Medical School Mock Interview
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Question 17 of 50
What achievement are you most proud of so far on your path to medical school?
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Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
The medical school you are interviewing with will look for high achievers to join their program. With this question, your interviewers would like to know what areas of achievement are most important to you as they consider you for admission to their medical school.
Rachelle Enns is an interview coach and job search expert. She works with candidates to perform their best in employment, medical, and post-secondary admission interviews.
"The achievement I am most proud of was completing my undergrad at the top of my class while maintaining good grades. I was also President of our school's Diversity Club and volunteered at the local children's hospital."
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Perhaps you have maintained an exceptional GPA or excelled in school while working a part-time job. Maybe you finished at the top of your class and received a special award for your achievements. Consider the accolades you may have received along the way and discuss them as you talk about your proudest achievement. Another path you could take in your answer is discussing any hurdles you had to overcome to get where you are today. This can display your work ethic and sense of pride to your interviewing team.
"My greatest academic achievement thus far was the publication of my senior undergraduate thesis which was about commercial drone laws in the United States. The thesis took two semesters to complete and was over 80 pages long. It required hours of research and countless revisions to complete. It is available to view online."
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I think my proudest achievement is winning a scholarship for my research. When I started in my lab, I never thought my PI would let me take on a project of my own, so when he came to me with the opportunity, I was ecstatic. I created an outline for my project, wrote the proposal, and won a Scholars Award. I have since been working on my project. It had its ups and downs, but I've learned an incredible amount about myself and how research is conducted over these past few months.
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Wow - you should be so proud! This is a wonderful example of taking the reigns on a project and seeing a successful outcome.
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I am most proud of is my work in running a clinical trial as part of my research project in my master's program. Being solely in charge of running this trial on the clinical side and the laboratory side, I learned to be a better leader, improved my interpersonal skills, and management skills. For example, I had to learn how to effectively communicate clear expectations and actions to the clinical coordinator team and students working under me. My success in managing a team to recruit, pre-screen, and enroll over 10 people to participate in this trial is one that I am very proud of.
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Fantastic answer, and it's crafted very well. You should be very proud of your hard work and achievements!
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