My chances?? and help with list of schools

[Kat22]

---

Members don't see this ad.

1) What do you girls and guys think of my chances??

• cumGPA= 3.18, scienceGPA= 3.04 (even with a good semester its still reallly low 🙁 )
• 24/25/21 AA/TS/PA, with nothing below 20
• I think my personal statement came out very well
• Letters of Evaluation I think are alright
• About 230 hours shadowing/volunteering total including dental clinic and private practice and with different types of dentists
• about 50 hours volunteer in hospital

I graduated in 3.5 years, but with lower GPAs than I have now. My science was below 3.0. In my last thread everyone said to take more classes so I did a post-baccalaureate for the semester that just finished and got straight As with one A- (3.91 semesterGPA 🙂). Really wanted 4.0, luckily what I got was enough to get me over that awfully dreaded region below 3.0 . Even with this good semester and DAT, Im still worried that this was all a big waste of time. I hope I'm good enough to be accepted.


2) I'm a New York resident, what do you guys and girls think of the list I'm applying to? Should I remove anything? Add anything?

-MWU-AZ
-MWU-IL
-Nova
-Tufts
-Michigan
-UMDNJ
-Buffalo
-NYU
-Case
-Temple
-Penn
-VCU

There's a hefty price tag to applying to many schools, like $102 each, any tips would be really terrific because I don't want to be wasteful with where I apply to. But I'm willing to apply to as many dental schools as I need to because I want this stress to just stop already and not have to apply next year.

Good luck to everyone applying!!!

 

[KittySquared]

Don't keep your hopes up for Michigan. I would throw in LECOM, MOSDOH and UNE.

 

[Kat22]

Don't keep your hopes up for Michigan. I would throw in LECOM, MOSDOH and UNE.

Thank you for the reply! Why no Michigan? I forgot about those 3, especially New England.

 

[MedDevil]

Penn might also be a stretch. Their average GPA is ~3.7.

 

[Kat22]

bump?

 

[gn4]

except for maybe Penn, I think your list is pretty good.

 

[Kat22]

Okay this is the list I have now.

-MWU-AZ
-MWU-IL
-Nova
-Tufts
-New England
-MOSDOH
-UMDNJ
-Buffalo
-NYU
-Case
-Temple
-LECOM
-VCU
-Maryland

14 schools total

 

[atabaki92]

1) What do you girls and guys think of my chances??

• cumGPA= 3.18, scienceGPA= 3.04 (even with a good semester its still reallly low 🙁 )
• 24/25/21 AA/TS/PA, with nothing below 20
• I think my personal statement came out very well
• Letters of Evaluation I think are alright
• About 230 hours shadowing/volunteering total including dental clinic and private practice and with different types of dentists
• about 50 hours volunteer in hospital

I graduated in 3.5 years, but with lower GPAs than I have now. My science was below 3.0. In my last thread everyone said to take more classes so I did a post-baccalaureate for the semester that just finished and got straight As with one A- (3.91 semesterGPA 🙂). Really wanted 4.0, luckily what I got was enough to get me over that awfully dreaded region below 3.0 . Even with this good semester and DAT, Im still worried that this was all a big waste of time. I hope I'm good enough to be accepted.


2) I'm a New York resident, what do you guys and girls think of the list I'm applying to? Should I remove anything? Add anything?

-MWU-AZ
-MWU-IL
-Nova
-Tufts
-Michigan
-UMDNJ
-Buffalo
-NYU
-Case
-Temple
-Penn
-VCU

There's a hefty price tag to applying to many schools, like $102 each, any tips would be really terrific because I don't want to be wasteful with where I apply to. But I'm willing to apply to as many dental schools as I need to because I want this stress to just stop already and not have to apply next year.

Good luck to everyone applying!!!

Doesn't MOSDOH want like 10,000+ hours of community service in underserved areas?

 

[jigabodo]

1) What do you girls and guys think of my chances??

• cumGPA= 3.18, scienceGPA= 3.04 (even with a good semester its still reallly low 🙁 )
• 24/25/21 AA/TS/PA, with nothing below 20
• I think my personal statement came out very well
• Letters of Evaluation I think are alright
• About 230 hours shadowing/volunteering total including dental clinic and private practice and with different types of dentists
• about 50 hours volunteer in hospital

I graduated in 3.5 years, but with lower GPAs than I have now. My science was below 3.0. In my last thread everyone said to take more classes so I did a post-baccalaureate for the semester that just finished and got straight As with one A- (3.91 semesterGPA 🙂). Really wanted 4.0, luckily what I got was enough to get me over that awfully dreaded region below 3.0 . Even with this good semester and DAT, Im still worried that this was all a big waste of time. I hope I'm good enough to be accepted.


2) I'm a New York resident, what do you guys and girls think of the list I'm applying to? Should I remove anything? Add anything?

-MWU-AZ
-MWU-IL
-Nova
-Tufts
-Michigan
-UMDNJ
-Buffalo
-NYU
-Case
-Temple
-Penn
-VCU

There's a hefty price tag to applying to many schools, like $102 each, any tips would be really terrific because I don't want to be wasteful with where I apply to. But I'm willing to apply to as many dental schools as I need to because I want this stress to just stop already and not have to apply next year.

Good luck to everyone applying!!!

I'd probably apply to some more schools if I were you. USC, Boston, Louisville for example are all OOS friendly. UoP likes high DAT scores so I would add them to the list if possible.

 

[Blake1e]

Maybe add UNLV, I hear theyre OOS friendly.

 

[Kat22]

upon more research I have come to this list

-MWU-AZ
-MWU-IL
-Nova
-Tufts
-UMDNJ
-Buffalo
-NYU
-Case
-Temple
-LECOM
-VCU
-Maryland
-UoP
-UNLV

Any thoughts??

 

[Blake1e]

Looks fine to me.

 

[laundry]

you'll get interviews...just be prepared to give a REALLY good explanation why your GPA is what it is...