What are my chances???

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nutritiousfoods said:
Sorry here’s another late cycle application question.😳 Just got done with the DAT yesterday (24AA/24TS/25PAT) and was wondering if it is too late to apply for this cycle. My GPA is 3.71 oGPA and 3.6 sGPA.

I was originally premed until last summer and had a change of heart after shadowing a dentist while I was visiting family in Asia. I have roughly 600 hospital volunteer hours and held leadership positions for two years for a national nonprofit organization at my university. I have also done research on campus for two years (no publications though).

Currently I have roughly 40 hours shadowing a dentist in Asia and will be accumulating closer to 100 in the next couple months.

My question is what are my chances and also for the LOR I know some schools want a LOR from a dentist and was wondering an international dentist would work since I can get the dentist I shadowed to write me one or I would have to wait until I do more shadowing work here in the states and get the dentist I am shadowing to know me better before having him write me a letter which would set my application submission date to closer to mid-November.

I'm a California resident and am currently compiling my list of schools. Here is a short list I have so far (feel free to recommend any others that are suitable): USC, UCLA/UCSF (still need to take psychology though), Case Western and NYU.
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nutritiousfoods said:
I was originally premed until last summer and had a change of heart after shadowing a dentist while I was visiting family in Asia. I have roughly 600 hospital volunteer hours and held leadership positions for two years for a national nonprofit organization at my university. I have also done research on campus for two years (no publications though). Currently I have roughly 40 hours shadowing a dentist in Asia and will be accumulating closer to 100 in the next couple months. My question is what are my chances and also for the LOR I know some schools want a LOR from a dentist and was wondering an international dentist would work since I can get the dentist I shadowed to write me one or I would have to wait until I do more shadowing work here in the states and get the dentist I am shadowing to know me better before having him write me a letter which would set my application submission date to closer to mid-November.
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Shadowing outside the US is great if you are planning on practicing dentistry on another continent.
 
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