How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.87 | 327 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 229 |
| Negatively | 35 |
| No change | 65 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.68 | 320 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.67 | 257 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.84 | 229 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 1 |
| 10 minutes | 1 |
| 15 minutes | 2 |
| 20 minutes | 13 |
| 25 minutes | 24 |
| 30 minutes | 176 |
| 35 minutes | 48 |
| 40 minutes | 36 |
| 45 minutes | 18 |
| 50 minutes | 9 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 6 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 325 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 255 |
| In a group | 71 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 304 |
| Closed file | 18 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.87 | 327 |
"Why Western?"
"Questions about my application and suitability for medicine."
"Why medicine? Why osteopathic medicine? Have you shadowed or observed a DO physician while at your clinics?"
"Tell them about yourself, particularly the experiences that made you want to do medicine"
"What do you look for in a medical school?"
"Tell me about your hospital volunteer experience."
"Why Western over all of the other schools you applied to"
"Name the Osteopathic tenets."
"What is an osteopathic physicians role in the future of medicine"
"Where have you been accepted/where did you apply/did you apply MD as well"
"What factors did you consider when deciding which schools to apply to? Did you apply to MD and DO? Regionally?"
"When did you fail?"
"Where else have you applied? MD/DO? Interviewed? Accepted? If you are accepted into both an MD school and here, where would you go?"
"Define diversity."
"Why WesternU and Osteopathic medicine?"
"Why Medicine? Why DO? Why COMP?"
"How many schools did you apply to? How many DO? How many accepted, interviewed?"
"What do you think you regret about not doing something in your life?"
"Why are you interested in medicine and specifically osteopathic medicine?"
"Why D.O.?"
"What makes a good leader?"
"Explain your journey to osteopathic medicine and what attracted you to WesternU"
"Talk about any leadership roles."
"Where do you stand in the current political debate on health care?"
"Had to read a paragraph and answer a multiple choice question. Critical thinking/MCAT type but very easy"
"What is one bad decision you've made recently, and what did you learn from it?"
"How did you come to osteopathic medicine from being an English major?"
"Why physician, do, and western?"
"Why medicine, and why DO?"
"What was your favorite pre-med course? Why?"
"Tell me about how you came to wanting to be an osteopathic physician."
"Tell us what has brought you to want to practice medicine. Why osteopathic medicine? Why Western? All at once."
"What events brought you to this point in your life?"
"Why medicine, why DO, why Western? (all in one question)"
"Explain your research."
"What would you do for healthcare with $100 million?"
"Why Medicine? Why Osteopahtic medicine? and Why Western?"
"See above"
"What would I do to improve health care with 100 million dollars?"
"Why med, why DO, why Western"
"How did your life experiences lead you to applying for medical school?"
"How did you arrive to wanting to practice medicine?"
"The big 3 that you should all be able to answer. Why medicine? Why DO? Why Western?"
"Why medicine, why western, why DO?"
"Why DO, Why Western"
"Why DO, Why Western."
"How did you hear about Osteopathic Medical School?"
"How did you arrive to a career in medicine? What have you done to confirm your interest in medicine? Why DO?"
"Why Doctor, why DO, why Western."
"Why go into (osteopathic) medicine? Do you know what field you want to go into?"
"Have you shadowed a DO? (No) Then explain your exposure/experience/knowledge of osteopathic medicine."
"The big 3. Why medicine, Why DO, why WesternU. (in exact order)"
"What experiences made you interested in medicine?"
"1st: Tell us about yourself. Why medicine, why osteopathic medicine. Why Western. Why should we take you."
"Tell me about your research? Do you want to do research while you are a student? Do you think it is important for physicians to be involved in research? How important is it to you that the future school you go to has research opportunities? A lot of stuff on research."
"Asked about my opinions regarding about health care reform "
"Why Medicine? Why DO in particular? Why COMP in particular?"
"Did you do research, did you have publications?"
"How did you choose medicine? DO?"
"what are your strengths/weaknesses? and then at the end, what skills will you bring to our school? YEAH basically the same question, plus it didnt help that the interviewer had an accent that was difficult to understand...ugh"
"What inspired me to embark on a career in medicine? Why DO? Why Western?"
"Why Medicine, why DO, why Western, What schools I have applied to and where I've gotten an acceptance from."
"Path to medicine: osteopathy: Western U"
"Tell us about yourself, what lead to you medicine? Why DO? Why Western? Everyone should know these 3 questions!!! It's a guarantee. "
"Tell me about your self. Why medicine? Why DO?"
"Talk about yourself, your journey toward medicine and osteopathic medicine in particular. <--practice that one."
"Tell us about yourself, specifically how you ended up in medicine/osteopathic medicine/westernu."
"Why medicine, how you found out about osteopathic medicine, and westernu?"
"Why medicine, why DO, & why Western. This is the basic, everyone gets asked this! "
"If you were accepted to both DO and MD schools, which would you choose?"
"Why Medicine? DO? Western? Handle Conflict in a group?"
"Tell me more about your volunteering experinces. What science volunteering have you done? (weird because I have been working in research for 3 years) "
"If the government gave you money for research, what would you choose Cancer or AIDS?"
"Tell me about yourself, why do you want to be a doctor, why DO?"
"Why medicine, why osteopathic medicine?"
"How are you? How has your day been? Why do you like it here? "
"Why DO? Why medicine? nothing special"
"Why Western, Why DO, Why medicine?"
"A student from my undergrad's rival school comes in to the ER with a gun shot wound, what would you do?"
"Why did you choose medicine, why osteopathic Medicine, Why Western? What do you know about our curriculum. What are your strengths and weaknesses. "
"Interview was scheduled for 30 minutes, but we went 45 minutes...so there was no strict time limit. "
"why doctor, why do, why western"
"Why medicine? Why DO?"
"How will you handle so much Bio classes at once? (because I'm a math major)"
"Faculty member: Why medicine? Why DO? Why WesternU? What was your first experience with osteopathic medicine? Doctor/Faculty member: Tell me about your research. What is your job?/What do you do? Doctor/Faculty member: Tell me about your research. What do you do/what is your job? Doctor: "
"Why medicine, why DO, why Western?"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why Western? "
"Expect these three wherever you interview: 1) Why this school, 2) Why medicine 3) Why Osteopathic medicine"
"Why do you want to be a physician. Why a DO, and why Western?"
"Why did you take the MCAT so many times? (I only took it once.)"
"Conversational"
"tell me about yourself"
"Tell us about volunteer experiences"
"How did you learn about DOs and Western?"
"Why a DO and why Western?"
"Why medicine, DO, Western?"
"The one about residency."
"Explain your jr. year grades (they were lower than other years)"
"Why medicine, why osteopathic medicine, and why Western COMP?"
"Why Western & Why DO (one question) ?"
"Explain your leadership experience and how it relates your choice to apply for medical school."
"why medicine? why DO? why PCOM?"
"Why med? why DO? why PCOM?"
"Why Western? Why DO?"
"How did you prepare for this interview?"
"why do? why western? tell us about yourself."
"Name 2 strengths and 2 weaknesses."
"Tell us about yourself"
"see above..."
"why do you like organic chemistry?"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why Western? (all at once!)"
"Tell me about yourself, why do you want to be an osteopathic physician, and what about osteopathic medicine do you like? (one question). This took the bulk of my interview."
"Why doctor/why D.O.? Describe leadership experience..."
"Were you applied math? How does being in applied math apply in the real world and in the medicinal world? Did you actually do any research with this type of math? Tell us about your school and if you enjoyed the education there. "
"Have you done any shadowing, and what was the most interesting thing you saw?"
"Explain Grades."
"Why DO? Why Western?"
"What do you think is a makor problem in healthcare today?"
"Tell me about yourself, why you want to be a physician and why are you interested in osteopathic medicine? (all at once)"
"What do you know about osteopathic medicine?"
"Why do you want to become a doctor?"
"Why should we even bother with helping third world nations if they will be afflicted by factors other than medicine?"
"If I got accepted to Harvard, would I choose that over an osteopathic program?"
"Specifics in reference to my personal statement (questions about my car accident, air evac, and living in a nursing home), my high gpa, and my average mcat score."
"Describe your background and how you came to osteopathic medicine."
"So what brings you here?"
"Why Medicine, why Western? How do you deal with conflict? Strengths and Weaknesses?"
"Why osteo?"
"Why medicine? Why osteopathic medicine?"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why not PT? What were you favorite college courses? How do I know you're responsible? When have you been responsible amongst your family? (yeah...really)"
"General stuff, why med, why osteo, tell me about your research, any leadership experience?.. why ... from my file... et.c.."
"the med mary-jane question"
"Why medicine, why osteo?"
"why doc? why osteopath?"
"Why medical? Why Osteopathic?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? Why osteo?"
"Why osteopathy?"
"Why medicine, why osteopathic, why Western? All one question"
"What is one negative factor about medicine? and why do you still pursue medicine knowing this? "
"Why did you only get an xx on your MCAT?"
"Tell me about yourself, how you learned about osteopathic medicine, why you have chosen to study it, and why you would like to attend Western."
"If I ask your best friend to describe you. What three adjectives would they use to describe your good points?"
"Tell me about yourself and how you came to medicine and specifically osteopathic."
"Why did you choose Western U?"
"What are your weaknesses?"
"Assisted suicide question."
"What brought you here to Western?"
"why medicine/why DO? "
"Tell me about yourself and incorporate how you decided to pursue osteopathic medicine."
"Tell us about yourself. Why medicine? Why DO? Why Western?"
"Tell me something about yourself."
"You have a kidney for transplant. How do you pick between a 24yo and a 60yo with lots of family? What criteria do you use and who would you pick?"
"How does quality of life increase with better health?"
"What do you do to deal with stress?"
"you have worked with both m.d.'s and d.o.'s - why did you choose osteopathy? what's the difference?"
"They asked many questions about my experiences...work and educational"
"What things about being a doctor make you apprehensive?"
"tell me about yourself, why medicine, why D.O., why COMP?"
"Tell me about your research? Strengths and weaknesses? What was the saddest part of medicine that you observed while volunteering?"
"tell me about yourself, why medicine, why do, why comp?"
"Why Western? "
"What are you doing now?"
"The three positive and negative attributes question...yuck!"
"Tell me something about your health-related volunteer experiences."
"Why do you want to be a doctor, and what made you choose DO? He noticed I had applied to a lot of schools, both DO and MD, and asked if I could go to any medical school I wanted to, what would it be and why? (this question made me nervous, since Western is not my first choice, but I answered honestly and it couldn't have mattered too much because I was accepted). "
"Tell me about your research."
"What's OMT?"
"Specific application questions."
"a question about my personal statement concerning why medicine"
"What three words would your friends use to describe you?"
"You are administering a grant. Where would you send the money? AIDS or cancer."
"Tell me about yourself and what led you to Osteo Med."
"What would you do if you weren't accepted this year?"
"difficult event, how dealt with it?"
"tell me about your self"
"Why do you want to be a Doctor?"
"How is your experience working at ____?"
"Tell me about how you found your interest in medicine?"
"Why DO over MD?"
"Tell me about yourself. "
"Why western, what organizations have you been part of and why, how did they help you get to this point. What has been the most difficult situation you have faced with these organizations and how did you solve them?"
"How did you end up choosing osteopathic medicine? Why do you want to come to Western? Did you apply to MD schools as well? Explain your research and volunteer activities."
"Explain your line of reasoning from medicine, to osteopathic medicine, to this school"
"Summarize the events that led up to you deciding to apply to osteopathic school. "
"What was your favorite science course and why?"
"Tell us how your experiences as a bioethicist have helped you develop as a person."
"What do you do for work now? How long have you done it? Do you work there full time? Do you work with DOs? What do you do with pts?"
"strengths and weaknesses of app"
"Gives a scenario where there are 2 patients that need an organ transplant, which one would I pick and why. "
"AIDS or cancer: which one would i fund as a researcher and why?"
"see interesting question above"
"why western, and would you choose DO over MD? what schools did u apply to?"
"Why did you choose your undergraduate degree? (BA-Communications0"
"Tell me about yourself/your background"
"why DO"
"ethics, about me, about my views on medicine etc"
"What do you think about stem-cell research?"
"Why osteopathy, and what do your parents think of you becoming a DO? (they are MD's)"
"Why Osteo, why medicine, why Western U, what other schools are you applying to, what interviews have you had/will have, and where would you most likely go?"
"Why did you choose the profession you are in? If you caught a fellow student doing drugs, what would you do? If you caught a fellow student with a hangover, what would you do?"
"Explain (one of my community service)"
"tell us about your decision to pursue medicine"
"Why medicine?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"How do you feel about your MCAT?"
"What are your opinions on stem cell research and why? If you had a terminally ill patient that was adamantly against stem cell research and stem cells were a viable treatment option, would you offer it to him? Why or why not?"
"Explain you bad MCAT verbal score. Explain all low grades."
"What was the best Philosophy course you've taken?"
"Tell us about yourself."
"Tell us about your life to this point. Why Osteopathy and how did you learn about it. "
""Tell me about yourself" Make sure to decide ahead of time how you wish to direct the discussion."
"why osteopathy"
"The interview was very relaxed and the interviewer just wanted to get to know me. One interesting thing, however, was that when he got to my MCAT scores and grades, he did something weird. He told me that my MCAT scores were only average for the school, when I know they are WAY above average (in the 30's). That struck me as being odd. Then he went on to say that he would have a hard time explaining to the admissions committee that my course work was acceptable because I hadn't taken prerequisites for almost a decade. I graduated from CU in 1996. But within the last two years, while working as a full-time hospital attorney, a part-time professor, and a part-time military magistarte, I completed 30 semester hours of prerequisites (a year each of chem, o chem, graduate-level biochem; and a semester of physiology and physics) with a gpa of 3.95. Then he told me that my MCAT scores were higher than his. Who cares? Like I said, it was weird..."
"Do you feel osteopathic medicine is more a science or a philosophy?"
"why medicine"
"How did you get involved in medicine? Why DO?"
"Why doctor? Why DO? Why Western?"
"your 2 strengths and weaknesses"
"Why DO?"
"why medicine, DO specifcally"
"Describe a person who is very different from you but has influenced you in some way. "
"Strengths/Weaknesses"
"Good conversation"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Tell me about yourself i.e. what do you do for fun?"
"Why this school?"
"Tell me about yourself and why you are interested in osteopathy and in COMP."
"why med and why do? "
"Why DO? Why COMP?"
"Tell about yourself."
"How did you deal with a situation in which someone disagreed with you."
"A player comes to you asking for a "fix" before a big game...what do you do?"
"Tell us about how you first started helping people and why?"
"Tell me about your background. - Very broad question. I asked the interviewers, where should I begin. They said tell us a synopsis of your life. "
"How would your friends describe you?"
"What classes did you take in undergrad. to prepare you for medical school."
"Why did you choose your undergraduate college?"
"Tell us an over view of what you have done in your life?"
"have you ever dealt with conflict?"
"why DO? Why Western? What are the strengths and weakness of you application? Tell me about yourself? What volunteer work have you done? What did you learn from shadowing a physician?"
"Why Osteopathic Medicine?"
"Describe your personality"
"What other medical schools did you applied to? Why osteopathic medicine? Name your strengths/weaknesses. "
"Why have you chosen Osteopathic medicine? Why Western over Touro?"
"Why DO? What have u been doing since you graduated? "
"why do you want to be a doctor"
"Why do you want to become a D.O."
"why do you want to be a DO?"
"When and why did you decide to practice medicine? and when did you decide to be a DO? (followed up with questions on OMM)"
"Tell me about yourself. Name three positive personality traits. "
"Why do you want to be a physician--give us a story of when/how you decided to become a DO?"
"What specialty are you interested in right now?"
"my religious convictions- I think this line of questioning is inappropriate (you want a doctor with moral fiber and good sense of ethics right?). However, the underlying concern is that you will take advantage of others in compromising situations- so I spoke to that concern, and how I respect those of other backgrounds, beliefs etc. If you have strong religious convictions be prepared to answer this concern/question of how you deal with those of other faiths/backgrounds- 5 of the 7 interviews I did at various schools asked me about this "
"Why Western"
"Tell me the strenghts and weaknesses in your application and explain the weakness."
"Tell us about yourself, who you are, what have you done and why do you want to be a D.O. at western?"
"Tell me about yourself, why Western and why DO?"
"Tell me about yourself, specifically why and when did you decide to pursue medicine, osteopathy, and Western."
"why do? why western?"
"Weaknesses? Strengths? "
"What have you been doing for the last two years?"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Why COMP?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"What was your favourite non-science class?"
"Why Medicine? Why Osteopathic medicine? Why Western?"
"why do you want to be a doctor, stuff you would expect.. no ethical questions.. "
"What do you see as the biggest challenge facing medicine today?"
"How did you hear about Osteopathic medicine? "
"How did you learn about osteopathic medicine?"
""If you couldn't be a doctor, what would you be?" "
"why do you want to become a doctor, specifically a DO?"
"Strengths and weaknesses"
"Why do you want to go to Western"
"You scored well on the MCAT. How did you study?"
"Tell me about a time of conflict."
"Why this school"
"How do you know you want to become an osteopathic physician?"
"Tell me about your interest in tennis and multilingualism."
"You find out your friend in medical school is cheating, what do you do?"
"Why are you a good fit for this school"
"Describe a time when someone challenged you"
"What factors do you consider important in choosing which school to attend?"
"Why DO? Why Western?"
"If a friend of yours turned in the same paper as you and you were both charged with plagiarism, what would you do?"
"How would you deal with the challenges of medical school?"
"Define diversity and provide an example."
"Why haven't you shadowed a D.O.?"
"What does diversity (in medicine) mean to you?"
"Define accountability and describe a situation where you held yourself and someone else accountable."
"What does accountability mean?"
"Can you tell us about a time where you disagreed with someone you worked in a team with? How did you approach this situation?"
"Why WesternU?"
"Why medicine?"
"List some strengths/weaknesses and how they will influence you as a DO"
"Strength and weaknesses -- how will they play out when you're a physician"
"What leadership opportunities have you had?"
"What is your motivation for pursuing osteopathic medicine?"
"How many MD/DO schools did you apply to?"
"Tell us about research"
"What separates and average doctor from a great doctor"
"In your opinion what is the difference between general chemistry and organic chemistry?"
"A multiple choice question regarding patient attitudes toward treatment."
"Tell me a strength and weakness and an example of each. How do you deal with your weakness?"
"Tell us about an event where you've had to be an advocate for someone other than yourself."
"where did you volunteer?"
"What are your greatest weaknesses and your greatest strengths?"
"You've applied only to the two DO programs in california. Why? ..and...What will you do *if* you don't get into either school this year? (re-apply!)"
"Tell us about your early life, schooling, college, decision to pursue medicine, why osteopathic medicine and why our school? (Yes, all in one question!)"
"Describe your community service?"
"tell us about yourself."
"Personal conflict I've faced."
"Lots of research questions- I work in a developmental bio lab. They were interested in what I was doing and had a lot of questions to learn more about it- they did not grill me"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"What is your strategy for getting into med school (#MD apps, # of DO apps, etc)"
"Interviewer had a phd in biochem so he asked me a lot of questions about my research. Make sure you are familar with your research. Also other app specific questions, like my favorite class, what i like to do for fun, and if I have traveled before. "
"Tell us about teaching... "
"How many medical schools did you apply to, what schools do you have interviews at....If your aunt were to give you money to attend only an MD school, what school would you choose to go to?"
"We take pride in teaching disadvantaged students, what do you think?"
"Specific Application Questions. "
"Do you have any leadership experience?"
"Do you have any clinical experience in addition to the research you've mentioned? What did you learned about working with patients?"
"What experiences have you had that require you to be culturally sensitive?"
"Explain EC and what I have learned from them - hospital volunteers, school organization etc"
"Why Western U?"
"Where else did you apply/interview, status at those schools. Tell us about your research, which turned into a grill session on my research by one of the interviewers... Luckily I had my stuff down cold, but as I kept answering the questions w/ correct answers, the questions kept coming. I felt as though the one interviewer wanted me to trip up... But I guess it was just good cop baaaaaad cop stuff."
"If your friend's girlfriend came into your clinic for STD testing would you tell your friend?"
"Asked me to tell them about my research."
"Scenario question: You are walking down the street with your 9 year old niece and she runs out into the street and gets struck by a car. There is a pool of blood forming below her. Outline what you do step by step."
"Explain how you decided to pursue medicine"
"Talk about your research, volunteering, work, etc."
"if you couldnt be a doctor, what would you do?"
"What about you (potential weakness) could possibly create a medical liability for yourself or your patients?"
"When I decided to enter medicine. I was asked about my research and one of my interviewers was very interested in mass spectrometry for protein analysis....he had to stop himself so the other interviewers could ask questions. I was asked what advantages I think research has on the future of medicine."
"What are some of your hobbies?"
"Please explain your research! Please explain your volunteer! Community Service! Tell us how you study for the MCAT since you had made a big jump on your verbal reasoning section! "
"Tell me about your leadership experience. What was your most fulfilling class in undergrad? Most stressful?"
"Talk about your volunteer experiences. Tell me more about your research. Talk about cultural diversity you have experienced during your volunteer experiences."
"tell us about research experience, and what you do at work right now (I am working for a year between undergrad and med school). Do you want to do research in the future?"
"If you were giving 100 million dollars by the government and had to justifity how to spend that money between aids or cancer what would you do?"
"Since this is a change in career, how do you know that a year from today you will not miss the money and regret your decison to go back to school?"
"If a 14-year-old girl came to you "Dr. _____" asking for birth control, what would you do? What are your responsibilities?"
"Strengths and weaknesses? Any interviews or acceptances elsewhere?"
"tell me about your low science GPA Tell me more about being a car mechanic (specific to my application"
"Why medicine? Why osteopathic med?"
"Asked about my (low) MCAT score and how i prepared"
"Talk about how you worked through an interpersonal conflict. "
"Why do you want to come live in the desert? What do you do to relax, de-stress? How many other schools have you applied to, both allo and osteo, and what is your status?"
"about my research and my background"
"Tell us about your research, volunteer experience"
"Greatest strength and most concerning weakness."
"Did you do research and if so, please talk about it. Where do you see yourself in ten years. "
"Why medicine? Why osteopathy? "
"leadership experience, tell us about your research, tell us about your volunteering"
"If doctors are using too many CAT scans, etc. to keep from getting sued (and padding their wallets) how can we solve this problem?"
"Student: what was your favorite class in undergrad? What did you dislike? (I actually couldn't think of anything I hated, and they just laughed at that.. made me feel better.) Describe a conflict you have dealt with. personal or work-related. How would you change how you studied in undergrad to studying in medical school?"
"Tell me about an experience that demonstrates your cultural sensitivity."
"I see you have done a lot of shadowing, what leadership roles have you held? She also asked me to talk about the research I did."
"What is the structure of succinate and tell me what Krebs Cycle intermediate comes after it (prompted because I had straight A's in my undergrad science courses, including Biochem, and both interviewers were Biochem professors). Answer: I drew succinate for them; fumarate"
"Tell me more about your research activity? Describe your role in this community service activity? "
"What's to say you come here, then leave the medical profession in ten years? (Whaaat?)"
"why medicine, why DO, why western?"
"How did you prepare for the MCAT? Which prep course did you use?"
"What leadership roles have you held in the past?"
"Explain how your volunteer work has led to your understanding of other cultures?"
"If I was the advisor the the governor and he had $100,000,000 to spend on healthcare what would I advise him to spend it on?"
"specific questions regarding research"
"What are some of your strengths and weaknesses that could help or hinder you for medical school?"
"Tell me about activity x?"
"Explain that one C your freshman year of college? aka be able to justify discrepancies in your own file."
"hardest class and why"
"A question about my undergrad research."
"Tell me about yourself."
"What are your goals in life?"
"have you had any experience with people from diverse backgrounds?"
"Why medicine? Why osteopathic medicine?"
"Act of Compassion Question"
"what exactly is ultimate frisbee?"
"Explain your leadership experience. What do you want to do in the future?"
"Describe a time in which you had great responsibility."
"What would you do if you didn't get into any med. schools this time around?"
"Tell me about your MCAT scores. If you aren't satisfied and think you can do better, then why are you applying now and why don't you take it again? Also tell me about your service to the community"
"Why are you interested in medicine?"
"What MD and DO schools did you apply to and which is your top choice?"
"Why be a doctor?"
"What do you think about the healthcare system in the US? If you think there are problems, offer solutions."
"How would you describe what a DO is? "
"How does osteopathic medicine differ from allopathic medicine?"
"Why would you come here if you are from the east coast? (I am a NY resident)"
"Tell them about my volunteer experiences"
"Lots of ethical questions: coworkers on drugs, assisted suicide, abortion, feelings on drug companies advertising on television, illegal immigration...to name a few"
"What do you think the weaknesses of your application are?"
"If you're interested in pathology, why are you studying psychology? Would you say your cousin's death at a young age caused your interest in forensic pathology?"
"What was your favorite class? What other schools have you applied to? If you got accepted to Western and other schools, where would you go? "
"In your opinion what is the major problem facing health care today?"
"Thoughts on drug companies' advertising to the general public?"
"How will you deal with not being able to travel? How will you deal with difficult things you see in the hospitals? Question about AIDS/Cancer. What research experience do you have? Explain the Wada Test. "
"What do you think about stem cells? That was sweet because on the plane ride down I read about how there is a fancy new way to harvest embryonic stem cells w/o destroying the blastocyst."
"What do you want to accomplish before you die?"
"tell about research and ethics of doing animal research"
"Have you taken any leadership role in medicine? (i didn't, so I honestly told them no. I then told them that I have leadership experience else where, and they followed a question about that)"
"As a physician you can expect to meet people from various cultures...tell us about a time you've had to deal with cultural differences."
"Tell us about a time you dealt with confrontation."
"Tell me about your research."
"An issue in Health Care? What do you think the strengths and weaknesses of your application are? "
"What have you been doing since graduating from college?"
"If you had the choice to fund HIV or Cancer research what would you fund."
"Describe your 3 best qualities and your 3 worst qualities."
"If I ask your best friend to describe you. What three adjectives would they use to describe your bad points?"
"Tell me about someone in your life who is different from you who you learned something from."
"Why do you want to Go to Western University of Health Sciences?"
"Since you are from Ohio will being away from home affect your desicion to come here?"
"Do you have any hobbies?"
"what sets you apart from your friends? "
"What are the most important quality for physicians to possess?"
"What does your family think about you going back to school for medicine?"
"when do you think you were the most responsible?"
"How would you describe MD vs. DO is a sentence to someone who doesn't know?"
"Explain your interest in osteopathic medicine."
"Is health care about quality of life or quantity? If you feel it is about quality of life, how do you feel about Doctor assisted suicide? Explain Oregon's Doctor assisted suicide Law."
"What happened in a time where you were challenged?"
"Tell me more about your activities. I did so many extracurricular activities so that's why."
"Would you give a "morning after pill" to a young teen who is known to be pregnant?"
"Why do you want to become a DO not an MD."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"strengths and weaknesses? - i think they want to hear a good story that shows these qualities?"
"What kind of practice interests you?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Why and what is a doctor of osteopahtic medicine? What is the definition of Primary Care? "
"what are you doing now?"
"You are given a million dollars to start your own medical project--what will you do?"
"If the physician's salary was capped at 150,000 dollars would you still pursue a career in Medicine?"
"Why Medicine? Why Western? etc."
"Tell me about an issue in medicine today related to your field of undergrad study."
"Tell me a little about your research (we didn't really talk about this for very long and he asked no follow up questions)."
"Explain your upward grade trend."
"Why here, why DO, why medicine."
"Describe clinical experience."
"Have you ever been in a situation were you had to get a job done as a team and everyone had different ideas on how to do the job? How did you handle that?"
"Explain Osteopathy and why you want to be a DO?"
"If you are accepted to both an MD program and a DO program, which would you accept?"
"What are the positives and negatives of healthcare today?"
"What was your motivation for medicine/osteopathy?"
"i was interrogated a bit on my academic past. first years of college from more than 5 years ago was a focus point. he wanted me to explain or prove that i would have the perserverance for four years of medical school."
"If you got accepted to both a DO and an MD program, which would you choose and why?"
"why are you interst in pharmacy tech"
"Tell me about foreign languages."
"What can you bring to Western U?"
"Your personal statement says _____, how you do propose we fix that problem?"
"What would your friends say about you, positive and negative?"
"adjectives that my friends would use to describe me, 4 good, 2 bad"
"Why DO"
"How did you like [sic] get your expertise in spanish?"
"How do you handle conflicts? What did you do in the military? "
"What kind of volunteer experience have you had?"
"If you were accepted to both D.O. and M.D. programs, where would you go?"
"The first question they asked when I sat down for the interview: "Why are YOU here?""
"why DO and why Western?"
"Asked about stem cell research and how I felt about it."
"why DO?"
"tell me about your research"
"why medicine and what are some of your strengths and weaknesses?"
"What qualities do you feel that you bring to Western?"
"How would you decide who recieves a liver transplant--23 yr old drug addict or 68 yr old alcoholic?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"why medicine"
"Why DO? What schools did you apply to? Is this your first year applying to schools? Why western?"
"what are your best qualities that will allow you to contribute positively to the class, and what are your worst that could retract from that contribution?"
"How do you feel about stem cell research?"
"Tell us about the science research you did (10 years ago). Why DO? Why Western? Where will you attend? What would you do to improve Western."
"How did you hear about our school?"
"why osteopathic?"
"Tell us about working in a mental health facility"
"How do you feel about medical marijuana?"
"How many schools did you apply to?"
"If a patient that was terminally ill, cognitively stable, emotionally sound, and physically functional approached you and asked to help him die, what would be your response? Treatment plans? Would you refer him to another doctor?"
"Stem cells."
"How can regulating the gene you work on in your lab affect a patient clinically."
"If you got into a quarter of your MD schools and half of your DO schools, which one would you go to? What would make you decide to attend a certain school?"
"Do you feel now (after having taking some time off of school to handle family affairs) that you are ready to go to medical school?"
"Why were you not more involved in research during your undergrad?"
""What medical specialty do you see yourself choosing""
"why major (mine was anthropology)"
"If you were the head of the NIH and had $10 to spend, would you put it towards HIV/AIDS or diabetes research?"
"why osteopathic"
"Tell me about your volunteer experience."
"Research/teaching/work experience"
"why western university, why DO? "
"What do you want to specialize in/ where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"why psychiatry ? (thats wat i want to specialize in)"
"Why do you want to be an Osteopathic Physician?"
"How did you get to this point?"
"Name someone who is totally different than you and describe how knowing them has affected your life?"
"What would your friends say are your stengths and weaknesses?"
"Why be a doctor right now in your life?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"describe a time of conflict and how you resolved it."
"What ethical dilemna have you faced and how did you respond?"
"Tell me about your reasearch projects."
"You are administrating a foundation for medical research funding. You need to divide funds between cancer research and AIDS research. How do you divide it?"
"You were a science major and didn't have a very high GPA. How do you explain this? "
"Why doc/DO?"
"Tell us about the clinical experiences you have had. They were asking that I detail what was in the secondary."
"Relating to my volunteer experience"
"Have you had any experience doing community based work?"
"Question about discrepancy between my GPA and MCAT"
"Do you remember any specific patients from you volunteer work at hospital?"
"why medicine and why osteopathic medicine in particular?"
"Why doesn't your GPA reflect your MCAT scores?"
"What will you do if you don't get in this year? (they will also ask you what your number one choice is)"
"Explain your local verbal scores. How studied for mcat? what school did u go for undergraduate? Where are you from (where living now)?"
"Describe a difficult situation in which you didn't know how to handle it, and tell us what happened"
"What did u experience in your trip to Kenya? How do you feel about prescribing Marijuana?"
"you applied to so many schools; why western"
"Explain your low verbal scores."
"About my low verbal MCAT score"
"Tell me about your shadowing experiences. about your research."
"Why DO? (they knew from my file that I had applied to MD schools) "
"Are you satisfied with your low MCAT scores (this caught me off my guard as it was the only question that was asked from my file--before this question was asked, I thought the interview was closed file)?"
"Do you think numbers are the right way to judge applicants?"
"my grades- Of the 7 interviews I did, this is the only one that asked about my grades. I got a low grade in Soc. almost 14 years ago (nevermind graduating cum laude after going back school...) and they asked me about it "
"Why D.O"
"Tell me about your research project."
"Why western?"
"Elaborate on your clinical experiences and shadowing a DO."
"What do you feel in a problem facing medicine today?"
"tell me about yourself....how did you chose your undergrad school?"
"Tell me about your job? Thesis work?"
"What is a weakness you have? Will your weakness affect your academics at Western?"
"Do you have any questions for me? (Have some questions prepared!)"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"As a physician if you came across an accident on the freeway with two people injured, one a child and one a mother, and you could only save one of them, who would you help?"
"Describe a time when you had a conflict with someone on an ethical issue. "
"Have you ever faced a moral dilema? If so, how did you handle it?"
"what is primary care to you?"
"Are you presently taking any courses? (I graduated in May)"
""How do you deal with stress?""
"tell me of a time you had to be a leader, and the challenges you faced"
"Tell us about DO philosophy"
"What is it about osteoathic medicine that interests you?"
"You find out your best friend cheated on an exam what would you do?"
"Ethical dilemma (ex. what would you do if something bad happened to a patient and it was your fault)"
"Tell me about your medically related experiences."
"Your friend is really sick during finals week, what do you do?"
"How do you feel you improved your med school application since you last applied"
"Greatest weakness"
"Schools applied/ Interview/acceptance"
"What is the biggest problem facing physicians today? How would you handle it?"
"What kind of doctor do you see yourself as in 10 years?"
"What other schools have you applied to? Interviewed at? Accepted at?"
"Give me an example of diversity."
"Could you tell me about your research and if you've published or done a poster presentation?"
"Define diversity."
"Any leadership experience?"
"What other schools did you apply to? How many other interviews? What criteria did you use in applying?"
"Why medicine?"
"How realistic is that you would move across country to go to school?"
"What research were you involved with?"
"What are you strengths and weaknesses? / Tell us about your leadership roles and the positive and negative things about being a leader."
"If a baby has fever and there is an md and do doctor, which would you go to and why?"
"They had a role play where you are working with a classmate in a group but they are not showing up and doing their work so you have to confront them."
"Do you think that we should accept you? Why?"
"How do you feel about the HPV vaccine?"
"Tell us about a leadership experience. What was one positive and one challenging part of it?"
"How were you exposed to osteopathic medicine?"
"When was a time in your life that you felt you had the most responsibility?"
"What do you do for fun? What community service have you done?"
"Have you read Mountains beyond Mountains (by Tracy Kidder)? in regard to my Global Health research and five-months living in Africa. (answer definitely!--this is a seminal non-fiction very inspiring book! and I spoke about it and Tracy Kidder's new book, What Strength Remains)"
"Things about my research"
"What are your strength and weakness?"
"Why do you like the military?"
"Background information on my research."
"If you won 100million dollars what would you do with it? I said I would still become a doc, but instead of settling down and building a practice I would travel the world and provide care to underserved communities, like, and such as, the Iraq such as"
"Why do you want to go to WesternU?"
"AACOMAS app specific questions"
"Health care reform questions. Who should pay? (i supported a government controlled type of plan.) If I were a wealthy person, what benefit would i gain for paying health insurance for the poor and indigent? If health care reform is so expensive that it bankrupts the system would you still do it? "
"How would you draw out classmates who are introverts?"
"What are 2 social issues facing healthcare today? "
"Do you think your GPA/MCAT scores reflect you well?"
"You come upon a car accident. There is a mother and her 2 y.o. son. They are both going to die. You can only save one of them. Who do you save and why?"
"How would your family/friends describe you in terms of strengths/weaknesses"
"Tons of questions on my primary and secondary application. "
"Why western? Why should we accept you?"
"What kind of leadership experiences have you had? Have you done anything else besides study and volunteer?"
"Weakness and Strength"
"Name one characteristic about you that is a reason why Western U should select you."
"Explain your MCAT score (even though it was a good score?!?!?) Asked by the grillmaster :/"
"If you were in charge of a clinic and given a large donation how would spend it?"
"A 14-year-old girl comes to you asking for a prescription for birth control. What do you do?"
"There was a rather specific question that was related to my major. "
"Nothing too special"
"where else did u apply? how many md and how many do? (they actually wrote down the numbers! =-o)"
"How did you study for the MCAT? (I had to take it over---did better the second time around)"
"They asked me an ethics question about respecting religion in medicine. Finally they asked what accomplishment I was most proud of."
"How will you handle the rigorous curriculum?"
"What do you do for fun? How many schools did you apply to?"
"Explain grades before trend. Asked about my experience prosecting cadavers and the region of region of the body I was intersted in."
"App-specific stuff, blah blah. Tell me about what communities you want to serve. Want to specialize?"
"what do you do for fun? Tell us about a failure in your life and how you handled it. Do you want to specialize? Where do you want to practice in the future? Ethics question."
"Tell about the research that you have been involved in."
"Since you been out in school for a while, do you think you can handle going back to school? How do you think you will relate to the younger students? Will you be a loner because you are more mature than them?"
"What is primary care?"
"Explain science GPA? A few question related to my experiences.."
"what specialty do you want to do? would you like to do research in the future?"
"Strengths and Weaknesses and how would they help or hinder your medical school experience and career as a physician?"
"If you dont get in this year what will you do?"
"General questions about my path to applying to med school (career path, decision process, etc)"
"How did you prepare/study for the MCAT? Aside from OMM, what distinguishes osteopathic medicine? Strengths and weaknesses?"
"about universal healthcare"
"If you do not get into medical school what will you do? What are your strengths and weaknesses? "
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why Western?"
"What do you like to do for fun. What are you currently doing? What is an issue that doctors face in today's society. Please give an example relating to that issue (I brought on the ethical talk by mentioning ethical dilemmas such as physician assisted suicide)"
"Do you have any research experience? Do you have any teaching experience?"
"how would a friend describe u, weakness"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses? Tell me about the differences in your first two years GPA and the last? Why so different?"
"Why Doctor? Why Western? Why DO? "
"Doctor: What do you do for fun? Faculty Member: Do you believe a physician should be culturally/religiously/socially sensitive? "
"If two patients arrived at the same time, both needing an emergency organ transplant, one African and one Caucasian, which would you give it to?"
"Describe a conflict that you or someone else was in and how did you resolve it. If it was someone else, explain what you would have done. Followed by, tell me some of your strengths and weaknesses. "
"Please explain to me how NMR works and the current hyperpolarization technologies used to enhance signal/imaging (don't worry about this one, it was directly related to my research)."
"Can you explain your lower academic performance in your sophomore year?"
"Give me an example of a cultural challenge you've experienced."
"Why COMP? - questions were all really straight-forward. I prepared for some ethical questions but I did not get any. If you want to interview well, say more than they ask you. This is your chance to shine, take the opportunity."
"Have you done research, explain, any leadership experience or work in underserved areas. "
"Tell us about what you did as a TA"
"What will happen if you get into Western and your husband can't relocate?"
"Questions pertaining to my current job."
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"Why Western, Why DO, Why medicine. I have found that it's good to try to find common ground with the school (like you have family in CA, etc.)"
"give an example of a leadership role you have taken on, and how you used problem solving abilities"
"Your father is an MD, how does he feel about you applying to osteopathic medical school? (trick question, don't think of it as an MD vs. DO question b/c it's not)"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? (very open ended with no direction implied)"
"List 3 strengths and 4 weaknesses. "
"A question about my volunteer work."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Tell me about your research?"
"what is a leader?"
"You ''only'' have three jobs listed on your application. Why?"
"Have you ever met anyone like yourself?"
"what is the role of a DO as opposed to that of an MD within society today?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Strength & weakness question"
"What are key differences that you noticed between allopathic and osteopathic doctors."
"How many M.D. and D.O. schools did you apply to and what has been the outcome?"
"If you had $100,000,000 to spend on any healthcare problem, which would it be and why?"
"Have you ever dealt with conflict in your line of work? Describe a particular instance."
"What does primary care mean to you?"
"Your numbers are good, what are your weaknesses?"
"What is the biggest issue in healthcare right now? "
"Why are you interested in primary care?"
"Name one major health care problem"
"other general things"
"What if you get into both here AND Midwestern? "
"What would you bring to this community and the school?"
"What did you learn during volunteer experiences? Questions about research?"
"If you got into multiple schools, how would you make your decision?"
"Strengths and Weaknesses?"
"What have you learned from your travels? Also more questions about the physician I shadowed (a Western grad) and probably heaps of others I've forgotten."
"Why DO? why Medicine? Questions about my app? About paragliding? About strengths and weaknesses?"
"Leadership question from above."
"ethics of prescribing anti-biotics when you know that this will lead to emergence of resistant bacteria"
"Questions regarding my research. Then they asked about my choice of not going to grad. school and why med school. Then they asked what would I do next year if I didn't get in. (don't freak out if you get this question, this is not a rejection, don't be too defensive, just be honest)"
"How will you handle the stress of being a med student?"
"Tell us about something in one of your science classes that you found particularly fascinating."
"What are your goals?"
"What other schools did you apply? If you get accepted to all of them, how will you make your decision? Did you apply to Allopathic schools? Adjectives to describe yourself?"
"What do you think about Animal research?"
"I won't give a direct answer here, but all the questions they gave were ethical type questions. Very, very difficult questions."
"Describe your volunteer experiences, include any leadership roles you had in them."
"Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician?"
"Tell me about your research."
"Why are you working in research rather than in patient care, since you have a license to practice?"
"Why do you want to become an osteopathic physician?"
"What is one characteristic that would make you a good physician?"
"Explain your research"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"what are your study habits?"
"Only got to 2 questions...he like had a lot to say and I kept on asking questions."
"Describe something from one of your premedical classes that really impressed you. "
"specific Q's on my research"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses? Classic question."
"Explain the variance in your MCAT scores."
"Tell me about an event where you had to make a difficult decision."
"How would you fix the health care system? Where will you be in 10 years? Pick an ethical problem anmd discuss it. Tell me about your speeding tickets. Tell me about your three C's."
"See most difficult and interesting questions."
"I got a not good grade in a pre-med class I was asked how that happened and what I did to remedy it."
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"as a resident of XX state, your medical education would be dramatically cheaper if you were accepted there. If you were accepted to both us and them who would you choose? after all, money must be a big factor in your decision."
"Why this school? Why osteopathy?"
"Strengths?Weaknesses?"
"Have you taken any microbiology? What will you do if you dont get in this year? You haven't taken anatomy, how will you survive it in med school?"
"Which schools have you applied to, which did you get interviews for, and when are those interviews?"
"Why Medicine? Why Osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell us about your research and how it applies to your interest in medicine."
"Are you sure that you will graduate in June?"
"What do you do for fun, what books do you like, do you have questions for me, etc.? I felt the questions were standard, and I had read most of them on SDN already. "
"What do you think about physician assisted suicide, about medicinal use of marijuana and about the woman who killed her 3 kids by throwing them off a bridge?"
"Please choose an ethical issue in medicine today and discuss it briefly."
"What are you doing now?"
"Tell me about being a firefighter?"
"what i would do if i had a huge grant that i could devote to any health care issue"
"Describe my research."
"How can you justify your academic record?"
"Tell me about your research"
"What kind of dog is Snoopy? (snoopy is my dog, apparently my interviewer reviewed my application thoroughly)"
"what community service have you participated in?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"tell my your strength"
"What would you do about AIDS in Africa? (Teach them and educate them so they know the consequences of their actions! You can give them a fish (money, cure, etc) or you can teach them how to fish(no need for $ or a cure it is self curable)."
"Why did you choose Western U?"
"What ethical issues do you follow?"
"see most difficult question above"
"Tell me about your volunteer and clinical experience."
"what are you strengths and weaknesses?"
"Were you happy with your MCAT scores? How do you explain your grades? (I told them that there's an upward trend, to which one interviewer interjected "NO THERE'S NOT!" There actually is, but since they didn't have a class-by-class list, they couldn't see that.)"
"What do you think about this thing with Terri Schiavo. Its a medical thing but its also a ethical and religious thing."
"What do you want to specialize in? Do you want to do research (I'm currently a research tech.)? "
"Would you testify in court if you positively knew that someone had blatantly been cheating in the classroom?"
"You have a philosophy degree. How do you plan to succeed in medical school? Do you think that you will struggle?"
"Tell me about your research experience and its relation to health"
"what's my favorite class in college and why?"
"why do you prefer DO to allopathic?"
"how would you contribute as a student at western. how do you handle stress"
"Why D.O.?"
"Why Western? Why did you not participate in any research during your undergrad?"
"why western"
"Why western."
"where have you interviewed and were you accepted?"
"How do you define primary care? What do you think about primary care physicians? what role do they play? - something of that sort"
"They asked how many schools I applied to, which ones I had already interviewed at, and which ones I had gotten in. Thought that was quite rude."
"What is your strength and weakness, and with your weakness how do you deal in some hypothetical situation? "
"Do you have any questions for us? I asked about their experiences at Western. They told me that it's a fairly new school. It used to be just a DO school. Then, more and more disciplines were added: nursing, public health, veterinary."
"Why are more students applying to DO schools than they have in the past?"
"(my parents are MD's) -- do you think your parents practice holistic medicine?"
"Tell us about your tutoring a boy in English while in Hong Kong"
"What do you feel are your biggest strengths and weaknesses?"
"What would your best friends say were your strengths/weaknesses?"
"Why osteopathy? Explain your research. If you got into 2 DO schools and 2 MD schools, which would you choose and why?"
"Clarify some grades. "
"See interesting question above."
"Why did you get involved in EMS and paramedicine."
""How did you study for the MCAT?""
"clinical experiences, research etc."
"Would you ever refuse treatment to an illegal alien?"
" why western U."
"one strength and weakness."
"Above interesting question followed by a child presenting with suspicious bruises (suspect abuse) what do you do? "
"which area of research to put money into?"
"Why did you pick (above person from interesting question)?"
"tell me of a time you had conflict with coworker or teacher how did you handle it "
"What other schools and programs did you apply to? (This was on my secondary)"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Tell me about all your volunteer work."
"When did you decide on DO? What was your favorite class in college and why?"
"Would you give a neighbor's daughter an exam if she was rapoed by the neighbor (who's your friend)?"
"What was the purpose of your research on X? What chromosome is the gene on? (He was very interested in the research bc it was in his area of expertise and lucky me, forgot the details of what I did my research on.)"
"what is an important issue in healthcare?"
"What is your favorite musical?"
"How did you learn about osteopathic medicine and why osteopathic?"
"You see someone possibly cheating on an exam. What do you do?"
"Tell me about your graduate research...why is it important?"
"You are a doc, what would you do if a pregnant 14 year old girl walked into your office wanting an abortion?"
"Do you have any questions for us? I said i had a whole list, but being an afternoon interview, they were all answered except stuff about being in residency and at work with MD's and is there a negative aspect to that (ie do the MDs give DOs a hard time etc)"
"Why DO?"
"Do you want some water? "
"Why didn't you apply to medical schools sooner? Why now?"
"how many schools and programs have you applied? any interviews yet? which one will you choose if you get accepted to more than one?"
"what do you think the differences are between DO and MD. How are you going to handle the workload and stress level. What kind of research do you do."
"What are your strengths?"
"Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician? What work have you done for the disadvantaged?"
"How hear about Western? describe your clinical experiences. What class did u dislike the most. Tell me about your research experience. What do you look for in a school?"
"What have u done outside the sciences? what are your strengths/weaknesses/hobbies?"
"what do your parents do"
"What class did you hate the most. why don't keep your occupation of being a nurse."
"hypo-type questions. (see above)"
"What are some of your weaknesses? Tell me about a time when you were placed in a position of responsibility?"
"Explain gpa/mcat discrepancies and courses from my application."
"What have you done outside of school during college (be specfic)?"
"why do you want to be a doctor"
"Tell me about your background"
"How do you manage your time and stress."
"Do you think you communicated effectively with the patients you've treated so far (teenagers and adults)? How are those two things different?"
"What sets you apart from other applicants?"
"you seem to have really enjoyed your research experience.... why D.O. and not Ph.D.?"
"Why did you not go to medical school directly out of college if you have know it is what you wanted to do for so long?"
"Have you shadowed any physicians? What things did you notice with the way the MD practiced and the way the DO practiced?"
"What hobbies (music, art, etc.), if any, do you have? (It seemed that they were very interested in my outside interests)"
"What was a hard decision you made even though it may have been controversial?"
"Tell me when you decided to become a doctor, why you decided to become an osteopathic doctor, and why you want to go to COMP?"
"What do you anticipate the biggest challenge you'll face as a medical student?"
"How did you prep for the MCAT?"
"Have you had any previous interviews? Where?"
""What are your motivations to be a doctor?""
"various ethical questions "
"Many of my questions were related to my responses to other questions or off my secondary Hope this helps!"
"What have you heard about our school?"
"Biggest strength?"
"Your best friend is diagnosed with a serious illness during finals. What would you do?"
"The ethical dilemma questions"
"How do you feel social media plays a role in your job as a physician?"
"Does the region you are from speak this language?"
"What are the 3 things you want your patients to leave your clinic feeling?"
"The questions were not interesting or unique"
"What is one thing you would you change about yourself and why?"
"What is a time you experienced failure and what did you do?"
"How do you think physicians learn to be compassionate?"
"Why do you think you can handle medical school"
"Name a time when you had a difference with someone. The difference could be about anything."
"MMI questions-- sworn to secrecy!"
"How do you approach a situation where people on your team are falling behind on their obligations?"
"Recall and elaborate on a situation in which your role as a leader came into play."
"Application specific questions"
"Why would you choose Western over [other school i had an interview scheduled for]?"
"Where do you stand in the current political debate on health care?"
"Act out this scenario..."
"Role playing: One interviewer is a student in a group project that is worth 25% of your grade. He hasn't done any work and the project is due in 5 days. Act out how you would handle this situation."
"Scenario: Roger has terminal cancer and had a surgery but feels weaker and is in more pain. His friend thinks the surgery was a mistake, but you and Roger think it was the right move. How do you address Roger's friend's concerns?"
"role playing about freidn pissing you off bc doesnt do work and you have to confront them."
"They have a multiple choice question about a man who had surgery and has more pain after the surgery and you have to decide on an answer"
"I was asked to read a paragraph out loud and then answer a question from a list of options and then explain my answer."
"Role playing."
"They gave us a multiple choice question regarding a patient's friend's reaction to a surgical complication and how we would address the concern."
"A question about team work."
"2 million dollars to fund hiv or cancer, which one?"
"Why did I go to prep school for high school? They were very interested in the details of my life and my path. I wasn't expecting it to go back this far, but they were genuinely interested because it is a unique aspect of my life path. Focus on these points in your interview."
"$100 million one"
"How many tennis ball is equivalent to the volume of a blue whale?"
"How do you view your religion (I'm Christian non-denom) both helping you as a physcian and causing difficulty?"
"What was a topic in a science class that really excited me?"
"Give us an example of a recent conflict you've had with a boss. How did you handle it?- I explained my super senses and how I avoid conflicts by sensing these them before they begin. Its true."
"As a member of an ethics committee, what criteria would you use to validate revoking a doctor's license to practice?"
"As a student-athlete, did you have to deal with teammates using illegal substances?"
"The ama thinks its unethical for physicians to inject lethal injections to prisoners and to use psychiatrists in interrogations of criminals. What do you think? (i disagreed) He followed up with, so you basically think the ama is full of bs? (i didn't know what to say lol)"
"the introvert one"
"Is a microRNA chemically different than any other RNA? (I do research involving miRNA)"
"If you had a million dollars and were to donate it to HIV/Cancer research, how would you decide how much to give each?"
"You come upon a car accident. There is a mother and her 2 y.o. son. They are both going to die. You can only save one of them. Who do you save and why?"
"none really"
"What would you do if being a doctor wasn't an option? I said I would try again next year. I would do everything possible to make myself more competitive. The interviewer then asked what if becoming a doctor is not possible WHATSOEVER... GEEEEEEEEZ "
"Why are people more friendly in England than in the US? (i mentioned studying abroad there and such)"
"You're at the gym and you see an elderly gentleman fall down the stairs. He is unconscious. What do you do?"
"How many tennis balls would be a good representation of a blue whale's body volume?"
"The AMA has just publicly spoken out against the use of doctors in the administration of lethal injection and psychiatrists in interrogation. What are your thought?"
"If you were in charge of a clinic and given a large donation how would spend it?"
"What can be done to reform the health care system?"
"Nothing really."
"What is an ethical issue that you have heard about that is facing medicine today"
"What is the most exciting thing you've ever done in your life?"
"asked about my volunteer experiences"
"What about you (potential weakness) could possibly create a medical liability for yourself or your patients?"
"The mass spectrometry discussion....getting an interviewer on a tangent really made me feel that they were interested in what I was saying."
"specific to my background"
"I didn't really have any interesting question."
"You are walking along the street when your 9-year-old niece runs into traffic and is hit. She is knocked unconscious and is lying in the street, a pool of blood forming around her upper thigh. Detail what you do, step by step. (no joke, weirdest question ever. <nerd alert> i approached it like a d&d scenario)"
"Tell us about a failure in your life."
"Tell me about the most interesting community service project that you have been appart of."
"The problem I had was that everytime I was trying to answer a question, one of the interviewee kept on cutting me off 1/2 way thru my answer and I never was able to finish answering his questions. Very frustrating because I did have answers to all his questions."
"Where are Hmong people from? (I volunteer with this population of people and the interviewer had never heard of this background before)"
"None."
"maybe the car mechanic one"
"What non-science class did you most enjoy as an undergraduate?"
"About my research. They asked a lot of people about research"
"nothing especially interesting or difficult. Very conversational. "
"Is healthcare a right, privilege, or responsibility (from the latest presidential debate!)?"
"If you found out a colleague was doing drugs, what would you do?"
"Have you ever been placed in charge of a group of a people? How do you deal with problems when supervising these groups?"
"If a caucasion and an african american came into your practice with the same illness how would you treat them? (its more complicated than "the same, I'm not racist)"
"Questions about health care reform including universalizing."
"Doctor: Are you happy with your MCAT score? What other schools are you applying to? Are you applying to MD schools as well? - i just didn't think they would actually ask these questions. "
"Some general research methods questions about my evolutionary biology research (the interviewer was a biochemist, so the questions were pretty basic)"
"What do you think are the major problems with our health care system and tell me which presidential candidate you think has the best plan to fix these problems. "
"How do you think you will fair coming from a small private school with a larger body of more competitive students from many top universities? Answer: Very well. My success academically speaking is not dependent on my classmates, but on my determination and personal commitment to achieving my goals."
"If you were given 300 million dollars how would you spend it?"
"Why doctor, why DO, why Western? You can expect this question to be asked in every interview. Describe your role in your community service activity?"
"No interesting or hard questions. The thing that was nice about this interview was that they really are just trying to get to know you as a person. At a previous interview, they were a bit more probing."
"I noticed you have an MD program listed in your application, how do you reconcile that with the fact that you are applying to DO school?"
"Do you feel like being a liberal arts major makes you less competitive than someone who majored in biology?"
"How does the show Survivor influence children?"
"What do you think about drug companies advertising on television?"
"How were you able to improve your college grades so well?"
"If I were in a residency with a fellow doctor and I noticed that he made an error regarding the patient's condition/chart, what would I do?"
"regarding cognition skills of chimps vs. humans"
"If you were given $100 million, how would you use it towards healthcare?"
"What leadership experiences do you have?"
"Your a physician in a clinic- a 15 year girl comes to you asking for an abortion and/or a reference for an abortion. What do you do and why? Explain in detail your rationale. "
"if you had 10 million dollars would you use that money to help cure AIDS or Cancer "
"Have you ever demonstrated leadership? If so when/where?"
"What do you think about the healthcare system?"
"How did you prepare for this interview?"
"If you were given 100 million dollars to spend on healthcare, where would you spend it?"
"Have you ever missed a deadline?"
"Have you ever met anyone like yourself?"
"greatest weakness? hobbies? tell me about ___ experience/research? view of DO philosophy?"
"what exactly is ultimate frisbee? (im on the school frisbee team)"
"Unfortuanately none really...they just sort of asked me about myself and activities they saw on my application. "
"What do you think about underserved areas due to the decline of hospitals in that region? How would you solve it."
"The questions were pretty standard. Nothing really interesting."
"Why did I choose my major if I knew I was interested in medicine?"
"How does being a major in applied math apply in life and medicine?"
"What is wrong with health care today and what can you do to fix it?"
"Explain why there is a large discrepency in your grades from freshman year through senior year."
"How would you describe DNA to a pre-school kid?"
"Should Medical Marijuana be legal?"
"Since you mentioned stem cells (I had, but in the context of adult stem cell transplants, not a controversial topic), what do you think about stem cell research?"
"How would you explain to someone what a DO is?"
"How comfortable would you feel prescribing medical marijuana in the state of California?"
"Why should we even bother with helping third world nations if they will be afflicted by factors other than medicine?"
"Whether or not I would feel comfortable prescribing medicinal marijuana to a cancer patient in great pain"
"Why not Midwestern? (location) Lots of ethical questions."
"nothing very interesting was asked"
"Nothing."
"So if you want to be a pathologist, why are you studying psychology [as an undergrad]?"
"How do you deal with conflict? What was the most important thing you learned during your volunteer experiences? What are your strengths & weaknesses?"
"What is the major issue facing health care today?"
"You were accepted to other schools, why do you want to come to COMP?"
"What are your opinions on pharmaceutical companies' drug advertisements geared toward the general public?"
"If you had to choose between funding HIV and Cancer Research, how would you make that decision?"
"A question asking why the allopaths do not subscribe to a more similar philosophy if the osteo philosophy makes so much sense."
"The state of CA allows the use of medical mary-jane, however, the feds dont. If a suffering cancer patient asked for a Rx for mary-jane, would you give it to her or would you worry about the feds knocking on your door?"
"What would you do if a fellow physician/med student became addicted to drugs?"
"What do you think about pharmaceutical companies spending money on advertising?"
"would I report a colleague for using illegal drugs"
"What would my father (a M.D.) say about me applying to a D.O. School?"
"What would you do if you discovered a physician friend of yours was forging patient information?"
"Questions about my previous profession. I enjoy talking about it and it seems to be universally interesting to others."
"Honestly, there were no interesting questions. The interviewer seemed bored (nice guy, just very "standard" and not interested in me personally)."
"Name and discuss and issue in health care today?"
"Was there a time in your life where you had to make a decision and would you change your decision now that you look back? "
"None. This was a stress interview."
"Describe a specific situation in which you were pressed for time and had a lot to accomplish. Describe how you handled it and what you learned from it."
"You are a physician. A 12 years-old girl came to see you seeking an abortion. The father of the baby is her stepfather. What do you do?"
"To give an example of conflict-resolution."
"How do you feel about your major given your MCAT score?"
"Knowing that you could potentially loose your license if you prescribed lethal doses of medication, would you do it if your patient requested it under your assisted suicide law?"
"Discuss an area in ethics that you closely follow and what your views are towards that issue"
"Tell me about your family."
"What would your peers say set you apart from them?"
"Nothing unusual"
"Does your family support you in your decision?"
"when do you think you were the most responsible?"
"What are your thoughts on bioengineered organs?"
"an ethics question about who to give a kidney to, a older person or a younger person"
"No interesting questions. Sounds bad, but it's true."
"Do you believe that illegal immigrants deserve health care even at the high cost to society? Do you feel it is society's responsibility to provide health care/food/housing to those that can't afford it? "
"Just talking about my research, it was like giving a mini-presentation"
"Nothing.No interesting question. The interviewer just wanted to find out more about me. Basically, he was asking more about me and my experiences and did not ask me any ethical questions."
"Why do people have different tolerances for pain? "
"How does column chromatography work?"
"If you were accepted to Touro and Western, which school would you go?"
"How does quality of life increase with better health?"
"Let's say you get accepted to this school as well as such and such school. How will you base your decision in determing which school to attend?"
"how do you feel about assisted suicide? They recently legalized it in Oregon, and I'm curious how you feel about it. He went on to give an example of a patient with 3 months to live, afraid of pain, and asking for death."
"W/ all the problems w/ health care...how does a young person still want to go into the field?"
"Considering the nature of your job while in college, were there any situations that were significant to you and how did they affect your decision to become a doctor? (I worked for a blood bank supplying blood products to hospitals)"
"Who was someone that is an opposite of yourself and how have they impacted you?"
"A 56 year old man with two children and a 24 year old man need a liver transplant. Both are eligible for the transplant, etc. . . Who would you choose and why?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"what other schools do you have interviews for?"
"ethical question on stem cells and genetic testing"
"What I would do if I was accepted to every school I applied to, and what I would do if I was not accepted to any schools I applied to."
"Why did you choose your particular major?"
"Three people need a liver. One is a 27 year old doctor, another is a 37 year old alcoholic and the third is a 57 year old doctor. Who do you choose and why?"
"What is your opinion of physician assisted suicide?"
"Would I give a 14 year old girl contraceptives."
"If you were on a panel that decided who received organ transplants what criteria would you take into consideration and why?"
"do i think it's more important for a physician to be highly technically skilled or to have great interpersonal skills?"
"What three words would your friends use to describe you?"
"What have you done in your life that would indicate you know what true responsibility is?"
"What is your most memorable clinical experience?"
"If your roomate was an animal rights activist what would you do if he/she was threatening a research facility on campus?"
"all kind of standard boring"
"Unfortunately, it was "tell me about a stressful time or obstacle and how you dealt with it""
"Two patients need a liver transplant. One is 54, has children, and insurance, and the other is 24, no children, and no insurance. Both were alcoholics. Who gets the liver and why?"
"tell me about your self"
"why osteopathic medicine?"
"If I was in charge of a research found and had to decide which research to support, who would you give the funds to, Cancer research or AIDS research? Easy Cancer. AIDS is easily curable. (it is called abstinence). He also asked me why I would consider myself as having more responsibility than any other 24 year old. (I didn't consider myself as havingmore responsibility but I guess I do having a wife and Child on the way)."
"What kind of support do you have at home?"
"If two people needed a liver transplant-- your best friend (age 23) and a potential nobel prize winner (age 60)--who would you give the liver to? (I brought this question up with my interviewer, and then he decided to ask me my opinion)"
"If you could spend half of Bill Gates' money in any health-affirming way, what would you choose to spend it on?"
"6 adjectives that a friend would use to describe me, 4 good, 2 bad"
"To explain my lackluster collegiate performance in the early 1990s."
"nothing too interesting, I prepared alot so I was expecting ethical questions, but they were all straightforward questions- like why western, why do, etc."
"All the questions were pretty basic. Why DO, why Western, what are your strengths and weaknesses."
"none were interesting"
"How is your experience in the military going to make you a better physician? "
"If you're friend was abusing drugs and you knew about it, what would you do/say to your friend? What current ethical issue have you been following and why is it an interesting one?"
"Tell us how your experiences as a bioethicist have helped you develop as a person."
""Twin babies are born weighing ~6oz. They leave the hospital months later at 5lb. Millions of dollars were spent. How do you feel about that?" I stated I was for giving the babies a chance at life if that's what their parents wanted. Their response,"That money could have been used for vaccinations for thousands of children. Are you still ok with your decision?""
"How did you come to know about osteo med?"
"Ethical questions"
"name experiences when i have felt excited, afraid, and humiliated"
"How would you advertise yourself and your practice in comparison to an allopathic physician?"
"would you prescribe medicinal marijuana knowing the feds might come after you?"
"All the questions were very typical. Nothing out of the ordinary."
"what is the CA law on contraception and teenagers with regard to informing parents? "
"Describe an instance where you were faced with a difficult decision. What did you decide and any regrets?"
"Why DO and why medicine"
"having worked in so many different fields, why would we be convinced that you wouldn't drop medical school for another option?"
"What do you think about stem cell research? "
"Would you prescribe birth control pills to a 14 years old girl?"
"we wound up talking about my brother for a bit, who is in canada studying music...go figure."
"How do you feel about stem-cell research?"
"What's an ethical issue that you've been studying? (I said Stem Cell research, gave my opinion. I got a long soliloquy from my interviewer who was an embryologist and staunch supporter of embryonic research)"
"2 ethical questions (1) A prisoner is on death row. You,a doctor, are told to cure him by making him sane again. If he is becomes sane, he will be executed. What do you do? (2) A health man in his 20s and and an alcoholic man in his 50s. Both need a new liver. You are given the authority to decide who gets the new liver. Who do you give it too? and why?"
"do you think your parents practice holistic medicine?"
"What do you think of the Supreme Court wanting to overturn the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes?"
"How did I feel about medical marijuana?"
"If you had a part of Bill Gates's money, how would you use it to fix healthcare?"
"What would your friends say about you? 1 good thing, 1 bad thing"
"Stem cells: What do you think about the gov't funding this research?"
"Should we do animal research? Why or why not?"
"What do you think of Sammy Sosa? (this was in the context that I told him I was from Chicago and I wrote about professional sports)"
"Since you are so intimately involved with medicaid and it's policy, tell us how you believe we should resolve issues stemming from over-use of our health care system by illegal immigrants who cross the border just to get health care?"
"Being from Las Vegas, had I toured the new TUCOM-NV campus and what had I heard about it."
""Given that you have had an interest in computers, how do you manage to remain personable at the same time?""
"What would you do if a 14 year-old patient of yours came to asking for birth control."
"same question someone posted about last week-if you had $1million to give away to HIV or cancer which would you choose and why?"
"Same as most difficult. There really wasn't too much to this interview."
"Name a person who is opposite you but has had a positive impact on your life."
"If you were the head of the NIH and had $10 million at your disposal would put the money towards HIV/AIDS research or diabetes research? (money could only go towards one or the other)"
"clinical exp "
"They presented with a story, and than asked what would I do? For example, they gave me a story of a schizophrenic guy who was taking his meds on a regular basis, but one day he forgot to, and ran over a bunch of junior high students. The jury later found him guilty and gave him the death penalty. However, they could not execute him because he had turned insane due to lack of meds. Hence they bring you in as the prison pscychologist and ask you to fix him up so that they can execute him......What would you do?"
"What would you do if a husband contracts AIDS but does not want to tell his wife?"
"If a child needed a blood transfusion and his parents didn't believe in medical intervention, what would you do?"
"The hardest science class is?"
""If I had never heard of osteopathic medicine, how would you explain it to me.""
"Explain your grades.."
"Who is a person who has a personality opposite of yours who has a great impact on you? (I knew this was one they asked but it still stumped me a little!)"
"ethical question about a psychiatric patient who wanted to harm antoher person, wat would you do with the information"
"Describe a person who is very different from you but has influenced you in some way. "
"Tell me about your research. What did you find?"
"use of marijuamna"
"What was your favorite science class? Tell me something interesting you learned in it?"
"A year or two ago President Bush made an announcement about what should be done with the embryos created for stem cell research. What are your thoughts on that?"
"Why did you choose Economics as your major?"
"if you had a patient who tested positive for HIV and you knew he/she was sexually active and that patient refused to divulge that info to partners and practice safe sex, what would you do?"
"How would respond to X ethical dilemna?"
"Tell about a person who influenced your life"
"nothing really, just stuff off of my application"
"Quesion #3 below."
"What is your position on the federal government legislating the use of medical marijuana?"
"No interesting questions"
"how did you first get involved with helping people?"
"What is it SPECIFICALLY about osteopathic medicine that really makes you want to be a DO?"
"Related to my volunteer work"
"What are some of the problems that your home-town faces?"
"Will your family move here with you? ( I am married with 3 children)"
"what was your favorit class and what was the most not favorit one!"
"have you ever dealt with conflict?"
"What are the most important issues in public health"
"What was so significant about the Rape of Nanking? (the interviewer and I had a common interest in history)"
"How do you feel about women being in the Army?"
"If we were to ask your family and friends what your weaknesses are, what would they tell us?"
"If you caught the man that started the California Fires what would you do to him?"
"Where would you live if you got in to western?"
"none"
"Some hpyo-type questions...exactly like the ones posted by others...medical marijuana use and another one about the dearth penalty in arizona."
"in relation to one of my shadowing experiences...was there anything that you learned not to do as a physician?"
"An ethics/morality question: Do you support the idea that california is toying with to institute mandatory AIDS/HIV testing and publicize the results? They then backed that up (according to the answer I think- I said no) with- Then do you support the current practice of posting child molester convictions?"
"How do you feel about stem cell research? "
"What patient population are you most interested in serving right now?"
"All questions were straight forward."
"About my Alzheimers research and what are the strenghs and weeknesses of my aplication."
""A 50 year old male presents with low back pain. As a personal trainer what do you do?""
"What is a current problem facing medicince today?"
"Nothing---standard questions"
"Very standard - nothing that interesting."
"I was asked an ethical question about who I would choose, between three candidates, to recieve a kidney transplant if there was only one kidney available."
"Regarding a specific paper I wrote in undergrad."
"None of the questions were particularly interesting. They were common interview questions."
"How would you integrate nutrition into osteopathic medicine?"
"No hard questions.. Just stuff off my applications"
"In relation to my volunteer work: Do you feel that medical students should be required to do a rotation at a hospice?"
"If you had a patient suffering from some cancer treatment and needs marijuana, what would you do knowing that it is illegal to possess them, but not prescribing..."
"In relation to my present job enrolling patients in cancer research trials: "Do you feel there is ever a conflict between asking a patient to be involved in research and the best treatment for the patient?""
""Why do you need a support system in med school?" (i.e. support of friends and family) Well, duh! "
"It depends on which ethical situation you think is the most difficult. I was drilled with ethical questions one after the other."
"tell me some of the differences of asian music?"
"Name three qualities about yourself that make you a good candidate"
"Tell me about a time of conflict."
"None were too difficult."
"None of them stood out in particular. Probably a question about my failures/weaknesses"
"Will you stay in the U.S. after you graduate from medical school? Why?"
"There are a lot of great schools that you'll be accepted to, so why Western over all of those schools."
"Why are you a good fit"
"How do you see the advancement of technology affecting doctors' professionalism?"
"I wouldn't describe any of the questions as difficult."
"I see you took the MCAT twice. Are you satisfied with your score?"
"None really. Stick to SDN questions and you will be golden. It is open file but they don't tend to ask about grades or extracurriculars... at least in my case."
"If you got into all the schools you applied to, how would you choose?"
"What does accountability mean to you?"
"What does it mean to practice patient-minded medicine? (something like that, not sure the exact wording)"
"Recall and elaborate on a situation in which your role as a leader came into play."
"Regarding your MCAT score [somewhat low], what happened? (The way my interviewer said it was quite rude)"
"What was the last book you read for fun?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?