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You should focus on 10-15 schools (your list feels long). Do you have access to a prehealth advisor?
I need a little more insight into your leadership experiences. You only list being a lab group leader; what is that? Are you involved in any other campus activities?
You should focus on 10-15 schools (your list feels long). Do you have access to a prehealth advisor?
I need a little more insight into your leadership experiences. You only list being a lab group leader; what is that? Are you involved in any other campus activities?
list is too long even considering how many reach schools you have on it...
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Dentistry tends to be very regionalistic. California applicants have to apply broadly, but apply to places where you want to go practice, even if you can always return to the West Coast.
Start with your in-state schools. You should be good for this. Pay attention to public schools and out-of-state stats.
More importantly, how much do you know about each student clinic's practices and patient management? How will that resonate with the different environments where you want to practice?
Start with your in-state schools. You should be good for this. Pay attention to public schools and out-of-state stats.
More importantly, how much do you know about each student clinic's practices and patient management? How will that resonate with the different environments where you want to practice?
Let's start with why you want to keep any of these out of region schools:
UMaryland
UPitt
UConn
UMich
Rutgers
Harvard
UPenn
LECOM
Marquette
Creighton
Roseman
Texas (all of them)
I'm keeping your top six (include Colorado and UNLV).
If you don't mind where you want to go: why not Tufts, BU, CWRU, Louisville?
UMaryland
UPitt
UConn
UMich
Rutgers
Harvard
UPenn
LECOM
Marquette
Creighton
Roseman
Texas (all of them)
I'm keeping your top six (include Colorado and UNLV).
If you don't mind where you want to go: why not Tufts, BU, CWRU, Louisville?
you get interview invites and acceptances because of mission fit
none of he things here are mission fit...
look at each schools number of california acceptances
look for mission fit...
What are you expectations if you have family and friends in the area? Yes, they're nice to have as long as they don't divert you from job #1: practicing your preclinical skills as a dentist. They may also be nice to have if you need any of them to step in to get a cleaning done by you. Hope they like that idea. If you've never been close to your family or friends, cleaning their teeth is going to change that. 🙂
Going to Harvard as a dental student is not like going there as an undergrad, med student, law student, or whatever. Small class of dental students taking classes with medical students and taking the same exams; that's not always a good thing unless you are going for OMFS. Similar for UConn. Look at the curricula carefully and class sizes. That's why we're not recommending NYU (300+ students!).
Creighton: have you ever visited or lived there?
Marquette: you like Milwaukee?
Strike the other iffy schools until you know better. UMich is one of the most challenging schools to get into. Pitt isn't bad but look more into it.
I'll give you the two options that give you state tuition for D2-D4, but would you like their curricula, clinic, or community service opportunities?
Still need a better insight into "mission fit."
Going to Harvard as a dental student is not like going there as an undergrad, med student, law student, or whatever. Small class of dental students taking classes with medical students and taking the same exams; that's not always a good thing unless you are going for OMFS. Similar for UConn. Look at the curricula carefully and class sizes. That's why we're not recommending NYU (300+ students!).
Creighton: have you ever visited or lived there?
Marquette: you like Milwaukee?
Strike the other iffy schools until you know better. UMich is one of the most challenging schools to get into. Pitt isn't bad but look more into it.
I'll give you the two options that give you state tuition for D2-D4, but would you like their curricula, clinic, or community service opportunities?
Still need a better insight into "mission fit."
I think in general California applicants should apply as out-of-state students, but your competitiveness will be determined by your immersion in dentistry and your mission as a dentist. On the metrics side, and without knowledge of your AADSAS application, you seem worth their time.
