How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.00 | 17 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 14 |
| Negatively | 0 |
| No change | 1 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.69 | 16 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.35 | 17 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.75 | 16 |
No responses
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 4 |
| 25 minutes | 0 |
| 30 minutes | 10 |
| 35 minutes | 0 |
| 40 minutes | 1 |
| 45 minutes | 1 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 2 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 12 |
| At a regional location | 1 |
| At another location | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 17 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 14 |
| Closed file | 3 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.00 | 17 |
"Why medicine"
"What brought you into medicine?"
"Why Duke-NUS?"
"What are your friends like?"
"Tell me about your research"
"Why do you want to become a doctor?"
"What is your most challenging situation?"
"Tell me about yourself. "
"what will you do if your patients complain about you"
"Define ethics"
"Define success."
"Designing healthcare policies"
"How do you see research in your future career as a doctor?"
"Give examples of situations when your empathy or compassion for people was challenged?"
"Why doctor?"
"Why Medicine?"
"Whos your favourite author?"
"What would you do if you failed a course?"
"Why don't you want to be a nurse instead?"
"Why do you want to come to GMS?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? "
"what do you see yourself in the next 5 years"
"Take abt your research project"
"Tell me more about yourself and your interest in this school."
"My volunteering experience in Indonesia"
"Tell me about research you have done."
"Talk about yourself."
"Tell me about your research"
"Whats your weakness?"
"Why do you want to study medicine?"
"What does the word 'failure' mean to you?"
"What kind of research you want to engage in the future?"
"Scenario questions on end-of-life issues, professionalism, what it means to be a good doctor, and some more ethical questions"
"do you consider yourself an extrovert/introvert"
"What books do you like to read"
"You did some research as an undergrad. What clinical relevance does your research have?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years other than practicing medicine."
"What is the most sensational news going on in Singapore/the world now?"
"None"
"How different are you from your brothers?"
"What accomplishments are you most proud of, besides academics?"
"How do you deal with winning? "
"Tell me about your wife's family. "
"Do you like reading? What sort of books do you read?"
"Hypothetical scenario in which I take on the role of Singapore's health minister and have to come up with a list of the most pressing issues I would address."
"The biggest failure you've experienced"
"What do you have to contribute to the student population here?"
"None"
"If you had to choose between marriage and profession what would you choose?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"What do you think is the biggest problem in delivering good healthcare service?"
"What is the most important thing you learned from your years of research?"
"End-of-life ethical issues"
"Define ethics"
"What is the most difficult thing you've had to deal with in life thus far?"
"Prepared some bullet point answers and did some mock interviews"
"Read up the school's background, curriculum, and teaching emphases."
"Internet, studentdoctor"
"My own personal statement. SDN. Some medical career related textbook"
" SDN interview feedback, read back to what I wrote on my app"
"read school website. read over my application"
"Mentor(an MD himself) , Princeton review"
"I read my application essay thoroughly. I googled possible intervew questions and I watched interview tips on youtube"
"Read my own CV and application page. Re-read all scientific projects reports and theses that I wrote. Google-searched some common medical school interview questions."
"Reading SDN, my essays, looking through the GMS website, Blog by Ting2. "
"Read my application essays, prepare answers to standard questions such as ''why do you want to be a doctor'', read Duke's interview feedbacks, read up a bit on Singapore's healthcare situation"
"read my application read the article for Team GMS session"
"Read up application file, SDN etc"
"Read application essays, read up info on Dukemed.duke.edu, researched SDN interview feedback for Duke, and did a couple of mock interviews."
"The culture and the energy of the school"
"Very friendly seniors and staff, all extending warm welcome to you, and ready to give you an honest answer for every question asked."
"Nice people cool interview"
"Quality of the programme."
"basically everything. If the 5-year commitment is not a big negative for you, this program looks like the real deal. I absolutely loved the TEAM LEAD session. And most of the ppl at the interview seemed pretty cool as well. Pretty diverse group, I would say."
"curriculum"
"Welcoming attitude by the staff"
"The amount of food and drink that was available throughout the day. The food tasted awesome! It was of high quality"
"The friendliness of the staff and how much they tried to get to know the people they are interviewing."
"Really nice people with great visions about the future. "
"Staff member & admissions people were friendly and helpful. "
"i was pleasantly surprised that the interview atmosphere was quite friendly and welcoming"
"Enthusiasm of the faculty members"
"Faculty members present were friendly and enthusiastic."
"-"
"N.A."
"not much. can't think of one at the moment."
"5-year service commitment"
"One of the interviewers rambling about how fortunate he is to have an understanding wife :S.."
"Nothing"
"N/A"
"nothing. (research labs are a bit crammed)"
"Campus is small, but thankfully it's a temporary building"
"finding out at the last minute that there was a student interview as well"
"Location "
"Lunch food was cold and lacked variety."
"There is no need to stress out."
"N.A."
"nothing. They do a great job explaining everything you need to know."
"That there will be only 4 other students attending! "
"They did not have unlimited supply of coffee."
"One of interviewer is quite interested with information of my family which i was completed caught by surprise. "
"None"
"My interviewers were locals from SGH and not Dukemed faculty as I was expecting."
"-"
"Nice"
" I really see no shortfall in this program. I don't know enough to give good comparison, but it seems like the quality of education that you would receive at Duke-NUS could be even better than that which you would receive in most US schools"
"Was one of the best interviews ive been to.."
"It was non-threatening and I think that the interviewers are looking for enthusiastic people. So, just be enthusiastic while answering the questions."
"It is really a great school with so much life in it."
"It went smooth and relatively stressless after interviews were done. There was an on-the-spot essay. Team learning exercise, which was basically a demonstration on how students will learn at the school, was a lot of fun. There was clear explanation on Duke's teaching philosophy, which sounded terrific. "
"fantastic.. i got to know what the school is looking for and whether i'll be a good fit for the school.."
"Fantastics!"
"It was a pretty good experience considering it was a first-time interview event for us both (myself and the new school). I'd have felt more at ease with medical students being present though (instead of having only faculty and applicants), but that just wasn't possible seeing as I interviewed to be a part of the opening class in the school. Hopefully future application cycles will include GMS students as part of the Interview Day team. (Moi being one of them perhaps *wink* ?)"
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 1 |
| Faculty member | 5 |
| Admissions staff | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 9 |
| Neutral | 3 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.71 | 14 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 10 |
| Out of state | 5 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 9 |
| 2-3 hours | 2 |
| 4-6 hours | 1 |
| 7+ hours | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 3 |
| Automobile | 6 |
| Train or subway | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 7 |
| $101-$200 | 1 |
| $201-$300 | 1 |
| $301-$400 | 1 |
| $401-$500 | 0 |
| $501+ | 1 |
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Boston, Logan
Raleigh/ Durham
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 2 |
| Hotel | 3 |
| Home | 2 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.07 | 15 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.69 | 16 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.87 | 15 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.50 | 12 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.67 | 12 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.36 | 11 |
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