<p>Hey all.</p>
<p>Class of 2018 RD applicant to Penn here. I applied to the coordinated 7-year dental program. Anyone else? Anyone receive a likely letter for this program? Thanks</p>
<p>I applied too. I didn’t receive a likely letter.
Did you get one or do you know of anyone who did?</p>
<p>Nope, I was just curious! I don’t think this program is very popular, and wasn’t expecting as many kids on the likely page to be posting about it (as they were with the M&T program, for example). Is it even considered a dual-degree program or more like a joint program with the School of Dental Medicine? </p>
<p>I applied for this program last year. Didn’t know of many other applicants to it though. Not sure if it’s considered a joint-degree, but they officially call it a “submatriculation” program if you want to get fancy with it lol.</p>
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<p>TheEarlyBird, were you accepted to the program? Just curious 
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<p>No I was not, and not accepted to CAS either. I had a lovely interview, though. My interviewer was a current dentist-in-training and actually went to my high school many years ago. My college applications focused greatly on accelerated dental programs, and at the time of my interview, I already had an acceptance to UOP’s 5 year accelerated dental program in hand (which I later ended up rejecting as well :D) </p>
<p>For me, I think where I fell short in my Penn application was that I was too narrowly focused on the dental program as my reason for applying to Penn. In that respect, I don’t think I conveyed enough passion, interest, or knowledge about Penn overall.</p>
<p>I applied to the 7 years program ED. How many students do they normally accept each year? </p>
<p>My best friend is also applying to the program and her mentor is in the program. There are approximately 15-20 students enrolled in the program.
I don’t want to scare you but this is something that needs to be thought about. A majority (a very very large majority) of the accepted students don’t matriculate into dental school their third year because they can’t meet the requirement of maintaining a 3.5 science GPA. So if you do get accepted, there is a large possibility that you might not be in the accelerated program in a few years and instead just a normal Penn student. Good luck!</p>
<p>what do u think the minimum SAT scores for getting into 7 year dental program???</p>