LECOM-Bradenton Discussion Thread 2010-2011

[Altruist]

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1. with the pbl curriculum, is there also formal instruction on procedures such as suturing, etc. prior to going out on clinicals?

I'll leave numbers 2 & 3 for more senior students and grads who will know what they're talking about.

In addition to PBL, we have a traditional "clinical exam" course in the 1st and 2nd years where you learn the art of the patient interview, taking a history, and doing a physical exam. There are a few procedures taught in the class, but not a ton of them. You get a ton of standardized patient encounters to practice your assessments, and I think the class does a good job in general.

In 2nd year, you'll be shown how to do a few skills like intubation, NG tubes, IV lines, in a series of 2-hour clinical exam practice session put on by fellow students. I'm not sure how much longer this will be sustainable, since fewer and fewer students are coming in with any substantial healthcare experience. Hopefully, the clinical exam department will take it over before that turns into more of an issue.

The Emergency Medicine club does a skills clinic in the fall for interested students, and the Surgery club puts on a suture clinic. If want, there are ways of becoming competent, but it's up to you.

This is, I would say, a weakness of our preclinical years. The head of the clinical exam course has apparently made a reasonable decision that I disagree with: He believes that the first 2 years should focus on the history and physical exam, and you can pick up the skills in 3rd and 4th year. It's up to the 3rd and 4th years to tell you whether that approach makes sense.

 

[nlax30]

1. Kinda. At some point during the year they will put on a little afternoon skills clinic with stations on how to do various injections, foleys, basics of intubation, IV's, and maybe some suturing though sometimes one of the clubs puts on a suture clinic. Most of these are pretty much student lead and taught by those who have previous experience.... either from prev nursing or EMT/Paramedic type backgrounds.
Sometimes major conferences will put on a skills type clinic for students/residents. I went to the AOA conference in Vegas a couple years ago and the ACOEP (ER organization) had a formal suture clinic that was excellent. I think at least the ACOEP tends to do that a fair bit at their conference. Otherwise most of your experience is just going to come doing those things on rotation. Spending an hour or two on suturing during 2nd year is not going to make or break you.

2. Highly variable depending on the rotation and location. Everyone is certainly not going to have the same experiences but overall I feel like I've lucked out and had pretty decent rotations thus far in a variety of settings. A fair bit of mine has been at a local hospital with a DO IM residency and new DO cardio fellowship and while it's certainly not a big academic center with residents in several programs, it's a good inpatient IM experience with the usual didactics such as rounds and lectures, etc.. I think there are advantages and disadvantages to each type of setting and just having access to a large academic teaching hospital does not automatically mean a great clinical experience. Granted it depends what field you're interested in and if you want to do, say, transplant surgery it many be harder to get much early experience in that or other specialized fields. It also depends on how motivated you are to find your own rotations if you are interested in a more competitive field. I do have classmates that have gotten rotations at strong allopathic programs because they put in the work of applying early for away rotations. There is a lot of flexibility to tailor your "experience" so it's up to you to decide if that's a positive or negative.

I do enjoy the academic environment and having residents around but it's also nice to be the only student and get a lot of one on one time with the attending. On one of my surgery months I was only one with a terrific vascular surgeon so I was pretty much first-assist on each case. And just today on interventional radiology I basically did an arteriogram and IVC filter placement start to close. At a large center you may not get that with several levels of residents above you.

3. If they matched for an intern year then I don't know if they just are doing an intern year to fullfill that requirement for those few states and then entering the match again or if they are going into certain fields like derm or radiology where you sometimes match as a pgy-2 or others that first require an intern year or whatever the case may be..... regardless you aren't going to know without talking with them.

 

[joeDO2]

thank you both for your input!

 

[nlax30]

This is, I would say, a weakness of our preclinical years. The head of the clinical exam course has apparently made a reasonable decision that I disagree with: He believes that the first 2 years should focus on the history and physical exam, and you can pick up the skills in 3rd and 4th year. It's up to the 3rd and 4th years to tell you whether that approach makes sense.

That's kind of the debate.... how much hands on skill stuff do you need first couple years? I don't know.

Personally, just my opinion, I think there is enough to get through those first 2 years and really don't see much advantage to doing a lot of clinical skill type stuff then. I see schools talk about their simulation OR room and while it's very "sexy" and appealing to students to have some of that hands on experience first 2 years I'm just not sure how useful it is in the end besides maybe being a motivation factor and letting the students get a kick out of actually DOING something other than read textbooks.

And honestly, I'd probably say getting really proficient at doing H&P's is more difficult than most of these skills you'll add on during 3rd/4th years.

I did that same skills session and suture clinic, and it was fun and all and at least gave an initial intro to the equipment and the procedure, but I certainly did not become at least somewhat comfortable with something like suturing or tying knots until I was actually on surgery watching and doing it every day and practicing on my own.

So, I don't know, that's just my thought on the subject. Pretty much all those clinical skills will be done with someone walking you through them initially so it's not like you need to be proficient at them going into clinical years, you're attending is not going to just tell you to go suture that cut, insert that central line, etc... without some guidance. But they will certainly expect you to be able to do a history and physical and you will be told at some point early on to, "just go do an H&P on Mrs. Smith and write it up." And you will enjoy it much better if you at least have your "system" down and don't have to spend 2 hours taking a history.

 

[Altruist]

That's kind of the debate.... how much hands on skill stuff do you need first couple years? I don't know.

Thanks for your post, nlax. It's reassuring to hear from 4th years that everything is working out!

I think the school could do a better job of at least introducing us to some of the the different skills, but I agree that it's hard to tell where the line would be if you start doing that. What skills do you teach? Do you teach skills that are usually done by nurses or techs? Do you make them practice enough to make them really competent? How do you make sure they don't forget everything by year 3? It's easy to see how a skills class could end up being way more trouble than it's worth. There's already enough to keep us busy.

And I do agree that a lot of the skills classes done at medical schools fall closer to the novelty side of the equation. I remember interviewing at a school that made a huge deal of having a $30k SimMan, only to have students tell us they weren't allowed to use it except for ACLS. Nice.

Anyway, back to prospective students: We seem to do a good job of learning the history and physical, and from what I've heard, our 3rd and 4th years end up ahead of the curve in that respect.

 

[Pet of the Week]

No interview for me.

By the way, my status online still says that the committee is reviewing my application. I didn't get any of the ominous rereview or they've made a decision and I'll find out within 30 days or anything like that, so don't trust your online status.

You guys have fun with your interviews. I'll go find some other thread to read and post upon obsessively.

If you're curious,
undergrad: cgpa3.33/sgpa2.94
grad: cgpa3.58/sgpa 3.52
mcat: 33S

Maybe I'm also a horrible, hateful puppy kicker or something in my spare time....and they were able to gather that from something I put on their extensive secondary application. That could be it.

Bye.🙁

 

[DbDan]

No interview for me.

By the way, my status online still says that the committee is reviewing my application. I didn't get any of the ominous rereview or they've made a decision and I'll find out within 30 days or anything like that, so don't trust your online status.

You guys have fun with your interviews. I'll go find some other thread to read and post upon obsessively.

If you're curious,
undergrad: cgpa3.33/sgpa2.94
grad: cgpa3.58/sgpa 3.52
mcat: 33S

Maybe I'm also a horrible, hateful puppy kicker or something in my spare time....and they were able to gather that from something I put on their extensive secondary application. That could be it.

Bye.🙁

Woah, those stats and no interview 😱😱 How did you find out you didn't get an interview and are rejected??

Call and find out what deficiency they see in your application? maybe they will let you know. That seems ridiculous to me. Regardless, you will have shots elsewhere I'm sure you'll net an acceptance. Good luck

 

[MightyMoose]

No interview for me.

By the way, my status online still says that the committee is reviewing my application. I didn't get any of the ominous rereview or they've made a decision and I'll find out within 30 days or anything like that, so don't trust your online status.

You guys have fun with your interviews. I'll go find some other thread to read and post upon obsessively.

If you're curious,
undergrad: cgpa3.33/sgpa2.94
grad: cgpa3.58/sgpa 3.52
mcat: 33S

Maybe I'm also a horrible, hateful puppy kicker or something in my spare time....and they were able to gather that from something I put on their extensive secondary application. That could be it.

Bye.🙁

I'm sorry to hear about that... 🙁

Good luck at your other schools. I seem to recall that you have a couple other interviews, so I'm sure you'll get into some great schools. 😉

 

[MLT2MT2DO]

I'm going to agree with DbDan, that MCAT score should erase any doubts your Ug GPA would bring up.

 

[Pet of the Week]

I'm definitely going to call. I keep going over my personal statement trying to figure out where I went wrong. It's a good thing I applied to 19 schools. I did interview at Lecom-B several years ago, and was placed on the alternate list. I'm a completely different applicant today though...😕

 

[DbDan]

I'm definitely going to call. I keep going over my personal statement trying to figure out where I went wrong. It's a good thing I applied to 19 schools. I did interview at Lecom-B several years ago, and was placed on the alternate list. I'm a completely different applicant today though...😕

How did they inform you that you were rejected? It seems so strange to me. I've only minorly improved my GPA and spruced up my application with my ECs written in a more appealing way and I got interviewed 2 years in a row. Your stats are better than mine (higher GPA, same MCAT)

 

[Pet of the Week]

How did they inform you that you were rejected? It seems so strange to me. I've only minorly improved my GPA and spruced up my application with my ECs written in a more appealing way and I got interviewed 2 years in a row. Your stats are better than mine (higher GPA, same MCAT)

I got a letter. It just says that I have not been granted an interview and the standard paragraph about admissions being competitive... It ruined my evening. And I have no motivation to finish up more secondaries now.

I have really good ref letters, but they'll never get to see them.

 

[DbDan]

I got a letter. It just says that I have not been granted an interview and the standard paragraph about admissions being competitive... It ruined my evening. And I have no motivation to finish up more secondaries now.

I have really good ref letters, but they'll never get to see them.

Wow I'm kinda shocked by this. Regardless, I'd say you've got an outstanding chance of other acceptances but still... very surprising LECOM already said no this early to someone with your stats.

 

[Altruist]

Maybe I'm also a horrible, hateful puppy kicker or something in my spare time....and they were able to gather that from something I put on their extensive secondary application. That could be it.

Bye.🙁

Sorry to hear that. I know it doesn't appeal to our senses of justice, but there's a lot of luck involved in this whole process. Like everyone else, whoever the people are who look at and discuss your application present the numbers, but then take a guess at what kind of student they think you'd be based on a few sheets of paper and an essay. It's impossible to say what made them decide what they did, but it could be something as mundane as them thinking that a PBL school isn't the best fit for you. I have no solid evidence, but from conversations with faculty, it sounds like they give a lot of thought to that... so if they get that idea about you, your numbers might not factor into it. You seem like a great candidate, and I wish you luck.

And anyway, with med school admissions, it's nothing personal, strictly business (to paraphrase the Godfather).

 

[Pet of the Week]

Sorry to hear that. I know it doesn't appeal to our senses of justice, but there's a lot of luck involved in this whole process. Like everyone else, whoever the people are who look at and discuss your application present the numbers, but then take a guess at what kind of student they think you'd be based on a few sheets of paper and an essay. It's impossible to say what made them decide what they did, but it could be something as mundane as them thinking that a PBL school isn't the best fit for you. I have no solid evidence, but from conversations with faculty, it sounds like they give a lot of thought to that... so if they get that idea about you, your numbers might not factor into it. You seem like a great candidate, and I wish you luck.

And anyway, with med school admissions, it's nothing personal, strictly business (to paraphrase the Godfather).

The first time I interviewed, I was very skeptical of PBL. And I'm sure that is why I was placed on the alternate list then. I wish there had been essay questions about it on the secondary so I could let them know how my opinion has changed.
They also called to accept me off the alternate list back then, and I didn't get the message until a couple weeks after they called (was a camp counselor and not allowed to have a phone). I called them as soon as I got the message, left a message with whomever answered, and that call was never returned. So maybe they are thinking I didn't want to go to LECOM. It was definitely at the top of my list. 🙁

 

[MightyMoose]

The first time I interviewed, I was very skeptical of PBL. And I'm sure that is why I was placed on the alternate list then. I wish there had been essay questions about it on the secondary so I could let them know how my opinion has changed.
They also called to accept me off the alternate list back then, and I didn't get the message until a couple weeks after they called (was a camp counselor and not allowed to have a phone). I called them as soon as I got the message, left a message with whomever answered, and that call was never returned. So maybe they are thinking I didn't want to go to LECOM. It was definitely at the top of my list. 🙁

I think this is probably the issue... 🙁

 

[DbDan]

I think this is probably the issue... 🙁

Ya I've got to assume the same thing. Sorry to hear that 🙁

 

[traitorman]

o maaan. interview is comin up, and im gettin nervous.

@ pet of the week... sorry to hear that, u have really good stats though!

 

[PeachyPhd]

o maaan. interview is comin up, and im gettin nervous.

MEEEEE TOOOOOOO!!!! 😱

 

[TheUntold]

September 1st interview. Anyone else in that group?

 

[wudabum]

MEEEEE TOOOOOOO!!!! 😱

mine is on monday
whoevers in that group with me, i'm sure we'll update and let y'all kno how it went

 

[DbDan]

mine is on monday
whoevers in that group with me, i'm sure we'll update and let y'all kno how it went

👍 good luck. I'll be rooting for you from the mayan ruins of chitzen itza 😀 Then going to interview myself on Friday

 

[noshie]

OMG... Today is 10 days before my interview on the 27th. Eeek! I think we should be getting the confirmation email from admissions today! Then it will be so official!!!

I hope we get some great advice from those of you that are having your interview on Monday. I feel like I should be preparing for this interview right about now, but I am at a loss for what I should do. I have read over the questions on the interview feedback page. Maybe I should read that book on AT Still again... I just hope they don’t ask any political healthcare questions. I hate those because I suck at keeping up with things like that. I’m trying to keep my cool...

 

[sedaniel]

OMG... Today is 10 days before my interview on the 27th. Eeek! I think we should be getting the confirmation email from admissions today! Then it will be so official!!!

I hope we get some great advice from those of you that are having your interview on Monday. I feel like I should be preparing for this interview right about now, but I am at a loss for what I should do. I have read over the questions on the interview feedback page. Maybe I should read that book on AT Still again... I just hope they don’t ask any political healthcare questions. I hate those because I suck at keeping up with things like that. I’m trying to keep my cool...

I'm so nervous too, I'm on the 30th lol. I'm hoping to hear back from your group and the one before you about what to expect too 😀 See my problem is that I hope they don't ask about the healthcare reform stuff because when it comes to stuff like that I have such a hard time keeping my own political opinions out of the discussion haha... don't want to piss anyone off you know. I think we will both be fine, from the interview feedback page it seems to be a low-stress interview. I'm hoping for closed file though lol

 

[TheUntold]

OMG... Today is 10 days before my interview on the 27th. Eeek! I think we should be getting the confirmation email from admissions today! Then it will be so official!!!

I hope we get some great advice from those of you that are having your interview on Monday. I feel like I should be preparing for this interview right about now, but I am at a loss for what I should do. I have read over the questions on the interview feedback page. Maybe I should read that book on AT Still again... I just hope they don’t ask any political healthcare questions. I hate those because I suck at keeping up with things like that. I’m trying to keep my cool...

🙄 You don't have to be an expert or anything. Just read a couple articles online. You can get up to speed in probably 20 minutes or less. That's probably a good place to start as I'm sure something about healthcare is on standby in their corral of questions.
ADDED BONUS: You will be a more conscientious voter!!! 😀

 

[DbDan]

I'm so nervous too, I'm on the 30th lol. I'm hoping to hear back from your group and the one before you about what to expect too 😀 See my problem is that I hope they don't ask about the healthcare reform stuff because when it comes to stuff like that I have such a hard time keeping my own political opinions out of the discussion haha... don't want to piss anyone off you know. I think we will both be fine, from the interview feedback page it seems to be a low-stress interview. I'm hoping for closed file though lol

There is two interviewers, one has read your file the other hasn't.

 

[DbDan]

🙄 You don't have to be an expert or anything. Just read a couple articles online. You can get up to speed in probably 20 minutes or less. That's probably a good place to start as I'm sure something about healthcare is on standby in their corral of questions.
ADDED BONUS: You will be a more conscientious voter!!! 😀

Even in the heat of healthcare reform last season I didn't get asked at all about healthcare reform. For the most part it was a very low-stress interview. I've only heard of a handful of people who have ever gotten grilled by their interviewers

 

[TheUntold]

Even in the heat of healthcare reform last season I didn't get asked at all about healthcare reform. For the most part it was a very low-stress interview. I've only heard of a handful of people who have ever gotten grilled by their interviewers

That's good to hear. 👍 I can imagine they probably got sick after a while of hearing applicants fumble with that one. It's such a complex issue. Maybe they just want to see how we would respond to an issue that's outside our realm of expertise. (e.g. Does the applicant pretend to know what he's talking about? Does he get defensive and stressed out? Does he inject politics in there?)
I don't know, it'll be interesting to see. Good luck next week.

By the way, does anyone think it's a good sign to be interviewed in the first couple waves of interviews, or is it just a matter of first come first serve?

 

[traitorman]

i think the kinds of questions that I would have a hard time with are the ethic questions.

Even in the heat of healthcare reform last season I didn't get asked at all about healthcare reform. For the most part it was a very low-stress interview. I've only heard of a handful of people who have ever gotten grilled by their interviewers

i hope im not part of that group!

 

[PeachyPhd]

OMG... Today is 10 days before my interview on the 27th. Eeek! I think we should be getting the confirmation email from admissions today! Then it will be so official!!!

I hope we get some great advice from those of you that are having your interview on Monday. I feel like I should be preparing for this interview right about now, but I am at a loss for what I should do. I have read over the questions on the interview feedback page. Maybe I should read that book on AT Still again... I just hope they don’t ask any political healthcare questions. I hate those because I suck at keeping up with things like that. I’m trying to keep my cool...

JUST got this email. Its official. YIIKKKESSS!!!!😱😱😱

 

[IamaBanana]

JUST got this email. Its official. YIIKKKESSS!!!!😱😱😱

Yeah I'm flipping out. I've got a head full of what-ifs already!

 

[Altruist]

By the way, does anyone think it's a good sign to be interviewed in the first couple waves of interviews, or is it just a matter of first come first serve?

Both. They will (probably) tell you at the interview day that they wouldn't have invited you if they thought, from your app, that you wouldn't succeed here. You have the advantage of not competing against anyone, i.e. rationing has not begun to enter their minds.

i think the kinds of questions that I would have a hard time with are the ethic questions.

As long as you're able to discuss pros and cons, and give a good explanation of why you feel the way you do, you'll be fine.

You might see in the interview feedback something about having to read an article in the interview process. I had to for mine, but they apparently stopped doing that last year. Who knows if they'll try to do something else this year, but the questions have remained pretty standard.

It doesn't seem very consistent whether people get closed or open file. Mine was totally closed-file. Other people have said at least 1 interviewer had read their file and discussed it with them. Not sure what to tell you there.

I'd impart more sage advice to all of you, but I honestly didn't think I did very well at my interview. Maybe I didn't! But I'm here. Sometimes, it's hard to judge. Good luck.

 

[nlax30]

Good luck to everyone interviewing!

Like was said above I'd like to offer some advice but it sounds like the specifics of the interviews have changed in the last couple years. All in all though it should be fairly low stress. At least when I interviewed and from what I've heard past couple classes I don't think they tend to grill you with tough questions.

If they offered you an interview then they already feel like you're qualified, at least on paper, to go there. Some take some comfort in that. Now it's making sure PBL and the environment there is a fit for you and that you.

Don't be upset if you don't receive a lot of non-verbal feedback from your interviewers. Mine was more them asking me specific questions off a list and I didn't feel like I did that well because I didn't see much reaction from the docs. Not sure if it's more "conversation-like" now but just don't let that throw you off.

 

[IamaBanana]

The ethics questions seem to be coming up a lot lately. Personally, I'd be surprised if any interviewer was so set in his/her ways that they would eliminate a candidate simply for being pro-choice or pro-life, for example. I think the most important thing is to be able to articulate your stance if you have one or if you abstain from subscribing to a particular platform why it is you have chosen to do so. There are lots and lots of doctors in this country and they certainly do not fit into a simple binary system of politics and neither do schools. Personally, if I get asked a loaded question I'll simply describe my feelings on the issue politely and try to answer any follow up questions as honestly and politely as I can. People tend to respect confidence as long as you acknowledge their views as legitimate even if you disagree.

Although, I've never been through the medical school interview experience yet so someone stop me if I'm totally off base and we should all try to be as gray as possible 😀

 

[devlyyn]

We just finished our human sexuality mini course with small group discussions and we were expected to voice our opinions whether everyone agreed or not. Same thing for the ethics course we took last year. If an ethical question comes up during your interview it doesn't matter what stance you take as long as you can show you are capable of articulating a position on a difficult topic, whatever that may be. The interviews are organized to evaluate your ability to be a medical student, and at this school that means PBL. PBL is all about absorbing, integrating and articulating information so any questions they ask will most likely test you in those areas.

 

[joeDO2]

for anyone interviewing on monday, PM me if you want to meet up the night before. it might be nice to get a few people together and relax before the big day.

 

[phys313]

I got an interview on the 1st of september....im pretty excited its my first interview.

 

[heroes31]

Does anyone else have a Disciplinary Action Form listed as being received by admissions. I have no idea what that is but sounds bad. I'm pretty sure I never had any disciplinary action taken against me!

 

[MightyMoose]

Does anyone else have a Disciplinary Action Form listed as being received by admissions. I have no idea what that is but sounds bad. I'm pretty sure I never had any disciplinary action taken against me!

I have had this for ages... I do not have disciplinary action, nor am I missing any requirement. According to the key, they haven't updated the info yet. (Note: I had to replace a couple red "X's" with a standard "X" or it wouldn't allow me to submit this post, due to too many images.)

Program: 2011-12 1st Semester Medicine LECOM Bradenton Requirements Not Yet Met
6 Credits Behav Science X
6 Credits English X
8 Credits Bio/Zoo

8 Credits Chem-Inorg

8 Credits Physics

8 Credits Chem-Org

Disciplinary Action Form

Waiver Access to Letters

MCAT Complete

Supplemental Application

= Received (Does Not Fulfill Requirement)

= Not Yet Received/Entered No folder items which meet the requirements have been received.

 

[BigBoosting]

Sooooooooooooo....... Some people had interviews today. How'd it go? Tell us future interviewers all the dirty little details!

 

[looktme]

How long until they process the supplemental? I completed Erie and Bradentons app the same day and I show as under review with Erie but still as supplemental recieved with Bradenton. I submitted it on the 11th, how long has it been taking? Im just anxious... they are my top choice and I want an interview!lol

I figure its a few weeks at least from when they process the supplemental before I'll hear back..

 

[sedaniel]

Sooooooooooooo....... Some people had interviews today. How'd it go? Tell us future interviewers all the dirty little details!

I second this 🙂 lol

 

[DrDre2001]

OMG... Today is 10 days before my interview on the 27th. Eeek! I think we should be getting the confirmation email from admissions today! Then it will be so official!!!

I hope we get some great advice from those of you that are having your interview on Monday. I feel like I should be preparing for this interview right about now, but I am at a loss for what I should do. I have read over the questions on the interview feedback page. Maybe I should read that book on AT Still again... I just hope they don’t ask any political healthcare questions. I hate those because I suck at keeping up with things like that. I’m trying to keep my cool...

Where and what is this "interview feedback" page?

Thanks. I'm interviewing in a couple weeks.

Good luck to all.

EDIT: Nevermind, I just found the interview feedback pages.

 

[wudabum]

so i'm at the airport right now. the interview day went ok. it was raining so i got kinda soaked. they interview you first thing in the morning actually. So we got there around 740ish, and there were probably around 12 of us there. they split it up so there are 4 groups of interviewes, 2 interviewers per group interviewing just 1 of us. the rest of us wait while the others are being interviewed. the interviews themselves lasted anywhere from 20-30 minutes. so that went from 8-930. we actually got to sit in on a PBL session and the rest of the day was just them explaining stuff to us.

edit: also, the interview questions were really based off of my file. so one interviewer has read your file, the other may or may not have.

 

[noshie]

so i'm at the airport right now. the interview day went ok. it was raining so i got kinda soaked. they interview you first thing in the morning actually. So we got there around 740ish, and there were probably around 12 of us there. they split it up so there are 4 groups of interviewes, 2 interviewers per group interviewing just 1 of us. the rest of us wait while the others are being interviewed. the interviews themselves lasted anywhere from 20-30 minutes. so that went from 8-930. we actually got to sit in on a PBL session and the rest of the day was just them explaining stuff to us.

edit: also, the interview questions were really based off of my file. so one interviewer has read your file, the other may or may not have.

Eww. I was hoping that we would get to hear about the school a bit before we get interviewed so I can come up with some questions to ask! Crap... Also, I am going to be so nervous at the beginning of the day that I have a feeling it will not turn out well for me. 🙁 Good to know though, at least I won't be shocked!

 

[wudabum]

Eww. I was hoping that we would get to hear about the school a bit before we get interviewed so I can come up with some questions to ask! Crap... Also, I am going to be so nervous at the beginning of the day that I have a feeling it will not turn out well for me. 🙁 Good to know though, at least I won't be shocked!

almost everyone there said the interview wasnt as bad as they thought 🙂 youll do great 👍

 

[traitorman]

@ IamaBanana/Altruist i guess because in regards to some ethical questions, there is that grey area where ill support one side depending on one situation and support the other side depending on a different situation

@wudabum: can i ask what your toughest question was? and were they pretty conversive or very nonverbal as nlax stated?

 

[IamaBanana]

Anybody else from Monday feel like dropping their .02? We Friday folk are dying to know. Anybody not have a good experience?

 

[Altruist]

I was hoping that we would get to hear about the school a bit before we get interviewed so I can come up with some questions to ask! Crap... Also, I am going to be so nervous at the beginning of the day that I have a feeling it will not turn out well for me.

The admissions people rounded up some students last year and asked about this. The consensus was that it's better to get the interview done as soon as possible, so that you can relax afterwards and take in what they tell you about the school. After a few other interviews where we spent a full day hearing how great the school is, followed at the end of the day by the interview... I think getting it done at the start is better. It's hard to listen when you're stressing over the interview.

It does have disadvantages, and I think you make a good point. Do try to come up with a question or two about PBL, rotations, or something else about the school.

@ IamaBanana/Altruist i guess because in regards to some ethical questions, there is that grey area where ill support one side depending on one situation and support the other side depending on a different situation

Explain that, and you'll be fine.

 

[emjayel]

Just received an interview invite for 10/22 via phone call 😀