What are my chances with these schools?

[mgether36]

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Hey everyone!

So I just submitted my application early this morning and I decided on 7 schools:
Marquette
Michigan State
Iowa
Case Western
UCLA
NYU
Harvard

My credentials are:
GPA: 3.96
DAT: 22 AA, 24 TS, 23 PAT, 21 RC, 23 BIO, 28 GC, 21 OC, 19 QR

I have about 100 hours of shadowing from 6 separate dentists. I am also involved in music at research at my university.

Do you think I have a competitive shot at some of these schools? or should I consider applying to more?

Thanks!

 

[packerland]

Probably slim-to-none at Michigan State. Considering they don't have a dental school. 😉

Haha just messing - I'm sure you meant University of Michigan. But sounds good! I'm sure you'll get many interviews. 👍

 

[mgether36]

Probably slim-to-none at Michigan State. Considering they don't have a dental school. 😉

Haha just messing - I'm sure you meant University of Michigan. But sounds good! I'm sure you'll get many interviews. 👍

oh my gosh. yes. that's what I meant. -_-

that's embarrassing

 

[packerland]

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[RamsFan1991]

Those numbers make me want to cry coming from a 3.4 GPA student. Best of luck, I'm sure they'll all accept you.

 

[sgv]

go to UCONN

UConn > Harvard > UCLA > Columbia > UCSF > Penn (there's no ranking but i know practically everyone else is thinking almost the same thing except UConn is my wild card). Srsly not enough people know how great UConn is and end up not applying there. UConn is pass fail, has medical school for first two years, lots of clinical instruction hours, and best of all, they give you in state tuition after your first year.

 

[distressstudent]

no chance at all
that you wont get in

 

[imrandom]

no chance at all
that you wont get in

+1

 

[Glimmer1991]

go to UCONN

UConn > Harvard > UCLA > Columbia > UCSF > Penn (there's no ranking but i know practically everyone else is thinking almost the same thing except UConn is my wild card). Srsly not enough people know how great UConn is and end up not applying there. UConn is pass fail, has medical school for first two years, lots of clinical instruction hours, and best of all, they give you in state tuition after your first year.

But do you always want a med school curriculum the first two years? 😀

 

[Jordan1671]

Is it bad to have a med school curriculum if they're the same prereq class? I'd think it would be pretty cool to meet med students along the way lol

 

[Glimmer1991]

Is it bad to have a med school curriculum if they're the same prereq class? I'd think it would be pretty cool to meet med students along the way lol

Well, from what I understand, you sort of have to learn about EVERYTHING like the med students do (ie. the entire human body and whatnot). No, it's not necessarily *bad* to learn all of that stuff, but it's also a whole lot of extra work on top of what dental students already have to do.

Just think about it. You're in classes with med students. At the end of those classes, the med students are done for the day and go home to study.

At the end of the day, YOU have to go back to the lab to do clinical stuff and THEN go home and study on top of it all.

 

[DentalDoge]

You have to have at LEAST a 4.0 sGPA and 29 AA. I'm sorry, try again next cycle.

 

[Jordan1671]

Well, from what I understand, you sort of have to learn about EVERYTHING like the med students do (ie. the entire human body and whatnot). No, it's not necessarily *bad* to learn all of that stuff, but it's also a whole lot of extra work on top of what dental students already have to do.

Just think about it. You're in classes with med students. At the end of those classes, the med students are done for the day and go home to study.

At the end of the day, YOU have to go back to the lab to do clinical stuff and THEN go home and study on top of it all.

But I thought dental students have to learn everything as well? Especially in the early years - things like biochem, anatomy, etc. From my understanding, after those foundation courses, you go on to more specialized areas like head+neck anatomy, which I'm assuming med students don't take. I just assume that this would be the dental student reality. Am I wrong in this thinking?

 

[Glimmer1991]

But I thought dental students have to learn everything as well? Especially in the early years - things like biochem, anatomy, etc. From my understanding, after those foundation courses, you go on to more specialized areas like head+neck anatomy, which I'm assuming med students don't take. I just assume that this would be the dental student reality. Am I wrong in this thinking?

I got straight-up dissed by UConn last cycle, so I admittedly don't know a ton about their curriculum. I'll let someone who knows more about it give some answers before I spout off any untruths! 😀

 

[sgv]

a lot of dental schools skim over the basic sciences...some even skip biochem and most of anatomy & physiology although anatomy is low yield material on the NBDE and CBSE...having a medical school curriculum is a huge leg up on CBSE preparation for pre omfs...but yeah, you got a point that medical school is overkill for dentistry

 

[Ferneezy]

a lot of dental schools skim over the basic sciences...some even skip biochem and most of anatomy & physiology although anatomy is low yield material on the NBDE and CBSE...having a medical school curriculum is a huge leg up on CBSE preparation for pre omfs...but yeah, you got a point that medical school is overkill for dentistry

glad you posted this because i was about to say for those peeps that are P=GP your argument is irrelevant. med school would be a most unnecessary monkey on one's back.

 

[Scumbag_Steve]

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[dauntless123]

You are definitely getting into dental school. And if you don't, you are probably lacking in some areas like volunteer work or something or some applicants are more competitive than you (have more shadowing and volunteer work on top of a good GPA and DAT score). But if you have stats like those and lots of hours in volunteering and shadowing, I'd say you have to give them a reason not to accept you. Those stats are way above average!!!! I'd be surprised if you didn't get in.

 

[mgether36]

You are definitely getting into dental school. And if you don't, you are probably lacking in some areas like volunteer work or something or some applicants are more competitive than you (have more shadowing and volunteer work on top of a good GPA and DAT score). But if you have stats like those and lots of hours in volunteering and shadowing, I'd say you have to give them a reason not to accept you. Those stats are way above average!!!! I'd be surprised if you didn't get in.

thanks 🙂 I have about 150 hours of volunteer work. Hopefully everything goes well!