I just joined the site and I am loving the amount of useful information on here!
Anyways, my situation is really giving me a headache right now, so please give me some input!
I am currently enrolled as a second year in a decent Canadian university on the west coast majoring in mechanical engineering. However, I did very poor in the first term of second year.. my program was all integrated into one course and when I failed it, it appeared as three Fs (with the same scores) on my transcript.
Gradually along the process I decided that I am more interested in dentistry so I took the second term off and am now waiting to switch to the chemical biological engineering program (their courses are more along the lines of dental school pre reqs). I am also considering going back to the States for community college (I'm an American) to have a fresh start on my GPA because it's now really messed up (around a 65%, which is about 2.5 in American standard?)
My question is: would I have more chance of getting into a dental school if I try to restart my GPA in the states (though I'm not sure how dental schools would look at my Canadian grades), or try to finish my undergrad in my current school trying to make my grades better? Or would getting a masters later with good grades give me the best chance?
Hopefully my question isn't confusing..
Thanks!
Anyways, my situation is really giving me a headache right now, so please give me some input!
I am currently enrolled as a second year in a decent Canadian university on the west coast majoring in mechanical engineering. However, I did very poor in the first term of second year.. my program was all integrated into one course and when I failed it, it appeared as three Fs (with the same scores) on my transcript.
Gradually along the process I decided that I am more interested in dentistry so I took the second term off and am now waiting to switch to the chemical biological engineering program (their courses are more along the lines of dental school pre reqs). I am also considering going back to the States for community college (I'm an American) to have a fresh start on my GPA because it's now really messed up (around a 65%, which is about 2.5 in American standard?)
My question is: would I have more chance of getting into a dental school if I try to restart my GPA in the states (though I'm not sure how dental schools would look at my Canadian grades), or try to finish my undergrad in my current school trying to make my grades better? Or would getting a masters later with good grades give me the best chance?
Hopefully my question isn't confusing..
Thanks!