Nova Southeastern Dental School Interview: Format and Dates

NSU says the interview day may include:

• An overview of the curriculum, facilities and student support.
• An interview with faculty.
• A tour of the dental college by current students.
• Lunch with current students.
• A visit with the Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Services.
• How decisions work: acceptance offers, alternates, rejection and what comes next.

That last item is unusual. NSU explains its decision process on the day, so you can leave knowing how and when you will hear. Lunch and the tour are with current students, so they are your best chance to ask what the clinics and rotations are really like.

1. ADEA AADSAS application, which must be received by AADSAS by November 15.
2. NSU Supplemental Application. NSU emails you once it receives your AADSAS application. The 2025-26 NSU catalog, the newest online in November 2026, sets December 1 for the supplemental and a $50 non-refundable fee.
3. DAT scores sent to AADSAS. You aren't considered for an interview until everything is in.
4. Interview invitation by email, then the interview visit.
5. Decision. NSU announces decisions according to the ADEA AADSAS traffic guidelines and may place applicants on an alternate list with periodic updates. Accepted applicants get a package with the acceptance letter and deposit instructions.

NSU doesn't name a first offer date. ADEA's admissions guidelines ask schools not to notify applicants of acceptance before December 15, and ADEA's AADSAS page lists December 15, 2026 for this cycle. The catalog says decisions come on a periodic schedule and recommends applying early.

The deposit is due by the date in your acceptance letter, NSU's program page says.

Interest shown through action

NSU selects on academic performance, DAT scores, the personal interview, the written application and letters of evaluation. To be invited, it says, you must have shown interest in dental medicine through clinical, community service or research activities. Expect the faculty interviewer to ask what you did, not just what you felt.

Primary care and patients with complex needs

NSU describes its curriculum as devoted to primary and comprehensive care, including medically complex and special needs patients. It is organized around four pillars: Patient Care Foundations, Clinical Practice of Dentistry, Public Health and Primary Care, and Human Biology and Disease. In the last two years, NSU says, rotations challenge students to help underserved and vulnerable populations. Faculty preceptors introduce students to clinical settings early.

Outreach and a large health campus

NSU lists Give Kids a Smile Day, oral health education, international missions and Florida Mission of Mercy among its community outreach. It calls itself Florida's first private dental college. Dental students take classes and work with students from NSU's other health colleges, including osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, optometry, nursing and allopathic medicine, in a student body of more than 8,000.

• Know your clinical, service and research stories. NSU names these three as the evidence of interest it looks for. Have one specific example of each, if you have it.
• Prepare a "Why NSU" answer about patients. Connect your experience to medically complex or special needs patients, or to underserved communities.
• Be ready for interprofessional questions. NSU trains dentists alongside other health students. Think about a time you worked with someone from another field.
• Treat the whole day as part of the visit. Lunch, the tour and the meeting with the Assistant Dean are all with people who represent the school.
• Bring questions about the rotations, the community outreach or the decision timeline. The day includes time on how decisions work, so listen and take notes.
• Finish everything early. No interview is possible until AADSAS, the supplemental and your DAT scores are all received.

1. Write one short story each for clinical work, community service and research.
2. Ask a friend to play a faculty interviewer for 20 minutes with five questions from the list, and record it.
3. Have the friend ask one follow-up on every answer.
4. Watch the recording. Mark any answer that didn't start with the point or didn't say what you learned.
5. Practice three questions you would ask current students at lunch. Then repeat the drill two days later.

Practicing alone? Confetto's dental school interview prep runs AI mock interviews that ask follow-up questions based on what you actually said and give rubric-based feedback afterward.

What is the NSU dental school interview format?

NSU lists an interview with faculty as part of an interview day that also includes an overview, a student tour, lunch with students and a visit with the Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Services.

Is the NSU dental interview MMI?

No MMI is mentioned. NSU's DMD pages describe an interview with faculty as of November 2026.

Is the NSU dental interview in person?

NSU describes interview visits, with an agenda, travel, overnight accommodation and parking details sent after you confirm.

When can NSU invite me to interview?

Only after your AADSAS application, the NSU supplemental and your DAT scores are all received. Invitations come by email.

When does NSU send acceptances?

NSU follows the ADEA AADSAS traffic guidelines, which ask schools not to notify applicants of acceptance before December 15. NSU doesn't name its own first offer date.

Applying to other dental schools? See our guides to the University of Florida College of Dentistry and NYU College of Dentistry interviews, or our dental school requirements guide.

Sources: NSU College of Dental Medicine D.M.D. program, D.M.D. Admissions, Tuition and Fees and home pages, the 2025-26 NSU Student Catalog, and ADEA's Apply to ADEA AADSAS and admissions guidelines pages.

Confetto isn't affiliated with Nova Southeastern University. Everything here about the school comes from its public admissions pages, checked in November 2026.

Formats and dates can change between cycles, so go by your invitation email.