How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.50 | 362 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 305 |
| Negatively | 31 |
| No change | 4 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.85 | 358 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.72 | 285 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.76 | 255 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 8 |
| 15 minutes | 84 |
| 20 minutes | 107 |
| 25 minutes | 64 |
| 30 minutes | 61 |
| 35 minutes | 13 |
| 40 minutes | 11 |
| 45 minutes | 10 |
| 50 minutes | 2 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 362 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 202 |
| In a group | 151 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 351 |
| Closed file | 4 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.50 | 362 |
"They asked specific questions about weaknesses in my application. If you think something is a weakness in your application, be prepared to talk about it."
"What exeriences have you had that exemplify your leadership style?"
"So tell me about yourself?"
"Tell me anything... then he proceeded to clarify tell me about yourself for me to get to know you better"
"Tell me about yourself. Why DO? Why NSU? Discuss a healthcare issue we're facing today. Talk about your leadership experiences. Describe your shadowing or volunteering experiences."
"Asked about random things from my primary app. He was just looking through and was like what about this and just kept going on. Apparently others had the more common interview (2 on 1) and were asked more standard questions."
"What I felt about our current healthcare system"
"Asked about my lowest grade (a B-), follow up with how do we know I can handle medical school curriculum"
"Tell me about yourself and why you want to go to NSU?"
"Why do you think you were a good fit for Nova?"
"Your undergraduate degree work was in Psychology. What made you decide to pursue medicine?"
"What's Your Learning Style? how do you resolve conflict? How do you handle difficult courses? tell me about yourself? how did you improve your mcat? do you have any questions for us?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"Why Florida?"
"How would you fix the heatlhcare system?"
"Tell us about yourself in 2-3 minutes"
"What is wrong with healthcare in the U.S. and what would you do to fix it?"
"We're appointing you the health care czar, how do you fix health care in America?"
"Tell me about what you did after graduating?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem with the American health care system?"
"Why DO and why NSU?"
"Tell me something about yourself that's not in your file?"
"Whats something thats not in your file"
"Why should we pick you over all the applicants waiting outside?"
"What do you think about health care in America?"
"How do you deal with tough classes?"
"Describe yourself"
"Introduce yourself in about 60 seconds"
"Tell me about your self"
"How will your study skills from high school transfer to undergraduate and medical school?"
"Tell us who you are in 2 to 3 minutes"
"If I were the Healthcare Czar, what are the top 3 things I would work to improve in the US healthcare system?"
"No specific questions. Attended Medical School Experience Day."
"They said they were looking for examples for the questions: (1)Tell me about yourself (2) What are some problems with the health care and how would you resolve them (3) How are you involved in your community (4) Why NOVA (5) What do you do for fund (6) Describe a time when you had a difficult in a class and how you overcame it"
"What is something we don't know about you?"
"Why did you do so poorly in certain classes?"
"Here are the questions they asked me: 1) Describe yourself in 2 minutes. 2) We see you've wanted to be a physician for some time, what qualities would make you a good physician? 3) How would you fix healthcare? If we line up all of the applicants, why should we choose you? 4) What other schools have you applied to? 5) How did you prepare for this interview? 6) Describe your toughest class in college and how you overcame it? What made it tough?"
"How did you prepare for the interview?"
"Describe leadership in your community."
"Tell us about yourself. How many D.O./M.D. schools have you applied to? How did you prepare for today's interview?"
"Why medicine and why DO?"
"Why Nova, Why medicine...where do you see yourself in 10 years."
"What community volunteer activities have you participated in?"
"Tell me about your self in 2 minutes or less."
"What can you offer NOVA and what can NOVA offer you?"
"Would you like a cookie? "
"(Question 0: Would you like some water or cookies? Then,....) Tell me about yourself."
"How would you fix the healthcare system in this country?"
"What was one class you struggled with, and how did you overcome it?"
"How do you find the time to stay involved in all the activities you do?"
"Why osteopathy? What makes you think that you're well-suited for medicine?"
"Tell me about yourself in about 2 minutes."
"Tell us about your self"
"What is your oppinion of the proposed healthcare changes?"
"What do you think is the biggest problem with healthcare and how would you fix it?"
"What is your oppinion about healthcare reform?"
"Tell us little bit about yourself? "
"How have you improved on a rocky freshman year?"
"Tell me about DO? What are the strengths and weaknessed of being a DO?"
"What is something you do not want us to know about you?"
"Whats up with (specific part of application - low science GPA, etc)? How will you handle harder science courses in med school?"
"They asked about weaknesses in my application (grades, MCAT, etc)."
"Tell us about yourself? What makes you unique among other interviewers? What can you bring to Nova? "
"What are your three best and three worst characteristics?"
"How do you think D.O. compares to M.D? "
"How does D.O. compare to M.D.?"
"Tell us about yourself, why DO? "
"Why Nova? How will Nova help you to Succeed as an Osteopathic Physician"
"Tell me about you/anything you'd like us to know about yourself, why osteopathic medicine, etc."
"Why Osteopathic medicine? Why Nova? "
"Almost all specific to my file, which they obviously read closely. This impressed me. Some schools clearly had NOT read my file. "
"Why D.O.? Why Medicine?"
"Tell me your story, how did you end up here today?"
"They gave me a free response to speak about whatever I felt necessary to tell them in regards to my application"
"After reading your personal statement, tell me more about your rural shadowing experience with a DO."
"Tell us a little bit about how you ended up sitting here at this table with us."
"What was the problem with chemistry?"
"Why medicine, why DO, how did you hear about NOVA?"
"who founded osteopathic medicine, why did he do that, what event in his life made him do this?"
""If it came down to you and one other student with the same GPA, MCAT score, and extracurriculars, why should we choose you?""
"Where do you see yourself in ten years? "
"Describe yourself."
"Why medicine, why DO, why Nova?"
"What do you want us to tell to the Admissions Committee?"
"Why did you decide to pursue medicine over all other health professions you have experienced? What got you interested in osteopathic medicine?"
"You did very well in all of your biomedical/bio classes--what class did you have the most difficult with and how did you deal with it?"
"why DO, what is osteopathy?"
"Tell us what you want us to know about you."
"Given all the activities and work you are involved in, what time management strategies do you use?"
"why do? what specialization? why rural medicine? if you and your dad had a fight what would he say are your strengths? what do you do for fun? would you stay in the us to work after med school (i was asked this bc i am an int'l student)"
"Tell us about your research"
"How did you prepared for the MCATS"
"Tell us about the research you did with surgical hernia repairs."
"What made you come down to Florida?"
"Mostly related to my application - grades, MCAT, personal experiences, work history"
"why medicine? why DO?"
"Why Osteopathy?"
"Imagine yourself in a large library with many sections. Which section or genre would you find yourself gravitating towards?"
"Why NOVA? (when i gave a general answer, they asked what specifically about the DO program attracted me..like what certain things about the program specifically that attracted me). Why applied to like 20+ MD programs, and only 7 DO programs? What is the status of your applications at all those other schools that you applied to? Why DO, and not MD? (hard cuz one member on the panel was MD/JD)"
"Why NOVA?"
"Why did you apply to NSU?"
"Tell us how you got here."
"How did you find out about Nova?"
"How was your trip?"
"If you went to the library (non-medical), which section would we find you in?"
"Tell us about yourself what are you doing currently? Why DO? "
"What brought you to DO and NOVA? and how do you compare DO to MD? How would your friend describe you? What would you do if you didnt get into med school this year?"
"Why the discrepancy between your grades and MCAT score?"
"What your best friend would say as a positive and negative trait about you"
"Why med? Why DO? Why Nova?"
"Have you thought about specialties at all?"
"Pretty standard except for inquiries about hobbies and other interests."
"Where do you see yourself in a decade"
"where i see myself in 10 years"
"Why do you want to be a DO?"
"how did you improve your mcat score by so much?"
"How would you define a DO in america?"
"What do you know about Osteopathic Medicine?"
"Before we start, is there anything you would like to tell us about yourself?"
"Tell us about your MCAT performance."
"If we brought your best friend in here, what would she tell us were your pros and cons?"
"Why medicine? What do you know about osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell us about yourself(very general) "
"Why medicine? why D.O.?"
"How did you decide that you wanted to become a D.O.?"
"why become a D.O."
"Tell me about yourself. What events led you to want to become a doctor? Why did you decide to apply to only DO schools? "
"Why DO? Medicine?"
"Why do you want to be a DO"
"With all your extra-curricular activities, how will you balance your school work and social life?"
"What is the hardest thing about being a physician?"
"Why this C? You think you can handle the tougher curriculum?"
"What type of doctor do you want to be and where would you like to practice?"
"Why DO? what are you doing now?"
"Is there anything you want to tell us about yourself? "
"Why do you want to go into Osteopathic Medicine?"
"Give us someone that has been a role model for you that we would recognize as well and expain why you chose that person"
"Why did I pick my undergrad school?"
"Tell me about yourself and Why do you want to become a DO?"
"Why Did you take German Film?"
"I am not convinced you can handle med school with your undergrad GPA, convince me. (this is kind or a trick because if you think about it, they would not invite you to interview if the school did not think you can handle med school)"
"Give a personal statement as to why you would like to become an osteopathic physician. Why NOVA?"
"I see you were an EMT in high school. Did you always know you wanted to be a doctor?"
"I see you have volunteered at Camp Boggy Creek. Tell me about that experience and how you have changed from that experience."
"What have you done that has prepared you the most for medical school?"
"You applied to several MD schools, why are you applying to D.O. school?"
"What have you observed a doctor do that impressed you positively?"
"If we talked to your best friend, what would she say is your greatest strengths? Your biggest weakness?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses"
"Tell me about yourself?; Briefly discuss the history of osteopathic medicine.; Where do you see yourself in a decade?"
"Ha! you chose XXX school to go to undergrad because of the academics?!?!?!"
"Why osteopathy? "
"I see that you were a very good athlete, will you be a better doctor or a better athlete - and why?"
"How are you doing today?"
"Where you see your self in say 10-15 years?"
"Why Osteopathic Medicine? (One interviewer always asks who founded Ostepathic Medicine, I didn't have him, but in case you do it was Andrew Taylor Still)."
"Where do you see yourself in 10 yrs?"
"Do you read any books"
"talk about yourself"
"how are you today? tell me about yourself and why you want to be a doctor, how do you handle stress, what do you do for fun"
"why i applied to so many schools (returning student.. i was advised to do so)"
"why major in economics?"
"So, what do you know about Herceptin? (in reference to cancer research I've done)"
"Why medicine?"
"Explain your experience shadowing a doctor."
"Tell us about yourself and how you ended up where you are today; what are your strengths and weaknesses?; What was your most significant volunteer experience?"
"Why medicine ?"
"Why do want to become a doctor?"
"What is your main weakness?"
"why did you apply to both MD and DO programs, what is the difference between MD and DO?"
"How would you react in an academically challenging situation?"
"Tell me about your strengths and your weaknesses."
"Who other than a family member do you admire and why?"
"Why Do, why NSU?"
"What's your biggest weakness/strength?"
"What are you hobbies?"
"Specifics on Spanish poetry, film, literature of which I've taken one class on each."
"What will be the hardest part of medical school?"
"Why do you want to be a physician?"
"How does your father (an MD) feel about you becoming a physician?"
"Why did I choose the my major, and how is that going to help me in medical school? I was a anthro major."
"Since you did not do well in class X in college, what makes you think you will be able to do well in that class in medical school?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What do you know about DOs?"
"Tell me about your achievements in college."
"Why did you apply to both allopathic and osteopathic schools?"
"Why were your grades poor early in some classes? Why are your MCAT sciences strong and your verbal low? Tell me about your research and teaching?"
"What is the history of Osteopathic Medicine?"
"What have you learned from your time at hospice about end of life care? Where do you see yourself in 10 or 12 years? What field are you interested in? What are you strengths and weaknesses? (1st Interviewer)"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Biggest strenghts and weaknesses? "
"How have experiences in your life prepared you to come to this medical school? Tell me about them."
"How did you find out about osteopathic medicine?"
"Who is your favorite character on ER?"
"Basic stuff... Tell us about yourself? Why DO? "
"I hear you're a musician?"
"Tell us about yourself"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Explain differences between Do and MD schools. "
"Are you the first woman in your family to go to med school?"
"y do u have a masters"
"Tell me about this grade... and this grade..."
"Name a person who positively influenced you during your undergraduate years and why?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"What do you do to manage stress?"
"Explain why your freshman year grades are so much lower than later years."
"What do I know about Osteopathy?"
"strenghts/weaknesses"
"What are your hobbies?"
"Describe yourself, choices in schools including reasons for attending NOVA?"
"Do you like Florida? "
"What is the difference b/w MD and DO?"
"Give us your sales pitch to accept you into the osteopathic school at Nova."
"They really were generic."
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"tell me about semester at sea"
"Why did you get this grade in OChem? What experiences have you had from working in a hospital setting? "
"Why did you have some many withdrawals? Why did you receive _____ grade?"
"What would you best friend say is you best and worst qualities"
"If you got in MD and DO, how would you make your decision?"
"Why did you get "this grade" in "this class"?"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"exp. verbal score./tell us about yourself/"
"Why is your verbal score lower than your science scores (my science scores were an 8 and 9 and verbal was 7 so I was surprised at this question)? With all your experience do you know what medical area you are interested in?"
"You applied to osteopathic schools as well as allopathic. What is it about osteopathic schools that made you apply to them?"
"Best friend would say best and worst character?"
"With all the schools that you applied to what will make you come to NSU? "
"Explain tell a little about the PA Governor's School of Excellence."
"Why only the minimum science requirements? We see you had good MCAT scores, did you prepare with Kaplan?"
"Stregnths/Weaknesses"
"Why NSU?"
"How is it that you got a better grade in P-Chem than O-Chem."
"What are your greatest strengths/weaknesses?"
"What have others said are your strengths / weaknesses?"
"Tell me about yourself Did you apply to M.D. schools?"
"What are your weaknesses?"
"What do you know about DO?"
"How do you know the DO that wrote you letter?"
"Why DO? Why NOVA?"
"Tell me about yourself, from birth to now."
"Discrepancy between my GPA and MCAT."
"Why a D.O?"
"Why did you decide to leave Ponce School of Medicine?"
"What do you think would be your biggest obstacle in med school?"
"Tell us about yourself. (Be ready to talk, and you should definitely rehearse this ahead of time.)"
"Explain why there was a decline in grades from Freshman to senior status"
"You have been involved with ***** for so long. I am very interested in it. Tell me about it."
"You're from out-of-state; what attracted you to NSU-COM?"
"Tell us about your interest in medicine?"
"Why medicine. Why DO? What drove you to the the path your on today?"
"Why DO? When did you decide? Do you know any DOs?"
"What makes you think you can handle medical school? What is DO to you? Who founded DO?"
"Your essays have shown us a lot of your strengths, but what would you consider are your weaknesses?"
" Why did you major in psychology in undergrad?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Tell us about yourself."
"In what area of medicine would you like to practice?"
"What brings you here? ie Why DO? Why NSU?"
"Why D.O.?"
"Hobbies, sports"
"Why did you apply to so many schools?"
"Job at NASA? How it will help me during medical and in the medical profession? "
"What will be the three hardest things about being a doctor."
"read the comments from above!!"
"i can't remember word for word so i will give you a general idea: why DO if you are applying to so many allopathic?"
"Where is _________ ? (Small town that I was raised) Was _________ a hard school? What specialty?"
"Why do you want to be a D.O.?"
"Why NOVA"
"Talk about your shadowing experience. Did you see any Osteopathic principles applied there? What language do you speak at home? (hinting at my verbal score on MCAT)."
"Why DO?"
"Why DO? Why Nova?"
"Explain low grades"
"Dr. Terry asked: Was English spoken as a second language at home? He was trying to get at my verbal score"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"How do you handle individuals who are negative about animal research (my research utilizes a rat model); They asked if I wanted to be a surgeon (relating back to my research)"
"Why DO and Why NOVA?"
"Do you play basketball? (the very first question they asked)"
"Are you aware of the current situation with HMO's? What do you fear about being accepted into medical school?"
"Are you dissatisfied with the US Government in any way?"
"If the D.O. I shadowed used manipulation on her patients."
"Explain your low GPA."
"Tel me about yourself."
"What is the biggest challenge you're going to have to overcome while studying medicine? Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Why should I see you as a doctor? This is the opportunity to sell yourself to the interviewers."
"Where do I see myself in 10 years?"
"Three main questions from all my interviews are :1) tell me about yourself. 2) Why DO? 3) Why (school)? So, know yourself and your motivation well!!!! BEST OF LUCK!!!"
"Where do you want to practice are you going to stay in Florida?"
"Do you know or have you worked with any D.O.'s"
"What makes you think you can handle medical school?"
"Can you explain why your lowest score in the MCAT was where you got the strongest letter of recommendation from a professor?"
"What, besides geography, make you think NSU is the right school for you? (I am from Florida) (Know a little about the school before you go)"
"How big a role does academics and compassion play in family practice?"
"What was my path to medicine."
"Why did you get the grade that you got in Ochem?"
"How do you manage school work and what do you do to for fun"
"Tell me about your research."
"How I manage my time"
"Parents aren't in healthcare, why do I want to go into healthcare."
"They brought up a volunteer experience that I had very little hours in and asked how I thought it will make me a better doctor."
"Do you have any weaknesses?"
"What was your most meaningful community service experience?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"what role do you play in a team"
"So it looks like you got a C in organic chemistry. Tell me about that."
"What type of medicine are you interested in?"
"Why Nova"
"Why NOVA university?"
"How do you study and organize your time?"
"What is wrong with the healthcare system in America today?"
"Tell us something about you that isn't already in your file."
"Have you accomplished ____? (a goal I listed in my personal statement. My response was "not yet" and they loved that it showed it was still a goal of mine)"
"How have you improved your study habits?"
"Asked about a rough semester in undergrad."
"What characteristics does a doctor need to possess"
"What would you do to improve medicine?"
"Why medicine"
"What is one thing you would change about healthcare?"
"How can you fix healthcare"
"If you were accepted into your top 5 schools, what would be important in choosing your number 1 school if finances and location were not considered."
"Was there a physician mentor that you looked up to?"
"Describe yourself in three words."
"What are you doing to be active in your community right now?"
"Why DO and why Nova?"
"Why did you choose to write about what you did in your personal statement?"
"What are examples of when you were a leader in community service?"
"How do you deal with difficult classes?"
"What do you consider as one of your weak points? What medical-related service activities have you participated in?"
"Tell us about yourself."
"Tell us about a specific experience that occurred in the ER where you volunteer."
"Tell me about yourself. "
"What does your spouse do? (plus several follow-ups on the topic)"
"Tell us about you."
"Biggest healthcare problem and how would you solve it?"
"Tell Us About Yourself. What is one class you've struggle in and what did you do succeed in it? Tell us about a time when you've taken a leadership role in a community service activity? Is there anything you would like to add to your application that you haven't had the chance to say? How would you reform health care (without talking about tort reform)? How did you prepare for today's interview?"
"What is your learning style?/ Tell me about a time when you struggled in a class and how did you overcome it?"
"Why Florida? (I'm out-of-state)"
"What experience in your life helped you become the person you are?"
"How would you fix healthcare?"
"Name a problem that you see in the health care field."
"Can you tell me about a doctor that inspired you to pursue medicine (or perhaps one that dissuaded you)?"
"What was a class you struggled in and what did you do to overcome that."
"How would you contribute to the diversity of the incoming class?"
"What do you think the biggest problem with healthcare is and how would you fix it?"
"Give us an example of how you are a self motivator."
"What do you think of the current healthcare system and how would you fix it?"
"What has been your favorite/most meaningful activities?"
"Did you ever work with a doctor that you did not respect? Why?"
"What is one class that you struggled in and how did you get through it?"
"Which is the most respected/important physician you have shadowed/met so far? Follow up question, can you give us characteristic about your doctor that you shadowed? "
"What would you bring to NSU?"
"very file specific"
"Out of the 15/20 people here, only 2/3 will be selected. Why should we pick you to come here out of all of these people?"
"Why Nova? Why DO?"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why primary care? What do you think you'll be doing in 20 years?"
"Tell us about your "Big Brothers experience"? Do you think his ADHD was due to nutrition?"
"What would your friends say are your best qualities?"
"Do you know what kind of medicine you'd like to practice?"
"How did your college activities help prepare you for osteopathic school?"
"More question pertaining to my file. "
"Why did you only apply to Osteopathic? Is it because your Father is a DO? "
"What's up with your low science GPA"
"What's up with your low bio score? "
"Why osteopathic medicine? What do you know about D.O.'s? Have you ever been seen by a D.O.?"
"Why medicine, if you were not a science major?"
"the ole best and worst qualities question..."
"How do you deal with stress? (I think they asked me this in order to make sure I wasnt some sort of book worm.."
"Why do you think you have had interest in a specific type of medicine?"
"basic questions about part of my application"
"Within the past year who has been an inspiration in your life?"
"Why DO? How do your activities help you understand what it means to be a physician?"
"We have reviewed your file and are curious about your freshman year performance. How were you able to turn things around? How were you able to do all of the things that you did well?"
"Why DO? Why Nova?"
"Explain your low MCAT verbal score"
"You only took 15 - 16 hours a semester in college. How do you expect to cope with the equivalent to 32 hours a semester here?"
"Do you think you will be receiving an equivalent quality of medical education in a DO program compared to a MD program? Why?"
"what would i do if didn't get into medical school this year? *asked this twice*"
""Tell me about yourself""
"Florida has a very diverse population, how do you think you would deal with this?"
"Why medicine? Why DO? Why Nova?"
"How did you adapt when you moved from a small city to a large city?"
"Tell us about your research."
"what is wrong with healthcare and how would you fix it?"
"Most of questions were about my unusual major and career."
"Describe a typical week for you? What do you do to relax and help you stay balanced?"
"You seem to be pretty busy and involved, what is one way that you "unwind"? "
"tell me about yourself"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"When was the specific moment when you decided to pursue medicine (answer can't be related to a person who influenced you)"
"Why DO?"
"Of your volunteer work, was there a situation where things were going south and you swooped in and rescued everyone?"
"Your science gpa isn't stellar, tell us what happened there"
"Tell us about your low undergrad GPA"
"What would it take for you to come to Nova over other schools?"
"why would you choose nova over other schools"
"What do you do for fun/to relax?"
"if your bestfriend was here, what would he/she say be your best and worse quality?"
"What field of medicine would you like to go into? (You pretty much have to say general practice)"
"Explain your poor academic performance during your freshman year of college."
"How does [specific volunteer experience] relate to you becoming a physician? What kind of social contexts have you worked in to help you understand what medicine is all about? Tell us about your childhood in the foreign country you used to live in (they got that from my aacomas essay). How has that contributed to your desire in medicine?"
"You seem to have a great interest in OMM. Elaborate. "
"What did you do between your 1st and 2nd MCAT to improve?"
"How did you end up overseas?"
"What did you choose DO over MD?"
"What type of doctor do you want to be?"
"How did u find out about NOVA?"
"What specialty are you considering? "
"What would be the hardest part of being a doctor? The salary of a doctor is not as high as they make it seem, what do u think of that? Name some qualities that a doctor should possess. What are you positive and negative qualities? "
"What is your interest is Osteopathy and what do you know about it?"
"How would you perform well in a class 3X harder than any you've had before"
"What is your most meaningfull activity and why?"
"Do you feel that being a DO will limit your chances of getting into non-primary care specialties?"
"Strenths/weaknesses, why DO and medicine in general, difficult situation in my healthcare experience, early academic difficulties, why NSU, etc."
"what is osteopathy?"
"Why DO/NSUCOM"
"why DO, why NSU?"
"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?"
"what would you do different in med school to get better grades in science classes"
"Why did you choose your major?"
"Why are there so many withdrawals in your transcript?"
"Why do you want to become a doctor?"
"Tell us more about your Red Cross work."
"Tell me more about *** extra-curricular activity, and *** volunteer experience. (there were a lot of questions about my personal file.) "
"What will you do if you don't get accepted to medical school?"
"Describe your clinical medical experiences"
"What attracted you to DO Programs?"
"What do you know about DO? "
"Tell me about your research and volunteering experiences."
"Why did you applied to D.O. and M.D. schools?"
"name any person you would meet if you could"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years? Why are your grades so high and your MCAT scores average? (I have been out of school for 10 years)"
"Explain different extracurriculars I did, such as volunteering and shadowing."
"Explain Organic Chemistry grades (i got C+s because it was soph year and i was pledging a fraternity)"
"What did you do to improve your MCAT score the second time around?"
"your gpa and is lower than the avg. (by 1 tenth, ridiculous) what could you bring to the school?"
"How did you prepare for the MCAT? "
"You got a C in this class, do you think you'll be able to handle the tougher curriculum?"
"What would you do to better prepare for exams?"
"How many people are in your hometown"
"What happened with a couple low grades?"
"WHat is the difference between MD and DO in 2 sentences or less?"
"tell me your biggest strength and weakness."
"Tell us about Dr. (my do shadower)."
"Why are you interested in NSU COM?"
"How did you learn about osteopathic medicine?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"What caused the delay between undergrad and grad school"
"What do you think will be the most difficult part of becoming a physician for you?"
"Tell us about your undergraduate degree. Tell us about your graduate degee."
"How many schools did you apply to last year and how many are you applying to this year?"
"If you do not get in this year, what would you do?; I see that you took a class on terrorism...; what would your girlfriend tell me was one of your weaknesses/strengths?; what does she think about this school? (i have no idea how she came up...)"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"Why should we accept your to our medical school?"
"What will you do if you don't get into medical school?"
"You applied to 16 MD schools last year and were rejected. How did you deal with that?"
"What do you plan on doing if you don't get in this year?"
"During a particular semester my grades had significantly fallen, and I was asked to explain why."
"Why medicine?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years"
"why do you think research is important"
"why osteopathic medicine, where do you see yourself in 10 years, "
"what do i think i'll be doing in 10 years"
"Why are you interested in Nova, DO?"
"You applied to both alloptahic and osteopathic, how will you choose?; When did you first decide you wanted to become a physcian?"
"Why DO ?"
"Weakness?"
"What is your main strength?"
"tell me about what you have been doing this year (since I took this year of to work)."
"Do you think you can handle the course load( this being said because I was currently taking only one course)?"
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Why did you apply to both osteopathic and allopathic schools?"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"What was your most difficult subject in undergraduate? If you were to take subject ten times harder then that class here at Nova, how would you approach it differently to ensure you succeeded in the course?"
"How do u know u want primary care?"
"When have I been in a situation in which I've been very impressed with what a doctor did or very disturbed by what he/she did?"
"Why shouldn't I just go ahead and kick you out of this office right now. You should never come into an interview with a smirk as nasty as that on your face. Just kidding. I totally made that up. Nothing too hard or unreasonable. See most difficult and interesting."
"Since you applied to 36 schools in total (MD schools included) are you sure you know what the DO philosophy is about?"
"Why NSU? If you get accepted to other schools, how will you choose which one to attend?"
"How have my life experiences encouraged me to apply to medical school?"
"Why do you want to become a DO even though you come from a family of MDs?"
"Why did you get this grade in this class."
"Explain stuff, which are specific for my application."
"Why should we pick you?"
"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
"Say you get many acceptance letters, how will you decide which school to attend?"
"Why medicine? Why Master's degree and not straight to medicine? What is your status at other schools? What criteria would you use to choose your school?"
"What would your best friend say if asked are your weaknesses and your strengths?"
"Why do you speak so articulately, but have a low verbal score on your MCAT? You seem to be introverted, but speak about being extraverted... how do you resolve this discrepancy? (2nd Interviewer)"
"Why are you doing research?"
"What is a positive and a negative experience you have had with a physician?"
"What is the most rigorous semester you have taken? How did you manage your time for this?"
"What have you been doing in the last year?"
"Why Nova?"
"Explain to us your scouting (Boy Scouts of America) experience."
"Graduate school stuff. Handle work load? Family concerns? What to do if your daughter wants time with you and you have to study?"
"Why do you think you did not get in last cycle?"
"Tell us about you breaking your dads computer"
"Do you have any idea what field you'd like to go into?"
"What is OMT? Can it affect multiple systems?"
"About yourself?"
"Do you want to specialize?"
"good mcat score, so y not md"
"What do you know about DO?"
"Tell me about DO."
"Tell me about your research and hospital experience."
"How do you study? Do you think you can handle the med school load?"
"What do you do to relax? "
"What do I know about Nova Southeastern?"
"If your best friend were here, what would he/she say was your best quality?"
"why go to med school? why not do what i am doing now?"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"What did you do while studying at the World Health Organization?"
"Why did you take classes at a community college? / Healthcare issue"
"Tell us about osteopathy. or os-te-O-pathy like the guy corrected me..."
"What do you do for fun? Tell me about your volunteer experiences. What was the last book you read?"
"Can you explain your grades in such and such a class?"
"Describe in your own words the basic philosophy of osteopathic medicine."
"tell me about dance marathon"
"Have you had any one on one patient contact? I dont know why I was asked this since they could see I had from my file."
"Why is your verbal score so much lower than your science scores? What did you think of the MCAT?"
"What is DO? "
"why D.O.?"
"Why did you garner low basic science grades early on in College?"
"what support services do you see at nova"
"Tell me about yourself. Why DO? What is your greatest accomplishment, non-academically related?"
"What is a pro and a con of becoming a D.O.?"
"What field do you want to go into? What made you want to go into that field?"
"Why DO when you have never been treated by a DO? If you where accepted here... tomorrow would you choose us and come here. I said non! That would not be fair to the other schoos. I did not even visit there yet."
"why your second major in philosophy?"
"Do you think you can manage medical school while raising children?"
"What was your most difficult class and how did you get through it? How do you think the transition will be from a small classroom size to auditorium seating?"
"Why Osteopathy? Tell us about your relationship with Dr. So-and-So (my referring D.O.)."
"Elaborate on what lead me to medicine (which I discussed in my personal statement and secondary essay)."
"Which degree would you prefer, MD or DO?"
"Why does your VR score differ so much from your science scores? Do you have trouble with reading? What was the last book you read?"
"What skills do you posses that allow you to communicate well with the public?"
"What is one characteristic you pride yourself in? "
"Why DO? Why NSUCOM?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"What branch of medicine do you want to practice and where? "
"Tell me about your volunteering."
"What is something positive that your best friend would say about you?"
"Why you think Nova is the school for you?"
"What kind of medicine would you see yourself practicing in 10 years."
"What will be your speciality ?"
"What do you know about Osteopathic medicine?"
"how do you plan on doing with time mgt in med school?"
"Why did you chose chem as your major when you had a hard time in adv org chem"
"You live in [State], so would you go to [In-State School] if you were accepted there? This was easy for me because I really do want to leave my current state to move to Florida. This is where showing your interest in NSU will pay off."
"When I decided I wanted to become a Physician"
"If you were to get involved in outside activities how would you balance the time."
"Since your science GPA is "X" do you feel you will be able to handle the science classes here? NOTE: you really should expect to explain ANYTHING on your transcript that isn't an excellent mark!!)"
"How would you include underserved segments of the population in your practice as a physician?"
"What has been your greatest challenge?"
"Did you apply to other schools? Why? If you applied to both allopathic and osteopathic why? "
"How has being a family nurse practitioner affected your decision?"
"Discrepency between numbers; GPA and MCAT. (A word of advice from an MS2 who went to law school prior to this: DONT DEFEND YOURSELF> Accept it and make a positive productive turnabout! "
"Why NSU? "
"Why did I take certain classes that were oriented toward another major at the beginning of my undergrad education?"
" What do you see yourself doing in the future?"
"Why did you apply to both MD schools and DO schools?"
"What kind of volunteer experiences have you had?"
"Have you interviewed or been accepted to any other schools?"
"Tell us about your research?"
"Where do I envision myself in ten years?"
"Asked about ECs and volunteering. You could tell they had looked at my file before the interview because they asked specifics. "
"Strengths and weaknesses"
"Who founded the D.O. profession?"
"Tell me about yourself? Asked specically about sports and what it taught me?"
"What will you do if you are not accepted?"
"What is your greatest accomplishment?"
"Why was your application completed late? Where else did you apply? Have you heard anything?"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"What do you see yourself doing in the future?"
"Why should we see you as a doctor? Why did you apply so late? (My file was complete on Nov. 27th). How was your research experience? "
"Be critical of your volunteer experience."
"Where else I applied? Did I apply for MD?"
"Why DO"
"How did you learn about osteopathy?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"What do you do in your spare time; Where do you see yourself in 12 years; How would your friends describe you"
"What do you think about our dress code?"
"How long of drive was it for you to get here? Why DO? What are your good qualities? Read any interesting books recently?"
"Why didn't you take any science courses your first year of college. What would you do if you were not accepted? Why osteopathic medicine (I only applied to Osteopathic schools)? "
"What do you know about Osteopathic Medicine, and if you like it so much, why did you apply to so many MD schools?"
"Why did you change your major from physical therapy to biology."
"Explain your low MCAT scores."
"How did you get your GPA and MCAT score?"
"Why did you transfer from UM to FIU your sophomore year?"
"What do you see yourself doing in 10 years?"
"Where do you see yourself 10 years from now? This is the opportunity for the admission committe to see whether you fit to their school body."
"How did I do so well in such hard classes in undergrad school?"
"How are you going to get through medschool?"
"Why is this class grade lower than others?"
"When did you realize you wanted to become a physician and what do you know about osteopathic medicine."
"You had 2 opportunities to retake the MCAT after your first attempt, but have not. Are you afraid of the test?"
"What will you do if you don't get in this year? (I'll be back next year)"
"you did academically well, but there is a discrepancy with your mcat - why? a great answer is to say that you were happy with your score and also that numbers are not the most important thing in an applicant. otherwise you would not have been invited."
"What are my study habits"
"What was your hardest year?"
"What else would you like to add about yourself"
"What was a difficult class I took and how I studied for it"
"The last question of the interview was they asked "why should we accept you over any other students interviewing"?"
"What do you do in your spare time?"
"What is the biggest problem in health care right now?"
"How do you manage your time? How do you make time for all your responsibilities?"
"why DO"
"Tell me about your community service involvement."
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"What difficulties have you seen during your time shadowing a primary care physician?"
"Tell us about yourself and why you want to be a doctor."
"Tell me about your study habits."
"Why should we accept you over everyone else here?"
"If your best friend was sitting next to you, how would s/he describe you?"
"How will you manage the rigors of medical school with your wife and child?"
"How would you handle three exams per week?"
"Name a time when you had a lot going on and how you prioritized."
"If you could fix one thing about healthcare, what would it be?"
"How did your shadowing experience inspire you?"
"Why Nova"
"What do you think is the biggest issue in healthcare today?"
"App-specific questions..."
"What are your leadership positions"
"Do you have leadership experience?"
"Why DO?"
"What would you change about healthcare?"
"Tell us about a class you took, not necessarily a science class, that you struggled with and how you worked through it"
"What will be your biggest challenge in attending Medical school at NOVA"
"How would you change health care?"
"Why did you only participate in this activity for a semester?"
"What are your opinions of health care reform?"
"What are learning strategies you utilize in a difficult course?"
"Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What will you do if you have trouble in a class?"
"Asked about my verbal score."
"What is the most pertinent problem facing health care today."
"Tell me about your experiences in the healthcare setting."
"What specifically made you interested in Nova?"
"Why Nova?"
"What did South Africa teach you? (Did a medical internship there) "
"Most challanging course? What did you learn?"
"Tell me about a leadership activity."
"(More questions specific to my file)"
"What needs to change about health care in America? Do not mention medical malpractice or lawsuits."
"Tell me about this leadership experience."
"Why should we accept you to Nova?"
"What is wrong with healthcare in America and how would you fix it?"
"What do you believe is the biggest problem in healthcare and what would you do to fix it?"
"Tell us about a time you displayed leadership qualities."
"Specifics about my file"
"How do you organize yourself with multiple priorities?"
"Have you had any leadership experience in your community?"
"How do you manage your time?"
"Why D.O.?"
"What made you decide to apply/interview at NSU?"
"What do you think is wrong with the health care and how would you change it?"
"What do you think of the present state of health care?"
"Do you know florida well? i am out of state and did not know it well"
"You and your sister get into a fight. You both are still in a bad mood. At that point, what would your sister say is the best quality about you? Your worst?"
"Have you interviewed at any other schools? How did you do? Why do you think that?"
"Why DO over MD? Why Nova? Why did you apply to both DO and MD? "
"Tell me about *school I attended*."
"How do your activities help you understand what it means to be a physician?"
"What specialties do you want to go into? "
"What specialties are you interested in? What do you see yourself doing in 10 years?"
"How did you hear about osteopathic medicine"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"Why do you want to be a D.O.?"
"How do you know you can handle medical school without having taken a lot of upper-level science courses?"
"Do you have any questions for us? (make sure you ask them questions!!!! this is a common pitfall amongst students)"
"What do you know about Osteopathic Medicine?"
"Tell me about your experience with Dr. Stein."
"Would you like to explain any difficulties you had in classes?"
"What would you do if you didn't get into school this year? "
"If we had lunch with your mother what would she tell us to look out for about you?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? Name two strengths and two weaknesses."
"How do you explain the increased number of diagnoses of autism?"
"How do you see yourself in 10-15 years from now?"
"if my 'twin' was applying and it came down to just us, why would i be the better candidate for NSU?"
""What do your parents do for work?" and then specific questions about my file"
"questions about my life and my research"
"How would a friend describe you? Where do you see yourself in 10 years? What do you do for fun? If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be and why? Specific questions about my file"
"I can't think of any other questions: We really just chatted, I told them about my research, international work/volunteer, and current status in my MPH program."
"Why do you want to come to Florida (I was an out of stater)"
"questions specific to my file"
"What would you tell us to relay on to the admissions committee about yourself? Where do you see yourself in the future in the field of medicine? Any specific specialties you are interested in? "
"What has been the most stressful situation you have been in and how have you dealt with it?"
"The expected ones (that made up most of the interview): Tell me about your self. Why medicine? And not psychology (my major)? Why DO?"
"name strength and weakness"
"What are you looking for in a medical school?"
"How did you learn about osteopathic medicine? "
"Why Nova? Literally that was about it."
"Given complete power, what, if anything, would you change in the delivery of health care?"
"Why your major?"
"What would you consider to be your weakness "
"Describe a typical work day"
"What specialties are you considering?"
"What would you want to specialize in"
"Do you have any question for us?"
"You grades are good enough for a strong MD school; why do you want to be a DO?"
"tell us about your experience working in the ER"
"Did you like your undergrad?"
"Where else have you applied?"
"You wanna go into medicine, but you got C's in Orgo and another bio class...what do you say about that? You play all these instruments...which one are you most talented at? Why did you stop playing the other instrument? What did you do differently between the first and second MCATs? How do you deal with stress? How will you handle stresses of medical school? What research are you interested in? Where do you see yourself in ten years? What do you want us to tell the admissions commmittee about you, in one sentence?"
"They really did a lot of the talking. They also said my responses were the ''right'' responses. "
"What specialty are you interested in? (be honest, I told them I liked Ortho and they had no problem esp. since one of my interviews was head of surgery dept.)"
"How could you contribute to Nova's international program?"
"What did you do at ____ job? (It was a non-medical job)."
"What type of field do you want to go into?"
"Tell us about your volunteer experience with senior citizens"
"What is something negative u have seen about medicine during your clinical experiences?"
"Tell us about your volunteer experience"
"What do you do for fun? Follow up question after I said I play soccer: What do u think of Beckham coming to the US. How do you think the canes (Miami hurricanes) are gonna do this weekend?"
"What do you see happening with your career in the next 10 years?"
"Follow up question about the negative trait"
"How's your day going so far?"
"how do you prepare for exams? describe your work ethic."
"Why have you only applied to three schools"
"if i had a class 3x harder than any other...how would i deal with it?"
"Briefly describe yourself."
"what is difference between MD and DO? why did you apply to both?"
"What makes you angry?"
"How do you deal with stress in your life?"
"Personal questions from application."
"Think of the hardest class you ever took. How would you prepare for one 3 times as hard?"
"Why D.O.? Why medicine? Your father is an M.D., what does he think about your applying to D.O. schools?"
"Describe a time in which you had a leadership role. Who would be your contemporary hero and why?"
"Where do you see yourself in ten years?"
"Why did you get a C in Gen Chem and A's in Organic Chem? "
"What do you see yourself doing 10 years from now?"
"name three characteristics of a leader"
"What are you hobbies? Any questions for us?"
"Tell me why you had mediocre science grades? (interviewer did not notice that my grades had a definite upward trend)"
"Specific questions from my application"
"what are you doing now?"
"What do you like to do to relax?"
"what specialty are you interested in?"
"What is the most challenging thing you have ever done?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10-15 years?"
"What are the 3 most important qualities a doctor should possess and explain your reasoning"
"where do I see myself after residency?"
"Tell me about your shadowing experience"
"What do you think is the role of Public Health in Medicine. "
"do you do snipe bidding? (I buy and sell clothing on eBay and sniping is a term that describes placing a high bid in the last seconds of the auction to win an auction, I was quite impressed that an interviewer asked me this :) )"
"What would you tell people about osteopathic medicine to educate them?"
"What kind specialty are you interested in?"
"Your parents own an Italian restaurant, how did that come about?"
"Tell us a little about yourself"
"How did you get to where you are today? (I babbled because it was so open-ended)."
"If you could not become a physician, what would you do?"
"Why medicine?"
"I see you applied to 10 other schools. What have you heard?; what sets you apart from the other candidates that came here today for interviews?; what should we tell the admissions committee on your behalf?"
"What kind of medicine do you want to go into?"
"Tell me about a life-altering experience."
"Why such a low verbal score, and such a high writing score?"
"You seem well-spoken, how did you score low in the verbal section of MCAT the first time and how were you able to raise your score 5 points?"
"Can you tell me who's the founder of Osteoapthic Medicine? ( Be sure to fully explain the history of how Osteopathic medicine came about)"
"What would you do if you don't get into medical school this year? (They then assured me that my interview was going great, and that I shouldn't think that that meant they thought I wasn't going to get accepted)"
"What was your favorite aspect of the tour and why? ( I toured before the interview)"
"How will you contribute to the student body"
"any questions for us?"
"why i got a certain grade."
"tell me about your doctor-patient interactions?"
"In this technologically-advanced age, how are you going to apply the knowledge you learn in med school to medical work in developing countries that have little infrastructure?"
"What would you change about yourself."
"Who was the founder of osteopathic medicine? (elaborate in detail)"
"What is the challenge for you to study medicine compare to engineer ?"
"Strengths?"
"The rest were specific to my application as yours will be?"
"one interviewer asked who is the founder of Osteopathic medicine, he warned the group he was going to so noone was caught off guard."
"What did I want to ask?"
"Tell me about some community service that you did."
"What volunteer experience do you feel has helped others the most?"
"What will lead you to your decision if you get accepted in to both schools?"
"Did you apply to any MD programs?"
"Medical school can be a really stressful time, who in your life will be there for you during those tought times? In other words, who makes up your support system? "
"What's my relationship with the DO that wrote my letter?"
"Explain weakness/strengths in 1 to 2 words."
"See above."
"What are your strengths and weaknesses?"
"Why did you apply to both MD and DO schools? Which do you prefer?"
"Asked about community service."
"Why should we accept you when most of the people on your commitee letter did not recommend you as a good candidate for medical school? "
"What do you know about osteopathic medicine? Why do you want to go to Nova?"
"What do you do to relieve stress?"
"Tell me about the DO you had as a child."
"Tell me about Osteopathy?"
"Why Osteopathy? Strengths/weaknesses? What area of medicine would you like to practice in?"
"What questions do you have for us?"
"Tell me what you've learned from your research? (3rd Interviewer)"
"Why did you take class X?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"I see that you've applied to 8 Osteopathic schools, how will you decide which one to attend?"
"Tell me about your job experience and papers that you co-authored"
"Why osteopathic?"
"How would your friends describe you on a very stressful day?"
"History questions. Micro questions. Music questions. Will question you about specifics from you class work (hope you paid attention in school). Wants to see if you can think on your feet."
"Who is the founder of Osteopathic Medicine?"
"Tell us about your research. Whats a weakness you have? What's a weakness your friends would say you have? What's a strength you have? Tell us about your shadowing experience and where you learned about osteopathic medicine."
"Do you have any preference of location?"
"Why are you applying to DO school now?"
"What is your application status at other schools you have applied?"
"wat did u have for dinner"
"You say Nova is your number one choice, why?"
"How would you choose between MD and DO? What are your goals?"
"What do you do for fun? Why did you apply to allopathic schools? Have you interviewed anywhere else/why do you want to go there? Explain your grades for these courses. "
"Why is your science gpa so low?"
"Since this is your 3rd year applying to medical school, why dont you think youve been accepted to an MD school?"
"Why did I get a C in biology? (I got a C+ and it was my only C ever)"
"How will you handle taking so many hours per semester, after taking a regular undergraduate courseload?"
"personal support system? what do you think is the most philantrophic act you have done?"
"Explain your grades."
"Describe your volunteer experience at Vera House, a battered womans shelter?"
"Weaknesses? What area of specialty? "
"what will you do if you dont get in this year?"
"How did you become interested in medicine? Why should we tell the admissions committee to accept you?"
"How would you decide between an allopathic and osteopathic program if accepted to both?"
"What do you feel has been your most important achievement?"
"why do you want to be a doctor?"
"What will you do if you don't get in to med school? Will you reapply? Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What would your best friend say is your best and worst qualities?"
"Why Nova Southeastern?"
"how was your experience working in a pharmacy?"
"Why NSU-COM?"
"why applied allo? why applied other osteo? which one would you choose if accepted?"
"What would you do differently to improve verbal score? Greatest strength/weakeness? Most Difficult class? With all of your teaching experience, is that something that your enjoy? Why the drop in QPA your second year?"
"Why is your VR score so much lower than your Bio and Physical scores? What happend?"
"How did you get to know about osteopathic medicine?"
"Do you want to work in Rural area... I don't think so... not sure. What specialty... I am not sure. Don't have exposure to everything can't make judgement."
"why nova since you applied to a bunch of schools back north?"
"Is there anything you want us to tell the admission committee on your behalf?"
"What was your most significant volunteer experience?"
"Greatest strength and greatest weakness? Where do you see yourself in 15 years? "
"What's the difference between MD and DO. Why did you apply only to DO schools?"
"Where do I see my career in 10 years? Strengths and weaknesses."
"What skill do you think you'll need to make it through medical school."
"Why NSU? Do you like Florida?"
"How do plan to handle the stressors of medical school?"
"I see you applied to many DO schools, why NOVA (good answer here is so that you can increase your probability of getting into osteopathic school, because you believe at least getting a DO degree is better than not getting one at all)"
"Tell us about your volunteer experiences/experiences that made you want to be a doctor/personal story?"
"How did you get to this point (professionally)? What will be the deciding factor in where you decide to go to school?"
"Why did you apply here, why should we except you, why do you think you can pass med school?"
"Talk about my educational past experiences."
"What is something negative that your best friend would say about you?"
"What positive and negative things would your friends say about you."
"How you handle stress ?"
"What would you like the committee on admissions to know about you? I was asked to sell myself to the committee"
"what do you do for fun"
"Why NSU. Your science scores on the MCAT are great (11 11), how come your verbal (7) is a little lower than the others. "
"All of the rest of my questions were pretty basic. Just rehearse all of the other potential questions that you see on SDN. Although I hear that they may hit you with the ol' "what will you do if you don't get accepted." At which point, you should have some kind of response that includes re-applying until you get in."
"Why I wanted to become a Physician"
"Tell us about your volunteer experiences in oncology. Why did you do poorly in your orgo chem classes?"
"Talk about your MCAT. Any questions for us?"
"From here on it was mostly free floating conversation with varied questions asking about me and my personal history"
"What do you foresee as being your biggest challenge in becoming a doctor?"
"What would you have us tell the commitie?"
"What do you think of the current health system? What are some health topics that you think need addressing? "
"Tell us about yourself."
"If we had your friend sitting here, what would they say about you. Why should we accept you?"
"Do you have any questiuns for us?"
"Why have you choosen NSU? (have a long, detailed answer prepared for this one)"
" What brings you here?"
"Talk about your MCAT score."
"What kind of medicine do you see yourself practicing?"
"Is there any part of your academic history that you feel is weak?"
"Tell us about your clinical experience?"
"What hobbies do I have?"
"You said in your app that you heard about DO at a presentation, how did you go from not knowing anything about it to only applying to DO schools?"
"what would your best friend say is the best and worst thing about you?"
"Why DO? Why NSUCOM?"
"Why NSU?"
"if a student was the same as you on paper why should i choose you?"
"Why osteopathy? (I only applied to DO schools) Asked about my biochemistry class. (currently taking it) Asked about my hobbies."
"Would you change the way doctor's now treat patients?"
"Do you think you will settle in the state you are from ? California?"
"What did you do to improve your chances of getting in at Nova this year that you didn't last year? (I applied last year as well). What would you do if you don't get in this year? "
"What kind of speciality?"
"Have you had other interviews?"
"Talk about your reserach and are you interested in research as part of your career?"
"Why these bad grades in 1993?"
"How will you integrate your undergraduate major into your future practice in medicine (I majored in nutrition); What is the one thing you want us to tell the admissions committee about you."
"What is this volunteering experience about.....etc....?"
"Why did you apply to an allopathic school? Do you have any questions for us?"
"How do you plan to make it through medical school? How would a friend describe you? "
"Where did you get that tie?"
"Where do you see yourself practicing medicine after school and residency?"
"Why didn't you do better in Physics?"
"Tell me about a medical experience in which physician behavior was horrific vs wonderful."
"What do you do for fun?"
"1)Explain why your GPA drops in the sophomore year of your undergradute. 2)The medical school curriculum is very challenging, at least 26 credits hours per semester. How do you plan to handle that vigorous curriculum?"
"Did I know the advantages of gradutaing from their school?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"How can you guarantee that you will succeed in medical school with such a low MCAT section score? "
"the good old - where do you see yourself 10 years from now"
"If i was taking a friend to the ER, what traits would I value in a physical seeing her."
"If I was not going to become a doctor what would I want to be?"
"N/A"
"How can you demonstrate your leadership abilities"
"Asked me about my most meaningful volunteer experience."
"Do you like to read?"
"What is the biggest problem in health care right now?"
"How did you come to medicine?"
"If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?"
"About tropical medicine."
"What qualities do you think an outstanding physician should possess?"
"Wasn't Mitt Romney's idea for solving the healthcare problem that it's ok for people to use the ER for primary care?"
"What makes a good doctor? (they kept pressing)"
"If your best friend was sitting next to you, how would s/he describe you?"
"How did ____ job from when you were 16 help you get here today?"
"Tell me something about yourself that's not in your file?"
"How do you think you can change people?"
"Has your outspoken nature ever gotten you in trouble?"
"What is the one thing you would change about healthcare?"
"If you had a class you were doing poorly in how would you adjust"
"How do you organize and prioritize your time? How did you do this in the past?"
"How will your study skills translate to medical school"
"Nothing was all too "original" but the conversational style was nice and fresh, and it was evident that everyone knew what was going on."
"Tell us about a time when you had to prioritize multiple responsibilities and what you did to take care of them all."
"How do you intend to overcome the challenges that NOVA presents?"
"No specific questions. Attended Medical School Experience Day."
"Explain a time you had a difficult class and how you overcame it?"
"What do you consider the biggest problems in our health care system? How would you fix the shortage of primary care doctors? Tell me about the surgery you observed. Tell me more about your research project abroad."
"What kind of music do you sing?"
"When do you think there will be a HIV vaccine?"
"What is your biggest weakness?"
"Tell us about a specific experience that occurred in the ER where you volunteer."
"Why is it that you applied to only MD schools in the past and only DO schools this year? (It was interesting because I have great reasons, and he responded very well to my answer)"
"Why do you think you did poorly the first time you took x class? This was interesting because one interviewer said that my answer wasn't the same as the explanation provided by the professor in his letter of recommendation (my bad I guess...?). He then told me some of what was in the letter - are they supposed to do that? Lol."
"See 3"
"Two questions sparked some genuine conversation: Who is one doctor you look up to? and What is your ethnicity?"
"Sell Yourself."
"Talk about a time in which you held a leadership position in your volunteer experience."
"Would you like a cookie?"
"How do you stay positive?"
"How would you contribute to the diversity of the incoming class?"
"Oppinion on healthcare reform. Most of my questions were about my oppinions and ideas."
"How you would you fix the US healthcare system?"
"What is the most important healthcare issue minus legal. "
"Did you ever work with a doctor that you did not respect? Why?"
"What is your oppinion about healthcare reform?"
"None, they were pretty standard questions, everyone was asked the health question in our interview session."
"What question are you glad we didn't ask?"
"you applied to MD and DO? Why"
"Nothing really interesting..."
"You do realize you applied here really late?"
"*Hypothetically Speaking* If you knew a patient was going to die in 6 months how would you break the news to them? "
"What would your friends say are your best qualities?"
"Name two of your weaknesses."
"Name two weaknesses that you have."
"What about other medical systems interests you (in response to my questions regarding their DO/MPH)"
"Nothing particularly interesting, probably the 1st question, because it was so open-ended and took up a lot of the interview"
"If your enemy were to describe us to you in a sentence...."
"If you were to go into a library, what would be the first section you would go to? "
"None..."
"What drove you to choose a specific job while in high school?"
"the free response to basically approach whatever way I wanted"
"If you were working in a prison and asked to perform lethal injections what would be your stand on the issue?"
"What did you find most fascinating since you started shadowing a DO?"
"How would you explain the inhumane acts people commit against others?"
"How were you able to keep up all of your school activities and still perform well in school?"
"We see here you have applied to X number of MD schools and X number of DO schools... where are you at in the interview processes for all of these? Any acceptances? Also asked some personal questions about my file and what I've been doing in my year off since graduation to prepare for school."
"If we had coffee with your best friend what would he/she tell us about you?"
"You've applied to many allopathic schools last year and this year you've applied to many DO schools. Why? "
"How do you explain the increased number of diagnoses of autism?"
"Do you read Chinese? (I'm Chinese)"
"explain an experience i've had that has motivated me to become a physician"
"if you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be"
"At my 30yr highschool reunion, how will the students react when they find out I am a physician?"
"What was your hardest/most challenging class and what did you do to succeed?"
"What have you learned from you life experiences?"
"none really, they were all expected"
"None in particular"
"Tell me about your experience in XXXX (part of personal statement)"
"How do you stay sane?"
"typical interview questions."
"If you could select a specific medical journal to browse which one and why?"
"Tell me about your research experience"
"describe your typical work day"
"What did you eat for breakfast?"
"Tell us about your experiences in EMS."
"what would make you choose nova over another school"
"If I were your close friend, how would I describe you?"
"What do you do to relax?"
"Are you on any kind of diet?"
"Are you on any special diets or fad diets?"
"Imagine you have an argument with someone about a task that he/she was supposed to do in your organization, but they didnt do it. At the end of the argument, what would that person say was your one strength and one weakness?"
"Tell us about the Alternative Medicine class you took?"
"What do you work on?"
"My questions were pretty stock. "
"Do you like to cook?"
"why are you interested in coming to florida?"
"Why your verbal score on the MCAT was low, compared to your really high writing sample score"
"Would you treat a patient if you knew they had an infectious disease like AIDS or TB?"
"nothing particularly interesting"
"Are you interested in the Biochemical aspect of food??? (that one got me for a second, but I answered back intelligently)"
"What will you do in Florida wihtout being able to rock climb or ski?"
"Do you think the only reason you want to be a doctor is from your own personal experience?"
"Tell me about the weather where you are from?"
"Many students' perceptions of being a physician are colored by physicians with whom they are acquainted. Tell me about a physician with whom you are acquainted."
"To explain the difference between a high MCAT score and a mediocre GPA."
"I honestly was impressed that they took the time to inquire about my musical endeavors and time studying abroad. Most schools would not take the time. Drs. Snyder and Rokusek were very pleasant to talk with."
"(This was an interview for the BS/DO program) If you were to go into another field other than medicine, which would you go into and why?"
"Why did you only apply to three schools"
"if i was in a class 3x harder than any class I have ever been in, how would i handle it"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"Tell us your strengths and weaknesses in less than two words each."
"What book did you read for pleasure most recently? Why and how would I rate it compared to others of similar type and by that author?"
"Why are there so many withdrawals in my undergrad time?"
"Just general stuff from my file"
"Tell us how you got to this point in life, in regards to your interest in medicine."
"What was the last book you read for fun?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"I notice that you are a substitute teacher. How will you use this educational background as a physician?"
"Why military medicine?"
"What kind of surfboard do you have?"
"What do you want us to tel the admissions committee on your behalf?"
"What do you see yourself doing in 10 years?"
"they asked me why I wanted to become a D.O. twice. I don't think they were paying attention."
"All the questions were directly related to my personal file. I didn't have any difficult ethical questions like some of the other applicants."
"What do you think can be done to improve healthcare in US?"
"An MD asked me why i wanted to be a DO so be prepared for that because I was only prepared to tell a DO why i thought the profession was amazing, not tell an MD why i wasn't choosing the same path he chose."
"very standard questions"
"What do you think would be the hardest thing about being a physician?"
"none really, they were all standard. About my file, etc."
"Why did you apply only to MD schools last year and now only to DO schools this year and what do you know about DO?"
"Compare and contrast MD's and DO's."
"Everything was pretty basic, nothing not posted on SDN."
"Why did you choose to go to your college (my school is in a small town in IL and Im from Florida)"
"if you had to choose between anatomy/physiology, microbiology, and biochemistry and could only take one, which would you choose and why"
"Why did I choose my undergrad school?"
"How has your father's death contributed to your decision about going into medicine? "
"Do you have any experience with other ethnic groups."
"What is your greatest strength and weakness?"
"Which do you believe is more vital to the practic of medicine, knwoledge or compassion?"
"Tell me in three words how you would describe a successful physician."
"How do you feel about the health care system in the United States? ( I think the only reason why they asked me this question was because I work in the insurance department at the doctor's office)"
"What have you done that has prepared you the most for medical school?"
"Nothing particularly out of the norm"
"Have you ever observed a doctor doing something that impressed you positively?"
"How does a dog get ulcers? -- It was a joke that Dr. B made at the end. Some would try to actually answer that! "
"nothing- basic questions"
"No surprises if you check out this website and know what you wrote in your application."
"I see that you were a very good athlete, will you be a better doctor or a better athlete - and why?"
"It was a very conversational interview. They asked me to explain some of my research projects."
"I see that your sister is an MD- how does she feel about your decision to apply to medical school?"
"Consider your most difficult class during undergrad and imagine the anatomy class you take in med school to be 30 times harder. How would you change your study habits? What approach would you take?"
"Name a mentor of yours that is not related to you...and explain why?"
"nothing unusual"
"nothing really interesting"
"all questions were very standard"
"why did you major in economics?"
"Who is the founder of Osteopathic medicine? "
"In this technologically-advanced age, how are you going to apply the knowledge you learn in med school to medical work in developing countries that have little infrastructure?"
"What, if anything, would you change about yourself."
"What was the most significant volunteer experience you've had?"
"Why did you have a successful career and change to medicine ?"
"Nothing in particular, all questions were pretty standard."
"I was asked to explain why I wanted to attend NOVA given my research background which was very strong and atypical of a NOVA candidate."
"so...you are well spoken in person help me to understand your verbal score."
"To ask them any question I had about the school"
"What class did you have the toughest time with in undergrad?"
"nothing. The questions were all incredibly basic and impersonal."
"I had said that I was creative for a previous question. They asked me to give them an example."
"Tell us which is a character that you admire, make sure that we know this character."
"How was your drive to Fort Lauderdale?"
""I'm and MD and I see you're dad is also, so why didn't you apply to any MD schools?" If you get that questions... no matter where u are... tell them that it's because of the philosophy. Some people will say because of grades but if you say that it's pretty much over for u... they don't want to be sloppy seconds!"
"The first person who interviewed me clearly had some kind of chip on his shoulder. He basically set out to humiliate and insult me. He asked obscure questions about classes (literature, film...) I had taken years ago. He got frustrated when I couldn't remember specific names of authors and film producers and even raised his voice to me! I'm not sure what recalling names of Spanish poets had to do with becoming a physician, but I do know that he succeded in making my decision easy about NOVA. The other 2 interviewers asked me normal questions (ie. my weaknesses, strengths etc), but it did little to make up for the first guy."
"How do we know that you are a caring person? Give me an example of how you are that way. "
"Where do I see myself in 10 years?"
"What do you think of the political situation in Cuba right now? (I studied there)"
"What is a positive experience in the medical field that I have witnessed that has inspired me to pursue medicine?"
"They did not ask any interesting questions, they basically just grilled me to see if I would break."
"What do you think will be the most difficult thing you'll have to learn in becoming a physician?"
"The questions were pretty standard?"
"If you could go back to start college over again, would you do things the same, or differently?"
"What was the most irritating customer you have had at your work?"
"Do Osteopathic Manipulative Treatments do anything else besides correct spinal or back problems? (I gave the example of frequent improvement in chronic asthma)"
"What is the significance of one of your research projects? "
"A question that came straight out of my personal statement...so be prepared, they read everything! IT'S OPEN FILE"
"just basic stuff off my application"
"Have you ever seen anyone die?"
"basic questions, nothing too interesting. Why medicine, why DO? What is your biggest weakness and biggest strength? "
"What would make you choose NSU if you were accepted at every school you applied to?"
"When applying OMT we use our hands to manipulate the skin and the underlying tissue; How can this create an effect in other areas?"
"So what do you think about what is going on in New Orleans? Having a public health background what would you have done?"
"Who is your favorite character on ER?"
"Tell us about these religion classes you have taken."
"History questions...WTF?"
"So you work on classic cars?"
"So, you broke your dads computer at the age of eleven? You know computers cost a lot back then...."
"what type of music do I play on guitar."
"Why are you applying to DO school now when you haven't in the past? "
"What have I done that has been significant that is non-academically related?"
"They asked me about my religion which I felt was outrageous."
"why nsu? "
"Name a person who positively influenced you during your undergraduate years and why"
"Do you believe individual's with Bipolar disorder should be allowed to enter medical school?"
"If your answers matched and that would determine whether or not we let you into medical school, what would your best friend say are your best and worst qualities?"
"None"
"None, all of the questions were pretty standard."
"What was the last book you read?"
"nothing to shocking or interesting"
"Nothing really. Like previous comments, the questions were very generic (ie. why medicine?)"
"Being that you have an overseas background, how would you use osteopathic medicine in countries/areas where it is less known?"
"What do you think is the most important healthcare issue in the media today?"
"NA - all questions seemed generic"
"How did your LDS mission to Russia affect you."
"Wasn't teaching junior high a little like babysitting?"
"Why didn't you mention this aspect of your application in your personal statement?"
"Why do you want to change careers and get back into school?"
"What did I think of the MCAT"
"If someone came in for an abortion, how would you handle it?"
"What is the most difficult part of being a physician? "
"where are your parents from? It is an easy question, just not something I expected"
"Did you feel accepted by the Japanese while living in Kyoto?"
"nothing"
"If I asked you and your best friend what your greatest strength and weakness was, and if your answers matched you would be admitted into nova, what would he or she say?"
"Name one of your role models, not related to you. Explain."
"Eh, they weren't too interesting. Probably, "what was the last book you read?""
"what was your biggest weight and how many cigarets a day where you smoking. It takes BALLS to ask personal questions. Only the younger guy asked... it turns out he was a smoker. "
"They saw i was going to take a theology class this semester (keep in mind I hadn't started classes yet)and quoted a verse from the bible and asked if i knew where it was from."
"With all of your unique experience with surgery do you think you would want to be a Surgeon?"
"Does the DO that you shadow use manipulation? How often?"
"What were your plans when you decided to major in (non-science area)? Did you plan on being a doctor at that point?"
"My questions weren't really that interesting. Just basic strengths and weaknesses, 10 years from now, etc."
"Why did I decide to get a math minor?"
"None of the questions were interesting, therefore I don't think they really got to know me as a person, but part of this was my problem not taking control of the interview."
"If we brought your best-friend in, and asked him/her what your best quality was, and your reponse had to match his/hers to be accepted into our school; what would they say about you? "
"Why did you apply to so many schools in the geographic north?"
"Tell me about yourself. Talk about vague! It was the first question I got and it threw me off. The funny part is, I knew it was coming because of this website, but my nervousness still took over. "
"mostly from application"
"Why do you believe there is a nursing shortage in the United States?"
"Nothing stimulating was truly asked. You really needed to incorporate outside information into standard questions to make your answers seem more exciting. "
"The most interesting question I was asked was "What one thing/event in my life has presented the greatest challenge"?"
"What does CODEH (Volunteer group) mean and what did you do? "
"If I was happy doing what I was doing, why would I like to go to medical school."
"Why I decided to pursue medicine instead of Ph.D."
"There were not any interesting questions asked of me, just your run of the mill questions, which I was expecting."
"What do you do for fun?"
"Nothing out of the ordinary, just how come I only applied to NSU"
"All the questions were pretty basic. I was a nervous wreck walking out of my interview, because the questions were (in my opinion) sort of boring. I thought they didn't like me, but I must have been wrong. I found out today that I was accepted!"
"When I decided I wanted to become a Physician"
"Why have you chosen NSU since you live so far from here?"
"i was asked the details of my eagle scout project"
"Nothing out of the ordinary. They started out by asking me about my EC activities, which really put me at ease."
"At what point did you decide you wanted to be a physician?"
"What do you think makes a good doctor?"
"What would I do different in the past?"
"How has your interest in music influenced your life?"
"What would you want us to tell the commitie concerning your application?"
"How do you want to use your MPH in dealing with medicine? What topics drive you?"
"You went to a community college first. Why did you stay there so long? (I started college classes while in high school)"
"What does Zorba (greek word) mean?"
"What undergraduate course inspired you to pursue medicine?"
" What has been the most significant experience working at ************* ?"
"What are two things you are the most proud of?"
"Nothing. It was very straightforward....Questions regarding my application (grades, volunteer, etc.)"
"Do you think health care is a right?"
"Tell me about your extensive research background."
"How did I manage to get a good letter or rec. from an organic professor?"
"Where do you get your enthusiasm from? "
"Questions about a project I had done were very probing, there was no way to know the "right" answer so they expected me to wing it."
"They were all pretty straight forward."
"Nothing interesting or out of the ordinary"
"Nothing really interesting, pretty straight forward."
"If a person had aids and were involved in a car accident and were not breathing with blood everywhere, what would you do?"
"They asked me about growing up as a vegetarian ... this sparked a very interesting conversation! "
"Since you father is an MD, has he advised not to go into medicine now a days with all the problems with HMO's and insurance?"
"BTW--this is a dental school interview Nothing too interesting asked...plain and simple questions"
"How was the experience growing up in a different country? Any childhood memories?"
"I noticed that you took a class on Child abuse in undergrad. Tell me what you learned."
"Why DO?"
"What's the most difficult thing you will encounter as a physician."
"how can you be so sure about ostepathy when you also applied to allopathic school?"
"Would you do a specialty?"
"How does the son of an allopathic physician become interested in osteopathic medicine?"
"Most my questions were related to my application, but the most interesting one was "Imagine you are on a camping trip with two friends of yours in the remote woods and mountains somewhere...all of a sudden your friend goes into cardiac arrest and drops down...then your other friend tells you that the friend who just went down has HIV....how do you handle that situation(you have no cell phones either)?"
"Not too many interesting questions. It was basically a conversation between the four of us. They wanted to know if I played basketball?"
"You just diagnosed a 66 y/o with cancer of the lung possibly metastatic disease. The family has asked you not to tell the patient what is wrong with him. They state that his son is an attorney and he will sue me if I tell him. What would I do?"
"Are you in anyway dissatisfied by the US Government?"
"Questions about my volunteer work with children."
"None."
"The questions really wern't interesting, they were more generic if anything"
"Why should I see you as a doctor?"
"Do you the know the advantage to graduating from our program vs. the MD programs? "
"Do you worry that patients might view you differently since you are Asian?"
"Tell us about yourself in a nutshell"
"I had Dr. Terry...I didn't find him intimidating, he was very nice. But it is an uncomfortable setting with 3 people spread out around a table staring at you(= I didn't have any extremely interesting questions."
"Whether I had planned on going into medicine when I graduated with a degree in philosophy."
"The old compassion/intellect question. "
"Which is more important to a doctor - compassion or intellectual ability? (I don't recall how they exactly put it, but that's the gist of it.)"
"Tell me where your hometown is located (The Rock) which is in Georgia, south of Atlanta"
"explaining a weakness in my application"
"Why did you get the grade that you got in Ochem?"
"What is your learning style, break it down?"
"ACA"
"They kept asking me two questions at the same time."
"What will you introduce to our school?"
"Which physician (that you shadowed) had the biggest effect on you and why?"
"Why do you want to come to our school? Why osteopathic medicine?"
"What would you do if you could change any one thing about US Healthcare?"
"Are you happy with healthcare, and if not, what is something you would do to fix it?"
"The one about our heatlhcare system."
"Talk about a leadership experience you had as a volunteer. (They were all very straightforward questions)."
"In one sentence, fix the US healthcare problem."
"We're appointing you the health care czar, how do you fix health care in America?"
"If your best friend was sitting next to you, how would s/he describe you?"
"What do you think about the future of healthcare?"
"Tell me something about yourself that's not in your file?"
"Healthcare"
"Asking to explain how I improved my MCAT score."
"If accepted to top DO and top MD school and location isn't a factor what are you choosing and why?"
"My interviewer had a rapid-fire style, where one question came after the other and there wasn't much time to compose myself in between. However, I stayed calm and was able to answer them well in the time given. Additionally, all of the questions were very specific to my application and my personal history (from my answer to the tell me about yourself question). That being said, there weren't any "difficult" questions exactly, but the style of the interview was more difficult."
"What changes do you think should be made to the healthcare in the US?"
"None, everything that came up was on the interview feedback."
"How will you fix healthcare? Where do you propose we start fixing healthcare?"
"tell me about healthcare"
"Do you have any questions for us?"
"Describe yourself in three words."
"What in your opinion is one of the biggest problems with health care today and what are some of your thoughts about this problem?"
"No specific questions. Attended Medical School Experience Day."
"How you are involved in the community?"
"Why should we accept you?"
"Why should NSU accept you?"
"What is your back-up plan if not accepted?"
"Since you have had academic difficulty in the past, how do you plan to handle the rigors of medical school?"
"none the interview was very conversational"
"What would you do to improve the healthcare system."
"Tell me about your community service experience and what your leadership roles were. (This was only difficult becaue I didn't have much to say on the specific part about leadership, and he kept trying to probe it)"
"Nothing unexpected or difficult. They did ask a question about health care though."
"How did you prepare for this interview? (I said mock interviews, SDN, etc, but my interviewer kept asking "anything else?" Think he was fishing for something school specific, which I gave him.)"
"What is one thing you would fix about Health Care Reform? Do not discuss legal issues."
"Sell Yourself. "
"What's the specialty of the relative who wrote your letter? (Totally blanked!)"
"What do you believe is the biggest problem in healthcare and what would you do to fix it?"
"Tell us about a time when your priorities were out of order and what you learned from it."
"What do you think the biggest problem with healthcare is and how would you fix it?"
"the ever popular - tell us about yourself. It is good to have an idea of what you think would be good to include here. No need to memorize a script but such a broad question requires a little planning."
"None really"
"Tell us about a time when your priorities were off. "
"What physician do you look up to and why?"
"Is there anything that you know but you don't want us to know?"
"Where do you see yourself in 20 years?"
"do you know florida well? i didnt know how to say no, so i just said no,not really"
"You and your sister get into a fight. You both are still in a bad mood. At that point, what would your sister say is the best quality about you? Your worst? (this question totally threw me off)"
"Medicine is not an option. What will you do?"
"What would you say is the difference between an allopathic physician and an osteopathic physician?"
"None really, all the questions that were asked I saw on SDN, except the personal ones from my file."
"None, read most of them on the SDN website and the new questions were right out of my file."
"None really, perhaps the most pleasant and stress free interview I have ever had...for anything."
"Science GPA question"
"If your enemy were to describe us to you in a sentence...."
"Where do you see yourself practicing in 10 years? "
"Tell us about yourself. (It was also scary when one said, "I have no other questions" right after asking this one.)"
"file specific: discuss how I will overcome lack of science background--I'm not a science major and had just met the basic science requirements. But, I knew that question was coming and we discussed it and moved on...Some schools are just plain rude about it, and I wonder why those schools invited me, but the Nova interviewers understood my potential b/c of my work in other areas...."
"there really wasnt any difficult questions.. i knew pretty much my application was good and it would generally be character questions.. the interviewers were VERY welcoming and nice...awesome people and completely different attitude than MD.."
"N/A"
"I didn't have any they weren't there to scare me or make me fumble they were just looking to further understand how I was as an applicant"
"All of the questions were straight forward"
"See above."
"None, all were expected. The most difficult thing was that they tried to play "good cop/bad cop." One person was all smiley and the other seemed very critical. But it was also obviously an act, and if you can break them and stay confident, you'll have 2 good cops at the end!"
"If we had lunch with your mother what would she tell us to look out for about you?"
"Name your weaknesses."
"What will you do if you are overwhelmed by the coursework?"
"Do you think you will be receiving an equivalent quality of medical education in a DO program compared to a MD program? Why?"
"nothing really just a little distracted because 2 of the interviewers were texting during the interview lol"
""Who founded Osteopathic Medicine and What event in his life prompted him to found it""
"They asked me where i see myself in ten years twice and two different points in the interview"
"none, all were expected"
"Why osteopathic medicine? Have you shadowed a DO. What do you know about DO"
"What would you bring to the diversity of our school?"
"Why would you switch from you current field to medicine?"
"I guess Question 1 kinda threw me off:)"
"nothing hard."
"Why did you do poorly in this specific class?"
"What are your weaknesses "
"GPA question"
"None of them were very difficult!"
"If you were a doctor, would you provide health care to a patient without any health insurance?"
"Why did you take the MCAT twice? "
"what do you think about the current global warming issue?"
"Any questions for us?"
"Started off the interview with: So tell us about yourself."
"No difficult questions...just that they drilled me and it felt like they dint believe anything I said. Anytime I would respond to a question, another one of the interviewers would cut me off and drill me on a small aspect of my response...and while responding to that, i'd be attacked again."
"Why NOVA?"
"Where do you see yourself 10 years from now?"
"How have your study habits changed since you did your BS?"
"A specific question about the research publication I gave them prior to the interview "
"nothing really... just be yourself"
"What differentiates DO's from MD's (only tough because I felt like I had to repeat some of a previous answer)"
"Are you interested in the Biochemical aspect of food???"
"What proof do you have that you have improved your ability to do well in classes?"
"So I see in college you got sick and had to withdraw for a semester. That was probably due to a lot of stress. How then, could you handle the stress at medical school? (It wasn't the question that was tough-- but the fact that he was making a statement rather -- something I had to stand up to and dispute."
"Non"
"Why did you apply to so many schools?"
"To explain the difference between a high MCAT score and a mediocre GPA."
"Nothing really."
"Something along the lines of ''Are you just going applying here to make your parents happy''"
"Where do you see yourself a decade from now"
"same"
"Why do you want to be a DO? (Tough because I didn't notice that the guys interviewing me were MDs and one jokingly quipped ''So MDs don't do that?'' to some of my answers)"
"Tell us about your analytical skills."
"nothing"
"What it was like playing football while being in school? or What makes you angry?"
"Why so many withdrawals?"
"None, they were not difficult. JUST BE YOURSELF!! I was nervous, but that is ok; just answer honestly and straight forward. They just want to get to know you. "
"Why did you also apply to so many allopathic schools?"
"none were difficult"
"Tell us some of your strengths and weaknesses."
"Think about the most difficult class you have taken. what if you had a class here 3 times harder? How would you pass the class?"
"What brought you to us?"
"What would your brother say are your pros and cons?"
"What was one thing difficult in your life personal or academic that you have delt with?"
"Nothing."
"the second time they asked me to say why I wanted to become a D.O."
"Explain why you attended so many different schools? (I transferred universities twice for personal and financial reasons)"
"explain the C in organic. Do you think you'll handle the heavier workload?"
"Same as above."
"Tell me about the History of Osteopathic Medicine: I wasn't ready to recite it verbatim, so I gave them my understanding of it."
"I was asked to explain a low score on a section of the MCAT"
"what can you bring to the program?"
"What can you bring to this program and why should we tell the committee to accept you?"
"At the beginning of the interview they asked me if there was anything I wanted to say about myself. "
"Why were your MCAT scores so low?"
"convince us that you are ready for medical school course work"
"none really. everything was pretty generic and straight forward."
"Why is your gpa low when you have such a high MCAT score."
"My GPA was around a 3.0, one of the interviewers asked: "
"Same as most interesting question- this one slightly threw me for a loop"
"Nothing really difficult; I didn't get any questions I wasn't expecting."
"How do you feel about the health care system in the United States? "
"What happened to cause the delay between undergraduate and grad school. (druing those 2 years basically I got married and then divorced)"
"Why is one part of your MCAT score significantly lower than the others?"
"We noticed you had some challenges during undergrad, specifically with organic chemistry. Can you explain that?"
"Nothing difficult"
"If your girlfriend was here, what would she say was one of your weaknesses? (i really considered saying that im not very romantic....i eventually decided to go with the let's try to turn it into a positive trick...)"
"So you got weak grades at a weak college, how did you end up at XXX for graduate school?"
"What do you think is the most difficult thing in managing a private practice?"
"Why should we accept your into our medical school?"
"Asked about a prior minor conviction of mine. Then reassured me that the incident was insignificant."
"Your mom is an RN- why didn't you go that route?"
"Nothing too difficult..but these questions I wasn't expecting: I see that you took Eng Lit (like in freshman year!) can u name me an author that you liked and why? (I think i had the most blank look on my face haha) Can you tell me a little about a parasite that you studied? (Im a microbio major) "
"nothing unusual again. everything asked was standard Q and A"
"nothing too difficult"
"where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"None were that difficult..."
"Compare and contrast two theology classes that I took."
"How did you end up where you are today?"
"What is the challenge for you to study medicine compare to engineer ?"
"Explain your undergraduate record. This question was specific to my situation."
"nothing too difficult, just asked about some flaws in my GPA wanted to know what happened."
"above"
"I see you applied to both MD and DO schools. Why?"
"What would you change about yourself?"
"I see that you got a C in organic. Do you think this will affect your performance in medical school, why or why not?"
"Keep in mind there are about 7 MD's in my family. So they asked with all that MD blood, why DO?"
"What is your biggest strength? Weakness?"
"Same as above just because it was hard to brag about the advantages of DO to an MD without insulting him."
"What can you say to me to prove that you really want to be a doctor?"
"Why do you want to be a physician? (it seems easy but difficult to answer)"
"If you become a physician and are asked to treat a patient by doing something that is against your religious beliefs, what will you do?"
"Do you think you will be able to handle the stress and tough education of medical school since you have not taken any science courses besides the reqired pre-medical classes?"
"Why should we accept you when the majority of the people on your premed commitee did not recommend you? (which I found out later was a blatant lie)"
"What do you think will be the most difficult thing you'll have to learn in becoming a physician?"
"The questions were pretty standard?"
"What are your weaknesses?"
"How will being a musician affect you as a physician?"
"So you applied to both allopathic and osteopathic programs. How will you choose and why would you choose NOVA?"
"What is your weakness?"
"What is the history of Osteopathic Medicine?"
"No tough questions"
"What is your biggest failure?"
"nothing really. They were very nice and friendly. HOWEVER there were other students who interviewed with 3 other interviewers who played "ggod cop, bad cop" with them, I was lucky I had real easy going interviewers."
"When have you had to help a person, despite their personal life being contrary to your belief system?"
"So,you're not great at chemistry. Why?"
"You applied to allopathic and osteopathic schools last year - why didn't you apply to NSU? (didn't have a DO letter)"
"In a stressful situation, how would your closes friends describe you?"
"Multiple questions about specifics on my application. (I took a lot of Micro, history etc. and they grilled me on specifics from each topic)"
"Who founded osteopathic medicine? (not hard A.T. Still just very unexpected)"
"I don't really understand your hypothesis in your research, could you please explain?"
"What the difference between DO and MD and what's OMT? Can it affect multiple systems when treating one system? "
"Standard questions"
"What other schools I was applying to adn have I been admitted there....kinda strange to ask."
"No difficult questions, just a lot of questions I thought were not related to my application."
"why nsu?"
"all were equally thought provoking"
"If you really want to be an osteopathic physician, why did you apply to so many allopathic schools? "
"Why are your science grades lower than your average?"
"What was one single moment working in medicine that made you decide you wanted to become a physician?"
"What do I know about Osteopathy after I told him all that in his first question what do i know about Nova."
"None, all of the questions were pretty standard."
"Your MCATs don't reflect grades, etc; why?"
"Tell me about yourself, high school, why i chose a certain college and why i want to attend NOVA in particular?"
"What do you think is a major healthcare issue in today's society and how do you plan to change it? "
"Tell me everything you know about osteopathy. (It was weird cause I didnt want to ramble on with the history etc...I dont know if I said enough I guess)"
"How I would choose between an allopathic and osteopathic program if accepted to both?"
"There weren't any difficult questions. They were generic. However, I felt that I appeared nervous."
"none very difficult, but a few I had to think about b/c they were a bit unexpected"
"Why do you want to be a doctor? "
"What makes you a good candidate for this school? I hate these types of questions, so that's what made it challenging for me."
"What did I think of the MCAT"
"The questions asked for straight forward and expected."
"tell me about yourself ~ it was so vague, I was unsure about what exactly they were looking for ~ where I was from, my personality, jobs, et cetera"
"Tell me about yourself..."
"what makes you think you'll get through med schol"
"What is your greatest accomplishment, non-academically related?"
"Name one of your role models, not related to you. Explain."
"None of them were too difficult. "What are your greatest strengths and weaknesses?" (Because I think that's a rather pointless question.)"
"Was there a single turning point that made you decide to go in to medicine. Of course also that stupid one about your best friend and what he or she would say about you. I answered I hope they will say a good guy and great friend to have. I wanted to answer.. well my imaginary friend thinks.. sos sososososo... but my other imaginary friend things I am imaginary."
"where do you see yourself in ten years professionally and socially?"
"Tell us some positive and negative things about you."
"Tell us about yourself."
"None seemed all that difficult."
"Rate your confidence level on a 1-10 scale. This question wasn't difficult, but threw me off a little bit because I used to have a bit of a confidence problem. "
"Strengths and weaknesses, although that wasn't really hard either."
"What's the difference between MD and DO. I hate this question in that I always feel like I'm just reciting some discription that I read somewhere. Because I don't feel comfortable with this question, I always fumble with it."
"Why did you only apply to Allopathic schools last year and so many osteopathic schools this year?"
"Why are your MCAT scores lower in comparison to your Science and Non-science GPA's?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"You say you loved this volunteer experience. But why? Tell us more... (I had no idea what else I could say, since I had already told them about it...)"
"Why DO? (not really a difficult question, just one that has the potential to have a very broad answer)"
"You scored so poorly on the MCAT, what makes you think you can pass medical school?"
"Strengths and Weakness....Wasn't anything more difficult than this asked."
""Why do you want to be an osteopathic physician"? It may seem easy to answer at first but I have so many reasons for choosing the profession that it was hard to narrow it down to a few key factors."
"Why DO? "
"Nothing difficult, although one interviewer walked in during my interview, in the middle of a response. "
"Why my MCAT score is not that great"
"Why I decided to leave Ponce School of Medicine and apply to NSUCOM."
"Why were your grades this/that? dont swear it they're not trying to attack you, probably just wanted to know how you'd react under pressure"
"Why is your major chemistry when you had a hard time in Advanced organic chemistry"
"Nothing too difficult, but this was my third interview. Just relax and be yourself. I ranked the stress level at 5 just because I wanted to go to NSU so bad, but if they can honestly see your interest in their school, it should actually help."
"Explain why there was a decline in grades from Freshman to senior status"
"Why did you do so bad in Orgo Chem?? Do you have trouble with chemistry in general?"
"nothing was exceptionally difficult"
"I was so prepared for even the most difficult questions that I could imagine, but they were not there to put me on the spot. They even said we are here to try to get to know you a little bit more. I suppose the most difficult would be when they asked me about my MCAT..but again, if you go in prepared, nothing will catch you off-guard."
"What do I think of family practice as a career. I didn't like being put on the spot to either confirm or deny wheather or not I would be interested in family medicine."
"What would someone who knows you say negative about you."
"What is the function of the Vpr gene in HIV? How many codons are there in HIV? (Don't freak out--this is related to my undergraduate research...apparently they had read over that part of my application very carefully! The question really took me by surprise!)"
"What would you consider to have been your greatest challenge? Also what to tell the commitie?"
"Nothing too tough. Standard fair. Fairly laid back."
"What qualities do you possess that make you the best candidate?"
"With only volunteering and shadowing as your clinical experience how can you feel you have enough experience in the field to become a doctor?"
" No difficult questions. I expected each and every one of them."
"None."
"Are you aware of the situation with HMO?"
"With so much research how can you be sure you would like to be a primary care physician?"
"none of the questions were difficult."
"none - all were very straightforward"
"Weaknesses"
"None were difficult."
"Why would I come to this school since I was already excepted to PCOM?"
"With so little clinical experience how do you know you really want to be a doctor."
"i cant think of one that was hard."
"nothing too difiicult. it was more like a conversation. not bad at all."
"What will be the hardest aspect of being a doctor?"
"How would you change the way doctor's treat patients?"
"NOne"
"Almost all questions were typical, could be found at/in any medical school interview questions site/list."
"The second part of that question was. "Last weekend I was the main speaker at a forum on that topic." That is when I got nervous because he was an expert."
"To be critical of doctors in my volunteer experience."
"If I saw myself taking time off to raise a family eventually."
"See Above"
"I was nailed with questions about my academic history; the interviewers had obviously read my file well."
"What is something you could change about yourself?"
"Nothing was difficult...there's no right or wrong answer as long as you have a reasonable solution in where you show compassion or initiative."
"Why DO? (which wasn't difficult, so you can see it was quit an easy interview)"
"What would you do if you were not accepted?"
"If you are so sure about wanting to do Osteopathic Medicine, why did you apply to so many MD schools?"
"If I was surprised about my MCAT score because I work as a writing tutor."
"All of them."
"What was your proudest moment in life? Tell me about yourself."
"What is the biggest challenge I'm going to have to overcome while studying medicine?"
"They asked why I had attained a certain score on the MCAT, this is something they really want a good answer for, so I felt very pressured to show them that the score did not define me one way or the other."
"I noticed your GPA in sophomore year dropped. Can you explain it?"
"No difficult questions. We were in more of a conversation and everything seemed to flow well. Nothing seemed too difficult."
"same as above"
"Where do you want to practice"
"Why are your chemistry scores lower than your other grades. Just be honest and be yourself. "
"Why should I see you as a doctor?"
"Basically, I was asked over and over again about the lowest score in my MCAT. i.e., why I got it, whether I should retake it and reapply next year. It was a stress interview."
"I'm a non-traditional student and they asked me why I never volunteered when I was pre-med 10 years ago. That one caught me off guard a bit."
"What specifically makes you think you can handle the rigors of medical school?"
"How big a role does academics and compassion play in family practice (not really a difficult question though...)"
"answered 30-50 i thought they would ask. Rehearsed the answers to top 10 i thought they would ask."
"Studied my application; studied Nova's website"
"Book called "The medical school interview: Secrets and a system for success""
"Practice interview with pre-professional office."
"Sdn, reading articles on ACA, reading my application, researching the school"
"Mock interviews at school"
"SDN interview feedback, informal mock interview"
"Read SDN, mock interviews,"
"Met with advisor and professor who taught at Nova."
"SDN forum and mock"
"Read my application, read interview questions"
"SDN, mock-interview, read the website"
"Interview feedback, reviewing school info."
"I thought about possible questions and tried to reflect on my experiences."
"SDN, pondered/talked about "answers" to most common questions, kept prep short and simple."
"Reading and re-reading my primary and secondary apps, SDN interview feedback, mock interview with advisor"
"SDN, talking with grads"
"SDN, Nova Southeastern YouTube"
"SDN, Nova "How to interview for medical school" videos on YouTube"
"SDN interview feedback questions, did a mock interview with my school's career services, and practiced questions with a friend who is also preparing for interviews."
"SDN, guide to osteopathic medicine, Nova Website, AACOM school guide, Nova newsletter, Nova magazine, Mock interviews"
"Interview feedback"
"Winged it"
"Mock interview, reading questions and thinking of good answers."
"SDN interview feedback, read over my personal statement and secondary, having some ideas (not answers) prepared for common questions."
"sdn, read up on healthcare, current events"
"I did two mock interviews at my undergrad."
"Researched school, SDN, practice interview."
"SDN, their website."
"review file, research school, SDN"
"Schools website, SDN"
"I read over the school facts, and looked over common interview questions. Nothing too major."
"I studied the questions that other applicants were asked on SDN"
"Prepared answers for suggested questions from a guide book."
"Read a little on manners."
"sdn interview feedback, "Medical school interview" by Jeremiah Fleenor"
"Looked at previous interview feedback, mock interviews, previous interviews at other schools, and the school's website."
"read SDN, I prepared some general answers but not too much as they made it clear that they were more interested in seeing your personality and how well rounded you were."
"Learn about the school on website, look at SDN, review application."
"Reviewed my primary and secondary apps, SDN, NSU website and handbook, http://www.youtube.com/user/drrobhasty"
"I looked at SDN interview feedback and did a mock interview at my school's career center"
"didn't"
"Student Doctor.net"
"SDN, review primary app."
"List of possible questions, Nova DVD, Practice Interviews"
"SDN, other interviews, read schools website & brochures, checked out campus the day before"
"SDN, Nova YouTube video and website, mock interview"
"SDN, Mock interviews"
"Mock interviews, SDN"
"Looked over SDN, Watched MNF and late night Kung Fu."
"1. Reviewed application, 2. Read SDN Interview Feedback, 3. Read school website and AACOMAS interview tips, 4. Practice interviews with myself, 5. Prepared suit, came to hotel early, slept early"
"SDN. Video that NOVA sent. RELAX PEOPLE!"
"SDN, stressful night before brainstorming a perfect answer to "Why Medicine"."
"Interview Feedback, Read over the school's website, Monday Night Footballlll!"
"Read SDN. Tried to sleep the night before."
"Looked at previous questions asked, read up on the current status of healthcare reform, and looked on the school website and their supplemental information they sent out."
"SDN, looked over app, talked to a couple of current students."
"SDN, "
"I looked over the school's website"
"SDN, NSU website"
"learned about the school & mock interviewed at my school"
"SDN, Nova Website, communicate with current students"
"Read SDN, cycled through typical interview questions from the internet, mock interview at my university, watched the NOVA "how to interview" movies, and got a long nights sleep the night before."
"Student doctor network The doctor I had shadowed School website"
"Read SDN, Read A.T. Still's autobiography, reviewed osteopathic principles, read and followed current events and shadowed"
"nothing"
"SDN, read over my primary/secondary applications. Had a mock interview with a friend. "
"SDN, reading through my application"
"Review my application. Read SDN interview feedback."
"SDN and application"
"Looked at the school's website"
"SDN and friends who've interviewed there."
"SDN, looked up hot topics in medicine, practiced questions with friends. "
"SDN, Nova forum, regular stuff"
"SDN, Read old apps, Write out answers to potential questions"
"SDN interview feedback, forums, made a list of possible questions and wrote out or at least mentally covered my responses, re-read applications."
"Read the interview feedback on SDN, read over my AACOMAS application and my secondary, and looked over issues in healthcare etc."
"SDN, research on Nova, reviewed primary app., reviewed past research projects, typed out questions and answers for myself"
"Read all the SDN questions and typed out answers to all of them. Looked at lots of online questions and rehearsed answers. Reviewed my ACOMAS application and looked for weaknesses."
"SDN, practice writing my thoughts down on paper, mock interview at my school.. my mom and dad ripped me a new one..and discuss with friends ..."
"SDN, Re-read Primary and Secondary Applications, NOVA website"
"SDN interview feedback and going over past mistakes in other interviews"
"Looked over app, prepared questions for for the interview ahead of time."
"Pretty much just SDN and googled typical med school interview questions."
"SDN, and read the website"
"SDN Interview reviews, reviewed my own essays and personal statement."
"A couple mock interviews with some doctors I work with, SDN forum for NSU, re-read my AACOMAS application & personal statement, SDN INTERVIEW FORUMS, thought about the major points I wanted to work into the interview and how to always get them in."
"SDN, wrote out my thoughts about previous questions I had been asked to get my thoughts organized."
"SDN interview feedback/NSU website"
"SDN feedback"
"SND feedback, school website, my own notes and interview questions/answers"
"SDN forums and feedback, read the schools info and relaxed"
"Reading this website and being self-aware"
"SDN, re-read my personal statement, and the schools website"
"school website, SDN"
"SDN, read through my files, this was my second interview...so having one under my belt made the 2nd one much easier."
"SDN, Monday Night Football"
"SDN feedback. "
"SDN, practice interview"
"AACOMAS application, SDN, school's website"
"sdn, my application and resume, school website"
"Prayer"
"watch MNF"
"SDN, Application, Monday Night Football-> Saints whooping on Patriots"
"sdn, nsu website."
"SDN, Nova website"
"SDN, Washington Universities Ethics website, reading about the school curriculum, reading my own AACOMAS and NSU application"
"SDN, review D.O. program information, review my application"
"SDN, NSU's website"
"student doctor, my file, career center, mock interviews, website review"
"SDN, my application, NSU website"
"reviewed my application package"
"school website, sdn, my application file"
"Read about OMM...make sure you know A.T Still is the father of Osteopathic Medicine!"
"Reviewed common questions, read NSUCOM catalogue."
"SDN Interview Feedback, reading other SDN posts, Read about a lot of bioethics, reviewed my resume, AACOMAS"
"SDN, Nova webstie."
"Read SDN Interview feedback. Read info provided by Nova."
"SDN, my applications, going over every inch of the school's DO program"
"SDN, Nova website and materials, AACOM"
"SDN, students, The DOs by Andy Gevitz, Premed Committee interview feedback"
"SDN, thought about my answers a lot, researched the school"
"SDN, reading up on the school, mock interviews"
"SDN, read secondary and AACOMAS"
"SDN, website, AACOMAS and secondary apps."
"Talk with friends, read SDN, NOVA website, rehearsed outloud my responses to questions while in the bathtub"
"sdn, website, review application"
"SDN interview feedback, reviewed AACOMAS and secondary applications, made notecards with answers to common questions as well as questions to ask, researched the school."
"I read everything about the school that I could find."
"My apps, school website, SDN."
"I used Student Doctor, practiced, talked to doctors and medical students, and read up about Nova."
"read my aacomas, sdn interview feedback, watched the NSU cd, and read their website"
"SDN, asked a current student"
"Going over SDN questions, reading about the school, reading school materials/news articles they sent me."
"SDN, school information packet"
"SDN interview feedback, interview packet materials, and AOA online info"
"SDN, Reading application, and info about school"
"Studying interview questions from SDN. One of them was asked verbatim."
"SDN, read over my primary and secondary applications, NSU-COM website, mock interview with family members"
"SDN, Mock interview, Nova Website and interview documents provided by the school."
"SDN, interview packet, info on internet"
"SDN, interviewee info packet, NSU website"
"SDN, M1 student feedback, read over my essays"
"read SDN and my application. This was my 4th interview, so I already had some practice."
"Everything: SDN, school website, Gevitz' ''The D.O.s''-a great read for those genuine interested in osteopathic medicine."
"Sample questions, review of information about the school. "
"Mock interviews, SDN, Research history of osteopathic profession, other interviews."
"Studentdoctor.net, school website and materials"
"I looked over their interview packet which contained marketing materials and their newsletter."
"SDN, Nova's website"
"SDN, nova interview packet, and nova website."
"Read over SDN, my ACOMMAS, my secondary, Nova's website, and about DO. Looked at types of interview questions and brainstormed about them."
"SDN, interview packet, NOVA website."
"Read The DO's, SDN, mock interview"
"SDN, read over application, read interview packet, checked Nova southeastern website"
"student doctor network, research on the school, mock interview"
"website, my file"
"Read SDN, talked to alumni and current students of NSU, read over my AACOMAS and my secondary application, and read up on the history of Osteopathic medicine."
"SDN, Nova website/materials, Gevitz's The D.O.'s, other interview help sites"
"SDN interview feedback, somewhat preparing answers for the questions: "
"SDN, reread applications, mock interviews at current U"
"SDN, read Gevitz again, prepared answers for standard questions "
"Researched the history of osteopathic medicine, spoke to individuals that had been through this process before, sdn"
"reviewed SDN, school website and materials, aamcom.org material on osteopathic medicine."
"I used Student Doctor Network, read a lot on their website, and wrote out my answers to commonly asked questions to cement them in my mind."
"SDN, Mock interviews with teachers, student workshop for interviewing tips, friends, school websites and "Iserson's Getting Into A Residency" - it's still applicable for pre-meds!"
"SDN, primary and secondry apps, mock interview, school website"
"SDN, NSU's website and pamphlet."
"SDN, mocks, read up on history and ideals of osteo medicine, school's mission ans history, my application, etc..."
"Read the information the school sent me and looked at the website. Also a practice interview."
"Read school catalog, SDN, my applications, and info on Osteopathic medicine."
"Student Doctor Network, personal statement, researched osteopathic medicine"
"Nova website, SDN"
"SDN and practice, practice, practice!"
"Read up on the school and looked over the main principles of Ostepathic Medicine"
"website, SDN, read secondary"
"website"
"nova webiste, sdn"
"sdn, re-read my application"
"SDN, mock interview, looked over secondary and primary "
"read my application, secondary, as well as SDN"
"SDN, Nova web site, reviewed my applications (1st and 2nd)"
"SDN, school's website, AOA documents, read books on osteopathic medicine"
"sdn, website"
"SDN, read over my application and school's pamphlets"
"SDN, mock interview"
"studentdoctor.net, school website"
"Watched T.V. in my hotel and ironed my shirt."
"SDN, read over my application, "
"sdn, school web site,osteopathic med student blogs"
"Read SDN, mock interview, read applications, read a book on applying to medical school."
"read SDN, mock interview, read applications, read books on osteopathic med."
"Looked at their website and reviewed information about osteopathic medicine."
"SDN, secondary, website, friends in the program"
"Read Nova's website and SDN! "
"SDN, spoke to alumni"
"SDN, school packet, went over app., read up on ethical issues"
"Read apps., SDN, NSU website."
"Read Nova's website, thier interview packet, and all about Osteopathic Medicine."
"read SDN interview feedback, read all the NSU info they sent me, checked out their website."
"SDN, read my application, school's website, mock interview"
"SDN, looked over my app, looked at school webpage "
"SDN, read over application and schools info and website"
"Read website, talk to NSU students, SDN"
"Read about school, reviewed my application, read SDN."
"I read this website, looked over my application, and most importantly I was confident."
"SDN and a good glass of scotch the night before."
"Reviewed interview packet materials, AACOMAS, Supplemental app, Mock Interview"
"interview feedback and school website"
"read sdn, read the packet they sent me, stared at a point in my room pretending it was the interviewers eyes while going thru the answers and body gestures"
"Nothing. Just was myself."
"Read SDN and school info packet."
"Mock interviews, this web site, review application and personal statement"
"Read SDN Interview feedback, Read the info the school sent me, Relaxed."
"SDN, Interview packet, website"
"SDN, and nova website and info packet"
"School packet and web-site"
"SDN, School packet, students, other basic Med. school books (PR)."
"SDN, SCHOOL PACKET"
"SDN, Advice from friends, school web site, science section of the NY times, wrote out possible answers to questions, practice, practice, practice"
"This website, mock interview with a friend, looked over my app. "
"Read a lot about the school and read SDN."
"this site"
"I just relaxed and let my personality show. Surprisingly, most of the questions came out of my file. I looked over SDN, but it did not really help this time."
"sdn. It helped a lot. I got accepted!!!"
"Read SDN, prepared and practiced answers to the common questions, relaxed."
"SDN, reading brochures, talking to students"
"Read over my application, read the SDN page of feedback(very important) and did a few practice interviews."
"Went over the general questions all medical schools ask"
"Read interview feedback here, read over website."
"sdn, read over my application"
"SDN, school website"
"student doctor, school literature, reviewed application"
"SDN interview feedback"
"SDN, website, packet"
"sdn, nova website, read packet they sent me"
"School brochures, internet sites"
"Talked to students at NOVA"
"sdn, website, literature sent by the school"
"SDN, the schools website, literature sent through the mail"
"SDN, NSUCOM website"
"SDN, re-read my application essays, NSU website"
"Visited this website, talked with Nova Southeastern students, read pamplets and catalogs on the school"
"this website, all of the material mailed to me from NSU, looked over NSU website, did a mock interview with my pre-med committee"
"Enjoyed the South Florida nightlife (along Ft. Lauderdale beach), read posts like these, browsed their website, and asked many questions of the tourguides prior to my interview (Why did you come here? Tell me what the first year was like? etc.)"
"app/this website"
"read SDN, read the info packet they sent, prepared answers to basic interview questions that reocurred, reread my aacomas app"
"SDN. Also, I prepared answers to questions that past students had posted on SDN. "
"Read the NSU website, print materials, and SDN."
"Read information package and SDN of course. "
"looking over this website"
"Read feedback posted on this site, read about Osteopathy, and shadow a physician."
"SDN and the materials NSU sends out. They are very professional in their publications."
"I read these posts and looked up any information I could find about the school."
"Researched the school to discover why I'd want to go there, talked to students, SDN, reviewed application and made up possible questions and replies."
"Read SDN and all the paperwork they send with your invite. "
"This website"
"I visited the schools website as well as other interview tip sites and prepared some questions that I would ask them."
"This website and read about their school! They are not research based, so dont go there - they are community service based."
"SDN, read the large amount of material they sent, website"
"I reviewed SDN and the information that was sent with the interview packet. I also reviewed a copy of my supplemental application."
"SDN, and NSU website. They send you plenty of info on the school before your interview."
"I read SDN, online sites, mock interviews with physicians"
"I read over the copy of the supplemental application that I had submitted."
"SDN, 1st, 2nd, went over past interview questions I had been asked, school website...."
"Read SDN network. Read about the school, individual faculty interest and research. Collected all the question and prepared a book to study."
"I read Student Doctor Network interview experiences, read up on the history of Osteopathic medicine. I also practiced interview questions which I thought would be asked."
"SDN., application, other interviews"
"SDN, students."
"SDN. Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. School website doesn't have a ton of info, but stuff that comes with your secondary app is ample. Call school for a brochure/add'l info."
"SDN, the normal route"
"this site, practice answer questions for friends"
"The usual... student doctor, mock interviews, web-site"
"Spoke with as many students at the campus as possible. Spoke with friends going through the same process"
"Read about the school online."
"Visited the school website and talked to alumnus."
"This website, school's website"
"Student doctor network, information package, talking with medical students there."
"SDN, interview feedback, perviously interviews, mock interviews. Go in be yourself."
"I talked to friends about the school, read SDN, looked at school pahmphlets"
"SDN, spoke to a few students from SOMA (on the pink sheet they mail you when invited for an interview)"
"I studied this website. I wrote answers to typical questions. I practiced those answers. I did mock interviews. I called current students at NSU."
"SDN, know the NSU mission statement. Be familiar with the school's community service, diversity, and facilities. Do not refer to school as Nova, call it NSU!"
" Read SDN, school's website, talked to students about the school."
"Since this was my second interview, I thought about things that I should have said in my first one. I prepared answers discussing weaknesses and strengths, and examples of each. I read these interview experiences on SDN, and read NSUCOM's website."
"Review my application, and this website."
"read SDN"
"Mock interviews and SDN"
"Visited website and SDN."
"SDN"
"SDN all the way..."
"Read over school brochure, internet site, SDN, application"
"Read about the school, read experiences on SDN, Kaplan sample questions."
"printed all these past interviews and typed out all the pertinent questions and practice practice practice!"
"this website, school's website, talking to professor and alumni of school"
"this website, read all of the information that Nova gave me, read over my application, relaxed the night before and got a good night's sleep :)"
"This website, my secondary application and the NOVA website"
"Read about the school on the net"
"This site (I collected all the questions that were posted on this website and wrote my answers to those questions and then got them checked by my professor), internet, Pre-med/NSU-COM interview packet from Nova. Know yourself, know DO and know your reasons for applying to Nova."
"Reread my application and essays"
"Here"
"Read Gevitz book, talked to Nova students"
"School's website, viewbook, reviewed my app"
"Read SDN, had a batch of interview questions."
"I read this website"
"SDN, friends who attend Nova, the school website, a CD rom about the school that a friend of mine gave me."
"Read about NOVA, Read my application...and enjoy the florida weather and scenes."
"This website, their webpage, mock interviews, and lots of going over questions in my head."
"SDN, Studied the school history and programs, Studied my application."
"Visited this website, just read up on Nova on these forums. Come up with some questions to ask as well."
"Talking to people, SDN, Nova's website."
"Read this board."
"interview feedback, friends, school website"
"Read a book on Osteopathic Medicine, visited NOVA's website, read reviews on studentdoctor.net."
"Reviewed NOVA's mission statement as well as who founded osteopathic medicine."
"Studentdoctor.net and mock interview. "
"I read their website and also read studentdoctor reviews."
"read personal statements, and research about the school"
"Mock interviews"
"I read the Student doctor network and read a book called "sweaty palms" about interviewing."
"Look at pre-med advisor's handbook of questions and spoke to friends who told me what to expect and what questions they had at their interviews."
"Posted tips from SDNers who interviewed there. Read up on osteopathy. "
"NSU's website. Read a book about osteopathic medicine. Discussed NSU with a graduate from there."
"Mock Interviews with family & friends. Used Interviewfeedback.com. Read SDN message boards."
"this site, friends who had gone to interview and who had been accepted prior to my interview"
"Amazing staff and students, cool technology spec, focus on diversity of students and patients, changing the circular towards integrated exams. Studies have show integrated exams increase long term memory retention. (I think it will be really interesting to see the board scores of students that switched to the integrated exam model.)"
"Very nice campus. Lots of amenities."
"Resources, relationship between students and admissions"
"The Dean is amazing and the atmosphere of the school"
"The friendliness of the admissions staff"
"The tour"
"Chill people"
"Clinical Rotation, Societies (Class is broken up in groups so it doesn't feel as huge)"
"They were very friendly and inviting."
"campus"
"Very supportive attitude, friendly, wants you to succeed, wants to make sure it's a good fit for you and for them"
"The amount of resources and all of the other health professions programs"
"the campus, the dean, everyone was so friendly"
"Facilities are GORGEOUS. Very friendly admissions staff. This was my first interview, so I was really nervous, but everyone made me feel at ease. I also really enjoyed the group of interviewees I was with."
"The admissions staff and the interviewers had genuine desire to make you feel comfortable and allow you to shine"
"A lot, the facilities (undergrad and grad), the dean, everyone seemed positive and happy. Very diverse with some interesting focuses. Really friendly staff."
"The modern-ness of the facilities, especially the sim lab and mannequins"
"Simulation lab, chat with the dean"
"Students are not in competition with each other. They share notes and study aids."
"Amenities, being the opportunity to use simulation lab"
"Years 3 and 4, great rotation sites and associated residencies. Also I love the OPP fellowship and scholarship associated with it."
"Non-competitive environment, high-tech facilities, beautiful campus, friendly staff, simulation lab experience, and great tour. They really tried to sell themselves."
"Everything! The students, facilities, rotation sites and curriculum."
"Opportunity to use sim lab/sim patients"
"The students at the school were very friendly and seemed very happy. The simulation lab was awesome and the facilities at the school (gym, library, residence halls) are VERY impressive."
"That my interviewer was very concerned with making sure I was a good fit for the school, and that the school was a good fit for me. At the end of the interview he expressed that I had done a good job, but that I should choose a school that I felt most comfortable with."
"The interviewer was very calm and relaxed and had no intentions of making me nervous."
"How friendly and cheerful the interviewer was."
"Beautiful facilities, friendly students."
"The faculty is truly dedicated to the educational experience of the students and had the most genuine and well rounded students."
"My interviewer gave me instant feedback about my interview and the school was super clean/great location. We also met with Dean Silvagni who is one of the most wonderful people I have ever met in my life!!!!!"
"84 degrees in november. facilities are top of the line. students work together. dean is very funny,"
"Enthusiasm of students; facilities"
"location, break the class into academic societies, not just a medical school on campus"
"The tour, rotation sites, COMLEX Step 1 pass rates, MPH program, location, campus, facilities and staff."
"The dean is spectacular, the professors LOVE the school and care about student success, and the students have a sense of comradery I didn't see anywhere else."
"Location, and definitely the campus and exercise facilities. The most impressive part of the experience was the dean and being able to hear about his passion for people and medicine, he seemed like an incredible man to be around."
"Friendliness of staff and students. Extremely well kept, new, clean campus."
"The campus and med school had very nice facilities and lots of residency programs associated with the school."
"solid rotation sites, awesome weather, research/omm scholarship, diversity on campus!!!"
"Everything! Facilities were large, beautiful, and you can drink coffee anywhere! Lots of different health students around, the Nova campus is great, diverse student body, there are a bazillion programs to go abroad, do research (if you get that fellowship, your last 2 years of school are FREE), much more. Oh yes, the Dean is great, and his philosophy is coming out through the school, and it's awesome as well."
"Everything about the school, specifically the Dean and his vision for the school along with many of the scholarship opportunities."
"The friendly student body and a foul mouthed professor!"
"Strong curriculum with access to Kaplan board review, IGC (interdisciplinary generalist curriculum) preceptorship program, student diversity, early clinical experience, emphasis on primary care and community service, tons of resources for service-learning in underserved areas (rural, urban, international), dual D.O./M.P.H. degree, big campus, interdisciplinary, meeting the dean"
"The kindness of the faculty and how supportive they are, as well as the student support built into the curriculum. Students were all happy. Early clinical experience and lots of technology."
"the location was amazing as is the clinical experience. From what I heard from the current students, clinical experience starts from the 2nd week of class with a preceptor. Also you rotate through Jackson Memorial which is a level 1 trauma center."
"The facilities are second to none!!"
"Great school with friendly, down-to-earth staff."
"Facilities, Positive attitude of the students, Dean"
"The interview day worked well to sell the program. The student guides seemed very enthusiastic and helpful. The beautiful buildings across the campus."
"I liked the school. The campus and facilities were very nice. The people were also great, except for one of my interviewers.. haha."
"Location, campus, dean's mustache "
"School facilities were new, campus was very nice, low crime rate, enthusiasm of the study body, everyone seemed pretty happy"
"The facilities and the Deans."
"The campus was beautiful and buildings look new. Gym, parking, unlimited printing, and Kaplan review are all included in tuition. Housing is about $600-$1000/month."
"Impressive campus with all the benefits of a large university, established clinical rotation sites. Students seemed generally content."
"Facilities were impressive. Students seemed very happy. Dean's mustache equally impressive. Dean is really cool guy."
"People, campus, facilities, dean, weather, and location."
"They were extremely friendly and were able to answer any questions I had :-)"
"The campus is beautiful and the area is nice (even if Florida is mostly a swamp). The programs seem solid, and the students seem very, very happy. Having all of the students in various programs together (but separated by their color-coded scrubs) seemed like it worked pretty well and made for a great, high-energy environment. The OMM fellowship sounds awesome (same for the research fellowship, if you're interested in that). Also, the cookies were fantastic."
"They have a OMM fellowship whree you practice for a year in a clinical setting in between the second and third years of school. You also help teach the M1 and M2 OMM classes"
"EVERYTHING! Gorgeous campus, friendly students, the Dean is SO SO awesome! After his talk, I was thinking "PLEASE accept me!""
"felt like the school really wants their students to succeed and is very dedicated to them"
"The campus is new and immaculate. Florida is awesome."
"school, overall vibe"
"everyone was very friendly. the area, campus, and facilities were all beautiful & well taken care of. intriguing programs. "
"Pretty much everything. The school's facilities are absolutely amazing, as is the entire campus. All of the students seemed to be in a very good mood. The dean, Dr. Silvagni, is absolutely amazing and gave the best speech about a doctor's duty and role in society I have ever heard. Also, Nova has a very structured and well planned out review to help prepare students for the COMLEX. Also, no issues setting up 3rd year rotations, as the school is affiliated with all 13 of the core sites and they are set up for you, even though you may not get your first choice it is usually in your top 3."
"students at NSU are given patient contact within the first few weeks of classes. the profs are all readily avalible for students outside of class. solid curriculum"
"The campus and the friendliness of everyone"
""Harvey" the cardiac simulator, the nice building, the people were friendly"
"university is great, students are happy"
"Beautiful campus. Very new/modern facilities. The people I saw there seemed happy. The few D.O. students I talked to were really involved and happy to be there. The staff is really welcoming. They are thinking about adding medical mission trips to the curriculum in the next few years."
"How positive everyone was, especially the students; the school really goes out of their way to show that they help their students to succeed; everyone was really nice and the facilities are amazing"
"The school seems to work with students to help them succeed. They are willing to give students second chances. The students involved with the admissions process were pleasant and open about their experiences."
"The energy from the interviewers, they all gave positive feedback. "
"Amazing campus, everybody there is super friendly and helpful, students seem to really like the school"
"During the lunch the Dean came and talked to us asked us if we had any questions. "
"The dean took the time to talk to us tell us his story and a little bit about the school. He answered our questions and got to know us more during the lunch."
"School campus is absolutely beautiful. The students were happy with the school. "
"Everything..honestly, the interview day really solidified Nova as my top choice"
"The school is AMAZING, they seem to have all their bases covered, and they really seem to care about their students. The facilities are gorgeous, really a great place overall"
"Very friendly and congenial interviewers, friendly admissions staff, BEAUTIFUL campus and facilities (the gym and library are MINT), free lunch, the Vice Dean was pretty cool, overall good vibe to the school."
"My interviewers were very friendly and not at all trying to trip me up with difficult questions. They didn't try to grill me on any aspects of my CV or application. Also, the school was really nice and the students seemed happy with their school."
"The dean's personal interest in each student as well as his inspiring speech, the gorgeous grounds, the honest and well-informed students, the beautiful conference room"
"They said (& I believed) that they were there to advocate on my behalf with the entrance committee, and to approach all questions with the mindset of helping my advocates to make the best possible case for me. That tone helped steer the interview, make it less stressful and more candid...."
"How the philosophy of teaching medicine is presented in the curriculum, and the importance of communication between the patient and physician...also the attitude of the entire school was so uplifting and welcoming it was very refreshing...would definitely love to be a part of.."
"Students positive opinions of the program, Faculty friendliness, Facilities, Study Abroad and Rural Rotation opportunities"
"the school in general the students seemed happy they are excited about the opportunities they have and the dean is very open to students and aware of what the students need"
"The Dean ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Everything. I love the school. It is my new #1. Especially the Dean's mustache."
"Awesome campus, buildings, gym and library are really nice, nice staff, open door policy."
"The conversational style of the interviewers and laid-back atmosphere of the interview. Awesome facilities and university-wide gym. There are groups/clubs for anything in which you could be interested. One interviewer provided me with a scholarship contact for rural medicine."
"Everything. I absolutely loved the school! Everything is brand new, gorgeous new gym and pools, perfect weather, close to Miami, West Palm, and the beach, students very positive, free MPH combined program that you can work into your schedule over the years you're there, lots of places for rotations, Nova's outstanding reputation in South Florida for turning out great doctors, Medical mission trips to Peru, Ecuador, and other places in South/Central America, there were a lot of really cool people interviewing with me (attracts a good group of people to the school), surrounded by other health professionals from the other schools (dental, pharmacy, nursing, optometry) so there's tons of people around you to meet. This school is great :)"
"How laid back and friendly the interviewers were."
"Outstanding facilities, great curriculum, 95% first time pass rate for COMPLEX, supportive environment, great weather and location."
"Students seem to have a high success rate, good rotations, residencies. The Dean is really cool."
"The school's facilities were excellent, the campus environment and the overall environment of the south FL area was phenomenal. The weather is absolutely awesome (but a little humid). The school offers a free MPH program, also they a pre-doctoral fellowship research opportunity in which if accepted, you get your 3rd and 4th years free. The school offers a large list of speicalty rotation selections and residency placement choices, which is great. The faculty and staff were multicultural and are friendly and nice, so were the students."
"it's a big school with a lot to do, really nice facilities and the students seemed really happy. we got to eat lunch with four M2's and they told us everything we wanted to know about NSU, best part of the day. oh and the deans mustache is awesome as well."
"the facilities are quite nice, the weather was beautiful. the students were all very genuinely happy at NSU."
"the campus and the facilities are amazing, very high tech. everyone was friendly"
"Growing campus, numerous healthcare degrees offered on campus, international healthcare trip opportunities, all classes are on video to review later, great gym, big library"
"Huge Campus. Looks nice. Close to the beach. Great weather."
"nice facilities, cookies and iced tea offered during interview"
"The campus. It's huge and the facilities are amazing. The students were very enthusiastic."
"The facilities and how nice the students and faculty really were. I like the new curriculum they have developed and the societies they break the students up into when they enter the school."
"The campus and friendliness of the staff and students. Everyone was real nice."
"the facilities and labs are beautiful and brand new, the faculty really seems to care about how their students are doing, students also really seem to all get along and help each other out--every one of them even though the school is so large"
"the school was like a real school, not just one building, the campus is amazing and they are growing and investing in the future"
"(1)Their opportunities for outreach to those in severe need of medical services. (2) The friendliness of everyone, including the interviewers. (3) Free MPH that can be earned concurrently in four years"
"The students were friendly and enthusiastic. Facilities are large and relatively new."
"The campus is amazing, great location, so much to do, students seems really nice"
"Campus, Gym, Dean's Mustache"
"i was amazed by how close the students were to each other. the entire time we were there they all were laughing and having a good time, seemed like most people knew each other (if not all). there's a decent amount of personal interaction b/w students of different professions (i.e. med, dent, pa, pod etc)"
"The facilities are amazing, the school produces well trained residents, allows a good amount of time for board study, offers a free dual MPH degree as well as a year long research and OMM fellowship"
"The campus, facilities and enthusiasm from the students. "
"Facilities, Admin Dept, Dean"
"how close the students were and willingness to help each other."
"Everything from the students who were so excited to be there to the new facilities to the faculty who are dedicated to teaching students."
"really nice campus, weather, facilities, students were very enthusiastic, laid back and knowlegable"
"The facilities are top notch. People seem nice. Very diverse people in the community. A big school. Close to airport. "
"The campus is beautiful in a nice location with nearby restaurants. The gym is the best I've ever seen. I liked the fact that multiple health professional students were on campus."
"the campus was amazing!!!"
"Facilities are top notch, the dean is a wonderful and inspiring individual."
"The facilities and campus are amazing. The admissions staff was friendly and easy going. The students appeared happy to be there and seemed honest about their experiences with the school. The dean met with us for approx. an hour and was very positive and inspiring."
"The facilities are topnotch. They also have a simulator patient called Harvey that responds to different treatments that students practice - very cool. The students who gave the tour were very enthusiastic and supportive"
"The OMM fellowship in the 3rd year will pay for your 4th and 5th year"
"Campus is wonderful and south Florida is great. The students all seemed very enthusiastic. The Dean was a real character. The 3rd & 4th year rotations seemed really well organized. "
"Great facilities, nice students, I like the uniforms"
"The school and classes seem wonderful, as do the professors (at least the ones I interviewed with)."
"students, upkeep of the school, the facilities, the location"
"Amazing facilities, especially the fitness center, enthusiastic students, the dean was also very inspiring."
"The student cohesiveness, the facilities were nice, the gym facilities are awesome, of course FL is beautiful."
"The facility and how the students genuinely help each other out. There wasn't that cut throat feeling that I expected between med students"
"The facilities, students, faculty. Everyone seemed really excited. The general feel of the community."
"The facilities are gorgeous. Also the dress code is easy -- just scrubs each day, which not all M2 follow anyways. Also, students said (which I can believe) that wearing scrubs is a good idea but it makes them feel professional."
"The school is in a beautiful location, and the facilities are great. Since it is connected to the undergrad the gym and library are huge. The Miami Dolphins also practice right next to the school."
"Great facilities! Everyone was so nice and the faculty really seemed to care about the students."
"The campus was very nice and the support services seemed awesome."
"EVERYTHING. Seriously, this school is wonderful: 103 acre beautiful campus, new facilities, 24K grad students, ton of affiliated core facilities for rotation, really friendly students and staff, and sunny weather1"
"It was not my first time on campus. So..nothing, really."
"All the new facilites and research"
"the staff, the facility and the curriculum"
"Facilities and campus are great. The interview was very relaxed and informal."
"The facilities are awesome."
"clinical rotation sites in FL, happy students, great facilities and campus, free MPH program for DO students"
"The campus, the people we met assocaited with the program (Staff, Faculty, Students), and the facilities for the students. The attitude of the interviews was very light, one said '' we are your voice to the adcom, so be honest and let us present you as best as we can to them'' "
"The campus is BEAUTIFUL... the weather in AMAZING... the Dean of the school is a STUD..."
"The new Gym, and the HUGE library. "
"The facilities and enthusiasm of the faculty and students. Most of all, as others have saide, THE DEAN sat and talked with us for at least an hour, and it was one of the most inspirational medical talks I've ever heard. Very impressive. "
"The facilities are brand new and beautiful. All of the students and faculty seemed extremely happy with where they were and very enthusiastic about learning/teaching. The interviewers were very laid back and had great personalities."
"The beautiful facilities, the friendly faculty, staff and students, and the growth of the school. "
"Students were REALLY happy they chose Nova, facilities are all new, atmosphere is really great, and the Dean came and talked to us."
"new, clean facilities everyone was very nice and enthusiastic "
"The facilities were amazing. Everything is really high-tech and very clean. The gym is super nice."
"facilities and campus are beautiful! medical students get lots of opportunities to get involved in the community and lots of early clinical exposure"
"Everything but especially Dean Silvagni who reinforced what a privilege it is to be a physician."
"the tropical climate"
"Campus is beautiful and the facilities are very impressive."
"Pretty much everything, I knew the school was good but I didn't know it would be that good! facilities are great, campus is beautiful and everyone was supper nice!"
"The campus was amazing, the admissions people were nice, the dean was very cool and his speech to the 12 of us was inspiring. Ft Lauderdale is beautiful"
"Facilities are nice and students seem chill. All the students being interviewed were great."
"the campus, the students"
"Everything! Great facilities, pretty good rotations, students are super! and campus is beautiful."
"The facilites and how nice and happy the students and staff were. The programs and opportunites Nova has to offer."
"Everything!!!Facilities, ammenities, beautiful campus with the most georgeous library i have ever seen and the largest, most advanced recreational center of any school, area, students and program and the different projects you can do like fellowships and MPH."
"facilities are top notch"
"The campus, the coursework, faculty, people were friendly and enthusiastic."
"the facilities were great and the med students themselves were extremely friendly to us"
"The facilities, the diversity at NSU, & the dean"
"Curriculum, Facilities, Special Programs such as fellowships"
"the student giving the tour, she was very enthusiastic and personable. she was wearing flip flops even though I knew for a fact the school had a dress code. the OPP fellow giving us a speech about OMM during our lunch, he was very fired up and made me feel very excited about learning OMM if admitted in a D.O. program. the facilities seemed top notch and very modern. the dean was very informative and seemed like a good person to know and to receive advice from. his speech about medicine at the end of the day made me want to be admitted in medical school very bad, thank god I was."
"Just about everything- the facilities are not just top notch- they're impecable. The admissions staff were polite and knowledgable. Overall, the experience was great. Did I mention the Dean- awesome. "
"Facilities, campus, library, curriculum, friendly students, new University Center, the dean's moustache, and the amount of opportunities available"
"All the different opportunities offered by NOVA and their family-friend environment"
"Anatomy Labs"
"The students seemed enthusiastic and the atmosphere seemed very non-competetive"
"The facilities are beautiful and the faculty seem to stress a non-cutthroat environment."
"How wonderful it was talking to the students. They were very willing to talk to you about the entire process they went through. There is bond with the class and you learn along with other health professionals (dental, pharm), so it's more of a medical mecca. "
"Nice facilities- the anatomy lab, the library, the overall campus; students seemed very enthusiastic"
"1)The campus is absolutely beautiful. This ranks as one of the most impressive campuses I have ever visited. 2) The weather 3)the dynamic nature of the curriculum (ex/ The Center for Education and Research in Bioterrorism and Weapons of Mass Destruction shows how innovative NSU-COM is in preparing its students to deal with serious issues and concerns afflicting us today and in the future.)4)non-competitive learning atmosphere 5) students do dissection 6) technology and facilities 7) the library "
"The weather, the Dean's mustache"
"The beautiful weather! Also, the campus was really nice."
"Facilities, people, academics. "
"The dean was one of the most encouraging people I have ever met."
"The Dean spent an hour talking with us about Nova and about becoming a physician. He was very inspiring and I definitely left with a positive impression of the school."
"Everything. The facilities were all state of the art and the students seemed to really enjoy being there. There was a sense of community in that students helped each other out and it didn't seem so cut throat/competitive"
"The teaching equipment and the school's commitment to the community. The school really seemed to be a family"
"Everything was great, from the students to the brand new facilities!"
"campus was nice, everything was new, students were enthusasitic, professors were very nice. "
"the facilities and the awards nova got in beating all the east coast med schools"
"beautiful campus, very nice students in for the free lunch, great friendly interviewers! gorgeous library"
"nice looking facilities, friendly profs, students are real into the school. Very nice dean...awesome mustache."
"the facilities are very modern, and the school is growing rapidly. "
"Honest and relaxed students (They were really up front in giving us the pros and cons). Their new mascot (the sharks) makes me think of the movie 50 first dates "Sharks, they only bit when you touch their private parts.""
"The staff and faculty were extremely warm and receptive. All of the students were friendly and they looked happy and healthy. The facilities are new and state of the art (Harvey), the classrooms are beautiful and well-lit, and the labs are very nice and clean. "
"The attitudes of the faculty were welcoming and encouraging."
"high-tech facilities, friendly faculty and staff, expansion (new recreation building & future hospital). "
"The campus is awesome. The tour student was friendly and honest. The Dean rocks. His speech and personal life was unique. There is a humanitarian program for students to participate in the summer."
"That the Miami Dolphins practice here, and the school provides opportunities to work with the team if interested in sports medicine. The facilities, curriculum, and opportunites the school provides are all very impressive."
"The Dean's Mustache!! I went not knowing what to expect and came out thoroughly impressed. I can see how some other feedback posts talked about bad-cop roles of the intervewiers but I geniunely feel they were making sure I was qualified to attend medical school. I don't think they have assigned roles. And yes some are more laid back than others. They interview in groups so you may sit before 2 or 3 interviewers. The school is modern, high-tech, and doesn't seem like the pressure cooker some other schools become. Very good clinical affiliations and opportunities. Oh yeah those who interviewed with me were cool, so thanks for making the day easier."
"the school is beautiful and very high tech."
"atmosphere of the school was a positive one"
"Everyone was extremely nice and seemed to be enjoying themselves. The campus was really state of the art."
"The students seemed to enjoy the school and were a cohesive group. The faculty wants to help their students. "
"The facilities are beautiful and they are very high-tec."
"the facilities are awsome and the atmosphere is very professional but family like as well, it is wierd in a good way, you have to experience it yourself."
"The faculty is amazing! A dean actually allowed two students to spend the night at his house, because their hotel cancelled their reservations. "
"The school is beautiful!! Everyone was friendly, including the other interviewees, Dean is very well rounded, great reputation, lots of students, my tourguide was the best ever (Dan u rock), the students seemed very happy, clinical experience from day 1"
"modern facility"
"The large size of the campus. Large enough to grow(possible putting a hospital on campus). They are building an incredible student center. Very nice and new library. School looks very nice overall. Very reasonable price. "
"Nova's facilities are very modern and spacious."
"The facilities were top-notch and the students seemed upbeat and down to earth- no one seemed terribly stressed out or unhappy. "
"location and facility"
"The location"
"The facilities and Harvey, the cardiology dummy."
"The students and admission staff were really nice and welcoming."
"Beautiful campus, fantastic facilities, program seems very strong."
"The students all seem to work together to get through medical school; it wasn't a cut-throat environment."
"The school seems to have fantastic facilities and the new recreation building will be incredible. The library was also impressive. Can't complain about living in South Florida either. Their is also good opportunities for clinical "missions" in exotic South American villages and the rural Florida clinicals would also bring good experience."
"New facilities and beautiful campus. Board exam prep. Students are active in the community and spend time in other countries on humanitarian missions."
"THE FACILITIES are very impressive"
"the facilities, faculty, students, pretty much everything. nice to have everything in one building"
"The facilities are awesome! The anatomy labs, lecture halls, libraries are all new and state-of-the-art. "
"The Dean is awesome. The facilities are really nice and the students seemed really happy."
"The facilities are amazing and the faculty seems more than competent. The Dean is a very impressive man."
"The facilities were amazing...very bright and clean. The students seemed happy to be there. The dean of the school is an awesome guy! He gave a great message at the end of the day."
"All the classes are in one building. The students seem happy and are very honest about their opinions and experience at NSU"
"the campus and the people"
"The campus is amazing, the dean is incredible, and all of the facilities are top-notch."
"The facilities were fantastic. I would challenge anybody to find better facilities anywhere (MD or DO). It was a great campus with a nice faculty (the dean was wonderful and motivating) Did I mention the place was nice? Dolphin training camp. Other interviewees. They were great and made the day a little better. Good luck guys."
"Location, Staff, students seemed very positive about school."
"Location and facilities"
"The staff's good nature. It seems really important to them that there is a cooperative atmosphere at the school. "
"Great campus, weather, location..close to airport, south beach, miami, clinical experince in first year."
"Facility is great."
"Great facilities and the students were very friendly and helpful. The atmosphere in Ft. Lauderdale was nice, sunny weather and nice student environment."
"Nothing at all. "
"the campus "
"Outstanding reputation, superb facilities, great location, unbelievable campus, resources galore, tons of outreach programs, nicely mixed curriculum (PBL, lecture, standard patient, and computer based)... well established medical school that is headed to even bigger and better things (building new campus hospital, seems receptive to making changes based on student desires). The dean (man with moustache) was amazing, what a guy. Knowing that he was in charge of the program is reassuring. P.S. The Miami Dolphins practice on campus, very cool. "
"the campus and its available resources. The Dean (the guy with the huge mustache) is wonderful."
"Friendliness of students and faculty, atmosphere of NSU. The campus is really high tech, and the surrounding area is beautiful."
"the school's technology, the administration/faculty and their cooperativeness, the campus"
"The academic structure of the program is well laid out. Nova gives you the freedom to do your fourth year rotations anywhere you want. The faculty and students are very friendly and the day was well structured. Plus, the food at lunch was amazing. As of December 10th, it was 80 degrees outside and the sun was shining."
"Cleanliness, student and teacher enthusiasm, well planned curriculum"
"Everyone was so friendly and willing to help! We had students constantly dropping by the lounge we were in just to see if they could help."
"energy of the school, curriculum, clinical opportunities"
"Huge number of resources, proximity to cities, Miami Dolphins training facility"
"the facilities are beautiful, the students seemed friendly, medical mission program, the amount of encouragement that students get to pursue interests in medicine, masters in public health oppurtunity and the dean is fantastic and anything beats no living in an area that averages 200 inches of snow!"
"Facility, beautiful campus, cutting-edge technology, the awesome DEAN!"
"The facilities are amazing. If you are a high tech kinda person, NSU is for you. Their boards pass rate, residency matches are excellent. "
"facilities are great, students seemed to genuinely like being there, dean was very friendly"
"The campus is beautiful and the facilities look excellent. The students were very friendly and welcoming. The dean is great and the lunch was good too:)"
"The facilities, the dean, and the commitment to holistic medicine"
"The whole Health Professions Department is basically one huge building, which is a big plus in South Florida, since you never have to leave air conditioning."
"the gorgeous facilities, the friendly students and administrators, the high level of technology on campus, the school had a very campusy feel to it, which i really liked"
"The school is awesome, MPH is free, Fort Lauderdale is beautiful. Students were cool, and it seemed to be "my" fit."
"How friendly ALL of the students were, the school was beautiful, the staff & faculty seemed very friendly"
"the facilities"
"The students were so friendly. I really liked the students who gave us the tour. They gave study tips and valuable advice about certain classes...and talking with the Dean was definitely a positive experience. "
"the faculty members were fabulous ~ I enjoyed Dr. DeGaetano and Dr. Silvagni's lectures; admissions was courteous; the students all appeared happy & loved to talk about the school; the health building and facilities looked brand-new; trips to underpriviledged countries; on-campus living for grad students"
"The library, my interviewers, and the vice-dean."
"the size of the school...this school is larger than my undergrad..with 23000 students enrolled in various programs from undergrad to nursing, dental and med. there are also buncha other programs "
"florida is beautiful, campus is gorgeous, all the health related schools are on the same campus, everything is brand new, everyone is so friendly"
"All the students seemed very happy and the facilities were beautiful."
"The fact that you can get a free MPH while in med school. The honesty and straightforwardness of the students. The sunny days. The dean. The proximity of so many other students in different health-related programs. The AMAZING international volunteer and elective options. The rural medicine electives (2 months somewhere in FL, the other month anywhere in the world). "
"Clean building looks more like a hotel than a school of med... good students (honest and down to earth)... the dean is interesting guy with great attitute... but then again you have to see the big picture. The school presents this professionalism and mature place to study with a well spoken friendly dean. I wonder if that was a show or for real."
"great facility, very low stress level, fed us an unbelievable lunch, dean is a dynamic guy who came to talk with us."
"Gorgeous facilities and location, students were happy and friendly, team-oriented classes, interviewers gave me some positive feedback about my application and put me at ease (they also seemed like the kind of professors I would like to learn from), fellow interviewees were friendly and nice (seemed like the kind of people I would want as classmates *very important*)."
"the students, very down to earth, friendly, full of energy"
"Everyone seemed cordial and the school facilities were pretty impressive (mind you, I've only visited two other med schools)."
"The students were very happy and friendly. They gave us honest answers to everything we asked them. The school is gorgeous! "
"The people interviewing me were really friendly and made me feel relaxed. Also, the students seemed happy there."
"How univeral the students felt the instructors were accessable. The infastructure in place for community service. I'm not sure if this is true of all schools, but the medical missions to latin america sounded like a great experience and there are systems in place to help you get there, all you need to bring to the table is a desire to go."
"The facilities."
"It truly sounds like an excellent curriculum, friendly staff, beautiful campus, and all the students I talked to were very pleased with their experience thus far."
"large school with tons of money and a huge reputation. Definitly a plus"
"The weather, the campus is brand new and beautiful, that they have Harvey (cardiac patient simulator), clinical experiences from week 1, possiblilities to travel abroad to do clinics, they have the Dolphins practice facility right on campus, there's an undergrad college, near the beach, the students were nice and loved it, and the Dean was awesome!"
"The facilities are amazing and the faculty and students were very pleasant."
"The most positive aspect of this school are the students and the dean. The students all seemed very relaxed and stress free, well for med students. The dean truly cares about people and the osteopathic philosophy, what a positive aspect for this school! You can also do volunteer work oversees."
""Harvey" machine was very interesting. The facilities were very nice. Laid back campus atmosphere, with cooperative students to answer questions throughout the day."
"The campus is gorgeous and the classroom facilities are state-of-the-art!"
"Everything!!!! The school has everything I need in a school. The students were friendly, faculty and especially Dean Silvagni."
"Very nice campus and facilities. I met a lot of students that day, and everyone was very helpful and friendly. The campus is large (sits on about 300 acres) and they have a lot of good programs there (dentistry, business, law, pharmacy)."
"Friendly environment, Superb Library, Actively participating students."
"The facilities are amazing and every building is new and clean."
"The facilities are top notch!"
"the campus, faculty, and the dean "
"Osteopathic students who opt to also get an MPH can do so for free. I still need to find out more about this program. There are too many things to list. I really want to live in Florida because it's so warm. Some people may see the heat/humidity as a negative, but not me. The school is gorgeous. You're in the same building as future dentists, optometrists, pharmacists, etc... There are tons of things to like about this school, I encourage anyone to investigate further. The school such a good fit for me, and I hope that others who belong at NSU find their way."
"Everyone is very freindly and helpful. All the students and faculty members at the admissions office do their best to help you feel at ease. "
"The facilities were absolutely amazing. Probably the most beautiful school I have ever seen. There are nice little ponds everywhere and the buildings are great. Also, the Miami Dolphins practice right next to the school. Beaches and sunshine are also a plus."
"the campus is beautiful, the students are friendly, and the teachers seem to be concerned with your education more than their research"
"The facilities are great! And a large number of the students choose to do an MD resideny. I enjoy the fact that the classrooms are mixed with students form the DO class, the pharm class, ... sort of different, yet effective. The dean was super nice and cool! Very supportive environment and really want you to succeed as a doctor! Evryone says the Anatomy faculty is wonderful! "
"Every student I spoke with seemed to enjoy going to school there. They almost all were smiling and dressed very professional. Most of the students were accepted to other MD/DO programs but they chose Nova."
"I got off the plane and saw the sun for the first time in weeks, and the staff treated me as if they really wanted to sell NOVA to me. Almost too nice."
"Very clean and modern campus."
"The school has great facilities and a seemingly outstanding anatomy department. I think the best part of the interview day was how many students I met. They were at our breakfast, tour, lunch, and many just stopped by to talk to us while we were waiting around for our interviews!"
"The facilities were superb and the students seemed to really enjoy NSU and were happy they had chosen to go there. The dress code and attendance policy is not as strict as is made out to be in the information packet. The anatomy lab was great and all the students we talked to really enjoyed most of their instructors. Over all, the students seemed to be very happy that they were recieving their medical education at NSU."
"The friendly staff, the large resources at the school, the Florida weather, affiliations with multiple hospitals for good rotation sites."
"The facilities were great, new clean and spacious. Even the anatomy lab was well lit and had an area to review radiology such as CT and MRI. Harvey was awesome. The weather was perfect. Students seemed genuinely happy. The dean sat ane talked with my group for 45min instead of 30. The huge library was inspiring."
"Awesome facilities, comradie among medical students, the curriculum, prep for boards,dual program,honest feedback (pros and cons)from MS1s and MS2s who werent just trying to sell their school, meeting with the DEAN at the end of the day"
"How GREAT the school is and how it is expanding much faster than its' reputation."
"The campus was beautiful and the facilities were state of the art. The students were very friendly and were not competitive with one another."
" How happy the students are, how friendly EVERYONE is, and how down to earth and sweet the dean is. The campus is beautiful, the facilities are great."
"I was extremely impressed by the friendly atmosphere at NSUCOM. The Dean of Admissions himself took the six of us on a personal bus tour of the entire campus. Breakfast was offered while a third year medical student spoke to us about what our first two years would be like there. I liked the fact that lunch was prepared for us. Also, the Anatomy Lab did not smell like Formaldehyde!"
"beautiful campus, the school had everything"
"The students really like going to this school and the faculty are interested in the students."
"Facilities, administration, and students. The people there are extremely nice. "
"The campus is BEAUTIFUL and the Health Professions Building is brand new. The library was very impressive. Great on-campus shuttle system. Surrounding area has lots of good places to eat!!!"
"everything- i learned a lot more about their great programs and got to see the "family" in action"
"The students and facilities."
"The Facilities are the best I have seen of any DO school. I loved the weather. The student/professors were super nice and the Dean was an outstanding person."
"How nice all the students were, they came up to me from no where to offer advice and tell me about the school."
"FACILITIES!!!"
"happy students, nice atmosphere, great program"
"EVERYTHING!!!! Nova is AMAZING ... everyone was great and the facilities are really top-notch"
"The facilities. They are very nice and relatively new."
"Their awesome facilities! Laid back atmosphere"
"To see the sentiments of other interviewees when they were given the tour of my school, made me feel all good and proud!"
"For the most part the students there were happy. The other schools I visited the students seemed depressed. The students also got along with eachother well and the dean personally met with the interviewees."
"The facilities, the area, the students--students were very, very laid-back and having fun."
"The facilities are amazing! The campus was beautiful and all the buildings/classrooms too. The students and faculty and dean probably impressed me the most. Everyone is so happy to be there! "
"Extremely nice state-of-the-art facilities. Wireless campus, very nice staff and faculty. Students seem happy."
"The facilities...everything was new there, including the library....very very impresive"
"The facilities are definitely top notch; the students seem genuine and very friendy toward each other; they're very proud to be students at NSUCOM."
"The students were very positive and honest and the admissions staff was very helpful. The facilities are unmatched. The resources available to students are inspirational. Just look at the library!!"
"THE TECHNOLOGY AT THE SCHOOL!! It's better than some top notch MD schools that I visited! Wireless internet within a 2-mile radius of every building on campus..The facilities available....the beauty of the campus...the Miami Dolphins training camp on campus...the QUALITY OF THE EDUCATION RIVALS MOST MD SCHOOLS EASILY!!!!!! Don't pass this school up so easily... "
"The facilities are beautiful, new, and large. Also, the faculty are great. Especially Fern and Lynne"
"Everything was impressive. The Campus is beautiful and high tech. Palm trees line the driveways, computers are everywhere and monitors hang from the ceiling in every lab. Technology is obviously integrated into a strong curriculum that prepares the student early for the interaction with patients (IGC, integrated generalist curriculum). Harvey, a manikin that mimics heart and lung sounds is available to all students and gives an edge to NSU students with regard to auscultation skills. Nothing I could say describes the new library, IT IS AWSOME! Wireless web and laptop computers for check out. The faculty and staff are committed to the betterment of the student. Overall the facility and program exceeded every expectation! The students are happy and very supportive of interviewee’s, they boosted my confidence and made me less nervous! Thank you to Lynne Cawley for your “pep†talk and making me feel welcome. Also thank you to Mary, Dr. Simpson, Dr. Greber and Dr. Aye and the students of NSUCOM, I enjoyed the time I spent with you all. I can’t wait to study at NSUCOM. "
"Beautiful campus. 10 out of 10! Beautiful and AMAZING facilities 9 out of 10 (9 because they haven't built their new Rec Center yet, and the one now is more of a Rec Closet). The fact they let you have patient interaction in your first semester. They let you do your rotations throughout Florida too. "
"Everyone was very nice and friendly. They had a lot of great things to say about the school and the campus was absolutely beautiful - especially the brand-new library"
"The campus, Harvey, the Dean."
"technology there- like Harvey "
"The library is extremely nice."
"Harvey- they have a plastic doll which mimicks all of the cardiac abnormalities that exist."
"There were several impressive things during the visit. The library was beautiful and huge. Wireless internet is available on campus and within a 2 mile radius of the school. All the health profession division buildings are connected so each building blends together seemlessly. You may think it is one large building but in reality it is many buildings linked together. Apartments are available in close proximity to the school. One is next to it and another is across the street, plus many more in the immediate area. The HARVEY program was simply amazing."
"everything"
"The Students were all happy "
"I was extremely impressed with the facilities and the area. It was beautiful weather and Fort Lauderdale has a lot to offer. Lynne Crawley was extremely helpful and caring about us being there. The dean was very impressive, very down to earth, intelligent, and a comedian!!!(="
"Campus, facilities, and friendliness of students."
"The facilities! Wireless access almost everywhere on campus. Gorgeous new library where you can sign out a wireless enabled laptop. Every faculty member we encountered during the tour was friendly and seemed very accessible."
"The campus is beautiful. The area is nice."
"The students were very friendly and outgoing. Staff was helpful. I know BOTH my interviewer read my file, essays and all, from end to end. I did not get that impression at other places I interviewed at. Campus is beautiful."
"definitely the friendliness of the students as well as the programs the school offers"
"high cost of out of state tuition."
"One of the interviewers was cold and seemed uninterested. That's probably just an interview strategy though."
"I feel like the health professions school has so many students and they are struggling to accommodate with parking, living, amenities"
"The place was a little crowded due to all of the other professions in the same building. I guess I am used to the COM being a stand-alone building for medical students only."
"That the interviewers were not as friendly or conversational"
"Curriculum is getting changed and most of the faculty has idea what is getting changed."
"interview was rushed"
"The number of resources that are shared with all the health professions students..."
"The tuition"
"it was so hot and humid (i'm from the north)"
"The tuition! :p"
"Nothing, it was a great experience"
"We didn't actually get to talk to any medical students and the tour was quite haphazard and fairly uninformative. They said they were short handed that day."
"Faculty were unwilling to answer questions regarding what they'd hope to change about the university in the future"
"I flew 1200 miles for a 15 minute interview?"
"They bashed on LECOM-Bradenton"
"There are so many other health profession students there it was a little hectic."
"I had a great impression, nothing popped out at me as negative."
"That students are required to attend all lectures (have to slide ID card). Some of the student reps said this isn't exactly true, but that professors notice when students are missing. There is a dress code of either scrubs or business casual, which may be a problem in the dead heat of summer."
"I got very nervous and blanked out."
"Long schedules, one interviewer's phone went off during interview and he answered, interviewers were stone-faced."
"The school is very close to/shares some of the undergrad facilities which seems like they party a lot."
"interview was only 15 minutes. almost seemed a waste to have spend two days traveling."
"Lack of online podcasts for certain courses"
"bad biochem department, having to wear scrubs everyday"
"One of the interviewers was very negative and condescending, but to be expected (I guess)."
"The actual medical school facilities and resources were not very impressive. My group only got to meet with medical students for a little less than an hour while eating lunch. My interviewers never gave me the chance to ask them questions and neither did anybody else throughout the entire experience. Life and rent is expensive in south Florida which is not very appealing."
"A reoccuring theme from all students we me with was, this is the worst medical biochemistry course in the western hemisphere. I was impressed with the frankness and candor from the students, but concerned that school has not improved this class with every person admitting it was terrible."
"high cost of living in florida :("
"Not much at all. Apparently last year's class didn't do so hot on the boards, but plenty of people are matching at crazy good hospitals (Hopkins, Cleveland Clinic, etc), so I'm not worried"
"The feeling of "facing the firing squad" during the interview."
"Price for out of state would be the only thing."
"Tour with M1's was somewhat disorganized, no presentation on financial aid"
"The interviews ran over, time-wise, so more time should have been blocked for them."
"I am a little uncertain as to how much the school helps students prepare for the USMLE and applying to MD residencies."
"Nothing, an amazing school."
"A bit hot inside the buildings and lunch wasn't great, but that's just me."
"One of my interviewers was definitely trying to make my interview more stressful than it needed to be. I thought that my interview went really badly and that there was no way I would get accepted, but I did!"
""Average" board scores and pass rates? Meh... Match list was confusing too (Some specialties listed twice w/ same matches)"
"It was a little to warm like 90 degrees, but that shouldn't count as a real complaint :)"
"Current students unanimously say that the school is disorganized about several important things (i.e., financial aid packet, having students purchase materials in advance for class)."
"Humid weather. High cost of living there."
"Played that retarded informerical like video at the beginning of the day. It is 4 YEARS OLD. Come one people. "
"No student run clinics available for earlier clinical experience like at UC Davis."
"They weren't sure if students would be able to dissect for anatomy lab, as they had alternated actual dissection with prosection over the last couple years. Attendance policy is a little lame. Also, they really hyped up a dummy that really didn't do much more than simulate chest sounds."
"I got lost on the campus. Its huge!"
"Dress code is either business attire or scrubs. If I go here, 4 years of scrubs for me then."
"just not sure if it is the right fit for me"
"Tuition had gone up to a little over $40,000"
"Ft. Lauderdale"
"One interviewer didn't make eye contact with me at all. "
"Would have liked a clearer explanation on how long until we hear a decision. 2 weeks or 1 month?"
"very humid. not a whole lot to do within walking distance of campus."
"Nobody really knew the stats of acceptance or rejection or how many were interviewed "
"Huge lectures with dental and allied health for didactic years."
"humidity"
"The interviewer was purposely hard on me. I realized this after several other applicants went into the same room and came out freaked out. I talked to a couple med students there, and they also said that the interviewer did that on purpose and is in actuality, a really nice guy. Also, my interview was really short. I wish it had been a longer so that I could get more of my personality across. I also found out later that we were running behind so the interviewers were told to hurry it up. I wish they had just cut the time out of lunch instead."
"the day got a little jammed and we didn't get as much of a tour of the medical facilities as I had hoped, but overall everything was pretty great"
"Lectures are over-emphasized. Mandatory attendence. Tests every single week. One of the professors apparently knows everyone's name and publicly humiliates those who are even slightly late for class."
"Nothing :)"
"Interview group was divided into 2 because it was a large group. 1st group got campus tour, 2nd group didn't."
"Split us into 2 groups because there were a lot of people. 1st group got tour of campus, 2nd group didn't."
"Wish we could have met the Dean."
"Nothing real to report"
"The interview was a bit rushed, and I felt that I didn't have a lot of time to express myself sufficiently. The other interviewees felt the same way however; we think it's because there were so many of us so they were getting behind in time"
"Nothing really. The attendance policy is a bit silly, but all things considered there are much worse things a school could impose."
"There was a bit of waiting around throughout the day, and our interviews got behind schedule. Which made me late for lunch. Sigh."
"The interviewers' lackluster personalities"
"NO COFFEE! I flew half way across the country at significant expense, and this was the ONLY school that didn't have pastry and caffine...that's just cruel. Also cramming me into a tiny waiting room with a bunch of frighten younger applicants all in the same interview suit, most talking sports, few talking medicine... well, that could have been better orchestrated: Put us in a meeting room, with a skirted sideboard, rugella and good coffee. That's just standard courtesy in all day interviews/conferences/meetings"
"Short campus tour "
"I did not have any negative experiences at the school I was pretty much blown away by the school and what they have to offer"
"Dissapointed in the response of the admissions office, i think they are getting better though. "
"Admissions office responsiveness."
"The class size is huge."
"The size of the city/cities. When flying in, it was apparent that Miami and Ft. Lauderdale are basically continuous. Large class sizes."
"The $950 deposit I have to put down really, really soon. Just in general the lack of responsiveness of the admissions department when trying to contact them."
"I didn't get any cookies or tea, and my interviewers didn't give me their business cards."
"Interviewers were aggressive and a little mean."
"Living expenses down in south FL were much higher than I anticipated. People were paying over 1400 dollars a month for rent, but then again they were sharing with room mates, so might not be as bad."
"nothing really - this interview was much more fun than my AZCOM one and i truly enjoyed the day"
"The interview was VERY short and basic. There weren't any pointed questions, just broad sweeping ones. I didn't have a chance to talk about numerous aspects of my file and it didn't seem like the interviewers really cared about much of my file. I felt like a 15-20 minute interview for such an extensive travel and application process undermined me and my application."
"the interviewers. one was a bit abrasive for the sake of seeming intimidating, one was not very interested in being there and one was a nice person. also, the surrounding area is not very nice. "
"the large class size (~230)"
"i wish it did not get so humid; i wish the driving in Miami and Fort Lauderdale was not so crazy, I wish the campus had a more environmentally friendly focus (however most schools do not have an eco focus), i am not sure how bicycle friendly the area around the campus is..."
"The neighborhood seemed a little ghetto."
"students didn't seem friendly although they had a test that day"
"nothing.."
"The area directly around the school isn't the nicest but the school is amazing and other close by cities are great."
"Fort Lauderdale is a sh**hole."
"nothing really, it was a great experience"
"Traffic around the school "
"The overall disorganization of the day, the boring/repetitiveness of talks, the inconsistent answers to questions asked, and the unprofessional staff."
"SO humid"
"Only saw one human patient simulator...hopefully they have more with higher fidelity!"
"the incoming class is larger than most"
"That the students have to join these ''student-groups'' for money to get a lot of study material...our tour guide said she spent an estimate of around 500 dollars just joining these groups to get all the study material"
"N/A"
"The community isn't so much a city but neither is it rural. Its just a vast developed sprawl with a ton of traffic."
"Interview wasn't really conversational. No feedback given. "
"The traffic. If you're going to attend here, you better live close by."
"Tour guides talked more about how to sleep during class, and the best ways to avoid being marked absent than anything else."
"Cost of taxi cabs in the area."
"The nasty humid and rainy and hot weather - and its supposed to get worse during the summer. The surrounding area is kinda lame...just a few chain stores, and lots of granma and granpa joints. Very spreadout area, and I'm from a big city, so it almost felt rural to me. The damn fire alarm, and the disorganization at the interview...we went ALL over the place. We sat in the same room as pre-PT students, pre-pharm, and pre-dent students as we waited for interviews..it got hot and crowded in there."
"Unless beaches keep you occupied, there's NOTHING in the area- no hiking or nature, or quirky cafe's. All chains stores and traffic. Also, the students that toured us seemed like we were wasting there time. "
"Nothing really, if I had to choose anything maybe the large class size."
"There's no neurology course... I couldn't believe it. Am I just missing it somewhere?"
"the heat and humidity"
"the high cost of living"
"the higher cost of living"
"How huge the campus is and how disconnected some areas are from others, the video they showed us (it kind of felt like they were trying to sell us on the school)."
"The humidity!"
"How much the interviewers grilled me. Some interviewees said it was stress free-- but I felt like I was being interrogated by the one. If he was being ''bad cop'' it definitely didn't work, and it was really irritating"
"The sim lab was small, and it was very hot."
"The heat, the fact that they require all students to go through a 3 month rotation in a rural setting."
"The only negative thing during my interview day was that the actual interview was about 30 mins late, which increased my stress level."
"ABSOLUTELY NOTHING."
"I was SO stressed. But I got in!"
"the lunch they served. but who cares about that"
"Cost of living and tuition are enormous."
"The students did not seem to be as close-knit as they have seemed in other schools."
"large class size, 8-12 students per cadaver, not a huge fan of south florida"
"The only thing that I would even consider 'negative' would be adjusting to living in FL from IA/NE. But thats not totally negative, just an adjustment."
"nothing..."
"There is no teaching hospital, "
"Staff did not seem very organized with who was doing what and when on the day of the interview."
"Nova is still missing some of my evaluations forms even though my profs have sent them more than once."
"scrambled interview session"
"The interview schedule was disorganized. The student atmosphere is a bit intimidating bc of the size of the class."
"the lunch they served was not very good.. but thats it!"
"the preparedness of the interviewers"
"None"
"Just my interviewer. He was clearly testing me. We even argued over the location of my hometown! But it all worked out because i just got accepted!!"
"I didn't like how one interviewer was super positive and the other one negative / more adversarial."
"nothing really, I was very impressed."
"The lunch! It was horrible!"
"Dhelia was very rude. she is the admissions secretary and others on this website had said she was nice, but that is minor! "
"the lunch was pretty small"
"Nothing really. I really enjoyed my interview and visit. "
"housing is on the more expensive side"
"a couple of students that we had lunch with"
"Traffic around NSU...especially in the morning..."
"nothing stands out"
"the actual interview was pretty short (20-25 min.) and I thought I preformed badly and wished for a little more time to speak with the interviewers, but it all worked well in the end I suppose "
"There was one interviewer who was very stoic throughout which was a little uncomfortable. If you have a person who behaves like this- try not to let it bother you. I later found out he was like that for everyone who interviewed with their group. Also, housing costs are crazy."
"The restrooms in the Terry building weren't clean"
"Big class size, dress code, mandatory attendance policy"
"Location. Apartment prices are expensive in Davie, especially if you want to live anywhere near the school. "
"Not much, but the interviewers were all extremely stoic and were difficult to read."
"They promised to call on a certain date. I was wait listed, and did not receive a personal call. "
"Waiting around, large class size"
"rent is expensive (but, its Florida)"
"Everything else. The seeming immaturity of the interviewers. The short interview accompanied by 7 hours of listening to students and faculty members speak about basic medical school information that any pre-med knows."
"The students seemed really negative about some things about the school. "
"traffic"
"Nothing. Even the food was good."
"There wasn't anything that negatively impressed me. "
"hurricans!"
"parking"
"the admissions staff seemed to know nothing - they kept on referring questions to the website... wished we could actually walk around campus and wish there were a student tour guide"
"the interviewers, did not take enough time to go over my file.. they did not realize I was a returning student... and was asking about grades I got 6 years ago. The one doctor kept calling me a different nick name."
"the school is in a congested area, alot of traffic, also not many good places to eat around the school."
"That they don't tell you before-hand that an MD letter is not really sufficient...A DO letter is mandatory."
"Nothing - I really liked the school!"
"I am not that much of a hot weather person, and it was 80 degrees at the end of November."
"No bus tour."
"Traffic in the area"
"There are alot of programs in the school. You will see Optometry, Physician assistants, dental students, nursing students, and a dozen other healthcare profession you never knew existed being churned out in this factory."
"the size of the class, 220+ students, in anatomy there is double that because they take it with the dental students."
"the wait time between each part of the day (could have been half the time spent)"
"The length of the visit. There was too much down time between people speaking with us. We were there for 7 hours for a 20 minute interview."
"nothing. just maybe the interview."
"We got to see the students working on their cadavers."
"Nothing, my interview was the week after Hurricane Wilma hit the area, so they were really busy, but they did a great job considering the circumstances. "
"Mandatory 3 months fo rural medicine, mandatory attendence, dress code"
"see above, also the students don't really seem that enthused about the school. The school seems to be a good facility, but after my experience I would never consider going there, especially if they allow their student or future-students to be treated so badly by a professor."
"Traffic in surrounding areas, but mainly due to construction during rush hour(s). "
"Nothing really"
"The INSANE traffic! One student told us it takes him 45 min. every morning to drive the 8 miles from his apartment. Also, I didn't really like the HUGE OMM and histo labs (row after row of microscopes and OMM tables). Makes it seem too big and overwhelming."
"Students complained about having bad profs."
"The student taking us on our tour was complaining about the program the entire time, which did not give me much confidence in the program. An MD/ MPH degree is offered at no additional cost but the med students said how the MPH degree was a waste of time and they were not learning anything. The entire day was very disorganized and they made no efforts to make it more comfortable for the interviewees. The campus was also very huge and spread out, I did not feel a sense unity for the medical school. Some of the classes also are taken with the pharmacy students so Anatomy for example has 400+ students in it. So overall, the attitude of the admissions people/interviews/med students was very negative and their program was extremely substandard when compared to other medical schools"
"Nothing really."
"one of the interviewers acted like a bad cop"
"Students don't seem quite as friendly as at other schools, but then again it was a test day for them, so I think they were preoccupied. "
"South Florida is SO HOT."
"Was very disappointed that the staff seemed to play the whole "DO is the only true patient-oriented doctor" game. Although this is mostly based off of my rather older gentlemen interviewers, I still got the impression that this mentality is prevalent. "
"Students (not ambassadors) seemed less friendly than at other schools...but they had exams today so they may have been preoccupied. 10+ students per cadaver in Anatomy lab. "
"the Dress code"
"The new NSU-Village hospital that I had been so excited about, was not approved by the community and its future may be in doubt..."
"Nothing at all."
"I was stuck in Florida for 2 days because of Hurricane Rita"
"Cost of living in Ft. Lauderdale is high! $1000-1200/month for a small one-bedroom apartment near the school."
"The traffic getting there was terrible and many of the doctors that come to teach don't provide notes ahead of time."
"The large multitude of students and cars. Reminded me of my undergrad. Interviewers could have been a little nicer and, you know, at least act like your paying attention and give a damn (at least pretend a little?). The "bad cop" interviewer, come on, the day is nerve-racking enough). "
"1 cadaver with 2 groups working on it."
"Large class size"
"Unfortunately, the school was on break, so it was completely empty! We didn't get to see any students. Luckily I already had an impression of the campus life before hand."
"Dress code. Dean wasn't around. Anatomy lab, 6-7 per cadaver and share with another group. So 14 per cadaver."
"I am not sure if its a bad thing, but the school seems like an undergraduate school with many students in various programs learning is the same building."
"Dress code for students and attendance policy"
"The fact that the interviewer had asked me where I was from excited me and I went on to explain my background, however, when they started talking about my religious views and the riots between palestine and isreal I felt I was in a politics class rather than in a med school interview.... What does that have to do with medicine ? As a doctor I am unbiased and I felt that these doctors in front of me were very very biased people...Very sad."
"kinda rude ppl"
"One of my interviewers never looked up at me (I think he was playing the "bad cop" role). Also, South Florida living is not cheap."
"the cost."
"The tour was a little unorganized, and I didn't get to see Harvey (a simulation of a patient that presents symptoms) because the door was locked."
"One of my interviewers FELL ASLEEP during my interview, an trust me my personality is NOT boring... The attendence/dress code policies"
"That Nova is pretty much just a graduate school, not much of a collegiate atmosphere, which is not necessarily a bad thing."
"Not the typical urban, built with city hospital, school. Instead its in the suburbs like you are going to undergrad again. Not really bad or good, just different."
"during the interview hour, it was somewhat disorganized...i did not get a chance for a tour b/c of this"
"Massive campus, undergrad and private schools on campus"
"not too much."
"Humidity..although I'm from sunny California, I'm not too fond of the sticky feeling I get in Florida"
"The interview was very distant. One of the interviewers went out of his way to correct my pronounciation of "osteopathy" and then later pronounced it the same way I had earlier. Played good-cop, bac-cop instead of getting to know me. I also do not like south florida, if you could take this school out from it and put it in another state, it would be the perfect school. You also cant leave fl on your 3rd year so you're stuck. "
"During the actual interview, they seemed to question everything I said and acted uninterested in me."
"The interview. They seemed to question everything I said and the way they came across felt like disdain for my application rather than an interest in me as an applicant. They also seemed bothered by my applying to both allopathic and osteopathic schools. I felt I handled myself well, but did not feel that they would hold me in highest regards to the admissions committee. "
"The interview"
"Well, you can't take this school out of South Florida. Bummer."
"the length of the whole day (i was really worn out by the end)"
"The interviewers I had played "good" cop/"bad" cop. So I don't know how this interview went. We didn't get to see much of the facilities (like the anatomy lab)."
"8-10 students per cadaver. It may work out if the majority in the group don't want to be the surgeon. "
"there was no full-campus tour; a lot of down-time where you're just talking to the other interviewees (which was great b/c I had a fun bunch to talk to, but bad b/c you spend a lot of money on an interview and you don't want to sit around)"
"It felt too big. The med students seemed to get lost amid their hundreds of classmates and the dental students with whom they share gigantic lectures. "
"the interview itself...they didn't like the fact that i got interviews at other allo and osteo schools. also they questioned everything that I said..which really made think if I was talking in english or not"
"the fact that in your third and fourth years you might have to relocate to another city in florida if you do not get your top choices in the lottery, didn't get an entire campus tour"
"We were not given a tour of the entire campus."
"Would have liked a campus tour. The traffic everywhere in Fort Lauderdale is TERRIBLE. High housing costs (compared to what I'm used to at least). The relative lack of research opportunities. The fact that the students were so against the "dress code" (it consists of wearing scrubs, not too extreme) and the attendence policy (come on, you're in medical school, you don't know that you might miss some small thing that could maybe help you save someone's life someday. Plus you're paying a LOT of money, you might as well get what you pay for). "
"Time was not so well planned out... I don't want to hear.. okay lets watch this tape till someone come to take you.. there. It is not useful... it is just a gap filler. We did not get a tour around campus... just the med building and even than it was short. I am sure it is all new, clean and high tech. Students where open and honest when asked questions. "
"dress code, required class attendence"
"Mandatory attendance enforced with card swiping along with long days of lecture cutting personal study time, even though the students seemed to love their school you could tell that most weren’t happy about the new attendance policy. 10 people to a cadaver (two groups of 5 alternating dissections and teaching other group). The tour was very rushed and the professor who was supposed to talk about the first two years at NSU didn’t show up and neither did the Dean for “wrap up with the Dean†later on!"
"the boring financial aid talk, who wants to think about that when you are first worrying if you got in or not "
"I felt like I was in an ant farm, there were green ants, blue ants, and then normal ants. Everyone was in scrubs. I felt that would be defeating of the "dress code" concept. It certainly didn't seem very academic."
"The administration was very unorganized. One person who was supposed to speak to us didn't show up. But this could all have been due to a change of staff that was also occuring that day."
"Lunch was lacking and breakfast was non-existent (good thing I ate first)."
"Cost."
"10 students per body during anatomy"
"Being the first group of interviewers they were somewhat disorganized from the itinerary they had provided us with."
"You have to wear scrubs and lab coat every day to school - it is a manditory dress code. "
"The students did seem a bit stressed- they were in the midst of exams. So many students that you also have to share your cadaver with a whole other group- so you don't get to do/see all of the dissection!"
"Ft. Lauderdale can be expensive."
"Most the rotations are in Florida. In anatomy class there are two groups, so you're not a part of all the disections."
"The length of the day, way to long as compared to the brievity of the interview. I felt the interview could have been longer to get more of a feel for the candidates."
"The high cost of living."
"An anatomy professor Dr. TU who was very strange and moving around the room while other 2 persons interviewing me. He also said we have to respect him.....ask him no stupid question.....odd or what ?"
"I was very pleased overall and there was nothing that did not impress me."
"the students seemed a little stressed out and high-strung...a little more uptight than i expected. overall i just didnt get a very good vibe from my tour guide. There were some nice MS1s who came and talked to us and they were really nice--kinda wished they had given the tour instead. Cost of living in Ft Lauderdale is expensive...and the ppl in FL are kinda rude to be honest"
"No gym, attendance policy."
"The technology, or lack thereof. SDN would have you believe that this school is way above the curve, technologically speaking, but I didn't see this at all. Laptops are not required, and the number of students who regularly carries them is in the single digits. In my opinion, this is a pretty low-tech school. Not necessarily in a bad way. There are ample computers available, and the whole campus is wireless. But unlike other schools, you don't have your textbooks online, and you won't be following along with Powerpoint slides on your laptop in lectures. If you want amazing technology, go to VCOM. The anatomy lab is nowhere near the caliber of that at VCOM, but again, a very hard act to follow. The positives FAR outweigh the negatives."
"Nothing about the school was bad. But I thought people in FLA were generally rude. Being from the midwest I'm probably just too used to a more welcoming atmosphere."
"kinda expensive"
"Nothing... I went into this process with a positive attitude and came out of it with one too. It's what you make of it! "
"Nothing I wouldn't find at any other school. I had a great experience. I was able to sit in on a full day of classes (get permission before the start of each lecture/lab) and was able to see what classes were like. I enjoyed each one and look foward to attending if accepted. "
"The students that I met seemed extremely stressed. During the tour of the building we went into the first year lecture hall and was so unimpressed with the 2 minutes of Microbiology lecture I heard. "
"The students hate their school...Every M1 who I spoke with said if they could go back and change they would...There seems to be a mandatory attendance policy in which the students have to "scan" their ID cards every hour for attendance credit. "
"NSU seems a little behind in the technology aspect. Most other schools I have visited require you to have a laptop and give you electronic information for class, and I like that. Also, there is very little research going on at this school."
"The town seemed a little crowed to get around in, fairly congested. As for the school, no real gym complex but they are building additions."
"expensive to live, some traffic"
"exhausting day... but comprehensive. third and fourth year rotations are all done in FL"
"I was interviewed during the holidays and no one was around to really explain the curriculum and show us the school."
"Nothing. But the day of the interview is filled with a lot of down time. The scheduling could have been better so we weren't waiting around so much. "
" I was not able to see the gym nor the huge library. "
"It is expensive to live in Ft. Lauderdale."
"Nothing, really."
"Some of the students weren't happy about the administration, and many students seemed overworked, also there seemed to be a number of students who failed classes"
"Nothing"
"The school bookstore was kind of old and run down looking."
"lots of older students, small rec facility"
"The Gym? If you can call it one! To be renovated in the next two years though."
"workout facilities-but nothing the pertaiend to my medical education"
"The campus, the fact that the tour focused so much on the undergrad facilities."
"i don't like the dress code but its not as bad as it seems."
"can't think of anything ..."
"Nothing really, it gets real hot down in florida in the summer"
"Board scores were not that great"
"Are you kidding me? Well, come to think of it, the tour after the interview was kinda lengthy and boring, and I was not able to sleep properly the night before, so I was hating every minute of it. But Lynne said the tour will help you decide if you wanna come here or not and she is right!"
"The weather. I don't like hot and humid climates."
"The long day--just way too many meetings."
"The lack of athletic facilities. "
"Seemed to be very numbers-focused although they made a point of telling me they weren't"
"The tutition....Everytime I looked at the beautiful campus with all the new building, I kept this in mind...the student pay for all this...Also I wish they had more on campus housing since all the graduate students live in once place (PA, DDS, etc...)"
"The length of the interview schedule is excessive. I felt the atmostphere in the interviewing room was cordial but tense, not relaxing at all."
"The traffic...standard for South Florida. "
"THe exercise facilities...but they say they are going to get a new big facility soon...there's lots of room for development...and it looks real nice...and a great investment despite its price tag."
"The gym is pathetic. Picture a 15 foot by 15 foot hardwood floor with a treadmill and a small set of free weights and you have Nova's gym!"
"The exercise facility needs some work. However a new complex is to be constructed very soon! If half as much attention is placed into the design and construction of the exercise facility as was placed into the library the place will be spectacular. Bally’s is across the street."
"$$$$ 40k a year, not fun."
"Nothing - I fell in love with the school."
"The interview."
"the gym, there really isn't one"
"The gym (my room is bigger than that) and the undergraduate side of the campus is really run down. The medical part is much nicer."
"The interviewers- they were the coldest people I met the entire time there. They cut me short a few times, interrupted me and made me feel like they didn't want me."
"No real gym on campus for workouts. Right now there is a small facilty. I was told it was to be tore down in August and a new building built that would be much larger and would meet the NCAA rules, so I expect it to be huge. Didn't really find Fern that great. She really got on my nerves. Kind of freaked me out. Don't stay at the Best Western. They denied me shuttle service, but allowed 2 other students to get it. I didn't find that out till after I had arrived. They also weren't very accomodating for my wife who asked for a late check out. I would stay somewhere else if I were to go there again. It is close to the school though, so that might outweigh the bad for some people."
"too crowded since all the professional schools are there also"
"Didn't get to view the OPP, OMT rooms"
"The tuition to go to D.O. schools in general is extremely high. I didn't feel that the staff were prepared for our interviews. Three people that were supposed to be a part of the day never showed. "
"Florida weather was too hot and humid."
"The interview. It was pure boiler-room tactics. More on that in the comments, though."
"Nothing. "
"the location of the school, right next to a stripmall I mean, the school is just there...,but the campus is still very nice."
"If you pick tampa location or fort lauderdale on your primary application, that is where you get accepted to. If you want to change campuses, you have to submit a change request form. If you pick 'no preference' then you get to choose your campus (pending theirs a spot when you put your deposit down)."
"That the interview itself was only going to be 15 min. It was a 3 day trip for me and I flew from the other side of the country, so afterward I was wishing that I had gotten more of an opportunity to show them who I really am as a person."
"It is more conversational and they are really nice people. Some others in my group said that one was good cop/ bad cop."
"Be prepared that the interviewers might not act friendly, smile, etc."
"How to handle a negative interviewer better"
"I was under the impression that the interview was conversational, but it all depends on who interviews you. My interview was not conversational, but other kids on my interview day said it was."
"There is a second mini-interview. They put 4 applicants together with a harvey mannequin. Give everyone stethoscopes and examine the patient's heart, lungs, bowels. Mostly I feel like it was trying to determine who played well with others."
"I wish I had had more interviewing skills because I am an incredibly nervous person. Even though the interview was pretty informal and relaxed, I'm sure I could have made a better impression if I had more time to prepare."
"lots of walking. Wear comfortable shoes"
"How big the campus was, and to be sure to get there with enough time to navigate"
"It would be a very laid-back day."
"You wouldn't think it but it really is a long day. Try to get some good sleep, and definitely don't get too worked up about it. They do a very good job of putting you at ease."
"It rains in the afternoon"
"More information about parking"
"I felt prepared. Don't feel like there was anything I didn't know."
"That the interview is laid-back, and the interviewers are not part of the admission committee, however they "advocate" for you, so you still have to present strongly."
"They do a great job of doing a preview of the interview day so you know what you are going into."
"That there would be a lot of walking during the interview day, and then during the optional tour at the end. Girls, wear comfortable shoes!"
"That I had no reason to be so nervous."
"How short my interview would be...<10. Eat a hearty breakfast!"
"The interview was not that long"
"That there would be cookies/water in the interview room and that I would be sitting on the opposite side of a long table from my interviewer."
"more about healthcare"
"Dont use a shoulder bag because I thought my shoulder was going to fall off"
"Who I was interviewing with... Again admissions was unclear (possible intentionally?) on the format of the interview. I had to find others in the program to facebook messaged and I asked them questions on there."
"I wish I knew that they would provide me with a nice folder and notebook. And I wish that I would have known how non-informative the interview day would have been."
"How kick ass it was going to be."
"how high stress it would be"
"That my flight would have been delayed and I would only get 3 hours of sleep."
"Optional campus tour at the end of day is self-directed"
"That it would be so laid back."
"That the interview was more laid back than I originally thought."
"That there's nothing to be nervous about."
"They really know your file well. It wasn't a problem for me, but they were curious about a few things wanting more details than I gave in the small AACOMAS boxes."
"That there were two people interviewing you at once. I must have missed this fact somehow while I was preparing."
"Which Comfort Suites was the "right" comfort suites (Hint: It's NOT the one on Federal Road!)"
"There are two comfort suite inns...pick the one that offers shuttle service to the school because that would save you ALOT of money!"
"You will be given a list of your interviewers' names and e-mail addresses at the end of the day. We're informed that both interviewers will be friendly. However, I would only guarantee one friendly interviewer... I hear some folks did not like their second interviewer, though both of mine were cool. "
"Cookies cause gas...."
"Should have brought swimmers along on the campus tour! "
"How laid back the interview was going to be. They asked very straightforward questions that really made the 15 min fly by!"
"That a) flying to the East Coast and trying to sleep is difficult and b) bad things happen when you set your alarm for 6:00 PM instead of 6:00 AM."
"Nothing really. Just do you research about the school and have an idea of what your looking for in a medical education."
"How humid it really is in Ft Lauderdale."
"Its hot-real hot-even inside. I couldn't wait to take my jacket off at lunch. "
"The campus is very large, I got a little lost on my way to the terry building"
"How big the campus really is, and you can easily get lost, so plan ahead."
"How hot it would be in march"
"What weird questions they would ask me. Everything else, I was more or less ready for."
"HOW COOL THE DEAN IS!!! The more he talked, the more I was thinking PLEASE ACCEPT ME!"
"The non-scrubs portion of the dress code does not seem to be strictly enforced. Most people seem to wear scrubs all the time. Different colored scrubs indicate which program and year students are in. The optometry students seemed the nicest. The dental students seemed angry. The osteopathic students who were not involved with the interview process seemed unhappy."
"That there was going to be "ROLE PLAY""
"How long of a day it would be (8-3)"
"That we would get to speak with the Dean...and he is awesome."
"Nothing really suprised me"
"That my interview was going to be so low-stress, and short."
"Bring a pencil and pen. "
"That the interviewers would hold it against me that I was not a science major, but that speaking to Ellen and expressing to her my deep interest in the school, as well as all my reasons for being confident that I would excel here, would ultimately help get me accepted :)"
"I knew everything thanks to research of the school and reading the material I asked to be sent to me."
"I was the last interview for my group and the interviewers didn't ask me if I had questions."
"Biochem is a pre-requisite."
"Housing would be so expensive down there!"
"Nothing I feel I was as prepared as I could be. Nothing surprised me."
"$950 non refundable deposit for holding your place."
"That my interview was going to be so short."
"not a lot, just prepare a few questions to ask the interview team and relax :)"
"They were going to ask me osteopathic trivia. They were going to cut me off before I even made my point on each topic discussed"
"the beach is about twenty minutes from the school, and the cabs are expensive to get there. "
"I knew it'd be hot, but not that hot"
"That the interviews would be so short."
"To not be stressed about the interview at all. They are not the admissions committee they are just their to help your application come to life. They also offer a free shuttle bus (sfec.org) from the trail station to the all around the school. You can get to the Tri-Rail for free by a shuttle to and from the airport as well. The public bus is wayyyy cheaper than a cab ($1.25/ride) and the schedule can be found on google maps."
"Humidity!"
"how laid back the day and interviews would be...it was almost conversational and it felt like the people leading you through the day really wanted you to succeed--even the deans."
"The Terry building is on University Drive, not College Avenue. There is a traffic light in front of it. The Admissions office is the first door to the right when you enter the building."
"How unorganized and boring the day would be."
"how freakin humid it would be"
"that the interview would be so professional and conversational. there was no need to be as nervous as i was."
"the facilities are nice"
"the style of the interview."
"How relaxed the interview process is."
"nothing really, student doctor comments hit all the pertinant issues and how the day would go"
"Some of my interviewers were MDs - not DOs!"
"The Miami Dolphins' facility is right next to the parking garage. you can watch them practice from the roof!"
"The campus is that of a true university and not just a medical school. I was truly amazed at the size of the other graduate buildings, the massive library and the 3 story fitness building."
"How humid it would be....muggy. How much downtime there was inbetween interviews. How expensive it is to live in the ft. lauderdale/davie area"
"That taxi rides cost $20 for two miles, or charge by the minute if you're in traffic - $.60 per minute or 1/6 mile. No good pub trans. "
"That there would be a fire drill in the middle of the Dean's talk requiring us to all evacuate the building hahaha."
"the high acceptance rate of people asked to interview"
"the school is technically not in ft lauderdale, its in Davie which is just outside of it"
"How huge the campus is and how city like the Ft. Lauderdale area is. "
"DIA is a horrible airport to fly out of!! I was there 2 hours early and STILL missed my flight!"
"How truly ENTHUSIASTIC the students & faculty & doctors were about the school. They are really love it, and simply try to show it to you"
"That we were going to tour before the interview and I was going to have sweet running down my face during the interview."
"The taxi drivers don't know how to get anywhere. There would be a ton of walking."
"I was just SO stressed that I really didn't enjoy it at all. Maybe if I had known already that most likely by getting an interview, you're already pretty much in."
"that I was probably interviewing for a waitlist spot!!"
"Just how huge the campus and student body are."
"-"
"Not much I felt prepared and read a lot of hotel reviews. Tip if you rent a car, rent from Enterprise, got an upgrade for free just for asking for the mustang, and paid for the focus. Good deal there. "
"not to stay at Best Western Hotel..."
"Bring a pen to take notes with, and if you are driving, get there early to find parking... the garage fills up pretty quickly. And girls, if you're going to wear heels, make sure they're comfortable... you do a lot of walking around the HPD building and the NSU campus."
"The interview was very laid back"
"to bring a pen and paper"
"I did not bring a pen and paper to take notes"
"traffic is horrible... so make sure you leave early!"
"Nothing: I've researched NSU-COM for a while now and all I have discovered in that time has made this school my #1 choice."
"they invited me to interview without even having received my letters of recommendation and other materials. They counted this against me when I interviewed. "
"they are going to build a brand new research building which is nice since I like t dabble in research a bit."
"MDs can interview you too and it was much more cut-throat than i thought it would be. WEAR A JACKET EVEN IF IT'S 100 DEGREES"
"I wish I knew how much NSU stressed osteopathic medicine and it's importance throughout your career in medicine. Some schools de-emphasize this."
"that they will implement a new class into the curriculum next year about bioterrorism. sounds interesting."
"that they are going to break ground on a brand new medical research building! AWESOME. Also, the mandatory attendance is slack since classes are recorded and available online now and dress code is very slack, trust me!!!"
"the facilities were nicer than I expected, no real surprises."
"Traffic can be bad if you are coming up from miami international airport. "
"Miami Dolphins training camp is on campus!"
"the HUMIDITY!"
"Don't be stressed out about this interview!!! It's very laid back!!!"
"the research fellowship only has 2 spots currently open. It is going to be 4 soon. "
"if you plan to go to NSU, plan to spend all 4 years in Florida. the winters in Ft. Lauderdale get to a chilling 60 degrees. DO NOT decline an interview for NSU based on their dress code and attendance policy, go and find out for yourself what the school is all about. after touring the facilities and what the school has to offer the dress code and attendance were not even a factor in my decision whether I would attend NSU or not. trust me on this :)"
"I honestly didnot think I would like the school as much as I did or have such a positive experience. Also, the website does not do the school justice. "
"The size of the campus and how it's growing by leaps and bounds"
"Traffic going into the school at 8 in the morning is horrible."
"Just that I was having an interview. If I could have interveiwed on the 4/3 (one of my choices) I could've flown straight to my next interview at KCUMB"
"They have a free OMM fellowship that can be done while in med school that wipes out the last 2 years tuition ($60k for me)."
"That you can do your elective rotations for third and fourth year ANYWHERE you want! (I have family in India, so that's a plus)"
"They have fellowships where your 3rd and 4th year tuition is waived if you do an OMM fellowship"
"The mustache is even better in person..."
"That my experience would be such a waste of time. I would have saved 400$ on a plane ticket."
"N/A"
"The whole attendance thing seems a little weird but I heard there's ways around it "
"There weren't any tricks in the bag so to speak. I was prepared as I needed to be. One word of caution, the traffic there is terrible, so leave early."
"they are not a big research school"
"nova is really advanced compared to some other DO and MD schools"
"nothing much"
"how ugly fort lauderdale is. Longest day ever! it was from 9 to 3! and their lunch was not very good at all."
"they have some good medical missions abroad."
"Very spreadout campus..."
"Nothing that I can think of! The school is great!"
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?