Chances of getting accepted to dental school once you get an interview

[etodent]

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I, like many of you I'm sure, probably wonder what your chances are of being accepted to a dental school if you get an interview there. The answer is in the ADEA 2014 Official Guide to Dental Schools. Many of you may have looked at the individual school pages only to find statistics on the estimated number of students admitted (i.e. those who matriculated). This is not the same as the number of students that are accepted. If you go to pages 34-37 of the guidebook you will find statistics on how many people each dental school has interview and extended an acceptance to. Most dental schools accept more students than actually matriculate in order to fill every seat they have (compare the "APPLICANTS" columns to the "ENROLLEES" columns). I hope this helps.

If you don't have the guidebook, you can buy the e-book for $10 at this website:
https://access.adea.org/adeassa/ecs...ns_ty=&p_order_serno=&p_promo_cd=&p_price_cd=

 

[2THDDS]

I am wondering whether everyone stands a equal and fair chance once they are invited to interviews, or if individual stats still matter irrespective of how you do on the interview.
If your stats are not to stellar, do you have to make a great impression to get it? If your stats are superb, do you not have to try hard to get in?

 

[free99]

The adea guide was my favorite bathroom reading in the summer of 2013.

@2THDDS I'd venture a guess that the odds are leveled but certainly not equal. But if the person is a dbag and carries a sense of entitlement, doesn't matter if he has a 4.0 or 2.5, he probably won't be well received.

If you were invited for an interview, they're interested. Go wow them and seal the deal.

 

[Digitalangel]

thank you! ive been wondering this for a while lol

 

[js00]

thank you for this information. very helpful!!

 

[Weakfart]

The adea guide was my favorite bathroom reading in the summer of 2013.

@2THDDS Go wow them and seal the deal.

M'interviewer. *Tips DAT score

 

[doc toothache]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/threads/2013-ranking-of-ds-based-on-gpa-dat-other.1064713/

 

[Rambunctious]

I, like many of you I'm sure, probably wonder what your chances are of being accepted to a dental school if you get an interview there. The answer is in the ADEA 2014 Official Guide to Dental Schools. Many of you may have looked at the individual school pages only to find statistics on the estimated number of students admitted (i.e. those who matriculated). This is not the same as the number of students that are accepted. If you go to pages 34-37 of the guidebook you will find statistics on how many people each dental school has interview and extended an acceptance to. Most dental schools accept more students than actually matriculate in order to fill every seat they have (compare the "APPLICANTS" columns to the "ENROLLEES" columns). I hope this helps.

If you don't have the guidebook, you can buy the e-book for $10 at this website:
https://access.adea.org/adeassa/ecs...ns_ty=&p_order_serno=&p_promo_cd=&p_price_cd=

Thanks for the post. I understand that schools initially extended more acceptances than seats in the class, but what happens when there are too many of those accepted students who want to attend that school?

 

[sjv]

Thanks for the post. I understand that schools initially extended more acceptances than seats in the class, but what happens when there are too many of those accepted students who want to attend that school?

They know through experience how many to admit and they can control that number very easily as the class fills up. People also withdraw their acceptance throughout the end of the cycle so they usually have to pull from the wait list anyway.

 

[Jbrowndds]

I was told by someone who used to be apart of the adcom that if you get an interview you are IN. They have looked past the numbers and they want to see now if you are in this for dentistry or selfish reasons. They want to make sure you aren't a crazy red flag.

 

[doc toothache]

I was told by someone who used to be apart of the adcom that if you get an interview you are IN. They have looked past the numbers and they want to see now if you are in this for dentistry or selfish reasons. They want to make sure you aren't a crazy red flag.

In that case, it certainly makes one why wonder why even bother to have an interview.

 

[Jbrowndds]

In that case, it certainly makes one why wonder why even bother to have an interview.

Obviously someone could be the perfect student on paper but in person they can't even form complete sentences. Numbers aren't everything.

 

[oceanangel4]

I was told by someone who used to be apart of the adcom that if you get an interview you are IN. They have looked past the numbers and they want to see now if you are in this for dentistry or selfish reasons. They want to make sure you aren't a crazy red flag.

Which school was he/she on adcom? Because it really varies from school to school.

 

[Jbrowndds]

Which school was he/she on adcom? Because it really varies from school to school.

Baylor

 

[DentalDoge]

Baylor

That makes sense. Texas schools are different from the other DS in US is that as a TX resident you are practically in if you get an interview.

Then you also get super low tuition.

 

[b-rad12]

That makes sense. Texas schools are different from the other DS in US is that as a TX resident you are practically in if you get an interview.

Then you also get super low tuition.

Texas dental schools interview between 300 and 400 people, they only accept 100. I guess if you consider 1/3 getting in a guaranteed spot, then yes. How do other schools do it?

 

[oceanangel4]

Texas dental schools interview between 300 and 400 people, they only accept 100. I guess if you consider 1/3 getting in a guaranteed spot, then yes. How do other schools do it?

I know that for UoP if you get an interview you are basically in. For most other schools it is about 50%?

 

[DentalDoge]

Texas dental schools interview between 300 and 400 people, they only accept 100. I guess if you consider 1/3 getting in a guaranteed spot, then yes. How do other schools do it?

It really varies from school to school.

But for most schools, youre looking at interviewing ~300 and 50-75ish spots.

Not sure where you got the 300-400 interviews from. But most TX schools interview around 200-250. I would personally be pretty comfortable with those chances.

Then again, this is all just stats. Really means nothing in individual cases.

 

[doc toothache]

That makes sense. Texas schools are different from the other DS in US is that as a TX resident you are practically in if you get an interview.

For 2013, there are roughly 600 that would probably disagree with you.

I know that for UoP if you get an interview you are basically in. For most other schools it is about 50%?

UOP either has the best batting average on picking whom they invite for an interview or they consider the interview a mere formality, kind of like Creighton where an interview is not mandatory.