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Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine
Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine
  • Year founded: 2009
  • ENROLLED TOTAL: 70
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Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine
Dental School
Pomona, CA
  • SDN RANKING 1
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 3 58 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS 4 1 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $73,123
  • Non - Resident Tuition $73,123
  • Application Fee $60
  • AVG DAT 19.3
  • AVG GPA 3.3

Crime: Detailed Stats >

Admissions Information

  • Office of Admissions
  • 309 E Second Street
  • Pomona, CA 91766
  • United States

School Overview

Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine Fast Facts

Application Service

School Info

As of October 2008, the College of Dental Medicine is seeking initial accreditation of its dental education program (DMD program) from the Commission on Dental Accreditation of the American Dental Association. The Commission serves as the United States Department of Education-recognized programmatic accrediting body for dentistry. Approval of the DMD program by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is pending as of October 2008.

Curriculum

The curriculum will be patient-centered; our learning environment will be student-centered. Our students will be treated as members of the profession from the very first day of school, with all the rights, privileges and, most importantly, responsibilities of any professional. Their highest priority will be the patient. Our graduates will be men and women who can gather and analyze information in a systematic fashion in order to provide patient-centered, evidence-based care. They will be technically competent practitioners who will get a head start on developing their skills in state-of-the art simulation clinics. Students will gain extensive clinical experience on campus and in various community-based settings. Our graduates will be life-long learners who are comfortable working in collaboration with other health care professionals to provide comprehensive care to a culturally diverse group of patients; including the very young, medically compromised, and ever growing population of mature adults. The curriculum will incorporate business, practice management, leadership and communication skills to enable them to be successful in their profession and in their communities. More importantly, our graduates will be good people, and proud to be graduates of Western University of Health Sciences.

Facilities

The school is planning two new facilities on campus. The first is an educational and research building; the second is a new patient care facility. Both facilities will be shared by students in medicine, dentistry, optometry and podiatry and will be designed to facilitate interprofessional education and patient care.

Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 45
Negatively 4
No change 6

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.16 57

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
7.16 57

0 = low, 10 = high

Select Questions & Recent Responses

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Overall I had a very nice experience there. But I felt bad for the students that are going to have the interviews after the tour and around lunch time. Maybe in the future, set up some more interview days so that less students are interviewed on the same day, and they could all enjoy the tour after the interview and lunch." More from this Member | Report Response

"they did a great job!" More from this Member | Report Response

"No other suggestions!" More from this Member | Report Response

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

"Great job, wish there was less variation in the times for when people had to interview. There were too many students on one day." More from this Member | Report Response

"It would have been a good idea not to separate the day they show clinics and put it on the same day we have interviews! I really wanted to see it." More from this Member | Report Response

"please allow interviewees to tour the clinic. since it is one of the major selling points of the program, prospective students should have the opportunity to see the clinic...even if it is a saturday. of the many schools i interviewed at, this school was the only one that did not give a tour of the clinic. very strange." More from this Member | Report Response

"Pick me! ;)" More from this Member | Report Response

"Admissions office staff are amazing! If I were deciding on a school based solely on this I would hands down choose WesternU." More from this Member | Report Response

"give us a clearer idea of what to expect on interview day. An itinerary of some sort would've been nice" More from this Member | Report Response

"There was a large number of applicants interviewing the same day as myself. I felt like it added some stress to my interviewer, which did not make it as personable as I had hoped. Still, everyone was very warm and friendly." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing! Vanessa and Yesley were so nice and welcoming - definitely eased my nerves from the start!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Allow parking in student lots, the recommended public lots were full" More from this Member | Report Response

"I recommend that they have more interview days. We had over 70 interviewees on our day; it was overwhelming and difficult to become friends with everyone." More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing, the whole day was a very pleasant experience." More from this Member | Report Response

"Maybe make the whole interview day a little shorter." More from this Member | Report Response

"Not to have such a long waiting period before interviews take place." More from this Member | Report Response

"Fantastic job!!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Better communications based on location of the event. This is understandable based on the staff wishing to show off their new building; however, an email was sent to me within 18 hours changing the location." More from this Member | Report Response

"Good Job!" More from this Member | Report Response

"Be a Little more professional" More from this Member | Report Response

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

"Tell me about a poor decision you made" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What were the experiences that you had that led you up to dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what would you do in a situation where you don't have any experience?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"who is a role model that you look up to" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"How would inter-professional education play into your future career? Give me a specific example." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why is Western a good fit for you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time you were responsible for someone else" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is social responsibility and how does it apply to the dental profession?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Find the density of this ball-point pen (this was the second question after "tell me about yourself")" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you aware of Western university's mission?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"name a time when you had to actively problem solve." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would be your role here at WesternU?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you respond to criticism?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Define social responsibility."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you know you will be able to handle the courseload of dental school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Define social responsibility." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Triathlons are an individual sport, how will that benefit you in dental school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"describe a time you made a mistake and what you learned" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does social responsibility mean to you?" 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

"They asked me to explain a part of my personal statement." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is our justification for demanding so much privacy in our society?" 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

"Most questions were very specific to my experiences, such as my research and volunteer work." 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 is your definition of social responsibility?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a time you were creative in problem solving." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would you define social responsibility" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

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

"Definition of "social responsibility" and it's relation to dentistry" 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 WesternU?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

What was the most interesting question?

"N/A" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the social responsibility of dentists?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me three deep things about yourself (This came from the student interviewer. Upon this moment I am still thinking about how I could answer this question better haha)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I heard this question from another interviewee: what would be the title of your life song?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain any research experience and what my learning style was" 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

"If we asked your friends what they thought of you, what do you think they would say?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you have any regrets in your life?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"(After showing him some calligraphy...) So what would you say to your teacher if you think his calligraphy is not that good in your eyes?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who's your role model?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"if you could be any tooth, what would you be and why/" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would be your role here at WesternU?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Social Responsibility one" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

""Tell me about a time that you had to to work with someone you didn't know who had a different opinion of how to complete the task."" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If there was another applicant with similar stats/app as you, why do you think we should choose you instead?" 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

"Asking about my minor" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your learning style?" 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

"Describe what I consider to be my social obligation to society." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is social responsibility" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you explore other career options before settling on dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a time when you had to use creativity to solve a problem" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is social responsibility and how the role of dentist relate to it? (something like that)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When have you successfully dealt with a problem?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you could have dinner with any person, not dead or religious or political who would it be? and why" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time when u were working in a group and one of the group members wasnt so easy to get along with. How did u handle that situaiton?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Talk about something you had to do you didn't want to. How did you respond to the situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you were the leader of a group and the other members of your group didn't agree with you, how would you deal with that situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name a time were you made a poor decision " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What is your definition of social responsibility?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why poor on Organic Chemistry, but good on DAT?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"will face any challenge during your dental years?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you want to choose classmates, who do you want to select? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about a time you were creative when problem solving/" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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Individual Responses

Read what each person had to say about their experience with this school.

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School Reviews

School Reviews

Results Overview

Overall, how satisfied are you with this program?

Response Avg # Responders
8.00 2

0 = Terrible, 10 = World Class

What do you like most?

"Accessibility of faculty, latest technology" | Report Response

"Friendly atmosphere. They recognize you have a life outside of school and make it possible for you to participate in life outside of academics." | Report Response

What do you like least?

"Not enough endo and prosth" | Report Response

"As the faculty like to focus on innovation in education, some changes in curriculum take a while to work out the kinks." | Report Response

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