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First of all I would like to congratulate everyone who has received interviews so far.. I must say that I am a bit jealous haha
When I first applied to dental school this year, I was feeling confident that I was going to get some interviews. According to predents.com stats from last year, I have average DAT scores and a great GPA for many schools.
My stats are as follows:
Residency: VA
AADSAS mail-out date: First batch, 1 recommendation was sent out 2nd batch
GPA: 3.94 sci, 3.72 overall
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): (19/19/21/24/none)
I feel that my personal statement was well-done, over 150 hours of shadowing, plenty of extra-curriculars (ex. Pre-Dental Club President, ADW publishing, etc.), and I am hoping that my professors and dentist all wrote good LORs for me.
I applied to:
VCU
UPenn
Tufts
UNLV
The only thing I have heard from these schools so far is that they received my application... 🙁
I have some questions for anyone knowledgeable and kind enough to answer.
1. Since most of these schools have already sent out interview invites, do these schools keep sending out invites as the semester goes on? (I know that some schools have yet to send out invites)
I have seen a good amount people on this site with amazing stats apply to over 15 schools. They may get interview invites to all of the schools they applied to, but they can only end up choosing one school. So I'm hoping the schools that these top tier applicants applied to will then send out interviews to their lower tier options to fill their incoming class to capacity.. Is that how it works?
2. Should I still try applying to schools that I have a chance of getting an interview invitation or is it too late in the application process?
3. If yes to above, what schools should I apply to? With predents.com now gone idk where to look for average DAT scores, GPA, and % out-of-state statistics.
When I first applied to dental school this year, I was feeling confident that I was going to get some interviews. According to predents.com stats from last year, I have average DAT scores and a great GPA for many schools.
My stats are as follows:
Residency: VA
AADSAS mail-out date: First batch, 1 recommendation was sent out 2nd batch
GPA: 3.94 sci, 3.72 overall
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): (19/19/21/24/none)
I feel that my personal statement was well-done, over 150 hours of shadowing, plenty of extra-curriculars (ex. Pre-Dental Club President, ADW publishing, etc.), and I am hoping that my professors and dentist all wrote good LORs for me.
I applied to:
VCU
UPenn
Tufts
UNLV
The only thing I have heard from these schools so far is that they received my application... 🙁
I have some questions for anyone knowledgeable and kind enough to answer.
1. Since most of these schools have already sent out interview invites, do these schools keep sending out invites as the semester goes on? (I know that some schools have yet to send out invites)
I have seen a good amount people on this site with amazing stats apply to over 15 schools. They may get interview invites to all of the schools they applied to, but they can only end up choosing one school. So I'm hoping the schools that these top tier applicants applied to will then send out interviews to their lower tier options to fill their incoming class to capacity.. Is that how it works?
2. Should I still try applying to schools that I have a chance of getting an interview invitation or is it too late in the application process?
3. If yes to above, what schools should I apply to? With predents.com now gone idk where to look for average DAT scores, GPA, and % out-of-state statistics.
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