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If you're out of state and have not gotten an interview, you've been rejected.

I called admissions at Texas A&M and that's what they told me.

Guess my GPA, DAT and ECs didn't mean much to them.


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Azide047 said:
If you're out of state and have not gotten an interview, you've been rejected.

I called admissions at Texas A&M and that's what they told me.

Guess my GPA, DAT and ECs didn't mean much to them.


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Sorry to hear that man. Does this info only apply to OOS applicants?

I'm in state and haven't heard back from any of the 3 yet... applied in early July with (what I think are) decent stats...
 
Keklel said:
Sorry to hear that man. Does this info only apply to OOS applicants?

I'm in state and haven't heard back from any of the 3 yet... applied in early July with (what I think are) decent stats...
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Yeah only for OOS. I was told that they invite over 200 IS applicants but only 25 or fewer OS applicants. They take OS applicants in the single digits.


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If someone turns down an offer in December, is that admissions offer immediately sent to the next person in line or do the schools wait for the 30 days to be completed?


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sugarbug93 said:
Does anyone know how important it is to complete planned coursework if accepted to a Texas school (particularly Baylor and San Antonio)?? I listed 9 hours of post-bacc coursework for the spring that are not pre-requisites, and it sure would be nice if I didn't have to take them :hardy:
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For Baylor it's not important. As long as you have all the pre reqs and your bachelors degree done by the time you start D1 they don't care.
 
sugarbug93 said:
Did they state that in writing somewhere? I'm really leaning towards dropping the courses if I get accepted this cycle, but I wouldn't want to have a potential acceptance rescinded for doing something dumb like that ):
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I would wait until you're accepted, and then call and ask them.


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sugarbug93 said:
Does anyone know how important it is to complete planned coursework if accepted to a Texas school (particularly Baylor and San Antonio)?? I listed 9 hours of post-bacc coursework for the spring that are not pre-requisites, and it sure would be nice if I didn't have to take them :hardy:
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I'm sort of in the same boat. I was advised to take some sort of science class next spring during my A&M interview because I am in my gap year. Dr Miller said that it looks better when for me when it comes time to make a decision about me. I'm currently signed up for a class in the spring, hoping I land an acceptance from A&M


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Jimbo3712 said:
I'm sort of in the same boat. I was advised to take some sort of science class next spring during my A&M interview because I am in my gap year. Dr Miller said that it looks better when for me when it comes time to make a decision about me. I'm currently signed up for a class in the spring, hoping I land an acceptance from A&M


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She said the same thing to me last cycle (I was also in a gap year as well). I didn't take any additional courses and it was fine. If I hadn't gotten an acceptance on Dec 1st I probably would have considered it though.
 
Advance said:
She said the same thing to me last cycle (I was also in a gap year as well). I didn't take any additional courses and it was fine. If I hadn't gotten an acceptance on Dec 1st I probably would have considered it though.
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Nice. I am debating whether I should drop it if I do get accepted or not.... I know it probably won't matter, I just don't want to seem like a guy who doesn't do what he says lol. But I also don't want to pay $1500 for one class

Any advice?


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Jimbo3712 said:
Nice. I am debating whether I should drop it if I do get accepted or not.... I know it probably won't matter, I just don't want to seem like a guy who doesn't do what he says lol. But I also don't want to pay $1500 for one class

Any advice?


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1500 yikes.😱
I would wait until Thursday and see if you get an acceptance from them. If so I would just drop the course as long as it isn't a pre req or something. Just call Mrs. pledger and let her know before you do it though. Historically they're really lenient about it.

Just as an FYI A&M doesn't rescind acceptances lightly. You have to do something really terrible to get an acceptance revoked lol.
 
Advance said:
1500 yikes.😱
I would wait until Thursday and see if you get an acceptance from them. If so I would just drop the course as long as it isn't a pre req or something. Just call Mrs. pledger and let her know before you do it though. Historically they're really lenient about it.

Just as an FYI A&M doesn't rescind acceptances lightly. You have to do something really terrible to get an acceptance revoked lol.
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Will do, thank you!


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eh1234 said:
Interview #2
UT Houston
Interview date: Jan 3rd
DAT: 20AA/21PAT
GPA: 3.72 and science GPA: 3.51
Graduate GPA: 4.0 (will be 3.86 after this semester)
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Congrats. Wow, it's nice to see Houston give more than a month in advance notice.


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wpred16 said:
That moment you realize December 1st is next week...
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On planned coursework, like Advance said, A&M suggested my wife take a few more advanced biology/science classes. She put them on her planned work, but never took them... worked out fine.

Good luck everyone! I really can't believe Dec 1 is already here...
 
This probably has been asked before but does anyone mind shedding some light one what the Houston interview is like?
And I thought I heard something about them only accepting half the class on Dec 1 and the rest later?
 
dent1840 said:
This probably has been asked before but does anyone mind shedding some light one what the Houston interview is like?
And I thought I heard something about them only accepting half the class on Dec 1 and the rest later?
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When is your interview at Houston?


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dent1840 said:
This probably has been asked before but does anyone mind shedding some light one what the Houston interview is like?
And I thought I heard something about them only accepting half the class on Dec 1 and the rest later?
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Really relaxed, one long interview with a faculty member 45 min - 1 hr. They ask you specific questions from a sheet, the interview feedback on sdn is rather representative. "Three words to describe yourself" "three words to describe why you like dentistry" "describe an ethical dilemma you solved". Lots of room for off topic conversation in the interview.
 
Since December 1st is right around the corner, I know Dallas (A&M) and I'm pretty sure that San Antonio release their first round acceptances at 12:01 AM on Dec 1st. That's tomorrow past midnight.

Can anyone tell me when Houston releases? I heard that it's at 7 am but does anyone have insight?
 
EasTexan said:


On planned coursework, like Advance said, A&M suggested my wife take a few more advanced biology/science classes. She put them on her planned work, but never took them... worked out fine.

Good luck everyone! I really can't believe Dec 1 is already here...
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simplydds said:
Since December 1st is right around the corner, I know Dallas (A&M) and I'm pretty sure that San Antonio release their first round acceptances at 12:01 AM on Dec 1st. That's tomorrow past midnight.

Can anyone tell me when Houston releases? I heard that it's at 7 am but does anyone have insight?
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It was at 7:30am last year.
 
Keklel said:
When would interviews go out for the 2nd round? Sometime around now, or a few weeks into December??
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From what I've heard, the first round acceptances have about a month to decide then there are subsequent rounds of acceptances starting in January that go out about every two weeks. At least, that is my understanding from what Houston said during their interview day
 
Keklel said:
When would interviews go out for the 2nd round? Sometime around now, or a few weeks into December??
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Typically Texas schools don't interview past late January. When they have 2nd,3rd and 4th arounds of acceptances they choose from the applicants that they have already interviewed. The last interview date for UTHSCSA last cycle was 1/25 houstons was 1/26 Those invites either go out before the Christmas break or early January right after the break. If applicants don't have an interview by late January that's when rejections go out. As @simplydds said after the 2nd round they send out acceptances more frequently to try and fill the class.
 
stoopidmonkeycatdog said:
Really relaxed, one long interview with a faculty member 45 min - 1 hr. They ask you specific questions from a sheet, the interview feedback on sdn is rather representative. "Three words to describe yourself" "three words to describe why you like dentistry" "describe an ethical dilemma you solved". Lots of room for off topic conversation in the interview.
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Thanks! Any idea on how they do their acceptances?
 
Advance said:
Typically Texas schools don't interview past late January. When they have 2nd,3rd and 4th arounds of acceptances they choose from the applicants that they have already interviewed. The last interview date for UTHSCSA last cycle was 1/25 houstons was 1/26 Those invites either go out before the Christmas break or early January right after the break. If applicants don't have an interview by late January that's when rejections go out. As @simplydds said after the 2nd round they send out acceptances more frequently to try and fill the class.
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Okay, thanks for your help!
 
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