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Okay, here is the deal. I applied for last years class and was waitlisted, which doesn't mean much of anything, at three schools. Here were my stats:
DAT:
AA 19
GC 16
OC 20
BS 18
TS 18
RC 25
QR 18
PA 20
GPA: 3.25 overall
2.76 science
Result: Not matriculated at any of 11 schools.
Now, I'm not surprised that I was not accepted last year and I have worked extensively to see that I improve my position and maintain contact with the schools to which I applied. I have excellent dental experience and contacts, good volunteer work and very good letters of recommendation. I finished my degree (English B.A.) and am now attending a state university as a grad student, taking as many upper division bio classes as possible and working in the clinic at the university's dental school. I have applied to six schools this year and have been deferred by CWRU and have only one contact showing any kind of promise at all. I thought maybe I could retake the DAT and try to punch it up to a 21, so after a 16 month gap I spent three weeks cramming my brain full of the Kaplan DAT book and this morning this is what I got:
DAT:
AA 19
GC 16
OC 19
BS 18
QR 18
RC 24
PA 18
TS 18 (pretty much the same damned score)
My GPA is now a 3.32 overall, with sciGPA of about 2.84-ish.
My question to you all is: If you were me, what would you be doing? I really don't know what else I can do. I might retake the DAT at a later date and give myself more than 3 weeks to prep but outside of that, do I just wait it out again?
Billiken10
PS - Sorry about the novel and thank you to anyone who reads the whole thing...
DAT:
AA 19
GC 16
OC 20
BS 18
TS 18
RC 25
QR 18
PA 20
GPA: 3.25 overall
2.76 science
Result: Not matriculated at any of 11 schools.
Now, I'm not surprised that I was not accepted last year and I have worked extensively to see that I improve my position and maintain contact with the schools to which I applied. I have excellent dental experience and contacts, good volunteer work and very good letters of recommendation. I finished my degree (English B.A.) and am now attending a state university as a grad student, taking as many upper division bio classes as possible and working in the clinic at the university's dental school. I have applied to six schools this year and have been deferred by CWRU and have only one contact showing any kind of promise at all. I thought maybe I could retake the DAT and try to punch it up to a 21, so after a 16 month gap I spent three weeks cramming my brain full of the Kaplan DAT book and this morning this is what I got:
DAT:
AA 19
GC 16
OC 19
BS 18
QR 18
RC 24
PA 18
TS 18 (pretty much the same damned score)
My GPA is now a 3.32 overall, with sciGPA of about 2.84-ish.
My question to you all is: If you were me, what would you be doing? I really don't know what else I can do. I might retake the DAT at a later date and give myself more than 3 weeks to prep but outside of that, do I just wait it out again?
Billiken10
PS - Sorry about the novel and thank you to anyone who reads the whole thing...
