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Hello All
This was MY experience 3 years ago. I believe it will help all of you. Since, NYU is pretty much the last hope for many people (b/c they start their interviews after, most of dental schools' have accepted FTDs)
I was in the same boat as many of you. At the time of applying I had Part I 87, GPA 2.83 and Toefl 230. Surprisingly I was called for an interview. So, the first comment they made was Your Gpa is too low, we usually accept students with 3.0 or higher, they also said your TOEFL score is borderline. then they asked what do you think you can do? I should have said why did you call me for an interview to tell me my scores suck . But, anyways I said I cant change the GPA (one stat that you cant change ). I could take the Part II and TOEFL again, and also if NYU accept me I can gurantee that my GPA 1st year would be well above 3.0.
1 week later I received a nice rejection letter.
Now this my opinion that if you have a gpa above 3 and are called for in interview early, you have a good chance, if you get called with gpa less then 3, be prepared for some scolding.
So to finish my story, I Applied to 16 schools the following year with improved application: Part I 87, Part II 77, TOEFL ibt 99, FL dental hyegienist License, 2.5 years of dental assistant and observeship.
I was interviewed at 5 schools (UIC, NJ, USC, Loma Linda, and UDM), accepted and 2. *No interview from NYU, funny thing is it not?*
The most amazing thing is, Currently I am almost done with 1 year at UIC, and love it here, one of the best schools and excellent clinical experience,
Dentalbug
thanks dentalbug.....it is really very encouraging for many of us who are still waiting to get into dental school......best of luck for future