Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Response	# Responders
Positively	5
Negatively	1
No change	1

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg	# Responders
1.86	7

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg	# Responders
7.14	7

0 = low, 10 = high

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

Response Avg	# Responders
6.57	7

0 = low, 10 = high

Questions

How long was the interview?

Response	# Responders
5 minutes	0
10 minutes	0
15 minutes	0
20 minutes	0
25 minutes	3
30 minutes	3
35 minutes	1
40 minutes	0
45 minutes	0
50 minutes	0
55 minutes	0
60+ minutes	0

Where did the interview take place?

Response	# Responders
At the school	3
At a regional location	0
At another location	3

What was the style of the interview?

Response	# Responders
One-on-one	7
In a group	0

What type of interview was it?

Response	# Responders
Open file	6
Closed file	0

How many people interviewed you?

Response Average	# Responders
1.29	7

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"What are your values" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why Hackensack?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why medicine? Why Hackensack?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why hackensack" More from this Member | Report Response

"Why medicine." More from this Member | Report Response

"Why did you do x thing" More from this Member | Report Response

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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"What are important qualities of a physician?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Who inspired you while shadowing?" More from this Member | Report Response

"tell me about your leadership" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me a difficult time you had to overcome something and how you handled it." More from this Member | Report Response

"Best leadership experience" More from this Member | Report Response

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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Tell me about your extracurriculars and leadership" More from this Member | Report Response

"do you like the area" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me about your research experience." More from this Member | Report Response

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What was the most interesting question?

"What is your favorite quality, and tell me an example of when you exemplified it?" More from this Member | Report Response

"Tell me the most influential patient interaction you've had. (bc i was a scribe)" More from this Member | Report Response

What was the most difficult question?

"Why this school?" More from this Member | Report Response

"What innovativeness can you bring to this school since it is a new program?" More from this Member | Report Response

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Google general interview questions and know school" More from this Member | Report Response

"Practiced the common interview questions, read the premed playbook" More from this Member | Report Response

"PreMed Playbook, school website, reviewing my application" More from this Member | Report Response

"Read the website and knew my file" More from this Member | Report Response

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What impressed you positively?

"Passionate about service and humanism" More from this Member | Report Response

"Very kind and engaging" More from this Member | Report Response

"The day was extremely organized, and everyone was super nice." More from this Member | Report Response

"Very nice professors and faculty. Beautiful facility" More from this Member | Report Response

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What impressed you negatively?

"The interviewer was not a part of the school and was not able to answer my questions" More from this Member | Report Response

"Still relatively new with a rushed preclinical curriculum so no summer break between first and second year" More from this Member | Report Response

"The medical students told us their class is not diverse." More from this Member | Report Response

"3year program seems to focused on primary care" More from this Member | Report Response

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Would be very chill and conversational" More from this Member | Report Response

"Where the building is located" More from this Member | Report Response

"How lax the interviews would be" More from this Member | Report Response

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What are your general comments?

"Still new school, but I believe it will progress over time, a very collaborative and kind group of faculty and studenta" More from this Member | Report Response

"Was a great experience overall :)" More from this Member | Report Response

"I loved it! They were nice! The interview was conversational. Overall day was stress-free." More from this Member | Report Response

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Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Response	# Responders
Student	0
Faculty member	3
Admissions staff	1
Other	0

How did the tourguide seem?

Response	# Responders
Enthusiastic	3
Neutral	1
Discouraging	0

How do you rank the facilities?

Response Avg	# Responders
6.43	7

0 = low, 10 = high

What is your in-state status?

Response	# Responders
In state	1
Out of state	2

What was your total time spent traveling?

Response	# Responders
0-1 hour	1
2-3 hours	0
4-6 hours	0
7+ hours	1

What was your primary mode of travel?

Response	# Responders
Airplane	0
Automobile	2
Train or subway	0
Other	0

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

Response	# Responders
< $100	1
$101-$200	0
$201-$300	1
$301-$400	0
$401-$500	0
$501+	0

What airport did you use?

No responses

Where did you stay?

Response	# Responders
At school facility	0
With students at the school	0
Friends or family	0
Hotel	1
Home	0
Other	0

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Extended Stay America Meadowlands-Rutherford

Would you recommend the hotel?

Extended Stay America Meadowlands-Rutherford

General Info

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

Response Avg	# Responders
7.00	6

0 = low, 10 = high

What is your ranking of this school's location?

Response Avg	# Responders
6.67	6

0 = low, 10 = high

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

Response Avg	# Responders
6.50	6

0 = low, 10 = high

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

Response Avg	# Responders
5.17	6

0 = low, 10 = high

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

Response Avg	# Responders
7.67	6

0 = low, 10 = high

How eco-friendly are the school's application materials and interview process?

Response Avg	# Responders
6.33	6

0 = low, 10 = high

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses

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How did the interview impress you?

What was the stress level of the interview?

How you think you did?

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

How long was the interview?

Where did the interview take place?

What was the style of the interview?

What type of interview was it?

How many people interviewed you?

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

What was the most interesting question?

What was the most difficult question?

How did you prepare for the interview?

What impressed you positively?

What impressed you negatively?

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

What are your general comments?

Who was the tour given by?

How did the tourguide seem?

How do you rank the facilities?

What is your in-state status?

What was your total time spent traveling?

What was your primary mode of travel?

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

What airport did you use?

Where did you stay?

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Would you recommend the hotel?

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

What is your ranking of this school's location?

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

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

How eco-friendly are the school's application materials and interview process?

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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