*** Official rejection 2009 cycle thread ***

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Ok guys, we have lots of official threads, lets open new one for rejection!
I start first:
my score: 20 /19/15
rejection:
Case and nova :scared:
good luck everybody
 
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Nova for me. I thought Nova would be my safety school...guess not.
 
LuckyMiner said:
I got rejected from Indiana yesterday.
AA 20, TS 21, PAT 19
My undergrad GPA isn't so pretty (but my grad GPA is a 4.0!) I was a bad undergrad. I'm prepared for this to be the first rejection of many.
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wow...we are in the same boat TS-20 AA-19 PAT-20
Also have an ugly undergrad GPA but a 4.0 post-bac
rejected from Case
 
Nova here, 19/19/18. I wouldn't really call any school a safety school.
 
UMKC
They said it's b/c I'm not a Missouri resident. Oh well.
 
ak47 said:
UMKC
They said it's b/c I'm not a Missouri resident. Oh well.
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Yeah, UMKC is tough if you're not in one of their network states.....MO, HI and a couple others that don't have dental schools
 
Got rejected from Colorado, wasn't really expecting anything from them but I applied because it was close to home. Case also said I need to send them transcripts after this upcoming fall semester and they will re-review my appllication at that point.

I do have an interview at Columbia though.

Overall GPA 3.3
DAT 21 Science 21 AA 22 PAT
 
at least you guys are hearing early.. last year i had to wait until almost april to get rejected from a couple schools. getting rejected early is much better than being on 'hold'

i was a wreck all winter and couldnt plan for anything else
 
Haven't heard from anybody...not even AADSAS!!

Aren't they supposed to let you know when it's been sent, etc? I'm starting to wonder...

Sounds like Case is a crapshoot. Nova...good thing I didn't apply there!
 
Rejected from nova with a 21/20/25...

... the beaches of Florida would have been awesome too... damnit!
 
got rejected from NOVA with 2 publications of research, too. 👎
 
rejected from indiana and missouri-kansas
score ts/aa/pat: 23/21/18
but i think i got rejected because of 16 on english
 
98user said:
rejected from indiana and missouri-kansas
score ts/aa/pat: 23/21/18
but i think i got rejected because of 16 on english
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are you international student?
 
UMKC gave me the boot! When I spoke with them they said they ONLY accept students from their network states. I must have read old information when applying, because I swear I read on their site that they accepted ~10% of their students from outside the network. Oops. I hope AADSAS considers my UMKC application fee a tax deductible charitable donation!! 😀

scores: 22/21/28
 
bjhath said:
UMKC gave me the boot! When I spoke with them they said they ONLY accept students from their network states. I must have read old information when applying, because I swear I read on their site that they accepted ~10% of their students from outside the network. Oops. I hope AADSAS considers my UMKC application fee a tax deductible charitable donation!! 😀

scores: 22/21/28
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with your great scores........ wow! It is realy scarey cycle! :scared:
 
Danny289 said:
with your great scores........ wow! It is realy scarey cycle! :scared:
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Even with my good scores, I wasn't smart enough to read the fine print about UMKC! No residency, No admitee! :bang:
 
jesus people are getting rejected with a 21 and 22 AA??? This cycle is scary =/
 
Danny289 said:
hope you are not scared you are over 21 and 22 😀
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~2.8 undergrad GPA and my graduate GPA is 3.85

I'm far from perfect 🙁

Hoping my DATs can make up for my undergrad and get them to at least open my app:luck:
 
yeah, my day sucks. rejected from case with 21/21/22.
 
Rejected from Case 👎
Letter was postmarked on my bday too 😱

18 AA
18 TS
19 PAT
 
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crazy competitive this year. oh man...
 
I think Nova places a lot of emphasis on GPA over DAT and they want people who took lots of upper level bio courses i.e. microbio, immunology, biochem, anatomy. So maybe some of you didn't have those?
 
I took Genetics and biochem avging an A- in them. Then again, my stats are nothing to brag about.
 
ATSU today 😳
my reading score is too low and not Volunteer works that ATSU cares about.
 
bjhath said:
Even with my good scores, I wasn't smart enough to read the fine print about UMKC! No residency, No admitee! :bang:
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I should have read a little more before applying to UMKC too. Im in Tennessee. my scores are lower than yours, so i am expecting to get rejected too 🙁

I have an MBA, but dont think that will help too much as it looks like you have a masters too
 
Yeah, I got rejected from NOVA too.... 🙁 so much for my theory of "safe schools"..... I agree, no more safe schools anymore!
 
YayTeeth said:
I think Nova places a lot of emphasis on GPA over DAT and they want people who took lots of upper level bio courses i.e. microbio, immunology, biochem, anatomy. So maybe some of you didn't have those?
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Yea I agree about the upper level science courses. That's what Dr. Lippman told me as well. I got rejected last year coz of my low DAT score and I went to see Dr. Lippman and I asked him about my GPA. He said that I only need to worry about bringing up my DAT score and that my GPA is fine compared to the upper level science courses that I have taken.
 
Mstoothlady2012 said:
Yea I agree about the upper level science courses. That's what Dr. Lippman told me as well. I got rejected last year coz of my low DAT score and I went to see Dr. Lippman and I asked him about my GPA. He said that I only need to worry about bringing up my DAT score and that my GPA is fine compared to the upper level science courses that I have taken.
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hopefully you hear from them soon!

I do agree with the gpa though, Nova was my first invite with my old DAT scores so I'm assuming they overlooked my DAT scores because of the gpa.
 
liz2007 said:
Yeah, I got rejected from NOVA too.... 🙁 so much for my theory of "safe schools"..... I agree, no more safe schools anymore!
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IMO, for 2009 Cycle under 22 AA and 3.6 GPA there is not safe school.
 
Rejected from Loma Linda. The letter was dated 8/27/08.

My stat is 3.6 GPA with 19/20/19 (AA/TS/PAT).

They said my numbers and personal statement were not competitive enough. Go figure.

Maybe I should expect a rejection letter from Nova soon.
 
coambis said:
Rejected from Loma Linda. The letter was dated 8/27/08.

My stat is 3.6 GPA with 19/20/19 (AA/TS/PAT).

They said my numbers and personal statement were not competitive enough. Go figure.

Maybe I should expect a rejection letter from Nova soon.
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did you have letter from your pastor? 😎
 
No, I didn't have a letter from a spiritual leader. I was hoping to get that one later, but maybe they didn't think I was worth the wait. Oh, well.
 
how r u hearing back so soon? I sent my AADSAS application in May and besides letters from schools wanting "supplementary" application fees I have heard nothing.
 
may I ask what kind of GPA did u have and what kind of DAT scores? I applied to NOVA...wondering what my odds are
 
izzie9 said:
how r u hearing back so soon? I sent my AADSAS application in May and besides letters from schools wanting "supplementary" application fees I have heard nothing.
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Consider yourself lucky! :laugh: Hopefully you won't get any rejections!
 
has anyone gotten rejections before DAT scores in? Is that possible?
 
for those of you getting rejections from nova, was it before/after they asked for a supplemental? and if it is after, how soon after you submitted it did you hear back from them with the bad news?
 
Rejection from Loma Linda. They updated my status from Under Review to Application Denied. I think I can't cry because it seems even more competitive than last year.

I guess I shouldn't get shocked if I receive more rejection letters.
 
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