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"describe an ethical dilemma you faced"
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"what extracurricular activity/ volunteer work would you engage in if you go to Yale medical school?"
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"Tell us about so and so experience on your application"
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"What are 3 skills/traits that all doctors should possess?"
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"Describe your most challenging experience"
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"What do you do when you feel overwhelmed?"
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"Tell me about _____ experience."
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"Tell about yourself"
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"What challenges do you think you will face in med school?"
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"What did you do in undergraduate?"
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"What classes have most affected you?"
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"What volunteer experience do you find most significant?"
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"Interviewer 1 (basic science researcher): Tell me about your basic science research. Tell me about your clinical research. What do your parents do? Where do you see yourself in 15 years? Why Yale? Any Questions for me? Anything else you want to tell me?"
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"How did I get to [my undergrad] given my background."
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"Let's go through your amcas application...ECs and background info."
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"What would be your biggest challenge in coming to Yale?"
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"What do you want to talk about? "
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"Tell me about yourself."
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"what are the three most important things to go, they dont have to be on your application."
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"Explain (points to AMCAS activity) and what you learned from it."
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"Why is medical school right for you?"
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"Tell me about your family life."
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"What should I tell the admissions committee about you? "
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"Tell me about your family."
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"Tell me about your university. I've never heard of it (said in a most condescending manner)."
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"How does your research apply to medicine or how would you translate it?"
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"What was your proudest moment?"
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"how does your research fit in with your medical vision?"
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"tell me about your research"
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"tell me about X activity that you listed on AMCAS."
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"What are you going to do to change the world?"
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"Explain your interest in [activity]"
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"What do your parents do for a living?"
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"tell me about...(things from my application)"
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"Interviewers went through and asked about my activities and life."
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"Tell me about "
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"Why medicine? Why Yale? Tell me about your research."
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"What is your dream life in 30 years?"
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"what were your happiest and saddest moments?"
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"Explain your research."
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"what does a doctor do?"
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"Why are you switching careers?"
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"What do you do to relax?"
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"Name a moment in your life that was very happy."
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"Why medicine? Why Yale?"
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"Tell me about (AMCAS activity)"
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"Tell me about (amcas activity)."
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"Explain your research to me."
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"Explain your research to me?"
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"what has been your greatest challenge?"
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"Tell me about your family, do you have siblings?"
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"How do you feel that your ECs prepared you for medicine?"
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"Why Yale? YOU WILL BE ASKED THIS, guaranteed!"
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"Tell me about such and such extracurricular."
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"What do you think you know about this place?"
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"Why Yale?"
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"why medicine? what will you do if you never get into med school?"
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"Why do you want to be a doctor?"
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"Why Yale? What about the Yale system appeals to you?"
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"Tell me about [experience mentioned in AMCAS]"
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"why medicine?"
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"What brought you here? Why Medicine? Why Yale?"
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""Have you competed in powerlifting?""
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"Tell me about your childhood in ----(hometown)?"
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"line-by-line questioning of the anecdotes and phrases in my personal statement"
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"discuss on current/past research"
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"Tell me about yourself. Why medicine, why Yale"
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"Tell me about your background"
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"Why do you want to go into medicine?"
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"Are you coping ok with interviewing while still in school?"
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"Why Yale, how do you fit into the Yale system?"
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"Describe your research experience (straight from app)"
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"tell me about this experience on your personal statement"
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"Tell me about how you got to where you are today."
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"What was your favorite class in college?"
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"Tell me about your ..."
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"Explain all of your research experiences in detail."
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"If you were on an admissions committee, what would you look for in an applicant?"
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"Tell me about yourself (your background, research, activities, etc., etc.) from begining to end and the events to brought you here today."
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"Faculty interviewer: research, where do you see yourself, what about the Yale system interests you, why medicine, why did you study what you did at college, etc."
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"What have you done since you graduated from college"
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"Tell me more about your research"
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"What was your moment of greatest esctasy in your life? Of greatest sadness?"
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"see interesting/difficult questions above"
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"Why do you think the Yale System is and why do you want to be a part of it?
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"Tell me about your research."
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"Why are you interested in medicine?"
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"why yale - definately have a better answer besides "The Yale system, like, totally works for me!" think about it more. don't just go for the yale name, it really does not work for some , and it may work for others. "
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"How will you fit into the Yale System?"
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"Tell me about yourself including family background, high school and college experiences, and what you are doing now."
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"Tell me about... (research, ECs, anything from my app)"
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"they asked me if i ever came out to my parents ? (related to a secondary)"
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"How were your clinical experiences abroad compared to your experiences here in terms of the healthcare systems and the outlooks?"
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"What do you do when you are stressed out?"
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"what difficulties do you foresee facing as a practicing physician"
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"What do you do when you feel overwhelmed?"
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"If in a fantasy world, you could anything you wanted to do for 24 hrs, what would you do?"
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"What does it mean to be a doctor"
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"Specific question about my research"
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"See General Comments"
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"Describe the perfect day in your life 15 years from now."
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"How did I get to [my undergrad] given my background."
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"What do you want to do in 5 years?"
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"Take me through a perfect day in your life ten years from now."
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"What is your favorite color"
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"Didnt get very interesting questions. Nothing about the healthcare system or ethics. "
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"If you could change one thing about our society, what would it be?"
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"What challenges did you face as a student group officer?"
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"To discuss my interest in research and why I didn't apply to MD/PhD"
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"Explain your experiences and how you decided on medicine."
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"What were the happiest and saddest moments of your life?"
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"Do you lift weights?"
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"What do you think about the social situation in Germany? (I'm living in Germany)"
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"Why do you think we need sleep?"
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"How did you find about your undergrad school coming from a foreign country?"
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"What are you going to do to change the world?"
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"Where do you see yourself in the future?"
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"Name three current controversies in the field of medicine that you are interested in, and explain your stance and future considerations regarding the debate."
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"What would stop you from coming to yale?"
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"Will you raise your children the same way your parents raised you."
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"What are my father's talents?"
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"Who has made everything click in your life?"
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"What are your thoughts on socialized medicine?"
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"Why shouldn't healthcare be paid for by the government"
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"What do you think of the research requirement?"
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"nothing really"
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"How has science changed since Aristotle?"
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"Flash forward to twenty years from now....Tell me what your day will be like."
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"Who helps physicians the most when treating patients ( I said nurses, he wanted the patient as the answer and then went into how you had to teach and educate eachother)"
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"What did you say during your class speech?"
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"None really, they were all pretty typical."
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"My interview was really unique. My interviewer told me that he had read my entire application from cover to cover, and then he invited me to talk about whatever I wanted. He told me that he wasn't going to ask me any questions, but rather let me decide what to talk about. He told me I had one hour to talk about whatever I wanted that wasn't already in my application file.
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"What does a doctor do? (The interviewer wanted me to describe all of the things that I thought good doctors did.)"
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"What would you put on your epitaph? "
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"Nothing out of the ordinary."
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"Start at the beginning and tell me how you got to this interview?"
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"What do you do to de-stress?"
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"I was asked a number of questions about my research, with the most interesting being: "So what is your hypothesis regarding the function of the protein you're studying" (I'm studying a protein that has an as yet undefined function in the CNS). With regards to the non-research questions, the most interesting was: Would you go back and attend (your college) again knowing what you know now?"
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"Did you see any bears while you were in Maine?"
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"What aspect of your career are you most disappointed with?"
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"My first faculty interviewer asked me very interesting and very difficult questions. For example, "Knowing that failing in medicine can lead directly to the death of a patient, why would you choose to pursue medicine over another discipline, such as health policy or publich health (my other areas of interest)?""
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"What was my favorite movie. This led to a great discussion."
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"What would you do if you didn't get into any medical schools?"
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"How to better serve underserved communities"
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"What do you like about Yale? They are looking for your admiration of their "Yale Curriculum" thing."
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"Tell me about your trip to such and such place. (This question stemmed not from something on my application, but something I mentioned during the interview. It led an entire discussion on travel abroad.)"
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"What do doctors do?"
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"how would you fix healthcare"
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"Nothing - all were related to my application (though my first interviewer really seemed to have taken the time to go through my application thoroughly and prepare interesting questions beforehand)"
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"standard qus"
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"One of my interviewers, a psychiatrist, had two pages of notes about things I had written in my AMCAS and 2ndary. As soon as I sat down he explained the format of the interview, which had flexible time limits set for each set of questions. This was a bit intimidating at first, but his background and in-depth dissection of my personal statement led to an extremely interesting and insightful interview. "
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"standard issue. why medicine etc."
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"How will an engineering background benefit your study of medicine?"
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"If there was one thing that I should think of when I think of you, what would it be?"
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"Has anyone ever offered you steroids?"
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"What two questions will the committee ask me and what should I tell them?"
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"about my family"
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""In simple-man's terms, what is Hip-Hop?" This was an offshoot of my involvement a hip-hop artist. "
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"Why is malaria prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa? (I had talked about malaria in my personal statement)"
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"What do you think about national healthcare? (I've studied this and mentioned it in my essays)"
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"There has been a change recently with patients reading up on the internet and coming to doctors wanting specific treatments that sometimes you may not feel fit the patient's needed treatment. How will you deal with this as a doctor?"
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"How do your parents feel about you becoming a doctor?"
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"Tell me the one thing about yourself that you want the Admissions Committee to know."
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"One interviewer asked me about my essay in a very interesting fashion, it was line-by-line. ie. you said, and I quote "..." please tell me about that."
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"What do you think of President Bush's lack of travel outside the country prior to being elected President?"
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"What was your favorite class and why?"
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"How will you change medicine? Note: Schools like Yale want to know how you will add to their list of distinguished alumni. Go to the bookstore and look at the banners of Yale's distinguished alums - that's what they want to see more of."
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"None"
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"What would you do with a patient who did not listen to your recommendations (ie someone with respiratory problems who would not quit smoking)?"
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"Nothing - questions were typical but always led to side conversations about me, my background, experiences, challenges, and successes. It was completely conversational; very laid back, very getting-to-know-you. My take is that the school genuinely wants to get to know you. The interviewers are there to figure out what kind of person you are so the admissions committee can decide whether you would be successful in Yale's unique program."
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"We only got through what I've done and why medicine."
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"What turned you on to medicine?"
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"Could you live in New Haven? Have you heard about the dangers?"
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"descibe a situation in your life/event/circumstance that you are very proud of."
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"How do you think people who are not as involved or active as you view the world?"
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"When I look in the mirror what do I see inside myself?"
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"The questions were typical. They just looked over my application and asked about different activities"
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"Do you have any recent experiences that seemed to have reaffirmed your choice of profession?"
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"How would you feel if you had patients that repeatedly refused to comply with your directions?"
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"How do you want to be remembered at the end of your life?"
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"What was your biggest academic failure?"
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"My faculty interviewer asked what I would do if for someone reason I could not go into medicine. My student interviewer asked what fears/anxieties I had about going to medical school. They both asked me why I wanted to go to Yale (even though I'd already addressed that issue in the essay for the secondary)."
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"Nothing really."
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