Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine

Program seems great and not everyone shares my interview experience so I may have gotten unlucky

The interview was more of an interrogation than a conversation.

The fact that I need to be on zoom on 4 separate occasions.

Very conversational and passionate interviewer/comittee.

Read the website, reviewed general interview questions.

There is not reason to have 2 separate parts of the interview on different days. People have jobs. Other schools provide a PowerPoint of information about the school before interview day, and then people can ask clarification questions during the q and a sessions if they desire. We don't have to sit through pre-recorded presentations for 4 hours.

You have to sit on camera for 4 hours and pretend to listen.

The 4 hour long, required, cameras-on, non interactive sales pitch during admissions day. I left with a very bad taste in my mouth. It felt like we were being pitched a business investment rather than being given information about a medical school. Also the current students seemed miserable and didn't even try to hide it. Which is a shame because I toured the school later and the current student had nothing but good things to say.

The interviewer was very friendly, honest, and down to earth.

I only got asked about 4 questions; two of which where about activities on my primary and one was a clarification about my community college. None of the random questions like "what are your values".

It seems like the flipped classroom approach is what tires the students out the most, not the shortened breaks

SDN, review app

Enjoy the process

That it would be mostly behavioral/narrative building questions

Interviewer was 5 minutes late to log on

Interview was very conversation and they were eager to answer any questions

Watch youtube interviews with the Deans

Comparable to UT Austin Dell, but in NJ, and potentially greater clinical and networking connections

Great new school, definitely will become more of a big name as it gains recognition

My favorite interview of those I attended. The passion each presenter had for medical education and medicine in general was very clear, even over Zoom.