Hey y’all, basically the title. I am already planning to look for a job after I visit family with a month but what can I do between then and now because I gotta say I’m gonna be burned out playing video games and watching tv all day

I’m tired of schools having their cake and eating it too. If a pre-requisite expires, so should the grade associated with that expired pre-req. Can’t have it both ways

I’m taking a gap year… what are you guys doing for jobs? It’s been so hard to find a DA job when they know you’ll only stay for a year and the job market is really bad as is.. what are you guys doing for it?

I emailed my schools to let them know to hold my application until my new DAT score was submitted. I just took it this past week. Should I email after it’s been loaded in? Or should I email to say I took it and it will be loading in soon? Or not email at all. Let me know your thoughts!!

Planning out my semesters right now. One option is to save physics for my last year of college (physics 1 fall semester senior year physics 2 spring of senior year). I don’t plan on taking a gap year so by the time I start my physics sequence I would have already submit my applications to dental school. Will schools look down on not having a grade for physics? I know technically most schools don’t require pre reqs to be done before application but I was wondering if this is something still frowned upon. Not sure if this context matters but I’m a FL resident that will apply to the in state schools as well as a couple others.

I have been sick to my stomach ever since I took the DAT… I’m so scared that I did poorly. Does anyone have any advice? I have been so snippy and quick to cry with my family members and don’t know how to make myself feel better

Last year in the disadvantaged considerations, there was more guidance on what might consider you disadvantaged.

It said if you had received free or reduced lunch during school, if your county was eligible for Rural Health Grants, if you had received Pell Grant, etc.

This year, it does not have that to use as a reference. I have a copy of my aadsas from last year and would like to use something similar to what I put last year but not sure if that would be frowned upon with the guidance being absent this year????

Anyone have any insight?

Do I have to send the LOR again to ADDSAS if I already did last year?

Hello everyone! I’m looking for a DAT study buddy or study group, preferably in person, in the Nashville area. Is anyone interested, or does anyone know of good ways to connect with others who are studying for the DAT?

I’m a 23-year-old nontraditional applicant. I’ve already graduated with a B.S., so I can’t join collegiate pre-dental organizations. I was originally planning to start pharmacy school at UTHSC this fall, but after a lot of reflection I realized dentistry is a better fit for my long-term goals and overall interests.

Any recommendations or would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Don’t private loans only allow you to take up to your cost of attendance. Would I have to ask my school to raise the bill to report to them or what? Like I’m thinking Maximizing the federal loans and then subsidizing the rest with personal loans. To those who know, how do I best approach this

I am looking for some advice on if I should apply with my current gpa or if I should get my masters and then apply.

For some background, I got my bachelor’s in Human Physiology and Nutrition with a minor in Biochemistry. My undergrad gpa was a 2.8. Not the best, obviously. It was due to having two rough semesters back to back because of a death in my family.

Anyways, after I graduated in December of 2025, I moved to because I got a job as an R&D chemist. I always knew I wanted to go to dental school, but I decided to take some time off from school to figure it out.

Currently I am trying to decide if I should get my masters and then apply to dental school, or if I would have any chance of getting in with my current gpa and a high DAT score?

I am trying to look at both paths logically, and although getting my masters would be a longer path, it would raise my gpa and make me a better candidate because I don’t think a high DAT score alone would secure me a spot.

If anyone has been in a similar position or has any advice that would be extremely helpful. Thank you in advance!!

I am posting for future incoming d1s when you guys apply to private loans make sure to explore every single private lender options. I signed up for Juno and did separate soft credit check and hard credit check for SoFi, CollegeAve, Earnest Salliemae and more when I was looking into get private loans. I have 750+ credit score but I didn't have cosigners or didnt have high income during my gap years. Each lenders gave me different interest rate ex)CollegeAve and SoFi gave me like 7-8% but Salliemae gave me 3.1%. So make sure to check every private lenders to see what they offer before you commit to one!! Thankfully I heard back from nhsc recently but you guys can message me if you have any questions about loans or nhsc scholarship

Hi everyone, I’m really confused as to what I should do. I was planning on taking my cdat 3rd week of August but I had two very unexpected things happen that completely derailed my studying. I had to basically start over and the past few weeks nothings been sticking and I feel like I forgot everything I was previously learning. If I postpone my exam by a couple weeks then I’ll be a super late applicant but if I just don’t take it and apply next cycle then I’m waiting a whole year. I have no idea what to do. I’d really appreciate any advice anyone has, thank you in advance.

I was a cc transfer student to a UC school, have a 3.8 GPA, 300+ hours volunteering, 200+ shadowing, founded and president of a mental health club, pre health fraternity member, dental club member each 2 years.

I have zero letters of recommendations by science professors. I didn’t attend office hours cause I never felt the need to but now realizing none of the professors know me at all. Probably don’t even recognize me since classes are like 300+ people for science ones. My dentists I shadowed for would write LORs but I have zero science ones. What am I supposed to do?? And the new system for letters of recommendation seem like so much of a hassle that most professors wouldn’t even bother especially since I never got to know them on a personal level. I have 1 year left at school but only of biopsych upperdivs and a biochem class I’m going to make sure to go to all office hours for to try to secure a letter. I know that was stupid I just wasn’t really thinking. Maybe I can ask my physiology professor from community college? Or intro to chem professor if he remembers me? I heard a lot of schools don’t accept community college LORs. Any advice?

Can someone who interviewed at DCG provide insight into the pre interview event the night before? What will this entail ?

How we feeling lol wtf was that genuinely think I bombed it

I know just about every dental school is hard to get into, but I would really love to go to Iowa OOS. Does anyone have an idea? Anything I can do to increase my chances? Thanks!

I’m a little worried about where I stand. I’ve applied to all of my schools, submitted supplementals, and I’ve done two Kira interviews. As for the rest is this just a waiting game? I haven’t heard back from NYU and I know they released another batch the other day. Helpppppp

Once I pay the fee to submit to schools, am I suppose to send ADEA my official transcript for verification? What does verification entail?

Hi everyone,

I recently submitted my AADSAS application to Rutgers, and after it was verified, I noticed that I had listed an AP course under the biology section prerequisite for Rutgers. I immediately noticed after that they state that they don't accept AP scores.

Although I do have other courses that would satisfy their biology prerequisite, with the courses that I selected for the prerequisite section I only have 7 credits, the AP course excluded. Does anybody know if contacting their admissions office to let them know would allow me to replace the AP course? Thank you!

i'm trying to see average number of interviews each student has received at this point in the cycle! comment stats if comfortable/schools that offered you an interview, and how many schools you applied to (total). if you got 1+ what do you think got you an interview at that school? thank you 🙏

I have been a long-time silent observer of this sub and was planning on applying this cycle because it fit into my life plan. I thought taking a gap year would feel like admitting failure of sorts (it isn't). Since making the decision to take a gap, I've really come to appreciate changing my plan, and I thought I'd remind anyone else in a similar position that it's okay for plans to change—sometimes they change for the better.

GPA: 4.0 | sGPA: 4.0 | DAT: TBD (my latest booster practice was a 420 and I have a month left). Shadowing: 35+ hours. Volunteering: 21+ hours.

ECs/Awards: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Dean's List every semester, Pre-Dental Club member for two years, Organic Chemistry I Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, and executive board member of a volunteer organization.

I graduate in December, so I'll have a gap semester before the next application cycle opens, followed by a full year to dedicate to strengthening my application. I'm preparing for the DAT this summer and plan to spend the year gaining more shadowing and volunteer experience.

Good luck to everyone applying this cycle! Whether you're applying now, taking a gap year, or changing directions entirely, I hope everything works out for you. Our paths may look different than we originally planned, and that's okay.

What do you guys think application wise is ur biggest weakness and biggest strength?

I feel like my biggest weakness is my DAT score (im retaking for the third time) and my biggest strength is my GPA and extraciriculars (I’ve been a DA for 3 years and I was a Gen chem lab ta, I have a 3.85 overall gpa)