*~*~*~* Official 2015-2016 Interview/Acceptance/Rejection Thread *~*~*~*

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Loveteeth92 said:
4 schools? Dammm... I wouldn't do that!!!
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This was an easy choice... I was super broke when I applied and this is my third cycle applying (so really super broke). I found the money to apply to four I was most interested in, haha. But yeah.. It was scary there at the end.
 
FindingAJess said:
This was an easy choice... I was super broke when I applied and this is my third cycle applying (so really super broke). I found the money to apply to four I was most interested in, haha. But yeah.. It was scary there at the end.
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third cycle applying with your stats? wow congratulations well deserved!
 
Loveteeth92 said:
4 schools? Dammm... I wouldn't do that!!!
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FindingAJess said:
This was an easy choice... I was super broke when I applied and this is my third cycle applying (so really super broke). I found the money to apply to four I was most interested in, haha. But yeah.. It was scary there at the end.
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Last cycle, I applied to 4 schools and got WL at one.
This year, I applied to 1 school and got in.

I've known all along where I wanted to go.
Some people said I was crazy for applying go such few schools last cycle, and crazy for only one this cycle, but I knew it was where I wanted to go, soo.. I put my faith in it happening.

(and I lucked out, lol).
 
GoldenDomer11 said:
ACCEPTANCE #3 - Columbia !! :soexcited:

Notification date: 2/23/16

Method of notification: Email

Residency: PA

AADSAS Mail out date: 7/31

3.07 sGPA 3.2 oGPA (3.3 w/AU)

DAT (AA/TS/PAT/RC): 21/20/22/24


Someone pinch me I must be dreaming..
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congrats buddy!! I don't mean to sound rude but are you URM? or did you have insane ECs and essays? I am a little jealous
 
After 3 long years of applying, finally got my 1st acceptance!!! Don't give up or lose hope!

School: MWU-IL
Notification Date: 02/23/2016
Residency: NC
AADSAS mail-out date: first batch
GPA (science, overall): 3.14, 3.12 (grad. 4.00)
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/21/24/21/no
 
Rejection from MW-AZ after 5 months on an interview waitlist. The only school I wanted to go to. Second app cycle for me. I'm Very Sad.

GPA 3.4
DAT AA 19, TS 19, PAT, 20, Reading 20.
 
flossfordollars said:
Rejection from MW-AZ after 5 months on an interview waitlist. The only school I wanted to go to. Second app cycle for me. I'm Very Sad.

GPA 3.4
DAT AA 19, TS 19, PAT, 20, Reading 20.
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Ouch, sorry to hear that. Hopefully other schools will give you some good news soon!
 
flossfordollars said:
I have joint custody and can't leave AZ, so it's my only option. Thank you!
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What if you write them a heartfelt letter/talk to them and describe your unique circumstance? I mean it's a long shot but at this point you really don't have anything to lose. Besides, you were able to get an interview, it's not like you're too far off from acceptance in the first place.
 
ggy said:
What if you write them a heartfelt letter/talk to them and describe your unique circumstance? I mean it's a long shot but at this point you really don't have anything to lose. Besides, you were able to get an interview, it's not like you're too far off from acceptance in the first place.
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Pretty sure he or she was waitlisted to receive an interview and then later rejected.

Sorry to hear that though :/
 
ggy said:
What if you write them a heartfelt letter/talk to them and describe your unique circumstance? I mean it's a long shot but at this point you really don't have anything to lose. Besides, you were able to get an interview, it's not like you're too far off from acceptance in the first place.
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Thanks for the advice! Just did that, talked to an advisor and he said they hadn't looked at my updated AADSAS which helps my application a lot. We'll see what he can get done! You're right, I have nothing to lose... I hope it helps!
 
darweeezy said:
After 3 long years of applying, finally got my 1st acceptance!!! Don't give up or lose hope!

School: MWU-IL
Notification Date: 02/23/2016
Residency: NC
AADSAS mail-out date: first batch
GPA (science, overall): 3.14, 3.12 (grad. 4.00)
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/21/24/21/no
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Congratulations! your dream came true 🙂
 
flossfordollars said:
Rejection from MW-AZ after 5 months on an interview waitlist. The only school I wanted to go to. Second app cycle for me. I'm Very Sad.

GPA 3.4
DAT AA 19, TS 19, PAT, 20, Reading 20.
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I am declining their acceptance offer, so a spot will open up. I hope it goes to you!
 
Rejection #9: University of Washington

Pleeeeeaaassee someone take me!!! I received a 4-year HPSP scholarship that I don't want to have to give up!:help::arghh:
 
Rejection #8 BU

Took em long enough as I didn't even finish the supplemental app. The sight of their horrible gowns made me rethink paying them the supp fee.
 
lazyindy said:
Rejection #8 BU

Took em long enough as I didn't even finish the supplemental app. The sight of their horrible gowns made me rethink paying them the supp fee.
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I actually laughed out loud at that


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ShootItLizbef said:
I actually laughed out loud at that


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seriously imagine your parents seeing you in these at the ceremony. It would be traumatizing and and very shameful, I would possibly be disowned:

BU-SDM-commencement4.jpg
 
rxdmx372 said:
In what world do tuition and curriculum structure get ignored when deciding between schools? What factors are left for us to consider when advising you on your choice between the two?
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In a world where I'm OOS for Louisville so the tuitions are the same. Both cities are not the safest and have similar weather. In a world where PBL is not as frightening as SDN might think it would be. Professors, curriculum emphasis, clinical experience, patient pool, clinical and didactics instructors, reputation, research availabilty, specialty opportunities in the future, preping for boards, exams schedule, variaty of procedures in clinics, Graduating on time ... Compared to these favtors location and tuition should not be comsidered as the main factors IMO. e.g. People are paying a lot for Penn for a reason.
 
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dent--girl7 said:
Are you asking, strictly on the basis of reputation, which school to choose?
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Not specifically, but reputation is also important for me. According to ADEA reputation constitutes 30% of the decisions made when applying to sepacialty. (Amdissions decision based on the repuatuion of the dental school one graduates)
 
hopeful_applicant said:
In a world where I'm OOS for Louisville so the tuitions are the same. Both cities are not the safest and have similar weather. In a world where PBL is not as frightening as SDN might think it would be. Professors, curriculum emphasis, clinical experience, patient pool, clinical and didactics instructors, reputation, research availabilty, specialty opportunities in the future, preping for boards, exams schedule, variaty of procedures in clinics, Graduating on time ... Compared to these favtors location and tuition should not be comsidered as the main factors IMO. e.g. People are paying a lot for Penn for a reason.
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You could also consider what part of the country you might want to practice in. I went to undergrad in the South and there were a lot of UT Memphis and U of L dentists that ended up getting positions at Vanderbilt Oral Surgery as well as practiced in the area. I haven't met a Case dentist yet (aside from interviewing), but you might want to consider where you would eventually like to practice as well. I know a lot of people tend to go to their home state to practice if they are out of state for schools, but different parts of the country may have different views of dentists (Southern residencies may preference southern schools, northern residencies may preference northern schools). Just wanted to throw that in there too as another thing to think about.

The southern states also have pretty bad oral health rankings so there might be more opportunity for positions and initiatives there.
 
rxdmx372 said:
I highly highly highly disagree that tuition shouldn't be a factor in general, but you're OOS for both so you have a fair point. The areas around both schools are safe; it's different sections of each city that make them "unsafe".

Now the other factors you mentioned are good to consider, but I've only interviewed at Case so can't comment on Louisviile although I've never heard anything negative about it. Case had newer technology and facilities within an older building, with new space on the way. The students seemed content, and it looked like the faculty were right on top of them in the sim clinic to give helpful, constructive advice. They get a good amount of exposure to procedures and the goal of the school seemed like it was to graduate people to be competent in practice day one, no hesitation. Case by no means has a bad reputation for specializing, and I think Louisville's is slightly "better", but you have control over what kind of applicant you are to specialty programs; the name of your school doesn't define you.

My apologizes not used to the smart phone and it prematurely hit enter
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Thanks! In what terms is UofL better? [A: reputation for specializing]
 
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Culti92 said:
You could also consider what part of the country you might want to practice in. I went to undergrad in the South and there were a lot of UT Memphis and U of L dentists that ended up getting positions at Vanderbilt Oral Surgery as well as practiced in the area. I haven't met a Case dentist yet (aside from interviewing), but you might want to consider where you would eventually like to practice as well. I know a lot of people tend to go to their home state to practice if they are out of state for schools, but different parts of the country may have different views of dentists (Southern residencies may preference southern schools, northern residencies may preference northern schools). Just wanted to throw that in there too as another thing to think about.

The southern states also have pretty bad oral health rankings so there might be more opportunity for positions and initiatives there.
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I agree. Not many in the North know of UofL and wiseversa. I am from Gerogia and might come back here to practice. However my fiance works at Case and this makes it conplicated. Her contact ends in November and then it will be her time to Match somewhere for her residency, which she might have more chances at Case technically. I've heard confusing comments from current students about UofL and it's made me vary of the school. I'm hearing different things here now.
 
SableFire said:
I would think that your best deciding factor is curriculum and student body. I don't think you can ignore PBL that is a huge difference between the schools!
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Case is not PBL heavy as USC for example. It's more of a hybrid form in addition to lectures in D1 only and that's it. I haven't experienced PBL ever but how bad could it be?
 
SableFire said:
True true. Which one is closer to home?
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Louisville. But I've heard they emphesize maybe too much on Patho and because they increased their class size from 85 to 120 many students couldn't graduate on time due to lack of patients. About 25 students I think, which is scary IMO.
 
hopeful_applicant said:
In a world where I'm OOS for Louisville so the tuitions are the same. Both cities are not the safest and have similar weather. In a world where PBL is not as frightening as SDN might think it would be. Professors, curriculum emphasis, clinical experience, patient pool, clinical and didactics instructors, reputation, research availabilty, specialty opportunities in the future, preping for boards, exams schedule, variaty of procedures in clinics, Graduating on time ... Compared to these favtors location and tuition should not be comsidered as the main factors IMO. e.g. People are paying a lot for Penn for a reason.
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The PBL at Case is absolutely nothing to worry about, its nothing like USC. I spoke with students during my interview and Case is primarily lectures and has some minimal amounts of PBL incorporated into it. Case has plenty of dentists and faculty there to instruct you at all times, probably more than many other dental schools. Case has a great curriculum that prepares you to be a strong general dentist, especially since they are one of the few schools that actually have business and finance courses that teach you how to run a private practice (i asked other schools I interviewed at like UPenn and they don't have such courses at all). The clinical experience is great and you have your own chairs so the patient pool is not a problem at all, this is Cleveland and the Cleveland Clinic is one of the best clinical and hospital care in the country, the patients will be plenty in abundance. Like others have said there were many instructors in the Case dental clinic during the interview so there is no lack of instructors at all. The reputation of Case Western in general as a school is not bad, its overall campus is ranked #37 by USNEWS and has one of the best medical schools in the country, I would imagine it's dental school is no different in quality. Case is a very old dental school from the 1800s so most working dentists know about Case, this isn't a new school like Midwestern, Lecom, or UNLV that practicing dentists have no clue about, Case has a rich history. There are research opportunities but its primarily a clinical school so although the opportunity is there, it is not the focus, but I would imagine Louisville to be no different than Case in terms of research. People specialize from Case every year, just like every other school, but before you consider specializing you need to first do well in dental school so take it one step at a time. Board pass rates is not an issue its very hard to fail out of Case, according to what the tour guides said during interview day. Case focuses on making general dentists, graduating on time is not an issue either. The total cost of Case is $396,000 according to their website which although is expensive its still just slightly above the average for all schools (354K) and is less than the price of MWU, Tufts, NYU, USC, UPenn etc etc. Cleveland is not that bad at least they're not Detroit. They're not Detroit!!!
 
jokersmiles said:
The PBL at Case is absolutely nothing to worry about, its nothing like USC. I spoke with students during my interview and Case is primarily lectures and has some minimal amounts of PBL incorporated into it. Case has plenty of dentists and faculty there to instruct you at all times, probably more than many other dental schools. Case has a great curriculum that prepares you to be a strong general dentist, especially since they are one of the few schools that actually have business and finance courses that teach you how to run a private practice (i asked other schools I interviewed at like UPenn and they don't have such courses at all). The clinical experience is great and you have your own chairs so the patient pool is not a problem at all, this is Cleveland and the Cleveland Clinic is one of the best clinical and hospital care in the country, the patients will be plenty in abundance. Like others have said there were many instructors in the Case dental clinic during the interview so there is no lack of instructors at all. The reputation of Case Western in general as a school is not bad, its overall campus is ranked #37 by USNEWS and has one of the best medical schools in the country, I would imagine it's dental school is no different in quality. Case is a very old dental school from the 1800s so most working dentists know about Case, this isn't a new school like Midwestern, Lecom, or UNLV that practicing dentists have no clue about, Case has a rich history. There are research opportunities but its primarily a clinical school so although the opportunity is there, it is not the focus, but I would imagine Louisville to be no different than Case in terms of research. People specialize from Case every year, just like every other school, but before you consider specializing you need to first do well in dental school so take it one step at a time. Board pass rates is not an issue its very hard to fail out of Case, according to what the tour guides said during interview day. Case focuses on making general dentists, graduating on time is not an issue either. The total cost of Case is $396,000 according to their website which although is expensive its still just slightly above the average for all schools (354K) and is less than the price of MWU, Tufts, NYU, USC, UPenn etc etc. Cleveland is not that bad at least they're not Detroit. They're not Detroit!!!
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I dont believe CRWU is less than the price of MWU, they are probably equal but living costs of each place may tip the scale on either side.
and its definitely cheaper than NYU, USC, UPenn

wher do you get the fact that the average cost of all school is 354K? adea source?
 
darknightzzz said:
I dont believe CRWU is less than the price of MWU, they are probably equal but living costs of each place may tip the scale on either side.
and its definitely cheaper than NYU, USC, UPenn

wher do you get the fact that the average cost of all school is 354K? adea source?
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Midwestern AZ is $483,173
https://www.midwestern.edu/Documents/Financial Aid documents/COA Forms/2015-16 AZ/Dental _ AZ 1516 final.pdf

Case Western is $396,894
https://dental.case.edu/admissions/dmd/finaid/

$86,279 difference, very significant difference
 
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flossfordollars said:
Thanks for the advice! Just did that, talked to an advisor and he said they hadn't looked at my updated AADSAS which helps my application a lot. We'll see what he can get done! You're right, I have nothing to lose... I hope it helps!
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Also wishing you well! But the "they hadn't looked at my updated AADSAS" is concerning to me. Is this common? Should I send an email (different school) to remind them my stats changed?
 
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