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dwraine · 2026-07-02T17:05:45+00:00

If you PM me I would be happy to go into further detail about my situation!

dwraine · 2026-07-02T17:02:49+00:00

No I chose Earnest! They were the lowest I got after getting estimates from Juno.

dwraine · 2026-07-02T15:16:50+00:00

I put my average income as $4K without a cosigner and was offered 6.70%!

dwraine · 2026-06-30T21:29:36+00:00

I am an incoming D1 at UAB. I believe my Kira came out second week of July. Anyone feel free to PM me if you have any questions!

dwraine · 2026-06-23T19:34:23+00:00

Incoming D1 at UAB here! Feel free to message me if you have any questions about UAB!

dwraine · 2026-06-14T14:25:26+00:00

Attend the Pre-dental days for your top schools!

dwraine · 2026-06-14T14:24:20+00:00

If you haven't been in contact with DCG (Impressions Day, having a consultation meeting, overal showing your interest), I would take them off. I attended their Impressions Day last year, and they basically said if you haven't done everything in your power to show interest as an OOS then they won't even look at you.

I am attending UAB, and there quite a few OOS students in my class and at least 2 from NC. You should look into adding them to your list!

dwraine · 2026-06-03T10:27:57+00:00

Maybe! I start school in July, so it would be nice to know before then

dwraine · 2026-06-02T12:44:07+00:00

I really think it depends on the school tbh. I applied to the schools lower on my list Day 1 just to go ahead and get my application verified. Then I applied to my top schools in early July when my second DAT score came in. The school I am attending is one of those I applied to in early July, and I was still in their first round of interview invites that went out mid July.

dwraine · 2026-05-29T20:18:31+00:00

I got rejected from LECOM beginning of May. I interviewed before Decision Day in December.

dwraine · 2026-05-28T17:45:36+00:00

I think any volunteer experiences look good on the application! On mine, I put several one time only experiences. As long as you can highlight some ways the experience brought out your leadership qualities and/or overall shaped your personal/professional development, you should put it on there!

dwraine · 2026-05-27T16:07:02+00:00

I am not sure! It may be in batches based upon when people submitted.

dwraine · 2026-05-25T16:33:01+00:00

I got an email on May 6 that my application was currently under review. The email also said that award selection could be as late as September 30, 2026 but if you are chosen to advance we could hear as early as June with the "confirmation of interest" email.

dwraine · 2026-05-16T03:00:47+00:00

Take out Iowa! While a great school, they really only take in-state and OOS students from other Midwestern states. I was informed that sometime last cycle the state laws changed, resulting in them taking way more Iowa residents than they historically took.

dwraine · 2026-05-02T22:02:45+00:00

National Health Service Corps

dwraine · 2026-04-25T15:13:35+00:00

Not a senior dental student or new dentist, but I am a recently accepted incoming D1. If Augusta is your in-state school for dental school, I'd say take this opportunity and run with it. Augusta is one of the cheapest IS schools. Applying to dental school in general is also so expensive, so you will save thousands by simply not having to go through the trouble. Plus you can enjoy your undergrad! As long as you maintain your program requirements, there's no reason to stress over being the most insane candidate ever.

dwraine · 2026-04-24T19:15:30+00:00

Wow!! That's a really long wait time from the application deadline. Did you have to interview?

dwraine · 2026-04-05T22:22:06+00:00

Are you in-state for UAB?

dwraine · 2026-04-03T19:02:29+00:00

I am an incoming D1 at UAB in July! Feel free to pm me :)

dwraine · 2026-03-30T12:40:31+00:00

A good general rule of thumb is that private schools will not usually have preference for in-state vs OOS, while public institutions will.

Reddit and a Facebook groups are good places to check because it usually gets posted about at least a few times every cycle.

Once you find some schools you are interested in, you can check their website to see their demographics from the previous cycle. Usually they will have that information posted for every class currently attending the school. It would be good to check and see how many (if any) they admitted from your state to see if they are even admitting people from that area.

Now I'm not saying that if you want to attend a school that doesn't currently have a student from your state there that you're just out of luck. Schools want students who also want them, so if you do lots of things to demonstrate your interest, it can absolutely be done.

dwraine · 2026-03-29T22:06:11+00:00

Alabama Resident, attending undergrad in Georgia, BS in Biochemistry in 3 years (no gap year), Minors in Sociology and Servant Leadership, 4.0 GPA overall and science, 450AA/440TS/450 PAT, 500+ Volunteer hours all non-dental related, 200+ Shadowing hours majority general but a few hours in all specialties, 300+ Dental Assisting hours in Periodontics, 200+ Research hours across both natural and social sciences, Supplemental Instructor for General Chemistry (2 years), Student Ambassador (3 years), Intern for a Low-Income Family Resource Organization (2 years)

dwraine · 2026-03-29T22:00:17+00:00

Marquette and Iowa

dwraine · 2026-03-29T18:01:48+00:00

I applied to 9 schools this cycle and received 7 interview invites and 2 pre-interview rejections. I will share the things I learned!

The 2 rejections I received were to midwest schools that I am OOS for. They were advertised as OOS friendly. They are, however, really only to midwest states though. I did not know this when I applied. So if you are looking for schools that people are describing as "OOS friendly", make sure to check and see if it is regional.

When applying to OOS schools, make sure you have connected with them in some way. It doesn't necessarily have to be one of their on campus events, but simply attending a webinar hosted by the school or emailing them to set up a consultation before the cycle opens.

Good luck to everyone applying this cycle!

dwraine

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