University Of Washington Anyone?

[Generallee]

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Hello all,

Glad I found this site! This is great info on here.

Anyway, I was wondering.... Does anyone know how hard it is to get into University of Washington Dental School if you are out of state? I am a UW alumni, however moved out of state last year and would like to go back to Seattle for 2006 admission. I read that they rarely accept out of state residents. What will I need to do to get into UW? Any insight would be greatly appreciated!!!

 

[HoT-ExCeLsIoR]

same as any school.. just try your hardest!

 

[busdriver]

UW is pretty hard to get into if you're out of state (which means you shouldn't apply there unless you really wanna go there and have the stats or if you're a resident there...at least IMO) so you'd have to have pretty exceptional stats to get in. i'm just gonna shoot some numbers out of my butt - like a 3.5gpa or better...most likely better...and a 20+ on the DAT. these numbers are if you're out of state, but if you're considered a resident then the numbers are totally different. since you're a UW alumni, maybe they'll look at you in a different light...dunno for sure though...good luck!

 

[toothcaries]

unless u are from a WICHE state..
your chances for an acceptance would not be likely..

 

[wimmcs]

unless u are from a WICHE state..
your chances for an acceptance would not be likely..

That's the only reason why I applied there. I'm a WICHE participant, otherwise I wouldn't have applied.
P.S. You may want to call them. I've been pretty lucky to get nice people on the phone every time I call a particular dental school. I hope it's the same way at UofW. They may give you great news by indicating that since you graduated from their school, then you'd be considered resident. I know for instance that if you graduated high school in Nevada, UNLV automatically considers you instate. If I was you, I would call the school and find out for sure. Good luck!!

 

[Generallee]

Hey,

Thanks everyone for the reply. I love this forum...It's great.

Busdriver - are you at Ohio State? That's my second choice after UW. Any insight on their admissions?

Thanks,

Rob

 

[busdriver]

hey generallee,
no i'm not at ohio state. i'm gonna start my first year at UCSF in a couple of weeks. i did apply to ohio state and i got an interview but i never went cuz i was already accepted to other schools by then. i'm out of state for ohio too so i don't think ohio state is a big "we want our residents only school" like UW. the only insight i can give you about ohio state's admissions is that they have a "secondary" that you have to fill out. it's not really a big secondary but you do need to fill it out before they grant you an interview (i think you need to shadow a dentist though...for at least 20 hours). i tell you this because they supposedly sent it to me through email but i never received it (stupid hotmail) so i finally called like 2 months later to see what happened and they told me what happened and resent it to another email address. after that i had to shadow a dentist and all that stuff so i guess i was still pretty lucky to get an interview invite after being kinda late. hope this helps! good luck getting into UW or Ohio State!

 

[Mo007]

busdriver

what was your stats to get an OSU interview last year as an out-state applicant? - also, how late was your OSU interview last year?

 

[busdriver]

hey Mo007,
my stats were 3.3gpa, 3.1 science, 25AA/23TS/21PAT

i honestly can't remember when i got my interview invite last year. i deleted the email and for some reason i can't find the letter that they sent me (kinda strange cuz i usually keep everything). i do remember that it was after December 1st because i told myself i didn't have to pay money to fly out there cuz i was already accepted at another school. that's the best i can answer your question. sorry it's pretty vague.

 

[Mo007]

sweet DAT busdriver... I see why OSU invited you for an interview as an out-of-state student. You got to be 20+ DAT or 3.5+ GPA student to be considered for an interview.