Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

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What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How you think you did?

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How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

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

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💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

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What was the most interesting question?

None really - just very specific to my application. You could tell the researcher had done his homework to find out additional information about my activities.

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What was the most difficult question?

what will you bring to the program (in light of my low scores), and any final things to add?

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🤝 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?

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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?

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How do you rank the facilities?

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What is your in-state status?

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What were your total hours spent traveling?

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What was your primary mode of travel?

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

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What airport did you fly into?

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Where did you stay?

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What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

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How would you rate the hotel?

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Would you recommend the hotel?

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What is your ranking of this school's location?

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

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What are your comments on where you stayed?

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✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

Read through pamphlets, my AMCAS, interview questions, had mock interviews, and read this site.

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What impressed you positively?

A lot! I went into this interview thinking I would never ever go to NJMS. I grew up right near Newark and knew what a bad neighborhood it was. It's really cleaned up though in the past few years. The students were all really friendly (even the stressed out first years who had their first anatomy exam)and were very down to earth. Construction is going on everywhere on campus so everything will be new for next year.

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What impressed you negatively?

parking was a hassle. It was hard to find an empty spot, and when I finally found one in the parking decks I got lost and couldn't find the admissions office. Just a warning - get there early! It took me an hour to park my car and get to the right office.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

that we couldn't see the labs because of exams - i would have taken a tour another day.

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What are your general comments?

My interviewer was very friendly and wanted to put me at ease, but also wanted to be honest with me. He told me a few times that he didn't really understand why I was interviewing now, and that I might not get many other interviews. He said that the typical interviewees at this point were 3.8 gpa's from hopkins (I'm nowhere near a 3.8, didn't do so well on my mcats, and am not from an underrepresented area nor am I a minority student) But anyway, we went over my application's weak points until we could find good arguements for my application. He said he could picture me as a doctor, and would do his best, but didn't know where it would go from then. (He writes a summary of the interview to give to the admissions committee, but from the sound of things, I don't think he was on the committee himself). After talking with me, he personally showed me around the campus, which I thought was really nice. He never asked if I had questions for him, though, he just told me to ask my tour guides the questions

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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