Asians' High rate of accepatance??

[gegogi]

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I don't know it sounds weird, but I looked up the book from AADSAS and found out that a lot of Asians applied and got accepted. Why are Asians applying to dental school a lot more than other races? Is there any reason like dentists in some regions are not still in a high paid job or something? I heard a story of a dentist in Europe where public insurance is well established and dentists are not high paid. Just curious 🙂

 

[dentalmon]

I think there are more Caucasian dental students than any other race from what i have noticed..But maybe Asians are 2nd.... but then again .. when you talk about Asians.. u are talking about so many different race( Chinese, Viet, korean, Japanese, etc. etc..)..

 

[Vicviper]

While it may seem like there are a majority Asians, they're actually second behind ... lets go with Euro ... I just hate the term "white." 6,835 applicants with 2,736 accepted, vs Asian with 2,704 applicants and 937 enrollees (* Entering class of 2006*). Looking at the data, the acceptance rate for all races is about the same, approximately a third of the applicant pool of every race is accepted. As for why lots of people apply, I guess it's just a different health profession that has a lot of draws compared to the others.

 

[Locutus of Borg]

Frankly, I was shocked to see that AADSAS asked me for my ethnicity on my application.
Ethnic quotas are totally unheard of at my university's (not in US) dent/med/pharm/law programs. There is no preference for undergrad major either. So fashion design works just as well as engineering, math, biology, as long as it's from a 4-year institution in North America. In particular, the likelihood of a med school applicant being accepted depends solely on how well he/she fits into my university's med school's selection methodology, as follows:

The applicant's GPA predominates. Interview performance is a distant second, and extracirrculars come a close third. It's extremely hard to be rejected if you have a 4.0. You pretty much have to recite a passage from Mein Kampf during the interview or have done absolutely no extracirrculars since you were 16 years old to be rejected with this GPA. MCAT works on a quasi-cutoff basis; if you have >= 9 on every section, then you're MCAT will NEITHER hinder NOR HELP your application one bit. If any section is <9, you can still compensate with a strong (>3.97) GPA, though a <=7 will LIKELY kill your chances regardless.

AT LEAST half of the med students at my school are Asian. Deduce what you will.

 

[doc toothache]

Frankly, I was shocked to see that AADSAS asked me for my ethnicity on my application.

The nerve to ask for sex, age, address and telephone numbers.

 

[PreDentDJ]

I was just reading a table in my 2009 ADEA guide. It says that Asian Americans comprised 30% of applicants and only 21% of enrollees. Which makes them the only race whose enrollment percentage was lower than application percentage.

 

[Vicviper]

My High School was 80% Asian, my Undergrad was almost 60% Asian, but that doesn't really mean anything other than that's the makeup of people who live near there.

I think the fact that there are approximately the same (roughly a third) applicant/enrollee ratios for all races shows that the applicant makeup for all populations is about the same application wise, and other than the two schools that state they seek URM - and more power to them - admissions aren't really race based. The ADA is just like every other large organization, they just like to keep statistics. I don't think there's really anything behind it. I think all of the secondaries that had me put my race also stated that race wouldn't have anything to do with admissions. I think it's really a good sign that our civilzation is growing and progressing.

 

[PreDentDJ]

So fashion design works just as well as engineering, math, biology, as long as it's from a 4-year institution in North America.

Yikes! Please let us know what country you live in so that I know to make sure my teeth are good before I visit. I'd rather not have Tommy Hilfiger doing any extractions in my mouth (though he may turn out to be pretty good come time for the suture).

 

[Vicviper]

I was just reading a table in my 2009 ADEA guide. It says that Asian Americans comprised 30% of applicants and only 21% of enrollees. Which makes them the only race whose enrollment percentage was lower than application percentage.

I'm sure it fluctuates from year to year. The 2006 data is roughly equal all around, I'm sure the 2007 and 2008 data will show something slightly different, but I'm sure the overall trends won't show any race particularly being decided against.

Also, as long as someone can complete the dental pre-reqs, if they want to get a fashion degree, more power to them, and that gives some real diversity compared to us dime a dozen bio majors! ;p

 

[Locutus of Borg]

Yikes! Please let us know what country you live in so that I know to make sure my teeth are good before I visit. I'd rather not have Tommy Hilfiger doing any extractions in my mouth (though he may turn out to be pretty good come time for the suture).

Canada. The academic institution you did your undergrad does not come into the picture either. So, Columbia U offers ZERO advantage over U of Pheonix.

 

[Vicviper]

Canada.

Haha... I did get a laugh out of that post, short and sweet, nice one Jean Luc. I do love my neighbors to the north. 😀