<p>I have interviews coming up for NEOUCOM early action. Any hints or example questions I should be prepared for??</p>
<p>How do you know already, I thought you find out if you get an interview after Nov. 1?</p>
<p>Which schools in the consortium?</p>
<p>To all NEOUCOM applicatants: Once you get your interview letter post in this thread.</p>
<p>Well, previously I was just hoping - but today I found out I have interviews at UA and KSU.. the 2 I applied for...</p>
<p>What were your stats?</p>
<p>GPA UW 3.974 ( one lousy B last semester :-( )
top 5% of class
ACT 30 (waiting on Oct scores)
SAT 1960
lots of AP classes
Sports - Hockey, Lacrosse, Cross Country
ECs - bunch of stuff everyone else probably has - tutor, academic team, NHS, theater ( drama, comedy, musicals) church youth group, blah, blah, blah</p>
<p>I assume the interviews are going to be really important considering they didn't want letters of recommendation and essays.</p>
<p>Congrats to you Mr. Slapshot!</p>
<p>Nice job MrSlapshot</p>
<p>anyone else get their interview letters? That weekend is going to be a b_tch! I have fall play that weekend. so an interview Sat, back home for performance Sat night, back up for an interview Sun...3-4 hr drive!!! I'll be sleep-walking thru that last interview...</p>
<p>Well, I found out that I didn't get invited for an interview. Oh well. I didn't really expect it since I'm not from ohio.</p>
<p>Did you get deffered till RD or flat out rejected, Priya?</p>
<p>so...how many applicants will they accept from EA and RD do you guys think?</p>
<p>I got deffered until RD. At least there's still some hope.</p>
<p>Whats UA and KSU ????plzzzz</p>
<p>UA is University of Akron and KSU is Kent State University...if that's what you were asking :)</p>
<p>KSU = Kent State Univ
UA = Univ of Akron</p>
<p>there is also a third undergrad school in the consortium with NEOUCOM -
Youngstown State Univ</p>
<p>all are state schools</p>
<p>would anybody like to share their interview experiences from this weekend? how it went, what you liked/disliked, etc.</p>
<p>Had interviews at UA and KSU this weekend - both went pretty well. Mostly the same questions at each.<br>
Tell us about yourself
Why do you want to be a doctor?
Why are you interested in NEOUCOM?
What is an ethical dilemmma you have had and how did you resolve it? - had a hardtime with that one since I haven't had many very important ethical situations. :-)
Who do you look up to?
Who or what has influenced you to become a doctor?
What do you feel about abortion and euthanasia?
What are your strengths?
I don't have much clinical experiences, so they did ask about that. I said I knew that was the weakest part of my app, but have more shadow days planned in Dec. </p>
<p>UA had 3 people on the panel and KSU had 2. Mostly either physicians or profs from the school. Both had current students around to talk to us and they helped put us at ease which was nice.<br>
One thing I learned was that they both have different styles. The UA curriculum is more science oriented and KSU has a bit more of a psych/sociology flavor, more of a whole-person approach to doctoring I guess. The first summer seems like it would be easier at KSU since you take more psych/humanities and UA starts right off with both sections of Gen Chem. UA seems to keep tabs on the students more and KSU seems to be more hands-off. I haven't decided which to put as first choice. I like things about both programs and all the current students seem happy.<br>
One thing they really stress is YOU have to be the one to want this - not your parents or whatever. It is accelerated those first 2 years ( incl summers) and you need to be motivated or you won't make it.</p>
<p>Oh - one more thing my mom heard - depending on the "quality" of the EA pool - they will make offers to no more than half the spots. So there are at least half the spots left for regular admissions. If they don't like that many EA applicants, they won't try to fill up the spots. If you don't get an offer for EA, you will either be flat-out denied or deferred for regular admission.</p>