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  • SUNY - University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
  • Dental School
  • Buffalo, NY
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

9 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

3 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

25 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

In a group

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"Where have you been accepted? Where are you interviewing? " Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"How would you run your practice?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What do you expect from the profession?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Why dentistry? Why not medicine?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Im a career changer (was in finance), they asked me why i liked science all of a sudden? Why dentistry now? Seemed to ask these two questions like a billion times....annoying!!!!" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Forum and asked around" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Individual chairs for each student for D3 & D4 and what good chemistry students had with each other, there seemed to be a great deal of camaraderie among the students." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Everything else: the location sucks, the faculty seemed old, set in their ways and just sloppy (one of the professors interviewing even had his shirt untucked the WHOLE time...ughh! The installations are old and they dont even have a computerized simlab. And Buffalo?? ughhh.....ugly, grey, boring, rundown......what can I tell you...not a fan...." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"How impatient and short the interviewers were....didnt like them AT ALL. The write everything that comes out of your mouth...they might as well just record it...geeeessss" Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Sucked - what can I tell you? They seemed to feel almost bothered to be interviewing, interrupted, didnt smile to save their lives - felt rushed and disposable." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

2 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

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

$301-$400

What airport did you use?

buf

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

8 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Mariott

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

02/14/2008

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

2 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

1 out of 10

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

1 out of 10

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