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

[Loveteeth92]

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I took lot of upper level science courses, few as special topics like: embryogenesis and fertilization, parasite ecology, and so on. Do you think my score in QR is holding me back?

personally I think your Stats and EC are not high enough to get in this cycle. If your test score and gpa are low, the hours should be high enough to compensate and vice versa. In your case, you have neither. Dont be discouraged tho. If you can, retake your DAT and put in more volunteers hours. Then, Apply when you are ready!

 

[britdontlovem]

I already got rejections from Midwestern AZ and Meharry TN 🙁 I don't think so with this stats I would able to get an interview this time. Feel really horrible 🙁

Minority and Alabama resident
BCP GPA - 3.62
Total GPA - 3.39
DAT scores - PAT 20/ QR 15 / RC 17/ Bio 19/ GC 19/ OC 18/ TS 18/ AA 18.
Research experience of more than 2 years.
Shadowing still in progress, so far 40+ hrs.
Volunteer & Community services: Research for 1 semester, veterans donation camp, & temple.

I see that you applied broadly. No one really knows what ADCOMS is looking for. Stay positive. Your time will come!!

:: positive vibes::

 

[DATg28]

Interview #1
School: UNLV
Notification date: 10.14.15
Interview date: DEC 11
Method of notification: Email
Residency: AZ
AADSAS mail-out date: 07.30.15
GPA (science, overall): 3.43, 3.4
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/RC/any section below a 17): 18/18/18/20

 

[rhodophyte]

Interview #3 (#1-UDM, #2-Roseman)

School: UNLV
Notification date: 10/16/2015
Method of notification: Email
Residency: TX
AADSAS mail-out date: 08/28/15
Application complete date: 08/24/2015
GPA (science, overall): 3.0, 3.0 (2 years of post-bac = 3.75)
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 25/25/24/26/no

Waitlist for interview at Midwestern AZ (notification date 9/3/15)

UNLV's earliest available date is January 8th, so it's my first post-Dec interview. I heard pre-Dec interviews mean better chance of acceptance but I'm just happy with anything other than rejection!

 

[DrHJ]

How does your brain even make the connection that "Under Review" could mean you're rejected?

Because every time that I email USC and ask about my application status they reply me that it is under review. How long does it take for them to review my application?

 

[pgex2t]

Because every time that I email USC and ask about my application status they reply me that it is under review. How long does it take for them to review my application?

It takes until they decide they want to interview you or when they decide to start formally rejecting people.

 

[DrHJ]

It takes until they decide they want to interview you or when they decide to start formally rejecting people.

Do they formally send any rejection email to all the applicants?

 

[nonociceptors]

Do they formally send any rejection email to all the applicants?

Some people are notified when they're rejected after dec 1, but I saw in last year's USC thread that some people rejected as late as june/july while others were never formally rejected at all. Obviously that sucks, but what I think you can take from that is that you really have to just wait it out and sit tight for a while. If you've contacted them more than a couple times I'd stop and wait. It could be months, yeah, but they aren't going to be able to tell you much on the phone anyway and you could potentially annoy someone lol.

 

[msrandomheart143]

I already got rejections from Midwestern AZ and Meharry TN 🙁 I don't think so with this stats I would able to get an interview this time. Feel really horrible 🙁

Minority and Alabama resident
BCP GPA - 3.62
Total GPA - 3.39
DAT scores - PAT 20/ QR 15 / RC 17/ Bio 19/ GC 19/ OC 18/ TS 18/ AA 18.
Research experience of more than 2 years.
Shadowing still in progress, so far 40+ hrs.
Volunteer & Community services: Research for 1 semester, veterans donation camp, & temple.

Some of these replies to your post are really harsh. The truth is, we are all students and none of us can pinpoint what you should improve or what schools are looking for. If you want concrete advice to follow, you should contact the schools that rejected you directly, ask how you can improve your application, and ask what it is that's holding you back. Let them know that you're really interested in their programs and that you're motivated and determined. Most schools will gladly share what it is that you need to improve, and then you can decide if you want to take the recommended steps.

 

[pgex2t]

I already got rejections from Midwestern AZ and Meharry TN 🙁 I don't think so with this stats I would able to get an interview this time. Feel really horrible 🙁

Minority and Alabama resident
BCP GPA - 3.62
Total GPA - 3.39
DAT scores - PAT 20/ QR 15 / RC 17/ Bio 19/ GC 19/ OC 18/ TS 18/ AA 18.
Research experience of more than 2 years.
Shadowing still in progress, so far 40+ hrs.
Volunteer & Community services: Research for 1 semester, veterans donation camp, & temple.

Tbh I was under the impression most dental schools don't really care about QR; how many schools did you apply to? If you applied broadly, I would think that you would stand to gain a few interviews in the near future? Otherwise, I think your QR might be holding you back a little.

Some of these replies to your post are really harsh. The truth is, we are all students and none of us can pinpoint what you should improve or what schools are looking for. If you want concrete advice to follow, you should contact the schools that rejected you directly, ask how you can improve your application, and ask what it is that's holding you back. Let them know that you're really interested in their programs and that you're motivated and determined. Most schools will gladly share what it is that you need to improve, and then you can decide if you want to take the recommended steps.

^her advice is on point

 

[RuffDay]

I already got rejections from Midwestern AZ and Meharry TN 🙁 I don't think so with this stats I would able to get an interview this time. Feel really horrible 🙁

Minority and Alabama resident
BCP GPA - 3.62
Total GPA - 3.39
DAT scores - PAT 20/ QR 15 / RC 17/ Bio 19/ GC 19/ OC 18/ TS 18/ AA 18.
Research experience of more than 2 years.
Shadowing still in progress, so far 40+ hrs.
Volunteer & Community services: Research for 1 semester, veterans donation camp, & temple.

In all honesty, your GPA isn't that low because several people who were accepted with your GPA in the past. I just believe that your DAT is low in comparison to the other applicants, which could result in some of your rejections. If you can bring your DAT to AA/TS 19-20 with no scores under 19, then you should be getting plenty of interviews next year.

 

[DENTUP]

Interview #1!!!
School: UNLV
Notification date: 10/16/15
Method of notification: email
Interview Date: Jan 15th
Residency: NV
AADSAS mail-out date: 10/09/15 --late applicant🙁
Application complete date: 10/02/15
GPA: 3.40 Science/3.41 BCP/3.79 Non-Science/ 3.49 overall
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 21 AA/21 TS/22 PAT/20 RC/no

Finally my first interview!!

 

[xct]

Does anyone happen to know/have a list of schools that never formally reject you and just remain silent? 😛

 

[NavyDDS1990]

Does anyone happen to know/have a list of schools that never formally reject you and just remain silent? 😛

MANY MANY schools will put you in silence until the end of the whole cycle.
As far as I remember, I know for sure VCU and Maryland did that to me last year

 

[RuffDay]

Interview #1!!!
School: UNLV
Notification date: 10/16/15
Method of notification: email
Interview Date: Jan 15th
Residency: NV
AADSAS mail-out date: 10/09/15 --late applicant🙁
Application complete date: 10/02/15
GPA: 3.40 Science/3.41 BCP/3.79 Non-Science/ 3.49 overall
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 21 AA/21 TS/22 PAT/20 RC/no

Finally my first interview!!

Wow. You must have a really amazing application if you received an interview shortly after completing.

 

[lacey17]

What batch are you?

9 or maybe 10

 

[cuttie12390]

Interview #5: University of Minnesota!! (One of my top 5 choices!!)

App completed: Sept 16
Notification date: Oct 6
Interview date: Nov 11
GPA: 3.87

Does anyone interviewing on Nov 11 want to share a hotel room with me on Nov 10 & 11 and explore the city with me? I'll be flying in from Florida and am looking for an adventure! 😀 Please inbox me if interested!

 

[ajj70]

I already got rejections from Midwestern AZ and Meharry TN 🙁 I don't think so with this stats I would able to get an interview this time. Feel really horrible 🙁

Minority and Alabama resident
BCP GPA - 3.62
Total GPA - 3.39
DAT scores - PAT 20/ QR 15 / RC 17/ Bio 19/ GC 19/ OC 18/ TS 18/ AA 18.
Research experience of more than 2 years.
Shadowing still in progress, so far 40+ hrs.
Volunteer & Community services: Research for 1 semester, veterans donation camp, & temple.

I think you have a lot of things going against you, your 18 DAT, your low shadowing hours and what looks like low volunteer hours. Some schools want a minimum of 60 hours at application to even be considered. Midwestern is HUGE on volunteer hours so if you don't have a couple hundred hours, they probably aren't going to consider your app unless you had something else that really stood out--super high stats, in-state, etc. They also like to see 100 hours of shadowing. Meharry likes to see a minimum of 50 hours of shadowing. If I were an adcom and saw your app, to me it says "I did the bare minimum to get buy" and probably would put you in the thanks but no thanks pile. Sorry, but it is what it is. Now, that's not to say other schools might not see something they like on your app, but I'm just going off what you have posted here.

 

[ajj70]

Interview #5: University of Minnesota!! (One of my top 5 choices!!)

App completed: Sept 16
Notification date: Oct 6
Interview date: Nov 11
DAT AA/TS: 20/21 (See my past posts for my specific stats lol)
GPA: 3.87

Does anyone interviewing on Nov 11 want to share a hotel room with me on Nov 10 & 11 and explore the city with me? I'll be flying in from Florida and am looking for an adventure! 😀 Please inbox me if interested!

Not interviewing but if you stay at a hotel near the light rail, you can get around a good portion of the Twin Cities, including to the U of MN, pretty easily. The airport is on the light rail, as is the Mall of America. It would save money on a rental car. Also, most of the hotels with 15 miles or so of the airport have free shuttles to/from the airport and the Mall of America so if you can find a hotel in Eagan or Mendota Heights for less, that would be an option too. There is a Microtel in Eagan that usually is pretty inexpensive, has a shuttle and is clean and safe.

 

[bsal1]

Invite #6 out of 7!
School: University of Michigan
Notification date: 10/18/15
Method of notification: Email
Residency: IL
AADSAS mail-out date: 6/25/15
Application complete date: 6/05/15
GPA (science, overall, BCP): 3.84, 3.80, 3.91
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 23/23/24/23/ no

 

[toothfairy6]

Haven't been on SDN in a while but...

Interviews #3-8:
Schools: CWRU, Marquette, UIC, Temple, MWU-IL, UMich
Residency: IL
Mail-out date: 6/25
GPA: overall 3.83, science 3.72
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/19/23/22/no

 

[CabbageKid]

Interview #3!
School: University of Michigan
Notification date: 10/18/15
Method of notification: Email
Residency: VA
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/2/15
Application complete date: 6/16/15
GPA (science, overall, BCP): 3.73, 3.75, 3.70
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/20/23/21/ no

 

[dentist32721]

Interview #8

School: UMich
Notification date: 10/18/2015
Method of notification: E-Mail
Residency: NY
AADSAS mail-out date: 07/02/2015
Application complete date: 07/24/2015
GPA (science, overall): 3.63, 3.68
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 21/20/21/18/No

 

[DENTUP]

So UMich sent me an email saying that they received my application and that i'll receive another email once they process the application. Does this mean I should go ahead and pay the processing fee now?? or wait until they send me another email about it??

Congrats to all who got UMich interviews!! REALLY jelly 😀

 

[pgex2t]

So UMich sent me an email saying that they received my application and that i'll receive another email once they process the application. Does this mean I should go ahead and pay the processing fee now?? or wait until they send me another email about it??

Congrats to all who got UMich interviews!! REALLY jelly 😀

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Send it immediately; I think their website tells you to send the supplemental the same time you submit the application.

 

[cassin12]

How do you know which batch you are in?

 

[Scumbag_Steve]

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[dannyZ]

is 3.25 oGPA including post-bacc/SMP?

I am a senior in undergrad

 

[ReptileDisfunction]

Interviews 1-7
School: Columbia, UCLA, Michigan, UoP, UCSF, Wash, Penn (in no particular order)
Method of notification: Email
Residency: CA
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/2/15
Application complete date: varies, typically 7/2/15
GPA (science, overall, BCP): 4.0, 4.0, 4.0
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 24/24/23/23/nope

 

[ultimateballer07]

Interviews 1-7
School: Columbia, UCLA, Michigan, UoP, UCSF, Wash, Penn (in no particular order)
Method of notification: Email
Residency: CA
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/2/15
Application complete date: varies, typically 7/2/15
GPA (science, overall, BCP): 4.0, 4.0, 4.0
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 24/24/23/23/nope

Congrats dude! Quite an impressive list

 

[pulltheleverkronk]

Interview #4

School: Temple
Notification date: 10/19/15
Method of notification: Email
Interview Date: TBD, will update
Residency: PA
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/31/15
Application complete date: 8/12/15
GPA: 3.73 science/3.70 BCP/3.82 overall
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 23 AA/22 TS/19 PAT/23 RC/none

Finally, my home state shows it doesn't hate me lol

 

[studentdental8]

Interviews 1-7
School: Columbia, UCLA, Michigan, UoP, UCSF, Wash, Penn (in no particular order)
Method of notification: Email
Residency: CA
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/2/15
Application complete date: varies, typically 7/2/15
GPA (science, overall, BCP): 4.0, 4.0, 4.0
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 24/24/23/23/nope

Turtle girl crushing it.

 

[Loveteeth92]

Hey guys, I really need your opinion.

I changed my disadvantage status from No to Yes and thus I have 2 mailed out dates now. The first one is 08/13 and second one on 10/2. Will this mess up my application? I shouldn't do so ;((((
My stats are good paired with decent EC but I still havent heard from most schools. I feel so hopeless now so it would be great if anyone can leave me a comment! Thank you!

 

[Radaa]

Interview #9

School: Michigan
Notification date: 10/12/2015
Method of notification: email
Residency: FL
AADSAS mail-out date: 07/02/2015
GPA (science, overall): 3.5, 3.5
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/RC/any section below a 17): 22/22/17/23/no

Scheduling is starting to become difficult...........

hey I'm going to Umich too from FL in November, if you wanna carpool from the airport lmk 🙂

 

[BWA1991]

Interview #4
School: University of Kentucky
Notification date: 10/20/15
Method of notification: Email
Residency: Georgia
AADSAS mail-out date: 10/06/15
Application complete date: 6/10
GPA (science, overall) 3.68, 3.73
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/21/21/20/ nothing below 17, but a 17QR.

 

[BobbyBeavis]

hey I'm going to Umich too from FL in November, if you wanna carpool from the airport lmk 🙂

I decided it'd be cheaper to get a rental car and stay in Detroit due to the elevated prices for game day weekend. I'll be making a trip out of the Michigan interview and seeing how it is. If you'll be there we can try to make the game

 

[mgugga]

Interviews #1 and #2

School: University of Iowa, University of Kentucky
Notification date: 9/29 and 10/5
Method of notification: Email
Residency: AZ
AADSAS mail-out date: 09/04
GPA (science, overall): 3.97, 3.85
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 21/19/20/23/no

 

[ltwile]

Interview #11
School: Temple
Notification Date: 10/20
Method of notification: email
Residency: CA
AADSAS Mail out Date: 6/25
GPA: 4.06/4.04
DAT: 25/28/21/22/no
*EDIT: called and they have interview in mid November and December. Scheduled for Dec. 3rd.

 

[pangarocket]

Interview #11
School: Temple
Notification Date: 10/20
Method of notification: email
Residency: CA
AADSAS Mail out Date: 6/25
GPA: 4.06/4.04
DAT: 25/28/21/22/no
*haven't scheduled interview but will try to schedule post december 1st

Congrats! Are all your other interviews pre december 1st? Also, are you worried by scheduling post dec 1st that Temple will think you're not as serious about the school though?

 

[ltwile]

Congrats! Are all your other interviews pre december 1st? Also, are you worried by scheduling post dec 1st that Temple will think you're not as serious about the school though?

They all were- my interviews have been from September 10th to November.

 

[pulltheleverkronk]

Interview #5

School: Touro College of Dental Medicine
Notification date: 10/20/15
Method of notification: Crumpled up piece of paper stuck to bottom of my shoe
Interview Date: 11/26/15
Residency: PA
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/31/15
Application complete date: 8/5/15
GPA: 3.73 science/3.70 BCP/3.82 overall
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 23 AA/22 TS/19 PAT/23 RC/none

Really feeling blessed and honored right now! My dad went to Touro, so hopefully being a legacy student will help me out. Interesting method of notification- almost seemed as if it was an accident. Very creative and innovative on their part! If anyone has the same date as me, let me know! Would love to meet up in the McDonald's below the school or something like that.

 

[RuffDay]

Interview #5

School: Touro College of Dental Medicine
Notification date: 10/20/15
Method of notification: Crumpled up piece of paper stuck to bottom of my shoe
Interview Date: 11/26/15
Residency: PA
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/31/15
Application complete date: 8/5/15
GPA: 3.73 science/3.70 BCP/3.82 overall
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 23 AA/22 TS/19 PAT/23 RC/none

Really feeling blessed and honored right now! My dad went to Touro, so hopefully being a legacy student will help me out. Interesting method of notification- almost seemed as if it was an accident. Very creative and innovative on their part! If anyone has the same date as me, let me know! Would love to meet up in the McDonald's below the school or something like that.

Where is Touro???

 

[pulltheleverkronk]

Where is Touro???

Valhalla, NY

 

[Kikko22]

Do most schools try to fill up all of their spots pre-december? Or are the chances of getting an interview post-december the same? I only have 4 interviews right now and want to gauge what to expect..

 

[Weakfart]

Interview #5

School: Touro College of Dental Medicine
Notification date: 10/20/15
Method of notification: Crumpled up piece of paper stuck to bottom of my shoe
Interview Date: 11/26/15
Residency: PA
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/31/15
Application complete date: 8/5/15
GPA: 3.73 science/3.70 BCP/3.82 overall
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 23 AA/22 TS/19 PAT/23 RC/none

Really feeling blessed and honored right now! My dad went to Touro, so hopefully being a legacy student will help me out. Interesting method of notification- almost seemed as if it was an accident. Very creative and innovative on their part! If anyone has the same date as me, let me know! Would love to meet up in the McDonald's below the school or something like that.

Wow. Okay. One. The school is IN the McDonald's, behind the nuggets. Two, "Very creative and innovative"? How about the MOST CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE SCHOOL. The are the first school to streamline fast food and teeth cleaning and put the dentist (not the patient) first as well as putting everyone under anesthesia for even basic procedures (No more rowdy patients!)

I can't believe they'd offer someone like you who just expects to get into a prestigious school through being a legacy kid. I worked my butt off for an interview here and I know the school and menu inside and out, while you couldn't bring yourself to look up the school AT ALL.

 

[pulltheleverkronk]

Wow. Okay. One. The school is IN the McDonald's, behind the nuggets. Two, "Very creative and innovative"? How about the MOST CREATIVE AND INNOVATIVE SCHOOL. The are the first school to streamline fast food and teeth cleaning and put the dentist (not the patient) first as well as putting everyone under anesthesia for even basic procedures (No more rowdy patients!)

I can't believe they'd offer someone like you who just expects to get into a prestigious school through being a legacy kid. I worked my butt off for an interview here and I know the school and menu inside and out, while you couldn't bring yourself to look up the school AT ALL.

You are seriously being so disrespectful right now. Just because I'm a legacy doesn't mean I don't also have the entire menu memorized. You're so ridiculous. What's wrong with wanting a Big Mac while I'm waiting for my impressions to set in? Nothing. What's wrong with a soda machine doubling as an x-ray machine? Nothing. What's wrong with being a legacy there? Nothing. Just because it's one of the best fast-food ivies in the entire country doesn't mean that there isn't enough space for everyone. Check your privilege.

 

[Typical Average Student]

I once had a soda machine that doubles as an x-ray machine...

 

[Loveteeth92]

I

Interview #5

School: Touro College of Dental Medicine
Notification date: 10/20/15
Method of notification: Crumpled up piece of paper stuck to bottom of my shoe
Interview Date: 11/26/15
Residency: PA
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/31/15
Application complete date: 8/5/15
GPA: 3.73 science/3.70 BCP/3.82 overall
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 23 AA/22 TS/19 PAT/23 RC/none

Really feeling blessed and honored right now! My dad went to Touro, so hopefully being a legacy student will help me out. Interesting method of notification- almost seemed as if it was an accident. Very creative and innovative on their part! If anyone has the same date as me, let me know! Would love to meet up in the McDonald's below the school or something like that.

Huh? Method of notifications? I still dont get it!!!

 

[Streax1]

Hahaha I'm dying right now.

 

[Smiles2015]

Interview #5

School: Touro College of Dental Medicine
Notification date: 10/20/15
Method of notification: Crumpled up piece of paper stuck to bottom of my shoe
Interview Date: 11/26/15
Residency: PA
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/31/15
Application complete date: 8/5/15
GPA: 3.73 science/3.70 BCP/3.82 overall
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 23 AA/22 TS/19 PAT/23 RC/none

Really feeling blessed and honored right now! My dad went to Touro, so hopefully being a legacy student will help me out. Interesting method of notification- almost seemed as if it was an accident. Very creative and innovative on their part! If anyone has the same date as me, let me know! Would love to meet up in the McDonald's below the school or something like that.