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  • University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine
  • Dental School
  • Philadelphia, PA
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

45 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

1

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"What was your favorite subject in high school? " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me about things you like to do for fun (non-academic)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Tell me about a time in your life you experienced hardship and how you got through it." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"WHat was your favorite subject in high school...(?)" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"no real hard questions...just quite a few of them" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"SDN, website, brochure, friends that attend UPSDM" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The area around the campus is really fun and bustling with students. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The clinic was crowded and individually sectioned off...so it seemed more like a zoo. THe DentSim lab was not very impressive..very small and clausterphobic. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"Penn is much more academic than clinical...." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"It's hard to say anything bad about this school because i really WANT to like it, but after my interview experience, i definately did not walk away with high spirits. THe only reason why I would go here is to raise my chances of being placed in a specialty program...other than that, the interview itself was quite annoying with my interviewer asking me questions trying to get me to explode with why i really DON"T want to pursue dentistry. he was definately a bit dry and not very personable. whatever, though. the student leading us around on the tour was about as enthusiastic as a corpse. ok, thats all i have to say! good luck!" Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/05/2004

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