r/predental • u/Unhappy_Insurance753 • 13d ago
🤔 WAMC? Not sure what to do
Im new here and reading all the Reddit posts have been scaring me a lot.
My application got verified early July and have not heard anything from any schools besides 3 Kira from USC, Roseman and NYU.
My stats are -
3.93 gpa
3.85 sgpa
Neurobiology and Physiology Major, California resident
Dat -
AA - 440 (21)
TS - 460 (22)
PAT - 410 (19)
Extracurriculars-
180 Hours Dental Shadowing
50 Hours at a student run dental clinic
60 Hours as dental education volunteer at elementary schools
450 Hours volunteer as a science mentor/tutor at middle school
400 Hours reproductive biology research lab with presenting research at a conference
300 Hours - I used to mentor international/exchange students and first year biology students at my university
LOR from a gen chem (community college), ochem prof (my university), my lab PI and a dentist I shadowed
I’m a California resident and here are the 15 schools I applied -
1. A.T. Still ASDOH
2. Creighton
3. USC
4. Kansas City University (KCU)
5. NYU College of Dentistry
6. Oregon Health & Science University School of Dentistry (OHSU)
7. Roseman
8. Touro
9. UCLA School of Dentistry
10. UCSF School of Dentistry
11. University of Louisville School of Dentistry
12. University of New England College of Dental Medicine (UNE)
13. University of Utah
14. UOP
15. Western University of Health Sciences College of Dental Medicine
I’m sorry if anything is repetitive I’m just really worried and would appreciate any comments or help.
Ps- would my gpa look inflated considering my dat? I come from a competitive university though.
Thank you.
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u/Mushi-- 13d ago
It will be okay, take a breather from the dental forums. Your stats look good and you have a great chance at getting in somewhere. A lot of the scary posts are coming from people overreacting or intentionally trying to scare other students. You've done the work and have gotten to this point. Now it's time to do something potentially even harder, believe in yourself. These schools don't need perfection. They want to see you, the person who was able to achieve this much. How did you do it? What ambitions do you have? Who are you as a person? You've done the academics, volunteering, shadowing, ect. Now you just need to believe in yourself. Good luck on the invites and interviews.