2017-2018 Seton Hall - Hackensack Meridian

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Given that Hackensack Meridian Health is #1 in NJ and #4 in NYC metro area + has experience teaching medical students (NJMS I believe, correct me if i'm wrong), does this provide an advantage for placing at top residency programs even though its a new school?
 
swigswag96 said:
Just curious if anyone knows this. Do we pay tuition for 4 years or 3 years since it's a 3+1 program.
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3 years if you go to residency in your 4th year (you actually start earning in your "4th year" in this case I believe).
4 years if you do any of the other Phase 3 stuff.
 
7331poas said:
I think they even if they had Neurosurgery, you probably won't be able to match it in 3 years.
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I wonder how that would work with a lot of competitive specialties then since they all basically need a research year. I'm guessing they'll streamline the process or make research less important
 
medschoolzombie said:
I wonder how that would work with a lot of competitive specialties then since they all basically need a research year. I'm guessing they'll streamline the process or make research less important
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What do you mean by research year? My understanding is that a research year isn't really required for any specialty.

The nice thing about the Seton Hall curriculum is that you have a lot of time at the third and fourth year of your education to do research. In fact your entire 4th year is basically open to do whatever you want. It's similar to Duke in that respect now that I think about it.
 
7331poas said:
What do you mean by research year? My understanding is that a research year isn't really required for any specialty.

The nice thing about the Seton Hall curriculum is that you have a lot of time at the third and fourth year of your education to do research. In fact your entire 4th year is basically open to do whatever you want. It's similar to Duke in that respect now that I think about it.
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I meant research in general but with this curriculum, there's not much time for research so most would have to take that extra year. Not many would want to do research during dedicated or rotations. Don't know too much about duke but I thought they had a research year before the end
 
medschoolzombie said:
I meant research in general but with this curriculum, there's not much time for research so most would have to take that extra year. Not many would want to do research during dedicated or rotations. Don't know too much about duke but I thought they had a research year before the end
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Your rotations end in 2.5 years. which means you have essentially one year to do whatever you wish . That doesn't include any projects that you handle during during the first two years.

Even for the most competitive specialties, no more than half of matched applicants actually take research years according to the last derm match .

Maybe for neurosurgery you should probably consider a research year. But there seems to be plenty of time in the curriculum to get out a few papers.
 
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Hey everyone,

My friend without an sdn account asked me to post this:

Hey how’s it going? I’m interviewing tomorrow at seton hall and in the email it says the interview is at 10:30, but it’s not clear if that’s when the interview day starts or when the actual interview is at. I was hoping you could clarify that for me. I tried calling the school but they don’t answer. Thanks in advance
 
Giraffe_Funk said:
Hey everyone,

My friend without an sdn account asked me to post this:

Hey how’s it going? I’m interviewing tomorrow at seton hall and in the email it says the interview is at 10:30, but it’s not clear if that’s when the interview day starts or when the actual interview is at. I was hoping you could clarify that for me. I tried calling the school but they don’t answer. Thanks in advance
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It's when the interview day starts. The actual interview is in afternoon after lunch
 
7331poas said:
I personally am choosing seton hall over another mid-low school. Seton hall will be cheaper, and your match destination is what you make of it.

Also I personally am not concerned with the rumors around seton hall, considering that they ostensibly are not apart of the medical school decision making process anyway. I suspect there is some level of bitterness there.
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I'm thinking about academic medicine (so I'd like to match into a top program) and I keep hearing that its better to go to a more established institution. Do you think I'd be at a disadvantage by choosing here over RWJ?
 
Agree ^^ especially considering the curriculum is still brand new and there's going to be lots of kinks to work out. More than that I'm curious to see how students do on their step one after starting rotations and having preclinical time so crammed.
 
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Comicgenius said:
My dad has a friend on the admissions committee and spoke to her yesterday. Seton Hall got over 2000 applicants and they can only interview about 10% or so. Was told that about 45 spots were offered.
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Ok so that’s a little over 200 interviews. They’re most likely gonna overfill lthe class right? So it seems like a safe bet to think they would accept ~85-100 following the 1.5-2x guideline. Other option is they waitlist everyone else after the original 55 but I don’t think anyone here has been waitlisted or even rejected post II
 
medschoolzombie said:
Ok so that’s a little over 200 interviews. They’re most likely gonna overfill lthe class right? So it seems like a safe bet to think they would accept ~85-100 following the 1.5-2x guideline. Other option is they waitlist everyone else after the original 55 but I don’t think anyone here has been waitlisted or even rejected post II
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I think it's pretty safe to say if they don't call you by the Friday following your interview week, you're on the "wait list." They're probably just not gonna make an official one since the time is too tight for it to be worthwhile.

For 55 spots, they will almost certainly have to make 110+ offers being a new school and with a lot of waitlist movement drawing away even the people who initially accept the offer. So if you've interviewed or are about to, your chances are quite high (relatively speaking....ahem ahem Mt. Sinai w/ the <25% post-II acceptance rate😡).
 
cn795 said:
I think it's pretty safe to say if they don't call you by the Friday following your interview week, you're on the "wait list." They're probably just not gonna make an official one since the time is too tight for it to be worthwhile.

For 55 spots, they will almost certainly have to make 110+ offers being a new school and with a lot of waitlist movement drawing away even the people who initially accept the offer. So if you've interviewed or are about to, your chances are quite high (relatively speaking....ahem ahem Mt. Sinai w/ the <25% post-II acceptance rate😡).
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I truly don’t think they’ll have to accept so many. I think they’ll have to make 65 maybe 70 offers max. Since it’s so late in the cycle, anyone who even interviews is only doing so because it’s very likely they’ll attend
 
Basil246 said:
I truly don’t think they’ll have to accept so many. I think they’ll have to make 65 maybe 70 offers max. Since it’s so late in the cycle, anyone who even interviews is only doing so because it’s very likely they’ll attend
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Not necessarily, many people with previous offers (usually the better applicants) are probably fishing for full rides/significant scholarships.
 
Aaaaaa2 said:
Not necessarily, many people with previous offers (usually the better applicants) are probably fishing for full rides/significant scholarships.
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We’ll see, I just can’t imagine anyone going to interview at this point if they weren’t pretty serious about it. But, hey, I’m on the “waitlist” so I’m rooting for any movement
 
Basil246 said:
I truly don’t think they’ll have to accept so many. I think they’ll have to make 65 maybe 70 offers max. Since it’s so late in the cycle, anyone who even interviews is only doing so because it’s very likely they’ll attend
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Possible, but considering how very very few med schools including the likes of HMS/Stanford/JHU etc. where scholarship money is pretty abundant rarely crack 60% yield, statistically I am not going to assume a new school will manage so.
 
hey guys I know I am waaaaaayyy behind the eight ball on this one but does anyone think I have a chance if I apply today, I think I saw somewhere the deadline was may 15th?
 
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Aaaaaa2 said:
Not necessarily, many people with previous offers (usually the better applicants) are probably fishing for full rides/significant scholarships.
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Okay but the difference between Harvard and shu is that Seton Hall actually knows if someone's going to attend their school before they admit them. They already have access to the acceptance report, and it's post May 1st, so they know if someone is holding an acceptance.
 
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7331poas said:
Okay but the difference between Harvard and shu is that Seton Hall actually knows if someone's going to attend their school before they admit them. They already have access to the acceptance report, and it's post May 1st, so they know if someone is holding an acceptance.
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Man you out here crushing dreams n shiz.
 
Comicgenius said:
My dad has a friend on the admissions committee and spoke to her yesterday. Seton Hall got over 2000 applicants and they can only interview about 10% or so. Was told that about 45 spots were offered.
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Hi! Thanks so much for the info! Does 45 means spots were offered or already confirmed attendance. Thanks!
 
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