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  • SUNY - University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine
  • Dental School
  • Buffalo, NY
Overall Experience

How did the interview impress you?

Negatively

What was the stress level of the interview?

6 out of 10

How you think you did?

8 out of 10

How do you rank this school among ALL other schools?

5 out of 10

Questions

How long was the interview?

20 minutes

Where did the interview take place?

At the school

How many people interviewed you?

2

What was the style of the interview?

One-on-one

What type of interview was it?

Open file

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

"what other schools did you apply to and where else have you interviewed?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 2)?

"Where would you choose to practice?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What is one of the specific questions they asked you (question 3)?

"Why do you think you would be a good dentist?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"Why Buffalo, why NY?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

What was the most difficult question?

"What do you expect from a career in dentistry?" Report Response | I was asked this question too

How did you prepare for the interview?

"This forum" Report Response

What impressed you positively?

"Friendly attitude of students - each INDIVIDUAL student gets their own operatorium from 3rd year on (to my knowlege unique among dental schools)" Report Response

What impressed you negatively?

"Facilities are on the old site - there were no high-tech sim-labs like in all other schools I saw/interviewed in. The schools looks/feels like a cold-war communist compound" Report Response

What did you wish you had known ahead of time?

"They ask you to be there at 8:45am and I thought it would start at 9:00 and arrived at 8:50am and they already had started (BE there at exactly the time they say) The reson I was 5min late was because the cab got lost - the signaling for the school is TERRIBLE. Even once IN the Buffalo campus it was very confusing - NO SIGNS WHATSOEVER. And people and cabs in Buffalo dont seem to have the slightest idea os where the dental school is located. Go WELL in advance - I left ONE HOUR before and, well, read above..." Report Response

What are your general comments?

"Interview was done by a faculty member (guy) and a 4th year student (girl). She seemed to enjoy making me sweat and he seemed in a rush to finish, would bareley listen to answers to his questions...didnt like the interview OR them. Others had better experiences with other professor-student teams though, so maybe I just got a cranky pair." Report Response

Tour and Travel

Who was the tour given by?

Student

How did the tourguide seem?

Enthusiastic

How do you rank the facilities?

2 out of 10

What is your in-state status?

Out of state

What was your total time spent traveling?

2-3 hours

What was your primary mode of travel?

Airplane

About how much did you spend on room, food, and travel?

$301-$400

What airport did you use?

BUF

Where did you stay?

Hotel

How would you rate the hotel?

8 out of 10

What is the name of the hotel you stayed in?

Marriott

Would you recommend the hotel?

yes

General Info

On what date did the interview take place?

02/14/2008

How do you rank this school among other schools to which you've applied?

3 out of 10

What is your ranking of this school's location?

1 out of 10

What is your ranking of this area's cultural life?

1 out of 10

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