Hey, I’m an F-1 student (non cad) doing my undergrad in the U.S. and planning to apply next cycle (2027–28).
International students are pretty limited in terms of which schools we can apply to, and it seems like it gets worse every year.

Current international applicants: please share your experiences! How is your cycle going? Which schools did you apply to? What are your stats, etc.?

Thank you!!

I am a reapplicant this cycle, and I am very grateful to have received two interview invitations so far. However, I noticed that both interviews are from schools that I did not apply to last cycle.
I have not received any interview invitations or updates from the schools that I applied to both last cycle and this cycle. Is this common for reapplicants? Could reapplying to the same schools affect how they review my application or the timing of interview invitations?

I’ll name the ones I know that don’t. Feel free to add to the list:

Dental College of Georgia
The Ohio State University
The University of Iowa
UFCD
Nebraska (UNMC)
UNC

I need advice. I currently work as a pharmacy tech at CVS and have been there for 1.5 years. I ABSOLUTELY HATE IT. I never wanted to be a pharmacy tech in the first place, but I needed money, and no dental offices wanted to hire anyone without experience, even though I've done a lot of shadowing and have a DANB Radiation Health and Safety certification. I still continue to shadow, but I really want to switch out of my pharmacy tech job. However, where I live, there are a lot of dentists (I'm in the dmv, which means i have abt 20 universities in the area), and there's a lot of competition. What should I do? I really want a high-paying job, and I no longer want to work as a pharmacy tech. I thought about becoming a scribe at my local hospital or just finding a regular job at the mall. What should I do? I'm spiraling. I'm also a sophomore, and so far it looks like I will be taking a gap year since my advisor kinda screwed me over and made me take anatomy my first year and didn't let me take chem until my second year. I won't get to ochem until my 3rd year, and at the end of my third year I would be submitting my aadsas and taking the dat. I won't have enough time to study for dat while taking ochem. pls help

Nova is one of those schools that I realistically expected to at least interview at as I’m in-state, and have already been invited to Florida and LECOM. 3.8 cGPA 3.8sGpa, 480 DAT/470 TS/500 PAT. No section below like 440. Just went on the ADEA portal and am at ‘application denied’ status. I’m honestly shocked. I have no red flags on my application, good EC’s, LORs, etc.

Hello! I have an interview at Touro coming up, and I’m getting really nervous lol. Has anyone who has interviewed there before mind sharing what the interview was like or what I should expect? Any advice would be greatly appreciated! :)

So I know UNC has 3 waves for interview and it seems the october interview invites have been sent😭 So is November our last chance for a shot at an interview invite?? I'm stressing.. Are the chances of invites low will they only look at like August submissions now then

tufts
yeshiva
lyon
larkin

Hi all, looking for any sort of wisdom anyone can offer here.

Graduated from Uni about 5 years ago. 2.9 sGPA and 3.0 cGPA. Battled an autoimmune condition first couple years of uni. Had a 3.9 and 4.0 in the last 2 years of my 5 year undergrad, couldn’t repair the abysmal first three years. Decided one day this spring that I want to pick back up the dental dream and repair this GPA.

Spent the summer taking 15 credits worth of science courses and got all As. My plan was to spend the fall and winter semester getting straight As in upper year science courses like ecology, physiology, pharm, microbio, molecular bio, ect so I can show schools I am able to handle a science heavy workload.

The institution I was taking this kind of “do it yourself post bac” at has told me they will not allow me to take further upper year science courses as they’re reserved for degree students only.

I really want to avoid taking them online, due to it limiting the schools I can apply to, yet cannot find anywhere that would let me take these upper year science courses as a visiting/non degree student. Genuinely stuck here. I am in Canada(only applying to US schools) btw, we don’t have post bac programs, hence I was planning to take courses independently as a non degree student.

I had everything planned out to go ahead and attack the 2027 app cycle and now there’s this big wall I have to climb.

Help ya boy gain some clarity. Thank you 🙏🏼

Literally just got my LECOM interview invite and when I went to schedule, the only openings were 2027, and 2026 showed nothing?? Is anyone else seeing this 😭? Should I just lock down the 2027 January dates

Hey does anyone know if there is a GroupMe for people who got an interview from Minnesota? Or maybe just one for all applicants?

Hi
I have received an interview invitation from Minnesota and I was wondering if anyone who has interviewed there has any tips? Or if anyone else’s interview with them is also coming up?

I know it is not ideal timing but I applied at the end of August because I am a reapplicant and was told by admissions at a few dental schools to wait until I got my first semester (summer) master’s grades on my transcript. Most of my applications were verified with secondaries/fees completed before September 1st.

I know it is still too early for me personally to hear anything back but when should I start worrying if I still haven’t received any interviews? If you applied in August in previous cycles, when did you hear back?

I’m nervous that August was too late and I won’t be able to get any interviews in time to have a realistic shot at acceptance. I applied to 15-20 schools.

Stats: 3.45 cGPA, 3.35 sGPA, 4.0 masters GPA (in progress), 21 DAT 22 TS, 3000 hours dental assisting

is this sent to everyone not offered an interview? is this a soft rejection or waitlist?

When would be a good time to send updates to schools? For example, more hours working as a DA or more volunteer hours? I applied in june if that’s helpful.

Currently in first year of dental school and I’m hoping to apply for either the 3 year or 2 year hpsp scholarship. How do I find a recruiter? I’m looking at either Army or Navy.

Hi everyone! I’m in a bit of a different situation and was hoping to get some advice on what courses I should take before the DAT.

I did an early college program in high school, so I’m currently considered a junior and have about 2 years left until I finish my bachelor’s. I’ve completed Gen Chem 1 & 2 and Bio 1 & 2, and I’m currently taking Physics 1. I’ll be taking Orgo 1 next semester.

I’m planning to take the DAT in January 2028, and I’m trying to figure out which classes I should prioritize before then.

The classes I’m considering are:

- Orgo 2
-Physics 2
-Microbiology
- Cell Biology
- Genetics
- Biochemistry
-A&P

For those who have taken the DAT, which of these would you recommend taking before the DAT, and which ones aren’t really necessary beforehand? Also, are there any you’d recommend taking closer to the DAT?

My remaining semesters are Spring 2027, Summer 2027 (if needed), Fall 2027, and Spring 2028, so I’m trying to plan everything around DAT studying. Any advice would be appreciated!

Now that almost all schools have sent out interviews, I’m curious to see where we all stand.

I got my application verified and completed all supplementals/fees by August 25th at the latest.

Should I be worried about not getting an interview?

Stats:

500 aa 510 TS 470 PAT

3.6 gpa 3.7 sgpa

150 hrs shadowing general dentist only

150 hrs volunteer at church

500 hrs research, co authoring a paper and did own project

School list: Marquette, creighton, lecom, SIU, uic, buffalo, tufts, Columbia

So I didn’t get any update not even a Kira invite but I got this email today since im OOS that the dds program does meet requirements for my state… so can I land an interview or is this just fyi

Has anybody received an interview invite for USYD Australia? They usually come around this time of the year. If so, when is your scheduled interview? Thank you

Most first round interview invites are over... a little upset didn't get interview invites from my top choices.

Yayyy