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[MrAvicii]

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new member here, NY resident coming out with a 3.45 gpa and 3.51 science gpa. my DAT score had a 20AA with a 18 total sciences. and a 23 in reading.

my current list:

nyu, buffalo, stony, umdnj, usc, tufts, bu, asdoh, midwestern il, midwestern az, western, lecom, usn roseman, indiana, michigan, temple, louisville, uconn, case western, pitt and minnesota.

where else should i apply?

 

[amalgamgrillz]

new member here, NY resident coming out with a 3.45 gpa and 3.51 science gpa. my DAT score had a 20AA with a 18 total sciences. and a 23 in reading.

my current list:

nyu, buffalo, stony, umdnj, usc, tufts, bu, asdoh, midwestern il, midwestern az, western, lecom, usn roseman, indiana, michigan, temple, louisville, uconn, case western, pitt and minnesota.

where else should i apply?

Wherever you like. At this point, I would aim for as many as your wallet can handle. You're applying pretty late.

 

[MrAvicii]

anyone else?

 

[MedDevil]

If you're a bio major, add Nova.

 

[bing12]

anyone else?

whats ur DAT breakdown and your major?

 

[MrAvicii]

whats ur DAT breakdown and your major?

im a non-trad, major was business. dat no score is lower than a 17, with a 19 in bio and 23 in reading.

any other schools i should add?

 

[bing12]

im a non-trad, major was business. dat no score is lower than a 17, with a 19 in bio and 23 in reading.

any other schools i should add?

no

 

[nondescriptive]

im a non-trad, major was business. dat no score is lower than a 17, with a 19 in bio and 23 in reading.

any other schools i should add?

thats not much of a breakdown. If you want advice you can't be hiding anything; what about your chem and o-chem. What about your PAT

 

[AmpedUp]

You have a chance. Apply!

 

[MrAvicii]

thats not much of a breakdown. If you want advice you can't be hiding anything; what about your chem and o-chem. What about your PAT

nothing to hide, i doubt anything else adds to my selection. 20 in pat and 19 in gc and oc

 

[nondescriptive]

nothing to hide, i doubt anything else adds to my selection. 20 in pat and 19 in gc and oc

Then you're good to go; I think you've applied to enough schools. Dont forget, you have to pay another 50 for secondary, so that will run into the hundreds.

 

[MrAvicii]

You have a chance. Apply!

amped apply where?

 

[mc719]

amped apply where?

Woooh, that's a lot of schools. You know most probably have secondaries(which include essays and $50-75 a pop) right?

 

[MrAvicii]

Woooh, that's a lot of schools. You know most probably have secondaries(which include essays and $50-75 a pop) right?

thats fine, its an investment, if im cheap now and dont pay those fees, ill waste more next yr n then lose out on 1 yrs worth of income.

 

[VegasRDH]

You have a great RC score which factors very heavily at UNLV with their equation for scoring applicants:

[(Sci GPA + Cum GPA)/4] x (RC/30) x [(BIO + OCHEM + QR)/90] x 75

They do favor NV residents and early OOS but it may be worth a shot. A few people were accepted as late as April last year. Good luck!

 

[doctor123456789]

"ill waste more next yr n then lose out on 1 yrs worth of income"
ah, so you're in dentistry ALL FOR THE MONEY?!?!!?>?!?@!?@!?@#$#@$@#$@#

Great you're the one person that admits it, yet we all pretend it's our last reason we go into it. I mean, who would want to go into someone's mouth and start scraping their teeth if it paid 20k a year..

 

[MrAvicii]

"ill waste more next yr n then lose out on 1 yrs worth of income"
ah, so you're in dentistry ALL FOR THE MONEY?!?!!?>?!?@!?@!?@#$#@$@#$@#

Great you're the one person that admits it, yet we all pretend it's our last reason we go into it. I mean, who would want to go into someone's mouth and start scraping their teeth if it paid 20k a year..

lol thanks. money is at least 51% of the equation, anybody who says its not is a liar. (paraphrasing doctor house)

 

[doctor123456789]

Ya, i wish at an interview we could say a reason to go into dentistry is because of the financial stability that the career holds. I mean, the doctors there know it was their reason, and they know its ours, and it's also our motivation(like after 4 years of undergrad we're 120k in debt we wanna pay this ish off!). I think that's a hell of a good reason, but we all have to bs our way through the interview. The whole system is flawed. The DAT should be a test on what we learned, not on what materials we bought, and who had the most money to go buy a personal tutor. If it were up to me, all DAT materials would be illegal. It should be a test of what you actually picked up from your classes instead of what you learned at those pricy lessons/books you bought. Then you'd find someone who's likely to succeed in your school, instead of some rich kid that got to pay for 30 apps and whom also spent 3000$ on test prep.That shows how well he studied for that one test, not how well he knows the subjects.

 

[nondescriptive]

You have a great RC score which factors very heavily at UNLV with their equation for scoring applicants:

[(Sci GPA + Cum GPA)/4] x (RC/30) x [(BIO + OCHEM + QR)/90] x 75

They do favor NV residents and early OOS but it may be worth a shot. A few people were accepted as late as April last year. Good luck!

What does this equation mean? I got a 67? Is that good

 

[MrAvicii]

Ya, i wish at an interview we could say a reason to go into dentistry is because of the financial stability that the career holds. I mean, the doctors there know it was their reason, and they know its ours, and it's also our motivation(like after 4 years of undergrad we're 120k in debt we wanna pay this ish off!). I think that's a hell of a good reason, but we all have to bs our way through the interview. The whole system is flawed. The DAT should be a test on what we learned, not on what materials we bought, and who had the most money to go buy a personal tutor. If it were up to me, all DAT materials would be illegal. It should be a test of what you actually picked up from your classes instead of what you learned at those pricy lessons/books you bought. Then you'd find someone who's likely to succeed in your school, instead of some rich kid that got to pay for 30 apps and whom also spent 3000$ on test prep.That shows how well he studied for that one test, not how well he knows the subjects.

sorry man, this is where i disagree with you. life is like evolution, its not fair, its not about who should or shouldnt, its just is what it is. some people spend a lot of money and some dont have any to spend, some people are born in poor countries and have no future, what can you do?

life is like poker, you have to play the hand your dealt. thats all you can do.

 

[RSD2014]

If you're a bio major, add Nova.

If you're a bio major, what's the reason for adding Nova? I don't get it.

 

[mc719]

Ya, i wish at an interview we could say a reason to go into dentistry is because of the financial stability that the career holds. I mean, the doctors there know it was their reason, and they know its ours, and it's also our motivation(like after 4 years of undergrad we're 120k in debt we wanna pay this ish off!). I think that's a hell of a good reason, but we all have to bs our way through the interview. The whole system is flawed. The DAT should be a test on what we learned, not on what materials we bought, and who had the most money to go buy a personal tutor. If it were up to me, all DAT materials would be illegal. It should be a test of what you actually picked up from your classes instead of what you learned at those pricy lessons/books you bought. Then you'd find someone who's likely to succeed in your school, instead of some rich kid that got to pay for 30 apps and whom also spent 3000$ on test prep.That shows how well he studied for that one test, not how well he knows the subjects.

You have some good points, I agree that dentistry is a career like any other and most people go into it because it is a great career (i.e. great job security, compensation, lifestyle etc.). I also think it is OK to mention those reasons when you are interviewing. But you also have to have some reasons why you think you would actually enjoy doing the work. They don't want to accept someone who is going to change their mind a year down the road because they've decided it's not what they want to do, regardless of the pay or the hours.

And about the application process costing too much and being unfair, I think that is completely wrong. The great thing about education, in my opinion, is that it is the great equalizer. Get a part time job and buy a $100 study guide and work your ass off and you can get into the best school and eventually become a wealthy oral surgeon, if you wanted to, regardless of how much money your parents have. Not all things are that fair. My parents don't have any money to help me (except for letting me live at home), but that's not going to stop me from eventually becoming a rich dentist some day. The world of capitalism can be unfair, but if you work your butt off getting a solid education you can make it a little bit more fair for yourself.

 

[AlwaysSmiles]

nothing to hide, i doubt anything else adds to my selection. 20 in pat and 19 in gc and oc

How did you end up with a TS of 18 if all three science scores were 19? Did you mean TS of 19? That threw me off.

 

[MrAvicii]

How did you end up with a TS of 18 if all three science scores were 19? Did you mean TS of 19? That threw me off.

TS is not the average of 3 science scores. I hope you knew that.

 

[AlwaysSmiles]

TS is not the average of 3 science scores. I hope you knew that.

Hah. I do now. 🙂 You're right. Somehow my TS ended up being the same as the average of my scores.