Midwestern

This forum made possible through the generous support of SDN members, donors, and sponsors. Thank you.
DentalHope

DentalHope

Full Member
10+ Year Member
15+ Year Member
Joined
Apr 9, 2007
Messages
82
Reaction score
0
Members don't see this ad.
Did anyone else get a rejection letter from Midwestern today. I cant understand it, people with sub 3.0s get an interview and I was rejected. Now I am very very discouraged. 😕
 
are you going just by predents.com? or do you know people personally with below 3.0? i wouldn't trust predents.com's info too highly just as i wouldn't trust anyone really on here. but on the contrary, the applicant could have been minority. i knew a few minorities with sup 3.0 that all got in somewhere last year.
 
DentalHope said:
Did anyone else get a rejection letter from Midwestern today. I cant understand it, people with sub 3.0s get an interview and I was rejected. Now I am very very discouraged. 😕
Click to expand...
Do you mind posting your stats?
 
If you're also named Dentalhope on predents.com, then I guess they may now have a DAT cutoff. Either way, sorry to hear about the letter. Just remember, the game's not over yet.
 
I received wait-list letter today from Midwestern.
little bit shocked becuz most of the stats in predents.com are lower/or similar to mine.
Anyone else got similar letter?
 
You know its really wierd, I have a friend that has really good stats - high GPA and high DAT - but he got a flat out rejection from Midwestern.

I haven't seen you stats dentalhope but if your sub average retake the dat get a higher GPA and youll be ok - if you apply early next year - if you don't get in this year. If you have a 19 and say a GPA above 3.5, I would just be patient.
 
Its not always about numbers...


oh wait, yes it is.
 
Hello all.....I have an interview in a few days and was simply wondering if anybody could offer some simple advice. I have been reading through the postings throughout the week and I am sorry to those who have been rejected. I feel the school does look at he overall package instead of scores. I have been a dental hygienist for 5.5 years now and have been trying to get into dental school for four its tough. I feel that I was granted this interview simply due to my experience in dentistry specifically my involvement in community/public base dental care and have some great letters from individuals involved with the state. Well, I thought I would give some info about myself if anyone would like to give a pointer it would be appreciated. Thanks
 
hygieneman said:
Hello all.....I have an interview in a few days and was simply wondering if anybody could offer some simple advice. I have been reading through the postings throughout the week and I am sorry to those who have been rejected. I feel the school does look at he overall package instead of scores. I have been a dental hygienist for 5.5 years now and have been trying to get into dental school for four its tough. I feel that I was granted this interview simply due to my experience in dentistry specifically my involvement in community/public base dental care and have some great letters from individuals involved with the state. Well, I thought I would give some info about myself if anyone would like to give a pointer it would be appreciated. Thanks
Click to expand...

Just relax and be yourself, the interview is no big deal. Goodluck.
 
hey guys
sorry to hear about the rejection...maybe you don't have all the required courses? there's a lot of em...so just make sure you have all those! good luck, i'm sure you'll do fine at other schools
 
Know ur application really really well and just let the process (and in the interview, the conversation) guide you through it one step at a time. U'll do fine 🙂 . Before the interview, everyone feels that they have to be 'on' the whole time -or- you have to juggle 5 flaming bowling ball pins on a unicycle so they notice you. After the interview, u realize that it wasn't so bad. So, relax, be yourself & u'll do great 😎
 
Hey Babbersher...I wanted to clarify your post from Predents.com.

You said 60 seats will be filled BEFORE Dec. 1st with the only 40 after that? I wanted to know if that was possible to accept before Dec. 1st or if you meant they'll accept 60 ON the day of Dec. 1st with rolling admissions thereafter. Thanks!
 
Smills91 said:
Hey Babbersher...I wanted to clarify your post from Predents.com.

You said 60 seats will be filled BEFORE Dec. 1st with the only 40 after that? I wanted to know if that was possible to accept before Dec. 1st or if you meant they'll accept 60 ON the day of Dec. 1st with rolling admissions thereafter. Thanks!
Click to expand...

Not too sure actually... it was the last thing they told us before they sent us on our way and we had just had the financial aid presentation (it would be a good question to ask them when u get there). Otherwise, i was under the impression that we won't hear from them till Dec. 1st, with rolling admissions after that 😎
 
They can't accept anyone before Dec. 1, so they will accept 60 people Dec. 1 and then 40 after that. Actually it will probably be a lot more people after that since I'm sure everyone accepted won't attend. So is the interview a 1-on-1 or how is it set up, I aked above, but haven't been answered yet? Thank
 
Tygerm9 said:
They can't accept anyone before Dec. 1, so they will accept 60 people Dec. 1 and then 40 after that. Actually it will probably be a lot more people after that since I'm sure everyone accepted won't attend. So is the interview a 1-on-1 or how is it set up, I aked above, but haven't been answered yet? Thank
Click to expand...

2-1, two faculty interview one student.
 
You never know what the adcoms value. I'm sure another school will give you an invite. Good luck
 
Is there no interview feedback section for Midwestern? I guess it just hasn't been added yet, oh well
 
sarah_bellum said:
I tried to add feedback, but it gave me an error.
Click to expand...

Maybe you can post something here then...i.e. the most difficult question they asked? some other interview questions? Any help would be really cool...thanks!!!
 
make sure you know the GNP for all the countries in southeast asia...


To all those who were there today (sept 4), it was nice meeting and talking with you!
 
I'm interviewing there tomorrow and I am very excited to see the school. Could someone tell me when the actual interview portion is during the day? Anyone else going to be there tomorrow?
 
Gross National Product = GNP

not to be confused with GDP.
 
lemoncurry said:
make sure you know the GNP for all the countries in southeast asia...
Click to expand...

Thanks...I'll be sure to write that on the palm of my hand for the interview😉 (sarcasm level=orange)
 
sarah_bellum said:
I'm looking at YOU, Laos. Hint, hint. It was nice to meet you, LC.
Click to expand...

It was fun to meet all of you guys at the interview. As a business major, I loved the question about the economies of southern asia. It really broke the ice in the interview when I nailed it.
 
anyone hear anything from midwestern lately?
 
Got interview invite today!!!
I guess I'll start studying the economic and political systems of China...😛
 
Could you guys maybe post some interview feedback here? There's like nothing for the rest of us to go on, and it hasn't been put up on SDN.

I got an interview too! 😛
 
I think it's because the interview will be something like ASDOH's. Meaning, part of the interview is random questions (political, geographic, etc), and they record what/how you answer. I don't know if there are actual "points" assigned to getting these questions correct, but there really is no way to prepare. I could be wrong, but because some faculty from ASDOH have gone to Midwestern to start that program up, it could be the case.
 
CTDent said:
I think it's because the interview will be something like ASDOH's. Meaning, part of the interview is random questions (political, geographic, etc), and they record what/how you answer. I don't know if there are actual "points" assigned to getting these questions correct, but there really is no way to prepare. I could be wrong, but because some faculty from ASDOH have gone to Midwestern to start that program up, it could be the case.
Click to expand...
They asked about 6 questions, 5 of them were straight out of the Interview section of SDN and the last was something off the wall. Even that one shouldn't be too hard, basically high-school level knowledge stuff. There are 2 interviewers at once scoring your answers. Super friendly and helpful people if you're nervous like I was. The dean is very cool as well; when he met us he already knew some details about each person and was very easy to talk to. Lunch wasn't so great b/c the school's cafateria had a long, slow line. They said they might take students to eat somewhere off campus in the fututre. You also have to fill out an essay of approxiamtely 1 page. They give you 4 questions to choose from. 1 question looked pretty tough from an ethical viewpoint and another was tough from a technical viewpoint. The other 2 were softballs. I chose a softball to answer. Maybe not the bravest choice, but otherwise my essay would have been a lot of drivel.
 
SanOnofre2002 said:
They asked about 6 questions, 5 of them were straight out of the Interview section of SDN and the last was something off the wall. Even that one shouldn't be too hard, basically high-school level knowledge stuff. There are 2 interviewers at once scoring your answers. Super friendly and helpful people if you're nervous like I was. The dean is very cool as well; when he met us he already knew some details about each person and was very easy to talk to. Lunch wasn't so great b/c the school's cafateria had a long, slow line. They said they might take students to eat somewhere off campus in the fututre. You also have to fill out an essay of approxiamtely 1 page. They give you 4 questions to choose from. 1 question looked pretty tough from an ethical viewpoint and another was tough from a technical viewpoint. The other 2 were softballs. I chose a softball to answer. Maybe not the bravest choice, but otherwise my essay would have been a lot of drivel.
Click to expand...

Would you or someone in the know, post a link to this. I'm not familiar with this section and am having a hard time finding it. Thanks so much. I interview on Monday!
 
Those staying at hotels for the midwestern interview. Which ones did you choose? the link for the hotels on my email is not working.
 
GatorDDS said:
Those staying at hotels for the midwestern interview. Which ones did you choose? the link for the hotels on my email is not working.
Click to expand...


i got the Sleep Inn. the other cheapest on on the list (forgot the name) wouldn't honor the Midwestern rate because there was a baseball game in town. mine came out to be close to $70 after taxes and such.
 
could you send me the link to the hotels list?
 
xtractime said:
i got the Sleep Inn. the other cheapest on on the list (forgot the name) wouldn't honor the Midwestern rate because there was a baseball game in town. mine came out to be close to $70 after taxes and such.
Click to expand...
I stayed there too.
The driving distance is about 7 mins.
My rate was 54/night.
They offer breakfast, but I didn't like it.
 
go through priceline and name your own price of 30 bucks. At least two of us were able to get rooms at that price. Comes to 40-someodd after fees. My hotel was about 15-20 mins away from the school but the drive was easy.
 
I stayed at the Quality Inn at Talavi on West Bell Road which is about five minutes from the school...it cost me about $63 a night....
 
so i got a letter today about there being lots of applicants and and my application being good enough to be considered for a future review... did anyone else get this today? is this what you mean by rejection dentalhope?
 
can someone give suggestions for the two questions on the midwestern supplimental form. Did everyone that applied there, answered those questions?

Thanks
 
Woohoo finaly got my first interview. Its for November 29th though, does that mean I'm going to miss the first round? Anyway, I'm pretty excited. How many people do they usually interview on an average day?
 
midwestern is most likely rejecting applicants with high gpa and dat because they are a new school and are trying to establish their first class with individuals who have a large variety of extracurriculaar activities, in order to take the initiative to put the school on the map and let it be known.
 
I don't remember if this was mentioned in this thread (too lazy to scroll up), but they will be accepting about 60 on dec 1, and the rest thereafter. I wouldn't worry too much if your number doesn't get called by Dec 1.
 
ajaxkid said:
Woohoo finaly got my first interview. Its for November 29th though, does that mean I'm going to miss the first round? Anyway, I'm pretty excited. How many people do they usually interview on an average day?
Click to expand...

they are interviewing 12 people per day about 2-3 times a week. they said they were interviewing 400 people for the 100 spots. there were NO AZ residents the day i interviewed!!! yay for private schools!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

P
Help Needed: USC vs. Midwestern AZ
Replies
2
Views
917
Big Time Hoosier
Big Time Hoosier
artist2022
Interviewing Midwestern-Illinois Class of 2030 Interview/Acceptance Thread
Replies
7
Views
3K
bungeeperson
B
artist2022
Interviewing Midwestern-Arizona Class of 2030 Interview/Acceptance Thread
Replies
31
Views
6K
toothfairy1975
T
Dental_Dude120
LECOM (OOS) vs UW (OOS) vs Midwestern AZ
Replies
3
Views
1K
macsak
M
G
Help! Midwestern AZ vs. OHSU (OOS) vs. Roseman
Replies
8
Views
1K
OncePreDent
OncePreDent
Top