How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.00 | 29 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 26 |
| Negatively | 0 |
| No change | 3 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.87 | 30 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.20 | 30 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.93 | 30 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 2 |
| 25 minutes | 3 |
| 30 minutes | 15 |
| 35 minutes | 1 |
| 40 minutes | 1 |
| 45 minutes | 4 |
| 50 minutes | 1 |
| 55 minutes | 1 |
| 60+ minutes | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 24 |
| At a regional location | 1 |
| At another location | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 17 |
| In a group | 10 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 20 |
| Closed file | 2 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.00 | 29 |
"Tell me about yourself."
"What is one time you learned about another culture?"
"What is a challenge you faced?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"Tell the interviewer who has not read your file about yourself"
"Have you taken classes that were flipped classroom style before and did you like them?"
"Tell the interviewer with the closed file about yourself and your path to medicine."
"What is the most impactful community service activity"
"What is your most meaningful community service activity?"
"toughest feedback?"
"Give me an elevator pitch summary of yourself (one of the interviewers doesn't have any information on you)."
"Why Cooper?"
"Can you tell me about your research?"
"What are some differences between healthcare practice in the US versus _________ (country where I did some international shadowing)?"
"Tell me a story from your volunteer experiences."
"How do you deal with stress?"
"What can you give to our school"
"Why a doctor and not a nurse?"
"Tell us about yourself..."
"What drew you to apply to Cooper?"
"How do you match Cooper's mission?"
"Tell me a joke I could tell my 6yo"
"What situations have you been in that have tested your leadership skills?"
"Describe an ethical dilemma that you've faced."
"Talk about a patient experience you had working with underserved populations."
"What is one time you received criticism?"
"What ethical dilemma did you face?"
"Tell me about a time you received criticism"
"Describe a time you were frustrated with yourself and how did you handle it"
"Why were you homeschooled"
"Tell me about your hobbies"
"Describe one situation in which you were very angry and how you handled it"
"Research experience Q's"
"One of my interviewers was a self-proclaimed math nerd and asked me to describe my research, which was on game theory and oncology."
"Tell me about yourself"
"What led you to pursue a career in medicine?"
"Do you have any experience working with the underserved?"
"Since you have a strong personality, how would you handle working in a group with others who are shy?"
"Why Medicine?"
"how have you prepared yourself to be a"
"Did you have any shadowing experience?"
"What brings you to Cooper?"
"Since only one of us has read your file, tell us about yourself."
"How will you work in Cooper's Active Learning Group-based curriculum?"
"What is the thing you're most proud of, disappointed by, etc."
"What originally made you want to be a doctor?"
"What do you consider your greatest accomplishment and your greatest failure?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Why medicine?"
"Tell me about _ service activity you were involved in"
"n/a"
"Tell us about your volunteer experiences"
"How were you able to balance both your academic and athletic responsibilities"
"What kind of volunteering do you do?"
"What kind of shadowing have you done?"
"If I was in a small group session and another member of the group had an opposing opinion that they presented in an aggressive and unreasonable way, how would I respond?"
"Why did you take a gap year?"
"How were you able to balance work, school and other ECs during your undergraduate career?"
"Why Cooper?"
"Tell me more about X experience (in your application file)."
"Why Camden?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"Do you think City Year (an AmeriCorps program I'm in) helped your understanding of the difficulties underrsesourced communities face?"
"What about you would make you a good fit in the inaugural class of CMSRU?"
"Describe yourself"
"What is one time you learned about another culture?"
"What ethical dilemma did you face?"
"Tell me about a problem you faced recently"
"A lot of the questions were just me elaborating on my personal story"
"Tell us about a time you made a mistake and how you learned from it."
"What is your favorite art museum in NYC (I mentioned that I paint)"
"I was a professional musician for a few years and was asked what instrument I played mostly and what model I currently have."
"Nothing really interesting"
"How would you adjust to living in the Camden community?"
"International Healthcare Question"
"How would you go from a competitive environment (I was a collegiate athlete) to a collaborative one like medicine?"
"What did you learn from 'x' experience?"
"What was your proudest moment/greatest achievement with X club/activity?"
"Why Camden?"
"Since you are a career changer, why should we assume that you won't want to change careers again a few years down the road?"
"What happened between your undergrad and graduate work? (I had a drastic GPA discrepancy)"
"How could you see yourself getting involved here in the Camden community as a student at CMSRU?"
"Tell me about a time you received criticism and how you handled it."
"What is one time you received criticism?"
"What ethical dilemma did you face?"
"nothing particularly difficult"
"n/a"
"How do you feel about critical care (the specialty)?"
"What was your most negative feedback and how did you respond?"
"Nothing. Pretty basic"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years"
"None were particularly difficult"
"How have you handled a harsh criticism in your past?"
"What did you learn from 'x' experience? (not 'difficult' but required some on the spot reflection about an experience I wasn't expecting to speak about much, but I think it turned out okay! Advice: know your AMCAS work/activities and be prepared to talk about any part of it)"
"What was your greatest challenge?"
"Why Camden?"
"Do you have any questions for us? (They had already answered the questions I had planned for this!)"
"Why do you want to do Medicine - in 30 seconds or less."
"The one about greatest accomplishment and greatest failure."
"Mock interview, prepared general answers beforehand"
"Mock interview"
"Looked here for questions they asked and prepped answers"
"SDN, mock interviews, being comfortable with a "why medicine" question"
"Researching more about the school and what they stand for. Also reviewing my application."
"Reviewed my application and the school website"
"SDN, just researching the school"
"sdn, cooper website, mock interview"
"SDN feedback, reviewing my app, and reading "Winning Strategies for the Med School Interview""
"Sdn and youtube videos"
"Reading through there website, watching there youtube videos, learning about camden, re-reading through my application."
"School website, YouTube videos about Cooper, reread application, mock interviews"
"school website, SDN"
"School website, sdn forum, student feedback, watching videos, practicing with friends. Researched a bit about standardized patient interviews but wasn't necessary. The patient interview part seems nerve racking but once you are in with the patient, you just have a conversation with them and it's not that bad."
"Practice, practice, practice"
"School website."
"Re-reading MSAR, school's website, and my own applications. Watching videos from the school's YouTube channel."
"Practice with friends and family."
"Practice, practice, practice. On Skype with your family, with your boss, with whomever."
"Read app, mission and values"
"Researched the school's website, drove to the hospital the day before to make sure I knew where to go, looked over my application so I knew what kinds of questions to expect."
"Researched the school and area heavily"
"Everyone was so inviting and pleasant! Really increased m"
"They were so calming and eased everyone's nerves. The interviewers were incredibly chill."
"Relaxed atmosphere"
"The interviewers seemed genuinely interested and curious about me and my experiences"
"The admission staff was extremely nice, interview was very conversational"
"The compassion displayed by the admissions team."
"How much the students I spoke to loved their school"
"How friendly everyone was"
"students seemed to genuinely love the school, they are passionate in their community service work, and the faculty was so kind to me"
"Almost everything. The school is amazing. It's right in the community, which is great. The facilities are very impressive, including the sim lab and the anatomy lab. Every single student was super friendly and very happy to be there."
"The SIM lab."
"After the interview, I got to talk to lots of students who went to the school of the record and get there impression of what the school was like"
"Faculty and students all seemed genuinely excited about the school & its mission, nice facilities (although in a not so nice area)"
"The facilities are up to date and the faculty seems like they genuinely care about the students' success. I like how thoroughly they covered their curriculum in the info session. The SIM center is cool."
"Organization of the day, how happy students seemed, relaxed and kind environment, faculty support and encouragement throughout the day, facilities. Also no sense of 'you should come here because we are the best.' They really give students all the info objectively and know that the small group/Cooper values may not be for everyone. Faculty also addressed concerns many may have about living in Camden. They made sure to stress the security protocols in place to help students feel comfortable. Really appreciated that part."
"Beautiful building"
"People are amazing at the school"
"The curriculum, the integration of the school into the community, the fact that students said that all of the staff know who they are, all the measures the school is taking to increase student happiness."
"Cooper has a very supportive learning environment. I asked several questions about doing different activities that were not currently offered, and was told that everyone would work with me to see that I had opportunities to start these programs."
"Incredibly innovative curriculum, in both the "pre-clinical" and "clinical" years, with extensive clinical work starting in week 3. Great facilities. Vivacious faculty."
"Very enthusiastic committed people, strong clinical experience"
"The interviewers were very engaging and interested to be there. Although they were physicians and not adcom members, they took the interviewer role seriously and I enjoyed our conversation."
"The facilities were grade-A, and everyone on the staff that I met was very friendly and enthusiastic about the school."
"Faculty and staff were extremely positive and encouraging with great senses of humor."
"Nothing. It feels like an up-and-coming school that's out to grow and accomplish a lot."
"It had nothing to do with the interview day/admissions staff but I think everyone wished it was in person. Hopefully next year it will be."
"The surrounding area, not many places to go to eat"
"The exams are professor written, not NBME. That's the only downside I saw."
"Area obviously"
"the area surrounding the school is not the nicest. Most people live in philly, but I would want to do that too. it seems not that inconvenient. Having early morning classes."
"Financial aid presentation could have been shorter"
"The area. Although it seems like an interesting/diverse patient population, there isn't much to do outside of the school's main building. It seems like most of the students travel to Philly if they want to do something fun."
"N/A"
"......... Camden. Most students life either across the street or in a neighboring town and commute in via train."
"The 2-interviewers-on-1-student didn't come off the right way for me. I would prefer two 1-on-1 interviews."
"Lack of a match list."
"As an out of state student, it's going to be REALLY expensive."
"Only the fact that they are new, and somewhat unproven. However, I do not foresee any problems with students passing boards or the last stages of certification."
"Camden is a difficult area - but Cooper is working to improve it. I almost wish I was interviewing here in 2 or 3 years, as there's some much incredible stuff that is in process and will be finished soon."
"Still very new, lots of empty lab space"
"Nothing, if you are unfamiliar with Camden you will probably not like the neighborhood but for those of us who are familiar we already knew what to expect."
"I only had reservations over the fact that the actual school building was not yet built, and thus I could not tour it."
"1 interviewer is open file and the other does not know anything about you at all. Keep this in mind as you respond!"
"How chill the interview would be."
"How conversational the interview would be."
"You have a strict 30 minutes (there was a timer) and that you should not succumb to the relaxed nature of the interview; remember that this is a medical school interview and you should still try to be formal"
"I was pretty well prepared. They don't provide lunch, but they do provide breakfast."
"Nothing"
"that you are choosing the school as much as they are choosing you. if you get accepted into multiple schools, you have to make a decision. You are allowed to ask them about time off allotted for step studying and what the usmle scores were."
"That the interview was going to be 2-on-1 (it was kind of awkward talking to two people at the same time, and tailoring your answers to one person who knows your file, and another who is blinded)"
"How short the interview would be! It was relatively low stress and only about 20 minutes."
"That it would be a relaxed and fun day. And that the patient interview part is SHORT. It flies by and then you're on your way to the next part of the interview."
"Nothing, they gave us all the information that we needed."
"Nothing in particular. I felt good about my preparation."
"Not to worry so much!"
"Don't stress so much! Be prepared to speak in front of the wholegroup for 20 seconds and introduce yourself."
"Which touring group I was in."
"I wish I would have known that the interview was going to be short."
"They really try to make you feel comfortable"
"Great community centered school tied to the best hospital in South Jersey."
"30 minutes goes by so fast; they only asked me 5 or 6 questions. I was definitely over-prepared. Two on one interview with one interviewer open file and one closed file is a little awkward; the closed file interviewer didn't ask me any questions and just sat there quietly staring me down. Other than that everything went perfectly and I love this school :)"
"It was a fine school, I felt extremely rushed due to being timed and having to explain my involvements from scratch due to the closed file"
"This school is amazing. I will be very fortunate to get accepted."
"Really short interview, really long day."
"this school lets you know immediately (within a week or two what they are doing with your file which was great to know that you've gotten your first acceptance)"
"N/A"
"Know your app, and keep in mind that this school has a very unique mission and location that they are passionate about."
"Seems like such a kind and supportive environment to go to school in. You'll hear that it is relaxed and just keep that in mind. It really is an enjoyable day where they want to get to know you. Stay calm and try to have fun. Also for the interview- it WAS a conversation where you are given time to talk, as much as you want. Not a speedy Q & A format at all. I think whatever you say kind of directs the conversation/questioning. I would be most prepared for, 'Why Medicine' 'Why Cooper?' and 'Why Camden?' Have fun!"
"Good school, beautiful building but the surrounding area looks a bit sketch"
"LOVED this school. I think that the environment is what makes Cooper a unique and amazing place to go to medical school."
"If it weren't for the super-expensive tuition, Cooper would be my number one choice, no question. Their combination of mission and innovative curriculum is just fantastic. But I'm not sure I can justify the OOS tuition when I also have interviews at in state schools that are going to be much cheaper."
"Great Place to Interview! Great School!"
"The day was relatively short. We had the obligatory tour and information sessions, but the really interesting part was that we had two mini standardized-patient interviews, which required no medical knowledge but were instead an evaluation of interpersonal skills. They also had small ethical dilemmas weaved in as well. The interview itself was a 2 on 1 affair, with one open-file and one blinded interviewer. It was very conversational and quite short -- the blinded interviewer asked 3 questions from her "list", and the open one asked 1, but the rest of them were drawn from my responses. In general, the school impressed me greatly."
"Interview is 2:1 with one open file and one closed file at the same time. Makes for some awkward moments and I wished I had treated it more like completely closed file."
"Great school, hope I can go there."
"Awesome school to interview for, very relaxed atmosphere, approachable staff."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 9 |
| Faculty member | 9 |
| Admissions staff | 2 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 20 |
| Neutral | 1 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.85 | 27 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 13 |
| Out of state | 10 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 9 |
| 2-3 hours | 6 |
| 4-6 hours | 2 |
| 7+ hours | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 3 |
| Automobile | 12 |
| Train or subway | 4 |
| Other | 2 |
N/A
Philadelphia
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| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 7 |
| Hotel | 3 |
| Home | 7 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 7 |
| $101-$200 | 2 |
| $201-$300 | 3 |
| $301-$400 | 1 |
| $401-$500 | 0 |
| $501+ | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.07 | 28 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 4.39 | 28 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.93 | 28 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.00 | 28 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.89 | 28 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.43 | 28 |
"Make the interview in person next year!"
"Bring back in-person interviews!"
"They're great. No suggestions."
"Shorten the 45 min lecture on financial aid to an overview, it is so dull that you made a movie because you were tired of talking about it and giving the lecture."
"Loved the school."
"Would have been great to tour hospital since school is fairly empty"
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What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?