1. If you are a re-applicant, please describe what you have done to enhance your candidacy since your last application.
2. If you have chosen to pursue one or more "growth" years before your planned matriculation to medical school in 2024, please share your insights on this decision.
3. If you are a re-applicant, please share what you have done to enhance your candidacy since your last application. (1500 character limit)
4. If you are a reapplicant, what steps have you taken to strengthen your reapplication?
5. NJMS is dedicated to fostering a collaborative and cohesive environment. With this in mind, how do you plan to contribute to our medical school community?
6. We value qualities such as integrity, humanism, diversity, and cultural competency in our student body. What unique contributions would you bring to our medical school community? (1500 characters)
1. If you will not be a full-time student between June 2023 and August 2024, please describe in detail your planned activities, including the projected time commitment for each activity.
2. If you will not be a full-time student between June 2021 and August 2022, please describe in detail your planned activities, including the projected time commitment for each activity. (1500 character limit)
3. If you will not be a full-time student between June 2020 and August 2021, please describe in detail your planned activities, including the projected time commitment for each activity.
4. If you will not be a full-time student between June 2016 and August 2017, please describe in detail your planned activities, including a timeline and time commitment.
1. We value integrity, humanism, and cultural competence in our student body. What would you contribute to our school?
1. Please discuss any additional information that you believe may assist us in reviewing your candidacy.
2. Please provide any additional information that you believe may assist us in reviewing your candidacy. (1500 character limit)
3. Please discuss any additional information you believe may assist us in reviewing your candidacy.
4. If there is any additional information that you believe enhances your candidacy, please feel free to share it here.
1. We seek students who are respectful, self-aware, humble, resilient, team-oriented, and adaptable. Please discuss a personal or professional challenge you have faced and share what you learned about yourself and how you resolved the challenge.
2. Please elaborate on challenges that are not thoroughly addressed elsewhere in your application. Feel free to discuss any or all of the following, if applicable: institutional actions, academic and/or MCAT inconsistencies, and personal challenges.
3. We seek students who are self-aware, resilient, and adaptable. Please discuss a personal or professional challenge you have faced and how you resolved it. Additionally, include insights on what you learned about yourself as a result. (1500 character limit)
4. If you chose to pursue one or more gap years before applying to medical school, please share your insights on that decision. (1500 character limit)
5. Please elaborate on challenges that are not thoroughly addressed elsewhere in your application. You may choose to discuss any or all of the following, if applicable: the impact of COVID-19, institutional actions, academic challenges, the MCAT, personal difficulties, etc. (1500 character limit)
6. We seek students who are self-aware, resilient, and adaptable. Please discuss a personal or professional challenge you have faced and how you resolved it. Additionally, include insights on what you learned about yourself as a result.
7. If you chose to pursue one or more gap years before applying to medical school, please share your insights on that decision:
8. Please elaborate on any academic challenges (including the MCAT), institutional actions, and/or personal difficulties that have not been thoroughly addressed elsewhere in your application.
9. Please discuss any additional information not addressed in your application that you believe is important for the screening committee to consider when reviewing your application (e.g., personal experiences, examples of resilience, discrepancies in academic history, etc.).
1. If you do not currently reside in New Jersey, please share any connections you may have.
1. We are committed to supporting our NJMS community by enhancing collaboration among students, staff, and faculty, with a dedicated focus on humanism, health equity, and social justice. How do you envision contributing to the NJMS community?
2. We are committed to fostering an environment that promotes collaboration, humanism, equity, and social justice. With this in mind, how do you plan to contribute to the NJMS community? (1500 character limit)
3. We are committed to fostering an environment of collaboration, cohesiveness, equity, and social justice. With this in mind, how do you plan to contribute to the NJMS community?