Dental school acceptance rescinded
honestly have no words. About a week ago, I was notified by the admissions committee that my offer of acceptance was rescinded. Long story short, I completed my master’s program but failed the cumulative exam portion, and due to program policy, I’m not allowed to retake it. So yeah… I’m absolutely cooked.
Because of that, my degree could not be conferred at the time I was communicating with my program director and dean. I reached out to my program to ask if there was anything I could do to rectify this and earn my MS, and they basically told me to go scratch. Come to find out, there was an option to switch to another track and still earn my degree—but I only learned that after the fact, when it was already too late.
So now, not only do I have to drop a smooth $10,000 to finish my degree at that university bucause it cheeper to stay within the school im positive the director of the program is praying on my downfall. I can't stomach the idea of starting over from square one. It genuinely makes me sick thinking about it.
And on top of that, I have to retake the DAT because I got a 17 AA/TS...
The only silver lining is that I would only need to take four additional classes to earn my MS. I communicated all of this to the dental school I was accepted to and explained that I had no other way of completing the degree within their deadline. This was after months of communication and due to the dental school policy anything stated on the ADEA dental application from a class or degree must be completed.
I finished with a 3.5 GPA, so it’s only up from here… but right now, I feel like an absolute joke.
I really hope no one else has had to go through something like this, but if you have—did you make it out on the other side?
At this point, I feel like I’ve officially lost my mind. But I still have just enough time to regroup and be an earlyish applicant. I have 200 hours of shadowing, 100 hours of community service, strong letters of recommendation, a solid personal statement, and meaningful experiences from undergrad and shocker in my masters program. This is my #rockbottom