2006 Applicant Stats Page

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Undergrad Ed: University of Waterloo (Canada): Computer Engineering
DAT:
PA: 22
QR: 26
RC: 22
TS: 30
AA: 26

 

[Sprgrover]

Undergrad Ed: University of Waterloo (Canada): Computer
DAT:
PA: 22
QR: 26
RC: 22
TS: 30
AA: 26

Holy schmuck! I don't know about those DAT scores and research in physics....Congratulations!

 

[Sprgrover]

...*** input please, do i stand a good chance? ***
thank you everyone, and good luck!

Yes, I think you have a very good chance. Sure that 13 in soap carving might weigh you down a bit, but you have good credentials that should outshine this little mark on your application. Best of luck!

 

[Tracy47]

Schools Applied: UMD, NYU, Boston, Columbia, Upenn, Harvard, may be adding more to my list due to PAT score.

AADSAS Submitted Date: July 7

Schools Received AADSAS Date: August 17 (approximate date)

Interview Invites:

Denied:

Withdrew Application:

Waitlisted:

Accepted:
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[howui3]

Undergad: UC Santa Barbara - Cell & Developmental Bio
Grad: BU School of Medicine - Masters Program

For the rest of the stats, look below...

 

[acceptance]

Undergrad Ed: Utah State
Degree: Biol , chem/spanish 2xMinor
Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.77
Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.69

DAT: Academic, Science, PAT 23/24/21

Extracurricular/Research Activities: Snowboarding, listening to emo, going to the lake, hitting the weights. My lab work is in Ion channel physiology.

Schools Applied: UOP, UNC, UMich, Ohio, Buff, MD, UNLV

AADSAS Submitted Date: May 16 '05

Interview Invites: Mmmmmmmmmm. none. I think all of my schools are on vacation.

 

[Gulch]

Undergrad Ed: Utah State
Degree: Biol , chem/spanish 2xMinor
Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.77
Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.69

DAT: Academic, Science, PAT 23/24/21

Extracurricular/Research Activities: Snowboarding, listening to emo, going to the lake, hitting the weights. My lab work is in Ion channel physiology.

Schools Applied: UOP, UNC, UMich, Ohio, Buff, MD, UNLV

AADSAS Submitted Date: May 16 '05

Interview Invites: Mmmmmmmmmm. none. I think all of my schools are on vacation.

Uhhh, if I were you I would be calling schools to make sure my applicant files are complete. Since some schools do things differently than others and some admission staffs are, well, let's face it, ******ed, you really need to make sure that your file is even ready for review. Your stats kick the crap out of mine and I have an int'vw at OSU. And I applied AFTER you. I'm waiting for UOP anyday now. Remember: Follow up is key. No invitation without preparation and follow up. 😉

 

[Beestieboy]

Wow, I used to think that my stats were pretty good. There really are some heavy hitters this time around.

Most of my stats are in my sig.

As for extra-curricular:
Dentist shadowing (of course)
VP of dental club-check out the link in my sig for the club website I put together. It's still being worked on, but it's the first year we've had a website. 🙂
Participated in week long dental service trip to Honduras. Such an awesome experience.

Man, this year is going to be filled with high quality applicants. That's good for the profession! We're going to have some smart cookies out there. Good luck to you all!

 

[piccolo2385]

Eh... I figured I've lurked around here long enough (I've only posted a few times) and should probably start contributing more to this great forum...

Undergrad Ed: B.S. in Marine Biology - UCLA
Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.96
Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.96
Graduate Ed: (if applicable)
Cumulative Graduate GPA: (if applicable)
Science Graduate GPA: (if applicable)

1st DAT: 22, 22, 19
2nd DAT: I was considering it but eh... too lazy

Extracurricular/Research Activities: More of the usual... 350+ hours of volunteering/shadowing, lab assistant, public health dentistry/marine biology research (one publication), tutoring, founding member of the UCLA Afghanistan Dental Relief Project, Reef Specialist (ask me about it), Bruin Democrats, USAC (Student Government), Undergraduate Science Journal Reviewer, undergraduate assistant

Schools Applied: UCLA, UCSF, UOP, USC, UPENN, Harvard, UCONN

AADSAS Submitted Date: June 16

Schools Received AADSAS Date: Aug. 4

Interview Invites: UPENN (Sept. 23), UCONN (Sept. 30), Harvard (Oct. 6)

Denied: None (... so far)

Withdrew Application: Zip

Waitlisted: Nada

Accepted: Nope

 

[ncallaha]

Undergrad Ed: BS Biochemistry - Trinity College - in May
Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.35
Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.30

1st DAT: 21/20/18


Extracurricular/Research Activities: Ton of shadowing hours. 4 years of vol. EMT service. 2 years of organic biochemistry research.

Schools Applied: Tufts, BU, Columbia, NYU, Buffalo, Stony Brook, Temple, Pitt, Upenn, NJ, Case, Maryland, UConn

AADSAS Submitted Date: June 13th

Schools Received AADSAS Date: July 22nd

Interview Invites: Uconn, Temple, Upenn, BU, Case, Stony Brook, Columbia, NJ

Denied: none yet

Waitlisted: - none yet

Accepted: - not yet

 

[Kniles5]

Here is a post from a normal applicant. Anyone else a SC resident applying to MUSC? Those are the stats I really want to see! I love Charleston!!

Undergrad Ed: B.S. Biology College of Charleston
Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.6
Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.6


1st DAT: Academic, Science, PAT 18/19/17
2nd DAT: Academic, Science, PAT18/20/20

Extracurricular/Research Activities: Undergrad research in micro-evolution genetics. Current research in neurobiology. Abstracts published by The Journal of Ecology and Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research

Field Related Work: Dental Assistant for 6 years

Schools Applied: MUSC (resident and employee of MUSC), VCU (Dad is alumnus from D.D.S. program)

AADSAS Submitted Date: 8/1/05

Schools Received AADSAS Date: 9/23/05 (even though it wasn't mailed until 9/26? what is wrong with those people?!)

🙂

 

[raZ10]

Undergrad Ed: New York University
Major: Biology Minor: Economics, Mathematics
Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.57
Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.45

DAT: Academic, Science, PAT 23/25/22

Extracurricular/Research Activities: 360 hours of shadowing at multi-practitioner clinic. 60 hours of volunteer at Pediatric clinic at Bellevue Hospital. 10 hours/week Spring 05 Research Assistant/Volunteer at NYU Bluestone Center for Clinical Research.

Schools Applied: Harvard, UCLA, UPenn, Columbia, NYU
AADSAS Submitted Date: 8/11/05

AADSAS Mail-out Date: 9/26/05 😀

 

[donkeywhisperer]

Undergrad Ed: BYU-Idaho
Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.4
Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.2
Graduate Ed: (if applicable)
Cumulative Graduate GPA: (if applicable)
Science Graduate GPA: (if applicable)

1st DAT: Academic 19, Science 19, PAT 20
2nd DAT: Academic, Science, PAT (if applicable)

Extracurricular/Research Activities: Lots of 3D art experience, only 35 hrs of shadowing

Schools Applied:UNLV, UOP, NYU, Maryland, Creighton, Case, Temple, Marquette, USC, USCF, Minnesota, Tufts

AADSAS Submitted Date: July 14th

Schools Received AADSAS Date: Aug 30

Interview Invites:Temple, UNLV, Case (alternate list)

Denied:UOP, no official letter but the lady on the phone pretty much made sure I knew I wouldn't be going there.

Withdrew Application:

Waitlisted:

Accepted:

 

[kittylover]

Undergrad Ed: BYU-Idaho

Denied:UOP, no official letter but the lady on the phone pretty much made sure I knew I wouldn't be going there.

Accepted:

Donkeywhisperer, what made you say that? Who did you talk to and exactly what did they say?

 

[donkeywhisperer]

Donkeywhisperer, what made you say that? Who did you talk to and exactly what did they say?

I can't remember her name, but it was something like Karen, any way she basically went through my whole application with me and told me what was good and what was bad, The bad things were that I didn't have a 20 in every subject on the dat. She said that tons of people had applied this year with all scores above twenty. I got a 16 in QR and a 17 In GChem. She also said that they would like their competitive applicants to have at least 40 hours of shadowing, and she made it sound like that was a bare minimun. I only have 35hrs. Then she went through all of my grades, I guess she had my whole app right in front of her. I got an F in the first half of O-chem, mostly because my 1st daughter was born that year with a lot of complications, but then I brough it up to an A- the next time through, and got a B+ in the second half. I also got a C- in genetics. she brought all that up and in the end basically said that over 300 kids applied from my school and that they were only going to take the very top people, apparently I'm not one of them.
She was really nice through the whole thing, but in the end she made it real clear that I wouldn't be getting an invite there this time around.

 

[kittylover]

I can't remember her name, but it was something like Karen, any way she basically went through my whole application with me and told me what was good and what was bad, The bad things were that I didn't have a 20 in every subject on the dat. She said that tons of people had applied this year with all scores above twenty. I got a 16 in QR and a 17 In GChem. She also said that they would like their competitive applicants to have at least 40 hours of shadowing, and she made it sound like that was a bare minimun. I only have 35hrs. Then she went through all of my grades, I guess she had my whole app right in front of her. I got an F in the first half of O-chem, mostly because my 1st daughter was born that year with a lot of complications, but then I brough it up to an A- the next time through, and got a B+ in the second half. I also got a C- in genetics. she brought all that up and in the end basically said that over 300 kids applied from my school and that they were only going to take the very top people, apparently I'm not one of them.
She was really nice through the whole thing, but in the end she made it real clear that I wouldn't be getting an invite there this time around.

Thanks for the info. You are so helpful.

Was it Kathy that you talked to? UOP puts everything in their computer, so when you talk to them on the phone they just pull up your file on the computer. I've all but given up on UOP.... I only wish I had applied 3 years ago, when it was still possible to get in with <3.0 GPA and 22DAT (yes, UOP is VERY big on DAT scores... the reason being, since it's a 3-year school, they think you need to be able to cram a large amount of info in a short period of time... kind of like studying for DAT). The sad thing is, it will only get more difficult in the future.

Your stats are still competitive, and I'm sure you'll be able to get in elsewhere. Good luck.

 

[donkeywhisperer]

Yes it was Kathy,
The whole reason why I called up was because a friend of mine did the same thing and talked her into giving him an interview. He has much better stats than me, but I thought I'd just give it a shot for the fun of it. So if you do have better stats than me try it out, I don't think it can hurt. And don't give up on them yet, she told me they were way behind this year because so many really good people applied.
Thanks for the encouragment. 🙂

 

[rajmahal1980]

Yes it was Kathy,
The whole reason why I called up was because a friend of mine did the same thing and talked her into giving him an interview. He has much better stats than me, but I thought I'd just give it a shot for the fun of it. So if you do have better stats than me try it out, I don't think it can hurt. And don't give up on them yet, she told me they were way behind this year because so many really good people applied.
Thanks for the encouragment. 🙂

I think I will try the same thing. This is my second year applying to Pacific and I have a 26 on the DAT. My grades were very poor but this was before I decided on dentistry and did write a letter explaining the extentuating circumstances. I might as well give it a shot because I absolutely love the school.

 

[donkeywhisperer]

I think I will try the same thing. This is my second year applying to Pacific and I have a 26 on the DAT. My grades were very poor but this was before I decided on dentistry and did write a letter explaining the extentuating circumstances. I might as well give it a shot because I absolutely love the school.

I would if I were you. Especially with that DAT score, I know they love high scores on the PAT. Good luck man. I love that school too, too bad for me. 🙁

 

[kittylover]

donkeywhisperer, did your friend get an interview this year? He must have pretty competitive stats. It was much easier pushing them for interviews in previous years... I know someone with low GPA but decent DAT scores who didn't apply until December (a few years ago), called and pushed for an interview in "March" and got in. Of course, it's all different now.

Raj could you keep us posted on your conversation with Kathy.. thanks!

 

[donkeywhisperer]

donkeywhisperer, did your friend get an interview this year? He must have pretty competitive stats. It was much easier pushing them for interviews in previous years... I know someone with low GPA but decent DAT scores who didn't apply until December (a few years ago), called and pushed for an interview in "March" and got in. Of course, it's all different now.

Raj could you keep us posted on your conversation with Kathy.. thanks!

yup, it was this year.

 

[SuperC]

Undergrad Ed:
University of Florida – BS – Integrative Biology

Cumulative Undergrad. GPA:
AADSAS: 2.96 UF: 3.23

Science Undergrad.
GPA: AADSAS: 3.32 UF: 3.32

Graduate Ed:
N/A

Cumulative Graduate GPA:
N/A

Science Graduate GPA:
N/A

1st DAT:
Academic 19, Science 20, PAT 19

Awards:
Student Government Achievement Award

Extracurricular:
UF - Pre-dental chapter ASDA – Board of Directors
UF - Teaching Assistant: Laboratory for Basic Biology of Microorganisms.
FCCJ - Student Government President
FCCJ - Student Government Senator
FCCJ - Chemistry and Biotechnology Club: President and Founder
FCCJ - Campus-Wide Executive Board Chairman
FCCJ - Campus-Wide Executive Board Member
FCCJ - Campus Planning and Evaluation Committee Member
FCCJ - Student Appeals Committee Member
FCCJ - Campus Voice: Staff Writer

Research:
Molecular mechanisms of pathogenesis of Porphyromonas gingivalis – Paper to be published by Summer.

Schools Applied:
UNLV, UOP, NYU, Creighton, Temple, Marquette, Tufts, UF, Nova

AADSAS Submitted Date:
Oct. 14th

Schools Received AADSAS Date:
N/A

 

[jaerob]

thought it might be a good idea to revive this thread in case people want to update their info 🙂

 

[Ronald Jeremy]

Undergrad Ed: Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison
Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 2.69
Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.00 CBP GPA: 3.90
Graduate Ed: (if applicable)
Cumulative Graduate GPA: (if applicable)
Science Graduate GPA: (if applicable)

1st DAT: Academic 21, Science 21, PAT 19
2nd DAT: none

Extracurricular/Research Activities: 30+ hrs. shadowing, work in a dental lab

Schools Applied: Buffalo, Minnesota, Marquette, Temple, Boston, Pacific, Louisville, Case, Creighton, Detroit
AADSAS Submitted Date: June 28

Schools Received AADSAS Date: Aug 14

Interview Invites:Buffalo, Minnesota

Denied:Temple, been shut down everywhere else in terms of interviewing
Withdrew Application: Louisville

Waitlisted: none

Accepted: BUFFALO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[predmd]

Undergrad Ed: Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison
Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 2.69
Science Undergrad. GPA: 3.00 CBP GPA: 3.90
Graduate Ed: (if applicable)
Cumulative Graduate GPA: (if applicable)
Science Graduate GPA: (if applicable)

1st DAT: Academic 21, Science 21, PAT 19
2nd DAT: none

Extracurricular/Research Activities: 30+ hrs. shadowing, work in a dental lab

Schools Applied: Buffalo, Minnesota, Marquette, Temple, Boston, Pacific, Louisville, Case, Creighton, Detroit
AADSAS Submitted Date: June 28

Schools Received AADSAS Date: Aug 14

Interview Invites:Buffalo, Minnesota

Denied:Temple, been shut down everywhere else in terms of interviewing
Withdrew Application: Louisville

Waitlisted: none

Accepted: BUFFALO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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[SMC2UCLA2_]

Undergrad Ed: Community college for 2 years and UCLA for 2 years (B.S Neuroscience)
Cumulative Undergrad. GPA: 3.93
Science Undergrad. GPA:3.91


1st DAT: 22AA, 23TS, 22 OC, 23GC, 24 Bio, 24RC, 19 QR, 19 PA

Extracurricular/Research Activities: 2 years of research on fear extinction-specifically mechanisms of enhancing fear extinction as a model for treating anxiety disorders. 200 Hrs hospital internship, stupid Club

Schools Applied: UCLA, USC, UCSF, UOP, Tufts, Temple, BU, Harvard, Columbia, NYU, UPENN, Michigan

AADSAS Submitted Date: OCT 31st for most schools, Nov 21st for Columbia, Temple, & Tufts

Schools Received AADSAS Date: (approximate date) hopefully around today...but they are still waiting on my dat scores to come in.

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