Are these schools cc-friendly?

[shaidester]

Hello everyone,

During my undergrad, I attended a community college, received 68 credits, and graduated with an associates degree in science. After CC, I went on and completed a bachelors. I am applying this cycle, but I need someone elses eyes to look over my 14 schools that I am applying to to make sure I am not wasting my money:

Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine-Arizona (MWU)AZ01/01/2015
Howard University College of Dentistry (HOW)DC01/15/2015
Nova Southeastern University College of Dental Medicine (NSU)FL12/01/2014
Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine-Illinois (MWU-IL)IL01/01/2015
University of Louisville School of Dentistry (UL)KY12/15/2014
University of Maryland School of Dentistry (MYD)MD01/01/2015
University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry (UDM)MI02/15/2015
University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine (UNLV)NV01/01/2015
New York University College of Dentistry (NYU)NY02/01/2015
University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine (BUF)NY12/01/2014
Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine (CASE)OH01/01/2015
The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry, Temple University (TEMP)PA01/15/2015
Roseman University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine (USN)UT12/01/2014
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry (VCU)VA11/01/2014

I realize some schools out there cap their CC limits at 60 credits... but what the hell? An associates degree required that I do over that, like 66-68 credits. I had no choice. Should I be worried?

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[sjv]

Just reference this list:

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/thr...vancement-placement-and-ds-admission.1069984/

 

[customx]

Not sure if it's relevant, but I'm pretty sure that the credit limit applies to semester credits. If you happen to be on the quarter system then you can have up to 90 credits and still be below the 60 credit CC limit. Again, not sure if it pertains to your situation, but I thought it may be helpful to others.

 

[shaidester]

I'm pretty sure I was not on the quarter system.

 

[Meat Gyver]

+1 for the link sjv posted - it will save you a lot of time and money.

Also schools require you to have completed 90-120 semester credit hours prior to matriculation. Of those, only 60 credits from your CC can be used for that requirement. The extra 8 CC credits won't hurt you at all. Just make sure you completed 60+ credits at your 4 year university (which I assume you did since you got your bachelors) and you'll be good to go.

 

[shaidester]

+1 for the link sjv posted - it will save you a lot of time and money.

Also schools require you to have completed 90-120 semester credit hours prior to matriculation. Of those, only 60 credits from your CC can be used for that requirement. The extra 8 CC credits won't hurt you at all. Just make sure you completed 60+ credits at your 4 year university (which I assume you did since you got your bachelors) and you'll be good to go.

I actually only needed 55 credits at my 4-year to graduate, which is what I have right now. My 4-year school required 45 credits worth of upper level classes though.

 

[Myce]

You might need to take Howard out because they require all your prereqs to be completed at a 4-year college or university in the US or Canada. The following is the link to their webpage. http://healthsciences.howard.edu/ed...s/dentistry/admissions/minimum-qualifications

 

[LFA20]

All my prerequisites are from CC and out of the schools you listed, my results were....

UDM- accepted
Case- interview (did not attend)
Roseman- interview (did not attend)
Nova- interviewed (WL)

One of my friends who completed bio,chem, physics, calculus, and anatomy at cc got interviewed at NYU(accepted), Maryland, Temple, and Penn.

 

[shaidester]

All my prerequisites are from CC and out of the schools you listed, my results were....

UDM- accepted
Case- interview (did not attend)
Roseman- interview (did not attend)
Nova- interviewed (WL)

One of my friends who completed bio,chem, physics, calculus, and anatomy at cc got interviewed at NYU(accepted), Maryland, Temple, and Penn.

How many CC credits did you take in total though? Most of my prereqs were completed at the CC except for organic chemistry (1 and 2).
Also, if you don't mind me asking, what was your GPA and DAT?

Thank you so much!