Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 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?

No responses

What was the most interesting question?

What will you do if you don't get in this year? (I had just been accepted 2 days prior and actually forgot this fact until after I answered, so to me this was really funny knowing that I don't actually have to "work harder and try again next year")

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What was the most difficult question?

How do I feel about caring for an indigent population?

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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?

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?

No responses

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

Read SDN, my application, my research, school materials and website; contacted current student there who is a friend; thought of skeleton answers to potential questions.

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What impressed you positively?

the diversity of the student body and exposure to inner-city population; the size of the library.

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What impressed you negatively?

how little the school attempts to sell itself; lackluster facilities; weird tension between med students and dental students; the fact that my interviewer was absurdly late and that his pager went off about 6 times during the interview, 3 of which he exited the room to answer... the fact that despite being open-file, my interviewer hadn't read my app and literally flipped through my hours worth of work in about 12 seconds; also, they don't feed you or give you a meal ticket, nor is there any kind of presentation from the admissions office - the day is literally an interview and a tour, that's it.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Nothing. I knew ahead of time to expect bad parking and nasty traffic on the turnpike; I solved this by making my own parking spot in the lot and praying I wouldn't get towed (which thankfully I did not, apparently everyone does this, esp. at the end of the rows).

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What are your general comments?

I wish I had liked this place more. I went in with a pretty open mind, since it is my state school and I'm a pretty average student, but I really did not enjoy my interview there and I knew this was problematic since I generally like interviewing and meeting new people. The tour guides' commentary seemed canned, students there gave our interviewing group lots of weird glares, and I didn't get the sense that people were happy there. The school really didn't make a serious effort to make us want to come, and I think already having an acceptance allowed me to look more objectively at the school. I understand that my interviewer was really busy, but for gosh's sake don't pick an interviewer who has no time to do their interviewing job. Endlessly buzzing pagers are rude and distracting, as is a lack of preparation. Not a super-fun day but definitely enlightening.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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