UCSF MS Dental Hygiene if I am rejected.. please advise

[gymbee2013]

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I have decided to not dwell on this admissions process any longer and look at worst case scenarios which is I am accepted no where.
My DAT/GPA are average or above average AA/TS 20 and GPA 3.5/Sci/Non Sci

I have great LORs/ECs but honestly at this point I feel like it is absolute INSANITY to apply again next cycle with the same stats and hope that this time around something will change or be better

Didn't a famous person once say that doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is insanity?

I sincerely only want to go to UCSF and this year I got an interview but was not lucky to hear from them in their first round of calls/notifications

I'm looking into their 1 year MS in dental hygiene in which the apps deadline is March 31 and the program starts in the summer. I would enjoy doing this and spending the money while waiting for the actual apps for DDS/DMD to start up again. Would this help/hurt my chances with this school? Opinions? Advice please? Will this help with all other schools? I am in state/california.

 

[sgv]

I guess you don't want this bad enough

shouldn't you be making your application better if gpa or dat is the problem (average)?

 

[gymbee2013]

i don't get it...shouldn't you be making your application better if gpa or dat is the problem (average)?

I don't feel like my gpa is terribly low or my score is terribly bad though

I did get interviews so I must be competitive in those aspects? I'm not sure what might have happened if in the end I am not chosen if I made it this far. However, taking classes to boost a science gpa or retaking a dat I don't really see as helping with my apps if I was able to get interviews

And I want to get a degree of some sort not just take extra classes which I don't think would do anything for my resume, so a masters in public health or in dental hygiene I think would help me be a more compelling applicant?

 

[Jbrowndds]

I guess you don't want this bad enough

shouldn't you be making your application better if gpa or dat is the problem (average)?

I have decided to not dwell on this admissions process any longer and look at worst case scenarios which is I am accepted no where.
My DAT/GPA are average or above average AA/TS 20 and GPA 3.5/Sci/Non Sci

I have great LORs/ECs but honestly at this point I feel like it is absolute INSANITY to apply again next cycle with the same stats and hope that this time around something will change or be better

Didn't a famous person once say that doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results is insanity?

I sincerely only want to go to UCSF and this year I got an interview but was not lucky to hear from them in their first round of calls/notifications

I'm looking into their 1 year MS in dental hygiene in which the apps deadline is March 31 and the program starts in the summer. I would enjoy doing this and spending the money while waiting for the actual apps for DDS/DMD to start up again. Would this help/hurt my chances with this school? Opinions? Advice please? Will this help with all other schools? I am in state/california.

Do it!!! Always have a backup plan because times are hard. It will also help your GPA (which is fine by the way).

 

[sgv]

I don't feel like my gpa is terribly low or my score is terribly bad though

I did get interviews so I must be competitive in those aspects? I'm not sure what might have happened if in the end I am not chosen if I made it this far. However, taking classes to boost a science gpa or retaking a dat I don't really see as helping with my apps if I was able to get interviews

And I want to get a degree of some sort not just take extra classes which I don't think would do anything for my resume, so a masters in public health or in dental hygiene I think would help me be a more compelling applicant?

you can't go farther than interview? is personality an issue? also this cycle isn't over yet.

 

[gymbee2013]

Do it!!! Always have a backup plan because times are hard. It will also help your GPA (which is fine by the way).

thanks, I don't want to be just taking science classes and boosting a GPA at 200 units, any A-'s are 3.7 points and would count against me really.

I definitely can retake my DAT but I feel like I should do more than that with just 1 year inbetween this rejection/reapplication period, it's a whole 1 or 2 years before matriculation into a DMD/DDS program meaning I could definitely apply for a masters of some sort and do more than just this.

 

[gymbee2013]

you can't go farther than interview? is personality an issue? also this cycle isn't over yet.

I haven't heard from any school yet and I know this cycle isn't over but I want to prepare myself with options in case it doesn't happen. Deadlines for masters programs have already passed for a lot of them!

 

[asummer927]

master program is a good idea. However, isn't that one requires u to graduate from a basic preparation dental hygiene program besides a bachelor degree!

 

[gymbee2013]

Yes it is.