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| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 31 |
| Negatively | 8 |
| No change | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.48 | 42 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.05 | 42 |
"i wish they could update applicants who have interviewed as to when they will be accepting more students"
"Please continue to conduct zoom interviews even after the pandemic, it is not only eco friendly, it also saves a lot more money."
"Ya'll need to do implement same day CAD-CAM crown milling. I saw that while I was shadowing and I want to do it in my future practice."
"Emphasize the experience the students gets more than the project based learning, although that is very important too."
"Communications prior to the interview were somewhat spotty. For instance I was told in my initial invitation to interview that I would receive another email ten days prior to confirm my appointment, but no such email was ever sent."
"They tend to process things in a weird way, do not try to rely on their portal because things are just messy there. They don't update aadsas. Wish there was clearer communication."
"None"
"Please let us walk around with water bottles. ( they have a very strict policy of no liquid outside cafeteria)"
"Have coffee ready for the interviewees. A lot of us have had an early morning getting to your school. The least you could do."
"Have coffee and/or tea for interviewees when they arrive."
"more careful with each application. mine got miscalculated and lost in their computer system. luckily, i called to check on it"
"nothing"
"Not much to complain about."
"The PBL interview style is ridiculous. PBL may end up being a reasonable education style, but it does not translate into an interview well. I have gone to 8 interviews, and have never felt as disingenuous as I did at this interview."
"what is one strength and one weakness?"
"What would you do if you heard a classmate speaking about private patient information in the cafeteria?"
"What is a recent book you read"
"tell me about yourself"
"Why do you want to be a dentist?"
"Tell me about yourself. Why dentistry? Why Lecom?"
"Latest book you read and what did you learn from it?"
"If you are a student member of the ethics committee (those who decide what disciplinary action should be taken against students who plagiarize or cheat) and you become aware of a student who accesses a restricted area of campus to get a test, and then does well on that test, what should happen?"
"What is a book you have read recently that left an impact on you and why?"
"What is an extracurricular activity that shaped who you are today and how?"
"Women in dentistry. 50 years ago there were practically no women in dentistry, what changed now?"
"Something quirky about yourself?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"
"In 10 years if you were a successful dentist, how would you define successful?"
"Tell us a quality a dentist must have."
"How do you feel about PBL?"
"What is your experience with PBL and what are your thoughts on this type of learning?"
"Tell me about your independence (financially)?"
"What is something you're proud of?"
"lecom is about giving back to the under-served and community. tell us about one of your community involvement activities and what you learned from it, positive or negative."
"Talk about PBL? What do you think about it?"
"why pbl?"
"why lecom"
"What community service were you involved in?"
"What are you looking for in a dental school?"
"What is one word that you think will describe your life as a dental student?"
"Tell me about PBL. How do you think of it?"
"Why dentistry?"
"Tell us about what made you pursue dentistry."
"tell me about your pets and their teeth."
"N/A"
"What would make your favorite villain a good dentist?"
"what book did you read recently and why did you read it and how was it?"
"Who is your role model?"
"Tell us a book you read and what you learn from it?"
"What is one thing you would change at the practice you shadow at ?"
"Let's say you are a practicing dentist and a mother comes in with her daughter and says she doesn't want to use fluoride on her daughter. What would your response be to this? What do you know about the pros and cons of fluoride?"
"Say you just started working at a dental office with a more senior doctor who owns the practice. One day he becomes very ill and you have to take care of his patients. How would you handle dealing with a patient who's case is unclear to you (i.e. you cannot see the problem that the other doctor wrote down in the patient's x-ray)?"
"An upper classman who is your friend comes to lunch room and starts talking bad about a patient, disclosing his personal information, what would you do?"
"Is there anything else you would like to share?"
"Tell us something quirky about yourself."
"Tell us something you would like to white-out and highlight in your application. (everyone mentioned grades to be whited out or highlighted..)"
"Besides skills, what is one word that can be used to sum up what you need to be a successful dentist? Either go first or have six different answers ready, cause someone is probably gonna say what you wanted to say."
"If you could highlight one point about yourself on your application what would it be?"
"Name one person who is the most influential in your life (not family member)."
"Tell me about yourself?"
"what are you most proud of in your accomplishments?"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"none"
"none."
"Are you comfortable with switching to ebooks?"
"The question on PBL"
"How do you plan to pay off debt and have a successful business while helping the under served?"
"nope"
"All the questions were very common. Nothing really stands out."
"Our students may not yet have access to federal student loans. How to you plan on paying for dental school? (I almost laughed at this.)"
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| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.00 | 3 |
"I absolutely love the clinical experience. They get you in the clinic for vertical integration D1 year. Additionally, because of their use of PBL, almost the entire 3rd and 4th are completely clinical. 8 hours per day 5 days a week treating patients. No specialty program, but lots of great specialists so the D3 and D4 students get a lot of opportunities to do specialty procedures that are normally taken by specialty programs at other schools. Great school for anyone who is interested in possibly specialising because you get a lot of clinical experience with every specialty. Additionally PBL is super useful preparing students for clinical practice because the approach to learning not only teaches you the necessary info for practicing dentistry, but also how to properly think through real patient cases. No classroom environment can give you that."
"Clinical experience"
"The clinical experience. Not to cowboy, but definitely a lot of procedures including more advanced skills. Also the ability by the end to set your schedule and maximize your day."
"The academic calendar and absence policy can be tough, but it kinda has to be that way to get the top quality clinical and didactic educational experience. It’s important to make the decision on if it’s worth it to you before you enrol. With that being said, the official policy is tough, but the faculty really care about the students and will work with you as best they can if you are going through a hardship. My wife and I are having a baby this year and they have been more than accommodating for me to go to all of her appointments. Several students have been pregnant or had a pregnant spouse in school as well and the faculty are very accommodating. Not an easy situation, but they are accommodating."
"Their draconian attendance policy that makes it very difficult to be sick or have any sort of life outside of clinic hours. And, if you do miss class with an "excused absence," they still require you to make up that time with approved volunteering. Sometimes they require you to come in over your break to attend clinic to make up time."
"It was a new school when I was there so dealing with CODA was not particularly enjoyable."
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