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University of Southern California Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry

Los Angeles, CA

Dental Schools | Private Non-Profit

Application Cycle: 2009-10

💬 Interview Questions

What was the most interesting question?

none.. just a mock PBL session.

What was the most difficult question?

none.
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions

How long was the interview?

60+ minutes

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively ☹️

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?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How did you prepare for the interview?

none... you couldn't.

What impressed you positively?

nice campus, nice ppl, PBL sounds very interesting "on paper" but not for everyone.

What impressed you negatively?

The interview itself... it was a free for all melee battle between 10 ppl. whoever shouts out the loudest, and the fastest wins.

What are your general comments?

The lecture introducing PBL was informative, however I felt like the prof giving the PBL introduction looked down on traditional learning methods, and was very narrow minded in assuming all students of the traditional learning method aren't able to motivate themselves to learn and all of us only study for a good grade. The PBL mock session was extremely weird as well. I just gave up trying to compete with 2 loud mouths in my group of 10. We had a writer, up at the board jotting down our ideas, I kept giving him time to write our ideas down before I say the next thing, but the 2 people in our group just won't shut up, shouting out every single remotely related thing that comes to their heads... stealing my ideas and putting the writer in a writing frenzy. This is not how I ususally work in a group, I don't think it fully assessed my communication skills.
📍 On-Site Experience

Who was the tour given by?

Student