Practice Questions

Question 1

Tell me about a disagreement

Answer 1

-Kelly and lab project
-Michelle and team
-Disagreements with friends during black lives matter protests
-Girl no wanting to enter patient’s room because they spoke Spanish

Question 2

Do you think great leaders are born or made?

Answer 2

-Both

Question 3

Why did you apply to this school specifically?

Answer 3

-Global health opportunities through scholarly concentration program, center for global health equity, global health institute
-Research opportunities through the school of medicine’s preventative medicine and population health division and the family and community medicine division
-Location
-LINCATS Program

Question 4

What do you think about the role of technology in medicine?

Answer 4

1. Like everything it has its pros and cons
2. Pros: Making minimally invasive procedures possible, 3D printing bones and heart valves, pacemakers, Holter MCTs, mobile apps and electronic medical records make it easier to monitor health conditions
3. Con: If everything is online now, how to maintain privacy

Question 5

Why do you want to be a doctor? Why medicine? What led you to medicine?

Question 6

What do you do when not studying?

Answer 6

-Dance
-Read
-Spend time with family and friends

Question 7

Where do you see yourself in five years? 10/20 years? 25 years?

Question 8

Why did you choose Stony Brook University School of Medicine? What do you like about the school?

Answer 8

-Global health (to go abroad) thats always been a dream of mine and research opporutnities
-Location
I admire UKCOM’s commitment to promoting a diverse and inclusive environment and to advancing health equity/addressing SDOHs. I think it is one thing to learn about these topics maybe once throughout the curriculum in an elective for example, but I think it is another thing to incorporate them throughout the entirety of the medical student curriculum through curricular threads like health equity and advocacy thread and health system science thread. It’s that constant reinforcement of these topics is what I think really makes a difference/impact on students and the way they not just retain but also apply that information through the family and community medicine and global health opportunities, such as FamTrack, TEAM Clinic, research, and global health scholarly concentration program. For someone like me who is really interested in advancing health equity and serving underserved populations, I really loved this aspect of the curriculum and it’s something that really drew me to UKCOM. I want to aid in the development of community education and wellness programs. I want to lead health initiatives that influence public policy and health delivery systems. I feel that UKCOM is a place where I could have so many opportunities through different tracks, programs, and electives to take my passions a step further and really tailor my education to the areas I want to focus on. UKCOM mission and curriculum perfectly align with my personal passions and aspirations which is why I think going to school like UKCOM that is already committed to mitigating SDOH and advancing health equity will really help to prepare me the work I hope to do in the future

Question 9

what motivates you?

Answer 9

-My parents and my family

Question 10

Is healthcare a right or a privilege?

Answer 10

-A right

Question 11

What music do you listen to?

Answer 11

-The music I listen to has been immensely influenced by the people in my life
-My brother
-My cousins
-My friends

Question 12

What kind of leadership experience do you have?

Answer 12

-DE&I Chair

Question 13

How do you think you will react to a patient’s death?

Question 14

Tell me about your family.

Question 15

What do you think about the dirty tactics being used in the political race for president?

Question 16

What are your stregnths/weaknesses?

Answer 16

1. Strengths:
   -Interpersonal and social skills, bc of my upbringing I have this innate desire and ability to want to connect with my community and the people around me
   -My ability to show empathy
   -My teamwork skills and ability to acknowledge and recognize multiple perspectives
   2.Weakness:
   -Public speaking and really making my voice heard, its something I’ve always struggled with and have been working on
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Question 17

What is it you most want to learn about Stony brook while you are here today?

Answer 17

About the scholarly concentration programs!

Question 18

Where did medicine advance over the past 10 years?

Answer 18

The increased use of technology in medicine

Question 19

How did you pick your undergraduate school?

Answer 19

-Location
-Good pre-med program with committee process and pre-health advising program
-Extracurriculars
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Question 20

What is your motivation for going to med school?

Question 21

Do you feel that you have the ability to create a patient-physician trust very rapidly with people who will differ from you in race, age, religion, ethics, etc?

Answer 21

-Yes but a relationship goes both ways, so it depends how they receive me as well
-It could take time on their end and thats ok

Question 22

At what point did you choose to become a doctor?

Answer 22

-In high school after taking anatomy and physiology

Question 23

What made you decide to take time off between college and medical school?

Answer 23

-Wanting to put my best foot forward in everything I do

Question 24

What are you looking for in a medical school?

Question 25

Have you done any research?

Answer 25

-No

Question 26

Where did you apply? How many schools did you apply to? How many interviews? How were the interviews there? What questions did they ask you?

Answer 26

-35 -5 -Good -

Question 27

What was your major?

Answer 27

-Biology

Question 28

What's an issue in medicine that worries you right now?

Question 29

Choose a medical ethics topic and discuss // talk about some ethical issues: any you can think of is fair game

Answer 29

-Allocating limited medications and resources -Organ donations -Abortion and contraception to minors? -DNR -Forced COVID 19 vaccine -Gender affirming surgeries and hormonal replacement therapy for trans gender youth -Religious decisions contradicted medical advice

Question 30

How would you deal with a student who had sex with a patient?

Answer 30

-Encourage them to report it to HR or do it themselves -Ask questions: Was it consensual? Was the the patient a minor? Was the patient conscious

Question 31

What are two attributes of a great doctor?

Answer 31

-Empathy -Compassion -Dedication -Hard-working -Driven

Question 32

If the family of your terminally ill patient wanted you to lie about the patient's diagnosis what would you do?

Answer 32

-Ask questions -Make decision/compromise -Justify

Question 33

Tell me about your parents? What do they do? Do you have a room at their house? Where do you live? Can you afford an apartment there?

Question 34

One of your friends is cheating on test, what do you do?

Question 35

How did you study for your MCAT?

Question 36

What has been your most rewarding extracurricular activity?

Answer 36

-MW

Question 37

Tell me about the most difficult experience you faced while volunteering.

Answer 37

-Denying people in need due to hospital and organization rules and protocols

Question 38

What will you do if you're not accepted?

Question 39

What was your favorite class and why?

Answer 39

Global cities

Question 40

Did your father persuade or disuade you from entering any field of medicine?

Answer 40

A little bit of both

Question 41

Why did you pick your major?

Question 42

What do you want me to tell admissions committee about you?

Question 43

Who are my role models?

Answer 43

-My parents -AOC and Michelle Obama -Aly Raisman and Simone Biles -Serena Williams -Emma Watson

Question 44

What career choice would you pursue if medicine doesnt work out?

Question 45

Do you have a particular field you want to go into?

Question 46

What characteristics do you offer to our school?

Question 47

Tell me about a challenge and how you overcame it

Answer 47

-T and Elke -Struggle with eczema

Question 48

How do you deal with stressors in your professional and personal life?

Question 49

If you were really passionate about treating a patient but the person refuses it, what will you do?

Question 50

are there any ethical issues in medicine that may conflict with your moral beliefs?

Answer 50

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Question 51

What's your favorite movie?

Answer 51

Someone Great

Question 52

What other SUNY schools did you apply to?

Answer 52

Buffalo, Upstate, Downstate

Question 52

What other SUNY schools did you apply to?

Question 53

What would you do if a 14 year-old girl asked for an abortion?

Question 54

Tell me about yourself

Answer 54

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Question 55

If you would have done something different during the last 4 years what would it be?

Question 56

What activity or hobby would you like to continue if you come here?

Question 57

What's your sales pitch?

Question 58

What do you think your role would be at Stony Brook

Answer 58

-Team player -An advocate -A resource

Question 59

Name one thing you anticipate having difficulty with in medical school and name another thing you will find easy

Answer 59

-The initial transition and learning to study -Making relationships with my peers and mentors

Question 60

What would you do if you caught a fellow student cheating?

Question 61

What was the wildest thing you've ever done. this wont count against you.

Answer 61

Going to Paris for a day from Spain

Question 62

What do you know about Stony Brook?

Question 63

In 10 years, what ethical issue do you think will be at the forefront of medicine?

Answer 63

-Legalization of medical marijuana -The controversy surrounding cloning and stem cell research -End of life care and organ donation

Question 64

Why don't you want to go to a non-US school?

Answer 64

-Distance -I also want to train in the area that I hope to practice in which is why I came back to NY After college

Question 65

Describe memorable experiences from your work in the hospital

Answer 65

-Old ladies in the clinic -Standing in as an interpreter instead of using translation services over the phone -Standing up for a patient who wasn't going to get the same care as everyone else because of the language barrier

Question 66

Do you regret any part of your undergraduate experience?

Answer 66

-Not starting up with gymnastics again after the pandemic -Letting rejection get the best of me and not trying out for a dance team again sooner

Question 67

What kind of clinical experience do you have?

Answer 67

-QHC

Question 68

Tell me about a patient you've had contact with. And another. And another.

Answer 68

-Old ladies in the clinic -Standing in as an interpreter instead of using translation services over the phone -Standing up for a patient who wasn't going to get the same care as everyone else because of the language barrier

Question 69

If a student was trying to cheat off you in an exam, what would you do?

Question 70

A 15 year old girl that is pregnant comes in your office, what do you do?

Question 71

Why is your science GPA lower than your overall?

Question 72

Why is your science GPA lower than your overall?

Question 73

Tell me about your family and community you were raised in?

Question 74

Are women's and men's biological differences responsible for their different career capabilities?

Question 75

What are some problems facing medicine today?

Question 76

What would you do if a parent's beliefs got in the way of what you thought needed to be done to treat their child?

Question 77

Are there any patients you would have trouble with?

Question 78

Tell what you think the best part about being a doctor is

Question 79

what happened on your MCAT, you have a good gpa?

Question 80

How will you deal with the development of physician's roles in an HMO context?

Question 81

Do you have any proposals to resolve the issue of healthcare for the uninsured?

Question 82

Tell me about a patient you were in direct contact with

Question 83

What ethical issuses does medicine have to deal with/ what non ethical issues and problems do doctors face in the future?

Question 84

Did I like my undergraduate school? Why?

Question 85

Why should we choose you?

Question 86

What type of specialty do you want to go into?

Question 87

How did your undergrad prepare you for medical school?

Question 88

What are you most excited for about being a physician?

Answer 88

Making connections with my patients

Question 89

if you had a theme song, what would it be?

Question 90

Questions about healthcare in the US and other countries.

Question 91

What was the hardest course you took?

Question 92

Ethical question about lying to an insurance company to get a treatment for a patient who couldn't afford it otherwise

Question 93

Would you ever participate in physician assisted suicide?

Question 94

How would you deal with end of life issues, such as a patient wanting to stop treatment?

Question 95

Name one thing you anticipate having difficulty with as a doctor and name one thing you will enjoy.

Question 96

Tell me something about yourself that isn't anywhere in this application

Question 97

Why did you get a C in this one class?

Answer 97

-Struggles with eczema

Question 98

What are some major problems/health disparities impacting people on Long Island

Answer 98

-Health Disparities in different cancers among different groups -Health Disparities in COVID -Heart disease and stroke -Opioid Epidemic -Food Insecurity -> Over 200,000 people are considered to be food insecure on Long Island -Homeless population due to high cost of living and lack of affordable housing -> OVer 3,000

Question 99

How do you think you would feel as a practicing physician being paid under a single party payer?

Question 100

What do you think about stem cell research? (Difficult because I couldn't gauge my interviewer's opinion and didn't want to go against her position)"

Question 101

Why hasn't health care been reformed significantly to help the millions of uninsured