Newark, NJ
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
💬 Interview Questions
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
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?
What was the most interesting question?
How can you go to medical school and also ensure that your children are adequately cared for?
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions
How long was the interview?
30 minutes
How did the interview impress you?
Negatively ☹️
How many people interviewed you?
1
What was the stress level of the interview?
7 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What was the style of the interview?
One-on-one
Where did the interview take place?
At the school
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.
What impressed you positively?
The interviewer was very familiar with my essay and my other application materials.
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.
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.
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.
📍 On-Site Experience
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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