2016-2017 Cooper Medical School of Rowan University Application Thread

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Got "priority waitlisted". Does anyone from past years know the odds of getting in if you're on the priority waitlist? Congrats though to everyone else that got in. Cooper is a dope school and I hope you guys enjoy it.
 
outkast1 said:
Got "priority waitlisted". Does anyone from past years know the odds of getting in if you're on the priority waitlist? Congrats though to everyone else that got in. Cooper is a dope school and I hope you guys enjoy it.
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I got in off the priority waitlist, and I was waitlisted all the way in January. I got in May, the journey is just getting started! The odds of acceptance are high!
 
Ok so honest opinions! Due to unforseen cirumstances, I applied here really late (secondary submitted 10/31). Is all hope lost for me? I'm IS, 3.98 GPA at top school, and 513 MCAT with good EC's. Thanks all and congrats to everyone who has gotten in already!
 
MedHopeful95 said:
Ok so honest opinions! Due to unforseen cirumstances, I applied here really late (secondary submitted 10/31). Is all hope lost for me? I'm IS, 3.98 GPA at top school, and 513 MCAT with good EC's. Thanks all and congrats to everyone who has gotten in already!
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Your stats are really high, but this school is mission based. Does your resume show commitment to underserved? With those numbers you can apply to any school in the US
 
MedHopeful95 said:
Ok so honest opinions! Due to unforseen cirumstances, I applied here really late (secondary submitted 10/31). Is all hope lost for me? I'm IS, 3.98 GPA at top school, and 513 MCAT with good EC's. Thanks all and congrats to everyone who has gotten in already!
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They don't care much about grades here. Have you done community service?
 
ChrisMack390 said:
They don't care much about grades here. Have you done community service?
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Thanks for the reply! Yeah, I was a leader in rechartering our coed service fraternity on campus (Alpha Phi Omega) and have done a bunch of different service projects with that as well as volunteering at the health clinic here and at a major hospital back home. I'm also really into volunteering at the animal shelter and therapeutic riding centers (I'm big into animals!)
 
What's going on at Cooper lately? They seem to go pretty linearly in terms of secondary completion date but I haven't seen any late August interview invites or rejections. Any idea where they might be in terms of how many iis they have left to give
 
For those that were accepted October-November...the portal says to email dr. dayton directly to accept your seat since the webpayment system is being updated...

did you guys get a confirmation email back confirming that the school received your email?
 
Lnsean said:
For those that were accepted October-November...the portal says to email dr. dayton directly to accept your seat since the webpayment system is being updated...

did you guys get a confirmation email back confirming that the school received your email?
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Yes, Dr. Dayton responded.
 
Congrats to those recently accepted!! If anyone is so inclined, I would love to hear more about interview day. Thanks very much!!
 
RHCP14 said:
Congrats to those recently accepted!! If anyone is so inclined, I would love to hear more about interview day. Thanks very much!!
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It starts off with a breakfast/info session with about 20-25 other interviewees. They give you basic information and friendly introductions. Then you split up into a few groups that split off into doing tours of the school, informational sessions (financial aid, etc.), the patient encounters, and the interviews. For the patient encounters, no need to fret. It's very basic -- just be yourself, act nice and polite, and you'll be fine! Interviews are with 2 adcoms - 1 knows your app and 1 doesn't. Again, very conversational...no "difficult" questions. Just prepare for your average "why do you want to be a dr, why cooper, why you, etc". Interview day concludes with a casual snack session where current students come mingle and talk to you 🙂

Also, anyone driving to Cooper -- parking garage is Cooper Hospital's garage (I got kind of confused about it so just a heads up)! CMS doesn't have its own parking garage yet. You don't need to pick up a parking ticket. They'll give you a "ticket waiver" that you can waive your fee for at the parking garage when you're done at the interview.
 
ChrisMack390 said:
They don't care much about grades here. Have you done community service?
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that's partly true, the school is mission driven, but we still have many who did phenomenally during under grad and post bacc/ masters. hope this helps!
 
themelofellow said:
that's partly true, the school is mission driven, but we still have many who did phenomenally during under grad and post bacc/ masters. hope this helps!
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I didn't say they DON'T want students with good grades. They just aren't sufficient.
 
stungster said:
It starts off with a breakfast/info session with about 20-25 other interviewees. They give you basic information and friendly introductions. Then you split up into a few groups that split off into doing tours of the school, informational sessions (financial aid, etc.), the patient encounters, and the interviews. For the patient encounters, no need to fret. It's very basic -- just be yourself, act nice and polite, and you'll be fine! Interviews are with 2 adcoms - 1 knows your app and 1 doesn't. Again, very conversational...no "difficult" questions. Just prepare for your average "why do you want to be a dr, why cooper, why you, etc". Interview day concludes with a casual snack session where current students come mingle and talk to you 🙂

Also, anyone driving to Cooper -- parking garage is Cooper Hospital's garage (I got kind of confused about it so just a heads up)! CMS doesn't have its own parking garage yet. You don't need to pick up a parking ticket. They'll give you a "ticket waiver" that you can waive your fee for at the parking garage when you're done at the interview.
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Thanks for sharing, very helpful!!
 
II today! OOS, complete 9/9 + so excited! I wasn't expecting this at all. Cooper's been my top choice for some time now!
 
Just received a II ! lizzy M ~ 67. really love the school's mission! can current students talk about their experience, please? ie (work-life balance, courses, opportunities for community outreach, where to live, etc). Thank you!
 
610doc said:
love
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610doc said:
Just received a II ! lizzy M ~ 67. really love the school's mission! can current students talk about their experience, please? ie (work-life balance, courses, opportunities for community outreach, where to live, etc). Thank you!
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congrats to both IIs!!! can I ask when you were complete, 610?
 
Congrats to all those II's today! Can't wait to see who else joins our new class 😀
 
II just now. OOS. The first interview date that was available wasn't until Feb.
I'm a little nervous about it being so far out.
 
wahoowa2017 said:
I have the same thoughts...anyone know if interviewing in Feb here is a reason to be a bit nervous?
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I looked through the previous years thread and there were a couple of folks who interviewed in February and were accepted shortly after. But, Cooper's applicants don't really seem to post on SDN much, there are likely more. Still gives me hope that they actually save spots for people interviewing later in the cycle! Looking forward to seeing you in February, Cooper!
 
610doc said:
Just received a II ! lizzy M ~ 67. really love the school's mission! can current students talk about their experience, please? ie (work-life balance, courses, opportunities for community outreach, where to live, etc). Thank you!
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M1 here!

work-life balance: there's definitely a lot of studying to be done and it does take up a lot of time, but i do find time to do the things i love still! i like to exercise and am able to do that daily mostly, maybe not during exam weeks. there's definitely also time for a social life and a life outside of school. if you have specific questions on this one, feel free to ask!

courses: our curriculum is a bit different than many schools with traditional lectures. there's a sample schedule on the website that may be helpful to look at, but we basically have regular class (which consists of lectures, ALG and application session), scholar's workshop and FMP (foundations of medical practice). again, i can answer specifics about this here or by PM.

community outreach: we have a lot of service learning opportunities here! whether you like to volunteer with children, adults, even doing a fitness-like opportunity, there's something for everyone.

where to live: i'd say about a third of my class is in philly, a third in camden, and the other third in other NJ suburbs. i can give you info about where i live/how i like it over PM, just would rather stay anonymous on the thread.

any other specific questions i can answer too!
 
minnie94 said:
M1 here!

work-life balance: there's definitely a lot of studying to be done and it does take up a lot of time, but i do find time to do the things i love still! i like to exercise and am able to do that daily mostly, maybe not during exam weeks. there's definitely also time for a social life and a life outside of school. if you have specific questions on this one, feel free to ask!

courses: our curriculum is a bit different than many schools with traditional lectures. there's a sample schedule on the website that may be helpful to look at, but we basically have regular class (which consists of lectures, ALG and application session), scholar's workshop and FMP (foundations of medical practice). again, i can answer specifics about this here or by PM.

community outreach: we have a lot of service learning opportunities here! whether you like to volunteer with children, adults, even doing a fitness-like opportunity, there's something for everyone.

where to live: i'd say about a third of my class is in philly, a third in camden, and the other third in other NJ suburbs. i can give you info about where i live/how i like it over PM, just would rather stay anonymous on the thread.

any other specific questions i can answer too!
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Is lecture mandatory? For someone who does best doing self-study, is this school the right fit?


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DreamerCNM said:
Is lecture mandatory? For someone who does best doing self-study, is this school the right fit?


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Lectures are not mandatory and neither are application sessions unless they're a TBL (at least so far it's been like this and we've only had maybe 5 TBLs so far). ALG, scholars (only once a week) and FMP (twice a week) are our mandatory classes. Most of the time I don't go to lecture or application sessions and many of my classmates are the same way! Also lectures and app sessions are recorded
 
minnie94 said:
Lectures are not mandatory and neither are application sessions unless they're a TBL (at least so far it's been like this and we've only had maybe 5 TBLs so far). ALG, scholars (only once a week) and FMP (twice a week) are our mandatory classes. Most of the time I don't go to lecture or application sessions and many of my classmates are the same way! Also lectures and app sessions are recorded
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That's awesome! So technically, most weeks you only have to be on campus twice a week?


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DreamerCNM said:
That's awesome! So technically, most weeks you only have to be on campus twice a week?


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Sorry if I gave that impression haha but no, everyday. We have ALG on the days we don't have scholars and FMP. So there's at least one mandatory class everyday
 
minnie94 said:
Sorry if I gave that impression haha but no, everyday. We have ALG on the days we don't have scholars and FMP. So there's at least one mandatory class everyday
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Got it 🙂 also, does the school have options for clinical placements? Or is it just one hospital?


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DreamerCNM said:
Got it 🙂 also, does the school have options for clinical placements? Or is it just one hospital?


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I think all of our rotations are at cooper, but you can always do away rotations 4th year at other places. at least that's my understanding of it, but I don't know too much about the 3rd and 4th year curriculum yet!
 
minnie94 said:
I think all of our rotations are at cooper, but you can always do away rotations 4th year at other places. at least that's my understanding of it, but I don't know too much about the 3rd and 4th year curriculum yet!
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What kind of research does Cooper do? Any specific fields? I have tried looking at their website but nothing is mentioned.
 
minnie94 said:
M1 here!

work-life balance: there's definitely a lot of studying to be done and it does take up a lot of time, but i do find time to do the things i love still! i like to exercise and am able to do that daily mostly, maybe not during exam weeks. there's definitely also time for a social life and a life outside of school. if you have specific questions on this one, feel free to ask!

courses: our curriculum is a bit different than many schools with traditional lectures. there's a sample schedule on the website that may be helpful to look at, but we basically have regular class (which consists of lectures, ALG and application session), scholar's workshop and FMP (foundations of medical practice). again, i can answer specifics about this here or by PM.

community outreach: we have a lot of service learning opportunities here! whether you like to volunteer with children, adults, even doing a fitness-like opportunity, there's something for everyone.

where to live: i'd say about a third of my class is in philly, a third in camden, and the other third in other NJ suburbs. i can give you info about where i live/how i like it over PM, just would rather stay anonymous on the thread.

any other specific questions i can answer too!
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You're so helpful- thank you! Will definitely reach out. Glad to hear there seems to be something for everyone!
 
i know they interview about ~300 people and 79 matriculate but approx how many acceptances do they offer?
 
drtobe2021 said:
i know they interview about ~300 people and 79 matriculate but approx how many acceptances do they offer?
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I'm pretty sure this year the class is size is 96 max, as that's what it said on my waitlist email. So they might be giving out more acceptances than previous years.
 
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