**Official Interview/Acceptance/Rejection Thread 2011-2012**

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School: Louisville
Notification date: Sept 15
Method of notification: Email
Residency: TX
Application complete: June 27
GPA (science, overall): See predents profile
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): ^^
 
iloveoatmeal said:
where do you check this? i only see "sent" under dental school designations, and nothing under school decisions
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this happened me too and i received an email a few weeks later.. i just interviewed there on tuesday
 
daunit said:
this happened me too and i received an email a few weeks later.. i just interviewed there on tuesday
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Thank you much. I hope that is the case, because I am dying here. 🙂 I hope your interview went well.
👍
 
yayyyy just came home from school and had a rejection from ATSU sitting in the mail...cherry on top of a great day -_____-
to make matters worse...no interviews yet.


🙁
 
polola55 said:
Fourth Dental School Interview!!! 🙂

School: Columbia School of Dental Medicine
Notification date: Sept 15
Method of notification: Email
Residency: NY
Application complete: Aug 2
GPA (science, overall): 3.2, 3.2
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/22/19/19/none
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what day are you interviewing
 
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My UNC status went from "Invited for interview" to "Received/under review." Naturally, I don't think they reneged on their offer, so I wouldn't worry about it.
 
School: Louisville
Notification date: Sept 15
Method of notification: Email
Residency: International (canada)
Application complete: Aug 26 email
GPA (science, overall): See predents profile
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): see predents
 
I am so happy!!

School: UOP
Notification date: 09/15/2011
Method of notification: Phone call
Residency: California
AADSAS mail-out date: Jul 18
Application complete date: Aug 26
GPA (science, overall): 3.55/3.33
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 24/23/21/24 no sections under 20
 
Sharadine said:
Did columbia send some type of itinerary on when the interview and stuff starts? I don't remember getting any info so I don't know when I should fly in
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shouldn't it be the day that you have interview? Beside, the schedule for the interview day is posted in the interview invitation email:

" 8:45 a.m. Arrival (includes Continental breakfast)
9:30 a.m. Overview of Curriculum and mission
10:30 a.m. Interview
11:30 – 12 00 p.m. Review of the School's Financial Aid Program
12:00 p.m. Lunch with Students
1 - 3 p.m. Tour of Medical Center and School"
 
yayyyyy my second interview!!

School: University of Minnesota
Notification date: September 15th
Method of notification: Email
Residency: Illinois
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/22
Application complete date: 8/31
GPA (science, overall) 3.74, 3.8
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 19/19/18/20/none below 17
 
SEAirLand said:
1st invite! 👍👍🙂

School: Ohio State University
Notification date: 9/15
Method of notification: email
Residency: NC
AADSAS mail-out date: 6/13/2011
Application complete date: 9/6/2011
GPA (science, overall) - BCP - 3.9, 3.9 overall
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 21/20/22/24/none
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They're finally sending them out, yay!!! 🙂 Congrats, by the way!
 
First rejection today: ATSU
No interview invites yet.. still 14 schools to hear from.
 
Just got 3 interviews invites yesterday.

VCU
Ohio State
Louisville

this makes a total of 7 interviews!!
 
polola55 said:
Fourth Dental School Interview!!! 🙂

School: Columbia School of Dental Medicine
Notification date: Sept 15
Method of notification: Email
Residency: NY
Application complete: Aug 2
GPA (science, overall): 3.2, 3.2
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/22/19/19/none
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3.2 and an interview from Columbia? Congrats. Do you all think Columbia puts more emphasis on DAT than GPA?
 
ugashaun said:
3.2 and an interview from Columbia? Congrats. Do you all think Columbia puts more emphasis on DAT than GPA?
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Spoke with Dr. Martin Davis, director of student affairs, and he told me that they emphasized greatly on DAT. GPA can be inflated or deflated depending on school. Thus, Columbia likes to use the DAT as an indicator.
 
polola55 said:
Spoke with Dr. Martin Davis, director of student affairs, and he told me that they emphasized greatly on DAT. GPA can be inflated or deflated depending on school. Thus, Columbia likes to use the DAT as an indicator.
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I personally think that putting more emphasis on the DAT isn't a good thing.

I think I did well on it but at the end of the day it's just a survey of of 40 bio questions, 30 gchem, 30 ochem, 90 pat, 50 reading, and 40 math. The content that can be tested on is so vast that 40 questions about biology doesn't really seem like a good indicator of how well you understood 2 entire semesters of material taught in biology.
 
double bonded said:
i personally think that putting more emphasis on the dat isn't a good thing.

I think i did well on it but at the end of the day it's just a survey of of 40 bio questions, 30 gchem, 30 ochem, 90 pat, 50 reading, and 40 math. The content that can be tested on is so vast that 40 questions about biology doesn't really seem like a good indicator of how well you understood 2 entire semesters of material taught in biology.
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i completely agree.
 
Double Bonded said:
I personally think that putting more emphasis on the DAT isn't a good thing.

I think I did well on it but at the end of the day it's just a survey of of 40 bio questions, 30 gchem, 30 ochem, 90 pat, 50 reading, and 40 math. The content that can be tested on is so vast that 40 questions about biology doesn't really seem like a good indicator of how well you understood 2 entire semesters of material taught in biology.
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That's one of the most important part of the application that Columbia look at. GPA is then next. He explained that Columbia doesn't exactly ignored GPA.
 
polola55 said:
That's one of the most important part of the application that Columbia look at. GPA is then next. He explained that Columbia doesn't exactly ignored GPA.
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Suppose it doesn't really matter....as long as I get an interview. Applied 6/26. Forgot when they sent the we got your app email.
 
MUSCDMD said:
My UNC status went from "Invited for interview" to "Received/under review." Naturally, I don't think they reneged on their offer, so I wouldn't worry about it.
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Same thing happened to me....seems strange but I'm not concerned about it...
 
School: ECU
Notification date: September 16
Method of notification: Email
Residency: NC
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/11
Application complete date: can't remember
GPA (science, overall) 3.55,3.62
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 23/23/20/23/none below 17
 
phildmd said:
I dont know about the comments about the people getting interviews at NYU and Nova having similar stats because I received an interview at Nova booked for october 5th but I have yet to hear from NYU. :xf:
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we are in the same boat!
 
Second interview invite! (First being OSU!) 👍👍🙂

School: ECU
Notification date: 9/16/11
Method of notification: email
Residency: NC
AADSAS mail-out date: 6/13
Application complete date: 9/6
GPA (science, overall): BCP 3.9
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 21/20/22/24/none
 
LECOM gives you a definite date for the interview, but is there anyway to change it? It is the day after another interview..
 
Woo hoo! 3rd and final interview!

School: UTDS (Houston)
Notification date: 09/16/2011
Method of notification: E-mail
Residency: Texas
TMDSAS mail-out date: May 26th
Application complete date: June 6th
GPA (science, overall): 3.82/3.87
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 23/22/20/28 no sections under 20
 
nboogie said:
I am so happy!!

School: UOP
Notification date: 09/15/2011
Method of notification: Phone call
Residency: California
AADSAS mail-out date: Jul 18
Application complete date: Aug 26
GPA (science, overall): 3.55/3.33
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 24/23/21/24 no sections under 20
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Did you have a lot of dates to choose from?
 
For those who got the interview invitation from Temple, how many days after you sent in your supplemental you received the interview invitation? I just got mine today and was hoping it meant an interview invitation is on the way soon. :xf: I check my email from last year from when I applied to Temple, I sent in the supplemental on 8/6/10 and got the rejection email on 5/30/11 (little less than a year later WTF!), so that is why I am skeptical with temple. 😕😕😕
 
First interview was:

School: Creighton
Notification date: 9/2
Method of notification: email
Residency: Kansas
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/6
Application complete date: 7/29
GPA (science, overall): 3.26 / 3.33
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): AA = 18

have any out of staters received an interview invite from UMKC?
 
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

School: UoP 😍
Notification date: 09/15/2011
Method of notification: Phone call
Residency: Wisconsin
AADSAS mail-out date: Jul 11
Application complete date: Jul 11
GPA (science, overall): 3.7/3.81
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 24/24/26/25; none
 
LittleTomato said:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

School: UoP 😍
Notification date: 09/15/2011
Method of notification: Phone call
Residency: Wisconsin
AADSAS mail-out date: Jul 11
Application complete date: Jul 11
GPA (science, overall): 3.7/3.81
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 24/24/26/25; none
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Congrats! I always feel a little pang of jealousy when I see a UoP interview. :laugh:
With an interview as an OSS student, you're basically in. 👍
 
Imagine going to an undergrad where the top 20 from every high school were accepted. Now imagine that all classes are graded based on a curve/class rank. I was class ranked 9th in high school and went to a college that did just that. In college, I kept getting the average and ended up with Bs. When I took the DAT, my TS was 22 when I had Bs/Cs in bio and chem as an undergrad. So, I can tell you that the DAT is a great normalizer to regulate gpa inflations.

side story- An old high school classmate of mine who outranked me in high school went to a very uncompetitive college, graduated suma cum laude easily, and went to UCLA dental school. 😱



Double Bonded said:
I personally think that putting more emphasis on the DAT isn't a good thing.

I think I did well on it but at the end of the day it's just a survey of of 40 bio questions, 30 gchem, 30 ochem, 90 pat, 50 reading, and 40 math. The content that can be tested on is so vast that 40 questions about biology doesn't really seem like a good indicator of how well you understood 2 entire semesters of material taught in biology.
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DunStopBelievin said:
Imagine going to an undergrad where the top 20 from every high school were accepted. Now imagine that all classes are graded based on a curve/class rank. I was class ranked 9th in high school and went to a college that did just that. In college, I kept getting the average and ended up with Bs. When I took the DAT, my TS was 22 when I had Bs/Cs in bio and chem as an undergrad. So, I can tell you that the DAT is a great normalizer to regulate gpa inflations.

side story- An old high school classmate of mine who outranked me in high school went to a very uncompetitive college, graduated suma cum laude easily, and went to UCLA dental school. 😱
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I go to an undergrad just like yours and I agree, grade deflation is an issue that must be taken into consideration. But I still think that 3 years worth of material cannot possibly be represented by 100 questions.

I suppose complaining about it won't do anything though. 😀
 
Double Bonded said:
I go to an undergrad just like yours and I agree, grade deflation is an issue that must be taken into consideration. But I still think that 3 years worth of material cannot possibly be represented by 100 questions.

I suppose complaining about it won't do anything though. 😀
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I'm not sure I agree, as surveys and polls do a good job of representing their respective discipline.

The DAT is the great equalizer. I get a kick out of people that have 4.0 GPAs only to score 17s and 18s on the DAT. If I was on admissions I would seriously question the value of their undergrad education, and also wonder if they will be able to absorb all of the material necessary to pass dental boards. Just my opinion though.
 
Golfguy said:
I'm not sure I agree, as surveys and polls do a good job of representing their respective discipline.

The DAT is the great equalizer. I get a kick out of people that have 4.0 GPAs only to score 17s and 18s on the DAT. If I was on admissions I would seriously question the value of their undergrad education, and also wonder if they will be able to absorb all of the material necessary to pass dental boards. Just my opinion though.
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I would totally disagree with you on this. A good or bad DAT score has no indication of whether you are a good or bad student. It is the long term education received that matters. Answering 40 questions in biology does not show that you know entire biology. Just because you did well on plant biology or ecology or classification of Animal kingdom or PAT or QR or English does not mean you will not do well in dental school. They have nothing even close to medical subjects. Maybe someone was super nervous or was not well or did not study one particular section well and was bombed with that in the test. Sometimes it is luck too, one might get a harder section than the other. So how do you compare students on one test when they were not even tested on the same level and material. In fact I feel that DAT is a bad way to measure a students ability. If one was really on the admissions then he would already know if he gets students with all 4.0s or low GPAs from that University. I come from a University that is very hard to grade and I know how it feels when you don't get the grades that you need. To give you an estimate, in my University only 25 students out of 400 students got an A in gen chem and it was worse in orgo. So it would be wrong to blame the University. This is the reason why, correctly, admissions looks not only at the DAT but the student as overall, in all fields and aspects.
 
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rocky90 said:
I would totally disagree with you on this. A good or bad DAT score has no indication of whether you are a good or bad student. It is the long term education received that matters. Answering 40 questions in biology does not show that you know entire biology. Just because you did well on plant biology or ecology or classification of Animal kingdom or PAT or QR or English does not mean you will not do well in dental school. They have nothing even close to medical subjects. Maybe someone was super nervous or was not well or did not study one particular section well and was bombed with that in the test. Sometimes it is luck too, one might get a harder section than the other. So how do you compare students on one test when they were not even tested on the same level and material. In fact I feel that DAT is a bad way to measure a students ability. If one was really on the admissions then he would already know if he gets students with all 4.0s or low GPAs from that University. I come from a University that is very hard to grade and I know how it feels when you don't get the grades that you need. To give you an estimate, in my University only 25 students out of 400 students got an A in gen chem and it was worse in orgo. So it would be wrong to blame the University. This is the reason why, correctly, admissions looks not only at the DAT but the student as overall, in all fields and aspects.
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I think you make some good points Rocky, but you have actually made a great case for DAT validity in latter half of your argument.

Concerning the first half, the DAT user manual shows a good correlation between DAT scores and dental school grades. Also, the exam is standardized, so there is no need to be concerned about getting a "hard" version, as each is adjusted to other takers. This is the only metric that all students share, so I think it is with good reason that it is weighed heavily. If a student is "nervous," then they have the opportunity to take it again. What the heck are you going to do during your boards? Make excuses, I think not (not you specifically, just the example you cited).
 
TIME TO UPDATE MY INTERVIEWS (Midwestern and UPENN posted previously)

School: UoP
Notification date: About 2 weeks ago
Method of notification: Phone call, missed twice then they sent me an email
Residency:Las Vegas, Nevada
AADSAS mail-out date:First batch, Letters not in until Aug 1st
Application complete date: Aug 1st
GPA (science, overall)-3.47, 3.49
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 22/22/21/25/Nope

School: SAN ANTONIO!!!!!! ( and yes I am OOS 👍👍)
Notification date: a week ago
Method of notification: email
Residency:Las Vegas, Nevada
AADSAS mail-out date:First batch, Letters not in until Aug 1st
Application complete date: Aug 1st
GPA (science, overall)-3.47, 3.49
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 22/22/21/25/Nope


School: UCSF
Notification date: A week ago
Method of notification: email
Residency:Las Vegas, Nevada
AADSAS mail-out date:First batch, Letters not in until Aug 1st
Application complete date: Aug 1st
GPA (science, overall)-3.47, 3.49
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 22/22/21/25/Nope
 
104 said:
TIME TO UPDATE MY INTERVIEWS (Midwestern and UPENN posted previously)

School: UoP
Notification date: About 2 weeks ago
Method of notification: Phone call, missed twice then they sent me an email
Residency:Las Vegas, Nevada
AADSAS mail-out date:First batch, Letters not in until Aug 1st
Application complete date: Aug 1st
GPA (science, overall)-3.47, 3.49
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 22/22/21/25/Nope
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when is your interview and were you given a lot of dates to choose from? Or since you have other interviews you're only free in november for instance and choice is limited.
 
School: Western
Notification date: 9/8/11
Method of notification: Phone Call
Residency: Idaho
AADSAS mail-out date:
Application complete date: 8/5/11
GPA (science, overall) 3.37/3.48 BCP 3.63
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 18/18/20/19

School: Midwestern - AZ
Notification date: 9/7/11
Method of notification: email
Residency:Idaho
AADSAS mail-out date:
Application complete date: 8/5/11
GPA (science, overall) above
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): above

VERY late LORs!
 
School: Temple
Notification date: 8/30/11
Method of notification: Phone Call

School: Louisville
Notification Date: 9/15/11
Method of notification: email


residency: PA
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/22/11
Application complete date: 7/2/11
GPA (science, overall): 3.65, 3.71
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 18/18/19/18/QR

I got rejected from Nova and Loma Linda.. still waiting on 14 more schools..
 
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