I need help with making my school list

[helpingtiger]

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[Mr.Smile12]

It is going to be hard to predict without DAT scores, so make your best selections based on whether you really want to live there and work with patients who really need care in that area. I'd check with schools to see if a significant fraction of the class are also non-traditional similar to yourself.

 

[helpingtiger]

It is going to be hard to predict without DAT scores, so make your best selections based on whether you really want to live there and work with patients who really need care in that area. I'd check with schools to see if a significant fraction of the class are also non-traditional similar to yourself.

Does being a non-trad decrease my chances?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

Does being a non-trad decrease my chances?

No, but you should see how many non-trads there are at the schools on your list to get that affirmation.

 

[macsak]

cGPA: 3.91

Status: ORM, California resident

Undergraduate attended: UCLA

Major: Chemistry

Background: I guess I’m kind of a non-traditional applicant? Maybe not. I spent 3 years at community college due to some personal reasons and then I transferred to a 4 year university. I also took a gap year, so i’m a bit older than average applicants

DAT: not yet 🥲 (taking it in mid July)

Shadowing: 220 hours (100 general +120 endodontist)

Volunteering: ~250 hours total

-60 hours from tutoring underserved elementary school students

-90 hours from local food kitchen

-85 hours from volunteering at COVID vaccination site (non-medical volunteer)

-25 hours from volunteering as a dental health ambassador (at a non-profit dental organization)

Work experience: ~2000 hours total

-5 months experience as a dental assistant

-1.5 year as a cashier/barista at a coffee shop (shift leader)

-1 year as a server at a restaurant

-5 months as a social media promoter (remote)

Research: 45 hours from a short 1 week summer research (did a presentation at the end of the week)

-I really wished to be involved more in research, but unfortunately COVID happened right when I transferred and everything went online. Because of this, I was not able to find research opportunities as most research labs stopped accepting people. Not sure if I should explain this in the COVID impact essay



UCLA
UCSF
UMich
UPenn
Columbia
UNC
Upitt
Maryland
Stony Brook
Tufts
Boston
UConn
USC
UOP
Rutgers
Nova

These are the schools I’m planning to apply. Does it seem like a reasonable school list? Most are California schools as I’m a California resident. I know it could be hard to tell since I don’t have my DAT scores yet, but I just wanna start making approximate school lists. I would love some insights about which schools to add and which schools to take out!

need DAT scores to help you out

remove NOVA...

 

[PerioDont]

pls update with DAT scores