WMAC on these schools??

[bjai2019]

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Overall GPA: 3.78
Science GPA: 3.75
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 25AA/25 orgo/21 gen chem/23 bio/30 RC/26 QR/22 PAT
State of Residence: MA

Undergrad Attended: Northeastern
Major: Bio
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No
Shadowing Experience: 20 hours at various dental offices, I stopped doing them because my advisor said my assisting experience will cover shadowing
Volunteering Experience: 50 hours through fraternity philanthropy, 200 hours at local dentist office

Employment: 2 coops(6months full time each)
1st coop at a dental laboratory making dental models
2nd coop at a dental office as a licensed dental assistant
1 year post grad at the same dental lab as 1st coop
6months working at a RV construction place
Research: none aside from research from classes
Other Extracurriculars: 4 years in a fraternity with leadership position, pre-dental club, intramural sports, creating music on spotify, starting my own ebay business
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? Went to a few events from pre-dental club
Relevant Honors or Awards: Dean Award and Dean scholarship, President's Award of Volunteering in HS
LOR type and strength: Mid LOR from professors, Solid LOR from dentists

School list:
BU
Harvard
Tufts
UPenn
Columbia
UCLA
UConn
UMich
UCSF

 

[macsak]

Overall GPA: 3.78
Science GPA: 3.75
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 25AA/25 orgo/21 gen chem/23 bio/30 RC/26 QR/22 PAT
State of Residence: MA

Undergrad Attended: Northeastern
Major: Bio
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No
Shadowing Experience: 20 hours at various dental offices, I stopped doing them because my advisor said my assisting experience will cover shadowing
Volunteering Experience: 50 hours through fraternity philanthropy, 200 hours at local dentist office

Employment: 2 coops(6months full time each)
1st coop at a dental laboratory making dental models
2nd coop at a dental office as a licensed dental assistant
1 year post grad at the same dental lab as 1st coop
6months working at a RV construction place
Research: none aside from research from classes
Other Extracurriculars: 4 years in a fraternity with leadership position, pre-dental club, intramural sports, creating music on spotify, starting my own ebay business
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? Went to a few events from pre-dental club
Relevant Honors or Awards: Dean Award and Dean scholarship, President's Award of Volunteering in HS
LOR type and strength: Mid LOR from professors, Solid LOR from dentists

School list:
BU
Harvard
Tufts
UPenn
Columbia
UCLA
UConn
UMich
UCSF

what's your DAT TS?

 

[macsak]

Overall GPA: 3.78
Science GPA: 3.75
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 25AA/25 orgo/21 gen chem/23 bio/30 RC/26 QR/22 PAT
State of Residence: MA

Undergrad Attended: Northeastern
Major: Bio
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No
Shadowing Experience: 20 hours at various dental offices, I stopped doing them because my advisor said my assisting experience will cover shadowing
Volunteering Experience: 50 hours through fraternity philanthropy, 200 hours at local dentist office

Employment: 2 coops(6months full time each)
1st coop at a dental laboratory making dental models
2nd coop at a dental office as a licensed dental assistant
1 year post grad at the same dental lab as 1st coop
6months working at a RV construction place
Research: none aside from research from classes
Other Extracurriculars: 4 years in a fraternity with leadership position, pre-dental club, intramural sports, creating music on spotify, starting my own ebay business
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? Went to a few events from pre-dental club
Relevant Honors or Awards: Dean Award and Dean scholarship, President's Award of Volunteering in HS
LOR type and strength: Mid LOR from professors, Solid LOR from dentists

School list:
BU
Harvard
Tufts
UPenn
Columbia
UCLA
UConn
UMich
UCSF

was your job as DA with a GP or specialist?
were your 20 shadowing hours with a GP or specialist?

 

[bjai2019]

was your job as DA with a GP or specialist?
were your 20 shadowing hours with a GP or specialist?

I did my 200 hours of volunteering as a licensed DA for a GP and the 6 months coop was split between half pediatric and half ortho.
The 20 shadowing hours were all with GPs.

 

[bjai2019]

what's your DAT TS?

My TS was a 23

 

[macsak]

I did my 200 hours of volunteering as a licensed DA for a GP and the 6 months coop was split between half pediatric and half ortho.
The 20 shadowing hours were all with GPs.

you prob should schedule a few shadowing hours with OS and endo if you can...

 

[macsak]

My TS was a 23

ok, cool
how did you come up with this school list?

BU
Harvard
Tufts
UPenn
Columbia
UCLA
UConn
UMich
UCSF

 

[bjai2019]

ok, cool
how did you come up with this school list?

BU
Harvard
Tufts
UPenn
Columbia
UCLA
UConn
UMich
UCSF

I haven't done too much research on schools yet but I want to stay around the New England area so these are some of them minus uc schools

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I haven't done too much research on schools yet but I want to stay around the New England area so these are some of them minus uc schools

Why did you choose UCLA and UCSF then? And why Michigan?

You hit all the Ivies while having no research on your profile...???

UNE, Rutgers, Buffalo, Temple, and Maryland make sense if you want to stay near New England. With BU, Tufts, UConn, and the Ivies, that puts you at 11. SUNY is nice, but I have to check OOS stats regarding taking MA applicants.

 

[macsak]

I haven't done too much research on schools yet but I want to stay around the New England area so these are some of them minus uc schools

Please include a list of schools you are interested in applying to! It is much easier for users to help you when you have taken the time to construct your own school list first!

 

[bjai2019]

Why did you choose UCLA and UCSF then? And why Michigan?

You hit all the Ivies while having no research on your profile...???

UNE, Rutgers, Buffalo, Temple, and Maryland make sense if you want to stay near New England. With BU, Tufts, UConn, and the Ivies, that puts you at 11. SUNY is nice, but I have to check OOS stats regarding taking MA applicants.

I like the UC's campus and just being in a warm environment and michigan because I'm a legacy if that matters for applications. Would you say research is necessary to apply to Ivies?

 

[Mr.Smile12]

I like the UC's campus and just being in a warm environment and michigan because I'm a legacy if that matters for applications. Would you say research is necessary to apply to Ivies?

UCSF isn't always warm but I understand if you've been in New England for most of your life. Legacy status can help at Michigan, but there should be mechanisms to not let that influence decisions too much (especially at Michigan, where admissions has generally been of interest).

Ivy culture, I think, is research-oriented in general. Lots of students who go there strive for research to position themselves for competitive specialties to pay off the debt most of them will have (if their families don't have the money upfront). You can check students' perceptions of this because I'm sure you aren't required to have it... but you will have the pressure to do it. Academic dentistry isn't as huge as academic medicine, but you still need researchers and professors.