Nova Southeastern Univ (NSU-COM) Discussion Thread 2012 - 2013

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psychgirrrl said:
Some people in my group were really grilled by the interviewers. They asked about bad grades, gaps in education, poor MCAT scores. So I would be prepared if you have any of these in your app. I know the previous group said nothing like this came up for them but it isi possible it will come up, so make sure you are prepared.
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I think I was in the same group as you (9/11). I did not have any really difficult questions, and I did not feel "grilled" by my interviewers. It was mostly easy conversational stuff. They did have focused questions, but they did not really grill me.

One question on "what was one time in your schooling when you had a difficult time and what did you do about it?"

Another tough question was "Tell us about a time in your life when you feel that the health care system let you (or someone you know) down."

I really didn't have an answer to the second question because I have never had a problem with the health care system. I have been blessed to have good insurance my whole life and have been able to see a doctor every time that I needed to see one. Every medical "problem" that has come up in my family has been "fixed" by medicine. The only story that I could come up with was about my mom, when she was in the active phase of dying from alcohol induced cirrhosis of the liver, the hospital told us that she was "stable" and that "there is nothing else for us to do" so she was discharged. She had to go to a nursing home on hospice for the last two weeks of her life. So even then, hospice took over and she was still given medical care. It was totally NOT the fault of the doctors, hospital, or anyone else except my mom because she killed her liver with excessive alcoholism.

???? I wonder why I didn't feel grilled by the interviewers?????

Who were your interviewers? I was in room 129 (from the sheet that they gave at the end that listed our interviewers). The guy was wearing a green knit sweater. I think he was a professor of pediatrics, and the gal that interviewed me was one of the people in charge of setting up the community "shadowing experiences."

I think one of the reasons I was not grilled is because I started off with my introduction story with all of the "problems" in my application being explained. I talked about when I had lower grades. I talked about my career and my return to wanting to do medicine. And I talked about why I wanted to attend an Osteopathic school.

dsoz
 
Dmr6186 said:
I gotcha. I wasn't sure if interviewers would view this as a sign of weakness or something. Probably a stupid thought I know. Just trying to prepare myself. Thank you.
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I took about 15 seconds (longer than it sounds) to think about a question at Nova. Interviewer was patient. Also I got accepted, so no it probably isn't viewed as a "weakness".
 
dsoz said:
I think I was in the same group as you (9/11). I did not have any really difficult questions, and I did not feel "grilled" by my interviewers. It was mostly easy conversational stuff. They did have focused questions, but they did not really grill me.

One question on "what was one time in your schooling when you had a difficult time and what did you do about it?"

Another tough question was "Tell us about a time in your life when you feel that the health care system let you (or someone you know) down."

I really didn't have an answer to the second question because I have never had a problem with the health care system. I have been blessed to have good insurance my whole life and have been able to see a doctor every time that I needed to see one. Every medical "problem" that has come up in my family has been "fixed" by medicine. The only story that I could come up with was about my mom, when she was in the active phase of dying from alcohol induced cirrhosis of the liver, the hospital told us that she was "stable" and that "there is nothing else for us to do" so she was discharged. She had to go to a nursing home on hospice for the last two weeks of her life. So even then, hospice took over and she was still given medical care. It was totally NOT the fault of the doctors, hospital, or anyone else except my mom because she killed her liver with excessive alcoholism.

???? I wonder why I didn't feel grilled by the interviewers?????

Who were your interviewers? I was in room 129 (from the sheet that they gave at the end that listed our interviewers). The guy was wearing a green knit sweater. I think he was a professor of pediatrics, and the gal that interviewed me was one of the people in charge of setting up the community "shadowing experiences."

I think one of the reasons I was not grilled is because I started off with my introduction story with all of the "problems" in my application being explained. I talked about when I had lower grades. I talked about my career and my return to wanting to do medicine. And I talked about why I wanted to attend an Osteopathic school.

dsoz
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I didn't personally feel grilled, I was just caught off guard by the MCAT question and the interview was not very conversational at all. I was just commenting on what the other people in the group said (I am pretty sure I know who you are lol, I think we were in the same simulation lab group I was the only chick in that group 🙂 PM me if you want) that they felt like it was a difficult interview and that they felt "grilled".
 
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MedPR said:
I took about 15 seconds (longer than it sounds) to think about a question at Nova. Interviewer was patient. Also I got accepted, so no it probably isn't viewed as a "weakness".
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Yeah I know what you mean by 15 seconds of silence. Thanks for the input.
 
I felt like I was grilled about my grades/GPA... I left the interview feeling horrible... but I got accepted 🙂
 
Napoletana1007 said:
I felt like I was grilled about my grades/GPA... I left the interview feeling horrible... but I got accepted 🙂
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I was asked some questions about that too. I don't think they mean to come off a grilling you I think they are giving you the opportunity to explain your circumstances. I didn't feel to great about mine either. You must have done/said something right🙂
 
What is the process of being accepted here? Do they send an email?
 
dsoz said:
I think one of the reasons I was not grilled is because I started off with my introduction story with all of the "problems" in my application being explained. I talked about when I had lower grades. I talked about my career and my return to wanting to do medicine. And I talked about why I wanted to attend an Osteopathic school.

dsoz
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By this do you mean your answer to "tell me about yourself " question?
 
angldrps said:
By this do you mean your answer to "tell me about yourself " question?
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Yes. The first question that they lead with. Usually is is something like "tell us about yourself."

I have heard others call it the "elevator talk" answer. As if you are stuck in an elevator with the CEO on the way up to the top of the building, what is it you can tell him/her that would help you get into the office and have a longer interview.

You should know what you want to say to the interviewer right off the bat. Practice it to make it perfect. Tell it to your parents, siblings, friends, enemies, your dog. That way you don't feel like you are rambling on and on... Know what you want to tell them, and make every word have meaning to help your story along.

Don't say UM, UH, ER, or pause too long.

Don't talk too fast (advice to you specifically after hearing your LECOM-B introduction. You did talk really fast like you were nervous.)

Talk to the interviewers like they are a good family friend, and that you have not seen them for a while so you have to explain WHY you are doing this process. If you include a little background, a little of your reasons why a physician, why DO, and what you want to do with your training, then they don't have to ask about it.

I was unable to give my prepared talk at LECOM because the question never really came up in the interview, and the interviewers kept redirecting the questions to everyone. It never was a good time.

I need to go. I am late to work. If you have other questions, send me a PM.

dsoz
 
Went to my interview last week.

I definitely left the interview day with a really positive impression of the school. The school is huge and it definitely has a lot of resources. Everyone, the staff, students, and interviewers were very friendly. Even the other interviewers were really friendly. We actually hung out in Fort Lauderdale afterward. The questions I got were many of the ones from the interview feedback section of SDN. I did feel that the interview was a bit short, or maybe it was just all a blur to me haha. But all in all, I had a great experience here.
 
Yikes! I got the full on acceptance email Friday, but I received a letter in the mail saying I was on the alternate list. Tried calling but didn't get an answer, just left a voicemail and sending an email. I have been on high all weekend calling all my friend and family, I hope they get back to me immediately. My acceptance letter was dated a day later so I guess it is more current and hopefully I get good news.
 
Anybody know what day of the week they send out decisions here? I know it's dependent on the dean being around, but is there a specific day they meet?
 
Night Hawk said:
I interviewed last Thursday and was told that the adcom members would be meeting Tuesday (tomorrow). Then when the dean gets back on the 20th, he'll get the final review....but who knows lol
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Ok. Thanks, that's what I was looking for. Lol
 
Contrary to the information on Nova's website, the Holiday Inn express no longer has a shuttle to the university.
 
dudeliness said:
Well yeah, not too bad. I'm just hoping to high heaven I could hear back from nova before my LECOM deposit is due. That would be this Friday, so pretty slim chance
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hey dude, did you ever call Lecom to find out? i am thinking about not going to Lecom's interview. i don't think i wanna be bombarded with pbl since i tend to procrastinate A LOT
 
dudeliness said:
Well yeah, not too bad. I'm just hoping to high heaven I could hear back from nova before my LECOM deposit is due. That would be this Friday, so pretty slim chance
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in case you don't hear back this week , you are still planning on putting down the LECOM deposit just to be on the safe side, right?
 
dudeliness said:
Well yeah, not too bad. I'm just hoping to high heaven I could hear back from nova before my LECOM deposit is due. That would be this Friday, so pretty slim chance
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Maybe not Nova but if AZCOM is like last year we should know on Friday.
 
angldrps said:
in case you don't hear back this week , you are still planning on putting down the LECOM deposit just to be on the safe side, right?
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man, i will hate to be in dude's shoe,,,, i know how precious that $1000 actually is especially at this time in our app cycle.
 
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dudeliness said:
Well yeah, not too bad. I'm just hoping to high heaven I could hear back from nova before my LECOM deposit is due. That would be this Friday, so pretty slim chance
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Decisions, decisions. :scared:
 
So, I got my acceptance package in the mail today. And in the letter that states to send in my transcripts it says to send in my non-science LOR. Which they should have. It's a psych professor. Odd? Anyone else have this problem? Guess I'll call tomorrow
 
Anyone else in here in the crew that got the phone call from the quality assurance department asking why / if you are going to schedule your interview date? Got that call today... called admissions... Oh yeah we have had a lot of those calls sorry, system error we will send you the invite. Ugh. Glad I was not banking on Nova. Just sucks I should of had my interview a month or so ago.
 
dgsilvervid said:
Anyone else in here in the crew that got the phone call from the quality assurance department asking why / if you are going to schedule your interview date? Got that call today... called admissions... Oh yeah we have had a lot of those calls sorry, system error we will send you the invite. Ugh. Glad I was not banking on Nova. Just sucks I should of had my interview a month or so ago.
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Yes, I got that exact same call today. Thank you for bringing this up. I thought it was weird that a person calling from the quality assurance department was asking me if I was still interested in interviewing there...lolwut. I told I him I never received any emails and I think he said one should be coming soon. I really hope that's true and I also really hope this doesn't put us too far behind in the app. game.
 
dudeliness said:
Well yeah, not too bad. I'm just hoping to high heaven I could hear back from nova before my LECOM deposit is due. That would be this Friday, so pretty slim chance
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I was in the same boat. We interviewed the same day at Nova and I debated about sending LECOM a check. I sent it in Friday and today I got the deposit confirmation email. I was praying I would hear back from NSU so I could cancel the check before they cashed it. I figured I still had a couple days.

LECOM has to know people are waiting and hoping for other schools and I bet they make bank on blown deposits. Felt terrible all day about it.
 
this does not make me have a good feeling about Lecom
 
Syialb said:
Yes, I got that exact same call today. Thank you for bringing this up. I thought it was weird that a person calling from the quality assurance department was asking me if I was still interested in interviewing there...lolwut. I told I him I never received any emails and I think he said one should be coming soon. I really hope that's true and I also really hope this doesn't put us too far behind in the app. game.
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No prob. Yeah it was odd. Thing on the phone was the lady sounded really "sorry" about it then was like well Ill take your info and we will "try" to get it sent to you. I def feel behind here. Odd thing is I have had 2 schools the season hold my situation back for greater than a month due to no fault of my own. Best of luck we will see what happens.
 
dgsilvervid said:
No prob. Yeah it was odd. Thing on the phone was the lady sounded really "sorry" about it then was like well Ill take your info and we will "try" to get it sent to you. I def feel behind here. Odd thing is I have had 2 schools the season hold my situation back for greater than a month due to no fault of my own. Best of luck we will see what happens.
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Ugghh, that's rough. It looks like you have multiple options though, so that's great. Hopefully Nova works out for us both. We may be behind but we're still in the mix. Good luck! I'm gonna call admissions tomorrow to figure this out.
 
just want to say that I found out today I was accepted via snail mail. Still have not received an acceptance email.
 
angldrps said:
in case you don't hear back this week , you are still planning on putting down the LECOM deposit just to be on the safe side, right?
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I'm honestly still on the fence. I may call LECOM and see what they will work out with me. Whatever that means. Lol
 
dudeliness said:
I'm honestly still on the fence. I may call LECOM and see what they will work out with me. Whatever that means. Lol
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DUDE what are you waiting for? If you're still holding out for Nova then call them tomorrow and be like I'm really excited but need some extra time to gather the funds. They don't have to know all the details of your business. It will buy you some time for hearing about Nova that way you're not stretching yourself thin financially.
 
NeuroLAX said:
DUDE what are you waiting for? If you're still holding out for Nova then call them tomorrow and be like I'm really excited but need some extra time to gather the funds. They don't have to know all the details of your business. It will buy you some time for hearing about Nova that way you're not stretching yourself thin financially.
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yes yes yes 👍👍👍
 
Yes that's probably what I'm going to do. The worst they could do is say, no you need to pay now or you're out.
 
dudeliness said:
Yes that's what I'm going to do. The worst they could do is say, no you need to pay now or you're out.
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No no no... not probably. Going to do. Fixed it for you. 😀

True the worst they can say is "Nah, pay up." You have a family, so they should understand that when people have families there are certain financial priorities that need to be met.

Good luck, Dude! :xf::xf:
 
Hi guys,

Just got accepted last Friday.

Interviewed on 8/30 (Thurs), acceptance email on 9/14 (Fri), then the packet yesterday on 9/17 (Mon). I'm not from FL, definitely felt that there were more FL residents when I interviewed there.

Let me know if you have any questions about the interview day. I had Dr. Hill and he was a bad ass. Both didn't ask me about bad grades or anything, but I know other students were upset, especially the girl who had the same two interviewers as I did, cause they were grilling her about her grades. So prepare to have a good explanation if you have a bad grade or a low MCAT score. But for some reason, they didn't ask me about my grades (I had a couple Cs in undergrad). They asked me what I think about healthcare, I asked to clarify if she meant like the healthcare in general in the US or the reform, and I think it's perfectly okay to ask to clarify if you don't understand the question. Just don't try to BS. They asked about a few of my activities, and the weird thing they asked me was how I study, like, what my study habits are.

Good luck everyone!!!

BTW, those who got accepted, did anyone think it was ridiculous they ask for a nonrefundable fee of $1250 to hold your spot by DECEMBER 14?? that's so early. I won't even have heard from half of the schools.
 
casiemccartney said:
Hi guys,

Just got accepted last Friday.

Interviewed on 8/30 (Thurs), acceptance email on 9/14 (Fri), then the packet yesterday on 9/17 (Mon). I'm not from FL, definitely felt that there were more FL residents when I interviewed there.

Let me know if you have any questions about the interview day. I had Dr. Hill and he was a bad ass. Both didn't ask me about bad grades or anything, but I know other students were upset, especially the girl who had the same two interviewers as I did, cause they were grilling her about her grades. So prepare to have a good explanation if you have a bad grade or a low MCAT score. But for some reason, they didn't ask me about my grades (I had a couple Cs in undergrad). They asked me what I think about healthcare, I asked to clarify if she meant like the healthcare in general in the US or the reform, and I think it's perfectly okay to ask to clarify if you don't understand the question. Just don't try to BS. They asked about a few of my activities, and the weird thing they asked me was how I study, like, what my study habits are.

Good luck everyone!!!

BTW, those who got accepted, did anyone think it was ridiculous they ask for a nonrefundable fee of $1250 to hold your spot by DECEMBER 14?? that's so early. I won't even have heard from half of the schools.
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Hey, congrats! I was that girl grilled by Dr. Hill on the 30... But I got accepted so I'm happy. Are you the girl from Boston?
 
casiemccartney said:
BTW, those who got accepted, did anyone think it was ridiculous they ask for a nonrefundable fee of $1250 to hold your spot by DECEMBER 14?? that's so early. I won't even have heard from half of the schools.
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Rolling admissions, you get accepted early, you put a deposit early, etc etc.

AACOMAS guidelines. At least it's not like LECOM's deposit schedule.
 
Hmm...I'm a little surprised no one is in the same boat as me. Everyone who got the acceptance email Friday has gotten their acceptance packet, except me who received an alternate letter? After hounding the admissions office for the past couple of days, I finally got a call saying that the admissions committee was reviewing my file while at that very moment...so after partying all weekend and telling literally everyone I know, I am actually not accepted 🙁 Hopefully I get accepted soon though. I am just surprised that I am the only one who was accidentally sent the acceptance email
 
dododr said:
Hmm...I'm a little surprised no one is in the same boat as me. Everyone who got the acceptance email Friday has gotten their acceptance packet, except me who received an alternate letter? After hounding the admissions office for the past couple of days, I finally got a call saying that the admissions committee was reviewing my file while at that very moment...so after partying all weekend and telling literally everyone I know, I am actually not accepted 🙁 Hopefully I get accepted soon though. I am just surprised that I am the only one who was accidentally sent the acceptance email
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That's rough dude.
 
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