Iowa City, IA
Dental Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
What was the stress level of the interview?
8 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
How you think you did?
8 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
10 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
10 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What are your general comments?
i think that this is the epidome of a very good, well rounded dental school. if i can be happy living in iowa city for four years, then i am sure i'll walk away with a very good educational background and a bright future in dentistry. really, i don't much wrong with the school besides the location.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
do you consider yourself an empathetic person. explain
What was the most interesting question?
if you recieved a phone call by an employee's spouse calling in sick for them, what would you do?
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN, talk to alumni of Uof Iowa
What was the most difficult question?
are you a goal oriented person...what goals have you set for the next 5 years?
What impressed you positively?
i've been to 4 other schools at various other places around the nation. i thought i had seen a good representation of what dental school had to offer. going to U of Iowa for an interview changed my perspective entirely. it has bar-none the best facilities of any school i've visited. it is the most well rounded (at least it seems so right now) than any other school, the clinics were the most asthetically pleasing, the philosphpy and education there seem to be a good mixture of everything (including full disection, start to finish, of cadavars in the anatomy lab), and they all seem very student oriented. to be completely honest, of the schools i've seen, there is not another program/facility that i've seen that compares to u of iowa. additionally, crime seems low, traffic seems low, there are a fair amount of malls and resturants and such. lastly, u of iowa has specialty programs in all the ADA recognized programs. that is grounds for a good deal of exposure to a lot of different parts of dentistry.
What impressed you negatively?
it's in the middle of lots of farmland. it does have a great college atmosphere, but outside of that its in the middle of farms and fields.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
not much. you can't get in state tuition after a year.
🤝 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?
3 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
6 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?
4-6 hours
What was your primary mode of travel?
Airplane
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
< $100
What airport did you fly into?
CID
Where did you stay?
With students at the school
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