Schools that Fill Quickly

[teefy16]

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I was just wondering what schools tend to fill their classes up early? Maybe Case and NOVA?

 

[MaxAnn]

Probably the schools whose cut off dates are the earliest. I guess they would have to unless there was some other reason they would stop accepting appications so early. It might be better to just ask the schools you are interested in directly.

 

[2quik]

Technically, all schools fill up Dec 1st...

 

[dddsmack]

Schools usually all fill up thier seats at somewhat the same rate. This is becuase upon granting acceptance on Dec first, all have holes to fill thereafter. True, some offer less than 100% of their seats on dec first, but most aim to get the best students asap.

If you are talking about interviews only, you are right on...Case, Nova, OSU, Creighton, VCU, Temple, Marquette, etc. all send out invites sooner rather than later.

You need to keep in mind that this is a business, the sooner a school can fill their spots, the less time they need to pay faculty/staff to conduct these interviews and the sooner the faculty/staff can work on other things. And by accepting the best students a school can find, the school is essentially investing in its financial future. Granted that these great predents morph into great dentists and even better businessmen then trun around and donate to the ol' alma mater. Phew! What a long post full of generalizations. 🙂

IMO, if I were a school, I would begin this process ASAP and try to nab up all the best students early in the process because many predents withdraw themselves from interviews after they have secured a handful. They do this for many reasons: time away from work/school, confidence in at least one acceptance on dec one, expense, and so on.....

In my case, I withdrew from a half dozen schools since I knew I was going to get in somewhere. Though I would have attended any of these schools if I were offered an interview earlier, the fact that they started late killed their chance at getting me. (sounds cocky, but it's true)

anyway, I am done here.....

 

[teefy16]

The reason I'm asking is because I can't decide whether to retake the DATs or not. I took them in June so the earliest I can retake them is September. I noted on my application that I am going to retake so as a result, two schools have already told me that my application will be on hold until my new scores comes in. They said that if I decide not to retake then I should notify them ASAP so my app can be sent to the admissions committee.

My GPA:
BCP 3.12
Science 3.37
Overall 3.49

DAT:
RC 18
QR 19
GC 19
OC 19
BIO 17
PAT 19
AA 18
TS 18

I applied to three of the schools that dddsmack listed. I'm thinking about telling some of the early interview schools, such as NOVA and Case ,that I won't retake so they can look over my app now. I feel like that might put me at an advantage at those schools rather than waiting until September to retake. Any thoughts?

 

[Istr8nthem]

Technically, all schools fill up Dec 1st...

Not necessarily true.... Several schools do not send out enough acceptances on December 1st to fill all of their positions. This is because the interview season lasts far past Dec 1st and the schools can't possibly interview all the very qualified applicants in the few months before this date. Sure, some schools will be entirely full by December and wont send any other acceptances out until they receive word people have rejected their offers, but there are plenty of schools who continue to interview and accept applicants through March and April.

 

[NAVY DDS 2010]

Technically, all schools fill up Dec 1st...

As stated before me, this is not true. They do leave quite a few still open after Dec 1st because they still have a couple months of interviews to go. There are a lot of qualified applicants that decide "what the hel, why not try this year instead of next" and turn in their application later than the die hards. There are still quite a few people who get in who interview after dec. 1.

 

[armorshell]

I think Pacific fills up pretty quick. The majority of my classmates were interviewed pre-dec 1, and a large percentage of the people accepted attend (Everyone in my interview group is in my class)

 

[teefy16]

So I emailed my first choice school about my situation and the dean said that they will review applications as they are complete and if I decide to retake the DATs, they will re-review my application. I'm not sure what to think of that. If they reject me but then I send in new scores, they will review my app again?