University of Iowa Class of 2029 Interview/Acceptance Thread

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Link to last years thread: University of Iowa Class of 2028 Interview/Acceptance Thread

Link to interview prep: University of Iowa School of Dentistry & Dental Clinics Interview Feedback
----> Be sure to give feedback on your interview to help future applicants! 🙂

Link to school website: College of Dentistry and Dental Clinics | The University of Iowa

Class of 2024 (ADEA Guide) General Stats:
Overall GPA: 3.68
Science GPA: 3.62
DAT: 21.0AA, 20.5TS, 21.2PAT
Applied: 856
OOS: 741 Applied, N/A Interviewed, 83 Accepted
IS: 97 Applied, N/A Interviewed, 56 Accepted
International: 27 Applied, N/A Interviewed, 3 Accepted
# Enrolled: 82
OOS Students Enrolled:
CA‑1, FL‑4, ID‑1, IL‑3, IN‑1,
MN‑2, MT‑1, ND‑1, NJ‑1,
OH‑1, OR‑1, SD‑1, UT‑1,
WA‑1, WI‑6, WY‑2		Class of 2026 (ADEA Guide) General Stats:
Overall GPA: 3.74
Science GPA: 3.66
DAT: 21.3AA, 20.9TS, 21.3PAT
Applied: 844
OOS: 705 Applied, 82 Accepted
IS: 119 Applied, 53 Accepted
International: 20 Applied, 0 Accepted
# Enrolled: 80
5th-95th Percentiles
Science: 2.96-4.00
Overall: 3.26-4.00
OOS Students Enrolled:
CA-1, CT-1, GU-1, ID-2,
IL-5, IN-1, MI-1, MN-4,
NE-1, ND-1, OH-1, SD-1,
TX-3, UT-1, WA-1, WI-4		Class of 2028 (ADEA Guide) General Stats:
Overall GPA: 3.74
Science GPA: 3.66
DAT: 21.2AA, 20.9TS, 20.6PAT
Applied: 1,130
OOS: 990 Applied, 77 Accepted
IS: 117 Applied, 58 Accepted
International: 23 Applied, 1 Accepted
# Enrolled: 80
5th-95th Percentiles
Science: 2.96-4.00
Overall: 3.26-4.00
OOS Students Enrolled:
AZ-1, CA-1, CO-1, FL-2, GA-1, IL-4, MI-1, MN-3, ND-3, NJ-1, SD-1, TX-1, WI-5


**Iowa prefers applicants who apply as early as possible and requires DAT scores to be received no later than September 15th!

Good luck everyone!
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Interview #1
Notification Date: 07/05
Method of notification: Email
Residency: IS
GPA 3.25
DAT: AA: 20
Method of interview: In-person
 
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Just got deferred.

App received: 7/22
Residency: IS
GPA: 3.7
sGPA: 3.7
DAT: 22 AA, 21 PAT, 21 TS

Good luck to everyone else.
 
notadoctor99 said:
Just got deferred.

App received: 7/22
Residency: IS
GPA: 3.7
sGPA: 3.7
DAT: 22 AA, 21 PAT, 21 TS

Good luck to everyone else.
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wow, that sucks
sorry to hear
good luck with the rest of the cycle...
 
notadoctor99 said:
Just got deferred.

App received: 7/22
Residency: IS
GPA: 3.7
sGPA: 3.7
DAT: 22 AA, 21 PAT, 21 TS

Good luck to everyone else.
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Thank you for sharing. I’m sorry to hear this and good luck with the rest of this cycle! When was your app verified and received?
 
Interview #1
Notification date: 7/18/2024
Method of notification: email
Residency: OOS
AADSAS mail-out date: 6/4/24
Application complete date: verified 6/10/24
GPA (science, overall): 3.97 sGPA, 3.97 cGPA
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/20/21/20/no
Dates available OR your interview date: first available: 9/19
Method of interview: in-person
 
Just got deferred
sGPA 4.0, cGPA 4.0
20 AA, 19 TS, 19 PAT
Good luck to everyone else applying!
 
Also deferred
3.96 sGPA, 3.97 cGPA
21 AA, 21 TS, 19 PAT
Applied 6/5
Good luck to everyone else!
 
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Interview #3
Notification date: 8/18/2024
Method of notification: email
Residency: OOS
AADSAS mail-out date: 6/4/24
Application complete date: verified 6/10/24
GPA (science, overall): 3.75 sGPA, 3.80 cGPA
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 22/21/21/30/no
Method of interview: in-person
 
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Interview #1
Notification date: 7/22/2024
Method of notification: Email
Residency: IS
AADSAS mail-out date: 6/24/24
Application complete date: verified 6/27/24 (DAT not AADSAS official till 7/19/24)
GPA (science, overall): 3.5 sGPA, 3.6 cGPA
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 18/17/19/22/Yes (OC 16)
Dates available OR your interview date: 9/19 (First available)
Method of interview: In-person
 
I know Iowa has their last interviews in November, but does anyone know what the latest dates in November are?
 
allipaige said:
Just got deferred
sGPA 4.0, cGPA 4.0
20 AA, 19 TS, 19 PAT
Good luck to everyone else applying!
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Just got an interview invite after being deferred!

Interview # 7
Notification date: 10/4/24
Method of notification: email
Residency: OOS
AADSAS mail-out date: 6/4/24
Application complete date: verified 6/10/24
GPA (science, overall): 4.0 sGPA, 4.0 cGPA
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/19/19/22/no
Method of interview: in person (only one date avail, 11/7)
 
allipaige said:
Just got an interview invite after being deferred!

Interview # 7
Notification date: 10/4/24
Method of notification: email
Residency: OOS
AADSAS mail-out date: 6/4/24
Application complete date: verified 6/10/24
GPA (science, overall): 4.0 sGPA, 4.0 cGPA
DAT (AA/TS/PAT/Reading/any section below a 17): 20/19/19/22/no
Method of interview: in person (only one date avail, 11/7)
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so inspiring!!!!
 
Has anyone had their status change from "invited for interview" to "received/under review"?
 
I had seen in threads from last year and previous years that some people who interviewed had their status change and some didn't. I didn't know if it was important or not.
 
wood4 said:
I had seen in threads from last year and previous years that some people who interviewed had their status change and some didn't. I didn't know if it was important or not.
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oh i see! mine did it for my touro interview but maybe this school is diff; not sure!
 
do the schools report how many interviews are offered as well as state how many were in state and how many were out of state?

I have the dental school explorer data, but from my research, Iowa interviews around 240-250 applicants, instead of the 133 which are reported in the dental school explorer
 
I have seen the same thing. Iowa clearly shows on their entering class profile that the interviewed number was 240 students yet the number interviewed as listed in the dental school explorer is just 133. From looking around, I believe 133 to be the total number of students accepted. I think this number is different from the reported 240 because not all schools report the number of students interviewed. This also makes sense because it is reasonable to believe that around 133 students would need to be admitted to fill their class of 80 (almost all of the IS residents attend (57 accepted but 54 matriculated to Iowa) and for OOS residents, 76 accepted, 24 matriculated to Iowa (which makes sense, assuming that a good amount of those accepted OOS will go to their state school). 76+57=133, about half of 240. I feel that for Iowa, it is reasonable to expect that about half of those interviewed will get accepted.

As far as knowing how many interviews were offered to IS vs OOS residents, I don't think we know that data.
 
wood4 said:
I have seen the same thing. Iowa clearly shows on their entering class profile that the interviewed number was 240 students yet the number interviewed as listed in the dental school explorer is just 133. From looking around, I believe 133 to be the total number of students accepted. I think this number is different from the reported 240 because not all schools report the number of students interviewed. This also makes sense because it is reasonable to believe that around 133 students would need to be admitted to fill their class of 80 (almost all of the IS residents attend (57 accepted but 54 matriculated to Iowa) and for OOS residents, 76 accepted, 24 matriculated to Iowa (which makes sense, assuming that a good amount of those accepted OOS will go to their state school). 76+57=133, about half of 240. I feel that for Iowa, it is reasonable to expect that about half of those interviewed will get accepted.

As far as knowing how many interviews were offered to IS vs OOS residents, I don't think we know that data.
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Additionally, I was interviewed in august, and I think it was in September that the status changed from "invited to interview" back to "Received/Under Review".

I also read past years threads and there may be some evidence supporting the hypothesis that If status changes (after interview), then offer is made.

I hope that is true.
 
Same here! Would love for a current student to speak up if they know anything about this.
 
Has anyone had their status change to “invited for interview” immediately after their interview?

This was my fourth time interviewing with the University of Iowa, and for the past three times, my status was changed to invited when I got the invite and stayed the same the whole time until I was waitlisted. Also, based on what I’ve read from previous years, those who had their status change from “invited” to “received/under review” were accepted. My status was “received” the entire time, then changed to “invited” after the interview. Did this happen to anyone else?
 
Yeah mine changed to invited for interview right after the interview, then maybe two months later (mid October) it changed to received/under review.
 
Has anyone's status changed to "Interviewed"? Mine changed today from "invited for interview" to just "interviewed"
 
Mine is still received/under review but at a different school my status changed to "interviewed"
 
wood4 said:
Now mine says "interviewed" I don't know what to think anymore lol. This happen to anyone else?
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don't try to read anything into minor status changes
there is no set way on how to use them, nor do many schools keep them up to date

the only ones you have to look for are: invited for interview, accepted, denied, waitlisted
 
I was interviewed in august, and I think it was in September that the status changed from "invited to interview" back to "Received/Under Review".

Today my status changed to “Interviewed”.
 
After reviewing previous years threads, I noticed the "Interviewed" Status update may be something new this application cycle.

It is hard not to speculate on the significance of these status changes 😅

It would be interesting to see if more readers of this thread report their status changes up-to-present time.

Information is inversely proportional to pre-acceptance-day-anxiety 😄
 
Pre-Dental-Research-1 said:
After reviewing previous years threads, I noticed the "Interviewed" Status update may be something new this application cycle.

It is hard not to speculate on the significance of these status changes 😅

It would be interesting to see if more readers of this thread report their status changes up-to-present time.

Information is inversely proportional to pre-acceptance-day-anxiety 😄
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I am wondering if everyone who interviewed now has the status of "interviewed" as it seems like they changed people with "received/under review" to "interviewed" last Friday and "invited for interview" to "interviewed" earlier in the week.
 
There was a post on last year's thread that read the following:

"Anyone get an email from admissions for a "Why Iowa?" webinar the evening before decision day?"

Has such an email been sent this year?
 
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