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THE DJAPPRENTICE IS BACKKK & feeling MUCH better than ever!!!!!!!! 🙂
How's it going guys? 🙂 Its been quite a while I know!!! I took my test on 9/23 and the results were mixed, I had some good & bad parts. I was not planning to post my scores, but I'm going to do it to prove a point to everyone with mediocre, or only slightly above average stats:
First of all, I'd like to thank God, because without his help, the hardwork, the blood, sweat, & YES, even TEARS I shed for this moment, wouldn't be possible without him, so, Alhumdudillah to that. I love SDN & you've been a great help to myself & the others on here but, I want to put a few things to rest once & for all. First to my fellow soldiers in the struggle, with 20- stats, very often you'll come across posts telling you to re-take the dat. Many before us have done even worst and have gotten accepted to wonderful schools. I read about a few post saying not to even bother applying to Columbia if you have less than a 20, you have no shot, I cringed when I read those and it challenged me even more to overcome that stereotype. The journey to this point was far from easy, it was a long and dark one. I gave up my whole summer, parties, friends, girls, everything, you name it, I locked all away, while my friends lived it up this summer. Using every prep material, from tospcore, to examkrackers, especially for bio which is verry helpful, & the infamous Destroyer. I couldn't have done it without that. The dat destroyer gang was absolutely right about Nancy & Dr. Romano, words can't even begin to express my gratitude to them. Just give them a shot, for a small investment in your future, what have you got to lose. I won't sound like a broken record on this one, but try it, & you be the judge. Many of you might have been wondering: what happened to djapprentice, & his disappearance. Honestly, after last month, I took it pretty hard, & I was depressed for a week. I didn't have much zeal, & couldn't bring myself to post on SDN, I would just stare at the screen, reading the posts because it was even hard to get my thoughts on any post, you HAVE no idea. So my apologies for anyone who's PM's I haven't gotten to within the past month. I was really worried about not getting into any dental schools. I figured having a good gpa & being a minority would help, but after seeing the pool of 20's, I was happy for everyone, but at the same time I was also really concerned about what was going to happen to me and where I would go from here. My folks, as much as they mean well were planning to send me to the carribbean or even England, (we have family all over the world). I love NYC dearly, have a deep bond and I was willing to fight this to the bitter finish. just so I can stay here, I applied to 7 other schools as well, so hopefully that should help too. Some of my friends wound up going to the caribbean just to get into med school. I mean hey, if you really want something bad enough, you'll do what you have to, just to pursue your dreams. One thing I want to bring to your attention was my 3 rejections from last year, & am still currently waitlisted at one of my favorite schools. This was painful for me, but I think some major reasons for this outcome was the first DAT and APPLYING LATE as well. That certainly didn't help my cause. This time, I did my best on the DAT and decorated my application to the fullest extent possible, along with applying EXTRA early (applied May 19th). I am just soooo speechless right now and I'll go into more detail later, but for now, just take this home, take the pessimists on this site with a grain of salt. No offense, but think about it, we're going to be future colleagues and we should do our best to help each other out and not discourage someone from fulfilling their dream. You can still be realistic at the same time, but LET me tell you something FELLOW SDN'ers PLEASE DON'T be afraid to apply to a school just because of your scores. MOST schools look at the applicant as a WHOLE person, not ONLY who has a 24 vs a 26, etc. I opened this letter & found the biggest shock of my life and BOY was I pleasently surprised. The first thing I saw was the travel info paper & the parking info. Upon seeing that, I had some idea of what this letter would entail. This is your time now SDN and if anybody needs help or advice with anything, don't think twice about hitting me up. Myself & many others this cycle are prime examples, & we offer a dose of hope. I have a lot more to say, but I'm still speechless & beside myself and I'm about to head to the clinic to do some shadowing 🙂. Keep plugging away, work hard & don't give up, things will fall into place for you eventually.
Credits: This is the part where I give a special thanks to all the people that have been soo helpful to me, a big inspiration & been there for me throughout this bumpy journey:
I know I didn't talk to & get to know many of you, but that is going to change soon.
I'll leave you with this for now: Columbia was my first rejection last year with my old stats, so I didn't give up, I stuck with it, put my best foot foward, & what I can to shine this year, & walaaaaa, this year it is my VERY FIRST INTERVIEWWW!!!! Hopefully the other schools will come through for me as well!!!! So take note of this all my people still in the struggle.
Lifeisgood (you rock bro)
Uracil
Amsie (check out Amsie's Dat Destroyer review)
Fariba
Allstardentist
electron
RTO223
Notoriousjae
In Her Drawer
Tissy
Orthodox Bear
DMDtoBe
JohnDoeDDS (PAT sucks, I know)
Polobear
Shane
GRAD
DDS
NilamPatel
Angel Dust
The guy who had great sex with his wife before the test, & it helped him crush the DAT!!!!! I forgot who that was, but that was a good laugh during my crazy summer of studies.
just too many to name, but thank you all, you guys, you guys deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, lol 🙂
Yellow Snow (hey man, you got an interview at NYU with a 14 Qr, so there's hope for me 🙂, I rest my case fellow SDN'ers
(More will be added)
How's it going guys? 🙂 Its been quite a while I know!!! I took my test on 9/23 and the results were mixed, I had some good & bad parts. I was not planning to post my scores, but I'm going to do it to prove a point to everyone with mediocre, or only slightly above average stats:
First of all, I'd like to thank God, because without his help, the hardwork, the blood, sweat, & YES, even TEARS I shed for this moment, wouldn't be possible without him, so, Alhumdudillah to that. I love SDN & you've been a great help to myself & the others on here but, I want to put a few things to rest once & for all. First to my fellow soldiers in the struggle, with 20- stats, very often you'll come across posts telling you to re-take the dat. Many before us have done even worst and have gotten accepted to wonderful schools. I read about a few post saying not to even bother applying to Columbia if you have less than a 20, you have no shot, I cringed when I read those and it challenged me even more to overcome that stereotype. The journey to this point was far from easy, it was a long and dark one. I gave up my whole summer, parties, friends, girls, everything, you name it, I locked all away, while my friends lived it up this summer. Using every prep material, from tospcore, to examkrackers, especially for bio which is verry helpful, & the infamous Destroyer. I couldn't have done it without that. The dat destroyer gang was absolutely right about Nancy & Dr. Romano, words can't even begin to express my gratitude to them. Just give them a shot, for a small investment in your future, what have you got to lose. I won't sound like a broken record on this one, but try it, & you be the judge. Many of you might have been wondering: what happened to djapprentice, & his disappearance. Honestly, after last month, I took it pretty hard, & I was depressed for a week. I didn't have much zeal, & couldn't bring myself to post on SDN, I would just stare at the screen, reading the posts because it was even hard to get my thoughts on any post, you HAVE no idea. So my apologies for anyone who's PM's I haven't gotten to within the past month. I was really worried about not getting into any dental schools. I figured having a good gpa & being a minority would help, but after seeing the pool of 20's, I was happy for everyone, but at the same time I was also really concerned about what was going to happen to me and where I would go from here. My folks, as much as they mean well were planning to send me to the carribbean or even England, (we have family all over the world). I love NYC dearly, have a deep bond and I was willing to fight this to the bitter finish. just so I can stay here, I applied to 7 other schools as well, so hopefully that should help too. Some of my friends wound up going to the caribbean just to get into med school. I mean hey, if you really want something bad enough, you'll do what you have to, just to pursue your dreams. One thing I want to bring to your attention was my 3 rejections from last year, & am still currently waitlisted at one of my favorite schools. This was painful for me, but I think some major reasons for this outcome was the first DAT and APPLYING LATE as well. That certainly didn't help my cause. This time, I did my best on the DAT and decorated my application to the fullest extent possible, along with applying EXTRA early (applied May 19th). I am just soooo speechless right now and I'll go into more detail later, but for now, just take this home, take the pessimists on this site with a grain of salt. No offense, but think about it, we're going to be future colleagues and we should do our best to help each other out and not discourage someone from fulfilling their dream. You can still be realistic at the same time, but LET me tell you something FELLOW SDN'ers PLEASE DON'T be afraid to apply to a school just because of your scores. MOST schools look at the applicant as a WHOLE person, not ONLY who has a 24 vs a 26, etc. I opened this letter & found the biggest shock of my life and BOY was I pleasently surprised. The first thing I saw was the travel info paper & the parking info. Upon seeing that, I had some idea of what this letter would entail. This is your time now SDN and if anybody needs help or advice with anything, don't think twice about hitting me up. Myself & many others this cycle are prime examples, & we offer a dose of hope. I have a lot more to say, but I'm still speechless & beside myself and I'm about to head to the clinic to do some shadowing 🙂. Keep plugging away, work hard & don't give up, things will fall into place for you eventually.
Credits: This is the part where I give a special thanks to all the people that have been soo helpful to me, a big inspiration & been there for me throughout this bumpy journey:
I know I didn't talk to & get to know many of you, but that is going to change soon.
I'll leave you with this for now: Columbia was my first rejection last year with my old stats, so I didn't give up, I stuck with it, put my best foot foward, & what I can to shine this year, & walaaaaa, this year it is my VERY FIRST INTERVIEWWW!!!! Hopefully the other schools will come through for me as well!!!! So take note of this all my people still in the struggle.
Lifeisgood (you rock bro)
Uracil
Amsie (check out Amsie's Dat Destroyer review)
Fariba
Allstardentist
electron
RTO223
Notoriousjae
In Her Drawer
Tissy
Orthodox Bear
DMDtoBe
JohnDoeDDS (PAT sucks, I know)
Polobear
Shane
GRAD
DDS
NilamPatel
Angel Dust
The guy who had great sex with his wife before the test, & it helped him crush the DAT!!!!! I forgot who that was, but that was a good laugh during my crazy summer of studies.
just too many to name, but thank you all, you guys, you guys deserve the Nobel Peace Prize, lol 🙂
Yellow Snow (hey man, you got an interview at NYU with a 14 Qr, so there's hope for me 🙂, I rest my case fellow SDN'ers
(More will be added)
