Chance me for following BS/MD programs?

breaker746
Thu, 15 Aug 2013 21:42:26 +0000

Well the center piece of the interview is the “why medicine” question, and the key to demonstrating your interest is by discussing your medical-related experiences in-depth. Try to develop a story for “why medicine” (e.g. when I was young I loved helping people out, decided to become a hospital volunteer-loved the patient interaction then I did “x” and found that I liked “x” about it. I came to a gradual realization that the field of medicine is very rewarding to me, etc.), and make sure to keep talking about all of the critical experiences you’ve had. Also, a critical component is making sure to show interest in each of the schools you interview with by demonstrating your knowledge about the program and asking intelligent questions regarding the specifics. Another important question is “why accelerated program.” You can give an answer along the lines of “I already know what I want, so I want to spend my undergrad with freedom pursuing things I actually want to do and start helping patients a year or two earlier than I normally would.” The interviewer you get really does influence how well you do. Some interviewers were very preoccupied and impressed w/ the resume (which you should bring because some will love you just for your scores) and others would push them away. The way admissions normally work is that all the interviewers committee and come to agreements, so interviewing well can for sure be the deciding factor. There are also the random strengths/weaknesses questions, biggest challenge, why this school, tell me about yourself variety of questions that you would get at normal college interviews (look those up, plenty of sources). Try to turn an interview in to discussion rather than a Q&A session. Best of luck, let me know when you hear about specific interviews and I can get in to a little more detail about the interview formats at each school.