Loma Linda University School of Dentistry Individual responses

⭐ Overall Impressions ▼

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

9 out of 10

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

9 out of 10

💬 Interview Questions ▼

What is one of the specific questions they asked you?

Tell me about your family and spirituality

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Tell me about yourself

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Why dentistry/what led you to dentistry

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What was the most interesting question?

Oh! I see you did research. tell me about that. I don't think that my interviewer looked at my file at all before hand.

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What was the most difficult question?

I see that your DAT scores were pretty low. What helped you bring up your scores, and why do you think they were low?

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🤝 Interview Format and Logistics ▼

How long was the interview?

55 minutes

How many people interviewed you?

1

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?

Student

How did the tour guide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

5 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?

$101-$200

What airport did you fly into?

LAX

Where did you stay?

Hotel

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

RedLands Inn

How would you rate the hotel?

7 out of 10

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

What is your ranking of this school's location?

5 out of 10

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

7 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?

10 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

10 out of 10

How did you prepare for the interview?

SDN I wrote down all the interview questions for this school, answered them and practiced each answer, secondary application, personal statement, website, I went on a general campus tour the day before my interview and asked the tour guides all of my questions.

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What impressed you positively?

Students, visitors, interviewer, secretaries, EVERYONE! was so friendly. I am not SDA and I really felt like the admissions were really trying to learn about who I was as a person, what motivated me to pursue dentistry. Not once did I feel like a GPA or a DAT score.

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What impressed you negatively?

My interviewer was very friendly and at ease, so much so that she felt like it was okay to answer her phone in the middle of a question.

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What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

there was a short writing section. there were 2 options. I chose the one about describe your support network.

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What are your general comments?

I went into my interview with the mind set that I would enjoy myself and learn. I was really comfortable with my interviewer, the questions flowed more like a conversation/story. I had practiced my answers enough that depending on what question I started on that my responses would lead to the question that I wanted to answer next.

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

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