- What is the last book you read?
- Describe an experience you had helping others.
- Who are your senators, congressmen, and governor?
- What would you do next year if you don’t get accepted into medical school?
- What is the difference between sympathy and empathy?
- Who was the best teacher you have had and why?
- What qualities would you look for in a doctor?
- Describe an experience you have had in which you were misjudged. What were your responses?
- How did you go about investigating a career in medicine?
- What person, living or dead, would you most like to meet?
- What is the greatest obstacle you have had to overcome?
- If I offered you a spot in our next class before you left this interview, would you accept?
- How would the person who knows you the best describe you?
- Which science (or non-science) class did you enjoy the most and why?
- Describe the most unusual event in your life.
- Have you ever written or sent a letter to a political representative in which you have expressed your views on a subject?
- If you could be any type of cell in the human body, which type of cell would you choose and why?
- What do you do in your spare time?
- How well do you feel you function under pressure?
- How do you relax?
- What are your hobbies? Do you plan to continue your hobbies while in medical school?
- What was the last movie you saw? What did you think about it?
- You are granted any three wishes by a genie. What would your wishes be?
- You are stranded on a desert island. What one book would you want to have with you?
- Who do you admire most in your life and why?
