If you moved here for school, would anyone be moving with you?
Whether you've thought realistically about the life around dental school — a partner, children, a parent who depends on you — and planned for it. It isn't a screen against having people; they want to know you'll be supported.
How to structure your answer
- 1Answer plainly
- 2Who, if anyone, and what the move means for them
- 3How you've planned for it
- 4What that support will mean for you
- Share only what you're comfortable sharing — a short, honest answer is enough
- If someone is coming, show the logistics are thought through: work, school, childcare
- If you're coming alone, say how you'll build a life here
- Frame the people in your life as support, not as an obstacle
A strong answer
What lands
My wife would. She's a nurse, so she can work almost anywhere, and she's already looked at the two hospitals near this campus. I feel lucky that at the end of a long day in dental school, I’ll have someone to come home to.
Answers directly, shows the move is already planned, and says what it will mean on a long day.
A weak answer
What most people say
Probably not. I'll most likely just come on my own. I haven't really thought that far ahead yet. I guess I'll figure it out once I know where I'm going, and I'm sure I'll meet people in my class.
'I haven't thought that far ahead' is the part they remember.
The trap
⚠Apologizing for a partner or kids as if they were a liability, or giving a cagey non-answer that makes the move sound unplanned. Students with families succeed all the time; the ones who struggle are the ones who hadn't planned.
Reading it isn't the same as saying it.
Most people can explain a good answer and still fall apart saying one out loud. Admitted asks you all 100 questions in a faculty voice, records you, and scores your pace and filler words.
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