Hmmm...well, let's see. I got the email on Friday. So, I'm turning in mine on Monday and I'm requesting all my transcripts on the same day as well. It shouldn't take more than 2-3 days to finish that application, considering the fact that it doesn't contain many essay questions like the one from UCSF.
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Whether or not your previous employers still remember you is one thing, and finding their contact information is a completely different thing. The latter is quite doable. You can find the contact information of almost any company/organization by googling them.word on UCLA switching to pdf format in the future
(i'm hating this word file... probably spending more time editing it than working on the questions
...is anyone else leaving any blanks for addresses and/or phone numbers for work/volunteer information (such as for service clubs, employer's contact info out of date, etc?) I'm trying to dig up past employer/volunteer information where someone might remember me - and what are the chances of UCLA actually contacting our previous employers/organizations? 😕
And why would they want to do that? Requesting new set of transcripts (as pointless as it may seem) doesn't bring in any money for UCLA, because you're paying your undergraduate school so that they'd send out your transcripts. Even if you went to UCLA for undergrad, this still wouldn't make any money for UCLA's dental school directly. So, I highly doubt this is about the money.
It would give me more career options if I do it. PhD is recognized around the world, DDS is not: opens up travel opportunities. I would be able to get an academic position easier if I want to as well. There are trade-offs... but we'll see how it goes🙂
When they say "Don't Change the Format" they mean don't start moving around the major sections. For example, if Part-2 is on the 2nd page, don't change the font and spacing such that Part-2 ends up on the 4th page. Nevertheless, when you type in the designated fields you will change the format to some degree, because as you probably have experienced by now, every time you type something on the lines, the lines start moving around. What I did was that I typed the information, and then I used "Backspace" to delete the parts of the lines that extended too much.
I think when it comes to research-based schools like UCLA and UCSF many applicants will say that they're interested in the DDS/PhD program, just to impress the adcoms (I'm not saying this is necessarily the case for the above poster). What many students don't know is that if they mention that they want to participate in the DDS/PhD program, then there's a good chance that the adcom will ask them why they've made such a choice. And that's when many students will make a fool out of themselves during the interview, because they can't come up with a legitimate answer.
By not recognized I meant that you cannot just go to another country and start practicing. You have to take licensure exams and, sometimes, study more in school. This is true for the MD, DDS/DMD degrees as well as other professional degrees.
I used usps priority mail envelope to send my stuff. I think your 2ry and the publication would fit into that. It's a flat rate fee too, no matter what the weight of the envelope is ($4.85)🙂
Got it. Thanks a lot. 👍
I have a review paper (60 pages including references) and a research paper (10 pages), and I wonder if I would omit the reference list from the review paper, which could reduce it to 35 pages?
Well! I'm pretty sure they're not requesting it just to pull a prank on you. You can probably request it via phone or mail and have them sent it directly to UCLA, if your HS is in a different state.
I think it's a good idea. I was involved in an undergrad project, which never got published. But we still wrote a 5 page paper on that project along with lots of images and stuff, and I included the whole thing with my secondary.
I actually typed mine. I think it's more organized that way.
