What does it take to get accepted your first application cycle?

[Db119225]

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I will be applying for dentistry school come early June. I have been talking to a friend who applied/interviewed this year and was informed my state school (OUHSC) only accepts around 10% of first-cycle applicants. Is this a common trend for dental programs? Is it really that difficult to get into a program your first year? Any specifics towards Oklahoma's CoD would be helpful also. Just to help put it into perspective here's some general stats.
3.65 GPA
3.45 sGPA
20DAT
President of two pre-health organizations
And I will have a couple hundred hours of observation by the time the application pool opens up in June.
Can anyone give me any insight on what it would take to get into a program this next application cycle? Accepting 10% of first-time applicants sounds ridiculously low, in my opinion.

 

[darknightzzz]

your questions may be about what "does it take to get into a state public dental school and paying low instate tuition"...........for that question, especially for state with only 1 dental school. Very competitive.

However, if one knows how to spread out between in state public and out of state private or out of state public that allows instate after one year, with good enough stats, I believe most do get in first cycle.

 

[Frank22]

I will be applying for dentistry school come early June. I have been talking to a friend who applied/interviewed this year and was informed my state school (OUHSC) only accepts around 10% of first-cycle applicants. Is this a common trend for dental programs? Is it really that difficult to get into a program your first year? Any specifics towards Oklahoma's CoD would be helpful also. Just to help put it into perspective here's some general stats.
3.65 GPA
3.45 sGPA
20DAT
President of two pre-health organizations
And I will have a couple hundred hours of observation by the time the application pool opens up in June.
Can anyone give me any insight on what it would take to get into a program this next application cycle? Accepting 10% of first-time applicants sounds ridiculously low, in my opinion.

Your chances of getting in from year to year change very little; some schools may more strongly consider applicants their second-time around, but it's unlikely to make a drastic difference if it's not accompanied by improved statistics (e.g., a higher GPA, DAT scores, shadowing and volunteering hours, and the like).

Nothing in life is guaranteed my friend; work hard and hope for the best.

 

[OBUBF]

I will be applying for dentistry school come early June. I have been talking to a friend who applied/interviewed this year and was informed my state school (OUHSC) only accepts around 10% of first-cycle applicants. Is this a common trend for dental programs? Is it really that difficult to get into a program your first year? Any specifics towards Oklahoma's CoD would be helpful also. Just to help put it into perspective here's some general stats.
3.65 GPA
3.45 sGPA
20DAT
President of two pre-health organizations
And I will have a couple hundred hours of observation by the time the application pool opens up in June.
Can anyone give me any insight on what it would take to get into a program this next application cycle? Accepting 10% of first-time applicants sounds ridiculously low, in my opinion.

I hate to tell you but I don't think you should hedge your bets on 2nd cylce applicants. I can guarantee you that the majority of people that get into OUHSC are applying in their first cycle. Not sure where you got your data. Main thing is to consider your stats, community service, rec letters, and Shadowing experience. Not about how many times you've applied.

 

[OBUBF]

Now, I can say that I have heard admissions coordinators say that if you are borderline on getting in and reapply the next year to that same school then you might have a better chance. For instance, at my interview at Tennessee, they say that if you don't get in a certain year, and come talk to them about what you can do to improve your application - and you do what they tell you to do - then they will have a hard time turning you down that next year.