How "perfect" do your interviews have to be?

[zurc2014]

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would you mind sharing what school

For privacy reasons I'd rather not but I'll say it's a new DO school in a southern state.

 

[Mad Jack]

But how was he to know this though? So when she goes, your writing is so fantastic, he interrupts her and goes..."oh you, stappphhh it. you and your school are the fantastic ones 😉"
I'm a woman so I know about saying one thing and hinting another, but 90% of the time your SO still needs you to spell it out much less an adcom you have known for 10 seconds

The interview is grading your interpersonal skills, largely. Interpreting such things is part of that skillset.

 

[liquidsodium]

I started crying during an interview...through teary eyes I saw my interviewer looking panicked and scanning the room for Kleenex tissues. Result: accepted


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[wanderingorion]

I started crying during an interview...through teary eyes I saw my interviewer looking panicked and scanning the room for Kleenex tissues. Result: accepted


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I must know the backstory around this.

 

[liquidsodium]

I must know the backstory around this.

There's nothing especially crazy. I was explaining the biggest challenge I've overcome and mentioned that I probably wouldn't have been able to apply to med schools had I not had the strength to overcome it, then my internal self was like "oh my god, I'm actually here" aaand cue overwhelmed tears. Not the best time for an emotional breakdown, Self.

I'm hoping he somehow saw it as sincere rather than unprofessional and lame (as I did).


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[Matthew9Thirtyfive]

There's nothing especially crazy. I was explaining the biggest challenge I've overcome and mentioned that I probably wouldn't have been able to apply to med schools had I not had the strength to overcome it, then my internal self was like "oh my god, I'm actually here" aaand cue overwhelmed tears. Not the best time for an emotional breakdown, Self.

I'm hoping he somehow saw it as sincere rather than unprofessional and lame (as I did).


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Considering you got accepted, I think it's safe to assume he did.

 

[wanderingorion]

There's nothing especially crazy. I was explaining the biggest challenge I've overcome and mentioned that I probably wouldn't have been able to apply to med schools had I not had the strength to overcome it, then my internal self was like "oh my god, I'm actually here" aaand cue overwhelmed tears. Not the best time for an emotional breakdown, Self.

I'm hoping he somehow saw it as sincere rather than unprofessional and lame (as I did).


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That's so sweet. I was hoping it was an endearing backstory 🙂


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[Papa Oso]

There's nothing especially crazy. I was explaining the biggest challenge I've overcome and mentioned that I probably wouldn't have been able to apply to med schools had I not had the strength to overcome it, then my internal self was like "oh my god, I'm actually here" aaand cue overwhelmed tears. Not the best time for an emotional breakdown, Self.

I'm hoping he somehow saw it as sincere rather than unprofessional and lame (as I did).


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You know I had a similar experience. At the end of my interview (which I thought I bombed) I remembered that one of the committee members presenting offered the advice of "If you have any weaknesses in your application, you should address them in the meeting). So, I talked about why I had a few C's in my transcript, explaining family issues I had and emphasizing that although I'm not particularly glad I had them, experiencing that will better equip me to handle medical school and eventually help my patients in the future. One of my interviewers actually commended that given the circumstances I was in, that those few C's are nothing, and that it is good to have "bumps in the road" as it matures you. Aside from that, I felt I interviewed pretty poorly and surprisingly got accepted! I had one other interview which I felt I performed really well and then got WL. YOU JUST NEVER KNOW WITH THESE THINGS!

But really, Admissions committees want applicants with real life experiences because those that have had perfect, "bumpless" lives might breakdown from the first stressful situation in medschool, which happens often enough.