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  • SUNY - Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine
  • Dental School
  • Stony Brook, NY
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

3 out of 10

How you think you did?

9 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

8 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?

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)?

"How did you decide on dentistry?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What did you do for your research?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why Stony Brook?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Tell me how your research caused you to come to dentistry as a career. " Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Where else have you applied and interviewed?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"other interviews" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The location is a really, really nice suburban school. It was a ways from the city so it was relaxing and they promisted that there was no problem finding patients. " Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The size of the school is really, really small and the people we talked to had done their undergrad at SUNY-Stony Brook so there was no way to gauge why they wanted to come here. " Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"They only accepted 6 out of state studnets last year and half the people they interview are out of state. " Report Response

What are your general comments?

"It was very nice, laid back. Just a conversation about my research, grades, where I'm thinking about going with dentistry, etc. " Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Admissions staff

How did the tourguide seem?

Neutral

How do you rank the facilities?

8 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

4-6 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Automobile

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

$301-$400

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

9 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Three Villages

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

11/15/2005

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

5 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?

4 out of 10

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