Good DAT score, below average GPA

[capitan2011]

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I am a little concerned about getting into dental school due to my below average GPA of 3.3. My science GPA is probably right under it, 3.25ish. I graduated from Texas A&M this past August 2011, currently working on Master's Degree in Clinical Management.

I took my DAT today and scored:

PAT 24
QR 21
RC 19 🙁
BIO 23
GC 23
OC 27
TS 24
AA 23

I hope the RC 19 doesn't affect me too bad.


I just want to get some input on what your thoughts are on my chances of getting admitted to dental school. Also, since I graduated already, is it bad that I am not enrolled in any science coursework? Or should I consider taking some random science classes? I don't see the point of taking any more science classes since I already have a degree in Biomedical Sciences.

Thanks for the help! 🙂

 

[telemonster]

We are nearly in the same boat. I have a 3.5 gpa with EXTREMELY low sGPA (3.0). But I got a 23 on AA and TS. I think with your higher sgpa you should be in better shape since you are pursuing the masters. If you apply to 11 schools or higher you should get some interviews, especially instate, and then you can charm their pants off and matriculate.
Best of luck my friend.

 

[Dotoday]

I have seen people get in to some schools with that. Do not give up hope. No one truly knows what Admissions committee will look at.

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[Saiph]

Howdy fellow Aggie! I believe you'll get into at least one Texas school. Congratulations! Gig' em.

 

[white fang]

I am right there with you, roughly 3.3 oGPA and 23AA...seems like there are quite a few of us out there.

 

[ushaseos]

As a note of encouragement fellow comrades, remember only this: GPA is not standardized, but DAT scores are.

I'd presume schools use GPA/DAT as a measure of your academic abilities. While your GPAs, which are on the lower end of the spectrum, might be somewhat of a hindrance, there are reasons for it. Maybe you went to a tough school where grade inflation is non-existent or something similar. Schools may not look very deeply into this, but they'll suspect it, at least looking at your DAT scores which place you probably within the top 1 percent.

In summary, the standardized test where everyone is on an equal playing field, you've successfully shown you academic capabilities. In a subtle way, get this message across to any interviewers who comment that your GPA is low-ish.

Lastly, you guys still have a very good chance of getting into most places since avg. GPA for most dental schools is around 3.3-3.5. Don't stress about getting in, just stress about making sure your app is good and do well in the interviews you'll surely get.

P.S. This isn't meant to be patronizing so please don't take it as such. It is just my honest opinion based on facts and calculated assumptions.

 

[telemonster]

As a note of encouragement fellow comrades, remember only this: GPA is not standardized, but DAT scores are.

I'd presume schools use GPA/DAT as a measure of your academic abilities. While your GPAs, which are on the lower end of the spectrum, might be somewhat of a hindrance, there are reasons for it. Maybe you went to a tough school where grade inflation is non-existent or something similar. Schools may not look very deeply into this, but they'll suspect it, at least looking at your DAT scores which place you probably within the top 1 percent.

In summary, the standardized test where eve
ryone is on an equal playing field, you've successfully shown you academic capabilities. In a subtle way, get this message across to any interviewers who comment that your GPA is low-ish.

Lastly, you guys still have a very good chance of getting into most places since avg. GPA for most dental schools is around 3.3-3.5. Don't stress about getting in, just stress about making sure your app is good and do well in the interviews you'll surely get.

P.S. This isn't meant to be patronizing so please don't take it as such. It is just my honest opinion based on facts and calculated assumptions.

That's a good thing to keep in mind during interviews. Gracias amigo/amiga.

 

[capitan2011]

Thanks for the encouraging words, and from my fellow Aggie! 🙂

Thinking back to my undergraduate career, I was involved in multiple organizations. I also did research for a year and wrote an undergraduate thesis and was designated Undergraduate Research Scholar. My Junior year, I started working at the student health center as a student worker. Since graduation, I was promoted and now oversee/supervise all student employees in front office check-in and registration, I am still doing that right now. I love the experience this is giving me in healthcare. That is why I started working on my Master's Degree in Clinical Practice Management. I believe knowledge in that field is important especially if I want to open up my own dental practice in the future. Since graduation I have started shadowing a dentist and I absolutely love everything about this field!!!

Hopefully my other experiences will add to my application enough to get an acceptance letter!!! I HATE WONDERING AND WORRYING ALL THE TIME!!!

 

[ushaseos]

Thanks for the encouraging words, and from my fellow Aggie! 🙂

Thinking back to my undergraduate career, I was involved in multiple organizations. I also did research for a year and wrote an undergraduate thesis and was designated Undergraduate Research Scholar. My Junior year, I started working at the student health center as a student worker. Since graduation, I was promoted and now oversee/supervise all student employees in front office check-in and registration, I am still doing that right now. I love the experience this is giving me in healthcare. That is why I started working on my Master's Degree in Clinical Practice Management. I believe knowledge in that field is important especially if I want to open up my own dental practice in the future. Since graduation I have started shadowing a dentist and I absolutely love everything about this field!!!

Hopefully my other experiences will add to my application enough to get an acceptance letter!!! I HATE WONDERING AND WORRYING ALL THE TIME!!!

Seriously, don't worry too much. Apply early, kick ass in interviews and you'll surely get in.

Your GPA is fine, your DAT scores are fantastic and your ECs are very strong. Worry less, focus on the eventuality of success!

 

[capitan2011]

Well I guess all can do at this point is make my application as strong as possible with ECs, personal statement, and LORs, and of course my interview. Nothing I can do about my gpa at this point, and I sure as hell am not retaking the DAT!!!

Best of luck to the rest of you out there👍

 

[Dotoday]

Yes, you still have a chance. Just be honest and make everyone believe that you are a good student and will take Dental school seriously, ans definitely can handle the work.

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[healthprosmile]

I am a little concerned about getting into dental school due to my below average GPA of 3.3. My science GPA is probably right under it, 3.25ish. I graduated from Texas A&M this past August 2011, currently working on Master's Degree in Clinical Management.

I took my DAT today and scored:

PAT 24
QR 21
RC 19 🙁
BIO 23
GC 23
OC 27
TS 24
AA 23

I hope the RC 19 doesn't affect me too bad.


I just want to get some input on what your thoughts are on my chances of getting admitted to dental school. Also, since I graduated already, is it bad that I am not enrolled in any science coursework? Or should I consider taking some random science classes? I don't see the point of taking any more science classes since I already have a degree in Biomedical Sciences.

Thanks for the help! 🙂

professional school is more about maturity. a good GPA can only do so much, its how you are as a person under stress.. how you are as a clinician that makes a difference

 

[txlotusboys37]

I am a little concerned about getting into dental school due to my below average GPA of 3.3. My science GPA is probably right under it, 3.25ish. I graduated from Texas A&M this past August 2011, currently working on Master's Degree in Clinical Management.

I took my DAT today and scored:

PAT 24
QR 21
RC 19 🙁
BIO 23
GC 23
OC 27
TS 24
AA 23

I hope the RC 19 doesn't affect me too bad.


I just want to get some input on what your thoughts are on my chances of getting admitted to dental school. Also, since I graduated already, is it bad that I am not enrolled in any science coursework? Or should I consider taking some random science classes? I don't see the point of taking any more science classes since I already have a degree in Biomedical Sciences.

Thanks for the help! 🙂

Howdy! What's up fellow Aggie! I graduated from A&M in Dec. of 2010 with AA/TS/PAT 21/23/20
grades:

overall GPA: 3.34
overall sGPA: 2.99
non-sGPA: 3.59

I interviewed at all 3 texas dental schools and was accepted to Houston and San Antonio.

I think you'll be just fine.

 

[Bobby Fischer]

Howdy! What's up fellow Aggie! I graduated from A&M in Dec. of 2010 with AA/TS/PAT 21/23/20
grades:

overall GPA: 3.34
overall sGPA: 2.99
non-sGPA: 3.59

I interviewed at all 3 texas dental schools and was accepted to Houston and San Antonio.

I think you'll be just fine.

Yeah, but the system is not "colorblind" as it would try and emotionally bully those with otherwise good intentions into believing.

I smell a bit of a phony on this one. Not necessarily, but all things considered...c'mon a 2.99 science GPA? I have been told that most schools will not even look at an application with any GPA lower than a 3.0 (but then again, I am not in one of the protected classes with special accomodations. I am white or asian therefore I am the one discriminated against in favor of other genotypes and phenotypes, therefore the rules are different for us and so perhaps this truth simply does not apply to those who are more "equal" than others).

If you are white, or asian, and especially male, lower stats ARE going to work against you...bigtime. So...I hope the Original Poster is not white or asian or yes, you will probably not face as easy a time as this poster I have quoted is making it sound. Better hope you are a black or hispanic female. Thems the facts. Don't shoot the messenger out of frustration with reality. I didn't make the "rules" wherein "some are more equal than others" (Orwell, animal farm). Equality. What a cruel joke on the sheeple And to top it off, once it dawns on a person or group that all this equality tomfoolery is ultimately not what it is presented as, said person or group usually takes the facts out on the messenger of the facts, instead of those who are distorting the facts and/or outright lying. It is a crazy, crazy world.

For the Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine, the ADEA guidelines list the incoming DAT at whopping 16! But good luck applying there is you are not of that particular "ethnic background" LOL.

Also, from a PDF on the ADA's website:

Table 30

Dental Admission Test

Academic Average by Ethnicity

2009



Score American Indian Asian Black Hispanic White Total Count

Mean 16.57 18.30 15.40 16.20 17.67 17.59

 

[menouski]

great DAT scores, I wouldn't be worried about anything at all if I were you. I think a good interview gets you in pretty easily. From what I've heard if your DAT is high enough they don't stress about gpa, because you've proven your knowledge level.

way to go, and welcome to the SEC hah

 

[capitan2011]

Thanks for the input. Good job on getting admitted txlotusboy! I'll be sure to keep you in mind the next time I begin to feel uneasy about my grades.😀

As far as SEC goes, I hope we're ready. Our football team has this tendency to hmmmm....how do I put it,...... umm,.....LOSE. Especially after having a huge lead.

Bobby Fischer,

Didn't understand the point of what you had to say except for the ratio of scores between individuals of different ethnicities... Guess that explain reading comprehension being my lowest score. 🤣

 

[txlotusboys37]

Yeah, but the system is not "colorblind" as it would try and emotionally bully those with otherwise good intentions into believing.

I smell a bit of a phony on this one. Not necessarily, but all things considered...c'mon a 2.99 science GPA? I have been told that most schools will not even look at an application with any GPA lower than a 3.0 (but then again, I am not in one of the protected classes with special accomodations. I am white or asian therefore I am the one discriminated against in favor of other genotypes and phenotypes, therefore the rules are different for us and so perhaps this truth simply does not apply to those who are more "equal" than others).

If you are white, or asian, and especially male, lower stats ARE going to work against you...bigtime. So...I hope the Original Poster is not white or asian or yes, you will probably not face as easy a time as this poster I have quoted is making it sound. Better hope you are a black or hispanic female. Thems the facts. Don't shoot the messenger out of frustration with reality. I didn't make the "rules" wherein "some are more equal than others" (Orwell, animal farm). Equality. What a cruel joke on the sheeple And to top it off, once it dawns on a person or group that all this equality tomfoolery is ultimately not what it is presented as, said person or group usually takes the facts out on the messenger of the facts, instead of those who are distorting the facts and/or outright lying. It is a crazy, crazy world.

For the Puerto Rico School of Dental Medicine, the ADEA guidelines list the incoming DAT at whopping 16! But good luck applying there is you are not of that particular "ethnic background" LOL.

Also, from a PDF on the ADA's website:

Table 30

Dental Admission Test

Academic Average by Ethnicity

2009



Score American Indian Asian Black Hispanic White Total Count

Mean 16.57 18.30 15.40 16.20 17.67 17.59

Ya, I don't really know what the whole ethnic talk was about but whatever. Those are the grades that I have, and this was my first time to apply to dental school. I'm a male, and I am mexican. I don't have anything to prove to you so I'll leave it at this.

Good luck Capitan2011...oh, and I got a 17 on QR. So, don't listen to Bobby Fischer. He's obviously caught up in the whole ethnic ordeal and how the cards are stacked against him, or other asians and whites.

If you have any other questions, just PM me.

 

[Bobby Fischer]

Ya, I don't really know what the whole ethnic talk was about but whatever. Those are the grades that I have, and this was my first time to apply to dental school. I'm a male, and I am mexican. I don't have anything to prove to you so I'll leave it at this.

Good luck Capitan2011...oh, and I got a 17 on QR. So, don't listen to Bobby Fischer. He's obviously caught up in the whole ethnic ordeal and how the cards are stacked against him, or other asians and whites.

If you have any other questions, just PM me.

Bobby Fischer,

Didn't understand the point of what you had to say except for the ratio of scores between individuals of different ethnicities... Guess that explain reading comprehension being my lowest score. 🤣

My point was just proven by none other than txlotusboys37 himself. No less than 2x in the same post (Mexican + 17 QR). Wait, make that proved 3x in the same post because he first confirmed my suspicion that he and others like him are likely beneficiaries of the whole "some more equal than others" modern equality charade AND then goes on to reassure you (and ostensibly everyone else...) that persons such as himself are not beneficiaries of the very thing he and others like him are benefitting from.

"Some are more equal than others.." Modern america is such a joke. The older generation is such a bunch of masterful liars. The sad part is most of the younger generation doesn't get it and likely won't until its too late and when a few decades later they feel ripped off because the bar was indeed lowered for them, that is, they were told they weren't riding the short bus (the one the mentally handicapped rode when I was in middle school) just because the bus was upgraded to a regular size bus by the school administration, and therefore by the admin's logic, the notion of mental equality had been achieved by one "masterful" stroke of psychological manipulation. Then the beneficiaries eventually, sooner or later get mad at those who lowered the bar, and the good news is at that point at least they stop trying to prove themselves (even though they deny that this is exactly what they end up doing the rest of their lives because they never, in fact, proved themselves truly Equal by quantifiable standards in the first place) while hating on people like myself WHO HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE DECISION TO LIE TO YOU AND HAVE THE GALL TO SAY WITH A STRAIGHT FACE TO YOU THAT THE BAR WAS NOT LOWERED WHEN THE MATHEMATICS PROVE THAT IT WAS.

Not the fault of txlotusboys37 by any measure. Not the fault of any of the beneficiaries of said bar lowering.

The fault is laid squarely at the feet of academia and the government and the professional bodies who, having entrenched themselves at the age they happen to be, they have the reigns and are making utterly foolish decisions in blatant disregard for the long term health of western civilization (which is now just beginning the long process of crumbling at the knees...there is a lot more collapse left to go).

The older generation has completely lied to themselves about this equality racket. I'm sure extortion is referred to as "the equalization of monetary distribution" by the mafia as well. Criminals do not like the truth any more than slugs like the blinding heat of the sun. Shadows and half truths...🙄😎

Bottom Line: If you are white or asian DO NOT EXPECT the same interviewing invites or admissions offers if you were mexican, black, or anything besides white or asian. White or asian and a GPA s2.99 and 17 QR + interview and admissions? Good luck wih that.

Bottom Line #2: By this logic of the truth of things as they are (not as some imagine they should or shouldn't be): there would then be 2 SDN DAT forums, etc: 1 for whites and asians...and a separate 1 for "other than whites and asians". That way the information shared on the forums would be apples to apples and the whole charade the older generation pulls on us younger people couldn't be prolonged. See what a slippery slope this is? Again, don't blame me, I am not the one lying to the reader.

And for those who find offense in the truth of the matter*: Go slime your way back into the shelter of the shadows underneath a moist rock or something. You pc people are a joke because you are mad at yourselves for lying to yourselves and then you make people like me who refuse to lie to ourselves to be the enemy. Bottom Line: You politcally correct people hate yourselves and you think that by taking out your self loathing (because you know deep down you are slimy little slugs in your souls) on easy non-politically correct targets that you are going to make it all better for yourselves. You'll just make it worse for yourselves in the long run. Its a law of the universe. I don't make the rules. So ban me, whatever, I learned a long time ago that in modern pc america: The Truth Will Not Be Tolerated. Right alongside the big smelly bull crap that is "some are more equal than others".

*That is, not necessarily the beneficiaries themselves like txlotusboys37 (if I were him I would take advantage of the bait strung out for me, too)...but the LIARS and HYPOCRITES entrenched in academia, the government, transnational corporations and professional organizations

 

[txlotusboys37]

My point was just proven by none other than txlotusboys37 himself. No less than 2x in the same post (Mexican + 17 QR). Wait, make that proved 3x in the same post because he first confirmed my suspicion that he and others like him are likely beneficiaries of the whole "some more equal than others" modern equality charade AND then goes on to reassure you (and ostensibly everyone else...) that persons such as himself are not beneficiaries of the very thing he and others like him are benefitting from.

"Some are more equal than others.." Modern america is such a joke. The older generation is such a bunch of masterful liars. The sad part is most o the younger generation doesn't get it and likely won't until its too late and when a few decades later they feel ripped off because the bar was indeed lowered for them. Then they get mad at those who lowered the bar, and the good news is at that point at least they stop trying to prove themselves (even though they deny that this is exactly what they end up doing the rest of their lives because they never, in fact, proved themselves truly Equal by quantifiable standards in the first place).

Not the fault of txlotusboys37 by any measure. Not the fault of any of the beneficiaries of said bar lowering.

The fault is laid squarely at the feet of academia and the government and the professional bodies who, having entrenched themselves at the age they happen to be, they have the reigns and are making utterly foolish decisions in blatant disregard for the long term health of western civilization (which is now just beginning the long process of crumbling at the knees...there is a lot more collapse left to go).

The older generation has completely lied to themselves about this equality racket. I'm sure extorition is referred to as "the equalization of monetary distribution" by the mafia as well. Criminals do not like the truth any more than slugs lake the blinding heat of the sun. Shadows and half truths...🙄😎

Bottom Line: If you are white or asian DO NOT EXPECT the same interviewing invites or admissions offers if you were mexican, black, or anything besides white or asian. White or asian and a GPA s2.95 + interview and admissions.

And for those who find offense in the truth of the matter: Go slime your way back into the shelter of the shadows underneath a moist rock or something. You pc people are a joke because you are mad at yourselves for lying to yourselves and then you make people like me who refuse to lie to ourselves to be the enemy. Bottom Line: You politcally correct people hate yourselves and you think that by taking out your self loathing (because you know deep down you are slimy little slugs in your souls) on easy non-politically correct targets that you are going to make it all better for yourselves. You'll just make it worse for yourselves in the long run. Its a law of the universe. I don't make the rules. So ban me, whatever, I learned a long time ago that in modern pc america: The Truth Will Not Be Tolerated. Right alongside the big smelly bull crap that is "some are more equal than others".

Look, I know a couple of ppl who got in with similar scores as me, DAT wise...I'm not sure what they're GPA's were so I can't say too much in regards to that.

my Kaplan instructor, who is white male, made a 21AA and a 16 on QR...the only interview he got was from SA, and was also accepted.

one of my friends, he too is a white male. 20AA...and grades that are close to mine but I think his sGPA was higher than mine (3.0 or maybe a little more)...interveiwed at SA and was accepted

And by the way, they are both DS1's at SA right now.

Did you not get accepted to dental school or something? What's with you ratial agenda?

 

[Bobby Fischer]

Look, I know a couple of ppl who got in with similar scores as me, DAT wise...I'm not sure what they're GPA's were so I can't say too much in regards to that.

my Kaplan instructor, who is white male, made a 21AA and a 16 on QR...the only interview he got was from SA, and was also accepted.

one of my friends, he too is a white male. 20AA...and grades that are close to mine but I think his sGPA was higher than mine (3.0 or maybe a little more)...interveiwed at SA and was accepted

And by the way, they are both DS1's at SA right now.

Did you not get accepted to dental school or something? What's with you ratial agenda?

Exceptions do not justify the generalization that "some are more equal than others"

Lies are lies, despite the exceptions which will always exist within the landscape of a truth or a lie.

I do not have an aggenda. I am only interested in the truth.

The admissions process for dental school has been compromised by the lie of equality. And the profession is poisoning itself with the toxins such lies inevitably spread within itself as the byproduct of such lies.

I won't pretend its not happening. People are generally stupid and self deceivers. The intellectual and moral laziness of modern america is proving to be its downfall.

I am coming from a farily successful career in another profession. This profession has been undermined and ultimately destroyed by such unethical, typically modern american, thinking (or non-thinking actually).

The #1 reason I chose to invest so much in reinventing myself in dentistry is because it seems like, by and large, about 60% or so of the professionals are still mostly ethical. I do not like what the subversive 40% or so is taking dentistry and medicine. Looks an awful lot like the dishonesty which slithered in to the profession I am leaving behind out of necessity about 20 years ago.

Don't do it dentistry and medicine. Don't do it. It is not worth everything.

...so I rant against such things because I do not want to see dentistry to become just another devalued (worthless, i.e. equally worthless) profession wherein the practicioners lie to themselves about things, including this faux "dieversity" under the guise of "equality".

Politically Correct? I am not interested in the answer, whether it is or isn't I literally do not care about this component of the problem. Couldn't care less...to the point that I'll probably get banned...its more important to be honest in such things than be "cool".

 

[txlotusboys37]

well, good luck everyone.

 

[Bobby Fischer]

so did you or did you not get accepted to dental school?

Bobby Fischer ran away to Japan and then Iceland to escape the confines of a conforming lifestyle. Having achieved professional accomplishments which proved to himself he was completely outside the bounds of needing the approbation of any other mortal, I don't think Bobby Fischer, at the end of the day, really cares all that much either way. Some things are much more important.

I think Bobby Fischer would think the answer to the question would be important should you re-write it:

"so did you get accepted into heaven?"

or

"are you afraid to die?"

to which he would probably answer:

not yet, still working on it and not any more, respectively.

All the Best, sincerely,

The Ghost of Bobby Fischer and de vez en cuando Bill Hicks (threw that one in there because, among other things, Hicks is/ was a Texan 😉).

 

[white fang]

Bobby Fischer -

Science favors the succinct.

Sincerely,

White Fang

 

[Bobby Fischer]

Bobby Fischer -

Science favors the succinct.

Sincerely,

White Fang

And the succinct die the quickest. The quick and the dead.

Always the Best to you and yours,

BF

*(and most meaningless deaths at that as they ultimately understand the least and necessarily live the least. "with all thy learning, get understanding...").

P.S. I am sure your slogan may as well be the same for those who put together "tacos" (not really bonafide tacos, but whatever) on the assembly line at Taco Bell. Or in McDonalds making Big Macs, or just about anywhere in modern america where busy-ness and serving expediency apparently equals productive quality.

modern america. What a joke.

 

[white fang]

And the succinct die the quickest. (and most meaningless deaths at that).

BF

More accurately, huh?

 

[txlotusboys37]

let's not feed the trolls now lol

 

[Bobby Fischer]

More accurately, huh?

touche'

I'd ask you to clarify but you might have to exceed your word (and stripped down meaninglessness) limit. Wouldn't want to mean anything of veritable substance. That might be dangerous. No, its far safer emotionally to beat around the bush and prance around the 800 pound gorilla in the room who we all know is breathing deeply and smellily in the corner. At least that is what all the "cool" politically correct opportunists I have observed do when faced with reality

 

[Bobby Fischer]

let's not feed the trolls now lol

Who are you kidding? As if you aren't parked right next to your keyboard (trolling) for the last couple of hours anxiously awaiting the condemnation and public skewering of BF to commence?

I know how this works...

trolls = a poster who is stating things some other poster does not like. Classic ad hominem used as a red herring employed by the other who feels like they've lost whatever postion they think they are trying to defend.*

Lets get real up in here!👍

(* don't waste your time and effort "defending" or "attacking". I am not going to waste mine. For the record it is not my position to attack (or defend) any poster on this thread or any other. Who is anyone kidding? As if the internet is that self-important? Read my comments carefully. I do condemn the establishment for all their political correctness and attack them I do. Trust me, it takes a few years to figure what I am about to tell you but its a valuable lesson: defending the interests of the establishment is not going to win you any points towards them going easy on you.

I am long enough in the tooth to have learned a thing or two about ad hominems...they are simply less than worthless distractions from any meaningul, less political correctness, exchange. So I shed them like water off a ducks back. And per Kant's Categorical Imperative, yes, I believe all can profit by doing the same.)

 

[white fang]

I'd ask you to clarify but you might have to exceed your word (and stripped down meaninglessness) limit. Wouldn't want that.

touche'

What former career did you have where it was advantageous to rehash topics previously discussed ad nauseum in an overly verbose matter?

Unless all this non-sense is just an attempt to take a break from studying for the DAT, which I would understand as I have been in your shoes.

 

[capitan2011]

 

[txlotusboys37]

+1

 

[Bobby Fischer]

What former career did you have where it was advantageous to rehash topics previously discussed ad nauseum in an overly verbose matter?

Trust me, you do not want to know.

Unless all this non-sense is just an attempt to take a break from studying for the DAT, which I would understand as I have been in your shoes.

>insert voice of Master Yoda<

"MMM....Perceptive you are."

Much Respect white fang.

I thought I would like you from the microsecond I laid eyes on your user name. Don't know if it has any meaning for you...but has much for me.👍

 

[white fang]

And the succinct die the quickest. The quick and the dead.

Always the Best to you and yours,

BF

*(and most meaningless deaths at that as they ultimately understand the least and necessarily live the least. "with all thy learning, get understanding...").

P.S. I am sure your slogan may as well be the same for those who put together "tacos" (not really bonafide tacos, but whatever) on the assembly line at Taco Bell. Or in McDonalds making Big Macs, or just about anywhere in modern america where busy-ness and serving expediency apparently equals productive quality.

modern america. What a joke.

Again, huh?


My 'slogan', meaning when I stated that 'science favors the succinct'?

To clarify for you, I was suggesting your message would resonate better with those of us in the sciences if you wrote more concisely.

It is better to write with an audience in mind.

 

[white fang]

Trust me, you do not want to know.



>insert voice of Master Yoda<

"MMM....Perceptive you are."

Much Respect white fang.

I thought I would like you from the microsecond I laid eyes on your user name. Don't know if it has any meaning for you...but has much for me.👍

I hate to wreck my street cred, but the user name has no more meaning to me than enjoying the Jack London novel when I was a kid and my desire to whiten fangs professionally.

 

[Bobby Fischer]

Again, huh?


My 'slogan', meaning when I stated that 'science favors the succinct'?

To clarify for you, I was suggesting your message would resonate better with those of us in the sciences if you wrote more concisely.

It is better to write with an audience in mind.

Oh, you mean like replying to an overly verbose poster in an underly verbose matter is writing with the audience in mind?

Bacteria is much more succinct from a bioloigical perspective than the human body. I mean, so much complexity for what... to support a little tangled bundle of neurons 5 or 6 feet above the plane of the earth, right? *sigh* oh well, we might as well do science a favor and devolve...er, streamline, er, modernize, er...oh well, you know what I mean...complexity and meaning is such a drag on life.

 

[Bobby Fischer]

I hate to wreck my street cred, but the user name has no more meaning to me than enjoying the Jack London novel when I was a kid and my desire to whiten fangs professionally.

Is this the part where I say, "that is stupid", so that you are not associated with a reprobate and hopelessly misanthropic individual such as myself, so you can still lay claim to said street cred?

pssst: don't tell anyone but that is freaking very clever and very cool, even if you didn't consciously recognize it. Which in fact, makes it even cooler than it would otherwise be IMO.

E.g. Metallica has a really cool song where they sing about the white fangs of the world getting "back to the meaning of life".

 

[txlotusboys37]

BF,

Thank you BUT no thank you, i've had an ample sufficiency, anymore would be an over abundancy, if the flow of my language is too copious for your diminutive comprehension, I will change my phraseology and give you a conglomeration of words, which will rectify your memory

 

[Bobby Fischer]

BF,

Thank you BUT no thank you, i've had an ample sufficiency, anymore would be an over abundancy, if the flow of my language is too copious for your diminutive comprehension, I will change my phraseology and give you a conglomeration of words, which will rectify your memory

👍

I see your verbosity has as much potential as mine. Or does it...

wait a minute...did you cut and paste that?! If so, doesn't count.

(I think I missed the part several posts ago where I am expected to make nice and beg for my r-word soul by listing all the Mexican friends I have. Does being married to a 1/2 Hispanic count? Maybe just 1/2 credit...that is I get to keep 1/2 my soul LOL)

 

[Bobby Fischer]

 

[txlotusboys37]

Nope, no 'cut-n-paste' here

 

[white fang]

Nope, no 'cut-n-paste' here

Hmm, maybe it was your personal statement that put you over the top for admissions, not your ethnicity!

 

[Bobby Fischer]

Is this the part where I say, "that is stupid", so that you are not associated with a reprobate and hopelessly misanthropic individual such as myself, so you can still lay claim to said street cred?

pssst: don't tell anyone but that is freaking very clever and very cool, even if you didn't consciously recognize it. Which in fact, makes it even cooler than it would otherwise be IMO.

E.g. Metallica has a really cool song where they sing about the white fangs of the world getting "back to the meaning of life".

Specifically, Metallica "Of Wolf and Man"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guTT...list=PLD7267FE866B02507&lf=mh_lolz&playnext=4

 

[TheDentist16]

BF, it's always a pleasure to read your posts. Tasteful, yet didactic in nature. The superficiality of America exposed right here on SDN.

OP, DAT scores are more reflective of current academic abilities and are thus truer measures of an applicant's potential than a GPA.

 

[txlotusboys37]

Hmm, maybe it was your personal statement that put you over the top for admissions, not your ethnicity!

yep agreed 👍

 

[smiley69]

Are these the kind of people that are going to dental school? Are you kidding me? I don't know how I feel about a class full of BFs. I don't know if I could tolerate 4 years of Star Wars and Lord of the Ring references. 🙁

 

[Bobby Fischer]

Are these the kind of people that are going to dental school? Are you kidding me? I don't know how I feel about a class full of BFs. I don't know if I could tolerate 4 years of Star Wars and Lord of the Ring references. 🙁

Yeah, tolerance is so overrated. No doubt you'll be better off in B-school where everyday is an effortless exercise in intolerance of non-conformity. 🙄 Good luck with that.

 

[loveisall]

Yeah, tolerance is so overrated. No doubt you'll be better off in B-school where everyday is an effortless exercise in intolerance of non-conformity. 🙄 Good luck with that.

you want to be a dentist? why? to torture people? you should work on your personality first, you see the world as a dark and hideous place and want to fight everyone and everything!!! dude, relax, life is short. this is my only respond to this post because you are not worth the time and I wont feed your ill, little mind! just stop being so negative and stop spreading your racial garbage here. we are all students, having the same goal. there is enough trouble that we have to go through, so we definitely don't need a psycho to start spreading irrelevant commends here. go take a shower, clear your mind and stop this nonsense.

 

[MuskieMan33]

It's not racial garbage. It's simply the fact that URM's have a slight advantage in admissions over a white male. Look at the numbers.

 

[ushaseos]

Keyword being slight. As a member of the "Over-represented minority" ie a person of color who gets all the crap for being a person of color, but none of the admissions benefits, I don't see why people care about URM. Lets just not go down this road okay? I really don't care if its easier for someone else due to their ethnicity, I am only focused on my chances at getting it.

Back on topic -> Lowish GPA, Godlike DAT - The more and more I explore, the more I'm convinced this is better than the reverse!