My chances in these schools

[yuppers]

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I really don't believe any school would overlook the PAT score. PAT is extremely important, which is why it's an independent score.

We have a winner.....

"The DATs are weighted very heavily in dental admissions decisions. Five of its component scores—academic average, science, perceptual ability, reading comprehension, and biology—were each rated more important by U.S. schools than any other factor. On a scale of 1 (least important) to 9 (most important), the academic average was rated (median score) 9, science 8, perceptual ability 7, and the rest of the component scores 6 or below as respective individual criteria of importance in the admissions decision. Quantitative reasoning score was ranked least important among the DAT’s component scores with a median of 2."

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=604894&page=2 is the thread where we talked about this with the above statements source (post 59).

 

[yuppers]

I'm actually pretty confident about my interview skills...UCLA put me in the top percentile of their list.

Any advice/tips for interviews since you dominated them?

 

[nze82]

Any advice/tips for interviews since you dominated them?

Not anything in particular...I'm a talkative person in general and I'm naturally good at engaging people in a conversation. I just try to relax and be myself. If there's any advice I can give you is to avoid playing the role of a "Perfect Applicant." The minute you start faking stuff to sound like a perfect applicant, they will pick up on it, and they don't like it. They want to get to know you as an individual, who is well aware of his/her strengths and weaknesses. They already know you're a decent student, otherwise you wouldn't have been sitting there. Most of them are more interested to get to know you on a personal level. So, try to be yourself!

 

[yuppers]

Not anything in particular...I'm a talkative person in general and I'm naturally good at engaging people in a conversation. I just try to relax and be myself. If there's any advice I can give you is to avoid playing the role of a "Perfect Applicant." The minute you start faking stuff to sound like a perfect applicant, they will pick up on it, and they don't like it. They want to get to know you as an individual, who is well aware of his/her strengths and weaknesses. They already know you're a decent student, otherwise you wouldn't have been sitting there. Most of them are more interested to get to know you on a personal level. So, try to be yourself!

👍 Thanks. By the way, I have no weaknesses....

 

[nze82]

👍 Thanks. By the way, I have no weaknesses....

You're welcome!
I'm sure that'll get you into dental school😉