Has anyone heard from any of the advanced-standing dental colleges for an interview? (CAPSER/KIRA/On-Site/Virtual)? I was thinking of setting up a tracker. Here is a start based on my friend's input. Feel free to send updates on this thread and I'll update this chart
Colleges: | Status: (10/18/2023) |
A.T. Still University Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health | Has done one Batch Sept 24 - 4 acceptances. 64 more candidates and 3 more batches (64 candidates for 10 seats). |
Boston University Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine | Actively Interviewing rolling basis. The first reported interview was Mid-May but will be interviewing till next year. They give invites till next year Feb 2024. Acceptances started, but they interview till Feb 2024. |
Columbia University College of Dental Medicine | Have many acceptances already. |
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC | Started interviewing |
Howard University College of Dentistry | Sent rejections/invites |
Indiana University School of Dentistry | The waitlist is over 60 candidates. As one person drops off one person is called immediately. |
Loma Linda University School of Dentistry | People waiting for the results of Bench. |
Louisiana State University Health New Orleans School of Dentistry | Has sent bench invites. |
Marquette University School of Dentistry | Conducting interviews. |
NOVA Dental | This college is extremely expensive from the application to inception. They have opened their cycle but have not started calling interviews. They will start reviewing applications end of November, the bench is in January 2024. |
NYU College of Dentistry | Acceptance and waitlists are sent |
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey School of Dental Medicine | Did one batch for Oct 20th interview date, 2nd batch invites come out end of october. |
Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine | Done with bench test. |
The Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry Temple University | The are done with this cycle, may open another group, but highly unlikely. |
The University of Iowa College of Dentistry & Dental Clinics | All invites sent. |
Touro College of Dental Medicine at New York Medical College | Invites sent and on-hold status. Their on-hold status is equivalent to the waitlist per last cycle. |
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine | Already started sending acceptances |
University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine | did 2 batches have one more batch for bench |
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry | UAB accepted and closed by the end of June 2023. They closed the cycle right after the deadline. |
University of California, Los Angeles School of Dentistry | UCLA sent the first batch. Historically it's only one and done. |
University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry | Started sending acceptances |
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry | Done as of 8/9/2023 with invites. Only people off the waitlist now. |
University of Louisville School of Dentistry | Done with bench 6 were accepted rest of the 30 ish candidates were waitlisted. |
University of Michigan School of Dentistry | Michigan is done with acceptances for this cycle |
University of Minnesota School of Dentistry | Finished mid-July with all acceptances for this cycle. |
University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry | Done with acceptances this cycle |
University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine | Done with acceptances this cycle |
University of New England College of Dental Medicine | Done with acceptances this cycle |
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Adams School of Dentistry | Sent global rejections to everyone and only a few had follow-up emails stating applications were still in consideration. One of the most depressing universities to apply to! I would avoid this at all costs as it's a waste of your time and money! Many students are disappointed with UNC. All Waitlist/acceptances are done for the cycle |
University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry | Will send acceptances by 10/20/2023 |
University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine | Are done with acceptances for this cycle and interviews. Waiting for acceptances to confirm before notifying the waitlist. Only 35 students were accepted this year. |
University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine | Done with batches for this cycle. |
University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry | Started interviews |
University of Washington School of Dentistry | UW is done with all invites for this cycle as of 8/9/2023 |
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry | Does not send invites till the following year based on availability |
Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine | Done with all invites for this cycle. |
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