Don't want to give away much detail because I think it's frowned upon but it was a very informal interview. They just want to get to know how you are as a person.
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Don't want to give away much detail because I think it's frowned upon but it was a very informal interview. They just want to get to know how you are as a person.
In state!
In state. I'm a reapplicant - my DAT improved a lot (7 points in Orgo) AA 20 TS 20 Bio 19 GC 19 OC 23 PAT 19 (was a 20 unfortunately went down a point).
November 21st
They call.
On Dec 1st?
Not always, Sometimes they notify you on the second wave in January.
Wow that's late for pre December interviews.
They accepted someone off the waitlist in June. Its a long process.
Hey guys check your ADEA portal mine for the school I applied to and had an interview at now says "under review" so some schools are starting to make decisions already! However we don't get that info until Dec. 1st but schools are starting to take a closer look at those who interviewed!
Good luck!!!!!
Good luck!!!!!
What school?
IUSD
Interview invite #5 from USC! They are still handing out pre-dec interviews y'all.
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Congrats, what dates were available?
Nov 17 & 22. So These are probably the last dates for pre-dec interviews, but there's still a chance!
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I got an email from them. Portal didn't change status.
Oh nice, any ideas on which one you will choose and do think the earlier date means a better chance of acceptance?
I scheduled my interview for November 22, just bc I had pretty short notice for Nov 17th interview. I don't think it would make much difference since it's still pre-dec.
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They said AADSAS is supposed to email out information about how to do it when the period begins...🙁.
Yes. But in the adea website it says they'll email us 30 days prior it starts. Weird.
ACADEMIC UPDATE STARTED. I just went to my coursework section and I was able to change "planned" stuff to "completed".
Confirmed. Thank you for sharing!
How long is the academic update period? My planned courses will be completed around 12/10
Till February
Do you guys know do we have to update it? (As far as grades go... if it's not gonna help like GPA wise)
During my NYU interview, they said it doesn't matter for pre dec interviews. Because your semester won't end until mid December and by then you'll have already been accepted/rejected
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Nice! check that it isn't 12/9. I know MUSC usually interviews on Fridays, unless this year is different for some reason.Interview #2
school: MUSC
Notification date: 11/11
Method: Phone call
Residency:SC
App complete: 8/5
AA/TS/PAT: 19/18/21
EDIT: interview date is 12/8.....I know its after Dec 1 but I'm still HAPPY!!!!!
Yeah, it is 12/9. I think in all my excitement I posted 12/8 on every post I made, just forgot to correct this one. oops!
1st interview 🙂 🙂 🙂 UDM!! I can't believe it! 😀
Can we submit the academic update more than once? I have summer grades but I'm not done with the fall semester so I was wondering if I can submit it now for the summer and then do another academic update in mid December
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thanks 🙂 I am super excited . .. any advice or information about the interview would be great. I hope you hear good news Dec 1st 🙂
btw, I owe you a huge THANK YOU !! you were the one that suggested it to me. Thank you for your great advice 🙂
I'm in the same situation. I decided to just wait until final grades for this semester.
It is an extremely relaxed day, with a short, laid-back interview with two very friendly faculty members. I wouldn't worry about it at all. We got the opportunity to ask dozens of questions to students, faculty, and administration so anything you want to know about the school will be addressed that day. When is your interview day?
I'm glad it worked out! They were pleased to see that I am a re-applicant, so I'm sure you'll have a good story for them. Hopefully this will be the one
As far as last year goes, we were only allowed to update it once as far as I remember. This means that if you want your fall semester grades included in the update, I believe you are better off waiting until you can get them on a transcript. If you are willing to use your one update just for summer grades before your fall grades, just know that you probably wont get to update later on for your fall grades. At least that's as far as I can tell. I suppose you could try to call and sweet talk them into a second academic update but I don't know if they'll budge for you in that case. I've never tried.
I'm pretty sure you only get one update.
Congrats! When is your interview? My advice is relax and enjoy the school, they have an awesome program and faculty.
THANK YOU 🙂 My interview is in January. I am so excited but I have heard good things about it. Thank you for the advice... I will try my best to relax! 🙂
Wait sorry to drag this on, but if my GPA for this semester will be lower than th previous can I choose not to do the academic update ??
I think you have to participate in the academic update if you are currently in classes or are planning to take courses prior to matriculation. Upon acceptance into a dental school they will request all transcripts sent to them directly anyways, at that point they will see all your grades from your current and planned semesters. So I think its best to complete the academic update so AADSAS can update your GPA. I don't think schools will like it if you choose not to do the academic update and try and hide grades.
The timeline works out where schools accept you or reject you before the semester ends. There's no hiding involved. Unless you were taking classes at the time of your app that you've now finished.
So you're saying that courses taken in the winter 2017 semester do not have to be in the academic update? I don't think thats right. Schools will request transcripts from the winter 2017 semester.
