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"have you ever advocated for someone"
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"Tell me a little about yourself"
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"Imagine we are in an elevator going from floor 50 to 0, tell me about yourself"
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"What will you do if you are not accepted?"
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"Do you feel your MCAT scores reflect you?"
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"What would your BFF say your greatest strength is?"
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"Why Rowan?"
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"Why did you take class X your freshman year?"
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"Tell me about yourself and what brought you here today."
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"What specialty do you want to practice?"
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"They asked about several things out of my application and why I'd be a good fit."
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"Tell me about yourself"
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"One of your letter writers made a comment about you that we'd like you to clarify."
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"Can you talk about any medical emergencies you responded to as a firefighter?"
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"Why do you want to come to this school?"
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"What should i highlight about you to the admissions committee?"
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"What are your leadership skills?"
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"Why NJ? i am from NY"
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"why umdnj"
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"Describe any leadership positions you've had"
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"I have thirty seconds to introduce you to the ad com, what should I tell them?"
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"What other schools have you applied to?"
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"what are you doing in Jersey ( Im from Cali)"
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"What was your previous exposure to osteopathic medicine?"
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"Tell us about your research."
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"Talk about a leadership position you've had. The interview didn't really have questions. It was mainly a conversation that was directed by my responses."
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"Have you been in any kind of leadership role?"
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"What about osteopathic medicine interests you? "
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"Tell me about "x" activity, a few of those"
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"What's osteopathy?"
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"Why Osteopahtic?"
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"Why osteopathic school?"
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"Why do you want to become a doctor?"
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"Asked me mini-questions about my file (MCAT, where I live, courses I took) "I'm getting this impression, is this correct?" I believe he wanted the short yes/no style, more of a confirmation than an actual detailed response"
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"Which of your activities did you find to be the most meaningful?"
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"Tell us about any leadership positions you've had?"
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"Why do you want to become a physician?"
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"How does service-learning relate to your internship?"
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"What do you want me to tell the Admissions committee about you?"
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"Why Doc, DO, etc.?"
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"What other schools you applied to?"
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"Why D.O.?"
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"What or how would you desribe osteopathic medicine."
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"why do you wanna be a doc"
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"Where was my undergrad school located? why doctor? Name the tenets of osteopathy? How am i good at interacting? Medical disparities ive seen? What else can i tell them about myself? What would i do if i dont get in?...i hate that question does that mean they dont like me??"
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"(Since I'm from CA)...So what brings you out to New Jersey?"
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"First question asked: So where are you from and what do you do?"
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"tell me about yourself."
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"Why medicine? Why DO?"
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"Why wedicine? (Why Osteopathic medicine?)"
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"Again, I was just asked to decide what the interviewer should ask me, so it was backwards that way."
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"Why do you want to attend UMDNJ?"
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"Tell us what you know about osteopathic medicine and why do you want to come to our school? "
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"What would you want me to tell the admissions committee about you?"
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"How do you think your research will help heart failure?"
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"Why do you want to go to medical school? Why osteopathic medicine? Are you interested in a specialty?"
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"What kind of leadership experience do you have?"
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"How did you first learn about osteopathic medicine and why are you interested in it?"
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"Explain your understanding of OMM"
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"Why doctor? Why osteopathic doctor? Have you shadowed a DO? "
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"what one thing would you like me to convey to the adcom about you?"
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"Why DO? Why UMDNJ?"
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"Why UMDNJ-SOM?"
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"Tell us something that you want the committee to know about you that we don't already know."
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"How did you learn about osteopathic medicine? Was there a particular experience that inspired you?"
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"A question referencing my personal statement."
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"Did I shadow A DO?
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"What specifically do you want us to stress to the committee on your behalf?"
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"What do I think about insurance companies?"
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"What are you doing differntly in school to improve your grades? "
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"Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician?"
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"Why medicine? Why UMDNJ? Is there anything else you'd like us to highlight when we present you to the admissions committee?"
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"Why medicine? Why osteopathic?"
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"What do you feel you could bring to the school and what are 3 major qualities you pocess?"
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"Talk about three things that are not specifically mentioned in your application that you want us to know."
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"how do you explain you low MCAT score?"
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"How did you discover osteopathic medicine?"
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"Why osteopathy? Why a doctor?"
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"Explain why I took the MCAT 3 times."
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"esplain what you are currently doing"
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"Why this school?"
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"How do you want me to present you to the admissions committee?"
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"What do you know about osteopathic medicine and OMT?"
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"What do you know about osteopathy?"
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"what would you do if you didn't make it into medical school?"
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"Was the doctor you shadowed a D.O.? (I answered with a regretable 'no')"
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"They asked me about a grade, what I do for fun, and and other questions about myself and things that I do or did.
Nothing about health care insurance, socialized medicine, or ethical issues."
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"How did you first hear about Osteopathis Medicine?"
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"What course did you like the least in undergrad?"
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"can you give your personal understanding of what a DO is and our philosophy?"
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"clinical exp"
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"what three traits do you possess that you think are important in a physician"
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"Why osteopathic medicine, Why UMDNJ-SOM?"
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"Why UMDNJ-SOM? Would you come here if you were accepted?"
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"What three qualities do you have that would make you a good doctor?"
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"How was your trip?"
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"Background info about myself."
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"Why do you want to be a DO?
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"What difference do you see between M.D.s and D.O.s in the field?"
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"Why Osteopathic Medicine and what did I know about it?"
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"What do you know about osteopathic medicine? Why DO over MD?"
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"what other schools are you applying to? "
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"Describe leadership position."
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"Tell me more about your research and how did you end up doing chemistry research if you are a psychology major?"
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"do you think OM is very different from allopathic medicine? y or y not?"
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"Why osteopathic Medicine"
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"What three things would make you a good doctor?"
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"What do you know about DO? What do you know about manipulation?
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"What do you know about osteopathy"
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"Why DO?"
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"Why DO and why UMDNJ? If you weren't accepted this year, what would you do? What other schools did you apply too?"
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"How do you feel right now?"
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"Why osteopathic medicine?
Why UMDNJ-SOM?
What other schools did you apply to?
What specialty would you like to practice?
What are your hobbies?
What did you NOT like about your undergrad?
Tell me about your research.
Tell me about your EMT work.
Tell me about your shadowing experiences.
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"Why DO? Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
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"Why UMDNJ? Why DO?"
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"Why UMDNJ?"
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"How is the florida weather? good to go to the pool?"
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"Why Osteopathic medicine?"
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"Tell me about osteopathic medicine."
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"Why D.O.?
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"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
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"How did you hear about osteopathic medicine?"
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"Why osteopathic medicine? What do you know about osteopathic medicine? Have you applied to any allopathic schools? Have you ever shadowed a doctor?"
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"Why did you apply to this school and osteopathic medicine?"
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"why do as opposed to another school or program?"
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"What do you know about the Osteopathic profession?"
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"What do you do for fun?"
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"Why do you prefer a DO program over an MD program?"
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"What do you like about Osteopathy?"
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"What three leadership roles did you have in college/graduate school?"
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"If there is one thing in Healthcare that you'd wish you could change, what would that be?"
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"If you had a magic wand what is one thing you would change in healthcare?"
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"What is your favorite recipe?"
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"Imagine we are in an elevator going from floor 100 to 0, tell me about yourself."
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"Something about my app"
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"In 2 minutes tell me why you deserve to go to RowanSOM and what I should report back to the Admissions Committee"
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"What is the importance of having cultural competency?"
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"Why did you go to X country for an abroad program?"
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"Where do you see yourself working in 10 years?"
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"What do you want me to tell the admission committee about you?"
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"Why do you think it is important to be a well-informed physician?"
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"All the questions seemed pretty generic. Just be very familiar with everything in your application."
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"What career would you pursue if you couldn't become a physician?"
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"Why should I pick you out of all the other people sitting in the waiting room?"
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"they were all pretty standard."
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"is your name italian?"
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"No interesting questions. It was a pretty boring interview"
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"So, you did judo, what was that like?"
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"Nothing real interesting, lots of comments about my application, especially my PS. He didnt really ask questions about it. Kinda just commented on it."
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"What would you do if you couldn't be a doctor?"
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"I have 30 secs to present you to the committee. What would you have me say to them?"
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"So, there's a boxing match coming up. Mayweather or Pacquiao? haha "
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"Asked to elaborate on certain sentences/paragraphs of my personal statement "
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"What are your hobbies?"
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"pretty standard"
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"Most interesting part was when we were talking about remuneration options for doctors in the current environment."
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"Very straightforward"
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"None."
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"Why didn't you apply to medical school straight from college?"
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"Not a single question was unexpected. Interview was mostly conversational. "
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"What do you want me to tell the Admissions committee about you?"
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"What was a stressful time and how did you cope?"
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"Describe yourself encountering a problem while in a leadership role and how you've dealt with it."
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"Have you ever done any public speaking?"
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"If you can give me one quality to describe yourself, what would it be?"
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"Knowing that you need to do well in your postbac premed classes, why did you decide to go and take them at Duke?"
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"You mentioned your parents were influential in your decision to pursue medicine, how so?"
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"What has my experience been with medical disparities in the ER at Cooper University Hospital?"
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"I wouldn't say any of the questions were interesting. However, what was interesting was the very first thing he said, which was ''I am not here to intimidate you. I am here to get to know you so that I can be an advocate of yours to the committee.'' The interview had a very casual atmosphere. "
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"Nothing was tooo interesting that I was ''wow, you're asking me that?''"
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"Are you happy with your MCAT score?"
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"Do you want to specialize?"
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"Nothing interesting"
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"All questions were either very standard or from stuff in my application file."
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"Tell me about your thesis (my undergrad psyc. thesis)."
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"None were interesting questions"
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"Tell me about one of your leadership experiences and how it has impacted you."
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"nothing; i was only asked why osteopathic medicine; i felt like i was the one asking questions"
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"What should I ask you?"
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"Do you have any hobbies?"
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"Tell us about your leadership experience"
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"What would you ask an interviewee if you were an interviewer?"
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"nothing"
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"they were all pretty standard questions"
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"Nothing too interesting."
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"what would you tell someone who is contemplating going into medical school but intends to be involved only in the business aspects of medicine?"
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"What do you do in your spare time"
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"Tell me about your research?"
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"Pretty basic questions...questions about my application, etc"
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"None really."
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"What was your least favorite subject in school?"
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"Nothing out of the ordinary "
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"What do I think of a national healthcare program (I think I was asked this since I am getting a degree in Healthcare management.)"
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"What specifically do you want us to stress to the committee on your behalf?"
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"What I thought about insurance companies (work for one)."
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"Nothing interesting or difficult. My interviewer just covered the basics."
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"What schools did you apply to? Only because I wonder if it has any weight on your acceptance."
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"Explain why you believe you would make a good osteopathic physician?"
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"Name two things about yourself that are not mentioned in your application."
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"Nothing really interesting."
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"What would you like us to tell the committee on your behalf?"
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"What type of food do you like to cook?"
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"Nothing really. "
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"none really... it was kept pretty standard..."
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"Nothing really, it was all pretty standard fare."
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"None of the questions were really that interesting. The interview was more like a conversation."
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"how would i adjust to life in new jersey?"
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"What did I learn from my graduate school experience that would prepare me for medical school."
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"The interviewers asked me about my research, which I was happy to talk about!"
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"How do you want me to portray you to the admissions committee?"
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"They asked for some info about my undergrad institution (since I am from out of state and they'd never heard of my school)."
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"All of the questions about myself and my extracurricular activities."
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"describe your term abroad - from that experience what do you think is the best type of health care system?"
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"no questions really just a chat that pertained to various aspects of who i am"
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"there were mostly standard questions"
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"Explain a grade that wasn't bad, but definitely stuck out on my application."
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"Tell me about the weight loss support group you started?"
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"Tell us about your research."
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"why late application"
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"Since I was transferring from another program, they asked, "how do we know you will not just leave us too?""
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"Why did you apply so late?"
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"Working in a research lab this year, why leave now?"
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"Nothing very interesting. I was asked to describe my research, which most people seem to find pretty interesting because it was ecology-based."
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"If you were not trying to become a physician what else would you want to do?"
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"If I had to choose between one school and UMDNJ-SOM which one I would and why"
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"none"
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"How does someone get suspended from volunteer work (I wasn't the one who was suspended keep in mind)?"
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"Nothing out of the ordinary."
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"My position on the Medical Malpractice Issue."
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"There wasn't really any interesting or difficult questions. Just your basic med school interview questions. Totally low-stress! If this is your first interview, then this is definitely the place to be!!!"
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"what do you know or what experiences have you had with osteopathic medicine?"
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"Nothing truly out of the ordinary."
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"As a psychology major, why did you end up doing chemistry research? "
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"Not really any- like everyoneone else said, they just ask mundane stuff, but be ready to speak up and interject with your opinions, especially if you know a lot about a topic"
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"There weren't any overly surprising questions. Everything was pretty much standard."
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"What do you do in your spare time?"
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"Nothing very interesting."
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"Was it a specific event or gradual decision that led you to decide to be a doctor?"
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"How do you define underserved communities"
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"Nothing in particular."
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"None. All questions were bland with no real fore-thought necesary in answering. I will list virtually all the questions they asked in the interview questions section."
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"Why do you want to be an Osteopathic Physician?"
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"What if you had to choose between an MD school and UMDNJ-SOM? Between another DO school and UMDNJ-SOM?"
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"nothing interesting, all pretty standard questions...very laid back and conversational"
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"pretty run of the mill questions"
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"This was the best and most relaxing experience!! Dont be nervous at all! No hard questions... Why DO? Did you apply to both MD and DO? Why UMDNJ?"
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"How is florida weather?"
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"Why didn't you apply to an allopathic school?"
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"the facility is great. I love the hospitality of the staffs and studdents. I think will go there. It's a great school!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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"What are the people like in California?"
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"Do you feel that there is a distinct difference between allopathic and osteopathic medicine?"
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"If you were accepted to school "X" and our school which would you choose?"
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"What role do you think a doctor plays in educating patients?"
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"Tell me about your hobbies."
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"Nothing really too interesting was asked"
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"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
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"None of the questions were especially interesting or difficult. They were mainly of the expected kind, such as describing osteopathic medicine and my EC's."
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"How did graduate school better prepare you for our school's experience?"
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"There were only simple questions. Nothing too advanced. In fact, all the prep work I did was a mute point."
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