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  • Medical University of South Carolina College of Dental Medicine
  • Dental School
  • Charleston, SC
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How you think you did?

3 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

9 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

25 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

"why do you want to be a dentist and what have you done to make sure you are certain of that decision?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"strengths and weaknesses?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"what are your passions and what activities are you involved in?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"why do you think we should choose you to be in our class?...twice..." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"the second time i was asked, "why do you think we should choose you to be in our class?" " Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"mock interview, this website, the bulletin, students who had recently interviewed etc." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"the faculty seems to be genuinely interested and concerned with the well being of the students, and they were extremely friendly, the city is great (i'm from there), and they've recently recieved a number of NIH grant funds for oral cancer research." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"there are no externship abroad opportunities, the new clinical facilities will not be built for another 3 years, they lost funding for some of their community outreach programs, and they don't permit non-work/study part time jobs for their students." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"nothing in particular." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"dr. javed is only a 5 minute interview. the other two lasted about 25 min, the first of which was very conversational and friendly, the latter was more her writing and me answering (very little eye contact)." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

6 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your primary mode of travel?

Train or subway

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

10/28/2005

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

8 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

8 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

7 out of 10

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