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[macsak]

Date of submission: 7/13
Overall GPA: 3.9
Science GPA: 3.79
Bio-Chem-Physics GPA: 3.8
DAT score (include AA and all sections):
AA: 23
PAT: 19
GC: 26
BIO: 25
OC: 26
TS: 26
RC: 19 (dk what happened here)
QR: 21

State of Residence: Georgia

Major: Health Science

Minority? Yes, black
Reapplicant? No
Nontrad? No

Shadowing Experience:
~200 general
~50 peds
~10 ortho
Volunteering Experience:
~80 hours at free dental clinic
~100 hours tutoring kids
~50 hours animal shelter
Employment:
~200 hours working as a DA
~500 hours working at an animal hospital
Research:
~150 hrs doing inorganic chem research, no pubs, 1 poster presentation
Other Extracurriculars: pre dental society, SHPEP
Have you volunteered/shadowed/attended events at any dental schools? Attended a tour at DCG (IS school), Tufts symposium, HSDM bridge to dental school program + HSDM webinar
Relevant Honors or Awards: nothing rlly besides deans list
LOR type and strength:
1 from orgo prof which is probably average
1 from bio prof which is strong
1 from research mentor which is strong
1 from dentist that is rlly strong!
Misc Info/Things not stated elsewhere/Red Flags: my school list is really top heavy (Ivies, UMich, UNC), so I just wanted some brutal honesty

where's your list?

 

[macsak]

Oop sorry! In addition to the ones listed at the end.. DCG, Pitt, Maryland, USC, Tufts, Meharry

"ivies" is not a list...

why U$C?

 

[macsak]

Faster than typing out penn, hsdm, and columbia..

and i just applied bc of the lower stat range, needed more safeties.. plus LA is cool

your safeties are pitt, maryland and meharry
you will likely get yield managed out of tufts and U$C
why not howard?

 

[macsak]

oof really?
tbh i had already applied to 10 when i started to consider hbcus, so my pockets were hurting

i would've recommended skipping tufts and usc and adding howard
either way, you are going to get tons of interest
start practicing your interviews and researching the schools...

 

[Mr.Smile12]

You should get plenty of attention, especially DCG. You may be low on research experience if you applied to all the Ivy dental schools, but I would expect Penn and Columbia to be interested depending on what else is on your application. I might have added Temple.

That said, have you maintained connections with SNDA?

 

[macsak]

thats rlly relieving to hear
thank you!!

why were you worried you wouldn't get interviews?

HSDM bridge to dental school program
was this SHPEP or somethinig separate?

 

[macsak]

I'm not necessarily worried about my safeties/targets, just the reaches
The HSDM bridge to ds program is separate from SHPEP. It was a virtual, month long program hosted by current HSDM students.

awesome
obviously, your best shot at a reach (which are not exactly reaches due to your stats), is harvard
least likely reach is UNC, given their IS/OOS ratios
but frankly, i believe you will get lots of interest...