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This question is on several supplemental applications: "Please list all the dental schools to which you are applying this year." Why is that important? Any ideas?
djeffreyt said:they're nosey.
it depends. As a west coast student, I've heard east coast schools will look at the schools you applied to and if you have really good scores and applied to several California schools, they will assume you'll get in at a west coast school and stay in California or Oregon, so they don't bother with you.
Just a rumor I'm sure, but it's so much fun to fan the flames...
nightsleep said:it does happen...another example is if you have good stats and you apply to your own state schools in addition to out of state schools, the out of state ones will assume that you got into your own state school and won't bother with you.
daisies said:This question is on several supplemental applications: "Please list all the dental schools to which you are applying this year." Why is that important? Any ideas?
reapply2007 said:I had a friend last year get in at UW and CUD. Both schools asked where would you go if you got into your top x schools. I presume he lied to one of them since CUD got the prize.
aurora507 said:I don't know...that seems like the out of state adcoms are being a bit presumptuous to assume that your top choice is in-state. Also, don't they want that out of state tuition you would bring?
Dentorama said:When I interviewed at UCONN, the interviewers were kind of jerks about this whole topic. They claimed that since I had applied to some more academic schools and some more clinical schools that I really didn't know what I wanted. The whole thing is kind of a catch 22. You have to apply to a lot of schools to get in, but applying to a lot of schools can hurt you as well.
jpollei said:Sometimes to see where you believe you are competetive. 🙂
Yellow Snow said:This is interesting. Do you do anything specific with this information or is it more from curiosity?
jpollei said:Sometimes it comes up in adcom meetings, but it really doesn't impact our decision (at least here at UNC) as to whether we accept an applicant or not. It is interesting to see how a program is perceived by people from the outside looking in...i.e. what they think your strengths, weaknesses, etc. are. Just like we look for in all our applicants.
jpollei said:Sometimes it comes up in adcom meetings, but it really doesn't impact our decision (at least here at UNC) as to whether we accept an applicant or not. It is interesting to see how a program is perceived by people from the outside looking in...i.e. what they think your strengths, weaknesses, etc. are. Just like we look for in all our applicants.
ItsGavinC said:Good to see you back around here.. doc. 🙂