What is your greatest life achievement?

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IF this was asked of you in a med school interview what would you say?
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I'd have to say getting shot nine times and surviving to speak with a speech impediment. Say that with a straight face during an interview. And you are SO in!
 
I just want to get an idea of what types of answers are appropriate.
 
yalla22 said:
I just want to get an idea of what types of answers are appropriate.
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That's a question that only you can answer. We all have different lives so we cannot answer that for you. This is an open-ended question, there is no wrong answer. As for the "appropiateness", you should be able to figure that out on your own...come on, you are applying to medical school, you should be able to think about it.
 
Seanses said:
Surviving birth with a goddamn umbilical cord around my throat.
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my son had it around his neck three times

i'll go with surviving giving birth... twice 👍

feel free to use my idea everyone 👍
 
MiesVanDerMom said:
my son had it around his neck three times

i'll go with surviving giving birth... twice 👍

feel free to use my idea everyone 👍
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Trumped by VanDerMom. How pathetic. I'm going to drink myself into a deep coma.
 
i was born almost 3 months premature. but i actually consider my greatest achievement in life thus far the time i forged a signature on a conduct referral in 7th grade. it's actually a great story, and involves a pretty brilliant plot, but i don't think it would make me sound too ethical.
 
yalla22 said:
I just want to get an idea of what types of answers are appropriate.
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No offense

but

it seems like we're getting a lot of these "what answers are appropriate" threads to get people to lower their guards and spout off good answers.

Okay, I'll bite.

Your greatest achievement in life was saving a homeless man from drowning in a raging river.




Inappropriate responses are anything that would contain subjects which are inappropriate, i.e. sexual acts, stealing, arson, shooting an arrow into a crowd of people, being creepy on MySpace, cult involvement, doing unspeakable things to cats, etc
 
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MiesVanDerMom said:
my son had it around his neck three times

i'll go with surviving giving birth... twice 👍

feel free to use my idea everyone 👍
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haha this is clearly the best answer! oh and congrats on your interview invite for Erie, that is awesome and best of luck:luck:
 
Oculus Sinistra said:
Your greatest achievement in life was saving a homeless man from drowning in a raging river.
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except mine was saving a patron who had a seizure underwater, giving rescue breaths until he came back to life and took his own breaths...

went from life to death, and death to life in a matter of moments, and somehow, i was the humble hand of providence 🙂

3 years of lifeguarding, and only saved one person. they say the more people you save, the worse of a lifeguard you are, for lifeguarding is the only job you can PREVENT the accident from happening.
 
Beating the other sperms to the egg
 
Oculus Sinistra said:
No offense

but

it seems like we're getting a lot of these "what answers are appropriate" threads to get people to lower their guards and spout off good answers.

Okay, I'll bite.

Your greatest achievement in life was saving a homeless man from drowning in a raging river.




Inappropriate responses are anything that would contain subjects which are inappropriate, i.e. sexual acts, stealing, arson, shooting an arrow into a crowd of people, being creepy on MySpace, cult involvement, doing unspeakable things to cats, etc
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Honestly, I don't understand why people are so suspicious and protective of discussing possible interview quest/answers on this thread. The purpose of this thread is to get an exchange going. I'm not trying to USE anyone else's answers but sometimes when you start discussing it gives you more confidence about your answer or makes you refine your answer or just makes you realize your answer is too off...Common people.
 
Serving with the US Marines. Conducting a medevac under enemy fire.
 
Completing the the United States Marine Corps Infantry Squad Leader Course. I have that certificate framed. My Medical School diploma is still in a box. I'll frame it eventually.

I was actually asked this question at both of my medical school interviews and that's the answer I gave. One of my interviewers shook my hand and thanked me for not blowing smoke up his ass and trying to spin a weekend or two passing out free needles to the underserved into the Second Coming.
 
Now, you all know how your Uncle Panda feels about asinine interview questions (and the whole application process) but this is actually a legitimate question.

Not everybody is a bleeding heart, mamby-pamby, empathy ***** but everybody has some kind of achievement of which they are proud.
 
Once, I bludgeoned a raccoon to death with my own penis.
 
I agree with MiesVanDerMom; definitely my four children and being a mother! 😀
 
Well, I'm sure my greatest life achievement has yet to come, since I'm only 1/3 of the way through it.

Nevertheless, if I had to choose from my prior history, I'd probably say that my greatest life achievement thus far has been learning how to let go of old family survival patterns to find my own path where thriving, happiness, and creativity are easily attainable without compromise. I am doing it my way happily. 😀
 
RayhanS1282 said:
I would like to see this. Hell, I'll even pay to see this.
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Unfortunately, the woman who was filming me dropped the camera and began masturbating furiously when I revealed the trouser snake.
 
greatest fake accomplishment:

Kliling a bear with my teeth.

Greatest real one:

Digging myself out of depression to become the confident young pre-med miracle I am today.
 
I'm not sure if this is my greatest accomplishment but certainly one of the toughest tasks to achieve - but i'm not sure if i want to say this in an interview...especially a closed file interview.
I had a not so good college experience ( i was lost, didnt know what i wanted in life, where i was going, didnt do well academically) and pulling myself out of that mess took a lot of emotional and mental power. I have successfully accomplished this and am doing very well in school and know where i am going etc, but does this sound like a good answer? is it too negative?
 
72-2 in counter-strike de_dust2, best day of my life
 
Not that I would say this at a med school interview, but falling in love. I didn't know I could be so happy. 😍
 
right now, I'd have to say being a single mom while my husband was in Iraq and then not giving up when he came home totally f'ed up, even though it took him two years to "come back." that was incredibly difficult, and i've been extremely proud of myself for sticking it out.

maybe by the time i'm interviewing for med school i will have achieved level 60 in WoW. i would so use that.

"so my marriage survived, and that was a great achievement. but THEN i hit level 60 and got an EPIC MOUNT."

i'd be so in. 😀

and then maybe we can discuss my inability to discuss something serious/difficult without cracking a joke to alleviate my own discomfort. that would be fun!
 
i was going to say surviving cancer in my med interview, but the question was never asked. just as well, the answer would not have been very sincere. mine was easy to beat, and i would have felt bad knowing other people really do have to fight.
 
You know this is a tough one. In trying to think of my life's "great" achievement I am kind of at a loss.

My greatest accomplishments would probably have to do with academics. Not that my gpa is amazing, but I am not sure what else I could claim.

I guess the best response to, "what is your life's greatest accomplishment?" would be, "being accepted to this medical school *wink* ."

I think it is hard for most college students to have a great non-college related accomplishment. I suppose some students will have emt type experience (saving a life) or military experience (surviving boot camp, or any other number of things) which could provide some amazing accomplishments.

Graduating from college would probably be my greatest accomplishment, soon followed by an acceptance to medical school hopefully.
 
Started a volunteer network in NYC, that is still active today (I left four years ago).
 
Winning back to back to back conference and back to back national championships in an intercollegiate sport, while being undefeated my last two years of college. The first conference championship was the first in 16 years and had alumni crying for joy and my sport allowed me to share these experiences with 8 dedicated teammates. This is tied with graduating from college after neither of my parents did.
 
Beating Contra for NES without any cheats.
 
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