2022 Gender-Race-Ethnicity-How competitive are we?

[doc toothache]

What appears to be noteworthy from the 2023-2024 ADEA Official Guide To Dental Schools, which has recently been released, is that women remain the majority in the 2022 entering class. While some in the community insist that dental school admission is competitive, when every other applicant is accepted, it can hardly be called competitive. There is no evidence to suggest that international applicants are at a major disadvantage. Note that the percentage of applicants and enrollees in the groups are virtually a mirror image of one another.

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[macsak]

What appears to be noteworthy from the 2023-2024 ADEA Official Guide To Dental Schools, which has recently been released is the women remain the majority in the 2022 entering class. While some in the community insist that dental school admission is competitive, when every other applicant is accepted, it can hardly be called competitive. There is no evidence to suggest that international applicants are at a major disadvantage. Note that the percentage of applicants and enrollees in the groups are virtually a mirror image of one another.

wow
nice!

 

[macsak]

What appears to be noteworthy from the 2023-2024 ADEA Official Guide To Dental Schools, which has recently been released is the women remain the majority in the 2022 entering class. While some in the community insist that dental school admission is competitive, when every other applicant is accepted, it can hardly be called competitive. There is no evidence to suggest that international applicants are at a major disadvantage. Note that the percentage of applicants and enrollees in the groups are virtually a mirror image of one another.

not to be argumentative, but 2.3 (intl) to 1.8 (all candidates) is 27.8% more difficult...

 

[doc toothache]

not to be argumentative, but 2.3 (intl) to 1.8 (all candidates) is 27.8% more difficult...

It may be 27.8% more difficult, but it is hard to find a 0.5 of an applicant/enrollee. If the ratio was 3:1 or higher, there might make things more debatable. However....

 

[DMD12345]

Are there stats for the average gpa + dat of each category of people?

 

[D1Bound]

Doesn’t seem very equal with 900 ish more female enrollees than males

 

[doc toothache]

Are there stats for the average gpa + dat of each category of people?

ADEA and DS are having a hard enough time sharing basic information, let alone for each subgroups. Information on DAT distribution of scores is available for various ethnic groups on some ADA publications.

Doesn’t seem very equal with 900 ish more female enrollees than males

That would be an 830 difference. There is no claim of parity. Women represented 57.9 % of applicants and 56.5% of enrollees; men were at 42% of applicants and 43.4% of enrollees.

 

[Ryxndek]

Are there stats for the average gpa + dat of each category of people?

see if this link provides any info: 2022 Applicants and First-time, First-year Enrollees

 

[Mr.Smile12]

On the gender trends, this is not a surprise because at least for one proxy of the DS trends, more women have earned bachelor's degrees than men for years. Degrees conferred by postsecondary institutions, by level of degree and sex of student: Selected years, 1869-70 through 2029-30

 

[SHe...]

I am wondering if there is any data on Canadian international vs non-Canadian international?

 

[prepental]

Doesn’t seem very equal with 900 ish more female enrollees than males

you strike as the type of person to use misleading stats to push ur agendas

 

[prepental]

It may be 27.8% more difficult, but it is hard to find a 0.5 of an applicant/enrollee. If the ratio was 3:1 or higher, there might make things more debatable. However....

if .5 isnt significant (one of the biggest gaps in the entire data set) then no difference (race/gender) is significant to your standards

 

[D1Bound]

you strike as the type of person to use misleading stats to push ur agendas

I looked directly at the stats and estimated how many more males than females. I have no agenda, I stated numbers. Is 830 more female enrollees than male considered equality?

 

[prepental]

I looked directly at the stats and estimated how many more males than females. I have no agenda, I stated numbers. Is 830 more female enrollees than male considered equality?

yes because theres more female applicants

 

[D1Bound]

yes because theres more female applicants

How is that considered equality if the number is not the same? That is not the definition of equality