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| Response | # Responders |
|---|---|
| Positively | 142 |
| Negatively | 8 |
| No change | 9 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
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| 3.29 | 161 |
| Response Avg | # Responders |
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| 8.77 | 111 |
"Needs to be more organized"
"The situation is of course constantly adapting due to COVID, but the strict time limit on the interview was disappointing."
"N/A"
"Everything was perfect!"
"No real suggestions. I really enjoyed the day. Maybe more food for the amount of students that end up coming and eating too."
"nothing. they were all nice."
"Make a digital copy of the blue book and put it online. Or send it to the applicants before their interview day."
"Make sure there is always someone available to answer the phones."
"Better directions to reach interview location. Information about parking and hotels. Remind students to bring the blue book with them."
"The book that was sent about a week before the interview was too much information a lot of it I could find on your website."
"It would have been nice to have a student give the tour of the school instead of the admissions staff"
"Pick up the phone"
"Allow more time for lunch."
"Too much down time, and need more student involvement during the whole day. For example, allow students who can demonstrate student life to give the school tour rather than people from admissions who can give you just "basic" facts."
"None Doing an amazing job"
"Provide a more concise student packet, the one sent in the mail was informative but filled with overwhelming amounts of detail."
"It would be nice to have the opportunity to shadow one of the dental students in the clinic for a bit during the interview day."
"Nothing - they were awesome! It was a snow day and they still came in to interview us!"
"bring more food. don't invite that many students to lunch. it's really overwhelming."
"possibly have a student do the tour, this would allow us all to ask questions in a very carefree and"
"None - very good and responsive."
"shorten the presentation!! I almost missed my flight!"
"design your own dental clinic"
"Tell me about your shadowing experiences, what kind of dental offices did you shadow at?"
"If you saw someone cheating, what would you do?"
"What is the weather like back in __________?"
"How has dentistry changed in the past 10-15 years? (I am 21 for reference....)"
"How did you end up where you are today?"
"Why did you decide on dentistry so early on in life?"
"What have you done for research and are you interested in doing research at Tufts?"
"If dentistry did not exist what would you pursue?"
"how do you destress?"
"Where do you see yourself 5-10 years after graduating?"
"How do you manage stress?"
"Why not medical school?"
"If dentistry was off the table what would you do instead?"
"What would you do if you don't get in to dental school this year?"
"What is your weakness?"
"Tell me about yourself? Strength/weakness? What do I do to relax? How will I manage my time in dental school? "
"Tell me about your thesis ( what were you studying, how did you do it, how many patients you had, etc)"
"What would you do if a patient asked you to...? (several ethical questions)"
"Do you think you can handle the workload of dental school?"
"Why dentistry as opposed to medicine? (prompted by the fact that my parents are physicians)"
"Are you ok working with sick people?"
"When did you decide you wanted to be a dentist?"
"We talked about some of the things on my personal statement. And she mostly complimented my resume. They just want to know that you have been exposed to working with lots of people before."
"What would you do if you weren't accepted to dental school?"
"You seem to love working with your hands. What activities do you do specifically? Can you handle a tough course load? How's your time managment?"
"Have you ever had a job?"
"Tell me about yourself?"
"Can you explain more about your research?"
"What made you decide to go into dentistry? "
"How did you relax?"
"why did you switch careers into dentistry?"
"Do you have any role models?"
"Have you considered medicine? why or why not?"
"about my previous clinical experience"
"Why dentistry"
"How would you feel about treating a phobic patient who had HIV?"
"tell me about yourself"
"Tell me about yourself."
"What do you know about the dental profession?"
"Tell me about your background"
"what would you change about dentistry?"
"Why dentistry?"
"why tufts?"
"If you get accepted, how do you plan to manage your time?"
"Why Tufts? Why are you a good candidate?"
"Why dentistry, why now?"
"Do u have any pulic speaking experience"
"why do you want to be a dentist"
"What makes you so sure dentistry is for you?"
"How do you handle stress?"
"How do you deal with stress? "
"How do youi deal with stress?"
"How do you handle stressful situations? I said that I usually go to the gym and workout."
"how do you study?"
"What was a stressful experience and how did I handle it."
"Do you have any artistic abilities?"
"Why Dent."
"When did you first start liking dentistry?"
"How do you feel your undergrad experience has prepared you for dental school life?"
"what quality do I look for in another person?"
"same as others"
"How do you deal with stress?"
"Pick any person, alive or not, that you can relate the most to and why."
"How do you cope with stress"
"About my volunteer experience"
"How do you handle stress"
"If you weren't 100% certain about law, what makes you certain about pursuing dentistry?"
"What do you think of Tufts?"
"Name a time that was particularly stressful and how you dealt with it."
"give me one thing you like about dentistry"
"What are my long term goals, why and what am I doing to pursue it?"
"If you saw someone cheating in your class, what would you do?"
"Strengths and weaknesses?"
"What are your weaknesses, what are your strengths."
"If you had a troundtrip ticket (open-ended) and in this fantasy world, everything was paid for, where in the world would you go, who would youtake with you and why would you go there?"
"what would i do if i don't get accepted? after 5 years of not being accepted???"
"Why did you pick dentistry over medicine?"
"Why Dentistry and not medicine?"
"So I see you do a lot of extracurriculars...cool...and yeah..."
"Same questions as the others on this forum"
"your hero? and why?"
"Why dentistry and not any other occupation in the health industry?"
"Who is your hero (not including a family member)?"
"what one place would you travel to?"
"How did you become interested in dentistry?"
"Who is your role model? and why?"
"Why do you want to be a dentist?"
"How do you cope with stress?"
"If your plans coming out of dental school fell through, how will you handle it and what would to you do seeing how you have a huge debt to pay back and you're on your own?"
"Tell us about your research."
"Why dentistry? Why not medicine?"
"why dentistry vs. medicine"
"Why dentistry but not medicine? very common question asked to all students"
"Are you becoming a dentist because your mother's a dentist?"
"Why dentistry and not med?"
"Why dentistry over medicine?"
"Would I go to Tufts if I was accepted at my State school? "
"Who in the public eye that we both know is someone that is a good influencer?"
"What do you think is the most pressing issue in the field of dentistry?"
"Favorite two volunteer experiences and how they changed your life?"
"N/A"
"They asked about a specific extracurricular activity"
"talked a lot about my hometown since my interviewer lived there for a while. Talked about specific details from my personal statement. It was very conversational and fluid."
"What do you do for fun and leisure?"
"Do you think we need to provide easier dental care to underprivileged individuals?"
"Not really a question, but when he would consistently reference details about my personal statement and application. We would go off on small tangents talking about the points that he brought up."
"give an example of when someone criticized you"
"Describe yourself without referencing dentistry."
"Nothing really. Just be prepared to have a conversation. After an initial question the interview will deviate dramatically."
"Do you feel like it is easier delivering bad news in a British accent?"
"How have you helped someone that has gone through a traumatic experience?"
"What interests you about the German language?"
"If a patient has a bad breath, what would you tell the person?"
"Experiences working with the sick/ill"
"Nothing difficult"
"What dental procedure do you like the most and why?"
"What have you been doing since you graduated and why?"
"Have you ever faced any type of discrimination? None were really difficult, they just want to talk to you to make sure you are personable and not some weirdo or anything. Everything they talk about has to do with you and your application, nothing out of the ordinary or out of nowhere."
"Describe a time when you wanted something badly but didn't get it?"
"any questions 4 me? lol"
"Tell me about your research"
"If a student asked you a question, would you help him/her or screw him/her over?"
"What is the length of time you think you would spend studying each night in dental school?"
"Do you plan on doing intramural sports at Tufts as well? "
"(they were all pretty basic dschool interview questions)"
"I noticed you were part of the Greek community as an undergrad. What do you think you took from that experience?"
"What does your sister do? They asked if I had siblings, I said one, I didn't understand why they cared."
"If you had to pick one thing about dentistry that really gets you going, what would it be?t"
"If you didn't get into dental school, what would you do?"
"What I thought about ethics. (it was a question he said he added in after we were done with the other stuff)"
"So you are currently working in Europe?"
"Have you considered Medicine? Why or why not?"
"nothing"
"What do you want me to ask about you?"
"What would you do if you found another student cheating on an exam?"
"If you could have a super-power, what would it be?"
"what should I tell the admissions committee about you?"
"What do you know about the dental profession?"
"If you had the power to change something about dentistry, what would you change?"
"my Q's were generic, however, the other candidates I spoke w/ had more challenging ones. ex. what would you do in anatomy class, if one person in your group never prepared and kept giving the wrong answers, w/ no regard to the fact that the group grade was marked down for it?"
"why tufts?"
"Hope you are not a spoiled kid?"
"none "
"Would you rather be a big fish in a little tank or a small fish in a big tank? Wow that was weird..."
"would u like to go back to your home country to practice in future [as I applied for International student program and I am from India.]"
"what kind of car do you drive"
"What would you do if a smelly, dirty, bum from the street came to your clinic, and didn't trust dentists. How would you treat him?"
"How do you handle stress? How do you handle a group project where one group member is not pulling their own weight?"
"Do you have any experience with sick people?"
"How do you deal with stress? "
"nothing too interesting or out of the ordinary"
"Do u have any public speaking experiences?"
"have you considered medicine?"
"Why I wanted to become a dentist?"
"What have you liked and disliked most about your academic and/or professional career?"
"The interviewer (4th year student) had a sheet of questions to ask...but she didn't "ask" questions...it flowed very well...she merely would bring something up and we would talk about it: 1) talked about my research 2) talked about my volunteer experience 3) why dentistry, my different experiences w/ dentistry 4) how I deal with stress 5) public speaking -this was the stuff I remember her getting from her paper...I could give everything we talked about but I think it was just stuff that came up in conversation...I asked a lot about her and the school to get her talking as much as possible...maybe that will help..."
"what makes dentistry so challenging"
"How difficult were the classes you took at your university?"
"Name a stressfull moment and how did you deal with it?"
"Tell me about your family/background."
"Same old same old...."
"What would you do if a patient didnt like their treatment plan? or if they cant afford it?"
"If someone in your group was slacking, how would you handle the situation. (Group grades are sometimes givin apparently in Anatomy)"
"What is one instance in which you felt stressed, and how did you deal with it?"
"How do you deal with a "difficult" person, either patient, friend, classmate...?"
"Why do so many Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) want to be dentists"
"The ususal........"
"Nothing, they were all decent."
"I was asked what I would do in a number of stressful situations, one of which related to dentistry and group work and seemed like a good way of testing my character. I felt that these people were truly concerned with finding exactly who in the room would make a good dentist and that was what I liked most about the school. It was very no-nonsense, yet at the same time, the people were down to earth and the facilities were out of this world!"
"Describe a difficult situation you were faced with. "
"How do you handle stress?"
"What do you think of the Red Soxs?"
"Do you like to eat? (The school is located in Chinatown with lots of restaurants)"
"How would you handle having to intereact with patients who may have highly infectious diseases?"
"info: your in a group in anatomy lab. At the end of the lab the instructor comes by and picks one group member to answer one question. If he gets it right you all get it right, if he gets it wrong you all get it wrong. A member of your group gets it wrong two weeks in a row which means that you get a zero for two days in a row. What do you do. "
"What will you do if you don't get accepted at Tufts this time?"
"I wasnt asked any quetsions! We just talked for 30 min"
"How do you deal with transitions?"
"What are you planning on doing after 5 years?"
"There was not one interesting question. I think they were all pretty much what I had expected. Now I applied one month before the deadline. I still got an interview, and have been accepted. So it is possible to apply late and be accepted!"
"What is your weakness?"
"What's your favorite subject in school at the moment? (I'm a high school senior, that's why they asked this question.)"
"Pass/fail and grade system, which one i prefer?"
"How do you feel about going back to school full-time after working?"
"Have you ever been in a mainstream motion picture?"
"How would you feel working with people that might have HIV."
"No"
"Nothing out of the norm."
"Turning point the made go for Dentistry"
"wanna know about boston?"
"What sets you apart from other candidates?"
"Do you have experience with public speaking?"
"if i would consider being a class officer due to the large amount of experience i have in the dental field?"
"who is your hero? and why?"
"none."
"have you ever had an experience with someone with an illness?"
"Say a train was speeding towards a fork in the track. One side of the fork was an alternate route and has not been functional in 10yrs. A boy is playing on that side. The other side of the fork is functional and has fifteen people on the track. You only have time to let one group know that a train is coming. Who would you try to save?"
"Name a person, other than a family member or a public figure, who you believe is your role model."
"Who is your hero (not including a family member)?"
"With money not being an issue, what one place would you travel to and why?"
"Who is your hero (name someone we would know, and not a person in your family)."
"Whats the most recent book you read?"
"If you were a kitchen utensil what would you be and why?"
"If I could name one person that I considered a hero that the interviewers would also know and why would I pick that person."
"What would your ideal characteristics of a dental school be?"
""How will you pay for your education?" This led into "loans and school are two simultaneous stresses - how will you deal?""
"Describe your research experience while working on your MS degree (nothing to do with dentistry)?"
"if you had all of the money in the world, where would you go, you would you take, and why?"
"Why dentistry but not medicine?"
"you're going to be experiencing a lot of stress when you start your dental education. how do you think you'll cope with it?"
"Do you like to study in a group or by yourself?"
"What animal would you be?"
"tell me about yourself and your family."
"Tell me about your research on white tail deer (had nothing to do with dentistry)"
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| Response Avg | # Responders |
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| 3.67 | 3 |
"The name"
"Almost all specialties are at the school, the school is affiliated with a hospital, old school with alumni"
"The clinical education is second to none"
"Administration, Toxic student culture. Mean students. Bullying. Disorganized schedules. Two weeks with 8 exams in the spring. Associate Dean of Academic Affairs doesn't want students getting along. Useful information packs are only for privileged students."
"Humongous class size, highly unethical administration, PDND program is causing "stealth" increases in class size, overcrowding, mean classmates, cutthroat unethical environment. students can be really mean, they will literally fight their professors to get better grades, attacks on other students, unsafe area, riots, protests, wish Tufts had P/F grading, terrible management of the coronavirus crisis and protests"
"The elevators are slow"
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