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pre-med Ned

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I'm interviewing at Touro-MI on Monday (2/5). I've never been to a panel interview so I was wondering if anyone had any pointers/advice/words of wisdom for me. I'm quite nervous!!!
 
Sorry I dont have any pointers, but goodluck !!

I dunno maybe make good eye contact with the other interviewers, and be yourself 🙂
 
The panel interview at MI wasn't bad. Be friendly with your fellow interviewees, show interest in what they're talking about, and when it's your turn, don't ramble on and on; say what you need to say and then pass the torch to the next person. Don't be nervous, it's low-stress!
 
I'll tell you what not to do. At one of my DO interviews, I was asked the common question, "how would you explain DNA to a five year old?"

Interviewers: How would you explain DNA to a five year old?
Me: Five years old? Well, I guess they may be a little too young for the "when two people love eachother and stand really close together, they can make a baby" speech, so I guess the transfer of DNA from parent to offspring is out the window.
Interviewers: (Unamused stare)
Me: Uh, well I guess I would take pictures of his relatives, like father and grandfather and explain that the resons that people in the family look alike is that they have a special compound in their body that is passed on. I guess this would be a problem if they were adoped, or didn't really look like thier parents. Uh...

This trainwreck continued on for about a minute. I did well with everything else, but that got a little awkward. Avoid anything outside of the realm of "safe" humor. Somehow they let me in.
 
Nickelpennykid said:
I'll tell you what not to do. At one of my DO interviews, I was asked the common question, "how would you explain DNA to a five year old?"

Interviewers: How would you explain DNA to a five year old?
Me: Five years old? Well, I guess they may be a little too young for the "when two people love eachother and stand really close together, they can make a baby" speech, so I guess the transfer of DNA from parent to offspring is out the window.
Interviewers: (Unamused stare)
Me: Uh, well I guess I would take pictures of his relatives, like father and grandfather and explain that the resons that people in the family look alike is that they have a special compound in their body that is passed on. I guess this would be a problem if they were adoped, or didn't really look like thier parents. Uh...

This trainwreck continued on for about a minute. I did well with everything else, but that got a little awkward. Avoid anything outside of the realm of "safe" humor. Somehow they let me in.
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I only know of one school that asks this question. If it's the one I'm thinking of, CONGRATULATIONS!!!! when did you find out?
 
Haha...sorry not PCOM (I wish). I am hoping to hear from them this upcoming week. I was suprised by the questions too, because PCOM was the only one that I had read that about.

I will post one of the longest, incoherent joyous rants of all time on SDN if I get into PCOM
 
pre-med Ned,

Good luck on your interview. Don't stress out over it! Dr. Haight is really nice and he'll walk you over what they expect of you: eye contact with everyone, solid logical responses, and listening skills. Overall they want to see that you can carry on a professional conversation in a professional manner.

I was nervous in the beginning but this quickly subsided.

Good Luck!
 
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