New Brunswick, NJ
Allopathic Medical Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
What was the stress level of the interview?
3 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
8 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What are your general comments?
Dr. Dickson was so great. She was really friendly, and all of the questions she asked me were really tied into the conversations that we were having. What I liked about her was I felt like she took the questions she had to ask, but really made them a part of our discussion, so I didn't feel bombarded or nervous.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
How would you deal with patients who want to persue alternative medicine?
What was the most interesting question?
We discussed my parent's decision to pursue alternative therapies in treating my handicapped sister, and she asked me how I would deal with parents like them as a doctor.
How did you prepare for the interview?
mock interview, read up about the school, reread my research
What was the most difficult question?
We really went into depth on an independent research project I had done, so I was glad I had reread my work.
What impressed you positively?
The interviewer and the staff were really great. My interviewer was late (it was a rainy day), but the department chair of pediatrics just came in and made me feel really comfortable. The people were really nice.
What impressed you negatively?
I feel like the school is really deceptive. I was bothered that they hold the interviews on the New Brunswick campus, because there is a large chance that you may not spend any time there. They were very unclear about the fact that classes were on the Piscataway campus, and I feel like they held the interviews at the hospital in New Brunswick because they don't want you to know that the actual campus is in the middle of industrial park nowhere.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
I wish I had known the details of the separation of campuses, etc.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
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