UPENN Interviews 2007

[mulbery]

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hi all,
monreal,drsbcd,thaza,zsy _lzy wish u good luck for ur i/v on 25th
do ur best and infom us about ur experience.

 

[jayashree]

Gd luck folks - all those with i/vs on 25th... rock it..

 

[ITSME]

good luck for ur interviews guys...

 

[rtvj]

Hey ppl..All the best for the interview on the 25th!

 

[zsy_lzy]

thanks millions , guys..
see you on september 25..

 

[passion7]

Wish you luck guys🙂. I haven't received anything from them yet😕

 

[darkshadow0574]

Once you get your letter wich you have to either fax it or mail to confirm your interview do you get any notification either by mail or phone call or email saying that they received it and you are good to go?

 

[rtvj]

Once you get your letter wich you have to either fax it or mail to confirm your interview do you get any notification either by mail or phone call or email saying that they received it and you are good to go?

I faxed my confirmation letter and called up the school's office the next day and asked the lady there if she received my fax..she checked and told me she got it and that I am good to go.

 

[zsy_lzy]

first, i am very glad to meet MONREAL and TAHAZA in u penn today...
we have 9 people today,,3 beautiful girls and 6 handsome boys..
dont eat your breakfast....
u penn provide you great breakfast and orange juice..
the director of the program chat with me for 15 minutes..
and director of admission office chat with me for 15 minutes..
and the doctor chat with me for 20 minutes..
very relax,,,no difficult questions for me..i am lucky.hahahahahah

all the questions i can remeber is as follows:
why do you come to america??
do you feel sorry to leave china?
what did you do in china as a dentist??
what is your hobbies other than dentistry??
tell me about your dental career...
what do you do as a dental assistant??
why dont you have any volunteer experience???
why is your speaking section of toefl so low???
what kind of dentist do you wanna be???
what is the main factor that affect you to choose the right place to practise dentistry???
do you have any questions???


very nice lunch too....

dont predict any questions,,,just be yourself,,be active,,be confident,,be enthusiastic....

love,

rain brother...

 

[rtvj]

Hi zsy_lzy,
thanks so much for the information! I hope u did well...Looks like the interview was pretty relaxed...Did they ask any clinical questions??
Do u know when the results will be out???
Good luck!👍

first, i am very glad to meet MONREAL and TAHAZA in u penn today...
we have 9 people today,,3 beautiful girls and 6 handsome boys..
dont eat your breakfast....
u penn provide you great breakfast and orange juice..
the director of the program chat with me for 15 minutes..
and director of admission office chat with me for 15 minutes..
and the doctor chat with me for 20 minutes..
very relax,,,no difficult questions for me..i am lucky.hahahahahah

all the questions i can remeber is as follows:
why do you come to america??
do you feel sorry to leave china?
what did you do in china as a dentist??
what is your hobbies other than dentistry??
tell me about your dental career...
what do you do as a dental assistant??
why dont you have any volunteer experience???
why is your speaking section of toefl so low???
what kind of dentist do you wanna be???
what is the main factor that affect you to choose the right place to practise dentistry???
do you have any questions???


very nice lunch too....

dont predict any questions,,,just be yourself,,be active,,be confident,,be enthusiastic....

love,

rain brother...

 

[zsy_lzy]

dear rtvj,,
the professor they will start to send out the notification in november 1..
dont worry,,everything will be fine...
just go ahead....

best wishes,

love,
rain brother

 

[emma429]

dear rtvj,,
the professor they will start to send out the notification in november 1..
dont worry,,everything will be fine...
just go ahead....

best wishes,

love,
rain brother

HI got your message. I already posted my status. What do you mean by "male or female, age...."???
I was just asking a general question, nothing offensive. If you don't want to help, that's fine. But If you want to hook a girlfriend here, you simply just got a wrong place! Anyway, you don't have to be so mean. Just try to be nice, man!
Sorry, you really made me SICK.....like I said, with your low GPA, low ibt with low speaking, retaken part1, and not too much experience even volunteering, what would you expect? So, my suggestion for you would be: Don't waste your money and time on other schools, just focus on NYU, you probably could make it.
Good Luck!

 

[zsy_lzy]

hahahahahah...

 

[zsy_lzy]

HI got your message. I already posted my status. What do you mean by "male or female, age...."???
I was just asking a general question, nothing offensive. If you don't want to help, that's fine. But If you want to hook a girlfriend here, you simply just got a wrong place! Anyway, you don't have to be so mean. Just try to be nice, man!
Sorry, you really made me SICK.....like I said, with your low GPA, low ibt with low speaking, retaken part1, and not too much experience even volunteering, what would you expect? So, my suggestion for you would be: Don't waste your money and time on other schools, just focus on NYU, you probably could make it.
Good Luck!

hahahahahahah\\\\\\\\







hahahahaha,,,
never mind..

 

[zsy_lzy]

maybe i will go to nyu finally...

but ,,,,

it is very nice to meet MONREAL and TAHAZA in u penn ......

how are you two guys doing??

i hope you 2 guys have a safe flight back home...

let me know when you two are safe..

love,

rain

 

[monreal]

maybe i will go to nyu finally...

but ,,,,

it is very nice to meet MONREAL and TAHAZA in u penn ......

how are you two guys doing??

i hope you 2 guys have a safe flight back home...

let me know when you two are safe..

love,

rain

Hey rain ..it was nice to meet you there. thanks for your support!
I believe Tahaza slept in Philly after the interview. He has a long flight today.
good luck wherever you wanna go 😉

 

[zsy_lzy]

Hey rain ..it was nice to meet you there. thanks for your support!
I believe Tahaza slept in Philly after the interview. He has a long flight today.
good luck wherever you wanna go 😉

dear monreal..

let me know when u come to new york.....

love,
rain

 

[indian dentist]

I gt application complete notification. It says interwviews will last till mid november

 

[rtvj]

Hey monreal & zsy
How did u guys feel after the interview..did u get any positive vibes from the ppl who interviewed u?
Also is it easy to find the Robert Schatnner building? How did u guys travel from the airport to the school?
Thanks!

 

[nbkj]

Hello all,

I am a new registered member member of SDN and because I have read many of the posts from this forum, I decided to tell you about my experience during the interview at Penn, on Sept 25th.
There were 9 people from all over the world with very good stats, although we didn't talked about them. I concluded that form their posts on the forum. So everybody had Part1 around 90, more or less. the TOEFL was also pretty high, around 100(I am guessing). I just want to give you an idea who was first interviewed.
Dr. Hangorsky and Ms Corky Cacas interviewed us all and they asked personal questions. Why did you come to US?what do you like and you don't like about US?
What have you done after your arrival to US?
What hobbies do you have?What do you do in your spare time?
Be prepared to answer questions from your applications!!
Why Upenn?
The third interviewer was a different person for each student. I had someone form the restorative department.Very nice person! They might throw a question about "How independent you feel and prepared to work with a patient?"
Specific questions may arise from the conversation. If you have taken Part 2 you should be able to answer them, they are not difficult.
One advice:be as natural as possible, don't be stressed because they don't want to see stressed people. Look and feel confident and you will get in. They are not looking for perfect people, they want students that can integrate with the regular students. If you have a good application and you are a friendly person, they will see that in just 15-20 minutes of the interview.
Good luck everyone!
PS> Taha, will you please send out the photo you have taken of us? Thank you.(in e-mail )

 

[nbkj]

Hello all,

I am a new registered member of SDN and because I have read many of the posts from this forum, I decided to tell you about my experience during the interview at Penn, on Sept 25th.
There were 9 people from all over the world with very good stats, although we didn't talked about them. I concluded that form their posts on the forum. So everybody had Part1 around 90, more or less. the TOEFL was also pretty high, around 100(I am guessing). I just want to give you an idea who was first interviewed.
Dr. Hangorsky and Ms Corky Cacas interviewed us all and they asked personal questions. Why did you come to US?what do you like and you don't like about US?
What have you done after your arrival to US?
What hobbies do you have?What do you do in your spare time?
Be prepared to answer questions from your applications!!
Why Upenn?
The third interviewer was a different person for each student. I had someone form the restorative department.Very nice person! They might throw a question about "How independent you feel and prepared to work with a patient?"
Specific questions may arise from the conversation. If you have taken Part 2 you should be able to answer them, they are not difficult.
One advice:be as natural as possible, don't be stressed because they don't want to see stressed people. Look and feel confident and you will get in. They are not looking for perfect people, they want students that can integrate with the regular students. If you have a good application and you are a friendly person, they will see that in just 15-20 minutes of the interview.
GPA is also important:it shows that you are able to study and you will not struggle during the school. TOEFL shows how well you can interact with the other students, how well you will be able to understand the instructor and if the patients will understand you.
Good luck everyone!
I am sure everyone is interested in my stats. I will just give you some ranges:
Part 1>90
TOEFL>110
GPA >3.70
PS> Taha, will you please send out the photo you have taken of us? Thank you.(in e-mail )

 

[monreal]

Hey monreal & zsy
How did u guys feel after the interview..did u get any positive vibes from the ppl who interviewed u?
Also is it easy to find the Robert Schatnner building? How did u guys travel from the airport to the school?
Thanks!

Positive vibes! off coarse, everything was positive there, nobody went out from the interview room saying "Damn, I did bad!". However, 80% of us will be rejected!
It will be a hard decision they have to take. I mean I met 8 great applicants, all confident, good looking, smiling, and nice talkers...and naturally with impressive sets of achievements. So nobody can tell, Dr. Hangorsky has to wait and see what the second interviewer wrote about us.

The building is easy to find. Google it. I took a train from the airport to downtown, you buy the ticket on board. Go to http://www.septa.com

 

[zsy_lzy]

Hey monreal & zsy
How did u guys feel after the interview..did u get any positive vibes from the ppl who interviewed u?
Also is it easy to find the Robert Schatnner building? How did u guys travel from the airport to the school?
Thanks!

dear rtvj,,
i felt very happy after interview...
i have great talk with the three interview people...
it is very easy to find the robert schatnner building...
i took the round trip bus from new york to philadelphia...
you can take blue line{ subway} to get off at the stop of 40 street...and then walk toward south all the way to spruce street..the building is at the corner..
love,

rain brother

 

[zsy_lzy]

Hello all,

I am a new registered member of SDN and because I have read many of the posts from this forum, I decided to tell you about my experience during the interview at Penn, on Sept 25th.
There were 9 people from all over the world with very good stats, although we didn't talked about them. I concluded that form their posts on the forum. So everybody had Part1 around 90, more or less. the TOEFL was also pretty high, around 100(I am guessing). I just want to give you an idea who was first interviewed.
Dr. Hangorsky and Ms Corky Cacas interviewed us all and they asked personal questions. Why did you come to US?what do you like and you don't like about US?
What have you done after your arrival to US?
What hobbies do you have?What do you do in your spare time?
Be prepared to answer questions from your applications!!
Why Upenn?
The third interviewer was a different person for each student. I had someone form the restorative department.Very nice person! They might throw a question about "How independent you feel and prepared to work with a patient?"
Specific questions may arise from the conversation. If you have taken Part 2 you should be able to answer them, they are not difficult.
One advice:be as natural as possible, don't be stressed because they don't want to see stressed people. Look and feel confident and you will get in. They are not looking for perfect people, they want students that can integrate with the regular students. If you have a good application and you are a friendly person, they will see that in just 15-20 minutes of the interview.
GPA is also important:it shows that you are able to study and you will not struggle during the school. TOEFL shows how well you can interact with the other students, how well you will be able to understand the instructor and if the patients will understand you.
Good luck everyone!
I am sure everyone is interested in my stats. I will just give you some ranges:
Part 1>90
TOEFL>110
GPA >3.70
PS> Taha, will you please send out the photo you have taken of us? Thank you.(in e-mail )

nice meeting you there...
love,
rain

 

[nbkj]

If I am not wrong, I think you are "my cousin" . Please let me know if I am wrong or not. Thank you.

 

[zsy_lzy]

If I am not wrong, I think you are "my cousin" . Please let me know if I am wrong or not. Thank you.

what do you mean by " i am your cousin'?

hahahahahahahahhahaha...

are you a boy or a girl yesterday?

hahahahahahhaha

love,
rain

 

[rtvj]

Thanks so much for the information..I wish u the best of luck!👍

Hello all,

I am a new registered member of SDN and because I have read many of the posts from this forum, I decided to tell you about my experience during the interview at Penn, on Sept 25th.
There were 9 people from all over the world with very good stats, although we didn't talked about them. I concluded that form their posts on the forum. So everybody had Part1 around 90, more or less. the TOEFL was also pretty high, around 100(I am guessing). I just want to give you an idea who was first interviewed.
Dr. Hangorsky and Ms Corky Cacas interviewed us all and they asked personal questions. Why did you come to US?what do you like and you don't like about US?
What have you done after your arrival to US?
What hobbies do you have?What do you do in your spare time?
Be prepared to answer questions from your applications!!
Why Upenn?
The third interviewer was a different person for each student. I had someone form the restorative department.Very nice person! They might throw a question about "How independent you feel and prepared to work with a patient?"
Specific questions may arise from the conversation. If you have taken Part 2 you should be able to answer them, they are not difficult.
One advice:be as natural as possible, don't be stressed because they don't want to see stressed people. Look and feel confident and you will get in. They are not looking for perfect people, they want students that can integrate with the regular students. If you have a good application and you are a friendly person, they will see that in just 15-20 minutes of the interview.
GPA is also important:it shows that you are able to study and you will not struggle during the school. TOEFL shows how well you can interact with the other students, how well you will be able to understand the instructor and if the patients will understand you.
Good luck everyone!
I am sure everyone is interested in my stats. I will just give you some ranges:
Part 1>90
TOEFL>110
GPA >3.70
PS> Taha, will you please send out the photo you have taken of us? Thank you.(in e-mail )

 

[rtvj]

monreal & zsy..thanks for the info guys!👍

 

[rtvj]

. I took a train from the airport to downtown, you buy the ticket on board. Go to http://www.septa.com

I was checking SEPTA earlier and was wondering where I should buy the tickets..anyways thanx for clearing that for me.
Also one more thing..did u get down at University city station or 30th street? From what I've read 30th street is closer to the dental campus..What is easier & faster ..walking, shuttle or jus take a cab from the station?
Thanx!

 

[monreal]

I was checking SEPTA earlier and was wondering where I should buy the tickets..anyways thanx for clearing that for me.
Also one more thing..did u get down at University city station or 30th street? From what I've read 30th street is closer to the dental campus..What is easier & faster ..walking, shuttle or jus take a cab from the station?
Thanx!

Actually I slept there the night before, so I didnt go directly from the airport. I think you can walk from University City. It is less than one mile... 30th St. is absolutely farther!

 

[rtvj]

thanks!

Actually I slept there the night before, so I didnt go directly from the airport. I think you can walk from University City. It is less than one mile... 30th St. is absolutely farther!

 

[nbkj]

Hi,

I got the Septa train to 30th Street and then the Green Loop bus and got off at Spruce and 40th street. The exact address of UPenn. So this buss leaves you in front of UPenn. It runs every ten minutes from the 30th Street Station (outside, on the right side on the 30th St Station). For more info check www.septa.org
Good luck!

 

[zsy_lzy]

Hi,

I got the Septa train to 30th Street and then the Green Loop bus and got off at Spruce and 40th street. The exact address of UPenn. So this buss leaves you in front of UPenn. It runs every ten minutes from the 30th Street Station (outside, on the right side on the 30th St Station). For more info check www.septa.org
Good luck!

that is really nice of you..

 

[nbkj]

As I mentined in my previous post you can take the train and the bus (the Green Loop) but what is nice about it, is that you can use one day ticket pass (I don't know the exact name of it) and you can take the train (only once during that day) and the bus using the same ticket. If you prefer to pay in the train be advised that the prices for tickets are quite high, and for every ride with the bus you pay 2$. It'c cheaper than the taxi.
Check the septa website for train and buses fares.

 

[dentist29]

Can anyone give me Dr Hangorsky's email ID. It is urgent. Thank you.

 

[zsy_lzy]

that is very nice of you

 

[rtvj]

thanx a lot for the info!

Hi,

I got the Septa train to 30th Street and then the Green Loop bus and got off at Spruce and 40th street. The exact address of UPenn. So this buss leaves you in front of UPenn. It runs every ten minutes from the 30th Street Station (outside, on the right side on the 30th St Station). For more info check www.septa.org
Good luck!

 

[monreal]

Can anyone give me Dr Hangorsky's email ID. It is urgent. Thank you.

sent you a pm

 

[Tahaza]

Hey, I missed a whole lot of interesting conversations around here in the past 48 hours 😉 .. First of all, thanks for your kind encouraging good luck posts😍
Rain and nbkj had posted the interview highlights in detail 👍 It was great to meet such talented dentists form more than 5 countries. You guys rock! Best of luck ... By the way, did any of you receive an invitation email form BU? I got mine today, it is scheduled on Nov. 15th.

P.S. dear nbkj, I'd be more than happy to send you the pic. Check your email 😎

 

[Tahaza]

Hey rain ..it was nice to meet you there. thanks for your support!
I believe Tahaza slept in Philly after the interview. He has a long flight today.
good luck wherever you wanna go 😉

Dear Monreal and Rain, it was great getting to know you guys in person. Well, the humid weather of Philly makes hyper-sleepers like me even sleepier 😴 I had a long flight, and guess what? back to work again first thing the next morning 😱 Hope to see you again soon hopefully in UPENN 👍

 

[zsy_lzy]

tahaza,,
hopefully we will get in somewhere..
best wishes.
rain👍😍😛

 

[darkshadow0574]

Good luck to those that have the interview on the second. See you guys there.

 

[ITSME]

hey guys,
good luck to all who have their interviews scheduled on the 2nd....👍🙂

 

[rtvj]

Thanks a lot guys..👍will post the interview experience as soon as I get back home.

 

[dmathew2007]

hi all.
i took part 1 this aug. got only 79. my toefl is 110 and gpa 3.84. i applied in nyuand upenn . i didnt hear from them. so i think i should retake it.
pls provide me the list of books and sites that i should use to get good scores
any help willl be appreciated
thanks

 

[xerostomia]

hi
I want to know if some one has got interview call after 9th oct as I don't see any new interview dates posted here.

 

[rtvj]

I had my interview on Oct 2nd. We had ppl from all arnd the world--India,Iran,Iraq,Cameroon,Venezuela,Ecuador & China!
7 girls and 2 boys.It was awesome to interact with all of em!
It was grt meeting Jayashree,Mulberry and Darkshadow.Very nice,confident and friendly ppl.

We started of the day with a light breakfast and presentation by Dr.Hangorsky.This was followed by a short talk by Ms.Cacas and then the financial advisor.
After that the interviews started.Each one was called for an interview..First it was Dr.Hangorsky and then with Ms.Cacas.After that , we had lunch together with current PASS students both juniors and seniors.It was nice talking to them and eating their heads with questions abt the school.
Then we had to meet with the third interviewer ,who was different for each one.Or a couple of students saw one interviewer...it was pretty random.
After that we toured the school with a PASS student.The building is old but a lot of renovation has been done. My fav was the sim lab and the main clinic.And there were sooo many patients...everyone were busy busy busy!!!
Overall I would say I was very impressed with the school and the program and the students seemed to be happy too.Met a few PASS students during their lunch break and they all said only good things abt the school.
Now..abt the interviews..as the previous ppl had mentioned, it was soooooo casual!!! Just be urself thats all I can say!!
When I came to the school..my stress level was prbly 5/10 but by the time I got to see Dr.Hangorsky..it was 1/10!! And after his interview my stress level went down to zero!!🙂
All 3 interviewers were super friendly.I think we all felt that the interview with Dr.Hangorsky was a little short compared to the other 2.
Interview with Ms.Cacas was nice..abt 15 mins for me and she just asked general questions..She was very sweet and we talked abt family and travelling.
My third interview went for abt half an hr...it was such a relaxing one! We chatted on topics from Hindi movies,Aishwarya Rai to Indian Gods and Indian tea!!! I was so surprised the person had so much knowledge abt India!!At the same time, he did go through every page of my application and asked me a lot of questions abt it..very simple ones...not to worry.Nothing technical for me.

The questions that were asked were exactly what the previous ppl had mentioned...i think their fav question is what did you do after coming to the US.Becos all 3 asked me that.
They all had a sheet with points for each person...I had a glimpse of it but couldnt make out what it was.Other students who interviewed also noticed it.
And during the first 2 interviews, they kept writing something on those sheets.

Overall..everyone came out thinking the interview went well..so we really dunno what they r looking for.
The PASS has changed this yr..till last yr..abt 200 students were called for interview and only 20-25 were selected.But this yr..they are calling only 80 students and only 25 will be selected.
So the chances r higher now then before.

Hope all this information helps.I know its stressful going to the interview but u dont have to worry at all.Just be urself!🙂

Btw..u can leave ur bag or luggage at the school itself with the security..one girl did that in our group.

Good luck to everyone.If this school is for u , it will happen no matter what!🙂

 

[akg]

I had my interview on Oct 2nd. We had ppl from all arnd the world--India,Iran,Iraq,Cameroon,Venezuela,Ecuador & China!
7 girls and 2 boys.It was awesome to interact with all of em!
It was grt meeting Jayashree,Mulberry and Darkshadow.Very nice,confident and friendly ppl.

We started of the day with a light breakfast and presentation by Dr.Hangorsky.This was followed by a short talk by Ms.Cacas and then the financial advisor.
After that the interviews started.Each one was called for an interview..First it was Dr.Hangorsky and then with Ms.Cacas.After that , we had lunch together with current PASS students both juniors and seniors.It was nice talking to them and eating their heads with questions abt the school.
Then we had to meet with the third interviewer ,who was different for each one.Or a couple of students saw one interviewer...it was pretty random.
After that we toured the school with a PASS student.The building is old but a lot of renovation has been done. My fav was the sim lab and the main clinic.And there were sooo many patients...everyone were busy busy busy!!!
Overall I would say I was very impressed with the school and the program and the students seemed to be happy too.Met a few PASS students during their lunch break and they all said only good things abt the school.
Now..abt the interviews..as the previous ppl had mentioned, it was soooooo casual!!! Just be urself thats all I can say!!
When I came to the school..my stress level was prbly 5/10 but by the time I got to see Dr.Hangorsky..it was 1/10!! And after his interview my stress level went down to zero!!🙂
All 3 interviewers were super friendly.I think we all felt that the interview with Dr.Hangorsky was a little short compared to the other 2.
Interview with Ms.Cacas was nice..abt 15 mins for me and she just asked general questions..She was very sweet and we talked abt family and travelling.
My third interview went for abt half an hr...it was such a relaxing one! We chatted on topics from Hindi movies,Aishwarya Rai to Indian Gods and Indian tea!!! I was so surprised the person had so much knowledge abt India!!At the same time, he did go through every page of my application and asked me a lot of questions abt it..very simple ones...not to worry.Nothing technical for me.

The questions that were asked were exactly what the previous ppl had mentioned...i think their fav question is what did you do after coming to the US.Becos all 3 asked me that.
They all had a sheet with points for each person...I had a glimpse of it but couldnt make out what it was.Other students who interviewed also noticed it.
And during the first 2 interviews, they kept writing something on those sheets.

Overall..everyone came out thinking the interview went well..so we really dunno what they r looking for.
The PASS has changed this yr..till last yr..abt 200 students were called for interview and only 20-25 were selected.But this yr..they are calling only 80 students and only 25 will be selected.
So the chances r higher now then before.

Hope all this information helps.I know its stressful going to the interview but u dont have to worry at all.Just be urself!🙂

Btw..u can leave ur bag or luggage at the school itself with the security..one girl did that in our group.

Good luck to everyone.If this school is for u , it will happen no matter what!🙂

congratulations and thanks for sharing u r experience with the forum 👍

lets hope for the best 🙂

 

[blueskydentist]

I had my interview on Oct 2nd. We had ppl from all arnd the world--India,Iran,Iraq,Cameroon,Venezuela,Ecuador & China!
7 girls and 2 boys.It was awesome to interact with all of em!
It was grt meeting Jayashree,Mulberry and Darkshadow.Very nice,confident and friendly ppl.

We started of the day with a light breakfast and presentation by Dr.Hangorsky.This was followed by a short talk by Ms.Cacas and then the financial advisor.
After that the interviews started.Each one was called for an interview..First it was Dr.Hangorsky and then with Ms.Cacas.After that , we had lunch together with current PASS students both juniors and seniors.It was nice talking to them and eating their heads with questions abt the school.
Then we had to meet with the third interviewer ,who was different for each one.Or a couple of students saw one interviewer...it was pretty random.
After that we toured the school with a PASS student.The building is old but a lot of renovation has been done. My fav was the sim lab and the main clinic.And there were sooo many patients...everyone were busy busy busy!!!
Overall I would say I was very impressed with the school and the program and the students seemed to be happy too.Met a few PASS students during their lunch break and they all said only good things abt the school.
Now..abt the interviews..as the previous ppl had mentioned, it was soooooo casual!!! Just be urself thats all I can say!!
When I came to the school..my stress level was prbly 5/10 but by the time I got to see Dr.Hangorsky..it was 1/10!! And after his interview my stress level went down to zero!!🙂
All 3 interviewers were super friendly.I think we all felt that the interview with Dr.Hangorsky was a little short compared to the other 2.
Interview with Ms.Cacas was nice..abt 15 mins for me and she just asked general questions..She was very sweet and we talked abt family and travelling.
My third interview went for abt half an hr...it was such a relaxing one! We chatted on topics from Hindi movies,Aishwarya Rai to Indian Gods and Indian tea!!! I was so surprised the person had so much knowledge abt India!!At the same time, he did go through every page of my application and asked me a lot of questions abt it..very simple ones...not to worry.Nothing technical for me.

The questions that were asked were exactly what the previous ppl had mentioned...i think their fav question is what did you do after coming to the US.Becos all 3 asked me that.
They all had a sheet with points for each person...I had a glimpse of it but couldnt make out what it was.Other students who interviewed also noticed it.
And during the first 2 interviews, they kept writing something on those sheets.

Overall..everyone came out thinking the interview went well..so we really dunno what they r looking for.
The PASS has changed this yr..till last yr..abt 200 students were called for interview and only 20-25 were selected.But this yr..they are calling only 80 students and only 25 will be selected.
So the chances r higher now then before.

Hope all this information helps.I know its stressful going to the interview but u dont have to worry at all.Just be urself!🙂

Btw..u can leave ur bag or luggage at the school itself with the security..one girl did that in our group.

Good luck to everyone.If this school is for u , it will happen no matter what!🙂

Hey rtvj

It was great reading your interview experience.I am yet to get an interview but it feels so nice knowing about the whole experience.I hope I also get a chance to share mine 🙂

all the best to you and others waiting for the result.

 

[emma429]

Hi,

anybody got interview call from Upenn now? I sent my application on Sept. 12, and got my application complete mail on Sept. But still no info about interview... anybody knows how long it takes to get interview mail after the application was complete?

thanks!

emma