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I haven't yet. I expect I will get one tomorrow...But who knows with their sporadic activity this year...
Sporadic is putting it nicely, to be honest.
I haven't yet. I expect I will get one tomorrow...But who knows with their sporadic activity this year...
First of all, congrats to those of you who have been accepted. Hard work pays off in the end!
Second, if you could be so kind, for those of you who have been accepted, did your AADSAS portal change (normal or mobile)?
I neglected to mention I'm in-state, was wait listed last year, and applied very early this year.
Best wishes to you all!
Sorry to post so late. I've been watching this page since yesterday. I didn't hear anything yesterday and - like everybody else here who didn't hear anything - was quite upset with the waiting and uncertainty of it all (it wasn't helped by the pity party I was throwing myself). There were a few posts yesterday that left me with a glimmer of hope for hearing something today or later in the week, and around 2:00 or so this afternoon my status was changed to "CONGRATULATIONS! You have been accepted to UNC School of Dentistry..." I received the coveted phone call around 6:00pm from one of the faculty I had interviewed with. I know this isn't encouraging to those who haven't received a call yet (just like I wasn't encouraged by reading all the celebratory posts yesterday), but there may still be a glimmer of hope after all.
STATS:
3.67 GPA in sciences; 3.40 overall GPA (it's actually more like a 3.6, but that's another story)
DAT: Total Science 21; PAT 22; Academic Avg 22
Volunteer experience: 200 hrs
Shadowing experience: 150 hrs
School presentations: 50 hrs
Spanish proficient + "real world experience" (= out of school and working for several years)
For those who have been accepted at UNC, have you also been accepted at other schools? Which ones? Anyone accepted at both UNC and ECU?
For those who have been accepted at UNC, have you also been accepted at other schools? Which ones? Anyone accepted at both UNC and ECU?
I was waitlisted by ECU actually. I was accepted at NYU, U of Maryland, and UNC.
AA 21
GPA 3.8
in state
I still havent heard back from UNC, I was waitlisted by Louisville and Nova. When were you contacted by UNC? Does this mean UNC is dont for now until late January?
Hey guys,
I know from a trustworthy source who works at the dental school that UNC does things a little differently than some other schools.. On Dec 3 they only give out ~30 acceptances and those only to minority students and students with the highest stats. One of their goals is to have the incoming makeup match the racial makeup of the state percentage-wise and they try to do that at the beginning. That said, if you didn't get a call yesterday, don't lose hope. UNC still has the majority of its acceptances to give out. You still have a chance if you didn't get the call yet. Good luck!
This is incorrect. At least the racial makeup part...
If you look at the c/o 2017 fb group, it indicates otherwise...
Whoa, whoa calm down. Nobody was saying that. Clearly none of those people got in due to their race - they are all brilliant students and future dentists, or they wouldn't have gotten an interview.
However, also do not misunderstand - UNC DOES have a racial quota. From Dr. Wilder himself, he admits that each class is meant to reflect the ethnic makeup of NC as a whole. Therefore, think about it like this: if they admitted non-minority students first, and all of those students accepted, then there would not be enough spots left to meet their quota for the ethnic make-up. By accepting minority students first they can fill the gaps later on and decrease their deviation from the state distribution.
Again, I meant no offense to you or to anyone who was accepted to UNC regardless of ethnicity. However, don't think that UNC doesn't take ethnicity into account when accepting people, because then you are just lying to yourself. Hard work or not, it plays a large factor in acceptance at that school.
Large factor?.... would love to know where you get your information.... I'd be lying if I said it isn't considered.... but in the end i'm not sure how "large" of a factor it is. The "larger" factor of consideration is how well rounded of a candidate a person is, ethnicity does play in to that some.
Well large is a pretty subjective term. But you admitted yourself that there is some ethnic bias, and currently the admission statistics seem to show that bias.
Telemonster is actually correct in his assessment. He never said anything about bias, but Dr. Wilder did mention that UNC attempts to match NC's ethnic makeup and it works out like that every year. I'm not sure in what order people are accepted, and actually Telemonster a decent number of people in that facebook group are c/o 2016, so it's hard to judge based off of that. But in the end it will end up similar to past years.
Anyone hear about January interview invites yet?
I just got the email for the January interview also! Does anyone know if there are typically only a few seats left in January or if there are a considerable amount? I have no idea. Thanks!
They fill 2/3 of the seats in December, so I guess roughly 27 seats or so remain?
Unless your source is Dr. Wilder, I wouldn't take it seriously. So many people have 'reputable sources' that have been completely incorrect.
Exactly! It's not over til it's over. And once you get an interview the stats become much less important.
And I was there on 10-13. I'm pretty sure it is my top choice now, I was really impressed by the entire interview process.
I was just curious to know if anyone is willing to give me any info on the structure of the interviews and any other info that would be helpful to know about the interview day.
Thanks!
the next selection will be around the beginning of Feb.
Not sure if this is correct but I heard from a reliable source within the d-school that they're done with interviews and won't be doing any post-December ones. Someone please correct me if this is incorrect, I'm just repeating what I've "heard".