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dingyibvs said:
you don't count, you're a green mod 😛
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<~~~Me, sulking.
 
Have you guys tried the Myers-Briggs personality tests? INTJ(Introvert, iNtuitive, Thinking, Judging) types are supposed to be only about 2% of this country's population, but on SDN it's waaaay overrepresented.

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

BTW, if you're an ENFJ female, you're on my list :laugh:
 
i just posted in the other thread... i'm INTJ... but i was like one pont away from being ENTJ. i was pretty close on all of them actually.
 
It happens, i score ISTP occasionally as well. Some of the questions you kinda wanna answer both or neither, so depending on the mood you may pick either, just means you're not definitively one or another. For example, on questions of whether I wonder about the complexities of life or something, I could answer either. Technically, I don't, but that's mostly because I've spent a lot of time contemplating about it and came to the conclusion that it's an useless endeavor.
 
as useless as it may be i still think its a healthy exercise
 
i went to a freakin tea party today which explains why ive been gone for a few weeks.
 
i was more going with this scientology like spin on the tea party being a bunch of conspiracy types but that failed. no im not abroad but thinking i ought to be. Cairo anyone?
 
I found out today my friend got rejected from our state school. He said the question that might have screwed him over was the what-will-you-do-if-you-don't-get-in one. His response was that he'd reapply, and if rejected again he'd go to Cairo and work as an egyptologist/archaeologist for a while but eventually returning to medicine. I didn't think this was a bad response. Sometimes after 2 years of rejection you just need to break away??
 
StarryNights said:
I found out today my friend got rejected from our state school. He said the question that might have screwed him over was the what-will-you-do-if-you-don't-get-in one. His response was that he'd reapply, and if rejected again he'd go to Cairo and work as an egyptologist/archaeologist for a while but eventually returning to medicine. I didn't think this was a bad response. Sometimes after 2 years of rejection you just need to break away??
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Seriously doubt that.
 
StarryNights said:
I found out today my friend got rejected from our state school. He said the question that might have screwed him over was the what-will-you-do-if-you-don't-get-in one. His response was that he'd reapply, and if rejected again he'd go to Cairo and work as an egyptologist/archaeologist for a while but eventually returning to medicine. I didn't think this was a bad response. Sometimes after 2 years of rejection you just need to break away??
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That's probably not what broke him, but, depending on the school, it could be.

I had one of the higher-up deans of Cornell? or Northwestern? Some up-there school. Tell me that you NEVER. EVER. Reply "reapply to medical school." The intent of the question is "if you could not go to medical school. EVER. what would you do?"

So the recommended response is:
"If I could not go into medicine for some reason, I would ________"
Even if what they asked was:
"If you did not get in this year."

It's tricky.
 
FlowRate said:
That's probably not what broke him, but, depending on the school, it could be.

I had one of the higher-up deans of Cornell? or Northwestern? Some up-there school. Tell me that you NEVER. EVER. Reply "reapply to medical school." The intent of the question is "if you could not go to medical school. EVER. what would you do?"

So the recommended response is:
"If I could not go into medicine for some reason, I would ________"
Even if what they asked was:
"If you did not get in this year."

It's tricky.
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I don't understand the purpose of these types of questions 😕
 
rama!!! i also thought you meant alice in wonderland type tea party, then i realized you meant conspiracy tea party.

they kidnapped you?! harsh. i thought only the gov't kidnapped people nowadays
 
So in other words the question about what you'd do if you didn't get in is a catch 22? They have to specify if they want to know what youd do next year, or ever. I think you should have the freedom to ask what they mean specifically about their question. Should it be about re-applying and strengthening your clinical/research experiences or what you'd do if medicine was not on the table.

Both of those questions I have an answer to, but I do not feel I should be penalized for answering the one they are not looking for - they need to specify.
 
If they want that kind of answer, they should ask "What would you do if you couldn't be a doctor." THEN you get the gunners that would say, "I will be a doctor come hell or high water!". Asking "What will you do if you don't get in this year?" is tricky. If you don't say you'd reapply, are you not dedicated?
 
yeah i think my answer would be something along the lines of what starrynights said her friend said. i'd say i'd reapply but if that didnt workout then i'd do such'n'such
 
i keep forgetting how close we are to getting scores and then you guys remind me and i'm like DAMNNIIITTTT


ps why is it gunner-ish to say you're going to be a dr. no matta what?
 
curbye said:
i keep forgetting how close we are to getting scores and then you guys remind me and i'm like DAMNNIIITTTT


ps why is it gunner-ish to say you're going to be a dr. no matta what?
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Admittedly not the best choice of words, but I think the same people that engage in typical gunner behavior would be the same kind of lame that refuse to play this question's game. "What would you do if you couldn't be a doctor?" is a question to get to know what other interests you have and what makes you well-rounded. Responding with "I'd be a doctor no matter what," makes you sound like a pre-med robot.

JMHO, YMMV, BBQ.
 
i think u guys are way overthinking this. if you plan to reapply then say it. thats what most ppl do anyway, the adcoms know it, and they dont mind it.
 
dingyibvs said:
:laugh:
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I don't think it was a joke.

JK, 😍 curbs.

bleargh said:
if i don't get in this year i'm not reapplying.
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Yeap. I'll probably go dentistry/engineering/race car driver if I don't get in.

curbye said:
i keep forgetting how close we are to getting scores and then you guys remind me and i'm like DAMNNIIITTTT


ps why is it gunner-ish to say you're going to be a dr. no matta what?
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Because med schools want people who don't just want to be doctors.

isn't that the stupidest thing you've ever heard? =)
 
Geekchick921 said:
Admittedly not the best choice of words, but I think the same people that engage in typical gunner behavior would be the same kind of lame that refuse to play this question's game. "What would you do if you couldn't be a doctor?" is a question to get to know what other interests you have and what makes you well-rounded. Responding with "I'd be a doctor no matter what," makes you sound like a pre-med robot.

JMHO, YMMV, BBQ.
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I was asked this at 4/8 interviews. I never said id be a doc no matter what i always listed about 2-3 other careers. One of which was being an ESPN anchor like van pelt or mike tirico.....haha apparently someone didnt think it was stupid since i was accepted, but i guess dreams die hard🙁...

You guys are way over analyzing too. Interviews should ideally be the EASIEST part of the whole process trust me. Unless you are some psycho/hermit its a time to relax and have a good conversation with a person who is likely going to be your advocate. Interviews are not stressful at all (at least i found)
 
i love interviews, actually, but that's mainly because i'm like a bowl full of jelly beans. people are always interested in looking at me and guessing sh it about me and theyre always wrong. i'm always more than i appear.
 
curbye said:
i love interviews, actually, but that's mainly because i'm like a bowl full of jelly beans. people are always interested in looking at me and guessing sh it about me and theyre always wrong. i'm always more than i appear.
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you're a fatty/transformer? :laugh:
 
i feel like if i get a couple interviews i think i'll get accepted somewhere. i'm not being cocky i just think i'm pretty likable.
 
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