Are you sure? I would feel the need to relate everything as to why I want to be a doctor. Like if they asked me my favorite food, I'd have to say pizza because removing a slice from the whole reminds me of all the parts that come together to make a great doctor.
P.s I'm totally lost as to whether you thought I was serious or not
"Well one time in college, but I got a shot and I'm all better now..."
).At my last interview when they asked about my hobbies and personal interests the interviewer responded "good enough" to all of my answers.... not the most reassuring response
WHERE AT???? CONGRATS DUDEInterviewer (MD, attending): "So Dr. Stalker, any particular pre-med class you liked? I'm a new attending, so I completed pre-med not too long ago! I didn't really have a favorite...but I HATED orgo *shudders*. Mechanisms, arrows, electrons, diels-alder, I HATED it!"
Me: *Thinking don't say orgo, don't say orgo, don't say orgo* Orgo.
Interviewer: "Huh. Moving on..."
Result: #Accepted
Interviewer (MD, attending): "So Dr. Stalker, any particular pre-med class you liked? I'm a new attending, so I completed pre-med not too long ago! I didn't really have a favorite...but I HATED orgo *shudders*. Mechanisms, arrows, electrons, diels-alder, I HATED it!"
Me: *Thinking don't say orgo, don't say orgo, don't say orgo* Orgo.
Interviewer: "Huh. Moving on..."
Result: #Accepted
I have:
MY GUY! I tended to be more on the math/physics/chemistry end of pre-med vs. the usually biology/life sciences end of the pre-med spectrum. I have the highest respect for you if you're a math wizard!
Bless you for your math services
Can I also suggest some nice color-coded concept schematics for the video-challenged learners like me? I might as well be trying to learn drunk watching concept videos, but if I pause the video on the last "page" that usually has the whole concept worked out, I pick it up like a normal person...
Bless you for your math services
I thoroughly enjoyed this, esp. since I've had my share of pre-interview blunders, but I really hope you get accepted after that struggle.One of my interviews was in a rural, hard to get to area. I decided to take a few cost-saving measures, which did NOT work out and ended up costing me way more money. Literally, everything that could have gone wrong went wrong.
I decided to stay up until 11:00pm doing some last minute prep for the interview, and I had to be up at 3:00am in order to get to make my flight in Baltimore (I live on the DC/MD border).
11:30pm - I realized that I couldn't fall asleep because of all the coffee I drank that night, so I decided to just watch some Netflix.
Watched Netflix until 3:00am.
3:00am - Took a shower/started packing. I was flying Spirit, and as a broke AmeriCorps member, I didn't want to pay the extra money to bring a carry on, so I needed to fit EVERYTHING in my personal item. The only book bag I had was my AmeriCorps bag, which I'm not allowed to wear unless in full uniform. So.....I decided to pack all my stuff inside this giant black trash bag, and to just wear my suit the entire time so it wouldn't get wrinkled. I realized right before I started packing that my roommates put the last trash bag in the trash can. Luckily there was nothing thrown in there yet, so I took it out and put all my stuff in there (personal hygiene materials, hairdryer, computer, change of cloths). I put on my suit and left my apartment at 4:00am carrying my trash bag over my shoulder.
4:15am - Got to the bus station (an ubur from my apt to Baltimore was $60, so I decided to save money by taking public transport). Realized that busses did not start running until 4:45am! Waited in the blow freezing weather for 30 min before taking a bus from my apartment to the Metro station.
5:30am - Took the Metro to Union Station DC.
5:45am - When I got off the metro, I realized that my hairdryer was still hot when I put it into my trash bag and melted a hole in it. At this point I decided to just spend the money to buy a book bag. I walked around union station, but none of the luggage stores were open. I saw a maintenance person changing out the trash bags in the public trash cans, so I asked him for a trash bag. He, luckily, gave one to me. I transferred my stuff to the new trash bag.
6:15am - Got on a train from DC to Baltimore.
7:00am - Arrived at Baltimore train station. Took another bus from the train station to the BWI airport.
7:30am - Standing in line at security feeling very awkward wearing a suit while carrying a big, black trash bag.
7:45am - TSA agents/other people give me awkward looks as my trash bag goes through the scanner. At this point, I COULD have bought a book bag at the airport, but I decided not to since I had already come so far.
8:30am - Boards flight to Boston.
10:00am - Arrive at Boston, Logan International. I put my trash bag under the chair of the seat in front of me during the flight, but when I went to take it out, it caught on something on the seat and ripped. The hole was so big that is was unusable. So I put all of my personal hygiene stuff inside my suit pockets and carried my change of cloths, hairdryer and laptop with me as I walked around the airport looking to buy a book bag. I transferred all of my stuff to my new book bag ($65).
10:50am - I was supposed to take a bus from Boston to my school, but because I had spent time looking for a book bag, I JUST MISSED the bus. I found out that the bus stopped at a bus station in Boston before making the 2.5 hour drive to the school. An Ubur was 5 min away and I didn't want to risk missing the bus, so I decided to use the more expensive taxi ($25). I got to the bus station just in time. I later realized that busses ran from Boston airport to the school every hour...so I didn't need to take the Taxi...
11:30am - Bus leaves for the school.
11:45am - I notice a white stain on my suit because one of my hair products spilled in my pocket.
3:00pm - Bus arrives at the school (right in front of the hotel I was staying in). I check in and change out of my suit. The hotel did not offer dry cleaning services (for the stain on my suit). Because the school was in such a remote area, the closest dry cleaners was 6 miles away. There was no Ubur or Lyft service in the area, so I had to call a taxi to get to the dry cleaners. When I got there, I realized that they were closed for Valentines day (roundtrip taxi $35). I decided to just leave the stain on my suit.
6:00pm - I relaxed and prepared for my interview the next day. Went to sleep early.
The interview went fine. LOVED the school. Still waiting to hear back.
The journey home went pretty smoothly. Bus from school to Boston --> Plane Boston to Baltimore --> Bus from airport to train station --> Train from Baltimore to DC --> Metro from DC to MD --> Bus from metro staton to apartment.
Got back to my apartment just in time to get 5 hours of sleep before I had to get up for service the next day
One of my interviews was in a rural, hard to get to area. I decided to take a few cost-saving measures, which did NOT work out and ended up costing me way more money. Literally, everything that could have gone wrong went wrong.
I decided to stay up until 11:00pm doing some last minute prep for the interview, and I had to be up at 3:00am in order to get to make my flight in Baltimore (I live on the DC/MD border).
11:30pm - I realized that I couldn't fall asleep because of all the coffee I drank that night, so I decided to just watch some Netflix.
Watched Netflix until 3:00am.
3:00am - Took a shower/started packing. I was flying Spirit, and as a broke AmeriCorps member, I didn't want to pay the extra money to bring a carry on, so I needed to fit EVERYTHING in my personal item. The only book bag I had was my AmeriCorps bag, which I'm not allowed to wear unless in full uniform. So.....I decided to pack all my stuff inside this giant black trash bag, and to just wear my suit the entire time so it wouldn't get wrinkled. I realized right before I started packing that my roommates put the last trash bag in the trash can. Luckily there was nothing thrown in there yet, so I took it out and put all my stuff in there (personal hygiene materials, hairdryer, computer, change of cloths). I put on my suit and left my apartment at 4:00am carrying my trash bag over my shoulder.
4:15am - Got to the bus station (an ubur from my apt to Baltimore was $60, so I decided to save money by taking public transport). Realized that busses did not start running until 4:45am! Waited in the blow freezing weather for 30 min before taking a bus from my apartment to the Metro station.
5:30am - Took the Metro to Union Station DC.
5:45am - When I got off the metro, I realized that my hairdryer was still hot when I put it into my trash bag and melted a hole in it. At this point I decided to just spend the money to buy a book bag. I walked around union station, but none of the luggage stores were open. I saw a maintenance person changing out the trash bags in the public trash cans, so I asked him for a trash bag. He, luckily, gave one to me. I transferred my stuff to the new trash bag.
6:15am - Got on a train from DC to Baltimore.
7:00am - Arrived at Baltimore train station. Took another bus from the train station to the BWI airport.
7:30am - Standing in line at security feeling very awkward wearing a suit while carrying a big, black trash bag.
7:45am - TSA agents/other people give me awkward looks as my trash bag goes through the scanner. At this point, I COULD have bought a book bag at the airport, but I decided not to since I had already come so far.
8:30am - Boards flight to Boston.
10:00am - Arrive at Boston, Logan International. I put my trash bag under the chair of the seat in front of me during the flight, but when I went to take it out, it caught on something on the seat and ripped. The hole was so big that is was unusable. So I put all of my personal hygiene stuff inside my suit pockets and carried my change of cloths, hairdryer and laptop with me as I walked around the airport looking to buy a book bag. I transferred all of my stuff to my new book bag ($65).
10:50am - I was supposed to take a bus from Boston to my school, but because I had spent time looking for a book bag, I JUST MISSED the bus. I found out that the bus stopped at a bus station in Boston before making the 2.5 hour drive to the school. An Ubur was 5 min away and I didn't want to risk missing the bus, so I decided to use the more expensive taxi ($25). I got to the bus station just in time. I later realized that busses ran from Boston airport to the school every hour...so I didn't need to take the Taxi...
11:30am - Bus leaves for the school.
11:45am - I notice a white stain on my suit because one of my hair products spilled in my pocket.
3:00pm - Bus arrives at the school (right in front of the hotel I was staying in). I check in and change out of my suit. The hotel did not offer dry cleaning services (for the stain on my suit). Because the school was in such a remote area, the closest dry cleaners was 6 miles away. There was no Ubur or Lyft service in the area, so I had to call a taxi to get to the dry cleaners. When I got there, I realized that they were closed for Valentines day (roundtrip taxi $35). I decided to just leave the stain on my suit.
6:00pm - I relaxed and prepared for my interview the next day. Went to sleep early.
The interview went fine. LOVED the school. Still waiting to hear back.
The journey home went pretty smoothly. Bus from school to Boston --> Plane Boston to Baltimore --> Bus from airport to train station --> Train from Baltimore to DC --> Metro from DC to MD --> Bus from metro staton to apartment.
Got back to my apartment just in time to get 5 hours of sleep before I had to get up for service the next day
omg
thank you for contributing to science. next time i go to an interview i'm literally going to break my leg in front of the dean --> automatic acceptanceI would like it noted now that I've heard back from everyone that my final interview, with the least embarrassing faux pas, was my only post-interview rejection. I'm drafting a research hypothesis that the more weird accidents you have in proximity to an interview, the better you perform.
I would like it noted now that I've heard back from everyone that my final interview, with the least embarrassing faux pas, was my only post-interview rejection. I'm drafting a research hypothesis that the more weird accidents you have in proximity to an interview, the better you perform.
All I can say is thank GOD you had that night in the hotel to recover, because that sounds mildly traumaticOne of my interviews was in a rural, hard to get to area. I decided to take a few cost-saving measures, which did NOT work out and ended up costing me way more money. Literally, everything that could have gone wrong went wrong.
I decided to stay up until 11:00pm doing some last minute prep for the interview, and I had to be up at 3:00am in order to get to make my flight in Baltimore (I live on the DC/MD border).
11:30pm - I realized that I couldn't fall asleep because of all the coffee I drank that night, so I decided to just watch some Netflix.
Watched Netflix until 3:00am.
3:00am - Took a shower/started packing. I was flying Spirit, and as a broke AmeriCorps member, I didn't want to pay the extra money to bring a carry on, so I needed to fit EVERYTHING in my personal item. The only book bag I had was my AmeriCorps bag, which I'm not allowed to wear unless in full uniform. So.....I decided to pack all my stuff inside this giant black trash bag, and to just wear my suit the entire time so it wouldn't get wrinkled. I realized right before I started packing that my roommates put the last trash bag in the trash can. Luckily there was nothing thrown in there yet, so I took it out and put all my stuff in there (personal hygiene materials, hairdryer, computer, change of cloths). I put on my suit and left my apartment at 4:00am carrying my trash bag over my shoulder.
4:15am - Got to the bus station (an ubur from my apt to Baltimore was $60, so I decided to save money by taking public transport). Realized that busses did not start running until 4:45am! Waited in the blow freezing weather for 30 min before taking a bus from my apartment to the Metro station.
5:30am - Took the Metro to Union Station DC.
5:45am - When I got off the metro, I realized that my hairdryer was still hot when I put it into my trash bag and melted a hole in it. At this point I decided to just spend the money to buy a book bag. I walked around union station, but none of the luggage stores were open. I saw a maintenance person changing out the trash bags in the public trash cans, so I asked him for a trash bag. He, luckily, gave one to me. I transferred my stuff to the new trash bag.
6:15am - Got on a train from DC to Baltimore.
7:00am - Arrived at Baltimore train station. Took another bus from the train station to the BWI airport.
7:30am - Standing in line at security feeling very awkward wearing a suit while carrying a big, black trash bag.
7:45am - TSA agents/other people give me awkward looks as my trash bag goes through the scanner. At this point, I COULD have bought a book bag at the airport, but I decided not to since I had already come so far.
8:30am - Boards flight to Boston.
10:00am - Arrive at Boston, Logan International. I put my trash bag under the chair of the seat in front of me during the flight, but when I went to take it out, it caught on something on the seat and ripped. The hole was so big that is was unusable. So I put all of my personal hygiene stuff inside my suit pockets and carried my change of cloths, hairdryer and laptop with me as I walked around the airport looking to buy a book bag. I transferred all of my stuff to my new book bag ($65).
10:50am - I was supposed to take a bus from Boston to my school, but because I had spent time looking for a book bag, I JUST MISSED the bus. I found out that the bus stopped at a bus station in Boston before making the 2.5 hour drive to the school. An Ubur was 5 min away and I didn't want to risk missing the bus, so I decided to use the more expensive taxi ($25). I got to the bus station just in time. I later realized that busses ran from Boston airport to the school every hour...so I didn't need to take the Taxi...
11:30am - Bus leaves for the school.
11:45am - I notice a white stain on my suit because one of my hair products spilled in my pocket.
3:00pm - Bus arrives at the school (right in front of the hotel I was staying in). I check in and change out of my suit. The hotel did not offer dry cleaning services (for the stain on my suit). Because the school was in such a remote area, the closest dry cleaners was 6 miles away. There was no Ubur or Lyft service in the area, so I had to call a taxi to get to the dry cleaners. When I got there, I realized that they were closed for Valentines day (roundtrip taxi $35). I decided to just leave the stain on my suit.
6:00pm - I relaxed and prepared for my interview the next day. Went to sleep early.
The interview went fine. LOVED the school. Still waiting to hear back.
The journey home went pretty smoothly. Bus from school to Boston --> Plane Boston to Baltimore --> Bus from airport to train station --> Train from Baltimore to DC --> Metro from DC to MD --> Bus from metro staton to apartment.
Got back to my apartment just in time to get 5 hours of sleep before I had to get up for service the next day
That does make sense. Plus, even if it doesn't factor into the school's evaluation of you I feel like it very forcefully takes your attention away from panicking about interview answers, because you're dealing with whatever the current crisis is. Mindfulness at it's finest??
)Preach. My thoughts exactly.
