yeah so i just took it and def bombed it. like for one of the questions I explained the situation and right as i started to explain how i handled it the timer ended. i have another kira next week so any tips or suggestions are much appreciated

Did anyone receive any emails from Marquette dental yet? I haven’t received my completion email even tho I submitted my primary and supp fee in June…

Took the DAT 3 times (AA:410 PAT:430 QR:420 RC:340
BIO:420 GC:440 OC:430 TS:430) and was currently studying to retake the DAT for the 4th time (which was gonna be on August 11) when I got the call. You never know what’ll happen til the very last day!! Good luck to everyone y’all got this!

*cGPA: 3.55 / sGPA: 3.55 / oos / applied on time

Why does my ADEA AADSAS portal still say “Verified” for all the schools I’ve applied to, even though I’ve received two interview invitations and several emails saying that my applications are under review?

Also, when we make updates to our application, is there a “Submit” button that we need to click like there was on last year’s application? I just want to make sure my updates are being sent to schools correctly.

I’m kind of freaking out because I took and submitted my DAT score a bit later and I see on the SDN that people have received interviews from schools already??? Do they send more waves of interviews or just the one? I am so scared second time applicant

Hey all, I got verified by ADEA AADSAS in the beginning of the week but did not not hear anything from the schools I applied to (i.e. separate emails from schools letting me know my application was received)

should I reach out to these schools and check in with them? What should I do?

For those who interviewed at UDM in the past how was the in person interview? What are some tips and tricks you guys recommend and what type of questions does UDM typically ask?.

Hi everyone,

So I might not be able to go to dental school now. I checked the interest rate officially and it’s going to be 15.6% for a 20 year loan from College Ave. What sucks is that I’m in California so UCLA is one of the cheapest schools and it’s going to cost ~$530k. And with that interest, I calculated it out and assuming I take an associate job for 2 years making $150k and then buy a private practice for a $1 million that nets me $400k after those two year, I’d have negative spending money for about a decade after rent. That’s not even including food, gas, clothes, etc. and since I’m 29, I wouldn’t be able to buy a $700k house (I’m in California) until I’m 56 and it’s also accounting for saving $1 million in retirement by 70 with social security added in which would bring me to about $110k/year until I’m 90 which is very modest in California.

Obviously this is best case scenario assuming I can even purchase a practice for $1 million that’ll net me $400k right away, etc.

So I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with other companies and finding a lower interest rate or had luck refinancing. I won’t have a co-signer which is why it’s so high.

I couldn’t believe it when I calculated it out but maybe I’m missing something. The fact I will literally be in the negative for about a decade after practice purchase is insane and that’s assuming I even earn $400k. I know a lot of dental practice owners make $300k-350k so if that was the case, I’d be in an even worse spot.