2009-2010 Case Western Reserve University Application Thread

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"So, tell me: Why are you interested in labor management

Small group management, no tuition for um.. the training, research integrated um.. management, individualized attention from um.. advisors, early managerial exposure, one of the best and exemplary hospital opps i mean management system in the nation

and why Connecticut in particular?"

Why not?
 
"So, tell me: Why are you interested in labor management, and why Connecticut in particular?"
Because CCLMC is in Rocky Hill, which, from the name, must be beautiful and wild, with excellent rock-climbing opportunities and splendid vistas. Perhaps a short hike will take you to a natural spring that in turn feeds a perfectly manicured field of....EGGPLANTS!!!!

While I agree with you, I think a lot of the questions asked at interviews are a little silly. Asking an applicant what appeals to him about the area where he may spend the next 4-5 years of his life makes more sense than some questions I've been asked so far this cycle.
That's true. So, come on, spill the beans. What's the silliest question you've been asked so far?
 
those questions are usually just for one to ease the interview though

"what reality tv show would you be on" (a shot at love w/ tila)
 
"Your house is burning down. You can save one thing. What is it?"
lmao. I am SO going to use that one the next time I interview someone, only I'm going to change the context:

Your PBL room is burning down. You can only save one thing. Will it be A) your laptop, B) the projector, C) your list of whose turn it is to be group leader, board scribe, timer, and reader, or D) your facilitator?

If it were me, I'd pick C. Laptops are rough to lose, but I back up my hard drive regularly, and the school would provide me with another one. The projector would be annoying to lose, but I'd be ok with just doing chalk talks for a while. Facilitators are easily replaceable, because we have a lot of faculty here. But a list that tells us things like whose turn it is to read the case aloud and who gets to shut down other people's presentations when they go on too long...how could such a thing ever be replaced?

By the way, anyone who said they would save the facilitator because of the value of human life would immediately be rejected for missing a sense of humor.
 
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More context needed, please. Are you trying to get to Case from the airport on the Red Line?

As far as I know, there is no bathroom or vending machines at the University Rapid station. Basically, you just get off the train and go downstairs, and there is a ticket window and a door out. Even if there were a bathroom, using public transportation restrooms is always risky business. Some of those toilets are an evolving life form that is more intelligent than most medical students.

I'm trying to get to Glidden House from the airport. It looks like taking the Red Line to University Circle is the quickest way to get there. It involves some walking, but I walk fast. Another option would be the Red Line to Tower and than the Healthline to Cornell.
 
I'm trying to get to Glidden House from the airport. It looks like taking the Red Line to University Circle is the quickest way to get there. It involves some walking, but I walk fast. Another option would be the Red Line to Tower and than the Healthline to Cornell.
Go with option 2. University Rapid is all the way across campus from the Glidden House. It's a deceptively big campus.
 
While I agree with you, I think a lot of the questions asked at interviews are a little silly. Asking an applicant what appeals to him about the area where he may spend the next 4-5 years of his life makes more sense than some questions I've been asked so far this cycle.
I agree with you, Late2Par-T...
I know you are non-trad like me, LTTP, but I don't know if you have a family with you. I have been asked this at ALL my interviews (where they know). It is VERY legit for me, because I need to explain whether I truly expect my whole family to up and move.

...On the other hand...

when one school interviewer pressed me repeatedly (I mean about 5 questions in this vein, no exaggeration) I eventually explained that I MUST move to go to school. Therefore, there are no further barriers to me and my family considering XXX school and a move. The interviewer did a 180 on me and said "Well, I understand why you have to leave Detroit, but you are not making me (meaning the school) feel WANTED. It sounds like you want to come here just because you need to leave Detroit. Make me feel wanted."

Grrr...I learned a valuable lesson...anticipate the next question...🙄...spent the next 15 minutes making him feel wanted (the school not the interviewer).
 
I agree with you, Late2Par-T...
I know you are non-trad like me, LTTP, but I don't know if you have a family with you. I have been asked this at ALL my interviews (where they know). It is VERY legit for me, because I need to explain whether I truly expect my whole family to up and move.

...On the other hand...

when one school interviewer pressed me repeatedly (I mean about 5 questions in this vein, no exaggeration) I eventually explained that I MUST move to go to school. Therefore, there are no further barriers to me and my family considering XXX school and a move. The interviewer did a 180 on me and said "Well, I understand why you have to leave Detroit, but you are not making me (meaning the school) feel WANTED. It sounds like you want to come here just because you need to leave Detroit. Make me feel wanted."

Grrr...I learned a valuable lesson...anticipate the next question...🙄...spent the next 15 minutes making him feel wanted (the school not the interviewer).

I don't have a family with me, so I fortunately don't have to worry about that line of questioning 😉

Honestly, I have yet to be asked the "Why this city?" question, but I prepare for it before every interview. My suggestion is to make a list of things that are important to you in your life, independent of school, and find them in that city. It can almost be guaranteed that any mid-size city will have these things available.

For me, I look up a city's culture/arts centers with a particular focus on music. I look and see if there are any open/public ultimate frisbee leagues around. I look for sports teams. I look for universities, as they tend to bring an educated, engaged and interesting populace to the area and they tend to be cultural focal points.

Edit: I also try to find an independent movie theater in the area.
 
My Gluteus Maximus
Buzzer sound. The overhead voice announces that you are too selfish to go to med school, but thanks for playing. Trap door opens, vc7777 falls in. Next!
 
Buzzer sound. The overhead voice announces that you are too selfish to go to med school, but thanks for playing. Trap door opens, vc7777 falls in. Next!

:laugh:

Well, that's what I was taught in my fire safety class last week at my job...and don't go back in!

This is a silly question I think you can't go wrong with any reasonable answer....the coded question is of course "What is most important in your personal life"....

My answer would start by asking if any of my family or children are in the house...if not...It's pictures of family, etc...that are invaluable. I'd try and save the memories of my children because the rest is just material things that can be replaced...

To quote Homer:

"I won't lie to you, fatherhood isn't easy, unlike motherhood. But I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world ... except for some Mag Wheels, that would be sweet."

Hmmm...Homer does have a point...magnesium wheels when they catch on fire can't be put out...maybe I should save those...this question is harder than I thought...
 
Hmmm...Homer does have a point...magnesium wheels when they catch on fire can't be put out...maybe I should save those...this question is harder than I thought...
That's a good point. You can't go wrong by removing anything flammable that can't be put out from the vicinity of the fire.

When my range caught fire my first summer here (see my blog for details if you're interested), I turned the gas off before fleeing the apartment. The firemen came up several flights of stairs in full gear, busted up my range, and covered my entire kitchen floor with glass shards. After they came back down, one of them commented to me that my turning off the gas was a good move. So I think you're right to remove the mag wheels so that the fire can be put out.

As an aside, the best part of this was when I called my landlord to tell him what happened. He was surprisingly calm about it, and he wanted to know if I thought the range was salvageable. I was going, "uh, no, I don't think so. I think I'm going to need a new one." He came over to see the literal hatchet job the firemen did on it, and all he said was, "Mmm, yeah, we're going to need to replace this." Understatement of the century. That poor range looked like the fax machine from the Office movie. :d

The CWRU version is:

"If your refrigerator caught on fire, and you could only save one vegetable in it, what would it be?"
:laugh: 👍

That question would allow the interviewer to immediately know which interviewees read SDN. 😀

There's only one thing. We'd have to edit your question to ask which FRUIT you would save. Yes, you read correctly. Eggplants are actually fruits. They also apparently possess, ahem, aphrodesiac properties in some circles. Feel free to read for yourself.

The most blasphemous quote from this site: "But the average American, by and large, shuns the eggplant, consuming but four ounces of the fruit per year."

As for me, I will choose to save the love apples, and shun the mad apples.
 
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The CWRU version is:

"If your refrigerator caught on fire, and you could only save one vegetable in it, what would it be?"

tell them you would save the tomatoes so you could ask the question of whether it is a veg. or a fruit, demonstrating curiosity
 
fried eggplants are not bad. they kinda ruin the point of eating a half veg half fruit
 
That question would allow the interviewer to immediately know which interviewees read SDN. 😀

Ha! Of course you all know this is a TRICK QUESTION....everyone here should know that you don't refrigerate eggplant...

http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/food/89326

This will prevent communist infiltration on interview day...

Sorry about the stove...my wife called me in the middle of a coast-to-coast meeting I was leading years ago with the follow conversation:

ME: "Hello?"
HER: "ARRRGHHH!!"
ME: "...Whaa?"
HER: "THE STOVE IS ON FIRE!!!"
Ever the sharp mind I said:
"Huh?"
HER: "Oh! Never mind! The fireman is here! Gotta go!"
ME: "Whaa?"
<Dialtone>
ME: "I'm sorry, I have to go." <to everybody on the conference call>
"Apparently my kitchen is on fire and the fire department is there..."
:laugh:
 
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Ha! Of course you all know this is a TRICK QUESTION....everyone here should know that you don't refrigerate eggplant...
I always refrigerate my eggplants. They're fine. You can even freeze them.

Sorry about the stove...my wife called me in the middle of a coast-to-coast meeting I was leading years ago with the follow conversation:

ME: "Hello?"
HER: "ARRRGHHH!!"
ME: "...Whaa?"
HER: "THE STOVE IS ON FIRE!!!"
Ever the sharp mind is said:
"Huh?"
HER: "Oh! Never mind! The fireman is here! Gotta go!"
ME: "Whaa?"
<Dialtone>
ME: "I'm sorry, I have to go." <to everybody on the conference call>
"Apparently my kitchen is on fire and the fire department is there..."
:laugh:
:laugh: Your poor wife. She and I will have an instant connection, something forged by a common experience that people who were on conference calls at the time that the stove caught fire could never understand.
 
...a common experience that people who were on conference calls at the time that the stove caught fire could never understand.

You mean just because I don't suffer from Post Traumatic Stove Disaster, I can't relate? Our stove was saved, actually...the microwave above it nearby kinda 'melted' a little bit but otherwise was functionally intact...Our landlord was annoyed but understanding.

What were you cooking when this occurred? Hot oil? For fried eggplant, perhaps...
 
I was complete late September. When do you guys think I will hear back?
 
Closing in on the Mayo thread for most posts!!! Way to keep it flowin' Case!
 
You mean just because I don't suffer from Post Traumatic Stove Disaster, I can't relate?
Yes, pretty much.

What were you cooking when this occurred? Hot oil? For fried eggplant, perhaps...
That's the sad part. I wasn't cooking ANYTHING. I had just turned the oven on to prewarm it!

I was complete late September. When do you guys think I will hear back?
I was very tempted to make up a date and time to the second, but I didn't because it might seem mean, and I'm trying to be funny, not mean. But seriously, BlueElmo, no one can tell you when you'll hear. Keep reminding yourself that if you haven't gotten a rejection, then you still have a chance. And don't drive yourself crazy trying to estimate when you'll hear based on when other people hear, because when people hear doesn't correlate very well with when they submitted. I'm sorry, I know this answer wasn't at all helpful. 😳

Closing in on the Mayo thread for most posts!!! Way to keep it flowin' Case!
That was a total +pad+ :laugh:
 
Thanks CCLCMER. Case is one of my favored choices.
 
Yes, pretty much.


That's the sad part. I wasn't cooking ANYTHING. I had just turned the oven on to prewarm it!


I was very tempted to make up a date and time to the second, but I didn't because it might seem mean, and I'm trying to be funny, not mean. But seriously, BlueElmo, no one can tell you when you'll hear. Keep reminding yourself that if you haven't gotten a rejection, then you still have a chance. And don't drive yourself crazy trying to estimate when you'll hear based on when other people hear, because when people hear doesn't correlate very well with when they submitted. I'm sorry, I know this answer wasn't at all helpful. 😳


That was a total +pad+ :laugh:
Post pad? What.... like this? 😛
 
crap, I had a good 46 one, but I had to delete it because MegaProjectile snuck in there! lol
 
44
colt
horse
seabiscuit
kfc
popeye
spinach
green
chlorophyll
photosynthesis
fermentation
alcohol
yum
 
brooklynblunder, you are out of order! Since you skipped 45, I guess this post is 45. And I hope you guys realize that all of you are absolutely insane. I know that pre-meds are A-type personalities, but seriously, I can't believe we are participating in a (probably one-sided) thread posting competition with Mayo applicants. :laugh:

Haha, sorry. I just realized that BBender716 is post 45. So what am I now then, 42. 😀
 
nah i think im at 44, cclcmer you are at 42, which is one of my favorite multiples of 6
 
nah i think im at 44, cclcmer you are at 42, which is one of my favorite multiples of 6
My favorite multiple of 6 is 24. I like 24 because it is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, and 12. 😀
 
i like 42 because its 6 multiplied by 7. they are right next to each other and we all know what 7 did to 9
 
I can't believe that I get to be the first person who posts that the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is 42! :banana:
 
Ok are we assuming Mayo stays constant, because I think they have some new posts so we may still be lingering around a number we've already made a clever post for... lol

Just want to be clear on the rules before participating in this ridiculously funny one-sided battle, haha
 
I can't believe that I get to be the first person who posts that the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe, and everything is 42! :banana:
hahahahaha man I love that book
 
i like mixing mayo with mustard, just a little bit of mayo though
I don't like mayo on anything. It tastes funny, it's messy, and it gives people Staph toxin food poisoning. My favorite quote from the med school micro bible (Clinical Microbiology Made Ridiculously Simple) is on page 43. There is a cartoon of a guy sitting on a toilet, with an evil-looking Staph aureus cluster leaning over his shoulder saying, "I told you not to eat the mayonnaise, sweetheart." Those are words that I live by.
 
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