ENGLISH QUESTIONS TO ASK

O What is your full name and why were you named it?
O Were you named after somebody else?
O Did you have a nickname as you were growing up?
O If you did, what was it and why did they call you that?
O Have you had other nicknames as an adult?
O What do family members call you now?
O Where were you born and when?
O Do you remember hearing your grandparents describe their lives? What did they say?
O Do you remember your great-grandparents? What do you know about them?
O Who was the oldest person you can remember in your family as a child? What do you remember about them?
O Do you remember your family discussing world events and politics?
O Was there a chore you really hated doing as a child?
O What would you consider to be the most important inventions that have been made during your lifetime?
O How is the world now different from what it was like when you were a child?
O What kinds of books did you like to read?
O Do you remember having a favorite nursery rhyme or bedtime story? What was it?
O Do you ever remember not having enough food to eat because times were hard for your family?
O What were your favorite toys and what were they like?
O What were your favorite childhood games?
O What were your schools like?
O How did you get to school?
O What was your favorite subject in school and why?
O What subject in school was always the easiest for you?
O What was your least favorite subject in school and why?
O Who was your favorite teacher and why were they special?
O How do your fellow classmates from school remember you best?
O What school activities and sports did you participate in?
O Did you and your friends have a special hang-out where you liked to spend time?
O Where was it and what did you do there?
O Were you ever given any special awards for your studies or school activities?
O How many years of education have you completed?
O Do you have a college degree? If so, what was your field of study?
O Did you get good grades?
O Did you like school?
O What did you like the most and the least about it?
O What did you usually wear to school? Describe it.
O Were there any fads during your youth that you remember vividly?
O How old were you when you started dating?
O Do you remember your first date? Describe the circumstances.
O Name a good friend that you have known for the longest period of time? How many years have you been friends?
O Has there ever been anyone in your life that you would consider to me your kindred spirit or soul mate?
If so, who were they and why did you feel a special bond to them?
O How did you meet the person that you would later marry? Describe them?
O Do you remember where you went on the first date with your spouse?
O How long did you know them before you got married?
O Describe your wedding proposal.
O When and where did you get married?
O Describe your wedding ceremony. Who was there?
O Did you have a honeymoon? If so, where did you go?
O How would you describe your spouse? What do (did) you admire most about them?
O How long have you been married (or were you married)?
O What wise advice would you give to a grandchild on their wedding day?
O How did you find out that you were going to be a parent for the first time?
O How many children did you have all together?
O What were their names, birthdates and birthplaces?
O Do you remember anything that your children did when they were small that really amazed you?
O What is one of the most unusual things that one of your children did regularly when they were small?
O What was the funniest thing you can remember that one of your children said or did?
O If you had it to do all over again, would you change the way you raised your family? How?
O What did you find most difficult about raising children?
O What did you find most rewarding about being a parent?
O Did you spoil any of your children? How?
O Were you a strict or lenient parent?
O Did you find that you had to treat each of your children differently? If so, why?
O How did you first hear that you were a grandparent and how did you feel about it?
O What advice do you have for your children and grandchildren?
O As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up?
O What was your first job?
O What kinds of jobs have you had?
O How did you decide on your career?
O Did you make enough money to live comfortably?
O How long did you have to work each day at your job?
O How old were you when you retired?
O What were the hardest choices that you ever had to make? Do you feel like you made the right choices?
O Who was the person that had the most positive influence on your life? Who were they and what did they do?
O Is there a person that really changed the course of your life by something that they did? Who were they and what did they do?
O Do you remember someone saying something to you that had a big impact on how you lived your life?
What was it?
O How would you describe yourself politically?
O Are you Conservative or Liberal and why?
O What wars have been fought during your lifetime? How did you feel about them?
O If you served in the military, when and where did you serve and what were your duties?
O If you served in the military, were you ever injured in the line of duty?
OWhat were the circumstances and what were your injuries?
O What U.S. President have you admired the most and why?
O As you see it, what are the biggest problems that face our nation and how do you think they could be solved?
O How tall are you?
O What color was your hair as a young child and then as an adult?
O What color are your eyes?
O Where have you lived as an adult? List the places and the years that you lived there.
O Why are you living where you are today?
O Do you wish you lived somewhere else (If so, where would it be)?
O Describe your general health.
O What major illnesses or health problems do you remember having?
O Do you have any health problems that are considered hereditary in nature? If so, what are they?
O What do you do regularly for exercise?
O Do you have any bad habits now or in the past? What were they?
O Have you ever been the victim of a crime? What happened?
O Have you ever been in a serious accident?
O Has anyone ever saved your life? Describe.
O Have you ever saved anyone else's life? Describe.
O Have you ever been hospitalized? If so, what for?
O Have you ever had surgery? If so, what for?
O If you could change something about yourself, what would it be?
O Have you ever had an experience that you would consider to be super-natural or psychic? Did you ever know something was going to happen before it actually did? What was it?
O What do you usually dream about?
O What church, if any, do you attend regularly?
O Describe your religious beliefs.
O Do you believe in an after life?
O What was the most stressful experience that you ever lived through? What helped you get through it?
O What is the scariest thing that has ever happened to you personally?
O What kinds of musical instrument(s) have you learned to play?
O Would you consider yourself creative?
O What things have you made that others have enjoyed?
O How would you describe your sense of humor?
O What is the funniest practical joke you ever played on anyone?
O What activities have you especially enjoyed as an adult?
O What are your hobbies?
O What did you like to do when you were not working?
O What is the most amazing thing that has ever happened to you?
O What is the most embarrassing thing that has ever happened to you?
O Have you ever met any famous people? Describe what happened.
O What organizations and groups have you belonged to?
O Have you ever won any special awards or prizes as an adult? What were they for?
O Describe a time and place when you remember feeling truly at peace and happy to be alive.
Where were you and what were you doing?
O What is the most beautiful place you have ever visited and what was it like?
O What is the longest trip that you have ever gone on? Where did you go?
O What has been your favorite vacation? Where did you go and why was it special?
O What was the favorite place you ever visited and what was it like?
O What pets have you had?
O Do you have a favorite story about a pet? What is it?
O Is there anything you have always wanted to do, but haven't?

FAVORITES
O What is your favorite style of music?
O What is your favorite musical instrument?
O Who is your favorite musical group?
O What is your favorite song?
O Who is your favorite singer?
O Who is your favorite movie star?
O What is your favorite movie?
O Who is your favorite artist?
O What is your favorite painting?
O Who is your favorite poet?
O What is your favorite poem?
O What is your favorite TV program?
O Who is your favorite author?
O What is your favorite book?
O What is your favorite season?
O What is your favorite tree?
O What is your favorite flower?
O What is your favorite holiday?
O What is your favorite color?
O What is your favorite sport?
O Who is your favorite athlete?
O What is your favorite animal?
O What is your favorite meal?
O What is your favorite fruit?
O What is your favorite vegetable?
O What is your favorite candy?
O What is your favorite cookie?
O What is your favorite drink?
O What is your favorite restaurant?
O What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?
O What is your favorite board game?
O What is your favorite card game?

MORE QUESTIONS
> What was a major event in your life and how has it affected you?
> What is the happiest you have ever been? Why?
> What is the saddest you have ever been? Why?
> What was the most difficult decision you have ever had to make? Why? How did you make it and what happened?
> How would you get a person you didn't particularly like to do something you needed them to do?
> How do you handle a difficult or unpleasant task when it involves another individual or individuals?
> What is a major problem in the USA today? If you were the President of the USA what would you do to change it?
> What do you do in your spare time? Are you involved in extra-curricular activities at Clemson? What are your hobbies?
> What do you like best or worst about your hometown? Would you like to continue to live there (hometown) after you become a health professional?
> During high school, did you do anything of which you are particularly proud? What?
> If you had the opportunity to repeat the last five years, what might you do differently and why?
> What do you read outside of required school reading?
> What was the last book you read not required for class?
> What was the BEST book you ever read?
> What was the BEST book you ever read not required in class?
> Do you read the newspapers?
> Please describe and discuss yourself? Strengths and weaknesses? (Be prepared to provide examples.)
> What is an average day like in your life?
> Who are your role models or mentors? Why? Do you have medical role models or mentors? Who and why? > Who would you most like to be like in 10 years?
> Tell me how you will handle being married while you go through medical school. Tell me about your husband/wife. How well does he/she support your desire to go to medical school?
> What is your major? Do you like it? Why or why not? Do you think your major will help you in the future? How?
> What have been your most and least favorite classes in college?
> What kind of people do you enjoy being around the most? Least?
> What jobs have you enjoyed the most? Least? What have you learned from some of the jobs you have held?
> What kind of car do you drive? (If it is foreign, why isn't it a car built in the USA? If it is built in the USA, aren't foreign cars better?]
> What does your father or mother do for a living? Why did you decide not to enter their occupation? Do your parents support your decision to go to medical school? Do you have any brothers or sisters? What do they do?
> Define a "political cartoon" in two minutes. What do you think of Garfield?
> What does success mean to you?
> You listed playing the guitar as one of your hobbies. Name three places a "G" note can be found on a guitar.
> You listed turkey hunting as one of your hobbies. How many of the 13 North American species have you killed?
> How do you know you want to be a physician? What area of medicine would you like to explore/enter?
> Look at this evaluation sheet (usually MUSC) and tell me how you would evaluate yourself on each topic.
> Look at this evaluation sheet (MUSC again) and pick out the three topics which you feel are the most important attributes of a physician. Why do you feel these are important? How would you rate yourself in each category?
> What are you looking for in a medical school? Why are you interested in our medical school? Are we what you are looking for? How do you know?
> Your patient says. "I want to die." What do you tell the patient?
> Do you know what Triage means?
> Should there be a rationing of our resources ( such as health care 13 if so, How should they be rationed? If not, How will health care be funded?
> Should the poor have good medical care? Why or why not? ( If you say they have a right to medical care; Where did they get this right, Who gave them this right, Why do they have this right? )
> Tell me what you know about the health care industry? Where are health care delivery systems headed?
> How do you feel about: abortion, terrorism, malpractice, insurance, euthanasia, etc.?
> What medical schools have you applied to? If accepted to all of them, which one would you choose?
> How have you financed your undergraduate education? How will you finance your medical education? (Remember, you can't work part time while in medical school.)
> Do you support capital punishment? Why or why not?
> What place does religion have in medicine?
> What should be done about drug use by health professionals?