I know some things about the program at NJMS since I did an elective there:
-The faculty are great! They are very knowledgeable and are easy to access. They are very encouraging to whatever you may pursue and will do whatever they can to pull strings for you.
-You may not have met more residents because although it is a good program, they have alot of foreign residents who may be difficult to understand. They have some american grads and I know a few who ranked it #1 but since they compete with the NYC schools they may lose some folks even though NJMS may offer more.
-The facilities at newark are not state of the art, but it could be worse.
-There are PAs that help with the paperwork but I'm not sure how much grossing they do.
-An asset to the program is the variety of specimens you can see. You rotate through 3 hospitals. In Newark you will see a broad range of infectious cases since there is a huge HIV/AIDS and indigent population, soft tissue and bone, OB/GYN, Ped, Neuro, GI, Derm, Breast, basically everything with the exception of renal...it doesn't seem like they see a lot of it. There's also the VA where you see tons of prostate and Hotel Hackensack which got that name 'cause it's the most posh hospital I've ever encountered. I've never seen the path dept. but this hospital is amazing! The residents have said they like going over there.
-I only know for sure where last year's class went but I hear they get good fellowships and do very well after graduation. Last year there were 3 graduates, 2 went into fellowship at Memorial Sloan and 1 went to dermpath fellowship at Yale.
As far as RWJ, it's a small program and I heard it's in danger of losing its credation. A fellow applicant was told not to go their by a faculty member!
Hope this helps!
