Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Boston, MA
Dental Schools | Private Non-Profit
Overall, applicants ranked the school in the top 16% of interviews, indicating it is highly regarded. They found the interview mixed with a low stress level, and felt they did well.
⭐ Overall Impressions ▼
How did the interview impress you?
Most respondents felt positively about their interview.
What was the stress level of the interview?
Most respondents rated their interview as average stress.
How you think you did?
Most respondents thought they performed well at the interview.
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
Most respondents rank this school above all other schools.
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
Most respondents rank this school above other schools they applied to.
0 = Below, 10 = Above
💬 Interview Questions ▼
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
The most commonly asked interview questions at medical schools revolve around topics such as handling stress, motivations for pursuing dentistry, experiences with diverse populations, leadership skills, community service involvement, and ethical scenarios. Additionally, some respondents mentioned being asked about specific experiences, shadowing, personal statements, research background, and future career goals, while a subset of interviews seemed to follow the MMI format with a focus on behavioral and situational questions, potentially under a non-disclosure agreement.
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If you had to teach someone how to floss, how would you do it?
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What would you do if you had a patient who came in with an infected abscess and refused to get an x-ray?
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Who is your biggest motivation?
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How have you shown leadership?
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What experiences do you have working with a diverse group of people?
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Where I considered my hometown and how it has influenced me to become who I am now
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Asked specifically about my shadowing experience and how the doctor made an impact on my perspective (we were talking about this, but she paused to ask me that)
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What are some ways you’ve done community service?
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What is your biggest achievement?
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Do you consider yourself a leader? Why or why not?
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How do you deal with adversity?
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What do you to de-stress?
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design your own dental clinic
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what was the most difficult patient experience you had working as a dental assistant?
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why did you choose the college you go to for undergrad?
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How do you de-stress?
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Tell me about your research experience
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Tell me about your shadowing experiences, what kind of dental offices did you shadow at?
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What do you like to do outside of school?
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Why are you working with the underserved population?
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Why Tufts?
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What are your strengths and weaknesses?
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Why dentistry?
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If you saw someone cheating, what would you do?
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What is the weather like back in __________?
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What would you do if you saw a student cheating?
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How has dentistry changed in the past 10-15 years? (I am 21 for reference....)
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What would you do if you caught someone cheating?
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How did you end up where you are today?
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What about Tufts makes you want to attend specifically this school?
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What type of volunteer experience do you have?
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How do you manage stress?
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Why did you decide on dentistry so early on in life?
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What do you do to destress?
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What have you done for research and are you interested in doing research at Tufts?
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What is your motivation for pursuing dentistry?
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What do you do in your free time?
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Hobbies
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If dentistry did not exist what would you pursue?
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How do you destress?
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what happened happened during your undergrad? How has your masters prepared you?
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How do you handle stress while in school ?
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What do you do for fun and leisure?
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Explain your day to day activities as a dental assistant.
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Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
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Why do you want to be a dentist?
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What is one of the skills a dentist should have?
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how do you handle criticism
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How do you handle stress
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Why dentistry
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If dentistry was off the table, what would you do?
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What is your strongest attribute?
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Where do you see yourself 5-10 years after graduating?
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Tell me about research experience
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Where did you like volunteering the best?
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Tell me about yourself.
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What will you do if you are not accepted?
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Why Dentistry and not medicine?
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Why not medical school?
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How are you planning on financing your education?
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If dentistry was off the table what would you do instead?
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What made you interested in dentistry?
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How do you handle stress?
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What experiences have you had that would convince me that you are good at working with people?
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What would you do if you don't get in to dental school this year?
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Do you have any questions for me?
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If you were a group leader and one member was not pulling their weight, how would you handle it?
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Do you think you are capable of going through two years of science-intensive courses along with lab work?
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How would you rate Tufts compared to other schools?
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Asked about my Personal Statement
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How I cope with stress?
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my research & jobs
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Dental school requires a lot of commiments, how are you going to manage your stress level and studying?
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What is your hobby?
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What is your weakness?
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Experiences working with the sick/ill
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Tell me about yourself? Strength/weakness? What do I do to relax? How will I manage my time in dental school?
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Why dentistry? Why Tufts/Boston?
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Tell me about your thesis ( what were you studying, how did you do it, how many patients you had, etc)
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They asked a lot about my family.
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What would you do if a patient asked you to...? (several ethical questions)
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Why dentistry? Why not medicine? (Kind of broke down my reasoning to pressure me)
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Do you think you can handle the workload of dental school?
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Since you are from the south, do you think you have what it takes to live in Boston?
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What do you do to relax?
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how do you relax? are you organized?
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Why dentistry as opposed to medicine? (prompted by the fact that my parents are physicians)
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Why did you decide to go abroad for a year?
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Are you ok working with a diverse student population?
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Are you ok working with sick people?
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Asked about my family.
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Describe a time when you wanted something badly but didn't get it?
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Tell me about yourself?
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When did you decide you wanted to be a dentist?
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why not medicine?
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It was a very laid back conversation. Although it was with two faculty members, they were both very friendly.
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We talked about some of the things on my personal statement. And she mostly complimented my resume. They just want to know that you have been exposed to working with lots of people before.
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What would you do if you weren't accepted to dental school?
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asked about a few specific things in my application
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Any questions for me?
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Do you like diverstiy? can you work with different people?
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why dentistry? Can you live in boston? Are you willing to lose cali weather?
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You seem to love working with your hands. What activities do you do specifically? Can you handle a tough course load? How's your time managment?
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What are you doing now during your year off?
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Do you plan on doing intramural sports at Tufts as well? (Based on reading my extracurriculars.)
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How do you deal with stress?
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Who is your role model?
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Have you ever had a job?
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What does this school have to offer you that others don't?
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What's one of your weaknesses?
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Can you explain more about your research?
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What made you choose your major?
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What's the most interesting class you took as an undergrad?
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Asked me about my current job
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Asked me if I would go to another school that I applied to if I got in
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Any questions for us?
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How do you detress/relax?
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What made you decide to go into dentistry?
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How did you relax?
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Would you come here if we accepted you?
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Do you think ethics are important in dentistry?
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what do you do to relax? (he wanted to make sure I knew to get out of the 'dental' environment & be with other ppl; he was kinda giving advice thru the question)
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why did you switch careers into dentistry?
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Do you have any role models?
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Most stressful event / how do you deal with stress.
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Describe your experiences working with the public and the ill.
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Have you considered medicine? why or why not?
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Why should we choose you over other well qualified applicants?
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about my previous clinical experience
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how do I destress myself?
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why dentistry?
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What can you contribute to the school if accepted?
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Why Boston?
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How would you feel about treating a phobic patient who had HIV?
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Name a stressful situation and how you dealt with it. How do you de-stress?
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What have you done in the public service realm? What have you done that demonstrates you helping another?
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have you ever been in a stressful situation?
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tell me about yourself
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what should I tell the admissions committee about you?
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Tell me about this certain volunteer experience on your resume.
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What do you plan to do to keep from being overwhelmed by the stress of dental school?
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What do you know about the dental profession?
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Tell me about your background
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Tell me about your dental experience and some volunteering exp
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What is your 1rst choice and why?
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how do you handle a situation in a group work where one member is slacking?
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What will you do if you do not get admitted this year?
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what would you change about dentistry?
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Have you been in a stressfull situation?
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what would you say is your biggest fault?
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why not medicine, or research? why dentistry?
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How did you come to choose dentistry?
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If you get accepted, how do you plan to manage your time?
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Tell me about your volunteer experiences
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Why Tufts? Why are you a good candidate?
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a famous role model of yours? why?
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Tell me about your volunteer experiences...
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Why dentistry, why now?
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Do u have any pulic speaking experience
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Do u want to go back to ur home country to practice after studying.
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How do u plan to pay ur expenses.
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if you get accepted to tufts, what do you think you can bring to the dental school institution
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what are you most trying to get out of dental school and how are you going to go about doing it
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why do you want to be a dentist
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Do you have any major regerts?
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What makes you so sure dentistry is for you?
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What would you do if a smelly, dirty, bum from the street came to your clinic, and didn't trust dentists. How would you treat him?
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How would you feel and deal with treating an HIV positive patient?
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What is your favorite/toughest subject?
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How do you deal with stress?
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If you didn't get accept to dental school, what is your alternative plan?
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What is your most difficult class during undergraduate?
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How do youi deal with stress?
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What was your most difficult class during undergraduate?
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Do u have any public speaking experiences?
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How do you handle stressful situations? I said that I usually go to the gym and workout.
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have you considered medicine?
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how do you study?
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What was a stressful experience and how did I handle it.
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Who influenced me the most to pursue dentistry?
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Asked about one of my volunteering experiences...
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Do you have experience with public speaking?
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name a stressful situation and how you dealt with it.
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what are your strengths and weakenesses?
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Are your time management skills good enough to handle the difficult workload ahead of you?
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Do you have any artistic abilities?
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How did your interaction with dissabled children impact you?
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The stressful moment question stated above.
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Why Dent.
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Do you have any other questions?
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Tell me about your research.
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When did you first start liking dentistry?
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How do you feel your undergrad experience has prepared you for dental school life?
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what quality do I look for in another person?
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where do I see myself in 10 years?
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same as others
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What did you learn from undergrad and how will it help you in dental school?
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How did you choose dentistry over medicine?
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How do you deal with stress? (My answer had to do with preventing it in the first place.) Ok, so if you just have a crazy week and can't prevent it, how would you deal with a lot of stress?
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Pick any person, alive or not, that you can relate the most to and why.
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Asked about my volunteer work
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How do you cope with stress
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How do you push yourself
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About how I would cope with long distance......(I am married and I had planned on moving to boston alone)
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About my volunteer experience
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About school back in my home country
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If you weren't 100% certain about law, what makes you certain about pursuing dentistry?
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What is your background?
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Would you consider pursuing a specialty?
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How did you become interested in dentistry?
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What do you think of Tufts?
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Name a time that was particularly stressful and how you dealt with it.
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Why should we admit you considering all the other well qualified canidates?
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Do you like to eat?
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Some of the curriculum is taught where the students are broken into groups. How would you handle a group member who "slacked off," causing the group as a whole to suffer gradewise?
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give me one thing you like about dentistry
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that was it. very conversational. no biggie
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Hobbies, strength and weakness?
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My favorite dental subject and which dental subject I won't like to study again during DMD?
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What are my long term goals, why and what am I doing to pursue it?
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Do you want to specialize?
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If you saw someone cheating in your class, what would you do?
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What are you going to do after 5 Years?
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What are you going to do if you don't get in this year?
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Strengths and weaknesses?
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What can Tufts do for you that other schools can't?
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What are your hobbies.
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What are your weaknesses, what are your strengths.
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Why now?
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If you had a troundtrip ticket (open-ended) and in this fantasy world, everything was paid for, where in the world would you go, who would youtake with you and why would you go there?
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What's your one major weakness and one major strength.
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Why dentistry and not any other field in the health industry?
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What would i do if i couldn't practice dentistry after an accident, let say.
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what would i do if i don't get accepted? after 5 years of not being accepted???
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why i want to be a dentist? Why i want to work with people with neglection of oral hygiene?
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Why did you pick dentistry over medicine?
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Elaborate on your volunteer work
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Who is your role model other than a family member and why?
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Are you close with your family?
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Who do you admire and why (famous)?
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Are you confortable to speak in front of the public? Pretty much he answered the question for me by reciting my past experience.
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Public speaking experience? All the questions mentioned in other feedback pretty much covers it all. They ask you about 5 questions.
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So I see you do a lot of extracurriculars...cool...and yeah...
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So youre an assistant....
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Wanna know about boston...
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Same questions as the others on this forum
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How many schools did you apply to?
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speciality program that i am interested in?
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what things have i done in my life towards preparing me for dental school?
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your hero? and why?
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hobbies?
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do you have any question's for me?
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tell me about your experience with Dr. X.
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Why dentistry and not any other occupation in the health industry?
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What do you do for fun? (After I answered, they pointed out that I won't be able to do any of it anymore once I'm in dental school)
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Who is your hero (not including a family member)?
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what one place would you travel to?
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Where do you see yourself in 5 years. (Other questions asked to my fellow interviewees that day were "If you were a kitchen utensil, what would you be?" "How do you cope with stress?" and a few others already mentioned on this forum.)
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Who is your hero (name someone we would know who is not in your family)
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What do you do to de-stress?
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Where do you se yourself after you graduate? They want to you if you plan to specialize.
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Who is your role model? and why?
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Are you aware of the effects of nitrous oxide on a baby?
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How do you cope with stress?
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When did your interest in dentistry come about?
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Where does your name come from?
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If your plans coming out of dental school fell through, how will you handle it and what would to you do seeing how you have a huge debt to pay back and you're on your own?
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What is your greatest weakness?
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Why dentistry and not any other field involving "science and people"?
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Can't remember. General stuff, anyway.
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Say you're in a group project with five people, and all five share the same grade. One guy is slacking. What do you do?
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Tell us about your research.
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Asked questions about my MS thesis research.
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Why dentistry? Why not medicine?
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Why Tufts? Do you like Boston?
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how do you deal with stress
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how prepared are you in moving to boston
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why dentistry vs. medicine
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Why dentistry but not medicine? very common question asked to all students
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what would you do if you were so stressed in your second year of school that you didnt think you could continue
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Are you becoming a dentist because your mother's a dentist?
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Do you consider yourself an organized person?
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Why Tufts
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do you think you can cope with stress?
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explain where your interest for dentistry came about.
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Do you like to study in groups or alone?
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Why dentistry and not med?
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What one question would you ask Saddam Hussein?
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What type of animal would you be?
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Why dentistry over medicine?
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What are my plans after graduation?
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Would I go to Tufts if I was accepted at my State school?
What was the most interesting question?
Students said most interesting question asked at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine discussed a wide range of topics including hometown diversity impact, long-term goals, good influencers, pressing dentistry issues, volunteer experiences, and personal attributes. While some mentioned specific extracurricular activities and personal statements, the majority of questions focused on personal experiences, stress management, ethical scenarios, and motivations for pursuing dentistry.
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Teach me one thing in 1 minute, it can be about anything.
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How has my hometown contributed to my understanding of diversity and what impacts has it made on me?
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What are your long-term goals?
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Who in the public eye that we both know is someone that is a good influencer?
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What do you think is the most pressing issue in the field of dentistry?
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N/A
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Favorite two volunteer experiences and how they changed your life?
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They asked about a specific extracurricular activity
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talked a lot about my hometown since my interviewer lived there for a while. Talked about specific details from my personal statement. It was very conversational and fluid.
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What do you do for fun and leisure?
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Do you think we need to provide easier dental care to underprivileged individuals?
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Not really a question, but when he would consistently reference details about my personal statement and application. We would go off on small tangents talking about the points that he brought up.
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give an example of when someone criticized you
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Describe yourself without referencing dentistry.
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none
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Nothing really. Just be prepared to have a conversation. After an initial question the interview will deviate dramatically.
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Do you feel like it is easier delivering bad news in a British accent?
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How have you helped someone that has gone through a traumatic experience?
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What interests you about the German language?
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If a patient has a bad breath, what would you tell the person?
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Experiences working with the sick/ill
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Nothing difficult
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What dental procedure do you like the most and why?
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What have you been doing since you graduated and why?
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Have you ever faced any type of discrimination? None were really difficult, they just want to talk to you to make sure you are personable and not some weirdo or anything. Everything they talk about has to do with you and your application, nothing out of the ordinary or out of nowhere.
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Describe a time when you wanted something badly but didn't get it?
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any questions 4 me? lol
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Tell me about your research
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If a student asked you a question, would you help him/her or screw him/her over?
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What is the length of time you think you would spend studying each night in dental school?
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Do you plan on doing intramural sports at Tufts as well?
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(they were all pretty basic dschool interview questions)
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I noticed you were part of the Greek community as an undergrad. What do you think you took from that experience?
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What does your sister do? They asked if I had siblings, I said one, I didn't understand why they cared.
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If you had to pick one thing about dentistry that really gets you going, what would it be?t
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If you didn't get into dental school, what would you do?
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What I thought about ethics. (it was a question he said he added in after we were done with the other stuff)
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So you are currently working in Europe?
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Have you considered Medicine? Why or why not?
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nothing
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What do you want me to ask about you?
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What would you do if you found another student cheating on an exam?
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If you could have a super-power, what would it be?
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what should I tell the admissions committee about you?
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What do you know about the dental profession?
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If you had the power to change something about dentistry, what would you change?
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my Q's were generic, however, the other candidates I spoke w/ had more challenging ones. ex. what would you do in anatomy class, if one person in your group never prepared and kept giving the wrong answers, w/ no regard to the fact that the group grade was marked down for it?
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why tufts?
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Hope you are not a spoiled kid?
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Would you rather be a big fish in a little tank or a small fish in a big tank? Wow that was weird...
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would u like to go back to your home country to practice in future [as I applied for International student program and I am from India.]
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what kind of car do you drive
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What would you do if a smelly, dirty, bum from the street came to your clinic, and didn't trust dentists. How would you treat him?
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How do you handle stress? How do you handle a group project where one group member is not pulling their own weight?
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Do you have any experience with sick people?
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How do you deal with stress?
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nothing too interesting or out of the ordinary
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Do u have any public speaking experiences?
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have you considered medicine?
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Why I wanted to become a dentist?
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What have you liked and disliked most about your academic and/or professional career?
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The interviewer (4th year student) had a sheet of questions to ask...but she didn't "ask" questions...it flowed very well...she merely would bring something up and we would talk about it: 1) talked about my research 2) talked about my volunteer experience 3) why dentistry, my different experiences w/ dentistry 4) how I deal with stress 5) public speaking -this was the stuff I remember her getting from her paper...I could give everything we talked about but I think it was just stuff that came up in conversation...I asked a lot about her and the school to get her talking as much as possible...maybe that will help...
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what makes dentistry so challenging
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How difficult were the classes you took at your university?
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Name a stressfull moment and how did you deal with it?
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Tell me about your family/background.
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Same old same old....
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What would you do if a patient didnt like their treatment plan? or if they cant afford it?
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If someone in your group was slacking, how would you handle the situation. (Group grades are sometimes givin apparently in Anatomy)
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What is one instance in which you felt stressed, and how did you deal with it?
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How do you deal with a "difficult" person, either patient, friend, classmate...?
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Why do so many Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) want to be dentists
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The ususal........
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Nothing, they were all decent.
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I was asked what I would do in a number of stressful situations, one of which related to dentistry and group work and seemed like a good way of testing my character. I felt that these people were truly concerned with finding exactly who in the room would make a good dentist and that was what I liked most about the school. It was very no-nonsense, yet at the same time, the people were down to earth and the facilities were out of this world!
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Describe a difficult situation you were faced with.
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How do you handle stress?
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What do you think of the Red Soxs?
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Do you like to eat? (The school is located in Chinatown with lots of restaurants)
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How would you handle having to intereact with patients who may have highly infectious diseases?
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info: your in a group in anatomy lab. At the end of the lab the instructor comes by and picks one group member to answer one question. If he gets it right you all get it right, if he gets it wrong you all get it wrong. A member of your group gets it wrong two weeks in a row which means that you get a zero for two days in a row. What do you do.
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What will you do if you don't get accepted at Tufts this time?
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I wasnt asked any quetsions! We just talked for 30 min
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How do you deal with transitions?
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What are you planning on doing after 5 years?
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There was not one interesting question. I think they were all pretty much what I had expected. Now I applied one month before the deadline. I still got an interview, and have been accepted. So it is possible to apply late and be accepted!
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What is your weakness?
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What's your favorite subject in school at the moment? (I'm a high school senior, that's why they asked this question.)
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Pass/fail and grade system, which one i prefer?
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How do you feel about going back to school full-time after working?
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Have you ever been in a mainstream motion picture?
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How would you feel working with people that might have HIV.
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No
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Nothing out of the norm.
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Turning point the made go for Dentistry
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wanna know about boston?
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What sets you apart from other candidates?
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Do you have experience with public speaking?
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if i would consider being a class officer due to the large amount of experience i have in the dental field?
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who is your hero? and why?
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none.
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have you ever had an experience with someone with an illness?
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Say a train was speeding towards a fork in the track. One side of the fork was an alternate route and has not been functional in 10yrs. A boy is playing on that side. The other side of the fork is functional and has fifteen people on the track. You only have time to let one group know that a train is coming. Who would you try to save?
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Name a person, other than a family member or a public figure, who you believe is your role model.
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Who is your hero (not including a family member)?
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With money not being an issue, what one place would you travel to and why?
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Who is your hero (name someone we would know, and not a person in your family).
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Whats the most recent book you read?
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If you were a kitchen utensil what would you be and why?
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If I could name one person that I considered a hero that the interviewers would also know and why would I pick that person.
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What would your ideal characteristics of a dental school be?
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"How will you pay for your education?" This led into "loans and school are two simultaneous stresses - how will you deal?"
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Describe your research experience while working on your MS degree (nothing to do with dentistry)?
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if you had all of the money in the world, where would you go, you would you take, and why?
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Why dentistry but not medicine?
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you're going to be experiencing a lot of stress when you start your dental education. how do you think you'll cope with it?
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Do you like to study in a group or by yourself?
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What animal would you be?
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tell me about yourself and your family.
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Tell me about your research on white tail deer (had nothing to do with dentistry)
What was the most difficult question?
Students said most difficult question asked at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine discussed a wide range of topics including personal achievements, weaknesses, conflict resolution, and motivations for pursuing dentistry. Some respondents mentioned an MMI format with potential nondisclosure agreements, while common questions focused on experiences, challenges, and ethical scenarios related to dentistry and personal traits.
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When was a time you were not reliable?
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What is your greatest achievement?
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What 2 traits about your application would you want the admissions committee to focus on?
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Tell me about yourself
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How has technology advanced in practices? Wanted me to know this somehow
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What specific procedure did you enjoy observing the most in your time shadowing?
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n/a
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What are three adjectives that you would use to describe yourself?
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None.
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What is one of your weaknesses? (Didn't want to give one that highlighted any negativities)
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How do you handle conflict? It really wasn't THAT difficult, but I had an answer prepared describing conflict not related to school and he specifically asked about it from a school perspective. It caught me the most off guard.
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none
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None of the questions were very difficult.
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No difficult questions, very relaxed interview with a 4th year student.
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How will you be able to handle the courseload?
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What would you do if dentistry was off the table?
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What qualities do you posses that would make you a good health care provider?
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Tell me about yourself.
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none really just discussed my application
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What part of your dental shadowing experience really "wow"'ed you?
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Maybe "How do i deal with stress" but None really - the whole interview was very conversational
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Do you not think you will be prepared well enough after going through our program? ( I had said I might be considering continuing with a residency )
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Ethical questions.
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Nothing difficult
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none per say... i also got asked your typical why do you want to be a dentist, why dental or medicine, why tufts
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Can you talk a volunteer/research experience you've had?
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Tell me about yourself.
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Describe a time when you wanted something badly but didn't get it?
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Why not medicine?
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nothing
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What if you failed an exam in dental school?
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none...it was really laid back. very conversational.
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Who is your role model?
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none were difficult. the interviewer just asked about my extracurriculars and research experience.
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Because you're from the Midwest, you could move East or West, why did you choose East- I thought it was a weird way of asking ''Why Tufts''
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nothing to challenging, all very conversational
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Name one time you experienced failure and how you dealt with it.
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Nothing really, it was very conversational. We just went over stuff in my application. (but he qualified at the beginning that he wouldn't be asking me anything about my grades or things like that) we mostly talked about work & volunteer experience; why I want to be a dentist; standard stuff
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What excites you about dentistry? (… odd way of asking why dentistry… I was momentarily thrown off…)
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Why should we choose you over all the other qualified applicants?
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If you were forced to specialize in dentistry what would it be and why?
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what should I tell the admissions committee about you?
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With such a large class size, students need to be very independent. Do you feel this is a quality you possess?
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nothing really
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none really
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what have you done to show your hand dexterity?
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what would you say is your biggest fault?
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How did you choose to become a dentist?
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none..everything was straight forward.
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if you were accepted to all the schools you applied to, which would you choose?
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Nothing difficult. Its more like a conversation
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name a time where you encounted someone who had some form of abnormality and how you dealt with that situation
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Do you have any major regrets in your life?
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How do you feel about treating and HIV positive patient?
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Most questions are based on personal experiences, therefore there isn't any difficult question.
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Most questions are based on your personal experiences, so they are not difficult.
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Is there anything else you woudl like to tell us?
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How do you handle stressful situations?
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hypothetical question concerning conflict resolution
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No difficult questions. The conversation flowed with me doing most of the questioning.
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What have you liked and disliked most about your academic and/or professional career?
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I wasn't asked this question but one of the other guys was asked by a faculty member "what the role of a dentist is in society"....not difficult but I don't think I saw this one in the other feedback sections....
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what makes dentistry so challenging
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Are your time management skills good enough to handle the difficult workload ahead of you? (Not too difficult, my interview was very relaxed)
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Same as above...really wasn't a hard question, just interesting.
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Nothing was difficult. It was pretty much a conversation.
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Name an experience in which you had a stressful situation and discuss how you dealt with it (I couldn't think of a specific event).
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What would you do if a patient didnt like their treatment plan? or if they cant afford it?
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What was the most stressful time of your life? How did you handle it?
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What have you learned in your undergrad and how do you feel it will prepare you for dental school?
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Who was your single most important source of inspiration? (Easy enough if you had an answer, but I just couldn't think of one!)
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They were all very easy
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Nothing particularly difficult
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One person in the public eye that impresses you the most.
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What I would do if I knew that someone in the school wasn't pulling their weight fairly on a group project.
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Describe a difficult situation you were faced with.
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How do you handle stress? It was really just a casual conversation. Nothing strange or too challenging.
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Nothing really, more like a conversation. Nothing really threw me off guard-all the standard questions.
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None were really difficult. If you don't have a good answer as to why you're going into dentistry, now would be a good time to figure one out- or that would be the toughest question.
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Why Tufts over other schools-BU, Harvard, UPenn?(I'm foreign dental graduate and had applied for ASP, DMD)
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If you were working in a group and there was a slacker in your group, how would you handle it?
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What are you going to do if you don't get in this year?
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Strengths and weaknesses
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Not any one in particular
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No question was difficult.
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Thanks to this forum, I was totally prepared for every question, that's why I'm hoping by posting up my experience here I can help someone else the way I was saved by it :)
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what do i choose to sacrifice for dental school workload?
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Why dentistry?
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Name a famous person you admire
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no real difficult questions
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No
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Very general questions
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none, maybe the common and expected question "Why dentistry" due to the various ways one could theoretically respond to the question. Basically there weren't any difficult or unexpected questions.
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i cant think of anythign too dificult, it was a very laid back interview, actually the most casual out of my 5 interviews.
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stressful situation(s)and how i dealt with it.
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why do you want to be a dentist
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Nothing really difficult, except for the random question above.
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Why Dentistry and not Medicine. I have my answers to this question, but it caught me off guard as this was the first question she asked?
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What questions am I forgetting to ask you?
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What was the biggest disappointment in your life and how did you deal with it?
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Who is your hero (name someone we would know, and not a person in your family).
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No difficult questions asked..maybee What was your least favorite class durring undergrad? This qustion follwed a question about my most liked class.
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Are you aware that nitrous oxide causes spontaneous abortions and that you may not be able to have children?
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None were exceptionally difficult
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Can you please tell me when you felt that you have failed and what did you do to deal with it?
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See above. It was asked in a confrontational way that surprised me.
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no difficult questions.
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how do you deal with criticism, when you have worked so hard on a project?
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If you worked in a group project and one student doesn't want to do his work ,what will you do ?
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Have I ever been in a situation where I had to explain to a low socio-economic status person why they had to do something.
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in the dental profession, there will alwasy be those 'angry patients'. how will you handle a case when someone who seems to be quite unreasonable criticizes your outrageous prices and sub-par work?
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What one question would you ask Saddam Hussein?
🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼
How long was the interview?
Most respondents had an interview of 20 - 30 minutes.
How many people interviewed you?
Most respondents were interviewed by 1 person.
What was the style of the interview?
Most respondents had a one-on-one interview.
What type of interview was it?
Most respondents had an open file interview.
Was this interview in-person or virtual?
Most respondents had a virtual interview.
Data includes both pre- and post-COVID interviews.
Where did the interview take place?
Most respondents were interviewed at the school.
📍 On-Site Experience ▼
Who was the tour given by?
Tours were most commonly given by Admissions staff personnel
How did the tour guide seem?
Most tour guides were enthusiastic about the school.
How do you rank the facilities?
Most respondents rank the facilities as above average.
What is your in-state status?
Most respondents rank the facilities as below average.
What were your total hours spent traveling?
Most respondents spent 4-6 hours traveling to the interview.
What was your primary mode of travel?
Most respondents traveled by airplane to the interview.
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
Most respondents spent less than $100.
What airport did you fly into?
Respondents who flew to the interview generally used Boston Logan International Airport (BOS)
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took train into South Station, flew out of Logan
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bos
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SFO
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N/A-virtual interview because COVID
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Manchester Airport (NH)
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MHT
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Logan International Airport
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Logan International
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Logan
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Delta
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Boston Logan International
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Boston Logan
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Boston
Where did you stay?
Most respondents stayed either Hotel or at a hotel.
What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?
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hyatt
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doubletree
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Westin
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The Milner Hotel
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The Milner
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Sheraton
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Revere
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Ramada Inn
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Ramada
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Radisson on Stuart Street
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Radisson
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N/A-virtual interview because COVID
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Milner Hotel Boston
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Milner Hotel
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Milner
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Millner
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Holiday Inn express Boston
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suite
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Holiday Inn Express
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Holiday Inn
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Hilton Downtown
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Farrington Inn
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Doubletree Hotel
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Double Tree
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Courtyard/Tremnot
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Club Quaters
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Boston Plaza
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Best Western - Roundhouse
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Best Western
How would you rate the hotel?
Most respondents rated their hotel as good.
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
Would you recommend the hotel?
Most respondents would recommend their hotel.
What is your ranking of this school's location?
Most respondents rate the school location as good.
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
Most respondents rate the area’s cultural life as good.
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What are your comments on where you stayed?
No responses
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼
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.
How did you prepare for the interview?
Many applicants prepared for the interview by extensively using the Student Doctor Network (SDN) for questions and feedback, reviewing the school's website and materials provided, and conducting mock interviews with advisors or peers. The common advice included practicing responses to potential questions, researching the school thoroughly, and being yourself during the interview to showcase genuine interest and personality.
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SDN
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SND, mock interview with advisor
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Practiced some of the questions from here just talking to my friends about my answers and writing down things from presentation day that I specifically wanted to elaborate on.
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SDN, my own research, and a paid interview prep specialist.
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student doctor network and researched the school
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SDN, School Website
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Took notes during Interview Day and reviewed my application and school's pre-health packet
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SDN, it was very helpful.
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SDN questions, research into the school, review of personal application
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SDN interview feedback questions!
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Practice questions
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mock interview
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SDN, Tufts Website
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SDN Forums, SDN Interview feedback, friends who interviewed there, Tufts Dental web site.
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sdn and website and this site
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Read SDN questions.
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Did not prepare - just being myself works best for me.
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Tufts sends a giant book of information about the school. Skim through it so you are prepared and know something about the school.
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Read the website, blue book, and sdn.
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Read sdn and practice with other people
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I read all the questions on the SDN and I called Dr. Carleen Eaton and did a mock interview with her. She was really helpful!
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I read the sdn, looked at website, talked to faculty and students, and just spoke from the heart during my interview.
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Practice with wife.
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Previous interviews and reading the website.
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SDN interview feedback section, read everything and anything about the school, spoke with current dental students
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Read the big green book they sent me and came ready with questions. Reviewed app etc.
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Reviewed past interview questions from SDN, reviewed my AADSAS app
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Read over the books/files provided by Tufts and SDN
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SDN, practice questions, read Tufts website and handbook
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Tufts DMD booklet (sent when invited for interview), SDN, website, mock interviews
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read the material they send you, look up top 10 dental school interview questions, mock interviews
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mock interview, read up on the school
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reading AADSAS essay, browsing website and dental school research prospectus, talking to an alum and students I knew
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read the whole book (not necessary, but i did it anyways), practiced, practiced, practiced SDN questions.
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SDN, AADSAS stuff, practiced answering questions on here.
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Read SDN and the monster packet they sent.
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SDN, skimmed Tufts DMD Program Information book, went over app again
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SDN, school website, the Tufts Handbook they mailed to every student.
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Review interview feedback, practice interview
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sdn, read over the booklet they mail out
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sdn. skim tufts admissions/curriculum book.
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SDN, mock interview, camcorder
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sdn, mock interviews
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Just relaxed and tried to be confident.
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SDN, mock interview, website
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SDN, read the manual they sent, their website, my app, supplemental q's for other schools
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SDN, previous interview
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looked over SDN and interview feedback, read the school's website, had some experience from previous interviews
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SDN helped a lot, researched the school, re-read my application
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Read info book they provided, read senior bios, tufts website, and SDN (SDN was huge help)
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Read over AADSAS and personal statement
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AADSAS app.
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reviewed my personal statment; looked at unique elements of their program; tried to come up with good questions to ask while I had their time
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Mock interviews, SDN, school website, other internet resources.
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SDN. mock interview
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SDN forum, school website
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Think over why you want to go to this school.
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SDN feedback, mock interview
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sdn, personal statement
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worked thru sample interview questions, read the booklet they send you before the interview thoroughly and prepared a list of questions.
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I flew to the site of the school, wore a suit, and attended the session with about 10 other applicants.
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mock interview, SDN feedback, school-web page
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Practiced answers to sample interview questions, SDN interview feedback...
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sdn, my notes from shadowing, reading personal statement.
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read the booklet they sent, their website, and sdn.
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SDN, School Websites, Application, Mock Interview
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SDN, school website, and mock interviews
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This website and the school website.
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Sdn, School website,talked to friends studying in the same school
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i used this website along with googling frequently asked questions at interviews at this institution
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I looked at the school's website, and SDN's interview feedbacks, and my fellow SDNer's advice
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Research school. Mock. Look over my file.
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I looked over this website. I copied and pasted all the possible questions that the interviewers might ask, and answered them a head of time.
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I looked through this website. Then copied and pasted all the possible questions they might ask,and answered them before going to the interview.
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SDN, read over the school's website, talked to alum and other interviewees.
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Did nothing. Just be yourself
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read guide they sent, perused website, mock interview
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This website and other interviewees
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Looked through the TUSDM website, SDN, and did a mock interview
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SDN...you will find all the possible questions on this forum....Mark put together a 175 page book of information about tufts...pretty much all you need to know is in their...but I would readd through it and write down a few questions to ask him...he loves to answer questions and give all the information possible...
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school website,materials sent by school(A LOT of information),SDN
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Mock interview with professors at undergraduate university, read voluminous information mailed by Tufts, tried to relax.
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Previous interview experience.
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SDN and info. Tufts sent me
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looking over my application. my sister is a dentist and she asked me some questions.
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I read the questions posted by other students on SDN and then made a list of them. Every question I was asked I had seen before on SDN.
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SDN, slept the night before
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Didn't really prepare at all
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Mock interview,SDN,Interview books
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Read schools website, prepared standard interview questions, mock interview.
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Read the Tufts Dental website and memorized the mission statement and goals of the school.
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SDN, school website and materials.
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SDN, went over personal statement
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Looked over some practice questions
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Read SDN, looked at the website, read my personal statement and practiced what I was going to say.
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Read SDN, website, and the fat booklet
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SDN website, school website, rereading my personal statement.
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read up on tufts
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Studied Tufts website Referred SDN-it was a great help.
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read my personal statment and read up on tufts and the interview packet mailed to us
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SDN and school's website
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Read the questions in this website..worked out really well
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SDN,Website and packet they sent
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I read this site, read many articles about interviews on the internet, their package that they sent in the mail, and I was just myself!
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School website, booklets
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Went over questions here, did some research online as well as the school's website.
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THis website
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Tufts Website and read the information brochures they sent me.
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SDN, reviewed my essay/application, and quickly glanced at the packet provided with interview invitation
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SDN, spoke with students, read online, reviewed my essay and resume, looked up commonly asked questions
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Read catalogue & site. Just be myself.
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Review primary application and SDN interview feedbacks
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SDN, school website, the material the mailed us. But to be honest, you really don't have to prepare much. Don't fret at all!
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sdn, previous interviews
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Read this site
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looked at SDN, Tufts website, read the materials they sent, looked at general interview prep web sites
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relaxed
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admission packet sent to us
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interview feedback, website, huge booklet they gave us.
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read the literature that was sent to me by the school and this website.
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SDN, school website, spoke to faculty and deans of school.
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read my essay, and relaxed myself
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Looked at the school's website
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My first interview, SDN, read personal statement
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Read over my aadsas application. Talked to friends who had alread gone on the interview. Read SDN.
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Read my personal statement, my ADDSAS application, research publications and looked at the tufts website.
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practiced questions
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Read the school's website and checked out other students' responses on SDN
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SDN, talked to students about their experiences, looked at their website.
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Read lots of interview advice from many sources, then looked at Tufts website.
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read website, talked to students.
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website, ask questions, studentdoctor.
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go over your AAdsas application, personal statement and school website and you will be fine
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Read about the school.
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read sdn interview reports, looked through the tufts website and thought through some anticipated questions
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Tufts website, read their booklet, newspaper, time magazine
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Looked at website, read interview package, went over resume and AADSAS essay
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their website.
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I read the book that was sent, actually got to Boston (it was during a blizzard)
What impressed you positively?
Applicants were consistently impressed by the welcoming and friendly demeanor of the interviewers and staff, the conversational nature of the interviews, the detailed and thorough presentations, the modern and well-equipped facilities, the commitment to student well-being and success, the school's dedication to honesty and transparency, the location in downtown Boston, and the overall positive atmosphere and happiness of the students. Suggestions included potential improvements in the length of the interview, providing more information on research opportunities, and enhancing the simulation labs.
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How conversational the interview was and how nice the interviewer was. She gave a lot of feedback when I was answering questions to reassure me that I was doing good, which eased a lot of my nerves.
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How welcoming and friendly the interviewer was
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Presentation day. It gave a lot of information and I was very pleased with it. The interview was very respectful and my interviewer made me feel very comfortable to speak.
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How conversational the interview was. It did not feel like my interviewer was just asking me a list of questions.
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Friendliness of the faculty and student interviewers
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The interviewer was extremely nice. The interview felt like a conversation.
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How chill the interviewer was
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The duration was longer one-on-one than any other interview I have had. Forty-five minutes is a good amount of time!
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It seems that the school carefully selected who conducted my interview. The professor had things in common with me and shared interests. This facilitated a very conversational and enjoyable interview.
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LOVE the school! Great close-knit vibe, excellent facilities, solid curriculum
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Beautiful views from the sim lab
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The facilities and the friendliness of the students
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welcoming atmosphere, beautiful building
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Faculty was so amazing, it really is an unbelievable school. The faculty was so nice and really just promoting the school, student wellness and a ton of community outreach. very diverse school and the students were all telling us to go there cause they are SO happy. The city is also beautiful.
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Thoroughness of admission presentation, Friendliness admission staff, faculties, current students, tour guide, interviewer,etc
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everything
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The facilities (brand new labs, equipment, five new floors), the students, the faculty, the fact that they change the school based around suggestions and needs of the students, the resources available. They care!
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the location, most def
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The faculty seems to provide a very constructive learning environment.
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The school's visible dedication to honesty. They told us the exact selection process and the exact numbers of acceptances sent out. They also stressed that if you have anything bad in your background check it will only hurt you if you hide it from them (as long as it's explained obviously).
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The facilities are amazing and faculty are truly caring.
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The presentation provided by the admission's office.
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The facilities
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All the admissions staff were really friendly and made you feel relaxed. The facilities and technology they had was amazing!
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Everything about the school (faculty, students, and facilities) were amazing!
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The view from 15th floor
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Quality of the facilities, friendliness of students and faculty.
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Mark is a very knowledgeable and sincere guy who created the handbook and cares about the school and the students. The new simulation lab is awesome. The admin. seem very open to suggestion and student friendly in terms of curriculum.
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Everything...The amount of info presented, the areas they themselves mentioned needed improvement and what steps they were taking to improve, the location, new facility....etc
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Mark Gonthier, my faculty and D4 interviewers made me feel really comfortable at the school. I knew that if I decided with Tufts I'd be respected as a peer and student doctor and not just a student. The floors from the vertical expansion are amazing!
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It really felt like they were trying to sell the school to me. At many of my other interviews it felt like they were really sacrificing by letting us come to their school and pay tuition. The facilities were great and you could really care that Mark Gonthier is there to help the students and improve the school better
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The presentations were extremely informative, the students were all very friendly and helpful, and the new floors are absolutely beautiful
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the new levels were awesome, the clinic on the last level looks amazing
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Brand new clinic, newly renovated building, and friendly people.
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The handbook is the BIBLE of information! Dean Gonthier was amazing and very genuine. The staff and students were very friendly. The facilities are BEAUTIFUL - vertical expansion - really awesome planning
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Curriculum, school tour
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The admissions staff was really nice and knew everything there was to know about Tufts. They were very proud of their school. The new floors are amazing! You will come out of Tufts as a very good general dentist.
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Great new facilities. Awesome collaborative environment.
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the new 5 story expansion (SO gorgeous), the students, the staff, the city
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the new facilities; the happiness of the students; friendliness of the admissions staff
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I made a great connection with my interviewer, Dr. David Shin. The students and staff still came out to interview us even though the campus was closed due to a blizzard. The facilities are nice and I think the students get a lot of practice in various procedures before graduation. The preclinical education is very medically based, and even includes hospital rotations in hematology and ENT. I felt like the staff really cared about the students and would advise them and take care of them. The students were very diverse, but all of the ones I met were awesome in their own way. Some were more serious and academic, and others more fun-loving, but everyone seemed to have thrived at Tufts. The clinics were really nice and airy (not windowless dungeons like I've seen in other places). The research done by dental students is really diverse and interesting, and Tufts in general seemed like an intellectually alive place.
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general student happiness
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Very up to date facilities. Great central location in the city. The presentation answered every single question I had and then some. The new addition being built will be great for incoming classes.
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Awesome location. Aggressive growth plans. They tried to get students where we were from to come by during the day. The thorough question and answer session.
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the Dean of Admission's presentation (I felt like he laid everything about the school on the table - it was very informative, not just about tufts but about the dental field as a whole), research opportunities, vertical expansion = very update facilities
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The school is beautiful. The inside is gorgeous. Instead of a letter stating that you have an interview and a map of the city, there was a very thick and detailed handbook about Tuft's program. There's no BS. All the statistics are laid out in front of you. It is very detailed in the coursework load, financial aid, guide around Boston and anything else you need to know about the school. Five additional floors will be added by December. So by Jan 2010, students will be able to use the facilities. Mark is awesome, answers every question you have.
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Everything, the admissions presentation was very thorough. It made me feel like they were not hiding anything and really wanted applicants to make an educated decision. They went over each persons application individually with them.
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expansion project and students
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the presentation VERY detailed - they tell you your 4 years at tufts in a nutshell
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The up-to-date facility, friendly students, supportive faculty, challenging curriculum, high student-satisfaction rate, impressive board scores. Concerning Boston, the location (tons of shops, restaurants, bars, parks), alternative means for transportation (T, buses, walking), and diversity impressed me.
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students happiness, friendly faculty, helpfulness of admissions officers
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Students' happiness, faculty friendliness, the location
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nice building, nicely renovated, crazy good presentation (a lil long)
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Everything: the information session given by Mark was great, they tell you everything about the school. They're doing a new expansion that'll greatly increase the number of seats for all of the programs, both predoc and postgrad. This is good news for everyone. Their 4-year practice management curriculum and 3-year medicine curriculum.
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The whole school. Seems like they really help students as much as they can. Students seemed very happy. Great faculty. Beautifull city with diverse cultures.
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the students were very humble along with being so enthusiastic about their school. i felt a lot of school pride, but not in an obnoxious way. the location (downtown boston) and facilities were also great.
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The Associate Dean Mark Gonthier was awesome- you could tell he really cared about the students at Tufts
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The faculty, staff, and students were all very happy and friendly. Seems like a great social community designed to really support each other in achieving success and really preparing you to practice right from graduation.
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The clinical focus of the school, the informative packet you receive at the interview which lists the Board Scores and other statistical analysis dating back to the 1990's
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program
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wonderful facilities, students seemed happy there; tour guide Adam was very friendly & enthusiastic; Dean Mark Gonthier really reflected a very thorough focus on the students' experience there
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The facilities appeared quite good, the proximity to downtown Boston, students seemed happy with their school, and faculty is genuine in addressing current faults in the school and fixing them.
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happy students, new facilities, and a staff that works hard to evaluate their curriculum continuously.
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the facilities, the simulation lab was awesome!! the clinics with state-of-art technology; I would definitely regret it if I didnt get into Tufts.
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good facilities and good student selections
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facilities and curriculum
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The facilities are nice and the student body was also. The school seemed to give the students a lot of clinical experience and experience in private practice.
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facilities, enthusiasm of all the students
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Clinics and the facilities in general, location in downtown boston, how happy students seemed.
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The serious approach to learning and attaining good board scores.
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how organized they were, and how happy the students and the staff are to be there.
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That the school is located in a big city and patients are basically passed on to you from former students.
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location of school (conviniently right downtown); diversity of student body. Students seemed very happy. Everything looked new. EVERYTHING IS SUBWAY ACCESSABLE, Thank goodness.
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the facilities are really nice, and the students (though there are many of them) all seemed genuinely happy.
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The effort the school spent in clearly informing students of what the program entailed.
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the school has great facilities
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during the tour... one of the dentists in the endo facility showed us the new x-ray equipment (awesome), and the paperless file system.
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Everything. The facilities are great. Faculty is soo friendly and the students studying there are really happy about the school.
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the simulation labs were amazing. top of the line and much more impressive than those that i saw at my other interviews which were in georgia, florida, california, and texas.
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The facilities were amazing! They looked absolutey new, gorgeous! Their sim lab was state of the art. I also liked the fact, that there were windows all over the place, so you didn't feel closed in.
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Everything. Especially the faculty! They were making such witty comments as we were walking on our tour.
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The interviewers are very friendly and honest. The facilities are very up to date.
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They interviewers are very friendly and honest. The facilities are very up to date.
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The emphasis the school puts on the student experience.
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nice facilities, good location The interview session was very well-organized compared to other schools.
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they really have a calm day planned out and try to discuss every aspect of the school
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The positive atmosphere of the students and faculty. The facilities were top of the line. The day was planned and organized very well.
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the facilities, the location, and well-organized literature prepared for prospective students
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great facilities, whole school is peper-less, digital radiography, boston is awesome, faculty was nice
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almost everything! everyone was so nice. faculty seemed very approchable and caring. students seem to love the school. great facilities.
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The entire visit was well planned and scheduled to the last detail. The tour was extensive, and they gave presentations in order to inform us about everything they could about their school and programs. I felt that they really cared that we were fully informed so that we could compare them to the other schools to which we are applying. They had unique interest in each individual's questions while we (11 interviewees) were there. Their facilities are top notch, their professors and assistants are accessible, the students seemed to really love the school.
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The facilities were better than all the other dental schools I've been to (2 of which were Ivy League). I also liked that there is one lab only for denture simulation (where you work on a mannequin) and another lab that is used for "wax-ups" and "carve-downs". Usually these two different labs are combined into one room but not at Tufts. Secondly, the interview is so amazing that other schools should mirror the interview at Tufts. They truly make you feel welcome and they thank you so many times for your interest in their dental school...none of the other dental schools even came close to this. During the interview you will get all of your answers and then some...they give you so much information that you will definitely know by the end of the day if you wish to go there.
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the school's reputation, location, students, facilities, and faculty
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they don't try to hide anything... lots of information on anything you could think of... lots of question and answer time. Great facilities with access to public transit. The students I spoke with loved the school and said they had plenty of time to hang out with friends/spouses.
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I loved the facilities, every one was so kind. I was also impressed by the simulation lab
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The thoroughness of info provided about the school (board data, schedule of curriculum for four years, etc.) Everything was very professional.
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Commitment to students. They seemed willing to make changes to help students.
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That they actually make an effort to prep you for entering general practice right away (few schools do), GREAT facilities, simulation lab, difficult curriculum but with a high payoff in preparation
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The positive attitude of the students and staff. Everyone seemed to love the school.
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The school,staff and just their approach to you.Very professional
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I applied for the combined BS/DMD degree so i interviewed at Adelphi University, but Adelphi's campus is decent.
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I was very impressed with everything about this school. The city is awesome, the facilities are awesome, and the faculty and staff were very willing to help, professional, and just very nice. As nice as they were the entire time, they also seemed genuinely concerned about how good their candidates would be at practicing dentistry. This showed in the interview and made me excited about going here.
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The facilities are state of the art. Paperless system.
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technology...really nice facilities. students have persoanlity
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the facilites and the area of the school
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The facilities, faculty, staff, students, the city, huge emphasis on clinical work, paperless system with digital radiographs coming soon
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I really liked the school and hope to get in there. Boston is a great city. The sim lab is fairly new. Everything was just really nice and the people are very friendly.
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Simulation lab, cleaniness of facilities, high-tech equipment, location
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The facility was beautiful. It's all relatively new, especially the sim lab. The number of people in the clinics-very full! Everything was so bright. And I liked that an externship is required.
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the building is awesome! The sim lab is great and so are the clinics. It's the best set up i've seen and i've been to five schools. The building is right downtown and is very beautiful.
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Sincere and friendly approach of everyone at school- admission committee, faculty,students.
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They give you pages of information telling you everything you ever wanted to know about Tufts.
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Almost everything is in one building. The classrooms were clean and well organized. They offer a good amount of help in order to achieve the highest possible score on the National Boards
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The facilities and Boston
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How well organized they are during the whole day. The school is awesome...very clean, very new. I loved it!
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Brand new facilities, friendly staff, Chinatown is cross the street, transportation is very easy (no need to drive)
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The people were so amazingly sweet it was wonderful and it made me feel so much more comfortable.
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facilities are very new, modernized. this is the 4th school in the US that digitalizes patients' profiles
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Everyone was very nice
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how Tufts try everything in their power to look after their students even upon graduation, the sim/pre-clinical labs, the implementation of paperless patient files, and of course, the sense of a solid support system from the faculty/staff provided to their students
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Facilities, students happiness
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Nice facilities, extremely nice people
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lLrge patient pool, nice school, friendly students and staff.
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The facilities, the dean went through the curriculum with us explaining why they made certain things the way they are in order to help the students learn.
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The sim lab, the assoicate dean of admission, the curriculum...etc
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great facilities
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How nice and happy everyone was.......Very accomadating (sp)
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How friendly and nice the staff and interviewer were
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diversity within the student body, facilities, admission staff/faculty seemed very friendly, asso. dean was very clear and honest about the program during his presentation.
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very nice facilities, clinical experience, students seemed to be happy overall.
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the close relationships that the student body has with the faculty, alumni involvement, modern facilities.
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Facilities are nice (although a bit small), faculty and admissions staff seemed to know the students well, interview was very very casual and laid back.
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Boston. What a beautiful city. And the staff. They were pretty positive.
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Most of the admissions staff was really nice and seemed to know all the students
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The facilities, simulation labs, the focus on the students, noncompetitive environment, BOSTON!
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The facilities are really nice and new.
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The faculty and students were warm. The School was in good condition with a great sim lab.
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everything but the interview
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I was impressed by how much everyone seemed to really enjoy the city and the school. My interview was really fun actually because the professor that interviewed was light-hearted, dynamic, very personable and seemed to have an underlying solid sense of humor. Finally, I was also impressed with the dean's candid honesty and thoughtfulness during his presentation.
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The city if very interesting and the public transportation system is very efficient.
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Good facilities, a generally well-rounded school with something for everybody (i.e. they don't emphasize research but all of the resources are there if you want them). The assoc. dean of admissions was a great help.
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The facilities, the location (china town and Boston in general - a 5 min walk to the ocean). The admissions staff, faculty and students went out of their way to make you feel welcome and comfortable. The food and free Tufts University toothbrushes they gave us were a nice touch too!
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how many organizations there are on campus, and how diverse the student body is.
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The faculty members were really friendly. They work with you to succeed in all your courses.
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great facilities, students seemed happy to be there, honesty of everyone
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The happiness of the students
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the way the staff and students really tried to encourage students to come to the school. there was a genuine sense of enthusiasm everywhere. the entire student body seemed to really enjoy their decision to attend tufts
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The facilities were brand new. Size of the clinics, friendly environment
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Everything..nice facilities and faculty members
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everything. i went to 10 dental schools for interview in the northeast... tufts has THE best facility. top-notch. nice, clean area.
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The facilities are really nice, the curriculum is great, a nice focus on practice management, the externship, the location, and talking to the students
What impressed you negatively?
Applicants were frequently concerned about the high cost of tuition and living expenses, the large class size, limited individual attention, and lack of campus environment. Suggestions include providing more personal interactions during interviews, addressing the financial aspects, and ensuring a more welcoming and supportive atmosphere for applicants.
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nothing
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It cuts at EXACTLY 30 minutes.
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Nothing. It was really a good interview.
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Did not feel very conversational
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Disorganized planning of Interview Day by administration
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The admissions committee seldomly gave updates.
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The interviewer asked off-handed and irrelevant questions to someone who is applying to dental school. I was disappointed and unexpectedly stressed out during this interview. My other interviews were so much more chill than this one.
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Because all interviews are virtual due to COVID, there was no leeway in the length of the interview. The email we received said 30-45 minutes, but they closed our Zoom room exactly 30 minutes in. Both I and the two interviewers had more to discuss and were cut short.
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The cost of living in Boston
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No campus feel - it is just a skyscraper
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the price
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none
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Eh, nothing really.
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the books aren't electronic
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The interview as a whole gave me a very negative impression of the school. The students seemed UNHAPPY. Everybody was quiet, keeping to themselves, not joking around or anything when we walked around the school on the tour. It seemed like an uptight and "cold" environment. This is the vibe I got both times I visited the dental school. The structure of the interview was also bad. There was no breakfast, not even coffee, and for the small lunch they provide, an interviewer pulls you before you even had the chance to take a bite of the sandwich or talk to the students that are at lunch with you. The presentations were very long, I would rather have spent more time talking to the students than listening to the presentation about their new public health program.
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For a school that claims to be fairly medically-based their curriculum only partially reflects this.
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Paying for parking
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Price?
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The angry new york-er sitting next to me all day
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Nothing def one of the best dental schools
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Cost.
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Besides the new simulation lab, I felt the school was over-hyped in terms of clinic and technology.
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The interview process ran a little longer than expected but that was OK for me because my flight wasn't until much later.
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The class size is a little bigger than I would like (its the second biggest class after NYU in the nation) but they assured us that it doesn't feel as big as it is. (It seems like this is feasible)
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Nothing, really... Boston's a great place, if you like big cities, and Tufts is a great school
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boston...so boring
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Cost =(
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pulled me out for interview during lunch? was a bit unexpected
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The interviewer's attitude ( very cold, questioning)
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It will be difficult to get into postgraduate programs, but they do give preference to their own grads.
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Low board scores.
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didnt realize boston got so dark so quickly
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The students didn't seem to match to the best post-grad programs, which worried me. The class size is on the larger side, so there would be less individual attention. The part of Boston Tufts is in (Chinatown) is kind of dirty and not my favorite place.
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interviewing when i am starving!
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Cost of living in enormous! The huge class size would probably make getting assistance on projects etc tougher than at other schools.
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The interview was done by a student in a random corner of the school while standing up - we pay a lot to go to these interviews... couldn't they have found a room with some chairs? The Q and A was really, really, long.
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vertical expansion = more students
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The outer appearance, which is understandable, because it is undergoing construction. During lunch, when I was about to take a bite of my sandwich, my interviewer came up to me to take me to her office to get interviewed... and I was starving. Also, the school tour guide should have been a student.
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cost
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vertical expansion project- we might have restricted access to simlab next year too long presentation
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Cost of attendance is expensive
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not a lot of food for everyone at lunch
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construction might be a little inconvenient, but it is supposed to be done by the end of this year.
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not all students get a chair
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Nothing really.
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Cost. But you know going into it.
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Nothing really. Vertical expansion project might be something to contend with over the next 2 years, but they are taking every foreseeable measure to make the transitions and temporary conditions as non-impacting on their students and patients as possible.
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The vertical expansion may cause lots of problems - rearrangement of facilities, downsizing of the sim lab, etc.
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The clinic seemed to be small, but they are doing construction to make a bigger one.
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nothing really; other than maybe being in downtown in the middle of a bunch of highrises; depends on whether you're a city/urban type
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Low rate of postgrad matriculation, limited research.
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chinatown would take some getting used to, few students specialize.
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nothing, in fact, there was nothing that negatively impressed me.
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cost of tuition and living expenses
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Small number of students specializing.
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curriculum is "dynamic" alright...but sometimes at the expense of your education/board scores
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the condition/location/setup of the dorms.
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n/a
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Very large class size; the school being located in downtown Boston, not in a campus environment; there is going to be construction over the next few years causing disruption.
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everything was so hightech, that I wondered if it would affect student-teacher intimacy.
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there will be construction on the dental school building for the next four years.
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Rainy and Cold, seemed like the sun did not come out in Boston.
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everything was very nice, and organized
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nothing really it was all good.
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Nothing. Iliked everythingabout the school.
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asides from the tuition money, nothing. i loved everything about the school and the environment it was located it.
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You can't really have a car
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Nothing.
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Nothing!
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They kinda pull you away during lunch for the interview. This was somewhat disorienting.
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lunch room
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No negatives
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nothing, I really liked the school
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wish it was cheaper, but at this point it seems like they're all expensive
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the location of the school. it's right next to chinatown which is quite convinient but it's too much of an urban setting.
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The number of students vs. the number of seats avaliable (160 students for only 80 chairs). But they solved this problem well by spliting the class into two where one group learns Book material in a class setting while the other group steps into the lab to work the simulations.
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the large class size (as compared to other schools)...but you already know this before your interview.
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That exams are not well spaced out. Some students I saw seemed really stressed.
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All of the information sessions and tours were given by non-science, non-health admissions staff, many of whom were new and didn't really know much about Tufts or dentistry. We had to wait until lunch to meet any students or faculty. Also, because they work the students so hard to go right into practice, they are in class MUCH more and seemed MUCH more stressed out than most other students I've met. None seemed to be having fun. And, of course, it's $75,000 a year with only tiny merit scholarships!
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Low scores on part II; but that is not that big of a deal.
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Tuition costs.........but that is something you know before itself
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Nothing negative happened, which was the only school I interviewed at that I could say that about.
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$$$$$$$$
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$$$$ but it was expected
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The school is right in the middle of China Town and I hate Chinese food. Other than that the school is great but it is VERY expensive but I knew that going in.
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Cost of living in Boston and tuition (~>$60k)..the elevators were strange.. we had to take two elevators to go from the 7th to the 9th floor.. don't ask me why but we thought it was funny
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not much-although it's expensive. But I knew that, and was prepared for it.
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the cost and the elevators....always busy.
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They were pulling people for interviews during the lunch hour. There wasn't enough time during lunch to casually ask students questions.
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Nothing really
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The interview and faculty
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Well, other than the tuition, and the cost of living in Boston....nothing. But we already knew that prior to going....this was just a reminder.
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Apartment is very expensive
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the financial presentation is so deadly boring. At the end, everybody was bored by curriculum presentation....too much info.
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The cost of tuition
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$$$
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LOTS of work
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price
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It was President's Day when I arrived. So everything was closed.
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Only 4 elevators for over 400 students to use
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The program is expenssive, also they tell you "you did great & very impressive during the interview, 85% of getting in if being selected to the interview, and the ineterview is critical", but then not accepted because my academic has to be more competitive, then I say: why waiting my time and money if I did not meet their academic requirements. They have to be more competitive at the selection process and be more compassionate because that is what Dentistry is all about at the end.
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I am really not trying to be negative, however I lost respect for the school at the interview. When we were served lunch, all the dental students came in and were each handed a file. Instead of us being able to talk to the students, they were frantically reading our files and personal statements (gpas and dats excluded). We were then taken by a student and had a very casual conversation. He didn't ask anything about me and when I tried to answer a question like I was at an interview, he seemed disinterested. I just lose respect for a school that does not use the interview time to really get to know their applicants. No need to prepare for this interview.
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China town
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places to eat at the school is limited and doesn't look appetizing. (For example, I recall seeing on the tour an oversized closet-sized room that supposedly feeds 500 people over the course of the day).
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bad weather(snow)! but it is expected.
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the price tag that came with it. Boston is a nice city, but an expensive one!
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the price of tuition
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Although my interview was very relaxed, the interviewer kept badgering me about my answer to the train question, as if there were a right or wrong answer. Rather strange...
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Not a whole lot
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One of the admissions staff members was really annoying and tried to be funny but was mostly mean with her comments.
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The cost of the education (already knew it was one of the highest tuitions), the lower than the national average placement into specialty programs, 11' x 12' dormrooms
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Location - in a bad area (there are a couple "adult" shops littered around the school). Also, some of the students said "We hate it here, but you're going to hate dental school no matter where you go."
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The campus is NOT wireless.
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The feeling I had during the interview. I felt like my interviewer didn't take me seriously as a woman.
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The cost of the school (even though I had already done research and had guessed accurately, but I guess that I had hoped that tuition would have been miraculously cut in half) also the cost of living in the Boston (though it isn't significantly higher than where I am now)
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I didn't get to really see all of the facilities (ie labs and floors), I was brought to most of the levels but there wasn't too much shown but two classrooms and clinics.
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It's not in the best part of town, but it's all right.
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had to pay 24 bucks to park...but that's to be expected - I was so jazzed about the school that I didn't even care.
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Nothing..........
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The class size
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the insane cost of tuition!
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Boston is a very crowded, busy city, but that can is something one can get used to, the cost of the school
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nothing really. ohhhh, the price tag.
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the cost is high, but it is a great school, and it's not that much more than most out-of-state tuitions
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
Applicants commonly wished they had known ahead of time about the number and types of questions asked during the interview, who their interviewer would be (student or faculty), the importance of knowing recent advancements in dentistry, and the strict time constraints. Suggestions included being relaxed, bringing necessary items like the blue info book, and planning for a long day with no breakfast provided. Additionally, advice included being prepared for a casual and laid-back interview, being aware of the school's acceptance rate and interview process, and practical tips like bringing an umbrella, eating before the interview, and utilizing nearby parking options.
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How many questions I would be asked. I literally had like 20 questions.
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Who the interviewer was going to be.
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Whether my interviewer would be student or faculty
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That I should know what technological advances have been introduced into practices over the past 10 years and how dentistry has changed in general over the past 10-15 years. I wish I would've known these things.
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That they were going to be so strict with the time. It is hard enough to be concise let alone when the timing is that strict.
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n/a
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In the first group meeting with the Dead of Admissions, she asked us to introduce ourselves and provided one interesting fact about ourselves.
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To just relax. They are not there to grill you or intimidate you. They pretty much say this before the day starts.
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that they DO have a space for luggage and suitcases
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How relaxed the interview was going to be.
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That there would be no breakfast.
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To bring the blue info book with you to the interview.
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Its a long day
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They will pull you in the middle of lunch for your interview and it may be a four year student (mine was and she was really great)
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That all you need to do for the interview is be yourself
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It was going to rain on interview day. Bring an umbrella. Also, the Tufts medical center entrance is NOT the dental school entrance. The Entrance to the dental school is on the corner of Kneeland and Washington FACING KNEELAND ST.
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Call you to interview while eating...read it on sdn and tried to eat fast but it wasnt fast enough haha...You have time afterwards to finish
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It was going to rain that day :)
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Not all interviewers are as easy as everyone makes them sound! :)
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The interview/tour/Q&A is supposed to end around 2:30 but it can go up til 3:30 actually. Plan your transportations accordingly.
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pulled out for interview during lunch
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That they will want so much info on my thesis.
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After reading SDN, I was expecting a very relaxed interview, and mine was pretty stressful, but they can't all be easy! It was nice to have a student and professional point of view when asking questions in the interview. (2 interviewers - 1 faculty member, 1 student)
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You can use the nearby parking garage, and they'll validate your card so itd only cost you like $12.
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how easy the interview was going to be (everyone told me this but it really is true)
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that I didn't need to be so stressed out! They're really really nice =)
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that this was going to be so easy.
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The length of the presentation took the whole time so make sure you fly out of boston at like 6pm so you have enough time to get around and handle anything you may need to get done. Also, eat some breakfast before hand. Lunch is around 12ish, so if you get up early and get ready and what not and dont eat, you will probably have a growling stomach come lunch. Eat fairly quick, the students and faculty take you out during lunch. Mine was closer to the end of lunch though.
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They would be so rigid on not accepting AP credit (even if it is on your transcript).
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that I would actually be there for the whole time (until 3pm). a lot of schools tell you "oh the interview is until 2 or 1" but then you're finished by noon. tufts wasn't like this.
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How awesome the presentation of the school was. I thought it would be long and boring, but Mark made it so interesting.
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That there would be so many students and faculty at lunch, on all my other interviews there were only a couple.
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lunch is pretty weak
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that the presentation would be quite long. if you havent fulfilled one of their prereqs, they won't let u slide (even though on the phone when I asked they said "its fine") as your eating lunch in the board room, you will be taken out for a quick interview. you can come back and finish lunch. the board room is your home plate. you start here, hear presentations, eat lunch etc. You leave the room only for the tour and interview.
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you'll be eating lunch and some student can come take you away for a quick interview. you come back to finish lunch. So talk nice and smile at everyone!
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Not to be so nervous. Also, don't bring so much cash. I got from the airport to the dental school in fifteen minutes and spent only two dollars using the T train!
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How good the mozzarella and tomato sandwiches were; I would have gotten 2.
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Nothing. This school is awesome, it'll make you a great clinician.
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your interviewer might be a 4th year student. i thought the student i had met was escorting me to my faculty interview, but then realized the interview had already begun and it was with him!
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I didn't know the school has virtually no ''campus feeling.'' It's definitely right in the city.
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Read the SDN comments, so was well prepped for the events of the day.
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that we'd have to introduce ourselves to the group (it was my very very first interview) you sit a big round table in a board room, after some welcoming remarks, they have you introduce you, where you're from and something unique about you.
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nothing
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I wish I had known that the interview procedure will be so cool...I wouldnt have gone through all the nervousness the night before.
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It is really cold in Boston during winter. Bundle up!
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they demand a speedy reply to an acceptance
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that it would be so laid back
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That the interview is very laid back and there was nothing to be hyped up about.
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nothing.
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there will be construction on the dental school building for the next four years.
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If you are accepted to Tufts, you must finish any program you are currently in... Masters, Phd, etc.
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That going to school is really easy bcoz subway is really close by and u can save lot of money . Dont take cabs they r expensive.
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nothing. if there was something i didn't know, they explained it to me and were extremely friendly about it.
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Not to be so anal about what to wear and how to look professional. There were girls wearing outfits that were so unprofessional, but the school doesn't look at that as much as what the person's assets are.
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Nothing!
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Everyone brings a leather notebook. we didn't use them, but I was the only interviewee who didn't have one.
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n/a its a really good school and great location
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I wish I knew they were going to be very thorough in their presentations. They covered almost all of my preplanned questions.
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don't underestimate the cold especially if you are from the south! Also, the actual interview was extremely casual and informal...nothing to worry about at all.
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I had previously read that all of the interviewers were 4th year students, while an unlucky one would have a faculty plus a 4th year...but atleast for my interview, I would say 3 or 4 of the students were interviewed by a faculty (out of 10 interviewees)...
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they do not offer breakfast!! so eat before you go, otherwise you'll have to starve until noon.
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I didn't have a good idea of what kinds of questions would be good to ask to gain more information about the school. However, while I was there, the Dean gave us a presentation on different things to ask and to look for while we were visiting the other dental schools we were applying to so that we could make the best decision. It was very informative.
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Nothing...very smooth interview.
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nothing...just make sure you have all of your prereq courses completed and that you have sent the school verified completion of those courses...otherwise it is a waste of time, money, and effort to attend the interview.
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Don't stress about the interview so much and instead concern yourself with questions you have about the school.
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Left more time to explore...
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That the whole interview was so stress free
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I wish i had done more mock interviews at home, so that my responses were less robotic and more freely spoken.
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they have already accepted 104 students..about 55 spots left. 85% students interviewed are accepted
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Boston is a fantastic city! Yes, it is cold but nothing you'll die from. The subway system is excellent and takes you all over the city. I stayed out by the airport and rode the subway to the interview and out exploring. No problems.
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That you really don't have time to eat lunch. They give you lunch while you are suppose to talk to dental students and then they call you for the actual interview. I was too nervous to eat anyways!
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25% of applicants are accepted to interviews. Of those 25%, 75% are accepted outright.
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I was prepared with the help of SDN
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They have lots of clubs and extra-curriculars.
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Just relax, enjoy the Tour, and also keep in mind that the interview is really casual. Just make sure you let them know that Tufts is the place that you really want to go and you will be fine
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How expensive everything is back in Boston
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We didn't need to rent a car....but it was still fun driving around and getting lost!
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Accept only 5% from the waiting list
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That it was going to be a whole lot less nerve-wrecking than I thought it would be!
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they accept most interviewees.
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That they accept 85% of the people they interview
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simply an itinerary of the day's events (i.e., when the interviews will be conducted, the tour, etc.)
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Nothing- I prepped A LOT!
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All of the above!!!
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Nothing surprised me.
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Construction to add 5 floors will be going on starting next year
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80-85% of those interviewed are accepted
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how extremely laid back the interview really was. The interview was said to be closed file, but my interviewer looked at my file during interview. It's that laid back.
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that is was not going to be stressful.
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no surprises, just have good questions to ask the faculty that is what they are there for
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Just how nice Boston is. It is in a cool location also. Close to petty much everything.
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You only have 30 days after you hear back from them (as early as December 1) to let them know if you want to go to the school. This can conflict with other later interviews at other schools.
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That manny ramirez lives in the top floor of the ritz carleton across the street!
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That this website was available!
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I discovered that what we were doing in our interviews and what the admissions office was doing in their presentations and tours was very very similar in nature. Everyone was trying to sell themselves to the other side, we were trying to convince the admissions people that we were worthy of being accepted and they were trying to sell the school to us. It's kind of an interesting dynamic when you look at it that way and it also greatly reduced my stress level when I realized what was occurring.
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I knew it was cold there, but no one told me it was going to be freezing!
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that the school accepts 85% of all interviewies...would have put me at rest a bit more.
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the school looks like a museum
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Boston's traffic,
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To eat a big breakfast...lunch is after the tour.
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What a great city Boston is
What are your general comments?
Applicants generally found the interview experience at Tufts to be positive, with many mentioning the friendly and conversational nature of the interviews. They appreciated the school's emphasis on clinical experience, but some expressed concerns about the cost and the lack of visibility into student life during the tour.
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Overall, great interview!
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I’m positively impressed by Tufts interview process, but I generally disliked the kira portion.
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Was not as conversational as I expected
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I think I got a bad interviewer because the majority of these reviews say the interview was super chill. Otherwise, I loved the presentation day that you are required to go to before the interview! Everyone was so nice and it was very casual :)
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Everyone involved in the presentation day and formal interview was extremely friendly and made it a comfortable experience. Additionally, I feel they did a very good job translating the presentation day over to a virtual format due to COVID. Still educational and allowed for great discussion with dental students. The only downside was not seeing the campus.
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Exceptional school, thoroughly impressed
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The interview was 2-on-1 with a faculty member and a fourth year dental student. Very casual, they tried to keep it very conversational versus just question-answer.
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So happy with my interview day, they made things stress free and wanted everyone happy. I loved everything about it. Great program, faculty, students and facility. Also, they had a spot for luggage!
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Loved it. Hope I get in! I find out on the 18th!!!!
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This is a really great looking school. The state of the art facilities represent an advancement in the field of dentistry and how Tufts is keeping up. They value the input of the students and this is something that is great because it means that they all have a voice.
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i wish we had gotten the blue book beforehand
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I am sold on the school after the interview, they are now my #1 choice.
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The tour is also given by someone who is not a student, and the information she provides could not be more useless. I could have read this info on the website, and would have rather gotten some real feedback from a real student about the school on the tour. I feel like people generally love Tufts from their interview there and I don't know if it's based on comparison to other interviews the people have had, but from my experience I was very disappointed with the overall presentation of their school. It felt too structured, cold, and with not much contact with the students - other than the 4-5 minutes I had during lunch before getting interviewed. At all four of my other dental school interviews I had at least an hour to talk to the students and also the professors, but not at Tufts. Even on the tour, we sped walked by the clinics. I really, really wanted to like this school but I just can't put my heart to it.
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Overall a good school, especially in regards to clinical experience, but needs stronger didactics to truly be an elite school.
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Tufts was a very laid back interview. The program is very strong and well organized.
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wear a suit. I saw a couple of comments that said don't be so professional but I was wearing a skirt suit and I was glad I did
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Awesome School. Top choice out of the 9 interviews i had. The dean was awesome
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The school looks great and is of very high quality. The students look happy and are more than willing to help newcomers. Aside from the cost, I don't think anyone would regret attending Tufts. Also, the doubletree hotel is literally across the street from the school! You can get an interview discount and you wont have to worry about travel the morning of the interview. This is a huge help.
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Found it funny to hear that the even classes (hopefully us 2014 follow through) are friendly where as the odd classes aren't. I was kinda of let down by the fact many of the people interviewing with me were so quiet and reserved. I don't know if it was their only interview and got nervous but it wasn't certainly the case for half of the interviewer.
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Excellent school. Will be very happy there next fall!
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Don't stress the interview too much, there's a high chance you'll get accepted afterwards... at the same time, don't underprepare!
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very typical interview
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I really liked Tufts and everyone who were there but cost is holding me down
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Tufts is such a great school. The school really cares about answering any questions and providing all the information for students. It is now my top choice!
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Great school location and facilities but very expensive.
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They basically just went over my AADSAS application in front of me and allowed me to expand on it. Very unstressful and conversational
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my interview went really well. the students in my interview group for the most part said that they did well too. basically once you get an interview, they pretty much like what they see on the application. They just want a face and personality to an application so be yourself and dont be nervous! The staff were very helpful as well. It really is an amazing school.
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Boston traffic is a nightmare! Don't drive there unless you absolutely have to. Give yourself plenty of time to get to the school. Bring a small snack just in case you get really hungry (lunch is at 12pm).
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I heard back from Tufts about two weeks after my interview, and I was accepted, but ultimately I'm declining my acceptance due to the issues I discussed in the "What impressed you negatively" section, though I was sad to do so because I really loved the people I met at Tufts and could see myself being really happy there. I got into my state school as well, so financially turning down Tufts seems like the smart decision to me. However, overall I think it was an awesome school.
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so excited to be attending!
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A really good school now if your willing to pony up the dough. After the construction is finished, it will probably be a great school.
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my interview was very short - which made me doubt my performance but everything turned out good :)
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The interviewers are random. Most students get interviewed by one 4th year student. I was interviewed by two faculty members. I guess you'll never know who is going to interview you.
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Really great experience overall
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your interview can be with faculty student+faculty student only (what i had) interview can be specific to your file so know your file well you get a tooth brush +tooth paste =)
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I could see myself living in Boston and attending Tufts the moment I got off the subway. The culture is amazing because of its diversity, the history is rich, the city is beautiful and green (3rd greenest city), and the food is delicious. I came during the coldest time of the year, but it really wasn't that bad! I just wore a pair of long johns underneath and I was good to go exploring the city. Everything was within walking distance and there were a ton of students walking around. City life without the hassle.
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very casual interview
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Financial aid presentation got a bit boring.
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it was very relaxed, i was interviewed by a 4th year student. basically they were just looking to see if you can hold a conversation.
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I wasn't asked any questions at all. Me and a D4 student just had a conversation. Through the conversation I learned a great deal about the school.
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i've always heard great things about tufts and was first impressed with the great info they sent along with my interview invite. the actual interview day impressed me even more! everyone was really friendly and seemed to really have personality. it felt as though tufts was really everyone's top choice and they were really excited to be there. i loved the school and thought it had the perfect balance between clinical exposure and strong didactics.
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You begin the day in a board room with other applicants, the admissions staff goes over stats and what you're chances are, they cover financial aid, and then a detailed presentation of the packet they provide you with and a chance to ask lots of questions, then a tour. Then during lunch in the room with current students they pull you away to your interview, the presentation is continued when everyone gets back. A very relaxed and nice interview.
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Informative for me, relaxed, conversational, actually a very pleasant and positive experience. The faculty and student I met with were just wonderful.
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The interview itself was somewhat frantic. Lunch was given then students/staff came in and took us away to our interviews. It just seemed like the school rushed through the interview itself.
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Interviews are given by seniors, post-grad students, and faculty. I had a post-grad student which made for a relaxed interview.
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very positive; everyone there was very friendly; a bunch of students dropped by at lunch (during which they slyly take you out for the individ interview one by one); don't bother reading the other feedback - they all say the same thing - very friendly, low stress...
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Very professional and very friendly. Make sure you eat lunch quickly, just after the interviewers (student and faculty) enter the conference room, they start taking interviewees out one by one. Be yourself, but come prepared with pen and pad, and solid questions. Many applicants showed up without a pad and appeared very unprofessional, in addition to being poorly dressed- overall indication of bad composure. Figure out how to tie a tie and tuck your shirt in before the morning of the interview! Above all, throughout your entire interview experience remember: interviewers are more concerned with how you carry yourself then the actual content of your answers.
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Great experience.
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it was a great experience. the staff was so friendly. the interviewer was really cool!!
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It was not too intimidating. I really learned a lot about the school.
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Long tour of the school with admisssions staff. Then financial aid talk. Then more specific questions adressed by admissions coordinator. Then lunch with other dental students and in the middle of the lunch you get taken out to do your interview (So get your food first and eat fast so you don't have a bite in your mouth when they call you. Also, I suggest eating fruit, so your breath doesn't stink.) Then back to the room to address more questions.
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i love the fact that tufts is smack right in the middle of chinatown... everyone seems genuinely nice...tour, presentation, lunch, interview...the basic
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Very positive, i feel like it was more informative for me than anything else. staying in boston and sightseeing was also alot of fun.
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It was positive, and Dr. Allen was great!
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It was really laid back and informative. The interview was a conversation and the students that came during the lunch time were very friendly.
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with a 4th yr student. Very agreeable person. Qs were very typical. Very relaxed. They seem to have in mind who they want, but the interview rules out people who you only know inperson, should not be practicing medicine.
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I was really surprised by how nice the school was and how organized and prepared the day's presenters were. I really felt at home there.
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The interview was laid back and interesting. It was done by one faculty member and two students who all seemed to want to know more about me other than drill me. It was really good.
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couldn't ask for a better school, they are great. The interview went very smoothe and everyone was very helpfull, plus good school morale.
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I applied for Dental international student program and I am from Inia.It was an overall pleasent experience. compared to all other interviews I attended the interview was well organised they make u feel really comfortable and they welcome u whole heartedly which I did not see in many other universities. The faculty are very nice and friendly. They call only few people for interview and accept 80% of them which is really good. They just dont waste money and time of lots of students for few positions like other universities. They will tell u results in 2 weeks which is really fast. I got an acceptance letter in 10 days. And the personal interview is soo relaxed that they just want you to know in person. So be yourself and be honest. Dont forget to eat breakfast before attend for interview bcoz they dont offer breakfast.
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my interview was done by a 4th year student and was very laid back. the actual interview part was about 15 minutes or so. the next 30 minutes we talked about our personal lives and things such as what kind of cars we drove, if we were in a relationship, what our favorite movies were... pretty much casual talk.
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Everyone (I had a real friendly group)left the school wanting to go there including myself!
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It was a friendly interview.
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It was a friendly interview, where the interviewers just want to know you better as a person.
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They have a contact for LGBT students. I called and was given the info for a gay student before I showed up so I had a connection to the school before I showed up and that made the whole process much less intimidating. I knew what to expect.
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I had my interview with a fourth year dental student. She was very nice, and the interview was more like a conversation than a formal interview. Just be yourself and relax.
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casual with a 4th year dental student. it was more of a conversation which i appreciate.
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GREAT. I was accepted 2/16/06. I can't wait to go. Tufts was my last choice, but they blew me away at the interview.
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I got there at 9am, we were greeted and given an overview of the admissions process, financial aid, etc. Then we were given a tour for about an hour around the whole building and hospital, ate lunch, interview, and then talked more about the curriculum.
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I really liked the interview...it was my third and it seemed to be the best of the three so far...there was a post in the forums by someone (howui3) who gave a detailed synopsis of the entire day...I read his post before the interview and it was pretty much exact, even the fact that you feel like you're on the Apprentice when you're in the board room...my interview lasted about an hour, but I was the 2nd to last one done...I asked who was the first one done, and a guy's interview was 15 mintutes (with a faculty)..so you can expect anywhere from 15-60 minutes...relax and enjoy, this was an easy interview...
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it was a great interview. this is the first school i interviewd at so i dont have anything to compare it to but it was definitely a good experience.
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My interview was completely relaxed and was conducted by a fourth year dental student. He made me feel confortable immediately, and that gave me confidence. The interview was surprisingly short, and he had not read my entire application before the interview, but I believe the impression I left was a positive one.
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refer to positve impressions. If your one to get tired during a lecture drink coffee becuase they talk to you for awhile about the dental school towards the end of the day...can you believe someone was dozing off during this time while the Dean was speaking...this girl was nuts I tell ya!
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Started with an introduction, discussion of financial aid, tour of the school, a quick intro of another faculty member, lunch, talked with students, and had interviews. Good experience.
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I had a professor and a 4th year student interview me. The interview itself was very low-key, non-stressful. They had obviously read my file a few times because they knew a lot about me.
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Group of fifteen, no breakfast (eat before), I had a four-year student do my interview by himself, others had a faculty member plus a student-in-training. Everything we did seemed very informative and productive. They tell you straight up that Tufts is hard and stressful so there are no suprises in school, but the graduating students seemed very confident about their training.
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I really enjoyed the interview. We took a tour of the school, met with students for a catered lunch, had the interview, then we met with Mark to talk about curriculum. The students I talked with were very happy. One student had transferred from North Carolina and enjoyed Tufts more. I actually liked Tufts the best of all schools that I visited, the only downside is cost.
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As for the interview itself? Mine was with a faculty member and a 4th year in training to do interviews. It was in a room with another faculty member doing work (they don't seem to have their own offices), so don't be freaked out if someone is "listening in." They were both very friendly and low-stress. They seemed to mostly know how you deal with stress, asked about my family (my dad went there), and asked where I got my inspiration from. It is given right after lunch. As for the school in general, it will DEFINITELY prepare you to be a dentist. On the bad side, that makes for very stressed students and lots of class time. No one could really answer "so how's the student dynamics? What do you guys do for fun?"...they all stared at me and said "we study". PROS: They have an excellent simulation lab, great clinics with semi-private cubicles, low loan default rate (i.e. Tufts dentists make $$$$), great opp's for externships, specialties. CONS: stressed, unhappy students, COST, large class (pro or con, depending), more class time than other schools, restrict curriculum to dentistry and have their own hospital rotations so that dental students purposely never meet med students
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The interview was extremely laid back, absolutely nothing to stress over
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The whole interview is nothing to get stressed about,If you made it to the interview round your chances of getting in are very good.
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Since it was a combined BS/DMD program I feel like I was treated more as child and in a sense they went easier on me. My interviwer was Mr. Olson, and he was very coopertive and could see that I was very nevous and promted me to talk. However i did not get into the dental program although my stats were high SAT- 1420 and had alot of ECs, but overall it was a decent interview experience.
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I wish I had made plans to stay in Boston longer!
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The facilities really impressed me. Students appeared very happy with the quality of education. School makes a genuine effort to respond to students' feedback.
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very organized...they do a good job selling their school.
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School had obtained completed application in October. Received an e-mail in January telling me to feel free to send in application withdrawal letter. I don't like the way this school does business. It would be really considerate to let your applicants know if the dog ate my application, if you hate me & want me to go away instead of me calling the adcom & them stating "uhh.. our applications increased 30%."
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Tufts is AWESOME!
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Overall it was a great experience. The morning was filled with presentations on the curriculm and cost. Mark knows everything about the school and is a great person to talk to. My interviewer was awesome, it really was more of a conversation-it didn't feel like an interview at all. Then you get to talk to dental students and one went to undergrad where I am now so that was cool.
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The morning discussion on curriculum and financial aid was informative. The curriculum discussion was a presentation as well as a Q & A session. The interview itself was very relaxed. The questions were pertinent to understanding why you want to become a dentist, as well as how you would cope in dental school/practice. I was nervous because that's the type of person that I am, but in retrospect, it wel very smoothly. I almost wished they hadn't covered so much in the preliminary discussion, so I would have some more questions in the interview! The tour afterward was great. I wished it had been longer so I could have seen more of the day-to-day activity.
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The whole experience was awesome! I met with seven or eight other candidates in a board room and we were given information about financial aid, curriculum, housing, etc. We went on a tour and then had lunch. Since I knew that we were going to be pulled out one by one during lunch, I had a small sandwich. The interview was given by a 4th year student and it was really laid back. I ended up asking my interviewer more questions about the school--overall it was conversational. Afterwards, we went back to the board room and listened to some more specifics about the school.
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This school is awesome. It has a major clinical empahsis and I love that. they have a great clinic and really turn you into a competant clnician when you graduate. The faculty members are great and the school has a good curr. The students there who just took the NB part one averaged 89.1 which places them sixth in the nation...so the curriculum works well. The students love the school and the city. Boston is awesome and would be so much fun to live in. This was also the most professional interview set-up I've seen. Mark gives the best presentation of a school i've ever seen. They said that they interview 25% of the applicants and then they accept 75% of the interviewees.
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It was my first interview, but it is one of the most memorable events for me. I got accepted. The interview was cool.It was more like a conversation. I wasn't asked any technical or academic questions. Study your CV,SOP,be confident and honest. It works.
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was excellent! I got accepted.
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It was a pleasant experience overall. They give you a toothbrush and a nice map of Boston.
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It was held by a fourth year student. It took place after i had the chance to meet other dental students and ask them for advice. The interview is taking place only to help you. Stress will only make your situation harder. Just see it as a friendly conversation and your chance to show them who you are and why you chose Tufts.
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I had a Pharmocology professor and a fourth year student drill me. It sucked and took forever.
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I arrived there a day before my interview, because I had no idea where the interview would be held, being that I have not been to Boston. We drove to the place like three times to make sure that we knew exactly how to get there without getting lost, since we were staying outside the city (less expensive). The whole day was pretty laid back. I have it a stress level of 5 because I didn't know what to expect, so I feared the worst. The interview came as soon as I had finished eating, so there was not ime to brush my teeth. The interviewer was super funny nand nice, but very professional in asking me "interview" type questions.
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Very impressive, good school
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it was good, the interviewer tried hard to stun me.
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It was actually fun and informative at the same time. Interviewer reassured me that the experience was not meant to be stressful at all. Everyone else interviewed in my group had the general consensus that everyone was extremely nice and not intimidating at all.
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While I was nervous, the interview was as relaxed as possible- the dentists were really friendly.
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Amazing.
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The interview was a nice experience but I think they don't trust you at the end.
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Very straight forward interview. My interviewer just wanted me to clarify some information I put down on my personal statement. We only spent about 10 mins on my porfolio and Q&A for the rest of the time.
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Honestly I felt they wasted my time
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Very relaxed.....Very cool....I wish they were all like this one.
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Tufts seems like a really good school to go to if one doesn't mind the expensive tuition of a private school and living expenses of residing in Boston.
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it was fun, i learnt a lot more about the program and the profession. the students i met were really nice and fed me with +feedback about the school. the admission staff is very pleasant.
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overall it was a positive experience, i was well informed about what the school has to offer and the interview was extremely casual. She basically asked like two interview ?'s and then we talked about how we are both from NYC the rest of the time. I think they try to pair you with someone who has something in common with you so you can somehow relate so just try and find that out and you are golden.
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Overall a positive experience, met lots of nice people.
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Great place but real expensive
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The interview was only so-so. I had really wanted to go to Tufts for dental school, but the interviw-day was just not that much fun. The peopled seemed nice enough, but I just got the sense that the particular students we talked to weren't having a good time. Also, the interview itself seemed very mundane and sterile. The interviewer had a list of questions and just went through them. It was different from my other interviews because the Tufts interview was very NON-conversational. There were awkward periods of silence and it just seemed as if my interviewer didn't really like my answers or care about what I was saying. My other interviews at other schools were much more laid back, fun, and conversational.
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I had a great time with my interviewer, he was such a nice man and made me feel really comfortable durring the interview. He let me know that I was doing a great job answering my questions. The interview felt like a conversation. My adivce to anyone interviewing would be to just relax..and if you have been granted an interview, you've passed the hard part and they just want to know that you are a person with emotions and that you are not a psychological defect to cause harm to patients.
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The trip went really well other than the fact that I felt like my interviewer didn't like anything I said.
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Pleasant, positive and I learned more about the admissions process, loans, exams and dental school curriculum.
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I had on interview at UOP before visiting Tufts, and I think that Tufts simulation lab seems a bit cramped. I didn't get to see all of the school, but I think because we also stepped into the medical center we didn't have enough time. I found the faculty and students to be nice. Although I didn't feel much of a connection to the school. Overall I think that Tufts is a decent school and they do put much effort into helping their students do well.
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Tufts is a good school with a lot of resources; it doesn't have anything really above and beyond unique about it, but I certainly wouldn't mind going there (if I don't get into a cheaper state school, that is).
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great!
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great school, very positive experience
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this was my first interview, and i really enjoyed it. the whole session was very informative
What are your suggestions for the admissions office?
Applicants commonly suggested that the admissions office should improve organization, provide more detailed information beforehand, offer better communication and directions, involve current students more in the admissions process, and consider streamlining the interview process to allow for better time management and student engagement.
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Needs to be more organized
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The situation is of course constantly adapting due to COVID, but the strict time limit on the interview was disappointing.
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Everything was perfect!
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No real suggestions. I really enjoyed the day. Maybe more food for the amount of students that end up coming and eating too.
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nothing. they were all nice.
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Make a digital copy of the blue book and put it online. Or send it to the applicants before their interview day.
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Make sure there is always someone available to answer the phones.
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Better directions to reach interview location. Information about parking and hotels. Remind students to bring the blue book with them.
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The book that was sent about a week before the interview was too much information a lot of it I could find on your website.
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It would have been nice to have a student give the tour of the school instead of the admissions staff
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Pick up the phone
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Allow more time for lunch.
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Too much down time, and need more student involvement during the whole day. For example, allow students who can demonstrate student life to give the school tour rather than people from admissions who can give you just "basic" facts.
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None Doing an amazing job
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Provide a more concise student packet, the one sent in the mail was informative but filled with overwhelming amounts of detail.
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It would be nice to have the opportunity to shadow one of the dental students in the clinic for a bit during the interview day.
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Nothing - they were awesome! It was a snow day and they still came in to interview us!
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bring more food. don't invite that many students to lunch. it's really overwhelming.
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possibly have a student do the tour, this would allow us all to ask questions in a very carefree and
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None - very good and responsive.
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shorten the presentation!! I almost missed my flight!
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