Fire Drill!

I found out during my DAT class this past Thursday that I am really behind in my application process. Needless to say, I had a very slight myocardial infarction, which ended in me walking out of the room for a glass of water. Now, I am an easily excitable person. Although I make an effort to keep myself in check, I do have moments that I cannot control myself. This was one of those moments, and I will tell you why.

The application for dental school begins May 15 - 1 month and 8 days from today. That means nearly 50% of all dental school applicants - my competition - will be sending their application to the dental application service - AADSAS. What that means is these applicants will be getting interviews around September and October, with their acceptance or rejection letters by December 1st of this year.

Had I known this, I would not have been stressing in class, but the fact is I did not know. I am far from having my application materials ready. Even if I were to devote loads of time to the application, I could not realistically have it done before June 15. And that is a concern because by the time I get my application in, nearly 75% of all the dental seats will be filled by the vigilant majority that had their applications prepared by May 15. I hope you can understand the alarm.

At this point, I must do a balls-out fire drill to get my application submitted to AADSAS by June 15th: 4 letters of recommendation, personal statement and profile, DAT, and around 40 hours of shadowing to keep up with the Jones's. Then again, would it be dental school if it weren't just a little stressful?