Another chance me thread, but please help! :)

[dthiem20]

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Hey guys. I've already submitted my application and finally took DAT today.
I just wanted to ask which schools I should eliminate from the list.
Please help! 🙂

Background Info:
CA Resident

GPA: 3.78 (AADSAS haven't calculated my GPA yet but I have several A+s so I expect around 3.85 to 3.89)

DAT:
PAT: 22 (90.9%)
QR: 20 (88.3%)
RC: 21 (77.1%)
Bio: 24 (99.1%)
GC: 30 (100.0%)
OC: 25 (96.6%)
TS: 26 (99.6%)
AA: 24 (99.4%)

I want to specialize in either oral and maxillofacial or orthodontics

School List
1. Arizona School of Dentistry
2. Loma Linda
3. UCLA
4. UCSF
5. UoP
6. USC
7. Western Univ.
8. LECOM
9. Nova South Eastern
10. University of Maryland
11. Boston University
12. Harvard
13. Tufts
14. University of Detroit Mercy
15. UMDNJ
16. Columbia
17. NYU
18. Case Western Univ
19. UPenn
20. University of Pittsburgh

 

[MedDevil]

Take out Nova, LECOM, Western, BU, and NYU (unless you'd like to go to one of these schools).

 

[Kingsta2426]

Get accepted into dental school before you talk about specializing. Also go shadow an OMFS resident so you know what it's really like.

 

[teriyaki]

Your stat are amazing man! I am jealous...You should have no problems landing quite a handful of interviews. Just kill them interview and you are gold

 

[dthiem20]

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[dthiem20]

Get accepted into dental school before you talk about specializing. Also go shadow an OMFS resident so you know what it's really like.

I did shadow a jaw surgeon for about 50 hours. And I've heard that some schools are better than others at sending their students to specialties. So I was wondering which schools may be the best fit for me.

 

[dthiem20]

Your stat are amazing man! I am jealous...You should have no problems landing quite a handful of interviews. Just kill them interview and you are gold

Thank you 🙂

 

[dthiem20]

Take out Nova, LECOM, Western, BU, and NYU (unless you'd like to go to one of these schools).

Sounds good. Thanks! 🙂 Are there any more schools I can eliminate? I want to apply to around 10-12 schools

 

[MedDevil]

You could also remove USC, UMDNJ, Loma Linda, and UoP (I've heard the three year program makes it more difficult/stressful to specialize).

 

[Ionz]

Hey guys. I've already submitted my application and finally took DAT today.
I just wanted to ask which schools I should eliminate from the list.
Please help! 🙂

Background Info:
CA Resident

GPA: 3.78 (AADSAS haven't calculated my GPA yet but I have several A+s so I expect around 3.85 to 3.89)

DAT:
PAT: 22 (90.9%)
QR: 20 (88.3%)
RC: 21 (77.1%)
Bio: 24 (99.1%)
GC: 30 (100.0%)
OC: 25 (96.6%)
TS: 26 (99.6%)
AA: 24 (99.4%)

I want to specialize in either oral and maxillofacial or orthodontics

School List
1. Arizona School of Dentistry
2. Loma Linda
3. UCLA
4. UCSF
5. UoP
6. USC
7. Western Univ.
8. LECOM
9. Nova South Eastern
10. University of Maryland
11. Boston University
12. Harvard
13. Tufts
14. University of Detroit Mercy
15. UMDNJ
16. Columbia
17. NYU
18. Case Western Univ
19. UPenn
20. University of Pittsburgh

I honestly don't know why you have more than 10 given your stats. 15+ is for people who are carpet bombing the application cycle, you are not in that position luckily. I mean, if money is no issue then by all means apply everywhere, but you will be the few that gets to pick and choose where you go. GL

Back on topic, remove the expensive private ones (except those you really want to go to). Add all Ivies, and your state schools.

 

[Kingsta2426]

I did shadow a jaw surgeon for about 50 hours. And I've heard that some schools are better than others at sending their students to specialties. So I was wondering which schools may be the best fit for me.

A jaw surgeon is not a resident. You have to be a resident for usually 4 more years after dental school before you can be an Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon on your own. My bro is at the end of his 2nd year at an OMFS residency program and to summarize it, his life is not fun, at all. That is why I'm saying shadow a resident so you can see what it takes to become a surgeon. You still have plenty of time to decide all of that though.

 

[The Tooth Dr]

A jaw surgeon is not a resident. You have to be a resident for usually 4 more years after dental school before you can be an Oral & Maxillofacial surgeon on your own. My bro is at the end of his 2nd year at an OMFS residency program and to summarize it, his life is not fun, at all. That is why I'm saying shadow a resident so you can see what it takes to become a surgeon. You still have plenty of time to decide all of that though.

Mind giving a little more detail on why his life isn't fun at all?

 

[MedDevil]

Mind giving a little more detail on why his life isn't fun at all?

Becuase OMFS residency is brutal.

 

[Aal]

Why are you wasting money on AADSAS and supplemental applications?
just apply to your top choice school and you'll get in