What are my chances?

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Hello, guys. I just finished my DAT yesterday, and not so happy with the result 🙁

AA: 21
TS: 22
Bio: 23
GCHM: 21
OCHM: 23
PAT: 20
RC: 19
QR: 19 🙁


I was aiming 22AA+, but I couldn't overcome the language barrier.. (I am not a native English speaker, and thus I am very very very slow reader..) I am also quite disappointed with my QR score, as I was used to get 21-25 on QR on all practice tests.

But anyways, I did my undergrad in Canada; my cGPA is 3.91 with 3.88 science GPA, and psych major.
I have about 120 hrs of shadowing, 400 hrs of community services (at nursing home, summer camp, Korean-Canadian community centre, etc), worked as an interpreter, was a club vice-president, mentor for two metorship programs at my university (one for international students, the other one for domestic students), and have 3 different research experiences (2 psych researches, 1 public health research). I also did a poster presentation at a conference, as well. Besides them, I have few miscellaneous extracurricular activities such as volunteer note taker, etc.

I have a good art background (my mural painting is still exhibited at my high school, even it has been 4 years since I graduated from the high school), and I mentioned this on my personal statement.


So, these are the schools that I am applying to

Upenn (my dream school!)
Columbia
NYU
BU
Temple
Buffalo
Stony Brook


I can't apply many schools because I am an international student from Korea.


Could you guys estimate my chances at these schools that I am applying to, especially Upenn and NYU?
Thanks in advance for any input!
 
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Hello, guys. I just finished my DAT yesterday, and not so happy with the result 🙁

AA: 21
TS: 22
Bio: 23
GCHM: 21
OCHM: 23
PAT: 20
RC: 19
QR: 19 🙁


I was aiming 22AA+, but I couldn't overcome the language barrier.. (I am not a native English speaker, and thus I am very very very slow reader..) I am also quite disappointed with my QR score, as I was used to get 21-25 on QR on all practice tests.

But anyways, I did my undergrad in Canada; my cGPA is 3.91 with 3.88 science GPA, and psych major.
I have about 120 hrs of shadowing, 400 hrs of community services (at nursing home, summer camp, Korean-Canadian community centre, etc), worked as an interpreter, was a club vice-president, mentor for two metorship programs at my university (one for international students, the other one for domestic students), and have 3 different research experiences (2 psych researches, 1 public health research). I also did a poster presentation at a conference, as well. Besides them, I have few miscellaneous extracurricular activities such as volunteer note taker, etc.

I have a good art background (my mural painting is still exhibited at my high school, even it has been 4 years since I graduated from the high school), and I mentioned this on my personal statement.


So, these are the schools that I am applying to

Upenn (my dream school!)
Columbia
NYU
BU
Temple
Buffalo
Stony Brook


I can't apply many schools because I am an international student from Korea.


Could you guys estimate my chances at these schools that I am applying to, especially Upenn and NYU?
Thanks in advance for any input!

Is this a troll?

You're obviously way beyond average in every single category. You have nothing to worry about.
 
People need to realize that it's a lot harder to get into dental school as an international student.

As far as op, sorry I cannot shed any insight. I don't really know about admissions and such yet since I am applying next cycle. But your stats are great. You should be proud of what you've accomplished. You're ECs are also pretty impressive. Good luck applying!
 
No.. I didn't intend to be a troll or anything, but I was just worried about my international student status.. 🙁 But thank you so much for your comments🙂
 
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