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University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio School of Dentistry
University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio School of Dentistry
  • Year founded: 1978
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University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio School of Dentistry
Dental School
San Antonio, TX
  • SDN RANKING 4
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 3 71 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 5 0 Responses
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Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $19,468
  • Non - Resident Tuition $30,268
  • Application Fee $150
  • AVG DAT 20.0
  • AVG GPA 3.6

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Admissions Information

  • Admissions Office
  • MSC 770
  • 7703 Floyd Curl Drive
  • San Antonio, TX 78229
  • United States

School Overview

University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio School of Dentistry Fast Facts

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School Info

The Dental School Mission is the acquisition, dissemination and use of knowledge toward the enhancement of oral health. This mission is addressed through six interrelated action components: education, research, patient care, community, faculty and staff, and infrastructure.

Curriculum

The curriculum of the Doctor of Dental Surgery program is structured to present basic science courses during the first two years, with some clinical and preclinical experiences beginning in the first year and increasing each year until they predominate in the junior and senior years.

Facilities

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 56
Negatively 6
No change 8

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.63 70

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.22 58

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Sending out a follow up email on what to expect after interview day!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep up the good work!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Heat the food up. It's kind of weird eating a cold sandwich. Combine the lunch tables together so that all the applicants can speak with the Dental students." More from this Member | Report Response

"Employ more humanistic appraoch." More from this Member | Report Response

"I would have liked a bathroom break earlier during the morning presentations." More from this Member | Report Response

"They are doing a Great job" More from this Member | Report Response

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

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

"Tell me one of your challenges." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They only see your essays so they asked specific questions from there." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you manage stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you add to the class culture?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you like helping people, why not just be a social worker?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you handle stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you relieve stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do to relieve stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interview was mostly a conversation about my personal statement. They asked about specific events from my personal statement and asked me to elaborate." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Student: Do you have plans to specialize?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why dentistry other than medical or pharmacy school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You said this in your personal statement, explain." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The interviewer was rude!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you know about UTHSCSA?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What I have been doing after I submitted my application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why did you choose to get a ___ degree?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why should we pick you?" 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

"Honestly, I had one student interviewer and one faculty interviewer, and neither really asked me questions. The student interviewer was really chill and cool and pretty much just asked me to ask him questions. The faculty interviewer was extremely nice and talked about research the whole time (he was a PhD on faculty, with no dental degree). They match you up with a faculty interviewer based on compatibility, and we did have a lot in common." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Where do you see yourself in 5 years? (student interview)" 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 SA?" 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

"What kind of research have you done." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I really wasnt asked alot of questions, my interviewer basically asked me to clarify/elaborate on things that I had written in my personal statement. My advice would be to know your application very well. Some of the interviewers I heard were very picky and wanted alot of detail. " 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

"no general questions. the student asked me about my profession." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you applying to med school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to come to UT San Antonio?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I dont remember them anymore but none of them had anything to do with ME!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to become a dentist" 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

"Considering you background is not in biology, how are you preparing for dental school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your motivations for a dental career?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Like I said, it was mostly conversational... none of my interviewers even asked why I wanted to be a dentist. We mostly just talked about my personal statement. It was actually kinda fun." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"what do you want out of life? and how do you get that?(asked by faculty interviewer)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to become a dentist?" 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

"Tell me about your hometown and why you chose to go to X University." 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

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

"Tell me what you did for your extracurricular activities. Can you go into detail about such and such event? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"What is your least favorite about this field?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if your patient asked for a specific opioid?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions pertaining to my personal statement and my interests." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Asked one question about one of my essays" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are the qualities necessary to be a good dentist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Qualities of a good dentist" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"You mentioned "this" on your application, tell me more about it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A personal statement question." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me more about your minor in religion and why you chose to do that." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any questions for me?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me how (personal statement topic) has affected your life and how you overcame that challenge." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How will you handle the high volume of study materials and stress in dental school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Something about the health reform and how it affects dentists." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most significant thing that has impacted your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could go back in time, what would you change about your path?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Our conversation about how he came to be a professor at the school." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"honestly nothing, just go over your application, show a passion for dentistry, smile, and be confident" 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

"Everything was basically conversational." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do that makes you confident that you possess the manual dexterity to succeed in this profession? (student interview)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why would you want to do a Pg since it will take you even mor time to get out of D school and start working? ( I am an international dentist and was interviewed for IDEP)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do you bring to the incoming class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What specifically will you bring to the incoming class?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What factors influenced my decision to go to my undergrad school??? It is only interesting because it is such a stupid question. They might as well asked if I believe in Santa Claus. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing out of the ordinary. The interviewer did not have my file in front of them but did have a paper where they had reviewed my file and wrote questions to ask me. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Basically, the interviewer made me feel very comfortable and let me just open up and talk. It wasnt a barrage of questions and answers, but was more like a conversation. The most interesting topic was about the suposedly high suicide rate of dentists." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think federally funded national healthcare for everyone is a good idea? Why or why not? How will this affect dentists?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"So why did you do the pharmacy technician certification?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"the essay at the end was : What is your greatest acheivement??" 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

"Have you every considered teaching?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Really, it was the fact that I wasn't really asked any questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is it about dentistry that interests you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Since your parents wanted you to go to medical school, do you have a rebellious cause for going to dental school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Considering you background is not in biology, how are you preparing for dental school? are you ready to accept criticism for what you think is good work?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was asked about the jobs I had previous to college." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What input/impressions I had of the laptop component of their curriculum. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Questions regarding work history" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They didn't really ask questions, we just kinda talked. I loved it. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is your favorite movie?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you never got into dental school what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you think wars occur in this world?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I had any questions about the school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what made you decide to apply to the schools you did?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What skills do you believe a dentist should have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What upper-division biology classes did you take? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself? Why dentistry?They didn't really ask me many questions. I mainly asked the question for the 30 mins." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was your high school class rank?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"A lot of times, students who did not major in a science take only the bare minimum of classes in order to apply to dental school. What challenging classes have you taken that you think will prepare you for dental school? " 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
9.00 1

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"Challenging curriculum" | Report Response

What do you like least?

"Faculty politics" | Report Response

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