Interview Dates and Acceptance

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DDSar20

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So I just got an invitation but it's late in January 28. I know that interviews start sept/oct so what is my chance of still being accepted aside from how well I do in my interview?
 
It's not IDEAL, but you still definitely have a decent shot at acceptance. Since you didn't provide any stats, I'll try and oversimplify this as much as possible:

Let's assume if you interviewed pre-Dec 1st you had a 50/50 shot at being accepted. All things being equal, your chance of being accepted with a January 28th interview are probably somewhere around 1/3 or 1/4 just because a large portion of the schools class will already be filled up by that point and therefore your competing for fewer open spots.
 
3.75 ogpa/3.5sgpa/21aa/22ts/23pat/17qr/1000+hr as dental assist/400+ volunteer/committee letter with good lors in it.

Those are my stats. Do u think all the spots are filled up around this time for interviews before December?
 
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The interview process extends to April for many schools. It is true that some spots will be taken, I don't think any school will have a completely filled class by February. I think your chances are still pretty good!
 
It's not IDEAL, but you still definitely have a decent shot at acceptance. Since you didn't provide any stats, I'll try and oversimplify this as much as possible:

Let's assume if you interviewed pre-Dec 1st you had a 50/50 shot at being accepted. All things being equal, your chance of being accepted with a January 28th interview are probably somewhere around 1/3 or 1/4 just because a large portion of the schools class will already be filled up by that point and therefore your competing for fewer open spots.
How pre-December does the interview need to be in order to get a December 1st notification? If I am interviewed in mid- November, will I still get my notification by December 1st?
 
How pre-December does the interview need to be in order to get a December 1st notification? If I am interviewed in mid- November, will I still get my notification by December 1st?

I had one of my interviews mid-november and heard back from that school on december 1st