How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.18 | 11 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 10 |
| Negatively | 1 |
| No change | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.91 | 11 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.50 | 8 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.86 | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 2 |
| Virtual | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 0 |
| 25 minutes | 0 |
| 30 minutes | 5 |
| 35 minutes | 0 |
| 40 minutes | 0 |
| 45 minutes | 0 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 6 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 11 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 11 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 7 |
| Closed file | 4 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.18 | 11 |
"How do you plan to handle the stress of dental school?"
"Why dentistry"
"why are you switching from your current career to dentistry?"
"Why did you not do so well in Biochemistry?"
"Use 5 adjectives to describe yourself and how they would make you a unique member of the dental class."
"Why do you want to be a dentist?"
"What community service have you done/currently doing?"
"I see that you made a _____ in _____. What do you have to say about that?"
"Ethical dilemma in which a person stole medicine to treat terminally ill wife. Was the person right or wrong?"
"Three things you would contribute to the entering class"
"what two places would you visit if you could visit anywhere?"
"What are you interests in the field of dentistry?"
"How much money do you think the average dentist makes? Followed by, Do you think you could live on that much money?"
"What community activities have you participated in?"
"What problems are there in dentistry? Improve dentistry awareness?"
"What can you do to implement dental education throughout the community."
"How do you handle failure?"
"What have you done to make your application stronger from last year"
"how did you prepare for the DAT?"
"What do you think is one of your biggest weaknesses?"
"What are you long term goals as it relates to dentistry?"
"Tell me about yourself, why dentistry?"
"If accepeted and you complete the program, will you stay in MS? Will you specialize"
"What do you think is the difference between empathy, sympathy, and pity?"
"Ethical dilemma scenarios"
"when you are retired what accomplishments do you hope to look back on?"
"Why did you not get in last year?"
"They were mostly pretty standard interview questions."
"Desibe three qualities about yourself and how do these play in you wanting to be a dentist?"
"Being a minority, how was was I able to cope with participating in summer interns in maority white institutions?"
"What is the most memorable experience of your life?"
"Nothing really was interesting, just basic stuff."
"Ethical dilemma with man stealing medication to save terminally ill wife."
"Why should we accept you?"
"none"
"What do you plan to do if you do not get in?"
"Why dentistry? (Will be asked everywhere, but I still find it a difficult question to answer in a way that is straight-forward and accurate.)"
"With the election coming up, how will the person elected affect health care and dentistry?"
"Why one of my scores on the DAT was low."
"SDN, made a mind map of hot interview topics"
"Practiced answering commonly asked interview questions readily available online"
"I answered questions found here and other places."
"read this website."
"When over common interview questions."
"Read sample interview questions from many websites and SDN. I also read over my own PS, resume, and application to make sure it was all fresh in my mind."
"breathe in and out"
"Researching the school, preparing with freinds and family, relaxing before the interview began."
"mock interview - this website"
"got to know the dentists there, worked around them, asked current students about the interviews and what to expect."
"How relaxed the interviewers were."
"Meeting with Dean of Admissions in one of the interview session and discussing very openly about the application"
"Everyone was extremely nice and friendly."
"the interviews were very laid back. they really just wanted to find out who I was as a person."
"Faculty is very nice and very easy to talk to."
"I really enjoyed all of the faculty and students that I met. The interviews were all pretty relaxed and they made me feel comfortable right away. "
"Good."
"How laid back the session was. The interviews were held like casual conversations."
"school was very laid back, but very professional, faculty seemed to be very hospitable"
"none"
"nothing really. the dean of admissions was a little intimidating but that's the only thing i can think of that would be negative."
"The only awkward part was meeting with Dr. Duncan, the dean of addmisions. After our 3 regular interviews he asked each of us to come into his office and talk for about 5 min. if he had never met us before. It was really awkward, and I thought it went awful. When I was done, I went back in the room where the other applicants were and they were all saying the same thing. It made me feel much better because we all agreed that it must just be his personality.... so don't take it personally!"
"nothing"
"That they seemed to want to intimidate us, not promote the school itself. All they seemed to talk about was the negative parts of the school and how hard it is; we KNOW it's hard; They should take more steps to sell the school itself and the positive aspects of it. Compared to other schools visited, the facilities were not impressive."
"TO WEAR FLATS! I had a huge blister on the back of my heel by the end of the tour."
"Not be nervous about the MMI style of interview."
"Not to be stressed. They make you feel very comfortable. It's more like a conversation than an interview. They generally want to get to know you."
"nothing. the interviews were pretty straight forward."
"Not to be so stressed!"
"wouldn't have worried about it, it was very laid back."
"Wear flats, prepare by knowing where you stand on your personal values, try to find past experiences to relate to why you believe what you do"
"Brush up your unique experiences in the past and be ready to let them know how unique you are!"
"it was a good experience overall. it was three one-on-one interviews, a tour of the dental school from two second year students, and i met with the dean of admissions for like 10 minutes. i was nervous at the beginning but the whole experience was very laid back and everyone was nice."
"Overall, I had a really positive experience. The facilities were nice and so were the people. There was no reason to be nervous. Dr. Duncan is really nice, he just comes off a bit odd at first."
"Interviews very laid back, had 4 one on one interviews, they wanted to get to know you, had good conversation, they asked most of the routine questions: why dentistry, sit-in experiences, community service, overcoming adversity, about grades and dat"
"Good overall, but highly stressful"
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 10 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 1 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 8 |
| Neutral | 0 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.88 | 8 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 8 |
| Out of state | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 4 |
| 2-3 hours | 4 |
| 4-6 hours | 0 |
| 7+ hours | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 0 |
| Automobile | 8 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 5 |
| $101-$200 | 1 |
| $201-$300 | 0 |
| $301-$400 | 0 |
| $401-$500 | 0 |
| $501+ | 0 |
No responses
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 1 |
| Hotel | 2 |
| Home | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.00 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.63 | 8 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.43 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.43 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.43 | 7 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.83 | 6 |
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