WAMC 24-25 Cycle

[linabell]

I'm really anxious So any suggestions appreciated!
Date of Verification: 06/18
Overall GPA: 3.93
Science GPA: 3.94
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.92
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 28AA 30TS 26Bio 30GC 30OC 28QR 25RC 24PAT
State of Residence: International ORM

Major: Biology & Economics
Minor: Chemistry
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: probably lower than average (only aimed to reach the minimum, please advice if I need more) 2 50hr general offices in the US, 1 45hr general office in China, some shorter volunteer ones (free clinic) ~10 hr total
Volunteering Experience: average, ~450hr
Employment: OMFS DA 800hr
Research: 2000hr in total, 1700hr current; 1 publication (4th author), 1 first-author manuscript in preparation, 6 school-level poster presentations
Other Extracurriculars: average-1 club president, 1 vice pres., 1 secretary, 1 treasurer
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? UNC Impressions Day
Relevant Honors or Awards: Dean's list, SURF
LOR type and strength: school does not offer committee letters, 1Bio prof (maybe strong?), 1Chem prof (standard/mediocre), 1 lab PI (very strong), 1 dentist where I did DA (probably strong)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: PS should be solid. I'm an introvert so a little bit nervous about the interview process, but all professors I know said I'll be fine lol. I wasn't planning to add more schools until I added the matriculated international students on my list all up and summed to <50 if not including NYU...So I'm wondering if I need to add more international student friendly schools like UDM and Temple. Cost is not a factor (my parents would pay in full no matter where I go), looking to specialize in future.
School list:
Harvard
Columbia
UPenn
UNC
UMich
UCLA
UCSF
UoP
USC
Nova
Touro
BU
Tufts
UConn
Roseman
Stony Brook
OHSU
UWash
Rutgers
NYU
School list rationale: P/F schools/Private/near bigger cities
Please also advice if there's any way I could improve my application at this time. TIA!

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[Mr.Smile12]

Way too many schools, but my comments.

UDM and Temple probably will yield protect. Chances are good you'll get attention from the Ivies, which will definitely take a shot at you. Of course, many of the schools are the most competitive, but your metrics warrant it. The issue is going to be how international-friendly the schools are.

According to the DSE: few international students matriculated to
Roseman (0)
Stony Brook (0)
UConn (0)
UNC (1), though if you went to school there, I'd keep.. but you know how "big" RDU is.
UCLA (1)
UWashington (1)

Remove the 7 schools I mentioned, and your list goes down to 13, which is much more reasonable.

 

[linabell]

Way too many schools, but my comments.

UDM and Temple probably will yield protect. Chances are good you'll get attention from the Ivies, which will definitely take a shot at you. Of course, many of the schools are the most competitive, but your metrics warrant it. The issue is going to be how international-friendly the schools are.

According to the DSE: few international students matriculated to
Roseman (0)
Stony Brook (0)
UConn (0)
UNC (1), though if you went to school there, I'd keep.. but you know how "big" RDU is.
UCLA (1)
UWashington (1)

Remove the 7 schools I mentioned, and your list goes down to 13, which is much more reasonable.

Thank you! Applied to those schools because they have good reputations and I don't want to regret not trying. Since even the most "international-friendly" schools don't have a lot of international students enrollees, I am hoping to maximize the chance by maybe applying more widely (?) Also, I'm using the offers to international applicants/total international applicants as a metric because some schools don't get a lot of international students' applications, which also complicates the issue (hard to say if they would accept more with more international applicants).