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You have to retake. 16 rc is not going to get you in especially with an 18 AA. Bite the bullet and retake!

Aim for a 20 AA or above. Those 16 AA acceptances are most likely URM's.

Yeah Bru, hope knows what she be talkin bout

Definitely retake as soon as you feel comfortable and still apply as early as you can, even without an updated score. I had several interviews and an acceptance with an 18AA but I got a 22RC which is sort of what you need to offset that AA. Otherwise, you application looks good.

Originally Posted by Hope45

You have to retake. 16 rc is not going to get you in especially with an 18 AA. Bite the bullet and retake!

Aim for a 20 AA or above. Those 16 AA acceptances are most likely URM's.

Originally Posted by tRad

Definitely retake as soon as you feel comfortable and still apply as early as you can, even without an updated score. I had several interviews and an acceptance with an 18AA but I got a 22RC which is sort of what you need to offset that AA. Otherwise, you application looks good.

hey can you please tell me what was the break down for your DAT ? if you don't mind

I would retake it because you have a great gpa and to have such a good gpa means you can do better. If you think you cant do better then dont do it. But I believe if you did better you would have more options to choose from and it may save you tens of thousands, or you may a choice in a city that would make you happy. Good luck

Sure, I actually got a 21RC not a 22. Anyway here is my score breakdown:

QR 18
RC 21
Bio 16 <--- I still can't believe this!!!
GC 18
OC 19
TS 18
AA 18
PAT 20

Regardless, you should retake. For some reason a 16 Bio is not the same as a 16 RC. You will be fine, goodluck!!

Your scores of 17 PAT and 16 RC really would limit your application success. You need a retake in my opinion.

I think the 16 RC hurts your app the most, even more than the 18AA.. I've heard that most school have a cutoff of 17 for RC - based on that fact, I would just retake.

Also, I got the catalog as well and yeah there are exceptions... but would you risk it? What if you don't get in this year, just b/c you didn't retake? The risk is too great IMO

In no way am I an expert, just what I would do if I was in your position. sorry

It depends on what your situation is. Do you have a state school? If you do I'd say you have a pretty fair shot at it (assuming you make the DAT minimums for RC, etc.). If you don't then it depends on what state you are from. Some schools reserve a certain amount of seats for states that don't have a dental school. I've seen Idaho residents with your scores get accepted to some out of state schools. Before Utah had a dental school they had an 'agreement' with an out of state school.

You're right on the borderline so it's up to you. Take what you hear on SDN with a grain of salt (also a direct quote from a dean of admissions I spoke to), everybody here likes to see a 3.8 and 20AA. Nobody here works for an admissions office though. There are quite a few schools that would gladly take a unique applicant despite lower than average scores.

retake. you've got a masters in biology for gods sake, need to get at least a 20+ in bio

Originally Posted by dantemac

Your scores of 17 PAT and 16 RC really would limit your application success. You need a retake in my opinion.

how bad does a 17 on PAT look ?