Waiting time from complete App to Interview/Rejection

[mazaag]

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Ok so my AADSAS app was emailed end of July. My DAT has arrived to all schools last week (beginning of September). For those of you who have gotten interviews/rejections...how long did you have to wait to hear back from Dschools from the point you knew they had a complete application sitting on their desk?
Thanks!

 

[dudeman]

sounds to me as if they should already have it. If Addsas had everything by mid July, they should have sent everything by now.

 

[lazybummy]

App sent out: 7/17

UMDNJ: App Received 7/21, Interview Invite 8/22

UPenn: App Received 7/23, Packet arrived 7/29, App completed 8/12, Interview Invite 8/27

NYU: App Received 7/24, App Completed 8/20

BU: App Received 7/30, Interview Invite 8/27

Tufts: App Received 7/30

Columbia: App Received + completed 7/31, Interview Invite 9/1

Maryland: App Received 8/6, Completed 8/17

Temple: App Received 8/11

 

[Kneecoal]

i haven't been getting too many "app completed" emails/letters, but mine was mailed out 7/31 and my dat scores i think were sent out mid-end of august. i got an invite from bu 8/25 and a snail mail rejection this past saturday from case. so i'm assuming it's not going to take much longer before everything starts to come in.

 

[mazaag]

App sent out: 7/17

UMDNJ: App Received 7/21, Interview Invite 8/22

UPenn: App Received 7/23, Packet arrived 7/29, App completed 8/12, Interview Invite 8/27

BU: App Received 7/30, Interview Invite 8/27

Columbia: App Received + completed 7/31, Interview Invite 9/1

Wow...2 weeks to a month before you get an invite...this is really nerving!

 

[Dent010]

it all depends on the school i guess...

Application send 7/17, DAT Received for all Schools 8/14.
Midwestern Interview Invite 8/18
Nova Southeastern Interview Invite 8/24

I got both of my interview invites within 1 week of my application being complete.

 

[mazaag]

Out of curiosity....how do they contact you for interview? Phone? Email? Do they tell you available dates and you chose?

 

[KitKat09]

Out of curiosity....how do they contact you for interview? Phone? Email? Do they tell you available dates and you chose?

most schools send emails
few call
some have web access page like MWU and USC

I have figured out that once your application goes under review/ and school is actually reviewing/ it takes from 2 to 4 weeks for school to reach a decision. If you did not hear from school after 4 weeks of reviewing it is most likely your appl is not considered to be "first rate" so at this point it is either in reject pile or " keep it just in case" pile. Some schools have policy of rejecting right away- Case comes to mind, and some schools will send rejections as late as next summer....
Some schools do have use of that "keep it just in case pile" and review it over once in a while comparing to the total pool so if you did not get rejected right away you still have hope. If one of those schools is your top choice sending your fall grades, some additional EC might tip the scales in your favor and you will still receive invite for the later date. Of course it is only goes for those schools that continue interviews well into spring/ mostly high tuition private schools will do that as they know lots of "first rate" applicants will choose less expensive instate tuition/

 

[mueladeljuicio]

where is USC's webpage?

 

[KitKat09]

where is USC's webpage?

dentistry.usc.ed/education/applicationstatus
They promised to activate it in August but so far I have not been able to see it work.
Last year applicants had some complaints about reliability of this page as well, so we will see... I think USC just starting to review appl so it should be working by the end of the month

 

[CalDent09]

it works.

 

[pixidust]

mine still doesn't work.