so,heres my situation.

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im applying to a very small number of schools,and have some interviews,but not to the one i really want...and the only place i know ill be happy. is it ******ed to *knock on wood that i get them* not take an acceptance to one school,wait a year(more like five months) and reapply? its the difference between being 26 and 27 when i graduate dental school,and i honestly dont care THAT much if i have to wait. thoughts?
 
If it were me I would go wherever I was accepted and not go through this crap again.

Good Luck in your tough decision ams. 🙂
 
I took an year off and believe me i learned a lot in that year....i worked and got to be in the real world and try somthing different. Also i am planning to go traveling soon, which will be a blast. Take an year off if you have to. Dont stress it. Live a little in that one year because surely once you started school you wont have time for fun for the next 4 yrs. Good luck on whatever you decide
 
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amsie said:
im applying to a very small number of schools,and have some interviews,but not to the one i really want...and the only place i know ill be happy. is it ******ed to *knock on wood that i get them* not take an acceptance to one school,wait a year(more like five months) and reapply? its the difference between being 26 and 27 when i graduate dental school,and i honestly dont care THAT much if i have to wait. thoughts?
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You already know my answer to this question...
 
not quite sure about dental, but i know for med schools, if they know you were accepted the year before, and didn't go, no matter what the school, they won't be too happy. they expect that if you truly wanted to be a dentist you'd go to whatever school you got into.

you could always transfer to a school you'd like more, if you don't get your top choice. i would think that's a better solution than reapplying + all the money and all the work to reapply. just my thoughts...hope that helped, and good luck. i'm sure it will work out for the best.
 
pacbum said:
not quite sure about dental, but i know for med schools, if they know you were accepted the year before, and didn't go, no matter what the school, they won't be too happy. they expect that if you truly wanted to be a dentist you'd go to whatever school you got into.

you could always transfer to a school you'd like more, if you don't get your top choice. i would think that's a better solution than reapplying + all the money and all the work to reapply. just my thoughts...hope that helped, and good luck. i'm sure it will work out for the best.
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True, just kill D1 and transfer to the school of your choice.
 
it's not like you won't still hear from the school, especially since u know ur file is being reviewed
 
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If you got accepted anywhere, don't even think about reapplying. No offense, but are you crazy? There is no guarantee that you got accepted in your dream dental school next year. There is no guarantee that some other stuff happens in your life and takes your dental school dream away from you.

Sometimes some doors open in our lives for certain time and if you don't move on time, those doors will be closed for the rest of your life. So grab your chance.

Some people believe in destiny. Those people will tell you that may be it is not in your destiny to be in your desired dental school. And may be your future belong somewhere else. So be flexible and if you insist to have something that does not belong to you, you may have it but you will have tough time.

You know better what to believe. You know better what is best for you as well.

I have painful memories in this area that I try to forget. But I wish the best for you. 🙂
 
What's wrong with NYU? It's a great school, despite the bad rep some ******ed pre-dents has given it. Any school that'll give you the opportunity should be given due credit.

If Columbia hasn't decided yet that it wants you, then why care? It's a HAARRRD -ASS school. Do you want to do medicine or dental? cuz you won't be doing dental there.
 
Its way to early to think about it!!!!!!!

Wait, wait. wait!! I know its hard- but its really tooooo early to make decisions!

The same exact story happend to my brother - 2 cycles ago - he got his 1st choice school interview only in March and not only that he got ACCEPTED but with 50% scholorship.

Today he is a 3rd year dental student in his #1 choice school.

Im sure that you would end up to be in a similar case...(BTW- I think that he goes to UR 1st choice school...)

Good LUCK
 
shuna said:
Not nice........
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Don't worry shuna, ams & I have talked about this at length and I have told her several times that she is nuts....plus, she expects wiseass remarks like this from me. It's more a playful joke than a malicious insult.
 
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lifeisgood said:
Don't worry shuna, ams & I have talked about this at length and I have told her several times that she is nuts....plus, she expects wiseass remarks like this from me. It's more a playful joke than a malicious insult.
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Its all good- I just watch my girls😉
 
in her drawer said:
Yeah, and it's all because you wouldn't say "hi" to me at UoP! Just think: this whole ugly situation could have been avoided!!!
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Im not too nice when it comes to the interview...last week one guy asked me infront of everyone if im shuna from SDN 😱 then 5 other ppl told me that they know that its me!! I didnt say anything.........so lets say that on the interview day im NOT shuna ok?? lol
 
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Amsie... I don't think you should wait it out...however, go with what you feel deep inside your heart. If it's important for you to choose a school that you feel is right for you, do it with full force.

Okay..if I was in your shoes..

I would go the school that accepts me and show them what I'm made of. You'll be in the top of your class for sure because I KNOW you are the best of the best and you will shine no matter where you go. After a year of shining like a bright start, transfer to another school. Just hang in there for the first year of school and get the hell out. Honestly, I can't believe that school hasn't called you yet. If I was on that committee, you would've been the first person I called for an interview. Anyways, their lost not yours because you are going to be AWESOME no matter what school your at. You know what your dreams and goals are so if it means one year of something that's a little off track...just let that year go by and keep on with it sista..lol
😛 :horns:
 
Heres what i think you should do.. :idea: if you get offered an acceptance at any school, put the deposit down.. and wait to see if Columbia invites you.. many people turn down acceptances, even at Columbia, for their state school or for some other reason.. and thats where you come in..

in the mean time, do some real soul searching as to why you must go to Columbia.... take another tour (if possible) at the school you are accepted to... and just think about it..😳
 
Go to NYU/the best school you get into...this year. NYU has better name-recognition than most schools in the country! Poll the country (who don't know dental) which school is better, NYU or University of the Pacific. I doubt many'll say UoP. No one outside the dental world knows about UoP!!! I sure as hell didn't before I started looking up schools. There are many schools that I'd think were crappy schools if I didn't know about dental school....UoP, Nova, Marquette, etc. Now, I think they're fine institutions.

You can do a lot with the well-known NYU name. It's a great all-around institution.
 
The real issue is that I have to stay in the metro NYC area because of a certain....family issue. So even though NYU isnt the only interview I have,the places I can actually go are pretty limited. Thanks for all the help guys----I guess I'm going to wait awhile longer and see what happens,although I may go nuts before the spring comes,haha.
 
Hi Amsie,

On the one hand, you deserve to be happy. On the other hand, reapplying is costly, time-consuming, stressful. Then again, it's not fair to enroll in a school you don't want to be at and potentially take the place of someone who would be thrilled and excited and completely satisfied with your seat in the class.

If I were you, this is what I would do. I would accept an offer to a dental school in the area you want that will let you defer your acceptance for a year... I know that there are schools that let students do this (some students have a baby, or get married, or serve in the military, do missionary work, or take care of similar personal things during a deferral), I just don't know off the top of my head which ones. A friend of mine deferred an acceptance to Georgetown Law for a year to work as a missionary in Southeast Asia, then decided after 10 months that she didn't want to be a lawyer anymore and officially dropped out to devote her life to missionary work. So read up on the school's deferral policies and make sure it's not binding (ie you're under no legal obligation to go to that school after a year if you accept their offer). Take that year off to work/travel/retake the DAT/whatever and re-apply only to your dream school. That way, you don't waste money re-applying to schools that you don't want to go to and that you probably refused an offer of admission to the year before. Plus, you don't occupy the place of someone who applied in the same year you did who would LOVE to go to that school. If you get into your dream school the second time around, go there. If you don't, you'll have somewhere to go after your year of soul-searching, you'll have saved yourself a lot of money and AADSAS-induced headaches, and you'll at least know that you did everything in your power to get into your dream school.

I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. If you're meant to be at your dream school, Amsie, it'll happen for you, one way or another 😳 Good luck to you and take care 👍
 
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drdoodle said:
Hi Amsie,

On the one hand, you deserve to be happy. On the other hand, reapplying is costly, time-consuming, stressful. Then again, it's not fair to enroll in a school you don't want to be at and potentially take the place of someone who would be thrilled and excited and completely satisfied with your seat in the class.

If I were you, this is what I would do. I would accept an offer to a dental school in the area you want that will let you defer your acceptance for a year... I know that there are schools that let students do this (some students have a baby, or get married, or serve in the military, do missionary work, or take care of similar personal things during a deferral), I just don't know off the top of my head which ones. A friend of mine deferred an acceptance to Georgetown Law for a year to work as a missionary in Southeast Asia, then decided after 10 months that she didn't want to be a lawyer anymore and officially dropped out to devote her life to missionary work. So read up on the school's deferral policies and make sure it's not binding (ie you're under no legal obligation to go to that school after a year if you accept their offer). Take that year off to work/travel/retake the DAT/whatever and re-apply only to your dream school. That way, you don't waste money re-applying to schools that you don't want to go to and that you probably refused an offer of admission to the year before. Plus, you don't occupy the place of someone who applied in the same year you did who would LOVE to go to that school. If you get into your dream school the second time around, go there. If you don't, you'll have somewhere to go after your year of soul-searching, you'll have saved yourself a lot of money and AADSAS-induced headaches, and you'll at least know that you did everything in your power to get into your dream school.

I'm a firm believer that everything happens for a reason. If you're meant to be at your dream school, Amsie, it'll happen for you, one way or another 😳 Good luck to you and take care 👍
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Such a good plan. 👍 👍 👍
 
It's important to remember a few things: Firstly, it's almost impossible to transfer dental schools. Second: it's also impossible to know which school is best for you, even after interviews. I know that it is a personal situation and not an academic one that makes you want to stay in NY, but you should also make a seperate decision of which dental school in itself would be amazing for you.

Once you have all your acceptances in, I'd go back to all the schools and do a really extensive visit. I personally would strongly recommend against waiting a year. You may find that one of the schools you applied to would be amazing for you, and that there is SOME solution for being a bit farther away at home.

Sure, you'd only be 27 and not 28, but that's also 100K of salary you're missing and one year being held back from getting on with your dreams.

You'll settle into whichever dental school you choose...but imagining having to wait an entire other year to settle at all.

Also, it's true that dental schools would be very suspicious if you rejected all your acceptances and applied the next year.
 
I'mFillingFine said:
It's important to remember a few things: Firstly, it's almost impossible to transfer dental schools. Second: it's also impossible to know which school is best for you, even after interviews. I know that it is a personal situation and not an academic one that makes you want to stay in NY, but you should also make a seperate decision of which dental school in itself would be amazing for you.

Once you have all your acceptances in, I'd go back to all the schools and do a really extensive visit. I personally would strongly recommend against waiting a year. You may find that one of the schools you applied to would be amazing for you, and that there is SOME solution for being a bit farther away at home.

Sure, you'd only be 27 and not 28, but that's also 100K of salary you're missing and one year being held back from getting on with your dreams.

You'll settle into whichever dental school you choose...but imagining having to wait an entire other year to settle at all.

Also, it's true that dental schools would be very suspicious if you rejected all your acceptances and applied the next year.
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I agree with all of this except worrying about the 100k of salary you will be missing. You have your whole life to be a dentist. You will have more money then, but you have more freedom now. I'm took a lot of time off in between and I'm so glad I did. I got to travel all over the world, work in different places, do different jobs, and in the process learn a ton about my self and what I want out of life in the process. When I interviewed this year, schools loved it that I had all these different experiences under my belt.

If you REALLY decide you only want Columbia, I would withdraw my application at the other schools before they accept, maybe citing a family situation, that way it will be less of a stain when you apply next year.

That's taking a huge chance though, be careful! If I were you I would probably go to a different school. Although doesn't NYU kick out 20% of it's freshman class? Or is that just rumor? Seems sketchy. But it does seem like no matter what D school you go to, what you put in is what you will get out. And after all school is only 4 years...the point is that afterwards you will be a dentist, right? And that will be the case no matter where you go.

Good luck Amsie
 
agreeing with pine88. ride it out, but remember that everything will and does happen for a reason. also, although they're not your top choice, be happy you're entertaining offers. many would kill to be in your spot with regards to interviews. good luck on your decisions.
 
I totally agree with the people that say DO NOT DROP YOUR CHANCE if you are accepted anywhere. But what if the situation is so limiting that one absolutely needed to stay put and apply for the next year. Then doesn’t “the taking a year off plan “make sense?
 
amsie said:
im applying to a very small number of schools,and have some interviews,but not to the one i really want...and the only place i know ill be happy. is it ******ed to *knock on wood that i get them* not take an acceptance to one school,wait a year(more like five months) and reapply? its the difference between being 26 and 27 when i graduate dental school,and i honestly dont care THAT much if i have to wait. thoughts?
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Dont stress it Amsie.... Your gonna get it, I can feel it.. so I wont further discuss you having to reapply or attend a school other than "the ONE"
 
I think you should go to the first school that accepts you, I would. I also do not know what will make you happy about a certain dental school, because I dont think that I will have time to have fun anywhere I go.
 
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armorshell said:
You don't know her full situation, for her any other dental school might not be an option.

Ams, I still say wait it out, there's plenty of time left 😉
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Then why did she apply at other schools and not just the one?👎
 
armorshell said:
Up to her to decide if she wants you to know or not.
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It makes no sense to apply to many schools when you are only willing to attend a specific one. Am I the only one confused by this behavior?

Oh and they ended up making the off topic sub forum, but I noticed that no one was using it.
 
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