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  • Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
  • Allopathic Medical School
  • Newark, NJ
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

5 out of 10

How you think you did?

10 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"When you returned to school, what made it easier?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Do you agree that cultural competency is a critical part of a medical education?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is the failure of US healthcare?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Does medicine often fall victim to ''invention is the mother of necessity?''" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Convince me that you're not going to hitchike out of here to a kibbutz, if we place our investment in you." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN reviews, website, practice" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The enthusiasm and friendliness of the students, the overwhelming number of early clinical opportunities, the faculty." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Newark. Good lord is Newark a total slum." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"That I didn't know enough about recent healthcare policy changes." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"It was highly engaging and extremely intellectual...I felt like my interviewer was treating me like a peer. Although, at the end of 80 (whew) minutes, I had no idea where I stood." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

7 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

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

< $100

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/15/2006

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

8 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

1 out of 10

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

3 out of 10

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