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Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Boston, MA

Dental Schools | Private Non-Profit

⭐ Overall Impressions

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

10 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

10 out of 10

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

10 out of 10
💬 Interview Questions

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Why dentistry?
Why did you get a bad grade in organic?
Why Harvard?

What was the most interesting question?

The questions were pretty standard.

What was the most difficult question?

Why I did badly in organic chemistry and on the carving portion of the Canadian DAT.
🤝 Interview Format and Logistics

How long was the interview?

30 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?

$501+

What airport did you fly into?

BOS

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?

10 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

What is your ranking of this school's location?

10 out of 10

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

10 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 actually really over-prepared... I read a book on dental ethics, a book on interview preparation, looked over SDN feedback, read their websites in excessive detail and stressed for extensive periods of time.

What impressed you positively?

Everything! Before I went to the interview I wanted to go to Columbia more but I was so impressed with how happy the students were, how open and helpful the staff and faculty were and the general atmosphere of geniality and helpfulness. When I went I stayed with a student and met a lot of students in their natural habitat ;) and they were so nice and so enthusiastic that it made me fall in love with the school.

What impressed you negatively?

How long they made us wait before we were interviewed ;)

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That the interviews are mostly there to gauge your personality and see if you'd fit in with the students, so let your natural self shine through!

What are your general comments?

I stayed with a first year student (definitely do that if you can) and she went out of her way to make me feel welcome and to help me out. (I honestly feel that the students are HSDM's best ambassadors.) The interview day (there were five of us - all girls) who met with Anne Berg and then went on a tour, had lunch, met some students, and finally went back to be interviewed by two individuals. Now that I think back - the day passed by fairly quickly but at the time - the space between the morning and actually being interviewed was interminable. My interviewers were very kind and tried to make the process as painless and low-stress as possible.

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses