your application results: accepted/waitlisted/rejected

[fishyfish]

It's always a good idea to tell people how you are doing... and know where you stand when compared to rest of the applicants.

 

Please answer the following questions if you are applying for dental schools this year.

 

 

<Sample response>

 

 

How many dental schools have you applied this year? what's #1 choice?

 

UT

UBC

McGill

UWO - #1 choice

 

Any med schools this year?

 

None

 

Your GPA (% or 4.0 scale)?

 

81%

 

DAT score?

 

AA 20

PAT 20

Carving 20

 

Your application results?

 

UofT: rejected

UBC: waitlisted. waiting for response (waitlist # or percentile)

McGill: waitlisted. accepted in mid april (waitlist #)

UWO: waiting for response

[fishyfish]

I will do the first one!

 

How many dental schools have you applied this year? what's #1 choice?

 

UBC only

 

Any med schools this year?

 

Nope

 

Your GPA (% or 4.0 scale)?

 

82.5%

 

DAT score?

 

AA 20

PAT 21

Carving 30

 

Your application results?

 

UBC: waitlisted (27.5 percentile. Calculated to be #19)

[surface_plasmon2007]

I only applied to UT (also got a 3 on carving section )

 

GPA: 3.96 (OMSAS scale)

 

DAT Score

 

RC 19

BIO 23

CHEM 22

Carv 3 <<< I KNEW THIS SCORE BEFORE GETTING IT, CAUSE THE DAY OF THE EXAM IS THE FIRST TIME I CARVED

 

Results: Accepted to University of Toronto

[forkdork]

How many dental schools have you applied this year? what's #1 choice?

U of S

 

Any med schools this year?

 

None

 

Your GPA (% or 4.0 scale)?

 

87%

 

DAT score?

 

AA 19

PAT 18

Carving 11

RC 21

 

Your application results?

 

U of S - Didn't even get an interview

 

 

I quit...

[Dwayner]

Applied to UBC, Alberta, Sask (forgot to send a transcript...sweet), Dalhousie (someone lost transcript/mail error?- resent it but was late), Western.

 

DAT:

PAT: 16

Carving: 30

Reading: 21

Bio: 24

Chem: 21

Academic avg: 83%

 

interview at UBC: on waitlist... Stressin out! Not that I'd even expect anything from sask, or uofa. Dalhousie...long shot. Thought I'd be decent for mcgill since they look at extracurricular stuff-but need TWO science prof references...how does anyone wrangle that up? I knew one well, and others mildly. I mean, in a class of 500 how intimate can it get?...unless you're a total brownnoser, of course.

[Adversary]

Well, for the 2 science profs requirement, it's easier for people in certain majors where there are fewer students, ie. UBC Physiology - 12 people/year. However, one way around it is to take on an undergraduate research assistant position and a directed studies course. As well, by being a member of a club helps too. I was VP of a biochem club which gave me exclusive connections with the Department Head - wrote me one of the UBC Dent references.

 

I can understand it is especially hard if you are in a large faculty. I sympathesize since I came from Biochem. The only way to overcome this situation is to utilize some of the suggestions I made above.

[Tode]

How many dental schools have you applied this year? what's #1 choice?

 

UWO - #1

UT - #2

Dalhousie - #3

UBC

Alberta

Saskatchewan

McGill

 

Any med schools this year? None

 

Your GPA (% or 4.0 scale)?

Cumulative - 83%

Best 2 Years - 93.5%

 

DAT score?

AA 22

PAT 19

Carving 30

 

Your application results?

UofT: waitlisted (#1)

UBC: accepted

McGill: no interview

UWO: waiting for response

Dalhousie: waiting for response

Alberta: waiting for response

Saskatchewan: waiting for response

[Sambersaki]

How many dental schools have you applied this year? what's #1 choice?

 

Dal

Any med schools this year?

 

None

 

Your GPA (% or 4.0 scale)?

 

3.7 Cumulative

3.9 last 60 hours

 

DAT score?

 

AA 21

PAT 17

Carving 5:(

 

Your application results?

 

Dal - interview-waiting for results

[Adversary]

Tode,

 

You made some amazing strides with your GPA!! Very impressive.

[RicktheDentist]

How many dental schools have you applied this year? what's #1 choice?

 

UWO - Not sure which is #1 Thinking Toronto?

U of T

 

 

Any med schools this year? No but applied to U of T and UW Pharmacy

 

Your GPA (% or 4.0 scale)?

Cumulative - 3.64

Best 2 Years - 3.935 (Lowest year dropped for U of T 3.83)

 

DAT score?

AA 24

PAT 19

Reading Comp 22

 

Your application results?

 

UofT: Accepted

UWO: waiting for response

UW Pharmacy: Accepted

UofT Pharamcy: waiting for response

 

 

Just a note: My first year average was a 2.87. I also did 5 years of undergrad instead of 4. So I just want to tell people not to give up. I applied to U of T with a 3.83 (lowest year dropped) which is much lower than the 3.92 acceptance average people are reporting and I still got in! So if you have a disasterous year, you can still do it! I never did a Master's or anything like that. I worked for two years after undergrad, where I worked as a microbiologist and then was promoted to a supervisor where I manage 40 employees. This gave me some really strong experiences to discuss during my interview. I also really think being mature is also to your advantage! I think my strong AA score and interview really helped make up for my GPA. Good luck Guys!

[Adversary]

Rick, again with the amazing turn-around. You and Tode are definitely great examples of not giving up. Congrats on your success so far.

 

I can totally see how your work experience helped in answering the situational questions in addition to the "give-me-an-example-of-a-time-where..." questions. I encourage people to volunteer and work to gain these experiences - something to help you answer those CDA questions.

[Tode]

Thanks Adversary.

 

I completely agree with Rick. I did a whopping total of 7 years of undergrad: it's been a long journey, but if there's one thing I've learned it's that if this is what you want to do, just stick with it . Adversary is total right as well: the more things you do (e.g. work, volunteering, shadowing, clubs, etc), the more you have to talk about during your interview.

[norbert]

Hey everyone, I just got back from Jamaica and so I'll share my results

 

Schools I applied to

 

U of T

Western

 

Cumulative GPA:

3.94

 

Results

 

U of T : Accepted

Western : Received early acceptance

 

I will be going to U of T in the fall. Good luck to everyone else!