Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center School of Dental and Oral Surgery Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

1 out of 10

How you think you did?

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How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

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

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💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Do you plan on specializing?

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How did you get interested in dentistry? (there were MANY other questions, but all were mentioned already and they were very straight forward fun questions. Nothing to try and trip you up.)

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Why dentistry and not medicine?

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What was the most interesting question?

All the questions were very typical. (not to say that they were boring, rather, they were questions that most people already listed in the other interview ratings)

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What was the most difficult question?

None of the questions were hard. It was a really laid-back, fun, and friendly interview!

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

40 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?

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Where did the interview take place?

At the school

📍 On-Site Experience ▼

Who was the tour given by?

Faculty member

How did the tour guide seem?

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How do you rank the facilities?

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What is your in-state status?

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What were your total hours spent traveling?

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What was your primary mode of travel?

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

No responses

What airport did you fly into?

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Where did you stay?

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What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

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How would you rate the hotel?

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Would you recommend the hotel?

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What is your ranking of this school's location?

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

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What are your comments on where you stayed?

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✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions ▼

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

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How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

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How did you prepare for the interview?

Looked over my AADSAS application and tried to just calm down.

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What impressed you positively?

Dr. Martin was incredible and dynamic. The 2 faculty that interviewed me were amazingly friendly and put me at ease right away. The students were exceptionally friendly and honest (gave me a real sense of what they liked and did not like about the school. I didn't feel as if they were trying to hide the bad or only talk about the good.) I went to Columbia being very open to going their for the program, and I left thinking "wow! i REALLY want to come here!"

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What impressed you negatively?

It was COLD when I went there (but I guess that's not really something about COLUMBIA that negatively impressed me). Columbia's facilities aren't as nice as other places that I've seen, but they were still fine. I heard from a few of the students that the chairs etc. are going to be replaced soon. The building itself is not as new as other places I've seen.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

That the interview was going to be really fun! I went into this interview thinking that the people would be stuffy and ask difficult question to try and trip me up. It was completely the opposite! My interviewers were so friendly and open. The other interviewees were also people that I would like to go to school with (nobody struck me as a "gunner" or "one of THOSE" students). The dental students I met there were fun people and struck me as really genuine!

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What are your general comments?

I had a GREAT time during my interview. It was one of the best interview experiences I had (meaning, on the dental school's part -- how they made me feel welcomed and at ease). The interview made me want to attend the school even more than before.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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