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How do you guys answer this? Is it reasonable to say that you were already accepted?
How do you guys answer this? Is it reasonable to say that you were already accepted?
Why don't you just answer the question that you were asked? They didn't ask you if you had been accepted they asked you what you would do if you were NOT accepted. If you have been accepted, then you are answering a hypothetical question so give them a hypothetical answer. If you haven't been accepted, then you tell them about your Plan B.
I think in general that's fine; if you haven't been accepted, the answer is always "I would strengthen my application and re-apply." They want to see that you're committed to becoming a doctor. If they ask the question in a way that makes it where you will NEVER get into medicine, they want to see that you'd still go into a job where you help people.
How do you guys answer this? Is it reasonable to say that you were already accepted?
Chances are good that you won't be asked that question (unless you already have been). You're a very strong applicant, and I think that they would act accordingly.
Ugh. I got asked this at UCSF, and I thought that he meant what other career would I do.
Why don't you just answer the question that you were asked? They didn't ask you if you had been accepted they asked you what you would do if you were NOT accepted. If you have been accepted, then you are answering a hypothetical question so give them a hypothetical answer. If you haven't been accepted, then you tell them about your Plan B.
I think in general that's fine; if you haven't been accepted, the answer is always "I would strengthen my application and re-apply." They want to see that you're committed to becoming a doctor. If they ask the question in a way that makes it where you will NEVER get into medicine, they want to see that you'd still go into a job where you help people.
I got asked this 3 times. You've already been accepted though so you can just say it doesn't apply, thats what I did
Ugh. I got asked this at UCSF, and I thought that he meant what other career would I do.
Refer to njbmd's post earlier; why not just answer the question? Your response above would rub me the wrong way; you risk coming across as arrogant.
How do you guys answer this? Is it reasonable to say that you were already accepted?
"What would you do if you weren't accepted?"
Maybe they want to see if you are a well-rounded person with interests other than getting in to medical school...
I agree. Don't say you've already been accepted.
Why don't you just answer the question that you were asked? They didn't ask you if you had been accepted they asked you what you would do if you were NOT accepted. If you have been accepted, then you are answering a hypothetical question so give them a hypothetical answer. If you haven't been accepted, then you tell them about your Plan B.
Its sounds very arrogant to respond "I've already been accepted." Tell them what you WOULD do if you weren't accepted.
Yeah, there's really no way to answer "what would you do if you weren't accepted?" with "well I've already been accepted" and not come off like a total tool.
Some people in this thread have said they answered it in a "non-arrogant" way, but I'll bet dollars to doughnuts that the interviewer was not thinking "wow, what a humble, non-arrogant answer."
I think in general that's fine; if you haven't been accepted, the answer is always "I would strengthen my application and re-apply." They want to see that you're committed to becoming a doctor. If they ask the question in a way that makes it where you will NEVER get into medicine, they want to see that you'd still go into a job where you help people.
tell them you would eat a poop hotdog to show them how dedicated you are.
tell them you would eat a poop hotdog to show them how dedicated you are.
Tell them you would eat your dog to show how dedicated you are.tell them you would eat a poop hotdog to show them how dedicated you are.
That was is in reference to other thread regarding eating poop hot dog to get into your first choice med school. One of the most entertaining threads ever.
I was asked this today, too. My first answer was to teach bio in a classroom setting, but then i was pressed "no, no, nothing related to medicine and science at all".
So I assumed he was essentially asking me what my other interests were, not a realistic fall-back career plan, so I said that I'd like to open up a bakery
Then went on to ramble about how I like to bake, decorate pastries, entrepreneurism, and told him about the oreo turkeys I made for thanksgiving (it was my avatar pic last week), haha.
I didn't mention that I had already gotten into some schools, because I figure that wasn't the point of the question.