Countdown Until December 1st 2017

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Applied to 6 schools, had 2 interviews with one coming up in 2 weeks. The two schools I interviewed with so far really impressed me, much more than I thought they would. If I get into one school, I'll be more than happy
 
yaya97 said:
Reading all of these makes me wonder how many schools did everyone apply to?
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I applied to 11; was invited for 4 interviews. Already had UConn and Tufts and scheduled Touro for Dec and Nova for January
 
Jfranks said:
Are schools able to see which schools you've applied to? Could that possible hurt your chance to get in? I am just curious... this is my first time applying and that was a concern of mine...
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I know someone who applied to >15 schools... one of their interviewers made them rank each of those schools, on the spot. Just make sure you're prepared to give specifics on why their school is (hopefully) one of your top choices. 😉
 
Applied to 1; was interviewed by 1 (Temple). I applied a year early so I did not want to apply to a lot of schools because many require a bachelors from my understanding, but not all.
 
Does anyone know exactly what times and in which ways we will hear from schools on December 1st? I know each school has a different way of contacting applicants (email or phone call) and all at different times. I'm just trying to be prepared so I can see the email or phone call the second it comes in, hoping that I do hear something December 1st. I applied and interviewed at mostly Southern schools (OU, LSU, Texas A&M, UT Memphis).
 
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Does anyone know exactly what times and in which ways we will hear from schools on December 1st? I know each school has a different way of contacting applicants (email or phone call) and all at different times. I'm just trying to be prepared so I can see the email or phone call the second it comes in, hoping that I do hear something December 1st. I applied and interviewed at mostly Southern schools (OU, LSU, Texas A&M, UT Memphis).
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The 2017 "When EXACTLY will I find out about this school on Dec 1st" Thread

This guy took the time to type out the times each school will start to call/email
 
PredentalPrincess said:
What is everyone doing to possibly celebrate?


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I am dropping the kids off at school and eating a quiet breakfast by myself. 😛 (And having a hot cup of coffee! Omg the number of times I’ve made a cup in the morning, only to have to heat it back up hours later... heaven)

Just hoping to positively hear back from at least one of the three schools I interviewed at...

Good luck everyone!!!
 
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I've got a bottle in the freezer that I've been saving for 6 years (the bottle is engraved, a gift from my sister). I told myself I wouldn't open it unless it was a special occasion. I can't think of any better reason to open it!!

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PredentalPrincess said:
What is everyone doing to possibly celebrate?
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I’m just a simple man. I would buy a half gallon of black raspberry ice cream from Graeters and eat every last drop of it while watching the latest season of Stranger Things on my couch. It would
be a cathartic end to an extremely stressful chapter of my life and I could finally look forward to the excitement that the next chapter holds.
 
How many people here have applied more than once? I’ve seen some on here already that have... I’m a non traditional student and I Kinda freaking out... I’ll be 40 if I’m in class of 2022! Probably one of the oldest lol!
 
Jfranks said:
How many people here have applied more than once? I’ve seen some on here already that have... I’m a non traditional student and I Kinda freaking out... I’ll be 40 if I’m in class of 2022! Probably one of the oldest lol!
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It's my third... first interviews, though!!

Edit: I forgot my age! I'm 31.
 
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If you don’t mind me asking, what was the issue the first two times? Congrats on the interviews this year!!! I hope you get the call 12-1!
 
Jfranks said:
How many people here have applied more than once? I’ve seen some on here already that have... I’m a non traditional student and I Kinda freaking out... I’ll be 40 if I’m in class of 2022! Probably one of the oldest lol!
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This is my second application cycle
 
Jfranks said:
If you don’t mind me asking, what was the issue the first two times? Congrats on the interviews this year!!! I hope you get the call 12-1!
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I've typed it a few times so I copied and pasted what I wrote before:

"2 Interviews this year, it's my third year applying and my first interview offers so I'm excited! I struggled straight out of high school and I didn't realize that for every class I had to retake, both the terrible grade and the good grade are included in the calculated GPA. There's an upward trend, but it's taking a lot of time and effort. It helps that the schools I applied to see progress!"

Basically, I'm currently trying to fix my GPA and hope they like what they see, based on the fact I got two interviews I'm sure it's helping!
 
Soooo lately I've been working on going to be earlier so that the next day can come faster. lol

Don't know why I felt like sharing that. 🤣
 
I can't wait to get this **** over with! It's been so stressful and I'm losing sleep over this process lol. I just have this feeling that I'll get bad news on Dec 1st. I messed up a couple of times during my interviews. I'll honestly crawl in a cave and cry to cope with the pain. Honestly, I would consider myself an ENORMOUS failure if I don't get in this cycle. I've been working hard for this goal ever since junior year of high school.
 
GDragon_1988 said:
I can't wait to get this **** over with! It's been so stressful and I'm losing sleep over this process lol. I just have this feeling that I'll get bad news on Dec 1st. I messed up a couple of times during my interviews. I'll honestly crawl in a cave and cry to cope with the pain. Honestly, I would consider myself an ENORMOUS failure if I don't get in this cycle. I've been working hard for this goal ever since junior year of high school.
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Take a deep breath. First of all, if you don't get in it is not the end of the world. Reapplying sucks but it's worth it. Also, they know we're human! They are not looking for perfection, they're looking for personality and character. They might not have even noticed!!

Be positive. Stop dwelling on what you think you did wrong and remember what you did right. If you were open and honest, then you'll be ok. If you don't get in on Dec 1st, youi be ok. There are still waitlists and post Dec interviews. If you don't get in this cycle all you have to do is reapply. You wouldn't be a failure, you only fail if you don't try again.

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Toothmaster20311 said:
Who else is dreading Thanksgiving? I mean, I know for a fact the topic of conversation is going to be dental school admissions. Not in the mood for everyone's two cents.
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im not necessarily dreading thanksgiving, its just stressful to continually repeat yourself about the process and all the possibilities.
 
Toothmaster20311 said:
Who else is dreading Thanksgiving? I mean, I know for a fact the topic of conversation is going to be dental school admissions. Not in the mood for everyone's two cents.
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The topic of conversation during dinner the past few days have only been dental school.... I cant seem to get off studentdoc lately. talk about stress. hahah
 
Applied to 25 schools and got interviews at: Roseman, MW-IL, MOSDOH, Western, Loma Linda, and ASDOH.
 
anybody freaking out here because they don't have post Dec interview? I know there is still chances if I don't hear back Dec 1st, But I can't shake the feeling that Dec 1st is a matter of life of death because I don't have another interview to fall back to!
 
judysmoothie said:
anybody freaking out here because they don't have post Dec interview? I know there is still chances if I don't hear back Dec 1st, But I can't shake the feeling that Dec 1st is a matter of life of death because I don't have another interview to fall back to!
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I refresh my email every 5 minutes hoping to get a post December interview just in case Dec. 1st ends up being a bust.
 
Applied to 14 schools. Interviewed at Touro & Roseman. Rejected from Nova. Still waiting to hear back from 11 of the schools, so do me a favor and reject those schools on Dec 1. 😉
 
Since AADSAS completely changed their method of processing application starting this cycle, it seems like a lot of the schools gave out interviews considerably faster than any of the previous cycles. I'm kinda concerned because I feel like the majority of the schools are most likely going to be finished with giving out post-december interviews by mid-December~early January. A lot of the schools are already giving out post-december interivews to fill in January dates, or even February dates and it's only November right now lol. We'll see...
 
Dasaniii said:
Since AADSAS completely changed their method of processing application starting this cycle, it seems like a lot of the schools gave out interviews considerably faster than any of the previous cycles. I'm kinda concerned because I feel like the majority of the schools are most likely going to be finished with giving out post-december interviews by mid-December~early January. A lot of the schools are already giving out post-december interivews to fill in January dates, or even February dates and it's only November right now lol. We'll see...
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I was under the impression that they were late giving out interviews?? I guess nvm.
 
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SweetMelonPreDent said:
Applied to 14 schools. Interviewed at Touro & Roseman. Rejected from Nova. Still waiting to hear back from 11 of the schools, so do me a favor and reject those schools on Dec 1. 😉
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I'd posit that most schools can't send out post December interviews until they know how many of the applicants they accepted will enroll in their school. I'd assume, therefore, that after the first week of December many more interview requests will follow.
 
I was under the impression that since applicants have 30 days to accept or decline the initial offers of admission, that the majority of movement would be after Dec 31st and then in April once people have to commit to only one school.

I'm sure there will be more post-Dec interviews given out in Jan/Feb and a few in March.
 
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What if schools waitlist some of their interviewees so that if some people who interviewed and got accepted drop their spots, the people who were on the waitlist will get those spots? Instead of the schools interviewing extra people. Because don't schools interview more applicants than they can accept to begin with anyways?
 
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Sweet_Tooth said:
What if schools waitlist some of their interviewees so that if some people who interviewed and got accepted drop their spots, the people who were on the waitlist will get those spots? Instead of the schools interviewing extra people. Because don't schools interview more applicants then they can accept to begin with anyways?
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They don't have to accept you just because you interviewed pre-December and didn't hear back. They interview more candidates then compare everyone and decide who the best fit is. There are plenty of cases where someone who interviews in jan/feb will get accepted over someone who interviewed in September.
 
Sweet_Tooth said:
What if schools waitlist some of their interviewees so that if some people who interviewed and got accepted drop their spots, the people who were on the waitlist will get those spots? Instead of the schools interviewing extra people. Because don't schools interview more applicants then they can accept to begin with anyways?
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This happened to me last cycle, except I was placed on a waitlist with the rest of the people who interviewed after December. So they look at their pool of applicants for the second round of acceptances, and they take the most qualified regardless of when you interviewed (but presumably the more qualified people interview pre-december).
 
Jfranks said:
How many people here have applied more than once? I’ve seen some on here already that have... I’m a non traditional student and I Kinda freaking out... I’ll be 40 if I’m in class of 2022! Probably one of the oldest lol!
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This is my 2nd time applying and I'm 22 and don't worry! I take classes with some older, nontraditional students and we all get along like buds 🙂
 
jyates said:
I've typed it a few times so I copied and pasted what I wrote before:

"2 Interviews this year, it's my third year applying and my first interview offers so I'm excited! I struggled straight out of high school and I didn't realize that for every class I had to retake, both the terrible grade and the good grade are included in the calculated GPA. There's an upward trend, but it's taking a lot of time and effort. It helps that the schools I applied to see progress!"

Basically, I'm currently trying to fix my GPA and hope they like what they see, based on the fact I got two interviews I'm sure it's helping!
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I’m sure they look at the upward trend! I downloaded the pdf from aadsas and all of your classes are listed in order... they’ll see you worked your bottom off!
 
Toothmaster20311 said:
To everyone on this thread. This is a stressful time for us. Take tomorrow to be thankful for what we have.
Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy it.
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I'm thankful for my first interviews in a long history of rejections and frustration. I know everyone is really worried about the chance that they might not hear good news next Friday, but remember you worked hard to get here. It is a huge accomplishment to be here.

Positive thoughts everyone. Even if you don't get the news you want on the 1st, it's not over!

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Less than 200 hours left at this point.

While I know that the cycle is not over, time has flown by pretty quickly thus far. It seems like only yesterday that I was scrambling on June 1st to get my transcripts sent. Can’t believe 6 months have flown by like that.

This next week will feel like another 6 months.
 
A week from now I'll definitely be super anxious waiting for midnight!

Happy Thanksgiving everybody! And if you don't celebrate Thanksgiving, maybe you're enjoying time with your family without worrying about school for a little while, so happy break!!
 
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