No acceptances and/or interview invites

[cyclohexane101]

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Anyone at this point have no acceptances and/or interview invites coming up?
I'm hoping for some good news in January but because my school will send my transcript in the middle of January, I'm worried that my academic update will not do any good 🙁

 

[ZaneKaiser]

You should start preparing on improving next application cycle tbh....

 

[Faux]

You did extremely well on the DAT, but you took it in Sept. You were nearing oct when all the processing is all said and done. I wouldn't be surprised if you get an interview/acceptance now but wouldn't you want to have your pickings next cycle if you apply on time? Thats what I did.

Your general GPA might be low, but I'm not sure I would settle for tufts or NYU with your DAT scores. And if you get an acceptance from one of them and decide to reapply, thats going to be a blemish.

Don't even feel bad about it if you don't hear anything back. With those DAT scores, you will be the one picking the schools if you actually apply on time. Enjoy the time off, make a list of things you want to do, travel, get more healthier/fit. My unexpected gap year was the best time. It sucked at first not applying like I wanted to, but with the DAT done and my GPA being fine, I just sat back, enjoyed my time off and waited for the cycle to begin.

Theres no rush.

 

[deleted740991]

You did extremely well on the DAT, but you took it in Sept. You were nearing oct when all the processing is all said and done. I wouldn't be surprised if you get an interview/acceptance now but wouldn't you want to have your pickings next cycle if you apply on time? Thats what I did.

Your general GPA might be low, but I'm not sure I would settle for tufts or NYU with your DAT scores. And if you get an acceptance from one of them and decide to reapply, thats going to be a blemish.

Don't even feel bad about it if you don't hear anything back. With those DAT scores, you will be the one picking the schools if you actually apply on time. Enjoy the time off, make a list of things you want to do, travel, get more healthier/fit. My unexpected gap year was the best time. It sucked at first not applying like I wanted to, but with the DAT done and my GPA being fine, I just sat back, enjoyed my time off and waited for the cycle to begin.

Theres no rush.

Don't do this. This is an awful line of reasoning and easy to say from the other side. Go to your interviews and see what happens.

Don't let anyone fool you here who's already made it past their roadblocks: dental school admission is getting harder and harder every year, and a high stat in one checkbox doesn't let you "pick where you go". Assuming I'm reading correctly, you applied late this cycle with a superb DAT, low GPA, and two upcoming interviews at private schools that lend a great shot at acceptance.

I'm sorry, but there is no guarantee in admissions anymore, this cycle or the next, that you will be granted interviews and acceptances if you tried again. Live in the present, do the best you can in your interviews, and then follow the pieces as they fall. Who knows, you may actually enjoy Tufts and NYU; or, you may get denied.

Part of life is accepting that you made certain decisions at certain times and you have to take the best path going forward if you want to achieve what you're setting out to do. It was ultimately your doing that placed you in this position with a late application and processing time, so you have to accept that some of the results this cycle (and thus, your life trajectory) may be different than what you expected. If you turn down interview invites and then acceptances, there is a high likelihood that those specific schools will discard your file next time.

 

[ljcesar]

what schools did you apply to this cycle?

 

[Universitygeek]

Don't do this. This is an awful line of reasoning and easy to say from the other side. Go to your interviews and see what happens.

Don't let anyone fool you here who's already made it past their roadblocks: dental school admission is getting harder and harder every year, and a high stat in one checkbox doesn't let you "pick where you go". Assuming I'm reading correctly, you applied late this cycle with a superb DAT, low GPA, and two upcoming interviews at private schools that lend a great shot at acceptance.

I'm sorry, but there is no guarantee in admissions anymore, this cycle or the next, that you will be granted interviews and acceptances if you tried again. Live in the present, do the best you can in your interviews, and then follow the pieces as they fall. Who knows, you may actually enjoy Tufts and NYU; or, you may get denied.

Part of life is accepting that you made certain decisions at certain times and you have to take the best path going forward if you want to achieve what you're setting out to do. It was ultimately your doing that placed you in this position with a late application and processing time, so you have to accept that some of the results this cycle (and thus, your life trajectory) may be different than what you expected. If you turn down interview invites and then acceptances, there is a high likelihood that those specific schools will discard your file next time.

Just curious, why are the admissions becoming harder each year? Are there more international students or something like that?

 

[deleted740991]

Just curious, why are the admissions becoming harder each year? Are there more international students or something like that?

Simple. Dentistry is an attractive professional career given the debt incurred, income potential, limited healthcare regulations, and number of rural areas still needing help in the U.S. Automation and technology is eliminating middle-class jobs, engineering is becoming outsourced pennies on the dollar, small business owners are getting hammered by overhead and tax regulations, mainstream professional degrees (PharmD, JD) have no underserved growth due to saturation, and the once be-all medicine (MD, OD) is valueless due to federal subsidies if you're not a specialty surgeon. So thousands of people are applying for 100 spots on average per dental school, and the number of applicants + competitive applicants is increasing every single year by tens of thousands. Plus, the drive for diversity in dentistry is heating up every single cycle, making admission standards for non-underrepresented minorities (Whites, Asians, Indians, Middle Eastern) even harder, making your application fall into a subset of a subset that you can't control against the field. Every cycle after the present is squeezing the margins more and more.

Don't forgo interviews or acceptances. Just don't.

 

[rhemsley]

How does the debt incurred make dentistry attractive?

 

[cyclohexane101]

I just have one WL at nyu. At this point I cannot be picky, hopefully nyu will accept me then I will be making my deposit on the same day.

 

[DocHockey8]

I gave up my spot at NYU today, goodluck @cyclohexane101


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[cyclohexane101]

I gave up my spot at NYU today, goodluck @cyclohexane101


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Thank you. Good luck with the school you chose to attend.


At what point should I expect the schools I haven't heard from to be giving out silent rejection?

 

[DocHockey8]

Thank you. Good luck with the school you chose to attend.


At what point should I expect the schools I haven't heard from to be giving out silent rejection?

I really have no idea, i haven't heard a peep from BU, Tufts, Maryland or Pitt.. i got accepted to NYU, Temple and LECOM all december 1, so i can't complain.

Goodluck to you too!


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