**Official 2023 Ortho PASS/Interviews/Match/Non-Match**

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stylinistamtt said:
Thank you for your help!

Did the school require "official" reports? This wasn't an option for me because they required the scores directly from ETS!
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Yes I think they did. But since they didn’t want them electronically, I just assumed printing them from the website was as close to official as they’re going to get without it being directly sent to them through the website.
 
stylinistamtt said:
Thank you for your help!

Did the school require "official" reports? This wasn't an option for me because they required the scores directly from ETS!
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You can ask the school for the institution code and department code, then you can send the official score via ETS(GRE) website electronically. Go to your ETS account, find 'Scores', click 'send additional score reports'.
 
1. ??(email) University of Oklahoma
2. ??(email) University of Texas San Antonio, TRAP seminar invites sent out
3. 8/16 (email) Mayo Clinic 9/30 Virtual
4. 8/19 (email) Iowa , In-person social 10/13 and interview 10/14
5. 8/22 (email) University of Illinois at Chicago 10/12 or 10/13 or 10/14
 
Ultrafinitist said:
I don't think so, if the school doesn't receive enough interviewee confirmations they will probably extend further invitations. That's why they rarely send an official rejection email until maybe after the whole app process is over
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ToothDocRuby said:
I just went to the ETS-GRE page. And went to my scores. Printed the page out and sent them in a Manila envelope with the rest of the requested documents.
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Has anyone gotten any type of response from Colorado as to your application being complete or even that they have an application open for you? I applied directly and have not had a response after a call and an email.
 
Just curious for those that got an interview at UIC are you exclusively in match?
 
How many interviews do schools roughly send out ? Do we just assume that UIC and Iowa will not send another round of invitations? Are these programs heavy on rank?
 
dentstud22 said:
How many interviews do schools roughly send out ? Do we just assume that UIC and Iowa will not send another round of invitations? Are these programs heavy on rank?
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I can't speak for all schools, but I know my program will get about 300-350 applications and then cut it down to 100 purely based on rank. Then they will sort through those applications and chose about 50 interviews to conduct. Again, not sure about other programs, but I would imagine a similar process for most programs.
 
dolichodefender said:
Yes i’m exclusively match, but i dont think we had to submit anything saying we were?
they might just know via adea pass
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Yeah I don't believe they did. I only recall Michigan requiring a submission confirming to only be part of match. I was curious if programs really know if you're exclusively in match.
 
Kattman said:
I can't speak for all schools, but I know my program will get about 300-350 applications and then cut it down to 100 purely based on rank. Then they will sort through those applications and chose about 50 interviews to conduct. Again, not sure about other programs, but I would imagine a similar process for most programs.
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This really makes me wonder what the chances are for someone that didn't graduate anywhere near the top of the class. Dental school was rough for me due to some personal life issues I was going through at the time. I pushed through it and got everything done, but my class rank (bottom 25% of class) really suffered because of it and I don't think it's reflective of my academic abilities. I've been working for a little over a year now. General dentistry just isn't for me. Ortho was always the goal from the start. I took the GRE (163V/159Q/4W) and ADAT (550) this year and applied to nearly every program because it's the only thing I can see myself doing for another 20+ years. If schools really have a cutoff for class rank what are the chances anyone with a low ranking can ever get into ortho??
 
soxinabox90 said:
This really makes me wonder what the chances are for someone that didn't graduate anywhere near the top of the class. Dental school was rough for me due to some personal life issues I was going through at the time. I pushed through it and got everything done, but my class rank (bottom 25% of class) really suffered because of it and I don't think it's reflective of my academic abilities. I've been working for a little over a year now. General dentistry just isn't for me. Ortho was always the goal from the start. I took the GRE (163V/159Q/4W) and ADAT (550) this year and applied to nearly every program because it's the only thing I can see myself doing for another 20+ years. If schools really have a cutoff for class rank what are the chances anyone with a low ranking can ever get into ortho??
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Personally, if your rank is that low, then I think you really need to have stellar standardized testing scores rather than above average. I'm talking 90+ percentile in every category. I can't speak for other programs but mine (won't say which for privacy reasons but it's a 2 year program) takes a holistic approach and assigns points to each applicant based off a variety of things which include rank, leadership, GRE scores, recc letters, etc. An applicant with a very high rank that isn't well-rounded in other aspects would not get an interview.

For programs that do assign interviews in that way (I bet many do), you're doing yourself a disservice by not having very high standardized testing scores with your rank. I wasn't in the bottom 25% of my class, but I was also really barely in the top half of my class. I am where I am now because my GRE score was comparable to that of a student applying to Harvard, UPenn, NYU, etc MBA programs and because the rest of my application was well-rounded.
 
blablabla1 said:
Personally, if your rank is that low, then I think you really need to have stellar standardized testing scores rather than above average. I'm talking 90+ percentile in every category. I can't speak for other programs but mine (won't say which for privacy reasons but it's a 2 year program) takes a holistic approach and assigns points to each applicant based off a variety of things which include rank, leadership, GRE scores, recc letters, etc. An applicant with a very high rank that isn't well-rounded in other aspects would not get an interview.

For programs that do assign interviews in that way (I bet many do), you're doing yourself a disservice by not having very high standardized testing scores with your rank. I wasn't in the bottom 25% of my class, but I was also really barely in the top half of my class. I am where I am now because my GRE score was comparable to that of a student applying to Harvard, UPenn, NYU, etc MBA programs and because the rest of my application was well-rounded.
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How did you prepare for Gre, how many weeks/months and did you do a gpr? Will doing a gpr actually helps?
 
Faefly said:
How did you prepare for Gre, how many weeks/months and did you do a gpr? Will doing a gpr actually helps?
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Just used Magoosh and vocab flash cards, nothing else. Also did a few practice runs for the writing section but that section is more about writing as much as possible and hitting all the checkboxes on the rubric so I believe anyone can get a 5+ on that section if they properly prepare for it. I have heard programs value that writing section (especially the ones that require a Masters) the most as it is the only section that has some level of correlation with success in residency. I prepared for the exam for about a month, maybe a bit less than that.

I went straight from dental school to residency. That probably was advantageous for me because it allowed me to get quality recommendations from faculty who had me fresh in their mind. Not sure if a GPR will help you or not, I'm a traditional applicant so I don't have much knowledge on that aspect.
 
milktoof2 said:
1. ??(email) University of Oklahoma
2. ??(email) University of Texas San Antonio, TRAP seminar invites sent out
3. 8/16 (email) Mayo Clinic 9/30 Virtual
4. 8/19 (email) Iowa , In-person social 10/13 and interview 10/14
5. 8/22 (email) University of Illinois at Chicago 10/12 or 10/13 or 10/14
6. 8/23 (phone call @3:30 PM central time) Loma Linda 10/11 for morning or afternoon
milktoof2 said:
1. ??(email) University of Oklahoma
2. ??(email) University of Texas San Antonio, TRAP seminar invites sent out
3. 8/16 (email) Mayo Clinic 9/30 Virtual
4. 8/19 (email) Iowa , In-person social 10/13 and interview 10/14
5. 8/22 (email) University of Illinois at Chicago 10/12 or 10/13 or 10/14
6. 8/23 (phone call @3:30 PM central time) Loma Linda 10/11 for morning or afternoon interview.
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Hi! Do you have any updates on interviews? Thank you!
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Mohammed Bashar Estaitia said:
Hey everyone! Thank you for creating and updating this thread 🙂! Any news from universities so far (other than UIC) that accept internationals? I applied to 12 different schools - UPenn, BU, Case Western, NYU, Saint Louis, UBuffalo, Detroit Mercy, Maryland, Minnesota, UTHSCSA and UWashington. And tbf I'm starting to get a bit worried. I'm a 2020 BDS grad, my GPA is 3.49, lots of extracurriculars and volunteering experience, INBDE, TOEFL score of 101, GRE score around 305 and a couple of publications. Do I wait and remain hopeful? And what do you think are the chances of getting interviews.

Sorry for the long comment! And appreciate all the help I can get 🙂
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Based on previous years' interview send out dates, I think we're still all waiting. closer to late September I think is when most schools send out invites. Check out these dates for last year's programs that you're interested in:
1. 7/28(email) University of Oklahoma 10/21 or 11/5
2. 8/2(email) University of Texas San Antonio in person "get to know you" visits in August and September followed by October zoom interview
3. 8/4(email) Iowa 9/10
4. 8/25(email) University of Colorado 9/30 or 10/1 or 10/4 in-person interview
5. 8/30(email) University of Illinois at Chicago 10/13 or 10/14 or 10/15
6. 8/31(email) Medical University of South Carolina 10/15 or 10/22
7. 9/1(email) Indiana University School of Dentistry 10/7 and 10/8 in-person interview
8. 9/1(email) Seton Hill University 9/24 and 9/25
9. 9/2(unknown) UBC 10/30 virtual interview
10. 9/7 (email) Mayo Clinic 10/8 or 10/15 virtual interview
11. 9/8 (email) UMKC 10/18 in person interview with resident social night before
12. 9/8 (call) Pitt “visit” and interview Nov 5th or 8th
13. 9/10 (email) Arizona in-person interview Oct 4th or 5th
14. 9/13 (email) Washington virtual interview Oct 11th with Oct 10th virtual social
15. 9/13 (email) OHSU virtual interview Oct 13th or 14th
16. 9/13 (call and email) University of Kentucky virtual interview Oct 25 or 26 w/virtual social Oct 24
17. 9/14 (email) University of Tennessee in-person interview Oct 18 w/ social Oct 17th
18. 9/14 (email) University of Florida Oct 18th with social Oct 17th
19. 9/15 (phone) University of Michigan Oct 11th or 18th virtual interview
20. 9/15 (phone) UNC-Chapel Hill Oct 18 or 19 virtual interview
21. 9/16 (phone) Nebraska Oct 5 or 6 virtual interview
22. 9/17 (email) Columbia University Oct. 18 or 19 virtual interview
23. 9/17 (phone) Texas A&M Oct. 26, 27, or 28 in-person interview
24. 9/17 (E-mail) Ohio State - October 11, 12 via zoom
25. 9/17 (email) LSU October 21st or 22nd in person interview or Zoom if preferred
26. 9/17 (email) UCSF October 26 or 27 virtual interview
27. 9/17 (email) UCLA October 4 or 5 with virtual meet and greet on Oct 3rd
28. 9/20 (email) UTSD Houston October 13/14 or 14/15, in person with social the night before
29. 9/20 (email) Boston University November 1 zoom interview
30. 9/21 (email) CWRU Oct 27 or 28 in-person interview with social on the evening of the 27th
31. 9/22 (email) St. Barnabas Oct 20 zoom with social on the evening of Oct 18 or 19
32. 9/22 (email) Buffalo Oct 15 or 18th in person interview
33. 9/22 (email) UOP Oct 18 or 19 in person with social the night before
34. 9/23 (call and email) Roseman Oct 12 or 13 zoom with social on the afternoon of each day
35. 9/24 (email) NOVA Oct 22nd virtual interview with social
36. 9/24 (email) Marquette October 21 or 22 in person social on Oct. 21st evening
37. 9/27 (email) Montefiore October 6th or 8th virtual interview
38. 9/27 (phone) Loma Linda Oct 18 or 19 on zoom
39. 9/27 (email) NOVA ROUND 2, Oct 28th virtual interview with social
40. 9/27 (email) University of Alabama at Birmingham, October 21st or 22nd
41. 9/27 (email) UNLV, 10/22 (Virtual)
42. 9/28 (email) University of Maryland, Oct. 20 or 21 in-person, with social the day before
43. 9/28 (email) NOVA ROUND 3, Nov 1 virtual interview with social
44. 9/29 (email) University of Connecticut, virtual 10/21 or 10/22
45. 9/29 (email) VCU, in person 10/28 AND 10/29
46. 9/30 (email) Saint Louis University, virtual 10/25-10/28
47. 9/30 (email) Rochester, virtual 10/14 or 10/18
48. 9/30 (phone) Albert Einstein, interview offered, declined invite (didn't hear dates), all virtual
49. 10/1 (email) Rutgers, virtual 10/20 or 10/22
50. 10/1 (phone) BronxCare, in-person 10/20 with social the day before
51. 10/2 (email) Tufts University, virtual 10/28 and 10/29 with virtual social and school tour
52. 10/4 (email) University of Pennsylvania, Oct. 20 virtual
53. 10/4 (email) University of Detroit Mercy, 11/4 or 11/5 virtual
54. 10/4 (email) West Virginia University, 10/25 virtual
55. 10/6 (email) Jacksonville, October 12-14 virtual
56. 10/6 (email) Stony Brook, Nov 4th virtual (email mentioned 10/28 as a date as well)
57. 10/6 (email) Louisville, October 21st or 22nd virtual
58. 10/6 (email) Temple University, 10/26 & 10/20 (In person)
59. 10/6 (email) University of Minnesota, 10/24 social & 10/25 interview (in person)
60. 10/8 (email) New York University NYU, 10/21 social & 10/22 interview (virtual)
61. 10/12 (email) Maimonides Medical Center, 11/9 (virtual)
62. 10/12 (email) Harvard, 11/1 virtual (social also 11/1 in the evening)
63. 10/26 (email) Howard, 11/3 virtual
 
1. ??(email) University of Oklahoma
2. ??(email) University of Texas San Antonio, TRAP seminar invites sent out
3. 8/16 (email) Mayo Clinic 9/30 Virtual
4. 8/19 (email) Iowa , In-person social 10/13 and interview 10/14
5. 8/22 (email) University of Illinois at Chicago 10/12 or 10/13 or 10/14
6. 8/23 (phone call @3:30 PM central time) Loma Linda 10/11 for morning or afternoon interview (in-person).
7. 8/28 (email @ 8:19 PM central time) Tufts, 09/15, 09/16 in-person or virtual if you can't make it; social the day before (details to follow)
 
1. ??(email) University of Oklahoma
2. ??(email) University of Texas San Antonio, TRAP seminar invites sent out
3. 8/16 (email) Mayo Clinic 9/30 Virtual
4. 8/19 (email) Iowa , In-person social 10/13 and interview 10/14
5. 8/22 (email) University of Illinois at Chicago 10/12 or 10/13 or 10/14
6. 8/23 (phone call @3:30 PM central time) Loma Linda 10/11 for morning or afternoon interview (in-person).
7. 8/28 (email @ 8:19 PM central time) Tufts, 09/15, 09/16 in-person or virtual if you can't make it; social the day before (details to follow)
8. 8/30 (email @ 9:38 AM central time) Indiana, 10/06, 10/07 in-person, with a social on 10/06 5:30 pm
 
momjeans said:
Yes! Has no one heard from Colorado yet?
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“I expect to be reaching out to you in the next two weeks with a decision regarding an invitation to interview. If this time frame changes, I will be sure to communicate that with you”.

Quoted from my last email, yesterday
 
Docortho1212 said:
“I expect to be reaching out to you in the next two weeks with a decision regarding an invitation to interview. If this time frame changes, I will be sure to communicate that with you”.

Quoted from my last email, yesterday
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Thank you for sharing this information- I hope you receive an invitation!
 
dentalworld101_ said:
I still have not heard back from them! Very odd we have not received a confirmation/follow-up
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Yea. I wasn’t sure if the social was also offered virtually, it wasn’t clear in the invitation email. We should call and ask?
 
dbkv said:
Just got an email.
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same, is it just me or the email is confusing since it mentions dates for Sept 14 Wednesday and Sept 15 Thursday, followed by details for the Thursday social and Friday interview. I'm not sure if there was an error, since they didn't mention Wednesday earlier.
 
dolichodefender said:
same, is it just me or the email is confusing since it mentions dates for Sept 14 Wednesday and Sept 15 Thursday, followed by details for the Thursday social and Friday interview. I'm not sure if there was an error, since they didn't mention Wednesday earlier.
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Oh weird mine only mentions the wednesday for the social and Thursday for the interview
 
dbkv said:
Oh weird mine only mentions the wednesday for the social and Thursday for the interview
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They got back to me quickly, it was just a small clerical error. Confirmed for Thursday orientation, Friday interview 🙂
 
1. ??(email) University of Oklahoma
2. ??(email) University of Texas San Antonio, TRAP seminar invites sent out
3. 8/16 (email) Mayo Clinic 9/30 Virtual
4. 8/19 (email) Iowa , In-person social 10/13 and interview 10/14
5. 8/22 (email) University of Illinois at Chicago 10/12 or 10/13 or 10/14
6. 8/23 (phone call @3:30 PM central time) Loma Linda 10/11 for morning or afternoon interview (in-person).
7. 8/28 (email @ 8:19 PM central time) Tufts, 09/15, 09/16 in-person or virtual if you can't make it; social the day before (details to follow)
8. 8/30 (email @ 9:38 AM central time) Indiana, 10/06, 10/07 in-person, with a social on 10/06 5:30 pm
9. 9/2 (email @1:48 PM pacific time) UNLV, 10/7 or 10/14 in-person.
 
Did anyone get a confirmation about the interview date for Colorado???
 
1. ??(email) University of Oklahoma
2. ??(email) University of Texas San Antonio, TRAP seminar invites sent out
3. 8/16 (email) Mayo Clinic 9/30 Virtual
4. 8/19 (email) Iowa , In-person social 10/13 and interview 10/14
5. 8/22 (email) University of Illinois at Chicago 10/12 or 10/13 or 10/14
6. 8/23 (phone call @3:30 PM central time) Loma Linda 10/11 for morning or afternoon interview (in-person).
7. 8/28 (email @ 8:19 PM central time) Tufts, 09/15, 09/16 in-person or virtual if you can't make it; social the day before (details to follow)
8. 8/30 (email @ 9:38 AM central time) Indiana, 10/06, 10/07 in-person, with a social on 10/06 5:30 pm
9. 9/2 (email @1:48 PM pacific time) UNLV, 10/7 or 10/14 in-person.
10. 9/2 (email @4:37 PM eastern time) University of Colorado 9/29-10/1 in-person
11. 9/6 (email @ 10 AM) LSU, either 10/27 or 10/28 in-person, social on 10/27 evening
 
Maya0327 said:
1. ??(email) University of Oklahoma
2. ??(email) University of Texas San Antonio, TRAP seminar invites sent out
3. 8/16 (email) Mayo Clinic 9/30 Virtual
4. 8/19 (email) Iowa , In-person social 10/13 and interview 10/14
5. 8/22 (email) University of Illinois at Chicago 10/12 or 10/13 or 10/14
6. 8/23 (phone call @3:30 PM central time) Loma Linda 10/11 for morning or afternoon interview (in-person).
7. 8/28 (email @ 8:19 PM central time) Tufts, 09/15, 09/16 in-person or virtual if you can't make it; social the day before (details to follow)
8. 8/30 (email @ 9:38 AM central time) Indiana, 10/06, 10/07 in-person, with a social on 10/06 5:30 pm
9. 9/2 (email @1:48 PM pacific time) UNLV, 10/7 or 10/14 in-person.
10. 9/2 (email @4:37 PM eastern time) University of Colorado 9/29-10/1 in-person
11. 9/6 (email @ 10 AM) LSU, either 10/27 or 10/28 in-person, social on 10/27 evening
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Do interview invites from a particular program always go out on the same day? Holding out hope that the only one applied for (lsu) will somehow still make contact.
 
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