What are my chances?

[snoopy222]

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Date of submission: 06/07

Overall GPA: 3.95

Science GPA: 3.94

BioChemPhys GPA: 3.94

DAT score: 480AA 500QR 460RC 460BIO 470GC 490Orgo 520PAT

Residence: NY



Undergrad: Vassar College

Major: Biochem

Minority: No (asian)

Reapplicant: No

Notrad: No



Shadowing: 20 at oral surgeon. 200 at general practice

Volunteering: nothing notable besides couple leadership positions at college. Non health or science related

Employment: 900 hours as an assistant at a general practice.

Research: none

Extracurricular: Worked at a crypto startup sophomore summer. Currently working at a dental startup.

LOR:

3 from dentists I’ve worked very very closely with. Strong letters. I know these doctors personally and are more friends and mentors than employers/coworkers

3 from science (orgo lab, orgo lecture, biochem lecture) moderate strength. 1 from a language professor, no idea the strength.

My school also wrote a committee letter.

Misc: i’m a good interviewee. like i mentioned, no research. i don’t care where i go so long as I get in, but would like to gauge the strength of my list, if i should apply to more.

Please be as realistic.Thanks for reading.

School list:

NYU

Columbia

Stony brook

uconn

virginia commonwealth

harvard

university of pacific

oregon

university of washington

boston university

UCLA (lwk did not know there was a separate test i had to take)

 

[macsak]

Date of submission: 06/07

Overall GPA: 3.95

Science GPA: 3.94

BioChemPhys GPA: 3.94

DAT score: 480AA 500QR 460RC 460BIO 470GC 490Orgo 520PAT

Residence: NY



Undergrad: Vassar College

Major: Biochem

Minority: No (asian)

Reapplicant: No

Notrad: No



Shadowing: 20 at oral surgeon. 200 at general practice

Volunteering: nothing notable besides couple leadership positions at college. Non health or science related

Employment: 900 hours as an assistant at a general practice.

Research: none

Extracurricular: Worked at a crypto startup sophomore summer. Currently working at a dental startup.

LOR:

3 from dentists I’ve worked very very closely with. Strong letters. I know these doctors personally and are more friends and mentors than employers/coworkers

3 from science (orgo lab, orgo lecture, biochem lecture) moderate strength. 1 from a language professor, no idea the strength.

My school also wrote a committee letter.

Misc: i’m a good interviewee. like i mentioned, no research. i don’t care where i go so long as I get in, but would like to gauge the strength of my list, if i should apply to more.

Please be as realistic.Thanks for reading.

School list:

NYU

Columbia

Stony brook

uconn

virginia commonwealth

harvard

university of pacific

oregon

university of washington

boston university

UCLA (lwk did not know there was a separate test i had to take)

what was your TS?

 

[macsak]

Date of submission: 06/07

Overall GPA: 3.95

Science GPA: 3.94

BioChemPhys GPA: 3.94

DAT score: 480AA 500QR 460RC 460BIO 470GC 490Orgo 520PAT

Residence: NY



Undergrad: Vassar College

Major: Biochem

Minority: No (asian)

Reapplicant: No

Notrad: No



Shadowing: 20 at oral surgeon. 200 at general practice

Volunteering: nothing notable besides couple leadership positions at college. Non health or science related

Employment: 900 hours as an assistant at a general practice.

Research: none

Extracurricular: Worked at a crypto startup sophomore summer. Currently working at a dental startup.

LOR:

3 from dentists I’ve worked very very closely with. Strong letters. I know these doctors personally and are more friends and mentors than employers/coworkers

3 from science (orgo lab, orgo lecture, biochem lecture) moderate strength. 1 from a language professor, no idea the strength.

My school also wrote a committee letter.

Misc: i’m a good interviewee. like i mentioned, no research. i don’t care where i go so long as I get in, but would like to gauge the strength of my list, if i should apply to more.

Please be as realistic.Thanks for reading.

School list:

NYU

Columbia

Stony brook

uconn

virginia commonwealth

harvard

university of pacific

oregon

university of washington

boston university

UCLA (lwk did not know there was a separate test i had to take)

Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? networking, volunteering in a D-school clinic, shadow faculty, etc.

 

[macsak]

Date of submission: 06/07

Overall GPA: 3.95

Science GPA: 3.94

BioChemPhys GPA: 3.94

DAT score: 480AA 500QR 460RC 460BIO 470GC 490Orgo 520PAT

Residence: NY



Undergrad: Vassar College

Major: Biochem

Minority: No (asian)

Reapplicant: No

Notrad: No



Shadowing: 20 at oral surgeon. 200 at general practice

Volunteering: nothing notable besides couple leadership positions at college. Non health or science related

Employment: 900 hours as an assistant at a general practice.

Research: none

Extracurricular: Worked at a crypto startup sophomore summer. Currently working at a dental startup.

LOR:

3 from dentists I’ve worked very very closely with. Strong letters. I know these doctors personally and are more friends and mentors than employers/coworkers

3 from science (orgo lab, orgo lecture, biochem lecture) moderate strength. 1 from a language professor, no idea the strength.

My school also wrote a committee letter.

Misc: i’m a good interviewee. like i mentioned, no research. i don’t care where i go so long as I get in, but would like to gauge the strength of my list, if i should apply to more.

Please be as realistic.Thanks for reading.

School list:

NYU

Columbia

Stony brook

uconn

virginia commonwealth

harvard

university of pacific

oregon

university of washington

boston university

UCLA (lwk did not know there was a separate test i had to take)

how come no Buffalo?

 

[snoopy222]

how come no Buffalo?

Worked with a doctor who graduated there. Got a very frank description of the school and city. I don’t think the setting would be a healthy one. TLDR, too north

 

[snoopy222]

Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? networking, volunteering in a D-school clinic, shadow faculty, etc.

No, not explicitly. I have shadowed an oral surgeon who oversees some program at columbia.

 

[snoopy222]

what was your TS?

1420 on new scoring

 

[snoopy222]

how come no Buffalo?

Might be a stupid question: if I apply now, would the late submission dramatically lower my chances?

 

[macsak]

Might be a stupid question: if I apply now, would the late submission dramatically lower my chances?

no

 

[macsak]

1420 on new scoring

do you mean 420?

 

[macsak]

do you mean 420?

has to be way higher than that...

 

[snoopy222]

has to be way higher than that...

470. i thought TS mean total, sorry 🙏

 

[snoopy222]

no

worth the addition to the list, you think? lowkey very broke from all the fees atm

 

[macsak]

worth the addition to the list, you think? lowkey very broke from all the fees atm

it's your cheapest school along with stony...

 

[snoopy222]

it's your cheapest school along with stony...

I meant application fee. Like I would have to dig deep to find more cash to apply. In your opinion, how hopeful is buffalo?

 

[macsak]

Date of submission: 06/07

Overall GPA: 3.95

Science GPA: 3.94

BioChemPhys GPA: 3.94

DAT score: 480AA 500QR 460RC 460BIO 470GC 490Orgo 520PAT

Residence: NY



Undergrad: Vassar College

Major: Biochem

Minority: No (asian)

Reapplicant: No

Notrad: No



Shadowing: 20 at oral surgeon. 200 at general practice

Volunteering: nothing notable besides couple leadership positions at college. Non health or science related

Employment: 900 hours as an assistant at a general practice.

Research: none

Extracurricular: Worked at a crypto startup sophomore summer. Currently working at a dental startup.

LOR:

3 from dentists I’ve worked very very closely with. Strong letters. I know these doctors personally and are more friends and mentors than employers/coworkers

3 from science (orgo lab, orgo lecture, biochem lecture) moderate strength. 1 from a language professor, no idea the strength.

My school also wrote a committee letter.

Misc: i’m a good interviewee. like i mentioned, no research. i don’t care where i go so long as I get in, but would like to gauge the strength of my list, if i should apply to more.

Please be as realistic.Thanks for reading.

School list:

NYU

Columbia

Stony brook

uconn

virginia commonwealth

harvard

university of pacific

oregon

university of washington

boston university

UCLA (lwk did not know there was a separate test i had to take)

reach (but not huge with your stats) (however, these schools are in the 8-10 toughest schools to get into in the country outside of TX schools)
Columbia
UCLA
harvard
university of pacific

in-range
Stony brook
uconn
virginia commonwealth
oregon (does not make sense regionally)
university of washington (they generally accept in PNW)

safeties (but you may suffer from yield management)
boston university
NYU

when written out like this, you may need to add buffalo and one or two more publics...

 

[macsak]

I meant application fee. Like I would have to dig deep to find more cash to apply. In your opinion, how hopeful is buffalo?

truthfully, your chances at buffalo are likely better than all but stony
but no one can tell accurately at this point, it's all tendencies...

 

[macsak]

I meant application fee. Like I would have to dig deep to find more cash to apply. In your opinion, how hopeful is buffalo?

how are you planning on paying for interview trips?
how are you planning on paying for school?

 

[snoopy222]

how are you planning on paying for interview trips?
how are you planning on paying for school?

I’ll work for travel but I have places to stay in these states (friends and family)

 

[snoopy222]

reach (but not huge with your stats) (however, these schools are in the 8-10 toughest schools to get into in the country outside of TX schools)
Columbia
UCLA
harvard
university of pacific

in-range
Stony brook
uconn
virginia commonwealth
oregon (does not make sense regionally)
university of washington (they generally accept in PNW)

safeties (but you may suffer from yield management)
boston university
NYU

when written out like this, you may need to add buffalo and one or two more publics...

Thank you. This is very comprehensive. I will likely add Buffalo for safety reason. It’s only a couple hundred bucks right now for long term security.

 

[Mr.Smile12]

What advice have your prehealth advisors given you? It doesn't sound like you have had much encouragement... which seems odd to me.

You need to leverage every advantage that NY in-state applications give you, even if you aren't enamored by Buffalo. They're a solid public school. If you're complaining about money now, you'll need every in-state tuition break you can get.

If you have never grown up in the PacNW, Oregon and Washington are out of play as an OOS. This isn't undergrad where your metrics can carry you far. Do you really want to travel cross country to go to dental school? I'm more inclined for UoP, but then you should also add Roseman (the other 3-year school). UCLA is tough for OOS unless there is a real mission fit. LA and NY are extremely saturated with dentists.

My issue is you have no community service to speak of. No food distribution, shelter volunteer, job/tax preparation, legal support, transportation services, or housing rehabilitation, especially off-campus. All you need is 100 hours before applying to give some credibility that you like to help people and want to understand the challenges underrepresented and underresourced patients face when you meet them as a dentist or dental assistant. It also can be nice to see you have some responsibility with customer service (retail, restaurant work, etc.)... maybe you have that.