How Much $$ For D-school App?

[smitty1]

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I would like to know how much money everyone has spent so far on applying to dental school. Personally, I applied to 12 schools and so far, without any interview trips, I have spent almost $2000.

 

[busupshot83]

I would like to know how much money everyone has spent so far on applying to dental school. Personally, I applied to 12 schools and so far, without any interview trips, I have spent almost $2000.

I'm applying in 06, and plan to apply to 12 schools, like yourself. It's costly, but worth it.

 

[drat]

Applied to 9 schools, so initial application and secondary fees, plus DAT registration = ~$1300. And I have not traveled for interviews yet...at least I get worldperk miles from my credit card. 😉

 

[Sprgrover]

...without any interview trips, I have spent almost $2000.

How did you manage that, Smitty? I applied to 13 schools, paid ~$900 in application fees, and about ~$200 in DAT fees. With my two interviews thus far I have spent about $900 (airfare, rental car, food, & what nots). With all of that (not including new suit, shoes, etc.) I have spent $2000 easy.

 

[edkNARF]

I applied to 14 schools. So far I have spent ~$4,500. The biggest expenses are: Kaplan, AADSAS fee, secondary fees, and a suit. Travel expenses aren't that bad because I am taking the train to most schools. My personal opinion is that if I have to fly to the school for an interview, it is too far away for me.

 

[mochafreak]

Have any of you taken out a loan to cover the application expenses? I'm wondering if it's possible to get a loan that is academically oriented to cover the fees (like the BankOne education loan where the school doesn't need to authorize it). I'm a non-trad, under 3.0 club member and I'm taking too many credits to work and save up the money for applying this spring. I'm getting worried that I won't have enough money to apply.

 

[charmstot]

I applied to 6 schools and have spent 495 on the application process thus far.

 

[Sprgrover]

Have any of you taken out a loan to cover the application expenses?

Yes, it's called a credit card...

 

[mochafreak]

Yeah, I was afraid of that.

 

[omaralt]

Have any of you taken out a loan to cover the application expenses? I'm wondering if it's possible to get a loan that is academically oriented to cover the fees (like the BankOne education loan where the school doesn't need to authorize it). I'm a non-trad, under 3.0 club member and I'm taking too many credits to work and save up the money for applying this spring. I'm getting worried that I won't have enough money to apply.

hey buddy, ur a under 3.0 member and ur going to apply this spring for the 2005 cycle?? if ur waiting that late, i would advice u to save ur money and apply for the 2006 cycle. good luck


omar

 

[mochafreak]

Umm, nope I'm applying this spring for the 2006 cycle. 😉 Maybe I should have said next spring or next summer. All I know is it's coming up too fast and too slow at the same time.

 

[onetoothleft]

DAT cost $185 (with 2 extra schools)

Primary App = ~$600

Secondaries = ~$400

total = ~$1185

 

[DDS2BE]

Let's see... Kaplan class = $1100, DAT = $160, primary application fee = $700, secondary application fee = $450, interview trips so far = $400

Achieving dream of a life time = PRICELESS 😍

Total: $2,810