How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.39 | 28 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 19 |
| Negatively | 7 |
| No change | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 4.39 | 28 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.80 | 20 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.55 | 20 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In Person | 0 |
| Virtual | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 1 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 0 |
| 25 minutes | 2 |
| 30 minutes | 19 |
| 35 minutes | 2 |
| 40 minutes | 0 |
| 45 minutes | 1 |
| 50 minutes | 0 |
| 55 minutes | 0 |
| 60+ minutes | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 27 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 20 |
| In a group | 7 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 26 |
| Closed file | 1 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.39 | 28 |
"3 strengths/3 weaknesses"
"If we picked any random three of your friends, what three things would they say about you?"
"Strengths/weaknesses"
"Why dentistry"
"Why did you apply only to WVU?"
"stuff in my app...why dentistry"
"If accepted to all D schools you applied to, what are you looking for in a D school?"
"Will you stay in WV to practice?"
"Why dentistry, Why WVU?"
"How are you doing in the classes that you are currently taking?"
"Nothing not already mentioned."
"Why dentistry? "
"Tell us about yourself and why you want to be a dentist? Why WVU and not your in state school?"
"explain a score on your dat"
"Why WVU?"
"Why? "
"see above"
"I cant. Too upsetting..."
"What manual dexterity skills do you have?"
"Why are you here?"
"What activities do you do for manual dexterity?"
"What was your hardest class and why?"
"What was your hardest science course?"
"Why are you so involved in these certain student organizations?"
"Why do you want to be a dentist?"
"can you talk about your shadowing experience?"
"Elaborate on your manual dexterity skills"
"Explain weaknesses on application"
"What do you like to do for fun?"
"what do you do in your free time? what do you consider your two weaknesses?"
"Why dentistry?"
"Talk about volunteering."
"Tell us about how you are involved in community service."
"Did you apply anywhere else? What is your status at the other schools?"
"what are some of your strengths/weaknesses? "
"What are you stregnths/weakness? What do you do with your hands that would make you have good dexterity?"
"if someone who knows you well was here give 2 words they would give to describe you"
"What was your women's studies course like? "
"Question on my grades."
"why wvu"
"Why WVU?"
"Why are your DAT scores so high and GPA not so high? (its a 3.2)"
"Would you stay in WV afterwards? What would your family think of that?"
"Can we see your hands?"
"What are some of your manual dexterity skills?"
"What are your manual dexterity skills?"
"What is your strongest/weakest science class?"
"what are your plans for your gap year?"
"There weren't blatant questions, it was more of a conversation"
"What are two of your faults"
"How did you come to choose dentistry as a career path?"
"what do you think is a challenge dentists face?"
"If rejected to all D schools you applied to, what's your back-up plan?"
"Why dentistry?"
"What would you like us to tell the admissions committee about you?"
"What do you want us to go back to the committee and tell them about you?"
"give 1 word to describe yourself"
"What types of things do you do that helps with your manual dexterity?"
"Questioned my motivation."
"I forgot"
"What types of dental observation did you do?"
"Your grades are great so why did you apply here!"
"How I prepared for the DAT?"
"What do you like about Morgantown?"
"If you weren't able to make this interview, and your mom had to come in your place, what would she tell us?"
"What do you do for fun?...and these were pretty much the only questions, we just talked and joked for about 30 minutes."
"they asked me about a study abroad class I took"
"As noted above, what would three friends say about you"
"Do you like football"
"How do you deal with difficult people?"
"if your friends could describe you in two words what would they be?"
"Nothing really. They asked about my hometown and to tell them about it."
"What happens if you get a B in dental school?"
"Who do you know that goes to this dental school?"
"Do you know how hard it is to get into WVU from out of state?"
"What was the most challenging class in your college career"
"Why didn't you apply to Ohio state? (my instate school)"
"nothing surprising. all standard interview questions."
"Do you read?"
"Why dentistry since I am a hygenist."
"Why apply to WVU"
"Why do you choose WVU versus your in-state schools?"
"How can you do more for patients as a dentist as opposed to a dental hygenist?"
"Why would you want to spend 4 years studying all day every day?"
"Why did I apply since they only take 7 out of the 700 out of state apps in the program... (dud I got an interview !!!)_"
"Do you wear gloves when working on your car?"
"Your grades are very good and you will likely get accepted to several schools, what will be your deciding factor?"
"With your stats, you will surely get accepted to many dental schools, why did you pick WVU?"
"Why do you care whether or not there's a lot of snow in WV?"
"How do you feel your bacterial research will help you relate to the field of dentistry?"
"why WVU over your instate school? (im oos)"
"None were difficult, it was basically a 30 minute conversation"
"Have you ever been to WVU football game? I didn't know they played football"
"If we gathered all of your coworkers up, what would they about you?"
"Nothing was difficult. Just the standard Q's."
"If you happen to not get in this year, what are your plans?"
"What do you want the committee to know about you?"
"nothing really hard just basic questions"
"why would you choose WVU over other schools you may get accepted to?"
"Are there any questions you were expecting us to ask and you had a good answer to but we didn't ask you?"
"same"
"Told me right out that they only accept 9 out of the 1200 out of state students that apply and that all 9 in the prior year had a 4.0 gpa and had 'connections' to WVU. What made me feel like I could compete since I only have a 3.9."
"Why do you drop out of this class?"
"ITs been 10 years since you graduated as a dental hygenist. Why would you want to become a dentist? Is it for the money? "
"What 3 things about denstistry are attractive to you?"
"What I actually knew about WV... (nothing really)"
"I felt none of my questions were difficult."
"None really, they were very nice and the interview was more like a conversation."
"None really, all the questions were fairly easy."
"none really"
"read this website and other websites/youtube videos, read my application and personal statement"
"Mock-interviews at school"
"I read this website, reviewed my application, and listened to some fun music on my drive to the school to get pumped up."
"looked over my application, student doctor, looked up frequently asked questions and had a friend ask them to me"
"SDN, website, went over AADSAS application"
"SDN"
"SDN, WVU website, talked with current dental students"
"Stress. SVU website, SDN, called an alum."
"SDN, schools website"
"SDN and read over school's website"
"Looked at school's web site, SDN, jotted down ideas of what I wanted to say. "
"Not much. REad website"
"Lots of reading and questioning."
"I go to this website and reviewed all the posts of a particular school that I will have an interview. I also go to the school website and browsed around to see points of interest.I wrote down all the question that they might ask and answer each question in full. I went over the answer every night before I go to bed for couple days before the interview; sleep great the night before, be yourself, be confident."
"no prep"
"Read the WVU Health Sciences Catalog and talked to people."
"I read website and looked on SDN and other stuff"
"Mentally prepared answers to questions that I knew would be asked, called friends to ask how their interview went, and the SDN."
"I just went over some of the questions I thought they might ask."
"I didn't."
"Read through a list of possible questions"
"Read up on the school"
"how friendly everyone was"
"The energetic personalities of everyone at the school"
"The facilities were pretty nice"
"Everyone was very friendly, and the overall atmosphere was very non-stressful. It was an enjoyable day."
"newly renovated clinics"
"Great facilities. Everything looked brand new or close to brand new."
"The clinic"
"The parking situation is good. They are building new buildings on campus. It is a really nice area."
"Facilities were modern and seemed well kept."
"laid back atmosphere, clinic renovations"
"The school is putting a lot of effort into updating the facilities."
"new patient clinic, heard about the high faculty/student ratio"
"the new clinical area"
"the faculty and staff wanted to make the day as stress-free as possible."
"Friendliness of everyone."
"nothing. This is my2nd interview here in 2 years."
"Nothing really. Small class size maybe? They take 49 people a year."
"I really love the town. Although it's small compare to where I live but I feel safe around the school. Also the staff are super nice and helpfull. I felt that I will get all the attention I want if I attend there. The studying hospital is huge."
"They are remodeling all of their clinics, they look a lot better. "
"The very friendly staff, students, and interviewers. They really just wanted to get to know you, and that meant that they were not grilling you in your 2-on-1 interview."
"The faculty members were the nicest I've come across so far. The students were also very nice and had fun rather than stressed out."
"The faculty was extremely nice and caring towards their students. They weren't there to grill you with question, just to find out a bit more about the applicants. They really show a genuine care and concern to their students."
"How easy going everyone was. Campus is in a small rural city, so not many distractions."
"EVERYTHING!!! The student tour was great, they answered questions honestly, and weren't just trying to sell the school. It made a great impression. Two students mentioned that the interview was really laidback, and my first thought was "yeah right, they're just saying that because they got in" but it really was the most impressive interview I went on...we just talked for about 30 minutes, no rapid firing of questions."
"nothing"
"I wish the interview would've been longer"
"Interwiew was at the end of the visit"
"The tour wasn't quite as long as I had hoped. We had about an hour, but I've been on previous tours of this school that were more detailed. I think the tour on your interview day should be the most extensive."
"parts of school are out of date, don't get into clinics until 3rd year, some of the student guides were rushing and gave short answers to get done with the tour."
"Nothing really. The small class size I guess is a good thing / bad thing. WVU reputation in general isn't the best, but dental school is dental school anywhere."
"It was on a weekday so we did not get to meet any student, tour the school, or anything."
"The fact that they were more interested in going to a basketball game than their applicants. They told us that they were going to run all 22 interviewers through before noon so they could go to a basketball game. My interview lasted 3 minutes, and they obviously couldn't care less about their applicants on the date of a ball game."
"There are a lot more renovations needed."
"The interview was on a Saturday, so not classes were in session and the clinics were empty."
"old building/facilities, but they're renovating right now, so that's good. "
"the lab rooms"
"it just didn't seem like a good fit for me, can't quite put my finger on it, maybe just a combo of everything: older faciliteis, students didn't seem too enthusiastic, very little interviewing time, etc."
"nothing that I can remember"
"everything"
"Their attitudes."
"The class and maybe one lab is kind a bit old."
"The way they treated me since I was a dental hygenist."
"The rest of the school was really old, like a mustard brick, the halls of the building looked like a prison. "
"Everything is old. No nice places to live. People are trashy."
"How long it was taking for the remodeling of the clinic."
"Some of the clinics were a bit outdated and the school is in a pretty small setting."
"The facilities are a bit older, but there were talks of renovations."
"Not all the facilities are top of the line."
"Not really anything about the school itself, but I've been reading that West Virginia is going through hard financial times, so the budget for medical and dental schools is reduced. Not quite sure how large of an impact this will have."
"that I didn't have much to worry about"
"That the interview involves minimal stress"
"To be discreet about speaking on issues such as being a parent or anything admissions may view as an obstacle. However, they are compassionate towards all situations."
"That I didn't need to stress so much. That I wasn't there to be "grilled.""
"Don't stress. They're just seeing that you're not awkward and can communicate effectively."
"There are lots and lots of hills in Morgantown."
"That it would be so short. That they were really really into WV residents and I would feel like crap about not being one or having "strong ties" to it. "
"That they took sports more seriously than the futures of students interested in their program. If I had known this I would have saved the money on my application."
"Not much."
"It's extremely, extremely difficult to get accepted from out-of-state. "
"that the new clinical areas were almost finished"
"nothing"
"Knew whole format from speaking to other dental students"
"That they would still treat me like shit."
"All of the above! Its costly to get here and then to get treated that way is terrible."
"None. Everything was expected because I did some research before went on the interview."
"That this is such a hard school to get into."
"Hmmm...They told me everything I needed to know, so nothing really. "
"That they basically hate out of state people. Why did they interview me !!! "
"How short the lunch break was."
"Nothing really. "
"Morgantown is a very small, hillbilly town!"
"How misinformed everyone is about West Virginia: the school is in a great location, everyone is supportive, understanding, and dental school students get as much respect as medical students!"
"just relax and be yourself. they just want to get to know you and have a conversation with you. they mostly ask easy questions or things about your application, so just know yourself and you'll be fine."
"I was very impressed with WVU"
"Great school"
"Just be yourself. It's not a firing squad. Everyone was very cheerful and seemed genuinely interested in getting to know you as a person. Great school and overall great interview experience!!"
"Pretty much standard interview...nothing to really stress about. There were about 12 other people at the interview (you could tell that everyone was really nervous). Started with a timed writing sample; no big deal, just quick paragraph answers. Then lunch with the dental students (talk to them!) followed by a tour of everything. Then a general powerpoint presentation on the school. The interview was conversational with 2 of the faculty members. No pressure here, just the standard questions. Great experience overall...very quick and painless. Big emphasis on the small size of their class (50) and their clinical prep. White coat ceremony is not until the beginning of the 3rd year however. They also said that out-of-staters should be proud since there's only 10-12 spots for out-of-state applicants and they don't interview / accept many. 11am - 3pm roughly."
"It was my first interview, and it was a good one to start out on I guess, since it wasn't my first choice. Also, it sucked that we didn't get to see the facilities or talk to students."
"Rushed and unenthusiastic for the reasons I previously stated."
"Very casual and informative. Don't stress about this interview."
"WVU is a pretty small-midsize university town with facilities that are undergoing updating. The students were really excited to be at WVU."
"it was pretty low-key. they didn't want you to be stressed out. "
"It was relaxed, nothing major."
"it was fine. low stress. everyone was very nice."
"Went in and had breakfast w/ introduction of everyone, broke off into groups of 4-5 and went thru PP presentation, tour, panel discussion w/ students, writing exercise, personal interview. "
"BAD."
"poor"
"Everythinng was great. I like it."
"VERY B A D "
"It went well, they were very nice, they helped us to relax and just wanted to find out our motivation and intentions. The faculty are really caring. "
"I was more stress than needed to be, and they really just want to get to know you personally."
"I had an excellent interview experience and am highly considereing going there. The class size is small and there are a large amount of faculty so this is definately a one-on-one atmosphere."
"Overall, good experience. Not my #1 choice of school, but definately an option."
"It started out as a group interview, where we were allowed to ask the interviewers general questions about the school, or anything else we wanted. Then we went to a private 2 on 1 interview(2interviewrs and one applicant). At least that's how it was suppose to work, however one of the doctors conldn't make it, so it bacame a 3 or 1 interview, and so it went a bit longer."
"Absolutely wonderful, laidback, fun yet professional setting, it is evident that the staff really cares about the education the students receive...what more can you ask for?"
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 25 |
| Faculty member | 0 |
| Admissions staff | 0 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 14 |
| Neutral | 2 |
| Discouraging | 1 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.78 | 18 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 5 |
| Out of state | 14 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 2 |
| 2-3 hours | 10 |
| 4-6 hours | 2 |
| 7+ hours | 3 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 4 |
| Automobile | 12 |
| Train or subway | 2 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 1 |
| $101-$200 | 4 |
| $201-$300 | 3 |
| $301-$400 | 2 |
| $401-$500 | 1 |
| $501+ | 1 |
pitt
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| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 1 |
| Friends or family | 2 |
| Hotel | 10 |
| Home | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
holiday inn
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Lakeview Golf Resort & Spa
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| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.25 | 20 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 6.45 | 20 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.95 | 20 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.75 | 8 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.88 | 8 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.88 | 8 |
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