ASDOH interview

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I just scheduled an interview with asdoh. I tried to go and look for the interview feedback for this school but obviously it was removed. If you have interviewed there, can you tell me what is the closest airport and how do you get to the school from the airport. Any other things I should know prior to my interview there?
 
You will fly in to Sky Harbor Int'l Airport in Phoenix, AZ. Mesa is a suburb of PHX and is probably a 20-30 minute drive from the airport. If you can afford it, I'd highly recommend a rental car as a taxi will cost you an arm and a leg. PHX is an easy city to travel in, so don't sweat it.

Good luck with your interview! ASDOH is a great, student-centered school. I'm really enjoying my first year.
 
You mean they didn't send you information regarding travel/hotels??? That's weird. Most schools do.
 
I don't know how much a taxi costs, but taking a SuperShuttle to you destination isn't a bad alternative. From the airport to a hotel (or the school) in the east valley costs about $20.

I recommend staying at one of the hotels within 1-2 miles of the school.
 
toothfairy85 said:
You mean they didn't send you information regarding travel/hotels??? That's weird. Most schools do.
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nope! none of that...just an email to schedule the interview and the time to be there. Plus, how long it's going to last. I don't know if they're going to send anything in the future, I doubt it because my interview is comming up pretty soon.
 
on their website under the interview section theres info that you're asking about, in case you didnt notice that
 
For those that don't know, ASDOH is an osteopathic schoool, it is not affiliated with the university of Arizona in Tuscon.

This was news to me as the ADEA guidebook has no info on it.

The interview is about current events and manual dexterity. The reason that they blocked the responses to the interview feedback is becuase they have questions that they use over and over regarding geography, news and so on. They didn't like the world knowing exactly what was going to be asked.

I am withdrawing my application. In was not impressed at all.👎 👎 👎 👎
 
plus I believe they are in danger of losing their accreditation (which can be seen at http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/programs/search_ddsdmd_us.asp). eek!

Dsmack said:
For those that don't know, ASDOH is an osteopathic schoool, it is not affiliated with the university of Arizona in Tuscon.

This was news to me as the ADEA guidebook has no info on it.

The interview is about current events and manual dexterity. The reason that they blocked the responses to the interview feedback is becuase they have questions that they use over and over regarding geography, news and so on. They didn't like the world knowing exactly what was going to be asked.

I am withdrawing my application. In was not impressed at all.👎 👎 👎 👎
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jrm said:
plus I believe they are in danger of losing their accreditation (which can be seen at http://www.ada.org/prof/ed/programs/search_ddsdmd_us.asp). eek!
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what does this mean? if you go there and they lose their accreditation, does that mean you're done too? Their interviews are about geography and current events? What?????? sounds more like a jeopardy show than an interview. Please shed more light on this, i'm still deciding whether to go or not.
 
xxxTheDonxxx said:
what does this mean? if you go there and they lose their accreditation, does that mean you're done too? Their interviews are about geography and current events? What?????? sounds more like a jeopardy show than an interview. Please shed more light on this, i'm still deciding whether to go or not.
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I think you should take the information you receive on this forum with a grain of salt. More then half the time the information given out on this forum is opinion. You should talk with someone at ASDOH and I'm sure they would easily answer any questions you have about there accrediation. I interviewed there last year and they have a lot of money invested in the school and I think they know what there doing. The interviews are not as bad as people make them sound either.
 
Dsmack said:
For those that don't know, ASDOH is an osteopathic schoool, it is not affiliated with the university of Arizona in Tuscon.

This was news to me as the ADEA guidebook has no info on it.

The interview is about current events and manual dexterity. The reason that they blocked the responses to the interview feedback is becuase they have questions that they use over and over regarding geography, news and so on. They didn't like the world knowing exactly what was going to be asked.

I am withdrawing my application. In was not impressed at all.👎 👎 👎 👎
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Why would anyone assume that the school is connected with the med school in Tucson? A quick look at their website will tell you that they are affiliated with the A.T. Still University of Health Sciences. It isnt a closely guarded secret.
 
ASDOH an osteopathic school? hmmm...someone needs to do a little more research. Also, the accreditation thing has been hashed already on other threads - search it out. It will all be sorted out before anyone gets offered a spot in the class anyway.

I am withdrawing my application. In was not impressed at all.

Too bad "In" wasn't impressed at all - with what? Did you come to the school? Did you interview here already? Or maybe you just read a couple of editorials in "Inscriptions"... I guess some people just have a chip on their shoulder about the school. I love it here and couldn't be happier at an allopathic, naturopathic, homeopathic or psychopathic dental school anywhere else in the world. Good luck at your interviews and PM me if you would like to hear more about ASDOH from someone who really knows!

oh yeah...jrm I was disappointed that you had such a slant towards the school, with your MPH experience you would probably find yourself very much at home here in Mesa. Best of luck!
 
ElDienteLoco said:
oh yeah...jrm I was disappointed that you had such a slant towards the school, with your MPH experience you would probably find yourself very much at home here in Mesa. Best of luck!
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Whoa there, crazy tooth! Who said I had a slant?
 
UNLV and ASDOH will only have these requirements until their first class is graduated, which is this year. Both schools are incredibly nice, and the interview in AZ is nothing to stress over. It was one of my top choices AFTER interviewing but still second to UNLV.
 
Why do UNLV and ASDOH have different accrediation statuses?

lindandy said:
UNLV and ASDOH will only have these requirements until their first class is graduated, which is this year. Both schools are incredibly nice, and the interview in AZ is nothing to stress over. It was one of my top choices AFTER interviewing but still second to UNLV.
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UNLV just graduated their first class, that is probably why they have different statuses.
 
jrm said:
Whoa there, crazy tooth! Who said I had a slant? I guess my "eek!" was a bit condescending or "slanted." I apologize. I was merely pointing out that ASDOH's accreditation is...well, different from other dental schools on the site listed above at the moment, which makes me a bit hesitant to pursue it. I feel the same apprehension about applying to UNLV because they have reporting requirements at the moment. That doesn't mean I won't submit my secondaries to these two schools and pursue interviews, and perhaps even matriculate if it is offered. I happened to see a previous SDN post about this topic in which the author pointed out that it isn't even a curriculum issue. Regardless, it still makes me a bit nervous applying to a school with that ADA accreditation designation. I understand your being defensive and I would surely stick up for my school if it faced such a predicament in its accreditation status, whatever the reason for it getting the designation. What year are you, anyway? A friend of mine is a second year.

As far as my public health education leading me to Mesa, I will agree with you 100 percent that ASDOH is awesome in their focus on delivering service to rural, underserved areas and their emphasis (graduate certificate, even!) in public health. However, I have to be honest: in addition to ASDOH's accreditation woes, I have other issues with moving back to Mesa. I went to high school about five miles from ASDOH (Mesa High to be exact) and for reasons I will not delve into on this particular forum (holy conservative majority, batman!), let it suffice to say that I want to keep my options open abroad.

If you would like to discuss this further (I enjoy talking about public health [and other relevent things]), I would absolutely love it.
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Uh oh... a jackrabbit!!!
 
you idiot, ASDOH is NOT an osteopathic school (which would make it a med school not a dental school). ATSU is an osteopathic school that helped open up ASDOH b/c of the extreme need in arizona for more health professionals. the last i heard they are trying to help get an osteopathic school there on the campus, but ASDOH stands for Arizona School of DENTISTRY and ORAL HEALTH.
 
Osteopathic is reffering to KCOM (Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine) located in Kirksville, MO. The dental school in AZ is affiliated with KCOM. All applications are actually processed from AADSAS and sent to Missouri. I'm not sure if there is any correlation in the curriculum between the 2 schools, but I would imagine they have similar aspects (ie: both focus a lot on community/public health).
 
I think everybody needs to calm down. ASDOH is a great school with great technology. I know a couple of the professors personally and they are great also. Just like every school, ASDOH has had it's problems when it was first starting out. It just takes time to get things rolling and that is what they are still facing right now. Mesa is a great place and it will fit some of you SDNers perfectly. Go TOROS!!!
 
cbc32 said:
I think everybody needs to calm down. ASDOH is a great school with great technology. I know a couple of the professors personally and they are great also. Just like every school, ASDOH has had it's problems when it was first starting out. It just takes time to get things rolling and that is what they are still facing right now. Mesa is a great place and it will fit some of you SDNers perfectly. Go TOROS!!!
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Yeah go TOROS!!!
 
If someone is worried about Arizona being affiliated with an osteopathic school they should know that NOVA also has an osteopathic school.
 
jrm said:
I understand your being defensive and I would surely stick up for my school if it faced such a predicament in its accreditation status
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Actually, many (most?) students don't care. Once you are enrolled your personal accreditation status doesn't change. All students will graduate from an accredited dental school.

But even beyond that, accreditation will not be lost. You can see the post I made on this nearly four weeks ago. Some items were not filed correctly, and upon the refiling of those items the accreditation will continue. ASDOH has until January to refile these items, but I'm fairly certain they've already done so.
 
Just got an offer for an interview today. from the mixed opinions regarding the reputation of the school, should i not be happy about this?

also, any idea what type of current events questions will be thrown at me? what about the writing exam? any way to prepare for these things?
 
Tikamutt said:
Just got an offer for an interview today. from the mixed opinions regarding the reputation of the school, should i not be happy about this?

also, any idea what type of current events questions will be thrown at me? what about the writing exam? any way to prepare for these things?
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Be happy about any interview offer. Best of luck!
 
What is this writing exam they have?😳

If you can shead any light on it that would be great.
 
PChemGrad said:
What is this writing exam they have?😳

If you can shead any light on it that would be great.
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writing exams? there is none.

there is a dexterity test and a group test - both are pretty easy. and then there is the interview itself.

Good luck!
 
Cool, I appreciate the clarification. I guess before I assumed the worst, I should have asked a dental student what the designations mean. The ADA site doesn't really offer any clarification, other than the links I posted above (which obviously led me to the wrong conclusion).

Do you have any idea what the designations mean or in what circumstances they would be used? Does it relate to the quality of education? It has been made clear that ASDOH and UNLV's designations are what they are because they haven't had a graduating class yet. What does it mean if a school graduates a class and their accreditation status changes to "accreditation with reporting requirements?"

ItsGavinC said:
Actually, many (most?) students don't care. Once you are enrolled your personal accreditation status doesn't change. All students will graduate from an accredited dental school.

But even beyond that, accreditation will not be lost. You can see the post I made on this nearly four weeks ago. Some items were not filed correctly, and upon the refiling of those items the accreditation will continue. ASDOH has until January to refile these items, but I'm fairly certain they've already done so.
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Tikamutt said:
Just got an offer for an interview today. from the mixed opinions regarding the reputation of the school, should i not be happy about this?

also, any idea what type of current events questions will be thrown at me? what about the writing exam? any way to prepare for these things?
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You can decide whether you should be happy or not, but it's safe to say that you are one of probably 300 or so interviews out of over 3,300 applicants. I don't see why you wouldn't be happy about that.
 
jrm said:
Do you have any idea what the designations mean or in what circumstances they would be used? Does it relate to the quality of education? It has been made clear that ASDOH and UNLV's designations are because they haven't had a graduating class yet. What does it mean if a school graduates a class and their accreditation status changes to "accreditation with reporting requirements?"
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"Accreditation with reporting requirements" simply means they have requirements for reporting to the Commission on Accreditation. Many schools have this status. It doesn't mean much in reality. To the student especially it means nothing, zip, zero, zilch. Accreditation could relate to the quality of education. But it doesn't have to.

UNLV *has* graduated a class (hence the no longer have intitial accreditation, but have full accreditation). Arizona will graduate it's first in May, and then receive full accreditation at that time.
 
jrm said:
Cool, I appreciate the clarification. I guess before I assumed the worst, I should have asked a dental student what the designations mean. The ADA site doesn't really offer any clarification, other than the links I posted above (which obviously led me to the wrong conclusion).

Do you have any idea what the designations mean or in what circumstances they would be used? Does it relate to the quality of education? It has been made clear that ASDOH and UNLV's designations are because they haven't had a graduating class yet. What does it mean if a school graduates a class and their accreditation status changes to "accreditation with reporting requirements?"
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Hello all

I went to the ADA.org and read this:

"A.T. Still University Arizona School of Dentistry and Oral Health
...
Accreditation Status: Initial
Accreditation (intent to withdraw)
Last Accreditation Visit: 2005
Next Accreditation Visit: 2007 "

Then I went to the ACCREDITATION STATUS DEFINITIONS and read this:

""Intent to Withdraw" Accreditation
...Students who enroll in a program after the accreditation has been withdrawn will not be considered graduates of a Commission accredited program. Such graduates may be ineligible for certification/licensure examinations. In view of this, the Commission advises programs that the "intent to withdraw" accreditation may have legal implications for the program and suggests that their institutional legal counsel be consulted regarding how and when to advise applicants and students of the Commission's accreditation actions...."

So let's wait and see what happens in the "Next Accreditation Visit: 2007".
Obviously this will affect us and is important for us 😱 (not the current students). I know that foreign dentists can't practice in US since their licensure is not valid on behalf of FDA and I do know how sad it feels when you have a licensure but can't practice at all. :scared:


God bless you ASDOH. Do your best. We are waiting 🙂
 
desert said:
So let's wait and see what happens in the "Next Accreditation Visit: 2007".
Obviously this will affect us and is important for us 😱 (not the current students). I know that foreign dentists can't practice in US since their licensure is not valid on behalf of FDA and I do know how sad it feels when you have a licensure but can't practice at all. :scared:


God bless you ASDOH. Do your best. We are waiting 🙂
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Dude, this isn't that big of a deal. They filed some paperwork incorrectly and failed to file another document. Nothing is happening to accreditation. No curriculum needs to be changed. Nothing in the clinic needs to be changed. To my knowledge the proper documents have already been sent and refiled with the ADA.

The "intent to withdraw" is a generic code that is computer generated and sent to any school that fails to file CODA documents, or misfiles documents, or has other academic problems. It does NOT mean that accreditation will be withdrawn. It simply means that they intend to if remedies aren't put into place. In Arizona's case, this simply meant completing necessary paperwork.
 
Are you sure there's no essay during the ASDOH interview? On their website, it states that there is.

Thanks!
 
Tikamutt said:
Are you sure there's no essay during the ASDOH interview? On their website, it states that there is.

Thanks!
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100% positive they do not have an essay at AZ. They got rid of that last year when i interviewed. I was speaking to an administrator the other day and was told that the website is a little out of date in a few areas and will be remedied soon. There is however a new manual dexterity exercise you will participate in. Nothing stressful or anything, just putting a few pegs in a board. Look heres the deal with AZ interview, it is very easy and stress free. Those that bash it are whimpering cry babies. If you can't handle what I thought was very easy then you don't belong in any dental school. This whole deal with the current events is a joke. Agian if you can't name 2 current supreme court justices you don't belong in any dental school much less college. Other questions are derived from any major headline you might see on the evening news. There are only a few questions anyway and it doesn't matter if you answer correctly it's about how you handle yourself. Don't pretend to know the answer or guess if you really have no idea. I have been a student at AZ for around 2 months now and i have found it to be an amazing school. I have experienced little to no stress at this point. The facilities here are incredible and the instructors have been outstanding. the administartion is super accesible and have a genuine concern for the students. If you don't interview at this school you are missing out.
 
klfb80 said:
100% positive they do not have an essay at AZ. They got rid of that last year when i interviewed. I was speaking to an administrator the other day and was told that the website is a little out of date in a few areas and will be remedied soon.
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VERY out of date, and we hope they update it to the university format soon!
 
Hey there, for all you people who have an interview at ASDOH, I am a current female dental student who would possibly let you stay at my home in Gilbert while your here for your interview. PM me for more details.
 
This might be a stupid question, but what does it mean to be accreditted? Thanks!
 
teethfolife said:
This might be a stupid question, but what does it mean to be accreditted? Thanks!
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this applies to any and all dental school- every 7 years the ADA Dept of Accreditation checks out each school and approves it (if they are good enough) for accreditation. It basically means they qualify the school to be a valid school for providing students with a degree.
 
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