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misfitdonuts said:
Hi any advice would be helpful I am unsure what to do.
Background: I graduated in 2021 with a major in economics and a 2.5 cgpa. (I didn't care about my grades due to having a job lined up after graduation).
I decided to change careers slowly as I did not like my career path. I slowly took the science pre-reqs at my local community college over the next couple of years and due to a traumatic event and poor mental health I did not do well. I finished those science pre-reqs with a 3.0 GPA but based on multiple Fs and calculating my sGPA using AADSAS I have a 2.5 sGPA.

I decided to quit my job this year and study for the DAT this year and just received my official scores. I got a 510 AA (25) and a 520 SNS (25)!

Even with a great DAT score and good EC. My GPA is lower than 3.0 cutoff. Is there any chance even applying this cycle or do I have to do an SMP.
Also, anybody have an experience with the Mississippi college masters and how this set them up for admission to dental school.

Thanks for your help any guidance is much appreciated.
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do not apply this cycle
do an SMP, not sure if application deadlines have passed...
 
Mr.Smile12 said:
How much dental shadowing have you done? Have you connected with admissions officers at dental schools yet?

Have you talked to UMMC's postbac program director about their postbac/linkage to their dental school program?
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I have 200 shadowing hours (100 at general dentist, 50 at ortho, 50 at pediatric). I have not contacted any admissions officers, I guess I will do that here soon (should I ask them GPA requirements generally or be specific and tell them my stats?). But I have talked to the miss college masters program director and he said they have linkages to tufts and boston u.

Even if I apply this cycle will I just be auto-screened due to a sub 3.0?
 
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So you said you had a sub-2.5 GPA in science, so I agree that may be very challenging. You should ask the SMP directors about their support for predental students like you. If you submitted to AADSAS now, you could be automatically screened out because Universities have set those minimums, but you have to ask.
 
Ok thanks. I am going to reach out to dental school admission advisors to ask, but looks like I am going to do the SMP at Mississippi college.

In your experience, do you think if I did the masters and did well, would I have a good chance of getting accepted to schools besides the SMP linkage schools?
 
misfitdonuts said:
Ok thanks. I am going to reach out to dental school admission advisors to ask, but looks like I am going to do the SMP at Mississippi college.

In your experience, do you think if I did the masters and did well, would I have a good chance of getting accepted to schools besides the SMP linkage schools?
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First, if you are from Mississippi (or nearby), you shouldn't have an issue provided you perform well.

Second, if you leave a positive impression among your faculty to write super-strong letters, you have a chance.
 
misfitdonuts said:
Ok thanks. I am going to reach out to dental school admission advisors to ask, but looks like I am going to do the SMP at Mississippi college.

In your experience, do you think if I did the masters and did well, would I have a good chance of getting accepted to schools besides the SMP linkage schools?
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you need to get nearly a 4.0 to convince adcoms that you can take the rigor of dental school
even a 3.5 or so may not be enough

we cannot say whether you will have a good chance, but do well and you will have a chance...
 
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