Mayo Clinic will not be taking orthodontic applications this year—confirmed by their current interim program director.
Where is this pass prompt located in the app?
I was surprised at how many programs say they require official GRE scores on their websites, and then when I contact them individually they said unofficial via PASS is fine. Out of the 20ish programs I applied to (thus far), I sent only a few official GRE score reports
Do you mind sharing what programs are just fine with PASS scores ?
To the best of my knowledge, PASS doesn’t accept official GRE.
GPA 😁 not GRE.
Like , from my dental school's transcript
Oh! Sorry! My bad.
I submitted most supplemental applications before submitting the PASS application. I haven’t seen any information at this point stating order of submission.
try to save it again as a pdf. like the way I would do it, is just print it again and instead of choosing a printer, I choose pdf.
Hi there, I personally did not send in GRE scores for these schools. UTHSCSA's website states that a PASS application be submitted and a 2x2 photo be emailed to them. I see the GRE code, but it does not say they require an official score report (I just entered my unofficial score into the PASS application).
Where did you see the 2x2 requirement for UT Houston? I am looking and it just has the "learn more" link that tells you to apply through PASS. Am I missing something there?
Hi there, the 2x2 photo requirement for Houston:
programs.adea.org
My understanding is the GRE percentiles are re-calculated every 3 years or so, so it was due for a re-calculation this year. I noticed my quant dropped about 3 percentage points and my verbal dropped 1 percentage point.
I noticed that too! Everything dropped 5-3%
I emailed they said they are not accepting applications this cycle and they do it every other year
Thank you!Hi there, the 2x2 photo requirement for Houston:
University of Texas School of Dentistry at Houston - ADEA PASS® Program
And the 2x2 photo requirement for UTHSCSA:
Admissions, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics Certificate | UT Health San Antonio
I think as long as you don’t attend the interviews, you will be fine. There’s no way of them really to know that you applied to non match schools
This happened to my quant score. I called and the first rep said it was a glitch in the system and it would be fixed after a few business days. I called again and the second rep said every year in July they re-calculate the percentiles and that what it say currently is correct. I don't think ets made that clear to test takers
For schools, unless they explicitly state to send official GRE scores, I am only relying on the unofficial self-reported PASS score. Is this what others are doing or are you sending them in to schools even if they don't say to send official GRE scores?
Not if they aren't asking for it
I finished my supplemental back in June and didn’t hear from them ever since
For OSU, I only reported score on PASS. Not sure about UPitt
You are correct! Every school is different and they all have different styles of communication. I think for me best thing has been to make an excel sheet and summarize what each school needs so you can keep track.
Thanks! I do have an excel sheet and also printed out all the info for every program.
Just make sure you check the program website, they may not always email you with what you need!
Depends on your stats, not to scare you but plenty of competitive people apply to 30ish and don't match
I don't think that's true. Some very reputable schools use P/F system. In that case programs will look at class percentile.
There are a few "true P/F" schools that don't even report percentile
Depends on how you feel working another year as a GP if you apply to only 2 year programs and don't match this time around. Some people don't mind, others want out of that role and can't wait.
Nope! They said they would call if they needed us to physical when I called them
