<p>Sounds like for the RPI/AMC program. If you project was about bacteria, I think knowing Gram staining would be basic. I have read that you should be prepared to talk about the details of your project. BUT it also depends on their staffing for interviews - you may get a researcher OR you may get a medical specialist of some sorts. I’m sure the ethical stuff can be found on the internet. My son will be researching those for himself this afternoon.</p>
<p>I’m more worried about any Obama care questions. No one seems to really know what is going on so what do they expect students to know?</p>
<p>I do not think it is fair to ask about Obamacare since even Nancy Polosi or Obama does not know much about it! Also if you have to answer anything about it, remember that there is a bunch of liberals up there in the Northeast. It would be very difficult for someone like my son, being brought up in the South and in a very conservative and constitutionalistic family.</p>
<p>I have been the RPI/Albany interview, and btw, all Union and Sienna and RPI kids will be having their interview the same day as you. Like the day you selected for your interview won’t be just RPI kids , fyi. If it is, its by chance.
I did not get any bacteria gram stainining whatever question thing. Each person has a different interviewier and only like 2 people had the same interviewer so its hard to predict what to expect </p>
<p>Yes, it would look like it is rather random and dependent on your luck. It is debatable how fair the process really is since you only get one interviewer. My daughter interviewed last year for the physician scientist program and she was interviewed by a clinical neonatologist who asked my daughter only ethical questions. I saw that another student got an oncologist.Yet, some other students (not sure if for the RPI or Union program) had a basic scientist as her interviewer. So the candidates do really need a LOT of luck! </p>
<p>@MedicalBoy- Hm interesting. Thanks for the info. Still twinning
Edit: Are you sure? Earlier in this thread (Jan 11th), rlpak posted “Spoke to UCONN admission and was told that bs/md will not send notices until sometime in late February.” But that’s obviously dated so if you have more recent info then that’s probably right. Where did you hear that from?</p>
<p>Ditto on UCONN: called myself and got the bad news and I suggested that the school be more prompt about notifying those left in the cold…her response was not at all calming as we get notified in March despite the fact that we are NOT eligible for SPiM.</p>
<p>@IMGDAD, that is what i’d say first if obamacare came up LOL. “well. you see, even obama doesn’t know what is quite going on. No one really does but from what can be gathered,…” (it only did once for me at the NJIT interview but i’m almost positive it’ll come around at every medical school interview)</p>
<p>anyone heard from Baylor2Baylor about second interview? I received the second interview but I’m not sure what kinds of questions they will ask and how many others will be there.</p>
<p>IMGDAD - Although Texas is conservative, most young people are liberal. He should know that Texas did not accept the medicaid solution and that would be bad in the eyes of liberals. </p>
<p>Here is a brief on ACA for everyone.</p>
<p>Texas provides medicaid to 20% of poverty level incomers and medicaid solution raised it to 138% for coverage but State did not accept since in later years, state has to pick up some of the tab. So states not implementing medicaid expansion are primarily opposed since they will incur expenses later. </p>
<p>Healthcare insurance is subsidized for people with incomes upto 400% of federal poverty level (defined as 95k or so for a family of 4). The insurance is based on age and someone who is 20 pays X while someone who is 60 pays 3 times X. The subsidies pay anything over 9% of family income upto 400% line but a dollar over and it disappears. The percentage is a sliding scale increase between between medicaid eligible (free) to 250% or so going from 2% to 9% where it is capped. No preexisting conditions can be considered, no upper limit of lifetime expense cap, there are several areas always need to be covered (10 areas or so) and someone upto 26 needs to be given coverage by parent’s plan even if it is an employer (I think they can charge whatever but need to provide coverage). For a person going to medical school this can be a good thing since they make no money but can lose coverage after undergrad and spend 3-4k getting covered.</p>
<p>Thanks texaspg but I’m not sure I get all that. I am tired but I am confused about the “pay anything over 9% family income to 400%” and the part of the sliding scale “2% to 9% where it is capped”</p>
<p>I was told by admissions last month that UCONN bs/md decision would not be decided until late Feb. Now I read that last Friday was the last day for interviews per MedicalBoy. If this is the case, this is a terrible way for UCONN to treat some of its school’s brightest applicants. Don’t appreciate the lack of consideration that UCONN has toward its bs/md applicants.</p>
<p>Just arrived in Kansas City for my son’s interview tomorrow morning.</p>
<p>@texaspg, thank you. The brief outline that you have done on the ACA is accurate. You are also correct about Texas and the Medicaid expansion. What is the use of having Medicaid if no doctors would accept you as a patient? As it stands, Medicare patients are already having great difficulties finding a primary physician because many primary physicians have stopped taking any Medicare patients. So they would definitely not take Medicaid patients. A good way, in my mind, to ensure that everyone has healthcare insurance is to give everyone a sum of money in the form of a coupon to be used only to purchase health insurance and whoever wants a cadillac policy just need to pay out of pocket the premium in excess of what the coupon pays for. </p>
i received an email but within the email it said I would receive something by mail soon too</p>