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Hey guys, has anyone participated/will participate in UMDNJ's Gateway to Dentistry Program? It seems really cool and I can't wait to go in May!
 
NJDental said:
Hey guys, has anyone participated/will participate in UMDNJ's Gateway to Dentistry Program? It seems really cool and I can't wait to go in May!
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did u apply and get in already
 
applied yes, gotten in, no. im waiting for my pre-health advisor to send in the LOR then ill be all set, r u going?
 
I did it in the summer of 2006. It was so worth it. Plus you're nearly guaranteed an acceptance at UMDNJ if you get an interview invite.

Had a great time and made a few more friends.
 
awesome! i can't wait...it seemes like an awesome learning experience too!
 
hey- is anyone applying for or planning on doing the Gateway to Dentistry program at UMDNJ this May? I applied in November and IF I get in :luck: I was wondering if anyone wanted to room up together since we are responsible for room/board

thanks!!
 
NJDental said:
hey- is anyone applying for or planning on doing the Gateway to Dentistry program at UMDNJ this May? I applied in November and IF I get in :luck: I was wondering if anyone wanted to room up together since we are responsible for room/board

thanks!!
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This is my second time applying to this program, I'm crossing my fingers and hoping to get in since I'm applying to D school in may.... I applied for the summer program so IF we both get in I would definatly be interested 🙂 pm me and let me know
 
NJDental said:
hey- is anyone applying for or planning on doing the Gateway to Dentistry program at UMDNJ this May? I applied in November and IF I get in :luck: I was wondering if anyone wanted to room up together since we are responsible for room/board

thanks!!
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I am up for it😛
 
i am up for it too! i just sent in my application though....how hard is it to enroll?...and past participants...how did you guys room?
 
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djdrill said:
i am up for it too! i just sent in my application though....how hard is it to enroll?...and past participants...how did you guys room?
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I didn't think it was tooooo hard to get into, then I heard about how many people apply and how many they fill in the class (around 30 or so i think); I found out about it by their website so I had never heard about it beforehand so I guess that just made me hopeful that it wasn't too competitive :luck: BUT im not sure......like marina said this is her 2nd time applying....

Also a girl I go to school with did it last year and said it was awesome, and she said when she got there the first thing they told everyone was good job because they were picked from hundreds of apps :idea:

that makes me nervous.........
 
I did gateway January 2007 and it was pretty awesome. All the doctors there were extremely welcoming and friendly, and it was a great in for the school. I would have been glad to go there if I hadn't gotten into my dream school (Buffalo).
Good luck!
 
What is the program?
 
Is it difficult to get accepted while in the program? Or do most schools only consider your applicationg only after you have graduated?
 
inside scoop is that there are a couple hundred apps for 30 seats
 
anonymuz said:
inside scoop is that there are a couple hundred apps for 30 seats
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when i was in the program, i was told there were 300 applicants for the 30 spots. i did the jan 07 session.
 
My best friend did this program, and loved it. Alot of the schools he interviewed at asked him about the program. He had average stats, and got in every place he interviewed.
 
300 apps for 30 seats? pretty stiff - i hope i get into it, everyone i know that did it said it was awesome and totally to an advantage, i think it would be a lot of fun also.

april 11th we find out :scared:😳
 
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NJ Dental, I am SO glad that you made that post. I read it at 3am Friday morning, and I rushed to overnight all of my info for the application. I have been praying for an opportunity like this; this program seems to be exactly what I was looking for!

It's rough that there are so many apps for just 30 spots. But the selection process seems to be fair. Most of the other programs seem to be for minorities only.


Thanks again!
 
I just heard about this today. Is it too late to apply? On the website it stated 3/3/08 is the deadline. Do you guys think it's too late for me to apply? I'll try to ask the reccomendation letter on monday.
 
i thought the deadline was june/july 1st depending on which campus you apply to.
 
Bizznet said:
i thought the deadline was june/july 1st depending on which campus you apply to.
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im not quite sure i know what your talking about....theres 2 sessions, on one campus, UMDNJ in newark - one sessions is first week in january, the other is the end of may (this year is may 26th to june 5th) so yea the deadline for the school to RECEIVE everything would be 3-3-08 (monday)...

i would say apply anyways - it cant hurt, you just have to do the online app (takes 5 minutes) send a check for $20, get the LOR from pre-health advisor and get all transcripts sent over, if you send everything out 3-3-08 im not sure if theyll consider it late, but why not give it a shot? its only $20
 
eventualOMFS said:
NJ Dental, I am SO glad that you made that post. I read it at 3am Friday morning, and I rushed to overnight all of my info for the application. I have been praying for an opportunity like this; this program seems to be exactly what I was looking for!

It's rough that there are so many apps for just 30 spots. But the selection process seems to be fair. Most of the other programs seem to be for minorities only.


Thanks again!
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no problem! glad i could help! im keeping my fingers crossed!! 😳
 
swtcatastrophe said:
when i was in the program, i was told there were 300 applicants for the 30 spots. i did the jan 07 session.
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thanks again for mentioning the program, and congrats on UMDNJ!!!
 
Has anyone heard any responses from the Gateway to Dentistry Program yet? I'm pretty sure I read we all would find out by April 11th.
 
yanks2188 said:
Has anyone heard any responses from the Gateway to Dentistry Program yet? I'm pretty sure I read we all would find out by April 11th.
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I haven't heard from them yet 🙁
 
The way I took it was that ON April 11th, everyone would receive an email, either an acceptance or a rejection letter.

So April 11th we will all know! Im SO nervous....🙁
 
Yup April 11th is when everyone is supposed to find out.

Any word on how many people applied this year?
 
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eventualOMFS said:
Yup April 11th is when everyone is supposed to find out.

Any word on how many people applied this year?
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I haven't heard anything specific for this year, however my friend that did it last year said she was told they received around 300 applicants for 30 seats.

AH
 
anyone get emailed today? i did
 
I did. I got wait listed with a 3.6/3.7ish gpa, how about you? Does anyone know how many people they put on the wait list or how many people on the wait list actually wind up getting in?
 
denied😕😕
 
denied 🙁🙁🙁

I had emailed the lady a few times to make sure they had everything that was required and she ensure me they did, then I emailed her asking why I didn't get in and she said they were missing my LOR???

Sooo not fair im really upset, i really wanted this 🙁
 
Has anyone here been accepted?

I am wondering how someone like Sajjy, with 3.8+ GPA and 20/21/19 DAT and numerous EC's could have been rejected. He looks like an easy acceptance to most dental schools....how could he have been rejected for this? That makes no sense to me.

Has anyone here not yet gotten an email? I'm still waiting on mine....growing concerned.
 
I didn't want to share this, but I got in.
 
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I didn't feel like sharing because there were others with better stats that didn't get in. I guess I got pretty lucky. I sort of want to keep myself anonymous too. I recently became interested in dentistry so I don't have any previous dental experience and did not take the DAT yet because I'm just finishing up my sophomore year. My GPA is between 3.0-3.5 right now. ECs? Uhh.. not much. Maybe it was my awesome three sentences of why I was interested in this program... who knows.
 
I talked to my predental adviser today and she said I most likely got wait listed because it is obvious that I am going to apply to dental school and that they are looking for students who are not sure about dentistry. She also said she knows many students who did not get into gateway but did get into umdnj.
 
Well I just got my rejection letter.

It includes these interesting sentences:
As you know, selection for this program is highly competitive.
We received an unusually large number of qualified applications for the upcoming session.

I am not sure exactly what they mean by that, seeing as they took what appear to be the least qualified students. I'll give them a call tomorrow and ask if there is anything I can do if I apply for the next session. Frustrating, to say the least. I really wanted this.

God is faithful though.....no sense in me worrying about it.
 
Thanks for the heads-up Bumpski; I am starting to think the same thing. I just wish I had known that during the application process. I tried to show that I was committed to dentistry, and it looks like that hurt me! Also, the whole "qualified applicants" and "highly competitive" rhetoric is a little annoying, not to mention misleading.

It would be nice if they made clear what kinds of applicants they are looking for. I had no idea and instead wasted $60 applying ($25 app fee, $20 overnight, and $15 in transcript requests and fax charges).
 
Do you guys know of anyone that was wait listed and actually ended up getting in for the session they applied for? Also do you think that getting wait listed will put us ahead of the applicants for the next session?
 
eventualOMFS said:
Well I just got my rejection letter.

It includes these interesting sentences:
As you know, selection for this program is highly competitive.
We received an unusually large number of qualified applications for the upcoming session.

I am not sure exactly what they mean by that, seeing as they took what appear to be the least qualified students. I'll give them a call tomorrow and ask if there is anything I can do if I apply for the next session. Frustrating, to say the least. I really wanted this.

God is faithful though.....no sense in me worrying about it.
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Least qualified...? Please, don't get me started..
 
eventualOMFS said:
Well I just got my rejection letter.

It includes these interesting sentences:
As you know, selection for this program is highly competitive.
We received an unusually large number of qualified applications for the upcoming session.

I am not sure exactly what they mean by that, seeing as they took what appear to be the least qualified students. I'll give them a call tomorrow and ask if there is anything I can do if I apply for the next session. Frustrating, to say the least. I really wanted this.

God is faithful though.....no sense in me worrying about it.
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I understand you are upset that you didn't get in. However, to say that they took the least qualified students, without knowing the average of the stats of who they took, is ignorant. That comment is also offensive to the people who were accepted, who may have even better stats than yours (not that your stats are bad). Good luck in the future.
 
toothes said:
I didn't feel like sharing because there were others with better stats that didn't get in. I guess I got pretty lucky. I sort of want to keep myself anonymous too. I recently became interested in dentistry so I don't have any previous dental experience and did not take the DAT yet because I'm just finishing up my sophomore year. My GPA is between 3.0-3.5 right now. ECs? Uhh.. not much. Maybe it was my awesome three sentences of why I was interested in this program... who knows.
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Sorry for the comment made out of frustration. I do not think that they are taking the least qualified; to be fair, it is also clear that they are not taking the 30 most qualified students either. People with 3.0-3.5, no DAT, and no dental experience were accepted; people with 3.3-3.9, 21 DAT, and TONS of research and dental experience were rejected. However, there are clearly many other students and you're right, I don't know if all of them had such low GPAs.

Toothes - you had suggested in your post that you were much less qualified than others and that you just got lucky. I was not trying to be overtly offensive, but rather was agreeing with you. Not sure what the "please, don't get me started" comment was about. I was reiterating what you said.

Congrats to all who got in. My apologies to anyone I offended. I was frustrated and should have waited a few minutes before posting.
 
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