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What are your career plans and what led you to these decisions?  \n2. What do you feel is the purpose of Medical School?  \n3. Tell me about why you are interested in this program.  \n4. Describe your style of communicating and interacting with others. Give an example of a situation in which you had to utilize effective interpersonal skills.  \n5. Describe a situation in which you were dependable or demonstrated initiative. One in which you were not as dependable as you would have liked.  \n6. What experiences have you had working with diverse populations?  \n7. How do you handle stress?  \n8. From what you understand of medical school, what part of the program will be most difficult for you?  \n9. Describe how you can effectively deal with someone in crisis.  \n10. What was your favorite college course and why?  \n11. Tell me about a time when you demonstrated initiative.  \n12. Tell me about a time when you faced a conflict or anger with another individual.  \n13. Tell me about a time when you were criticized unfairly.  \n14. Tell me about a time when you failed.  \n15. Tell me about a time when you’ve been disappointed in a teammate or fellow group member. What happened? How did you approach the situation?  \n16. Describe a situation in which you have worked with a diverse group of people. What did you learn from that situation?  \n17. How do you handle change?  \n18. How do you go about making important decisions?  \n19. What were your most memorable accomplishments in your college career?  \n20. What attracted you to this program?  \n21. What do you do when you are not at work or school?  \n22. How would your teammates describe you? How would your professors describe you?  \n23. If we contacted your references now, what do you think they would say about you?  \n24. If you could change one aspect of your personality with a snap of your fingers, what would you change?  \n25. In what course did you get the worst grades? Why?  \n26. What two things would you consider your greatest strengths?  \n27. What two things would you consider your greatest weaknesses?  \n28. What else do you want us to know about you before you leave today?  \n29. Who would you say has been the most influential person in the last one-hundred years?  \n30. Why do you want to be a doctor?  \n31. What do you do in your spare time?  \n32. What are your specific goals in medicine?  \n33. What stimulated your interest in medicine?  \n34. What do you think the changes taking place in medicine?  \n35. What schools have you applied to?  \n36. What do you intend to gain from a medical education?  \n37. What do you think about euthanasia?  \n38. Why do you think people want to be doctors?  \n39. Do you think a physician should tell a patient he/she has eight months to live?  \n40. There are 1,000 applicants as qualified as you. Why should we pick you?  \n41. What steps have you taken to acquaint yourself with what a physician does?  \n42. What do you think is the most pressing issue in medicine today?  \n43. What will you do if you don’t get into medical school?  \n44. What is your relationship with your family?  \n45. How do you think your role as a physician fits in with your role as a member of the community?  \n46. Describe your personality.  \n47. What do you have to offer our school?  \n48. What are the best and worst things that have ever happened to you?  \n49. What do you see yourself doing in medicine 10-15 years from now?  \n50. Is medicine a rewarding experience? Why?  \n51. Would you practice in the inner city? What do you think happens to people who practice medicine there (attitude changes, etc. )?  \n52. If there were an accident on the highway, would you stop and help the victims, knowing that doing so might lead to a malpractice claim against you?  \n53. What aspects of your life’s experiences do you think make you a good candidate for medical school?  \n54. If your best friends were asked to describe you, what would they say?  \n55. 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