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University of Louisville School of Dentistry
University of Louisville School of Dentistry
  • Year founded: 1887
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University of Louisville School of Dentistry
Dental School
Louisville, KY
  • SDN RANKING 3
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 5 97 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 1 0 Responses
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Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $29,972
  • Non - Resident Tuition $62,474
  • Application Fee $50
  • AVG DAT 19.3
  • AVG GPA 3.5

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Admissions Information

  • Office of Admissions
  • 501 South Preston Street
  • Louisville, KY 40202
  • United States

School Overview

University of Louisville School of Dentistry Fast Facts

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School Info

The University of Louisville School of Dentistry is committed to educating high quality oral health professionals and engaging in research and scholarly endeavors which promote oral health care for the people of Kentucky and the nation. The school specializes in student-centered education, research and patient care.

Curriculum

The University of Louisville School of Dentistry, through excellence in teaching and research, will educate competent dental professionals. The school will provide quality dental care and will serve the community to fulfill our urban and statewide missions.

Facilities

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 84
Negatively 6
No change 6

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.11 94

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.60 73

0 = low, 10 = high

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Admissions office was friendly and responsive to emails" More from this Member | Report Response

"Thank you for providing such a warm and friendly environment!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Keeping doing what you're doing, please!" More from this Member | Report Response

"The interview process was excellent." More from this Member | Report Response

"They are the nicest admissions staff!" More from this Member | Report Response

"No suggestions necessary. They are very friendly. I'm hesitant to call admissions offices at times because I feel I am bothering them, but they always make the conversation a pleasant experience." More from this Member | Report Response

"I like that they have "gone green" giving you any information you need (financial aid powerpoint, welcoming powerpoint, about Louisville powerpoint) on a flashdrive. That helped eliminate the need to write things down as well as allowed you to pay attention. The lunch was just so-so. I maybe would have had a greater variety of sandwiches." More from this Member | Report Response

"The presentations were pretty long, 3 hours straight of presentations. It would have been nice to do the first one, take a tour, then finish up and go to lunch." More from this Member | Report Response

"Cut down the powerpoint presentations... there are too many!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Don't change a thing. I attended the SLC interview group, and the format was great." More from this Member | Report Response

"n/a" More from this Member | Report Response

"Stop allowing Dr. Hicks to perform interviews." More from this Member | Report Response

"The presentation itself was a bit unorganized but it still worked" More from this Member | Report Response

"None" More from this Member | Report Response

"none, they were great." More from this Member | Report Response

"Too friendly!! People are alive!!" More from this Member | Report Response

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?

"1. Describe a time when you had to explain something diffcult?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was a typical week in your junior year of college?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the greatest ethical dilemma of dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you picture yourself in 10 years? Specializing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the most important things you look for in a dental school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do in your free time?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your biggest weakness?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What adversity have you faced and how did you deal with it" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time you failed" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"About an experience in my app" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite dental procedure that you have seen?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about (x) volunteer experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the likelihood of you moving to Louisville? Why Louisville type of question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Louisville? What would your friends say about you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you give money to a panhandler?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you ever consider medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What classes did you like and dislike last semester" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you use a kaplan course when you retook your DAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really difficult, more of "just tell me about yourself" type questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you maintain your marriage through dental school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why not medicine?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you choose dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your extracuriculars?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Dentistry? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you apply so late?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of Louisville?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Louisville? Why not in-state school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My definition of happiness" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Strengths/weaknesses" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Louisville?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you would fit in here? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how do i deal with pressure?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How has working in retail help your people skills?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your bodybuilding experience and why dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why did you choose to apply to UL?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why do you want to be dentist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you chose dentistry? Why this school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do your parents do? (Inappropriate question)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a dentist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of manual dexerity do you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the hardest class that you had during your undergrad?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why are you here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What should we know about you that we already do not know?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any relatives in dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What makes Louisville different in your mind from all of the other dental schools you have applied to?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you decide that you wanted to become a dentist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself in 5 years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to go to Louisville?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why is economics your major? It has nothing to do with dentistry." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Just talk about who you are and why you want to be a dentist. That is all you need to know." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Introduce me to "blank" University?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see you have a "W" (it was my only one) What happened?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you good with your hands?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your strengths/weaknesses?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your folks." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why dentistry" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So, why do you want to do this?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why U of L?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about your parents?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"All pretty basic interview questions, nothing really surprised me." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your thoughts on ethics?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is one question that I did not ask you that you wish you had been asked?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could have any profession outside of dentistry, what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a book you've recently read, or a TED talks video you recently watched" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a book you’ve read recently" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time you dealt with adversity." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite dental procedure that you've seen?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"very basic questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There are more than enough dentists to serve everyone in the US. Why are there so many underprivileged people not receiving dental care?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you get more dentists to serve underprivileged areas?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"\" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could be any superhero, which would it be? The interviewer who asked me this was applying for residencies and this was a question they were asked- I don't believe it was taken seriously though." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does your dad do" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I see you participated in (activity)-- tell me more about it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your family." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What really makes you laugh? Like a deep, hardy laugh? Haha, I thought this was a great question. Came from my faculty interviewer" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain your research and what impact you expect to make." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you apply all over the place?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you fluent in German? (I said I was on application)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What about this school in particular do you like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"questions were pretty basic" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"My definition of happiness" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you tell me what kinds of activities you have done that can show your hand skill?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So you like to knit?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe any artistic ability that you have." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing in particular, the questions were general" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you see in the future for Dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you fluent in Spanish?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your priorities?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you a worldly person?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"DO you have any artistic ability?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Was it hard being a minority in your hometown?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your bodybuilding experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like to do for fun?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You have a dental school in your state. If you got in there, would you go there or here?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If for some reason you could not do dentistry, what else would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will your playing guitar help you in dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Can you handle getting a C in dental school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you plan to be involved in your community as a dentist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me, in all your interviews, what has been the most interesting question you were asked?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your parents." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the hardest class that you have ever taken?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any creative talents?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do in your free time" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing too interesting, just standard stuff." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interview was really just going over my application and getting to know me as a person, nothing difficult or too interesting. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you like to sit in the rocking chair or on the couch because your choice will tell me a lot about you? (WHAT????)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""You sho got a pertty mouth" Ha" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"One of my inteveiwers was very familiar with my file and asked me about hobbies/interests that I mentioned." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you want to sit on the rocking chair or couch?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I were to ask you one question to find out the most about you, what would it be?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I'm not supposed to ask this but how old are you? And why are you changing fields now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is an interesting question you have been asked at other interviews as I am always looking for new questions?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Dentistry is a people oriented profession. Tell me about a time when you've lifted someone up and encouraged them."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There were none. Very standard get to know you questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Is your hair naturally curly? :-)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies? Would you like a tic tac? :-)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you think the toy? He picked up one of the train made by himself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How many other schools are we competing againts?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If your classmate was running late on finishing his wax model, and you were very good at waxing, would you help them? why or why not?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"no terribly interesting questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It was just a conversation. No hardball questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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Individual Responses

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School Reviews

School Reviews

Results Overview

Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?

Response Avg # Responders
1.50 2

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"Not much....." | Report Response

"The lab faculty members are amazing. They are all incredibly approachable and helpful." | Report Response

What do you like least?

"Poor administration and lack of hearing student inputs. The administration is so disconnected from faculty and students. Clinically there are not enough chairs to get any procedures done. The administration knows this and simply does not do anything. Half of our class has not done one operative and we have been in clinic for 6 months. We have asked for class to be given to us remotely during our break due to coronavirus; yet, the dean and administration waited well over 3 months and left us with nothing to do as we paid tuition. Our classes this year were previous recordings of lectures from prior years.... I would STRONGLY reconsider going to this school. Our class was unsatisfied before coronavirus and is still upset at the quality of education at this school. Also, tuition prices are not accurate. Out of state is about 85k plus a mandatory 7k instrument fee when they do not allow you to check materials out and limit how much you can use....." | Report Response

"The administration was terrible before COVID and has since become even worse. They have shut down after school labs (previously we had 24/7 hr access), dramatically reduced time spent in lab classes, refused to move classes around to allow more lab time, or address professors who have no ability to run blackboard let alone an online class. Current 4th year students lost 3 months of clinic time, yet no effort was made to make up for this lost experience and absolutely no refunds were issued. Again, faculty are great but it seems administration does not care about the education of their students." | Report Response

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