How did the interview impress you?

Positively

What was the stress level of the interview?

7 out of 10

How long was the interview?

50 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

3

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

What was the most interesting question?

"What's difference you find after coming to US?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"Are you sure to go back to dental school?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"UPenn Website, SDN interview feedback, SDN Forum" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"The school, the ambience, the clinics, Dentslim lab etc" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"The introductory video was not even played to it's full length & Made to sit in a freezing cold room with no alternative/ back up arrangement." Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"There are lots of pretenses and arrogance about the whole place under the veneer of niceness. " Report Response

What are your general comments?

"(In retrospect) Very bad. This was an interview for PASS program and we were not treated as qualified professionals. The whle show was mismanaged. We were asked to wait in front of X-room where some kind of repair work was going on. Well past the appointed time one of the interviewer appeared and almost stopped sort of blaming us for waiting at a 'wrong' place. The room where we were made to sit and watch video was freezing cold (with outside temp 29F). We had one tiny room heater for the whole room. Person responsible had no clue how to run the introductory video cassette. Kept asking for help from different people. In effect we lost time and not allowed to see the end of the cassette as we were due for interview. About interview....three/four interviewer didn't turn up so they were frantically searching for someone, anyone happy to interview this hapless lot. And probably for most of the candidates it was one of the very important interview and never allowed to reach that dimension. Level of alternate interviewer was farcical/appaling. My alternate interviewer had no clue about my file, probably never had enough time or never was interested to learn about the candidate. This person asked me to provide a document that was alreadt there in my file!! I think the admission committee already more or less decided who to select and went on pretending to be serious with all the candidates. Although I was impressed by the school the whole experience left a bad taste. " Report Response

Who was the tour given by?

Student

On what date did the interview take place?

01/27/2005