Too soon to apply?

[dent for the win]

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With approximately 150 hours of dental assisting/shadowing?

-Other E.C.
180 volunteer hours
1500 research hours (no publications)
Research Poster Presentations

-Still need to take the DAT
-GPA 3.7
-pre-reqs all complete

I am very interested in Columbia's dental school but I'm worried that with dental shadowing being the least number of hours it'll be a red flag and that I should save my money and apply next year

 

[Kingfish23]

With approximately 150 hours of dental assisting/shadowing?

-Other E.C.
180 volunteer hours
1500 research hours (no publications)
Research Poster Presentations

-Still need to take the DAT
-GPA 3.7
-pre-reqs all complete

I am very interested in Columbia's dental school but I'm worried that with dental shadowing being the least number of hours it'll be a red flag and that I should save my money and apply next year

I would be concerned with obtaining a DAT score around 23 instead of how many shadowing hours you have considering their average DAT is somewhere around that number for both AA and TS

 

[dent for the win]

Thank you!

 

[predent2151]

With approximately 150 hours of dental assisting/shadowing?

-Other E.C.
180 volunteer hours
1500 research hours (no publications)
Research Poster Presentations

-Still need to take the DAT
-GPA 3.7
-pre-reqs all complete

I am very interested in Columbia's dental school but I'm worried that with dental shadowing being the least number of hours it'll be a red flag and that I should save my money and apply next year

Yeah if you have anything to worry about it’s getting a DAT of 22+ that’ll get you the interview. Everything else looks pretty decent