****The Official Nova Class of 2017 Acceptance Thread****

I was waitlisted back in Dec, and I was trying to call to find out any info about my chances of getting off the list because I'm still very much interested in attending. However, I haven't been able to reach Su-Ann Zarrett. Should I try to email her or just keep calling? I feel weird about leaving a message on her voicemail because I'm sure she's very busy.
 
FloridaState19 said:
ACCEPTED AT 11:16 am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I am so beyond excited and blessed!!!!!! Interviewed 1-18-13 (In state) Can't wait to meet everyone!!!!!!!!!!
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0__o I find it hard to believe that you got a decision being that you interviewed 5 days ago..
 
Got a letter in the mail notifying me that I am currently waitlisted. Way better than a rejection. 👍
Keeping my eye on the prize. 😀
 
I'm a senior dental student at Nova, who also did the military (HPSP) scholarship. If anyone as questions about the school or military scholarship program, just ask.
 
I received my official acceptance call 01/23 at 11:31 am!!! I interviewed on 01/18 - not even a week prior. I feel so blessed to have been accepted. I only applied to two schools, received interviews for both, got accepted at one and waiting to hear back from the other. I LOVED Nova as soon as I drove up. The students seem very down to earth and knowledgeable. I interviewed with Dr. Lippman. I had already met him prior to my interview but felt extremely at ease in my interview. It didn't even seem like it was an interview; it was more of a friendly conversation. I will more than likely be attending!!!! 😍
 
Nope, interview at 5 schools so far and none give me any responses or acceptances! I am starting to loose hope! :/
 
Goliard said:
I'm a senior dental student at Nova, who also did the military (HPSP) scholarship. If anyone as questions about the school or military scholarship program, just ask.
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I recently got accepted and plan on being a part of the entering 2013 class. I recently have been thinking about doing the HPSP. What do you think about the program so far? Approximately how many thousands of dollars would you be in debt if it weren't for the program? The thought of being so much in debt is mind-blowing/scary. Ekkkk
 
abc2424 said:
I was waitlisted back in Dec, and I was trying to call to find out any info about my chances of getting off the list because I'm still very much interested in attending. However, I haven't been able to reach Su-Ann Zarrett. Should I try to email her or just keep calling? I feel weird about leaving a message on her voicemail because I'm sure she's very busy.
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Hey, we are on the same boat, I was also waitlisted back in December. I've called Su-Ann Zarrett twice, left her a voicemail both times, and both times she has return my call within 24 hours. She pretty much told me there's less spots available each day but that she would let the committee know that I was still very much interested and some spots should open up in these days. If you want some peace of mind, call her and leave a voicemail. All the best of luck to you...
 
Got a call at about 1 this afternoon from Dr. Lippman offering me an acceptance spot!!!!!! I was accepted to LECOM yesterday and Nova today. Very excuted but tough decision... Pros & cons anyone?
 
Got a call at about 1 this afternoon from Dr. Lippman offering me an acceptance spot!!!!!! I was accepted to LECOM yesterday and Nova today. Very excuted but tough decision... Pros & cons anyone?
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When did you have your interview, JMKlein? I'm still waiting for the decision from Nova
 
JMKlein said:
Got a call at about 1 this afternoon from Dr. Lippman offering me an acceptance spot!!!!!! I was accepted to LECOM yesterday and Nova today. Very excuted but tough decision... Pros & cons anyone?
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When did you have your interview, JMKlein? I'm still waiting for the decision from Nova
 
Waitlisted feb 4!!!! Says all acceptance letters have been sent out and they are waiting for response from the accepted applicants. 😔
 
Just accepted my offer!!! Yeahhhh pumped. If anyone's lookin for a roommate, let me know! I go to school at UMiami so I know the area pretty well, this school looks amazing.
 
i am pretty sure i will be declining my offer, such a hard thing to do!! i'm 90% sure i will be accepting UF because of cost and location 🙁 but i feel good because i know someone very deserving on the waitlist will get it so good luck everyone! :luck:
 
FloridaState19 said:
i am pretty sure i will be declining my offer, such a hard thing to do!! i'm 90% sure i will be accepting UF because of cost and location 🙁 but i feel good because i know someone very deserving on the waitlist will get it so good luck everyone! :luck:
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Hope its me! Haha. Well done and congratulations on UF!!
 
predentstudentL said:
I recently got accepted and plan on being a part of the entering 2013 class. I recently have been thinking about doing the HPSP. What do you think about the program so far? Approximately how many thousands of dollars would you be in debt if it weren't for the program? The thought of being so much in debt is mind-blowing/scary. Ekkkk
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The program is one of the best decisions I have made, and a lot of my classmates wish they had done it, a lot more applied but didn't get accepted. You can't beat it! They pay for all tuition and fees including instruments (they don't pay for scrubs, however). They also give you a 20k bonus when you sign up for 4 years, plus $2k/ month stipend. A lot of my classmates are graduating owing about $400k from dental school alone, and for your class it will probably be more since tuition has gone up. It is nearly impossible for you to make enough money to pay back 400k in four years after graduation with post tax dollars.
Not sure how much info you want but in brief the negatives are:
1. You don't exactly get a choice where you will be stationed for the four years after graduation. You can list your preferences and you can pretty much get where you want if you know the right way to go about it (at least in the Army), but at the end of the day you go where the military needs you.
2.You could be deployed to places like Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. (who knows where in four years). However, it's usually a short deployment 3-4 months, depending on a lot of factors - can give you more info on this if it really matters).
3. Military lifestyle is a lot different than civilian but at least you are in the Dentcorps and they are less militaryish.
Positives:
1. You get a decent salary considering that; you would be having to pay off at least 100k in debt (plus interest of about 8% on grad plus loans), non taxable (food and housing allowance) income is almost as much as your base salary.
2. Almost no one who comes out of dental school is truly ready to do private practice on their own and usually has to work under someone, or worse, corporate dental (where you might forget about the right way to do something, or worse lose your ethics, etc.). This is one of the major benefits; during your four years you will work hand in hand with other dentists and mentors. The military has some of the best training programs, especially if you want to do a 1 year AEGD residency (highly worth the experience).
3. With the exception of maybe ortho and pedo, it is much easier to specialize in the military (at least in the Army). Not only is it easier but you get paid full salary while you are in residency. However, those years in the training do not count toward your 4 year payback. I applied and was accepted to the Army OMFS program, it would have been much more difficult to get into a civilian residency.
4. The military residencies are top notch. Since, most of the patients don't have to worry about cost, often you are able to do a lot more big procedures than others get to in civilian residencies.
5. From what I have been told by civilian specialists, the general practitioners that come out of the military are years beyond their peers (skill wise.)
6. You don't have to worry about overhead, billing, malpractice ins., health ins., or really retirement (military offers non-contributory retirement but you have to do 20 years for that to be a factor)

So, if you are a citizen, who doesn't mind the possibility that you may have to be deployed overseas and can't really choose where you will be living, then the HPSP scholarship is a fantastic idea for a high cost school like Nova.
If you have any more questions or you would like me to get you in touch with the right people then drop me a PM.
 
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Goliard said:
The program is one of the best decisions I have made, and a lot of my classmates wish they had done it, a lot more applied but didn't get accepted. You can't beat it! They pay for all tuition and fees including instruments (they don't pay for scrubs, however). They also give you a 20k bonus when you sign up for 4 years, plus $2k/ month stipend. A lot of my classmates are graduating owing about $400k from dental school alone, and for your class it will probably be more since tuition has gone up. It is nearly impossible for you to make enough money to pay back 400k in four years after graduation with post tax dollars.
Not sure how much info you want but in brief the negatives are:
1. You don't exactly get a choice where you will be stationed for the four years after graduation. You can list your preferences and you can pretty much get where you want if you know the right way to go about it (at least in the Army), but at the end of the day you go where the military needs you.
2.You could be deployed to places like Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. (who knows where in four years). However, it's usually a short deployment 3-4months, depending on a lot of factors ( can give you more info on this if it really matters).
3. Military lifestyle is a lot different than civilian but at least you are in the Dentcorps and they are less militaryish.
Possitives:
1. You get a decent salary considering that; you would be having to pay off at least 100k in debt (plus interest of about 8% on grad plus loans), non taxable (food and housing allowance) income is almost as much as your base salary.
2. Almost no one who comes out of dental school is truly ready to do private practice on their own and usually has to work under someone, or worse, cooperate dental (where you might forget about the right way to do something, or worse lose your ethics, etc.). This is one of the major benefits; during your four years you will work hand in hand with other dentists and mentors. The military has some of the best training programs, especially if you want to do a 1 year AEGD residency (highly worth the experience).
3. With the exception of maybe ortho and pedo, it is much easier to specialize in the military (at least in the Army). Not only is it easier but you get paid full salary while you are in residency. However, those years in the training do not count toward your 4 year payback. I applied and was accepted to the Army OMFS program, it would have been much more difficult to get into a civilian residency.
4. The military residencies are top notch. Since, most of the patients don't have to worry about cost, often you are able to do a lot more big procedures than others get to in civilian residencies.
5. From what I have been told by civilian specialists, the general practitioners that come out of the military are years beyond their peers (skill wise.)
6. You don't have to worry about overhead, billing, malpractice ins., health ins., or really retirement (military offers not contributory retirement but you have to do 20 years for that to be a factor)

So, if you are a citizen, don't mind the possibility that you may have to be deployed overseas, can't really choose where you will be living, then the HPSP scholarship is a fantastic idea for a high cost school like Nova.
If you have any more questions or you would like me to get you in touch with the right people then drop me a PM.
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Actually I'm pretty sure most deployments last up to 12 months with some R&R time in between. I'm prior service and most of my army friends spent at least a year in either Iraq or Afghanistan when they deployed. Not trying to discredit you or scare anyone, just stating the facts. Your other points are right on the money. If anyone's interested in what Army dentists do when they get deployed, check out http://armydentistry.com/.
 
koreano said:
Actually I'm pretty sure most deployments last up to 12 months with some R&R time in between. I'm prior service and most of my army friends spent at least a year in either Iraq or Afghanistan when they deployed. Not trying to discredit you or scare anyone, just stating the facts. Your other points are right on the money. If anyone's interested in what Army dentists do when they get deployed, check out http://armydentistry.com/.
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First off, thank you for your service. I was prior service before dental school not that I actually did anything in the reserves, my unit went to Kosovo shortly after I joined and I wasn't trained yet so it was kinda a ghost unit while I was there.
Not that this forum is really the place to discuss this as I'm sure most people would be bored by this thread. I'll try to say briefly (so not to bore too many people) what I've been told (since I have never been deployed) , the command and deployment structure in the realigned AMEDD/Dentac is a little different than other corps. Your length of deployment will depend on if you have a TDA, TOE, or other type of assignment. Most Dental spots are TDA which are non-deployable spots but can be PROFIS to brigade level spots which are deployable but are usually filled by volunteers. If you are a brigade level dentist then you will deploy with that unit for the length of their tour. In the last year all deployments have been changed to 9 months for regular Army (except in special situations where they are still 12). Even if you are a brigade dentist (very few are) then there is a chance that you could split your deployment with a PROFIS or other assigned dentist for a deployment of 4.5 months. If you are deployed with a medical unit, it is a 4-6 month deployment; however you may also still split the time making it a 3 month deployment hence 3-4 month deployments so maybe I should have said 3-9 (or even 12). It all depends on your assignment. Unless you do an AEGD, your first assignment will be a TDA non-deployable assignment, unless you are the exception to the rule (TOE spots are usually filled by more senior level dentists as they allow for more autonomy and are therefore more desirable to some). Is it possible to get a 12 month deployment? Of course, anything is possible but it is not likely with the current 9 month deployments, troop drawdown and the Dentac structure. There are many forums on here devoted to the subject. Like this one, or this one post #443. Either way, it's not that bad. If you have any questions you can PM me, this is kind of a long topic that has been discussed at length on other boards. The only thing you can know for certain is that nothing is for certain, and ultimately it will be up to the military when, where, and for how long you are stationed and/or deployed.
Ps. I liked the link you posted.
 
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This is totally unrelated to the thread, but I :laugh:'d at your picture Candypaint. I had a Hermey shirt and would rock it to school in 8th grade. Thanks for the reminder 😀

Congrats on the acceptance!
 
I was interviewed on october 3rd and waitlisted on dec 3rd but I have heard anything after that. Does that mean I'm getting rejected??
 
Michaelnsu, PM'd you.

Teeths, HA, I'll have to find that shirt and rock it out next Christmas. Glad you liked it.

Gkreisheh, call them... right now. I called Monday and was accepted Tuesday. Don't email, don't leave messages, call and speak to Su-Ann Zarrett.
 
I'm in! :soexcited: Got the call from Dr. Lippman today at 8:54 AM. I interviewed December 14th, was waitlisted beginning of January. I couldn't be happier, praise God! Keep up the faith... all the best to everyone...
 
Esther24 said:
I'm in! :soexcited: Got the call from Dr. Lippman today at 8:54 AM. I interviewed December 14th, was waitlisted beginning of January. I couldn't be happier, praise God! Keep up the faith... all the best to everyone...
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Congratz, I interview on Dec. 12th and was wait listed also, I hope I will get the call soon. :luck:
 
hey guys! does anybody get the final descion by email or letter ?
I had interveiw jan 25th. I called the admission office today to know when they gonna let me know the decision. They only answered already the final decision was made but they cannot tell to me about it. I was disapoitnted at this point because I guessed that I would not be accepted.ㅜㅜ
does anybody have this situation like me? 🙁
 
Man, Im getting so upset looking at this thread. Third year applying to Nova, and third interview I've had at Nova. I've been waitlisted for the passed three years :/ Keeping my fingers crossed in hoping seats are still available. Congrats to all of you that got accepted and good luck to those waiting like me.
 
jeetio said:
hey guys! does anybody get the final descion by email or letter ?
I had interveiw jan 25th. I called the admission office today to know when they gonna let me know the decision. They only answered already the final decision was made but they cannot tell to me about it. I was disapoitnted at this point because I guessed that I would not be accepted.
does anybody have this situation like me? 🙁
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What number did you call or who did you talk to??
 
Michaelnsu said:
What number did you call or who did you talk to??
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I called 9542621101. And i dont remember who i talked with. Is it policy even they have made final decision but they cant tell the truth on the phone?
 
I dont believe so unless you are accepted. Waitlisted does not show up there and the only way you know you are accepted in through aadsas or receiving a call from Dr. Lippman personally.
 
m3lowrider said:
I dont believe so unless you are accepted. Waitlisted does not show up there and the only way you know you are accepted in through aadsas or receiving a call from Dr. Lippman personally.
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How if rejected? doesn't it show up on webstar too?
 
Hey can you guy please let me know a little about your GPA and other stats ?
 
Some stats for a January interview/acceptance:

GPA: 3.9
Science GPA: 3.85
DAT AA: 23
Total Science: 20
PAT: 16

Just goes to show you a low score in one section/one bad credential won't kill ya. Good luck to all these posting on the waiting list!! Hope to be your classmate in a few months.
 
m3lowrider said:
Man, Im getting so upset looking at this thread. Third year applying to Nova, and third interview I've had at Nova. I've been waitlisted for the passed three years :/ Keeping my fingers crossed in hoping seats are still available. Congrats to all of you that got accepted and good luck to those waiting like me.
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Were you placed on general wait list three years in a row, or on the High hold wait list?
 
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