2024-2025 Rutgers (New Jersey)

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othersfactor-scw said:
Does immediate family member include uncles/aunts? I searched up the definition and according to NJ State it does not. But I am not sure.
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No, I believe immediate just means parents or grandparents
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justavegetable said:
Does anyone know how to approach the short response questions in the demographic section? Are they essay style or just explaining our background and connections to NJ? I’m not sure how long they want the responses to be either.
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I wrote these in an essay format and kept them under 1500 characters!
 
sjtgod said:
anyone who interviewed already have any advice? interviewing this week and am absolutely tweaking
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Know your application since your interviewer will ask about specific aspects about it, but don't sound rehearsed and treat it like a conversation! Try to add elements of yourself that's not mentioned anywhere in your app and highlight interesting aspects of yourself. DM me of you have any other specific questions!
 
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Does anyone know what format they're looking for regarding question 4 about our planned activities and time commitments before matriculating? I'm not sure if they want an essay response or just bullet points.
 
wysdoc said:
2024-2025 Rutgers (New Jersey) Secondary Essay Prompts: (6 required, #7 optional) 1500 characters each

1. We are committed to supporting our NJMS community by enhancing collaboration between students, staff, and faculty, with a dedicated focus on humanism, health equity and social justice. How do you envision yourself contributing to the NJMS community?

2. We seek students who are respectful, self-aware, humble, resilient, team-oriented, and adaptable. Discuss a personal or professional challenge you have experienced and share insight on what you learned about yourself and how the challenge was resolved.

3. If you have chosen to pursue any “growth/gap” time prior to applying or prior to your intended matriculation to medical school, please share insight on your decision for growth/gap time:

4. If you will not be a full-time student between July 2024 and July 2025, please describe in detail your planned activities, including projected time commitment for each activity during that time:

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: Institutional Actions, Academic and/or MCAT inconsistencies, personal challenges,):

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


ED SPECIFIC ESSAYS
1. Please share why you have decided to apply as an Early Decision applicant, as well as insight on your Motivation for NJMS?

2. As an Early Decision applicant, how do you intend to enhance your preparation for a successful transition into NJMS over the next year?

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How did people answer the 1st question? I initially intended on addressing my personal qualities but am wondering whether this question is more about how I fit with the school's mission?
 
Any calls over the weekend or today? I was sure some of us would hear back by now 🙃
 
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congrats everyone!! for the dean's session, should i prep for interview questions? or is it more casual
 
i’m not applying here but i accidentally clicked on this thread and people have gotten As already??? what
 
mangostickyrice said:
bump. confused by this because one of the other essay prompts is similar.

@PikachuCatcher since you got an A, any insight on this? 🙂
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Yeah sorry, it wasn't on the ED app like guyfieri said, but I applied last year and just talked about my upbringing and any hardships I had that influenced my attitude towards life/the medical process rn
 
mangostickyrice said:
bump. confused by this because one of the other essay prompts is similar.

@PikachuCatcher since you got an A, any insight on this? 🙂
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@mangostickyrice @Khazan

I actually answered this on my ED app (wasn't an official secondary prompt - just a prompt under demographics)

I answered this by talking about how, even though adcom may see that I grew up in a town with a good public high school, my parents, who were both immigrants, did not attend college or understand the US college admissions process, and worked blue-collar jobs, did not know of or leverage connections that helped me with college advising, navigating financial aid, or attending pre-collegiate enrichment programs at top institutions like my classmates. I then explained how this taught me to become independent and cultivate self-motivation to seek my own mentors and build a network of those who have similar lived experiences so we can support each other.

Essentially, I treated it as something that may need further explanation in my app that isn't being answered by any of the other prompts. Hope this helps! DM me if you have any other questions 🙂
 
pov absolutely tweaking whenever your phone rings and it’s just a spam call every time
 
hi! has anyone received any response if u interviewed during the week of 7/15? it’s almost been two weeks so i’m a bit worried on whether i should email for an update or not
 
dancingwatermelons said:
hi! has anyone received any response if u interviewed during the week of 7/15? it’s almost been two weeks so i’m a bit worried on whether i should email for an update or not
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interviewed 7/22 and haven’t heard if that helps at all! i think be patient until the end of this week and then email
 
sjtgod said:
interviewed 7/22 and haven’t heard if that helps at all! i think be patient until the end of this week and then email
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yeah i guess i’ll do that. i’m just worried because it’s almost august, and i need to start prepping for other schools if njms doesn’t work out.
 
Has anyone else had a second interview this ED cycle? If you have, have you received an acceptance call yet? Submitted secondaries 7/9, 1st interview 7/15, 2nd interview 7/29. Wondering for how long I should expect to wait for a call.
 
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Has anyone been accepted or deferred in the past week? I interviewed 7/11 and am still waiting to hear back. It seems like the last person who got accepted on this forum was 7/24!
 
pickle$2002 said:
Has anyone been accepted or deferred in the past week? I interviewed 7/11 and am still waiting to hear back. It seems like the last person who got accepted on this forum was 7/24!
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i read on last year’s sdn that it could take up to a month to hear back depending on when your interviewer submits their feedback. i’m just going to email dean heinrich on monday and see what he says
 
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Would it be bad If I left this question blank as it was on demographics section and just realized I missed it as looks like is not mandatory, but either does not say optional also.
 
pickle$2002 said:
Has anyone been accepted or deferred in the past week? I interviewed 7/11 and am still waiting to hear back. It seems like the last person who got accepted on this forum was 7/24!
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Yeah same here. Interviewed 7/11 and still waiting.
 
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