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[macsak]

Date of Submission: 6/4
Overall GPA: 3.73
Science GPA: 3.62
BCP GPA: 3.57
DAT Score: 22 AA, 23 TS, 20 PAT, 23 Orgo and Gen Chem, 22 Biology, 21 RC and QR
State of Residence: CT

Undergrad Attended: UConn
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology
Minor: Chemistry
URM or ORM: ORM
Reapplicant? No
Non traditional student? No

Shadowing Experience: 104 hours (60 general dentist, 20 orthodontist, 24 endodontist)

Volunteering Experiences: 1) volunteered in a unique way by providing weekly hour-long violin performances to cancer patients and the elderly at a local hospital and nursing home. 2) virtually tutored the English language to someone in Ukraine through a program called ENGin

Research: participated in a selection-based research program for UConn undergrads which lasted for 360 hours over a period of 10 weeks. I quantified the expression levels of genes in immune cells of mice livers during alcohol regression. I created a poster and presented the research findings at an academic rotunda.

Extracurriculars: concertmaster and VP of my school’s chamber orchestra club ever since freshman year (currently a rising senior)

In the Honors Program at UConn.

LOR Type: Committee Letter Packet

Dental School List:
- UConn
- Penn
- Columbia
- NYU
- BU
- Tufts
- Buffalo
- USC Herman Ostrow
- Temple
- Rutgers
- VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University)
- Pitt
- South Carolina James B. Edwards

Employment: Hours and type
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? networking, volunteering in a D-school clinic, shadow faculty, etc.
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:

 

[macsak]

Date of Submission: 6/4
Overall GPA: 3.73
Science GPA: 3.62
BCP GPA: 3.57
DAT Score: 22 AA, 23 TS, 20 PAT, 23 Orgo and Gen Chem, 22 Biology, 21 RC and QR
State of Residence: CT

Undergrad Attended: UConn
Major: Molecular and Cell Biology
Minor: Chemistry
URM or ORM: ORM
Reapplicant? No
Non traditional student? No

Shadowing Experience: 104 hours (60 general dentist, 20 orthodontist, 24 endodontist)

Volunteering Experiences: 1) volunteered in a unique way by providing weekly hour-long violin performances to cancer patients and the elderly at a local hospital and nursing home. 2) virtually tutored the English language to someone in Ukraine through a program called ENGin

Research: participated in a selection-based research program for UConn undergrads which lasted for 360 hours over a period of 10 weeks. I quantified the expression levels of genes in immune cells of mice livers during alcohol regression. I created a poster and presented the research findings at an academic rotunda.

Extracurriculars: concertmaster and VP of my school’s chamber orchestra club ever since freshman year (currently a rising senior)

In the Honors Program at UConn.

LOR Type: Committee Letter Packet

Dental School List:
- UConn
- Penn
- Columbia
- NYU
- BU
- Tufts
- Buffalo
- USC Herman Ostrow
- Temple
- Rutgers
- VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University)
- Pitt
- South Carolina James B. Edwards

how did you come up with this list?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Any feedback from your prehealth advisors on campus regarding your school list? Let's start there.

 

[ExtractedPulp]

I think your chances of getting into a dental school are fairly good since you have a safety and in-state (can't give you a lot of insight since I'm not a part of admissions ^^;; ). For now, I would focus on extracurriculars, especially clinical - just any clinic, like shadowing/assisting at UConn's dental school would be preferred. Raising your S. GPA during the upcoming semester (something I need to work on lol), then sending the transcript ASAP should help as well.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I would expect your regional schools would be interested. Add UNE. The out-of-region schools like USC and MUSC seem odd to me... how are they your backups?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

So you mean regional schools like UConn (obviously), BU, Tufts, NYU, Columbia, and Penn since they’re close by to CT where I live? I don’t meet one of the course requirements for UNE, so that doesn’t work. Also, for schools such as MUSC and USC, I just wanna apply to any school (as much as I can worst comes to worst I don’t get into my regional schools). I didn’t feel like writing everything in my initial post, but I also applied to Oregon, Washington, and schools in Florida.

Oregon and Washington are even more odd because they are both not very out-of-state friendly to me, but if their admissions team say otherwise... this isn't undergrad admissions.

If you wanted to get into "any" dental school, you add more privates. You can add the two most expensive dental schools in the country (USC, NYU). You can also add private schools like LECOM, Marquette, CWRU, and Western (CA). You can always spend yourself closer to bankruptcy, but I wouldn't do it in the application process. 🙂

 

[macsak]

So you mean regional schools like UConn (obviously), BU, Tufts, NYU, Columbia, and Penn since they’re close by to CT where I live? I don’t meet one of the course requirements for UNE, so that doesn’t work. Also, for schools such as MUSC and USC, I just wanna apply to any school (as much as I can worst comes to worst I don’t get into my regional schools). I didn’t feel like writing everything in my initial post, but I also applied to Oregon, Washington, and schools in Florida. [mention]Mr.Smile12 [/mention]

is there anything else that you "didn't feel like writing"?
it's difficult to give you a complete answer without complete information...

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I’m also applying to LECOM, Nova, U of Florida, OHSU, KCU, Pacific, and U of Washington. Now that’s it. Now you can gimme an answer for what schools I have chances of and which ones I don’t and which parts of my app could be improved. [mention]macsak [/mention]

UFlorida received over 1000 OOS applications to matriculate 9 (60 interviewed). One person from New England in the last AADSAS profile.

At this point, you submitted your AADSAS and designated your schools. We'll just have to let the process play out.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I feel like the only reason my GPA is slightly lower than I like is because I didn't do so hot in just this one class. Otherwise, my GPA woulda been like a 3.8 something. Without this one bad grade, the majority of my grades are like As and A minuses with just 2 B pluses.

When you mean "not so hot," are we talking about a D or F? One C isn't going to break the bank if the rest of your grades are as you describe.

While I can't speak for the Ivy schools' GPA screening process, I'll say that most processes usually check to see if you passed your prerequisites. AADSAS and all central application services are just big spreadsheets, and we can pick whichever GPAs are most relevant to review.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I got just one C+ in a biology-related course. Other than that, everything else is as I described above. I just wanna know because like people can get a 3.73 GPA in different ways (one can get just one bad grade like I did and everything else mostly good whereas someone else can get that same number GPA with average grades).

Maybe there are infinite ways of getting a 3.73 GPA, but remember that C should be the average grade. Again, trust the process.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

So if I got a C+ in microbio, which is NOT a prereq for Columbia, Penn, and most other dental schools, should I still have a decent shot at getting interviews to those schools that don’t have microbio as a prereq? Cuz you said most schools just focus on the prereqs if I understand correctly.

Maybe I'm mis-interpreting your question. I was focused on C+ vs. D or F grades on prereqs. I wasn't answering your question assuming you want to know about how other schools will look at your science grades holistically. That will be a different comparison for screening for your science rigor, not that you have fulfilled the requirements for entry. Maybe you are misinterpreting my answer.

I would not consider "microbiology" a "biology-related course" (your description from two frames above). Is it "recommended" by those schools you mentioned?

So then if you want me to answer you original question

So my question for you guys is this; do you know if schools like Penn and Columbia only look at the GPA (cumulative and science) number and determine from there or do they look at the specific letter grades too?

I will modify my answer. You are competing in the Olympics and consistency is crucial to making it into the next round. I don't think one C+ is going to knock you out of contention for an interview, but it could make a difference when you get invited, get an offer, or get sorted on a waitlist. That goes for adcoms I've worked for.

So my TL/DR answer: do schools look at your GPAs or look at specific letter grades? Yes.