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  • University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Dentistry
  • Dental School
  • Memphis, TN
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

6 out of 10

How you think you did?

6 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

10 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

15 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Closed file

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

""Tell us about yourself..." " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

""...and why dentistry?"" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

""What did you do to explore dentistry?"" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

""So how did you end up in Tennessee?" " Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

""Tell us about yourself" is so open-ended... I had a hard time with it. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Minimal preparation for the interview. I rehearsed sample answers in my head, but none of the questions came up. I made sure to prepare a question to ask them during the interview, and they had great feedback to my question." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Everyone was very nice and extremely encouraging. The interviewers did not know my GPA beforehand, which I appreciated. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"An interviewer's cell phone went off twice during my interview! It was a little disconcerting at first, but it actually eased my stress a little, so it wasn't really that much of a disruption." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"I wish I would have known if they had or hadn't read my essay before the interview... I didn't know whether to just rehash details from my essay, or if they already knew all that stuff about me. In the end, I forgot to mention several things that would have really helped my case." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"I don't know if I "sold myself" well enough during the interview and they were so super-nice that I wasn't able to get a good reading from them. " Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

9 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

In state

What was your total time spent traveling?

0-1 hour

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

My House!

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

01/23/2009

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

10 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

9 out of 10

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

10 out of 10

How is the responsiveness of the admissions office?

10 out of 10

How is the friendliness of the admissions office?

10 out of 10

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