<p>any info for those of us who are scheduled for March interview at Albany? did you get to learn a lot about the program, or was it more about them learning about you? Did they spend time on the Why be a doctor question? Did you get to tour the facility? Thanx for any help--just starting to get nervous early</p>
<p>yes they do give you a tour of the facility</p>
<p>Look at your messages, I sent a basic debrief of your day there.</p>
<p>What questions were you asked during the interview?</p>
<p>How many of those interviewed are accepted?</p>
<p>What other advice could you give to those who are yet to be interviewed?</p>
<p>By the way, could you send me a message which "Debriefs" the interview day also? Thanks</p>
<p>thanks for the message. However, could you list some of the questions you were asked? And could you specify the nature of the interview(s)...w/faculty or students? and so on...</p>
<p>generally 100 interviewed, 60 accepted</p>
<p>1 senior med student interview
1 professor interview</p>
<p>wow 60 accepted? Thats really good odds then. I have my interview in next week at albany.</p>
<p>What questions were you asked during the interview?</p>
<p>I repeat myself...What question were you asked during the interview? (This question is directed towards anyone, and I mean A-N-Y-O-N-E, who has already had the interview at AMC). Please, time is running out. My interview date is only a few days away. I need to prepare. Please give me some information. I am starving for some information as much as someone walking through a desert wants water.</p>
<p>I didn't apply to RPI, but here's just a thought for sickofflorida. I don't think many people will be willing to tell you what questions were asked, other than the obvious, like "why medicine?" "why rpi?" etc., simply because this is a very competitive program. By telling you what they had to go into blind, they are giving you an advantage. So keep that in mind before you continually ask what questions are asked.</p>
<p>You are a very cynical person...if you read my earlier replies, I showed that I was willing to tell anyone the questions I was asked at one of my interviews. I believe in mutualism, not parasitism. Your kind of mindset encourages negativity and jealousy.</p>
<p>I'm not cynical. Did I say that I personally wouldn't tell you the questions if I had applied to RPI and had an interview? No, I didn't. All I was doing was speculating on why people might not respond based on observation and general human nature (think of Social Darwinism). If you take a look back at the Boston University thread a few weeks back, two people asked in succession about the pros of BU Med school for their interviews. Nobody responded. </p>
<p>I'm not saying that I personally believe in that. All I'm saying is that if you don't get a response, this might be why. Don't make assumptions about me, especially when I never expressed my personal point of view.</p>
<p>The reason there is no reply is because there is no real answer. The interview is a conversation. Other than the standard why medicine and why this program, it really depends on the interviews mood and conversational dynamics. Of the group I interviewed with none of us had an even similar experience, with one student spending just under 5 minutes with his interviewer to my 45 minutes to someone elses hour and a half. It depends on what you have to say and what they are like. In my interview the person asked my if I had read an article in Albany's local paper about a doctor who works with really poor patients. By sheer random luck at the hotel the night before, I read that article (I think that this was a main reason why I was accepted). No one else had any experience like mine (and by no means do you need to read the Albany paper to get into Union/RPI-AMC). Just be confident and be yourself. Know exactly what you want them to know when they ask you the "standard" questions. From there it is luck/fate.</p>
<p>i agree with nealc9999, all interviews are different. i believe that most interviews really depend on how the situtation arises. There is no set formula of questions. For example, at my Jefferson interview, there was nothing formulaic. Basically the person asked me what were my interests and activites, and then she just kept asking questions about them (related to medicine for the most part). In my opinion, the whole process is just luck because many students apply with the same stats and many well qualified students will get rejected. The interview is the only place where you can be yourself and the only right answer is your honest one. I mean, if they were going to ask you a set list of questions, they would have just asked you to write essays (which many places do as supplements).</p>
<p>Its not an issue of cynicism or "paraticism." Honestly, you can go do a search of all of CC's new and old servers and find a substantial amount of questions that ahve been asked in both undergraduate and medical school interviews; however, to date, I have yet to have had a formulaic interview as I hoped for. Just go in, without information, and I assure you that you will do better than someone who has prepped. Why? Because if you expect something you'll give a sense of someone who is not only pompus, but fake/formulaic. Just go in, blind, and be honest. Nothing portrays passion more than this. And if you can seriously read my post and say that I have not helped you in your "hunger" for information, then you, my friend, are the the cynical one.</p>
<p>If you're sure that I probably won't get the same questions that you got, then why are you unwilling to share some information? Anyways, this is the kind of stuff I am looking for...from my dogg Crnarybypass007-</p>
<p>"yeah i just had my albany/amc interviews. needless to say they were pretty brutal. id suggest anyone getting ready for an interview prep on things like hmos, future of healthcaare, abortion. it also helps to have a plan because it makes it easier to almost direct the interviewer's questions. and if u say something, make sure u know what u said and why u said it and always have specific examples. those questions killed me. hope tht helps. peace"</p>
<p>This is the kind of stuff that I am starving for.</p>
<p>Starve what you may, but if you are all that desperate, I'll provide yuo my insight HOWEVER I'm pretty sure it won't help you at all. To be honest, I don't care much about the competition (I'm in Union/AMC); I no longer have any string attached, so me withholding information has nothing to do with the whole "cynicism" aspect:</p>
<p>1) Interviewer asked me alot about my science research, we discused the neuromuscular junction physiology between test animals and human models.</p>
<p>2) We also talked about my volunteer work and leadership responsibilities.</p>
<p>3) Why I wanted to be a doctor.</p>
<p>That's literally most, if not all, I was asked. Possibly I was given easier interviews; however, its how I answered those questions that showed my genuine passion for medicine. Don't think so much on "What ifs..." If you don't know something, be honest. Don't try to be knowledgable on things you don't know. If you want to seem knowledgable, then go read a national syndicated newspaper daily and get first-hand opinions and first-hand information. Even if they don't ask, its always helpful. Eitherway, best of luck to you, I guess. And, if you really need someone, PM people rather than starting threads on the message board--its alot more effective.</p>
<p>thanks. really, thanks for that. at least i have some idea of the format for the interview. i can work with that. congratulations on your acceptance. maybe i'll see you some day at AMC in the future. hopefully, though, i'll be at UMDNJ.</p>