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chadDMD said:That's becuase her dad is a pitt alum. remember she said her dad called pit for her and bam...she got an interview invite. I hope my point about d-school politics is finally recognized. it sometimes comes down to who you know, not what you know.
While i may not agree with everything that Chad says, i will tell you and i actually saw the power of a parent alum.
1. my dentist has a son who applied to 20 schools and ONLY got into UPenn, where his dad had graduated!!
2. Creighton University dental school, in their newsletter, proudly published that 11 out of 80 their incoming freshman for fall 2003 have "at least one parent graduating from Creighton University School of Dentistry". The newsletter in on their website.
thats why on the AADSAS application (and often on the secondary) they ask if you have a relative who is a dentist and if they have gone to that school.