Applying To EVERY Dental School

[Avery07]

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Just curious if anyone has or has heard of someone applying to all (56 I believe) dental schools?

 

[axum]

waste

 

[musl85]

gosh, cant imagine their answer to the question: Where else did you apply/How many schools did you apply to? 😀

 

[Willem]

Imagine the many thousands spent going to interviews 🙂

 

[denticus]

Imagine the many thousands spent going to interviews 🙂

If...you interviewed. They'd probably apply to all because they felt they weren't competitive enough to begin with.

 

[reapply2007]

It's much better to apply early in the cycle than to apply everywhere. Choose your schools carefully. Dental schools see themselves as unique and want students that fit in with that uniqueness. If you don't make the schools think that you agree with whatever it is that makes them unique you'll have a hard time at the interview(s).

 

[stdmufin27]

A kid in my senior year applied to all the schools! His family paid for it. As far as I remember he received no interviews at all!

 

[Dan3223]

Applying to every school would be stupid and a huge waste of money. Most of the state schools only take a couple out of of staters.... with awesome stats.
Just a little bit of research would save you from wasting time applying to a lot of schools. Someone who applied to every school is obviously desperate and short sighted... probably why they are in the position where they feel the need to apply to every school in the first place.

 

[blankguy]

A kid in my senior year applied to all the schools! His family paid for it. As far as I remember he received no interviews at all!

Talk about wasting family money.👎

 

[nattyj252]

Someone from my school applied to 22. I don't know if she got in anywhere but she said she had received a lot of rejections when I spoke to her in September.

 

[Fonz]

A kid in my senior year applied to all the schools! His family paid for it. As far as I remember he received no interviews at all!

OWNED. Probably someone who was being forced by his fam to do dentistry

 

[stdmufin27]

Someone from my school applied to 22. I don't know if she got in anywhere but she said she had received a lot of rejections when I spoke to her in September.

Now, 22 isn't that much at all. I applied to 20. Interviewed at 8 and was accepted at 2, waitlisted at 3. If you do want to give yourself a better chance than those who apply to 5/6 schools bump that number up to the 20's.

 

[youngmc27]

That is such a waste. Just do some research on the schools that mirror your application the best and pick 15 to 20 of those and save yourself a few thousand dollars in the pocess.

 

[kevin512]

When I was at Temple Brain said that an applicant called to see if he would get an interview. Brain said forwardly, no and asked how many schools he applied to- the answer, all.

Now that has to hurt!

 

[djeffreyt]

I've heard of it. But then, I've also heard of the Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster.

 

[Avery07]

I've heard of it. But then, I've also heard of the Yeti and the Loch Ness Monster.

Are you trying to tell me Yeti doesn't exist? 🙁

 

[litldime]

The key to applying is: research.

Research the different schools to see if they only take in-state students, their incoming stats, class requirements etc.

simply visiting each school's website could save hundreds of dollars (and avoid being mocked on sdn).

A good place to start is predents.com

 

[Simply_Unique]

I think applying to ALL the dental schools in the U.S. is a waste of time...AND money!!! I think that researching different schools saves a whole lot of time and money. Would that person really want to go to some of the schools that they are applying to?? I'm not even that desperate and I really want to go to dental school. 🙂

 

[Lurchdubious]

one kid who interviewed with me at UNLV was applying for the 2nd time and had applied to 29 schools! ...UNLV was his only interview at the time (november). that's the most i've heard of.

 

[flyingkao]

Research the schools you can actually apply to and the schools where you meet their required prerequisite classes and letter of recs, which is different for various schools. For example, some schools say that you MUST take microbiology, physiology, anatomy, etc. and others might require that you have 4 letters from a dentist, 2 science profs, and one community service. Some have GPA requirements and a minimum DAT score in each section. Some only take in-state residents (i.e. Texas).

A very helpful book is the ADEA Official Guide to Dental schools, which lists all the d-schools that uses AADSAS and has all the details of what each school requires. It serves as a pretty good guideline to which schools you can apply to and which serves your individual needs (i.e. P/NP, summer breaks, research/clinical emphasis, demography, class size, etc.)

 

[flyingkao]

Oh, and also after I researched which schools I qualify for and whose minimum requirements I meet, I only ended up with 18 schools. So, I applied to all 18 schools and got 6 interview invites. Apply selectively, and work hard on the secondary applications that you end up receiving. And use common sense when you apply. Meaning, don't apply to schools that you would NEVER think of attending. The cost of applying is contingent on the # of schools you apply to (sending out DAT scores, AADSAS fee, secondary app processing fee, interview traveling costs) and these things add up!

 

[UCSF2012]

Applying to all schools is better than applying to one school.

To be honest, you only have to apply to a couple schools. Harvard, Columbia, UW, UCLA, UCSF, and Penn. Heck, you may also save a bunch of money in tuition by applying to a few out-of-state public schools. San Antonio has a really good deal!

Can anyone comment on how good a school San Antonio is? I never got an interview offer there.

 

[SHC1984]

Applying to all schools is better than applying to one school.

To be honest, you only have to apply to a couple schools. Harvard, Columbia, UW, UCLA, UCSF, and Penn. Heck, you may also save a bunch of money in tuition by applying to a few out-of-state public schools. San Antonio has a really good deal!

Can anyone comment on how good a school San Antonio is? I never got an interview offer there.

I agree, don't apply to too many schools, its a waste of money and it makes you look really desperate. A good 8-12 schools is plently. 🙂

 

[Jive]

Ten schools max

 

[s0chon02]

Do some research and save yourself a LOT of money.

 

[Aiyah]

You generally can get a feel of what schools you'll likely not get in if you apply based on your GPA and DATs. So like the previous post said, do some research. Know which schools your stats are competitive at.