Reapplicant Advice
Hi all, I didn't have much luck this past cycle and will likely need to reapply. Was wondering if anyone might have advice on how I could improve my app, or any potential areas that might be the reason why I didn't get in. I interviewed at UPenn and Columbia, but I feel like this was just largely because of my DAT score. I'm waiting to hear back from UPenn and I got waitlisted at Columbia.
My DAT scores: 540AA, 550TS, 530PAT. My cGPA is roughly 3.8. I have about 245 hours of shadowing from two dentists, and roughly 150 hours of volunteering distributed over a few activities. I have other extracurriculars including dental club eboard, recurring TA position for a course, esports club eboard member, and a paid high school tutoring job.
My main concerns for why I didn't get in right now are currently 1) because I didn't do research 2) my extracurriculars don't involve many of my hobbies (which I do have) 3) my volunteering hours are not within one consistent organization.
Since applying, I have continued being a TA, continued volunteering, and continued my paid high school tutoring job. I'm also in the process of reaching out to schools for feedback on my application, but was wondering if I might be able to get any advice from this subreddit! I'm not sure if I've improved enough to reapply.