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Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Newark, NJ

Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit

⭐ Overall Impressions

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

No responses

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

No responses

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

No responses
💬 Interview Questions

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

describe your research
what do you look for in a med school?
What do you think of preventive medicine?

What was the most interesting question?

Being asian, did your parents force you into medicine?

What was the most difficult question?

What do you think of preventive medicine? (threw me off balance)
🤝 Interview Format and Logistics

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

How many people interviewed you?

1

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

No responses

Where did the interview take place?

At the school
📍 On-Site Experience

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tour guide seem?

No responses

How do you rank the facilities?

No responses

What is your in-state status?

No responses

What were your total hours spent traveling?

No responses

What was your primary mode of travel?

No responses

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

No responses

What airport did you fly into?

No responses

Where did you stay?

No responses

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No responses

How would you rate the hotel?

No responses

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

No responses

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

No responses

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

No responses

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

Read SDN and bioethics issue. Not much on the school is available on-line

What impressed you positively?

A lot of new expansions.

What impressed you negatively?

The area was bad. The office receptionists seem apathetic. There was no orientation and my interview was scheduled so that I had to wait 3 hours for the tour.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

The 3 hour wait. Maybe I would have brought a book.

What are your general comments?

I didn't have problems finding parking since I came in the morning. My interviewer was conversational and easy to talk to. She seems to believe UMDNJ-Newark is destined for greatness with the recent expansions. After the interview, she really wanted me to stick around for 3 hours for the tour. As an incentive, she gave me a meal ticket for lunch. I did get the lunch but I ended up not going on the tour anyways. I couldn't wait to get out of that place.

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses