WAMC - avg DAT & GPA

[FyoJ]

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Date of submission: July 8th, 2025
Overall GPA: 3.45
Science GPA: 3.22
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.10
DAT score (include AA and all sections):
AA - 20
TS - 20
PAT - 19
BIO - 21
CHEM - 19
ORGO - 21
QR - 18
RC - 20

State of Residence: NY

Undergrad Attended: CUNY
Major: Human Biology
Minor: N/A
Minority? NO
Reapplicant? NO
Nontrad? NO

Shadowing Experience: 204 hrs shadowing general dentist
Volunteering Experience: 39 hrs chem TA; 58 hrs from club activity related things (I have more hours as a tutor that I received academic credit for, but I'm not sure how many hours to calculate for it 🙁 )
Employment: 2563 hrs customer service/barista job; 1463 hrs dental assisting
Research: First Author publication, abstract publication (from hs)
Other Extracurriculars: Secretary of photography club, outreach coordinator for club promoting friendships among disabled students
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? No
Relevant Honors or Awards: Deans list, 2 time awardee for scholarship
LOR type and strength:
Letter from doctor I shadowed + assisted (Strong)
Letter from doctor I assisted (Strong)
Letter from general chem professor (Medium)
Letter from organic chemistry professor (Medium)

Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:
Poor grades for bio (B-, C)
Poor grade in my first sem of physics 1 (C+)
"downward" trend that began in first semester of junior year but then rose again the second semester of junior year that also correspond to my poor grades listed above (Personal life struggles and such)

School list:
NYU
Touro
Buffalo
Tufts
Boston
Temple
WesternU
Pitts
Rutgers
Uconn

Please let me know! I'm getting discouraged by how painfully average my stats are and i'm getting worried that i won't get into any schools.

 

[macsak]

not trying to bring you down, but you do need to add more schools (a bunch of privates)
your overall gpa is around the applicant average, but your science gpa and especially your bcp gpa are lower than applicant average
when you look at matriculant average, they are further from them (3.6 gpa 21 dat)
your assisting hours and first author publication will help some, but 10 schools is not enough with your stats, especially with 4 publics included
it's not that you don't have a chance to get an acceptance, but you need to cast a wider net to get interviews and acceptances...

Date of submission: July 8th, 2025
Overall GPA: 3.45
Science GPA: 3.22
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.10
DAT score (include AA and all sections):
AA - 20
TS - 20
PAT - 19
BIO - 21
CHEM - 19
ORGO - 21
QR - 18
RC - 20

State of Residence: NY

Undergrad Attended: CUNY
Major: Human Biology
Minor: N/A
Minority? NO
Reapplicant? NO
Nontrad? NO

Shadowing Experience: 204 hrs shadowing general dentist
Volunteering Experience: 39 hrs chem TA; 58 hrs from club activity related things (I have more hours as a tutor that I received academic credit for, but I'm not sure how many hours to calculate for it 🙁 )
Employment: 2563 hrs customer service/barista job; 1463 hrs dental assisting
Research: First Author publication, abstract publication (from hs)
Other Extracurriculars: Secretary of photography club, outreach coordinator for club promoting friendships among disabled students
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? No
Relevant Honors or Awards: Deans list, 2 time awardee for scholarship
LOR type and strength:
Letter from doctor I shadowed + assisted (Strong)
Letter from doctor I assisted (Strong)
Letter from general chem professor (Medium)
Letter from organic chemistry professor (Medium)

Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags:
Poor grades for bio (B-, C)
Poor grade in my first sem of physics 1 (C+)
"downward" trend that began in first semester of junior year but then rose again the second semester of junior year that also correspond to my poor grades listed above (Personal life struggles and such)

School list:
NYU
Touro
Buffalo
Tufts
Boston
Temple
WesternU
Pitts
Rutgers
Uconn

Please let me know! I'm getting discouraged by how painfully average my stats are and i'm getting worried that i won't get into any schools.