WAMC??: Will my PAT score hold me back

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Date of submission: Hoping for June 30th
Overall GPA: 3.92
Science GPA: 3.85
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.80
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 23 AA 24 TS 18 PAT: Bio 27 Gen Chem 23 Orgo 23 RC 20 QR 20
State of Residence: PA


Major: Biology BS
Minor: Public Health
Minority?
NO: Indian Asian
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? NO

Shadowing Experience:
95 hours: Split among 3 General Dentists, 35 Pediatric for 1 office
Volunteering Experience: 70 at a food pantry, 50 at a soup kitchen, 30 at another food bank, 30 hours for Big brother big sister, 12 hours at a free dental clinic
Employment: 450 hours as a personal care assistant for seniors, 223 hours at Temple Pediatric clinic (patient scheduler)
Research: ~230 hours in cardiac regeneration research no publications and no poster
Other Extracurriculars: Treasurer for Big Brother Big Sister club, Pre-dental health society. Intramural sports (do not know if I should include this ~10 hours)
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? Pre dental day at Kornberg school of dentistry, ADEA Godental recruitment fair
Relevant Honors or Awards: Cum Laude, Multiple deans lists
LOR type and strength: 2 science professors (average), 1 general dentist (strong), 1 from boss at pediatric clinic (strong), Committee letter (strong)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: Low PAT score for red flags, for manual dexterity I put model building, lab work, playing video games, and tennis
School list:
Temple
Upenn
NYU
UMD
Rutgers
Tuffts
Buffalo
Touro
Detroit Mercy
Meharry (Lived in TN for 2 years of middle school and have a lot of family in TN)

Any advice is appreciated <3

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Date of submission: Hoping for June 30th
Overall GPA: 3.92
Science GPA: 3.85
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.80
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 23 AA 24 TS 18 PAT: Bio 27 Gen Chem 23 Orgo 23 RC 20 QR 20
State of Residence: PA


Major: Biology BS
Minor: Public Health
Minority?
NO: Indian Asian
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? NO

Shadowing Experience:
95 hours: Split among 3 General Dentists, 35 Pediatric for 1 office
Volunteering Experience: 70 at a food pantry, 50 at a soup kitchen, 30 at another food bank, 30 hours for Big brother big sister, 12 hours at a free dental clinic
Employment: 450 hours as a personal care assistant for seniors, 223 hours at Temple Pediatric clinic (patient scheduler)
Research: ~230 hours in cardiac regeneration research no publications and no poster
Other Extracurriculars: Treasurer for Big Brother Big Sister club, Pre-dental health society. Intramural sports (do not know if I should include this ~10 hours)
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? Pre dental day at Kornberg school of dentistry, ADEA Godental recruitment fair
Relevant Honors or Awards: Cum Laude, Multiple deans lists
LOR type and strength: 2 science professors (average), 1 from boss at pediatric clinic (strong), Committee letter (strong)
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: Low PAT score for red flags, for manual dexterity I put model building, lab work, playing video games, and tennis
School list:
Temple
Upenn
NYU
UMD
Rutgers
Tuffts
Buffalo
Touro
Detroit Mercy
Meharry (Lived in TN for 2 years of middle school and have a lot of family in TN)

Any advice is appreciated <3
please remove NYU and UDM

how come tufts but no BU?

your 18 PAT will no reduce your chances that much, not worth it to retake...
 
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please remove NYU and UDM

how come tufts but no BU?

your 18 PAT will no reduce your chances that much, not worth it to retake...
check to see if meharry accepts indian students, not sure how many there are...
 
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please remove NYU and UDM

how come tufts but no BU?

your 18 PAT will no reduce your chances that much, not worth it to retake...
I researched Tufts because a friend of mine got accepted, and I like the mission statment, I had not really looked into BU but will do. Thank you for the reply. Should I remove NYU because of tuition costs? and why not UDM?
 
I researched Tufts because a friend of mine got accepted, and I like the mission statment, I had not really looked into BU but will do. Thank you for the reply. Should I remove NYU because of tuition costs? and why not UDM?
NYU due to tuition and class size and your stats are well above school averages, they know you will go to better and cheaper schools closer to home
UDM similar, except add in safety...
 
NYU due to tuition and class size and your stats are well above school averages, they know you will go to better and cheaper schools closer to home
UDM similar, except add in safety...
when you are ready, please post your revised list...
 
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Updated school list
Temple
Upenn
Pitt
UMD
Rutgers
Tuffts
Buffalo
Touro
Detroit Mercy
BU
you don't need 10 schools with your stats since you only have one reach school
please take off detroit mercy...
 
you don't need 10 schools with your stats since you only have one reach school
please take off detroit mercy...
Will do, Thank you for your help, it means the world <3
 
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Will your 18 PAT hold you back? It depends on the school, though you probably will be fine since you are above 17.
Do you think the schools that I listed will be okay with it, or is there really no way to tell
 
an 18 is not a bad score...
 
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