised. Not only had my interviewer read my application, but they were able to recite parts from memory." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want me to tell the admissions committee?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you plan on doing after medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the normal body temperature? Yea I messed this one up. I said 97.8 for some reason and had to correct my mistake when the guy gave me a weird look. Blah!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you do on weekends? (this question took my by surprise since all the others were standard questions up to this point)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"when did you decide to become a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"absolutely nothing (ugh)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know what a duvet is?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing in particular. Many standard questions were asked." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you say was a difficult situation in your life and how you handled it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Nothing much, My interviewer was extremely nice and laid back. He seemed overall impressed with my listed activities, work experience, and recommendation letters. His questions pertained to the file mostly." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing too interesting -- no ethical questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing! The interviewer assumed I wouldn't be seriously interested in Downstate becasue my gpa and mcat are too HIGH! " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the most interesting case you saw in your internships?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why did you choose to apply to Downstate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"On average, about how many hours did you spend studying on any given day? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was there any single life changing experience that made you want to be a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing very intresting, they basiclly went through my AMCAS application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see you want to go to a medical school, but you don't really show that you want to be a doctor?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing stood out. very specific questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"in research, how do you come to interpret your results?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all the questions were standard...there were no curve balls" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"What was the most difficult aspect of your experience in West Africa?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"he followed a standard list of questions, and had me go more in depth. What are your strengths and weaknesses was asked, which can be tricky. Also "what else would you like the admissions staff to know" is how it ended, so be prepared to say something good about yourself :)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Tell me about a difficult time in your life and how you dealt with it? What was your support system?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think research is worthwile if nothing comes out of it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Something to the effect of what my best secret quality was, or what I thought was really important about me that the adcom should know. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why the long, convoluted route to med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is it important to know a patient's religion? If a patient doesn't want to do something due to their religion, but its in their best interest (health-wise), what do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What sort of patient population do you envision having when you pratice medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really, it was mostly a conversation. My interviewer spent most of the time telling me about her field of work and about the new school curriculum. She was more informative than interrogative." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Questions were fairly standard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing majorly difficult... just your basic "tell me about yourself" and "why do you want to become a doctor?" " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What was one difficult situation in your life and how did you deal with it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Nothing, I was asked standard questions: How do you study? How did you prepare for the MCAT? Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"About my work" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a societal problem, it does not have to be healthcare related." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What differences do you anticipate in switching from a private undergraduate facility to a public graduate facility?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So, you live in a fraternity? I didn't think MIT had fraternities, is it weird living with all men?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The pressure of keeping up with good grades. How do you handle that? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how has your anthropology background helped you in the ER (and give specific examples of how you interact differently with different cultural groups)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, they were all standard" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your interest in science" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Pretty basic questions that were asked" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing really caught me as interesting. they were all standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a very difficult personal situation and discuss how you handled it and what was learned from it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewer pretty much told me I got in. As long as you get at least a "9" on each section (minimal score of 27), you are going to get accepted. However, he told me many students reject their offer because of the location so he bluntly told me if I would be comfortable living in the area and I told him I'm from Queens so it was ok." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interview went nearly 2 hours and was very closely focused on my file. So all questions pertained to my past experiences. I guess the most interesting question was how I responded living in NYC on 9/11." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Grades, Grades, Grades. all they wanted to know about was my grades and MCAT nothing else" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There were no real interesting questions asked. But just basic get - to - know you questions. It was more of a conversation rather than an interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Being an out-of-state applicant, you know that the odds are against you at Downstate. How do you plan to deal with this?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really. She asked me the list of standard questions but it was very conversational. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None just grilling me about unimportant unrelated things" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Nothing in particular. The session flowed well and the interviewer aimed to get to know me as a person. He asked few structured questions, even remarking that one was "stupid". " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The questions were quite standard and most of them you can find on this site. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"it was more of a conversation we both spoke an equal amount of time and it flowed pretty well." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I liked discussing things outside of the application, such as personal interests (museums, books, movies, etc)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All of them. This was the most thorough interview that I have had to date. We spent two hours (!) going through my file. I am a post baccalaureate student and my interviewer had studied my experiences in depth. We had much to chat through." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. My interviewer read from a standard list of questions. This would have been fine, but his tone and attitude were unwelcoming and haughty" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The questions were pretty standard. The interviewer wanted to clarify some discrepancies in my application, so that's what we talked about." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The questions were pretty standard. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer was very nice. Most of the questions that she asked were about my childhood." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"There are a few non-science majors here who are having a difficult time...do you think that's going to be a problem for you? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing terribly interesting, very standard get to know you conversational atmosphere, i was asking for probably half the time" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The questions all came from a list he had in front of him. They could all have been answered by a quick glance at my application, which the interviewer had not read. More than a few were redundant. Some were really asinine, like 'How did you prepare for the MCAT? Self-study or prep course?' Does that really matter?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why do you think you will enjoy working in medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you consider yourself economically disadvantaged yet went to that undergrad (expensive and very competitive)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"none, the questions were all from a standard list and my interviewer did not even show the coutesy of l;etting me respond before blasting me with the next question in an accusatory tone" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked a lot about my volunteer and work history." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the MOST stressful experience you have had in the past 5 years? How did you cope with it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is a typical day like at my undergraduate institution?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was not asked any interesting questions. My interviewer was concerned about going through his list. He was bold enough to tell me just that at the start of our interview He did not wait for me to finish most of my responses. hewas also needlessly provocative, rude, and confrontational without reason." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a doctor(I have a non traditional background)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"All the questions were basic and applied to my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why medicine (very original)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why change careers at (blank age), when you have had a reasonable amount of success in your present career" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None of the questions that were asked were too difficult or out of the ordinary. Just basic questions about my experiences- see below. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No interesting questions. Only the standard ones that everyone else got." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What stressful situation have you encountered" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does someone's culture relate to their medical care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to move from suburban southern California to Brooklyn? (expected)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Nothing really, my interviewer was very bored as evidenced by his not paying attention to a word I said." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I have to say nothing. These people are mentally ill and should not be in the business of caring for people" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Becoming a doctor involves certain lifestyle changes. How do you plan to adapt to these changes?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do I call you... you have a million names? (it was a joke... that I still really don't get because I only have one name)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Some questions relating my research with my interviewer's." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think your PharmD will help you as a physician? How?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How I was able to balance having many extracurriculars and still maintain decent grades." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What school were your relatives educated at?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing that interesting. Just the usual. My good academic record was mentioned a few times." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Did you like The Matrix Reloaded? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No intersting questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had to refer a family member to a physician, what would you look for in that person?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Having come from a relatively sheltered background, why would you like to go to school in Brooklyn?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing particularly interesting. Almost all questions were specifically about my past experience that I indicated in my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing in particular - the questions were pretty by-the-book. My interviewer was interested in my previous career and how I decided to get into medicine, wanted to hear about why I was making this huge change." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most of the questions were typical interview questions, such as why a physician? is your family supportive? waht happened in that class? no question really sticks out right now, they were all common." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why I chose to work instead of applying last year?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"None. They had a standard list of questions. The interviewer stuck to those questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I wasn't asked anything interesting or difficult, the entire interview was the interviewer asking me detailed questions about my research and volunteer experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was a great conversation as we had some common background history. No realy questions as such." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interview was basically a conversation about my ECs and college. Interseting conversation, no spefic questions. we talked for quite a while" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer had gone over my application with a fine -toothed comb. She asked me about specific grades, specific words used to describe my activities, dates, etc. Very nit-picky, very annoying. Be careful!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none, really, the questions all focused very strongly on my application" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer really wanted to know is I felt truly prepared to handle all the challenges and stresses of life in med school. I felt that I answered all of his questions confidently. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why after obtaining a PhD do I want to become a doctor. Fair enough" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Anything in your application you think would be a concern to us (i.e. grades, extracurriculars, misdemeanors, etc.)? (Didn't have anything major, wasn't sure if an answer was expected or not)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about your performance on the MCAT? How did you prepare for the exam?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your GPA trend." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would I be able to adjust to living in Brooklyn (caught me off guard and wasn't able to phrase my response professionally)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"To discuss my score on the MCAT." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Most meaningful undergrad activity?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Not sure. They really wanted to hear about clinical experience; Downstate is superior in terms of students' clinical exposure in their program." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why was yours CARS section lower than your other sections?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Tell me about your research experience." The doctor who interviewed me happened to be a specialist in the topic of my research so there were many follow up questions that became challenging for me to answer without fumbling. However, I think she was asking out of curiosity as opposed to testing my knowledge." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think your verbal section score accurately reflects your critical thinking analysis? More follow up questions about this (I had a low verbal section)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Has there ever been a class where you just couldn't understand the material? (Felt like a trap)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What stresses you out?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too difficult. All pretty standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none were difficult" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me something that you are proud of besides academic achievements." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Explain your undergraduate grades. In addition to the standard questions that everyone gets asked, each interviewer has a few questions from the committee that are specific to your file." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe the most stressful situation you've ever been in and how you overcame it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why I didn't complete my application to Downstate the previous cycle. Grilled me regarding that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why don't you want to go into research?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"She asked me specific questions about my sexual orientation...I found it really unprofessional and offensive..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give an example of a stressful situation and how you handled it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"specific question 1" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you encountered any conflicts in a leadership position and how did you handle it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Very specific questions about much of my transcript." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Beside from your academic acheivements what are you most proud of?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What are you most proud of?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me why you got this grade..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? Why not pharmacy? Why not research? explain this part of your PS...basically the paragraph detailing why i wanted to enter medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Question # 1" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What proteins are involved in pulling cholesterols from the gut? (Supposedly related to my cholesterol study except it was completely unrelated to my research)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What would you like me to convey to the admissions committee? Why not public health?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think it's the reason that you didn't get in last time you applied (I'm a re-applicant)?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do we know that you will stay in medicine? (I am a non-trad, formerly in business)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You are on-call at 2 AM and walking on a floor you were unfamiliar with when you pass an open room. You see a patient who appears to be unconscious. Upon closer inspection, you determine that the patient is in cardiac arrest. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None, but my interviewer was unfriendly and impatient." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"None. Very conversational, non-stress questions. She just wanted to clarify some stuff from AMCAS application and just get to know me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There were none." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"no real hard questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you're accepted to all the SUNY's, where would you go and why? Rank the SUNY's." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why are you interested in coming here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me about what personal traits you have that make medicine a good profession for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing difficult. very conversation" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How were you a different student as a post-bacc compared to you as an undergrad?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not just teach? (in reference to my extensive TAing experience and rec letters highlighting my teaching ability)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why not help people through other means, like counseling, social work or nursing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were studying for an exam the next day, and one of your friends had an emotional breakdown, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked to account for a lack of community service activities" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What specialty do you want to do, and why ? How do you cut back and de-stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why didn't you do well on your MCAT's compared to your grades?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I specialize in minimally invasive surgery. I've worked at Downstate for two years and have interviewed students for a year...What's your story? It was the very first question, and it just seemed a bit abrupt. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why didn't you do better on your MCATs?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think is the origin of good and evil? (Obviously)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"None, really. It was my fourth interview. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What were you like in high school? First question I was asked, wasn't expecting it and totally threw me off. I couldn't even remember what I was like in high school and babbled through the first awkward minutes of the interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What happened to that verbal score?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you a conceptual learner?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Everything youve told me reinforces what Ive read on paper. Tell me something that I wont find in here." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There were no difficult questions, the interview was more of a conversation than a question and answer event." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe your clinical experience (only because I have very little)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There weren't so much hard questions by themselves but given the tone in which they were asked made for a very awkward and uncomfortable interview." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a difficult situation you had to deal with as part of your clinical experience. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. Didn't even ask me why med/why downstate." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So tell me about this bad grade you got your freshman year" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why I choose to a career in medicine as opposed to anything else" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not social work? (my background = social services)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do to improve the situation of the uninsured?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Referring to my mom's desire to enter nursing... ''Don't you find it unusual that someone jewish would enter the field of nursing?''... What?!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not Harvard?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any role models or mentors?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you feel about your MCAT score ?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How can you handle brooklyn ny?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"recal a stressful situation and how you dealt with it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""tell me about yourself". I was preparing for this in a strategic way and it was my hardest anticipated question I worked on." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No really difficult questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No difficult question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe an extremely stressful/painful experience in your life and how you overcame it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I don't remember" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"He wanted to know details about my research, and he went through every single part of my application." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What thing exactly made you want to change your career to become a physician? (this is not actually a difficult question, but it was the most difficult one asked)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why medicine? But this question is always hard since there is no right or wrong answer." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What volunteer activities have you participated in? (I hadn't.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the country with the largest English speaking population?(according to him India) What industry only uses English?(According to him the airline industry) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Usually interviews last an hour, but we're 20 minutes short. Do you know why that is? He told me that I didn't seem talkative which made my face fall bc I thought I had been doing pretty well. Whatever, I got in, so don't worry if you get an old senile man who can't hear anything you're saying. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"they were all pretty easy" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too difficult, the most difficult was the age old "why do you want to become a doctor?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just that he kept saying what else, what else? It was hard having to keep coming up with things I didn't already know about the school, happy I did though because I learned a lot more than I thought I would." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none really..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How do you know what you want to do with your life at the age of 21?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What should I tell the admissions committee about why you should be accepted and why you are better than all of the other applicants?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"what are 2-3 pressing ethical issues." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A woman comes to you with a 2 cm breast cancer. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you know anything about the new therapeutic cancer drugs? I had no idea, he asked after i told him I was interested in Oncology, so it looked pretty bad cuz I wasnt caught up with treatments. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want me to tell the Admissions Committee?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Do you have any plans if worse comes to worse and you do not get into medical school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Don't you think you could have benefitted from more clinical exposure? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The admissions office generates a list of 3-10 questions specific to each interviewee. My interviewer was like "The admissions office wants me to ask about x,y,z." " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a difficult situation that you've faced. Also, discuss how you overcame it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your MCAT score" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None were difficult. Standard. All the questions everyone else has been asked." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing, every question was pretty simple and straight forward. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Nothing... all boring run of the mill questions. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How have you handled highly stressful situations?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about my lower grades (C's alongside A's in advanced science courses) and about my MCAT score - my interviewer simply said "let's talk about your MCAT" and then waited for my response." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You can better health through law, public service etc. Why be a physician? Explain your MCAT scores." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What else would you like the admissions committee to know about you" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"so what else did you do? (after going over all of my extracurricular activities)and then came back to that question about 3 more times" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what downsides do you see about downstate? what negative aspects do you observe?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"questions about my non-traditional status. he seemed to think that the field i left behind was better than medicine. when i told him that i didn't think so and explained why, he wasn't happy with my explanation and pressed me further. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you got accepted to Downstate and the medical school of your university (I went to an Ivy League school), you would pick the later over the former, right? So it was basically, are you concerned about the name of the school where you go to and convince the interviewer that I truly wanted to attend Downstate, which I did." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"nothing really, all just basic questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is the most stressful situation you have encountered and how did you handle it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None really, it was more like a conversation." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really... pretty generic questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why I got a "W" in a class senior year" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about medical care expenses in this country now exceeding expenses for education?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How does philiospohy relate to medicine? (Just a really broad question to try to answer.) ...and TRIVIA: What is the one industry where only one language is officially spoken and why? Name the world's religions (he's looking for a lot!). Why do we speak english in the US? Again, he's looking for something really specific." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did studying vary from the humanities to your pre-med classes?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There wasn't one. However, this doesn't mean that things are a breeze. You should really know yourself and be able to explain your committment to medicine/ Downstate." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What stressful situations have you encountered in your life and how did you deal with them?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Strangely, the interviewer started to tell me that if I get accepted to Downstate and a school with a big name such as NYU or Cornell, I'll probably end up there. I guess he was testing me on the dedication to this school but it was strange. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What other schools did you apply to? If selected to more than one school which would you pick?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So where else are you applying? yea, it was really low-stress" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing, it was really just a conversation" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What else would you like me to convey to the comittee? (I felt we had covered everything)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none of the questions were especially difficult, the one above just caught me off guard." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the most stressful situation you have experienced?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really.......it was more of a conversation than an interview, very laidback." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you mess up in the math courses you took" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about SUNY Downstate? (I don't know why, but i totally blanked on this one even though i had done my research about the school...go figure.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why some of my grades dropped during college." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing difficult. Most questions can be found on this website." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about stem cell research and its application to treating Alzheimer's disease?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Often times very rude questions about my background. Interviewer seemed removed and disinterested." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"no really hard questions, more focused on getting to know the "non-paper" individual." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why didn't you apply as a disadvantaged applicant? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None of the questions were very hard. My interviewer just asked questions to clarify what was written in my application and about my reasons for wanting to attend medical school at Downstate. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you still have written this portion of your AMCAS personal statement the same way." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None as he did not read my application and expected me to tell him everything on it in its minutia" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I did not have much shadowing experience, and therefore the interviewer wanted to know why I was so sure that I wouldn't turn away from the first unpleasant sight I see as a medical student or physician." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about how you coped with a death/loss." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"nothing really, it was super low stress, he was just "weeding out the frickin psychos"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There were no difficult questions, but the interview was still painful because it was so tedious going over the things I'd done item by item as the interviewer wrote them down on his legal pad. What was the point? It was all right there on my application! He also cut me off if I started to explain in detail what I'd done, as he was only interested in dates and general descriptions. All in all a total waste of an hour." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions about low grades on my transcript" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about all you unergrad jobs (since freshman year, exactly how many hours per week etc) Didn't really remember everything is so much detail." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are you going to do if you don't get into medical school this year? It was difficult to answer because I had already been accepted to another medical school so I wasn't quite sure how to respond." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"all of the questions were asked in a manner that made me think the interviewer was annoyed that he had to be there and that he did not think much of the present application pool." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No difficult questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"The most difficult part of this interview was dealing with my interviewer who had a major personality problem. Also he was a coordinator of a major rotation. Two of the other people who interviewed with me said that they were stunned by the rudeness of their interviewers" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So, do you want to go to Downstate?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What else do you want to know?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. Everything was related to my AMCAS application" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why would we admit a person like you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why would you want to go into medicine if your parents are ----- . My interviewer was so incredibly offensive. If these are the people getting to do the admission's interviews, I have serious concerns about their other faculty. My interviewer was very abrasive, nasty, and mean spirited" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(See above)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What happened junior year? (I had taken a semester off, and this was meant to be the "difficult situation" question, but because of the way he asked it I started talking about what happened to me personally, and that's not what he wanted.)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none...all very typical questions outlining my application" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of patients does their hospital mainly deal with?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Nothing so much. They have a form that all interviewers get and my interviewer basically stuck to the form so I had seen most of the questions posted on this site." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer fired question after question without waiting for me to give an adequate response." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Why would you want to be a doctor if your parents are..." My interviewer was nasty and he coordinates one of their main programs." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you got in at SUNY Brooklyn, would you go?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing because I had read them all on this site" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What other professions have you considered? Why not them over medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Give a difficult experience and how you dealt with it (not too tough, most questions were straightforward)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you pursue another degree instead of applying to medical school after your bachelor's?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Of all the people I know in the medical field, who is my role model?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did your parents get into the profession they did?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you really know what it's like to work with patients?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many hours a day do you study? On weekends?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was a difficult situation you were in recently and how did you handle it? (but I knew about that one from this site, so I was prepared!)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why go to medical school, and not continue working as an EMT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"This place gives horrible interviews. They have the most emotionally disturbed faculty I met at any of the med school interviews I encountered. Since I work in psychiatry they paired me with a psychiatrist who was openly anti-gay, classist and just a general a.....e. For instance he asked me why since my mother worked ina bank and my father was a teacher would I want to go to medical school? This was not asked in an open honest way; the tone was derisive." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No difficult questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No difficult questions..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"In the last few months, what was a difficult situation that you faced and had to overcome?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a stressful situation and how you handled it. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"it was hard to explain the grades, and what experiences perpetuated your desire to become a physician. I was not expecting that; in my opinion, i thought that the question that asked your reason for becoming a doctor was suffice enough." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none of the questions were really to difficult." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you really sure that you want to go into medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Only one real hard interview, with the director he asked me a lot about research and asked me some reasonable questions that i was unfortunatly unprepared to asnwer." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. Straightforward questions. No ethics." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"You are a certified EMT but have never worked on an ambulence.. why" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was a difficult situation I was in and how did I overcome it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why I want to be a doctor if i am interested in government, how I felt about the menstruation debate in New Yorker Magazine.... " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a difficult situation and how you handled it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why should we give one of the spots to YOU?---my interviewed wanted me to convince him of my worthiness" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My interviewer first asked me what I would do if I didn't get into medical school this year, and then he asked me why I didn't apply to dental or osteopathic school, because he had applied to osteopathic school. I think he was trying to see if I would break down or get all nervous and what not. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"None. My interviewer seemed to be a hard ass" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Copy and pasted SDN questions into a document, answered them on my own and reviewed the general topics I wanted to discuss. Went over the SUNY Downstate curriculum on their website. Also went over both my primary and secondary applications." More from this Member | Report Response

"Traditional Interview Prep" More from this Member | Report Response

"Reviewed my application, mock interviews, browse website, looked through the informational links provided" More from this Member | Report Response

"SDN, reviewed my application" More from this Member | Report Response

"SDN (which was very helpful) and prepped from previous interview" More from this Member | Report Response

"Reviewed SDN, common interview questions, mock interview with friends" More from this Member | Report Response

"Re-read my primary/secondary" More from this Member | Report Response

"SDN, Practiced answering common interview questions, went over primary and secondary application" More from this Member | Report Response

"Just got a good night's sleep" More from this Member | Report Response

"SDN interview feedback, practice questions on 3rd party sites, reviewing my application, and mock interviews." More from this Member | Report Response

"SDN, mock interviews" More from this Member | Report Response

"Reread my application and my secondary application. Practiced my basic answers: why I want to be a doctor, why medicine, 3 strengths and 3 weakness" More from this Member | Report Response

"Prepared to answer the "tell me about yourself", "strengths an weaknesses" question, "why medicine",etc. although these questions were not asked explicitly." More from this Member | Report Response

"I looked on the website which was very easy to navigate." More from this Member | Report Response

"Read SDN, Read Application" More from this Member | Report Response

"spoke with current students" More from this Member | Report Response

"I read sdn and had my ex give me a mock interview" More from this Member | Report Response

"Reading these." More from this Member | Report Response

"Read SDN, practiced normal answers" More from this Member | Report Response

"Reread application, primary, secondary; also looked up school information" More from this Member | Report Response

"Mock interview at school" More from this Member | Report Response

"SDN questions, really researched the school/location." More from this Member | Report Response

"Interview prep books, SDN, etc" More from this Member | Report Response

"Read through website, primary, secondary, feedback" More from this Member | Report Response

"Read my application, my secondary and SDN feedback." More from this Member | Report Response

"Studied my amcas application/secondary and learned as much as I could about the school." More from this Member | Report Response

"Read SDN interview feedback, plus a book on interviewing. I did a full length mock interview with my adviser before my first interview" More from this Member | Report Response

"Mock interviews." More from this Member | Report Response

"Used the SDN interview feedback to compile questions, then had a mock interview with a friend. This was after reviewing my application and the Downstate website." More from this Member | Report Response

"Sample interview questions." More from this Member | Report Response

"SDN, school website, talking with my student host" More from this Member | Report Response

"I read SDN forums and info on the school's website" More from this Member | Report Response

"Looked over SDN the night before" More from this Member | Report Response

"SDN/read about healthcare reform/went over my application" More from this Member | Report Response

"Read Fleenor's book, reviewed activities, mock interviews."