2022-2023 Rutgers, New Jersey

[wysdoc]

Thank you to @Apartment-Alarming for sharing this year's questions!

2022-2023 Rutgers, New Jersey Secondary Essay Prompts (1500 character limit, each)

1. We are committed to an environment which fosters collaboration, humanism, equity and social justice. How do you envision yourself contributing to the NJMS community?

2. We seek students who are self-aware, resilient and adaptable. Discuss a personal or professional challenge you’ve experienced and how you resolved it. Please include insight on what you learned about yourself as a result:

3. If you will not be a full-time student between June 2022 and August 2023, please describe in detail your planned activities, including projected time commitment for each activity:

4. If you have chosen to pursue one or more “growth” years prior to your planned matriculation to medical school in 2023, please share insight on your decision

5. If you are a re-applicant, please share what you have done to enhance your candidacy and re-application?

6. Please elaborate on challenges not thoroughly addressed anywhere else in your application (Please feel free to address any or all of the following if applicable: impact of COVID, institutional actions, academics, MCAT, personal difficulties, etc.):

7. Please discuss any additional information you feel may help us in our review of your candidacy:


Good luck to everyone applying!

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[toastingpasta]

Does NJMS still award the Humanism full tuition scholarships?

 

[Bees20]

Let’s do this

 

[yeehaw476]

has anyone received a secondary for this school yet? In state and verified 6/28

 

[blackberries]

has anyone received a secondary for this school yet? In state and verified 6/28

Nope, also in-state but nothing yet.

 

[newolduser]

Not yet. OOS but with strong ties (born/raised in NJ, parents still live there).

 

[deleted1139800]

Any ED applicants get the call yet? This waiting is killing me cause I know a decision will come in the next month or so but not knowing when is nerve wracking. Last years trend looks like people who interviewed end of June started getting accepted around this time.

 

[Bees20]

Any ED applicants get the call yet? This waiting is killing me cause I know a decision will come in the next month or so but not knowing when is nerve wracking. Last years trend looks like people who interviewed end of June started getting accepted around this time.

Are you an ED applicant?

 

[yikes101]

Are interviews in person or virtual for NJMS?

 

[deleted1139800]

Are you an ED applicant?

Yep

Are interviews in person or virtual for NJMS?

Virtual unless things change for RD

 

[trutru]

Do you get a notification if you're deferred from ED to RD?

 

[Bees20]

Do you get a notification if you're deferred from ED to RD?

You should yes.

 

[deleted1139800]

Got the call last night, interviewed last week of June. Good luck everyone!

 

[Premed2023--Hopeful]

Got the call last night, interviewed last week of June. Good luck everyone!

Congrats! Would you mind sharing your stats?

 

[deleted1139800]

Congrats! Would you mind sharing your stats?

PM’d

 

[wantabedoctor]

Got the call last night, interviewed last week of June. Good luck everyone!

Congratulations - could you post the secondary prompts - thanks

 

[bincx1602]

Any RD applicants receive secondary yet?

 

[trutru]

Does anyone know if ED is taking longer than usual?

 

[icedsoylatte]

Any RD applicants receive secondary yet?

Received!

 

[Apartment-Alarming]

IS, just received

@wysdoc

The secondary prompts are as listed below, all 1500 character limit:

We are committed to an environment which fosters collaboration, humanism, equity and social justice. How do you envision yourself contributing to the NJMS community?

We seek students who are self-aware, resilient and adaptable. Discuss a personal or professional challenge you’ve experienced and how you resolved it. Please include insight on what you learned about yourself as a result:

If you will not be a full-time student between June 2022 and August 2023, please describe in detail your planned activities, including projected time commitment for each activity:

If you have chosen to pursue one or more “growth” years prior to your planned matriculation to medical school in 2023, please share insight on your decision

If you are a re-applicant, please share what you have done to enhance your candidacy and re-application?

Please elaborate on challenges not thoroughly addressed anywhere else in your application (Please feel free to address any or all of the following if applicable: impact of COVID, institutional actions, academics, MCAT, personal difficulties, etc.):

Please discuss any additional information you feel may help us in our review of your candidacy:

 

[paul30]

OOS received

 

[Dr.Kale]

Received secondary today, not verified and IS

 

[fxryker]

2° submitted!

 

[Fluffernuttersquish]

Does it show "complete" immediately after submitting?

 

[tryingtogetin123]

does rutgers nmjs accept a lot of oos?

 

[wysdoc]

does rutgers nmjs accept a lot of oos?

last year about 17% OOS and RRWJ about 20%.

 

[HauntingDevil_0776]

Does anyone have any idea how to answer the first question? Can I use my diversity essay (growing up with background of different health understandings and then serving as interpreter during medical visits) or do I have to tell several different experience about each quality they mentioned?

 

[szeth]

Does anyone have any idea how to answer the first question? Can I use my diversity essay (growing up with background of different health understandings and then serving as interpreter during medical visits) or do I have to tell several different experience about each quality they mentioned?

Both? I'd say emphasize how your unique experiences make you a strong collaborator, dedicated to humanism, and determined to contribute to/learn about equity & social justice

 

[wysdoc]

Both? I'd say emphasize how your unique experiences make you a strong collaborator, dedicated to humanism, and determined to contribute to/learn about equity & social justice

AAMC has published some help for this type of question AAMC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Competencies Across the Learning Continuum

 

[HauntingDevil_0776]

That makes sense, thank you!

 

[tryingtogetin123]

For those who are a reapplicant, how are you answering questions 4 and 5 differently? Personally, I chose to take a gap year to gain clinical experience (question 4), and gaining clinical experience is how I am enhancing my candidacy/re-application (question 5).

 

[Bees20]

Any ED acceptances today/ recently?

You an ED applicant?

 

[Juicey]

You an ED applicant?

yupp

 

[Bees20]

yupp

Nice. Same. When was app complete. Did you get an interview?

 

[Premed2023--Hopeful]

I interviewed first week of July.. feeling so anxious loll. How about you?

Congrats on the interview! I just got an II --- would you mind sharing how the interview was?

 

[Bees20]

I interviewed first week of July.. feeling so anxious loll. How about you?

I submitted my app just last week so I’m really scared

 

[icedsoylatte]

Congrats on the interview! I just got an II --- would you mind sharing how the interview was?

Are you RD or ED?

 

[Premed2023--Hopeful]

Are you RD or ED?

ED

 

[jjjjjbk]

Anyone know when students get their first clinical exposure at this school? The curriculum page says "early clinical exposure" but the curriculum video says they start in 2nd year.

 

[doc.Junior]

If you have chosen to pursue one or more “growth” years prior to your planned matriculation to medical school in 2023, please share insight on your decision,

Just confirming, this question is basically asking if we took time between bachelor's and med school and if so, what we did, correct?

 

[jjjjjbk]

If you have chosen to pursue one or more “growth” years prior to your planned matriculation to medical school in 2023, please share insight on your decision,

Just confirming, this question is basically asking if we took time between bachelor's and med school and if so, what we did, correct?

I was wondering the same thing. They worded it really weird and I don't know why they underlined 'prior to martriculation.' I am interpreting it as taking gap years after undergrad because I am not sure what else they would be referring to.

 

[FinanceGal]

How do we answer question 3 and 4 differently? It seems that they are both asking about a gap year.

 

[theoriginalyaga]

How do we answer question 3 and 4 differently? It seems that they are both asking about a gap year.

I think Q3 is asking more about WHY you decided to take gap year(s) whereas Q4 is asking WHAT you are doing during the application year.

In my case, I have 6 'growth' years and so I explained why I decided to delay medical school applications in Q3, and I spoke to my activities for the application year in Q4.

 

[Bees20]

Have any ED applicants heard back about results? the wait is killing me

Did you get an interview yet?

 

[Bees20]

I did my interview about a week ago

Oh awesome. Is there a rough timeline that we know for when we get decisions.

 

[tryingtogetin123]

what are some topics we can address in q6?

 

[theranch08]

Has anyone heard back over the weekend?

 

[AMG-501]

Did anyone get calls yet? I've interviewed last week, but no dice yet.

 

[snapster]

Does NJMS still award the Humanism full tuition scholarships?

I don't think it's full tuition anymore, something like 10K a year instead.

 

[Bees20]

Did any ED applicants here back yet?