Hackensack Meridian medical school applications up to almost 1,000

Nearly 1,000 people have applied to the Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine at Seton Hall University, the state's first new medical school in 50 years, since it began accepting applications last week, school officials reported Monday.

And by the time admissions close on May 15, said Bonita Stanton, the school's founding dean, officials expect to have several thousand applicants to choose from.

That's for 55 slots for the school's first-ever class.

And admissions officers don't have much time to make their decision: Classes start July 9 at the campus, on the former Hoffman-La Roche property on the border between Clifton and Nutley.

"We always knew that it was going to be tight," Robert C. Garrett, co-CEO of Hackensack Meridian Health, said of the short time frame.

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