WAMC 2023-24 cycle

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[macsak]

Date of submission: Planning on 6/1
Overall GPA: 3.31
Science GPA: 3.55
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.55
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 22 AA 18 OC, 19 GC, 20 Bio, 24 QR, 28 RC, 22 PAT
State of Residence: CA

Undergrad Attended: Top 15 undergrad
Major: History
Minor: Economics
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: 150 hours total, did ortho, endo, OS, general
Volunteering Experience: 55
Employment: 350 hours total as a dental assistant
Research: None
Other Extracurriculars: Varsity college sport for 4 years, jazz group (3 years), treasurer of fraternity, VP pre-medical society.
Relevant Honors or Awards: None, got two varsity letters though.
LOR type and strength: 4 from science professors, 2 from dentists. 2 strong letters from professors, 2 probably OKish, 2 strong from dentists.
Schools:
Penn, Harvard, Columbia, Tufts, BU, UCLA, Michigan, New England, UCSF, Louisville, UoP, USC, Nova Southeastern, Western.

what is your TS?

 

[macsak]

Date of submission: Planning on 6/1
Overall GPA: 3.31
Science GPA: 3.55
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.55
DAT score (include AA and all sections): 22 AA 18 OC, 19 GC, 20 Bio, 24 QR, 28 RC, 22 PAT
State of Residence: CA

Undergrad Attended: Top 15 undergrad
Major: History
Minor: Economics
Minority? No
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience: 150 hours total, did ortho, endo, OS, general
Volunteering Experience: 55
Employment: 350 hours total as a dental assistant
Research: None
Other Extracurriculars: Varsity college sport for 4 years, jazz group (3 years), treasurer of fraternity, VP pre-medical society.
Relevant Honors or Awards: None, got two varsity letters though.
LOR type and strength: 4 from science professors, 2 from dentists. 2 strong letters from professors, 2 probably OKish, 2 strong from dentists.
Schools:
Penn, Harvard, Columbia, Tufts, BU, UCLA, Michigan, New England, UCSF, Louisville, UoP, USC, Nova Southeastern, Western.

you don't need 4 science professor LORs...

 

[Ryxndek]

It’s a lot of reach schools. I agree, you don’t need 6 letters. 3 science profs and then 1 dentist will suffice. They won’t let you upload more than 4 on the portal. 2 of letters will have to be manually sent to schools if you go past 4…

Don’t feel bad for not having research, it’s a nice bump to your app but won’t hurt you. Being an athlete will help you.

 

[aesopsfables]

what is your TS?

19 :/

 

[Ryxndek]

19 :/

Will probably hurt your chances at Columbia, Harvard, and UPenn as they are very Stat heavy

 

[macsak]

19 :/

you need to come up with a better school list
Penn, Harvard, Columbia, UCLA, Michigan, UCSF, UoP are in the 10-12 most difficult to get into schools and your TS is quite low for these schools, especially given your oGPA
so too many reach schools
Louisville does not make much sense for someone from CA
you also need more in-range schools
USC, Western make sense as safety schools
Tufts, BU, New England, Nova Southeastern are pretty far away from cali, i would recommend removing one or two of these schools