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Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Piscataway, NJ

Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit

⭐ Overall Impressions

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

9 out of 10

How you think you did?

6 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 out of 10

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

7 out of 10
💬 Interview Questions

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

What are the three most important advancements/discoveries in medicine over the last decade?
What would you do if your patient refused the treatment you suggested?
Why do you want to be a doctor?

What was the most interesting question?

What would I do if I had a pregnant cancer patient who refused chemotherapy to safeguard the health of the fetus.

What was the most difficult question?

Why do you want to be a doctor? I hate being asked that!
🤝 Interview Format and Logistics

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

4

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?

Neutral

How do you rank the facilities?

9 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What were your total hours spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

< $100

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?

4 out of 10

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

4 out of 10

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?

SDN, Re-read primary and seconcary applications, read books on ethics.

What impressed you positively?

The hospital facoilities were really amazing- brand new.

What impressed you negatively?

RWJ was very cold and unwelcoming. I asked five hospital workers (including 2 physicians) for directions to one of my interviews and was basically shrugged off by all of them. One guy had the courtesy of actually responding with &quot;I'm too busy for that ask someone else.&quot;

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

How difficult the Piscataway campus is to find and how horrible the morning traffic was going to be.

What are your general comments?

So the day started at the Piscataway campus with two interviews, the first one very interesting and the second with a professor who was running late for another meeting. I then drove to the Hospital in New Brunswick (what if I didn't have a car) following some very accurate printed directions for a second round of interviews and tours. While the hospital was amazing, the actual medical school in Piscataway seems a little dingy and I did not get to tour that campus. Anyway, one interviewer kept saying well, this isn't Harvard but it's an OK place; and seemed really discouraging about the pursuit of the MD/PhD degree. I really thought he was ignorant. Anyway, I guess the bad thing about the school for me was that it felt wrong. I don't think that I'd be happy there.

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses