Hi, I'm taking my DAT in February and applying for next cycle, I am taking classes in the summer that I'm applying (physics 2 and anatomy). Would it be better if I apply May 1st/June 1st (TX Resident if that changes anything), or wait for the end of summer for those classes to be in? (in theory my GPA would be higher)

is it unprofessional to use the blur background on zoom? I’m not sure if it looks like I’m unprepared if it’s blurred? I always just throw my squishmallows on the ground beforehand for a neutral background lol

I had an interview at my state dental school last week, and this week, an admissions officer—who is an alum but not the faculty member who interviewed me—came to give a seminar at my undergraduate program. During the seminar, I asked, 'How does the program at the dental school support students who struggle with the curriculum?' because I wanted to understand how the school helps students who may have a harder time grasping the material. The admissions officer answered but then mentioned that asking this type of question in an interview could make interviewers question a candidate’s abilities. I didn’t ask this in my interview last week, which I felt went well, but I don’t know why I brought it up at the seminar! Now I’m stressing because the admissions officer remembered me from the interview at the end of the seminar.

Do you think this slip-up could hurt my chances of getting accepted?

Hello, future denitsts!

I have an interview next week, and I just have a quick question about how to prepare for it to the fullest. The school that I am interviewing at conducts a MMI-style interview, and I have never done it before. I know the structure and how things go during the MMI interview, but I have no idea on how to prepare for it.

If there is anyone who has done MMI interviews, could you throw me a tip on how you prepared for it? Greatly appreciated!

Hi everyone, Indiana university has an open house for people who interviewed. I know it's optional but I was wondering if anyone who goes there or knows someone who goes there got in without going to the open house. It's pretty far from where I live and don't want to keep spending money

Hi does anyone know how selective the Loma Linda interview process is or even the odds of getting in post-interview is? I saw on SDN it was like 500/600 OOS interviewed and that just doesn’t look correct to me 😭

Looking for some advice on study guides for the exam requirements for the school i am looking at. I see nurses talking about the "HESI 2" and I'm not sure if that's the same thing but I will talk to an advisor at the school sometime soon.

I just finished my 3rd DAT attempt and increased my scores. I raised my gpa from last cycle from 3.2–>3.6, sgpa 2.94—>3.4 DAT 1st attempt: AA17 TS18 PAT18 Second attempt AA18 TS19 PAT19 3rd current attempt AA20 TS20 PAT17

I already applied early July and have had one interview and 3 rejections, I still have about 10 schools that have not sent me anything. I was waitlisted last cycle at the school interviewed at and at another school that I reapplied to. I was wondering if you guys think I still have a shot at getting in this cycle. I am planning on updating my scores to all the schools that have not rejected me yet hopefully they will see the steep upward trend in my stats compared to last cycle. I have over 500 hours in volunteering and shadowing and I have research hours with a publication on the way as well(hopefully by the end of this year)

I have an interview on the 8th and wanted to know if anyone else was going to be there.

recently took the DAT: 19AA, 20TS (21 OC, 20 GC, 19 BIO), 19 QR, 20 PAT, 18RC, currently a junior

scared about my RC, but is this good enough for schools or should I retake?

Hi, I was hoping I could get some advice. Canadian here, I just got my scores back for the DAT and I feel like I bombed it. I don't know whether I should be hoping for an interview or expecting a rejection letter. Specifically, I applied to only UofT this year as I am a 3rd-year and cannot go out-of-province. Next year in 4th year (if rejected), I intend to apply to all schools in Canada.

Here are my statistics:

Year: 3rd

GPA: 3.99

Casper: 4th Quartile

DAT Scores: AA 20, PAT 19

I feel like I bombed the DAT so hard. I mean I completely froze on the day of. It was just awful. I mildly OD'd on caffeine, it took me 72h to properly recover my sleep and get over the mental fog. The adrenaline and stress was crazy. Now, seeing these scores, I feel like all that stress I put myself through wasn't worth it.

Thank you for reading in advance!! Any opinions are welcome, whether positive or negative. I really just want to understand where I'm at and what to expect.

I did some web-scraping and found these statistics for the class of 2028's applicants (I am applying for class of 2029):

https://preview.redd.it/gllkc6a8u5yd1.png?width=2386&format=png&auto=webp&s=ab98ab16fa9f77e476ebdf506bd7adaebd3ffec6

Hello,

I have three dental school in person interviews, these are my first ones ever! I was wondering what I should except for these interview days?

I got them from Midwestern AZ, Detroit mercy and NYU

Hi everyone! I'm currently applying to dental school and recently volunteered on a dental brigade trip where I also shadowed dentists. I was considering listing it as "volunteering" since I need more volunteer hours. However, the ADEA website states that experiences should be labeled as "volunteer" only if they're outside the dental field. My question is, if I categorize this as "Dental Experience" while indicating it was volunteer work, will it still count towards my volunteer hours?

Hey everyone, I have a 3.79 overall GPA but haven’t taken the DAT yet.

Do you guys think it’s a competitive gpa for dental school? How should I do on the DAT based on my GPA?

Please advise

I took “methods in neurobiology” with the professor. But she is in the dept of psych. Does this count as a science LOR?

I am currently still waiting to hear back from a school in regards to my first interview. I have received one deferral from Iowa, but other than that I have not heard anything. My DAT scores are 19AA 18 Total Science (19 PA, 21 QR, 21 RC, 17 Bio/Chem, and 18 Orgo) with a cGPA 3.66 and sGPA 3.69. I had good LORs, good community service (Big brothers Big sisters being my most valued one) and over 150 dental volunteer hours. I applied to 14 schools total, should I be concerned or is there still time for schools to get back in regard to interviews? Thanks for any feedback!

So I have a public speaking TA who I do not like. He grades the hardest out of all sections and he is the most critical.

So for context I just finished my speech and I went up to him after to see how I did and he only said negative things which made me sad.

I then was DM’ed on Instagram that the TA was showing him and one other student the grades of all the students with names with all the highs and lows.

I did not want my grade to be shown and I’m kinda embarrassed about it. It’s kinda affecting me because now I feel like my friends are looking down on me. What should I do?

I’m a 4th year university student thinking of doing dentistry. My gpa isn’t really good right now as I had family and mental health issues but I’m trying to bring it up. I believe I can do very well at DAT as I’ve learnt how to deal with my issues and they don’t affect my studying anymore. I have shadowing and volunteer hours required by most schools. What are my chances at getting into US dental schools, I already know Canadian ones would be hard and might just filter me out based on my gpa. Some advice would be appreciated on how I should go about it.

Just got my first rejection today from a school that have a higher acceptance rate, feeling so down right now, like if this school rejects me then probably every other school will stats 3.6cgpa 3.52sgpa 20 on every section on the DAT 120 shadowing average ECs

So I just received an email from a school I applied to asking me to input my unofficial DAT scores into AADSAS so they can review my application. I originally indicated I was retaking but that date has passed and I decided to move forward with my application with the current DAT as I received 2 invites. However, I still am studying for the DAT in case I have to retake when decision day comes. I emailed the school saying I wasn’t able to retake and to move forward with my application as is. Should I remove the retake date on my app? I just need advice and idk I feel so dumb about it :(

EDIT: for LOWER stats (below 21AA and 3.6 GPA)

How many schools did you apply to and how many interviews have you gotten so far?

I applied to 20 schools, 2 interviews so far, 1 deferral, and 1 initial Kira invite.

stats: sGPA: 3.41 cGPA: 3.53 DAT: 19AA 19TS

Hello, so I check my email many times a day waiting for another interview, so far I have received 2, which I am very thankful for. But, I have applied to 17 schools and don’t know if the other schools are ghosting me or not. I am starting to feel anxious and a little depress, and don’t want to wait for another cycle (but if I have to I will). Some of the schools I applied at are Midwestern IL, Lecom, Meharry, Marquette, BU, Tufts, Maryland, Creighton, Augusta, Roseman, University of Alabama, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee. I got 2 interviews from Midwestern Az and Louisville. Stats: 18AA 19TS, everything over 18 except QR 16, cGPA 3.55 and sGPA 3.56, over 130 hours of volunteering and shadowing, good letters of recommendation and I believe a very strong essay and live in FL. It is my first cycle applying and was working a lot and studying for school and dat, and volunteering, shadowing pretty much everything at the same time. So that’s probably why my DAT wasn’t the best. Thanks for reading

For context, I interviewed at a few schools and I would probably prefer to go to an OOS school over my IS school but am applying for a full tuition military scholarship I won’t know if I got until late March. I’d rather not pay full OOS tuition, so I was wondering how long I could hold on to an acceptance without definitively committing one way or another if I hypothetically got accepted to both schools (knock on wood)

Hey guys. I’m in a bit of a dilemma. A very big one actually.

For context, I am a first year Biology student at Exeter university. I’ve always loved biology, and chose to do it at university as I was good at it so it just seemed like the best idea for me. I’ve always had a relative interest in dentistry but never actually really sat down and actually thought about applying to dentistry in sixth form. Recently however, I’ve become more overwhelmed with the idea of the fact that I want to do dentistry. I align so much more to the concept of dentistry and the career opportunities for myself.

I just don’t know what to do. Exeter doesn’t offer dentistry so I couldn’t talk to the lecturers for that here about it. Plymouth is really good for dentistry but I’ve emailed and they said I can apply for 2026 entry. The degree is 5 years so I’d graduate at 26. Should I do this?

I’d have to take a 2 year break from education as I would obviously quit university at Exeter. I could get some work experience at a dental practice to gain experience and do some other activities also regarding research in dentistry etc etc.

The thing is, will my application be unfavourable as I’ll be an applicant that is “mature” and have had a 2 year break from education?

I’m so so stuck! I know my family members will try and convince me also that I’m not being sensible with my decision and should just stick with biology but I really don’t think I can do that. Even my tutors and lecturers have all mostly said they regret doing biology as a degree 😩

For context, I got AAA (Bio, Chem, Geog) at A-Level and 8,8,7,7,7,7,7,7 (2 x D BTEC) at GCSE.

Should I do it????

for anyone interviewing at BU, after signing up for the student affairs / ambassador chat zooms when did you get the zoom links for them?

Do you think that pre-December invites to candidate day have a higher chance of acceptances? What has been your experience?

Hello everyone , do you know if it’s easy ( well not easy but actually possible haha ) to own a scholarship in a US university to study dentistry , I’m in my second year in my home country, it doesn’t bother if I have to start from 0 . And if so what are the most important what are the most important criteria they reclaim or look for ? Thank you beforehand !

has anybody studied abroad before applying to dental school? i’m considering going abroad this spring but also applying this cycle in june. would this be unwise for my app?

Hi everyone! My girlfriend and I both want to go dental school and we both live in Florida. I know dental school is extremely competitive so I was just wondering for those who have already or are attending what advice do you guys have? I am not worried about long distance but I would like to obviously go to same school as her. What schools do you guys think have higher chances for us to attend together? I know you shouldn’t pick a school just because of ur SO but any advice would be great thanks :) And statwise let’s just assume it’s above average

Edit: Also have any of you heard of anyone in a relationship getting into same school?

Hi everyone!

I was wondering if anyone knew about the safety of UMD. I had my interview online and I have never been to baltimore so i dont know much about it other than the fact that people say it is super unsafe. But I wanted hear what you had to say? Is it an exaggeration? What are the pros and cons with this school. I have gotten an acceptance from NOVA so I was wondering if anyone knew where both these schools stand in terms of reputation and clinical experience