WAMC 2024-2025 (Advice and Critiques Wanted)

[desperatePredent]

Overall GPA: 3.82
Science GPA: 3.77
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.76
DAT score:
AA = 22
TS = 22
OC = 20
GC = 21
BIO = 24
RC = 24
QR = 21
PA = 23
State of Residence: Az
Major: Biology
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: 100 hours w/ general dentist, looking to do approx. 20 hours more with some specialists
Volunteering Experience: 100 hours at a hospital, planning to get another 100 or so hours at a food bank
Employment: Server for approx. 400 hours
Research: 30ish hours in a chemistry lab, no pubs.
Other Extracurriculars: None
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? No
Relevant Honors or Awards: Deans list every year (pretty sure no one cares about this though)
LOR type and strength:
1 from a general dentist - strong
1 from chemistry professor - Unsure
1 from biology professor - Unsure
School list: (I think this might be a little long, but I'm very neurotic and want to maximize my chances)

1. Midwestern AZ
2. Midwestern IL
3. LECOM
4. Case Western
5. Roseman
6. USC
7. NYU
8. University of Washington
9. Creighton
10. U of P
11. Marquette
12. University of Colorado
13. Detroit Mercy
14. Tufts
15. OHSU
16. UPenn

Any advice or critiques on my school list or what I should be focusing on this semester before I apply are very welcome. Thank you to anyone who takes the time to respond!

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[Mr.Smile12]

No extracurriculars at all? You aren't involved in any clubs on campus? You have no friends you meet outside of your courses? Do you work full-time to support your education? Are you a commuter student?

 

[macsak]

Overall GPA: 3.82
Science GPA: 3.77
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.76
DAT score:
AA = 22
TS = 22
OC = 20
GC = 21
BIO = 24
RC = 24
QR = 21
PA = 23
State of Residence: Az
Major: Biology
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: 100 hours w/ general dentist, looking to do approx. 20 hours more with some specialists
Volunteering Experience: 100 hours at a hospital, planning to get another 100 or so hours at a food bank
Employment: Server for approx. 400 hours
Research: 30ish hours in a chemistry lab, no pubs.
Other Extracurriculars: None
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? No
Relevant Honors or Awards: Deans list every year (pretty sure no one cares about this though)
LOR type and strength:
1 from a general dentist - strong
1 from chemistry professor - Unsure
1 from biology professor - Unsure
School list: (I think this might be a little long, but I'm very neurotic and want to maximize my chances)

1. Midwestern AZ
2. Midwestern IL
3. LECOM
4. Case Western
5. Roseman
6. USC
7. NYU
8. University of Washington
9. Creighton
10. U of P
11. Marquette
12. University of Colorado
13. Detroit Mercy
14. Tufts
15. OHSU
16. UPenn

Any advice or critiques on my school list or what I should be focusing on this semester before I apply are very welcome. Thank you to anyone who takes the time to respond!

IMMEDIATELY remove
USC
NYU
Detroit Mercy
LECOM
MW-IL

why case?
why marquette?
why tufts?

 

[macsak]

Overall GPA: 3.82
Science GPA: 3.77
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.76
DAT score:
AA = 22
TS = 22
OC = 20
GC = 21
BIO = 24
RC = 24
QR = 21
PA = 23
State of Residence: Az
Major: Biology
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: 100 hours w/ general dentist, looking to do approx. 20 hours more with some specialists
Volunteering Experience: 100 hours at a hospital, planning to get another 100 or so hours at a food bank
Employment: Server for approx. 400 hours
Research: 30ish hours in a chemistry lab, no pubs.
Other Extracurriculars: None
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? No
Relevant Honors or Awards: Deans list every year (pretty sure no one cares about this though)
LOR type and strength:
1 from a general dentist - strong
1 from chemistry professor - Unsure
1 from biology professor - Unsure
School list: (I think this might be a little long, but I'm very neurotic and want to maximize my chances)

1. Midwestern AZ
2. Midwestern IL
3. LECOM
4. Case Western
5. Roseman
6. USC
7. NYU
8. University of Washington
9. Creighton
10. U of P
11. Marquette
12. University of Colorado
13. Detroit Mercy
14. Tufts
15. OHSU
16. UPenn

Any advice or critiques on my school list or what I should be focusing on this semester before I apply are very welcome. Thank you to anyone who takes the time to respond!

you have way too many private schools and way too many schools that are not a geographical fit...

 

[desperatePredent]

No extracurriculars at all? You aren't involved in any clubs on campus? You have no friends you meet outside of your courses? Do you work full-time to support your education? Are you a commuter student?

I'm a commuter student, I play a lot of sports as a hobby (tennis) but I don't have active involvement in any clubs at the moment. I do spend a lot of time with friends and family, but the only thing that may be relevant is I help relatives still in school with their homework.

 

[desperatePredent]

IMMEDIATELY remove
USC
NYU
Detroit Mercy
LECOM
MW-IL

why case?
why marquette?
why tufts?

I don't have a great reason for many of those schools outside of Tufts because of family in Massachusetts and maybe LECOM (also family in Florida). How important is geographic fit? Thank you btw!

 

[macsak]

I don't have a great reason for many of those schools outside of Tufts because of family in Massachusetts and maybe LECOM (also family in Florida). How important is geographic fit? Thank you btw!

so you have neither mission fit nor geographic fit?
you need to give schools a reason to send you an interview invite
higher stats people are not going to get invites from far away schools (especially privates) without a good reason...

 

[desperatePredent]

Thank you for the advice, do you have any recommendations for more schools that are realistic for me, or is it just that applying to those schools you mentioned would essentially just be a donation (and I should apply with just what is left on my list)?

 

[macsak]

Thank you for the advice, do you have any recommendations for more schools that are realistic for me, or is it just that applying to those schools you mentioned would essentially just be a donation (and I should apply with just what is left on my list)?

my recommendation is you do more research on mission fit with schools geographically closer to you and then get back to us...