Cleveland, OH
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Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 19% of interviews, indicating it is highly regarded. They found the interview very impressive with a low stress level and felt they did well.
⭐ Overall Impressions ▼
SDN Interview Experience Score
8.7
Above Average
Higher scores indicate a smoother, more positive interview experience with professional staff, organized logistics, and a supportive environment.
Based on 576 responses
Score Reference:
9–10 Exceptional
8–8.9 Very Good
7–7.9 Good
6–6.9 Mixed
< 6 Needs Improvement
The SDN Interview Experience Score (SIES) is a composite metric that represents applicants overall impressions of their interview experience, based on multiple factors such as professionalism, facilities, responsiveness, and stress levels.
What was the stress level of the interview?
Most respondents rated their interview as low stress.
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
Most respondents rank this school above all other schools.
How did the interview impress you?
Most respondents felt positively about their interview.
Positively (89%)
Negatively (4%)
No change (7%)
How you think you did?
Most respondents thought they performed well at the interview.
Great (53%)
Good (41%)
Average (5%)
Poor (1%)
What are your general comments?
Applicants generally found Case Western Reserve University to have a welcoming and friendly atmosphere, with a relaxed interview process that focused on getting to know the candidate. They were impressed by the facilities, faculty, and clinical training opportunities, although some mentioned concerns about the cost of tuition and the location of the school.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Amazing campus in a nice part of town. Very friendly staff.
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Fancy new campus
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Just know that the interview is super chill. And this is coming from a very neurotic person who worries about everything. Know that you'll be fine and you'll have fun.
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Overall, I was very impressed with Case. Very well organized admissions. I haven't started the school yet, but as of heard from current students the school's admins know what they are doing, and don't want to make it harder as it is for their students.
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Case Western is a fantastic school located in a great area
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Overall, this is a strong program that is only getting better. They make this very clear during their interview process.
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The day needs more structure in order to allow applicants to feel truly welcomed to the school.
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Excellent school and programs. They seemed to have a "good-cop," "bad-cop" type of interview. One interview was more typical and stressful where they ask the tough questions, while the next interviewer buys you coffee and sits down to discuss your interest in dentistry and gets to know you.
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Don't over prepare, and don't be nervous. Enjoy the visit!
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Case was not ranked high on my list, but after visiting there, it is now at the top. People are very friendly. Personally, I think Cleveland is a great city.
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Great admissions office. Love how connected Dr. Chuck is to applicants and how much he reaches out to pre-dental students. Cleveland really isn't as terrible as people seem to make it out to be. Definitely make sure you get to the school early so that you have time to find the admissions office.
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Don't book a hotel downtown-stay near the airport and get a cab/shuttle/public transportation!
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Nice school. Area around is pretty nice. Admissions people are very nice and interview was very lax.
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Besides cost case is a great school
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It's really good that you get your own operatory 3rd and 4th year. The faculty all seemed knowledgeable and cared about your education. Our tour guides were great and answered a lot of questions. Overall a very relaxed interview and I was very impressed.
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Great school, the weather however is terrible in Cleveland, Ohio. If you need sunlight to function, its not a place for you.
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My interview was very laid back. Prepare questions for your interviewer. I didn't get any ethical questions that most people here have posted about.
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My second interviewer told me "You are applying to this school, so what would you like to know? You ask me all the questions." And this conversation took place for about 45 minutes, so make sure you prepare lots of questions!
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Make sure to have questions prepared. The interviews were really relaxed. One of my interviewers bought me coffee, which was really nice. Make sure to talk to current students, especially during lunch (which they give a stipend for). You only interview with two other people.
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The interview day itself was sub-par, but I still liked the school. Cleveland really isn't as bad as people make it out to be.
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Very good school, bit pricey for location. But I will be happy in this program, even though the city isn't that great. I guess I'll live for 4 years . :)
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It was a great experience. The atmosphere was relaxed and enjoyable. There were a total of three interviewees there, so we got to know each other during the bits of downtime.
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Great experience; really laid back and conversational interview!
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Great school, quite expensive though..
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My first interviewer asked me what my hobbies were, and that got us into a conversation and we just talked for an hour, about life, sports, etc. The second interview the interviewer talked for a minute or two then asked me what questions I had, and never once asked me a thing. Both were really laid back, just wanting to get to know me.
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Excellent dental school, energetic students with state-of-the-art simulations--facilities are average, although the tuition reflects the cost of their equipment
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If your primary concern is getting clinical experience then case is the place to go.
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Overall the school will make you an excellent clinician. The facilities were very old though.
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No signs directing you to admissions office; you need to take the stairs/elevator to 2nd floor if you're coming in from the parking garage.
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Two interviews. each of mine lasted 45 minutes. very nice. just wanted to talk. take the RTA to 120th Euclid ($1.75 from airport). cleveland isn't a great city. campus is not very safe. there's nothing to do on campus except Little Italy.
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Had 2 interviews, each around 30-45 minutes. Everyone was extremely friendly. Stayed at the Delta house the night before and met a lot of D1's at the wine and cheese party, which was a great experience!
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Peaceful area! Great facilities equipped with high technology! Clinically oriented! Small but tight campus (tight & strong academic connection & cooperation among their departments) that will surely facilitate to obtain comprehensive knowledge!! (A lot of opportunities due to this unique academic environment!!)
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The lunch was good, the time flew by, and the interviews were laid back. There were only three of us, which was cool. We just watched ESPN while waiting for the interviews to roll around
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You have 2 interview each an hour long. Each interview is open file, but both of mine really never looked at the file, it was pretty relaxed. They just want to see if you can carry on a conversation.
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I arrived around 8:30 and waited in the student lounge and watched sportscenter on the big screen TV. Four lovely ladies later joined as they were to be interview as well. There were 2 interviews total. My first one was with the remedial director and was very conversation-like. I couldn't believe it actually lasted 60 minutes. The 2nd was with Dr. Dalsky, the director of admissions, and was centered around 3 questions (see below). Once everyone was done there was the financial aid spiel and then lunch and a tour. very nice.
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If you are driving to the interview look up the area map ahead of time. The interview was low pressure. The staff were very friendly and pleasant.
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Very relaxed.
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Overall a great experience and interviewers seemed to care about getting to know you.
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The interviewers were very friendly. There should be nothing to worry about, just be yourself.
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Just be yourself and you'll be fine. Faculty and students are really nice..they make the experience very relaxed.
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I was there with two other interviewees, one who arrived very late (but they accomodated him). They did not have a big information session or multimedia presentation. They did brief us on financial aid. There were two seperate interviews with different people. They take you to their offices. My two interviewers were very different from each other. I felt really good about the first one and not so good about the second. Students take you on a quick tour and then to lunch. You have a lot of opportunity to talk to them in a very small group.
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Fantastic!
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How layed back and easy going it was. i felt i bombed the interview, but come to find out in december i was accepted.
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Very pleasant, non-stressful. The 45 minutes or so seemed to fly by. They go over their interview 'procedure' before they start asking questions.
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Started out by reading some financial aid stuff then 2 one hour interviews, then more financial aid the tour/ lunch with some students
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The interviews were very open-ended and laid back. There were no really challenging questions, and both my interviewers were very down-to-earth.
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Had a great interviewing experience. i felt like i had good interviews that were long enough for my interviewers to get to know me and get good info. to present me at their adcom meeting. the school was very impressive and the students seemed to be very happy at the school
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Two one hour interviews with two different professors. Long time compared to Nova. Nut it wasn't hard or stressful.
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My first interview was with the director of admissions for the dental program. It was a very relaxed atmosphere. He started by answering whatever questions I had about the school, then told me the basic outline of the interview he was going to give me. The questions were expected and very straight-forward. The first interview lasted about 45 minutes. The second interviewer showed up late, but we still spent an hour talking. The second interview was very laid-back. It was mostly a conversation. He only asked one or two questions. Overall, they were good interviews. Not too stressful.
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First interviewer was really really nice as most of the interview was spent talking about the facilities at Case and the city of Cleveland. Towards the end, was told from my application and my responses I should be able to handle the workload in d-school. Second interviewer asked about my readiness for a PBL curriculum, commented about my grades, asked about my prev. med school application and what my parents did. The rest of the interview was spent talking about research at Case. I was there for over an hour, but time went by fast!
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The interview was very lay back, the director of Adm. is very nice, tell u everything beforehand. There will be a profrssor interviewing u as well, mine wasnt that good, cuz he doesnt really seems like know much about the school. Paking around the campus is expensive, and the dental building is all the way on the back of the medical school, a little hard to see from the street. Everything was expected, they just want to get to know u, nothing hard.
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YOU NEED TO DO THESE FOR A CASE INTERVIEW: arrive cleveland one day earlier, located the building. A good place to stay is Amerisuites, about 10mins away by car - 35$ (thru priceline bidding) >> nice comfy beds, 42 plasma etc... get a good nights sleepp i guess. visited rock n roll hall of fame..... boring stuff... same goes for most of the city
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You should arrive about half an hour early for the 8:45am arrival time. There are 3 other applicants there with you. We chatted and waited until ~9am. Either an admissions officer or faculty member calls your name and takes you to their office. You talk with that person for about an hour and then go back to the admissions room to wait. Another faculty or admissions officer will come and get you after that and you talk to that person for another hour. Once all 4 of you are done, thre financial aid lady comes in and tells you about how much debt you're about to get in. Then, 2 students give a tour and eat lunch with you. They gave us each a 7 dollar voucher for the medical dining area. It was rather tasty. After that, they set you free. It'll be done at about 1pm. Both of my interviews were laid back. The faculty interviewer hardly asked any questions. We just talked. The admissions officer had a far more structured interview with the classic questions.
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It was great! This school is awesome.
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This interview my first dental inteview and it was for the alternate list because I applied so late. To ALL Canadian prospective dental students: APPLY EARLY!!! My first interviewer was with Brian Sherman and he was the one who asked the standard receipe interview questions. The second interview with David Dalsky was a no brainer at all. I barely answered any questions and he bascially did most of the talking and listed my achievements. At the end of the interview he just told me if you're accepted by the committee you will be ranked very high on the alternate list.
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I had a great time at Case. Both my interviewers were tough but fair, and I think I left each meeting having had a good opportunity to present myself to the admissions commitee. The school is really cool, each student gets their own operatory, and you get assigned someone to organize and book your patients, which is a huge help I am told.
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Case was a really great Dental school, and I was honestly sad to turn down their offer of admission in favor of another school. They have excellent faculty and staff, it seems and the facility and interview experience was excellent. If you end up interviewing with David Dalsky, the dean of admissions, he'll tell you about the review process after the interview so you know what's going to happen. I also interviewed with Dr. Pyle, and she was great as well. She was very sweet, and answered a lot of questions.
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VERY impressed
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Nice people, experienced faculty, large clinic, very good patient base. however, i got the impression that most of the studnets were only there because they had to be. like they weren't excited about learning the art of dentistry. i can't place one particular thing about it, but i didn't really walk away impressed. it was like there was a ton of potential that wasn't being tapped.
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I had my first interview with a professor. She was easy to talk to and she was the one that asked me what one of my weak points was. The other interviewer was the Dean of Student Admissions. He was very open and just wanted to know what I was like.
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It was a very good experience. It was my first scheduled interview, so it was a good preparation for the several other interviews I have. They just ask basic questions (Why dentistry; why Case). They seem to have caring faculty and students that want to help.
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Overall, I enjoyed the interview. It was a very relaxed, stress free environment, which I appreciated. They just wanted to get to know you. Most of my interview with both interviewers were conversational rather than direct questions. Case's clincial training is top notch. Students get their own operatories. Case has it set up like a small group practice. Lots of opportunities to advance your skills as needed.
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1 interviewer was relaxed. the other was more serious. the overall atmosphere was very friendly.
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Overall, Case is located in a good area. Cleveland has much to offer. As a dental school, they are in a transitional period in terms of their curriculum. Their clinical reputation is very good. And the students/faculty love their school. The interviews are long, but are conversations...nothing to worry about.
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Great experience overall. Well organized. Seems that half of the interviewers are serious, and half non-serious and easy going. Hope you get lucky
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It was very laid back. The interviewers were very nice and friendly.
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2 one hour long interviews first thing. Neither were particularly stressful.
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The interviews are very laid back. It is mostly like a conversation.
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I had never been to Cleveland and I must say the city is pretty cool. It has everything I would need. Case I felt is a great school. You'll be impressed with their faculty, students, and lab. The interview is not too nerve racking. They really try to put you at ease. The admissions staff is super-friendly, not like some other staffs I've encountered. I suppose it has to due with the fact Ohio is a big farming states. People here have that country-folk attitude, which is good. You go through two interviews, one with a dental professor and the other with an admissions officer. My interview with the dental professor lasted 2 hours. Whe basically just talked about everything but dentistry. For example, "College football." The other interview was just a real quick overview of your stats. Relax, enjoy the experience, I know I did.
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I found myself waiting around A LOT. Plus, I didn't get to meet many students and the tour was really quick and half-assed. Cleveland is a nice-looking city, but has no people.
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I really liked CASE. It definetly is my top choice. Overall, a great experience!!
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Great. so glad i didn't cancel the inteview. great staff!!
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Received a letter in October 21, 2004 stating that I was to be interviewed for the "Alternate List." Isn't this not permissible by the guidelines set by ADASAS, where they will hold the status of your application until Dec 1st? Called the school to clarify--turns out that there is a "Regular List" of people to be interviewed. If this group of people don't accept or drop out before school starts, they pick people who they like from the "Alternates" interview, sorted by GPA & DAT scores. Scheduled interview for March 2005, but cancelled after five interviews & four acceptances. Good Luck!
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Be sure to socialize with others....you ARE at the admissions office....watch out for David Dalsky- he's the director of admissions....I believe he too has a say on your admittance....so be friendly to other candidates and make a positive impression. Overall, the school was very nice, campus was small, but nice. Also- if you can get in town before 5, check out the school and find the room where you're supposed to be ahead of time.
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Overall the school seemed fine, nothing really impressive. We sat in the admissions office for most of the morning while waiting for our interviews and also the Financial Aid person had to leave for an emergency so we just sat there until it was time for the tour. The tour was definitely lacking.
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Overall it was a good experience. All of the students seem happy with their choice and say that they would choose CWRU again. Even though the school is located in a bigger city, the school makes it worth attending IMO.
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They didn't really have as much of a presentation as some of the others. We never say Dalsky the whole time we where there.
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This interview was just boring. The process is more explained in the following questions. I am giving it a neutral rating because of the feeling I got at the interview. The school is lacking energy, maybe not the school, but the interview is definitely lacking energy and organization. I was never stressed or pushed or challenged the whole time. I do not necessarily think that the less-than-average interview reflects the school. All of the students seemed happy enough.
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I liked the school itself. The facilities are all updated and have all the newest technology. The clinic downstairs didn't have any patients in it, which was strange, because our tour guide told us the students have plenty of people to work on, but when we went to the acual clinic, I saw very few patients in there. The interviewers were very nice people (both were faculty members), however, their interview skills were very poor. Both of them talked about themselves the whole time. One of them tried to talk me out of trying to specialize and I told him three of four times I had no intention of specializing, but he still kept going on and on why I don't have the grades to specialize and how no one will let me specialize based on my undergraduate grades. He was a nice guy but I just felt the interview missed the mark and that they didn't get to know me any better.
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I had the impression the school was adequate. The facilities and faculty we saw were unremarkable. One interviewer was friendly and interested in finding out what kind of a person I am and the other tried to show me why I wouldn't be a good dentist. The admissions staff seemed to be on top of things and was very friendly.
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I had two interviews, the first one with a faculty member, who was a jerk, but afterwards I was told by other students that he was just that way. Then the second interview was with the Dean, who was great and really was helpful to me. It was totally laid back and relaxed.
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The interview was very laid back, both of the interviewers were very nice. there were no set questions, we just started talking about whatever came up.
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Pleasant experience. Not stressful at all. Interesting answers to all my questions.
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Great, laid-back, don't worry about it
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One of my interviews was stressful (I later found out from a student that this interviewer was a professor that no one likes), the other one was really laid back. If you get an interview, it means you already meet all their qualifications, and they just want to get to know the person.
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Great interview, very laid back. Both interviews just wanted to get to know me and ask me questions about my application. Enjoyed the tour of the school. The school is awesome. I'm seriously considering attending school there.
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Great! Interviewers were great people! They just want to know you well, not stressful at all. Just be honest and talkative.
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Downtown cleveland seem really nice, the outskirts are ghetto, but the campus is awesome, its like that movie the village, you dont wanna go outside of university circle. ppl are really nice on campus. ppl on the admissions committe as well as the interviewers were really friendly.
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I was really nervous before the first interview, but all of the questions were pretty straightforward, they aren't there to try to get you. i calmed down a ton and just relaxed for the second interview and the rest of the day was great. overall a really nice experience. i think one interviewer is supposed to review your file with you and the other one trys to get to know you more personally. my second interviewer only asked 2 or 3 questions and then just answered any questions i had. the rest of the day you listen to a talk about financial aid and then tour/lunch with the students. takes about 4 hours total.
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The interview was laid-back, and the interviewers just want to know you as a person. The simulation lab and the fact that 3rd and 4th year students have their own cubicles really impress me.
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I had a very good interview experience. My second interview was a 'walk-about' interview, meaning that my interviewer bought me coffee and walked through the campus and had a nice discussion. The interviewers are really laid back and only a couple of items pertaining to my file were mentioned in either interview. For the most part I felt like I was being introduced to someone, say at a dinner party, and we were just introducing ourselves and getting to know one another. Though tuition is a bit high, I felt that Case was a place I could call home for four years and get a great education as well.
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Very positive overall. Our group for that day was 5 (all male), we all enjoyed the visit at the school. CASE is definetly a school that promises to produce great Dentists. Students were very proud of being at the school. The school expects that the applicants are ready for some serious dental schools work... CASE curriculum is extreme for the first 2 years, students concurred.
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Really relaxed..the first interviewer who is director of admissions laid out a map of the interview and told me what points specifically he would like to cover during the interview. the other interviewer seemed like it was a last minute thing because she hadn't reviewed my file at all and only had time for about 20 minutes before she had to go to a class...but it was nice though since she focused more on my personality and other qualities besides grades, etc.
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It was a really laid back interview. Both of them were pretty much just conversations, not hard interviews. Bring some reading material for while you're waiting for your interview!
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Laid back, friendly. They just wanna get to know you.
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They were not prepared for the inter. they didn't even look into my file. The tour is done by students and you get to ask them all about the school.
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Good school, good facilities, friendly staff. this is definitely one of my top choices.
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Met with Mr. David Dalsky, who was very nice, and reviewed my background (45 min.). Then interviewed with the director of pathology for over an hour. Took a tour with students and had lunch with them in the medical school cafeteria. Returned to the admissions office for a very informal financial aid overview. A very enjoyable experience, despite the weather. Positive impressions. Accepted within a week after interview.
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Over all I was impressed with the school and the area. The campus is nice and the people were friendly, including the faculty. If tuition was not so high I would definitly go there.
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Very positive, not stressful - an overall laid back experience. The interviewers really just want to find out who you are.
💬 Interview Process ▼
Length, number, and type of interviews
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Length:
48 Minutes Average
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Number:
2 Interviews Average
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Interview Type (Interaction):
100% One-on-One
0% Group Interview
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File Type:
98% Open-File
2% Closed-File
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Interview Modality:
100% Virtual
0% In-Person
CWRUSOD-COMP interviews are an average of 48 minutes, with an average of 2 interviews. 100% of interviews are one-on-one, 0% are in-person, and 2% are closed-file.
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
The most commonly asked interview questions at medical schools include inquiries about the applicant's background, interests, motivations for pursuing dentistry, experiences with research, ability to handle stress, and unique qualities they can bring to the school. Some respondents also mentioned being asked about ethical decision-making and being drilled on ethics questions at a rapid pace, which may indicate an MMI format where a nondisclosure agreement could have been in place.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Why case?
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Why Dentistry
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Tell me about yourself.
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Why dentistry?
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None specific, just general ones like "tell me about yourself and your family," "what do you do for fun," etc.
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What is your research about?
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How do you feel like you can help the under-served population.
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Who are you, and why are you here? (It was a closed file interview).
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Are you academically prepared for our rigorous curriculum? (I chose an easier major in undergrad)
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Do you think you will like PBL?
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What are some qualities that make a good dentist?
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Tell me about yourself
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Do you enjoy working in groups
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Tell me about yourself....growing up, high school, anything not on AADSAS.
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What do i feel is most important in choosing a dental school
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Tell me about one of your research positions
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Why their school?
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How do you deal with stress?
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Have you done any research?
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Why Case ? Why did you get this grade ? What do you do to relax? What can you bring to this school that others cant?
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How do you handle stress? After my answer, And does it work?
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What do you know about Case?
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Why Case?
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Very conversational
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So you want to be a dentist...are you sure about that? Why?
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Do you have any questions about the school and the program?
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What are your hobbies?
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Tell me about your family and where you grew up.
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Why Case? Why Cleveland?
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Tell me about your research experience.
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Drilled me on ethics questions!!! at rapid-fire speed.
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Name 2 ethical decisions you've had to make.
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How do handle stress?
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First interview asked the basics about research, why dentistry, and other academic areas.
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None
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Tell me about your family background...parents education, childhood, where you grew up, etc.
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Which subjects do you like the most, like the least and why? (Strangely both my interviewers asked the same question).
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Why dentistry? why case?
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Tell me about yourself. (not quite a question but it was asked by both interviewers)
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Tell me about yourself and your family?
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Do you think you would learn well in a small group setting?
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Have you done research?
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Describe yourself.
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Why Case Western?
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Tell me about your parents/family
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Why did you attend the college you did?
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Tell me about your background (birthplace, family).
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Tell us about yourself
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Tell me about urself.
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What is your greatest strength/weakness?
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Do you think your marks are reflective of your actual academic performance?
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Academics aside, what can you bring to Case that sets you apart from other applicants?
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Tell us about your family and childhood?
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How well at you at handling stress, change, and working in groups?
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Describe one time when you had to work in a small group to complete an academic task.
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Tell me about your LDS mission?
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Why change careers?
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What do you think of our new teaching techniques?
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Is the fact that you applied to medical school going to be a problem?
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Why Case?
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What are you hobbies?
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Why have you chosen dentistry?
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Tell me about yourself?
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Tell me about yourself from where you attended high school until now.
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Tell me about your family...
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How do you plan on funding your education?
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How has your schooling prepared you for dental school?
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Are you sure you want to be a dentist?
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Why did you observe an oral surgeon?
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Why do you want to become a dentist?
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Tell me about your family.
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Why do you want to be a dentist?
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How did you become interested in dentistry?
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Why dentistry, what have you done you show your interest in dentistry?
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Describe yourself (background, family, education, hobby etc)
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First interview, there was no interview questions asked of me, i did all the asking questions. i think this is cuz he didnt look at my file yet.
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Why dentistry/why case?
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Why dentistry and Why Case?
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What area of art history (art history major here) interests you and why?
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Tell me about yoursel?
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Why case? what specifically about case that sets it apart from the rest? why denistry? when did you first get interested in dentistry?
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Cheating question
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What do you think is the definition of a dentist?
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What was your faimly life like, what was it like growing up in your home town?
What was the most interesting question?
Students said the most interesting question asked at Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry discussed a wide range of topics, including personal characteristics, ethical dilemmas, stress management, and reasons for pursuing dentistry. The interview format may have been an MMI (Multiple Mini Interview) based on responses that mentioned nondisclosure agreements, with questions covering unique scenarios and personal attributes to assess candidates thoroughly.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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What is one question that you would like me to ask you?
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What do you do to destress
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How's your relationship with your roommate?
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There was none
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The essay we were supposed to prepare during our time at Case on the interview day was interesting and had a surprising subject. Wouldn't ruin it for you. You'll like it.
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The entire interview was interesting
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Tell me about yourself. - My interviewer had not read my file previously and only opened it midway of our interview.
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How has your life experience prepared you to become a dentist?
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What is your family like?
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What do you know about our school?
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Why Case?
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Why should we pick you
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If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
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Five words to describe yourself
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Why a career change to dentistry
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Give an example of each where you did a morally wrong action and a morally right action.
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Which comes first, Egg or Chicken?
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Do you have any questions to ask me?
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All Basic
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If you have a patient that comes in and doesn't like your work, is upset and gives you a hard time, what do you do ?
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What was the most interesting class you took?
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What's the last book you read for fun?
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Background (personal stuff)
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Where do you want to practice?
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How do you handle stress? What is your support system like?
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I see you've done this [pulls experience from file] tell me about it
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Tell me about your research (school is big on research - and if you have an interesting one, it will make the conversation flow); Why did you take this class?
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We have many qualified applicants--what can I tell the admissions committee that makes you stand out from the rest?
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What does your mom think about your educational goals?
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Name and two ethical dilemas you were in, how did you respond? do you think you made the right decision?
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Do you think you can handle the course load and stress in dental school?
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Ethics questions
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How do you handle stress?
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Do u think dental career fits to u? Why?
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The ethical one (see questions below)
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I really was not asked any questions, they just wanted to talk, I asked most of the questions
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Do you have a girl friend? (wasn't sure where he was going with this one but he then mentioned how he's seen marriages/relationships fail b/c of dental school.
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Usual questions.
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Where are some good places to party around here thesedays?!?!? (i live in cleveland)
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What is an ethical situation that you have been faced with?
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What is your favorite psychological experiment?
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Who'se your favourite composer, followed by hum a tune by said composer =).
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Nothing
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What do you not like about dentistry? (After a slight pause, my interviewer qualified by saying "It's ok, whatever you say will have no bearing on the outcome of your interview." ---what the heck man? I'm pretty sure that's just not possible)
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How has living outside of the USA changed you?
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It's all pretty basic.
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What do you think Dr. _____ wrote about you in her letter of recomendation?
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Least favorite thing I encountered while shadowing my dentist.
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Tell me about yourself...most interesting because you never know what to say.
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N/A
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Tell me about your parents and family
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Tell me about your research
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What sets you apart from others who are applying to Case? What can you bring to Case?
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Favourite book and its importance in your development as a person.
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None.
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What was your favorite nonscience course?
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Tell me about a time when you had to make an important decision and how you decided.
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Academics aside (closed the folder for emphasis), what can you bring to Case that sets you apart from other applicants?
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Nothing really, just the normal questions. Why Dentistry? Why Case? Tell me about your family? What about your undergrad, how was it?
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Do you work well in groups? (a new curriculum is being implemented)
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If you were working on a collaborative project in a small group and a group member refused to complete his or her assigned task, how would you handle the situation?
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It was mostly just shooting the breeze. i got alot of marriage advice though.
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What do you have to offer the school?
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Tell me all of the schools that you applied to.
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Why give up career in banking to pursue Dentistry?
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Do you like to play golf?
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Do you have any experience with problem based or group learning?
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Tell me everything you know about Case
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So why do you play football?
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We interview more than 400 people... why should we accept you above everyone else?
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Why do so many Mormons apply to dental school?
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Have your morals ever been tested?
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What was your childhood like?
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The interviewer asked about my essay topic.
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What if u had to fire yourself?
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How would your friends describe you? Do you have a significant other?
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What was the last book you read?
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Nothing really, pretty basic questions.
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How would Dr.(wrote me a rec letter) describe you? He did this for ALL of my letters.
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Tell me about your family life growing up?
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What do you think about science?
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Have you ever done construction work before?
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None really.
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What were your ACT/SAT scores?
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Do you like southeast asian history?
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Do you enjoy college sports or professional sports more?
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Do you like your hometown?
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What was the most frustrating aspect of your service mission to brazil?
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Does R mean you repeated the course?
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I had two interviews, the first one was cake! we sat down talk about random stuff, like las vegas, and good cities to practice in. nothing in the conversation had to do with my application file, i had to initiate and ask stuff bout the school to get on the topic, i dont know if that was a trick and i was suppose to do it, but it was chill.
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Tell me about your undergraduate college.
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Tell me about the little town in Germany where you went to school.
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Tell me about your family?
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Where are you from, why did you choose the undergrad. school that you did. do you regret anything, or if you could change anything about your undergrad experience what would it be, why?
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Don't you have a C anywhere on your transcript?
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Cheating question
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Nothing, same traditional questions.
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Who are 3 most influential people in your life?
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How would Dr. X describe you? (I had recommendation letter from Dr.X in my application file)
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Standard questions. They did most of the talking.
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Typical question, why dentistry, why case....
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Nothing really out of the ordinary.
How did you prepare for the interview?
Most applicants prepared for the interview by reviewing their application materials, reading the school's website and literature, practicing with mock interviews, and utilizing resources like Student Doctor Network (SDN). Some also focused on developing responses to common interview questions and seeking advice from current students or professionals in the field.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Read over my application, supplemental applications for other schools, and my school's pre-health packet. Typed out some responses for basic questions.
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Deep breath , case website
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Studied my application
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Ok
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Wrote short scripts about myself, memorized them, but not word for word.
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Reviewed the presentations Dr. Chuck provided weeks prior to the interview day.
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Read through SDN interview feedback
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Read through my research, application, and reviewed questions on SDN.
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SDN
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A professional school interview guide book, SDN, and a mock interview.
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SDN feedback, went over the website, googled PBL
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Mock interviews, reviewing and practicing possible interview questions, meeting with dental students
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SDN, SDN, and SDN
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Re-read AADSAS application, looked at school website, SDN
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SDN..Case Website
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SDN interview feedback, googled common interview questions, list of personal qualities
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Read the school pamphlets
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Website, interview feedback, reviewed my application
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SDN, Case website, much more than I should have it seemed
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Other interview, studentdoctor.net
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SDN, Mock Interview, Books, and etc.
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SDN interview feedback, read about school...
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SDN Interview Feedback, Review my application materials
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Looked at this forum, their website and the info they sent me about their school. I checked out all the questions that other students were being asked and wrote down the answers and reread them a few times. I also made a list of questions to ask them (very important !!!)
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SDN Interview Feedback
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Read the materials sent in the mail, SDN, school website
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SDN feedback
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This was my first interview. Going in I was super nervous. Turns out interview was very relaxing and conversational.
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1) Always read the school's website. No exception. 2) If the school's website has some practice interview questions make sure you work on those. 3) Make a word document with questions and answers. Gather as much interview questions as you can. The best source is right here. 4) Once you are done with one interview don't delete your Q&As go over them again for your next interview. 5)Please dress well. Thats so important. Do not forget to smile.
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Read school's viewbooks, read SDN, practiced with a friend the night before.
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SDN, personal statement, school website
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SDN; review application; mock interviews
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SDN Reviewed application
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Reading SDN, going over my application
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How To Get Into Medical School (1992), How To Become a Physician (1994), medical interview questions
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SDN, website and students
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SDN, school website, mock interviews
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SDN feedback.
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SDN/Case materials
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Common interview questions, case website, reviewed apps
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Read SDN database, read material sent to me, read website, prepped answers, mock interviews with my boss, read interviewing books
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SDN, Websurfing!! Hand-book, Mock interview!!
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SDN, school publications, my app, talking with students
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Read information about school on their website.
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I didn't
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Studentdoctor.net, school website, brochure, mock interview with brother-in-law who is a policeman.
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Browsed interview feedback. Created a question bank. Practiced answering the questions.
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Sdn. school website. freinds.
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Read over the website and read the packets that were sent out.
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Read website info, had friends quiz me on some stats about school, looked over my file
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Printed out some questions, jot down quick notes, and then watched America's Next Top Model.
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SDN, going to other interviews
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SDN, school website
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Read the lit they sent and the webpage
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Sdn, and buddies who had already interviewd there.
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SDN, literature I received from the school
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Sdn, case website, stuff the mailed
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Read school materials and website, reviewed personal statement essay and AADSAS application.
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SDN, read over CWR website and through literature
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Read pamphlets given. Got online and read from their website.
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Ate a huge breakfast, pooped, and walked to the interview smoking a cigar
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I stayed with a current 1st-year student at Case. He told me what to expect. Read SDN, re-read personal statement.
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SDN, reading Case packets
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Sdn, Case wenbsite
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Website + mailed booklets etc
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I read over my application, Case website, info packets Case sent to me and SDN website.
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Take notes from all the questions posted by Case interviewees and generate my own answers. The interview was no surprise since the interviewers tell you what the interview process is like before they start.
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SDN and cruised their website. I didn't really get a chance to prep.
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SDN, School website, Pamphlets
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SDN and Case brochures
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Read the Case School of Dental Medicine website, reviewed curriculum change information sheet that came with interview letter, SDN, etc.
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SDN, Case Web Site
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I read information off the school website and material sent by the school. I also talked to the dental student that I was staying with.
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I reviewed my AADSAS application, looked over the materials they gave me, and read student doctor.
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Contacted Case dental students. Google searched Case Dental School. Read website. Read over various interview type questions. Prepared a list of questions to ask.
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Read about Cleveland and asked friends who are attending.
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Mock interview, thinking about possible questions.
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Read SDN interview feedback, practiced answers to probable questions, read over Case literature
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Read on SDN and went through my AADSAS application
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Read website, SDN, Case Literature
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Talked to students, SDN, and the school's website
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Read SDN and materials off their website
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Mock interviews, SDN, previous interviews at other schools
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Through my previous interviews.
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Sdn. case website
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SDN, mock interview given by my home institution, and mock interview at a summer pre-dent program.
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Read personal statement, visited with current students, read through information packets.
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Website, info. packet
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SDN, WEB, Other students
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I read the materials they sent me and also all of the postings on SDN.
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Read all the information they sent me, studied up on dental procedures and health care reform.
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Ate breakfast at the student health club down the street.
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Read info packs, and SDN
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SDN, website, friends, internet
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SDN, Website, Catalogues
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Sdn, case interview packet, website
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Researched the school's website, read through all the materials they mailed me, prepared answers to typical questions
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Talked to friends, sdn, school website
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Brochure, website, SDN
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Sdn, i got their the night before, and i talk to the dental fraternity they had, delta sigma delta.
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SDN, the school website, read over the literature they sent me, and practiced answers to a few commonly asked questions.
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Read SDN, the brochures mailed by Case, research on Case website
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Covered SDN and DentalTown, went over my personal information, wrote out possible questions and my answers to them.
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CASE brochures and website, SDN, friends who have been interviewed there before.
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Sdn, looked through school website and brochures, spoke with someone who had previously interviewed there.
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Read up on the school, practiced some interview questions, had my dad interview me on the 5 hour ride down there :)
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Read about the school
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Read sample questions, sacrificed a chicken
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Read pamphlets, website, practiced questions...
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Read application essay. Reviewed information on the school web site and materials sent by the school.
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Read pamphlets, web site, reviewed interview questions from Barrons DAT book.
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SDN, Case website, my application
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Read information packet, checked out web-site, spoke to other people who had interviewed there.
What was the most difficult question?
Students said most difficult question asked at Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry discussed a wide range of topics, including ethical dilemmas, contributions to the school, academic weaknesses, and personal experiences. The interviews may have been in an MMI format, as some responses referenced nondisclosure agreements, while others highlighted questions about ethical decisions, academic challenges, and reasons for choosing dentistry.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Asked me a very niche question about the statistical test I ran on my research data.
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What do you think would be in your recommendation letter?
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There was none
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There was none.
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None too difficult. It was very conversational.
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I wouldn't say any were difficult. It was mainly AADSAS type questions since my faculty interviewer didn't review it before hand.
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What do you know about CWRU?
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None really difficult. Just another question they asked, what interested you in dentistry?
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How would you contribute to our school besides being a student?
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Tell me about the class that you did not enjoy.
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What questions do you have for me?
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When you graduate and are looking for an associate's position, what is the most important thing you would look for in the dentist that hires you?
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What will you bring to CASE Western
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How will i decide what school to attend
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None, it was very relaxed
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Give an example of each where you did a morally wrong action and a morally right action.
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What can you bring to the school that others cant?
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An ethical dilemma you experienced.
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None, but they had me ask a ton of questions. So have a bunch on hand.
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Aside from academics, what can you offer Case that others cant ?
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None
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Explain a bad grade.
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How do you know you are good with your hands? (gave an answer)... ok, what else?
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Talk about an ethical situation in which you felt you made the WRONG decision
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Why you?
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So explain your DAT scores.
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Same as most interesting question
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"How do you feel about science?"
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Name two weaknesses
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Group activities (There were so many, so I was in trouble in picking one!) But, I picked the greatest one that is pretty much related with PBL! (Hope this works!)
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The ethical one
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No difficult questions, although i had heard that ask what is the hardest ethical situation you've been in.
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None.
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All questions were pretty easy.
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What was the most difficult ethical decision you had to make?
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None all of the questions are what you can expect from an admission interview.
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Why choose this school over your instate?
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Nothing
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Do you have questions for me? (they leave you a lot of time for questions, so be prepared)
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When you have a difficult group member how do you handle it?
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Do you have any questions? (i'm no good at that part...)
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How would your enenmy describe you?
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Describe a time where you had to make an ethical decision and what did you do?
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Tell me about yourself
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N/A
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Anything else you would like the adcom to know about you?
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Why case? why dentistry? Why did you go to college where you went?
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Same as above.
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Why did I apply to med school in the past?
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What u dont like about dentistry?
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What was your least favorite course/semester?
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Tell me about yourself.
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Same as above...
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None really
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How would somebody who doesn't like you describe you?
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What is one of your weak points?
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What do you think you could bring to Case Western that would make you a good fit at this school?
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What is your biggest weakness? Why did you do poorly in QR?
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What do you think of our new teaching techniques?
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No questions were difficult.
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What will make you a great dentist?
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What is your greatest weakness?
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Same as interesting
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None of the questions were difficult
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What difficulties have you faced in life?
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None. all questions were very straight-forward and the interviewer told me what he would ask me before we started so there was no surprise.
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Do you feel you have the perceptual skills needed in dentistry? If so why and how have you prepared for it?
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What would all your recommenders say about u?
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Nothing hard really...
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What was your favorite non-science course.
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Same
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Why did you pick the undergrad school that you went to?
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Are you sure you want to be a dentist?
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Why were your grades so low but your DAT score so high?
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Where did this C- come from?
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Are you happy with your academic performance in college?
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What qualities do you have that would make you not just a good dentist, but an excellent dentist?
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My second interview came a lil tougher, i was asked to explain my grades for a quarter in which i did terrible, but i explained it. and another was since i graduted, what am i doing now. Since i wasnt doing reasearch or in a dental lab/office i felt it was BS work i was doing.
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What was the best experience you had in college? what was the most stressful experience and what did you do to overcome it?
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How do you think your recommenders would describe you?
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Honestly, I didn't encounter a difficult question. Case is not looking to spring a 'gotcha' question on you - be prepared to answer 'why dentistry' and 'why Case,' of course.
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What was the most challenging thing you have ever faced during your academic year?
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Are ready for the academic rigor of dental school and what have you done to prepare for it.
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I don't think there was anything difficult asked of me.
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Cheating question
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What are some of your weaknesses that we can help you improve on?
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Same as above
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Why dentistry?
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Why dont you want to be a Medical Doctor?
What impressed you positively?
Applicants were overwhelmingly impressed by the friendliness of staff, students, and faculty, as well as the innovative and advanced curriculum, top-notch facilities, individualized clinical training, and community outreach opportunities. Suggestions for improvement included increased focus on clinical experience, potential adjustments to the academic calendar, and enhancing the focus on specialty programs.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Interim dean of admissions' friendliness and genuine sense for helping prospective students.
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AMazing campus, Dr. Goldman
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Campus
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Everyone is friendly and staff members are extremely paying attention to each interview candidate
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The intelligent and friendly faculty. Warm and welcoming environment coming from current dental students including the one who toured us.
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*Technologically and clinically advanced, small class size, reputation, innovative curriculum, various specialty programs, externships, research and community outreach opportunities, and Dr. Goldman! I received a very good vibe from him during my interview. *When in clinic they schedule your patients for you, so less time to be wasted on that, which is nice. *A hybrid lecture/PBL curriculum during D1. I think PBL works more as a review session after lectures, which helps internalizing concepts and remembering stuff better in the future. *Long study time before step 1 board exam, which starts after Thanks Giving in D2 and lasts after new year (?). *Starting to work on patients during first semester of D1 with their Sealant Program on children.
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Cleveland is actually a great city, I was pleasantly surprised. The students were very friendly, of the 10 interviews I've had Case Western had the kindest faculty and the happiest students.
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The friendliness of everyone from the school. Also, the curriculum is extremely innovative.
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Friendly students and staff, beautiful campus, nice facilities and equipment
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The specialty programs and higher level research opportunities seemed pretty great and forward-thinking.
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If you show a strong interest in their school, several very important people will go out of their way to spend time talking with you about their programs. This is a testament to the way that the school treats you as an equal in a highly academic environment.
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Not many specialties so dental students don't lose their patients to specialty programs
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The facilities are very up to date, students have a very friendly and positive attitude, and you get your own chair!
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People at Case really want you to be there. They are very friendly and kind. I loved their clinics and students.
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Both of the admissions officers who interviewed me were incredibly friendly and nice. The secretaries in the office helped me find the Red Line station near campus afterwards to get to the airport.
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The Program is phenomenal.. students sealant program reaches out to the community.
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The curriculum looks amazing, they are very strong clinically, each student gets their own chair and they never have to call or organize their patients or schedule!
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Each student gets their own chair/cubicle
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They let me assist a 4th year after i told them how much i valued clinical experience
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Everyone was very friendly and the program sounds great
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The friendliness of the students
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Friendly faculties, students, and environment
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Everything! the curriculum, the people, the admissions staff...everyone seems like a family.
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How knowledgeable the faculty were about all aspects of the school. How nice everyone was.
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How friendly and relaxed the staff and interviewers were.
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Very friendly faculty!
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The curriculum, facilities, students seem to like it there.
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One of my interviwers who took the time to get to know me; students like the school; simulator lab looks nice; hybrid curriculum between lecture and PBL
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Friendliness and family like environment.
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Great faculty,staff and students that are super open, friendly and helpful throughout the admissions process. Huge clinical space (seemed to be a lot of patients) & new sim clinics. The way the day was planned out.
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The administration office was super friendly, great staff; highly impressed with the amount of clinical work; simulation labs were impressive; student guided tour was informative; gorgeous campus
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The staff are AMAZING and really nice! students there liked the school; students who led the tour were very friendly and insightful; students raved about the clinical exposure - you're out in your first year placing sealants in underserved communities; campus is nice; simulation lab is pretty high tech
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1) Clinical exposure from 1st year 2) Nice facilities, enough chairs for everyone 3) Research (recently received $9 million grant and researched boomed)
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Everyone at the school was very nice and easy going. I liked the labs and the students seemed really happy.
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SimDents, student cooperation, independent learning segments, research stipends, diverse specialty areas, National Board scores, $1,000-10,000 scholarship opportunities for 3.5+/20+ DAT
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The friendliness of the faculty, staff and students. The interviewers were was great! They drove me to the airport! I loved it!
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The students that took us on a tour were very friendly and laid back, seemed like the students weren't very stressed out and were happy to be there. the facilities look pretty nice and relatively updated. every students gets their own chair.
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Strong clinical education, very friendly interviewers and students.
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Very nice area, cost of living much more managable.
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The sim lab and kavo labs were nice, the set-up of the clinics (you get your own chair)
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Facilities were top-notch, I got along really well with all the people there
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Great facility, cute campus and undergrad students!! (fresh air), Practical curriculum! Independent learning time, Library, Tasty hamburger at the hospital restaurant, Enthusiasm, Great professionalism, Great Thai food on Lee street and STRONG INTEREST IN ME shown from interviewers!! Finally, the luxury hotel with exotic breakfast and top service!!
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The program is amazing. I like the hybrid of lecture mixed with PBL. Technology is top-notch. Housing is way cheap
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Very clinically oriented.
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Facilities were great-students seemed happy
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The campus is nice and well immersed within the medical community. The staff/faculty were extremely pleasant and made you feel honored, excited and proud to be there. I really enjoyed the interview process. Very relaxed.
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The facilities.
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Everyone seemed very open-minded and happy.
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DentSim, clinics (each person gets own cubicle), everyone seems really willing to help students
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Facilities were really top notch, good equipment, and good facility, program is taking a more student oriented approach which I like
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Each student gets their own station. The closeness of the faculty and staff
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Facilities, staff, students
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The students were very professional looking/acting, friendly, and helpful. The clinics are great, you are assigned one which is all yours. They have a scheduling system for patients (you have something like an office manager). Good business preperation. Preclinic and Sim Lab are really nice and new.
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New clinics, each students has their own oratory
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Both interviewers were extremely friendly and didn't "sugar coat" anything. My second interviewer actually took me to his office so that I could read feedback from his students about the new curriculum.
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The clinic was nice, and the sim labs. the curriculum is pass fail. The school seems alittle easier then at most schools. thats appealing.
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Clinics and the course load.
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The students were happy and the new technology
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The facilities were, by far, the most impressive aspect of the school.
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The facilities, faculty and students
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The facilities are awesome.
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New technology everywhere!
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The facilities are great. The faculty are very student-oriented and friendly. The school spends a lot on its students.
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The facilities are awesome as students literally have their own chairs and never have to worry about finding patients.
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Very nice campus and facilities.
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The technology, the fact that you = your own chair etc
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Case is an awesome school in a not so awesome city. They have state of the art simlabs where each student gets their own chair. Once you work in the clinic, you get your own chair there too. You are hooked up with an upperclassman and inherit their patient load. They have a great program called Healthy Smiles in which they go out to area schools and give free exams and sealants to 2nd and 6th graders. The students seem very happy.
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Awesome facilities, laptop issued with textbooks needed for all 4 years, work on patients 1st semester of 1st year.
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The extreme friendliness of the staff and students. I like the fact that each student gets their own op while in school.
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Great people. Students seemed nice and enthusiastic. DentSim and Sim Labs were new, and you are hands-on (one form or another) beginning in your 1st week.
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The faculty to student ratio, and how it has increased by 50% in the past 9 years. The sim labs are nice and the clinic is old, but effective.
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The strong clinical program,the amount of resouces (every student gets their own cubicle), the facility in general.
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The students seemed very enthusiastic about the school, and everyone has their own chair. Also, the faculty and students are very close. The clinical facilities are top-notch and students begin working in them during their freshman year.
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Clinically, they are great.
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The clinic and the students impressed me most about the school.
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EVERY student gets their own chair and cubicle. They run it like a true dental office. Their simulation clinic is very impressive.
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The clinical training students receive is cutting edge. Some dental students I talked to said that by the end of their 3rd year they felt confident enough to practice. Case's committment to keeping up with technology.
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Clinic was very impressive, as was the sim lab. They get lots of patients being in Cleveland. Low cost of living in area. Seemed less cut-thoat then other schools.
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The school is striving to make academic changes (major curriculum/organizational changes)and updating technology. The student body seemed happy. There are many opportunities for clinical exterships, especially with the University Hospital system and the Cleveland clinic.
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Facilities, friendliness of students and faculty alike, DentSim labs, laid back nature of the interview
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The facilities were very nice. All the lab tools were new.
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The labs are top notch and the faculty seems excellent. It sure seems like they train you to become an excellent clinician.
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Everyone was very friendly and the school has great facilities
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All the students I met seem to genuinely love the place. The two dental students who gave the tour were both from California and say they felt right at home in Cleveland. The facilities are top-notch, you get your own chair for the entire 4 years. Also the school goes out of its way to help you not fail. Unlike some bigger schools like NYU where you have to share chairs and could easily get dropped.
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Students (the only 2 that I got to talk to) seemed to enjoy their experience there, facilities very nice
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I loved the school as well as the campus. The two interviewers I got were extremely nice. I felt comfortable talking with both of them.
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Everything...omg..facilities are great...cleveland impressed me too. small class size
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The simlabs, the students, the environment.
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The new SDL was nice.
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The technology used in teaching students, small class size, low cost of living. Also the schools comittment to helping students succeed once they are admitted. Sutdents all said that the faculty treat them very well and go out of their way to help you succeed in classes. Lastly I think the preceptor goups are a valuable component of the 3rd and 4th year clinics, really help students get use to the idea of working in an atmosphere that resembles a real dental office.
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The facilities and the staff!
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One of my interviews was while walking down to the cafe, he bought me a drink, then we walked back. It was very casual.
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The new state-of-art facility and the faculties. The class-size of 70 is a huge plus. Not to mention about the preceptor program. The students are positive about being at CASE.
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Awsome place, great faculty, students had only good to say about the place. It seemed every one sincerly liked it there. This is my first choice now.
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The simulation clinic and the clinic. Each student has his/her own operatory and scheuling secretary. The students seem to have a lot of freedom to become as proficient as they would like.
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Nice facilities and friendly staff and students.
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Campus is okay
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The School itself is really nice.
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The dent sims are tight, facutly and students were all really nice, all students get their own operatories, the multi-media clinic
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The interviewers were very encouraging. Faculty are very diverse. Sim labs.
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The faculty and facility were both very impressive.
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Nice people, laid-back, student friendly, everyone loves going to school there, nothing negative, incredible facilities, great teaching philosophy...awesome!
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Their technology, friendliness of staff and students, each student getting their own operatory
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The facilities were great. There clinic is nice and everyone has there own chair the whole time. You never have to worry about not having a seat. The class size is nice 70 - people. The students didn't seemed too stressed out and they really liked their school. They have great community health outreach programs and they really stress the clinical training, yet have many research opportunities. The faculty seemed really good and the admissions committee was very nice. Campus is beautiful and the school has a lot of history.
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Dentsim, community outreach program, admission staffs, professors & students, facility, dean, everything on campus
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The campus, its beutiful. also the dent schoool is moving in a high tech direction so tons of dentsims.
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The dental school facilities were all very modern and nice, and the on campus area was very nice as well(stay where the CWRU signs are and you'll be safe). they seem to take a lot of pride in their history, had some interesting historic displays near the main entrance (a screwdriver-like hand tool that was apparently used as a highspeed, old rusty tongs that they used to use for a mouthprop, etc.) Also lots of old historic buildings throughout campus.
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Friendliness of the staff, how proud their students are of their school
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The facilities are wonderful and the faculty members and students are truly proud of school.
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That the students actually start their clinical training at the end of the 1st semester... I though that was pretty cool and very rare. The sim-labs were also top of the line.
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The techology at the school was amazing, and the confidence the students had in their clinical abilities. the students giving us a tour were fourth years and said they felt prepared enough that they could start practing now and be great at it.
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The Dent-Sim labs.......absolutely amazing!
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Facilities, enthusiasm of faculty, students were jamming out to weezer while in simlab
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The Sim-Lab is amazing. It's brand new and state of the art. The school is very nice and people are very friendly.
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The high-tech Dentsims and the fact that they get to go out and work on real patients early in the curriculum.
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Everyone was very friendly and promoted a relaxed environment. Students were very nice. Individual clinic chairs for every student.
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The facilities are excellent, good clinical program
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The sim lab, brand new top on the line technology, community service involvment.
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The Dentsim labs - of course, and the fact that everyone gets their own operatory. The staff and faculty were very friendly too.
What impressed you negatively?
Applicants frequently expressed concerns about the high cost of tuition, the outdated facilities, disorganization during the interview day, the location of the school in Cleveland, limited diversity, and the lack of clarity regarding financial aid. Suggestions included improving communication with applicants, updating facilities, enhancing the interview day experience, addressing tuition costs, and providing more information on financial aid options.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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Possible microaggression or misunderstanding: My faculty interviewer mentioned that it was typical based on my "background" when I mentioned that I played piano. Perhaps just a misunderstanding.
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NA
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Somewhat disorganized.
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The old and small building of the school. Small facility and small clinic. But they're building a new building that will be completed in 2019.
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*Facility is a bit out dated, but a huge clinic is under construction as of now, which I will be able to work at as a D4. *Cleveland is not the safest place to live. *Its cold winters and short days is a bit tough for me coming from the South. But I will be at clinic or at home most of the time so no biggy. Still much better than Michigan. IT WAS FREEZING there!
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The dental school itself was a little small
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Not too many negative things came from my visit.
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The whole feel of the interview day was off. Instead of being treated like future members of the school, I felt like we were more of an inconvenience to those in the school. We spent a lot of time sitting and waiting in the Admissions Office, we didn't get an orientation "Hey, welcome to our school!" type meeting, and our interviewers/tour guides just came and grabbed us when it was convenient for them. We then went on a tour with a couple of students, had lunch, went back to the Admissions Office to wait for a while more, and then were given essentially the same tour the students gave us by one of the admissions staff. The whole day just seemed haphazard and disjointed.
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They kept asking me questions about my husband and family life after I brought up the fact that I am married.
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Facilities and technologies seemed out of date. Pretty small building
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The only thing I would change is the cost of tuition.
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Nothing.
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Buildings aren't amazing but they aren't terrible. Going to start building an extension to dental school in 2013.
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The area
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Old building- hasn't been remodeled in a long time.
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Tuition cost
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Cost of attendance
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Part of the school is downstairs so you don't get much outside light. The new costs are a bit daunting.
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The dental building is small and looks somewhat old.
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Nothing really.
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TUITION!!!!!!!! The area lacks diversity big time. Outdoor activities limited. No digital X rays
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Nothing
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The bad winters in Cleveland
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One of my interviewers who tried to rush things; no financial aid session at all (the person just cancelled on us)
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Expect bad winter
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Tuition's pretty pricey...
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Expensive tuition; not as developed outside of campus
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Neighborhood is a little bit sketchy; some areas of the building are old, but they are going to renovate soon; over 80k for tuition
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1) 80k per year approximate cost of attendance 2) Area of Cleveland.. take the RTA from the airport and you will see.
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They don't have digital X-rays
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Surrounding area, campus atmosphere, steep tuition costs - $80,000 (tuition + estimated living), no combined DDS/Ph.D. program
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It seemed like the day of the interview wasn't very well organized. there were a few times during the day when we were just awkwardly sitting in the office not knowing what we're supposed to do
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Facilities are very old. They don't have digital radiography, paperless offices, or electric handpieces.
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Clinic is aging, and the financial aid counselor took the day off so no presentation, just a big number.
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Everyone i talked to hated PBL/TBL, TUITION
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The city itself. Coming from Vancouver, Cleveland is definitely a big change.
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Nothing! Maybe, I could not see any Korean dental students then.
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The building itself was pretty drap. Tuition is expensive, like any private school.
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COST, CLEVELAND, COST, COST
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Nothing really. I would have appreciated if my first interviewer would have looked me in the eyes more and stop spending most of his time winding up his watch. He never asked the expected interview questions so I had to find ways to add onto the question to iterate my pursuit for dentistry.
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Both my interviewers had not read my file earlier and read it only during the interview. The person who gave the financial talk seemed more like a army, navy, airforce recruiter. Did not gain anything from that meeting. The financial handouts were more helpful.
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I am a first year at Case and if you are interested you should ask questions about how big the class size was last year and how they plan to fix that for next year. The class is 85 FAR above the 70 to be accepted, this has made everything more difficult from finding space to sit in class to things that will be compromised in the future. The administration has brushed this off here as being something they can take care of, but I urge anyone applying to ask these tough questions at the interview.
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Long lecture on financial aid
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Little to no scholarship assistance
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I come from a small town so Cleveland is kinda dicey, plus there seems to be very few minorities, aside from Asian American, a little more diversity would be nice
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Poverty level of Cleveland.
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Location...cleveland in general isn't a very lively place. I don't know if I would want to spend 4 years of my life there.
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Parking= very,very bad. City=ghetto. Tuition= very expensive.
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Some very old faculty members.
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Cleveland is a bit sketchy, but cleveland heights (where the actual school is) is nice.
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I could find the school, there were no signs. One of my interviewers didnt show up, it seemed alittle disorganized, though it was layed back. dental schools preach professionalism, but the entire time i was there the secretaries were in chat rooms, and on my space....you can get payed to do that!!! the price. One of my interviewers had a thick accent i could barely understand him.
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Cleveland I suppose.
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Cost
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It's in Cleveland....need I say more?
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COST (i think i had a minor heart attack when i saw the cost breakdown) and location - lake effect snow :( makes for horrible travel conditions
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I'm kind of concerned with their change in curriculum.
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Tour guide ripped us off by getting one large pizza and keeping all the rest of the vouchers for food.
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I'm not a big fan of the city itself. The roads are very confusing. The school is getting more expensive every year.
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Nothing significant
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The interview was a little disorganized.
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The new curriculum is still a little foggy in everyone's eyes. It has some kinks that need to be worked out. Overall, it seems like a very exciting hybrid between problem based learning and lecture. The city of Cleveland can a little scary if you venture ouside of University Circle.
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Nothing really
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Nothing. People always complain about Cleveland, but I thought it was fine - nothing too exotic, but cost of living is good and the school area is rich in academia.
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Parking in Cleveland sucks.
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It's cold in Cleveland, but there are lots of really cool areas nearby (i.e.: Coventry and Little Italy)
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See my summary comments.
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Nothing was really negative.
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Cleveland isn't that great, and the school is in a bad part of town (like many dental schools).
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Over $40,000 of tuition! Looks like private loans are a must unless you do some sort of military scholarship. However, Case produces great clinicians so paying the debt doesn't seem to be an issue.
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The cost of tuition. They seemed a little less than helpful with financial aid.
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High cost of tuition.
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Cost of school (applicable to any private school in today's world),
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The school is very very expensive.
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More than 50% of the school is mormon. If you're mormon, you'll love it. I'm not, so the school seemed incredibly lacking socially. The highlight of my day is not going to be playing foosball in the lounge. I'm not married, I don't have 3 kids, so I'm not going to be able to fit in with these guys. There are also nearly zero females... 15 in the last class. Again, socially the school is lacking.
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The only bad thing about Case Western is the location and the tuition.
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The cost $$$. It about 70,000 a year to attend after you include the living expenses, lab fees, and materials. Also, even though the weather was awesome when I attended, my interviewing professor said, it was an anomaly, they typically have two months of cloudy days.
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First off, the dental school entrance was hard to find and my cab driver had no idea where the dental school was and ended up circling the block three times before dropping me off, luckily at the back entrance of the dental school. Then no one could tell me where the Admissions office was. After FINALLY finding the Admissions office (I was lucky I got there so early), I had to wait around for the interviewers. The Financial Aid lady ran off unexpectedly so I waited around again for an hour before I got a tour with two students.
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I didn't have a chance to talk to many students since they were studying for finals.
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I didn't get to meet current students
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The sight onces off campus....it's very run down.
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Cost of school, located in a bigger city.
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Cleveland!!!
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Tuition is a bit too high. The patient numbers in the clinic is lower than a couple of other places I have seen.
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Only the price, but hey, its only money.
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The interview was very....disorganized. We arrived on time, at 8:45 and sat in the admissions office for about an hour and only spoke to the secretary. The interviews were good; they were very similar to other interviews I have had. After the interviews we had a presentation from the financial aid secretary who was negative, to say the least. She seemed nice as a person but she did nothing more than make us more confused about the financial aid process. Tip for her, we already know that we are getting into a huge debt, you don't need to press that. It would be more effective to just inform us of our options. The whole feeling of the interview was blah. We never saw the dean of the school or the dean of admissions which I found odd.
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Unprepared interviewers, strange interview, the fact that the school is in Cleveland, the biggest crap-hole I've ever been to.
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Tuition and fees, cleveland, cost of living, weather
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I am not use to older cities, it was dirty and run down around the school.
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Lecture halls are dungeons, but they are being updated with multimedia
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$65000 for first year. D: There aren't as many women as I expected (20-30%), and very few people of colour.
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The price-tag$$$$$$$$$$4
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The shady neighborhoods surrounding the school
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The school had no negative drawbacks (minus the cost). The area of cleveland was mucho ghetto. I took the train home from the airport so I could see the area and it looked like a military zone. Burned out factories and houses, broken down cars everywhere, and mounds of dirt all over the place (what's up with that?), I'm sure there are great places to live though.
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Ghetto, everything off campus
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The outskirts of cleveland, GHETTO
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Some of the areas outside of the CWRU signs are not where i would feel comfortable after dark. also, some of their financial policies seemed a little strict, such as everyone having to buy their scrubs and equipment from the same place at the same time for the same price. speaking of price, tuition and all the other extra fees and supplies for classes and clinics are not cheap, being more than twice as much as my state school, but i guess i knew that going into it.
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Some areas around the school are a bit 'sketchy'. Get reservations and don't find yourself, like me, having to choose between renting your scary little room by the hour or by the evening.
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Nothing but the tuition... ~$65K everything (very likely to go-up for the class of 2009).
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They really only focused on the tech there during the tour, we didnt get to see any classrooms or their libraries, or learn abou the other programs that they have at the dental school (like "healthy smiles, bright futures")
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Nothing really.....it was an overall positive experience.
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Not many females, (20%) 70% of males are mormons from utah
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Some of the areas around the school are not that great.
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They were unprepared to interview us, they were scrambling to look for interviewers. The price was a bit high too.
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Nothing really except cost!
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The cost of attendance, sky high.
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Very little. Sure, it's Cleveland. The clinic seemed a bit old, but was clean and efficient.
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Some areas around the school were a bit sketch-o.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
Applicants commonly wished they had known more about their specific interviewer's style, the relaxed and conversational nature of the interview, and practical details like finding the office or bringing an overcoat. Suggestions included researching the school thoroughly beforehand, planning for unexpected changes like earlier interviews, and being aware of the campus location and surrounding area.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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My faculty interviewer's specific interview style (closed-file, open-file, etc.)
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What's in my recommendation letters
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That this interview is extremely relaxed. Not even a traditional interview like answering a bunch of questions. It was just a conversation like I would talk with an older friend.
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That I should have worn an over coat. Cleveland is a tiny bit chilly!
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How friendly everyone was and to not overthink the interview
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Nothing. I would advise students to know all that the school has to offer before going to the interview.
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How to find the office. I recommend studying a map well in advance.
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I wish I had known how much time I would spend sitting in the Admissions Office without anything to do.
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They have a great MPH/DMD dual degree program that is just starting.
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Admissions office difficult to find
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They highly value research
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Essays.
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I had the later session (i.e. the one that starts at 10:30 am) so I got to the school around 10 am to work on the essay I'd heard about. However, a few minutes after sitting down, I was told that they were going to interview me early. So just be prepared for anything!
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How nice everyone is, and not to stress too much
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Watch out for the essay question! I arrived an hour early and had plenty of time to chat with other students in the lounge and fill out the essay.
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That there was a short essay. Not difficult though.
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How well of a personal fit the school was for me
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That it would be so relaxed and conversational
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They don't feed you breakfast.
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That there are only 3 interviewers.
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That when people say its a relaxed interview, it really is.
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Where exactly the dental school was and how to get to the admissions room
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How relaxed it was going to be
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Staying at the Frat house would have been a much cheaper option than staying downtown
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They cannot validate your parking so be prepared to pay $10, also you will be sitting in the admissions office watching the administrative assistants work; your interviews happen first thing in the morning
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How relaxed the interviews were gonna be
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That at 6 feet tall, i would still be the shortest one at my interview lol; nothing really, the whole interview was very laid back and relaxed; a lot of public transportation - saves you the money, but don't go too far down east of the school cause it gets a little ghetto
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Nothing
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The campus is nice, but the surrounding area is pretty rough looking. It was more humid than I thought.
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Dental school location (2nd floor after entering clinics, next to nursing school)
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That i would be interviewing with only one other person
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You can take a rapid transit train directly to the school, and a free shuttle stops at the train station and loops around the campus. It will drop you off near the dental building.
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Tour of anatomy labs right before lunch
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Lots of construction on campus, no one likes cleveland, no one likes PBL/TBL
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Campus map! More? Secret!
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That the faculty would be so cool, it's a nice school in a poor area, but the campus is nice!
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I read SDN and knew it was going to be laid-back but not this laid back.
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No surprises.
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None
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Interview was laid back
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That one of my interviewers would be so cool and we would have a frightening number of things in common. New cirriculum is P/F and they have PBL, which I'm kinda on the fence about. Yayy for four years of navy blue scrubs Class of '11.
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They are big into group work, be prepared to answer questions about working in a group
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The dental school itself is really difficult to find - it's on the corner of circle and cornell!
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Its cleavland, it looks like a good place.
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That it would be snowing really hard a week before Halloween.
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That the actual campus would be so nice
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I would have spent more time in c-town. Browns, Cavs, Indians, R&R hall of fame, Football hall of fame etc...Little Italy, tons to do and see!
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Nothing.
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Parking is hard to find.
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Parking is expensive
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Nothing. It is all fairly straight forward and relaxed.
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It was hard to find the actual dental school. Leave plenty of time to find it.
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Nothing, except that it was crazy-hot in the admissions office, so I was sweating a ton - not really much I could do about it if I had known ahead, but it sucked anyways.
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Nothing I didn't already know.
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The interview is relaxed, more of a conversation. One is with a faculty member and one with an admissions committee member. The faculty one is very conversational, the other one a bit more intense. They are both about an hour, but it goes by quickly. Also, you get free lunch, not a bad deal.
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There is a subway line that starts AT THE AIRPORT and goes all the way to the Case Western campus. it costs $1.50 one way and takes 20 minutes. it can't get more convenient than this.
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Everything was as expected.
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How long Euclid ave is.
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I had to ask questions of the interviewer for 40 out of the 70 minutes in my first interview
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N/A
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The large mormon student body.
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Get a good night's sleep. I only slept 4 hours prior to my interview and I spent all day on the plane trying to get to Cleveland.
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That I would have to wait so much and that Cleveland was so deserted. I saw no people on the streets, it was kind of creepy.
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Not much really...
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Cost of the school.
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I'd heard that it was kind of in a bad part of town, but compared to where I come form (the ghetto), the place was pretty nice.
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Nothing, I wasn't surprised by anything.
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That the interview was not going to be helpful at all and that I didn't need to prepare for it.
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Go straight to the Dental School.
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Nada
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That parking would be expensive, I think it was $9-10, can't remember for sure
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RTA isn't that fast. ghetto
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Hey, for all you ppl visiting, i know the train is cheap and it gets you to the outskirts of the campus, but the train is one scurry ride, takes you through the ghetto parts of town. and the ppl on the train dont seem so friendly! i got a cab to the airport on the return trip, cost 32 bucks, but i suggest it. also the inn i stayed at was a street down from the dent school, but pricy 140 bucks, its the one on ford drive.
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Nothing really important that i wish i had known beforehand.
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How bad the weather in Ohio is.
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That parking was $8.
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That the interview was very laid-back, conversational type interview. No hard-ball questions, an oppertunity for them to get to know you.
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How boring cleveland is as a city...i come from a big city now so it would definitely be a chance. after visiting though i think the school itself could let me overlook the fact that it's in cleveland.
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That cleveland isn't so bad and is really clean.
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My downtown hotel was not as close to the school as I hoped. Bring extra $$ for lunch in case you go over the allotted amount for the meal ticket.
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That the interview was going to be so laid back
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Where admissions office was located, I had to wander around the school for a while to find it.
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That parking was 9 bucks.
🤝 Campus and Facilities ▼
How do you rank the facilities?
Most respondents rank the facilities as above average.
How would you rate the Location and Cultural Life?
0 = Low, 10 = High
How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
Most respondents said the admissions office was friendly.
How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
Most respondents said the admissions office was responsive.
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
Applicants commonly suggested that the admissions office should provide more structured and engaging activities during the interview day to showcase the school and its programs effectively, as well as to minimize waiting times. Additionally, there were recommendations for clearer signage, more student interaction, detailed presentations, and hospitality during the admissions process.
Top 5 Responses: (Click below to see additional responses)
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I loved Case! It's an amazing school with great reputation. Wish I could spend more time with students and tour more areas of the school.
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Amazing school!
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None. The interview process was very relaxed and I was very impressed with the school and program.
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None at all.
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I would suggest having a more scheduled day. As applicants, we spent far too much time just sitting and waiting in the Admissions Office. This time could have easily been filled with presentations to convince us that CWRU is the school for us.
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Include more student-interviewee interaction in the interview day.
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Nothing.
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Better signs/directions to the admissions office within dental school building.
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I wanted to see more presentations! I am excited about the curriculum and would have loved an in-depth look.
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Post directions to the admissions office.
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Make sure the updated expense report is in our packets so we don't get surprised with the extra cost half way through
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Serve food on the interview day and make it more obvious which entrance to use and where to go.
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None
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Nothing! They are so easy to talk to and helpful answering your questions
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Try being a little hospitable when we are meeting with you
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Nothing. The Admin Office was great! The staff at Case Western are superb
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None. Everything went great
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Wonderful personnel, interviewers were engaging and very friendly, student tour guides were honest a
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None. They were very nice. I was looking around for the admissions office and people were friendly i
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Very nice!!! Great experience!
📍 Travel and Logistics ▼
Airports Used
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CLE
59% interviewees used CLE (CLE), with 5% using cle (cle) and 5% using Hopkins (Hopkins) and 5% using Cleveland (Cleveland) and 5% using Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (Cleveland Hopkins International Airport) and 2% using cleveland (cleveland) and 2% using South West (South West) and 2% using Cleveland International Airport (Cleveland International Airport) and 2% using Akron-Canton (Akron-Canton) and 2% using Hopkins intl (Hopkins intl) and 2% using Hopkins Int'l (Hopkins Int'l) and 2% using Cleveland-Hopkins Intl (Cleveland-Hopkins Intl) and 2% using Cleveland - Hopkins Intl (Cleveland - Hopkins Intl) and 2% using Cleveland Hopkins International (Cleveland Hopkins International).
What was your primary mode of transportation?
Most interviewees traveled by airplane to the interview.
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63% Airplane
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32% Automobile
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5% Train or Subway
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1% Other
Hotels Recommended by Other Interviewees
Most interviewees stayed at the Double Tree (average ranking 8.7/10), with some staying at Doubletree (average rating 7.7/10). (Top 3 displayed)
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Double Tree
8.7/10
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Doubletree
7.7/10
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Holiday Inn
6.3/10
What was the cost and time spent traveling?
Cost: Low Cost to High Cost
What is your in-state status?
Most respondents are out of state students.
Where did you stay?
Most respondents stayed either Hotel or at a hotel.
Who was the tour given by?
Tours were most commonly given by a Student
Admissions staff (2%)
Faculty member (1%)
Student (98%)
How did the tour guide seem?
Most tour guides were enthusiastic about the school.
Enthusiastic (88%)
Neutral (12%)
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