Please Help Me Narrow Down My List... Please

[annihilatedat]

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Hello everyone,
I would appreciate any comments on my chances applying to dental school. This is my first time applying. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I also would love any help narrowing down my list or adding schools I may have overlooked. Thank you!

Background:
Attended community college for 2 years (65 units) then transferred
Graduated from a UC (Univ. of California) with a 3.0 overall, 2.8 science GPA.
Postbac for a year and a half (62 units): 3.99 GPA
Overall GPAs (after postbac): 3.25overall, 3.15science
Residency: CA
DAT: 24AA, 26TS, 20PAT

ECs/Dental Experience: 200+ hours of shadowing GPs at 4 different offices including community dental clinic
100ish hours volunteering at an ER
On the executive board for pre-dental society
Supplemental Instruction Leader for Anatomy & Physiology for 1 quarter
Just became an Oral Health Educator for a non-profit organization

School List:
UCSF
UoP
Western
USC
UNLV
MWU-AZ
OHSU
Roseman
Touro
NYU
Louisville
U of Kentucky
LECOM
MWU-IL
ASDOH
Columbia
Case Western
Tufts
U of Minnesota
MOSDOH
Marquette
VCU

Please let me know which schools to add/remove.
A note about OSHU: I realize they barely accept CA residents, but I visited the school and met with admissions and they encouraged me to apply. I loved the school and would like to keep it on my list.

Thanks for reading!

 

[Legacy382]

Get rid of VCU and columbia for sure.

 

[plusalpha]

Get rid of VCU and columbia for sure.

Why VCU? Are they OOS-unfriendly?

 

[deleted816661]

Hello everyone,
I would appreciate any comments on my chances applying to dental school. This is my first time applying. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I also would love any help narrowing down my list or adding schools I may have overlooked. Thank you!

Background:
Attended community college for 2 years (65 units) then transferred
Graduated from a UC (Univ. of California) with a 3.0 overall, 2.8 science GPA.
Postbac for a year and a half (62 units): 3.99 GPA
Overall GPAs (after postbac): 3.25overall, 3.15science
Residency: CA
DAT: 24AA, 26TS, 20PAT

ECs/Dental Experience: 200+ hours of shadowing GPs at 4 different offices including community dental clinic
100ish hours volunteering at an ER
On the executive board for pre-dental society
Supplemental Instruction Leader for Anatomy & Physiology for 1 quarter
Just became an Oral Health Educator for a non-profit organization

School List:
UCSF
UoP
Western
USC
UNLV
MWU-AZ
OHSU
Roseman
Touro
NYU
Louisville
U of Kentucky
LECOM
MWU-IL
ASDOH
Columbia
Case Western
Tufts
U of Minnesota
MOSDOH
Marquette
VCU

Please let me know which schools to add/remove.
A note about OSHU: I realize they barely accept CA residents, but I visited the school and met with admissions and they encouraged me to apply. I loved the school and would like to keep it on my list.

Thanks for reading!

BRO your dat stats seems identical to mine lol, low-key want to know the breakdown haha

 

[princessdentist]

remove Marquette (not OOS friendly!)

remove ASDOH, add UCLA

 

[WaveRace]

I'm not so sure about adding UCLA. Their oGPA/sGPA means from last year are 3.75/3.73. More importantly, their GPA ranges are 3.26-4.02 and 3.18-4.06. The 3.26/3.18 represents the 5th percentile of students accepted to UCLA. That's a stretch, although OP does have an upward trend. If you have money to burn, add it because they do heavily favor in-state.

Also, don't drop Marquette! It's not OOS unfriendly. Half of the class is from out of state (50 students). 301/2010 of OOS applicants were interviewed last year(15% of applicants).
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[annihilatedat]

Yeah the past few years at my postbac program, no one has been accepted to UCLA and they tend to favor high GPA. Decided not to apply there even though I'm a CA resident.

 

[Badgers2]

remove Marquette (not OOS friendly!)

remove ASDOH, add UCLA

Why remove Marquette? 50% of their class is OOS

 

[Likkriue]

Why VCU? Are they OOS-unfriendly?

Don't listen to him, VCU takes in plenty of OOS. VCU loves non trads, their average age is 25+.

Keep them OP.