LECOM School of Dental Medicine at Bradenton (2024)

What are your suggestions for the admissions office?

"i wish they could update applicants who have interviewed as to when they will be accepting more students"More from this Member| Report Response

"Please continue to conduct zoom interviews even after the pandemic, it is not only eco friendly, it also saves a lot more money."More from this Member| Report Response

"Ya'll need to do implement same day CAD-CAM crown milling. I saw that while I was shadowing and I want to do it in my future practice."More from this Member| Report Response

"Emphasize the experience the students gets more than the project based learning, although that is very important too."More from this Member| Report Response

"Communications prior to the interview were somewhat spotty. For instance I was told in my initial invitation to interview that I would receive another email ten days prior to confirm my appointment, but no such email was ever sent."More from this Member| Report Response

"They tend to process things in a weird way, do not try to rely on their portal because things are just messy there. They don't update aadsas. Wish there was clearer communication."More from this Member| Report Response

"None"More from this Member| Report Response

"Please let us walk around with water bottles. ( they have a very strict policy of no liquid outside cafeteria)"More from this Member| Report Response

"Have coffee ready for the interviewees. A lot of us have had an early morning getting to your school. The least you could do."More from this Member| Report Response

"Have coffee and/or tea for interviewees when they arrive."More from this Member| Report Response

"more careful with each application. mine got miscalculated and lost in their computer system. luckily, i called to check on it"More from this Member| Report Response

"nothing"More from this Member| Report Response

"Not much to complain about."More from this Member| Report Response

"The PBL interview style is ridiculous. PBL may end up being a reasonable education style, but it does not translate into an interview well. I have gone to 8 interviews, and have never felt as disingenuous as I did at this interview."More from this Member| Report Response

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

"what is one strength and one weakness?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What would you do if you heard a classmate speaking about private patient information in the cafeteria?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What is a recent book you read"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 do you want to be a dentist?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

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

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

"If you are a student member of the ethics committee (those who decide what disciplinary action should be taken against students who plagiarize or cheat) and you become aware of a student who accesses a restricted area of campus to get a test, and then does well on that test, what should happen?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What is a book you have read recently that left an impact on you and why?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What is an extracurricular activity that shaped who you are today and how?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Women in dentistry. 50 years ago there were practically no women in dentistry, what changed now?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

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

"Where do you see yourself in 10 years?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"In 10 years if you were a successful dentist, how would you define successful?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell us a quality a dentist must have."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

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

"What is your experience with PBL and what are your thoughts on this type of learning?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell me about your independence (financially)?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What is something you're proud of?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"lecom is about giving back to the under-served and community. tell us about one of your community involvement activities and what you learned from it, positive or negative."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

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

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

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

"What community service were you involved in?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What are you looking for in a dental school?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What is one word that you think will describe your life as a dental student?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Tell me about PBL. How do you think of it?"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 us about what made you pursue dentistry."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

What was the most interesting question?

"tell me about your pets and their teeth."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 would make your favorite villain a good dentist?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"what book did you read recently and why did you read it and how was it?"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

"Tell us a book you read and what you learn from it?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"What is one thing you would change at the practice you shadow at ?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Let's say you are a practicing dentist and a mother comes in with her daughter and says she doesn't want to use fluoride on her daughter. What would your response be to this? What do you know about the pros and cons of fluoride?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Say you just started working at a dental office with a more senior doctor who owns the practice. One day he becomes very ill and you have to take care of his patients. How would you handle dealing with a patient who's case is unclear to you (i.e. you cannot see the problem that the other doctor wrote down in the patient's x-ray)?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"An upper classman who is your friend comes to lunch room and starts talking bad about a patient, disclosing his personal information, what would you do?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Is there anything else you would like to share?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

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

"Tell us something you would like to white-out and highlight in your application. (everyone mentioned grades to be whited out or highlighted..)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Besides skills, what is one word that can be used to sum up what you need to be a successful dentist? Either go first or have six different answers ready, cause someone is probably gonna say what you wanted to say."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"If you could highlight one point about yourself on your application what would it be?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Name one person who is the most influential in your life (not family member)."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 are you most proud of in your accomplishments?"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

"none"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

"Are you comfortable with switching to ebooks?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"The question on PBL"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"How do you plan to pay off debt and have a successful business while helping the under served?"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

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

"All the questions were very common. Nothing really stands out."More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too

"Our students may not yet have access to federal student loans. How to you plan on paying for dental school? (I almost laughed at this.)"More from this Member| Report Response| I was asked this question too