Los Angeles, CA
Dental Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How did the interview impress you?
Negatively ☹️
What was the stress level of the interview?
10 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What are your general comments?
I was a UCLA undergrad and did lots of research at the UCLA School of Dentistry, so I have had a lot of exposure to the school before. I think that UCLA has a lot to offer, and the location is as good as it gets. There are some flaws with the program as far as preparing the students to be clinical practioners and getting the fourth years enough patients however. Was the top of my list by far, now it is closely followed by many others, possibly passed by some.
💬 Interview Process
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
How does blah relate to dentistry.
How did you prepare for the interview?
UCLA website, SDN
What was the most difficult question?
I see you took a statistics class. How does statistics apply to dentistry?
What impressed you positively?
They have new facilities, their location, the people in general were very nice, just one person I REALLY didn't like...(too bad it was the interviewer haha), Dr. Atchison was very nice though
What impressed you negatively?
They admit that they are undergoing major advertisement for patients, due to the lack of patients for the dental students. Also, CA is under major budget constraints right now, and since UCLA is a state school, they are feeling the burn. Also, the students admit that most are taking another year of clinic just to make up for the lack of experience and confidence they have after the 4-year program. Which brings me to my next comment. Watch out for Dr. Lefever...
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
I heard that UCLA highly regarded research. Not true anymore, they're having trouble with their graduates not being able to interact with their patients in the real world so now they're looking for clinical practioners, so they do not place as much emphasis on research as they do on shadowing a dentist anymore.
📍 Travel and Logistics
Who was the tour given by?
Admissions staff
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