How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0.93 | 29 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 26 |
| Negatively | 0 |
| No change | 2 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 2.86 | 29 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.22 | 23 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.09 | 23 |
No responses
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 0 |
| 20 minutes | 2 |
| 25 minutes | 0 |
| 30 minutes | 1 |
| 35 minutes | 1 |
| 40 minutes | 2 |
| 45 minutes | 9 |
| 50 minutes | 2 |
| 55 minutes | 1 |
| 60+ minutes | 10 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 26 |
| At a regional location | 1 |
| At another location | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 27 |
| In a group | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 26 |
| Closed file | 1 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0.93 | 29 |
"What does leadership mean to you?"
""tell me about yourself""
"What is the most significant thing that has happened in your lifetime?"
"Tell me about a particular service event that impacted you."
"Please define "personal ethics" and "accountability.""
"What was a complex personal situation you dealt with?"
"How do you perceive the academics of dental school will be different from your previous academic experiences? What do you plan to do over this next year to be better prepared academically to begin dental school?"
"Define personal ethics."
"Why dentistry?"
"why did you apply/reapply? "
"Tell me about your extracurricular activities in Mexico."
"Describe to me what you think is an unethical situation in dentistry."
"Tell me about your undergrad institution/major."
"What are you doing now?"
"What hobbies do you enjoy in your free time?"
"Not a specific list of questions. More of a discussion to get to know the applicant."
"What made you interested in Dentistry?"
"Three strengths"
"Dislikes of dentistry"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Tell me about yourself"
"What's the most difficult decison you have had to make? What did you do to deal with it?"
"How do you know dentistry is for you?"
"What is the most difficult thing you've ever done?"
"Give me an example of a time you used critical thinking."
"Why did you go to a CC?"
"Specific questions about academic performance ("can you explain this grade...?")"
"So, tell me about yourself."
"What was your undergraduate experience like?"
"What has been the most difficult/complex academic/personal task you have ever undertaken? Why was it so, how did you pursue it, and what was the outcome? Describe an experience where the outcome was not how you desired and how you handled this?"
"Define professional ethics."
"What are ethics? And what is one that is important to you/dentistry?"
"If you didn't get in, what would you do?"
"Tell me about your research experiences. What did you do exactly?"
"Why dentistry? What draws you to this profession?"
"How would you define personal ethics?"
"What can I tell the committee about you?"
"What qualities do you have that would make you a good dentist? "
"Spark that lit your fire"
"Ethical questions"
"He asked me about where I've lived and about the languages I speak."
"Just asked very specific questions about my experiences. It was clear that the interviewer had spent a lot of time going through my application, so make sure you take your time filling out that applicant survey they send you! I know, it is so long, but it will make your interview so much less stressful if you take the time to fill it out. "
"Why did you apply to this school? How did you hear about us?"
"3 adjectives to describe yourself"
"What do you think has been the most significant contribution to science and healthcare in the last ten years?"
"What's critical thinking?"
"What would you like me to go back and tell the adcom about you?"
"So your parents are from Lebanon? Tell me more about that."
"Are you thinking about specializing?"
"What was the single most important experience that you have had that has led you to pursuing dentistry as your profession of choice? If someone had not met you before, how would you describe yourself? Describe a situation when your personal character was tested? What was the outcome?"
"How do you feel you have displayed discipline and focus in the past?"
"What has academically prepared you for dental school and how will you handle the curriculum?"
"what do you consider unethical in the field of dentistry."
"What does personal ethics mean to you?"
"What would your friends say is your biggest strength and weakness?"
"What is the most challenging experience you have had and how did you handle it?"
"What is the most challenging thing you faced?"
"What extra curricular activities were you involved in?"
"If you were not going into dentistry, what would you do?"
"Why should we pick you?"
"Is there anything you would like me to tell the admissions committee about you?"
"Lifelong lesson that I have learned"
"90% of the questions were really specific and personal. It was obvious that my interviewer spent some time reading my file."
"If not dentistry, then what would you do?"
"Would you practice in a rural setting?"
"If you are unable to pursue dentistry as your career of choice, what would your likely alternative choice(s) be? Plan B?"
"Describe a situation in which your personal character was tested."
"Ethics question."
"Have you ever thought about teaching at a dental school (after you finish dental school)?"
"If you were a Dentist, what would you consider to be an unethical practice of dental medicine?"
"What do you consider to be your greatest academic strength?"
"What are your hobbies?"
"Why UMKC?"
"How would you define a successful dentist?"
"This was for Reserved Admissions. Everyone was asked the same 2 questions and we went around the table and answered them one at a time."
"How do you focus?"
"Nothing different than the usual questions."
"It was a very specific question based on my application involving my abroad experiences"
"What would you consider unethical treatment of dentistry?"
"Why I had become interested in dentistry if I had so many ecology courses?"
"A time you had to change your opinion because of someone else’s."
"No hard ones"
"None."
"No hard questions! This was hardly an interview, more of a conversation with one of the faculty!"
"Please define "personal ethics" and "accountability.""
"What should I tell the committee about you? Over all SDN prepared me well. The interviewer also really put me at ease, so I did not feel there was an extremely difficult question."
"If you had an opportunity to talk with the Dental Student Admission Committee, what would you want them to know about you?"
"None really"
"Ethics question...pretty abstract and difficult to answer."
"define professional ethics."
"Why did you get this grade in this class?"
"What would your closest friends say was your biggest weakness?"
"What do you consider to be the meaning of personal ethics? "
"What can I tell the committee about you? What is the one thing that challenged you the most?"
"Why dentistry? What will you do if you don't get in?"
"none"
"The questions were: 1. Name your three strengths 2. What was the spark that lit your fire about dentistry"
"How do you excell academically?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"A well-respected dentist in the community asks you to cover his work for a week. You find he is providing unnecessary dental treatment. What would you do? Let's say you found that your father (a practicing dentist) is cheating on some insurance claims. What would you do?"
"N/A"
"One mock"
"Read questions on SDN. I was asked a majority of the ones listed. I prepared answers in my head and practiced speaking to people in a formal interview setting."
"I wrote down answers for the most common questions and for questions about me that I knew they would ask."
"Read over my application"
"Reading SDN and the school's website."
"SDN forums and a list of mock interview questions."
"SND. Read over application materials. Had another interview before this one."
"Studied SDN interview questions for the school, reviewed AADSAS and secondary, slept well and had a good breakfast beforehand"
"Re-read your secondary!! It will be very heavily emphasized"
"sleep, pressed suit, banana"
"Watched Scrubs the night before to unwind, overviewed my supplemental application and school info, answered previous UMKC interview questions from SDN."
"I read the school website, wrote out possible questions and answers and reviewed them, and looked up common interview questions through various websites."
"SDN, re-read application and supplemental application, mock interviews at my undergrad institution"
"Read over my personal statement and secondary application."
"I looked over my secondary application."
"SDN, school website"
"SDN, review my applications, mock interviews"
"Reviewed my application, checked school website, and SDN"
"SDN "
"Reviewed my application"
"SDN, mock interviews"
"Reviewed my primary and secondary applications and read up on the school. The whole interview day is very informative though, so you don't really have to read up on the school."
"UMKC website (mainly their mission statement and goals), SDN interview feedback questions, going over my application"
"Read over the material they sent me about the school. Reviewed my supplemental application."
"I ate a big breakfast."
"Friendliness and ease of interviewers."
"The faculty are eager and welcoming."
"My interviewer had prepared for my interview very well. She knew everything there was to know about me. She was excited and genuinely acted like she wanted to see me as a student at this school."
"The faculty looks like they really care."
"The directors were both very personable and kept the day light and entertaining"
"Everything. UMKC has a great reputation, and everyone was so kind and friendly. My top choice school without a doubt."
"I LOVED THIS SCHOOL. Their interview day is SO organized and you learn a lot about the school. The people are great and the presentations really inform you about what UMKC is all about."
"How incredibly nice and humble the students were."
"Students and faculty were friendly and personable, interviewer made me feel at ease"
"Great clinical exposure and a lot of positive student response. Day went very very well and was really relaxed after the interview!"
"enthusiasm of the students"
"The emphasis the school puts on team-based clinical learning, how organized the interview day was."
"I'd been there before on a field trip for a few years before that, but the clinical settings with computerized records and specialty areas have always impressed me."
"Shadowing dental student in the clinic. This was interesting plus it gave me a chance to ask candid questions about the school. There are plenty of patients and chairs for the dental students to share. The equipment is well-maintained and technologically advanced. The staff and faculty are very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful."
"The relaxed interview just like everyone said."
"Everyone was very nice and accommodating. The facilities are state-of-the-art."
"Faculty was very welcoming. Shadowing a upper-class student in the clinic was very interesting."
"I didn't visit, the interview was in Hawaii."
"The facilities are very nice"
"It was a very laid back interview, I stressed out over nothing. The interviewer was very nice and everyone was very friendly."
"The faculty and staff were friendly and tried to make everyone feel comfortable"
"The interview was really laid back compared to my previous one. Everyone was really open and friendly and the school has an excellent program. There is a lot more faculty-student interaction compared to other schools. Oh, and the lunch was yummy, we got cheesecake!"
"The way their clinic is set up, they are one of the only schools that operates on the "team" sytem vs. departmental. It's very effective. Also the caliber of research they have there."
"Great faculty and staff. Very personable. They were well organized and the clinic was impressive."
"The clinic."
"N/a"
"Nothing"
"Nothing at all!"
"A presenter was very negative about other schools clinical curriculum."
"One presentation tried to hard sell the school to us... we're already interesting"
"the interview day felt like UMKC was just trying to sell the school to us."
"Moronic talk by some woman about how UMKC is so much better than Minnesota. A total of five hours of being talked at. Very tense, high strung environment made it difficult and uncomfortable to be yourself."
"The area that the school is in, I don't prefer to be in the Midwest."
"The area the school is in is not of the highest caliber, but other than that, I can't think of any negatives about the actual school."
"The area that the school is in isn't that great. "
"The interview wasn't like 2 hours like other's had, because my interviewer had to get down to the clinic."
"Parking is extremely tight for students around the university. Most universities have this problem, so nothing really surprising."
"The area arround the college is not nice at all"
"Poor area-two girls got hijacked two weeks ago when they were leaving campus!"
"Neighborhood is not so good, but the students insisted it was nothing to worry about."
"Nothing really."
"The abundance of WHITE MALES!"
"When you shadow, it gets extremely hot so take off your suit jacket!!"
"Nothing. I was prepared."
"The laid back atmosphere was nothing to worry about!"
"How low-stress and fun the interview would be. They asked us what our favorite book was and why, and did a short essay on a very basic ethics question (which we discussed as a group afterwards). This was before the presentation about the school/KC. We also had to do a one minute video that was sent directly to the adcom!"
"How nice the interviewer was going to be."
"Who my interviewer was and what they do at the school...So I could ask them questions too."
"Nothing, I felt adequately prepared"
"There would be a writing sample. And that 13 out of 70 seats for Missouri applicants are already filled with reserve admissions seats."
"That during the talks, they are watching and critiquing your demeanor. "
"Not much, the process is very relaxed and straightforward. They don't require anything out of the ordinary from you."
"I wish I would have known what the interview format was going to be. I'd heard of group interviews as well as one-on-one."
"Who my interviewer was. "
"The size and types of the clinical experiences available at UMKC. Very impressive."
"They only reserve 22 spot for Kansas residents and that 17 were already full with reserved admission program students."
"Even if you are the first student to show up for the interview, you may not be the first to interview!"
"That they barely take anyone from states other than a select few, because they have made "deals" with those states."
"It is an incredibly laid-back interview, nothing to worry about. Also, I wish I had known that they only accept one person from my state of residence (not Missouri). I didn't know my chances were so slim . .. "
"Smooth process."
"It really is a low stress day. UMKC invites you to interview because they already like you."
"Excellent atmosphere! The interview felt like a conversation."
"The BEST KC BBQ LUNCH"
"Good luck! Hope this info is useful!"
"LOVE THIS PLACE! I hope I get in!"
"Everyone at the school were incredibly nice. Made me feel comfortable. Food was great."
"Know yourself, your application, and your secondary and you should do fine"
"Awesome interview day. Overall the day went very well and was pretty enjoyable. Alot of 3rd and 4th year student involvement and interaction, which is really great, so have some questions prepared. I'm very excited to hear back from the school about a potential spot."
"If you are going to have a one-on-one interview immediately after lunch, please provide toothpicks!"
"Interviews at UMKC are only supposed to be 45 minutes. My interviewer liked to talk, and so did I, so I ended up going way longer. They want you to feel comfortable and tell interviewers to make conversation, although they have some formal interview questions they are supposed to ask. Know your application (and yourself) inside and out, my interview was basically a re-hashing of everything on my AADSAS application- aka everything I had ever done. I didn't care much for Kansas City-although it is better than many cities in the Midwest, not that that is saying much!"
"I arrived about 25 min before my interview time. This gave me a chance to talk casually with the admissions staff and also get a feel for what the day was going to be like. The actual interview was serious at first, but then switched to a more conversational approach after about 20 minutes. We spoke about many topics in medicine and dentistry today as well as each others views about them."
"It was great. It was very low-key, and I wasn't stressed at all once the interview started. Everyone we met seemed very interested in the students and being as helpful as possible."
"It was not stressful, but I was still nervous. I think I did good."
"The interview was the first thing I did when I got there. Some of the others had interviews at the end of the day. The interview itself was very relaxed, more like a friendly conversation than a "grill you with a ton of questions" interview. However, there were a couple others interviewing the same day that did get tougher interviews, so it all depends on who interviews you."
"Overall positive. I really enjoyed the interview - it was more of a conversation than anything else. This moved UMKC to the top of my list. Apparently they call students starting early on Dec 1 for admissions notification. It is very hard to get in from out of state. They take ECs very seriously."
"This review is for Hawaii applicants only. We interview locally with Dr. Tabata. Dr. Tabata is an extremely nice, mellow man. The interview lasted 1 1/2 hrs and it was pretty much all just conversation. He is really easy to talk to and uses the time to tell you a lot about the school and it's history with Hawaii."
"Good"
"asmy interviewer was super nice. We basically chatted for about 45 minutes about everything. This has been the least stressful interview for me. "
"We arrived around 12 and ate lunch with current dental students. Then at 1 the group interview began. We were all finished by 2:05. During the interview, try to be one of the first ones to go. Otherwise people will begin using the same adjectives to describe their strengths."
"Overall, UMKC is a great school and the faculty and staff are there to help you."
"Overall, it went great! My interviewer was really nice and made me feel comfortable and confident. Unfortunately, despite the fact that I may have rocked my interview, my chances of getting in are from 1-5% just because I live in a state that they dont have a deal with."
"Everything was great. The facilities are impressive and of course the research is superb. I wish we had the interview in the morning, but they set it up so that it is the last event of the day. Mine was at 2pm and last an hour and a half (I got along really well with my interviewer). I was worrying about the interview the entire time, but it was so informal and not stressful at all. But then again, I could have just been very lucky."
"Very positive. I walked out of the interview very impressed. The interview was a bit more stressful than others I had. A couple of questions on ethics and what would you do in this situation or how would you handle this. Overall the staff is great and very personable. The clinic and resources are excellent. They do their best to accomodate to the students. The interview was a bit stressful and had some difficult questions relative to other schools but they were very friendly and welcoming."
"It was a six-hour ordeal (only over an hour being the actual interview). There were 14 people being interviewed. We were asked some questions by the admissions staff and had to individually answer them."
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 1 |
| Faculty member | 4 |
| Admissions staff | 17 |
| Other | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 15 |
| Neutral | 3 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.20 | 20 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 12 |
| Out of state | 9 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 9 |
| 2-3 hours | 2 |
| 4-6 hours | 4 |
| 7+ hours | 4 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 3 |
| Automobile | 16 |
| Train or subway | 1 |
| Other | 0 |
Kansas City Int. Airport
none
MCI
KC
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 0 |
| With students at the school | 0 |
| Friends or family | 3 |
| Hotel | 5 |
| Home | 1 |
| Other | 2 |
they are all about the same
Comfort Inn
Settle Inn - Overland Park
Yes
they are all about the same
Comfort Inn
Settle Inn - Overland Park
Yes
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 4 |
| $101-$200 | 5 |
| $201-$300 | 2 |
| $301-$400 | 1 |
| $401-$500 | 0 |
| $501+ | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.59 | 22 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5.70 | 23 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.41 | 22 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.33 | 15 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.73 | 15 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.38 | 13 |
"Great work."
"None"
"Keep the good work up!"
"Keep doing what you're doing!"
"Feed us barbecue for lunch!!!! :D"
"Love these people!"
"Not to appeal to students by talking so negatively about other schools' clinical curriculums."
"The advice they give you to help 'improve' your application is ridiculous and unrealistic."
We help students become doctors. TM
What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 1)?