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I am currently a freshman pre-dental student who is 100% determined to get into dental school. For a while now I have been thinking about what I need to do to give myself the best chance of getting in. I have sort of came up with this 4-year plan to guide me towards what I need to do. I am looking for advice on anything I have left out or if there is anything I could do that might help:
1. Play baseball: I am currently a baseball player at my university and I plan on playing it all 4 years. I feel like this will help teach me time management skills along with leadership skills.
2. Honors: I am in the honors program at my school and I hope to graduate with honors. It requires a minimum 3.5 gpa and community service hours, along with honors seminars and an independent research project that I will work on from junior to senior year.
3. Volunteer: I am currently on pace to volunteer 20 hours a semester and then I will volunteer when I can during the summer and winter. With baseball and academics it is hard to volunteer any more than I already am during the spring and fall semester. I have always wanted to coach or help coach a baseball team, so I am going to look into coaching a little League team over the summer. If I am too busy, assistant coaching is always an option.
4. Shadow: Over my winter and summer breaks I plan to shadow. I already have shadowing set up with my dentist back at home, and in the future I will shadow some other practices as well.
5. (Possibility) Start Club/Organization: I have been thinking about maybe starting a club starting my sophomore year. I am passionate about exercise and I think starting some sort of health clib at my school would be a good idea. I love cardio based exercises, so maybe have a club where we go on weekly group runs/walks or partake in a workout. It would have to be not so time consuming, maybe like a once a week thing. Just a thought.
6. Research: I ill be completing two research projects, one is 2-3 years and will be presented my senior year. Another is the honors project, in which I will come up with my own research and complete it independently.
If there is anything else I should do or add, please help a friend out! I feel like I have a lot on the table but I am willing to sacrifice some social life to pursue my goal.I know I can balance it all with a sport.
1. Play baseball: I am currently a baseball player at my university and I plan on playing it all 4 years. I feel like this will help teach me time management skills along with leadership skills.
2. Honors: I am in the honors program at my school and I hope to graduate with honors. It requires a minimum 3.5 gpa and community service hours, along with honors seminars and an independent research project that I will work on from junior to senior year.
3. Volunteer: I am currently on pace to volunteer 20 hours a semester and then I will volunteer when I can during the summer and winter. With baseball and academics it is hard to volunteer any more than I already am during the spring and fall semester. I have always wanted to coach or help coach a baseball team, so I am going to look into coaching a little League team over the summer. If I am too busy, assistant coaching is always an option.
4. Shadow: Over my winter and summer breaks I plan to shadow. I already have shadowing set up with my dentist back at home, and in the future I will shadow some other practices as well.
5. (Possibility) Start Club/Organization: I have been thinking about maybe starting a club starting my sophomore year. I am passionate about exercise and I think starting some sort of health clib at my school would be a good idea. I love cardio based exercises, so maybe have a club where we go on weekly group runs/walks or partake in a workout. It would have to be not so time consuming, maybe like a once a week thing. Just a thought.
6. Research: I ill be completing two research projects, one is 2-3 years and will be presented my senior year. Another is the honors project, in which I will come up with my own research and complete it independently.
If there is anything else I should do or add, please help a friend out! I feel like I have a lot on the table but I am willing to sacrifice some social life to pursue my goal.I know I can balance it all with a sport.
