Medical Acronyms
Application to Medical School
MCAT Questions
Interviewing
Miscellaneous
100
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic Acid
100
At the beginning of what month do schools begin accepting applications?
What is June
100
A physics equation relating position to acceleration and time
x = (1/2)at^2
100
This form of body languages lets your interviewer know that you are interested and engaged in the conversation.
What is eye contact, head nod, etc.
100
Osteopathic Medicine refers to this type of Medical School
What is a DO school
200
EKG or ECG
ElectroCardioGram
200
The application used when applying to essentially any medical school outside of Texas.
What is AMCAS
200
The pH of a solution of .001M HF
What is 3
200
A plane ticket cost you $500 to fly to an interview in the east coast and you only have $550. You check this book and find a BYU alumni to stay with.
What is The Alumni Book in the Pre-Professional Office
200
The first and last name of our club president
What is Chris Badger
300
ACL
What is Anterior Cruciate Ligament
300
The application used when applying to the University of Texas Medical School
What is TMDSAS (Texas Medical and Dental Schools Application Service)
300
The direction that the net force on an object points during free fall at terminal velocity
What is no direction. The net force is 0
300
These questions often deal with controversial issues, often they have no right answer.
What is an ethics question
300
The name of the full-ride scholarship given to medical students by the armed forces with a commitment of service
What is HPSP (Health Professions Scholarship Program)
400
PET
What is Positron Emission Tomography
400
The medical school where the highest number of BYU applicants were accepted in 2012.
What is Midwestern University in Arizona (67 applicants were accepted)
400
An equilibrium constant of greater than 1 tells us this about the Gibb's Free Energy of a reaction
Delta G is negative
400
In this form of interview an interviewer cannot see your application file
What is Closed Application Interview
400
The field of medicine that requires the longest residency
What is neurological surgery
500
LOC
What is Level of Consciousness
500
This medical school has the lowest acceptance rate.
What is George Washington University or Mayo Medical School (both tied at 2.1% acceptance in 2012)
500
The two types of heat transfer occurring at the skin when the body attempts to maintain homeostasis after a strenuous workout on a hot day
What is conduction and radiation
500
This form of interviewing resembles speed dating in that you meet with 6-8 interviewers for 5 to 10 minutes each
What is MMI (Multiple Mini Interview)
500
The average MCAT score for BYU students who were accepted to medical school in 2012
What is 31
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