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Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry

Cleveland, OH

Dental Schools | Public For-Profit

⭐ Overall Impressions

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How you think you did?

10 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

No responses
💬 Interview Questions

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

What do you like about Case?
What is your greatest strength/weakness?
Why dentistry?

What was the most interesting question?

What was your favorite nonscience course?

What was the most difficult question?

What was your least favorite course/semester?
🤝 Interview Format and Logistics

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

Was this interview in-person or virtual?

No responses

Where did the interview take place?

At the school
📍 On-Site Experience

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tour guide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

10 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What were your total hours spent traveling?

7+ hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

$401-$500

What airport did you fly into?

CLE

Where did you stay?

With students at the school

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No responses

How would you rate the hotel?

7 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

What is your ranking of this school's location?

6 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

7 out of 10

What are your comments on where you stayed?

No responses
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

No responses

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

No responses

How did you prepare for the interview?

I read over my application, Case website, info packets Case sent to me and SDN website.

What impressed you positively?

Case is an awesome school in a not so awesome city. They have state of the art simlabs where each student gets their own chair. Once you work in the clinic, you get your own chair there too. You are hooked up with an upperclassman and inherit their patient load. They have a great program called Healthy Smiles in which they go out to area schools and give free exams and sealants to 2nd and 6th graders. The students seem very happy.

What impressed you negatively?

The new curriculum is still a little foggy in everyone's eyes. It has some kinks that need to be worked out. Overall, it seems like a very exciting hybrid between problem based learning and lecture. The city of Cleveland can a little scary if you venture ouside of University Circle.

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

Nothing. It is all fairly straight forward and relaxed.

What are your general comments?

You should arrive about half an hour early for the 8:45am arrival time. There are 3 other applicants there with you. We chatted and waited until ~9am. Either an admissions officer or faculty member calls your name and takes you to their office. You talk with that person for about an hour and then go back to the admissions room to wait. Another faculty or admissions officer will come and get you after that and you talk to that person for another hour. Once all 4 of you are done, thre financial aid lady comes in and tells you about how much debt you're about to get in. Then, 2 students give a tour and eat lunch with you. They gave us each a 7 dollar voucher for the medical dining area. It was rather tasty. After that, they set you free. It'll be done at about 1pm. Both of my interviews were laid back. The faculty interviewer hardly asked any questions. We just talked. The admissions officer had a far more structured interview with the classic questions.

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses