Wait or Move on?

[poorte42]

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I have been accepted and sent my deposit to a dental school but put on the alternate list for my dream school. Since it's already June, should I give up my hope and move on?
I have sent numerous updates to my dream school and called them but the admissions coordinator has only said "there is a possibility of getting accepted."

 

[KoonS]

Keep your acceptance and continue to wait for your dream school. Have a backup plan does not hurt.

 

[I-hate-alginate]

The best dental school is the one that accepts you! Right?

 

[Stanelz]

Got to the cheaper one..heck be grateful you got in. Theres a bunch of us wishing we had gotten into one.

 

[blablabla1]

I was waitlisted at 3 schools and luckily got into my dream school first before the others but if I was in your position, I'd keep waiting, but ONLY if the dream school was the cheaper option. Otherwise, take your current acceptance and forget about the other school

 

[KoonS]

I was waitlisted at 3 schools and luckily got into my dream school first before the others but if I was in your position, I'd keep waiting, but ONLY if the dream school was the cheaper option. Otherwise, take your current acceptance and forget about the other school

Same here, waitlisted at 3 as well. Got into my state school saved me 400k in tuition.

 

[KoonS]

You got in? Where at?

CO

 

[redhotchiligochu]

Forgot to answer your question OP....

True story: I was holding onto an acceptance since January, thinking I wasn't "good enough" for other schools. As I was about to send in my 30-day notice to terminate my lease contract so I can prepare to move to that school, I got a phone call from my "dream school." Even though I already sent in the notice, I was shocked to hear back from that school because I flubbed the interview so badly that they actually ended my interview early. Long story short, I will be attending the school that I pretty much had given up hope on.

Moral of the story? There's always a chance. It's like being a pasty high school freshman trying to ask out the hottest senior in your class--extremely unlikely she'll say yes, but you never know.

Mentally embrace not hearing back, but in the end, we will all be dentists, no matter where you go!