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[ElectroLight_]

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[macsak]

How to format your WAMC thread:


Date of submission: 6/15/2022 (planned)
Overall GPA: 3.85
Science GPA: 3.83
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA:
DAT score:
PAT 16 🙁

QR 18

RC 18

BIO 20

GEN CHEM 20

ORG 22

TS 21

AA 19

Undergrad Attended: State school
Major: Public Health
Minor: Biology and Chemistry
Minority? Yes
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: 183 (100 Gen, OMFS 43, Ortho 40)
Volunteering Experience: 200+ (Americorps member, soup kitchen, dental clinic)
Employment: Dental scribe (600+)
Research: 300+, Microbiology. I already did a poster presentation but publication is pending.
Other Extracurriculars: Pre-health club (VP), Multiple honor societies(Biology, chemistry)
Relevant Honors or Awards:
LOR type and strength: 4 (General dentist - strong, Research PI- strong, Committee letter - strong, science professor - average)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: Concerned about PAT score
School list:

• Temple University
• Bosten University
• University of Maryland school of dentistry
• Howard School of Dentistry
• Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
• University of Southern California School of Dentistry
• Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry
• Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry (VCU Dental)
• New York University
• Buffalo dental school
• Case Western Reserve University
• The Ohio State University College of Dentistry
• Stony Brook University School of Dental Medicine
• UNC School of Dentistry
• University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine

you skipped state of residency...

 

[ElectroLight_]

you skipped state of residency...

Sorry I just noticed. Thanks for the heads up

 

[Mr.Smile12]

When is the earliest date to retake your DAT?

 

[ElectroLight_]

When is the earliest date to retake your DAT?

Around September. But due to multiple personal reasons, I'm not trying to retake the DAT

 

[macsak]

Sorry I just noticed. Thanks for the heads up

UNC is extremely tough OOS
UPenn is a reach too
but with 15 schools, 2 reaches is not bad...

 

[PerioDont]

Have you been to Maryland or volunteered with them at all?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Around September. But due to multiple personal reasons, I'm not trying to retake the DAT

That PAT though. Seriously you have to think about retaking if you are serious about going to dental school. Have the schools you have networked with before applying said they accepted students with PAT 16's? What made them stand out and be successful in the application process and in their dental school education?

 

[ElectroLight_]

Have you been to Maryland or volunteered with them at all?

I have attended few of the programs they hosted like Impression day

 

[ElectroLight_]

That PAT though. Seriously you have to think about retaking if you are serious about going to dental school. Have the schools you have networked with before applying said they accepted students with PAT 16's? What made them stand out and be successful in the application process and in their dental school education?

Their cutoff is for the science section which is around 17 they didn’t specify about the PAT. The DAT have cost me a lot financially and emotionally. I know I could’ve do better but that’s why I’m applying broadly. I hope I can find at least one school that would accept me but idk time will tell.

 

[The Kube of Kubes]

Ohio States cut offs are a 17 for all sections I believe. You can’t make it pass the screening process with a 16 which is something they mentioned in an admissions presentation.

 

[PerioDont]

Their cutoff is for the science section which is around 17 they didn’t specify about the PAT. The DAT have cost me a lot financially and emotionally. I know I could’ve do better but that’s why I’m applying broadly. I hope I can find at least one school that would accept me but idk time will tell.

I understand this sentiment.

But if you think the DAT costs a lot going to NYU for 600k+ is gonna cost you a lot more and be painful for way longer

 

[ElectroLight_]

I understand this sentiment.

But if you think the DAT costs a lot going to NYU for 600k+ is gonna cost you a lot more and be painful for way longer

I am aware. Thanks for the insight.