23 TS, 21 AA

[KDCancer]

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What do you guys think?

I just took my DAT exam,
PAT 22, QR 22, RC 16, BIO 21, GC 25, OC 23, TS 23, AA 21.

first of all big thanks to @Ari Rezaei for big help when i needed him the most. I am not kidding he is one of the best, and BC is one of the best representation of what you are gonna expect to see on DAT. And second thank goes to @orgoman22 for their great resource. and no it is not a overkill. you need to read this book in and out.

What do you guys think? do i have a chance with this reading? which school should I apply to? how can i find out?
I have 3.85 Cum GPA in Biochemistry major. my major GPA is 3.79. I am 29 years old applicant with electrical engineering background. and came to the US. 4 years ago as refugee. I have only 6 month of volunteering, but I have 300 hours of job shadowing for general dentist, and 200 hours of specialist job shadowing. I have been doing some research from spring semester and will be graduating with honors degree by next spring.

Thank you guys.

 

[tyjacobs]

Congrats on the scores!!!! Very good!!!!

What is your overall gpa and science gpa?

 

[KDCancer]

Congrats on the scores!!!! Very good!!!!

What is your overall gpa and science gpa?

Congrats on the scores!!!! Very good!!!!

What is your overall gpa and science gpa?

I have 3.85 Cum GPA in Biochemistry major. my major GPA is 3.79

 

[yoh95]

Congrats! How did you study for the biology section and what would you have done differently? I am also using destroyer and BC.. did you see out of the scope questions?

 

[KDCancer]

Congrats! How did you study for the biology section and what would you have done differently? I am also using destroyer and BC.. did you see out of the scope questions?

I started with Cliff notes, it is good to get the basics from but not much. then I read from Feralis notes, like a story book. I did not spend a lot on it. after that I moved on to Destroyer. It was great for me. since i learn by practice. By doing BC, wherever i had problems on, I went back to Feralis and reread the whole chapter. Although on the real exam there were some new questions, mostly everything was covered by BC and Destroyer and Feralis note. @fera

 

[tyjacobs]

I have 3.85 Cum GPA in Biochemistry major. my major GPA is 3.79

you look good to go! will be a very strong applicant. what are your professional goals?

 

[KDCancer]

you look good to go! will be a very strong applicant. what are your professional goals?

So you think i have a chance of getting into state dental schools?
My hope is to become oral surgeon. but first I have to take my first step. I want to go to good state school so i can leave as little loan as possible.

 

[tyjacobs]

So you think i have a chance of getting into state dental schools?
My hope is to become oral surgeon. but first I have to take my first step. I want to go to good state school so i can leave as little loan as possible.

Are you a US citizen or an international student?

What would your state school be if you are a US citizen?

Also, because you want to be an oral surgeon, note that it is very hard to get into OMFS programs if you don't go to certain schools (them being: stonybrook, Uconn, harvard, columbia, penn, UCLA i think, and UCSF i think). So paying more money for dental school to make it way easier for you to get into an oral surgery program might be a worthwhile investment to make (the fact that you'll probably make more money as an OMFS as compared to a general dentist will provide the return on investment).

 

[KDCancer]

Are you a US citizen or an international student?

What would your state school be if you are a US citizen?

Also, because you want to be an oral surgeon, note that it is very hard to get into OMFS programs if you don't go to certain schools (them being: stonybrook, Uconn, harvard, columbia, penn, UCLA i think, and UCSF i think). So paying more money for dental school to make it way easier for you to get into an oral surgery program might be a worthwhile investment to make (the fact that you'll probably make more money as an OMFS as compared to a general dentist will provide the return on investment).

I am not citizen just yet, will be next year though. and I a permanent resident. And I resident of MA. those schools are my dream schools but do you think I have a chance of getting in those with this scores?
Thanks.