fishyfish Posted April 27, 2007 Report Posted April 27, 2007 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 Posted April 27, 2007 Author Report Posted April 27, 2007 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 Posted April 27, 2007 Report Posted April 27, 2007 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 Posted May 5, 2007 Report Posted May 5, 2007 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 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 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 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 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 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 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 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 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 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 Tode, You made some amazing strides with your GPA!! Very impressive.
RicktheDentist Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 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 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 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 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 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 Posted May 7, 2007 Report Posted May 7, 2007 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!
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