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Date of submission: Mid June
Overall GPA: 3.781
Science GPA: 3.67
DAT score (include AA and all sections): AA 22, bio 19, GC 24, OC 21, QR 22, RC 25, NS 21, PAT 17 (not sure what happened here... was getting 20s on all my practice exams 🙁 )
State of Residence: New Jersey

Undergrad Attended: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (2022)
Major: Biology, Health, & Society B.S. and Spanish B.S.
Minority? No, white female
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: ~110 hours total --> 70 hours general, 40 hours specialties
Volunteering Experience: 150 via a service fraternity (many things - community outreach programs, organizing food for shelters, helping with kids at homeless shelter, etc), 50 at local soup kitchen, 20 via pre-dental club, 20 at university hospital = 240ish
Employment: 1500 as manager at local ice cream shop (for last 7 years/ongoing), 100 at town's beach badge office, 65 as dental assistant (general; used this for shadowing), and current dental assistant at pediatric office (just started, 24 hours so far)
Research: N/A
Other Extracurriculars: Chair positions in service fraternity, manager at ice cream shop for last 4 years
Relevant Honors or Awards: University Honors for 6 semesters
LOR type and strength: 2 from chemistry professors (okay strength, didn't know either very well...) and one from pediatric dentist (pretty well known/involved in NJ dental organizations)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: low PAT makes me nervous, but spoke with someone on the U of M dental admissions board before graduation and she said with high GPA/AA I should be okay... & have not gone to any school-specific events; took physics 2/lab at Rutgers over summer 2020 and did my worst because it was online and right during COVID (B's) 🙁 Also applying to HPSP
School list:
(applied to this many because I'm nervous!)

U of M
Rutgers
Temple
Boston University
UCLA
USC
Colorado
Maryland
Tufts
NYU
UPenn
Pitt
UConn

 

[artist2022]

Date of submission: Mid June
Overall GPA: 3.781
Science GPA: 3.67
DAT score (include AA and all sections): AA 22, bio 19, GC 24, OC 21, QR 22, RC 25, NS 21, PAT 17 (not sure what happened here... was getting 20s on all my practice exams 🙁 )
State of Residence: New Jersey

Undergrad Attended: University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (2022)
Major: Biology, Health, & Society B.S. and Spanish B.S.
Minority? No, white female
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: ~110 hours total --> 70 hours general, 40 hours specialties
Volunteering Experience: 150 via a service fraternity (many things - community outreach programs, organizing food for shelters, helping with kids at homeless shelter, etc), 50 at local soup kitchen, 20 via pre-dental club, 20 at university hospital = 240ish
Employment: 1500 as manager at local ice cream shop (for last 7 years/ongoing), 100 at town's beach badge office, 65 as dental assistant (general; used this for shadowing), and current dental assistant at pediatric office (just started, 24 hours so far)
Research: N/A
Other Extracurriculars: Chair positions in service fraternity, manager at ice cream shop for last 4 years
Relevant Honors or Awards: University Honors for 6 semesters
LOR type and strength: 2 from chemistry professors (okay strength, didn't know either very well...) and one from pediatric dentist (pretty well known/involved in NJ dental organizations)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: low PAT makes me nervous, but spoke with someone on the U of M dental admissions board before graduation and she said with high GPA/AA I should be okay... & have not gone to any school-specific events; took physics 2/lab at Rutgers over summer 2020 and did my worst because it was online and right during COVID (B's) 🙁 Also applying to HPSP
School list:
(applied to this many because I'm nervous!)

U of M
Rutgers
Temple
Boston University
UCLA
USC
Colorado
Maryland
Tufts
NYU
UPenn
Pitt
UConn

Since your AA/GPAs are slightly above average, I think you applied to a good amount/mix of schools, with UCLA and UPenn probably being the most competitive on your list. Just sit tight and continue working/shadowing/doing well in your classes. Good luck