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I think this is one of the hardest questions. Luckily I haven't been asked it yet. We are all similarly qualified if we were invited to interview...any thoughts?
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why should we accept you
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I'm pretty🙂
Seriously though, I never know what to say to those type of things. Maybe talk about how excited you are about the particular school, or about how your research focus fits in with what they do there, or just talk about how brilliant you are🙂
Seriously though, I never know what to say to those type of things. Maybe talk about how excited you are about the particular school, or about how your research focus fits in with what they do there, or just talk about how brilliant you are🙂
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Answer it with a mixture of your strengths and what you like about the school. Tell them that you can guarantee your enthusiasm and interest in medicine, etc.
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Because it would make me happy?
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bc im going to make the school proud one day. schools dont care if youre happy, only if it somehow makes them happy. now, if it would make you happy and your happiness would contribute to the student body, thats another story. when making sales pitches you can never talk about what you want only what they want. IMO
anyway i think this is a superb interview question, id love to get it. its your one chance to crush the competition in an explicit fashion, to really put them down and put yourself on top. well not really putting them down but putting yourself up and relatively putting them lower. the chance to tell them why youre better--and you are, arent you?
anyway i think this is a superb interview question, id love to get it. its your one chance to crush the competition in an explicit fashion, to really put them down and put yourself on top. well not really putting them down but putting yourself up and relatively putting them lower. the chance to tell them why youre better--and you are, arent you?
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My 2 cents here, it seems that a less direct variant on
'why should we accept you?'
is
'what do you bring to this school?'.
I read / parse these as the same question.
The difference is really how blunt or diplomatic one phrasing is with respect to the other. But who really cares about how the ball is thrown: it's the same ball.
If I was an interviewer and I came down to this question it would be because I wanted to know the one line summary of:
why you here now?
Agreeing with other posts, I see that question is a real opportunity to be honest and straight forward about an applicants goals and intentions.
'why should we accept you?'
is
'what do you bring to this school?'.
I read / parse these as the same question.
The difference is really how blunt or diplomatic one phrasing is with respect to the other. But who really cares about how the ball is thrown: it's the same ball.
If I was an interviewer and I came down to this question it would be because I wanted to know the one line summary of:
why you here now?
Agreeing with other posts, I see that question is a real opportunity to be honest and straight forward about an applicants goals and intentions.
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oh mine was awesome! because "X school" is so perfect for me and i think i could do really great things here! i want medicine more than anything in the world and everything i've done in the past four years has reaffirmed that, time and time again....this passion for medicine drives me...i know i can become a good physician....i'm such a hard worker...i've worked so hard to get here and that would just continue on to get me to the next place; to become a quality, competent physician...blah blah blah!! does that give ya chills or what 😉 😉
i know sounds gay but honestly this was/is how i felt and i think it came thru for me as i'm so far doing well in interviews...which of course could have to do with early interviews but whatever! i've felt like i've connected with almost all my interviewers, it's been great.
but honestly you just need to look within YOURSELF to see why they SHOULD accept you and go w/ that. sincerity is key...things like what i tend to say could come across really cheesy and lame but since they really are for me the god's truth i think it comes across effectively...lol, i actually saw one of my interviewers write down "Sincere" on his notepad and later underline it!!
i know sounds gay but honestly this was/is how i felt and i think it came thru for me as i'm so far doing well in interviews...which of course could have to do with early interviews but whatever! i've felt like i've connected with almost all my interviewers, it's been great.
but honestly you just need to look within YOURSELF to see why they SHOULD accept you and go w/ that. sincerity is key...things like what i tend to say could come across really cheesy and lame but since they really are for me the god's truth i think it comes across effectively...lol, i actually saw one of my interviewers write down "Sincere" on his notepad and later underline it!!
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because i've spent 12 straight hours in surgery and then proceeded to help out in clinic for another 4 hours. then i woke up the next day and spent another 10 hours in surgery and 4 hours doing research crap. repeat ad nauseum. yet with all this, i loved it. i woke up each day energized to see my patients and to do research. call me crazy, but this is what made me want to pursue medicine instead of business.
...now if only i could use that answer in a real interview.
...now if only i could use that answer in a real interview.
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rdsh346 said:
Just use the same answer as you would if they had asked you to "tell me about yourself" -- it really is asking the same thing.
Alternatively, just use the old SNL Stuart Smalley mantra -- "Because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and gosh-darn it, people like me".
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Law2Doc said:
Depending on the interviewer, I would start with a humorous opening and then go into an in-depth description or explanation of why I should go to this school. A little humor goes a long way, or that's how it worked for me when I was interviewing last year. Your answers need not be dry and boring just because the questions are serious.
