2011-2012 Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Application Thread

[togaedere]

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At the interview day, they talked extensively about safety. It satisfied me enough by showing that Cooper is invested in the safety of its students, which would make sense considering it's critical to the survival of the school. I happen to not be worried because I trust that schools in high-crime areas have a great incentive to protect their students. I forget the actual specifics of what they said, but I also trust that hundreds of Cooper hospital employees come to work every day, and continue to do so despite the fact that the crime rate in the city is so bad. People do so in St. Louis, in detroit, Cleveland, etc., and do so for a variety of reasons. I happen to be attracted to places like these, and plan to live in Camden if I'm admitted quite frankly because I'm used to living in neighborhoods like these and quite prefer it over the suburbs. I personally would find it difficult to connect clinically with patients if i wasn't also imbedded in the same world, but that's just me. I can understand why some people wouldn't be thrilled by the prospect of moving to the country's second most dangerous city. I do think that the prospect of something random happening to a med student is pretty low, but that doesn't mean that something won't happen, and I guess it's just up to admitted students to decide whether they want to deal with the potential for that or not.

I fully agree with the counterpoint. In fact I am excited to help out in a community in need. What I really meant to ask was....

What is it about Cooper that makes a lot of potential students feel safe on campus?

Everyone seems to feel that they are protected to a certain extent, which is awesome. Is it the location of the campus, an outstanding campus safety service, a security system...?

 

[house vs god]

Sigh, I had a dream that I got a hand written Christmas card in the mail from Dr. McGeehan congratulating me on being admitted to Cooper. If only...
However, given the cordiality of Cooper I wouldn't be surprised if that is how some people receive the news!

 

[stjkj02]

we can't let this thread die. any updates on the school?

 

[neuroengineer]

we can't let this thread die. any updates on the school?

interviewing here on 1/13

looking forward...

 

[MichaelisMenton]

interviewing here on 1/13

looking forward...

I am also interviewing on 1/13. Does anyone know how many acceptances are remaining? Also, does anyone who has already interviewed have any helpful information about the patient interviews?

 

[neuroengineer]

I am also interviewing on 1/13. Does anyone know how many acceptances are remaining? Also, does anyone who has already interviewed have any helpful information about the patient interviews?

You can easily calculate using this formula:-

v = Vmax* / (Km + )

v = remaining acceptances
Vmax = class size (maximum they can offer)
= acceptance ratio (accepted / interviewed)
km = "cooper" constant

 

[theWUbear]

You can easily calculate using this formula:-

v = Vmax* / (Km + )

v = remaining acceptances
Vmax = class size (maximum they can offer)
= acceptance ratio (accepted / interviewed)
km = "cooper" constant

 

[AvidAvatar]

Hey guys, I made a group for accepted students on Facebook so we can chat it up a bit more openly without putting stuff up for all of SDN to see. Also, I know there are plenty of us from South Jersey and SE Pennsylvania, and I think it would be fun to hang out and do stuff.

Facebook

I am not entirely certain how these Facebook groups work. I think that you just request membership if you want to get in and I authorize you. If you can't see the group or request to join let me know and I'll work it out.

***Please PM me from your SDN account when you request to join so I know who you are.***

Talk to you all soon!

 

[stjkj02]

Damn you and your facebook group.


I am interviewing on the 13th too. I am going to make a guess based on absolutely nothing, but I think only a handful students have been accepted. like 5 or 6 hopefully.

 

[house vs god]

That's what I'm hoping too. Or maybe it's just the two in the facebook group that have been accepted.

Damn you and your facebook group.


I am interviewing on the 13th too. I am going to make a guess based on absolutely nothing, but I think only a handful students have been accepted. like 5 or 6 hopefully.

 

[JumpShot11]

anyone have dr. newmark for the interview?

 

[Mayssy]

anyone have dr. newmark for the interview?

Interesting, are they releasing the names of interviewers now? When I interviewed we didn't know until we were lead to the interview

 

[emcda001]

Priority waitlisted today. How many people are among this group? Not sure I want to be at cooper yet but id like the option.

 

[bigloley]

Do you guys think that getting matched in residencies will be difficult with Cooper being a new medical school? The curriculum and feel is great but I'm worried about after medical school.

 

[AvidAvatar]

Do you guys think that getting matched in residencies will be difficult with Cooper being a new medical school? The curriculum and feel is great but I'm worried about after medical school.

Hey there Nebula Buddy.

Rotation evaluations are, as I understand, the most important 'measurement' of an applicant who is applying to residencies along with board scores. In regards to training, Cooper has a wonderful reputation and the hospital has been instructing medical students and residents for years - just not from their own school, since it never existed. In fact, when I interviewed at Cooper I was in the room with two doctors, and one had trained the other while he was a student at UMDNJ-RWJ. Cooper is also a very well known hospital and the faculty have good connections.

My two cents? If you plan on going into a primary care field or some other 'low to medium competitive' residency - you should even bother thinking about it - you will be fine. If you want to get into a highly competitive, top tier residency program, you might have some justified second thoughts. However, that being said, you should probably not be looking at state schools.

Is your fear is not getting a residency AT ALL? I might be totally speaking out of the proverbial butt here, but I highly doubt that Cooper will let students from their inaugural class get stuck without a residency, and there is probably a good chance they will help you out if you gotta scramble. 👍

Just FYI, they offer the following residency programs at Cooper.

Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Diagnostic Radiology
Emergency Medicine
General Surgery
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Obstetrics / Gynecology
Pediatrics
Plastic Surgery
Podiatric Surgery
Psychiatry

Edit: I'm on my third cup of coffee in one hour and kinda hyper...sorry if this is poorly written.

 

[house vs god]

Priority waitlisted today. How many people are among this group? Not sure I want to be at cooper yet but id like the option.

Cooper needs an MDapps page for this sort of data.. everyone email them and maybe they will put it up! [email protected]

 

[docman457]

how do you know what waitlist you were put on? can someone who was put on the "priority waitlist" explain what the email said exactly?

 

[bigloley]

Hey there Nebula Buddy.

Rotation evaluations are, as I understand, the most important 'measurement' of an applicant who is applying to residencies along with board scores. In regards to training, Cooper has a wonderful reputation and the hospital has been instructing medical students and residents for years - just not from their own school, since it never existed. In fact, when I interviewed at Cooper I was in the room with two doctors, and one had trained the other while he was a student at UMDNJ-RWJ. Cooper is also a very well known hospital and the faculty have good connections.

My two cents? If you plan on going into a primary care field or some other 'low to medium competitive' residency - you should even bother thinking about it - you will be fine. If you want to get into a highly competitive, top tier residency program, you might have some justified second thoughts. However, that being said, you should probably not be looking at state schools.

Is your fear is not getting a residency AT ALL? I might be totally speaking out of the proverbial butt here, but I highly doubt that Cooper will let students from their inaugural class get stuck without a residency, and there is probably a good chance they will help you out if you gotta scramble. 👍

Just FYI, they offer the following residency programs at Cooper.

Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Diagnostic Radiology
Emergency Medicine
General Surgery
Internal Medicine
Neurology
Obstetrics / Gynecology
Pediatrics
Plastic Surgery
Podiatric Surgery
Psychiatry

Edit: I'm on my third cup of coffee in one hour and kinda hyper...sorry if this is poorly written.

Yeah I was concerned about non-primary care residencies not around New Jersey. I know Cooper has a long reputation in New Jersey but I'm concerned about if we want to practice elsewhere.

 

[titilaya]

Cooper needs an MDapps page for this sort of data.. everyone email them and maybe they will put it up! [email protected]

Hey So I am also on the priority waitlist, has anyone heard anything (a peep).?

Also someone asked how do you know which waitlist, it will say priority in the body of the email. Hope that helps!

 

[house vs god]

Hey So I am also on the priority waitlist, has anyone heard anything (a peep).?

Also someone asked how do you know which waitlist, it will say priority in the body of the email. Hope that helps!

No peeps yet! I had posted a while back about speaking with Dr. Dayton and essentially being guaranteed admission around March for those on the priority waitlist... So I'm sort of making my plans around that... I hope that I won't be disappointed.

 

[harlemdoc]

Anyone interviewing on Jan 27th?

 

[neuroengineer]

Interviewing here on 1/13.

Anyone who interviewed here recently can share his / her experiences ? (i have gone through the posts here on SDN as well but if anyone has anything more to say?)

Did anyone drive to Cooper on the interview day from Central NJ ? How was the traffic ?

 

[togaedere]

Neuro, I'll send you a PM.

 

[harlemdoc]

Neuro, I'll send you a PM.

Can you PM your experience too?

 

[titilaya]

No peeps yet! I had posted a while back about speaking with Dr. Dayton and essentially being guaranteed admission around March for those on the priority waitlist... So I'm sort of making my plans around that... I hope that I won't be disappointed.

Yeah, I actually got another acceptance but I am still kinda waiting for Cooper. Im so torn cuz I really love this school sigh.

 

[house vs god]

Yeah, I actually got another acceptance but I am still kinda waiting for Cooper. Im so torn cuz I really love this school sigh.

Congrats! Just a couple more months till we know

 

[titilaya]

Congrats! Just a couple more months till we know

Thanks! 😀 months? I thought we would hear back sooner. Sigh 😕

 

[Drksft]

Hey everyone! Have an interview on 1/13! I was wondering if anyone who has interviewed already will be willing to share their experience, please send me a private message. It will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

 

[bigloley]

Hey everyone! Have an interview on 1/13! I was wondering if anyone who has interviewed already will be willing to share their experience, please send me a private message. It will be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Same for me! I'm interviewing soon and if anyone could pm me about their experience at Cooper that would be great. Thanks!!

 

[MichaelisMenton]

Same for me! I'm interviewing soon and if anyone could pm me about their experience at Cooper that would be great. Thanks!!

Would anyone who has already interviewed care to PM me their experiences with cooper?

 

[harlemdoc]

Would anyone who has already interviewed care to PM me their experiences with cooper?

everyone so quiet on this thread! what happened? Did everyone get in?

 

[togaedere]

I WISH.

I haven't really been checking SDN. I know that the interview day is tomorrow. I've already sent out my thoughts of the interview I had on 11/11/11 to a couple people. I could send this out to the people who have asked, or people can forward it to them? Good luck but like everyone else said don't freak out! Very awesome place to interview.

everyone so quiet on this thread! what happened? Did everyone get in?

 

[Dr SunDai]

I WISH.

I haven't really been checking SDN. I know that the interview day is tomorrow. I've already sent out my thoughts of the interview I had on 11/11/11 to a couple people. I could send this out to the people who have asked, or people can forward it to them? Good luck but like everyone else said don't freak out! Very awesome place to interview.

Can you please send me a PM with your interview day....Thanks

 

[neuroengineer]

Interviewed here today..

pretty impressed with the admissions office staff... everyone from the administrative assistant to the director to the dean were all very nice..hope they stay like this in years to come and not just in recruiting the inaugural class

looks like it will turn out to be a very good school in the years to come..

 

[omgosh]

Interviewed today as well. Amazing experience with the staff and faculty. Everyone seemed so enthusiastic about Cooper.

Came back to my car, window smashed, GPS stolen.

overall neutral interview day.

 

[Slack3r]

Interviewed today as well. Amazing experience with the staff and faculty. Everyone seemed so enthusiastic about Cooper.

Came back to my car, window smashed, GPS stolen.

overall neutral interview day.

So in the heart of downtown Camden, one of the most poverty stricken and violent areas in the country, you left your GPS out in plain sight?

 

[omgosh]

So in the heart of downtown Camden, one of the most poverty stricken and violent areas in the country, you left your GPS out in plain sight?

where to begin....

-Cooper is not in downtown Camden. take a trip 10 blocks south of Cooper and see what you think about "downtown"

-In the third level of an off street parking garage is not exactly in "the heart" of any city.

-I wrote that it was inside my car. it's interesting that you read "in plain sight" because inside of my car exists a glove compartment in which i kept my GPS. Only someone with X-ray vision would call that "in plain sight".



Best of luck though, you seem like you will be a great future doctor based on your ability to draw conclusions.

 

[bigloley]

Interviewed today as well. Amazing experience with the staff and faculty. Everyone seemed so enthusiastic about Cooper.

Came back to my car, window smashed, GPS stolen.

overall neutral interview day.

Wow that sucks majorly...I hope that isn't the norm around the hospital area.

 

[neuroengineer]

where to begin....

-Cooper is not in downtown Camden. take a trip 10 blocks south of Cooper and see what you think about "downtown"

-In the third level of an off street parking garage is not exactly in "the heart" of any city.

-I wrote that it was inside my car. it's interesting that you read "in plain sight" because inside of my car exists a glove compartment in which i kept my GPS. Only someone with X-ray vision would call that "in plain sight".



Best of luck though, you seem like you will be a great future doctor based on your ability to draw conclusions.

Sorry that sucks...

where exactly (# of parking garage) did you park ? I parked in the parking lot that you can access directly from the hospital building.

overall i think the hospital / school is great. exceeded my expectations. hope with additional CMSRU public safety this place will be safer !!

just out of curiosity - did you inform anyone from the admissions office about this ?

 

[theWUbear]

So in the heart of downtown Camden, one of the most poverty stricken and violent areas in the country, you left your GPS out in plain sight?

Your assumptions = poor form

 

[stjkj02]

they said 1-3 weeks. it's been 3 days and I already am checking my e-mails frantically.

 

[neuroengineer]

they said 1-3 weeks. it's been 3 days and I already am checking my e-mails frantically.

lol... me too..

well technically it hasnt been 3 working days.. sat / sun / mon (MLK day)

 

[bigloley]

they said 1-3 weeks. it's been 3 days and I already am checking my e-mails frantically.

How was your interview experience? How'd you like the school?

 

[stjkj02]

the hospital is awesome and the faculty that I met at interview day were all very fun people to be around. I think Cooper is definitely a top choice for me.

 

[JWorth2]

I WISH.

I haven't really been checking SDN. I know that the interview day is tomorrow. I've already sent out my thoughts of the interview I had on 11/11/11 to a couple people. I could send this out to the people who have asked, or people can forward it to them? Good luck but like everyone else said don't freak out! Very awesome place to interview.

Can you (or anyone else) send me your thoughts on your interview? I have mine the 1/27 and it's my only one as of right now.

Thanks! and Good luck to everyone else

 

[harlemdoc]

Can you (or anyone else) send me your thoughts on your interview? I have mine the 1/27 and it's my only one as of right now.

Thanks! and Good luck to everyone else

Interviewing the same day!

 

[Eternalangel]

Hey good luck guys! I'll hopefully be seeing some of you there in the fall (i'm undergrad btw) 🙂

 

[stjkj02]

Can you (or anyone else) send me your thoughts on your interview? I have mine the 1/27 and it's my only one as of right now.

Thanks! and Good luck to everyone else

at interview day it seemed as though the cooper staff were trying to sell Cooper to the potential students and that they were really excited to start the inaugural class. keep in mind, the major bottleneck of the application process already happened when interview offers were given. After listening to one of the Cooper spokespeople, he hinted that around 110 of the 300ish interviewees would be at one point or another offered acceptance (when you consider the wait list). it really was a two way interview process. they tried to make sure that every potential student got to know cooper as much as they were trying to get to know us.

edit- the 110 ballpark was after he told us that in comparing to other similar schools in the area he anticipated the offer of between 2 - 2.2 acceptance offers per seat. not a firm 110, just an estimate

 

[ricexeater]

they said 1-3 weeks. it's been 3 days and I already am checking my e-mails frantically.

It's a week now! will they let us know? Haha iv been pressing F5 so much it's about to fall off.

Anyone interview on the 13th hear back?

 

[FTFY]

I interviewed on 12/16 and just heard back. Got an email stating I was on the priority waitlist. Although it's not an acceptance, I still feel honored. This school seems fantastic.

However, I will be letting them know that I will be taking myself out of the running for this school. Only because I got into my state school. If it wasn't for that and I was accepted at Cooper, then I would definitely attend here.

Yes, Camden seemed like it could be dangerous, but being the one person to take public transit to the hospital on the interview day (as it seemed anyways), although I came from far away, it's really just like any other big city. Just be safe, be smart, and don't put yourself in dangerous situations. Also, it may help to have some self defense techniques under your belt.

The facilities themselves are beautiful, and far nicer than my school. The learning experience would be top notch. The easy access to reach Philly was also a plus.

The one concern I had for going to this school was how quickly they want the first class to jump into working in the free clinic. I understand the mission of the school, but only having 3 weeks to get used to medical school before also taking on that challenge seemed like a bit much. I'm all for early experience with patients, but besides administrative work or shadowing, there's not a whole lot most first years can do. Also, I hope that the people they choose, at least some of them, have some experience working in clinics. Although it's stuff that can be learned, it takes time to feel comfortable with the flow and working inside that setting. My solution would be to wait until the second semester at least, but hey, what do I know?

Good luck to those waiting. It's a long road, but don't give up.