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I think your 3.8 graduate GPA will go a long way to offset your undergrad. And your DAT is significantly better now. It is difficult to say how a particular school will react/consider individual applicants. Just make sure if you apply to an out of state school public that a good number of its seats are given to OOS students. I mentioned Michigan because the class is roughly 50/50 OOS vs In State.I'd say the weakest part of my application are my undergraduate grades. I got a lot of B- in my prerequisites and my sophmore year GPA was a 3.0 (the lowest it ever was) and then junior and senior year hovered around a 3.3. My masters grade were much better. Would Michigan really consider my application considering their average gpas are 3.65/3.58? I applied to UNLV last cycle and was promptly denied (this was also using 2017 DAT scores).
six schools and 2 of them are schools that are amongst the 5-8 highest stat schools?I'm a third time applicant to dental school. I finished my masters in December and retook the DAT this summer. I got a C+ in one of my prerequisites, physics. Lots of shadowing hours and I worked at a dental office for a year and the doc is writing one of my letters of recommendations. In the past, I've gotten a couple interviews at my in state schools but no acceptances. What are my chances this time? Not sure what I can improve after a third round of rejections...
oGPA: 3.47
sGPA: 3.35
Undergrad GPA: 3.37
Graduate GPA: 3.80
DAT (first attempt, 2017):
Bio GC OC PAT RC QR TS AA
17 20 21 19 23 23 19 21
DAT (second attempt, 2020):
Bio GC OC PAT RC QR TS AA
22 26 23 22 23 21 23 23
NC Resident
Asian female
Schools applying: UNC, ECU, VCU, Tufts, UMD, UPenn
Consider Rutgers as well, they grant in-state tuition. If you are applying to Tufts, I would also add BU. UConn is super tough but you can add them if you would like--apply super early for them, they start reviewing apps much earlier than most schools and have most of their class filled by the first wave of acceptances.Thanks everyone for the advice. I'll probably add buffalo, ohio, and Uconn to my list for now.
Thanks everyone for the advice. I'll probably add buffalo, ohio, and Uconn to my list for now.
Can you go into what you mean by "have your own perspective"? Are you starting at UNC in August, by chance?
awesome!Hey everyone, just wanted to give an update on how the cycle went. I ended up applying to eight schools:
UNC - interviewed + accepted
ECU- interviewed + accepted
Maryland - interviewed + accepted
VCU- interviewed + accepted
LECOM - interviewed + accepted
Tuoro - interview declined
Tufts - no interview
UPenn- no interview
I hope this thread serves as encouragement who are also taking a non-linear path to dental school.