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If you're a foreign-trained dentist who's applying to the University of Colorado and trying to figure out how to make their application better, how to increase their chances, uh, to get accepted, well, this is the right video for you.
If you don't know who I am, [Music] my name is Adri William, and I'm a foreign dentist just like you. I graduated from the University of Colorado's ISP program in 2022. ISP stands for International Student Program. Back when I was applying, uh, in 2019-2020, I got accepted to four schools: Colorado, NYU, USC, and UCLA. And since then, I've been making videos and helping other candidates, uh, in this process as well.
So, when it comes to the University of Colorado, I'll tell you one thing. As a foreign-trained dentist, you can go to USC, UCLA, other schools, but Colorado, overall, I think, is one of the sweetest spots. It's like one of the best opportunities for foreign-trained dentists like us to apply. And what makes it so much special? Number one, Adri William is a graduate of that school. So that makes that school super, uh, special. But putting jokes aside, I think the school is a, is a great opportunity for foreign-trained because it has 40 seats. So it has a large number of seats. It's a school which takes people from the age of 24, 23, fresh grads, all the way to people who are in their 50s. And I'm talking about my own batch. That's how things work. They get a wide range of people who are coming from Canada, people who were coming straight from India, from Pakistan, people who were, uh, older graduates, people who had an experience of labs, people who had PhDs, people who had masters like me, people who have worked as dental assistants, people who were prosthodontists, orthodontists. So they take people from very different backgrounds. That's the beauty of Colorado. It looks at things in a very holistic way. They, they want to see you as a human being in a well-rounded manner. And one of the things I told people is that when it comes to your personal statement, that's where you want to show them or tell them who you are as a person and what you're capable of and how you're going to be a good team player and what you will bring on the table.
Now, when it comes to the CAPID portal where you put in all your details and then you apply to Colorado, Colorado is going to be a little bit different, and I had a lot of questions come to me. Number one thing I'll tell you about Colorado is that they will make you write a personal statement again for 3500 characters. And that's something I've been helping candidates is to prepare their, uh, personal statement according to Colorado, make it in a more holistic way and focus on why you want to come to that specific school. Along with that, they will also share with you some supplemental questions like, what was a weakness in your previous education? What was a strength in your previous education? And, uh, along with that, they would want you to at least send three new LORs.
Now, people think the LORs are going to be the same, just like how they were in the CAPID process, but it's not. Listen to me very closely because I had a lot of people who reached out to me asking this question. So in the, in the Colorado application, you're going to write the name of your evaluator, for example, Professor ABCD, and you will write their email address, and they will get an email sent to them. In that email, there's going to be a link on which your professor will click, and it will open up three to four questions asking, "Do you since how long do you know this candidate or this applicant?" and "Why do you think they are a good fit for the school?" or "What makes them a good person?" And there will be a few other questions like this. So the LOR is not similar to how you uploaded to, to CAPID. It's not going to be one document that they scan and upload. This is going to be a series of questions that your evaluator has to answer, and this is a very big difference. So people reach out to me, and that's what I've been trying to explain. So I hope this makes sense.
Along with that, the school is, I told you, it's very holistic. They look at your personal statement very, very, very carefully. I'm telling you about that one, one thing that they look at things very carefully is your personal statement, your supplemental applications. They want to see you or know you as a human being. Beside this, I've told people that you should be trying to sign up for their virtual tours. I have, I'm going to put in the description some other videos that I've made about Colorado over the past couple of years.
Along with that, the school takes care a lot of underprivileged communities, a lot of people who are coming from, uh, low socioeconomic status. So they don't want students who are jerks, people who are arrogant. They want people who are humble, who can work in a team, and most importantly, who have good communication skills and are timely and professional. So in all your documentation, in your interviews, in your personal statement, being professional is very important. You want to communicate well. You want to keep it straight to the point and do not drag things. In the US, things should be articulated straight to the point because you're being respectful of the other person's time. As an immigrant, at times we would drag things. We will say things too much. You don't want to do that. You want to be straight to the point. You want to be brief, and you want to tell them what you're looking at.
Along with that, they also are, when it comes to their bench exam, I will tell you, I've said this in my previous video, you want to start preparing as soon as possible. That's very important that you prepare for the bench exam. They ask for Class IIs on the upper molar. They can ask you to do a bridge three to five where tooth number four will be missing. You should be able to do a crown prep on a lower molar. You should be able to do a crown prep on tooth number eight or nine as well because all of these, uh, exams are based over aex.
But, uh, beside this, I'm personally thinking of doing a meet and greet in, uh, Colorado. So I'm thinking on October 25th, which is a Saturday, I'm planning to meet with candidates who are interested to discuss with me regarding their CAPID application, regarding their personal statement, interview preparation. If you're going to be in Colorado on October 25th, most probably you can meet me. I'll, uh, share the details on my Instagram. So if you haven't followed me yet, uh, do follow me on the, on Instagram. It's going to be in the description. I have a WhatsApp group too. I'll share the details up there so we can discuss more things about your application.
But beside this, if you need help with the personal statement, if you need help with your letter of recommendations or with any writing activities or interviews, you can reach out to me. I do offer a more comprehensive training to candidates as well where I work with them throughout their whole application until they get accepted. I call this a fellowship. I don't have a better word for it yet, but in that, I work with you writing your personal statement, your resumes, your letter of recommendations, supplemental applications, preparing you for Kira, Casper, one-on-one interviews. I prepare you pretty much for everything except for your physical bench exam. And I work with you until you get accepted. But I filter people out. I pick a specific number of people every year. And, uh, if you're interested to join that as well, you can reach out to me and we can discuss your profile and see how I can help you.
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