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To start, I am 32 years old come Wednesday.
I was dismissed from a dental school in 2018, after two years of dental school for failure of a course, local anesthesia.
I did not update my prerequisites, I graduated from undergrad with a 3.75 gpa, dismissed from dental school with a 2.8 gpa. My gpa is 3.24, as is my science gpa.
My dat was 24AA, 23TS, 25PAT, no section lower than 21.
I applied in 2023/2024 cycle to receive one interview and get rejected. I applied early in 2024 and still only received one interview, Neomed, in November I interviewed there.
I lost hope during the interview because it was going as horribly as you could expect from an interview, and I genuinely started making plans to reapply during the interview because of how uncomfortable I was with my performance.
I reached out to schools asking what I could change in my application to which most indicated they would not even consider me because I had been dismissed.
I was growing frustrated, and my ego was deflated. I started looking for a new career.
I woke up today to an acceptance, which I’m eternally grateful and excited for. I don’t know what I did right in order to afford this opportunity, but I cant deny the helping hand I got from God throughout this journey.
When I was studying for the dat, I would get very emotional and pray to God to let me earn a score that schools simply could not refuse or to let me fail horribly so that I could know that I should find a new career. When I saw a 24AA, I was overjoyed, speechless and grateful because I thought I could never be rejected again. Obviously the 2023/24 cycle made me rethink that, and then I started to question if a 24 was even good enough for a student that was previously dismissed and had not taken any courses since my dismissal.
I’m here as proof that regardless of what anyone says, regardless of what your own brain tells you, listen to your heart. If this is a career that you want, whether through your own actions or through a divine miracle, it will happen and you just need to stay true to yourself and your beliefs.
Don’t ever give up, don’t ever let someone tell you that you’re not good enough, and don’t ever let someone else’s life experiences dictate how your life will turn out.
I went from my father telling me I’m too stupid to go back to school to not only getting accepted, but getting a score that I never in my life would have dreamed of. A score that I used to think of and tell myself “imagine, there’s no way I’d ever get that” I used to think of a 24 as a score that only the smartest people in the world could get, and I’m here to tell you that’s not the case.
I’m not the smartest person in the world, but while studying for the DAT I was the most dedicated to my goal. I worked everyday in order to earn a 21, and that work paid off. Most students will be fresh out of these courses, so it will be much easier for you to study these subjects and attain these scores. I’m a student that was dismissed, and here I am with an acceptance years later. Please don’t ever doubt yourself, you’re smart, you’re hard working, and you can do anything you set your mind to. Just focus on your goal, and make sure you know that that is your goal, regardless of what anyone else says.
My advisor, dental school admissions committees and even friends and family told me I’d never be able to get back into dental school, but it’s possible guys!!! And if I can do it, you can too.
Please don’t ever let someone’s lack of a dream dictate the way you deal with your dreams and goals.
I was dismissed from a dental school in 2018, after two years of dental school for failure of a course, local anesthesia.
I did not update my prerequisites, I graduated from undergrad with a 3.75 gpa, dismissed from dental school with a 2.8 gpa. My gpa is 3.24, as is my science gpa.
My dat was 24AA, 23TS, 25PAT, no section lower than 21.
I applied in 2023/2024 cycle to receive one interview and get rejected. I applied early in 2024 and still only received one interview, Neomed, in November I interviewed there.
I lost hope during the interview because it was going as horribly as you could expect from an interview, and I genuinely started making plans to reapply during the interview because of how uncomfortable I was with my performance.
I reached out to schools asking what I could change in my application to which most indicated they would not even consider me because I had been dismissed.
I was growing frustrated, and my ego was deflated. I started looking for a new career.
I woke up today to an acceptance, which I’m eternally grateful and excited for. I don’t know what I did right in order to afford this opportunity, but I cant deny the helping hand I got from God throughout this journey.
When I was studying for the dat, I would get very emotional and pray to God to let me earn a score that schools simply could not refuse or to let me fail horribly so that I could know that I should find a new career. When I saw a 24AA, I was overjoyed, speechless and grateful because I thought I could never be rejected again. Obviously the 2023/24 cycle made me rethink that, and then I started to question if a 24 was even good enough for a student that was previously dismissed and had not taken any courses since my dismissal.
I’m here as proof that regardless of what anyone says, regardless of what your own brain tells you, listen to your heart. If this is a career that you want, whether through your own actions or through a divine miracle, it will happen and you just need to stay true to yourself and your beliefs.
Don’t ever give up, don’t ever let someone tell you that you’re not good enough, and don’t ever let someone else’s life experiences dictate how your life will turn out.
I went from my father telling me I’m too stupid to go back to school to not only getting accepted, but getting a score that I never in my life would have dreamed of. A score that I used to think of and tell myself “imagine, there’s no way I’d ever get that” I used to think of a 24 as a score that only the smartest people in the world could get, and I’m here to tell you that’s not the case.
I’m not the smartest person in the world, but while studying for the DAT I was the most dedicated to my goal. I worked everyday in order to earn a 21, and that work paid off. Most students will be fresh out of these courses, so it will be much easier for you to study these subjects and attain these scores. I’m a student that was dismissed, and here I am with an acceptance years later. Please don’t ever doubt yourself, you’re smart, you’re hard working, and you can do anything you set your mind to. Just focus on your goal, and make sure you know that that is your goal, regardless of what anyone else says.
My advisor, dental school admissions committees and even friends and family told me I’d never be able to get back into dental school, but it’s possible guys!!! And if I can do it, you can too.
Please don’t ever let someone’s lack of a dream dictate the way you deal with your dreams and goals.
