Which school to remove from my app list?

[bd1991]

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Can anyone help me finalize my school list. I want to apply to around 10-15 schools and don't want to waste any money on schools that really wouldn't work for me. I'm a CA resident and my stats are below:

Cumulative GPA: 3.51
BCP GPA: 3.25 👎

DAT: 20AA, 20TS, 21OC, 20GC, 18BIO, 19RC, 24QR, 22PAT

Volunteering:
350 hours general dentist
50 hours different general dentist

EC:
Marketing, Teaching, and Philanthropic organizations and affiliations

Work experience (not sure if i should list all of them as they are non relatable to the field):
Marketing intern, Library staff, Campus gym supervisor, Graphic designer

School List:
uop
ucsf
usc
western
lousiville
tufts
unlv
temple
mid-western il & az
oregon
asdoh
lecom
kentucky
michigan
nyu
bu
ucla

 

[xatlasb]

I'd vote Kentucky since I know Louisville is much more OOS friendly than Kentucky.

 

[Oracle DMD]

I'd say UCSF and UCLA are a longer shot, but not entirely out of the question. If you don't bomb the interview, you'll get in to a couple of those for sure. Good Luck!

 

[Hawkteeth]

Keep them all, if you get too many interviews then decide which ones to not go to.

 

[bd1991]

awesome thanks! I'll try to remove some schools just cause I dont have the money to apply to that many..since most require secondary payments as well

 

[UltimateHombre]

If you are really trying to axe a few i would get rid of:

UK and Mich as they are not super OOS friendly. (Mich kinda is)
If you don't have 500+ hours of volunteering take off ASDOH.
I know you want to stay instate, but UOP, UCLA, and UCSF have higher DAT averages than yours.

 

[periopocket]

UOP may also be a long shot

 

[Springs01]

Just note for Tufts you need a LOR from the dentist you shadowed. If you don't have that, I'd knock Tufts out of the list.

 

[bd1991]

thanks for the reassurance. I will probably be removing UK and ASDOH from the list since I don't have 500+ community hours lol

 

[CedarZ4]

Just note for Tufts you need a LOR from the dentist you shadowed. If you don't have that, I'd knock Tufts out of the list.

LOR from dentist + confirmation of I think 85 shadowing hours (I don't think this number is exact, but more or less. Look up Tufts requirement for exact hours) but the letter does need to specify hours.