Non-Trad not taking any more classes in not accepted. Acceptable?

[GSUgrad23]

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This cycle I applied to 16 schools. As of March 30th, 2015, I have been rejected by 8, interviewed at 4, and have yet to hear (assumed rejection) from 4 others.

The results of my interviews:
LECOM: waitlist
UTHSC (Memphis): waitlist
Tufts: waitlist
NYU: awaiting notice, interviewed 3/27/15

Stats (if relevant):
GPA: 3.11
SciGpa: 3.3
DAT: 20AA/25RC/22 Orgo/ 19 Sci Avg (low sections: 17 PAT & 16 QR)
Academic Summary: Accounting undergrad with 1.5 yrs work experience, followed by 1.5 years of post-bacc science courses. Plenty of extra-curriculars/shadowing on app. Relatively low volunteering hours. Obvious upward trend with post-bacc science class grades.

Question: Taking into account the fact that it is relatively late in the cycle, I have recently been planning for a situation in which I am not accepted into a dental school. My most likely path if I need to re-apply, will involve me working full time in accounting throughout the 2015 application process until I (hopefully) enter dental school for the fall of 2016.

I know that a few of the schools (at least Tufts and NYU) have the potential to select a bunch of people from their waitlists, but I don't want to wait on an acceptance until June without any plan.

I do not believe that I will take additional science courses over the next year. This decision is largely a financial one, and I wanted some feedback; does the SDN community think/know how schools during the next cycle may view my decision to only work and not take additional courses?

Personally, I think one disadvantage my application for fall 2015 had was an "application complete" date of 9/10/14, which in my opinion is relatively late. I had all of my application materials submitted to AADSAS, however one of my references did not submit their letter of recommendation until early September of 2014.

If not taking courses, I would likely volunteer/continue to shadow to indicate my continued passion/interest for dental school. I have considered re-taking the DAT, but seeing as that I only have 2 "low" sections, I'm not sure I want to invest the time and money (on another prep course) to boost my PAT and QR.

Any advice/input is greatly appreciated.

TL;DR - I'm a non-trad planning my next year if I need to re-apply, not going to take more classes, bad move?

 

[I want to go to there]

No, not necessarily. However, I would consider retaking since if your sci avg is 19, you prob got 18 on both gen chem and bio and you want higher scores than that. Also, PAT and QR are below what you would want.

What was your GPA in post bac? I think your weakest areas are your academics, so study hard and retake the DAT. Then, if you have time, do some volunteering and shadowing.

 

[doc toothache]

Had your application been "relatively late" as you believe, you would have had zero interviews. Should you need it, wouldn't it be wiser to contact the schools in question and ask them how you can improve you application?

 

[TourdeTeeth]

If you had 4 interviews and didn't get an acceptance then your interviewing skills are probably the problem. I used iprepdental.com to prepare for my only interview and I was accepted. Check it out. It helped me a lot. I have no affiliation with iprepdental other than being a happy customer.

 

[Triflate]

yes, bad move imo. You should take at least 1-2 upper division science courses through this coming fall and next spring. And maybe consider retaking DAT to try and get your TS to a 20. Also apply earlier.