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Hello fellow SDNers. As many as you, I have been addicted to SDN ever since I found this website. Another similarity we share is the application process is absolutely nuts! I cant speak for all of you but the entire process was very stressful, especially after Dec 1st.
Well, I got into D-School and will no longer be a web programmer so I figured I would give a little back to the pre-dents for next year, and to a lesser extent, this year as well. After living on these damn forums for 6 months I noticed that pre-dents are obsessed about certain information. They want to know other peoples stats, where they applied, when they got an interview, where they got accepted, where they are going, when their app was complete, etc, etc (this list goes on for a mile).
As you know there are several official threads on SDN that list all the interviews, all the acceptances, all the people who are going to a particular school, etc, etc. These threads need to be bumped constantly and get all jacked up either accidentally or on purpose by a bored j*$ka$$. In fact, about 50% of all threads and posts deal with this info as the application cycle begins.
So, www.PreDents.com was born. You can see what is it by going to it but just to give you a run down on what it is:
You create a record of yourself. You enter all your statistical data (that is if you want) including DAT, GPAs, your undergrad school, major, minor, etc. Then you add the schools you applied to. As the application year goes on you can update your record with the status, like when you got an interview, acceptance, rejection, withdraw, etc.
With all this data entered you can view the entire pre-dent situation with amazing detail. Auto generated graphs and charts display what pre-dents want to know about each school they are interested in. You can also cross search between applicants and schools. For example:
You select Harvard. On the Harvard page, all the people who interviewed are displayed. You can then click on an applicant and see their page which lists their stats and all the schools they applied to and their status. And so on.
I also am entering base stats for each school so you can rank (actually sort is a better word) based on this data. You can rank all schools based on their average DAT, average GPA, number of seats, cost, etc, etc. Most of the data is taken right from the ADEA Guide to Dental Schools.
As of right now, Feb 20, 2006, it is in beta. For those of you who dont know what that is, it means its not quite 100% complete and may have some bugs that I dont know about. By people joining up and using it, these bugs show up and then I can fix them.
Please visit the website and mess around with it. To see what it might look like for a particular school, I added about 15 fictitious users and made them apply to UCSF so select that school. Actually, all the CA schools have something to look at.
Hopefully this will answer all the What are your stats, if you dont mind posts and replace all the Official threads.
I hope you all enjoy it and if it gets used, I will add even more charts and graphs and cool things to do.
Well, I got into D-School and will no longer be a web programmer so I figured I would give a little back to the pre-dents for next year, and to a lesser extent, this year as well. After living on these damn forums for 6 months I noticed that pre-dents are obsessed about certain information. They want to know other peoples stats, where they applied, when they got an interview, where they got accepted, where they are going, when their app was complete, etc, etc (this list goes on for a mile).
As you know there are several official threads on SDN that list all the interviews, all the acceptances, all the people who are going to a particular school, etc, etc. These threads need to be bumped constantly and get all jacked up either accidentally or on purpose by a bored j*$ka$$. In fact, about 50% of all threads and posts deal with this info as the application cycle begins.
So, www.PreDents.com was born. You can see what is it by going to it but just to give you a run down on what it is:
You create a record of yourself. You enter all your statistical data (that is if you want) including DAT, GPAs, your undergrad school, major, minor, etc. Then you add the schools you applied to. As the application year goes on you can update your record with the status, like when you got an interview, acceptance, rejection, withdraw, etc.
With all this data entered you can view the entire pre-dent situation with amazing detail. Auto generated graphs and charts display what pre-dents want to know about each school they are interested in. You can also cross search between applicants and schools. For example:
You select Harvard. On the Harvard page, all the people who interviewed are displayed. You can then click on an applicant and see their page which lists their stats and all the schools they applied to and their status. And so on.
I also am entering base stats for each school so you can rank (actually sort is a better word) based on this data. You can rank all schools based on their average DAT, average GPA, number of seats, cost, etc, etc. Most of the data is taken right from the ADEA Guide to Dental Schools.
As of right now, Feb 20, 2006, it is in beta. For those of you who dont know what that is, it means its not quite 100% complete and may have some bugs that I dont know about. By people joining up and using it, these bugs show up and then I can fix them.
Please visit the website and mess around with it. To see what it might look like for a particular school, I added about 15 fictitious users and made them apply to UCSF so select that school. Actually, all the CA schools have something to look at.
Hopefully this will answer all the What are your stats, if you dont mind posts and replace all the Official threads.
I hope you all enjoy it and if it gets used, I will add even more charts and graphs and cool things to do.
