How many people interviewed you?
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.00 | 42 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 39 |
| Negatively | 1 |
| No change | 1 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 3.24 | 42 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.55 | 29 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.76 | 29 |
No responses
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 5 minutes | 0 |
| 10 minutes | 0 |
| 15 minutes | 1 |
| 20 minutes | 1 |
| 25 minutes | 2 |
| 30 minutes | 4 |
| 35 minutes | 1 |
| 40 minutes | 1 |
| 45 minutes | 6 |
| 50 minutes | 8 |
| 55 minutes | 1 |
| 60+ minutes | 17 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At the school | 41 |
| At a regional location | 0 |
| At another location | 1 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| One-on-one | 42 |
| In a group | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Open file | 35 |
| Closed file | 5 |
| Response Average | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 1.00 | 42 |
"What are 3 or 4 words that describe you?"
"What difficult situation have you faced, and how did you come resolving it?"
"Describe yourself in three words."
"How would you or ur friend describe you"
"what is my weak point?"
"Tell me what you learned from ___ volunteering experience."
"Your interviewer will have a sheet with four questions on it, these are the four: 1) Tell me about yourself and why you want to go into dentistry 2) How do you plan your time and how do you manage stress? 3) What is one strength and one weakness? 4) What type of people do you not get along with? On the first, stay away from mention money and easy hours. On the second, DO mention that you plan your schedule, e.g., by using planners, smartphone or desktop calendars, etc. To manage stress, again mention that you do something, like exercising frequently, always making sure to spend time with friends and family, reading... On the third, don't name a weakness you can't work on. And the weakness shouldn't put you at a disadvantage as a dental student/dentist. On the fourth, remember not to look like you're hard to get along with. The interviewer wants to know that you're a people person, and that in your class or as a dental service provider, you are the type to get along with all sorts of people. You could mention that you like working in groups, but that XYZ personality types are harder to work with than others (overbearing, disrespectful, self-interested, etc). Your interviewer will jot notes on your responses on that sheet with the four questions. Also be prepared to tell him/her why you want to go to Houston over other dental schools."
"How do you stay organized?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"Dental School can be stressful at times, what do you do to relieve stress?"
"What are your weakness and strengths?"
"Please tell me about your science GPA, DAT scores, and graduate degrees."
"why do you want to be a dentist?"
"Strengths/weaknesses?"
"- Why Dentistry?"
"Why do you want to pursue a career in dentistry?"
"Why dentistry?"
"Strengths and weaknesses"
"My interviewer did not read my app but preferred to get to know the students first. Not many questions"
"What were your grades and DAT scores? (my interviewer did not have a chance to look at my file much before the ineterview)"
"How do I plan out my day?"
""Seems like you had a very interesting childhood, could you please explain what it was like.""
"Tell me about yourself"
"How do you handle stress?"
"What did you do to prepare for the DAT?"
"What class do you feel positively affected your life and why? "
"How do you deal with stress?"
"What is your greatest strength? Weakness?"
"Stated above"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"What leadership skills to you possess?"
"What do you do for fun?"
"What can you bring to the table that is unique to other applicants?"
"What ethical issue have you faced, and how did you come to your decision?"
"Why UT Houston?"
"What is one of your weakness"
"What is ur weakness ?"
"Describe any situation when I made ethical decision."
"How did you become interested in dentistry?"
"What is your greatest strength?"
"What kind of people do you not get along with?"
"Why dentistry?"
"What do u do when u are stressed? How do u cope with stress?"
"Strengths/weaknesses?"
"how do you deal with stress?"
"Favorite undergrad course and why?"
"- You applied to other schools. Why do you want to come to Houston?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses? "
"Do you have any clinical experience? "
"Importance of ethics and professionalism"
"What brought you to the field of dentistry?"
"Tell me about yourself"
"My strengths?"
""What did you do after you left (___)?""
"How do you handle stress"
"What would you like to be doing in 10 years?"
"What would you change about yourself?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"What would cause you to come to Houston over the other dental schools? "
"What kind of people do you not like?"
"What did you think of the other schools you've interviewed at? What do you think of our school right now?"
"What do you do when you get stressed...be specific?"
"Would you be interested in our PHD program?"
"What is your weakness?"
"What is a strength and weakness you have?"
"What is a weakness in your background? (NOT personality...though they asked that later.)"
"What was a challenging/interesting course you took and how did you overcome it?"
"Why did u choose UT ?"
"Describe yourself in three words."
"What have you done in the past year to improve your application?"
"Dental school is pretty stressful, what do you do to relax?"
"What is your greatest weakness?"
"What are your strengths/weaknesses?"
"What will u change about yourself?"
"What awards have u received?"
"How did you study for the DAT?"
"How I handle stress, & others that are posted in previous feedback"
"- In your experiences helping others, which is the most rewarding and why?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"Do you want to tell me something about yourself that I haven't asked you already? "
"What do you do to destress."
"What other school are you applying to/interviewing at? (I felt nervous on this question but I told them straight up)"
"My weaknesses"
"No 3rd Question for me."
"What do you like to do in your spare time"
"What do you do in your free time?"
"What is your philosophy?"
"What developed you as a person?"
"What extracurricular activities have you participated in? "
"Tell me about your volunteer experiences"
"How do you organize yourself? Manage your time? Handle stress?"
"Why do you want to be a dentist?"
"You dropped class " " why?"
"Which undergrad course was the most difficult for you and why?"
"Do you do any activities to improve your dexterity or fine motor skills?"
"Where do you see yourself in 10 years? 20?"
"What kind of organizations would you like to get involved with at the school?"
"Aside from what you have already written on ur app, is there anything you would like to tell the admission committee?"
"Describe yourself in three words."
"Do you find that there are some people that are more difficult to get along with than others?"
"How was your DAT experience?--I wasn't expecting that one, but I guess my interviewer was curious about taking the DAT before taking Ochem 2."
"What was your most interesting research project?"
"What kind of people do you have trouble getting along with?"
"Ethical Q regarding health care"
"Having to discuss my academic history, it was supposed to be a closed file interview but I guess it turned out to be an open file since I had to tell the interviewer all of my #s. this could have been a test to see if I would lie??? I dunno..."
"How did you study for the DAT?"
"NONE"
"What will you do if not accepted?"
"In your experiences helping others, which is the most rewarding and why?"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"Do you know how much money dentists make? "
"Do you experience road rage?"
"I was not really asked many questions it was more of a conversation."
"What do you like to do in your spare time?"
"Dr. Johnson read the questions that were going to be asked before our interviews. "
"how do I plan out my day?"
"There wasn't a ton of specific questions --- mostly just talking about typical things that are mostly written on every response so I am not going to retype them"
"I actually was not asked very many questions, basically to describe my tough childhood."
"How do you organize your time?"
"Nothing really interesting, just strengths and weaknesses and that sort of stuff. I thought it was interesting they didn't ask why I wanted to be a dentist."
"Did I play sports in high school. I really didn't expect to get a question like this, but I am glad that I did."
"What's your favorite book and why? Funny, the interviewer never asked why I wanted to be a dentist"
"What is your philosophy?"
"What helped you develop as a person, and what guided you towards the desire to want to become a dentist?"
"Who is such and such teacher? (Uh, why did they ask that? She wrote my letter of recommendation. Make sure you know who wrote your letters of recommendation...ha,ha.)"
"What kind of people do you not like?"
"Take these last few minutes of the interview to sell yourself. Why should we pick you over someone else?"
"Nothing really interesting."
"What do you do to stay organized?"
"Tell me a little about yourself?"
"If I may ask, would you tell me a time when you faced an ethical issue?"
"Tell me about an ethical situation you have faced and how did you resolve it?"
"What can you bring to the table that is different than other students?"
"Tell me about a time that you overcame a challenge and explain how you did so."
"How would your friends describe your accomplishments?"
"What would you if you don't get into dental school this year?"
"Describe any situation when I made ethical decision."
"What is one of your weaknesses, and yes it is OKAY to have weaknesses."
"What kind of people do you not get along with?"
"Tell me about yourself."
"What are your weaknesses?"
"Be specific in whatever u say."
"some Q about ethics"
"What personality type do you not get along with?"
"NONE"
"None were difficult."
"You applied to other schools. Why do you want to come to Houston?"
"What are you weaknesses?"
"Describe your view on the ethics in the medical field. "
"How do you handle people who are combative or disagreeable?"
"N/A"
"Why do you think its important to get to know your classmates?"
"None were difficult"
"Do not worry about this interview --- they are so nice and make you feel so at ease --- he even let me sit in his comfy chair behind the desk as we talked about our families and I oogled over his adorable grandkids! LOVED IT"
"None, the interviewer was very friendly and heard him speak about his family more than anything else."
"Strengths and weaknesses?"
"none were too difficult"
"Tell me about yourself has to be the most difficult question to answer because you don't want to come off as being arrogant, but it is your time to shine, to a certain extent."
"What would you say to a patient who said you look to young to be a dentist? What would you say to a patient who didn't feel he needed to pay the full amount after service?"
"What would you change about yourself?"
"What will be the biggest obstacle(s) you plan on facing when attending dental school?"
"What dental experience have you had?"
"Your GPA is pretty good, your DAT scores are pretty good, but they could be better. Explain why they aren't better, if you have a reason."
"None were difficult. Here are the questions that will be asked for sure: 1) Tell me about yourself 2) How do you deal with stress 3) What kind of person do you not get along with 4) What are your strengths 5) What are your weaknesses 6) Why dentistry 7) How do you stay organized 8)Whats your favorite class that you have taken 9) What is your least favorite class that you have taken 10) Do you have any questions for me?"
"What are your weaknesses...be specific?"
"What kind of leadership qualities do you possess and be specific?"
"SDN interview feedback."
"SDN questions, mock interviews, review of my application materials"
"SDN, pep talk stuff liked TED Talk video(s)"
"Wrote down my strengths and weaknesses and tried to think of good questions prior to the day of the interview."
"Sdn for the general interview questions, mocked, researched school website"
"SDN Interview surveys, thank you so much peeps, I'd be so lost going into this interview if not for these survey. Mock interview w/ friends"
"Read my application several times."
"Read SDN, mock interviews, prepare mental answers to their questions, ask my friends that are D1's there currently."
"student dr forums"
"This was my final interview, so I had a lot of practice. But I researched the school and made sure I made a list of questions, just in case, and guess what i needed almost all of them"
"SDN, reviewed my application and the school website, practice questions"
"SDN,"
"SDN, talk to friends, relied on experience, I've already been on tons of job interviews and have interviewed other people myself so it was no problemo."
"read SDN, thought about some of the basic questions, and tried to stay calm"
"Reviewed my application, SDN, UTHSC-DB Houston site. "
"Reviewed my application, browse SDN, browse UTHSC-DB Houston site."
"This site and chatting with friends attending professional schools."
"SDN, read over my application (they will ask u for ur scores, and grades), school website. "
"Read feedback on SDN"
"Mock interview and read over questions with friends and family."
"Read the website over. Good dinner and breakfast. SDN"
"Read through essay, studentdoctor.net, and current articles"
"Read SDN, observed dental procedures, relaxed."
"I felt confident that this school would be low stress and it completely was..."
"Read SDN, really helped me out, and school's website."
"SDN, school website."
"SDN, mock interview at university, practice with family and friends"
"SDN, reviewed school's web site."
"Career counselors at school, this website, mock interviews"
"SDN, School Website, Look over application"
"I looked at their website and talked to friends that had gone before me."
"SDN website, wrote possible questions that might be asked."
"Researched website. Wrote down 15 questions."
"I reread my application, and read everything I could about the school on the internet"
"Practice, relax, and try to find the school ahead of time."
"Interview feedback"
"Went over questions with parents. I wrote down the answers and went over them. Although, most questions I reviewed were never actually asked!"
"Just memorized answers to diff questions"
"UTSD Houston has impressive facilities and top-notch technology. The rooms are spacey and high tech."
"How relaxed everything was. My interviewer also made comments based on my responses that allowed me to elaborate."
"The people. Wow. And their vision for the new/upcoming changes in terms of curriculum."
"Dr. Pierpont is a rock star. Students begin learning endo techniques starting the second year and are required to do 6 endo procedures both third and fourth year. That's more than both SA and Baylor."
"The new facility, talk of the school's familial relationship between students to students and students to faculty"
"Aside from their brand new facility, the faculty, students, everyone, even the receptionist seem very nice and friendly. It has a very close, family relationship feel in the whole process"
"new facility"
"Dr. Pierpont is SO enthusiastic about the school, and of course the AWESOME new school that is opening in April."
"The new building opening in 2012."
"Dr. Pierpont---he's the man! He's a very easy going, yet loves what he does and it shows. He's very passionate about dentistry and it rubs off on people around him. Dr. Valenza (Dean) was also very down-to-earth and very approachable. "
"Family atmosphere, Simlab, plans for new building"
"My interviewer was very friendly and very reassuring and seemed to really care. He read my file, even quoted a line from my essay and from letters of rec."
"The lady who interview me was supper nice."
"Dr. P. HE IS DA MAN!!!"
"Everyone was nice, students seemed to be a happy and cohesive group."
"clinics"
"Dr. Pierpont's enthusiasm, the friendliness of student body."
"- The building looks a little dated from the outside. Don't let this fool you. Their equipment is top-notch, modern (recently renovated sim-labs, etc.). - Faculty is very friendly, and everyone seemed very helpful. - It is in the heart of the Medical Center. - They will have a brand new Dental School by 2010. - Excellent research opportunities."
"Student body was very nice and the dean of admissions was very enthusiastic. They recently replaced all the operatory chairs, computers and equipment."
"They way students talk about their experience. It is a family, friendly attmosphere. "
"Brand new clinic equipment, sim lab, and electronic data record"
"The family-like atmosphere! The new simulation lab is also impressive!"
"The enthusiasm of the students and faculty. The relationship and rapport of the faculty and students. The amount of community service activities."
"The atmosphere, cultural diversity, clinical research, the area and brand new facilities."
"Very laid back atmosphere, friendly, and new clinics."
"the new improvement at the school. The students and faculty seemed happy to be there. Dr Pierpont was really cool and upfront with us."
"How absolutely friendly the professors really were and how honest and fun the students were"
"1)Faculty and Adminstration are second to none. 2) Yes the facilities they currently have are old but they are literally installing all new equipment, sucks for the 3rd and 4th-years. 3) The students are very close and they seem working toward the same goal. 4) The Dr. Pierpont is an awesome individual who is very caring and makes you feel welcomed and at ease."
"Many upgrades being done, and should be completely implemented by December. The medical center is seriously nice, and creates a motivational atmosphere for us health geeks."
"the students were very down to earth and the school paid for my parking."
"Dr. Pierpont, students, the whole medical center."
"How casual the day was and where the school is located."
"The school is in the largest medical center in the United States...opens all sorts of opportunities. The students/staff are VERY friendly and more than willing to talk to you. It's like a great big family of folks"
"The faculty were very nice and my interviewer was very laid back."
"The Doctor conducting the interview told me about all the new "toys" that they are getting due to change in technology."
"Students seemed happy. "
"I met faculty members who are very important people, and they were all very nice. Working together with your peers is very encouraged. The students are extremely friendly and look happy."
"The atmosphere here is definitely the most friendly and laid back out of the three Texas Dental schools. The school emphasizes working together and doing your best."
"The student body is friendly, outgoing, and cool. The school also has around a 93% pass rate on the boards (National average between 75% and 80%). 1/3 of the student body scored in the top 10% of the nation on the board exams."
"All the students seemed very community oriented, and were very close-nit. They emphasized that they were not competing against each other because they were all entering the same great field--dentistry! They share notes, old tests, play IM sports together. One of the deans shared some personal stories about life and not giving up--it was very personal and reassuring. "
"The people were very friendly"
"The doctor providing the presentation and tour was grilling the interviewees a little bit."
"The dean (Dr. John Valenza) mentioned that Houston has six vacancies in the faculty. Vertical integration of class years in the clinic doesn't strike me as a great idea (if/when you're a fourth year student)."
"Not really any places to eat at the school"
"My Statistic Course taken at Lonestar did not get credited, however, currently emailing the admission staff, hopefully they will understand."
"tutition was not itemized in the presentation."
"Old building will still be around until 2012."
"Nothing really"
"Parking situation in Texas Medical Center (until the school moves in 2012)"
"How the other speakers bailed, I guess they had valid reasons..."
"The interview was a bit disorganized."
"no cafeteria.."
"Though not NEGATIVELY impressed, I was surprised that I was not asked why I wanted to be a dentist, esp. since the interviewer had not read my essay."
"- Nothing. Great school."
"The building seemed a little antiquated, but they break ground on a new facility soon."
"nothing"
"The exterior of the builiding is dated."
"Nothing."
"A bit tech challenged , but they are trying."
"The students that talked with us during lunch. The talked down on the other Texas schools, which was pretty sad. They really know nothing about the other schools. (except for what their buddy told them, and she heard it from her aunts cousins dog)"
"You have to wear MINT GREEN scrubs every day or dress up --- you cannot wear whatever scrubs you want to ---which I thought was lame"
"Nothing!"
"Houston :) The dental branch doesn't exactly shine in the midst of the biggest medical center in the world."
"The day was way too long. The guy across from me fell asleep during one presentation."
"Facilities were not on par with SA or Baylor, but, will be soon."
"Parking is very scarce around the school and you have to pay to ride the shuttle bus, even if you are a student."
"Some of the facilities"
"The students put down the other schools for starters. The interview took almost 8 hours. None of which(except for the Financial Aid guy, he was the most informative of all the schools) was useful. People kept talking and talking and talking until I couldn't wait to leave."
"more than 1,000 people apply...so everyone has a 1:2.2 ratio of getting in."
"The soapbox speech by the director of admissions that dragged on and on right before they let us go...."
"Facilities aren't the best but they're good enough. They're National Board Scores are very good, but the school seems to be "less recognized" than, say, San Antonio."
"Nothing was too bad. The facilities could have been nicer, but what they have is adequate."
"At first the recruiting guy is a little intimidating, but he is really friendly, and wants you to get the most out of the day!"
"The place was a dump"
"Houston traffic is bad."
"The interviewer has a sheet of paper with the questions on it and he/she will write bullet points of your responses to present to the admissions committee on a later date"
"Should have worn flats / not heels. We had to take the stairs up and down four floors. I wish I had known that my faculty interviewer was not a native English speaker and that he would be reading off three pages of interview questions -__-"
"To set my purse on the floor at my interviewer's office so it wouldn't fall down."
"That my interviewer had very much the same experience/background as me b4 he became a dentist and a faculty at UT."
"NA"
"Just how nice everyone was and not to stress so much about it."
"That Dr. Valenza was going to spend a few minutes with us and wished that I could have asked a few questions, but actually no one from our group asked any questions."
"That the hour interview doesn't have to take the entire hour."
"I anticipated a more stressful interview process, but I felt as ease through the entire thing."
"nada"
"Nothing."
"I was prepared. No surprises."
"The admissions committee member who interviews you has not seen your application yet. They like to get to know you first and then they review your app."
"nothing, SDN feedbacks are very helpful. "
"The portion of Houston where the school is located is fun and there a lot of things to do. The facilities were much nicer than UTSA ( also, I was really bias toward UTSA since it was ranked almost ten years ago as #1). The atmosphere was much more family like and welcoming."
"That its gonna be a long day"
"Not to drive four hours the morning of the interview. "
"Nothing, I was well prepared!"
"Long day!! Seriously!!"
"Get a good night's sleep, because it is already too tempting to nap during the presentations."
"Ask questions because the people in my group asked all kinds of questions, even ones that were rediculously obvious."
"It would be a very long day"
"That it was going to be 8 hrs of my life I'm not getting back."
"that the interview is VERY laid back...the interviewer wore a texas Nike polo shirt and some slacks...I wore a tux!!! Jk. I wore a suit with a tie."
"You have to have taken biochemistry before you enter school there....oops.."
"I wish I had not been so nervous the days before the interview. They really strive towards making the students feel comfortable."
"One of the faculty/admissions directors likes to give hypothetical situations and each student answers what they would do/how they would act. Pay attention throughout but stay awake..it's a long day (8:30-3:30/4)."
"Not to be nervous. Its a very laid back experience."
"That the interview was from 8:30-3:30 and that most of it was a waste of time"
"Break the ice with the interviewees. Break the ice with your interviewer when walking to the interview office. Ask, ask, ask questions."
"My interviewer had access to my application but did not look at it before the interview. There were not any surprise questions that I hadn't already seen on SDN."
"I think the interview experience depends completely on your faculty interviewer. My interviewer was extremely "by the book" and not really casual at all. Other interviewees were asked just one question and had a really chill time."
"Really nice new building, interviewer had sheets in front of her with questions on them. She wrote them down as I replied."
"U r not the only who is nervous at the interview, try to find some smart, interesting questions to ask the committee. If ur not a morning person like me, get a couple sip of really sweet creamy coffee, and u'd be amaze at how talkative you will become :P"
"Relaxed atmosphere. Interviewers are friendly. Just don't be shy and be confident and yourself."
"Houston is the slowest Texas school, so it requires a lot of patience!"
"Nothing unexpected. Plan your answers to the four main questions. Make sure to engage your interviewer and get them to talk a bit about themselves (why he/she chose academia over clinical practice) and why Houston should be your destination. Also, ask good, relevant questions, e.g., how the school is adapting to advances in dentistry, any changes in curriculum or clinical that he/she expects in the near to mid-term, what advice he/she would have for a pre-dent in final year of undergrad, etc."
"Questions, questions, questions....make sure you have plenty of them. They want to see you WANT dentistry...if that makes any sense."
"Dr. Pierpont is great, as is the rest of the UTDB faculty, staff, and students. The lunch with students was a good Q&A that they gave us a lot of opinions since there were several students from each year represented."
"The people were so friendly and students were happy. The health insurance is not so expansive."
"UTDB is STILL my numero uno!!!"
"they guy who interviewed me talked most of the time"
"Super relaxed, more of a conversation than anything. Each applicant is paired with a professor so its hard to say who will interview you, however they introduced themselves to us and all seemed very friendly, very caring. There was no intimidation here whatsoever."
"My best interview. Top notch school. I would be very happy to attend this school."
"Super low-key and get-to-know you experience."
"You sit in the conference room, and assistant dean gives a short presentation. Then committee board members come in and you have to stand up and tell them about your self, like where you went to school, where are you from, and what was your major. Then you have a one on one interview with the member, and then you have a tour. Good thing is that you are done with the interview first thing, so the rest of the day is not stressfull. "
"The interview was very low stress. Besides basic questions that are given on the other reviews it was just a conversation. "
"The interview consisted of standard questions that everyone is asked. I was encouraged to ask questions about the school. I was also doing some interviewing myself... pretty much and open floor discussion for anything about the school and/or medical center."
"Very good overall. If I get accepted I would accept happily. From what I experienced it seems that I would have a great experience there."
"Like at UTSA, you arrive and sit in a conference room waiting for everyone to arrive. I was there 20 minutes early and I was still one of the last to arrive. They even started the interview a few minutes early b/c so many people had arrived. One of the dean's sat and asked us a bunch of questions in a sort of group interview. It was a little nerve racking but just remember everyone is nervous. The member of the staff come in afterwards to take you for your personal interview. The professor who interviewed me was very nice and welcoming. We involved talked about her office decor. After the personal interviews, a tour of the school was given and then lunch was served. After lunch, they gave some presentations about UT Houston and the financial aspects of going to dental school. Then there was a sort of closing and the day was over. During lunch, similar to UTSA, fellow dental students come in and talk to you about what dental school is like (w/o administrators nearby) and get a chance to ask some questions. This was fun and so many more students arrived at UT Houston than UTSA. I was accepted here and would have gone here over the other TX schools if my first choice (out-of-state school) and had not accepted me."
"Experience was very good. Interviewed witha Ph.D. faculty member. Asked the main questions and then had a normal conversation."
"A really good school. I would be proud to attend this school"
"This school is awesome --- their facilities are nice and up to par --- not as "advanced" in some areas as San Antonio likes to brag about but they are great and they have friendly faculty and students to make up where they might lack in personal computers?"
"AWESOME!"
"Go to the specified room. Meet with everybody and Dr. Johnson. Then brace yourself for a storm of presentations. Then either interviews right away or a tour first followed by your interview. Then lunch... nice, dessert too :) And then what??? More presentations!! All in all, about 7 hours long, only 25-35 minutes of which are the interview."
"It was very informal and easy. Don't even worry about it. "
"No difficult or particularly unconventional questions asked. Very relaxed, students there seemed happy."
"The interview was great! I don't have anything negative to say about my day. I would advise anyone to make sure you get a good night's rest because it is a long day!!!!"
"The interview went well. I like Houston, the school, the atmosphere. The cost of living in Houston is excellent. Expect to graduate with about 90K dollars of debt, as opposed to some of the ridiculous sky-high prices of other schools."
"The faculty were really nice I just didn't like how the tour and the interview were sandwiched with time fillers that weren't necessary."
"Great school, everyone there is very attractive. Nice people. I hope i get accepted, will go there for sure!"
"All gathered in board room. Black professor sits at head of table and gives us quiz on physiology and biochemistry...(He was not serious...just trying to make us aware). He asked me what my favorite dessert was. Director spoke to us. Financial aid lecure. Faculty members enter. We all introduce ourselves. A faculty member picks you out to take you to their office for an interview. Long interview for me. "
"My interview went really well. I not only got to talk about myself and my life, but my interviewer spoke about his backround and career also. I felt that we were having just a good conversation. "
"Excellent. Interviewer was very nice, I think I hugged her afterwards. Everyone there is extremely friendly...and "good looking""
"It went really well. I felt that I connected with my interviewer, and that I left a positive impression about myself with him/her. The school is very family-like in that everyone is friendly and wants each other to succeed. The students were excited to be there, and they have a strong emphasis on clinical (begining 2nd semester of 2nd year) and a strong emphasis on research. Also, they have about 93% pass of national boards. "
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Student | 0 |
| Faculty member | 22 |
| Admissions staff | 19 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Enthusiastic | 27 |
| Neutral | 2 |
| Discouraging | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.69 | 29 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| In state | 29 |
| Out of state | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 0-1 hour | 13 |
| 2-3 hours | 8 |
| 4-6 hours | 8 |
| 7+ hours | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Airplane | 4 |
| Automobile | 25 |
| Train or subway | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| < $100 | 14 |
| $101-$200 | 6 |
| $201-$300 | 3 |
| $301-$400 | 0 |
| $401-$500 | 0 |
| $501+ | 1 |
IAH
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HOU
Hob
| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| At school facility | 1 |
| With students at the school | 1 |
| Friends or family | 8 |
| Hotel | 9 |
| Home | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.07 | 29 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.59 | 29 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.50 | 28 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 8.94 | 16 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 9.25 | 16 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
|---|---|
| 7.79 | 14 |
"At the end of the interview, they hand out white coats to try on for sizing. I think it would have helped if there was a tall mirror to see my fit."
"I arrived at the conference room less than a half hour early...and there was absolutely no one there. Parking is not paid for; I ended up paying $10 just to park next to the school (unlike at SA and Baylor). Otherwise I think the admissions office was courteous and prompt when I contacted them via email and phone."
"If u took Statistic at Lone-star college, it might not counts since Lonestar is not one of the school listed under TMDSAS Approved Stat Course.pdf"
"Very nice overall"
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