I thought I would start a thread for Colorado. Good luck!
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Im Idaho too and currently living in CO ... it will be interesting to see how the applications turn out as CO usually wants actual CO residents.Idaho here, but living and working at the CU medical campus! Just toured the school last week, loved it.
Hey guys!
I'm an out-of-stater from Florida admitted to CU this past cycle. I wanted to drop by and offer some insight since I was in your shoes last year and I know how nerve-wrecking this waiting game can get. I did not receive an interview invitation until December, interviewed in January and got accepted in February. They told us they were running behind last year as there was a change in the administration so hopefully this year goes more smoothly. Good luck! Feel free to comment or message me with any specific questions.
What were your stats? I'm also a oos application from fl.
I totally agree, also an Idaho resident temporarily living in Northern Colorado! Would LOVE to get into CUI try and drop by every week or so to ask annoying questions since I work on campus. I was told that for the OOS apps the GPA they look for is usually 3.7 and up and really competitive, but everyone there was really positive to me about my chances so we shall see! It's just really annoying that Idaho isn't a WICHE state.
From the 2012 ADEA guide to schools, for OOS 135 interviewed, 31 of those enrolled. In state: 137 interviewed, 49 enrolled. I don't have any more current information.
Hey everyone. I'm a current DS1 student at Colorado (in-state student). The people on SDN were so helpful to me during my own stressful application process, so I want to pay it forward!
During our orientation last week, they told us that a little over 1600 people applied for our class.
259 people interviewed (we did not find out whether this includes people who were selected for an interview but declined).
Average age of our class is 26; average GPA is around 3.57, and average DAT was 19.6 There are a few more men than women in my class of 80.
Feel free to ask me anything else or anything about the application process by PM or on this forum. Remember, I just barely started so I might not have that much insight beyond the application process for the school.
Also, I think I heard that they are going to start interviews in mid-September, so I'm sure it's just a matter of a couple of weeks for some of you to start hearing back.
Oh, one more thing. I know this is way easier said than done, but don't stress too much if you don't get invited for the first group of interviews. I think every school is different in how they determine who interviews on what day. Based on my SDN research last year (done when I was totally stressed out on why I did not hear back from Colorado early on in the interview process), it seemed that the first group of interviews had people with very high GPAs/DATs and also some very low GPAs/DATs (like literally, sub-3.0 if you look at the class of 2018 Colorado applicant thread). Many people in the first interview session did not get accepted (which was probably true for many of the interview sessions), so it does not necessarily mean that they choose the first date to interview the best applicants, etc.
There also seemed to be some interview dates that had many more out of state candidates than in-state candidates and vice versa.
So again, if you did not get an interview for September (or even if you did), do not over analyze why you did/didn't.
Colorado also tends to interview well into the spring, and many of my classmates had post-December interviews. In the past, they've only filled half the class by December, so it has differed from some other schools in that regard. Of course, this is all subject to change, but I just wanted to tell you what I gleaned from previous cycles.
Thank you so much for offering all of this information.
On the AADSAS application it asked about family members in the dental field and where they obtained their degrees, etc. My cousin graduated from dental school there in 2012. He was OOS as am I. I know their OOS acceptance is pretty low but do you think Colorado would be more interested in interviewing me knowing I had a family member recently graduate from there?
Do you think it makes a difference for our application if we apply to CU-Unite or the Rural Track program on our secondary app? I am definitely planning on doing one of the Tracks if I get into CU, but am not certain which one yet.I totally agree, also an Idaho resident temporarily living in Northern Colorado! Would LOVE to get into CU![]()
whoops I'm in the dental forum!Do you think it makes a difference for our application if we apply to CU-Unite or the Rural Track program on our secondary app? I am definitely planning on doing one of the Tracks if I get into CU, but am not certain which one yet.
Congrats! What's your stat...if you dont mind me asking?Got an interview invite yesterday! I'm in-state and excited to check out the school!
Congrats! What are the interview dates/choices looking like??Got an interview invite yesterday! I'm in-state and excited to check out the school!
Congrats! What are the interview dates/choices looking like??![]()
3.72gpa, 3.68science, 19AA, 20TS, 22PAT.Congrats! What's your stat...if you dont mind me asking?
Does Colorado send out secondary application with the interview or before?
It's all through emailOh is this all through snail mail?