Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

7 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?

How can you go to medical school and also ensure that your children are adequately cared for?

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Your previous career was in research psychology, why did you not simply change to another branch of psychology such as counseling rather than starting over in a medical career?

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What was the most interesting question?

How can you go to medical school and also ensure that your children are adequately cared for?

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What was the most difficult question?

See above

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

30 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

1

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

No responses

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?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

I put myself in the interviewer's shoes and made a list of questions I would ask if I were interviewing someone with my file, including the standards: why did you pick us, and why should we pick you. And I familiarized myself with recent UMDNJ news so as to be able to ask questions if the opportunity were offered.

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What impressed you positively?

The interviewer was very familiar with my essay and my other application materials.

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What impressed you negatively?

The interviewer spent nearly the entire interview grilling me about my child care plans. She emphasized that my age (36) and status as a mother of two young children was a serious drawback, although she repeatedly said my application was outstanding in every other way. She seemed more worried about whether my children would get good care than whether I could handle motherhood and being a medical student.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

For some reason I always assumed my interviewer would be a male. I think the fact that she was a woman (and a mother) played a role in the questions she asked. I should have anticipated that.

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What are your general comments?

I walked out feeling that I had little or no chance of getting in due to my interviewer's very unprofessional preoccupation with my children's needs. I was angry and disappointed because I had always heard UMDNJ was particularly good about not discriminating based on age, etc.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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