Cleveland, OH
Dental Schools | Private Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
What was the stress level of the interview?
1 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
9 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
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.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
What is your greatest strength/weakness?
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.
🤝 Campus and Facilities
How do you rank the facilities?
10 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this school's location?
6 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Enthusiastic
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
How would you rate the hotel?
7 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
Would you recommend the hotel?
yes
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