Hey anyone here been complete for more than a month and has not heard anything?
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Hey anyone here been complete for more than a month and has not heard anything?
Hey anyone here been complete for more than a month and has not heard anything?
I havent heard anything from neither NJMS or RWJMS. These guys are sleeping down there. This whole process is so random I cant believe it. You would think that people in the medical profession would be organized. Not the case in the admissions process! lol
I submitted my secondary for NJMS on Aug 18th! Lol idk why they are so slow. I saw someone who submitted their secondary for NJMS in June and got an II end of september. IDK what to make of it. May be my MCAT is three years old is that the reason for the delay? But if it is, why do they consider it valid then? A whole host of things are going through my mind I am going crazy
LOL this randomness is sooooooo frustrating. I need to numb my feelings for a while and not think about this for a few weeks until i get an invite!
LOL good idea! But you have an interview at least so thats gotta be comforting Good luck bud
I havent heard anything from neither NJMS or RWJMS. These guys are sleeping down there. This whole process is so random I cant believe it. You would think that people in the medical profession would be organized. Not the case in the admissions process! lol
Hello utariq. I am well acquainted with much of the faculty and staff in the admissions office, and I assure you they are very well organized and are handling their job quite well. Nobody is sleeping on the job. I suggest that you cease complaining and criticizing others over your lack of an interview offer.
IS interview invite today. Submitted early-mid august. 34Q and 3.6 cgpa 3.7 sgpa
IS interview invite today also. Submitted 9/20, completed 9/21. MCAT 37, 3.7 cgpa, 3.8 sgpa. I suspect they may just be behind, possibly due to the reunification of RWJMS with Rutgers. Good luck everyone!
IS interview invite today. Submitted early-mid august. 34Q and 3.6 cgpa 3.7 sgpa
has any oos been invited for interviews? I completed my secondaries back in august and haven't heard anything back from them yet
given the number of posts for this school it seems as if - (1) not many active SDN members are applying here or (2) this school hasnt sent out that many interview invitations yet
Any evidence (news / school website ?) to support your claim ?It could be the latter, as the loss of clinical sites in Camden to Cooper Med has caused the administration to reduce class size
Any evidence (news / school website ?) to support your claim ?
That makes senseWhen I interviewed here last year, we were explicitly told the class size was being reduced by Meryle Kramer, one of the admissions officers who helped with the tour. It is indeed because they lost Cooper.
When I interviewed here last year, we were explicitly told the class size was being reduced by Meryle Kramer, one of the admissions officers who helped with the tour. It is indeed because they lost Cooper.
I completely agree.. I have spoken to her several times as wellMs. Kramer is my source as well. She is a member of the admissions office staff and a very kind, helpful person in my experiences. I would recommend her if anyone has questions for admissions and is looking for someone to email.
That makes sense
... are you a current medical student here ? Anything you would like to share ? (academic / clinical / extracurricular etc.)
I see... my assumption was that most of the NJ state residents who apply to RWJMS also apply to NJMS given all comparisons between these schools.. i see NJMS loaded with posts regarding interviews & acceptances... (i know RWJMS no longer has rolling admissions)...
Any general suggestions on how to prepare for the MMI ? (just a general suggestion... nothing specific given confidentiality)
Thanks... that is the general sense that I get from reading articles from the web as well...Is that the new interview? We were still doing traditional interviews when I applied, but I have some pointers.
I'm on a research year and away from RWJ, so thankfully I have no idea what the possible questions are and can give my 2 cents without violating any professional boundaries. That being said, I really wouldn't stress about it. From the few sample questions I've heard (not from my school, but posted on SDN and other sources) the 'correct' answer should be fairly obvious. In cases where there is no one correct answer, say your own opinion as to what would be most ethical and provide your reasoning.
In general, punting the patient to someone else is incorrect. It's -always- better to say, "I would treat them to the best of my ability and if I felt it was appropriate, or I was unsuccessful, I would continue to be actively involved in patient management while I obtained a consult from the appropriate department (psych, surgery, whatever)."
Otherwise, I'd expect possible questions to include health care reform, minority issues, end of life issues, something with serving in primary care, access to care, 'which patient would you see first' emergency type questions, a colleague is depressed/drunk/suicidal question, and potentially more out there ones like 'would you date a patient?' or 'how would you handle a patient who storms into your waiting room and demands to be scene with her cancer ridden father?'
The name of the game is professionalism. If you've scene a TV character (JD, House, anyone in General Hospital) do something, a good rule of thumb is to do the opposite. Whatever is the least dramatic - no matter how heart-felt the dramatic option might be - is likely correct (eg, telling the patient who runs in with her cancer father to go to the ER if it is an emergency and you will follow-up there, otherwise to schedule an appointment during regular business hours)
I think this is likely a much better way to interview prospects. Definitely beats interviews with awkward personal questions.
YeaAnyone interviewing here tomorrow? Getting a little bit nervous.
what's the chance for OOS here? does anyone know?
15-20 percent of the class is OOS (i'm trying to remember from having looked at the msar a long time ago, if anyone has more accurate statistics do correct me). RWJ is much more OOS-friendly than njms.
I don't think that's quite correct. I remembered seeing tiny OOS percentage so I looked it up for you guys just now.
MSAR stats
RWJ 2010-2011 first year matriculants
109 IS
4 OOS
RWJ 2009-2010 first year matriculants
156 IS
7 OOS
it sucks going to my empty inbox everyday
+1...except I get emails throughout the day from school, newsletters, etc. IS IT AN INTERVIEW INVITE??? No...