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.