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

How did the interview impress you?

No change

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

7 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

4 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)?

"Are you familiar with Hillary Clinton's health care bill? [I gave him a mediocre answer, and he disagrees and tells me-> Question 2]" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Ok now pretend you are the secretary of health, tell me how you will fix the health care system? " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is Alzheimer's Disease? What is Parkinson's? " Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"How I got into Hopkins with a 1400 SAT score. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"What was Hillary Clintons health care bill?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN and AMCAS" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"the tour guide was super cool and really peppy, brand new dorms, top trauma center" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"it's Newark and everyone says don't live in the city" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"i didn't think i would get this yahoo as my interviewer and also they don't give you commuter info but it's really easy to commute in through train and they even have a shuttle, too." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"The man wasn't as egotistical as the old post said he was. Maybe there were complaints or something but the questions he asked were somewhat, I felt pointless and would have been irrelevant indicators of my candidacy. He just looked through my folder and asked me random crap. It would've been a 20-30 min interview if he just cut the crap. Also he was not the " 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?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Train or subway

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

$101-$200

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

10/18/2006

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

5 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

5 out of 10

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

4 out of 10

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