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Temple University College of Liberal Arts
Temple University College of Liberal Arts
  • Year founded: 1884
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Temple University College of Liberal Arts
Psychology School
Philadelphia, PA
  • SDN RANKING 3
  • INTERVIEW FEEDBACK 5 179 Responses
  • SCHOOL REVIEWS N/A 0 Responses

Overview

Overview

School Stats

  • Resident Tuition $20,472
  • Non - Resident Tuition $28,056
  • Application Fee $60
  • AVG GRE N/A
  • AVG GPA N/A

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Admissions Information

  • Graduate Coordinator, Dept. of Psychology
  • 657 Weiss Hall (265-67)
  • 1701 North 13th Street
  • Philadelphia, PA 19122-6085
  • United States

School Overview

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Interview Feedback

Interview Feedback

Results Overview

How did the interview impress you?

Response # Responders
Positively 124
Negatively 26
No change 26

What was the stress level of the interview?

Response Avg # Responders
3.12 172

0 = low, 10 = high

How you think you did?

Response Avg # Responders
8.29 99

0 = low, 10 = high

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What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"Minor, but several of us were thinking that it would be great to have enough money on the voucher to" More from this Member | Report Response

"Keep Up the good work!" More from this Member | Report Response

"The interviewing process was great. However, I was a little disappointed because the interviewees di" More from this Member | Report Response

"Nothing...the interview was centered for the interviewees and was effective..." More from this Member | Report Response

"Having some kind of nice folder for all the interview handouts would be a good touch." More from this Member | Report Response

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

"So, why dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you didnt get in?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your leadership experiences." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you have over 100 hours of shadowing?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your research interests." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Dentistry? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself (including hobbies)." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"tell me about yourself (where born, school, major), and why temple?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What community service and/or outreach have you done - and what do you plan to do once you are in dental school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why dentistry? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What activities do you do with your hands?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why temple?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How have you demonstrated your dedication to the community?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Volunteer work." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why dentistry" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your favorite dental tool?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Leadership qualities." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"When have you shown any leadership abilities?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How can you use dentistry to help your community?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why dentistry? give dexterity skills?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your research interests?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe any experience in manual dexterity. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"rate your knowledge of dentistry from 1-5" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe yourself. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is your role model (though I think this is the question everyone in my group answered, but not necessarily the one asked)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What got you interested in dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"ice-breaker: name, school, major" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where are you from / what school are you at?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Whose ideas have inspired you the most?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why dentsitry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind of volunteer work do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why dentistry and not proctology, etc? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What leadership experience do you have?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why denstitry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What qualities make a good dentist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"stated above" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was a constant discussion between the interviewer and the students. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why you wanna be a dentist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I know you all volunteer, but how do you contribute to society?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Of course why dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why dentistry, volunteer works, and your opinion on some of the issues that the dentists have to face everyday." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what dental experience do you have? (ie shadowing)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Dentitry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with stress? What do you do outside or school/work? Last book you read/what type of books do you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me what books you've read lately?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What can you offer to Temple?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"if you had to beg for acceptance, what would you say?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why dentistry? Why temple? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you want your practice to be like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what do i hope to do as a dentist, do i want to go into reserach/ education, etc..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why dentistry, why temple?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a dentist? (Of course)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why temple" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Dentisty?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"-Tell me about yourself (location, major, hobbies) " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the role of a dentist in the community?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself. Why Dentistry? Why Temple?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last book you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you manage your stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why dentistry? what activities do u do that demonstrate manual dexterity? extra-curriculars? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do you want to be a dentist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It depends which faculty member you get...our group was more of a conversation. Basically, Why do you want to be a Dentist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what would you do if you do not get into dental school What was the last book you read, rank it on a scale of 1- 10" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Essay Question: If in 10 years you were to hurt your back so bad you can't practice, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last thing you built?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"last book you read, hobbies" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Temple over other dental schools?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you don't get into dental school this year, what will you do? What if you NEVER get into dental school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you like about Temple? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Convince me you are right for temple and you would come here." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think about critiques?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"describe your leadership experience to me" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How did you become interested in dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What does Temple have to offer you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

" Why dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me things about yourself that you were not able to express in your application?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do i want to be a dentist?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself in a few sentences" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"None really. It was simply a conversation between the interviewers and the interviewee (me). They were just trying to get a feel for who you are, what you can contribute to the program, and how you liked Temple. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing out of the ordinary" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing, questions were really straightforward and conversational." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something unique about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Refer to the interview general comments" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"...nothing too interesting..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who has had the most influence on you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Ask your own question to your fellow interviewees." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Having interviewees ask the rest of the group a question" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Name this instrument (this wasn't during formal interview). The questions in the formal interview were basic and what one would expect." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How will you pay off your debt" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe a recent altercation and how you handled it." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I wasn't asked this, but someone was asked to answer a question on women in dentistry." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you do activities with your hands? Which?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Have you read ''Rich Dad Poor Dad''." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If the whole group was accepted and you went to Temple, how would the group remember you at a 5 yr reunion?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I was only asked 3 so I guess when have you shown leadership." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing interesting..why dentistry instead of medicine" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if a young individual asked you to pull out all of their teeth?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who do you admire and why?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All normal questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If not dentistry, what other job appealed to you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who in your life has inspired your ideals and beliefs?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is your role model?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"all standard questions...posted here on SDN" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All General" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing. The group style format resulted in very standard questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The most interesting question was "Have I thought about how I am going to pay for Dental school"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing...they're all crappy questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is your best friend and describe why? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How can a dentist make a positive impact on his/her community?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you do to relax?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Interview was more of a conversation. We were asked about ourselves, volunteer activity and our interests." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What should be done about underserved populations in Alaska in need of dental practitioners?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what is your favorite dental instrument?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Whose ideas have inspired you the most? What is your favorite dental instrument?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really special." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where do you see yourself 7 years from now?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing interesting" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing really to terrible, I think the most interesting question was....Give me an example of a diverse setting you have been in...." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"N/A" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of people did you work with on your LDS mission?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Did you apply your state school?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do I study alone or in groups?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me something about yourself" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none, just ask from a question sheet" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who do you look up to as a role model?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"We all know that Temple isn't in a nice area, how does this affect you?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Temple?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why do I want dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The fact is, I was only asked one question! The interviewer just sold the school and dentistry the entire time. Easiest interview yet!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Explain to me in detail what your practice and your life will be like in 15 years." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would your practice look like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If I would like to participate in thye Haiti mission." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you couldn't do dentistry what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who my role models were, and where I envisioned myself in five years." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How would a dentist deal with different types of insurance?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you handle people who constantly doubt your abilities?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How are you artistic? Be able to talk about yourself... What do you do in your spare time? What challenges have you faced? And how did you handle that challenge? Inspiration toward dentistry? Culture of the area you grew up in? eg: diverse, middle class, suburban..." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Essay Question: Describe the most influential/important day in your life. (or something like that, i forget, you get the idea)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you believe the taxpayers should chip in to help pay for Katrina?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Zip" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What type of student you are?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What's the last book you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think dental school will be like?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Who is your role model and inspiration?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing really. maybe... what i wanted to do as a dentist.." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last book I read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What can you bring to Temple?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All very basic questions. Why dentistry, why Temple, what do you do besides dentistry, etc." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Describe the culture of the area in which you grew up." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"The only question asked during the entire interview was 'Why Dentistry?'" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They asked me about my impression of the their subway trains? Answer: Total Ghetto" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What are your hobbies? (Manual Dexterity activities)" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"what will your biggest challange be in dental school" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with the sight of blood?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"-none" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last book you read and what did you learn from it?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"All of the questions were expected" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you study? " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"10 min essay question is to see if you are indeed the person who wrote your personal statement, so relax. They have 6+ essay topics & if you don't like your topic, they'll let you find one that you like. Mine was "who was your favorite teacher?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Some hypothetical questions that he asked where we were forced to place ourselves in an actual dentist's shoes and answer how we would handle a specific situation that the interviwer prsented." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"We were only asked two questions and then he wanted us to ask all the questions. Dont waste all of your questions on Brian, or dental students on the tour, save your best questions for the interview. He asked us, Why dentistry, and If you do not get in this year, next year, or ever, what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How is oral communications important in dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing cuz everything was the same as all the feedbacks given here" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you plan to fund your education?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There were no extraordinary questions, although the essay was a bit unorthodox. It was simple though, probably only to measure your ability to complete coherent sentences, as it is not uncommon for students to pay "services" to write their admissions applications for them." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think you will like this city?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How important is communication?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you NEVER got accepted into dental school, then what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"How do you deal with stress?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Will you treat a drunk patient?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No interesting questions were asked- only three: Why dentistry. What do you do with your hands, and what are your hobbies. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was the last book you read?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would your actions/reactions be if a new patient came in smelling heavily of alcohol on his breath? Assume that the patient is planning to undergo implants." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Should the U.S. allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If you had a someone coming in for treatment and you smelled alcohol on their breath what would you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What do you think of the skeleton that was found of the newly discovered primitive human species?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No out of the ordinary questions. Best part of the day was talking to the patients during the tour. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"If a patient with no health insurance came to your office and couldn't pay, how would you handle the situation?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you couldn't get into dental school after applying 3 times?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you treat a drunk patient?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your most memorable non-academic experience." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"why do you like dentistry?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is your level of cultural competency?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What qualities do you possess that would specifically help you at Temple?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Would you give treatments to a drunk person?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing interesting was asked to me. they treat u like a total stranger( foreign trained dentist). " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Pretty standard questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing really interesting, they were all the basic questions one would expect from a dental school interview" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"very routine questions. Why dentistry and why temple?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Do you think that there should be a motorcycle helmet law in Pennsylvania?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"nothing, just standard questions" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"none--the questions were standard" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Are you a Yankees fan?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how many dentists are in US?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"I used names in the last review...so they will be omitted! We had an interesting discussion about rich people and poor people. Be yourself!" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No really interesting questions." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Tell me about yourself." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"how was lunch?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"They don't ask questions. They ahave already made up their mind and the interview was a total waste of time." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"During the actual interview I was only asked one question. The question was "Tell me things about yourself that you were not able to express in your application?"" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"There was only one question, "Tell me about yourself". " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"We were asked to tell the interviewer about ourselves. He left it open ended, you could have addressed it anyway you wanted. I gave a synapsis of myself. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"No questions struck me as interesting because they were simply routine. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Nothing out of the ordinary." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What kind/types of manual hands on work have you done?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Where did you get that tie?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"It's 4:30pm, you are booked solid for the rest of the day and your receptionist wants to leave soon, but a patient calls in pain. What do you do?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"Why Dentistry? Why come here? Students asked us and they really mean why do you want to come here because this place is so horrible. They treat the students like crap." More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What was my best quality/skill and how it would make me a better dentist. " More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

"What is the most interesting dental experience you haqve had?" More from this Member | Report Response | I was asked this question too

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