Rowan University (RowanSOM) Discussion Thread 2016-2017

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Can any current students comment on board prep the school offers? Such as dedicated study time, review courses, or subscriptions to study sites...
 
Anyone interviewing on Sept 10 receive a follow-up phone call scheduling your exact interview time slot yet? I am still waiting for a call. Also, are you supposed to get an invitational letter in the mail?
 
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Actually I see it on the portal. Maybe it will be done on Friday, although I may call Thursday if I don't hear anything to at least check.q
 
bengalsfan0525 said:
Actually I see it on the portal. Maybe it will be done on Friday, although I may call Thursday if I don't hear anything to at least check.q
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Yeah, on the portal under Interview Day Information, it says
"Prior to your interview day you should receive a follow up phone call from our staff to inform you of your exact interview time slot and answer any questions you may have about the day and our program. "

Still waiting for a follow-up call. I suppose I'll wait until the end of today and call them Thursday if I still haven't gotten a call from them.
 
bengalsfan0525 said:
Can any current students comment on board prep the school offers? Such as dedicated study time, review courses, or subscriptions to study sites...
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You have a little more than 2 months dedicated. We are given access to all of Kaplan's material at the end of second year (included in tuition). As student's we coordinate discounts for any other material, i.e. DIT, uworld, USMLE Rx, First Aid, Combank, Comquest, etc.

You will have access to more material than you could possibly ever cover.
 
willowyone said:
II!! (my first) Anyone have any advice on interviews here? How are they conducted, etc?
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Unless it has changed, it will be a one on one interview. The interviewers themselves do vary. Mine was conversational and very relaxed. She turned out to be one of my favorite professors at the school. There were no "gotcha" questions. You should know your personal statement in-and-out. Know why you want to be a physician, or surgeon. Discuss the mission of the school and your values, if they are compatible, etc.

I will be giving tours this weekend to interviewees, so if there are any major changes to style, I can let you know. I doubt it though. I do know they are beginning to interview more people per session, over a fewer amount of sessions. This is probably for efficiency in processing applications and shouldn't affect style or quality (although I am not a part of admissions, so I am not sure, consider this a disclaimer).
 
ksmustang said:
Unless it has changed, it will be a one on one interview. The interviewers themselves do vary. Mine was conversational and very relaxed. She turned out to be one of my favorite professors at the school. There were no "gotcha" questions. You should know your personal statement in-and-out. Know why you want to be a physician, or surgeon. Discuss the mission of the school and your values, if they are compatible, etc.

I will be giving tours this weekend to interviewees, so if there are any major changes to style, I can let you know. I doubt it though. I do know they are beginning to interview more people per session, over a fewer amount of sessions. This is probably for efficiency in processing applications and shouldn't affect style or quality (although I am not a part of admissions, so I am not sure, consider this a disclaimer).
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The portal states you might have one or two interviewers.

I'm interviewing on Sept 10, so hello! I might be seeing you this weekend! Do you know if students are happy in the PBL program? I'm interested in PBL.
 
ksmustang said:
Unless it has changed, it will be a one on one interview. The interviewers themselves do vary. Mine was conversational and very relaxed. She turned out to be one of my favorite professors at the school. There were no "gotcha" questions. You should know your personal statement in-and-out. Know why you want to be a physician, or surgeon. Discuss the mission of the school and your values, if they are compatible, etc.

I will be giving tours this weekend to interviewees, so if there are any major changes to style, I can let you know. I doubt it though. I do know they are beginning to interview more people per session, over a fewer amount of sessions. This is probably for efficiency in processing applications and shouldn't affect style or quality (although I am not a part of admissions, so I am not sure, consider this a disclaimer).
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KlicKlac said:
The portal states you might have one or two interviewers.

I'm interviewing on Sept 10, so hello! I might be seeing you this weekend! Do you know if students are happy in the PBL program? I'm interested in PBL.
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I will also be seeing you this weekend, can't wait to get a look.
 
II, but there's only 1 slot open? It's kinda at an inconvenient time for me.
 
People who are interviewing on sept 10 this Saturday. I just received an email from admissions that the interview session location has changed. Just spreading the word.
 
KlicKlac said:
Yeah. I assume it will be easy enough to find inside the building as the instructions just tell you the Academic Center.
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Yeah. Based on other interviews I am assuming there will be someone at a front desk to check us in...hopefully haha
 
Hopefully since we are in the first group we will hear back within a week or two. This school is at the top of my list so getting in and complete early would be a huge relaxer for the rest of the cycle
 
bengalsfan0525 said:
Hopefully since we are in the first group we will hear back within a week or two. This school is at the top of my list so getting in and complete early would be a huge relaxer for the rest of the cycle
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Ditto. I applied early decision to this school, so I really hope for a fast response.
 
Hm...they are doing regular and early at the same interview? Oh well, at least I am getting in early. I tried looking at last years thread but there wasn't a clear response time for early interviews so just guessing.
 
bengalsfan0525 said:
Hopefully since we are in the first group we will hear back within a week or two. This school is at the top of my list so getting in and complete early would be a huge relaxer for the rest of the cycle
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Me too
 
II this morning! I'm an out of state-er, so I'll be flying into NJ for my interview, and it would be easiest if I didn't miss too much work so I would like to fly back the same day (I have an AM interview). Anyone who has interviewed here already (or a current student) who has any idea what time the interview would be over so I can book a flight accordingly? Thank you! 🙂
 
KlicKlac said:
The portal states you might have one or two interviewers.

I'm interviewing on Sept 10, so hello! I might be seeing you this weekend! Do you know if students are happy in the PBL program? I'm interested in PBL.
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Interesting, first I've heard of that.

bengalsfan0525 said:
I will also be seeing you this weekend, can't wait to get a look.
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Best of luck guys, see you soon.
 
bodybuilding057 said:
II this morning! I'm an out of state-er, so I'll be flying into NJ for my interview, and it would be easiest if I didn't miss too much work so I would like to fly back the same day (I have an AM interview). Anyone who has interviewed here already (or a current student) who has any idea what time the interview would be over so I can book a flight accordingly? Thank you! 🙂
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How did your interviews go? I am interviewing this thursday! Anything tips? 🙂
 
Scumione said:
How did your interviews go? I am interviewing this thursday! Anything tips? 🙂
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Mine was really relaxed and nice. Just make sure you know your application since they definitely had knowledge of everything I had put down to paper.
 
Scumione said:
How did your interviews go? I am interviewing this thursday! Anything tips? 🙂
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My interview was conversational, but I'm sure everyone else who interviewed also felt the interview was like that. Know the basic questions (Why doctor, why DO, why Rowan, etc) and be able to explain everything on your application as they will read your file beforehand.
 
bengalsfan0525 said:
Mine was really relaxed and nice. Just make sure you know your application since they definitely had knowledge of everything I had put down to paper.
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KlicKlac said:
My interview was conversational, but I'm sure everyone else who interviewed also felt the interview was like that. Know the basic questions (Why doctor, why DO, why Rowan, etc) and be able to explain everything on your application as they will read your file beforehand.
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Thank you 🙂. When you say know your application, do they ask about activities or more about essays/personal statement? Or both?
 
Scumione said:
Thank you 🙂. When you say know your application, do they ask about activities or more about essays/personal statement? Or both?
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I would imagine whatever you emphasized and talked about a lot in your application is more likely to be brought up. Or any significant activity or statement. But of course, you shouldn't assume they won't talk about something.
 
I personally got asked about both, although majority was about activities. And then typical why DO, why Rowan.
 
Did they ask about current issues in healthcare, or anything ethics-related?
 
if we interviewed this week when should we getting a decision?
 
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