Pomona, CA
Dental Schools | Private Non-Profit
Application Cycle: 2009-10
⭐ Overall Impressions
How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?
1 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?
1 out of 10
0 = Below, 10 = Above
What is your ranking of this school's location?
2 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How is the friendliness of the admissions office?
1 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?
2 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?
9 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
💬 Interview Questions
What is one of the specific questions they asked you?
Why dentistry and not medicine?
What was the most interesting question?
Why poor on Organic Chemistry, but good on DAT?
✅ Interview Preparation and Impressions
How long was the interview?
20 minutes
How did the interview impress you?
Negatively ☹️
How many people interviewed you?
1
How you think you did?
5 out of 10
0 = Bad, 10 = Great
What was the style of the interview?
In a group
What type of interview was it?
Open file
Where did the interview take place?
At the school
How did you prepare for the interview?
SDN, rereading applications
What impressed you positively?
Integration with DO school--the DO school has a good reputation.
What impressed you negatively?
The admissions staff was very obviously fake nice and a few students I talked to said that if given the choice to come here over a well-established school, would not have come here.
What did you wish you had known ahead of time?
That the program was geared towards minorities.
📍 On-Site Experience
Who was the tour given by?
Student
How did the tour guide seem?
Discouraging
What is your in-state status?
In state
What were your total hours spent traveling?
4-6 hours
What was your primary mode of travel?
Automobile
About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?
< $100
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