Best ISS school: Move to that state?

[theblazer]

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I'm a professional programmer who has gone back to school to do science classes and apply to dental school. Question: I can very easily just up and move to a state like Alabama or Louisiana or North Carolina (4 East Carolina) that only take in state students that apply.

Their application numbers are so much lower then most other schools. Would this be a good card to play? Maybe increase my chances of getting into that exclusive school?

I can get residency quick (1 year) because my job lets me file taxes in the state I live where ever I am since I telecommute.

Wise to do?

 

[mid]

Texas

 

[theblazer]

Yeah but Texas has wicked high scores to get in dont they? I know there are a few schools but the state is huge. The low cost seems to push up the number of outsiders that apply yearly.

 

[dpat93]

arizona has like 3 schools and a low population, although im not sure if they are all state schools.

 

[theblazer]

I'm just talking about schools that take ONLY their in state students. For example if a single seat in the incoming class went to an out of state student that would be rare. I want ISS seats awarded 100% of the time. I think the exclusivity of being in state at that type of school could be helpful.

 

[periopocket]

Your talking about Texas

 

[theblazer]

Isnt Texas really hard to get into? If my scores were good enough for Texas wouldn't they be good enough for any other school? And the applications into Texas schools are significant as compared to some of the other new schools like in Maine or in southern states like Mississippi.

 

[stickybear]

This year there are around 1100 Texas applicants to Texas schools, and each school accepts around ~100 students, totaling 270 seats. Texas extremely favors in-state (each school accepts roughly 97-100% Texans) that you have to do another application (TMDSAS) separate from AADSAS to apply to Texas schools. Also, if I remember correctly, they also charge a higher fee to apply to Texas schools if you're OOS, but I'm not too sure about that. If you look at the Texas requirements, they have more requirements than other dental schools. The average accepted GPA is around 3.6, and the DAT is around 19AA to 20AA. One thing to note about Baylor is that it favors Biology majors over other majors, at least that's what I got from talking to Janet Pledger. She said that if you meet the Biology requirement (14 hours), it's still really hard to get in. Rather, you need 20-30 hours for them to consider you. Because of the cost, all three schools are in high demand. I think Baylor is the cheapest school out of all 60 something dental schools in the US. Hope it helps. 🙂.

 

[UCSFx2017]

Texas!

 

[ewu6three]

I suggest making more conventional efforts to increase your chances of being admitted to dental school...Instead of moving to a whole new state, how about you just get good grades in your current state...I don't know, maybe I'm an idiot, but that just seems a lot simpler.

 

[stickybear]

Yeah, it does seem a bit of an extreme move. You're only considered a resident only if you've lived in Texas at least 1 year before the TMDSAS application deadline (generally in early October), and so if you were to apply as a Texas resident, the earliest you can apply is the next-next cycle. Additionally, make sure you look at their residency criteria on the TMDSAS site. And it does seem a bit sketchy that you're moving in a year before you apply, because I think Texas schools look for students who will stay and practice in Texas--at least that's the vibe I got from the interview.

 

[doc toothache]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=992010

 

[ataha]

If you still have like 2 years for science classes, move to texas! Texas has the cheapest tuition so you'd be saving a ton of money (they are like 1/3 the cost of most schools, I believe one of the texas schools was $12k a year + supplies), they are more competitive but if you study hard, get good LORs, do some extra curricular activities. Otherwise you wouldn't have lost anything and you could still apply to other schools.