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

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I have interviews to Michigan (10/14) and Iowa (10/17), both contacted me by email in early September.

Still waiting on Detroit Mercy and Marquette. Starting to get anxious.

Residency: MI
Application completed: 6/6
Application sent out: 6/27
GPA: 3.55 (sciences), 3.65 (overall)
DAT: (AA, TS, PAT, Reading) 21/21/20/21 none under 17
 
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Golfguy said:
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).
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You are correct in some ways. But since I dont want to hijack the thread I would just mention that a one day exam definitely does not prove if one would be a good/bad dentist or if one can take the boards well. One might have memorized everything and gotten a 30, but dentistry is about understanding and alot different from the DAT. Yes, it does show to some extent whether you can handle the pressure but DAT alone is not a good gauge of a students capability. Also good dentists are usually with average/ above average scores and good social skills compared to top scorers and zero social skills. Thats why admissions looks at everything rather than just one aspect of the application.
 
rocky90 said:
You are correct in some ways. But since I dont want to hijack the thread I would just mention that a one day exam definitely does not prove if one would be a good/bad dentist or if one can take the boards well. One might have memorized everything and gotten a 30, but dentistry is about understanding and alot different from the DAT. Yes, it does show to some extent whether you can handle the pressure but DAT alone is not a good gauge of a students capability. Also good dentists are usually with average/ above average scores and good social skills compared to top scorers and zero social skills. Thats why admissions looks at everything rather than just one aspect of the application.
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I think the DAT isn't a indicator to success as a dentist since the test is only a couple hundred questions. However, I think that people should be able to grasp the information and do well on the test because there are much worse things awaiting you in dental school and beyond. The amount of info on Part I boards is way worse. Part 2 boards is a TWO DAY test!!!

On a side note, has anyone found a way to stay off SDN? I'm on here more than ever because I've pretty much finished all the app stuff and now I just have idle time... 🙁
 
Second interview!

School: Detroit Mercy
Notification date: Sept 19
Method of notification: AADSAS Portal Update
Residency: MI
Application complete: Mid August
GPA (science, overall): Predents
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): Predents
 
DentalJedi said:
Second interview!

School: Detroit Mercy
Notification date: Sept 19
Method of notification: AADSAS Portal Update
Residency: MI
Application complete: Mid August
GPA (science, overall): Predents
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): Predents
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how did you know your app was complete? did they ever said you an email or snail mail?
 
herkulease said:
how did you know your app was complete? did they ever said you an email or snail mail?
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I don't think I got an email, unless I mistakenly deleted it. I got a letter from them after I submitted my app but I believe it was before my app was complete.
 
DentalJedi said:
I don't think I got an email, unless I mistakenly deleted it. I got a letter from them after I submitted my app but I believe it was before my app was complete.
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ah ok. I only go to letters from them receipt for check and we received your app. was worried something is missing thus I don't get any complete email/letter
 
Has anyone else had their UCSF AADSAS updated to invited for interview but not received an email invite?
 
School: Detroit Mercy
Notification date: Sept 19
Method of notification: AADSAS Portal
Residency: MI
Application complete: End of July
GPA (science, overall): Predents
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): Predents
 
3 interviews so far
LLU, UNLV, Midwestern
Notification date: early sept
Method of notification: email
Residency: california
AADSAS mail-out date: aug 8
GPA (science, overall) 3.89, 3.95
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17):23/25/20/22/nothing
 
NYG90 said:
Has anyone else had their UCSF AADSAS updated to invited for interview but not received an email invite?
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Nope. When did you send in your supplemental and when does it say "last updated" (on AADSAS)?
 
NYG90 said:
Has anyone else had their UCSF AADSAS updated to invited for interview but not received an email invite?
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YES!!! I checked just now and did a double take! I haven't heard anything from UCSF since July, but my AADSAS was changed to "invited to interview." I'm going to call them today to ask about this.

ALSO, for those of you who were invited to UNC interview, did your aadsas status change from invited to interview back to "Your application is currently in the process of being reviewed. It will proceed through a multileveled review in which we consider such factors as your GPA..." message?? This strikes me as extremely odd.
 
Double Bonded said:
Nope. When did you send in your supplemental and when does it say "last updated" (on AADSAS)?
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It says 9/12. I sent my supplemental 8/2. but I got their supplemental confirmation really late, 8/30.

I'm gonna call today too to see what's going on.
 
School: UDM (interview)
Notification date: 2011.09.19
Method of notification: AADSAS

School: Buffalo (interview)
Notification date: 2011.08.29
Method of notification: email

School: Indiana (rejection)
Notification date: 2011.08.12
Method of notification: email

School: Case (interview)
Notification date: 2011.08.08
Method of notification: email

Residency: NY
AADSAS mail-out date: July 29th (with DAT)
Application complete date: July 4th (w/o DAT)
GPA (science, overall) oGPA 3.07, sGPA 3.48, BCP 3.68 (with +/-) Non Traditional
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 25/25/27/24/no
 
Lane138 said:
YES!!! I checked just now and did a double take! I haven't heard anything from UCSF since July, but my AADSAS was changed to "invited to interview." I'm going to call them today to ask about this.

ALSO, for those of you who were invited to UNC interview, did your aadsas status change from invited to interview back to "Your application is currently in the process of being reviewed. It will proceed through a multileveled review in which we consider such factors as your GPA..." message?? This strikes me as extremely odd.
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Is it tacky to quote yourself? hmm.

Okay so I called the USCF admissions office and left a message explaning the situation. Five minutes later I receive an email inviting me to an interview. Apparently you can't change dates, and in typical USCF fashion, "If you do not respond within ten days, your application will be canceled and you will be ineligible to be considered for fall 2012 admission."

The lady at UNC is much nicer and explained that our statuses were changed so their internal system wouldn't get confused-- not something we should be concerned about.
 
rocky90 said:
You are correct in some ways. But since I dont want to hijack the thread I would just mention that a one day exam definitely does not prove if one would be a good/bad dentist or if one can take the boards well. One might have memorized everything and gotten a 30, but dentistry is about understanding and alot different from the DAT. Yes, it does show to some extent whether you can handle the pressure but DAT alone is not a good gauge of a students capability. Also good dentists are usually with average/ above average scores and good social skills compared to top scorers and zero social skills. Thats why admissions looks at everything rather than just one aspect of the application.
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the DAT is worth less than your GPA, but its a standarized exam that is a pretty good indicator of dental school success. thats all. Its not meant to gauge your success past dental school. Like all other standarized exams, its job is to weed out people who are not smart. If you got a 16 on your DAT, you probably shouldnt be going to dental school. Also your point about memorizing everything is not accurate, since the exam itself is not based on memorization, but applying fundamental concepts. I would not trust a 3.9 GPA applicant, with a 16AA to be a measure of success at dental school. Both GPA and the DAT are like your left and right hands, you need both of them to be equally as strong in order to bench press. You cant have one or the other that is disproportionately stronger. just like your wheels need to be aligned in order to drive properly and not swerve.
 
wired202808 said:
the DAT is worth less than your GPA, but its a standarized exam that is a pretty good indicator of dental school success. thats all. Its not meant to gauge your success past dental school. Like all other standarized exams, its job is to weed out people who are not smart. If you got a 16 on your DAT, you probably shouldnt be going to dental school. Also your point about memorizing everything is not accurate, since the exam itself is not based on memorization, but applying fundamental concepts. I would not trust a 3.9 GPA applicant, with a 16AA to be a measure of success at dental school. Both GPA and the DAT are like your left and right hands, you need both of them to be equally as strong in order to bench press. You cant have one or the other that is disproportionately stronger. just like your wheels need to be aligned in order to drive properly and not swerve.
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Meaning?

What about someone with a 3.1 GPA and 26 DAT?
 
This is not a thread about the validity of the DAT. Please stop hijacking the thread.

Thank you kindly! 🙂
 
jackalo34 said:
He started it! :laugh:
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it happens once a in while, someone went to a tough school or had a tough major i.e. engineering, they bombed their gpa and are using the DAT to show that they're not that dumb after all lol. but it wont help, gpa is more important than the dat. the best thing is a 3.7 gpa (cGPA and sGPA) and a 20aa, thats probably going to get you into all your schools.
 
4th interview!

School: UCSF
Notification date: 9/19
Method of notification: e-mail
Residency: NY
Interview date: Oct 24th
AADSAS mail-out date: 6/27
GPA (science, overall): Predents
DAT: Predents
 
ASDOH interview invite friday (my second thus far, hopefully more to come!). fyi: for those who applied to Midwestern-az, they have filled all of their slots for interviews. i called them today to ask about my application and one of the admissions counselors told me they aren't planning on giving out any more interviews this cycle. hopefully that's not true (but i'm afraid it might be).
 
2nd interview invite

School: Temple
Notification date: 9/19/11
Method of notification: email
Residency: CA
Application complete date: Don't know. Sent supplemental app late Aug.
GPA (science, overall): 3.57, 3.7
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 22, 21, 23, 23, none
 
School: Detroit Mercy😀
Notification date: Sept 19
Method of notification: AADSAS Portal
Residency: MI
Application complete: End of July
GPA (science, overall): 3.7+ all categories
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 22/23/23/22 no



Also rejection from UNLV via email last thurs....I'm still wondering why. It wasn't my top choice so I shouldn't lose sleep over it.
 
NYG90 said:
4th interview!

School: UCSF
Notification date: 9/19
Method of notification: e-mail
Residency: NY
Interview date: Oct 24th
AADSAS mail-out date: 6/27
GPA (science, overall): Predents
DAT: Predents
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when was ur secondary complete and did u recieve an email notification stating ur application is complete>
 
jkb53433 said:
when was ur secondary complete and did u recieve an email notification stating ur application is complete>
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They sent me the supplemental around 7/20 and I submitted it 8/2. I got the received supplemental email on 8/30
 
School: NOVA 😀
Notification date: 9/20
Method of notification: email
Residency: CT
Application complete: 9/4
GPA (science, overall): 3.63, 3.55
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 22/21/22/19 no
 
First interview :soexcited:

School: LECOM
Notification date: 9/20
Method of notification: email
Residency: MI
Application complete: Shortly after 8/12
GPA (science, overall): 3.3, 3.4
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 22/22/21/24 no

Edit: It's a post december interview btw. Dec 14th. :scared:
 
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School: UIC
Notification date: 9/20
Method of notification: AADSAS
Residency: IL
Application complete: 7/4
GPA (science, overall): 3.4, 3.4
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/20/25/19/no
 
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First interview invite, sadly the first interview date available is Jan 17th...

School: MWU-AZ
Notification date: 9/20/2011
Method of notification: MWU Portal/E-mail
Residency: HI
AADSAS mail-out date: 7/22/2011
Application complete date: 9/15/2011 (LOR issues)
GPA (science, overall): 3.7, 3.64
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/22/27/20/ QR 16
 
Interview @ Western 9/19 via phone call 🙂

Rejection from ASDOH 9/17 via snail mail 🙁
 
EEP said:
Interview @ Western 9/19 via phone call 🙂

Rejection from ASDOH 9/17 via snail mail 🙁
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Could you tell me when was you application completed email?

Thanks
 
Woke up to an interview email from NYU, 🙂

School: NYU
Notification date: 9/20
Method of notification: email
Residency: CA
Application complete: 8/4
GPA (science, overall): PreDents
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): PreDents

So far, UNLV, ASDOH, WesternU, and NYU
 
I was getting a little worried but got my first interview invite from UNLV:soexcited:😀

Notification date: 9/19
Method of notification: email
Residency: New Mexico
AADSAS mail-out date: June 24
oGPA 3.38, sGPA 3.42, BCP 3.47 non tradition student
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 21/23/17/18/16 QR 🙁
 
I haven't received a single e-mail or letter from UDM and my application was complete in July. Anybody else in the same boat?
 
Interview: Detroit Mercy
Date: September 19
Method: AADSAS
Completion: August 5
Scores: Pre-dents

1st interview! very excited...awesome school
 
Sayahhhhh said:
I haven't received a single e-mail or letter from UDM and my application was complete in July. Anybody else in the same boat?
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I haven't heard anything back from them, too. Almost forgot that school 😎
 
I have Interviews at Penn, Nova, Columbia, UCSF, ASDOH, UNLV, MUSC, Maryland . (In order of receiving them)

I am a Michigan Resident, and am yet to hear from University of Michigan--my first choice. My chances of getting into Michigan should be statistically waaay better than any other school (they accept about 60% in-state), so I am a bit perplexed. I know they've sent out a good number of interviews, but alas I've heard nothing. Think I have a chance of getting one?? I submitted my application ~June 15.

Or does anyone know of any schools on this list that they've heard esp. bad things about that would influence my decision to interview there? I haven't done much research into these schools, besides michigan...ironic haha.


DAT: 22AA/22TS/17PAT
GPA: 3.91 Overall/3.89 Sci (BYU student)
 
pjscholar said:
I have Interviews at Penn, Nova, Columbia, UCSF, ASDOH, UNLV, MUSC, Maryland . (In order of receiving them)

I am a Michigan Resident, and am yet to hear from University of Michigan--my first choice. My chances of getting into Michigan should be statistically waaay better than any other school (they accept about 60% in-state), so I am a bit perplexed. I know they've sent out a good number of interviews, but alas I've heard nothing. Think I have a chance of getting one?? I submitted my application ~June 15.

Or does anyone know of any schools on this list that they've heard esp. bad things about that would influence my decision to interview there? I haven't done much research into these schools, besides michigan...ironic haha.


DAT: 22AA/22TS/17PAT
GPA: 3.91 Overall/3.89 Sci (BYU student)
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Um...I have an interview with U of Mich, but really want a Columbia, UPenn, UNLV, or Maryland one. I have no bad comment about any school on your list. Good luck.
 
got my first interview!

School: Western University
Notification date: 9/20/11
Method of notification: phone
Residency: CA
Application complete date: June 3 dont remember when i turned in the supplemental
GPA (science, overall): 3.1 for both
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/19/21/19/no
 
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