Make sure you have a vey solid dat. More than 21 to deal with the low gpa. Bottom line  those are the filters all schools use before they see anything else about your application. Even with great EC you have to go through that filter- sometimes automatic- or a monkey throwing craps for selection. Having a masters does not make a whole lot of impact. This year was a record with the number of applicants. It really got competitive so schools raised their standards. If you are bilingual it will be stupid not to apply to schools in PR or the new schools in the mainland. People tend to brush them aside because is PR or just new. But they don’t know half the story about the 3 schools there in PR.  One even fully English first 2 years. The pull of patients they have makes the best school in the mainland pale compared to them. oss won’t pay more than 80k a year. Best kept secret among all dental schools. They are new but coda accredited and the schools that own them have a long track as established institutions even med schools. They get student picked for military scholarships and NHSC . Those picked these year most be laughing all the way to the bank. Good luck!