What are my chances of getting into a top school?

[entireparsley]

Hello there. I'm a junior in college and my dream is to do OMFS. I want to go to a top school for a lot of reasons but OMFS being one of them. I have legacy at Harvard dental school through a brother who is currently PGY-4 at an OMFS residency. What do you think are my chances of having my dreams come true?


Overall GPA: 3.99
Science GPA: 3.97
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.97
DAT score (include AA and all sections): AA: 24 PAT:19 QR: 21 RC: 19 Bio: 24 Chem: 25 Orgo: 30 TS: 26

Major: chemistry

Minority? no
Reapplicant? no
Nontrad? no

Shadowing Experience:
150 hours shadowing at a level 1 trauma center

• 80 hours with trauma team (this was when I was still pre-med)
  • SICU rounding and lots of general and orthopedic surgery
• 70 hours with OMFS
  • academic setting
    • lots of facial trauma, reconstruction

Volunteering Experience:
60 hours at a homeless shelter
Employment:
none
Research:
300 hours wet lab volunteering

• 2 publications

Other Extracurriculars:
8 years of track and field including collegiate (division 2)

• conference champion in the 100m
• national qualifier

Other Stuff:
Fluent in Python and R programming languages and implementation for database analysis

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Nobody can give you an estimate on your chances of acceptance, since interviews are a major factor in admissions decisions. However, it can be said that your chances of receiving interviews are high (provided that you have no criminal history and everything you stated here is factual)

 

[PerioDont]

Hello there. I'm a junior in college and my dream is to do OMFS. I want to go to a top school for a lot of reasons but OMFS being one of them. I have legacy at Harvard dental school through a brother who is currently PGY-4 at an OMFS residency. What do you think are my chances of having my dreams come true?


Overall GPA: 3.99
Science GPA: 3.97
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.97
DAT score (include AA and all sections): AA: 24 PAT:19 QR: 21 RC: 19 Bio: 24 Chem: 25 Orgo: 30 TS: 26

Major: chemistry

Minority? no
Reapplicant? no
Nontrad? no

Shadowing Experience:
150 hours shadowing at a level 1 trauma center

• 80 hours with trauma team (this was when I was still pre-med)
  • SICU rounding and lots of general and orthopedic surgery
• 70 hours with OMFS
  • academic setting
    • lots of facial trauma, reconstruction

Volunteering Experience:
60 hours at a homeless shelter
Employment:
none
Research:
300 hours wet lab volunteering

• 2 publications

Other Extracurriculars:
8 years of track and field including collegiate (division 2)

• conference champion in the 100m
• national qualifier

Other Stuff:
Fluent in Python and R programming languages and implementation for database analysis

overall I think your app looks really solid. who do you have for your rec letters. what does your brother think of your chances?

Also curious have you not shadowed a general dentist at all? Idk about how Ivy leagues look at this, but I know at my school that would be a red flag if you have no general dental shadowing experience.