Atlantic Bridge 2020 - Dental School

[orgolover 2]

I know people who got into Canadian Dental/Medical schools, but yet they were unable to reserve a spot in Ireland. They have very different criteria. I'd try Aussie and US schools as their eligibility criteria is less vague. Good Luck!

[JPS 0]

has anyone got accepted to QUB? Is anyone going to QUB this semester? 

[DeltaDental 0]

2 minutes ago, JPS said:

Has anyone going to QUB this semester? 

Did you get in? Can I know when? 

[JPS 0]

Yes I did. 

Did you get into QUB?

[DeltaDental 0]

10 minutes ago, JPS said:

Yes I did. 

Did you get into QUB?

Non of the 3 irish dental school sent me any email. Neither rejection or acceptance. So Im still waiting 

[JPS 0]

I see. Good luck! 

You still have a chance. Esp with all this covid 19 situation 

[Toothguy12345 0]

Hey Guys I am planning on applying next year but I wanted to run my "CV" by you guys to see what my chances are. **Constructive criticism welcomed**

 

What do you guys think of my chances of getting in:

- Done University

- Major: Neuroscience, Minor: Spanish

- 4 years of Academic Neuroscience research, some multi-university/ national cooperative projects

- TA for spanish

- Research assistant job for Neuroscience project

- GPA: 3.29

- International Medical outreach volunteer experienceÂ

- Operation smile ambassador for my university

 

I know my GPA is killing me but I wanted to know your honest opinion on the chances I would have weighing in my other traits. my plan for this year is to take open study courses to increase my GPA and see if any of my local doctors/dentists are doing any research projects I can jump on to

[Rich7424 0]

Haven’t heard back from AB yet, anybody hear anything new? 

[DKR 0]

Just got accepted to UCC graduate entry the other day and I accepted the offer. 
 

I got accepted to queens last year and I completed first year there and re-applied while there

[DentalProspect 1]

Is there any chance UCC will issue more offers? I have been accepted to TCD but would prefer UCC's 4 year program

[DeltaDental 0]

Is there still anyone waiting for Irish schools to email them or is it only me? I didn't hear back from any of them and I applied all 3. 

 

[LiveLifeToTheMaxillary 10]

On 6/30/2020 at 3:07 PM, Toothguy12345 said:

Hey Guys I am planning on applying next year but I wanted to run my "CV" by you guys to see what my chances are. **Constructive criticism welcomed**

 

What do you guys think of my chances of getting in:

- Done University

- Major: Neuroscience, Minor: Spanish

- 4 years of Academic Neuroscience research, some multi-university/ national cooperative projects

- TA for spanish

- Research assistant job for Neuroscience project

- GPA: 3.29

- International Medical outreach volunteer experienceÂ

- Operation smile ambassador for my university

 

I know my GPA is killing me but I wanted to know your honest opinion on the chances I would have weighing in my other traits. my plan for this year is to take open study courses to increase my GPA and see if any of my local doctors/dentists are doing any research projects I can jump on to

Irish schools are **very** GPA-heavy. I would recommend doing a post-bacc or master's degree to up your GPA a little; I would aim for a 3.50 at least before applying.

 

Good luck

[LiveLifeToTheMaxillary 10]

On 7/6/2020 at 11:25 PM, DKR said:

Just got accepted to UCC graduate entry the other day and I accepted the offer. 
 

I got accepted to queens last year and I completed first year there and re-applied while there

Awesome, congrats! Join the facebook group.

[LiveLifeToTheMaxillary 10]

On 7/9/2020 at 12:39 PM, DentalProspect said:

Is there any chance UCC will issue more offers? I have been accepted to TCD but would prefer UCC's 4 year program

Doesn't look like it. We're already at 25 students, which is the international student number that UCC accepts into their GED each year.

[LiveLifeToTheMaxillary 10]

On 7/9/2020 at 12:39 PM, DentalProspect said:

Is there any chance UCC will issue more offers? I have been accepted to TCD but would prefer UCC's 4 year program

Hey, just wanted to let you know that I officially withdrew my offer from UCC so there's a big chance you'll get it. Hang in there friend!

[DentalProspect 1]

Hey, thank you for this update! I'm curious to know why you dropped your spot at UCC? 

[DentLife 2]

On 7/29/2020 at 9:27 PM, LiveLifeToTheMaxillary said:

Hey, just wanted to let you know that I officially withdrew my offer from UCC so there's a big chance you'll get it. Hang in there friend!

Just wondering as to why you withdrew your spot if you don't mind answering that ?

[LiveLifeToTheMaxillary 10]

14 hours ago, DentLife said:

Just wondering as to why you withdrew your spot if you don't mind answering that ?

 

On 7/30/2020 at 10:29 AM, DentalProspect said:

Hey, thank you for this update! I'm curious to know why you dropped your spot at UCC? 

Hey! It's really just personal preference. I'd rather go to dental school here in Canada.

[Mightychondria 2]

I have heard back from TCD today and was placed on a “short waitlist” with a “very good likelihood of a place becoming available”, however I will be withdrawing this waitlist offer so there is still hope guys!! This means there is still lots of movement :)  

[super28 0]

How did TCD contact you? Through atlantic bridge or on their own? Also just wondering if you made any updates to your application in the last 1-2 months? 

[Mightychondria 2]

On 8/8/2020 at 5:04 AM, super28 said:

How did TCD contact you? Through atlantic bridge or on their own? Also just wondering if you made any updates to your application in the last 1-2 months? 

I got an email from the admissions officer at Atlantic bridge (Vi Doan). I haven’t made any updates to my application at all, I just submitted my applications on the last day tbh and haven’t done anything else after that. This was the first time I had received any sort of update from them.

[rbish 0]

On 8/8/2020 at 5:00 AM, Mightychondria said:

I have heard back from TCD today and was placed on a “short waitlist” with a “very good likelihood of a place becoming available”, however I will be withdrawing this waitlist offer so there is still hope guys!! This means there is still lots of movement

Hey, I got the same email! What do you think the chances of me getting off the waitlist and getting an offer are?

Thank you!

[k24a2 0]

got a rejection from Trinity Dublin this week, still haven't officially heard from the other two I applied to, but i'm pretty sure they already sent their offers a few months ago anyways.

I applied back in April I believe and COVID annihilated my application cause my transcript was stuck in the mail, but I managed to resolve it. Debating on if I should even bother applying again. I'll be writing the DAT in november to compensate for my GPA,.. see what happens 

Anyone else hear back from them?

[k24a2 0]

On 7/16/2020 at 2:55 PM, LiveLifeToTheMaxillary said:

Irish schools are **very** GPA-heavy. I would recommend doing a post-bacc or master's degree to up your GPA a little; I would aim for a 3.50 at least before applying.

 

Good luck

well that doesn't help at all, Sounds like all Canadian schools especially uofT 

[LiveLifeToTheMaxillary 10]

4 hours ago, k24a2 said:

well that doesn't help at all, Sounds like all Canadian schools especially uofT 

I’m just telling it how it is. There’s no point in me saying “yeah go ahead and apply again”, when your GPA clearly isn’t up to par. It’s well-known that dental schools consider academic achievements over all else. As I said before, I would recommend completing a continuing education degree (Masters etc.) to up your GPA.