Schools with unique interview aspects

[predentduck]

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Hey everyone, I just submitted yesterday and basically just spent the last hour going through pages of threads on this site ha apparently I wasn't ready to take a break from thinking about dental schools...

Anyway, I came across a thread about writing sections during interviews and I didn't even realize this happened ha, so does anyone know which schools do this?

Also, are there any other interview anomalies out there?

Just curious, good luck to everyone finishing their apps!

 

[Predent68]

Hey everyone, I just submitted yesterday and basically just spent the last hour going through pages of threads on this site ha apparently I wasn't ready to take a break from thinking about dental schools...

Anyway, I came across a thread about writing sections during interviews and I didn't even realize this happened ha, so does anyone know which schools do this?

Also, are there any other interview anomalies out there?

Just curious, good luck to everyone finishing their apps!

UCLA, USC, UCSF do have writing portion
UConn, NYU, UNLV, Penn don't
Uconn has 2 interviewers to 1 candidate interview format

 

[pacific2013]

Michigan: I didn't have a Michigan Interview but I've heard of the MMI (?), where they have 10 different stations and you interview each station for about 10 minutes each. Hopefully, someone else can explain the interview better.

USC: Problem Based Learning format interview (group interview). Given a prompt and you work within a group of 8~10 people coming up with the questions, facts, and possible solutions. No preparation, in terms of topic, is necessary.

ASDOH: Minnesota Peg board test (google it), group work and presentation about dental ethics, and 3 (2 faculty and 1 student) vs 1 interview (not 3 different interview, just one interview in a room with 3 admissions people and yourself.)

 

[gatorgrl10]

Buffalo has a writing portion along with an ethical question (1 on 1 with an interviewer)

Pitt and VCU also have writing portions. All of them are pretty easy (ex. who was your favorite teacher and why.) In one of my interviews they told me they were just making sure we could put together an "essay" with a beginning, middle, and end.

Any certain schools you're curious about?

 

[predentduck]

I applied to both Midwesterns, Michigan, Indiana, Marquette, Louisville, Temple, ASDOH and Case Western, so I am most interested in those

However I do think this thread could actually be useful to people other than myself so if anyone knows anything about specific interview styles at schools please feel free to post!

 

[nze82]

Hey everyone, I just submitted yesterday and basically just spent the last hour going through pages of threads on this site ha apparently I wasn't ready to take a break from thinking about dental schools...

Anyway, I came across a thread about writing sections during interviews and I didn't even realize this happened ha, so does anyone know which schools do this?

Also, are there any other interview anomalies out there?

Just curious, good luck to everyone finishing their apps!

I know UCLA and UCSF both have the writing portion of the interview!
Not sure if you know this or not, USC doesn't go by the typical one-on-one interview format. They have a group interview.

 

[gatorgrl10]

I applied to both Midwesterns, Michigan, Indiana, Marquette, Louisville, Temple, ASDOH and Case Western, so I am most interested in those

However I do think this thread could actually be useful to people other than myself so if anyone knows anything about specific interview styles at schools please feel free to post!

Midwestern and Louisville are pretty typical. At Midwestern in AZ you're split in to two groups. One group tours the school while the other interviews, then lunch with dental students, then switch. At UofL there's a power point presentation, a school tour, lunch, and then your interview. You're interviewed by two seperate people.. I had a D3 and a professor. Before you leave you have an exit interview, mine was only like 5 minutes with the admissions director seeing if I had anymore questions and sort of summarized how my interviewers said I did, really low stress. Temple was pretty similiar but before the little presentation there was kind of an "ice breaker" and Brian went around asking random questions like what's your favorite dental instrument or what's one of your hobbies.

Also, this is a pretty helpful tool to prepare for interviews once you get some! http://www.studentdoctor.net/schools/?view=dental