Worst GPA/DAT Ever....

[pre-dentalguy]

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I just wanted to start a little something up with you guys that I thought would be a little fun.

What's the worst gpa & DAT score you ever saw where an applicant still managed to get his/her foot in the door of a dental school?

Marion

 

[pre-dentalguy]

I have an associate of a friend matriculating in this fall with a DAT of

15PAT 16AA 14TS GPA 3.2 Bio major

Is this insane or what???!!!!!



Marion

 

[coolslugs]

I have an associate of a friend matriculating in this fall with a DAT of

15PAT 16AA 14TS GPA 3.2 Bio major

Is this insane or what???!!!!!



Marion

which school?

 

[pre-dentalguy]

which school?

she went to UAB.

 

[UOP_Dentist]

which school?

wow that's outrageous...

I know of one classmate of mine that had 16P, 17A, but her father donated $50K to the school. so there you go.

 

[bruinpredent]

wow that's outrageous...

I know of one classmate of mine that had 16P, 17A, but her father donated $50K to the school. so there you go.

i know someone who got into d-school with a 2.6 GPA, 16 AA, and a $500,000 check from daddy

🙄

 

[Lalala24]

When exactly can you tell them you have that kinda money to donate??

 

[Meatwad]

$50 grand donation? Sounds like there were other factors, or possibly "favors," that were more important in the admission. $50k is pennies to a big institution; the $500k donation sounds more like a shoe-in admission.

 

[pre-dentalguy]

wow that's outrageous...

I know of one classmate of mine that had 16P, 17A, but her father donated $50K to the school. so there you go.

wow ....50k??? I wonder if I got a loan from the bank and donated 50k if I could get an acceptance!! haha...


Marion

 

[pre-dentalguy]

$50 grand donation? Sounds like there were other factors, or possibly "favors," that were more important in the admission. $50k is pennies to a big institution; the $500k donation sounds more like a shoe-in admission.

Yeah, you're not lying at all. I understand where you're coming from.

Marion

 

[IcemanDDS]

i know someone who got into d-school with a 2.6 GPA, 16 AA, and a $500,000 check from daddy

🙄

Sweet, all I need now is a $500k check! Got everything else covered!

 

[UOP_Dentist]

Sweet, all I need now is a $500k check! Got everything else covered!

$500K??

Damn, where you all applying to?

I thought 50K was expensive! But you're right, there may be other factors.

 

[jeezy]

50k is a lot to any student and a considerable amount to most people, but most schools are charging 35k x 65 students x 4 years

i actually got curious after typing that out.. its over 9mil/graduating class

 

[z3u2]

50K is not that much considering the amount of tuition...

and many people earn more than that for one year of full time work...

 

[xdianaax]

My question is though, at what point do you hand over a check? Are you like here's my application and instead of the $70.00 app fee I decided I'd make it $500,000.00.

 

[pre-dentalguy]

My question is though at what point do you hand over a check? Are youi like here's my application and instead of the $70.00 app fee I decided I'd make it $500,000.00.

Now that's funny....

 

[blasterx]

My question is though, at what point do you hand over a check? Are you like here's my application and instead of the $70.00 app fee I decided I'd make it $500,000.00.

 

[pre-dentalguy]

I'm getting a lot of emails from a people telling about some crazy scores of students getting an acceptance.

Check this out: 15/12/15 gpa2.97

This is ridiculous!!!


Marion

 

[1992Corolla]

Look at Meharry and Howards average scores. The AVERAGE is 15-16. This means that some would have to be accepted with scores higher than this and LOWER.

Come out of the closet guys! Who has the lowest?

I got in with a 15 quantitative reasoning

 

[pre-dentalguy]

Look at Meharry and Howards average scores. The AVERAGE is 15-16. This means that some would have to be accepted with scores higher than this and LOWER.

Come out of the closet guys! Who has the lowest?

I got in with a 15 quantitative reasoning

Corolla, you know you're my partner and I understand where you're coming from, but look at the year that you went into d school. Scores should not be this low b/c of application processes being so competitive. I was talking to guy in the medical school forum that went to dental school prior to entering into med school and he got a 14 on the orgchem and still get into Kentucky.

Marion

 

[1992Corolla]

Hmmmm, define partner...

j/k

It was still competitive when I applied. Granted it has become more competitive and I think I got a little lucky, but you can't argue with my skillz. I applied just one cycle ago. May 2006.

 

[pre-dentalguy]

Hmmmm, define partner...

j/k

It was still competitive when I applied. Granted it has become more competitive and I think I got a little lucky, but you can't argue with my skillz. I applied just one cycle ago. May 2006.

Yeah, but you still had a pretty high gpa and AA/TS!!

Marion

 

[1992Corolla]

Yeah, but you still had a pretty high gpa and AA/TS!!

Marion

I was average. Like I said, I think I got a little lucky. 3.3 science and non science. 18 AA, 21 PAT.

I had shadow hours and some work experiance. No research, and 1,000 posts on SDN.

There is a guy at Temple who comes here and reads what people write. If he reads this he knows who I am talking about. He was a big part of it. Thanks man!!!

 

[DrSmiles12]

Dang I wish I could make a check for $0.5 million, I guess I could get in for sure than!

 

[UOP_Dentist]

I know 50K isn't much, but when you look at a class with 150 students and an applicant is borderline avg....then 50K would be the deal breaker. Granted, not 50K alone, the person that i was talking about had legacy ties.

 

[VenusFlyTrap]

I'm getting a lot of emails from a people telling about some crazy scores of students getting an acceptance.

Check this out: 15/12/15 gpa2.97

This is ridiculous!!!


Marion

what yr is this from? and which school? was he/she a minority?

 

[pre-dentalguy]

what yr is this from? and which school? was he/she a minority?

This was '05 cycle. I cannot recall the school... but if I had to make an educated guess I would say UT or Kentucky. I really don't remember. And no, the applicant was not a minority. It happened to be a white-female. Surprising, huh!!😱

She happens to be a really close friend.


Marion

 

[starfishbear]

yep my friend's dad donated $1 million to UOP and got in

 

[slashnroses19]

how do you let them know you intend on donating in exchange for a seat? is it an under the table wink wink sorta thing?

 

[jeninny44]

This was '05 cycle. I cannot recall the school... but if I had to make an educated guess I would say UT or Kentucky. I really don't remember. And no, the applicant was not a minority. It happened to be a white-female. Surprising, huh!!😱

She happens to be a really close friend.

How does that work? You're "really close friends" but you don't even know what state she went to dental school? Something doesn't smell right... 🙄

 

[rimmies]

How does that work? You're "really close friends" but you don't even know what state she went to dental school? Something doesn't smell right... 🙄

ncmo....?

 

[pre-dentalguy]

So, anymore crazy score to reveal of someone you've known to have gotten into D school???

Marion