SUNY - University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

6 out of 10

How you think you did?

No responses

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

No responses

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?

Did you think there was a big transition going from a community college to a 4 year institution? Do you think there will be a similar transition for you going into dental school? Come March, and you have multiple acceptances in your hand, which school will you choose to attend, and how will you choose?

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What do you think will be the thing you dislike most about dentistry in 15 years? How much dental experience do you have? Do you really think that much experience will enable you to choose a career for the rest of your life?

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Whats your definition of professionalism? Why Dentistry? Why study and go to Africa your last semester? Why Buffalo? What is it about Buffalo, besides location and money, that makes you want to attend here?

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What was the most interesting question?

Why are you studying in South Africa for 5 months? What kind of courses will you be taking there? Are you going to make it back alive to attend school here if accepted?

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What was the most difficult question?

You don't have a lot of dental experience, how are we to know that your serious about becoming a dentist?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

20 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

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?

No responses

How do you rank the facilities?

No responses

What is your in-state status?

No responses

What were your total hours spent traveling?

No responses

What was your primary mode of travel?

No responses

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

No responses

What airport did you fly into?

No responses

Where did you stay?

No responses

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

No responses

How would you rate the hotel?

No responses

Would you recommend the hotel?

No responses

What is your ranking of this school's location?

No responses

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

No responses

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 didn't really...I thought I'd have more honest and real answers if I just did it. It worked very well for Stony Brook, but not here...

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What impressed you positively?

nothing in particular...Its a nice school, the area is a little run down

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What impressed you negatively?

Fairly unorganized...I felt as though the whole day was just kind of slapped together..I didn't particularly like that. It took a long time for all the interviews to conclude, so we were waiting for quite a while.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That there was free parking right next to where I paid for parking

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What are your general comments?

It overall wasn't a bad or good experience. The students who came and talked to us were overall great! The interview...well...I thought it went absolutely horrible. There were two of them, one was an older lady with an accent and the other a middle aged man. The man was *very* nice, while the woman...jesus...She lit into and constantly questioned, and requestioned everyone of my answers and it really threw me off guard. I think she was testing how well I could handle stress and criticism, but it still made the interview a pretty bad experience. I honestly was pretty bummed until another girl had the same interviewers and had the same impression as I did. But either way, I got accepted 2 days after the interview.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

No responses

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