Anyone accepted to only one school?

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cyclohexane101 said:
Would you elaborate a bit?
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I applied to 14 or so schools. Never heard a peep from them until this one school gave me an interview invite. (Sorry, I'd rather not disclose the name)

I felt grateful and appreciated throughout the interview. Most of my extracurrilar activities revolved around community services, which i was asked about. And i could sense that the school put strong emphasis on the humanistic approach in the field.

I sent them an update to my app (new jobs, etc during my gap year), briefly wrote down why i think the school fits me, and topped it off by attaching an entirely new PS just for the school lol.

Didn't get the typical reply afterwards, stating that they will update my file.

Instead, i was rewarded with the acceptance letter 3 days later.

Needless to say, i will be attending the school (not that i have a choice lmao)
 
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Yeah interviewed at 4, waitlisted at nova. accepted to LECOM, rejected from DCG, waiting to hear back from midwestern IL
 
Me. 8 schools applied to. 1 interview and acceptance to my in-state school. 3 other rejections at this point and the remaining are silent. Doesn't matter at this point since I'm in 🙂
 
Tarty tartar said:
I had one interview and one acceptance this entire cycle up to this point. Applied in June 2016 to 17 schools.
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Tons and tons of people have 1 acceptance after either multiple interviews or just a few. Then there are the opposite ends of the spectrum where people have tons of interviews and tons of acceptances and then tons of interviews and 0 acceptances.
 
LuckBloodandSweat said:
Much better than me. I've applied to damn near 30 schools and I'm still waiting lol. Rejected from almost all at this point. I must excuse myself. There's a corner that asks for me tears +pity+
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What are your stats?
 
Ok guys so i just received an invitation from BU. I am wondering if it's worth attending it? Does anyone know about the likelihood of getting accepted after the interview at BU? If they only accept like 20 % of the interviewees i m more than ready to decline it
 
samiam1007 said:
Ok guys so i just received an invitation from BU. I am wondering if it's worth attending it? Does anyone know about the likelihood of getting accepted after the interview at BU? If they only accept like 20 % of the interviewees i m more than ready to decline it
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Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I remembering seeing somewhere that BU had a high acceptance rate after interview
 
samiam1007 said:
Ok guys so i just received an invitation from BU. I am wondering if it's worth attending it? Does anyone know about the likelihood of getting accepted after the interview at BU? If they only accept like 20 % of the interviewees i m more than ready to decline it
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Congrats on your interview! Would you mind sharing your stats?
 
talis23 said:
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I remembering seeing somewhere that BU had a high acceptance rate after interview
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You're right. It shows over 100% accepted after interview in the ADEA 2015-2016 guide.
 
LuckBloodandSweat said:
Yeah. All my LORs are good I think. At almost every interview I was told my letters of rec were great. I guess either I suck at interviewing, my GPA is too low or I'm just simply undesirable.
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How are your ECs..? seems hard to believe that your GPA would be that significant considering your DAT scores.. also kudos to you for retaking :claps:
 
RS2224 said:
You're right. It shows over 100% accepted after interview in the ADEA 2015-2016 guide.
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Are you referring to the book? Where do you find this information? Thanks! 🙂
 
LuckBloodandSweat said:
Much better than me. I've applied to damn near 30 schools and I'm still waiting lol. Rejected from almost all at this point. I must excuse myself. There's a corner that asks for me tears +pity+
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applied to 10 schools. interviewed at 8. 6 waitlist. 2 rejection after interview. zero acceptance. life sucks. i m dying.
 
Chuckycheese124 said:
applied to 10 schools. interviewed at 8. 6 waitlist. 2 rejection after interview. zero acceptance. life sucks. i m dying.
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Wow. I'm sorry man. But plus side, those waitlists can turn into an acceptance very soon. There's a few others I've seen on here that are in a similar boat as you with all those interviews. You'll probably get a couple more before the cycle is finished.
 
Chuckycheese124 said:
applied to 10 schools. interviewed at 8. 6 waitlist. 2 rejection after interview. zero acceptance. life sucks. i m dying.
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I'm sorry to add salt to your wound but that's wild. Fingers crossed, you get into one of those schools. I am sure you have a good chance to get in atleast one. But, in the event you don't get in anywhere, id seriously seek out various measures to ensure your interviewing skills improve cause clearly that's what's really holding you back. You're obviously solid on paper. How did you prepare for your interviews? And, how did you feel about how your interviews went?
 
LuckBloodandSweat said:
Yeah. All my LORs are good I think. At almost every interview I was told my letters of rec were great. I guess either I suck at interviewing, my GPA is too low or I'm just simply undesirable.
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How many interviews did you do? I don't know how common it is to talk about LORs during interview since nobody ever mentioned mine during my interviews. But if I was in your shoes I would start to question those LORs because I would think of it being a hint that something is wrong. I'm probably over thinking things though...

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osker246 said:
How many interviews did you do? I don't know how common it is to talk about LORs during interview since nobody ever mentioned mine during my interviews. But if I was in your shoes I would start to question those LORs because I would think of it being a hint that something is wrong. I'm probably over thinking things though...

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Why would they extend an interview if his LOR was so bad?
 
DMDDDSHopeful said:
Why would they extend an interview if his LOR was so bad?
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No idea. Like I said I am probably over thinking it. If I was in his situation I would be thinking that something was wrong with them since I'm very critical in myself. This is purely my guess though because of his statement that all interviewers mentioned his LORs. It is either that or his personality doesn't fit the profile they are looking for.

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redhotchiligochu said:
Based on your signature, HELLO FUTURE CLASSMATE! :banana:




(assuming I commit to ASDOH)

Anyway congrats!!
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Why thank you! I just received an interview in Utah incidentally so perhaps we may/may not be classmates? I tried to message you privately but was unable? Shoot me a pm if you have time.
 
RS2224 said:
I'm sorry to add salt to your wound but that's wild. Fingers crossed, you get into one of those schools. I am sure you have a good chance to get in atleast one. But, in the event you don't get in anywhere, id seriously seek out various measures to ensure your interviewing skills improve cause clearly that's what's really holding you back. You're obviously solid on paper. How did you prepare for your interviews? And, how did you feel about how your interviews went?
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I did great in all of my interviews. I answered all the questions correctly as all schools asked me similar questions such as why dentistry, why our school, strength/weakness etc. in fact, I saw one faculty interviewer wrote on my application"intelligent, strong candidate" and still dean put me on wait-list. Its just interviewers don't like my personality or think i am jerk. I received #9 interview yesterday but declining it because it will cost me $600 to attend it and i know i will not be accepted there. I did one mock interview at my school. If i have to apply again next cycle, i will do tons of mock interview. my body is alive but my soul is dead. I request all of you to pray for me that i get 1 acceptance.
 
Chuckycheese124 said:
I did great in all of my interviews. I answered all the questions correctly as all schools asked me similar questions such as why dentistry, why our school, strength/weakness etc. in fact, I saw one faculty interviewer wrote on my application"intelligent, strong candidate" and still dean put me on wait-list. Its just interviewers don't like my personality or think i am jerk. I received #9 interview yesterday but declining it because it will cost me $600 to attend it and i know i will not be accepted there. I did one mock interview at my school. If i have to apply again next cycle, i will do tons of mock interview. my body is alive but my soul is dead. I request all of you to pray for me that i get 1 acceptance.
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I think you should attend it regardless..who knows you could have been accepted? They only extend interviews to candidates deemed worthy of admitting
 
Chuckycheese124 said:
I did great in all of my interviews. I answered all the questions correctly as all schools asked me similar questions such as why dentistry, why our school, strength/weakness etc. in fact, I saw one faculty interviewer wrote on my application"intelligent, strong candidate" and still dean put me on wait-list. Its just interviewers don't like my personality or think i am jerk. I received #9 interview yesterday but declining it because it will cost me $600 to attend it and i know i will not be accepted there. I did one mock interview at my school. If i have to apply again next cycle, i will do tons of mock interview. my body is alive but my soul is dead. I request all of you to pray for me that i get 1 acceptance.
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I've interviewed at 7 schools. 3 rejections, 1 waitlist, and silence from the last 3 (to be fair, I just interviewed at one of those schools a couple days ago).

You're not alone, I really hope both of us hear good news by the end of February!
 
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