Lexington, KY
Dental Schools | Public Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
💬 Interview Questions
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Why do you want to be a dentist?
What was the most interesting question?
If I asked your friends to name a positive attribute of yours, what do you think they would tell me?
What was the most difficult question?
Nothing difficult...it was really straight-forward and low pressure.
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions
How long was the interview?
50 minutes
How did the interview impress you?
Positively 🙂
How many people interviewed you?
2
What was the stress level of the interview?
1 out of 10
0 = Low Stress, 10 = High Stress
What was the style of the interview?
One-on-one
What type of interview was it?
Open file
Where did the interview take place?
At the school
How did you prepare for the interview?
I looked at SDN, I looked at UK College of Dentistry website, and just kind of mentally prepared answers to some typical questions.
What impressed you positively?
Everyone in the school (students and faculty) are very supportive. The class size is small, so the faculty get to know all the students really well. The Dean literally knows every single student quite personally. It seems like the environment is extremely conducive to the success of all the students. Also, every student that we encountered throughout the day seemed very happy to be there and really felt that they were getting high quality training as student dentists.
What impressed you negatively?
Lexington is a nice town, but there really isn't that much more to it besides the University of Kentucky campus. Also, the dental and medical students take some science classes together during the first couple of years, and one of my interviewers expressed that it was pretty ineffective to have the two departments sharing a curriculum.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
That the interview schedule would be so organized and time-efficient. At the same time, it was very laid back. Overall, much more pleasent than I anticipated!
What are your general comments?
The first part of the day was just an introduction made by the Dean (who's a very nice guy) for half an hour, and then we right away broke off into our interviews. The first interview was based on academics (open-file), and the second interview was personality-based (completely closed-file). Both of my interviewers were absolutely great...very friendly, talkative, and extremely encouraging. Neither of the two experiences actually felt like an interview, they were both just conversations where I'm pretty sure the interviewers did more talking than I did! The admissions staff truly make you feel like they want you there, and thats a great way to keep you calm and confident. Absolutely nothing to worry about!
📍 On-Site Experience
Who was the tour given by?
Admissions staff
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