Need advice please!

[healthcaree]

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So I've interviewed at three different schools: Western, NYU, and ASDOH.

Western was pre-dec.1st
NYU and ASDOH were in December before the schools went on a break.

But I got waitlisted at all those schools. I received waitlist mail for NYU just yesterday. Western, I never got a call on the 1st, so those who haven't received anything (and an email recently saying "continuing review") were placed on a waitlist which is the case for me. For ASDOH, I see someone got in that interviewed on the same day with me. So I contacted the admissions advisor, and she said that I'm on the waiting list so I may hear something in January. I never received an official waiting list mail like NYU; I hear from previous ASDOH interviewees that they received the mail as being "high/med/low" on the alternate list. so I'm not sure what's really going on with this one.

So here is the situation. Just as a back-up plan, I applied for Masters in Biomedical Science program in MWU-Illinois which I got accepted to. I have until January 13th to send in my deposit ($750), but I really don't want to take this master's degree road unless I got rejected from all the schools I have applied to (I didn't expect to hear back from this master's program so soon!). I'm also a re-applicant for dental. I got waitlisted last year too and never heard back. So I'm really iffy about all this alternate list.

Here are my stats:

cGPA: 3.33, sGPA: 3.22, nsGPA: 3.68
DAT: 20AA/21TS/22PAT (22bio/20gc/19oc/21rc/20qr)

I have 3000+ hrs of research, two publications.
600+ hrs in volunteering in a dental clinic
500+ hrs in dental assisting position

My app was completed end of August. I contacted my interviewers and they told me that I have a great interview skill which I believe that it's my GPA that's holding me back. What do I do now..? Should I send in my deposit for master's degree just in case? or is it still early in the cycle and hope to hear back from more schools?

 

[Destiny11]

So I've interviewed at three different schools: Western, NYU, and ASDOH.

Western was pre-dec.1st
NYU and ASDOH were in December before the schools went on a break.

But I got waitlisted at all those schools. I received waitlist mail for NYU just yesterday. Western, I never got a call on the 1st, so those who haven't received anything (and an email recently saying "continuing review") were placed on a waitlist which is the case for me. For ASDOH, I see someone got in that interviewed on the same day with me. So I contacted the admissions advisor, and she said that I'm on the waiting list so I may hear something in January. I never received an official waiting list mail like NYU; I hear from previous ASDOH interviewees that they received the mail as being "high/med/low" on the alternate list. so I'm not sure what's really going on with this one.

So here is the situation. Just as a back-up plan, I applied for Masters in Biomedical Science program in MWU-Illinois which I got accepted to. I have until January 13th to send in my deposit ($750), but I really don't want to take this master's degree road unless I got rejected from all the schools I have applied to (I didn't expect to hear back from this master's program so soon!). I'm also a re-applicant for dental. I got waitlisted last year too and never heard back. So I'm really iffy about all this alternate list.

Here are my stats:

cGPA: 3.33, sGPA: 3.22, nsGPA: 3.68
DAT: 20AA/21TS/22PAT (22bio/20gc/19oc/21rc/20qr)

I have 3000+ hrs of research, two publications.
600+ hrs in volunteering in a dental clinic
500+ hrs in dental assisting position

My app was completed end of August. I contacted my interviewers and they told me that I have a great interview skill which I believe that it's my GPA that's holding me back. What do I do now..? Should I send in my deposit for master's degree just in case? or is it still early in the cycle and hope to hear back from more schools?

Did you apply to the MA or the MBS program at MWU-IL? I would wait until a few days before Jan. 13 to make that deposit if you don't hear back from these 3 schools.

 

[healthcaree]

Masters in Biomedical Science, so MBS.

 

[4thMolar]

I would go ahead and put down your deposit as well in early January. When does this program start? If it starts in the summer or fall, it shouldn't really matter much. If you get into a dental school, the worst that can happen is you lose the $750.

 

[dentalWorks]

So I've interviewed at three different schools: Western, NYU, and ASDOH.

Western was pre-dec.1st
NYU and ASDOH were in December before the schools went on a break.

But I got waitlisted at all those schools. I received waitlist mail for NYU just yesterday. Western, I never got a call on the 1st, so those who haven't received anything (and an email recently saying "continuing review") were placed on a waitlist which is the case for me. For ASDOH, I see someone got in that interviewed on the same day with me. So I contacted the admissions advisor, and she said that I'm on the waiting list so I may hear something in January. I never received an official waiting list mail like NYU; I hear from previous ASDOH interviewees that they received the mail as being "high/med/low" on the alternate list. so I'm not sure what's really going on with this one.

So here is the situation. Just as a back-up plan, I applied for Masters in Biomedical Science program in MWU-Illinois which I got accepted to. I have until January 13th to send in my deposit ($750), but I really don't want to take this master's degree road unless I got rejected from all the schools I have applied to (I didn't expect to hear back from this master's program so soon!). I'm also a re-applicant for dental. I got waitlisted last year too and never heard back. So I'm really iffy about all this alternate list.

Here are my stats:

cGPA: 3.33, sGPA: 3.22, nsGPA: 3.68
DAT: 20AA/21TS/22PAT (22bio/20gc/19oc/21rc/20qr)

I have 3000+ hrs of research, two publications.
600+ hrs in volunteering in a dental clinic
500+ hrs in dental assisting position

My app was completed end of August. I contacted my interviewers and they told me that I have a great interview skill which I believe that it's my GPA that's holding me back. What do I do now..? Should I send in my deposit for master's degree just in case? or is it still early in the cycle and hope to hear back from more schools?

IMO, a safer option is post-bacc. Get started on post-bacc as early as this January, start taking 3-4 classes of upper level biology. It will bring up the GPA, show strong upward trend, and won't have you "committed" to a masters program that might last 1-2 years.

 

[healthcaree]

i guess post-bacc would be the smartest option but here's the problem. in order to take classes as a post-bacc I need to be re-admitted to the university just like undergraduate students (registration office people said being admitted as a post-bacc is even harder than undergrad). I don't want to take classes at a cc just in case it looks frowned upon -- especially NYU doesn't like cc classes so much. I'm gonna try to take classes as a non-matriculated student, but most upper-division courses are already full.. the only option would be to go to the class without being registered and hope that some people DROP.. i never should've filed/applied for graduation!!!! this is making everything so hard.


thanks for the advice though 🙂

 

[dentalWorks]

i guess post-bacc would be the smartest option but here's the problem. in order to take classes as a post-bacc I need to be re-admitted to the university just like undergraduate students (registration office people said being admitted as a post-bacc is even harder than undergrad). I don't want to take classes at a cc just in case it looks frowned upon -- especially NYU doesn't like cc classes so much. I'm gonna try to take classes as a non-matriculated student, but most upper-division courses are already full.. the only option would be to go to the class without being registered and hope that some people DROP.. i never should've filed/applied for graduation!!!! this is making everything so hard.


thanks for the advice though 🙂

you don't have to be a "non-matriculating" or "post-bacc" student. Just tell them you want to pursue a 2nd bachelors degree. Thats what I did, MSU didn't have a "post-bacc" option, they wouldn't take me unless I gave them a real major.... So my "post-bacc" was officially my 2nd bachelors in chemistry (I never fully committed to the 2nd bachelors of course, it was just for paper work)

and i do agree with your CC comment, I wouldn't do post-bacc at a CC. I don't have "real" reasons for this, I just prefer 4-year university over CC

 

[healthcaree]

well that's not how it work for my undergrad.. guess every school is different. in order for a student/non-student to be enrolled in a class, we need to register through a school online system. the school has registration priority ranks when you can register. current enrolled students who have completed the previous quarter gets priorty #1, then the students who are coming back (still matriculated, but took some time off or so). For my case, I've already graduated meaning that I'm not an enrolled student so I get NO priority. In order for me to take a class is to go to a class on the first day of school and wait for other students to drop so I can get an add code from the professor which is really hard b/c all upper-division courses are full. b/c it's a big state school, it's even hard for enrolled students to be signed up in a certain class. some students have to wait another quarter to take one class b/c it's already full even for priority #1 students.