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Hey everyone! I have a kind of interesting/weird situation this cycle and was hoping I might be able to get some advice or opinions from people on here (especially if they've been in a similar position)
I applied to dental schools last year, and in hindsight definitely didn't apply as widely as I should've due to the cost as well as a few other factors. Anyways, I interviewed at 2/4 schools I applied to and was accepted to Nova Southeastern and waitlisted at UF. I decided to decline my offer to NSU for a number of reasons. While I was at the school for my interview day, multiple students straight up told me not to go there and said that they wish they had chosen a different dental school. They said it felt like it was the students against the administration, and spoke about other issues like finding patients and problems with curriculum. Obviously this was a pretty big red flag to me. On top of that, just a week before I was accepted, NSU Dental made headlines for potentially exposing over 1,000 patients to HIV and Hepatitis due to improper sterilization in their orthodontic clinics.
I know that people on the forums tend to say that this declining an acceptance to reapply isn't a good idea, but I feel like the host of problems (most notably currents students literally telling me not to go to their school) make this pretty reasonable. I just wanted to know if I should include some sort of brief explanation of the circumstances why I turned down the acceptance in my AADSAS application? Will schools even know that I turned down an acceptance? I'm also curious if there are any schools that are known to be particularly friendly or unfriendly of reapplicants. Any help is greatly appreciated as I'd like to submit my application as soon as possible. Thanks in advance.
I applied to dental schools last year, and in hindsight definitely didn't apply as widely as I should've due to the cost as well as a few other factors. Anyways, I interviewed at 2/4 schools I applied to and was accepted to Nova Southeastern and waitlisted at UF. I decided to decline my offer to NSU for a number of reasons. While I was at the school for my interview day, multiple students straight up told me not to go there and said that they wish they had chosen a different dental school. They said it felt like it was the students against the administration, and spoke about other issues like finding patients and problems with curriculum. Obviously this was a pretty big red flag to me. On top of that, just a week before I was accepted, NSU Dental made headlines for potentially exposing over 1,000 patients to HIV and Hepatitis due to improper sterilization in their orthodontic clinics.
I know that people on the forums tend to say that this declining an acceptance to reapply isn't a good idea, but I feel like the host of problems (most notably currents students literally telling me not to go to their school) make this pretty reasonable. I just wanted to know if I should include some sort of brief explanation of the circumstances why I turned down the acceptance in my AADSAS application? Will schools even know that I turned down an acceptance? I'm also curious if there are any schools that are known to be particularly friendly or unfriendly of reapplicants. Any help is greatly appreciated as I'd like to submit my application as soon as possible. Thanks in advance.