http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4895 Sometimes, I'm really disappointed in the way the system works. UW is a pretty tough school for those types of programs, so chin up! You're awesome. Apply somewhere less pretentious and knock it out! Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Look down, look down... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:21:38 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4895 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4893 nice! kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Look down, look down... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:25:22 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4893 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4892 By the way thanks for the contact Dave. Because of you and your Aunt I was able to get in touch with this guy who is probably the best person in the state to have on my side next time I apply. Not only is he the director of the largest group of dentists in the state but is also on the board of dental examiners for the state of AK and on the regional board for the pacific NW. He also dislikes the UW school intensely for being as he put it "pretentious jerks who care more about GPA then putting out good dentists". I am not making that up. That and the guy called me while on vacation in Mexico, so yeah. I think this dude would be one hell of an ally next time around. MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) Look down, look down... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:26:43 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4892 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4891 No not really that at all. I got my rejection letter, the first time on the 27th in which they funnily addressed me as Ms. Laurance. I appealed it and was given a second review, which was rejected yesterday. In talking to the director of the dental program for the Southcentral foundation of AK, I found out that UW places a huge importance on GPA. Pretty much without a higher GPA I'm boned, functionally they won't accept anyone with less than a 3.3. And they don't take replacement grades only average the new class grades into the total GPA, which means I'd have to get a 4.0 in roughly 20 credits or so to boost it up to their level. Pretty much no amount of work experience, life experience, or shadowing can make up for it unless I'm really really lucky. Granted this was just one person's point of view so maybe I will have a chance next time around. MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) Look down, look down... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:19:29 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4891 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4890 so the Huskies don't accept Cougars, or what? kitacek@idkfa.com (kitacek) Look down, look down... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:04:49 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4890 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4889 They jerking you around, or what? kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Look down, look down... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:04:05 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4889 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4887 Trying not to project my own shortcomings as other people being unreasonable, unthinking, stuck up assholes. But seriously. FUCK UW admissions. MrFood@idkfa.com (MrFood) Look down, look down... Fri, 11 Jan 2013 12:58:03 -0900 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=4887&msg_id=4887