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In light of the thread targeted towards the adcoms, I'm curious to see what kinda trifling comments/questions your interviewers have posed.
Not necessarily one specific question but I had one interviewer come 20 minutes late to my one-hour timeslot, forget to bring my application folder so they proceeded to waste another 8 minutes getting the information printed out, and then the next 32 minutes was more or less her verifying my primary/secondary by asking me which dates I did certain ECs and questioning my ability to succeed in medical school.
After half an hour of overall rudeness, passive aggressiveness, and my overall lukewarm desire to go to this medical school to begin with, I just started starting throwing barbs back at it her the last 10 minutes of the interview.
ex:
"Who were your letter of rec writers?"
"*lists them all*" - me
"Think it would have been smart having an MD letter of rec if you're applying to an MD school? Shows a lot about your intelligence not having a doctor on here."
"Considering all 5 of my LoR writers have known me in both a professional and academic setting for the past 4 years, I think it definitely shows a lot about my intelligence having them on here to speak for my character rather than someone I did a passive learning experience for 2 weeks with such as shadowing." - me
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(Harps on a B- I got in a gen chem 1 course my first semester of college)
"Looking at your grades in your underclassmen years I would have not been as generous as the admissions committee in extending you an interview invitation. Do you really think you can manage through medical school? I certainly have my doubts"
"While I might not have had the best start my first semester in college, I think my performance these past few years and on the MCAT show that I am definitely capable of performing effectively at the medical school level." - me
"And you are confident in that?"
"I am very confident in my abilities, as are your admissions committee and the other 16 schools that have extended me an interview. "- me
The look on her face was priceless and it was very well worth the WL I got.
EDIT: Typo
Not necessarily one specific question but I had one interviewer come 20 minutes late to my one-hour timeslot, forget to bring my application folder so they proceeded to waste another 8 minutes getting the information printed out, and then the next 32 minutes was more or less her verifying my primary/secondary by asking me which dates I did certain ECs and questioning my ability to succeed in medical school.
After half an hour of overall rudeness, passive aggressiveness, and my overall lukewarm desire to go to this medical school to begin with, I just started starting throwing barbs back at it her the last 10 minutes of the interview.
ex:
"Who were your letter of rec writers?"
"*lists them all*" - me
"Think it would have been smart having an MD letter of rec if you're applying to an MD school? Shows a lot about your intelligence not having a doctor on here."
"Considering all 5 of my LoR writers have known me in both a professional and academic setting for the past 4 years, I think it definitely shows a lot about my intelligence having them on here to speak for my character rather than someone I did a passive learning experience for 2 weeks with such as shadowing." - me
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(Harps on a B- I got in a gen chem 1 course my first semester of college)
"Looking at your grades in your underclassmen years I would have not been as generous as the admissions committee in extending you an interview invitation. Do you really think you can manage through medical school? I certainly have my doubts"
"While I might not have had the best start my first semester in college, I think my performance these past few years and on the MCAT show that I am definitely capable of performing effectively at the medical school level." - me
"And you are confident in that?"
"I am very confident in my abilities, as are your admissions committee and the other 16 schools that have extended me an interview. "- me
The look on her face was priceless and it was very well worth the WL I got.
EDIT: Typo
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