How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

2 out of 10

How long was the interview?

20 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

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 do you handle stress?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"Why dentistry at Howard?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

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

"What are some of the ways that you deal with stress?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"None of the questions really stuck out from the rest. They were pretty standard." Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"How do you handle stress. The faculty member that interviewed me must not have liked my first response because she asked me the same question a second time in a different format a few minutes after the first time." Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"Checked out the school's website, reviewed the information that they gave me." Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The honesty and attitude of the staff and students. Everyone seems genuinely interested in your successful completion of dental school. And of course tuition." Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The standard of the facilities are bit less than I expected and the fact that there doesn't seem to be a solid system of helping students to find patients to complete their many clinical requirements. But the school makes up for it with its, "its not easy, but its not impossible" can-do attitude." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"I wish that I had known that parking is terrible and the cost of rent is ridiculous. It seemed as if the only way to find affordable housing was by living farther away from the campus. But the farther away you live,the more that you seem to rely on the need for a car. And the more you rely on your own car, the greater the parking situation will negatively affect you." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Pretty laid back experience and having a student as one of the interviewers made responding to questions less intimidating. I enjoyed my time tremendously." Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

On what date did the interview take place?

02/02/2004